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Sarfarosh
"A Reason To Live"
This action drama unfolds around the consequences that ensue over the trade of guns taking place in India and how they affect the lives of countless others when these illegal arms wind up in the hands of terrorists. Ajay Singh Rathod is inspired to interrupt his studies to become a medical doctor when his older brother is killed in retaliation for his testimony against certain criminals and his father is kidnapped and loses his voice upon his release. Ajay decides to join the Indian Police Service in an effort to stop cross-border terrorism.
His friendship with a singer named Gulfam is tested, however, when Gulfam is secretly employed by the terrorists and is working behind Ajay's back to prevent a successful conclusion to his investigation of the gun running activities. When Ajay finally confronts Gulfam about his betrayal, there are tragic consequences for both men when Gulfam is arrested by Ajay on a charge of murder and Gulfam experiences intense guilt over what he has done to aid the terrorists.
Action, Drama
Aamir Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Sonali Bendre, Mukesh Rishi
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Ritwik guides Bengal to 284/7 against Punjab on Day 1
January 2, 2019, Chandigarh
Reference: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/ritwik-guides-bengal-to-284-7-against-punjab-on-day-1/707432.html
Skipper Ritwik Roy Chowdhury scored a patient 97 and added 77 runs for the seventh wicket in company of Sheryan Chakraborty to help Bengal score 284/7 on the opening day of their Col CK Nayudu Match against Punjab at the Bengal Cricket Academy Ground in Kalyani after the hosts were in a spot of bother at 192/6.
At the close of day’s play, Chakraborty was batting on 33 and giving him company at the other end was Kanshik Seth on eight.
Put in to bat, the hosts had a decent beginning to their innings as Sudip Kumar Gharami and Ankur Paul added 50 run for the opening wicket. The duo was separated when Paul was run out by Gurwinder Bhullar on 25.
Gharami went on to complete his half-century before he was caught by Himanshu Sharma off Akul Pandove on 58.
Saurabh Singh was dismissed by Harpreet Singh Brar on nine, while Kazi Junaid Saifi, who was looking good at 34, became Pandove’s second victim as the visitors struck twice in seven balls to reduce Bengal to 127/4.
Chowdhury and Subham Chaterjee added 44 runs for the fifth wicket before Pandove struck once again for the visitors in the 52nd over of the day.
Chaterjee, after facing 21 balls for his nine, was deceived by the off-spinner in flight and Anmol Malhotra whipped off the bails in a flash to send him back to the pavilion.
Arif Ansari, who joined Chowdhury at the fall of Chaterjee’s wicket, was cleaned up by Ikjot Singh Thind on seven.
The skipper then found a reliable ally in Chakraborty and together they pushed the total to 269 runs. The 77-run partnership between the two came to end after Chowdhury was caught by wicketkeeper Malhotra off Arshdeep Singh three runs short of a century.
Chakraborty and Seth then batted out the remaining four overs of the day and ensured that the hosts do not suffer any further damage.
For Punjab, Pandove claimed 3/74, while Arshdeep (1/33), Ikjot Thind (1/48) and Harpreet Brar (1/94) took a wicket each.
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BOXING: Wharton eyes up Fury vs Wilder undercard in Las Vegas for Davey
BOXING: Henry Wharton eyes up Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder undercard in Las Vegas for George Davey
By Jacob Kilbride Sports reporter
HENRY WHARTON has laid out his ambitions plans for York’s George Davey to feature on the undercard to Tyson Fury’s proposed world heavyweight title bout against Deontay Wilder in February.
Davey returns to the ring at the Arena Birmingham tonight, aiming to extend his professional to two wins from as many fights after a victorious professional debut at the First Direct Arena in Leeds last month.
While fulling focused upon ensuring a successful end to the year, his manager and trainer Wharton is already eyeing up bouts for Davey in 2020 with the reported Vegas blockbuster at the top of his wishlist.
Back in December, undefeated former world champion Fury twice came off the canvas to earn a split decision draw against fellow unbeaten fighter Wilder, the WBC belt-holder, in Los Angeles.
The heavyweights are set to face off once again, with reports suggesting that the rematch has been agreed for February 22 in Las Vegas.
And, Wharton is hopeful that Davey’s promoter Frank Warren, who is also part of Fury’s team, could ensure that his young protege is part of the billing.
“I’m trying and I want to get George on the Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder bill in Las Vegas.
“I want George to be part of that and I want to take our squad and the team over from York.
“I know that George isn’t going to be at the top of the bill or maybe even close to that.
“But, I want to take him out there to experience that.
“I’ve put it forward to the relevant people. Frank Warren and his team think very highly of George right now.
“People in boxing know that when George made his professional debut, that that’s not the finished article.
“But that Vegas bill has got hold of me right no because everyone loves Tyson Fury.
“He’s such a gifted fighter and he’s also such a good talker too.
“He’s a phenomenon and it’d be great for George to share a bill with him.
For Davey to get to such a stage, first he has to prevail in tonight’s four-round bout.
Wharton believes that improvements are constantly being made in training camp and though they may be naked to the uneducated eye, the former world title challenger believes they are forthcoming.
“He’s continuing to get better and better and he’s continually improving all of the time,” said Wharton.
“It may be invisible to the naked eye and you don’t make improvements overnight.
“He’s moving forward by an inch everyday, say it’s almost impossible to see, but overtime you will see that those inches all add up.
“George is moving on vast amounts and the little subtle changes that we’re making, they’re massive for him in his career as a young professional.
“We can only speak volumes about him in the gym, because he’s such a dedicated kid.
“That work ethic in the gym is something that our young amateurs look up and I think the city should look up to him too.
“He doesn’t leave the gym.
“We’re now boasting a few pros in the city and hopefully we’ll be able to put on some pro shows here too.
“We want to be bring big-time boxing back to York and it’d be fantastic to have a show in the Barbican. We have got big plans for George.”
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There is always so much going on in YTC, that is quite hard to keep everyone up to date with latest events. However, this section of the website is set aside to achieve just that:
February 2018 - School nomiated at the National Music Teacher Awards in London for the BBC relaxed PROM
January 2018 - Art Exhibition in Gartholwyg Life long learning centre celebrating the work of the options Media group
August 2017 - ESTYN Report Published - We are delighted to tell you that the result of our recent ESTN Inspection have now been published. We are even more delighted to tell you that we received a DOUBLE EXCELLENT which is the highest possible judgement. Thankyou for all your help and support
July 2017 - BBC Proms - We are very proud to report that several pupils from YTC travelled to the Royal Albert Hall in London to take part in the first ever relaxed concert as part of the BBC Proms season. Our pupils performed on stage in front of thousands of people. Please follow our twitter feed for more information.
June 2017 - John Hopla Awards - Our Key Stage 3 classes have been very successful and won 1st place in the 2017 John Hopla Awards. They received £750 for their efforts which will be spent on exciting activities for the pupils
June 2017 - Welsh Heritage Awards - The School also won 1st place in the Welsh Hertiage Awards 2017.
June 2017 - Lead Creative Schools- the project is virtually completed and has developed PSE and creative work. The project was undertaken by Cindy Ward and she has created with the pupils, an incredible under the sea 3D art display in the area between Pili Pala and Glyderau. Come and see it - it's amazing!
May 2017 - Exciting developments in our outside and inside areas- we've completed the Key Stage 2 playground, Pili Pala Playground and Cyber Cafe. We have also invested significantly in ICT in May to vastly improve resources in classrooms.
May 18th 2017 Young Enterprise- our wonderful Post 16 pupils took part in a Young Enterprise presentation of their work for COPA enterprises. The pupils were very confident and won the regional finals. They have got through to the Wales final in the Sherman Theatre on the 16th June, which we are so excited about.
May 12th 2017- Family Centre Development what an incredible day!! We had an enormous number of volunteers- 161 to be exact, who painted, cleaned and enhanced the school site. They worked so hard in a day which poured with rain and they kept smiling throughout. It was amazing and be are so thankful to everyone for all their hard work. Please Follow this link for a short film about the day
27th April 2017- Family Centre Developments - we are so excited that it has been agreed that the old caretaker's house can be converted to support the school, including use as an extra meeting venue. Travallis have been amazing and enthusiastic at developing the centre, also working with LCB, as well as many more companies. A "Give and Gain " day is planned for May 12th, where will see over a hundred volunteers assisting in enhancing the school site. We are so grateful for such an amazing opportunity.
27th April 20170 Athletics- six pupils were entered in the South Wales Athletic competition where five pupils got through to the finals on May 18th.
27th April 2017- Young Enterprise- the Post 16 group took part in a presentation for the Young Enterprise Award in the Mid Glamorgan heat under the Copa enterprise brand. We are so proud of their achievement . They won the Best Company Report and the Best Young Enterprise Team. They are through to the Wales final, which we are so excited about.
Primary RHS Wheelbarrow competition- the Primary department considered a dragon theme as this reflected the topic of Knights and Castles. The public voted and YTC came 3rd out of sixty contestants. We are so proud!
Gymnastics- Four pupils ttok part in regional heats for the Rotary Gymnastics competition. Three pupils were placed into finals in Sofia Gardens. One of the pupupils achieved 2nd placed in the Vault event.
31st March 2017- Medieval Banquet- The whole school were involved in taking part in the Medieval Banquet. The pupils and staff dressed up in Medieval costumes and had an amazing day, where they danced and ate Medieval style food, including a hog roast! KS3 led the preparations and did a fantastic job. The day was the culmination of their project for the Welsh Heritage Awards and the John Hopla Award.
Rugby- 6 pupils attended a Six Nation event in Caerphilly. The pupils played against eighteen teams and had coaching from international rugby players.
3rd March 2017 - Inter School Eisteddford - We are so proud that pupils from our primary department represented the school at the first south wales special school Eisteddford. We're even prouder to tell you that Ysgol Ty Coch came first!!!! We're now looking to take part in the Urdd Eisteddford!!!
27th February 2017 Llangranog - We're delighted to tell you that the first of our Llangranog trips was very successfull. All pupils thoroughly enjoyed the various activities which included quad biking, archery, walking, horseriding and low ropes. The disco's in the evenings were good fun too!!!!
17th February 2017- May we wish you all a safe and restful half term break. Thank you to all pupils, parents, staff, governors and friends for their continued support for the school. It is hugely appreciated and essential if we are going to continue the success we have enjoyed in recent months
17th February 2017- INSET - All staff from both sites of the school came together to undertake mandatory medical training and lifeguard training. In the afternoon, all staff members were class based writing new IEPs and collating evidence of pupils work.
17th February 2017- We have begun undertaking some more improvements to the physical environment. We have installed new lights in reception, KS3 and upstairs. This ensures the environment is brighter, more welcoming and feels bigger. Over half term, we will be installing 3 new doors in Dosbarth Afon, opening up the play ground in Seren Fach and improving access arrangements for wheelchair users in Seren and Seren Fach. The ICT team have worked with a group of pupils to design a 'cyber cafe' in the area near Dosbarth Glyderau. We're going for a 'Starbucks' coffee shop feel crossed with Google Headquarters! We have also just agreed some designs with the student council to improve the toilets around the school. This work will roll over into next financial year
17th February 2017 - I think its fair to say that most pupils and staff enjoyed the Friendship Disco. Whilst this is largely about having fun and letting our hair down, it also gives our pupils a chance to use the social skills and learn how to be a really good friend
14th February 2017 - Transition Evening - It was wonderful to see so many parents from both Ysgol Ty Coch and Ysgol Hen Felin at our first transition fair. This event was attended by in excess of 20 Post 19 service providers and gave pupils and parents more information about what opportunities are available when they leave our school
14th February 2017 - We had the first joint meeting of Ysgol Ty Coch and Ysgol Hen Felin student councils! This is potentially very exciting work and may give opportunities for both schools to really effect change!
13th February 2017 - Members of the Standards Committee met for the 4th time this term to finish ratifying our new policies. They have now written, scrutinised and ratified in excess of 60 exciting new policies
10th February 2017 - Race Night - It was absolutely fantastic to see so many people socialising together and enjoying the race night. We raised over £1000 for the Friends of Ty Coch. Big thanks to the PTA and to Sean Gilbertson for hosting the evening
9th February 2017 - Open Day - We were delighted to welcome so many families to our open day/evening. Parents undertook a tour of the school and took part in several workshops aimed at providing them with information about the school
9th February 2017 - Football Team Enter Tournament - Our football team entered their latest football tournament earlier today in Cardiff. They won a few games and had a great time
27th January 2017 - Richard Hirstwood Training - we were delighted to welcome Richard Hirstwood to school on Friday 27th Jan to learn more about using sensory stimuli to promote learning and engagement.
27th January 2017 - New Softplay Equipment for Dosbarth Pili Pala - For some time now, our ASD provision have been desperate for new softplay equipment. I am delighted to announce that this was delivered on 27th January following a signicant contribution from the 'Friends of Ysgol Ty Coch'. Thank you all so much!
25th January 2017 - London BETT Exhibition - Scott Giles enjoyed a great visit to London's EXCEL Arena for the annual BETT exhibition. This event showcases the very latest developments in technology which potentially transform classroom practice. Scott has come back with a huge shopping list!
20th January 2017 - Chinese New Year - Our P16 Hospitality Group cooked a magnificent Chinese 'All you can eat' buffet for their customers. This feast kicked off our Chinese New Year Celebrations in style.
16th January 2017 - Rights Respecting Schools Status - We are delighted to announce that we have recently gained a certificate of commitment to the UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Award. This makes us the first school in RCT with secondary age pupils to do so. Well done everyone!
24th December 2016 - Ty Coch visit by Rhys Webb rated in top 10 magic moments for Pontypridd for 2016. Please read the link for more information http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/11-people-pontypridd-llantrisant-inspired-12355268
15th December (2016)Reindeer Visit - We were delighted to welcome 2 Reindeer from the Woodland Walk Garden Centre for pupils to smoothe and feed. The visit was made possible thanks to a 'facebook' competition asking the public to nominate a school worthy of winning the visit. We received 1300 requests which meant we won!! All pupils met the Reindeer which was a great experience for all.
13th December(2016) Staff Wellbeing Breakfast - Mr Jenkins (from his own pocket) treated all members of staff to a full English Breakfast (or continental option) as a thank you for their commitment, dedication and extremely hard work. Many thanks to the wellbeing committee who cooked the breakfast and thanks to staff who attended at 07:30 in the morning!!
6th and 7th December (2016)Christmas Concerts - huge congratulations to all pupils and staff for their Christmas concert performances. This really is the show case event of the year and provides a great forum for pupils to show off their newly acquired skills. We have to say that the individualised nature of the concerts and the quality of communication skills on display was outstanding! Really well done all
30th November (2016)Rhys Webb Visit - We enjoyed a great visit from Rhys Webb (Welsh Rugby International) who spent a couple of hours with us meeting children, staff and parents. Rhys was a real hit with everyone and his visit was re-tweeted 1500 times. The wales online article can be accessed from the following address http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/heart-warming-video-shows-welsh-12260579
25th November (2016)Christmas Fayre - Once again, our Christmas Fayre goes from strength to strength. This years even was so well attened by parents, pupils, friends and neighbours and when combined with the raffle, we raised £2500 for the Friends of Ty Coch. Many thanks all
21st November (2016)Shakepeare Performance - Congratulations to all Key Stage 4 Drama students who performed the Merchant of Venice so amazingly well at the Muni Theatre. YTC pupils joined 3 other mainstream schools to celebrate the life of Shakespeare. Our performance was outstanding and received a standing ovation!
19th October (2016)Investors in People - We are delighted to announce that we have received the Investors in People Silver Award making us one of less than 2% of tota organisations in the UK working at this level. The report is available to read in the about us section of the website.
18th October (2016)Categorisation Meeting - We are delighted to announce that during this years Challenge and Review Meeting, we received a Green catergorisation from the Consortium. This is because our pupils achieve excellent results and the school has very good procedures to self improve. This is the top catergorisation available and is more evidence of just how good YTC really is
13th October (2016) - Accreditation Evening - Mr Jenkins was delighted to host this years accreditation evening on 13th October. This event celebrates the pupils' achievements both past and present and seeks to award accreditation certificates. This year, we were joined by David Baker (CEO AGORED Cymru), Rhys Lewis (Mayor of RCT) and Sara Head (GB Paralmpian). Congratulations to all pupils and many thanks for so many parents who celebrated with us
13th September (2016)Key Stage 3 visit Westminster - Pupils from Key Stage 3 enjoyed a fabulous visit to the Houses of Parliment and even spent time in the public gallery. Owen Smith MP arranged the visit and its fair to say that all pupils had a great experience
14th July (2016)Goodbye to Mrs Verpoorten - regretably, we had to say farewell to Mrs Verpoorted as she prepares to retire. Mrs Verpoorten has given the school many years of unrivalled support and we wish her every happiness in the future. We will miss you lots!
Sports Day on 5th and 7th July (2016)- These were wonderful occasions and were so well attended by parents. Congratulations to all who took part in the events. As we all know, its not the winning that counts but the taking part.
17th June (2016)- Staff Celebration Assembly. Mr Jenkins hosted a great assembly which helped the pupils say a big thank you to our amazing staff. All members of staff received a certificate and heart felt thanks from pupils
Queen's birthday celebrations - 15th June (2016)- We celebratd the Queens 90th Birthday in style with a street party (in doors). The colour, music and fancy dress meant that all pupils had a fantastic day in recognition of the Queen
Leavers Prom 10th June 2016 (2016) - What a night the prom was! Nearly all pupils in Post 16 celebrated in style at Llanerch Vineyard to say goodbye to our leavers. It was an emotional occasion but the school is so proud of all pupils leaving us in July. Everyone looked magnificent and behaved fantastically well
Dan Biggar Visit 4th May 2016 (2016)- We were delighted to welcome Dan Biggar (Wales Rugby International) to school on 4th May 2016. Dan was amazing with pupils and staff and fielded some great questions during assembly. On behalf of the entire school, many thanks to Dan for taking time to visit our school
Lead Creative Schools Launch - I was delighted to host the launch of our Lead Creative Schools Project on 16th May 2016. I would like to thank everyone involved with the project and I know how much learning took place to achieve our new 'numeracy wonderwall' in the main school corridor
Education Minister Visit - Janice Stuckey (Chair of Governors), myself and a number of staff members were very privileged to host the education Minister, Huw Lewis in school on 8.2.16. He was looking at our lead creative schools project and a review of his visit can be found by clicking the link below.
He was very complimentary about Ysgol Ty Coch and was wonderful with the pupils. Click this link to view the article - Link to Welsh Government Visit to Ty Coch
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Seagate to invest US$300 million in nanotech
The hard-drive manufacturer will pump the funds into manufacturing plants in Northern Ireland in the next four years.
By Tom Espiner | December 15, 2005 -- 03:01 GMT (19:01 PST) | Topic: Tech & Work
Seagate Technology, a company that designs, manufactures and markets hard drives, announced on Wednesday that it will invest more than US$300 million at its two manufacturing plants in Northern Ireland over the next four years.
Seagate's Londonderry plant will become the company's main manufacturing facility and a development site for hard drives. The company said it will extensively invest in nanotechnology, including new clean rooms, at the nanotech research and manufacturing facility.
The second Seagate plant in Northern Ireland, at Limavady, will produce a wider range of aluminium substrates for integration into Seagate's hard-drive products for desktop computers and business servers.
"The Londonderry plant will now become a nanotechnology center of excellence in the development of thin film technology, specializing in next generation and leading-edge photolithography. It will bring total expenditure by Seagate at this facility to almost $600 million since it opened in 1993," said John Spangler, managing director of Seagate Technology Media Ireland.
"Our research and development projects have benefited substantially from ease of access to the resources and experienced nanotech research teams at Queen's University Belfast and the University of Ulster," he added.
Both projects are being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland, the region's economic development agency.
"As Seagate Technology continues to spend more on research and development than any of its competitors, this new investment project will consolidate the position of Londonderry as a global nanotechnology center," said Iain Miller, director of Invest Northern Ireland, Europe.
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Meet the world's most secure smartphones (in pictures)
Blackphone 2
Said to be one of the most secure devices in the consumer market, the Blackphone 2 is the second iteration of the privacy-conscious phone. It comes preloaded with a security-focused variant of Android, dubbed PrivatOS 1.1, and the entire suite of Silent Circle's encrypted text messaging and calling apps. The smartphone is enterprise-ready, featuring mobile device management integration and remote locking and wiping functionality. It also works seamlessly with Citrix and Soti services.
Published: July 10, 2015 -- 16:46 GMT (09:46 PDT)
Photo by: CNET
Caption by: Zack Whittaker
Boeing Black
A phone with real promise, created by aerospace and defense giant Boeing. The so-called "Black" smartphone (not to be confused with the Blackphone) comes with trusted data transmission for connections to both classified and unclassified networks, which in part led to the device being approved for Dept. of Defense use. The Android-based phone, once described as providing a "Fort Knox-like level" of data security, costs about $629. But don't tamper with it, or the phone will self-destruct -- seriously (but don't worry about it fizzing in your pocket).
Photo by: Boeing
Teorem
Used personally by the French president, the Teorem smartphone, built by the Thales Group, protects both calls and text messages. The flip-phone works on both 2G and 3G networks, and comes with a notification light to tell the user when a call is secure. And the phone itself is designed to be tamper-proof. The phone can also be docked and used as a desk phone, if required.
Photo by: Thales Group
BOSS Phone (unreleased)
Despite being the world's first unlocked, dual-SIM smartphone that comes with the Tor anonymity network preinstalled, the BOSS Phone might not ever make it to market. That's because the crowdsourcing effort to get it off the starting block has stalled. The Android-based phone promises to include Tor as standard, which anonymizes and scrambles web traffic. It will come with device encryption, which comes as standard in Android Lollipop (though, it isn't switched on by default in most non-Nexus devices.)
Photo by: Indiegogo
Turing Phone (unreleased)
Another phone that has promise ahead of its formal launch to market, the Turing Phone promises to offer "total protection" from hackers. While no phone (or any device for that matter) is entirely hacker-proof, this phone takes a good stab at it. Its trick? A hardware chip, dubbed the Turing Imitation Key, that authenticates encryption locally rather than relying on a server to issue a certificate. The phone runs the latest Android Lollipop software, which includes device encryption.
Photo by: via CNET
FreedomPop Privacy Phone
US-based cellular company FreedomPop built its own anti-hacker and privacy-centric smartphone based on Samsung hardware (the device itself is a Galaxy S2, but its tricks are mostly software-based) and Android software. The phone allows you to anonymously browse the internet, and offers 128-bit encryption for texting and calling. And, if you want to buy the device anonymously, you can do so in bitcoin.
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BlackBerry (with SecureVoice)
US President Barack Obama wanted to keep his BlackBerry -- for good reasons. It was for a time (and remains) one of the most secure way of emailing people, thanks to its encrypted and decentralized email service. Obama was slated to use a Sectéra Edge, but managed to win over the Secret Service to let him use a beefed-up BlackBerry. Obama's phone comes with a SecureVoice addition, toughened further by the NSA.
Sectéra Edge
Sectéra Edge may not win awards for how it looks, but it's said to be one of the most secure devices for private industry and government users. The device, built by General Dynamics, is certified by the NSA and eligible for use on government networks. Most of the devices in use run a variant of Windows. The PDA-style keyboard-enabled smartphone costs more than $3,000 per device, and is widely used in the Dept. of Defense and Homeland Security.
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Written by Echo Renner
Thermopolis — Members of the Grass Creek Weed Management Area (WMA) planted trees late May using a new tool — a waterjet stinger.
The waterjet stinger is a six-foot long 1/2-inch steel pipe with handles. It attaches to a water hose connected to a pump mounted on an ATV. The pump draws water directly from a creek. Producing 110 pounds of pressure, when pushed into the ground for hydrodrilling the beveled stinger tip creates a mud slurry, increasing the survivability of tree cuttings planted in the opening.
The tool is used to plant dormant, unrooted poles of hardwoods that can easily sprout from cuttings, such as willows, cottonwoods and dogwoods. Dormant cutting are used because they are easy to harvest and plant, inexpensive and effective. The waterjet stinger can create holes up to six feet deep, allowing the cuttings to be planted into the water table, which is crucial for their establishment. The tool is easy and fast to use and the liquefied soil that settle around the trees eliminates air pockets in the root zone.
Marvin Andreen, Hot Springs County Weed & Pest Control District Supervisor, constructed the unit at a cost of $1,800. He says willows planted in openings created by the waterjet stinger are expected to have an 80 percent survival rate.
The Grass Creek WMA formed in 2005, the same year the Cottonwood/Grass Creek Coordinated Resource Management began. Since that time the group has removed Russian olives and tamarisk says Larry Bentley, Natural Resource and Policy Coordinator with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture. Forming a Watershed Improvement District, they’ve since worked to remove other invasive species and replace them with native species.
Now in the rehabilitation phase, they’re planting about 1,000 trees — willow, cottonwood, red osier dogwood and river birch — in the drainages this year. A crew of 16 to 18 people worked together late May planting the trees using the waterjet stinger. Landowner John Leroux operated a tractor and post hole auger to plant larger cottonwood pole cuttings.
Cutting were made while the trees were dormant in the Cottonwood/Grass Creek drainages in February, and kept in dark, cool storage, until about two weeks prior to planting, when they were submerged in water. The WMA also purchased narrow leaf cottonwood trees from the Hot Springs County Conservation District.
Some landowners are fencing the riparian areas to allow the newly planted trees to become better established. Landowner and CRM partner Dee Hillberry explains, “Most ranchers have changed management practices, not letting their cows sit for six months in riparian areas. They’ve developed off-site water and put in miles of pipelines to get that water where it’s needed, which improves the range. Then they’ve fenced the riparian areas and maintained a protected corridor to allow the native trees to grow, and benefit the wildlife and promote rehabilitation of the riparian area. Funds are available to landowners from the NRCS and the Wyoming Water Development Commission to do just that.”
“I feel good about this weed management area,” comments Andreen. “We’ve received about $70,000 in grants for this project alone, not counting $225,000 from the Wyoming Wildlife & Natural Resource Trust., and about 85 percent of landowners on Cottonwood and Grass Creek participate.”
Partners in WMA include private landowners, Marathon Oil, the state, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, the NRCS, conservation districts, the Wyoming Game & Fish, the Hot Springs County Weed & Pest, the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, the Wyoming Department of Transportation and county road and bridge. All partners sign a memorandum of understanding and work toward the goals of the CRM.
For more information, contact Marvin Andreen at 307-864-2278 or Amy Anderson at 307-347-2456. For more information about the waterjet stinger, log onto http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/pubs/idpmctn390201.pdf. Echo Renner is a field editor for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup.
Range monitoring program wraps up initial projects, begins new endeavors
Written by Natasha Wheeler
The initial Rangeland Health Assessment Program (RHAP) projects will mature within the next year, and University of Wyoming (UW) Extension Educator Barton Stam is optimistic about the success of the program.
“It’s a little bit premature to comment on the long-term success of RHAP, but I’m seeing good things so far,” he notes. “I hope that we continue for the next 10 years, monitoring keeps happening, and we get data in, managing the range to allow for grazing.”
Administered by the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, RHAP brings together landowners, agencies and other entities to ensure adequate monitoring of rangelands throughout the state.
“RHAP tries to provide a jumpstart for getting data collected so we can actually have it,” he explains.
Without proper data, land managers don’t have the resources they need to stand up to anti-grazing or anti-ranching organizations that threaten their livelihoods.
When Stam talks to permittees, many are under the impression that the monitoring responsibility belongs to someone else, such as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or Forest Service.
“We can sit here and argue about why it’s not being done until we are blue in the face, but it’s going to be the permittee who gets hurt if the data isn’t there,” he says.
The first RHAP projects began in 2011, after the Wyoming Legislature agreed to fund the program. At that point, project organizers applied for grants to fund rangeland-monitoring programs. Currently, 37 projects have been funded, covering over 4 million acres of land.
“To run these RHAPs successfully, we need to be organized,” remarks Stam. “I’ve found that this time of year, late winter, is the time to be pulling together and meeting. We need to get everyone together and talk about things like what we’re going to spend money on, where we’re going to monitor, who’s going to be doing the monitoring, if there’s going to be a contractor, what the contractor will do and when all of that is going to happen.”
He adds that the other key to success is communication. Working between government agencies, conservation districts, UW Extension, landowners and other parties requires everyone to work together as a team.
“The real magic with RHAP is all of the sudden we are all together, we are making a plan about what we are going to do and the monitoring is happening,” he states.
Stam is currently involved in a number of projects, including one of the original efforts involving producers in Big Horn and Washakie counties. Along with four permittees, the project also involves BLM, Forest Service and UW Extension.
“A colleague of mine and I have also just started one in Big Horn County that has one permittee and the Forest Service. I’ve got another in Hot Springs County with one ranch, BLM and the Office of State Lands involved. Then I have one I’m involved with in Fremont County that has at least half a dozen permittees, BLM and state folks as well,” he says.
Project funds are awarded through grants and managed through an agency or entity, such as UW Extension or a conservation district. Project managers must agree to a minimum of 30 percent cost share through time and salary.
“The Board of Agriculture approves these grants, and they are really looking for permittee involvement so we have long-term, sustainable, rangeland-monitoring programs that go on even after the grant money runs out,” explains Stam.
Stam spoke on Nov. 30 at the Progressive Rancher Forum in Casper.
Natasha Wheeler is editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup and can be contacted at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Statewide CRM committee reorganizes
Written by Jennifer Womack
Wyoming ranchers reflect on CRM benefits
Casper – Coordinated Resource Management (CRM) program supporters are working to reorganize a committee from the early 1990s that helped numerous Wyoming ranchers work with their neighbors, community members and federal land management agencies.
“Over six million acres in Wyoming – state, federal and private lands – are managed under a CRM,” says Larry Bentley with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture (WDA). Bentley is one of two remaining Wyomingites who’ve helped facilitate the CRM process. “It can be as small as an individual ranch or as large as a county,” says Bentley, noting CRMs for prairie dog management in Natrona County and noxious weed control in Goshen County. Outside the natural resources arena, he says it’s an approach that can be used by local government and others.
“There was a statewide executive committee back in the 80s when everything was established,” says Bentley. “It later went away. WDA Director John Etchepare, with the support of Governor Freudenthal, has re-initiated the committee.” Bentley says the committee’s resurgence comes at a time when there’s a great deal of opportunity to utilize the CRM process and the need to remember creation of a CRM group must be landowner-driven.
In the late 1980s southwest Wyoming rancher Richard Hamilton helped launch a CRM along the Willow Creek watershed that passes through his ranch. “It’s mixed ownership between the state, Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service and private,” says Hamilton. Willow Creek was thought to be impaired and natural resource managers and interested parties pooled their resources for answers.
“It’s a bottom up process,” says Bentley. “It’s a landowner driven process and the landowners identify the problems and make a mission statement and set goals and objectives on how to go from where they are to where they want to be.”
“We’ve been into range improvement for a long time, long before it was popular,” says Hamilton, noting that participation in the CRM was “just an extension” of what they were already doing. While not all of his neighbors were as enthusiastic, many became stronger supporters when they saw the benefits of the water developments and the doubling of forage production in the wake of brush control.
“Once we got going the funding was extremely important,” recounts Hamilton of the CRM’s early efforts. “We put in six stock pits, developed a spring and built numerous miles of fence.” He also says they seeded areas where ground was disturbed and where timber was removed.
“One of the advantages to me was in dealing with the BLM,” says Hamilton, who earned leniency in his grazing management as a result of the CRM. “At the end of the year I give them my AUM numbers. Between May 15 and Oct. 15 it’s my choice when to go out and how long I go out for. At the end of the year they monitor me. If we have an early or late spring we’re not tied into a regimented program. I’ve got the latitude to read the grass and decide what and when.”
“I’ve also got the latitude to read the markets,” says Hamilton. “I can use cows and calves or yearlings and make those fit the cash market. If I want to buy more I can. I can lease private pasture and use the BLM ground for yearlings. It’s allowed me the latitude to manage and we’ve got a good relationship with the BLM.”
Rawlins area rancher Neils Hansen is part of the Muddy Creek CRM that was formed in the late 80s and early 90s. “The CRM looked at things on more of a watershed basis than on a ranch basis,” says Hansen. “Through the CRM we were able to get some funding and fast track some funds to work on projects. When working with the BLM, the CRMs float to the top a lot quicker for BLM funds than individual projects.”
As a result of the CRM, Hansen says, “We haven’t had the fluctuations in stocking rates and gains that we’ve seen some of our neighbors experience. We’ve got a lot of water developments and range improvements that could help us ride out the dry years a lot better.” As part of the effort he says, “We implemented a pasture management and monitoring program I tout everywhere I go.”
“What we’ve done is well documented,” says Hamilton. “You need good documentation of what you do and how you do it. I don’t think we can survive in ranching without that anymore.”
“It’s always looked at as a way to work in a contentious area or where you have problems, but it also creates a lot of opportunity,” says Hansen. “It doesn’t have to be an adversarial situation to bring in a CRM and have it be beneficial. It’s got to be rancher driven and rancher originated. It’s an opportunity to look at the landscape from a watershed scale and bring all the players together so you can access multiple benefits and better protect yourself from all of the challenges out there.”
“It’s a broad, diverse committee,” says Bentley of the reorganizing effort. “The goal is to rework the CRM process and identify, if anything, what might be wrong with the present planning process. We’ll also train other facilitators to help CRMs get started across the state.”
For additional information on CRM call Larry Bentley at 307-921-9665 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Jennifer Womack is managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup and can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Loliware's kelp-based plastic alternatives snag $6M seed round from eco-conscious investors
Devin Coldewey
TechCrunch January 16, 2020
The last few years have seen many cities ban plastic bags, plastic straws and other common forms of waste, giving environmentally conscious alternatives a huge boost — among them Loliware, purveyor of fine disposable goods created from kelp. Huge demand and smart sourcing has attracted a big first funding round.
I covered Loliware early on when it was one of the first companies to be invested in by the Ocean Solutions Accelerator, a program started in 2017 by the nonprofit Sustainable Ocean Alliance. Founder Chelsea "Sea" Briganti told me about the new funding on the SOA's strange yet quite successful "Accelerator at Sea" program late last year.
In the Accelerator over the Sea
The company makes straws primarily, with other products planned, out of kelp matter. Kelp, if you're not familiar, is a common type of aquatic algae (also called seaweed) that can grow quite large and is known for its robustness. It also grows in vast, vast quantities in many coastal locations, creating "kelp forests" that sustain entire ecosystems. Intelligent stewardship of these fast-growing kelp stocks could make them a significantly better source than corn or paper, which are currently used to create most biodegradable straws.
A proprietary process turns the kelp into straws that feel plastic-like but degrade simply (and not in your hot drink — it can stand considerably more exposure than corn and paper-based straws). Naturally the taste, desirable in some circumstances but not when drinking a seltzer, is also removed.
It took a lot of R&D and fine-tuning, Briganti told me:
"None of this has ever been done before. We led all development from material technology to new-to-world engineering of machinery and manufacturing practices. This way we ensure all aspects of the product's development are truly scalable."
They've gone through more than a thousand prototypes and are continuing to iterate as advances make possible things like higher flexibility or different shapes.
"Ultimately our material is a massive departure from the paradigms with which other companies are approaching the development of biodegradable materials," she said. "They start with a problematic, last-forever, fossil fuel-derived paradigm and try to make it not so bad — this is step-change development and too slow and frumpy to truly make an impact."
Of course it doesn't matter how good your process is if no one is buying it, a fact that plagues many ethics-first operations, but in fact demand has grown so fast that Loliware's biggest challenge has been scaling to meet it. The company has gone from a few million to a hundred million in recent years to a projected billion straws shipping in 2020.
"It takes us about 12 months to get to full automation [from the lab]," she said. "Once we get to full automation, we license the tech to a strategic plastic or paper manufacturer. Meaning, we do not manufacture billions of straws, or anything, in-house."
It makes sense, of course, just as contracting out your PCB or plastic mold or what have you. Briganti wanted to have global impact, and that requires taking advantage of global infrastructure that's already there.
Lastly, the consideration of a sustainable ecosystem was always important to Briganti, as the whole company is founded on the idea of reducing waste and using fundamentally ethical processes.
"Our products utilize a super-sustainable supply of seaweed, a supply that is overseen and regulated by local governments," Briganti said. "In 2020, Loliware will launch the first-ever Algae Sustainability Council (ASC), which allows us to be at the helm of the design of these new global seaweed supply chain systems as well as establishing the oversight, ensuring sustainable practices and equitability. We are also pioneering what we have coined the 'Zero Waste Circular Extraction Methodology,' which will be a new paradigm in seaweed processing, utilizing every component of the biomass as it suggests."
The $5.9 million "super seed" round has many investors, including several who were on board the ship in Alaska for the Accelerator at Sea this past October (as SOA Seabird Ventures). The CEO of Blue Bottle Coffee has invested, as have New York Ventures, Magic Hour, For Good VC, Hatzimemos/Libby, Geekdom Fund, HUmanCo VC, CityRock and Closed Loop Partners.
The money will be used for scaling and further R&D; Loliware plans to launch several new straw types (like a bent straw for juice boxes), a cup and a new utensil. 2020 may be the year you start seeing the company's straws in your favorite coffee shop rather than a few early adopters here and there. You can keep track of where they can be found here at the company's website.
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Thunder start OT with lead after bizarre technical, fend off Hornets late
Yahoo Sports December 28, 2019
Charlotte Hornets guard Devonte’ Graham sunk a layup with just seconds left to force overtime with the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Spectrum Center on Friday night.
The Thunder, though, actually started the extra period with a 95-94 lead.
Hornets guard Terry Rozier was assessed a technical foul at the end of regulation after he threw the ball into the stands, celebrating after he thought the Hornets had won the game. So Thunder guard Chris Paul was given a free throw ahead of the jump ball to start overtime, giving Oklahoma City a slight advantage in the final five minutes.
It paid off in the end, too.
The Hornets went to the line with just 1.9 seconds left in overtime down two points. Had they not picked up the technical foul, P.J. Washington would have had a chance to win the game at the line.
Washington, though, missed both shots at the line, handing the Thunder the 104-102 win.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 27 points, shooting 10-of-17 from the field. Dennis Schroder added 24 points off the bench, and Paul finished with 16 points and seven rebounds.
Rozier led the Hornets with 26 points. Graham had a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Washington finished with 14.
While Thunder coach Billy Donovan has been with the organization for five seasons, and around the game for most of his life, he said he’s never started overtime with a lead like he did on Friday night.
Head coach Billy Donovan talks about the overtime thriller against the Hornets.#ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/jGJKEKoLIU
— FOX Sports Oklahoma (@FOXSportsOK) December 28, 2019
“I’ve never had that happen before,” Donovan said. “I guess it’s better than having it at the end of regulation, right, because we all probably would have been going home after that. That’s never happened before.”
After Terry Rozier picked up a technical at the end of regulation, the Thunder picked up a slight lead before overtime even began. (AP/Bob Leverone)
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'I'm Genuinely Losing My Faith': Hillsong Worship Leader Rejects Christian Beliefs
Lindsay Elizabeth
UPDATE: Hillsong Leader Denies Renouncing Faith, but Says He's on 'Incredibly Shaky Ground'
Marty Sampson, a worship music writer, singer, and active member of Hillsong has publicly denounced his faith on social media.
His announcement comes just weeks after well-known Christian author Joshua Harris announced his departure from Christianity, both sharing their news over Instagram.
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Sampson, who has notably written songs for Hillsong Worship, Hillsong United, Delirious and Young & Free, shared a now-deleted post to Instagram, explaining how he is “losing” his faith.
The following is a transcript of the post from Relevant Magazine:
Time for some real talk. I’m genuinely losing my faith, and it doesn’t bother me. Like, what bothers me now is nothing. I am so happy now, so at peace with the world. It’s crazy.
This is a soapbox moment so here I go … How many preachers fall? Many. No one talks about it. How many miracles happen. Not many. No one talks about it. Why is the Bible full of contradictions? No one talks about it. How can God be love yet send four billion people to a place, all ‘coz they don’t believe? No one talks about it. Christians can be the most judgmental people on the planet—they can also be some of the most beautiful and loving people. But it’s not for me.
I am not in any more. I want genuine truth. Not the “I just believe it” kind of truth. Science keeps piercing the truth of every religion. Lots of things help people change their lives, not just one version of God. Got so much more to say, but for me, I keeping it real. Unfollow if you want, I’ve never been about living my life for others.
All I know is what’s true to me right now, and Christianity just seems to me like another religion at this point. I could go on, but I won’t. Love and forgive absolutely. Be kind absolutely. Be generous and do good to others absolutely. Some things are good no matter what you believe. Let the rain fall, the sun will come up tomorrow.
instagram / @martysamps
Sampson has spent the last twenty years producing worship music for the Hillsong music groups including Hillsong United, Hillsong Worship, and Hillsong Young & Free.
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He has both written and sang worship songs with various Hillsong legends from Darlene Zschech to Joel Houston to Brooke Ligertwood.
Some of his most recent popular songs include: “Forever” and “Came to My Rescue.”
Sampson’s Complaints
Some of Sampson’s reasons for leaving the faith include failing to talk about the church failing to address controversies, the devastation of eternal damnation, and contradictions found in the Bible.
Ken Ham, the CEO and founder of Answers in Genesis, tweeted about Sampson’s post, urging him to look into research regarding his questions, citing sources like Ark Encounter and Creation Museum as helpful tools.
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“In his Instagram announcement, among other things, he specifically mentions science, trying to understand a loving God with people going to Hell, & supposed Bible contradictions,” Ham wrote.
“He claims no one talks about such matters,” Ham wrote. “Actually that’s probably true in many church homes & churches—but it’s not true at Answers in Genesis & our two attractions Ark Encounter @ArkEncounter & Creation Museum @CreationMuseum.”
Popular Hillsong songwriter (Marty Sampson) walks away from the Christian faith. In his Instagram announcement, among other things, he specifically mentions science, trying to understand a loving God with people going to Hell, & supposed bible contradictions. He claims no one... pic.twitter.com/sM8fpT8aRm
— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) August 12, 2019
“We produce many resources dealing with these topics to help,” he added. “Parents & churches teach the truth about true science confirming Genesis, & understanding death & suffering in relation to our sin in Adam.”
Ham also pointed out that the inconsistencies in Christian teaching don’t stem from the Bible, but from how people interpret it.
parents & churches teach the truth about true science confirming Genesis, & understanding death & suffering in relation to our sin in Adam. Sadly many young people in our churches have been taught by compromising church leaders to believe in millions of years, which would mean...
“Sadly many young people in our churches have been taught by compromising church leaders to believe in millions of years, which would mean the death, suffering & disease we see today has been going on for millions of years–thus it’s God’s fault! But death, disease & suffering are a consequence of our sin–it’s our fault,” he added.
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Ham went on to add that Answers in Genesis provides books regarding topics that discuss “the supposed contradictions in the Bible to show when passages are properly understood, there are no contradictions.”
“This sad situation about this person is a reminder the church & parents need to teach apologetics to counter today’s attacks on God’s Word,” he concluded.
Many expressed their sadness on Twitter at Sampson’s renouncement of his faith, some calling for prayers, others comparing it to another Christian apostasy.
One Twitter user compared the apostasy of Joshua Harris and Sampson, saying: “Joshua Harris: Doctrinally founded. Relationally, not so much. Marty Sampson: Relationally founded. Doctrinally, not so much. Conclusion: We need BOTH.”
Joshua Harris:
Doctrinally founded. Relationally, not so much.
Marty Sampson:
Relationally founded. Doctrinally, not so much.
We need BOTH.#KristyanoBasaha
— JD Pedida (@JDPedida) August 11, 2019
Adrian Tijerina, an M.Div. student Western Seminary tweeted Sampson’s departure from the faith shows the importance of theological training.
“Worship leaders need theological training. Marty Sampson of @Hillsong posting about leaving the Christian faith breaks my heart,” Tijerina wrote. “God loves Marty and will continue to pursue him. I pray this is not the end of the story.”
Worship leaders need theological training. Marty Sampson of @Hillsong posting about leaving the Christian faith breaks my heart.
God loves Marty and will continue to pursue him. I pray this is not the end of the story. https://t.co/TdsxtGxFNL
— Adrian Tijerina (@AG_Tijerina) August 11, 2019
Hillsong has not yet commented on Marty Sampson’s comments, and the post has been deleted.
Please keep Marty Sampson in your prayers, that he may find repentance, restoration and reconciliation in his relationship with Christ.
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The Kind of Face You Slash - Day 26: Smoke and Flying Salt
Every year, at around this time and in some cases several months earlier, readers of horror fiction can be sure that soon they will be able to wallow in the pages of a variety of "best of" anthologies. By "a variety" I do only mean three, but they're reasonably jam-packed, and there's a lot less cross-over, in terms of stories appearing in more than one of them, then you'd probably think. Of course it's all objective, but the editors have access to a good deal more horror fiction in a given year than I do, and I've always regarded these things as handy sampler platters, which is probably the secret intent anyway. So every year, like I'm saying, these things come out, and I devote at least a couple of posts to a small fraction of what these backs have to offer. Now, there's three big ones, editor Ellen Datlow's The Best Horror of the Year, Stephen Jones's The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, and Paula Guran's The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror (a somewhat distinctive title that I believe translates to "horror"), but right at the moment I have in my possession only the Datlow and Guran books. Jones's anthology won't hit stories until October 29, which makes sense in its relation to October 31, but right at the moment does jack-shit for me.
Today I'm going to focus on the Datlow volume, which, like Jones's, offers a nice little overview of the previous year in horror, and I've already ordered a copy of Your House is on Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye which is mentioned therein, so thanks for that. Outside of that, it's all stories, you guys, and I, as is my wont, selected two. To begin with, I homed in on Jeffrey Ford's name in the table of contents, because even though I've never read him before he wrote a book of short stories that looks like this:
If you don't want to read that book just after looking at that picture, then fuck you. I'm hoping though that the whole idea that sometimes good writers write bad stories holds true with him, because the one I read, "A Natural History of Autumn," was rather disappointing. The story is set in Japan, and I think Ford wants you to know that he has just returned from Japan. Which would have been entirely fine if he'd taken his knowledge of certain Japanese traditions and myths and created something unique, but instead he took it all and sprinkled it like wasabi, a traditional Japanese spice, over a story that is almost depressingly ordinary. Even drinking sake, a Japanese rice win, afterwards can't make this story work. Also have you guys heard about that weird suicide forest they got over there?
"A Natural History of Autumn" is about Rinko, a kind young man who might work for a gangster, and Michi, a young woman who works at a hostess bar. Rinko likes her because she seems shy and sweet, and as they talk at the bar he learns that her ambition is to write a book called A Natural History of Autumn, sort of philosophical non-fiction examination of her favorite season. She says that she asks the men she meets at the bar about their most pronounced memory -- happy, sad, or otherwise -- of autumn, and this she does by way of research. Rinko says that he can tell her a story, and take you to a location especially lovely in an autumn sort of way. It's called an "onsen" and that's a kind of spa. So they go, fall in love, wonder about the old woman who runs the place, and then at night Michi sees the old woman fucking her dog, and the dog smiles at Michi, and she wants to leave, just all out of the blue. The dog, we learn, is ajinmenken, which I looked up. Jinmenken are dogs with the faces of humans. These are basically a Japanese version of chupacabras, in that their legend consists mainly, from what I can tell, being seen (or "seen") and reported and not believed in by the majority of Japan's population, but once they're introduced in Ford's story they become just interchangeable monsters trying to kill Michi and Rinko. At this point, it's just a run-from-the-monster story, one with a twist at the end that helps nothing (in fact it brings the story down further), so the Japanese-ness -- the onsen, the jinmenken, the hostess bar, some other minor bits -- is finally completely irrelevant. It's maybe a nice setting, but why do nothing with this? Why do nothing with jinmenken other than say "You know what, they're sort of like werewolves" and then make then sort of like werewolves? Not to mention that title, "A Natural History of Autumn," implies I'm not sure what, but something, that Ford apparently had no intention of following through with. It's a story about monsters eating people dressed up in a kimono, which is a traditional Japanese gown.
The other story is by Adam L. G. Nevill called "Pig Thing." Obviously I'm going to read a story called "Pig Thing," but I also wanted to read it because of Nevill, and holy shit I just realized something. Okay, I wanted to read the Nevill story because I thought "Hey, he wrote those novels I want to read, this will be a good way to get some idea about his writing and if I'd like him or not" but I just remembered that I did the exact same thing last year in a post about John Oliver's anthology The End of the Line; from that collection I chose, among others, Nevill's story "On All London Underground Lines." So I already went through all this with Nevill. How am I supposed to lead into "Pig Thing" now? Goddamnit, I've been doing this too long. Jesus Christ. Fucking hell. Shit.
Well, there's your lead-in, I guess. "Pig Thing" is about an English family who has moved to a home in the wilds of New Zealand. As the story opens, the three children -- Hector, who is ten, Jack, who is nine, and Lozzy, who is four -- have just watched their parents, Dad first, then Mom to search for him, leave the house and not return. And they won't return. Dad was going to go for help, but no help is coming. There is a pig thing outside, a creature that has haunted their home since they moved in, but now appears to want in, and to eat.
The pig thing looks almost like you might expect -- it has a "snouty face" -- but with some disturbing details -- it has "thin girlish hair that fell about its leathery shoulders." Nevill does a good job of sketching the thing in, so that a not quite fully seen, but massive creature is burned into the reader's brain as he otherwise focuses on the three children. He does good work with them, too, not making them unreasonably adult in their behavior, which is so often the approach to these things. Horror writers write about kids quite a lot, but they often write about them in a way that makes me think they'd rather be writing about adults, and Nevill doesn't do that. In fact there's an element to all this that really highlights how ruthlessly he does not do this, but I'd have to tell you the whole story, so maybe check it out yourself. Otherwise, it's a good story from an old tradition that, again, like the Ford story, tries to draw from a relatively exotic locale. But Nevill pulls it off better by not making a big deal about it, and by making "Pig Thing" part of two traditions, the other being that those not familiar with the wilder parts of nature should take them very, very seriously. Simple, perhaps, but sometimes that's just the thing.
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You might like Nevill's book The Ritual, which I picked up recently and found surprisingly good. A real unapologetic, Lovecraft-style horror story with an almost claustrophobic atmosphere at times, and a neat variation on the formula Blair Witch Project, lost-in-the-woods plot.
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My name is Richard Cooper and all of my life, I’ve had a major love for animals and especially our environment. I care deeply for our coastline here in North County San Diego and world-wide. My heart is driven by helping the animals of the sea by keeping it clean and robust. I’ve also rescued animals of the land like dogs, one in particular named Larry. I’m also a Marine Aquarium Technician and ocean, sea, marine and waterways activist. As an entrepreneur, I also love tinkering and building things. With Dad in the construction industry, I had plenty of opportunities to swing a hammer. That desire to build stuff lead me to bigger and better mousetraps. Several years ago, I invented an innovative leash for dogs and alligators (just kidding on the gator leash) and received a patent on the dog leash which I named U-Leash. My other inventions include a project I was involved in producing a device to clean our oceans. I was teamed with other innovators in the development of a floating machine that could filter polluted seawater. The proposed development included a giant four-story tall Gyre skimmer which would be mounted on a large ocean vessel. Once the vessel has reached it’s strategic destination the Grye is deployed and operational within 6 hours. At full capacity the Gyre could filter approximately 1 million gallons of polluted seawater per hour. When the development of this Gyre came to production, I was aced out from being listed on the patent and eventually the project died. At the time, my inexperience in the “Winner Take All”, turbulent shark tank business environment, gave me a weakness on partnerships and discerning who could make a good partner. Even to this day, I’m ending my dog leash partnership that’s failing due to a misalignment of truth and values which lead to a lack of integrity of people I’ve learned to dislike. Time heals and teaches us many things about our heart.
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Scrophulariaceae / Figwort
Eastern Smooth Beardtongue (Penstemon laevigatus)
Eastern Smooth Beardtongue is also known as Eastern Beardtongue.
Plant Type: This is a herbaceous plant, it is a perennial which can reach 100cm in height (39inches).
Leaves: The leaf arrangement is opposite. Leaves can reach 13cm in length (5inches). The lower leaves are long petioled while the upper ones are clasping. They may be slightly hairy on the underside and are slightly toothed.
Flowers: The flowers are irregular in shape and are up to 3cm long (1.2 inches). They are pale purple to almost white. Blooms first appear in late spring and continue into mid summer. The corolla in this species flares abruptly, is generally not lined, the stamens have a yellowish beard, the anthers are smooth and brown.
Habitat: Open woods and fields.
Range: Most of the southeastern U. S. east of the Mississippi and north to Pennsylvania.
The Beardtongue name refers to the presence of a fifth stamen that in many species has a hairy tip or beard. The name Penstemon is Greek for five stamens.
Similar Species: There are about twenty other species of Beardtongue in the Southeastern U. S. (See the 'More Info' links below for a partial list). Many species are very hard to distinguish. Identification often depends on minor details.
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12:00 AM, July 02, 2019 / LAST MODIFIED: 10:50 AM, July 02, 2019
Mashrafe sees the funny side
Bangladesh skipper’s attitude throughout his coveted career has been one of embracing uncertainty. With Bangladesh facing India today at Edgbaston, the skipper will have to face tough tasks and Bangladesh will be banking on his decision-making prowess under pressure. PHOTO: AFP
Sports Reporter from Birmingham
England’s win over India made matters harder for Bangladesh to qualify for the 2019 World Cup semifinals. Bangladesh will now have to beat India today in Edgbaston and Pakistan at Lord’s on June 5 while also hoping that England lose to New Zealand on June 3. Perhaps that is why Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza appeared a little downcast at the beginning of his pre-match press conference.
When speaking about the prospect of beating India today, ‘it will be difficult but we have to do our best’ seemed to be a constant refrain initially. It was understandable of course -- Bangladesh have a 5-29 win/loss ratio against India, have lost their last four matches as well as their last two World Cup games in 2015 and 2011. Also, in crunch matches -- the 2018 Asia Cup final, the Nidahas Trophy final in 2018, the 2017 Champions Trophy semifinal, the 2016 Asia Cup T20 final and the 2015 World Cup quarterfinal -- they have always come out second-best against India.
The first half of the press conference could be characterised as that of a captain who did not see much hope in the offing. He was even unsure about what to do at the toss.
“Usually, when it is a used wicket, teams bat first,” Mashrafe had said. “But with India, it is difficult, they are very good at chasing, so I don’t know.”
As the press conference wore on, however, Mashrafe lightened up -- perhaps embracing the uncertainty of his team’s position. It all seemed to start with a question in jest about whether the current member of parliament would become a prime minister in 10-15 years. There was general laughter when Mashrafe replied with ‘surely not’.
When asked whether the slow nature of the wicket would help the likes of cutter-specialist Mustafizur Rahman bowl his slowers, Mashrafe -- whose drop in pace in the last decade has become a topic of discussion -- had this gem: “Our balls are slow anyway.”
His chuckle as he said that drew raucous laughter from Bangladeshi journalists. The lack of pace not just in Mashrafe’s bowling but on the general pace-bowling scene in the country is well known and documented, and it seemed like a breaking down of pretence from the Bangladesh captain ahead of what may be the 35-year-old’s last World Cup match.
He also had a funny comment on the England-India match, during which both Bangladesh and Pakistan supporters were supporting India for selfish reasons.
“It was the first time I saw in cricket that the whole of Asia were united,” Mashrafe said.
As someone who believes wholeheartedly in the role luck plays in cricket, Mashrafe went from apparent resignation to a jocular acceptance of his team’s shortcomings. He has been embracing uncertainty all his career, and perhaps that will be the way forward for Bangladesh when odds are stacked against them today.
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Malaysian Armed Forces Defense College tours BIMP-EAGA, visits Mindanao
Davao City (27 May) -- As part of their curriculum on international relations, forty students from the Malaysian Armed Forces Defense College (MAFDC) are now touring the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) to observe economic development in the sub-region.
Headed by First Admiral Dato' Tan Eng Seng, MAFDC commandant, the delegation then recently visited the Mindanao Economic Development Council (MEDCo) for a courtesy call and a briefing on Mindanao, Palawan and BIMP-EAGA as a whole.
During their courtesy call with MEDCo, Seng underscored the importance of security for the sustainable development of a country and for its neighboring communities.
Undersecretary Virgilio Leyretana, MEDCo chair, then pointed out the need to forge efforts in securing the sub-region's very rich natural endowment, the Coral Triangle, which is dubbed as the world's largest biodiversity site.
"Security is a big factor in sustainable development", said Leyretana as he concurred with Seng's view of sustainable development as not just for today but also for the benefit of future generations.
Leyretana sees the visit as a milestone between Malaysia and Philippines ' cultural and diplomatic relations, which are further strengthened by the two countries' active participation in BIMP-EAGA.
"Our exchanges should not be limited to business, trade and tourism but also to academic studies as well." said Leyretana as he pointed out that exchanges like this are long overdue.
It can be recalled that in 2006, Mindanao played host to the 2nd BIMP-EAGA urban scout jamboree which gathered 3,000 boy scouts from the sub-region and other participating countries.
The said jamboree, which aimed to foster peace and unity in spite of varying cultures among the participants, have promoted the spirit of camaraderie and mutual respect while celebrating the gains of BIMP-EAGA throughout the years.
It was also in 2006 when the Thunder Riders of Sabah joined Mindanao's aspirations for a lasting peace through the 3rd Mindanao Ride for Peace.
A BIMP-EAGA friendship games is also held annually which shares the same intention of strengthening long-standing ties and close relations among the four countries that date back to decades ago.
Prior to their visit here, the MAFDC delegation has already visited Kuching in Sarawak, Malaysia ; Kota Kinabalu in Sabah and Brunei Darussalam. The team will also visit Pontianak in Indonesia.
The establishment of MAFDC in Malaysia in 1980 was brought by the need of the Malaysian government to put up an institution of higher military learning especially on national security. (MEDCo/PIA XI) [top]
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Music Lover's Field Companion 05
The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead
Taking our festivals south of the border we set out to offer a few cardinal pointers in the vast array of experimental music practices.
The programme included a special 4-hour performance by Keiji Haino - "The Secret of Music", Vibracathedral Orchestra, Kazuo Imai, My Cat in an Alien, nmperign, Takehisa Kosugi, Jandek, Shuji Inaba and Kyoaku No Intention (Munehiro Narita and Shoji Hano). Luc Ferrari and eRikm had to cancel at the last minute so Charlemagne Palestine performed in their place.
What we said at the time:
Your informative guide in the search for new aural pleasures. Taking our festivals south of the border to The Sage Gateshead we set out to offer a few cardinal pointers in the vast array of experimental music practices.
In an ever-changing musical landscape, The Sage Gateshead presents a festival of performances from some of the most exhilarating and urgent underground musicians the world has to offer, artists who define genres, break moulds and inspire scenes; it’s an exploration of the bold and exciting in new music.
In 1954, composer John Cage (often perceived as the father of experimental music) was invited to write an article on music in an edition of the United States Lines Paris Review, primarily devoted to humour. In it he suggested that a lot could be learnt about music by looking at the other great passion in his life: the mushroom.In particular, or at least most pertinently to this festival, he bemoaned the lack of guidance when surveying the ever expanding, potentially confusing genre of experimental music. If you were serious about mushrooms then the first thing you would reach for, when out for a Sunday afternoon picking, would be your trusty Field Companion to guide you towards the tastiest, non-toxic examples in the field. Why couldn’t there be such a companion to music?
Although not offering anything quite as pompous as a complete guide to the outer reaches of experimentation in music today, this festival does humbly set out to offer a few cardinal points to both those deeply embedded in the scene and to those who might wish to take a risk and expand their horizons, to venture into the undergrowth. All the performances here are from genre defining, hugely important musicians, lions in their field. They may not necessarily be household names, but their influence reaches far into contemporary music.
MLFC 05 was reveiwed by Andy Hamilton for The Wire here
Anarchic | Brouhaha
Improvising | Testing (1)
Noise | No Signal (1)
Objectivity | Instrument (1)
My Cat Is An Alien
Vibracathedral Orchestra
Supported by Arts Council England, Gateshead Council, 2005 Alive, Japan Foundation, Japan European Union 2005, The Wire
Thanks to Alan Cummings, Motochika Kinoshita, Takako Okamoto, David Keenan and all the staff at Sage Gateshead.
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Improving Flow and Habitat in the Broken River: Monitoring of lnstream Habitat - M/BUS/105
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Phase 2 of Broken River Rehabilitation Project (see Summary survey of fish and macroinvertebrates June 2006 to May 2007) plus fish monitoring phase (see Summary report 2009) and (Final report 2009), plus Phase 1 of Broken River Restoration Project (see Phase 1- Site selection report) and (Phase 1 – Scoping Report).
The abundance of large woody debris (LWD) within lowland river channels is a major driver of both primary productivity and community structure of fish and invertebrates as well as other associated biota (Nicol et al 2002). In Australian lowland rivers the substratum generally consists of sand, silt or clay. In general these substrates are colonized by few invertebrates (Humphries et al. 1998). The principle substratum for biofilm development and macroinvertebrate colonization is large woody debris (Crook and Robertson 1999). Large woody debris supports a more diverse invertebrate community in comparison to other instream sediments (Humphries et al. 1998; Growns et al. 1999) and increases instream habitat complexity (Pusey and Arthington 2003). The presence of LWD influences fish habitat at a number of scales. The number of fish in a river is often related to the quality and heterogeneity of instream habitat (Koehn and O’Connor 1990). The presence and complexity of LWD assists in the creation of scour pools and slackwaters promoting habitat diversity for fish and refuge from flow and predators. Fish communities in streams with a poor diversity of habitat are usually dominated by fish species that are tolerant of a wide variety of habitats. These generalists are most often introduced species (Koehn and O’Connor 1990), which compete with native fish species for food resources. Between 1960 and 1975 “river improvement” works were carried out in the Broken River in an effort to decrease the frequency of flooding. Works undertaken included the construction of levees and removal of LWD. In 2006 work was commenced to re-snag the Broken River. This report focuses on data from fish and macroinvertebrate surveys undertaken during the 2007-2008 sampling year (herein referred to as 2008), and compares it to similar work from the 2006-2007 sampling year (herein referred to as 2007) following the introduction of the LWD.
MDFRC funding agency: Goulburn-Broken Catchment Management Authority
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Will court curb eminent domain?
By Jeff Jacoby | February 27, 2005
BEGINNING his oral argument in Kelo v. City of New London, the Connecticut eminent-domain case the Supreme Court took up last week, Scott Bullock of the Institute for Justice puts the stakes bluntly:
‘‘Every home, church, or corner store would produce more jobs and tax revenue if it were a Costco or a shopping mall,’’ he says. If state and local governments can force a property owner to surrender his land so it can be given to a new owner who will put it to more lucrative use, no home or shop in America will ever be safe again.
That’s just what New London wants to do to Bullock’s clients, the last remaining homeowners in the city’s working-class section of Fort Trumbull. When Pfizer, the big pharmaceutical firm, announced in 1998 that it would build a $300 million research facility nearby, the city decided to raze Fort Trumbull’s modest homes and shops so they could be replaced with more expensive properties: offices, upscale condos, a luxury hotel.
But can the government kick people out of their homes or businesses simply to make way for new development?
Under the Bill of Rights, the power of eminent domain may be used only when land is needed for a public use. ‘‘Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation,’’ the Fifth Amendment commands. A school, a post office, a right of way for a railroad — those are the kinds of public uses for which property owners have traditionally been made to relinquish their land.
But that isn’t why New London wants to tear down the 112-year-old Victorian that Susette Kelo worked so hard to renovate, or the house at Walbach and East streets where Wilhelmina Dery has lived for all of her 87 years. The city doesn’t want their land for a public facility or a new road. It simply wants the expanded tax base and economic growth that will come with new development. Is that what the Constitution means by ‘‘public use’’ — the trickle-down benefits of private use?
Once, Supreme Court justices would have given short shrift to such a claim.
‘‘The despotic power ..... of taking private property when state necessity requires, exists in every government,’’ Justice William Paterson wrote in a 1795 case, Vanhorn’s Lessee v. Dorrance, but the state must not invoke that power ‘‘except in urgent cases.’’ He could not imagine any situation that would justify ‘‘the seizing of landed property belonging to one citizen, and giving it to another citizen. ..... Where is the security, where the inviolability of property, if the legislature ..... can take land from one citizen, who acquired it legally, and vest it in another?’’
But there is no echo of Paterson’s spirited defense of property rights as the justices consider Fort Trumbull.
When Bullock argues that New London wants to throw people out of their homes for the sake of ordinary economic development, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asks why that’s a problem. New London is depressed, she says; what’s wrong with trying to ‘‘build it up and get more jobs?’’ If the city could buy property on the open market and turn it over to a developer, wonders Justice David Souter, why can’t it use eminent domain to achieve the same end? Justice Stephen Breyer notes that there is bound to be some public benefit from almost any land taking. Isn’t that enough to satisfy the Constitution’s ‘‘public use’’ requirement?
It is a depressing colloquy for anyone who believes that property rights are fundamental to liberty. But there is worse to come. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor presses Wesley Horton, the lawyer for New London, on whether eminent domain can really be deployed to condemn any property that could be put to better use.
‘‘For example, a Motel 6,’’ O’Connor says. ‘‘A city thinks, ‘If we had a Ritz-Carlton, we’d get higher taxes.’ Is that OK?’’
‘‘Yes, that’s OK,’’ Horton replies.
Justice Antonin Scalia: ‘‘You can take from A and give it to B, if B pays more in taxes?’’
Horton: ‘‘Yes, if it’s a significant amount.’’
Got that? Anyone’s property can be taken by eminent domain if the government identifies another owner who could use it to earn a higher profit. New London isn’t alone in making such an outrageous claim. In planning commissions and redevelopment authorities nationwide, the Fifth Amendment’s ‘‘public use’’ requirement has been ignored for years. The question now is whether five Supreme Court justices will agree to kill off this piece of the Bill of Rights for good, or to bring it back to life. The fate of more than just seven Connecticut homeowners is riding on their decision.
Jeff Jacoby’s e-mail address is jacoby@globe.com.
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A Sandton business hotel stay that won’t leave you feeling blue.
As published on BizCommunity.com, the biggest business to business news portal with 464 000 global readers. Click here to read:
By BRIAN BERKMAN
Where to stay in the Sandton area really depends on why you are there. While Sandton is an ever-changing landscape with buildings and road works falling and rising like a yo-yo, that it remains the money hub is a constant.
The great advantage of lodging at The Radisson Blu Sandton, (not to be confused with its sister Gautrain Station property, just down the road), is its nearness to three businesses essentials: The Platinum Sandton Planet Fitness, Aston Martin and Khaliques where you can be toned, groomed, suited and booted and drive off in style without leaving the building.
Use of meeting rooms and free-flowing beverages included in your stay
Radisson Blu Business Class rooms include access to the top-floor Business Lounge for all-day grazing and quality beverages like special teas and espressi. Other beverages, including your favourite hootch, are complementary at certain times but the appeal here is the opportunity for an elegant and quiet environment in which to enjoy international and local newspapers and magazines. Clean-lined and Scandinavian in design there are wrap-around-views of the city 22 floors below. For smokers there is the roof terrace up a flight of stairs. There are a number of private meeting rooms and other business-related facilities you’d expect. Wi-fi is fast and free. The lounge food offering was particularly impressive and a step up from many other similarly graded properties.
World-class fitness facility – just bring a cap
There is a large open-aired pool deck with loungers a little lower down in this tower block and the gym’s indoor pool along with all the facilities including hot-flow yoga, are also available to hotel guests at no charge. Remember to bring a swimming cap but know that towels are provided at the gym. There is also an independently operated spa on the same floor.
The alpha to the Omega3 of a great breakfast
Hotel buffet breakfasts are a thing of legend and hotels will compete to offer the most talked-about selection. I especially liked the do-it-yourself tomato cocktail with all the add-ons including celery salt at hand. The hot-smoked salmon with a note about the health benefits of Omega 3s also stood out. Of the hot buffet selection, the egg curry and “eggs en coquette” were both items I’ve not seen at other hotels. A quality lunch and dinner are also served in the Vivace restaurant.
https://www.radissonblu.com/en/hotel-johannesburg?facilitator=CSOSEO
Tags: Brian Berkman, Luxury Travel, Radisson Blu, Sandton, South Africa
Where to stay in Sandton while on business.
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Barbara Bridges has been an artist and a teacher/college professor for almost 40 years. Her sculptures have been exhibited in Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, Canada, the Virgin Islands, Maine, Miami, Maryland, Chicago and throughout Minnesota.
Barbara creates social practice art from fabricated components in a variety of media and eco-rescued “power objects”. She manipulates the objects to create meaning and provoke discussions and reflection on a wide variety of social topics including agricultural practices (Ode to Gluten), living a considered life (Talking Chairs and Academia Nuts), water quality (Found In Our Water), recovery (Reflection Pool) and Feminism (Three Waves and La Mujer). See bridgescreate.com. She is a sculptor on a mission to demonstrate how art can serve as a catalyst for social change and is committed to creating, and empowering others to create, high quality art objects which honor their powerful message.
She is a sculptor whose work is based in a variety of influences that are rooted in modern society, personal history and symbolic representation. “Onion/AKA Academia Nuts” was commissioned and lived at the MnSCU system offices for over a decade and focuses on communications and technology. Her large public work, “Ode to Gluten”, was unveiled at the Annual Art-A-Whirl Event in the NE Arts District of Minneapolis in the last weekend in May 2013 and also appeared at the Mill City Museum in April 2014.
In 2012, I joined WARM
The Women’s Art Resources of Minnesota (WARM) is located in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area in Minnesota. We are a women’s art organization that serves Midwest women artists through a variety of programming. http://www.thewarm.org/
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The Educator
Bridges CURRICULUM VITAE 1
DLiTE received the “Exceptional Program Award from the Higher Continuing Education Association” in 2004. Barbara’s relationship with teachers, students and schools began in Maine where she started teaching art in 1976. She has worked with teachers, artists and students since that time in Maine, Mexico, the Caribbean, and in Minnesota.
Barbara holds a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Minnesota where she taught and supervised student teachers for 5 years, interacting with over 50 metro area school and teachers. Barbara was named 1998 and 2008 Minnesota Art Higher Educator of the Year by the Art Educators of Minnesota. Her doctoral research focused on cross-cultural iconography—how cultures see themselves and represent themselves with symbols (sometimes called “art”). As her students will testify, multiple perspectives and their implication on school pedagogy are a primary interest of hers. Allyn and Bacon recently published her Paradigm Deconstruction Charts.
Dr. Barbara Bridges, the professor, teaches at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota. Her appointment includes teaching Foundations of Education and Human Relations and Critical and Creative Thinking, as well as designer and architect of the unique DLiTE (Distributed Learning in Teacher Education) – a hybrid online K-8 teacher licensure partnership program and the FasTrack program designed for previously degreed candidates who wish to teach high school. http://
Dr. Bridges served as Coordinator for ArtsNet Minnesota for six years where she coordinated the development of, and wrote curriculum for, this interdisciplinary website as the Walker Art Center, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Frederick R. Weisman Museum, The Minnesota Museum of American Art, teachers and students from around the state of Minnesota contributed their knowledge and expertise. ArtsNet Minnesota was a constituency-based discussion group moderated (600+ members) site (8000+ pages) and the curriculum continues to expand.
Click here to view her programs:
Bemidji DLiTE K-8 teacher licensure program http://www.bemidjistate.edu/academics/dlite
Bemidji FasTrack Secondary http://www.bemidjistate.edu/academics/fastrack
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1. Human Relations and Diversity Staff Development – it’s not about melanin-it’s about power. One Day $500.00. Dynamic interactive activities designed to help people learn two things: a. Collect the Data EVERY time and b. Get over themselves!
2. Recovering Addicts Family Workshop. One Day. Working with families making art and meaning and healing. $500.00 Sculpture using personal found power objects. See Sculpture for my work. Held in my studio in NE Minneapolis. OR Illustrated Journal -includes watercolor lesson. Heritage Journal
3. Developing assessment tools for the 21st Century Student. One Day $500.00
4. Mask Workshop; Making a Mask with Meaning $ Two days $1000.00 http://recordari.com/
5. How to bring your faculty (K-12 or higher education) into the 21st century and to enthusiastically embrace online curriculum delivery options. I started one of the first online teacher education program, DLiTE 20 years ago. Bemijdi State, Minnesota, now has 300 students, 4 full time and 8 adjuncts in their outreach program. Students pass their teacher license tests the first try. I have boots on the ground tips and a plethora of knowledge on how to avoid faculty resistance.
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E-mail Barbara at: bbridges@bemidjistate.edu or drb@bridgescreate.com
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I am the anti-professor who prepares teachers for the new millennium. These new teachers must be the guides-on-the-side who will have the courage to empower their students to expose our world’s internal contradictions and the academic rigor to help their students recognize the plethora of opportunities emerging every minute of every day.
1951-Until Living a Creative Life Out Loud
1996 First Color Photographs in a PhD dissertation at the University of
1996 Multiple World View Paradigm Charts Sold to Allyn and Bacon for $10,000.
1997 Designer: First online museum education virtual learning community -Walker Art Center, Weisman Art Museum and Minneapolis Institute of Art Award: Museums and the Web. http://www.artsconnected.org/artsnetmn/theme.html
1998 + 2008 Minnesota Art Teacher and Higher Ed Art Teacher of the Year. Awarded by the Art Educators of Minnesota
2000 Designer/Survivor: First general and secondary online teacher licensure virtual learning community in the nation. Brought 100-year-old bricks and mortar state university to the digital age. Award: The Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) Online Credit Program. http://www.bemidjistate.edu/academics/fastrack
1999 First ePublication accepted for promotion and tenure at MnSCU
(Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. MnSCU is the Minnesota state university system, which includes 32 institutions.
2008 First Digital PDP (Professional Development Plan, the document
historically 6 inches thick) http://bridgespdp.pbworks.com/w/page/23751650/FrontPage
What am I passionate about?
● Empowering my students to believe, REALLY believe, that THEIR TRUTH may be only one of many valid worldviews which are equally TRUE.
● Creating, and inspiring others to create a message (sometimes called art) that could change the planet.
● Translating the language of the intellectuals to language which might actually effect change.
● Identifying the self-involvement of the ruling elite and then helping them evolve into a population who may be willing to empower those who have not been born or educated to privilege.
You need to know that I am a simple country girl from Maine who values brevity of word and wit but has a passionate need to gather and share data which will empower our teachers and students to step away from the shroud which has smothered them into becoming observers of their own lives. Mainstream media has replaced religion as the opiate of the masses.
From my student, Peter Scholtes: Dr. Bridges was my advisor and professor for two courses at Bemidji State University (Foundations of American Education and Human Relations in Education), and never failed to captivate and provoke her students while keeping the class active, moving, and creatively engaged. Her kickoff class for Human Relations last spring was a model for me when it comes to first days of class–the perfect balance of activity, humor, and disequilibrium. The class is a bit complicated to describe in detail, but I’ll at least say it involved cooperative group work, lecturing in a costume, various masks from around the world, and plenty of questions. Bridges is beloved for her vigor, intellect, and principles. Memorable anecdote.
I am a record keeper. When I travel, I create a small journals using Koi travel paints and found memory necklaces by discovering a representational power object from each destination. I often bring materials and encourage others to create similar art works supporting my belief that collaborative creating builds community. When I had thyroid cancer…I, as many other do, created a bucket list. Touring Penobscot Bay (where I have lived for 40 years) by sea was one of them. What an experience. An all wooden schooner. Enjoy.
Heritage Schooner Journal
How the Acadians Became the Cajuns: Ethnic Cleansing in North America. I am a Franco-American. This is a curriculum project in process developed for middle school. The last chapter will outline how my great-grandfather changed his name from LeBlanc to White after the first KKK march against the Franco-Americans in Old Town, Maine in the 1920’s. http://bridgescreate.wpengine.com/how-the-acadians-became-the-cajuns-curriculum/
Curriculum Repositories.
As an online teacher for a decade, I found it such a loss when the Course was finisihed-all the developed curriculum was lost. I created what I call “Island of Knowledge” . The students’ final projects are generally lost to each other when an online class is finished. I create these Wiki’s so the students have ongoing access to the curriculum.
http://authenticvoice.pbworks.com/w/page/34343409/FrontPage
http://creativecurriculum6117.pbworks.com/w/page/21501603/FrontPage
First MnSCU Digital CV/PDP (Professional Development Plan) the document (historically a 6 inch thick binder) which is reviewed for promotion and tenure. http://bridgespdp.pbworks.com/w/page/23751650/FrontPage
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Field hockey splits in two stroke-outs
September 23, 2010 by Rob Duffy
By Joyce Novacek
The field hockey team finished its home stand with consecutive stroke-outs, defeating Sacred Heart 4-3 on Saturday afternoon and losing to Indiana 2-1 on Sunday.
Tough defensive play from the Bison held the Pioneers scoreless during the first 40 minutes of play. Offensively, the Bison dominated Sacred Heart in the first half, outshooting the Pioneers 13-3. Morgan Kauffman ’11 and Tayler Siegrist ’13 each netted a first-half goal, sending the Bison into halftime with a two-goal lead.
The Pioneers came out attacking in the second half. Less than 10 minutes into the second frame, Sacred Heart netted two goals and tied the score.
Rachel Misko ’14 responded with a goal, lifting the Bison up 3-2, but the Pioneers knotted the score at three with less than a minute to go, sending the game into overtime.
Impressive defensive performances from both teams resulted in a stroke out. Corinne Raczek ’11, Siegrist and Christine Weiss ’11 each scored in the stroke off, and, thanks to a pair of saves by Sarah Zagarapour ’12, the Bison claimed a much-deserved win.
After playing 100 minutes of hockey Saturday, the team had minimal recovery time before Sunday’s Big Ten match up.
“Going into the weekend, we tried to focus on working together as a team and not individuals, and I think we did that successfully both days,” Vicki Resh ’14 said. “We also knew that after playing two overtime periods and going into strokes on Saturday, Indiana was going to be tough … although the outcome wasn’t quite what we had hoped for, we can proud of our performance.”
Sunday’s game against Indiana was another tight one for the Bison. After a scoreless first half, the Bison went up 1-0 when Rachel Misko ’14 scored the first goal of the game and her fourth of the season. Misko’s goal was assisted by Kelly Bruvik ’11 off a Bison penalty corner. The Bison held their lead for almost 20 minutes until Indiana’s Lena Grote tied the score.
After the Bison and Hoosiers played two scoreless periods of overtime, the Bison faced their second stroke out in two days. The Hoosiers connected on seven out of nine strokes to defeat the Bison’s six out of nine.
Despite the close loss on Sunday, the team had a positive reaction to its play at Graham Field.
“I think we proved how competitive we can be with a Big Ten school, even after playing a lot of extra minutes of hockey the day before,” Weiss said. “We played some really great hockey this past weekend and should have a lot of confidence going into our first round of Patriot League competition.”
On Saturday, the Orange and Blue travel to Worcester, Mass. to take on Holy Cross and open Patriot League play. On Sunday, the Bison travel to Cambridge to play Harvard.
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I can still be who I am
Posted at 12:05h in For older people, General, Health and wellbeing, LGBTI by Paul Hemsworth 1 Comment
A new program aiming to make services in the aged care, health, human services and wellbeing sectors more inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people was launched in Sydney last week. The Pride in Health and Wellbeing program was created by the NSW LGBTI health organisation ACON as part of its Pride Inclusion Programs.
At Uniting we celebrate diversity and welcome all people regardless of lifestyle choices, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or gender identity. To show our commitment to this inclusion and celebration, Uniting became a foundation member of Pride in Health and Wellbeing, and hosted its launch. “Uniting is proud to stand with LGBTI communities including our customers, staff and visitors and actively celebrate difference. Each of our services, from aged care through to chaplaincy, is backed by an organisation-wide commitment to inclusion and diversity. We welcome all people irrespective of sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, or intersex status,” said Peter Worland, Uniting Executive Director.
In 2015 Uniting’s aged care and corporate services were accredited with the Rainbow Tick, and Uniting was the first not-for-profit and faith-based aged care provider to be officially recognised as LGBTI–friendly. We’ve also been recognised as one of Australia’s most inclusive employers several years in a row by Pride in Diversity’s Australian Workplace Equity Index (AWEI) awards, and continue to be a visible advocate for LGBTI rights across the health and wellbeing sector.
Uniting Locke Haven resident Bernette Redwood attended ACON’s launch. Being gay and Jewish, she said that she was apprehensive at first at the thought of living in a Christian aged-care home but she felt that Uniting was safe, welcoming and inclusive and allowed her to express and celebrate all parts of her identity, to bring her whole self.
“I still feel I’m Bernette. I’m gay, I’m Jewish and that’s incredible to me.” Ms Redwood told the launch in her video presentation.
Bernette marched with Uniting at last year’s Mardi Gras and loved it! “It made me feel accepted.” she said. A photo of the march is proudly hung on the wall beside the main television at Uniting Locke Haven.
Find out more about our inclusive aged care services by calling 1800 864 846 or email us.
Watch Bernette’s story
Advocacy, LGBTI, News
Dianne Latter
Well done Bernette- a wonderful story!!
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Formentera Day Centre begins Dance Therapy
Attendees of the adult care centre took part in a course on dance therapy today, marking the start of individually-tuned weekly sessions geared towards helping each of the course’s 36 participants—some seniors, some people with disabilities—no matter their particular level of functioning.
Sessions will be led by teachers from the School of Music and Dance, though a physiotherapist from the Formentera Day Centre will also be on hand helping participants to improve mobility and shaping an enriched sensorial environment using, among other things, music. Sessions last for one hour, and individuals with disabilities will meet on Thursdays, while the seniors’ group meets Fridays.
With a more complete roll-out under way following the success of a trial-run in May and June, the course has been incorporated into curriculum and will continue until July. The course happens thanks to the joint efforts of the School of Music and Dance and Day Centre, both of which operate under the umbrella of the Consell de Formentera.
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2020 calendar centres on etymological roots of Formentera’s coastal islands
Reviving a yearly tradition, Formentera’s Language Assessment Service has put out a new crop of calendars for the year ahead.
The 2020 calendar spotlights eleven islands on the Formentera coastline; a summit between Punta de l’Anguila and Racó de s’Alga; and Es Freus, and includes the image and etymological origin of names like S’Espardell, S’Espardelló, S’Espalmador, Castaví, En Forn, Ses Parreres and Es Fonoll Marí, to name a few.
Past editions of the calendars have focused on varieties of fig, raisin, fishing tackle and Formentera’s history as told by its archaeological sites.
The 2020 calendar aims to showcase local toponymy—namely, that of Formentera’s coastal waters. Photos were taken by Alfredo Montero, and the two thousand copies that have been printed are available at Consell de Formentera offices like the Citizen’s Information Office (OAC), Antoni Blanc sport centre, the culture office in Sant Ferran and the Casa del Poble in La Mola.
Two Formentera pupils snag prizes for work on water cycle
Two pupils from local primary schools —CEIP Sant Ferran de ses Salines's Pablo Wenham Martínez and Ana Burches, of CEIP Mestre Lluís Andreu— have been named finalists in seventeenth Concurs Digital Infantil (Digital Kids Contest). The contest is put on by Aqualia, which implements Formentera's municipal water service. The two children’s drawings were picked from a pool of over 7,200 submissions from Spanish cities where Aqualia provides service. All told, 250 children were celebrated for their work.
Alejandra Ferrer and Susana Labrador, Formentera's president and culture conseller, respectively, were joined by the head of Aqualia's operations on the island, Maria del Mar Yern, in applauding the pair’s achievement and presenting each artist with a smartwatch. President Ferrer saluted Aqualia for its initiative and said local schools deserved praise too for taking part in the contest, which works to educate children about the importance of a resource which, according to the president, "is as scarce as it is vital".
Organisers say the competition’s overlap with World Water Day is no accident, and describe the idea behind the competition as “getting kids thinking about managing the water cycle responsibly, and about the hard work that goes into bringing it into people's homes, not to mention cycling it back out in a way that’s sustainable”.
The year three and four pupils who took part in this year's contest learned the ropes as researchers, pinpointing the source of the water we consume every day, then figuring out where it goes when we've finished using it. To that end, a website called "Water Investigators" (www.investigatorsdelaigua.cat) offered children vast educational materials about managing the whole water cycle, including a special section on the Sustainable Development Goals and Aqualia's commitment to the 2030 Agenda.
Music school celebrates Saint Cecilia
The education office of the Consell de Formentera reports that on Friday 22 November the island's Escola de Música i Dansa (School of Music and Dance) will stage a concert to celebrate the patroness of musicians. The concert is scheduled for 8.00pm in the Sant Francesc church and is part of the activities programme to celebrate twenty years of learning at the Escola.
The activities continue at 8.00pm on 1 December, when students take part in a benefit gala held at the Sala de Cultura-Cinema by the Eivissa-Formentera Association of Individuals with Special Needs (Apneef). A Christmas concert is in the works for 13 December at 6.00pm in the Sant Ferran square, and will feature local school children and the Escola band.
As education consellera Susana Labrador pointed out, “the principal aim of this school is to put islanders of all ages in contact with music. Maybe that means teaching fans of homegrown musical heritage how to play traditional instruments; maybe it means classes in modern dance or folk guitar, and a focus on the new”.
The Escola has already begun lining up activities for the year ahead as well, like the fourth Cantada Pagesa on the evening of 22 February at the Sala de Cultura-Cinema, an intergenerational gathering of local vocalists. For Carnival, on 26 February, students of the Escola will put on a festival at the Sala de Cultura-Cinema, offering performances of music and dance. For International Dance Day, a dance festival will be held on 29 April with support from the Casal de Joves.
Also in the offing are an intimate concert at La Mola lighthouse and a piano recital at the Casa del Poble (both dates are to be announced). A permanent display of photographs of performances by students at the music school is also being prepared, and will be exhibited in the hallways of the Escola.
Practices start Saturday for Formentera Choir
The Consell de Formentera education department reports that this Saturday, 26 October, classes begin for singers in the Formentera Polyphonic Choir. All those interested in joining can send an email to the island’s School of Music and Dance at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Classes, offered at no charge, will take place twice a month, 10.00am to 2.00pm, at the School of Music and Dance. The first session will begin with an introduction from the choir’s new director, Juan Carlos Ballesteros. The following sessions are set for 9 and 23 November and 14 December.
Joan Marí Cardona Local Study Days return 7–11 October for ninth year
Meeting with representatives of platform to promote Catalan language
Students back in class today at Consell's two nurseries
Return of autumn and winter learning for Formentera adults
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Corridors in Management nlmccoy 2017-03-22T10:12:34-04:00
Digests about corridors in management
The role of memory in migration
Elizabeth Schultheis 2019-12-18T11:25:27-05:00 December 18th, 2019|
A study on mule deer finds that memory plays a strong role in determining migration patterns, and leads herbivores to obtain higher foraging benefits.
The importance of migratory data to inform global ocean policy
Elizabeth Schultheis 2019-12-06T11:23:41-05:00 November 20th, 2019|
Migratory marine species don't see international boundaries, yet they cross them during long-distance migrations across oceans. A new synthesis study creates a prototype data system to support worldwide conservation efforts.
For success in connectivity conservation planning, which factors should you consider?
A global assessment of over 250 connectivity conservation plans from a wide variety of organizations, governments, and agencies summarizes the key factors for success.
Prairie strips provide wildlife habitat within the agricultural matrix
Matt Stephenson 2019-12-09T11:50:00-05:00 September 23rd, 2019|
Landscapes that have been converted to cropland can still support a diversity of wildlife by incorporating rows of native prairie grass.
Reserve design to optimize functional connectivity and animal density
Amrita Gupta 2019-09-03T13:05:29-04:00 August 27th, 2019|
Maximizing the number of individuals protected by a reserve, as well as the ability of those individuals to access other protected lands, is an ecologically meaningful measure of reserve quality.
How often should grassland corridors burn to maximize biodiversity?
Heather Cayton 2019-07-18T12:05:48-04:00 July 23rd, 2019|
The frequency of prescribed fire determines how extensively ecological succession occurs, which influences the biodiversity of insects such as butterflies.
Bat overpasses: A potential solution to restore habitat connectivity across roads
Elizabeth Schultheis 2019-09-05T16:25:02-04:00 June 10th, 2019|
Roads have strong impacts on the connectivity of landscapes, even for animals that can fly over, like bats.
Multi-species management for migration in the Northern Great Plains
Heather Cayton 2019-09-05T16:36:29-04:00 May 29th, 2019|
Pronghorn and sage-grouse migrate long distances in the U.S. and Canada, and understanding how they use both public and private lands helps better connect and protect their routes for the future.
Connecting the Ecuadorian Chocó
Fundación Jocotoco 2019-04-15T20:52:37-04:00 April 15th, 2019|
One of the most threatened tropical forests on the earth is getting linked up through a new, large-scale conservation initiative from Fundación Jocotoco.
Temporary road closures benefit wildlife connectivity
Heather Cayton 2019-03-26T10:48:07-04:00 March 26th, 2019|
When a stretch of highway in Banff National Park was temporarily closed in the spring for several years, it dramatically changed the movement patterns of wolves, elk, and many other wildlife.
Small, isolated patches are more important than you think
Heather Cayton 2019-03-07T09:38:59-05:00 February 18th, 2019|
A new global synthesis of over 30 conservation studies provides insight into the relative importance of small, less connected habitat patches.
How wide should a corridor be?
An answer to one of the simplest - and most pressing - questions in connectivity conservation with a straightforward rule of thumb.
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UPDATE: Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature Regular Session, Open Topic (3/15/06; SCMLA, 10/26/06-10/28/06)
Caroline E. Kimberly
UPDATE: Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature Regular Session,
Open Topic, to be held at the South Central MLA 2006, Fort Worth, TX.
Please submit a one-page abstract by March 15th, 2006 to Caroline Kimberly,
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Literature, Language, and Culture,
Atlanta, GA 30332-0165, caroline.kimberly_at_lcc.gatech.edu. Email submissions
preferred.
CFP: Dominant Culture and the Education of Women (4/15/06; MMLA, 11/9/06-11/12/06)
Saturday, March 4, 2006 - 8:41pm
Paulk, Julia
The following is a CFP for a special session proposed for the 2006 Midwest Modern Language Association convention in Chicago, November 9-12, 2006:
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Faith, Knowledge, and Credulity in the Eighteenth Century
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CFP: Irish Studies: Etudes Irlandaises (no deadline noted; journal issue)
Pascale Amiot
ETUDES IRLANDAISES : CALL FOR PAPERS
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Jessica Langston
Second Annual University of Ottawa English Graduate
Propaganda and its Discontents
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Emily S. Smith
Abstracts welcome for a panel on "Practicable knowledge and domestic
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CFP: Old Books, New Media: Using Technology to Teach Pre-1900 Texts (4/15/06; MMLA, 11/9/06-11/12/06)
Elizabeth Coker
Old Books, New Media: Using Technology to teach Pre-1900 Texts
With the advent of computer classrooms, web-based archives, digital storytelling, and a host of other technological marvels, technology in the literature classroom has moved beyond the occasional Zeffirelli or Merchant Ivory film to encompass a wide range of problems and possibilities for teachers and students alike.
CFP: Hemlow Prize in Frances Burney Studies (6/1/06; journal issue)
Bilger, Audrey
Hemlow Prize in Burney Studies
The Burney Society invites submissions for the Hemlow Prize in Burney
Studies,
named in honour of the late Joyce Hemlow, Greenshields Professor of
English at
McGill University, whose biography of Frances Burney and edition of her
journals and letters are among the foundational works of
eighteenth-century
literary scholarship.
The Hemlow Prize will be awarded to the best essay written by a graduate
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Rebecca N. Mitchell
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference
November 10-11 2006
**Session on English Literature post-1700**
Proposals welcome for 15-minute paper presentations concerning any
aspect of British literature after 1700.
Please email 500-word proposals (inline or as attachment) to
rmitchell_at_writing.ucsb.edu.
Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and preferred
contact information with your proposal.
Deadline for abstracts: March 15, 2006
Conference website with details and membership information at: www.pamla.org
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A Review of JBI SUMARI: A Systematic Review Tool
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Shalu Gillum, JD, MLS, AHIP
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JBI SUMARI from the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) is an online software tool for systematic reviews. The Joanna Briggs Institute is an international nonprofit research and development organization from the University of Adelaide, South Australia.1 SUMARI, which stands for System for the Unified Management, Assessment and Review of Information, is designed to help researchers and health practitioners with the entire systematic review process, from creating the protocol, selecting studies for inclusion, critical appraisal of included studies, data extraction, and synthesis.1 SUMARI allows users to conduct 10 different types of systematic reviews, including qualitative, economic evaluations, prevalence/incidence, etiology/risk, umbrella/overview, text/opinion, diagnostic test accuracy, effectiveness review, and scoping reviews.1 It also allows users to combine review types within one project and create custom reviews.
Subscriptions and Access
SUMARI is available through individual or institutional subscription, either directly from the Joanna Briggs Institute or from the JBI suite of resources through the Wolters Kluwer Ovid platform. Logging in can be a little confusing depending on how one subscribes to SUMARI. On either platform, users must create a new personal account with user name and password. After logging in to SUMARI on the Ovid platform, the login page reloads, and users might think they need to log in again, or that logging in was unsuccessful. However, users should click on the green “EBP Network / Ovid” button to continue to SUMARI.
Once logged in, users are brought to a homepage or dashboard, where they can create a new project or systematic review. The SUMARI dashboard is simple and pleasing to the eye. Here users will find a listing all of their projects. Within a project, there are links to each stage of a systematic review to help guide users through the process. These include Protocol, Studies, Appraisal, Extraction, Synthesis, and Review. An Overview tab shows users the status of a particular project, including the number of studies, how many have been appraised, and what data has been extracted. A useful feature is that once a review type is chosen – for example, an effectiveness review – the protocol fields are preselected for that review type to help populate the protocol. Another convenient feature is that this protocol can then be exported to a Word document. As a project owner, a user can invite other individuals as contributors to a review, but all contributors must have a paid subscription to JBI SUMARI. In SUMARI, the majority of the steps in a systematic review are accomplished by clicking on large buttons or typing text into fillable boxes, greatly simplifying the process.
Also on the dashboard are links to Help/FAQ, Tutorials, and a Reviewer’s manual (not to be confused with a user manual for SUMARI, this is a manual on conducting systematic reviews using JBI methodology). Help/FAQ is a link to a “Knowledge Base” including frequently asked questions and other tips for using SUMARI. Several short video tutorials are available under the Tutorials link, which are quite helpful in guiding users through SUMARI.
Since SUMARI is web based, there is no offline option, but no software needs to be installed. According to the JBI SUMARI Knowledge Base, some internet browsers work better with SUMARI than others, such as Google Chrome or Firefox, and some features of SUMARI may not work with Internet Explorer or Safari.2
Studies can be imported into SUMARI in either XML or RIS format, or manually by entering all relevant data into fillable boxes. A list of studies can be exported as a Word document. SUMARI is a self-described reference management tool1, but it would be more useful in this regard if it allowed for de-duplication of citations, which it currently does not. Users are better off importing citations into a standalone reference manager such as EndNote or RefWorks, removing duplicates, and then exporting to an XML or RIS file that can be imported into SUMARI.
Another important part of the systematic review process that SUMARI does not allow for is title and abstract screening. According to the Knowledge Base, JBI has partnered with systematic review software Covidence3 for title and abstract screening. How this works is not clear, but it appears that users would need a paid subscription to Covidence to accomplish this.
The best feature of JBI SUMARI is its simplicity. A simple but aesthetically pleasing dashboard, easy-to-follow tabs, large clickable buttons, and fillable boxes all serve to guide users through a systematic review from protocol to synthesis. For users embarking on their first systematic review, JBI SUMARI takes the guesswork out of the systematic review process.
Joanna Briggs Institute. About. 2019. http://www.jbisumari.org/#about Accessed May 15, 2019.
Joanna Briggs Institute. Basics of JBI SUMARI. 2019. https://wiki.joannabriggs.org/display/SKB/Basics+of+JBI+SUMARI#expand-AccessthroughJBI Accessed May 15, 2019.
Joanna Briggs Institute. Selecting your studies. 2019. https://wiki.joannabriggs.org/display/SKB/Selecting+your+studies#expand-DoesJBISUMARIsupportstudyscreening Accessed May 15, 2019.
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Two-dimensional pulse dynamics and the formation of bound states on electrified falling films
M. G. Blyth, D. Tseluiko, T.-S. Lin, S. Kalliadasis
Journal: Journal of Fluid Mechanics / Volume 855 / 25 November 2018
Print publication: 25 November 2018
The flow of an electrified liquid film down an inclined plane wall is investigated with the focus on coherent structures in the form of travelling waves on the film surface, in particular, single-hump solitary pulses and their interactions. The flow structures are analysed first using a long-wave model, which is valid in the presence of weak inertia, and second using the Stokes equations. For obtuse angles, gravity is destabilising and solitary pulses exist even in the absence of an electric field. For acute angles, spatially non-uniform solutions exist only beyond a critical value of the electric field strength; moreover, solitary-pulse solutions are present only at sufficiently high supercritical electric-field strengths. The electric field increases the amplitude of the pulses, can generate recirculation zones in the humps and alters the far-field decay of the pulse tails from exponential to algebraic with a significant impact on pulse interactions. A weak-interaction theory predicts an infinite sequence of bound-state solutions for non-electrified flow, and a finite set for electrified flow. The existence of single-hump pulse solutions and two-pulse bound states is confirmed for the Stokes equations via boundary-element computations. In addition, the electric field is shown to trigger a switch from absolute to convective instability, thereby regularising the dynamics, and this is confirmed by time-dependent simulations of the long-wave model.
Using record linkage to examine testing patterns for respiratory viruses among children born in Western Australia
F. J. LIM, C. C. BLYTH, A. D. KEIL, N. DE KLERK, H. C. MOORE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2017, pp. 1688-1698
Changes in respiratory pathogen testing can affect disease burden estimates. Using linked data, we describe changes in respiratory virus testing among children born in Western Australia in 1996–2012. We extracted data on respiratory specimens from these children from birth to age 9 years. We estimated testing rates by age, year, Aboriginal status and geographical location. Predictors of testing among children hospitalised at least once before their 10th birthday were identified using logistic regression. We compared detection methods for respiratory viruses from nasal/nasopharyngeal (NP) specimens by age and year. Of 83 199 virology testing records in 2000–2012, 80% were nasal/NP specimens. Infants aged <1 month had the highest testing rates. Testing rates in all children increased over the study period with considerable yearly fluctuations. Among hospitalised children, premature children <32 weeks gestation had over three times the odds of being tested (95% CI 3·47–4·13) than those born at term. Testing using molecular methods increased from 5% to 87% over the study period. Proportion of positive samples increased from 36·3% to 44·4% (P < 0·01); this change was greatest in children aged 2–9 years. These findings will assist in interpreting results from future epidemiology studies assessing the pathogen-specific burden of disease.
An analysis of partial efficiencies of energy utilisation of different macronutrients by barramundi (Lates calcarifer) shows that starch restricts protein utilisation in carnivorous fish
Brett D. Glencross, David Blyth, Nicholas Bourne, Susan Cheers, Simon Irvin, Nicholas M. Wade
Journal: British Journal of Nutrition / Volume 117 / Issue 4 / 28 February 2017
Print publication: 28 February 2017
This study examined the effect of including different dietary proportions of starch, protein and lipid, in diets balanced for digestible energy, on the utilisation efficiencies of dietary energy by barramundi (Lates calcarifer). Each diet was fed at one of three ration levels (satiety, 80 % of initial satiety and 60 % of initial satiety) for a 42-d period. Fish performance measures (weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio) were all affected by dietary energy source. The efficiency of energy utilisation was significantly reduced in fish fed the starch diet relative to the other diets, but there were no significant effects between the other macronutrients. This reduction in efficiency of utilisation was derived from a multifactorial change in both protein and lipid utilisation. The rate of protein utilisation deteriorated as the amount of starch included in the diet increased. Lipid utilisation was most dramatically affected by inclusion levels of lipid in the diet, with diets low in lipid producing component lipid utilisation rates well above 1·3, which indicates substantial lipid synthesis from other energy sources. However, the energetic cost of lipid gain was as low as 0·65 kJ per kJ of lipid deposited, indicating that barramundi very efficiently store energy in the form of lipid, particularly from dietary starch energy. This study defines how the utilisation efficiency of dietary digestible energy by barramundi is influenced by the macronutrient source providing that energy, and that the inclusion of starch causes problems with protein utilisation in this species.
Evaluation of a Novel Intervention to Reduce Unnecessary Urine Cultures in Intensive Care Units at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Maryland, 2011–2014
Lauren Epstein, Jonathan R. Edwards, Alison Laufer Halpin, Michael Anne Preas, David Blythe, Anthony D. Harris, David Hunt, J. Kristie Johnson, Mala Filippell, Carolyn V. Gould, Surbhi Leekha
Journal: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology / Volume 37 / Issue 5 / May 2016
We assessed the impact of a reflex urine culture protocol, an intervention aimed to reduce unnecessary urine culturing, in intensive care units at a tertiary care hospital. Significant decreases in urine culturing rates and reported rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection followed implementation of the protocol.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:606–609
Evaluating Deformation-Induced Grain Orientation Change in a Polycrystal During In Situ Tensile Deformation using EBSD
Thomas E. Buchheit, Jay D. Carroll, Blythe G. Clark, Brad L. Boyce
Journal: Microscopy and Microanalysis / Volume 21 / Issue 4 / August 2015
Using an in situ load frame within a scanning electron microscope, a microstructural section on the surface of an annealed tantalum (Ta) polycrystalline specimen was mapped at successive tensile strain intervals, up to ~20% strain, using electron backscatter diffraction. A grain identification and correlation technique was developed for characterizing the evolving microstructure during loading. Presenting the correlated results builds on the reference orientation deviation (ROD) map concept where individual orientation measurements within a grain are compared with a reference orientation associated with that grain. In this case, individual orientation measurements in a deformed grain are measured relative to a reference orientation derived from the undeformed (initial) configuration rather than the current deformed configuration as has been done for previous ROD schemes. Using this technique helps reveal the evolution of crystallographic orientation gradients and development of deformation-induced substructure within grains. Although overall crystallographic texture evolved slowly during deformation, orientation spread within grains developed quickly. In some locations, misorientation relative to the original orientation of a grain exceeded 20° by 15% strain. The largest orientation changes often appeared near grain boundaries suggesting that these regions were preferred locations for the initial development of subgrains.
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Edited by Paolo Gattuso, Rush University, Chicago, Vijaya B. Reddy, Rush University, Chicago, Shahla Masood
Book: Differential Diagnosis in Cytopathology
By Syed Z. Ali, Rose Anton, Güliz A. Barkan, Natasha Berg, Joan F. Cangiarella, Richard L. Cantley, Rosa M. Dávila, Tarik M. Elsheikh, Paolo Gattuso, Blythe K. Gorman, Umesh Kapur, Walid E. Khalbuss, Lester J. Layfield, Pascale Levine, Xiaoqi Lin, Amy A. Lo, Shahla Masood, Claire W. Michael, Ritu Nayar, Ajit Paintal, Anil V. Parwani, Telma C. Pereira, Vijaya B. Reddy, Marilin Rosa, Reda S. Saad, Jan F. Silverman, Aylin Simsir, Luan D. Truong, Julianne M. Ubago, Eva M. Wojcik, Lourdes R. Ylagan, Mohammad M. Yousef, Jing Zhai
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Stability of film flow over inclined topography based on a long-wave nonlinear model
D. Tseluiko, M. G. Blyth, D. T. Papageorgiou
Journal: Journal of Fluid Mechanics / Volume 729 / 25 August 2013
Print publication: 25 August 2013
The stability of a viscous liquid film flowing under gravity down an inclined wall with periodic corrugations is investigated. A long-wave model equation valid at near-critical Reynolds numbers is used to study the film dynamics, and calculations are performed for either sinusoidal or rectangular wall corrugations assuming either a fixed flow rate in the film or a fixed volume of fluid within each wall period. Under the two different flow assumptions, steady solution branches are delineated including subharmonic branches, for which the period of the free surface is an integer multiple of the wall period, and the existence of quasi-periodic branches is demonstrated. Floquet–Bloch theory is used to determine the linear stability of steady, periodic solutions and the nature of any instability is analysed using the method of exponentially weighted spaces. Under certain conditions, and depending on the wall period, the flow may be convectively unstable for small wall amplitudes but undergo transition to absolute instability as the wall amplitude increases, a novel theoretical finding for this class of flows; in other cases, the flow may be convectively unstable for small wall amplitudes but stable for larger wall amplitudes. Solutions with the same spatial period as the wall become unstable at a critical Reynolds number, which is strongly dependent on the period size. For sufficiently small wall periods, the corrugations have a destabilizing effect by lowering the critical Reynolds number above which instability occurs. For slightly larger wall periods, small-amplitude corrugations are destabilizing but sufficiently large-amplitude corrugations are stabilizing. For even larger wall periods, the opposite behaviour is found. For sufficiently large wall periods, the corrugations are destabilizing irrespective of their amplitude. The predictions of the linear theory are corroborated by time-dependent simulations of the model equation, and the presence of absolute instability under certain conditions is confirmed. Boundary element simulations on an inverted substrate reveal that wall corrugations can have a stabilizing effect at zero Reynolds number.
By Julija Baranova, Rebecca Barnes, Joe Blythe, Penelope Brown, Mark Dingemanse, Tyko Dirksmeyer, Paul Drew, Susan Ehrlich, N. J. Enfield, Simeon Floyd, Sonja Gipper, Rósa S. Gísladóttir, Kaoru Hayano, Makoto Hayashi, John Heritage, Gertie Hoymann, Kobin H. Kendrick, Mardi Kidwell, Gene H. Lerner, Stephen C. Levinson, Lilla Magyari, Elizabeth Manrique, Douglas W. Maynard, Richard Ogden, Geoffrey Raymond, Jeffrey D. Robinson, Tanya Romaniuk, Giovanni Rossi, Lila San Roque, Emanuel A. Schegloff, Jack Sidnell, Francisco Torreira, Traci Walker
Edited by Makoto Hayashi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Geoffrey Raymond, University of California, Santa Barbara, Jack Sidnell, University of Toronto
Book: Conversational Repair and Human Understanding
Published online: 05 February 2013
Print publication: 17 January 2013, pp xi-xii
Assessing the Burden of Acinetobacter baumannii in Maryland: A Statewide Cross-Sectional Period Prevalence Survey
Kerri A. Thorn, Lisa L. Maragakis, Katie Richards, J. Kristie Johnson, Brenda Roup, Patricia Lawson, Anthony D. Harris, Elizabeth P. Fuss, Margaret A. Pass, David Blythe, Eli N. Perencevich, Lucy Wilson, Maryland MDRO Prevention Collaborative
Journal: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology / Volume 33 / Issue 9 / September 2012
Objective.
To determine the prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii, an important healthcare-associated pathogen, among mechanically ventilated patients in Maryland.
The Maryland MDRO Prevention Collaborative performed a statewide cross-sectional active surveillance survey of mechanically ventilated patients residing in acute care and long-term care (LTC) facilities. Surveillance cultures (sputum and perianal) were obtained from all mechanically ventilated inpatients at participating facilities during a 2-week period.
All healthcare facilities in Maryland that provide care for mechanically ventilated patients were invited to participate.
Mechanically ventilated patients, known to be at high risk for colonization and infection with A. baumannii, were included.
Seventy percent (40/57) of all eligible healthcare facilities participated in the survey, representing both acute care (n = 30) and LTC (n = 10) facilities in all geographic regions of Maryland. Surveillance cultures were obtained from 92% (358/390) of eligible Patients. A. baumannii was identified in 34% of all mechanically ventilated patients in Maryland; multidrug-resistant A. baumannii was found in 27% of all Patients. A. baumannii was detected in at least 1 patient in 49% of participating facilities; 100% of LTC facilities had at least 1 patient with A. baumannii, compared with 31% of acute care facilities. A. baumannii was identified from all facilities in which 10 or more patients were sampled.
A. baumannii is common among mechanically ventilated patients in both acute care and LTC facilities throughout Maryland, with a high proportion of isolates demonstrating multidrug resistance.
Using surfactants to stabilize two-phase pipe flows of core–annular type
Andrew P. Bassom, M. G. Blyth, D. T. Papageorgiou
The stability of a core–annular fluid arrangement consisting of two concentric fluid layers surrounding a solid cylindrical rod on the axis of a circular pipe is examined when the interface between the two fluid layers is covered with an insoluble surfactant. The motion is driven either by an imposed axial pressure gradient or by the movement of the rod at a prescribed constant velocity. In the basic state the fluid motion is unidirectional and the interface between the two fluids is cylindrical. A linear stability analysis is performed for arbitrary layer thicknesses and arbitrary Reynolds number. The results show that the flow can be fully stabilized, even at zero Reynolds number, if the base flow shear rate at the interface is set appropriately. This result is confirmed by an asymptotic analysis valid when either of the two fluid layers is thin in comparison to the gap between the pipe wall and the rod. It is found that for a thin inner layer the flow can be stabilized if the inner fluid is more viscous than the outer fluid, and the opposite holds true for a thin outer layer. It is also demonstrated that traditional core–annular flow, for which the rod is absent, may be stabilized at zero Reynolds number if the annular layer is sufficiently thin. Finally, weakly nonlinear simulations of a coupled set of partial differential evolution equations for the interface position and surfactant concentration are conducted with the rod present in the limit of a thin inner layer or a thin outer layer. The ensuing dynamics are found to be sensitive to the size of the curvature of the undisturbed interface.
Electrified viscous thin film flow over topography
D. TSELUIKO, M. G. BLYTH, D. T. PAPAGEORGIOU, J.-M. VANDEN-BROECK
Journal: Journal of Fluid Mechanics / Volume 597 / 25 February 2008
The gravity-driven flow of a liquid film down an inclined wall with periodic indentations in the presence of a normal electric field is investigated. The film is assumed to be a perfect conductor, and the bounding region of air above the film is taken to be a perfect dielectric. In particular, the interaction between the electric field and the topography is examined by predicting the shape of the film surface under steady conditions. A nonlinear, non-local evolution equation for the thickness of the liquid film is derived using a long-wave asymptotic analysis. Steady solutions are computed for flow into a rectangular trench and over a rectangular mound, whose shapes are approximated with smooth functions. The limiting behaviour of the film profile as the steepness of the wall geometry is increased is discussed. Using substantial numerical evidence, it is established that as the topography steepness increases towards rectangular steps, trenches, or mounds, the interfacial slope remains bounded, and the film does not touch the wall. In the absence of an electric field, the film develops a capillary ridge above a downward step and a slight depression in front of an upward step. It is demonstrated how an electric field may be used to completely eliminate the capillary ridge at a downward step. In contrast, imposing an electric field leads to the creation of a free-surface ridge at an upward step. The effect of the electric field on film flow into relatively narrow trenches, over relatively narrow mounds, and down slightly inclined substrates is also considered.
Increased rainfall is associated with increased risk for legionellosis
L. A. HICKS, C. E. ROSE, B. S. FIELDS, M. L. DREES, J. P. ENGEL, P. R. JENKINS, B. S. ROUSE, D. BLYTHE, A. P. KHALIFAH, D. R. FEIKIN, C. G. WHITNEY
Journal: Epidemiology & Infection / Volume 135 / Issue 5 / July 2007
Legionnaires' disease (LD) is caused by Legionella species, most of which live in water. The Mid-Atlantic region experienced a sharp rise in LD in 2003 coinciding with a period of record-breaking rainfall. To investigate a possible relationship, we analysed the association between monthly legionellosis incidence and monthly rainfall totals from January 1990 to December 2003 in five Mid-Atlantic states. Using negative binomial model a 1-cm increase in rainfall was associated with a 2·6% (RR 1·026, 95% CI 1·012–1·040) increase in legionellosis incidence. The average monthly rainfall from May to September 1990–2002 was 10·4 cm compared to 15·7 cm from May to September 2003. This change in rainfall corresponds to an increased risk for legionellosis of approximately 14·6% (RR 1·146, 95% CI 1·067–1·231). Legionellosis incidence increased during periods of increased rainfall; identification of mechanisms that increase exposure and transmission of Legionella during rainfall might lead to opportunities for prevention.
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By Jay N. Giedd, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA, Michael A. Rosenthal, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA, A. Blythe Rose, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA, Jonathan D. Blumenthal, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA, Elizabeth Molloy, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA, Richard R. Dopp, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA, Liv S. Clasen, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA, Daniel J. Fridberg, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA, Nitin Gogtay, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA
Edited by Matcheri S. Keshavan, University of Pittsburgh, James L. Kennedy, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Robin M. Murray, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Book: Neurodevelopment and Schizophrenia
Print publication: 18 November 2004, pp 35-44
Using Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the team at the Child Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health has been collecting brain MRI scans on healthy children and adolescents since 1989. As of 2003, over 300 scans from 150 healthy subjects are acquired. The data presented in this chapter is largely drawn from this cohort unless otherwise stated. MRI is adept at discerning gray matter, white matter, and fluid on brain images. These boundaries are used to define the size and shape of brain structures or regions. Characterization of normal brain development is imperative to assess the hypothesis that many of the most severe neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood onset are manifestations of deviations from that normative path. Sexual dimorphism in healthy brain development may lead to differential vulnerability, which would account for some of the clinical differences in childhood neuropsychiatric disorders.
ON COMPUTING THE NON-ABELIAN TENSOR SQUARES OF THE FREE 2-ENGEL GROUPS
Russell D. Blyth, Robert Fitzgerald Morse, Joanne L. Redden
Journal: Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society / Volume 47 / Issue 2 / June 2004
In this paper we compute the non-abelian tensor square for the free 2-Engel group of rank $n>3$. The non-abelian tensor square for this group is a direct product of a free abelian group and a nilpotent group of class 2 whose derived subgroup has exponent 3. We also compute the non-abelian tensor square for one of the group’s finite homomorphic images, namely, the Burnside group of rank $n$ and exponent 3.
AMS 2000 Mathematics subject classification: Primary 20F05; 20F45. Secondary 20F18
Where are the major gaps in the reserve network for Africa's mammals?
Jon Fjeldså, Neil D. Burgess, Simon Blyth, Helen M. de Klerk
Journal: Oryx / Volume 38 / Issue 1 / January 2004
The establishment of protected areas for wildlife conservation in Africa was motivated by a number of different reasons (including hunting, recreation and wildlife conservation). The current reserve network provides good coverage of the distributions of the 194 species of larger mammals (>3 kg) and 51 species of threatened larger mammals. However, it is less effective in covering the distribution of all 197 of Africa's threatened mammal species, which includes >140 smaller bodied species (<3 kg) often restricted to habitat patches. A fully comprehensive network of areas for the conservation of African mammals, especially those facing extinction, is not yet in place, and further reserves may be needed in the Horn of Africa (Somalia in particular), the Cameroon Highlands, parts of the eastern African coastal forests and Eastern Arc Mountains, and parts of the Albertine Rift Mountains. More and larger reserve areas are also required to adequately cover all the species of South Africa. Parts of these gaps are already covered by government forest reserves, and the importance of this reserve category for the conservation of African mammals, especially threatened species, needs to be better recognized. As many of the gaps in reserve coverage are in areas of high human population and good agricultural potential, conservation goals may be difficult to achieve unless we supplement traditional reserves with novel approaches to maintain natural habitats and wildlife outside reserves.
Rewritable Products In Fc-By-Finite Groups
Russell D. Blyth, Akbar H. Rhemtulla
Journal: Canadian Journal of Mathematics / Volume 41 / Issue 2 / 01 April 1989
Print publication: 01 April 1989
Let n be an integer greater than 1. The group G has the property Q„, or is n-rewritable, if for each «-element subset ﹛x1 x 2… ,x n﹜ of G, there exist permutations such that If one of ᓂ,τ can always be chosen to be the identity, then G has Pn, or is totally n-rewritable. We also use Pn and Qn to denote the classes of groups having these properties. Making use of the obvious inclusions, we define
The DDO photon-counting spectrometer: a well-dressed Shectograph
S. W. Mochnacki, S. Chew, W. Kunowski, F. Hawker, K. Kamper, D. Blyth, L. Zerafa, A. Platzer
Journal: Symposium - International Astronomical Union / Volume 118 / 1986
We have built a Shectman-type photon-counting spectrometer based on the Latham-Geary “Z-Machine” design. The system is innovative in that the entire system rides on the telescope and communicates to the outside world via standard serial lines. Microprocessor architecture, memory controllers and new interconnect and packaging technologies have been employed. The system is portable and can be easily connected to almost any computer. It is suitable for calibrated spectrophotometry on a smaller telescope as well as for conventional spectroscopy.
On the structure of a class of aerothermodynamic shocks
P. A. Blythe, D. G. Petty, D. A. Schofield, J. L. Wilson
Journal: Journal of Fluid Mechanics / Volume 37 / Issue 2 / 23 June 1969
Print publication: 23 June 1969
Some recent work on the existence of vibrational de-excitation shocks (δ-shocks) in expanding non-equilibrium nozzle flows is extended to include situations in which an adiabatic shock (δ-shocks) may be embedded within the de-excitation shock. A discussion of some further properties of the shock solution is given and some examples are worked out. Numerical solutions of the full equations are also presented. These solutions confirm the existence of the δ-shocks but bring to light certain anomalies in the simple approximate solution. The modifications necessary to remove these discrepancies are outlined, and the implications of the numerical results are briefly discussed. Finally, some comments on the nature of the asymptotic solution for an arbitrary rate process are made.
Sight Reduction Tables for Marine Navigation
J. H. Blythe, R. L. Duncombe, D. H. Sadler
Journal: The Journal of Navigation / Volume 19 / Issue 3 / July 1966
The purpose of this article is to describe the new tables, with the above title, which are shortly to be published by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office as H.O. Pub. No. 229.
Historical Survey. The most comprehensive tables designed for the application of the intercept method of plotting position lines in the practice of astronomical navigation at sea are the well-known Tables of Computed Altitude and Azimuth, originally published in the years 1936–1945 as H.O. Pub. No. 214 by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office (as it was then called). These are by no means the earliest of such tables in concept and objective, for Lord Kelvin, generally considered the father of modern navigation methods, expressed interest in tables from which solutions could be extracted direct; he recognized, however, that the tabulation of 903 × 603 or 157,464,000,000 solutions, which would be required to avoid interpolation, was quite impracticable.
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Eight Days to Amish
No Paychecks . . . No Prospects . . . Always How one writer struggles to elevate from the hammock, overcome his God-given laziness and earn a living in a cruel world that insists he work. (The title of this blog is in no way aspirational or should be considered an endorsement of the Amish lifestyle)
Trashy guy hungering for a litter free neighborhood
I apologize in advance for what I’m about to write because I know it’s bound to sound really, really elitist and we all know how evil elitists are -- at least until we need a couple of them to clean up an incomprehensible $700 billion market collapse.
That being said, here goes:
McDonald’s Restaurants attract trash.
That may sound harsh, but I can prove it. I know because this summer I reached a breaking point about litter in my neighborhood and by my neighborhood, I mean anywhere that’s roughly the width of a sidewalk of where I’m walking.
I do a lot of strolling. Always have. I don’t believe in the no pain/no gain method of exercising. In fact, if something’s even the least bit painful, I stop right away and head to the nearest tavern for soothing refreshment.
I know too many middle aged people like me who suffer painful accidents trying to stay in shape. I have no intention of snapping my Achilles tendon playing basketball, getting shin splints playing tennis, or pulling a muscle while jogging.
I’m so careful I forfeit any activity that’s likely to result in armpit sweat stains.
So for exercise, I walk. I amble. I saunter. I sidle. I tromp. I ramble. I hoof. I gambol. It’s perfectly pleasant and it exercises the mind as much as the midsection. I wave to the old people sitting on the porches, admire the changing seasons and generally commune with my little corner of the world.
But if you walk anyplace in this overcrowded world these days, you’re likely to trip over trash. This happens to me a lot. It never fails to amaze me how many people will simply drop a cup, cigarette pack or Biggie Sized french fry container on the ground rather than walk a few yards to a nearby trash container.
It’s not like there’s a shortage of them either. Heck, you could argue that the world’s practically littered with litter receptacles, too.
Being an observant sort, I couldn’t help but notice how much litter I literally had to step over.
On the way to the grocery store with my daughter, I counted three pieces of idle trash directly between our parked car and the front door. Had I stumbled along in a drunken weave the number would have risen to about eight.
No more, I thought. I bent to pick up each one that was in my way. Josie, who at the age of 8 is already beginning to sense what a torturous embarrassment I’m going to be to her in about two years, asked why I was picking up trash that wasn’t mine.
“It’s not my trash. But it’s my neighborhood. It’s my planet. We all do little things to keep our homes clean. Why shouldn’t we do little things to keep our town clean?”
This made perfect sense, but little did I realize the danger of my logic. I began taking a plastic bag on my walks and picking up any trash in my way. I’ve become sort of a hobby garbageman. I do all the duties noble garbagemen do -- pick up and dispose of trash -- but I do them for free.
And I wonder how many off-duty garbagemen pick up trash in their spare time. Or are they like professional golfers who can’t stand the thought of playing golf on vacation? I’d like to know.
And that brings me to McDonald’s. I tell you, the place is a trash magnet.
The Pond, the friendly tavern above which I work, has very clean parking lots. That’s a credit to the owner, his employees and customers, and to all the parents who raised them.
McDonald’s is another matter entirely. The place is practically surrounded by ugly brown trash cans stationed there like North Korean soldiers standing guard duty over the De-Militarized Zone, but you can practically wade through the trash there. And trash bearing the McDonald’s logo stretches for a mile in both directions.
I stoop down and pick it all up.
What is it about McDonald’s trash that it can’t make its way into the trash cans so near and needy? Is it McDonald’s customers who themselves are trashy? Were they raised by ravenous wolves? Is there something in the special sauce that makes McDonald's customers so careless about simple civic matters? Who knows?
I thought about this during a long walk this morning and all I know is this.
I’ve suddenly got a hankering for a Big Mac and fries.
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Out on a limb for free firewood
I was thrilled, as I always am, when a stranger e-mailed me this morning asking about how he could get some free firewood.
As anyone who’s ever seen the homepage of www.chrisrodell.com knows, I’m the world’s leading purveyor of free firewood. No joke. I’ll send anyone, anywhere in North America, free firewood.
With home fuel and heating prices skyrocketing, can anyone name a better deal?
Of course, you can’t.
It all started about 15 years ago. Val and I had a lovely little house with a cozy fireplace. I pity those of you who live in places like Arizona or Florida that suffer from year-round sunshine. You’ll never know the pleasure of cuddling up with a loved one in front of a warming fire, charming fire place implements at our side, while the wind’s blowing blizzards and trash cans across the desolate lawn.
Go ahead, feel free to pity me right back this February when cabin fever has us all so crazy we’re ready to use those charming fire place instruments to bash each other’s brains in.
But to enjoy the fire, you need the one essential ingredient -- and I’m not talking about dry matches.
You need wood. Lots of it. And for that you need an authentic woodsman.
I’d been warned that most woodsmen, around here at least, are among the most boring carbon-based life forms on the planet. I was told they spend long days out there among the oaks, maples and pines, and that they must spend most of that lonely time trying to converse with the bark.
This I found to be true. The woodsmen I’d hired to bring me a cord or two each fall universally seemed -- and pardon the pun -- "stumped" whenever I’d speak back.
Plus, they seemed to be a bit -- and here I go again -- "shady" in their woodsmen ethics. They’d bring less than promised or lettuce green wood that just insolently hissed at me rather than combust.
That I didn’t mind. What I could not tolerate was that not a one of them ever got my firewood joke. And, damn it, it’s funny. I’d spring it on them each time when we’d finished stacking.
I’d say, “Well, friend, how much do I owe you for this ‘ere wood?”
“I reckon (many woodsmen are reckoners) you owe me $125.”
At this point, no matter what the price, I’d feign shock. “Gee, $125! That’s a lot of money. I guess firewood doesn’t grow on trees!”
Silence. Nothing.
See, it’s funny because firewood is actually one of the few products you can buy that actually does grow on trees.
Had I ever found one bearded woodsman who’d have slapped his torn jeans and said, “Ha! That’s a good one! Firewood don't grow on trees! Ha! Ha!” I would have invited him inside for a beer and signed a 25-year contract for annual delivery.
But the reaction was always the same: dumbfounded silence.
So I decided to hell with the whole sorry bunch of them and ran out and bought my own chainsaw. Each year now I head into the woods and harvest my own timber, something that marginally makes me, a guy who talks and types for a living, feel at least a little bit like a manly dude.
And each year as I kneel down and light the first warming fire of the fall, my wife expresses her gratitude and support by saying something like, “I’m amazed you’ve made it another year without chopping off one of your limbs or being crushed to death by a falling tree.”
So if you’ve never done so, please take a minute to visit www.chrisrodell.com and be sure to let me know if you need any free firewood.
And to my new friend, Dave S. in Glenview, Illinois, you can expect your shipment to arrive in the next week. Look for it in your mailbox.
It’ll be free. It’ll be wood. And it’ll burn. If properly lit under mild wind conditions, there ought to be enough to set the delivery envelope ablaze. I suggest you put some paper and twigs around it if you want to kindle a bigger fire.
But first you’d better find an honest local woodsmen. And good luck with that.
Those guys don’t exactly grow on trees either.
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Timber! HDTV escapes crashing poplar
Val called in a panic. A majestic nearly 100-foot tulip poplar had come crashing down in the front yard. The urgency in her voice left me confused about the damage.
“Is the house okay?
“Everyone’s fine,” she said.
“Good, but what about the house?”
“It just missed taking out the whole front corner by a couple of feet,” she said.
I breathed a sigh of relief. When she told me the tree had fallen I immediately imagined the worst.
I was fearful the tree had taken out the 48-inch big screen HDTV. That would have been tragic.
Sure, the kids getting nicked would have been bad. However, ever since they were old enough to crawl and crash down the stairs, I’ve drilled it into them that life ain’t for sissies. None of us is going to escape without scars.
They know that to get though this life you got to be quick and practically bulletproof. I’d trust their cat-like instincts to dodge any crashing tree trunks.
But the poor, majestic TV is utterly defenseless. Had that mighty poplar tumbled down into the southeast corner of our little cottage in the woods, it surely would have taken out the large screen HDTV days before a huge sports weekend.
And that would have left me numb and mumbling in grief.
My credentials in some guy categories are admittedly sketchy. I don’t belong to any fantasy sports leagues. I’d rather kill time than a 12-point buck. And all I know about cars is how to drive ‘em and wash ‘em -- and I don’t wash ‘em.
But in one important area, I’m solidly in the all-guy camp. I’m crazy in love with my big screen TV.
It’s 48-inches of 1080p pixelated wonder. Ever since we got it last year, I’ve found myself watching things like the Food Network and The Weather Channel the way I used to watch, say, the Godfather trilogy.
“Notice the vibrancy of the colors. Marvelous! See how they enhance the drama inherent in the storyline?”
One of these days, probably when I’m about 50, I’m intending to become an avid pot smoker and when I do I plan on tuning into the weather channel for hours of mindless viewing. It’s just so perfectly soothing.
I feel sheepish admitting it, but despite their destructive capacity, I find myself watching hopefully for when the announcer will gravely intone that those lava lamp-like satellite pictures indicate the latest tropical depression has been upgraded to a “Cat 2” hurricane.
I felt this way even as Hurricane Ike roared into Galveston, a city where I know one of the three confirmed and regular readers of “8Days2Amish” resides. In fact, it’s her job to persuade people to travel to and enjoy Galveston (although I’m sure she didn’t extend any such gracious invitations to Ike).
Maybe I just like hearing meteorologists say, “Cat 2!”
Then, of course, there are the sports. Just this weekend, we have some great NFL action, foremost being the Steelers playing the Philadelphia Eagles. Then there’s the Ryder Cup with the team of pampered pretty boys from the USA again making it difficult for me to root for them over the beer-swilling pranksters from Europe. Throw in some major league baseball pennant races and the last game in Yankee Stadium history and I could conceivably cocoon myself for nearly 48 hours of great sports viewing, all in glorious high definition.
Previous to HDTV, this was the pivotal news season I’d normally devote hours and hours to election coverage and the shrill debates over whether the Democratic or the Republican candidate is telling the bigger fibs.
But I’ve really cut back on watching the news. It’s just so depressing. The financial crisis is among the worst in history. Wars are raging on two continents. Food and gas prices remain high. I’m sure all the newscasts are saying things are looking pretty bleak.
Maybe so.
But from where I’m sitting, things have never looked better.
Labels: HDTV, Steelers, timber
When stakes get higher than the mountain, it's time to lower Everest
If you’re like me, you enjoy reading books about terrible things happening to despicable people. And I’m not talking about the indigestion experienced by people in the Bush administration when the latest Bob Woodward book comes out or when the people who run the Pittsburgh Pirates have to read Bob Smizik in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Sure, those are people of pure evil, especially the men who run the Pirates, but nothing bad’s really happening to them. The criticism and ridicule may make them feel uncomfortable, but none of them is going to lose any fingers or toes to frostbite and their bowels won’t erupt in embarrassing situations,
That’s why I’d like ship the whole loathsome bunch of them to the Himalayas next spring in time to attempt to scale Mount Everest.
Then I could sit back and wait for the entertaining book about their horrific miseries.
I’m convinced there are no worse self-inflicted wounds in the world than those endured by egotistical amateurs who endeavor to summit the world’s tallest mountain.
And it’s only going to get worse. Mark my words, we’re approaching a day when soon dozens and dozens of people will die on Everest. Sure, most of the arrogant showoffs will have it coming, but because some innocents might expire in the process I have a solution.
It’s time to lower Everest. At more than 29,000 feet It’s way too high. What’s worse, as far climbing challenges go it’s just too damn easy. Expert climbers scoff at those who brag about climbing Everest because they equate it to an Alpine stroll, albeit one that takes place on the wing of a cruising 747 tooling along the jet stream.
I just finished reading a terrific book by Michael Kodas, “High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed.” It tells about how he, an amateur climber and a reporter with the Hartford Courant, became involved with a Connecticut team determined to summit the mountain. What started out as a chummy affair dissolved into bitter acrimony with everyone fearing for their lives.
In the process, he reveals how vastly different the mountain is since the days when gallant Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norkay of Nepal first gamely scaled it back in 1953. It’s nearly impossible to conceive what a phenomenal achievement it was back then.
Heck, back then even figuring out what the tallest mountain in the world was seems to me a phenomenal achievement. There was no GPS or pinpoint satellite imaging.
How’d they do it? Did somebody have a really, really long piece of string with them?
But it was something to be admired. They did it without oxygen tanks, cellphones, laptop weather reports, fixed ropes and ladders or any of the other sissy accouterments that makes climbing Everest such a cheap stunt these days. For God’s sake, they’ve even landed a helicopter on the summit.
Everest today is a lawless land overrun with scandal. There are drugs, prostitution, theft and even accusations of outright homicide. It’s like downtown Detroit only with lots more hypoxic vomiting.
Worst of all are the affluent dreamers who think climbing Everest will make them whole or earn them lucrative speaking fees on the lecture circuits.
“High Crimes” reveals in painstaking detail how as many as 40 of these sorts of amateurs climbed over a stricken climber named David Sharpe and responded to his pleading, outreached hands, if they acknowledged him at all, with attaboy high fives.
It was appalling.
His body, frozen stiffer than petrified log, is still there today, several hundred feet from the summit.
If you lowered Everest, the mountain wouldn’t be the sort of talisman that attracts these type of people. The really difficult mountains would be intimidating enough to scare off the amateurs.
Everyone who summits should be encouraged to bring down backpacks full of souvenir rocks. In a few short years, the world’s greatest mountain would be diminished to more manageable heights.
If that doesn’t seem practical, how about tunneling into the base to build a thrill-ride elevator to the top of the world? This would have the added benefit of making it handicap accessible for those who are concerned, as am I, about those PC sorts of things.
Put up a casino and people from all over the world will flock to Everest to lay down some bucks at the world’s tallest mountain.
Don’t think people will go to Everest to gamble?
Hell, they’ve been doing that for years.
Labels: casino, Everest, Kodas
Boring seatmates and Flight 93
I’m vowing to stop casting such a critical eye on my fellow passengers as they board the plane. It’s something I’ve been doing it since way back before they started charging for things like peanuts and soda.
They’d enter the cabin and I’d make my snap judgments about every potential seatmate.
“Navy blue jacket looks like a bore. Rastafarrian probably smells like bong water. Don’t want Red Sox cap next to me. Tubby there looks like he could snore through an hour of violent turbulence.”
What I really wanted was a vacant row. I didn’t want anybody next to me. But if someone must -- and in these days of overbooked flights they must -- I wanted the perfect seatmate. She didn’t have to be pretty, but she should be attentive if and when I deemed it time to talk. I wanted her to sit there and laugh at my witty anecdotes, nod thoughtfully at my profound observations and tell me how refreshing it is to sit next to someone who’s rose-smelling sweet even at 7 a.m.
I’m not going to look and think knee-jerk derogatory thoughts about my fellow passengers.
I’m going to try and look at them all as potential American heroes.
I spent the past two days at Shanksville writing stories for Parks Magazine about the crew and passengers of Flight 93.
Everyone’s familiar with the story of how 40 perfect strangers became perfect heroes in the skies near my western Pennsylvania home. Ranging in age from 79 to 20, you couldn’t have picked a better random sampling of Americans.
There were jocks, Mexicans, gays, businessmen, veterans, Jews, toymakers, tourists, students and bureaucrats. None of them wanted to die that day, even if it meant being immortalized as heroes.
They were only human.
Flight 93 reminds us that still something to celebrate.
I’m going to try and remember that the next time I’m on a plane. I’m going to try and remember that inside of each of us are untapped reservoirs of heroism and courage and that I’ll welcome spending the next two hours with any stranger imbued with those selfless qualities.
And that goes for the obnoxious jerk in the Red Sox hat, too.
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Labels: Flight 93, Shanksville
Super collider to end world -- whew!
Sometime today they’re turning on the switch at the $5 billion Large Hadron Collider and doomsday scenario believers think that could mean lights out for planet Earth.
And they don’t mean we’ll all have trouble turning on things like toasters and blenders tomorrow. They mean lights out, as in the end of the world. Respectable scientists are fearful that the launch of this eensie-weensie -- and those are scientific terms -- particle collider could create an Earth-devouring black hole.
It’s fun to imagine distant and perhaps hostile life forms studying earth and be amazed that we’ve instantly turned ourselves into a black hole to exist no more.
E.T. #1: “Earthlings are smarter than we imagined.”
E.T. #2: “How so?”
E.T. #1: “They just developed the technology to create massive black holes and they did it right there on earth.”
E.T. #2: “Ha! Suckers!”
The atom-smasher is a 17-mile circle tunneled 300 feet beneath parts of Switzerland and France. It will use powerful magnets to accelerate protons head-on at 99.99 percent the speed of light in conditions that could mimic the original Big Bang. Scientists say if -- cross your fingers -- we survive the impact the results will help us unlock the secrets of our universe.
That’ll possibly help involved scientists if they’re ever on “Deal or No Deal!” Just how it’ll help the rest of us remains unclear.
Personally, I can see an upside to the end of the world right now because right now I owe absolutely everybody. I have a couple of big magazines and corporate accounts that have been for months deadbeating me on some sizable sums. It’s so bad I’ve had to tap into some retirement savings accounts for essentials like beer money and football pools.
I’ve always said I want die the instant my last check bounces and, by God, thanks to LHC I just might have a chance to do it.
Plus, I’ve always been curious about where the stuff goes when it goes into a black hole. Who knows, maybe it’ll be a fun place like Disney World, but without the long lines and ridiculously expensive admission fees.
I’ve always loved history and would enjoy an opportunity to be a part of it. And no one should underestimate how truly historic it would be to be alive on the planet the moment we -- oops! -- happen to destroy it.
It’s just a shame we’ll all be history right along with it.
Labels: atom smasher, Large Hadron Collider
Mamma Mia! I'm liking chick flicks!
Like most golfers, I’ve tried to train my brain to adhere to a stringent set of commands I try to recite as I get ready to smack the ball.
“Keep your head down . . . make a full turn . . . keep the left arm straight . . . finish with the belt buckle pointing toward the hole.”
Instead for the last two weeks, every single time I draw the club back the words screaming through my mind are the lushly orchestrated lyrics, “You are the Dancing Queen! Young and sweet! Only 17! Ohhhh, yeahhhh!!!”
Now, to be clear for any of you who’ve never seen me or my picture, my brain is mistaken on all counts. I’m not the Dancing Queen. I’m not young. I’m not sweet. I’m not 17.
Oh, no.
What I am is a middle-aged father who recently got dragged by his 7-year-old daughter to see “Mamma Mia,” the Meryl Streep/Pierce Brosnan movie full of the virulently infectious Abba songs (and is Abba the world’s shortest and most alphabetically prominent palindrome? Probably).
Dragged is a little harsh, I guess. I was thrilled to go. I love to see movies with my family, especially the great Pixars like “Finding Nemo,” “The Incredibles,” or “Ratatouille.” I recommend them for even people who don’t have their own or just plain hate kids. They’re wonderfully entertaining.
To me, seeing a matinee with my daughter draped across my lap is a tiny bit of heaven, especially if I’m suffering from a mild hangover. It’s like taking a nap with my eyes open.
If I’m hungover and not at the movie, I’ll be under the watchful eyes of my sober-minded wife and my own insinuating conscience that says I really ought to be cleaning out the basement or doing something productive other than laying on the couch, barely alive, using Three Stooges reruns to help me cope with the nausea.
But “Mamma Mia” was the first time Josie wanted me to go with her to see a more adult movie. She and her Mommy had loved it.
And, yes, I did, too. The story was lively, the cast engaging and the scenary breathtaking, especially when it focused on the vivacious star Amanda Seyfried, an Allentown, Pennsylvania, native about whom I’ll always think tender thoughts whenever I hear the depressing Billy Joel song about that Rust Belt town.
They may not make steel anymore in Allentown, but if they keep making ‘em like her, wow, to hell with wage-producing industries.
It was all campy good fun. I’d pay all night to watch Brosnan try to sing. He’s terrible, knows it, doesn’t try to hide it and when he sings is as laugh-out-loud funny as anything Moe, Curly and Larry ever filmed.
But now I can’t get any of the damned songs out of my head, and not just because Josie asked me to download a bunch of them.
There’s “S.O.S.,” “Does Your Mother Know?” “Super Trouper” and a half dozen others. Right now, I’m trying to sanitize my mind by blasting through a playlist with Tom Petty, The Stones, Steve Earle, The Who and James McMurtry.
It’s no good. Those four pale Swedes in leisure suits are still kicking all their rock ‘n’ roll asses.
Mamma Mia! I’ve reached a muscial Waterloo. I’m sending out an S.O.S and wondering . . . how can I . . . . even try . . . to go on?
Here’s my Top 10 list of other chick flicks I’m man enough to admit liking and reasons why any guy should:
10. “Waitress,” 2006, Adrienne Shelly’s poignant swan song features a hilariously sarcastic Andy Griffith.
9. “The Devil Wears Prada,” 2006, Anne Hathaway’s such a babe.
8. “Terms of Endearment,” 1983, Jack Nicholson’s absolutely hilarious.
7. “Gone with the Wind,” 1939, I was surprised to see this on Chick Flick lists. A chick flick? It’s Clark Gable’s movie. A classic movie and one damn fine introduction to celluloid profanity.
6. -- 1. . . . I’m still thinking . . . still I’m thinking . . .
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Labels: chick flicks, Dancing Queen, golf, Mamma Mia
I want to see Palin naked!
I keep waiting for the announcement that Playboy has offered Sarah Palin $1 million to pose nude in time for their November election issues. That’s what they do with these instant sorts of celebrities isn’t it?
Me, I’m a knee-jerk liberal whose knee jerks most liberally whenever it's near a conservative’s crotch. It’s been twitching like crazy every time I see news of the Republican National Convention.
Until selecting Palin, John McCain had done absolutely nothing to fire up the senselessly rabid far right he’ll need to have even a chance of becoming president. It’s what I predicted in spring as he, one by one, he began dispatching the feckless bunch of Republican primary contenders, namely Mitt Romney, Rudy Guiliani, Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee.
Of those, only Huckabee had a chance of energizing his base while still engaging swing voters. He’s funny, thoughtful, experienced and as he likes to say, “he’s a conservative who’s not mad at anybody.”
That’s something that appeals to guys like me. It drives me crazy to see a party build an entire campaign based on hate. George W. Bush and Karl Rove were masters at it.
They hated the media. They hated liberals. They hated gays. They hated Mexicans. They hated negotiation. They hated human rights. They hated the environment. They hated anyone who thought there should be sensible restrictions on guns.
I’m basically at peace with all those things so they left me no choice but to hate ‘em right back.
But after eight years of it, I’m tired of hating. My biggest problem with Bush has been that, at a time when every American was yearning to be united, he cast anyone who thought differently from him as an American enemy, a supporter of Al-Quada. Go ahead and search, you won’t find any “Go bin Laden!” posters hanging in my office.
That’s why I thought the Obama/McCain election was going to bring about a refreshing blast of sanity. It seemed like they were going to argue about each other’s positions, experience and potential. Sure, there’d be some sharp jabs, but they seemed to respect each other as patriotically motivated men with different solutions.
Now pretty, sexy Sarah comes out and it’s all about hate again. She hates me and we’ve never even met. It’s us against them all over again, only it’s really us against us.
McCain’s risky pick endangers us all. Her fanatical enthusiasts -- the ones you saw weeping on the convention floor -- aren’t for her because of her experience or her grit. They’re for her because she’s for killing things like polar bears and preserving things like babies no matter what the circumstance. Personally, I admire her motherhood and her decisions to my core. I just don’t want her or anyone else telling my wife or daughters what they should do in that same sad situation. And with all our problems, do we really want to decide yet another election over abortion?
And that’s not me or some liberal pundit talking. That’s Pat Buchanan, Charles Krauthammer and many equally befuddled conservative commentators. Did you hear Peggy Noonan, the Wall Street Journal opinion monger and a former Ronald Reagan speechwriter? She was caught on a live mic saying, basically, who the hell is this? Why did he pick her? It’s a mistake, or as she said over the air picking Palin was “political bullshit.”
But don’t try and tell that to the convention weepers who are already doing the cold calculations as to when she might replace a cancer-damaged senior citizen who’ll be the oldest president ever if he’s elected. It’s clear, they have no enthusiasm for McCain. For them, it’s all about Palin.
I don’t understand why so many people who so loudly claim to love one savior are always so restlessly seeking another.
Me, I’m not worried. I’m suspecting another scandal or two is about to erupt and force her off the ticket.. Reporters from the hated media -- and, man, did all their press bashing motivate that rabid bunch -- are right now scouring Alaska for scoop. My money’s on that nonpartisan crackerjack team from National Enquirer to get the goods.
And who knows? Maybe she will pose for Playboy and throw her candidacy into more turmoil.
I’ll buy one.
Part of being a peace-loving, gay-defending, gun-confiscating, pot-legalizing tree hugger is an absolute duty to support the First Amendment in all its sordid glory.
Reading Playboy means I’m just being patriotic.
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Labels: Enquirer, McCain, nude, Palin, Playboy
R.I.P. Buster the 19-year-old cat
I was shoveling the last spade full of dirt on the dead cat’s grave when the 2-year-old said something eerily ominous.
“He’ll be back.”
Anyone familiar with Stephen King’s "Pet Sematery" knows what that means. The 1983 book, one of King’s most horrific, is about an Indian burial ground, a dead cat, a runaway truck and rampant evil so pure it kept me wide awake for hours on end.
And that basically describes our late Buster, the cat who’d have been be 19 in October. His incessant yowling probably cost me more sleep than either of my kids. Kids can be cranky, but they can also be so euphorically loving that it’ll erase hours of sleeplessness, sass and diapers foul enough to stagger veteran HazMat teams.
But a cat, even on his most sociable days, will never be anything more than a cat.
I never thought hooking up with Val would mean I’d spend the next 15 years of my life under the same roof as a cat. I barely lived with my folks that long, and them I could at least bum money off.
Standing over his freshly dug grave last night, I tried to muster some feelings of affection. Instead, I felt waves of relief. I’m not going to say I was giddy, but I remember feeling the same sensations when I’ve watched a few hillbilly moving vans pull away from the driveways next door.
I do remember one time when our first child was a baby I tried to train him how to use the toilet with a cat seat attachment the inventor sent me after I did a story for National Enquirer about it. Buster resisted with such ferocity that he rebelled by relieving in the kid’s crib, a Shakespearean sort of revenge for a cat.
The last four years were the worst. In 2004, he began having seizures. We said our goodbyes and Val tearfully rushed him to the animal hospital. Me, I settled into what I was sure would be a wonderful commemoration of the cat I never cared for by peacefully watching Tiger Woods win the British Open. A live Tiger and a dead cat seemed a fitting memorial.
But Buster revived ($800). The next day the vet cautioned, however, his demise was likely a matter of weeks, if not days.
Five more near-death experiences later, I said another final goodbye and was shocked when Val returned home with a tidy box full of Buster.
The cat who wouldn’t die finally did.
No more changing litter boxes. No more changing the sheets after another series of eye-watering accidents. No more being jolted awake by his disgusting little cat-food scented sneezes in my face. No more excruciating toe stubs in the middle of the night stumbling to respond to his otherworldly howls for food or water.
No more Buster.
Rest in peace, my smelly little feline friend.
I know I will.
Posted by Chris Rodell at 11:56 AM 1 comment:
Labels: Buster, dead cat, Pet Sematery, Stephen King
Van Palin & The Monsters of Crock Tour
I thought on Saturday about getting up and dashing off an blog entry about McCain VP pick Sarah Palin. I was going to write about a slim silver lining of McCain winning would be the eventual commercial fisherman-out-of-water reality show that would soon feature her regular guy husband Todd awkwardly mingling with Washington muckety-mucks.
I was going to note that policy-wise, she’s a Dick in a dress (Cheney, that is). She’s just like him. Coincidentally, one of my all-time very favorite songs is “Lola,” by the Kinks, a catchy tune that addresses that very scenario so anytime I can use a line like “a dick in a dress,” count on it, I’ll not shy from the task.
And I was going to note that Alaskans must spend those dreadful months where the daily sun shines for about the length of your standard NFL commercial break procreating and dreaming up offbeat names for their many children. The Palin’s have Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig Paxon Van.
Serious journalists have many questions for the Palins these days, but the one I’d most like to ask is why they gave their 5-month-old son a second unnecessary middle name -- and can a second “middle” name even be considered middle? -- when they’d given him a perfectly useless one already.
I suspect the husband grew up rocking out to Van Halen and thought it would be cool to call their kid Van Palin in rocking tribute to a great band (and I’m talking about the Sammy Hagar years). I like it, but I sense the wife put the kibosh on it and let him add it as his three-quarter name.
I was going to write about all that, but my laziness got the better of me. And, besides, I thought, “nothing newsworthy’s going to happen over the next two days.”
That turned out to be a slight miscalculation on my part. Sure, I’ve made more consequential ones.
For instance, years ago I should have declared myself to be a staunch religious right conservative. Had I done that I’d be skating through life with essentially a get-out-of-jail free card. As long as you say you believe in the absolute right to life, guns and God, the reliably religious conservatives will forgive any number of your sins.
That became evident when it was revealed that the Palin’s 17-year-old daughter Bristol is 5-months pregnant with a child they’ll probably name Mesa Glacier Dokken Palin. Conservatives said this was great, galvanizing news. I wonder if the newly famous father of the baby feels the same.
Now the same crowd that went apoplectic with predictable scolds when 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears announced she was pregnant is saying this is a wonderful family situation. The movement that gave us Ken Starr and Linda Tripp says personal lives should be off limits.
This was typical of the wrong-headed thinking we’ve come to know from the political movement that was founded in America by Benedict Arnold.
It’s true. America’s most famous traitor was a religious conservative who thought America should remain a British colony and was hanged in devotion to that far-right cause. He was bitterly opposed to the Massachusetts liberals he and his hero King George considered radical extremists.
Go through the entire history of the United States, find the side the most conservative people favor and watch it be proven a complete failure. A sampler:
* Conservatives who favored everlasting slavery for 20 percent of the population left the Union and instigated the bloody Civil War because they were furious that radical liberals wanted to abolish slavery. Ditto for female suffragettes and civil rights.
* Conservatives like the disgraced Charles Lindbergh thought opposing Nazi Germany was bad for business while liberals like Franklin Delano Roosevelt recognized fascism as a tyrannical threat to the entire world.
* Sen. Joe McCarthy, a man many staunch conservatives wanted to see become president, used baseless innuendo to ruin the lives of thousands of men and women he wrongly suspected were Communist sympathizers. He died at the age of 48, a lonely, maligned alcoholic who was already beginning to sense that history would claim his name for anytime flag-waving “patriots” trample the rights of Americans who disagree with their First Amendment opinions.
* Conservatives thought escalating the war in Vietnam was a swell idea while radical liberals died at places like Kent State saying, no, it’s not.
* They thought Richard Nixon was a great president who should not have resigned in spite of mounting evidence of criminal activity, but that Bill Clinton should go because of a private indiscretion with a consenting female adult.
* Conservatives were bitterly opposed to the man they now hail as their greatest leader ever, Ronald Reagan. It was in 1987 when Howard Phillips of the Conservative Caucus called Reagan “a useful idiot for Soviet propaganda” for initiating Glasnost with Mikhail Gorbachev.
* They thought that George H.W. Bush was a war wimp while still supporting his clueless son though two calamitous terms as a historically failed president. And just think for a minute of what a bloodless, weeks-long cakewalk the conservatives ensured you the invasion of Iraq would be.
* They think the stuff that you’ve just read is stupid liberal nonsense that contains not a shred of intelligent fact.
Wrong again.
Labels: Bristol, Bush, lazy, Palin, Trig, Van Halen
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"War, Memory & the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion," by Thomas R. Flagel
"The Millionaire & The Mummies: Theodore Davis's Gilded Age in the Valley of The Kings," by John M. Adams
"The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of the Voyager Golden Record," by Jonathan Scott
"Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold & The Fate of the American Revolution," by Nathaniel Philbrick
"When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn's Cold War Triumph and Its Aftermath," by Stuart Isacoff
"Hitler's Last Plot: The 139 VIP Hostages Selected for Death in the Final Days of World War II," by Ian Sayer & Jeremy Dronfield
"Thin Blue Lie: The Failure of High-Tech Policing," by Matt Stroud
"Coyotes in the Pasture & Wolves at the Door: Stories from Our Farm to your Table," by John & Sukey Jamison
"Churchill: Walking With Destiny," by Andrew Roberts
"Hungover: The Morning After & One Man's Quest for The Cure," by Shaughnessy Bishop-Stalll
"A Curious Man: The Strange & Brilliant Life of Robert (Believe It Or Not) Ripley," by Neil Thompson
"Yeager," by Gen. Chuck Yeager
"To a God Unknown," by John Steinbeck
"The Paris of Appalachia," by Brian O'Neill
"Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship between Sitting Bull & Buffalo Bill," by Deanne Stillman
"Churchill & Orwell: The Fight for Freedom," by Thomas E. Ricks
"War & Peace," by Leo Tolstoy
"Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon," by Larry Tye
"Night," by Elie Wiesel
"True Believer: Stalin's Last American Spy," by Kati Marton
"The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup," by John Feinstein
"Blood & Thunder: An Epic of the American West," by Hampton Sides
"Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick & The Bitter Partnership that Transformed America," by Les Standiford
"Into The Wild," by Jon Krakauer
"Born to Run," by Bruce Springsteen
"Americana: The Kinks, The Riff, The Road," by Ray Davies
"Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela," by Nelson Mandela
"Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History," by Bill Schutt
"Cheesesteak," by Bob Levin
"Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight," by Jay Barbree
"The Sun Also Rises," by Ernest Hemingway
"The Coldest Winter: America and The Korean War," by David Halberstam
"Shakespeare: The World As Stage," by Bill Bryson
"The Duel: 10 May - 31 July 1940: The Eighty Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler," by John Lukacs
"Of Mice and Men," by John Steinbeck
"The Paper: The Life & Death of the New York Herald Tribune," by Richard Kluger
"The Moon is Down," by John Steinbeck
"The North Water," by Ian McGuire
"Endangered," by Eliot Schrefer
"War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr & the Duel that Stunned the Nation," by John Sedgwick
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[Frontispiece]
There she sat, still as a mouse, holding her precious burden.
(See page 9.)
Frontispiece.
[Title Page]
"CARROTS:"
JUST A LITTLE BOY.
MRS. MOLESWORTH,
(ENNIS GRAHAM)
AUTHOR OF "TELL ME A STORY," "CUCKOO CLOCK," "GRANDMOTHER DEAR," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE
FOURTEENTH THOUSAND.
MACMILLAN AND CO.
SIX LITTLE COUSINS,
MORIER, BEVIL,
NOËL, LIONEL,
AND BABY BRIAN.
EDINBURGH, 1876.
CHAP PAGE
I. FLOSS'S BABY 1
II. SIX YEARS OLD 12
III. PLANS 26
IV. THE LOST HALF-SOVEREIGN 44
V. CARROTS IN TROUBLE 60
VI. CARROTS "ALL RIGHT" AGAIN 78
VII. A LONG AGO STORY 91
VIII. "THE BEWITCHED TONGUE" 111
IX. SYBIL 130
X. A JOURNEY AND ITS ENDING 152
XI. HAPPY AND SAD 180
XII. "THE TWO FUNNY LITTLE TROTS" 206
XIII. GOOD ENDINGS 236
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THERE SHE SAT, AS STILL AS A MOUSE, HOLDING HER PRECIOUS BURDEN Frontispiece
"A YELLOW SIXPENNY, OH, HOW NICE!" 37
FLOSS TAPPED AT THE DOOR. "CARROTS," SHE SAID, "ARE YOU THERE?" 78
"NOW BE QUIET ALL OF YOU, I'M GOING TO BEGIN" 115
"WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT, MY POOR OLD MAN?" SAID AUNTIE, FONDLY 148
"IT IS FLOSSIE AND ME, SYBIL–DON'T YOU REMEMBER US?" 184
"SUDDENLY A BRIGHT THOUGHT STRUCK ME, I SEIZED GIP, MY LITTLE DOG, WHO WAS ASLEEP ON THE HEARTHRUG, AND HELD HIM UP AT THE WINDOW" 212
FLOSS'S BABY.
"Where did you come from, Baby dear?
Out of the everywhere into here?
"But how did you come to us, you dear?
God thought about you, and so I am here!"
G. Macdonald.
HIS real name was Fabian. But he was never called anything but Carrots. There were six of them. Jack, Cecil, Louise, Maurice, commonly called Mott, Floss, dear, dear Floss, whom he loved best of all, a long way the best of all, and lastly Carrots.
Why Carrots should have come to have his history written I really cannot say. I must leave you, who understand such things a good deal better than I, you, children, for whom the history is written, to find out. I can give you a few reasons why Carrots' history should not have been written, but that is about all I can do. There was nothing very remarkable about him; there was nothing very remarkable about the place where he lived, or the things that he did, and on the whole he was very much like other little boys. There are my no reasons for you. But still he was Carrots, and after all, perhaps, that was the reason! I shouldn't wonder.
He was the baby of the family; he had every right to be considered the baby, for he was not only the youngest, but very much the youngest; for Floss, who came next to him, was nearly four years older than Carrots. Yet he was never treated as the baby. I doubt if even at the very outset of his little life, when he was just a wee pink ball of a creature, rolled up in flannel, and with his funny curls of red hair standing crisp up all over his head, I doubt, if even then, he was ever called "baby." I feel almost sure it was always "Carrots." He was too independent and sensible to be counted a baby, and he was never fond of being petted–and then, too, "Carrots" came so naturally!
I have said that Carrots loved his sister Floss better than anybody or anything else in the world. I think one reason of this was that she was the very first person he could remember in his life, and a happy thing for him that it was so, for all about her that there was to remember was nice and good and kind. She was four years older than he, four years old, that is to say, when he first came into the world and looked about him with grave inquiry as to what sort of a place this could be that he had got to. And the first object that his baby-wise eyes settled upon with content, as if in it there might be a possible answer to the riddle, was Floss!
These children's father and mother were not very rich, and having six boys and girls you can quite easily imagine they had plenty to do with their money. Jack was a great boy at school when Carrots first joined the family party, and Cecil and Louise had a governess. Mott learnt with the governess too, but was always talking of the time when he should go to school with Jack, for he was a very boy-ey boy, very much inclined to look down upon girls in general, and his sisters in particular, and his little sister Floss in particularest. So, till Carrots appeared on the scene, Floss had had rather a lonely time of it, for, "of course," Cecil and Louise, who had pockets in all their frocks, and could play the 'March of the Men of Harlech' as a duet on the piano, were far too big to be "friends to Floss," as she called it. They were friendly and kind in an elder sisterly way, but that was quite a different sort of thing from being "friends to her," though it never occurred to Floss to grumble or to think, as so many little people think now-a-days, how much better things would have been arranged if she had had the arranging of them.
There was only one thing Floss wished for very, very much, and that was to have a brother or sister, she did not much care which, younger than herself. She had the most motherly heart in the world, though she was such a quiet little girl that very few people knew anything about what she was thinking, and the big ones laughed at her for being so outrageously fond of dolls. She had dolls of every kind and size, only alike in one thing, that none of them were very pretty, or what you would consider grand dolls. But to Floss they were lovely, only, they were only dolls!
Can you fancy, can you in the least fancy, Floss's delight–a sort of delight that made her feel as if she couldn't speak, when one winter's morning she was awakened by nurse to be told that a real live baby had come in the night–a little brother, and "such a funny little fellow," added nurse, "his head just covered with curly red hair. Where did he get that from, I wonder? Not one of my children has hair like that, though yours, Miss Flossie, has a touch of it, perhaps."
Floss looked at her own tangle of fluffy hair with new reverence. "Hair somesing like my hairs," she whispered. "Oh nursie, dear nursie, may Floss see him?"
"Get up and let me dress you quickly, and you shall see him–no fear but that you'll see more of the poor little fellow than you care about," said nurse, though the last words were hardly meant for Floss.
The truth was that though of course every one meant to be kind to this new little baby, to take proper care of him, and all that sort of thing, no one was particularly glad he had come. His father and mother felt that five boys and girls were already a good number to bring up well and educate and start in life, not being very rich you see, and even nurse, who had the very kindest heart in the world, and had taken care of them all, beginning with Jack, ever since they were born, even nurse felt, I think, that they could have done without this red-haired little stranger. For nurse was no longer as young as she had been, and as the children's mother could not, she knew, very well afford to keep an under-nurse to help her, it was rather trying to look forward to beginning again with all the "worrit" of a new baby–bad nights and many tiring climbs up the long stairs to the nursery, etc., etc., though nurse was so really good that she did not grumble the least bit, and just quietly made up her mind to make the best of it.
But still Floss was the only person to give the baby a really hearty welcome. And by some strange sort of baby instinct he seemed to know it almost from the first. He screamed at Jack, and no wonder, for Jack, by way of salutation, pinched his poor little nose, and said that the next time they had boiled mutton for dinner, cook need not provide anything but turnips, as there was a fine crop of carrots all ready, which piece of wit was greatly applauded by Maurice and the girls. He wailed when Cecil and Louise begged to be allowed to hold him in their arms, so that they both tumbled him back on to nurse's lap in a hurry, and called him "a cross, ugly little thing." Only when little Floss sat down on the floor, spreading out her knees with great solemnity, and smoothing her pinafore to make a nice place for baby, and nurse laid him carefully down in the embrace of her tiny arms, "baby" seemed quite content. He gave a sort of wriggle, like a dog when he has been pretending to burrow a hole for himself in the rug, just before he settles down and shuts his eyes, and in half a second was fast asleep.
"Baby loves Floss," said Floss gravely, and as long as nurse would let her, till her arms really ached, there she sat on the floor, as still as a mouse, holding her precious burden.
It was wonderful how trusty she was. And "as handy," said nurse, "indeed far more handy than many a girl of five times her age." "I have been thinking," she said one day to Floss's mother, "I have been thinking, ma'am, that even if you had been going to keep an under-nurse to help with baby, there would have been nothing for her to do. For the help I get from Miss Flossie is really astonishing, and Master Baby is that fond of her already, you'd hardly believe it."
And Floss's mother kissed her, and told her she was a good little soul, and Floss felt, oh, so proud Then a second thought struck her, "Baby dood too, mamma," she said, staring up into her mother's face with her bright searching grey-green eyes.
"Yes," said her mother with a little sigh, "poor baby is good too, dear," and then she had to hurry off to a great overhauling of Jack's shirts, which were, if possible, to be made to last him another half-year at school.
So it came to pass that a great deal of Floss's life was spent in the nursery with Carrots. He was better than twenty dolls, for after a while he actually learnt, first to stand alone, and then to walk, and after a longer while he learnt to talk, and to understand all that Floss said to him, and by-and-by to play games with her in his baby way. And how patient Floss was with him! It was no wonder he loved her.
This chapter has seemed almost more about Floss than Carrots you will say, perhaps, but I couldn't tell you anything of Carrots' history without telling you a great deal about Floss too, so I daresay you won't mind. I daresay too you will not care to hear much more about Carrots when he was a baby, for, after all, babies are all very like each other, and a baby that wasn't like others would not be a baby! To Floss I fancy he seemed a remarkable baby, but that may have been because he was her very own, and the only baby she had ever known. He was certainly very good, in so far as he gave nurse exceedingly little trouble, but why children should give trouble when they are perfectly well, and have everything they can possibly want, I have never been able to decide. On the whole, I think it must have something to do with the people who take care of them, as well as with themselves.
Now we will say good-bye to Carrots, as a baby.
SIX YEARS OLD.
"As for me, I love the sea,
The dear old sea!
Don't you?"
I THINK I said there was nothing very remarkable about the place where Carrots lived, but considering it over, I am not quite sure that you would agree with me. It was near the sea for one thing, and that is always remarkable, is it not? How remarkable, how wonderful and changeful the sea is, I doubt if any one can tell who has not really lived by it, not merely visited it for a few weeks in the fine summer time, when it looks so bright and sunny and inviting, but lived by it through autumn and winter too, through days when it looks so dull and leaden, that one can hardly believe it will ever be smiling and playful again, through fierce, rough days, when it lashes itself with fury, and the wind wails as if it were trying to tell the reason.
Carrots' nursery window looked straight out upon the sea, and many and many an hour Floss and he spent at this window, watching their strange fickle neighbour at his gambols. I do not know that they thought the sea at all wonderful. I think they were too much accustomed to it for that, but they certainly found it very interesting. Floss had names for the different kinds of waves; some she called "ribs of beef," when they showed up sideways in layers as it were, of white and brown, and some she called "ponies." That was the kind that came prancing in, with a sort of dance, the white foam curling and rearing, and tossing itself, just exactly like a frisky pony's mane. Those were the prettiest waves of all, I think.
It was not at all a dangerous coast, where the Cove House, that was Carrots' home, stood. It was not what is called "picturesque." It was a long flat stretch of sandy shore, going on and on for miles just the same. There were very few trees and no mountains, not even hills.
In summer, a few, just a very few visitors used to come to Sandyshore for bathing; they were always visitors with children, for every one said it was such a nice safe place for little people.
But, safe as it was, it wasn't till Carrots was growing quite a big boy, nearly six, I should think, that Floss and he got leave to go out and play on the shore by themselves, the thing they had been longing for ever since they could remember.
This was how they did get leave at last. Nurse was very, very busy, one day; really quite extra busy, for she was arranging and helping to pack Jack's things to go to a new school. Jack was so big now, about sixteen, that he was going to a kind of college, or grown-up school, the last he would go to, before entering the army. And there was quite a fuss in the house. Jack thought himself almost as grand as if he was an officer already, and Mott was overpowered with envy. Everybody was fussing about Jack, and no one had much time to think of the two little ones.
They stood at the nursery window, poor little souls, when Floss came up from her lessons, gazing out wistfully. It was a nice spring day, not exactly sunny, but looking as if the sun were only hiding himself to tease you, and might come out any minute.
"If we might go down to the shore," said Floss, half to herself, half to Carrots, and half to nurse. I shouldn't have said it so, for there can't be three halves of anything, but no doubt you will understand.
"Go down to the shore, my dear?" repeated nurse, "I wish you could, I'm sure, but it will be afternoon, at least, before I have a minute to spare to take you. And there's no one else to-day, for cook and Esther are both as busy as busy. Perhaps Miss Cecil and Miss Louise will take you when they have done their lessons."
"We don't care to go with them, much," said Floss, "they don't understand our plays. We like best to go with you, nursie, and you to sit down with your sewing near–that's the nicest way. Oh, nurse," she exclaimed, with sudden eagerness, "wouldn't you let us go alone? You can peep out of the window and see us every few minutes, and we'll be so good."
Nurse looked out of the window doubtfully.
"Couldn't you play in the garden at the back, instead?" she said. "Your papa and mamma won't be home till late, and I am always in a terror of any harm happening while they are away."
"We won't let any harm happen," said Floss, "and we are so tired of the garden, nurse. There is nothing to play at there. The little waves are so pretty this morning."
There was certainly very little to play at in the green, at the back of the house, which was called the garden. Being so near the sea, the soil was so poor, that hardly any flowers would grow, and even the grass was coarse and lumpy. Then there were no trees, and what is a garden without trees?
Nurse looked out of the window again.
"Well," she said, "if you will really be very good, I think I might trust you. Now, Master Carrots, you will promise to do exactly what Miss Floss tells you?"
"Yes, I promise," said Carrots, who had been listening with great anxiety, though he had not hitherto spoken–he was not a great talker–"I promise, nurse. I will do exactly what Floss tells me, and Floss will do exactly what I tell her, won't you, Floss? So we shall both be kite good, that way, won't we?"
"Very well," said nurse gravely, though she felt very much inclined to laugh, "then run and get your things as fast as you can."
And, oh, how happy the two were when they found themselves out on the shore all alone! They were so happy, they did not know what to do; so first of all, they ran races to run away a little of the happiness. And when they had run themselves quite hot, they sat down on a little heap of stones to consider what they should do next. They had no spades with them, for they did not care very much about digging; children who live always by the sea never care so much about digging as the little visitors who come down in the summer, and whose very first idea at the sight of the sea is "spades and buckets."
"What shall we play at, Carrots?" said Floss, "I wish it was warm enough to paddle."
Carrots looked at the little soft rippling waves, contemplatively.
"When I'm a man," he said, "I shall paddle always. I shall paddle in winter too. When I'm a man I won't have no nurse."
"Carrots," said Floss, reproachfully, "that isn't good of you. Think how kind nurse is,"
"Well, then," replied Carrots, slowly, "I will have her, but she must let me paddle always, when I'm a man."
"When you are a man, Carrots," said Floss, solemnly still, "I hope you will have something better to do than paddling. Perhaps you'll be a soldier, like Jack."
"Killing people isn't better than paddling," retorted Carrots. "I'd rather be a sailor, like papa."
"Sailors have to kill people, too, sometimes," said Floss.
"Have they?" said Carrots. Then he sat silent for a few minutes, finding this new idea rather overwhelming. "Naughty people, do you mean, Floss?" he inquired at last.
"Yes," said Floss, unhesitatingly, "naughty people, of course."
"But I don't like killing," said Carrots, "not killing naughty people, I don't like. I won't be a soldier, and I won't be a sailor, and I won't be a butcher, 'cos butchers kill lambs. Perhaps I'll be a fisherman."
"But fishermen kill fish," said Floss.
"Do they?" said Carrots, looking up in her face pathetically with his gentle brown eyes. "I'm so sorry. I don't understand about killing, Floss. I don't like it."
"I don't either," said Floss; "but perhaps it has to be. If there was no killng we'd have nothing to eat."
"Eggs," said Carrots; "eggs and potatoes, and–and–cake?"
"But even that would be a sort of killing," persisted Floss, though feeling by no means sure that she was not getting beyond her depth, "if we didn't eat eggs they would grow into chickens, and so eating stops them; and potatoes have roots, and when they're pulled up they don't grow; and cake has eggs in, and–oh I don't know, let's talk of something else."
"What?" said Carrots, "Fairies?"
"If you like, or supposing we talk about when auntie comes and brings 'Sybil.'"
"Yes," said Carrots, "I like that best."
"Well, then," began Floss, "supposing it is late in the evening when they come. You would be in bed, Carrots, dear, but I would have begged to sit up a little longer and–"
"No, Floss, that isn't nice. I won't talk about Sybil, if you make it like that," interrupted Carrots, his voice sounding as if he were going to cry. "Sybil isn't not any bigger than me. I wouldn't be in bed, Floss."
"Very well, dear. Never mind, darling. I won't make it like that. It was very stupid of me. No, Sybil and auntie will come just about our tea-time, and we shall be peeping along the road to see if the carriage from the station is coming, and when we hear it we'll run in, and perhaps mamma will say we may stay in the drawing-room to see them. You will have one of your new sailor suits on, Carrots, and I shall have my white piqué and blue sash, and nurse will have made the nursery tea-table look so nice–with a clean table-cloth, you know, and quite thin bread and butter, and jam, and, perhaps, eggs."
"I won't eat one," interrupted Carrots; "I won't never eat eggs. I'll keep all mine that I get to eat, in a box, till they've growed into chickens."
"But they're boiled when you get them," said Floss; "they wouldn't grow into chickens when they're boiled."
Carrots sighed. "Well, never mind." he said, "go on, Floss."
"Well, then," started Floss again, "you see the nursery tea would look so nice that Sybil would be sure to ask her mamma to let her have tea with us, even though it was the first evening. Perhaps, you know, she would be rather shy, just at first, till she got to know us. So we would be very, very kind to her, and after tea we would show her all our things–the dolls, only–Carrots, I'm afraid the dolls are getting rather old."
"Are they?" said Carrots, sympathisingly. "When I'm a man I'll buy you such a lot of new dolls, Floss, and Sybil, too, if she likes dolls–does she, Floss?"
"I don't know. I should think so," said Floss. "When papa and mamma went to see auntie, they said Sybil was like a doll herself. I suppose she has beautiful blue eyes and long gold curls. That was a year ago; she must be bigger now. Carrots."
"We must get up and run about a little now. It's too cold to sit still so long, and if we get cold, nurse won't let us come out alone again.",
Up jumped Carrots on to his sturdy little legs. "I'll run, Floss," he said.
"Floss," he began, when they stopped to take breath again, "once I saw a little boy with a hoop. It went so nice on the sands. I wish I had a hoop, Floss."
"I wish you had, dear," said Floss. "I'd buy you one, if I had any money. But I haven't, and we couldn't ask mamma, because I know," and Floss shook her head mysteriously, "I know poor mamma hasn't any money to spare. I must think of a plan to get some."
Carrots kept silence for about three quarters of a minute. "Have you thinkened, Floss?" he asked, eagerly.
"Thought," gravely said Floss, "not thinkened, what about?"
"About a plan," replied Carrots. He called it "a pan," but Floss understood him.
"Oh, dear, no," said Floss, "not yet. Plans take a great lot of thinking. They're real things, you see, Carrots, not like fancies about fairies and Sybil coming."
"But when Sybil does come, that'll be real then," said Carrots.
"Of course," agreed Floss, "but fancying about it before, isn't real."
It took Carrots a little while to get this into his head. Then he began again.
"When will you have thinkened enough, Floss? By tea-time?"
"I don't know. No, I think you had better wait till to-morrow morning, and then perhaps the plan will be ready."
"Very well," said Carrots, adding, with a little sigh, "to-morrow morning is a long time, Floss."
"Not very," said Floss, consolingly. "Now, Carrots, let's have one more race, and then we must go in."
PLANS.
"'Have you invented a plan for it?' Alice inquired.
'Not yet,' said the knight."
Through the Looking-glass.
THE next morning Carrots woke very early, and the first thing he thought of was the plan. Floss and he slept in the night nursery, in two little beds, and nurse slept in a small room that had a door opening into the nursery She used to sleep there herself, but now that Carrots was so big, Floss and he were quite safe by themselves, and poor old nurse enjoyed having her own little room.
Floss was still asleep, so Carrots only climbed out of his own cot into hers, and crouched himself down at the foot, watching for her to wake. Floss looked very nice asleep; her "fuzzy" hair was tumbling over the pillow, and her cheeks looked pinker than when she was awake.
"I wonder what being asleep is," thought the little boy as he looked at her. "I always go away, such a long way, when I am asleep. I wonder if Floss does."
She couldn't have been very far away just then, for somehow, though Carrots sat so still, she seemed to know he was there. She turned round and half opened her eyes, and then shut them as if she were trying to go to sleep again, then opened them once more, quite wide this time, and caught sight of the funny little figure beside her.
"Carrots," she said, in a sleepy voice, "Carrots, dear, what are you doing there? You'll catch cold."
"No, I won't. May I come in 'aside you, Floss?. I was only watching for you to wake; I didn't wake you, did I?" said Carrots, as Floss made room for him, and he poked his cold little toes down into a nice warm place, "I did so want to know if it was ready, for it's to-morrow morning now."
"If what's ready?" said Floss, for she was rather sleepy still.
"The plan for getting money."
"Oh!" said Floss. "Yes," she went on after thinking for a minute, "yes, it's nearly ready; at least I'm almost sure it is. But it's not quite ready for telling you, yet, Carrots."
Carrots looked terribly disappointed.
"I think," went on Floss, "I think it will be ready for telling you after breakfast. And if you like, you may listen to something I am going to ask nurse at breakfast, and, perhaps, that will help you to guess what the plan is."
At breakfast time Carrots was all ears. All ears and no tongue, so that nurse began to wonder if he was ill.
"I shouldn't like you to be ill the very day after Master Jack has gone," she said anxiously (Jack had gone up to town by the night train with his father), "one trouble at a time is quite enough for your poor mamma."
"Is Jack's going to the big school a trouble?" asked Floss, opening her eyes very wide, "I thought they were all very glad."
"My dear," said nurse solemnly, "one may be glad of a thing and sorry too. And changes mostly are good and bad together."
Floss did not say any more, but she seemed to be thinking about what nurse had said. Carrots was thinking too.
"When I'm a man," he said at last, "I won't go to a big school if Floss doesn't want me to."
Nurse smiled. "There's time enough to see about that," she said, "get on with your breakfast, Master Carrots; you'll never grow a big boy if you don't eat plenty."
"Nurse," said Floss, suddenly, "what's the dearest thing we eat? what costs most?"
"Meat, now-a-days, Miss Flossie," said nurse.
"Could we do without it?" asked Floss. Nurse shook her head.
"What could we do without?" continued the child. "We couldn't do without bread or milk, I suppose. What could we do without that costs money?"
"Most things do that," said nurse, who began to have a glimmering of what Floss was driving at, "but the money's well spent in good food to make you strong and well."
"Then isn't there anything we could do without–without it hurting us, I mean?" said Floss, in a tone of disappointment.
"Oh yes," said nurse, "I daresay there is. Once a little boy and girl I knew went without sugar in their tea for a month, and their grandmother gave them sixpence each instead."
"Sixpence!" exclaimed Floss, her eyes gleaming.
"Sixpence each," corrected nurse.
"Two sixpences, that would be a shilling. Carrots, do you hear?"
Carrots had been listening with might and main, but was rather puzzled.
"Would two sixpennies pay for two hoops?" he whispered to Floss, pulling her pinafore till she bent her head down to listen.
"Of course they would. At least I'm almost sure. I'll ask nurse. Nurse, dear," she went on in a louder voice, "do you think we might do that way–Carrots and I–about sugar, I mean?"
"I don't see that it would do you any harm," said nurse. "You must ask your mamma."
But Floss hesitated.
"I shouldn't much like to ask mamma," she said, and Carrots, who was listening so intently that he had forgotten all about his bread and milk, noticed that Floss's face grew red. "I shouldn't much like to ask mamma, because, nursie, dear, it is only that we want to get money for something for ourselves, and if we told mamma, it would be like asking her to give us the money. It wouldn't be any harm for us not to eat any sugar in our tea for a month, and you could keep the sugar in a packet all together, nurse, and then you might tell mamma that we had saved it, and she would give us a shilling for it. It would be quite worth a shilling, wouldn't it, nurse?"
"Oh, yes," said nurse, "I am sure your mamma would say it was." Then she considered a little. She was one of those truly trustworthy nurses whose notions are strong on the point of everything being told to "mamma." But she perfectly understood Floss's hesitation, and though she might not have been able to put her feeling into words, she felt that it might do the child harm to thwart her delicate instinct.
"Well, nurse?" said Floss, at last.
"Well, Miss Flossie, I don't think for once I shall be doing wrong in letting you have a secret. When will you begin? This is Thursday; on Saturday your mamma will give me the week's sugar–suppose you begin on Sunday? But does Master Carrots quite understand?"
"Oh, yes," said Floss, confidently, "he understands, don't you dear?"
"Oh, yes," said Carrots, "we won't eat not any sugar, Floss and me, for a great long time, and nurse will tie it up in a parcel with a string round, and mamma will buy it and give us a great lot of pennies, and then, and then"–he began to jump about with delight–"Floss and me will go to the toy-shop and buy our hoops, won't we Floss? Oh I wish it was time to go now, don't you Floss?"
"Yes, dear, a month's a good while to wait," said Floss sympathisingly. "May we go out on the shore again by ourselves this afternoon, nurse?
"If it doesn't rain," said nurse; and Floss, who had half an hour to wait before it was time for her to join her sisters in the school-room, went to the window to have a look at the weather. She had not stood there for more than a minute when Carrots climbed up on to a chair beside her.
"It's going to rain, Floss," he said, "there are the little curly clouds in the sky that Matthew says come when it rains."
Floss looked, up at the sky and down at the sea.
"The sea looks cross to-day," she said.
There were no pretty ripples this morning; the water looked dull and leaden.
"Floss," said Carrots, with a sigh, "I do get so tired when you are at lessons all the morning and I have nucken to do. Can't you think of a plan for me to have something to do?" Carrots' head was running on "plans."
Floss considered.
"Would you like to tidy my drawer for me?" she said. "This isn't the regular day for tidying it, but it is in a mess, because I turned all the things upside down when I was looking for our race horses' reins yesterday. Will you put it quite tidy, Carrots?
"Oh, yes, quite, dear Floss," said Carrots, "I'll put all the dolls neat, and all the pieces, and all the sewing things. Oh, dear Floss, what nice plans you make."
So when Floss had gone to her lessons, and nurse was busy with her morning duties, in and out of the room, so as not to lose sight of Carrots, but still too busy to amuse him, he, with great delight, set to work at the drawer. It certainly was much in need of "tidying," and after trying several ways, Carrots found that the best plan was to take everything out, and then put the different things back again in order. It took him a good while, and his face got rather red with stooping down to the floor to pick up all the things he had deposited there, for the drawer itself was too heavy for him to lift out bodily, if indeed, such an idea had occurred to him. It was the middle drawer of the cupboard, the top part of which was divided into shelves where the nursery cups and saucers and those sort of things stood. The drawer above Floss's was nurse's, where she kept her work, and a few books, and a little notepaper and so on; and the drawer at the bottom, so that he could easily reach it, was Carrots' own.
One end of Floss's drawer was given up to her dolls. She still had a good many, for though she did not care for them now as much as she used, she never could be persuaded to throw any of them away. But they were not very pretty; even Carrots could see that, and Carrots, to tell the truth, was very fond of dolls.
"If I had some money," he said to himself, "I would buy Floss such a most beautiful doll. I wish I had some money."
For the moment he forgot about the hoops and the "plan" and sat down on a little stool with one of the unhappiest looking of the dolls in his arms.
"A yellow sixpenny, oh, how nice!"
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"I wish I could buy you a new face, poor dolly," he said. "I wish I had some money."
He got up again to put poor dolly back into her corner. As he was smoothing down the paper which lined the drawer, he felt something hard close to dolly's foot; he pushed away the dolls to see–there, almost hidden by a crumple in the paper lay a tiny little piece of money–a little shining piece, about the size of a sixpence, only a different colour.
"A yellow sixpenny, oh, how nice!" thought Carrots, as he seized it. "I wonder if Floss knowed it was there. It would just do to buy a new doll. I wish I could go to the toy-shop to buy one to surprise Floss. I won't tell Floss I've found it. I'll keep it for a secret, and some day I'll buy Floss a new doll. I'm sure Floss doesn't know–I think the fairies must have put it there."
He wrapped the piece of money up carefully in a bit of paper, and after considering where he could best hide it, so that Floss should not know till it was time to surprise her, he fixed on a beautiful place–he hid it under one of the little round saucers in his paint-box–a very old paint-box it was, which had descended from Jack, first to Mott and then to Carrots, but which, all the same, Carrots considered one of his greatest treasures.
When nurse came into the room, she found the tidying of the drawer completed, and Carrots sitting quietly by the window. He did not tell her about the money he had found, it never entered into his little head that he should speak of it. He had got into the way of not telling all the little things that happened to him to any one but Floss, for he was naturally a very quiet child, and nurse was getting too old to care about all the tiny interests of her children as she once had done. Besides, he had determined to keep it a secret, even from Floss, till he could buy a new doll with it–but very likely he would have told her of it after all, had not something else put it out of his head.
The something else was that that afternoon nurse took Floss and him a long walk, and a walk they were very fond of.
It was to the cottage of the old woman, who, ever since they had come to Sandyshore, had washed for them. She was a very nice old woman, and her cottage was beautifully clean, and now and then Floss and Carrots had gone with nurse to have tea with her, which was a great treat. But to-day they were not going to tea; they were only going because nurse had to pay Mrs. White some money for washing up Jack's things quickly, and nurse knew the old woman would be glad to have it, as it was close to the day on which she had to pay her rent.
Floss and Carrots were delighted to go, for even when they did not stay to tea, Mrs. White always gave them a glass of milk, and, generally, a piece of home-made cake.
Before they started, nurse went to her drawer and took out of it a very small packet done up in white paper, and this little packet she put into her purse.
It was, after all, a nice fine day. Floss and Carrots walked quietly beside nurse for a little, and then she gave them leave to run races, which made the way seem very short, till they got to Mrs. White's.
"How nice it will be when we have our hoops, won't it, Carrots?" said Floss.
Carrots had almost forgotten about the hoops, but now that Floss mentioned them, it put him in mind of something else.
"Wouldn't you like a new doll, Floss?" he said mysteriously, "a most beautifullest new doll, with hair like–like the angels' hairs in the big window at church, and eyes like the little blue stones in mamma's ring?"
"Of course I would," said Floss, "and we'd call her Angelina, wouldn't we Carrots? But it's no good thinking about it–I shall never have one like that, unless the fairies send it me!"
"If the fairies sended you money to buy one, wouldn't that do?" said Carrots, staring up in her face with a funny look in his eyes.
But before Floss had time to answer, nurse called to them–they were at the corner of the lane which led to Mrs. White's.
Mrs. White was very kind. She had baked a cake only a day or two before, and cut off a beautiful big piece for each of the children, then she gave them a drink of milk, and they ran out into her little garden to eat their cake and look at the flowers, till nurse had finished her business with the old washerwoman, and was ready to go home.
Floss and Carrots thought a great deal of Mrs. White's garden. Small as it was, it had far more flowers in it than their own garden at the back of the Cove House, for it was a mile or two farther from the sea, and the soil was richer, and it was more sheltered from the wind.
In summer there was what Floss called quite a "buzzy" sound in this little garden–she meant that sweet, lazy-busy hum of bees and butterflies and all sorts of living creatures, that you never hear except in a real old-fashioned garden where there are lots of clove pinks and sweet williams and roses, roses especially, great, big cabbage roses, and dear little pink climbing roses, the kind that peep in at a cottage window to bid you "good morning." Oh, how very sweet those old-fashioned flowers are–though "rose fanciers" and all the clever gardeners we have now-a-days wouldn't give anything for them! I think them the sweetest of all. Don't you, children? Or is it only when one begins to grow old-fashioned oneself and to care more for things that used to be than things that are now, that one gets to prize these old friends so?
I am wandering away from Floss and Carrots waiting for nurse in the cottage garden; you must forgive me, boys and girls–when people begin to grow old they get in the habit of telling stories in a rambling way, but I don't find children so hard upon this tiresome habit as big people sometimes are. And it all comes back to me so–even the old washerwoman's cottage I can see so plainly, and the dear straggly little garden!
For you see, children, I am telling you the history of a real little boy and girl, not fancy children, and that is why, though there is nothing very wonderful about Floss and Carrots, I hope the story of their little pleasures and sorrows and simple lives may be interesting to you.
But I must finish about the visit to the washerwoman in another chapter. I have made this one rather too long already.
THE LOST HALF-SOVEREIGN.
"Children should not leave about
Anything that's small and bright;
Lest the fairies spy it out,
And fly off with it at night."
Poems written for a child.
THERE was no buzzy sound in Mrs. White's garden this afternoon. It was far too early in the year for that, indeed it was beginning to feel quite chilly and cold, as the afternoons often do of fine days in early spring, and by the time Floss and Carrots had eaten their cake, and examined all the rose bushes to see if they could find any buds, and wished it were summer, so that there would be some strawberries hiding under the glossy green leaves, they began to wonder why nurse was so long–and to feel rather cold and tired of waiting.
"Just run to the door, Carrots, dear," said Floss, "and peep in to see if nurse is coming."
She did not like to go herself, for she knew that nurse and Mrs. White were fond of a comfortable talk together and might not like to be interrupted by her. But Carrots they would not mind.
Carrots set off obediently, but before he got to the door he met nurse coming out. She was followed by Mrs. White and both were talking rather earnestly.
"You'll let me know, if so be as you find it, Mrs. Hooper; you won't forget?" Mrs. White was saying–Hooper was nurse's name–"for I feel quite oneasy–I do that, for you."
"I'll let you know, and thank you, Mrs. White," said nurse. "I'm glad I happened to bring some of my own money with me too, for I should have been sorry to put you to any ill-convenience by my carelessness–though how I could have been so careless as to mislay it, I'm sure it's more than I can say."
"It is, indeed, and you so careful," said Mrs. White sympathisingly.
Just then nurse caught sight of Carrots.
"Come along, Master Carrots," she said, "I was just going to look for you. Wherever's Miss Floss? We must be quick; it's quite time we were home."
"I'll tell Floss," said Carrots, disappearing again down the path, and in another moment Floss and he ran back to nurse.
Though they had been very quick, nurse seemed to think they had been slow. She even scolded Floss a very little as if she had been kept waiting by her and Carrots, when she was in a hurry to go, and both Floss and Carrots felt that this was very hard when the fact was that they had been waiting for nurse till they were both tired and cold.
"It wasn't Floss's fault. Floss wanted you to come quick, and she sended me to see," said Carrots indignantly.
"Hold your tongue, Master Carrots," said nurse sharply.
Carrots' face got very red, he gave nurse one reproachful look, but did not speak. He took Floss's hand and pulled her on in front. But Floss would not go; she drew her hand away.
"No, Carrots, dear," she said in a low voice, "it wouldn't be kind to leave nurse all alone when she is sorry about something."
"Is she sorry about somesing?" said Carrots.
"Yes," replied Floss, "I am sure she is. You run on for a minute. I want to speak to nurse."
Carrots ran on and Floss stayed behind. "Nurse," she said softly, slipping her hand through nurse's arm, which, by stretching up on tip-toe, she was just able to do, "nurse, dear, what's the matter?"
"Nothing much, Miss Flossie," replied nurse, patting the kind little hand, "nothing much, but I'm growing an old woman and easy put out–and such a stupid like thing for me to have done!"
"What have you done? What is stupid?" inquired Floss, growing curious as well as sympathising.
"I have lost a half-sovereign–a ten-shilling piece in gold, Miss Flossie," replied nurse.
"Out of your pocket–dropped it, do you mean?" said Floss.
"Oh no–I had it in my purse–at least I thought I had," said nurse. "It was a half-sovereign of your mamma's that she gave me to pay Mrs. White with for Master Jack's things and part of last week that was left over, and I wrapped it up with a shilling and a sixpence–it came to eleven and six, altogether–in a piece of paper, and put it in my drawer in the nursery, and before I came out I put the packet in my purse. And when I opened it at Mrs. White's no half-sovereign was there! Only the shilling and the sixpence!"
"You didn't drop it at Mrs. White's, did you? Should we go back and look?" said Floss, standing still, as if ready to run off that moment.
"No, no, my dear. It's not at Mrs. White's. She and I searched all over, and she's as honest a body as could be," replied nurse. "No, there's just the chance of its being in the drawer at home. I feel all in a fever till I get there to look. But don't you say anything about it, Miss Flossie; it's my own fault, and no one must be troubled about it but myself."
"Poor nursie," said Floss, "I'm so sorry. But you're sure to find it in your drawer. Let's go home very fast. Carrots," she called out to the little figure obediently trotting on in front, "Carrots, come and walk with nursie and me now. Nurse isn't vexed."
Carrots turned back, looking up wistfully in nurse's face.
"Poor darlings," said the old woman to herself, "such a shame of me to have spoilt their walk!"
And all the way home, "to make up," she was even kinder than usual.
But her hopes of finding the lost piece of money were disappointed. She searched all through the drawer in vain; there was no half-sovereign to be seen. Suddenly it struck her that Carrots had been busy "tidying" for Floss that morning.
"Master Carrots, my dear," she said, "when you were busy at Miss Floss's drawer to-day, you didn't open mine, did you, and touch anything in it?"
"Oh, no," said Carrots, at once, "I'm quite, quite sure I didn't, nursie."
"You're sure you didn't touch nurse's purse, or a little tiny packet of white paper, in her drawer?" inquired Floss, with an instinct that the circumstantial details might possibly recall some forgotten remembrance to his mind.
"Quite sure," said Carrots, looking straight up in their faces with a thoughtful, but not uncertain expression in his brown eyes.
"Because nurse has lost something out of her drawer, you see, Carrots dear, and she is very sorry about it," continued Floss.
"What has she lost? But I'm sure," repeated Carrots, "I didn't touch nurse's drawer, nor nucken in it. What has nurse lost?"
"A half-sovereign–" began Floss, but nurse interrupted her.
"Don't tease him any more about it," she said; "it's plain he doesn't know, and I wouldn't like the other servants to hear. Just forget about it, Master Carrots, my dear, perhaps nurse will find it some day."
So Carrots, literally obedient, asked no more questions. He only said to himself, with a puzzled look on his face, "A half sovereign! I didn't know nurse had any sovereigns–I thought only Floss had–and I never saw any broken in halfs!"
But as no more was said in his hearing about the matter, it passed from his innocent mind.
Nurse thought it right to tell the children's mother of her loss, and the girls and Maurice heard of it too. They all were very sorry for nurse, for she took her own carelessness rather sorely to heart. But by her wish, nothing was said of it to the two other servants, one of whom had only lately come, though the other had been with them many years.
"I'd rather by far bear the loss," said nurse, "than cause any ill-feeling about it, ma'am."
And her mistress gave in to her. "Though certainly you must not bear the loss, nurse," she said, kindly; "for in all these years you have saved me too many half-sovereigns and whole ones too for me to mind much about the loss of one. And you've asked Carrots, you say; you're sure he knows nothing about it?"
"Quite sure, ma'am," said nurse, unhesitatingly.
And several days went on, and nothing more was said or heard about the half-sovereign. Only all this time the little yellow sixpenny lay safely hidden away in Carrots' paint-box.
In a sense he had forgotten about it. He knew it was safe there, and he had almost fixed in his mind not to tell Floss about it till the day they should be going to the toy-shop to buy their hoops. Once or twice he had been on the point of showing it to her, but had stopped short, thinking how much more delightful it would be to "surprise" her. He had quite left off puzzling his head as to where the little coin had come from; he had found it in Floss's drawer, that was quite enough. If he had any thoughts about its history, they were that either Floss had had "the sixpenny" a long time ago and had forgotten it, or that the fairies had brought it; and on the whole he inclined to the latter explanation, for you see there was something different about this sixpenny to any he had ever seen before. Very likely "fairies' sixpennies" are always that pretty yellow colour, he thought.
One day, about a week after the loss of the half-sovereign, Maurice happened to come into the nursery just at the little ones' tea-time. It was a half-holiday, and he had been out a long walk with some of his companions, for he still went to school at Sandyshore, and now he had come in tremendously hungry and thirsty.
"I say, nurse," he exclaimed, seating himself unceremoniously at the table, "I'm awfully hungry, and mamma's out, and we shan't have tea for two hours yet. And Carrots, young man, I want your paint-box; mine's all gone to smash, and Cecil won't lend me hers, and I want to paint flags with stars and stripes for my new boat."
"Tars and tipes," repeated Carrots, "what's tars and tipes?"
"What's that to you?" replied Mott, politely. "Bless me, I am so thirsty. Give me your tea, Carrots, and nurse will make you some more. What awful weak stuff! But I'm too thirsty to wait."
He seized Carrots' mug and drank off its contents at one draught. But when he put the mug down he made a very wry face.
"What horrible stuff!" he exclaimed. "Nurse, you've forgotten to put in any sugar."
"No, she hasn't," said Carrots, bluntly. Nurse smiled, but said nothing, and Floss looked fidgety.
"What do you mean?" said Mott. "Don't you like sugar–eh, young 'un?"
"Yes, I do like it," replied Carrots, but he would say no more.
Floss grew more and more uneasy.
"Oh, Mott," she burst out, "please don't tease Carrots. It's nothing wrong; it's only something we've planned ourselves."
Mott's curiosity was by this time thoroughly aroused.
"A secret, is it?" he exclaimed, pricking up his ears; "you'd best tell it me. I'm a duffer at keeping secrets. Out with it."
Floss looked ready to cry, and Carrots shut his mouth tight, as if determined not to give in. Nurse thought it time to interfere.
"Master Maurice," she said, appealingly, "don't tease the poor little things, there's a good boy. If it is a secret, there's no harm in it, you may be sure."
"Tease!" repeated Mott, virtuously, "I'm not teasing. I only want to know what the mystery is–why shouldn't I? I won't interfere."
Now Mott was just at the age when the spirit of mischief is most apt to get thorough hold of a boy; and once this is the case, who can say where or at what a boy will stop? Every opposition or contradiction only adds fuel to the flames, and not seldom a tiny spark may thus end in a great fire. Nurse knew something of boys in general, and of Mott in particular; and knowing what she did, she decided in her own mind that she had better take the bull by the horns without delay.
"Miss Floss," she said seriously, "and Master Carrots, I think you had better tell your brother your secret. He'll be very kind about it, you'll see, and he won't tell anybody."
"Won't you, Mott?" said Floss, jumping up and down on her chair in her anxiety. "Promise."
"Honour bright," said Mott.
Carrots opened his mouth as if about to speak, but shut it down again.
"What were you going to say?" said Mott.
"Nucken," replied Carrots.
"People don't open their mouths like that, if they've 'nucken' to say," said Mott, as if he didn't believe Carrots.
"I didn't mean that I wasn't going to say nucken," said Carrots, "I mean I haven't nucken to say now."
"And what were you going to say?" persisted Mott.
Carrots looked frightened.
"I was only sinking if you knowed, and nurse knowed, and Floss knowed, and I knowed, it wouldn't be a secret."
Mott burst out laughing.
"What a precious goose you are," he exclaimed. "Well, secret or no secret, I'm going to hear it; so tell me."
Floss looked at nurse despairingly.
"You tell, nurse, please," she said.
So nurse told, and Maurice looked more amused than ever. "What an idea!" he exclaimed. "I don't believe Carrots 'll hold out for a month, whatever Floss may do, unless he has a precious lump of ac–ac–what is it the head people call it?–acquisitiveness for his age. But you needn't have made such a fuss about your precious secret. Here, nurse, give us some tea, and you may put in all the sugar Floss and Carrots have saved by now."
Floss and Carrots looked ready to cry, but nurse reassured them.
"Never you fear," she said; "he shall have what's proper, but no more. Never was such a boy for sweet things as you, Master Mott."
"It shows in my temper, doesn't it?" he said saucily. And then he was so pleased with his own wit that for a few minutes he forgot to tease, occupying himself by eating lots of bread and butter instead, so that tea went on peaceably.
CARROTS IN TROUBLE.
"But bitter while they flow, are childish tears."
"NOW Carrots," said Mott, when he had eaten what he considered might possibly support him for the next two hours, "now Carrots, let's have the paint-box. You needn't disturb yourself," he continued, for Carrots was preparing to descend from his high chair, "I know where you keep it; it's in your drawer, isn't it. Which is his drawer, nurse? It'll be a good opportunity for me to see if he keeps it tidy."
"No, no, let me get it myself," cried Carrots, tumbling himself off his chair anyhow in his eagerness. "Nurse, nurse, don't tell him which is mine; don't let him take my paint-box, let me get it my own self."
Nurse looked at him with some surprise; it was seldom the little boy so excited himself.
"Master Mott won't hurt your drawer, my dear," she said; "you don't mind his having your paint-box, I'm sure. But do let him get it out himself, if he wants, Master Maurice, there's a dear boy," she continued, for Maurice was by this time ferreting in Floss's drawer with great gusto, and in another moment would have been at Carrots'! But Carrots was at it before him. He pulled it open as far as he could, for in consequence of Mott's investigations in the upper storey, he could not easily penetrate to his own quarters. But he knew exactly where the paint-box lay, and managed to slip it out, without Maurice's noticing what he was doing. His triumph was short-lived, however; before he could open the box, Mott was after him.
"Hi, you young sneak!" he cried, "what are you after now? Give me the box; I believe you want to take the best paints out before you lend it to me," and he wrenched the paint-box out of his little brother's hands.
"I don't, I don't," sobbed Carrots, sitting down on the floor and crying bitterly; "you may have all the paints, Mott, but it's my secret, oh, my secret!"
"What are you talking about?" said Mott roughly, pulling out the lid as he spoke. The box had been all tumbled about in the struggle, and the paints came rattling out, the paints and the brushes, and the little saucers, and with them came rolling down on to the floor, children, you know what–the "fairies' sixpenny," the little bright shining yellow half-sovereign!
A strange change came over Mott's face.
"Nurse," he cried, "do you see that? What does that mean?"
Nurse hastened up to where he was standing; she stared for a moment in puzzled astonishment at the spot on the carpet to which the toe of Maurice's boot was pointing, then she stooped down slowly and picked up the coin, still without speaking.
"Well, nurse," said Maurice, impatiently, "what do you think of that?"
"My half-sovereign," said nurse, as if hardly believing what she saw.
"Of course it's your half-sovereign," said Mott, "it's as plain as a pike-staff. But how did it come there, that's the question?"
Nurse looked at Carrots with puzzled perplexity. "He couldn't have known," she said in a low voice, too low for Carrots to hear. He was still sitting on the floor sobbing, and through his sobs was to be heard now and then the melancholy cry, "My secret, oh, my poor secret."
"You hear what he says," said Maurice; "what does his 'secret' mean but that he sneaked into your drawer and took the half-sovereign, and now doesn't like being found out. I'm ashamed to have him for my brother, that I am, the little cad!"
"But he couldn't have understood," said nurse, at a loss how otherwise to defend her little boy. "I'm not even sure that he rightly knew of my losing it, and he might have taken it, meaning no harm, not knowing what it was, indeed, very likely."
"Rubbish," said Maurice. "A child that is going without sugar to get money instead, must be old enough to understand something about what money is."
"But that was my plan; it wasn't Carrots that thought of it at all," said Floss, who all this time had stood by, frightened and distressed, not knowing what to say.
"Hold your. tongue, Floss," said Maurice, roughly; and Floss subsided. "Carrots," he continued, turning to his brother, "leave off crying this minute, and listen to me. Who put this piece of money into your paint-box?"
"I did my own self," said Carrots.
"What for?"
"To keep it a secret for Floss," sobbed Carrots. Maurice turned triumphantly to nurse. "There," he said; "you see! And," he continued to Carrots again, "you took it out of nurse's drawer–out of a little paper packet?"
"No," said Carrots, "I didn't. I didn't know it was nurse's."
"You didn't know nurse had lost a half-sovereign!" exclaimed Mott, "Carrots, how dare you say so?"
"Yes," said Carrots, looking so puzzled, that for a moment or two he forgot to sob, "I did know, Floss told me."
"Then how can you say you didn't know this was nurse's?" said Mott.
"Oh, I don't know–I didn't know–I can't under'tand," cried Carrots, relapsing into fresh sobs.
"I wish your mamma were in, that I do," said nurse, looking ready to cry too; by this time Floss's tears were flowing freely.
"She isn't in, so it's no good wishing she were," said Maurice; "but papa is," he went on importantly, "and I'll just take Carrots to him and see what he'll say to all this."
"Oh, no, Master Mott, don't do that, I beg and pray of you," said nurse, all but wringing her hands in entreaty. "Your papa doesn't understand about the little ones; do wait till your mamma comes in."
"No, indeed, nurse; it's a thing papa should be told," said Mott, in his innermost heart half inclined to yield, but working himself up to imagine he was acting very heroically. And notwithstanding nurse's distress, and Floss's tears, off he marched his unfortunate little brother to the study.
"Papa," he said, knocking at the door, "may I come in? There's something I must speak to you about immediately."
"Come in, then," was the reply. "Well, and what's the matter now? Has Carrots hurt himself?" asked his father, naturally enough, for his red-haired little son looked pitiable in the extreme as he crept into the room after Maurice, frightened, bewildered, and, so far as his gentle disposition was capable of such a feeling, indignant also, all at once.
"No," replied Maurice, pushing Carrots forward, "he's not hurt himself; it's worse than that. Papa," he continued excitedly, "you whipped me once, when I was a little fellow, for telling a story. I am very sorry to trouble you, but I think it's right you should know; I am afraid you will have to punish Carrots more severely than you punished me, for he's done worse than tell a story." Maurice stopped to take breath, and looked at his father to see the effect of his words. Carrots had stopped crying to listen to what Maurice was saying, and there he stood, staring up with his large brown eyes, two or three tears still struggling down his cheeks, his face smeared and red and looking very miserable. Yet he did not seem to be in the least ashamed of himself, and this somehow provoked Mott and hardened him against him.
"What's he been doing?" said their father, looking at the two boys with more amusement than anxiety, and then glancing regretfully at the newspaper which he had been comfortably reading when Mott's knock came to the door.
"He's done much worse than tell a story," repeated Maurice, "though for that matter he's told two or three stories too. But, papa, you know about nurse losing a half-sovereign? Well, Carrots had got it all the time; he took it out of nurse's purse, and hid it away in his paint-box, without telling anybody. He can't deny it, though he tried to."
"Carrots," said his father sternly, "is this true?"
Carrots looked up in his father's face; that face, generally so kind and merry, was now all gloom and displeasure–why?–Carrots could not understand, and he was too frightened and miserable to collect his little wits together to try to do so. He just gave a sort of little tremble and began to cry again.
"Carrots," repeated his father, "is this true?"
"I don't know," sobbed Carrots.
Now Captain Desart, Carrots' father, was, as I think I have told you, a sailor. If any of you children have a sailor for your father, you must not think I mean to teach you to be disrespectful when I say that sailors are, there is no doubt, inclined to be hot-tempered and hasty. And I do not think on the whole that they understand much about children, though they are often very fond of them and very kind. All this was the case with Carrots' father. He had been so much away from his children while they were little, that he really hardly knew how they had been brought up or trained or anything about their childish ways–he had left them entirely to his wife, and scarcely considered them as in any way "his business," till they were quite big boys and girls.
But once he did begin to notice them, though very kind, he was very strict. He had most decided opinions about the only way of checking their faults whenever these were serious enough to attract his attention, and he could not and would not be troubled with arguing, or what he called "splitting hairs," about such matters. A fault was a fault; telling a falsehood was telling a falsehood; and he made no allowance for the excuses or "palliating circumstances" there might be to consider. One child, according to his ideas, was to be treated exactly like another; why the same offence should deserve severer punishment with a self-willed, self-confident, bold, matter-of-fact lad, such as Maurice, than with a timid, fanciful, baby-like creature as was his little Fabian, he could not have understood had he tried.
Nurse knew all this by long experience; no wonder, kind though she knew her master to be, that she trembled when Mott announced his intention of laying the whole affair before his father.
But poor Carrots did not know anything about it. "Papa" had never been "cross" to him before, and he was far from clearly understanding why he was "cross" to him now. So he just sobbed and said "I don't know," which was about the worst thing he could possibly have said in his own defence, though literally the truth.
"No or yes, sir," said Captain Desart, his voice growing louder and sterner–I think he really forgot that it was a poor little shrimp of six years old he was speaking to–"no nonsense of 'don't knows.' Did .you or did you not take nurse's half-sovereign out of her drawer and keep it for your own?"
"No," said Carrots, "I never took nucken out of nurse's drawer. I never did, papa, and I didn't know nurse had any sovereigns."
"Didn't you know nurse had lost a half-sovereign? Carrots, how can you say so?" interrupted Mott.
"Yes, Floss told me," said Carrots.
"And Floss hid it away in your paint-box, I suppose?" said Mott, sarcastically.
"No, Floss didn't. I hided the sixpenny my own self," said Carrots, looking more and more puzzled.
"Hold your tongue, Maurice," said his father, angrily. "Go and fetch the money and the tom-fool paint-box thing that you say he had it in."
Mott did as he was told. He ran to the nursery and back as fast as he could; but, unobserved by him, Floss managed to run after him and crept into the study so quietly that her father never noticed her.
Maurice laid the old paint-box and the half-sovereign down on the table in front of his father; Captain Desart held up the little coin between his finger and thumb.
"Now," he said, "Carrots, look at this. Did you or did you not take this piece of money out of nurse's drawer and hide it away in your paint-box?"
Carrots stared hard at the half-sovereign.
"I did put it in my paint-box," he said, and then he stopped.
"What for?" said his father.
"I wanted to keep it for a secret," he replied. "I wanted to–to–"
"What?" thundered Captain Desart.
"To buy something at the toy-shop with it," sobbed Carrots.
Captain Desart sat down and looked at Mott for sympathy.
"Upon my soul," he said, "one could hardly believe it. A child that one would think scarcely knew the value of money! Where can he have learnt such cunning; you say you are sure he was told of nurse's having lost a half-sovereign?"
"Oh, yes," said Mott; "he confesses to that much himself."
"Floss told me," said Carrots.
"Then how can you pretend you didn't know this was nurse's–taking it out of her drawer, too," said his father.
"I don't know. I didn't take it out of her drawer; it was 'aside Floss's doll," said Carrots.
"He's trying to equivocate," said his father. Then he turned to the child again, looking more determined than ever.
"Carrots," he said, "I must whip you for this. Do you know that I am ashamed to think you are my son? If you were a poor boy you might be put in prison for this."
Carrots looked too bewildered to understand. "In prison," he repeated. "Would the prison-man take me?"
"What does he mean?" said Captain Desart.
Floss, who had been waiting unobserved in her corner all this time, thought this a good opportunity for coming forward.
"He means the policeman," she said. "Oh, papa," she went on, running up to her little brother and throwing her arms round him, the tears streaming down her face, "oh, papa, poor little Carrots! he doesn't understand."
"Where did you come from?" said her father, gruffly but not unkindly, for Floss was rather a favourite of his. "What do you mean about his not understanding? Did you know about this business, Floss?"
"Oh no, papa," said Floss, her face flushing; "I'm too big not to understand."
"Of course you are," said Captain Desart; "and Carrots is big enough, too, to understand the very plain rule that he is not to touch what does not belong to him. He was told, too, that nurse had lost a half-sovereign, and he might then have owned to having taken it and given it back, and then things would not have looked so bad. Take him up to my dressing-room, Maurice, and leave him there till I come."
"May I go with him, papa?" said Floss very timidly.
"No," said her father, "you may not."
So Mott led off poor weeping Carrots, and all the way upstairs he kept sobbing to himself, "I never touched nurse's sovereigns. I never did. I didn't know she had any sovereigns."
"Hold your tongue," said Mott; "what is the use of telling more stories about it?"
"I didn't tell stories. I said I hided the sixpenny my own self, but I never touched nurse's sovereigns; I never did."
"I believe you're more than half an idiot," said Mott, angry and yet sorry–angry with himself, too, somehow.
Floss, left alone with her father, ventured on another appeal.
"You won't whip Carrots till mamma comes in, will you, papa?" she said softly.
"Why not? Do you think I want her to help me to whip him?" said Captain Desart.
"Oh no–but–I think perhaps mamma would understand better how it was, for, oh papa, dear, Carrots isn't a naughty boy; he never, never tells stories."
"Well, we'll see," replied her father; "and in the meantime it will do him no harm to think things over by himself in my dressing-room for a little."
"Oh, poor Carrots!" murmured Floss to herself; "it'll be getting dark, and he's all alone. I wish mamma would come in!"
CARROTS "ALL RIGHT" AGAIN.
"When next the summer breeze comes by,
And waves the bush, the flower is dry."
Walter Scott.
FLOSS crept upstairs to the dressing-room door. It was locked. Though the key was in the lock, she knew she must not turn it; and even had it been open she would not have dared to go in, after her father's forbidding it. But she thought she might venture to speak to Carrots, to comfort him a little, through the door. She was dreadfully afraid that he might feel frightened in there alone if it got dark before he was released, for sometimes he was afraid of the dark–he was such a little boy, remember.
Floss tapped at the door.
"Carrots," she said, "are you there?"
Floss tapped at the door. "Carrots," she said, "are you there?"
"Yes," said Carrots; "but you can't come in, Floss. Mott has locked me in."
"I know," said Floss; "what are you doing, Carrots? Are you very unhappy?"
"Not so very. I'm crying–I'm crying a great lot, Floss, but I don't think I'm so very unhappy–not now you've come to the door."
"Poor Carrots," said Floss, "I'll stay by the door, if you like. I'll just run down to the front door now and then, to see if mamma is coming, and then I'll come straight back to you."
"All zight," said Carrots. Whenever he wanted to seem very brave, and rather a big boy, he used to say "all zight," and just now he was trying very hard to be like a big boy.
There was silence for a minute or two. Then Carrots called out again.
"Floss," he said, "are you there?"
"Yes, dear," replied faithful Floss.
"I want just to tell you one thing," he said. "Floss, I never did touch nurse's sovereigns. I never knowed she had any."
"It wasn't a sovereign; it was a half-sovereign," corrected Floss.
"I don't under'tand how it could be a half-sovereign," said Carrots. "But I never touched nurse's drawer, nor nucken in it."
"Then where did you find the half-sovereign?" began Floss, "and why–oh, Carrots," she broke off, "I do believe that's the front door bell. It'll be mamma coming. I must run down."
"All zight," called out Carrots again. "Don't be long, Floss; but please tell mamma all about it. I don't under'tand."
He gave a little sigh of perplexity, and lay down on the floor near the window, where the room was lightest, for the darkness was now beginning to creep in, and he felt very lonely.
Poor Mrs. Desart hardly knew what to think or say, when, almost before she had got into the house, she was seized upon by Maurice and Floss, each eager to tell their own story. Carrots naughty, Carrots in disgrace, was such an extraordinary idea!
"Nurse," she exclaimed, perceiving her at the end of the passage, whence she had been watching as anxiously as the children for her mistress's return, "nurse, what is the meaning of it all?"
"Indeed, ma'am," nurse was beginning, but she was interrupted. "Come in here, Lucy," said Captain Desart to his wife, opening the study door, "come in here before you go upstairs."
And Mrs. Desart did as he asked, but Floss again managed to creep in too, almost hidden in the folds of her mother's dress.
"I can't believe that Carrots is greedy, or cunning, or obstinate," said his mother, when she had heard all. "I cannot think that he understood what he was doing when he took the half-sovereign."
"But the hiding it," said Captain Desart, "the hiding it, and yet to my face persisting that he had never touched nurse's half-sovereign. I can't make the child out."
"He says he didn't know nurse had any sovereigns," put in Floss.
"Are you there again, you ubiquitous child?" said her father.
Floss looked rather frightened–such a long word as ubiquitous must surely mean something very naughty; but her father's voice was not angry, so she took courage.
"Does he know what a sovereign means?" said Mrs. Desart. "Perhaps there is some confusion in his mind which makes him seem obstinate when he isn't so really."
"He said he knew I had sovereigns," said Floss, "and I couldn't think what he meant. Oh, mamma," she went on suddenly, "I do believe I know what he was thinking of. It was my kings and queens."
And before her father or mother could stop her, she had darted off to the nursery. In two minutes she was back again, holding out to her mother a round wooden box–the sort of box one often used to see with picture alphabets for little children, but instead of an alphabet, Floss's box contained a set of round cards, each about the size of the top of a wine-glass, with the heads of all the English kings and queens, from William the Conqueror down to Victoria!
"'Sovereigns of England,' mamma, you see," she exclaimed, pointing to the words on the lid, and quite out of breath with hurry and excitement. "and I very often call them my sovereigns; and of course Carrots didn't understand how there could be a half one of them, nor how nurse could have any."
"It must be so," said Mrs. Desart to her husband; "the poor child really did not understand."
"But still the taking the money at all, and hiding it?" said Captain Desart. "I don't see that it would be right not to punish him."
"He has been punished already–pretty severely for him, I fancy," said Floss's mother, with a rather sad smile. "You will leave him to me now, won't you, Frank?" she asked her husband. "I will go up and see him, and try to make him thoroughly understand. Give me the sovereigns, Floss dear, I'll take them with me."
Somewhat slowly, Carrots' mother made her way upstairs. She was tired and rather troubled. She did not believe that her poor little boy had really done wrong wilfully, but it seemed difficult to manage well among so many children; she was grieved also, at Maurice's hastiness and want of tender feeling, and she saw, too, how little fitted Carrots was to make his way in this rough-and-ready world.
"How would it be without me! My poor children," she thought with a sigh.
But a little hand was slipped into hers.
"Mamma, dear, I'm so glad you thought of the sovereigns. I'm sure Carrots didn't mean to be naughty. Mamma dear, though he is so little, Carrots always means to be good; I don't think he could even be frightened into doing anything that he understood was naughty, though he is so easily frightened other ways."
"My good little Floss, my comforter," said her mother, patting Floss's hand, and then they together made their way to the dressing-room.
It was almost dark. The key was in the lock, and Mrs. Desart felt for it and turned it. But when she opened the door it was too dark in the room to distinguish anything.
"Carrots," she said, but there was no answer. "Where can he be?" she said rather anxiously. "Floss, run and get a light."
Floss ran off: she was back again in a minute, for she had met nurse on the stairs with a candle in her hand. But even with the light they could not all at once find Carrots, and though they called to him there was no answer.
"Can he have got out of the window?" Mrs. Desart was beginning to say, when Floss interrupted her.
"Here he is, mamma," she exclaimed. "Oh, poor little Carrots! mamma, nursie, do look."
There he was indeed–fast, fast asleep! Extra fast sleep, for his troubles and his tears had worn him out. He was lying in a corner of a large closet opening out of the dressing-room. In this closet Captain Desart hung up his coats and dressing-gowns, and doubtless Carrots had crept into it when the room began to get dark, feeling as if in the hanging garments there was some comfort and protection; and there he lay, looking so fair and innocent, prettier than when he was awake, for his cheeks had more colour, and his long eye-lashes, reddy-brown like his hair, showed clearly on his fair skin.
"Poor little fellow, how sweet he looks," said Mrs. Desart. "Nurse, lift him up and try to put him to bed without waking him. We must wait to disentangle the confusion in his mind till to-morrow morning."
And very tenderly nurse lifted him up and carried him off.
"My bonnie wee man," she murmured; for though it was many and many a day since she had seen her native land, and she had journeyed with her master and mistress to strange countries "far over the sea," she was apt when her feelings were stirred to fall back into her own childish tongue.
So no more was said to or about Carrots that evening; but Floss went to bed quite happy and satisfied that "mamma" would put it all right in the morning. I don't think Mott went to bed in so comfortable a mood; yet his mother had said nothing to him!
Cecil and Louise had, though. Cecil told him right out that he was a horrid tell-tale, and Louise said she only wished he had red hair instead of Carrots; which expressions of feeling on the part of such very grown-up young ladies meant a good deal, for it was not often they troubled themselves much about nursery matters. Cecil, that is to say, for Louise, who was fair haired and soft and gentle, and played very nicely on the piano, was just a shadow of Cecil, and if Cecil had proposed that they should stay in bed all day and get up all night, would have thought it a very good idea!
And the next morning Mrs. Desart had a long talk with Carrots. It was all explained and made clear, and the difference between the two kinds of "sovereigns" shown to him. And he told his mother all–all, that is to say, except the "plan" for saving sugar and getting money instead, which had first put it into his head to keep the half-sovereign to get a new doll for Floss. He began to tell about the plan, but stopped when he remembered that it was Floss's secret as well as his own; and when he told his mother this, she said he was quite right not to tell without Floss's leave, and that as nurse knew about it, they might still keep it for their secret, if they liked, which Carrots was very glad to hear.
He told his mother about his thinking perhaps the fairies had brought the "sixpenny," and she explained to him that now-a-days, alas! that was hardly likely to be the case, though she seemed quite to understand his fancying it, and did not laugh at him at all. But she spoke very gravely to him, too, about never taking anything that was not his; and after listening and thinking with all his might, Carrots said he thought he "kite under'tood."
"I am never, never to take nucken that I'm not sure is mine," he said slowly. "And if ever I'm not sure I'm to ask somebody, you, or nursie, or Floss–or sometimes, perhaps, Cecil. But I don't think I'd better ask Mott, for perhaps he wouldn't under'tand."
But Mott's mother took care that before the day was over Mott should "under'tand" something of where and how he had been in fault; that there are sometimes ways of doing right which turn it into "wrong;" and that want of pity and tenderness for the wrong doer never, never can be right.
A LONG AGO STORY.
"You may laugh, my little people,
But be sure my story's true;
For I vow by you church steeple,
I was once a child like you."
The Land of Long Ago.
IF any of you children have travelled much, have you noticed that on a long journey there seem to come points, turns–I hardly know what to call them–after which the journey seems to go on differently. More quickly, perhaps more cheerfully, or possibly less so, but certainly differently. Looking back afterwards you see it was so–"from the time we all looked out of the window at the ruined abbey we seemed to get on so much faster," you would say, or–"after the steamer had passed the Spear-head Point, we began to feel dull and tired, and there was no more sunshine."
I think it is so in life. Suddenly, often quite unknowingly, we turn a corner sometimes of our history, sometimes of our characters, and looking back, long afterwards, we make a date of that point. It was so just now with my little Carrots. This trouble of his about the half-sovereign changed him. I do not mean to say that it saddened him and made him less happy than he had been–at his age, thank God, few, if any children have it in them to be so deeply affected–but it changed him. It was his first peep out into life, and it gave him his first real thoughts about things. It made him see how a little wrong-doing may cause great sorrow; it gave him his first vague, misty glimpse of that, to my thinking, saddest of all sad things–the way in which it is possible for our very nearest and dearest to mistake and misunderstand us.
He had been in some ways a good deal of a baby for his age, there is no doubt. He had a queer, babylike way of not seeming to take in quickly what was said to him, and staring up in your face with his great oxen-like eyes, that did a little excuse Maurice's way of laughing at him and telling him he was "half-witted." But no one that really looked at those honest, sensible, tender eyes could for an instant have thought there was any "want" in their owner. It was all there–the root of all goodness, cleverness, and manliness–just as in the acorn there is the oak; but of course it had a great deal of growing before it, and, more than mere growing, it would need all the care and watchful tenderness and wise directing that could be given it, just as the acorn needs all the rain and sunshine and good nourishing soil it can get, to become a fine oak, straight and strong and beautiful. For what do I mean by "it," children? I mean the "own self" of Carrots, the wonderful "something" in the little childish frame which the wisest of all the wise men of either long ago or now-a-days have never yet been able to describe–the "soul," children, which is in you all, which may grow into so beautiful, so lovely and perfect a thing; which may, alas! be twisted and stunted and starved out of all likeness to the "image" in which it was created.
Do you understand a little why it seems sometimes such a very, very solemn thing to have the charge of children? When one thinks what they should be, and again when one thinks what they may be, is it not a solemn, almost too solemn a thought? Only we, who feel this so deeply, take heart when we remember that the Great Gardener who never makes mistakes has promised to help us; even out of our mistakes to bring good.
As I have said, the affair of the lost half-sovereign did not leave any lastingly painful impression on Carrots, but for some days he seemed unusually quiet and pale and a little sad. He had caught cold, too, with falling asleep on the dressing-room floor, nurse said, for the weather was still exceedingly chilly, though the spring was coming on. So altogether he was rather a miserable looking little Carrots.
He kept out of the way and did not complain, but "mamma" and nurse and Floss did not need complaints to make them see that their little man was not quite himself, and they were extra kind to him.
There came just then some very dull rainy days, regular rainy days, not stormy, but to the children much more disagreeable than had they been so. For in stormy weather at the seaside there is too much excitement for anyone to think whether it is disagreeable or not–there is the splendid sight of the angry, troubled sea, there are the wonderful "storm songs" of the wind to listen to. Of course, as Carrots used to say, at such times it is "dedful" to think of the poor sailors; but even in thinking of them there is something that takes one's thoughts quite away from one's self, and one's own worries and troubles–all the marvellous stories of shipwreck and adventure, from Grace Darling to old Sinbad, come rushing into one's mind, and one feels as if the sea were the only part of the world worth living on.
But even at the seaside, regular, steady, "stupid" rainy days are trying. Carrots sat at the nursery window one of these dull afternoons looking out wistfully.
"Floss," he said, for Floss was sitting on the floor learning her geography for the next day, "Floss, it is so raining."
"I know," said Floss, stopping a minute in her "principal rivers of northern Europe." "I wish there wasn't so much rain, and then there wouldn't be so many rivers; or perhaps if there weren't so many rivers there wouldn't be so much rain. I wonder which it is!"
"Which beginned first–rivers or rain?" said Carrots, meditatively, "that would tell,"
"I'm sure I don't know, and I don't believe anybody does," said Floss, going on again with her lesson. "Be quiet, Carrots, for one minute, and then I'll talk to you."
Carrots sat silent for about a minute and a half; then he began again.
"Floss," he said.
"Well," replied Floss, "I've very nearly done, Carrots."
"It's werry dull to-day, Floss; the sea looks dull too, it isn't dancey a bit to-day, and the sands look as if they would never be nice for running on again."
"Oh, but they will, Master Carrots," said nurse, who was sitting near, busy darning stockings. "Dear, dear! don't I remember feeling just so when I was a child? In winter thinking summer would never come, and in summer forgetting all about winter!"
"Is it a werry long time since you were a child?" inquired Carrots, directing his attention to nurse.
"It's getting on for a good long time, my dear," said nurse, with a smile.
"Please tell me about it," said Carrots.
"Oh yes, nursie dear, do," said Floss, jumping up from the floor and shutting her book. "I've done all my lessons, and it would just be nice to have a story. It would amuse poor little Carrots."
"But you know all my stories as well, or even better, than I do myself," objected nurse, "not that they were ever much to tell, any of them."
"Oh yes, they were. They are very nice stories indeed," said Floss, encouragingly. "And I'm very fond of what you call your mother's stories, too–aren't you, Carrots?–about the children she was nurse to–Master Hugh and Miss Janet. Tell us more about them, nursie."
"You've heard all the stories about them, my dears, I'm afraid," said nurse. "At least, I can't just now think of any worth telling but what you've heard."
"Well, let's hear some not worth the telling," said Floss, persistently. "Nurse," she went on, "how old must Master Hugh and Miss Janet be by now? Do you know where they are?"
"Master Hugh is dead," said nurse, "many a year ago, poor fellow, and little Miss Janet–why she was fifteen years older than I; mother only left them to be married when Miss Janet was past twelve. She must be quite an old lady by now, if she is alive–with grandchildren as old as you, perhaps! How strange it seems!"
"She must have been a very nice little girl, and so must Master Hugh have been–a nice little boy, I mean. That story of 'Mary Ann Jolly' was so interesting. I suppose they never did anything naughty?" said Floss, insinuatingly.
"Oh, but they did," replied nurse, quite unsuspicious of the trap laid for her. "Master Hugh was very mischievous. Did I never tell you what they did to their dog Cæsar?"
"No, never," said both the children in a breath; "do tell us."
"Well, it was one Sunday morning, to tell it as mother told me," began nurse. "You know, my dears," she broke off. again, "it was in Scotland, and rather an out-of-the-way part where they lived. I know the place well, of course, for it wasn't till I was seventeen past that I ever left it. It is a pretty place, out of the way even now, I'm told, with railways and all, and in those days it was even more out-of-the-way. Six miles from the church, and the prayers and the sermon very long when you got there! Many and many a time I've fallen asleep at church, when I was a little girl. Well, to go back to Master Hugh and Miss Janet. It was on a Sunday morning they did the queer piece of mischief I'm going to tell you of. They had been left at home with no one but an old woman, who was too deaf to go to church, to look after them. She lived in the lodge close by, and used to come into the house to help when the servants were busy, for she was a very trusty old body. It was not often the children were left without mother, or perhaps one of the housemaids, to take care of them, and very often in fine weather they used to be taken to church themselves, though it was tiring like for such young things. But this Sunday, everybody had gone to church because it was the time of the preachings–"
"The what, nurse?" said Floss. "Isn't there preaching every Sunday at church?"
"Oh yes, my dear; but what we call the preachings in Scotland means the time when there is the communion service, which is only twice a year. You can't understand, my dear," seeing that Floss looked as mystified as ever; "but never mind. When you are older, you will find that there are many different ways of saying and doing the same things in churches, just like among people. But this Sunday I am telling you of, the services were to be very long indeed, too long for the children, considering the six miles' drive and all. So they were left at home with old Phemie."
"Did they mind?" said Carrots.
"Oh no; I fancy they were very well pleased. They were always very happy together, the two of them and Cæsar."
"And of course they promised to be very good," said Floss.
"No doubt of that," said nurse, with a smile. "Well, they certainly hit upon a queer way of amusing themselves. Mother came home from church one of the earliest; she had a lift in one of the farmer's carts, and came in at the lodge gate just as the carriage with her master and mistress and the young ladies was driving up. They all got out at the big gate, and let the coachman drive round to the stable the back way, and mother came quietly walking up the drive behind them. They were talking seriously about the sermon they had heard, and feeling rather solemn-like, I daresay, when all at once there flew down the drive to meet them the most fearsome-like creature that ever was seen. It was like nothing in nature, my mother said, about the size of a large wolf, but with a queer-shaped head and body–at least they looked queer to them, not knowing what it was–and not a particle of hair or coat of any kind upon it. It rushed up to my lady, that was Miss Janet's mother, and tried to leap upon her; but she shrieked to her husband, and he up with his stick–he always took a stick about with him–and was just on the point of giving it a fearful blow, never thinking but what it was one of the beasts escaped from some travelling show, when one of the young ladies caught his arm.
"'Stop, father!' she cried. 'Don't you see who it is? It's Cæsar.'
"'Cæsar!' said he. 'My dear, that's never Cæsar.'
"But Cæsar it was, as they soon saw by the way he jumped and whined, and seemed to beg them to understand he was himself. He was frightened out of his wits, poor doggie, for he had never felt so queer before, and couldn't understand what had come over him."
"And what had come over him?" asked the children eagerly.
"Why, Master Hugh and Miss Janet had spent the morning in cropping him!" replied nurse. "The hair, and he had great long thick hair, was cut off as close and as neat as if it had been shaved; it was really wonderful how clean they had done it without cutting or wounding the poor doggie. They had taken great pains about it, and had spent the best part of the morning over it–the two of them, Master Hughie with the great kitchen scissors, and Miss Janet with a wee fine pair she had found in her mamma's workbox, the little monkey! And such a sight as the kitchen dresser was with hair! For they told how they had made Cæsar jump up on to the dresser and lie first on one side and then on the other, till all was cut off."
"Were they punished?" asked Floss, anxiously. And at this question Carrots looked very woebegone.
"They were going to be," said nurse, "but somehow, I cannot justly say how it was, they were let off. The whole thing was such a queer idea, their father and mother could not but laugh at it, though they didn't let the children see them. And what do you think my lady did? She took all poor Cæsar's hair and spun it up into worsted for knitting, mixing it, of course, with long yarn."
"Did she spin?" asked Floss. "I thought you said she was a lady."
"And that she was, Miss Flossie, and none the less so for being able to spin and to knit, and to cook too, I daresay," said nurse. "But ladies, and high born ones too, in those days turned their hands to many things they think beneath them now. I know Miss Janet's mother would never have thought of letting any one but herself wash up her breakfast and tea services. The cups were a sight to be seen, certainly, of such beautiful old china; they were worth taking care of; and that's how old china has been kept together. There isn't much of what's in use now-a-days will go down to your grand-children, and great grand-children, Miss Flossie, with the smashing and dashing that goes on. My lady had a white wood bowl kept on purpose, and a napkin of the finest damask, and a large apron of fine holland that she put on, and, oh yes, a pair of embroidered holland cuffs she used to draw on over her sleeves up to the elbow; and a lady she looked, I can assure you, rinsing out and drying her beautiful cups, with her pretty white hands!"
"Did you ever see her?" asked Floss.
"Yes, when she was getting to be quite an old lady, I've seen her several times when I've been sent up a message by mother to the house. For my mother was a great favourite of hers; I never went there but my lady would have me in to have a piece."
"A piece?" repeated Floss.
Nurse laughed. "A slice of bread and jam, I should say, my dear. I forget that I'm far away from the old life when I get to talking of those days. And to think I'm getting on to be quite an old woman myself; older in some ways than my lady ever was, for my hair is fast turning grey, and hers had never a silver streak in it to the last day of her life, and she died at eighty-four!"
Carrots was getting a little tired, for he hardly understood all that nurse was saying. To create a diversion he climbed up on to her knee, and began stroking her face.
"Never mind, nursie," he said. "I'll always love you, even when your hair's kite grey, and I would marry you if you like when I'm big, only I've promised to marry Floss."
"Oh you funny little Carrots," said Floss. "But, nurse," she went on, "what did Janet's mamma do with the hair when she had spun it?"
"She knitted it into a pair of stockings for Master Hughie," said nurse; "but they weren't much use. They were well enough to look at, but no mortal boy could have worn them without his legs being skinned, they were so pricky."
"And what became of Cæsar?" said Floss. "Did his hair ever grow again?"
"Oh yes," said nurse, "in time it did, though I believe it never again looked quite so silky and nice. But Cæsar lived to a good old age, for all that. He didn't catch cold, for my lady made mother make him a coat of a bit of soft warm cloth, which he wore for some time."
"How funny he must have looked," said Floss,
"What are you talking about?" said a voice behind her, and turning round, Floss saw Cecil, who had come into the room without their hearing her.
"About a doggie," answered Carrots. "Oh, Cis, nurse has been telling us such a lubly story about a doggie. Nursie, dear, won't you tell us another to-morrow?"
"My stories are all worn out, my dear," said nurse, shaking her head.
"Couldn't you tell us one, Cis?" said Carrots.
"Make up one, do you mean?" said Cecil. "No, indeed, I'm sure I never could. Are they always at you to tell them stories, nurse? If so, I pity you."
"Poor little things," said nurse, "it's dull for them these wet days, Miss Cecil, and Master Carrots' cold has been bad."
Cecil looked at her little brother's pale face,as he sat nestling in nurse's arms, and a queer new feeling of compunction seized her.
"I couldn't tell you a story," she said; "but if you like, the first afternoon it's rainy, and you can't go out, I'll read you one. Miss Barclay lent me a funny old-fashioned little book the other day, and some of the stories in it are fairy ones. Would you like that, Carrots?"
Floss clapped her hands, and Carrots slid down from nurse's knee, and coming quietly up to Cecil, threw his arms round her neck, and gave her a kiss.
"I hope it'll rain to-morrow," he said, gravely.
"It is kind of Miss Cecil," said nurse; and as Cecil left the nursery she added to herself, "it will be a comfort to her mother if she begins to take thought for the little ones, and I've always felt sure it was in her to do so, if only she could get into the way of it."
"THE BEWITCHED TONGUE."
"Thou will not fail
To listen to a fairy tale."
Lewis Carroll.
IT did rain the next day! And Cecil did not forget her promise. Just as the old nursery clock was striking four, a full hour still to her tea-time, she marched into the room with a little old brown book in her hand. I wonder if any of you have ever seen that little old book, or one like it, I would say? It was about the size of the first edition of 'Evenings at Home,' which some of you are sure to have in your book-cases. For I should think everybody's grandfathers and grandmothers had an 'Evenings at Home' among their few, dearly-prized children's books.
Do you know how very few those books were? You may have heard it, but I scarcely fancy you have ever thought over the great difference between yourselves and long-ago-children in this respect. Now-a-days, when you have galloped through all the brilliant blue and green and scarlet little volumes that have been given to you on birthdays and Christmas-days, you come with a melancholy face to your mother, and tell her you have "nothing to read." And then, most likely, when your mother goes to the library, she chooses a book for you out of the "juvenile department," and when it is done you get another, till you can hardly remember what you have read and what you haven't. But as for reading any book twice over, that is never to be thought of.
Not so was it long ago. Not only had no children many books, but everywhere children had the same! There was seldom any use in little friends lending to each other, for it was always the same thing over again: 'Evenings at Home,' 'Sandford and Merton,' 'Ornaments Discovered,' and so on.
You think, I daresay, that it must have been very stupid and tiresome to have so little variety, but I think you are in some ways mistaken. Children really read their books in those days; they put more of themselves into their reading, so that, stupid as these quaint old stories might seem to you now-a-days, they never seemed so then. What was wanting in them the children filled up out of their own fresh hearts and fancies, and however often they read and re-read them, they always found something new. They got to know the characters in their favourite stories like real friends, and would talk them over with their companions, and compare their opinions about them in a way that made each book as good, or better, than a dozen.
So there is something to be said for this part of the 'ancien régime'–if you do not understand what that means, you will some day–after all!
The volume that Cecil Desart brought into the nursery was called 'Faults Corrected; or,' (there was always long ago an "or" in the titles of books) 'Beneficent Influences.'
"Some of the stories are stupid," said Cecil, as she sat down. "Miss Barclay said it was her mother's when she was a little girl, so it must be rather ancient; but I think I've found one that will amuse you, and that Carrots can understand."
"What's it called?" said Floss, peering over her sister's shoulder. "'Faults Corrected; or, Ben–ben–' what word's that, Cecil?"
"Sit down, Floss, and be quiet, or I won't read to you:' said Cecil, emphatically. "That's the name of the whole book you are looking at, and you wouldn't understand the word if I told it you. The name of the story I'm going to read to you is, 'The Bewitched Tongue; or, Think before you speak. A Fairy Tale.'"
Floss would have liked to clap her hands, but she was afraid of another snub from Cecil, so she restrained her feelings.
"Now be quiet all of you, I'm going to begin."
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"When there come very long words," continued Cecil–"there often are in old books–I'll change them to easy ones, so that Carrots may understand. Now, be quiet all of you, I'm going to begin. 'The Bewitched Tongue, etc.' I'm not going to read all the title again. 'In a beautiful mansion' (that just means a fine house, Carrots) 'surrounded by pleasure grounds of great extent, there lived, many years ago, a young girl named Elizabetha. She was of charming appearance and pleasing manners; her parents loved her devotedly, her brothers and sisters looked upon her with amiable affection, her teachers found her docile and intelligent. Yet Elizabetha constantly found herself despite their affection, shunned and feared by her best and nearest friends, and absolutely disliked by those who did not know her well enough to feel assured of the real goodness of her heart.
'This sad state of things was all owing to one unfortunate habit. She had a hasty tongue. Whatever thought was uppermost in her mind at the moment, she expressed without reflection; she never remembered the wholesome adage "Think before you speak," or that other excellent saying, "Second thoughts are best."
'Her disposition was far from unamiable or malicious, yet the mischief of which she was the cause was indescribable. Every servant in the household dreaded to hear the sound of her voice, for many had she involved in trouble and disgrace; and as her temper was naturally quick and impetuous, and she never attempted to check her first expressions of provocation, small and even trifling disagreements were by her foolish tongue exaggerated into lasting discord, long after all real cause of offence had passed from her mind.
'"My brother will not forgive me," she confessed one day to her mother, with many tears, "and the quarrel was only that he had broken the vase of flowers that stands on my table. I forgave him–I would rather lose twenty vases than his affection–and yet he will not speak to me, and passes me by with indignant looks."
'"And did you at once express your forgiveness to him, Elizabetha?" said her mother. "When you first discovered the accident, what words escaped you?"
'Elizabetha reflected, and presently her colour rose.
'"I fear, ma'am," she said, "I fear that at the first sight of the broken vase I spoke unguardedly. I exclaimed that without doubt Adolphus had thrown down the ornament on purpose to annoy me, and that I wished so mean-spirited a youth were not my brother. My little sister Celia was beside me at the time–can she have carried to him what I said? I did not really mean that; my words were but the momentary expression of my vexation."
'Her mother gravely shook her head.
'"It is your own doing altogether, Elizabetha," she said, "and you cannot complain that your brother resents so unkind and untrue a charge."
'Eiizabetha burst into tears, but the harm was done, and it was some time before Adolphus could forget the pain of her unjust and hasty words.
'Another day her little brother Jacky had just with great pains and care written out his task for the next morning, when, having been called to supper, he found on his return to the schoolroom his exercise book all blotted and disfigured.
'"Who can have done this?" he cried in distress.
'Elizabetha was just entering the room.
'"Oh," she exclaimed, "it is Sukey, the under-housemaid, that you have to thank for that. I saw her coming out of the room, and she had no reason to enter it. Out of curiosity she has been looking at your books, and blotted your exercise."
'Jacky was but eight years old, full young for prudence or reflection. Downstairs he flies, his face inflamed with anger, and meeting the unfortunate Sukey at the door of the servants' hail, upbraids her in no gentle terms for her impertinence. In vain the poor girl defends herself, and denies Master Jacky's accusation; the other servants come to the rescue, and the whole household is in an uproar, till suddenly Miss Elizabetha is named as the source of the mischief.
'"Ah," says the old housekeeper, "do not distress yourself, Sukey; we all know what Miss Elizabetha's tongue is!"
'And thereupon the poor girl is freed from blame. She had only gone to the schoolroom by the desire of an upper servant to mend the fire, and the real offender was discovered to have been the cat!
'This affair coming to the ears of Elizabetha's father, he reproved her with great severity. Mortified and chagrined, she, as usual, wept bitterly, and ashamed to meet the cold looks of the household, she hastened out into the garden and paced up and down a shady walk, where she imagined herself quite hidden from observation."
"Cis," interrupted Carrots at this point, "I don't understand the story."
"I'm very sorry," said Cecil, "I didn't notice what a lot of long words there are. Shall I leave off?"
"I understand it," said Floss.
"Then read it for Floss, please, Cis," said Carrots. "I'll be kite still."
"You're a good little boy," said Cecil; "I suppose I may as well finish it as I have begun. We're coming to the fairy part now. Perhaps you'll understand it better. Where was I? Oh yes, 'imagined herself quite hidden from observation. But in this she was mistaken, as my readers will see.
'She walked slowly up and down. "Oh my tongue, my cruel tongue!" she exclaimed, "what trouble it is the cause of! How can I cure myself of my rash speech?"
'"Do you in all sincerity wish to cure yourself, Elizabetha?" said a voice beside her; and turning in surprise at its sound, the young girl perceived at a few steps' distance a fair and sweet looking lady, clad in silvery-white, adorned with wreaths of the loveliest flowers.
'"Assuredly I do, gracious lady," replied Elizabetha, mastering as well as she was able her surprise, for she felt that this beautiful lady must be a fairy of high degree.
'"Then I will help you," said the lady, "but on one condition, hereafter to be explained. You are content to agree to this beforehand?"
'"To anything, kind fairy," replied the young girl, "if only my unhappy fault can be cured."
'The fairy smiled. "Hasty as ever," she murmured; "however, in this instance, you shall have no reason to regret your words. Put out your tongue, Elizabetha."
'Trembling slightly, the young girl obeyed. But her fears were uncalled for–the fairy merely touched the unruly member with her wand and whispered some words, the meaning of which Elizabetha could not understand.
'"Meet me here one week hence," said the fairy; "till then your tongue will obey my commands. And if you then feel you have reason to feel grateful to me, I will call upon you to redeem your promise."
'And before Elizabetha could reply, the lady had disappeared.
'Full of eagerness and curiosity, Elizabetha returned to the house. It was growing dusk, and as she sped along the garden paths something ran suddenly against her, causing her to trip and fall. As she got up she perceived that it was Fido, the dog of her brother Adolphus. The creature came bounding up to her again, full of play and affection. But in her fall Elizabetha had bruised herself; she felt angry and indignant.
'"Get off with you, you clumsy wretch," she exclaimed, or meant to exclaim. But to her amazement the words that issued from her mouth were quite otherwise.
'"Gently, gently, my poor Fido. Thou didst not mean to knock me down, however," she said in a kind and caressing tone, which the dog at once obeyed.
'Hardly knowing whether she were awake or dreaming, Elizabetha entered the house. She was met by her sister Maria.
'"Where have you been, Elizabetha?" she inquired. "Your friends the Misses Larkyn have been here, but no one could find you, so they have gone."
'Elizabetha felt extremely annoyed. She had not seen her friends for some weeks, and had much wished for a visit from them.
'"I think it was most ill-natured of none of you to look for me in the garden. You might have known I was there if you had cared to oblige me," were the words she intended to say, but instead of which were heard the following:
'"I thank you, my dear Maria. I am sorry to have missed my friends, but it cannot be helped."
'And when Maria, pleased by her gentleness, went on to tell her, that knowing that her disappointment would be great, and as the Misses Larkyn had been too pressed for time to linger, she had arranged to walk with Elizabetha the following day to see them, how rejoiced was Elizabetha that her intended words of unkindness had not been uttered! "Kind fairy, I thank thee!" she whispered to herself.
'The following day the same state of things continued. Many times before its close did Elizabetha's hasty temper endeavour to express itself in rash speech, but each time the tongue remained faithful to its new mistress. Whenever Elizabetha attempted to speak hastily, the words that issued from her lips were exactly the opposite of those she had intended to utter; and as her real disposition was amiable and good, not once did she regret the metamorphosis.
'Her parents, her brothers and sisters, and even the servants of the family, were amazed and delighted at the change.
'"Go on as thou hast begun, my child," said her father, on the morning of the day on which Elizabetha was again to meet the fairy, "and soon the name of Elizabetha will be associated with gentleness and discretion in speech as in deed."
'Elizabetha blushed. She would have liked to confess that the credit of the improvement was not her own; but a moment's reflection reminded her that she had not received permission to divulge the secret, and kissing affectionately her father's hand, she thanked him for his encouragement.
'At the appointed hour she was on the spot, awaiting the fairy, who soon appeared. A benignant smile overspread her features.
'"Well, Elizabetha," she said, "and hast thou found that I have deserved thy gratitude?"
'"Kind fairy," cried the young girl, "I cannot thank thee enough. Ask of me what thou wilt, I shall be only too ready to perform it."
'The fairy smiled. "My condition is a very simple one," she said. "It is only this. Whenever, Elizabetha, you feel yourself in the least degree discomposed or out of temper, utter no word till you have mentally counted the magic number seven. And if you follow this rule, it will be but seldom that your tongue, of which I now restore to you the full control" (she touched it again with her wand as she spoke) "will lead you into trouble. Your disposition, though generous, is naturally hasty and impulsive, and till by a long course of self-restraint you have acquired complete mastery over yourself, you will find that I was right in my experiment of obliging your tongue to utter the exact opposite of what you, in your first haste, would have expressed."
'And before Elizabetha could reply, she had disappeared.
'But Elizabetha kept her promise, and to thus following her fairy friend's advice she owes it that she is now the object of universal esteem and affection, instead of being hated, despised, and feared as the owner of "a hasty tongue." '"
Cecil stopped.
"Is that all?" said Carrots.
"Yes, that's all. Did you like it?"
"I did understand better about the fairy," Carrots replied. "I think she was a werry good fairy; don't you, Floss?"
"Very," said Floss. "I think," she went on, "whenever I am cross, I shall fancy my tongue is bewitched, just to see if it would be best to say the opposite of what I was going to say. Wouldn't it be fun?"
"Better than fun, perhaps, Miss Flossie," said nurse. "I think it would be a very good thing if big people, too, were sometimes to follow the fairy's rule."
"People as big as you, nursie?" asked Carrots.
"Oh yes, my dear," said nurse. "It's a lesson we're all slow to learn, and many haven't learnt it by the end of their threescore years and ten–'to be slow to anger,' and to keep our tongues from evil."
"That's out of the Bible, nursie, all of it," said Floss, as if not altogether sure that she approved of the quotation.
Cecil laughed.
"What are you laughing at, Cis?" said Floss, "It is out of the Bible."
"Well, no one said it wasn't," said Cecil.
"Cis," said Carrots, "will you read us another story, another day?"
"If I can find one that you can understand," said Cecil
"Never mind if I can't," replied Carrots "I like to hear you reading, even if I can't understand. I like your voice. I think," he added after a pause, "I think, Cis, I'll marry you too, when I'm big. You and Floss, and nurse."
So Cecil had good reason to feel that she was greatly appreciated in the nursery.
CHAPTER IX.
SYBIL.
"The children crowned themselves with wishes,
And every wish came true."
Crowns for Children.
BUT it is not always, or even often, that wishes "come true," is it, children? Or if they do come true, it is in a different way; so different that they hardly seem the same. Like the little old woman in the ballad, who turned herself about and wondered and puzzled, but couldn't make out if she was herself or not, we stare at our fulfilled wishes and examine them on every side, but in their altered dress–so different from, and, very seldom, if ever, as pretty as that which they wore in our imagination–we cannot believe that they are themselves!
Do you remember the fancies that Carrots and Floss used to have about their cousin Sybil, and how they wished for her to come to see them? Well, about a fortnight after the affair of the lost half-sovereign, Sybil actually did come to see them! She and her mamma. But it all happened quite differently from the way the children had planned it, so that just at first they could hardly believe it was "a wish come true," though afterwards, when it was over, and they began to look back to it as a real thing instead of forwards to it as a fancy, they grew to think it had really turned out nicer than any of their fancies.
You would like to hear all about it, I dare say.
It took them all by surprise–this sudden visit of Sybil and her mother, I mean. There was no time for planning or arranging anything. There just came a telegram one afternoon, to say that Mrs. —, no, I don't think I will tell you the name of Sybil's mother, I want you just to think of her as "auntie "–and her little girl would arrive at Sandyshore, late that same evening, "to stay one day," said the telegram, on their way to some other place, it does not matter where.
It was several years since Captain Desart had seen his sister–that is, "auntie." He had been abroad at the time of her marriage, for she was a good many years younger than he, and since then, she and her husband had been a great deal out of England. But now at last they were going to have a settled home, and though it was a good way from Sandyshore, still it was not like being in another country.
"I am sorry Florence can only stay one day," said Mrs. Desart to her husband; "it seems hardly worth while for her to come so far out of her way for so short a time."
"I am sorry too," said Captain Desart; "but a day's better than nothing."
Floss and Carrots were sorry too–but what they were most sorry for was not that Sybil and her mamma were only going to stay there one day, it was that they would not arrive till after the children's bedtime! So much after, that there could not even be a question of their "sitting up till they come." There was even a doubt of Cecil and Louise doing so, and Floss could not help feeling rather pleased at Mott's getting a decided snub from his father when he broached the subject on his own account.
"Sit up till after ten o'clock–nonsense. Nobody wants you. Go to bed as usual, of course," said Captain Desart.
"How tired that poor little girl will be!" said Mrs. Desart pityingly. "Children, you must all be quiet in the morning so as not to wake her early. And you must be very gentle and kind to her, for you know she is not accustomed to companions."
"Yes, mamma," said Floss and Carrots promptly. Mott said nothing, for, of course, the speech could not have been addressed to him. Mr. Maurice Desart, nearly thirteen years old, could not be supposed to be a companion to a mite of a girl of six.
"It won't be difficult to be quiet to-morrow morning," said Floss to Carrots, "for I expect I shall be very sleepy, as I have quite made up my mind to stay awake to-night, till I hear them come."
It was then eight o'clock, and Floss was going to bed. Carrots had been in bed nearly an hour, but was not yet asleep. He soon dropped off, however, and how long do you think Floss kept awake? Till twenty-three minutes past eight, or not so late probably, for that was the time by the nursery clock, when nurse came in to see that her charges were tucked up for the night, and found them both fast asleep!
They were in a state of great expectation the next morning when they were being dressed, but they remembered their promise and were very quiet.
"When shall we see Sybil?" asked Carrots; "will she have breakfast in the nursery?"
"Of course not," said Floss, "she won't be up for ever so long, I dare say."
"Poor little thing, she must be very tired," said nurse.
"Did you see her last night?" asked Floss eagerly.
Nurse shook her head. "It was past ten when they arrived," she said, "the little lady was put to bed at once, your mamma and sisters only saw her for a minute."
So Floss and Carrots ate their bread and milk in undiminished curiosity. Not long afterwards the bell rang for prayers in the dining-room as usual, and the two, hand in hand, went in to take their places among the others.
They were rather late, Captain Desart had the Prayer Book and Bible open before him, and was looking impatient, so Floss and Carrots sat down on their little chairs and left "good-mornings" till after prayers. There was a strange lady beside their mother, and, yes, beside the strange lady a strange little girl! Was that Sybil? Where was the fair-haired, blue-eyed, waxen, doll-like Sybil, they had expected to see?
What they did see was worth looking at, however. It was a very pretty Sybil after all. Small and dark, dark-eyed, dark-haired, and browny-red as to complexion, Sybil was more like a gipsy than an angel as they had fancied her. She had very pretty, very bright, noticing eyes, and she was pretty altogether. She was dressed in black velvet with a bright crimson sash, and her hair was tied with crimson ribbon; her neat little legs were clothed in black silk stockings, and there were buckles on her tiny shoes.
Floss and Carrots hardly dared to stare at her for her eyes seemed to be noticing them all over, and when prayers were finished, and their mamma called them to come to speak to their aunt and cousin, do you know they actually both felt quite shy of Sybil, small as she was? More shy of her than of their aunt, somehow; she seemed more like what they had expected, or, perhaps, the truth was, they had "expected" much less about her. Besides no children ever were shy with auntie, such a thing would have been impossible.
They kissed Sybil, Floss feeling very tall and lanky beside her compact tiny cousin, and Carrots feeling I don't know how. He just looked at Sybil with his soft wondering brown eyes, in such a solemn way that at last she burst out laughing.
"What a funny boy you are!" she exclaimed. "Mother dear, isn't he a funny boy?"
"Aren't you very tired, Sybil?" said Floss, afraid that she would be laughed at as "a funny girl," next.
"No, thank you," said Sybil, quite grave, and like a grown-up person, all in a minute. "I'm becustomed to travelling. I'm not tired at all, but I'll tell you what I am–I'm," and out broke her merry laugh again, "I'm very hungry."
"That's a broad hint," said Captain Desart, laughing too. "Florence, your daughter is ready for breakfast, do you hear? Where will you sit, Miss Sybil? Beside your old uncle, eh?"
"Yes, thank you," replied Sybil, "if you won't call me Miss Sybil, please. And may this little boy sit 'aside me?"
"This little boy and this little girl have had their breakfast," said Mrs. Desart. "Run off, Carrots and Floss, you are both to have a whole holiday you know, so Sybil will see plenty of you."
"I wish they could see more of each other," said auntie, as the children left the room. "Some time you must let them both come and pay us a long visit, when we are really settled you know."
Auntie gave a little sigh as she said this–she felt so tender and kind to Carrots and Floss, and something made her a little sorry for them. Though they were healthy, happy-looking children, and their dress was neat and cared for, they did not look like her Sybil, whose clothes were always like those of a little princess. Floss's frock was rather faded-looking, and there was a mark where it had been let down, and Carrots' brown holland blouse had arrived at a very whitey-brown shade, through much wear and washing.
"It must be hard work with so many children, and such small means," she thought to herself, for auntie had been married young to a rich man, and knew little of "making both ends meet," but aloud she only said, "how lovely little Fabian would look in black velvet, Lucy! What a complexion he has!"
"Yes, if you can forgive him his hair," said Mrs. Desart.
"I think his hair is beautiful," observed Sybil, and then went on eating her breakfast,
They all laughed, but there was still a little sigh at the bottom of auntie's heart. There was reason for it greater than the sight of her little nephew's and niece's shabby clothes.
But there was no sigh in the hearts of Floss and Carrots.
"Carrots," said Floss, as they made their way to the nursery to decide which of their small collection of toys were fit for Sybil's inspection, "Carrots, did you hear."
"What auntie said?" asked Carrots. "Yes, I heard. Do you think mamma will ever let us go?"
"Some day, perhaps," said Floss, and oh what dreams and plans and fancies hung on that "perhaps!" "Fancy, Carrots, we should go in the railway, you and me, Carrots, alone perhaps."
"Oh, Floss!" said Carrots, his feelings being beyond further expression.
That "some day" was a good way off, however, but "to-day" was here, and a nice bright-looking to-day it was. How happy they were! How happy Sybil was!
For, somehow, though she was dressed like a princess, though since babyhood she had had everything a child could wish for, though very often, I must confess, she had had "her own way," a good deal more than would have been good for most children, little Sybil was not spoilt. The spoiling dropped off her like water down a duck's back, and auntie never found out it had been there at all! Perhaps after all there is a kind of spoiling that isn't spoiling–love and kindness, and even indulgence, do not spoil when there is perfect trust and openness, and when a child at the same time is taught the one great lesson, that the best happiness is trying to make others happy too.
They played on the sands nearly all day, and Sybil, to her great delight, was covered up from damage by one of Carrots' blouses. The sun came out bright and warm, and they built the most lovely sand house you ever saw.
"I'd like to live in it always," said Carrots.
"Oh you funny boy," said Sybil patronisingly "and what would you do at night, when it go cold, and perhaps the sea would come in."
"Perhaps the mermaids would take care of him till the morning," said Floss.
"What are the mermaids?" asked Sybil.
"Pretty ladies," said Carrots, "who live at the bottom of the sea, only they've got tails."
"Then they can't be pretty," said Sybil decidedly "not unless their tails are beautiful and sweeping out like peacocks! Are they?–one day I tied a shawl of mother's on, it was a red and gold shawl, and I sweeped it about just like a peacock,–that would be pretty."
"I don't think mermaids' tails are like that," said Carrots, doubtfully, "but they are pretty ladies aren't they, Floss?"
"Beautiful," said Floss, "but they're very sad. They come up to the shore at night and comb their hair and cry dreadfully."
"What do they cry for?" asked Sybil and Carrots, pressing up to Floss, and forgetting all about the lovely sand house.
"Because they–no, you couldn't understand," she broke off; "it is no good telling you."
"Oh do tell," said the children.
"Well," said Floss, "I read in a book of Cecil's, they cry because they haven't got any souls. When they die they can't go to heaven, you see."
Sybil and Carrots looked very solemn at this. Then a sudden thought struck Carrots.
"How can they cry if they haven't got souls, Floss?" he said, "nurse says it's our souls that make us glad and sorry. Are you sure the poor mermaids haven't got souls?"
"I'm only telling you what I read in a book," said Floss. "I dare say it's all a sort of fairy tale. Don't you like fairy tales, Sybil?"
"No," said Sybil, "I like stories of naughty boys and girls best–very naughty boys and girls."
"Oh, Sybil!" said Carrots, "I don't, because they are always unhappy in the end."
"No, they're not. Sometimes they all get good. Mother always makes them get good at the end," replied Sybil.
"Does auntie tell you stories?" said Floss.
"Yes, of course, for I can't read them to myself yet. I'm learning, but it is so hard," said Sybil dolefully.
"I wish auntie would tell us stories."
"P'raps she will when you come to my house," said Sybil, encouragingly. "Would you think that a treat?"
"It would be a 'normous treat."
"We're going to have a treat to-day," said Floss. "We're going to have tea in the dining-room with you, Sybil, and auntie and everybody, and I think it's time to go in now, because we must change our frocks."
Carrots had never had tea in the dining-room before, and felt a little overpowered by the honour. He sat very still, and took whatever was offered to him, as nurse had taught him. Cecil poured out the tea, and to please the children she put an extra allowance of sugar into their cups. Carrots tasted his, and was just thinking how very nice it was, when it flashed across his mind that he should not have had any sugar. He put down his cup and looked round him in great perplexity. If only he could ask Floss. But Floss was at the other side of the table, she seemed to be drinking her tea without any misgiving. Wasn't it naughty? Could she have forgotten? Carrots grew more and more unhappy; the tears filled his eyes, and his face got scarlet.
"What's the matter, dear?" said auntie, who was sitting next him, "is your tea too hot? Has it scalded your poor little mouth?"
She said it in a low voice. She was so kind and "understanding," she knew Carrots would not have liked everybody round the table to begin noticing him, and as she looked at him more closely, she saw that the tears in his eyes were those of distress, not of "scalding."
"No, thank you," said Carrots, looking up in auntie's face in his perplexity; "it isn't that. My tea is werry good, but it's got sugar in."
"And you don't like sugar? Poor old man! Never mind, Cecil will give you another cup. You're not like Sybil in your tastes," said auntie, kindly, and she turned to ask Cecil for some sugar-less tea for her little brother.
"No, no, auntie. Oh, please don't," whispered Carrots, his trouble increasing, and pulling hard at his aunt's sleeve as he spoke, "I do like sugar werry much–it isn't that. But mamma said I was never, never to take nucken that wasn't mine, and sugar won't be mine for two weeks more, nurse says."
Auntie stared at her little nephew in blank bewilderment. What did he mean? Even her quick wits were quite at fault.
"What do you mean, my dear little boy?" she said.
Suddenly a new complication struck poor Carrots.
"Oh!" he exclaimed, "it's a secret, it's a secret, and I'm telling it," and he burst into tears.
It was impossible now to hide his trouble. Everybody began to cross-question him.
"Cry-baby," muttered Maurice, and even Mrs. Desart said, "Carrots, I wonder at your behaving so when your aunt and cousin are here. Floss, do you know what is the matter with him?"
"No, mamma," said Floss, looking as she always did when Carrots was in distress, ready to cry herself.
"Carrots," said Captain Desart, sharply, "go to the nursery till you learn to behave properly."
Carrots got slowly down off his high chair, and crept away. But everybody looked troubled and uncomfortable.
Auntie hated to see people looking troubled and uncomfortable. She thought a minute, and then she turned to Mrs. Desart.
"Lucy," she said, "will you let me try what 1 can do with the poor little fellow? I am sure it was not naughtiness made him cry."
And almost before Mrs. Desart could reply, auntie was off to the nursery in search of Carrots.
He had left off crying, and was sitting quietly by the window, looking out at his old friend the sea.
"What are you thinking about, my poor old man?" said auntie, fondly.
Carrots looked up at her. "I like you to call me that," he said. "I was thinking about our hoops and what a long time four weeks is."
"Has that to do with you having no sugar?" asked auntie.
"Yes," said Carrots. "How did you guess? You're like a fairy, auntie." But then his face grew troubled again. "I forgot," be went on, "it's a secret. It's Floss's secret too. I would so like to tell you, for I don't know what to do. I don't mind having no tea, but they all thought I was naughty."
"Wait a minute," said auntie. She hurried out of the room, but was back in a minute.
"I've asked Floss," she said, "and she gives you leave to tell me. So now, perhaps, when I know all about it, I can tell you what to do."
The telling did not take Carrots long; he was so glad to show auntie he had not meant to be naughty. Auntie listened quite gravely, and when he had finished she said she thought he was quite right not to take any sugar.
"But do you think Floss did?" said Carrots, anxiously.
"Perhaps having tea in the dining-room made her forget," said auntie. "We'll ask her afterwards, and if she did forget, I'll tell you what she must do. She must go without one day longer than you. Now come along with me, and I'll make it all right, you'll see."
When they got back to the dining-room auntie quietly lifted Carrots on to his chair again, and said to his mamma with a smile, "It was all a mistake; I thought it was; Carrots was not naughty at all, and he is quite happy again now."
And Mrs. Desart smiled too, so Carrots really did feel happy again. But he wondered what auntie would do about the tea, which was still standing there as he had left it, and it would be wrong to "waste" it, thought Carrots.
Sybil was sitting on auntie's other side, and auntie glancing at her cup saw that it was empty. So auntie quietly put Carrots' cup before Sybil and gave Carrots the empty one.
"Cecil," she said, "will you give Carrots some tea without any sugar?"
Cecil saw that auntie had some reason for asking this, so she gave Carrots the tea as auntie said, and Carrots drank it and ate his bread and butter and a piece of cake, with great content.
The only person who did not seem quite contented was SybiL
"Mother," she whispered, "I don't like having Carrots' tea. It's quite cold."
But as Carrots didn't hear it, it didn't much matter. For you see, Sybil had had one cup of nice hot tea, so she was not so badly off after all.
And, alas! the very next morning auntie and Sybil had to go away. And the long-talked of and fancied-about visit was over.
CHAPTER X.
A JOURNEY AND ITS ENDING.
"The way was long, the wind was cold."
SOON after auntie's visit summer really began to come. It was very pleasant while it lasted, but this year it was a very short summer, and the winter that came after was a very severe one, and made many people ill. It did not make Carrots ill, nor Floss, nor any of the Desart children, for they were all strong, but it was very bad for their mother. As the winter went on, she seemed to get weaker and weaker; there were very few days on which she could go out, and if the spring had not been an early and very mild one, I hardly think her strength would have lasted.
But with the finer weather she seemed to get better again. The children were of course very glad, but still they had not felt frightened by her illness. It had come on so slowly and gradually that they had got accustomed to it, as children do. They thought it was just the cold wintry weather that had made her ill, and that when the spring came she would get better. And when the spring came and she did get better, they were perfectly satisfied and happy.
By the end of this summer Carrots was seven years old–no longer in the least a baby, though he was not tall for his age. He could read, of course, perfectly, and write a little. Now and then he wrote little letters to Sybil in answer to hers, for she was very particular about getting answers. She was only just beginning to learn to write, and sometimes when she got tired of working away at real "A's" and "B's" and "C's" in her letters, she would dash off into a lot of "scribble," which she said was "children's writing," and "if Carrots didn't know what it meant he must be very stupid, as he was a child too."
Carrots didn't know what it meant, but he never liked to say so, and I dare say it did not much matter. But his letters to Sybil were quite real. Any one could have understood them.
Long ago Floss and he had bought their hoops. They were quite "old friends" now. They had bought them at the toy-shop, just as they had planned, and, curiously enough when their mamma and nurse counted up how much was owing to them for the sugar, it came to exactly the price of the hoops.
But I must tell you what happened just about the time Carrots had his seventh birthday. The summer was nearly over again and already the cold winds, of which there were so many at Sandyshore, were beginning to be felt. Floss noticed that her mother very seldom went out now, and even in the house she generally had to wrap herself up in a shawl.
"Mamma, I hope the cold weather isn't going to make you ill again?" Floss said, one day when she and Carrots came in from a race on the sands, all hot and rosy with running.
"I don't know, dear," said her mother with a little sigh.
"I wish you could run about like us. That would make you so hot," said Carrots.
Mrs. Desart smiled. Just then her glance happened to fall on Floss's boots. "My dear child," she said, "those boots are really not fit to go out with. There's a great hole at the side of one of them."
"I know, mamma," said Floss, "but they're going to be mended. Nurse thinks they'll do a good while longer, if they're mended. I hope they will, for I know you always have so many new things to get when winter begins to come–haven't you, mamma?"
Mrs. Desart sighed again.
"I should have liked all your things to be so nice," she said, more as if speaking to herself than to Floss, "but it can't be helped."
Something in her tone caught Floss's attention.
"Why, mamma?" she asked, "why did you want our things to be so nice?"
"Because, dears, you may be going away from home," replied Mrs. Desart.
Floss and Carrots stared with astonishment. "Going away from home," Floss repeated, utterly unable to say more. Carrots could say nothing at all, he could only stare.
"Yes," continued Mrs. Desart, "I had meant to tell you about it before, but I have kept putting it off–" she stopped and seemed to hesitate.
"Why, mamma?" said Floss again. "Don't you like us to go? Are you coming with us, mamma?"
"Are we going to auntie's?" said Carrots.
His asking this seemed to please his mother.
"You would like to go to auntie's, wouldn't you, Carrots?" she said.
Carrots stroked his mother's shawl up and down two or three times before he answered.
"I'd like to go if you would come too," he said at last, "but I think I would rather stay at home, thank you, if you can't come."
Mrs. Desart's eyes filled with tears. "Poor little Carrots!" she said, softly smoothing his curls with her hand. "But if it would please me for Floss and you to go without me?" she said.
"I'll go if you want me to go, mamma," said Carrots.
"I must explain a little," said Mrs. Desart, and then she went on to tell the children how it was. The doctor had said she must not risk another winter at Sandyshore, and it had been arranged for her to go to a warmer climate. Cecil and Louise were to go with her; Captain Desart would be with them as much as he possibly could, and Maurice was to live at school. And what concerned the two little ones almost more than anything, nurse was to go too! "I must have some one kind and sensible with me, in case, in case–" and again Mrs. Desart hesitated.
"In case you were very tired with travelling, or if you were to get a bad cold again; somebody who could make nice white wine whey and things like that," said Floss, who was of a practical turn of mind, "oh yes, mamma, I quite understand."
"Though nurse is getting old, she has been so much accustomed to travelling, too," said Mrs. Desart, "and we are going a long way–to Algeria; Floss, do you know where that is?"
"Over the sea!" said Floss, "I wish we might come too, mamma, Carrots and I," she exclaimed. "You will be so far away."
"But you will be with auntie, and you know how kind auntie is," said her mother, forcing herself to speak cheerfully. "And it is such a pretty place where auntie lives."
"Is the sea there?" said Carrots.
"No, but the hills are," answered Mrs. Desart with a smile. "I am quite sure you will like it." And she went on to tell them so much about auntie's pretty home that for a little they almost forgot everything but the pleasant part of the change that was to come so soon.
And it did come very soon. It seemed but a few days from the afternoon they had first heard about it all, when Floss and Carrots found themselves early one morning at the little railway station with their father, waiting for the train.
Captain Desart was to travel with them for the first hour, to take them to the "junction" where they were to change and get into a train which would take them straight to Whitefriars, near which was auntie's house.
You will laugh, children, I dare say, and think Floss and Carrots very countrified and ignorant when I tell you that they had never been a long railway journey before. Never, that is to say, that they could remember–for their parents had come to Sandyshore when Floss was a baby, and Carrots, as you know, had been born there.
So you can hardly fancy what a wonderful event this journey was to them.
Their little hearts were very full at first after parting with their mother, and sisters, and nurse, and all that made the Cove House home to them.
And their mamma had kissed them so many times, as if she could not really say good-bye, though she was not generally a very petting or kissing mamma, but rather quiet and grave.
And nurse had the tears in her eyes, and Louise had them pouring down her face, and Cecil had her face squeezed up in a sort of way that Floss knew meant she was determined she would not cry. Floss felt troubled in a way she could not understand, and I think Carrots did too. They had a feeling that the bigger people knew of more reason for sorrow than had been told to them, and yet they could not imagine what it could be. And after all, to them the parting for even four or five months was almost as great a trouble as they could understand! only they were going to "auntie's!"
"And we will try to be so good, dear mamma," said Floss, bravely choking down her tears. "We will try to get on with our lessons, too, and write you nice letters. And–and–"here a sob or two would make its way, "I can't help crying a little; but I'm sure we shall be very happy, won't we Carrots?"
"If mamma wants us to be happy, we'll try, won't we Floss?" said Carrots. He wiped the tears on his mother's cheeks with his own little pocket handkerchief and looked up in her face piteously. "Please don't cry, poor mamma," he said; "we will be good and happy."
Then their father came in and hurried them off, and the farewells were over–that part of them, at least, for the saying goodbye to Captain Desart at the junction was rather hard too.
And at last Floss and Carrots find themselves at the height of their ambition–alone in a railway carriage travelling to auntie's! But they do not seem so delighted as they used to fancy they would; they do not jump about and laugh and chatter in their overflowing pleasure–they sit quite still, side by side, holding each other's hands and with little quiet grave faces.
"Things never come the same as people fancy," said Floss at last. "We never thought we should go to auntie's because poor mamma was ill, did we Carrots?"
"No, we never did," said Carrots. "But mamma will soon get better, won't she, Floss, at that nice warm place?"
"Oh yes, of course she will," said Floss. "But it's a long way away Carrots, and I never thought going to auntie's would be like this."
"No," agreed Carrots again, "we never did."
"I'm so sorry to leave them all, aren't you, Carrots?" said Floss, her voice trembling a little.
"Yes," said Carrots; "and Floss, I'm very sorry, too, to leave the sea. I never left the sea before, you know."
"But the sea won't miss you," said Floss, "and poor mamma and nursie and all of them will miss us. That's what I keep thinking of."
"When should we eat our dinner, Floss?" said Carrots, with an instinct that it would be as well to change the subject.
"Not just yet. When we've gone about half way would do; and, papa said that great big place, Millingham, would be about half way."
"But if there were any other people to get into the carriage?" said Carrots.
"Well, it wouldn't matter," said Floss. "People must eat when they are travelling."
"But wouldn't we have to ask them to have some too?" suggested Carrots.
"I don't know," said Floss; "I never thought of that. Perhaps it would be polite. But there are only eight sandwiches, Carrots; eight sandwiches and four sponge cakes and a packet of Albert biscuits. I hope a great many people won't get in."
No one got in at the next station. Only the guard put his head in at the door, as Captain Desart had asked him to do, to see how the little pair were getting on. Carrots had thoughts of offering him a sandwich, but he disappeared before there was time to do so, which Floss thought very fortunate when she heard of Carrots' intention. "For you see," she said, "if we began offering them to him, we would have to do it at every station, and if there are eight stations before Whitefriars, all our sandwiches would be gone."
"He might have a biscuit for a change," said Carrots, submissive, but scarcely convinced. "He is a nice man, Floss–he calls us 'Well, sir,' and 'Miss.' Do you think papa told him to say 'Well, sir,' and 'Miss?'"
But before Floss had time to answer they had stopped again, and this time some one did get into their carriage. The new-corner was a small, neat, oldish lady. She looked rather grim at first, but after a while she grew decidedly friendly, and no wonder; for at Millingham Floss and Carrots unpacked their little basket of provisions, and I don't think the grimmest of maiden ladies could have remained grim after the politeness with which the children treated her.
They selected the nicest looking sandwich, putting it on an Albert biscuit by way of a plate, and then, at a sign from Floss, Carrots clambered down from his seat and gravely offered it to the lady.
"I'm sorry there's no mustard, if you like mustard," said Floss; "but Carrots and I don't like it, and–and–I suppose nurse didn't think of anyone else."
The oldish lady looked at the children for a moment before she replied.
"I am very much obliged to you," she said at last, "but I think I won't take a sandwich, as I had luncheon before I left home. But if you will allow me I will have a biscuit. I am very fond of biscuits."
"I'm so glad," said Floss, hospitably. "Now, Carrots," she said in a lower voice, "you eat two sandwiches and I'll eat two, and we'll each have one sponge cake. And that'll do for dinner. We'll eat the rest in about an hour and pretend we're having tea early."
The lady asked them a good many questions after this, and told them they were such well-behaved children, she would not mind travelling all the way to Whitefriars with them. Floss blushed a little at this; it made her feel shy to be praised to her face, but still no doubt the lady meant it kindly, and they were rather sorry when she left them, some stations before they got to Whitefriars. Their old friend the guard left them here, too, but he popped his head in for the last time to say that he was going to speak for them to "him that was coming on now." And Floss thanked him, though she had not the least idea what he meant.
But there must have been some mistake about it, for the new guard never came near them, and when, at the last stoppage before Whitefriars, another man threw the door open and demanded "tickets," Floss felt too startled by his rough manner to ask him what they were longing to know, how far they still had to go. But he took away the tickets. "So we can't have very far to go," said Floss. "Papa said they would take away the tickets a little before we got to Whitefriars."
"Will auntie be at the station?" said Carrots.
"Yes, I'm sure she will," said Floss. "Auntie and Sybil too, perhaps. Carrots, I do believe we're there; the train's stopping."
And in another minute they found themselves in a nice clean-looking station with several people standing about on the platform, evidently waiting for the train.
The children looked out eagerly. There were two or three ladies, one little girl, and a few other people–but no auntie, no Sybil!
"P'raps this isn't the place," said Carrots.
"Please, is this Whitefriars?" inquired Floss of a porter who just then threw open the door.
"Whitefriars, yes miss. Any luggage?"
"Oh yes," said Floss anxiously, "a great deal. It's in one of the luggage carriages, and it's marked with our name."
The man smiled. "Will you come with me, missie, and show me which it is, and I'll get it all right for you."
"Oh, thank you," said Floss, gathering together their cloaks and baskets, and preparing to descend.
"What a kind man," whispered Carrots; and when the porter lifted him out of the carriage he took hold of his hand and ran along beside him as fast as his little legs could keep up.
Floss felt quite bewildered at first, when she saw the heaps and heaps of luggage lying on the platform, all labelled "Whitefriars." It seemed to her that everybody must have been travelling, to Whitefriars to-day! But by degrees it was claimed and melted away, and the kind porter, to whom she had already pointed out their "great deal"–one portmanteau, one bag, and a small tin hat-box–soon picked it up and stood waiting for further orders.
"Where am, I to take it to, please miss?" he said. "Is there no one here to meet you?"
"I don't think so, I don't know what to do," said Floss, looking sadly troubled again. In the excitement of finding the luggage she had forgotten this new difficulty, but now it returned in full force.
"Have you far to go?" said the man.
"Oh no," said Floss, "auntie's house is near here, I know."
"Then perhaps little master and you had better walk on, and send for the luggage afterwards?" suggested the man, never doubting from Floss's manner that the children were accustomed to the place, and knew their way.
"Yes, I suppose so," said Floss uncertainly.
"Or shall I fetch you a fly from the Blue Boar?" said the man. "The station flies has all drove off."
"No, thank you; I don't think I have enough money for that," said Floss, feeling in her pocket for her purse, which she knew contained only her father's parting gift of half-a-crown, a sixpence with a hole in, and three pennies of Carrots'! "Your auntie says she will get you everything you want, so I need not give you any money with you," their mother had said. Floss had no idea what a fly from the Blue Boar would cost, but it sounded very grand, and she hardly dared to risk it.
"Well, I daresay you'll be safest to walk," said the porter, rather afraid of getting himself into a scrape if he fetched the children a fly without proper authority, and feeling uncertain, from their very plain and rather "countrified" appearance, if their friends belonged to the fly patronising class or not. "I'll keep the luggage safe till it's sent for–no fear," and with a friendly nod he marched off with their possessions.
Holding Carrots by the hand, Floss made her way out of the station. For about a quarter of a mile the road ran straight before them and they trudged along contentedly enough. But after awhile they came to a point where two roads met, one leading to the little watering-place (for the station was some way from the town), the other out into the country. And for the first time it struck Floss that she did not know the way. She looked about her in perplexity.
"It cannot be far," she said; "mamma always said auntie lived near Whitefriars. But I wish I knew which way to go."
Carrots had no suggestion to offer. To make matters worse, it began to rain–a cold, sleety, late October rain; the children had no umbrella, and were already tired and hungry. I think it was much to their credit that they did not lose heart altogether.
Just as Floss was making up her mind to take the turn leading in the distance to terraces of houses and gardens and other signs of civilisation, there came, jogging along the road on a cart-horse, a farmer's boy. Joyful sight! Floss plucked up heart.
"Can you tell me, please," she called out, "which is the way to Greenmays?"
The farmer's boy turned his thumb in the direction of the country road. "Yonder," he shouted, without stopping in his jog, "straight on past the church, and down lane to left."
"Is it far?" asked Floss, but the boy did not seem to hear.
There was nothing for it but to go on with their trudge. The rain was not heavy but very piercingly cold,, and the daylight was beginning to fade. Two or three hot tears at last forced their way down Floss's cheeks, but she wiped them quickly away, before Carrots could see them. Carrots said nothing, but Floss knew he was getting tired by the way he kept lagging behind, every now and then giving a little run to get up to Floss again.
"I shouldn't mind so much, Floss," he said at last, "if it would be home when we get there, and if we were to find mamma and nurse and tea in our own nursery waiting for us."
This was altogether too much for Floss. For a moment or two she could not speak, she was choked with sobs. "Oh, how I do wish poor mamma hadn't got ill," she said at last.
"Poor Flossie, dear Flossie," said Carrots, pulling down her face to kiss in spite of the rain and the dark and the cold and everything. "I didn't mean to make you cry. And auntie will be very kind when we get there, won't she, Floss?"
"Oh yes," said Floss, trying to speak cheerfully, though in her secret heart there was a little misgiving. It did not look very kind not to have sent to meet them at the station, and even without this, Floss, though she had not said so, had felt a little shy and frightened at the thought of meeting auntie and the strange uncle, and even Sybil again. It was nearly two years since the visit to Sandyshore, and two years is a lifetime to a child–it seemed to Floss like going altogether among strangers. She clasped her little brother's hand tighter as these feelings passed through her mind. "It won't be so bad for Carrots," she reflected; "any way he will have me."
They seemed to have walked a very weary way when at last the church, of which the farmer's boy had spoken, came in sight–very dimly in sight, for the daylight was fast dying away. Floss would have passed the church without noticing it, but the road divided in two .just at this place, and she was obliged to think which way to go. Then the boy's directions came into her mind.
"To the left past the church, didn't he say, Carrots?" she said.
"'Down lane to left,' he said," replied Carrots.
"Then it must be this way," said Floss, and on they trudged.
In a few minutes they came to large gates, on one side of which stood a pretty little house, but such a little house, hardly bigger than a cottage.
"Is that auntie's house?" said Carrots.
"I'm afraid it's too little to be auntie's house," said Floss. "I wish it was. I would much rather auntie lived in a cottage."
"Just like Mrs. White's," said Carrots.
Floss could not help laughing at him; it had left off raining and her spirits were rising a little.
"Look Carrots," she said, "there is a light in the cottage window. We'd better knock at the door and ask if it is auntie's house. It's getting rather like a fairy story, isn't it Carrots? Fancy if somebody calls out 'Pull the string and the latch will open.'"
"But that would be the wolf, Floss," said Carrots, pressing closer to his sister.
It was no wolf, but a nice, tidy-looking woman with a white cap and a baby in her arms who opened the door, and stood staring at the two little wayfarers in bewilderment. Floss grew afraid that she was angry.
"I'm very sorry–I mean I beg your pardon," she began. "I didn't know this was your house. We thought perhaps it was auntie's. Can you tell me, please, where Greenmays is?"
"This is Greenmays," said the woman. Floss stared: the door opened right into the kitchen, it couldn't be auntie's house.
"This is the lodge," continued the woman. "If it's someone at the big house you're wanting, you must just go straight up the drive. I'd show you the way," she went on, "but my husband's up at the stables and it's too cold for baby. You seem wet and tired, you do–have you come far?"
"Yes," said Floss, wearily, "very far. We thought auntie would meet us at the station, but there wasn't anybody."
"They must be kin to the housekeeper, surely," thought the woman. And yet something indescribable in Floss's manner, and in the clear, well-bred tones of her small, childish voice, prevented her asking if this was so. "I wish I could go with you to the house," she repeated, curiosity and kindliness alike prompting her, "but," she added, looking doubtfully at the sleeping child in her arms, "I'm afeared for baby."
"Oh, it doesn't matter, thank you," said Floss, "we can find the way, I daresay. Good evening," and taking Carrots by the hand, she turned to go.
"Good evening," said little Carrots also.
"Good evening, and I hope you'll find your auntie in," said the woman. And for a few minutes she stood at the door straining her eyes after the two forlorn little figures till she could distinguish them no longer in the darkness of the trees bordering the avenue. "Who can they be?" she said to herself. "Such a pretty spoken, old-fashioned little pair I never did see!"
CHAPTER XI.
HAPPY AND SAD.
"'Tis gone–and in a merry fit
They run upstairs in gamesome race.
A moment's heaviness they feel,
A sadness at the heart."
The Mother's Return.
IT was very dark in the drive and Carrots crept close to. Floss. But Floss felt far less afraid of the dark than of the light! when at last the house came in view and the brightly lit up window shone out into the gloom.
"Oh, what a big house," said Floss, "Oh Carrots, how I do wish that little cottage had been auntie's house, even though the door did open right into the kitchen. Don't you Carrots?"
"I don't know," replied Carrots, "auntie will be very kind to us, won't she, Floss?"
"Oh yes," said Floss, "but supposing she is having a party to-night, Carrots?"
"Well, we could have tea in the nursery, and go to bed," said Carrots philosophically. "Oh Floss, wouldn't you like some nice hot tea and bread and butter?"
"Poor Carrots," said Floss. And her anxiety to see her little brother in comfort again gave her courage to ring the bell as loudly as she could.
A manservant opened the door. Very tall and formidable he looked to the two children, whose eyes were dazzled by the sudden light, after their long walk in the dusk.
"If you please," said Floss, "is auntie at home?"
The man stared. "What did you say?" he inquired. "Is it a message from some one?"
"Oh no," said Floss, "it's just that we've come, Carrots and I–will you please tell auntie? We've walked all the way from the station, because there was no one to meet us."
The man still stared. He had heard something about a young lady and gentleman, his mistress's nephew and niece, being expected on a visit, but his ideas were rather slow. He could not all at once take in that the dilapidated little couple before him could possibly be the looked for guests.
But just then another person came upon the scene. A little figure with bright dark eyes and flying hair came dancing into the hail.
"Who's there, Fletcher?" she said. "Is it the post?"
"No miss," said Fletcher, rather glad of some one to consult in his perplexity. "I don't know who it is–that's to say, it's a little boy and girl who say as they've come from the station, but I can't justly make out who it is they want."
"How funny," said Sybil, coming forward and peering out from under Fletcher's arm, "perhaps they'll tell me what they want. Who are you, little girl? Is it my mother you want? Will you give me your message?"
She looked more like a little princess than ever. She was dressed to go down to the drawing-room before dinner–all white embroidery and lace and rose-coloured ribbons. Floss and Carrots looked at her with a sort of dazzled admiration, mingled with shy bewilderment. It all seemed more of a mistake than ever–Sybil was evidently not expecting them–if only the railway station had not been so dreadfully far away, Floss felt as if she would have liked to take Carrots by the hand and go away back again, all the long weary way to Sandyshore!
But Carrots' faith in auntie and Sybil was unshaken–and his childlike confidence less susceptible of chill. Partly from mortification, partly to hide that she was crying, Floss stood perfectly silent, but Carrots pressed forward.
"It is Flossie and me, Sybil–don't you remember us? We've walked such a long way, and there was nobody to meet us at the station, and we are so cold and so hungry!"
Sybil gave a sort of leap into the air. "Floss and Carrots!" she cried, "oh mother, mother, come quick, here are Floss and Carrots!"
She seemed to fly across the hall in one second, and darting down a passage disappeared, crying out all the way, "Flossie and Carrots–oh mother, mother, come."
And before the children had time to consider what they had best do, and long before the very deliberate Mr. Fletcher had collected his wits sufficiently to decide upon inviting them to come in, Sybil was back again, closely followed by her mother, whom she had dragged out of the drawing-room without any other explanation than her cry of "Floss and Carrots, oh mother, Flossie and Carrots."
"It is Flossie and me, Sybil–don't you remember us?"
And when Floss saw auntie running to them, with her kind face all eagerness and anxiety, the shyness and the disappointment and the mortification all seemed suddenly to melt away. She rushed into the hall and threw herself sobbing into auntie's arms. "Oh auntie," she cried, "we are so tired–poor Carrots is I mean, and so hungry, and I thought you had forgotten us, and we're so far away from mamma."
Auntie understood all about it in a moment. She hugged Floss tight, and only let go of her for an instant to get hold of Carrots and hug him tight too. And then, when she saw the two tired little white faces, and felt how wet they were, and saw the tears on Floss's cheeks, she sat down on the hall floor, still clasping them tight, and actually cried too.
"My two poor dear little babes in the wood," she exclaimed. "What a dreadful mistake What a cruel auntie you must have thought me!"
"I didn't know if you wanted us–I thought perhaps you had forgotten about us coming," whispered Floss.
"No wonder," said auntie; "but Flossie, darling, I haven't got any letter to say what day you were coming? That was why we were not at the station. Sybil and I had been making such delightful plans about how we should meet you at the station–do you think your father and mother could have forgotten to write to tell me the day?"
"Oh no," said Floss, "I know papa wrote to tell you–he wrote the day before yesterday, for I heard him tell mamma so. And this morning when the post came, just as we were leaving, he wondered a little that there was no letter from you, but he said perhaps you hadn't thought it worth while to write, as you had said any day this week would do for us to come."
"Of course I would have written," said auntie; "but what can have become of the letter?"
It had evidently gone astray somehow, and that very evening the mystery was explained, for the postman brought it–a very travel-worn letter indeed, with two or three scrawls across it in red ink–"Missent to Whitehurst," "Try Whitefield," etc., etc.
"Whenever a letter does go wrong, which certainly is not very often, it is sure to be one of consequence," said auntie. But long before the letter came Floss and Carrots had forgotten their troubles–at least if they hadn't it was not auntie's fault, for I can't tell you how kind she was and what a fuss she made about them. She took them up to Sybil's nice beautiful warm nursery and all their wet things were taken off, and Floss was wrapped up in a dressing-gown of auntie's and Carrots in one of Sybil's, and then they had the most lovely tea you can imagine.
Sybil's father was away that night and was not coming back till the next day, and auntie was to have dinner alone, with Sybil beside her, you may be sure, to "keep her company," and help her to get through dinner by opening her little mouth for "tastes" every now and then. But auntie had to manage alone, after all, for of course Sybil would not leave Floss and Carrots, and auntie sent up the very nicest things from the dining-table for the children to eat with their tea, and Sybil did get some "tastes," I can assure you.
And they laughed at each other in the dressing gowns, and Floss quite forgot that she had expected to feel shy and strange. Only when auntie came up to the nursery again after dinner and made Floss tell her all about the long walk in the cold and the dark, and about the "kind porter," and the oldish-looking lady, and, further back still, about the leaving home in the morning and how poor mamma kissed them "so many, many times"–Floss could not help crying again a little, nor could auntie either. And though Carrots and Sybil did not cry, their little faces looked very solemn and as if they almost thought they should cry, as they sat side by side on the rug in front of the high nursery guard, Carrots in the funny red-flannel dressing-gown which made him look so "old fashioned," and, Sybil in her white embroidery and rose ribbons, crumpling them all up "anyhow" in a way which really went to Floss's heart, though auntie did not seem to mind.
Then came bed-time. Such a nice bed-time, for auntie had prepared for them two dear little rooms, with a door between, that they should not feel far away from each other. And though it was the very first time in Carrots' life that he had gone to bed without kind old nurse to tuck him up, he did not feel unhappy, for Floss reminded him what a good thing it was that their mother had nurse with her now she was ill, and besides, Sybil's French maid Denise was very kind and merry, and not at all "stuck up" or grand.
And the waking the next morning!
Who does not know those first wakings in a strange place! Sometimes so pleasant, sometimes so sad, but never, I think, without a strange interestingness of their own. This waking was pleasant, though so strange. The sun was shining for one thing–a great thing, I think I should call it, and the children felt it to be so.
They woke about the same time and called out to each other, and then Floss got out of bed and went to see how Carrots was looking, after all his adventures.
"You haven't caught cold I hope, Carrots," she said in a motherly tone.
"Oh no. I'm quite well," replied Carrots, "I haven't even a cold in my nose. And isn't it a nice morning, Floss, and isn't this a lovely room?'
"Yes," said Floss, "and so is mine, Carrots."
"And auntie is kind, isn't she, Floss?"
"Oh, very," said Floss.
"Isn't it nice to see the sun?" said Carrots. "Floss, I can't understand how it can always be the same sun, however far we go."
"But don't you remember what I showed you," said Floss, "about the. world being like a little ball, always going round and round a great light, so of course the great light must always be the same?"
"Yes," said Carrots dreamily, "but still it seems funny. Will mamma see the sun at that nice warm p]ace over, the sea?"
"Why of course," said Floss, "it's the sun that makes that place nice and warm."
"Is it?" said Carrots. "Is that place nearer the sun than Sandyshore is, Floss?"
"No, not exactly. At least it is in a sort of a way–the sunshine falls straighter on it, but I couldn't explain without a globe and a lot of fuss," said Floss. "Never mind just now, Carrots–perhaps auntie can show you."
"But Floss," persisted Carrots, "I do want to know one thing. Shall we see the sun in heaven?"
"No," said Floss decidedly, "certainly not. It says in the Bible there will be no sun or moon in heaven."
"Then I don't think I shall like it at all," said Carrots, "for there won't be any sea there either. I can't think how it can be a nice place."
"But Carrots, dear," said Floss in some distress, "you mustn't think of heaven that way. It isn't like that Heaven isn't like a place exactly, mamma says. It is just being guite good."
"Being quite good," repeated Carrots thoughtfully. "I wish I could be quite good, Floss, I wish everybody could, don't you?"
"Yes," said Floss. "But really you must get up, Carrots dear; that will be good for just now. Being good always comes in little bits like that."
"But in heaven, the being good will be all in one great big piece, that's how it will be, isn't it?" said Carrots, as he got out of bed and began hunting for his slippers.
I cannot tell you half the history of that first day at Greenmays, or of many others that followed. They were very happy days, and they were full of so many new pleasures and interests for Carrots and Floss that I should really have to write another book to tell you all about them. Everybody was kind to the children, and everything that could be thought of to make them feel "at home" was done. And Greenmays was such a pretty place–Carrots could hardly miss his dear old sea, once he had learnt to make friends with the hills. At first he could do nothing but gaze at them in astonishment.
"I didn't think hills were so big, or that they would have so many faces," he said to Floss and Sybil the first morning when they were out in the garden together.
Sybil burst out laughing. "Oh you funny Carrots!" she said; "you're just like a boy in a fairy story–you've got such queer fancies."
"But they're not fancies, Sybil," said Carrots, gravely, turning his great brown eyes on his cousin. "The hills have got lots of different faces: that one up there; the one with the round knobby top, has looked quite different several times this morning. First it looked smiley and smooth, and then it got all cross and wrinkly, and now it looks as if it was going to sleep."
Sybil stared up at the hill he was pointing to. "I see what you mean," she said; "but it's only the shadows of the clouds."
"That's pretty," said Carrots: "who told you that, Sybil? I never thought of clouds having shadows."
"Nobody told me," said Sybil; "I finded it out my own self. I find out lots of things," she continued, importantly. "I dare say it's because of my name–papa says my name means I should find out things, like a sort of a fairy, you know."
"Does it?" said Carrots, in a rather awe-struck tone. "I should like that. When you were little, Sybil," he continued, "were you ever frightened of shadows? I was."
"No," said Sybil, "I only thought they were funny. And once papa told me a story of a shadow that ran away from its master. It went across the street, at night, you know, when the lamps were lighted: there were houses opposite, you see, and the shadow went into such a beautiful house, and wouldn't come back again!"
"And what after that?" said both Floss and Carrots in a breath.
"Oh, I can't tell it you all," said Sybil; "you must ask papa."
"Does he often tell you stories?" asked Floss.
"Bits," said Sybil; "he doesn't tell them all through, like mother. But he's very nice about answering things I ask him. He doesn't say 'you couldn't understand,' or 'you'll know when you're older,' that horrid way."
"He must be nice," said Floss, who had secretly been trembling a little at the thought of the strange uncle.
And he did turn out very nice. He was older than Floss had expected; a good deal older than auntie, whom he sometimes spoke to as if she were quite a little girl, in a way which amused the children very much. At first he seemed very quiet and grave, but after a while Floss found out that in his own way he was very fond of fun, and she confided to auntie that she thought he was the funniest person she had ever seen. I don't know if auntie told him this, or if he took it as a compliment, but certainly he could not have been offended, for every day, as they learnt to know him better, the children found him kinder and kinder.
So they were very happy at Greenmays, and no doubt would have gone on being so but for one thing. There came bad news of their mother.
This was how they heard it. Every week at least, for several weeks, Floss or Carrots, and sometimes both, got a letter from their mother or from Cecil and Louise; and at first these letters were so cheerful, that even the little bit of anxiety which the children had hardly, known was in their hearts melted away.
"What a good thing mamma went to that nice warm place, isn't it, auntie?" Carrots used to say after the arrival of each letter, and auntie most heartily agreed with the happy little fellow. But at last, just about Christmas-time, when the thin foreign-looking letter, that the children had learnt to know so well, made its appearance one morning on the breakfast-table, it proved to be for auntie–that, of course, they did not object to, had there been one for them too, but there was not!
"Auntie dear, there is no letter for us," said Floss, when auntie came into the room. "Will you please open yours quick, and see if there is one inside it?"
"I don't think there is," said auntie; "it doesn't feel like it."
However, she opened the letter at once. No, there was no enclosure; and Floss, who was watching her face, saw that it grew troubled as she ran her eyes down the page.
"My letter is from your father. I cannot read it properly till after breakfast, for uncle is waiting for me to pour out his coffee. Run off now, dears, and I'll come to the nursery and tell you all about it after breakfast," she said, trying to look and speak just the same as usual.
But Floss saw that she was trying; she did not persist, however, but took Carrots by the hand, and went off obediently without speaking, only giving auntie one wistful look as she turned away.
"What's wrong, Florence?" said Sybil's father, as the door closed after the children.
"It is about Lucy," said auntie; "she is much worse; very ill indeed. She has caught cold somehow, and Frank seems almost to have lost hope already."
Two or three tears rolled down auntie's face as she spoke. For a minute or two Sybil's father said nothing;
"How about telling the children?" he asked at last.
"That's just it," replied auntie. "Frank leaves it to me to tell them or not, as I think best. He would not let Cecil or Louise write, as he thought, if it had to be told I had better do so as gently as I could, by word of mouth. But they must be told–they are such quick children, I believe Floss suspects it already. And if–and if the next news should be worse," continued auntie with a little sob, "I would never forgive myself for not having prepared them, and they would be full of self-reproach for having been happy and merry as usual. Floss would say she should have known it by instinct."
"Would they feel it so much?–could they realise it? They are so young," said Sybil's father.
Auntie shook her head. "Not too young to feel it terribly," she said. "It is much better to tell them. I could not hide the sorrow in my face from those two honest pairs of eyes, for one thing."
"Well, you know best," said her husband.
A sad telling it was, and the way in which the children took it touched auntie's loving heart to the quick. They were so quiet and "pitiful," as little Sybil said. Floss's face grew white, for, with a child's hasty rush at conclusions, she fancied at first that auntie was paving the way for the worst news of all.
"Is mamma dead?" she whispered, and auntie's "Oh no, no, darling. Not so bad as that," seemed to give her a sort of crumb of hope, even before she had heard all.
And Carrots stood beside auntie's knee, clasping his little mother Floss's hand tight, and looking up in auntie's face with those wonderful eyes of his, which auntie had said truly one could not deceive; and when he had been told all there was to tell, he just said softly, "Oh poor mamma! Auntie, she kissened us so many times!"
And then, which auntie was on the whole glad of, the three children sat down on the rug together and cried; Sybil, in her sympathy, as heartily as the others, while she kept kissing and petting them, and calling them by every endearing name she could think of.
"When will there be another letter, auntie?" said Floss.
"The day after to-morrow," said auntie. "Your father will write by every mail."
In her own heart auntie had not much hope. From what Captain Desart said, the anxiety was not likely to last long. The illness had taken a different form from Mrs. Desart's other attacks. "She must be better or worse in a day or two," he wrote, and auntie's heart sorely misgave her as to which it would be.
The sorrowful day seemed very long to the children. They did their lessons as usual, for auntie told them it would be much better to do so.
"Would it please mamma?" said Carrots; and when auntie said "Yes, she was quite sure it would," he got his books at once, and "tried" even harder than usual.
But after lessons they had no heart to play, and there was no "must" about that. By bed-time they all looked worn out with crying and the sort of strange excitement there is about great sorrows–above all to children–which is more exhausting than almost anything.
"This will never do," thought auntie. "Hugh" (that was the name of Sybil's father) "will have reason to think I should have taken his advice, and not told them, if they go on like this."
"Sybil," she said, "Floss and Carrots will make themselves ill before the next letter comes. What can we do for them?"
Sybil .shook her head despondently.
"I don't know, mother dear," she said; "I've got out all my best things to please them, but it's no good." She stood still for. a minute, then her face lightened up.
"Mother," she said, "'aposing you were to read aloud some of those stories you're going to get bounded up into a book some day? They would like that."
Floss hardly felt as if she could care to hear any stories, however pretty. But she did not like to disappoint kind auntie by saying so, especially when auntie told her she really wanted to know if she and Carrots liked her stories, as it would help her to judge if other children would care for them when they were "bounded up into a book."
So the next day auntie read them some, and they talked them over and got quite interested in them. Fortunately, she did not read them all that day, for the next day there was still more need of something to distract the children's sorrowful thoughts, as the looked-for letter did not come. Auntie would have liked to cheer the children by reminding them of the old sayings that "No news is good news," and "It is ill news which flies fast," but she dared not, for her own heart was very heavy with anxiety. And she was very glad to see them interested in the rest of the stories for the time.
I cannot tell you these stories, but some day perhaps you may come across the little book which they were made into. But there is one of them which I should like to tell you, as it is not very long, and in the children's mind it was always associated with something that happened just as auntie had finished reading it. For it was the last of her little stories, and it was called–
CHAPTER XII.
"THE TWO FUNNY LITTLE TROTS."
"Like to a double cherry."
Midsummer-Night's Dream.
'"OH mamma," cried I, from the window by which I was standing, to my mother who was working by the fire, "do come here and look at these two funny little trots."'
[Auntie had only read this first sentence of her story when Sybil interrupted her.
"Mother dear," she said, in her prim little way, "before you begin, do tell us one thing. Does the story end sadly?"
Auntie smiled. "You should have asked me before I had begun, Sybil," she said. "But never mind now. I don't really think I can tell you if it ends sadly or not. It would be like telling you the end at the beginning, and it would spoil the interest, if you understand what that means."
"Very well," said Sybil, resignedly, "then I suppose I must wait. But I won't like it if it ends badly, mother, and Floss won't, and Carrots won't. Will you, Floss and Carrots?"
"I don't think Floss and Carrots can say, till they've heard it," said auntie. "Now, Sybil, you mustn't interrupt any more. Where was I? Oh yes "]–'"do come and look at these two funny little trots."
'My mother got up from her seat and came to the window. She could not help smiling when she saw the little couple I pointed out to her.
'"Aren't they a pair of fat darlings?" I said. "I wonder if they live in our terrace?"
'We knew very little of our neighbours, though we were not living in London, for we had only just come to St. Austin's. We had come there to spend the winter, as it was a mild and sheltered place, for I, then a girl of sixteen, had been in delicate health for some time.' ["You wouldn't believe it to see me now, would you?" said auntie, looking up at the children with a smile on her, pretty young-looking face, but it was quite true, all the same.] 'I was my mother's only girl,' she went on, turning to her manuscript again, 'and she was a widow, so you can fancy what a pet I was. My big brothers were already all out in the world, in the navy, or the army, or at college, and my mother and I generally lived by ourselves in a country village much farther north than St. Austin's, and it was quite an event to us to leave our own home for several months and settle ourselves down in lodgings in a strange place.
'It seemed a very strange place to us, for we had not a single friend or acquaintance in it, and at home in our village we knew everybody, and everybody knew us, from the clergyman down to farmer Grinthwait's sheep-dog, and nothing happened without our knowing it. I suppose I was naturally of rather a sociable turn. I knew my mother used sometimes in fun to call me "a little gossip," and I really very much missed the sight of the accustomed friendly faces. We had been two days at St. Austin's, and I had spent most of those two days at the window, declaring to my mother, that I should not feel so "strange" if I got to know some of our neighbours by sight, if nothing more.
'But hitherto I had hardly succeeded even in this. There did not seem to be any "neighbours" in the passers-by; they were just passers by who never seemed to pass by again, and without anything particular to distinguish them if they did. For St. Austin's was a busy little place, and our house was on the South Esplanade, the favourite "promenade" for the visitors, none of whom, gentlemen, ladies, or children had particularly attracted me till the morning I first caught sight of my funny little trots.
'I do think they would have attracted any one–any one certainly that loved children. I fancy I see them now, the two dears, coming slowly and solemnly along, each with a hand of their nurse, pulling well back from her, as if the effort to keep up, even with her deliberate rate of walking, was almost too much for their fat little legs. They looked exactly the same size, and were alike in everything, from their dresses–which this first day were brown holland, very easy about the bodies, very short and bunchy about the skirts–to the two white woolly lambs, clasped manfully by each in his or her disengaged hand. Whether they were boys or girls I could not tell in the least. and to this day I do not know.
'"Aren't they darlings, mamma?" I said.
'"They certainly are two funny little trots," she replied with a smile, using my own expression.
'Mamma went back to her knitting, but I stayed by the window, watching my new friends. They passed slowly up the Esplanade, my eyes following them till they were out of sight, and then I turned away regretfully.
'"They are sure not to pass again," I said, "and they are so nice."
'"If they live near here, very likely the Esplanade is their daily walk, and they will be passing back again in a few minutes," said my mother, entering into my fancy.
'I took up her suggestion eagerly. She was right: in about a quarter of an hour my trots appeared again, this time from the other direction, and, as good luck would have it, just opposite our window, their nurse happening to meet an acquaintance, they came to a halt!
'"Mamma, mamma," I exclaimed, "here they are again!"
'Mamma nodded her head and smiled without looking up. She was just then counting the rows of her knitting, and was afraid of losing the number. I pressed my face close to the window–if only the trots would look my way!–I could hardly resist tapping on the pane.
'Suddenly a bright thought struck me. I seized Gip, my little dog, who was asleep on the hearthrug, and held him up to the window.
'"T'ss, Gip; T'ss, cat. At her; at her," I exclaimed.
"Suddenly a bright thought struck me. I seized Gip, my little dog, who was asleep on the hearthrug, and held him up at the window."
'Poor Gip had doubtless been having delightful dreams–it was very hard on him to be wakened up so startlingly. He blinked his eyes and tried to see the imaginary cat–no doubt he thought it was his own fault he did not succeed, for he was the most humble-minded and unpresuming of little dogs, and his faith in me was unbounded. He could not see a cat, but he took it for granted that I did; so he set to work barking vigorously. That was just what I wanted. The trots heard the noise and both turned round; then they let go their nurse's hands and made a little journey round her skirts till they met.
'"Dot," said one, "pretty doggie."
'"Doll," said the other, both speaking at once, you understand, "pretty doggie."
'I don't mean to say that I heard what they said, I only saw it. But afterwards, when I had heard their voices, I felt sure that was what they had said, for they almost always spoke together.
'Then they joined their disengaged hands (the outside hand of each still clasping its woolly lamb), and there they stood, legs well apart, little mouths and eyes wide open, staring with the greatest interest and solemnity at Gip and me. At Gip, of course, far more than at me. Gip was a dog, I, was only a girl!–quite a middle-aged person, no doubt, the trots thought me, if they thought about me at all; perhaps they did a little, as I was Gip's owner; for I was sixteen, and they could not have been much more than three.
'But all this time they were so solemn. I wanted to make them laugh. There was a little table in the window–a bow window, of course, as it was at the sea-side, and certain to catch winds from every quarter of the heavens–upon which I mounted Gip, and set to work putting him through his tricks. I made him perform "ready, present, fire," with a leap to catch the bit of biscuit off his nose. I made him "beg," "lie dead," like Mother Hubbard's immortal pet, and do everything a well-educated dog could be expected to do. And, oh, how funny it was to watch the trots! Evidently they had never seen anything of the kind before; they stared at first as if they could hardly believe their eyes, and then they smiled, and, at last, they laughed. How prettily they laughed–they looked more like two fat cherubs than ever.
'But their laughing attracted their maid's attention. She too turned round, and I was pleased to see that she had a pleasant pretty young face. "I shouldn't have liked those dear trots to have a cross old nurse," I said to myself, and the maid still further raised herself in my good opinion by laughing and smiling too. In a minute or two when she thought "that was enough for to-day," she stooped and whispered to the trots. They immediately lifted their little hands, the right of one, the left of the other–for nothing, you see, could have persuaded them to let go of their precious lambs–to their rosy mouths and blew a kiss to me, and I could see them say, "Zank zou, lady; zank zou, doggie."
'You may be sure I kissed my hand to them in return, and off they toddled, each with a hand of "Bessie," as I afterwards heard them call their maid, and hauling back manfully as before, which gave Bessie the look of a very large steam-tug convoying two very little vessels.
'I watched them till they were quite out of sight. Then I turned to my mother.
'"I have made two friends here any way, mamma," I said. "The trots are sure to stop every time they pass. It will be something to watch for."
'Mamma smiled. She was pleased to see me pleased and interested, for she had been beginning to fear that the dulness and strangeness of our new life would prevent St. Austin's doing me as much good as she had hoped.
'"To-morrow, dear," she said, "if it is fine, I hope you will be able to go a little walk, and we'll look out for your little friends."
'It was fine the next day, and we did go out, and we did meet the trots!
'They caught sight of me (of Gip, rather, I should perhaps say) and I of them, just about the same moment. I saw them tug their nurse, and when they got close up to me they stopped short. It was no use Bessie's trying to get them on; there they stood resolutely, till the poor girl's face grew red, and she looked quite ashamed. Gip, who I must say, had a wonderful amount of tact, ran up to them with a friendly little bark. Bessie let go the trots' hands and stooped to stroke him.
'"He won't bite, miss, will he?" she said gently, looking up at me.
'"Oh, dear, no," I said, and the trots, smiling with delight, stooped–not that they had so very far to stoop–to stroke him too.
'"Pretty doggie," said Doll.
'"Pretty doggie," said Dot.
'Then they held up their dear little mouths to kiss me. "Zank zou, lady," they said, and each taking a hand of Bessie again, they proceeded on their way.
'After that day, not many passed without my seeing them, and talking to them, and making Gip show off his tricks. Sometimes our meetings were at the window, sometimes on the road; once or twice, when there came some unusually fine mild days, mamma let me sit out on the shore, and I taught the trots to dig a hole for Gip and bury him in the sand, all but his bright eyes and funny black nose–that was a beautiful game! I never found out exactly where my friends lived; it was in one of the side streets leading on to the Esplanade, that was all I knew. I never knew, as I said, if they were boys or girls, or perhaps one of each. Mamma wanted one day to ask Bessie, but I wouldn't let her. They were just my two little trots, that was all I wanted to know.
'"It would spoil them to fancy them growing up into great boys or girls," I said. "I want them to be always trots–nothing else."
'And as Bessie called them simply Doll and Dot, without any "master" or "miss," I was able to keep my fancy.
'When the weather grew colder, the trots came out in a new costume–sealskin coats, sealskin caps, and sealskin gloves–they were just little balls of sealskin, and looked "trottier" than ever. About this time they left off carrying their woolly lambs. I suspect the real reason was that their extreme affection for the lambs had resulted in these favoured animals growing more black than white, and that Bessie judged them unfit for appearing in public, but if this was the case, evidently Bessie had been obliged to resort to artifice to obtain their owners' consent to the lambs being left at home. For, when I asked the trots where the precious creatures were, they looked melancholy and distressed and shook their heads.
'"Too told!" said Doll, and Dot repeated, like a mournful echo, "too told!"
'"Of course," said I, "how stupid of me not to think of it! of course it's far too cold for such very little lambs to be out."
'Bessie looked gratefully at me. "We're going to buy some cakes for tea," she said, with a smile, and sure enough in about half-an-hour the trio reappeared again, and came to a standstill as usual, opposite our window. And, instead of a lamb, each trot hugged a little parcel, neatly done up in white paper. I opened the window to hear what they were saying, they looked so excited.
'"Takes for tea," they both called out at once, "takes for tea. Lady have one. Dip have one."
'And poor Bessie was obliged to open the parcels, and extract one "take" from each and hand them up to me, before my little dears would be satisfied.
'Can you fancy that I really got to love the trots? I did not want to know who they were, or what sort of a father and mother they had–they were well taken care of, that was evident, for somehow, knowing anything more about them would have spoilt them for being my funny little trots.
'But, for several weeks of the three months we spent at St. Austin's, the sight of these happy little creatures was one of my greatest pleasures, and a day without a glimpse of them would have seemed blank and dull.
'There came a time, however, when for many days I did not see my little friends. The weather was bad just then, and mamma said she was sure they had got colds, that would be all that was wrong with them, but somehow I felt uneasy. I asked our doctor, when he called, if there was much illness about, and he, fancying I was nervous on my own account, replied, "Oh no, with the exception of two or three cases of croup, he had no serious ailments among his patients: it was a very healthy season."
'I got frightened at the idea of croup, and cross-questioned him to discover if my trots were among the sufferers, but he shook his head. All his little patients were mere infants; he did not even know the trots by sight.
'Then mamma suggested another very reasonable explanation of their disappearance.
'"They have probably left St. Austin's," she said. "Many people come here for only the very worst of the winter, and that is about over now."
'But even this did not satisfy me. I was certain something was wrong with Doll and Dot, and I wasted, I should be ashamed to say how many hours gazing out of the window in hopes of catching sight of the familiar little figures.
'At last, one day, when I had almost left off hoping ever to see them again, suddenly, two figures appeared on the Esplanade, a stone's throw from our window.
'Who were they? Could it be–yes, it must be one of the trots, led by, not Bessie, no, this maid was a stranger. Where could Bessie be? And oh, where was my other little trot? For, even at some yards' distance, I saw something sadly different in the appearance of the one little figure, slowly coming along in our direction. It was dressed–hat, coat, gloves, socks and all–it was dressed in deep mourning.
'I seized my hat and rushed out to meet them. Mamma thought I was going, out of my mind I believe. When I found myself in the open air, I tried to control myself and look like the rest of the people walking quietly along, though my heart was beating violently, and I felt as if I could not speak without crying. But when I got up to the one little trot and its attendant, the sight of her strange face composed me. She was so different from Bessie–old and stiff and prim looking. I stooped to kiss the child, Dot or Doll, I knew not which. "How are you, darling?" I said. "And where is–" I stopped short.
'The trot looked up in my face.
'"Oh lady," it said, "Dot is all alone. Doll is 'done to 'Ebben," and the great tears gathered in Dot's mournful eyes and rolled down Dot's rosy cheeks.
"Hush, hush, my dear. You mustn't cry. You'll make yourself ill if you cry any more," said the hard looking nurse.
'A moment before, I had intended turning to her and asking for some particulars of the baby's sad words, but now I felt I could not. She was so stiff and unsympathising. I could not bear her to see me, a stranger, crying about what I had heard. Besides, what good would it do? Why should I hear any more? I shrank from doing so. The bare fact was enough. I just bent down and kissed the solitary darling.
'"Good-bye, my trot," I said. I could not say another word.
'"Dood bye, don't ky," said Dot, stroking my cheek. "Doll won't tum back, but Dot will do to 'Ebben too some day."
'That was quite too much for me. I turned away and hurried back home as fast as I could.
'"Mamma," I exclaimed, rushing into our sitting-room, and throwing myself down on the sofa, "It's just what I thought. I wish you would come away from St. Austin's at once. I shall never, never like it again."
'"What is the matter, Florence?" said poor mamma, quite startled.
'"It's about the trots," I said, now fairly sobbing, "I have just seen one–in deep mourning, mamma,–and–and–the other one is dead."
"Poor little angel!" said mamma. And the tears came into her eyes too.
'I did not see Dot again after that day. I fancy that was its last walk before leaving St. Austin's for its regular home, wherever that was. And a very short time after we ourselves left too.
'I never forgot the trots. Of course the pleasure of going back to our own dear home again, and seeing all our old friends, raised my spirits, and softened the real grief I had felt. But whenever we spoke of St. Austin's, or people asked me about it, and mentioned the esplanade or the shore, or any of the places where I had seen the trots, the tears would come into my eyes, as again I seemed to see before me the two dear funny little figures. And whenever our plans for the following winter were alluded to, I always said one thing: "Wherever you go, mamma, don't go to St. Austin's."
'My mother gave in to me. When did she not? How patient she was with me, how sympathising, even in my fancies! And how unselfish–it was not till long after we had left St. Austin's, that she told me what anxiety she had gone through on hearing of my having kissed little Dot. For how sadly probable it seemed that Doll had died of some infectious illness, such as scarlet-fever, for instance, which I had never had!
'"But Dot couldn't have been ill, mamma," I said. "Dot looked perfectly well."
'"Did he?" said my mother. Sometimes she called the trots "he" and sometimes "she," in the funniest way! "I wonder what the other little dear died of?"
'"So do I," I replied. "Still, on the whole, I think I am just as well pleased not to know."
'Our uncertainty for the next winter ended in what was to me a delightful decision. We determined to go to the South of France. I could amuse you children by a description of our journey–journeys in those days really were much more amusing than now; but I must hasten on to the end of my story. We had fixed upon Pau as our head-quarters, and we arrived there early in November. What a different thing from our November at home! I could hardly believe it was November; it would have seemed to me far less wonderful to have been told I had been asleep for six months, and that really it was May, and not November at all, than to have awakened as I did, that first morning after our arrival, and to have seen out of the window the lovely sunshine and bright blue sky, and summer-look of warmth, and comfort, and radiance!
'We had gone to an hotel for a few days, intending to look out for a little house, or "apartement" (which, children, does not mean the same thing as our English lodgings by any means), at our leisure. Your grandmother was not rich, and the coming so far cost a great deal. The hotel we had been recommended to, was a very comfortable one, though not one of the most fashionable, and the landlord was very civil, as some friend who had stayed with him the year before had written about our coming. He showed us our rooms himself, and hoped we should like them, and then he turned back to say he trusted we should not be disturbed by the voices of some children in the next "salon." He would not have risked it, he said, had he been able to help it, but there were no other rooms vacant, and the family with the children were leaving the next day. Not that they were noisy children by any means; they were very chers petits, but there were ladies, to whom the very name of children in their vicinity was–here the landlord held up his hands and made a grimace!
'"Then they must be old maids!" I said, laughing, "which mamma and I are not. We love children," at which Mr. Landlord bowed and smiled, and said something complimentary about mademoiselle being so "aimable."
'I listened for the children's voices that evening, and once or twice I heard their clear merry tones. But as for any "disturbance," one might as well have complained of a cuckoo in the distance, as of anything we heard of our little neighbours. We did not see them; only once, as I was running along the passage, I caught a glimpse at the other end of a little pinafored figure led by a nurse, disappearing through a doorway. I did not see its face; in fact the glimpse was of the hastiest. Yet something about the wee figure, a certain round-about bunchiness, and a sort of pulling back from the maid, as she went into the room, recalled vaguely to my heart, rather than to my mind, two little toddling creatures, that far away across the sea I had learnt to love and look for. When I went into our room, there were tears in my eyes, and when mamma asked me the reason, I told her that I had seen a child that somehow had reminded me of my two little trots.
'"Poor little trots," said mamma. "I wonder if the one that was left still misses the other?"
'But that was all we said about them.
'The next morning I was in a fever to go out and see all that was to be seen. I dragged poor mamma into all the churches, and half the shops, and would have had her all through the castle too, but that she declared she could do no more. So we came to a halt at the great "Place," and sat down on a nice shady seat to watch the people. I, consoling myself with the reflection, that as we were to be four months at Pau, there was still a little time left for sight-seeing.
'It was very amusing. There were people of all nations–children of all nations, little French boys and girls, prettily but simply dressed, some chatting merrily, some walking primly beside their white capped bonnes; little Russians, looking rather grand, but not so grand as their nurses in their rich costumes of bright scarlet and blue, embroidered in gold; some very pert, shrill-voiced Americans, and a few unmistakable English. We amused ourselves by guessing the nationality of all these little people.
'"Those are Italians or Spaniards, mamma, look. what dark eyes they have, and those are–" I suddenly stopped. "Oh, mamma!" I exclaimed, and when she looked at me, she saw I had grown quite pale, and in another moment, seeing to what I was pointing, she understood the reason. There, right before us, coming slowly up the middle of the Place, Bessie in the middle, each child with a hand of hers tugging back manfully in the old way, each, yes, really, each under the other arm hugging a woolly lamb, came the two funny little trots!
'I felt at first as if I were dreaming. Could it be the trots? I sat still in a half stupid way, staring, but Gip–I was forgetting to tell you that of course Gip had come with us to Pau–Gip had far more presence of mind than I. He did not stop to wonder how it could be the trots, he was simply satisfied that it was the trots, and forwards he darted, leaping, barking furiously, wagging his tail, giving every sort of welcome in dog language, that he could think of.
'"Dip, Dip; see Bessie, here is a doggie like Dip," said one trot.
'"Dip, Dip, pretty Dip," said the other.
'The sound of their voices seemed to bring back my common sense. They were my own dear trots. "Dip, Dip" would have satisfied me, even if I had not seen them. The trots never could manage tbe letter "G!" I flew forwards, and kneeling down on the ground, little caring how I soiled my nice new dress, or what the people on the Place thought of me, I regularly hugged my two pets.
'"Here is Dip's kind lady too," they both said at once, smiling and happy, but not by any means particularly surprised to see me. I looked up at Bessie at last, and held out my hand. She shook it heartily.
'"I am pleased to see you again, miss, to be sure; who would have thought it?" she said. "And they haven't forgot you, haven't Doll and Dot. They are always speaking of Gip and you, miss."
"But, Bessie," I began, and then I hesitated. How could I tell her what I had thought? "How was it you left St. Austin's so suddenly?"–the trots were not in mourning now, they were prettily dressed in dark blue sailor serge, as bunchy as ever.
'Bessie thought for a minute.
'"Let me see," she said, "oh yes, I remember! We did leave suddenly. My mistress's father died, and she was sent for off to Edinburgh, and she took Doll and me, and left Dot to keep her papa company. Master said he'd be lost without one of them, and he couldn't get off to Edinburgh for a fortnight after us. But we'll never try that again, miss. Dot did nothing but cry for Doll, and Doll for Dot. Dot, so Martha the housemaid said, was always saying, 'Doll's done to 'Ebben,' till it was pitiful to hear, and Dot was just as bad in Edinburgh about Doll."
'"But Dot did 'do to 'Ebben," said Doll, who as well as Dot was listening to what Bessie was saying. "And then Doll 'tummed to 'Ebben too," said Dot, "and then 'Ebben was nice."
'I kissed the pets again, partly to prevent Bessie seeing the tears in my eyes. I understood it all now, without asking any more, and Bessie never knew what it was I had thought.
'Only you can fancy how sorry I was to find the trots were leaving Pau that very afternoon! They were the children whose dear little voices I had heard through the wall, who the landlord had feared might disturb us! They were going on to Italy for the winter.
'"If only I had known last night who they were," I said to mamma regretfully.
'Mamma, however, was always wise. "Think rather," she said, "how very glad you should be to know it this morning. And who can tell but what some time or other you may see the trots again."
'But I never did!'
CHAPTER XIII.
GOOD ENDINGS.
But I lost my happy childhood.
It slipped from me you shall know,
It was in the dewy alleys
Of the land of long ago.
Not in sadness,
Nor reproach, these words I say,
God is good, and gives new gladness,
When the old He takes away.
"You never did? oh what a pity!" exclaimed Sybil. "You really never, never did, mother?"
Auntie looked rather "funny," as the children call it.
"As trots I never saw them again," she said, "and at the time I wrote out that story I had not seen them again at all."
"But you've seen them since," cried all the three children at once, "you've seen them since they've grown big. Oh auntie, oh mother, do tell us."
"I couldn't just now, truly I couldn't," said auntie, "it would lead me into another story which isn't written yet. All that I know about 'the two funny little trots' I have told you. Do you like it?"
"Awfully," said Sybil.
"Very much," said Floss.
"It's lovely," said Carrots.
Auntie smiled at the children. They looked so pleased and interested, it was evident that for the time they had forgotten their sorrow and anxiety. Suddenly, just as she was thinking sadly how soon it must return to their minds, there came a loud ring at the bell. They all started, they had been sitting so quietly.
"It must be the post," said Sybil. Auntie had thought so too, but had not said it, as it was very unlikely this post would bring any letter from Captain Desart.
It did however! Fletcher appeared with one in another minute; the thin large envelope, and the black, rather scrawly writing that Floss and Carrots knew so well. It would have been no use trying to conceal it from them, so auntie opened it quietly, though her fingers trembled as she did so. She read it very quickly, it was not a long letter, and then she looked up with the tears in her eyes. "Children, dear children," she said, "it is good news. Your dear mother is a little better, and they have good hopes of her."
Oh how glad they were! They kissed auntie, and Sybil and each other, and it seemed as if a great heavy stone had been lifted off their hearts. There was still of course reason for anxiety, but there was hope, "good hope," wrote Captain Desart, and what does not that mean? Auntie felt so hopeful herself that she could not find it in her heart to check the children for being so.
"It is because you made the story of the trots end nicely that that nice letter came," said Sybil, and nothing that her mother could say would persuade her that she had nothing to do with the ending, that she had just told it as it really happened!
I am telling you the story of Floss and Carrots as it really happened too, and I am so glad that it–the story of this part of their young lives, that is to say–ends happily too. Their mother did get better, wonderfully better, and was able to come back to England in the spring, looking stronger than for many years. To England, but not to Sandyshore. Captain Desart got another appointment much farther south, where the climate was milder and better and the winters not to be dreaded for a delicate person. So they all left the Cove House!
Their new home was of course by the sea too, but Carrots never would allow that it was the same sea. His own old sea stayed behind at Sandy-shore, though if he were to go to look for it there now I doubt if he would find it. When old friends once get away into the country of long ago, they are hard to find again–we learn to doubt if they are to be found anywhere except in their own corners of our memory.
And it is long ago now since the days when Carrots and his dear Floss ran races on the sands and made "plans" together. Long ago, in so far that you would not be able anywhere to find these children whom I loved so much, and whom I have told you a little about. You would, at least I hope you would, like to know what became of them, how they grew up, and what Carrots did when he got to be a man. But this I cannot now tell you, for my little book is long enough–I only hope you are not tired of it–only I may tell you one thing. If any of you know, a very good, kind, gentle, brave man–so good that he cannot but be kind; so brave that he cannot but be gentle, I should like you to think that, perhaps whatever he is–clergyman, doctor, soldier, sailor, it doesn't matter in the least–perhaps when that man was a boy, he was my little Carrots. Especially if he has large "doggy-looking," brown eyes, and hair that once might have been called "red."
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Inception and Understanding
Rachel_Blot 2018-06-09 19:11:14 UTC #1
I am currently watching Inception for the second time in a row. I remember having read that Cobb's concern is in the Past, making Mal's Memory, their relationship's Conceptualizing and the OS's Understanding.
Now my question would be : how does the OS fit into Understanding ? Because the story focuses a lot on how to implement an idea into Robert's mind, so I would've thought it would be an OS of Psychology (Conceiving could have fit but it doesn't work with the previous arrangements). In general, how do you choose between an OS of Physics and an OS of Psychology in the case of stories focusing on psychology at a storytelling level ? It makes it hard sometimes to differentiate storyforming from storytelling.
jhull 2018-06-09 19:57:40 UTC #2
The problem isn't presented as one of Psychology, it's Physics: getting the team together, running from mind "agents", stealing memories, rolling in a van while battling other agents on a different level of the mind, battling mind "guards" on your way up the mountain, working your way back through the subconscious of an aging man, and so on.
Issues of Sense and Interpretation are all over the place -- rain, sound, appearance, and so on.
Cobb has a massive chip on his shoulder - the guilt for driving his wife to commit suicide. (Stop dynamic)
You're absolutely right, it's a great example of the difference between storytelling and storyform - they go on and on about incepting - but the conflict in the story isn't about the process of "conceiving", it's about running a con of misUnderstandings in order to incept - or get him to UNDERSTAND - that he needs to sell off his father's business.
It makes a lot of sense when explained that way, indeed. I realized that when seeing all the actions scenes but I wanted some more explanations, so thanks a lot !
I was asking mostly because it is sometimes kind of hard to know how to write an OS story in Psychology without accidently making it Physics. With Universe and Mind it's not so much of a problem because they are both states (one external like a Civil War or a huis clos ; the other internal what with prejudice and painful memories), but writing processes involve some level of actions and it's easy to slip into Physics and making the psychological aspect a storytelling device rather than a true source of conflict.
It’s easier to just think in terms of Genre—do you want a thriller like Memento or A Simple Plan where everyone is f—ing with everyone’s head?
Or do you want a thriller like * Inception* or * The Usual Suspects* where people are dying or trying to kill each other?
When you balance that out with the opposing Relationship Story, it’s easier to figure out the kinds of scenes you should write.
mlucas 2018-06-10 12:29:21 UTC #5
I watched Inception for the first time about a month ago, and I found the Concerns were pretty easy to peg. Totally agree with Jim on those. (I actually remember thinking during the movie "they keep talking about Conceiving but it can't be Conceiving because bottom-right Concerns feel light/golden/beautiful, but this movie feels heavy".)
But one thing I didn't understand was why so much of the movie was so boring! There was so much "action" (fighting snow soldiers, driving around in the van with sleeping people, etc.) that seemed totally pointless. Enough that I felt there was some structural reason for that pointlessness.
Yet I was still caught up enough by the underlying story that I was compelled to watch to the end of this very long movie, and was impressed by the ending.
Maybe it's because the IC and RS throughlines are underdeveloped? Or maybe it's because there's a fairly solid structure (with small but still present IC and RS), and everything is explored properly (signposts in right order). But then they tacked on a bunch of gratuitous action where it wasn't necessary.
The Relationship Story Throughline is underdeveloped, almost non-existent. There’s a setup with Cobb teaching Ariadne about working imyiur way through a maze (Conceptualizing), but it really doesn’t go anywhere.
Tons of ways to hook that idea up with Mal etc., but I agree—mainly plot and MC. Still, a great movie.
Khodu 2018-06-11 11:24:06 UTC #7
Suffered the same thing last week. Been back and forth on this so much.
Remembered something @jhull said somewhere. Dramatica storyform is the underlying structure of a story. Then it hit me. Subtext. No wonder he changed the service from Atomizer to Subtext.
Chosen to settle for the Physics domain for my OS. That way, I can still leverage the storytelling to get the Psychology feel in there.
Yeah regarding that. I always thought the IC was Mal, she fits into the mind domain for obvious reasons and her steadfast behaviour makes Cob realize she's nothing but a shade of his real wife. And their RS of Conceptualizing would be all about the worlds they created to be together. It's what drove them to grow old together in limbo, a world of their own making. It was what led Mal to scheme a way to have both her and her husband wake up in the real world. It's what keeps their relationship alive as Cobb recreates a world of memories where they can still be together. And in the end this world is destroyed when Cobb tells Mal they did, in fact, grow old together - marking the end of their relationship as Cobb moves on and gets back to his children.
I believe you are somehow incepting me here!
It would be super annoying to me if she actually fit in here somehow—mainly because I’ve always felt something was missing.
But there’s a lot that seems super obvious now (Mal IC Problem of Knowledge. RS Problem of Order)...
...dang it...get out of my head!!!
jhull 2019-07-04 23:21:45 UTC #10
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Alice Maud Loughlin
F, #1140, b. 24 June 1898, d. 6 November 1999
Alice with her niece Edith Bennett on her 100th birthday
Alice and Edith Loughlin circa 1902
Father George Loughlin1 b. 19 Jan 1866, d. 23 Jul 1953
Mother Margaret Lloyd1 b. 24 Oct 1877, d. 2 Sep 1975
Relationship Great-aunt of Robert Alan Bennett
Birth* 24 June 1898� Alice Maud Loughlin was born on 24 June 1898 at 14 Elaine Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .2,3,4,5�
Baptism 6 July 1898� She was baptised on 6 July 1898 at St Philemon, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .4�
Birth Reg September 1898� Her birth was registered in the September Quarter of 1898 in the Toxteth Park Registration District.2�
(Witness) Residence 8 August 1900� She lived with George Loughlin and Margaret Lloyd on 8 August 1900 at 14 Elaine Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .6�
(Daughter) Census 1901 31 March 1901� She was listed as the daughter of George Loughlin in the 1901 Census at 35 Hill Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .7�
Occupation* 2 April 1911� Alice Maud Loughlin was a scholar on 2 April 1911.8�
(Daughter) Census 1911 2 April 1911� She was listed as the daughter of George Loughlin in the 1911 Census at 7 Mill Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .8�
(Witness) Marriage 19 June 1920� Alice Maud Loughlin witnessed the marriage of Isaac Foulkes and Ada May Pennington on 19 June 1920 at St Paul, Belvidere Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .9,10,11�
Marriage* 24 December 1922� Alice Maud Loughlin married Isaac Foulkes, son of Isaac Foulkes and Elizabeth Dolman, on 24 December 1922 at St Clements, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .12�
Married Name 24 December 1922� As of 24 December 1922,her married name was Foulkes.12�
1939 Register* 29 September 1939� She was listed as a member of the household in the 1939 Register at 62 Newensham Crescent, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .5�
Occupation 29 September 1939� Alice Maud Foulkes was employed in uunpaid domestic duties on 29 September 1939.5�
(Witness) Photograph � A Loughlin family group.
Death Reg November 1999� Alice's death was registered in the November of 1999 in the Knowsley Registration District.3�
Death* 6 November 1999� She died on 6 November 1999 at age 101.�
Isaac Foulkes b. 30 Jun 1893, d. 9 Nov 1972
[S48] Online index to the UK National Census for 1901 for UK "RG13/3426 f57 p14 79."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Births Sep 1898 LOUGHLIN Alice Maud Toxteth Park 8b 169."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Name: Alice Maud Foulkes
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1898
Death Registration Month/Year: Nov 1999
Age at death (estimated): 101
Registration district: Knowsley
Inferred County: Merseyside
Register number: B40
District and Subdistrict: 0231B
Entry number: 140."
[S880] Website Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) "
Name: Alice Maud Loughlin
Baptism Date: 6 Jul 1898
Parish: Toxteth St Philemon
Father's Name: George Loughlin
Mother's Name: Margaret Loughlin."
[S3835] National Health Service Register for UK (online image) "Ref: RG101/4442D/018/16 Letter Code: NIWJ."
[S311] Baptism, St Peter (Church Street), unknown period "p49/2/99."
[S704] UK National Census for 1901 for UK, "RG13/3426 f57 p14 79."
[S2260] UK National Census for 1911 for UK, "RG14PN22215 RG78PN1314 RD454 SD1 ED4 SN3."
[S1051] Website Lancashire BMD (http://lancashirebmd.org.uk/) "2121TP/4/288."
[S525] Marriages, St Paul (Toxteth Park), 7/6/1897-13/12/1924 "p144/288."
[S880] Website Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) "Name: Isaac Foulkes
Birth Year: abt 1894
Marriage Date: 19 Jun 1920
Parish: Princes Park St Paul
Spouse's Name: Ada May Pennington
Father's Name: Isaac Foulkes
Spouse Father's Name: Andrew William Pennington."
Charles Arthur Loughlin
M, #1141, b. 23 September 1912, d. 27 July 2012
Charles (L) with his siste Jean and brother George at Jeans husbands funeral.
Mother Margaret Lloyd b. 24 Oct 1877, d. 2 Sep 1975
Relationship Great-uncle of Robert Alan Bennett
Birth* 23 September 1912� Charles Arthur Loughlin was born on 23 September 1912 at Toxteth Park Registration District, Lancashire, England, .2�
War* June 1940� He was called up for duty in June 1940 with the Kings Regiment (Liverpool) 11th Batallion. In November 1941 the batallion was mechanised and became 152nd Regiment Royal Armoured Corp . He became a tank instructor and hurt his back in a tank and was eventually demobbed through ill health.
Occupation* � He was employed in the office at the Gas Board after being demobbed.�
Residence* 1 June 1946� He lived on 1 June 1946 at 60 Campbell Drive, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .1�
Occupation 1 June 1946� He was an assistant works manager on 1 June 1946.1�
Freemason* 1955� He was Freemason in 1955 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, ; Brother.�
Occupation 2 January 1981� He was a retired company secretary on 2 January 1981.3,4�
(Witness) Cremation 2 December 2003� He was present at the cremation of George Frederick Loughlin on 2 December 2003 at Springwood Crematorium, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .5,6�
(Witness) Memorial Service 8 January 2012� Charles Arthur Loughlin was present at the memorial service of Alfred Loughlin.7�
Death* 27 July 2012� Charles Arthur Loughlin died on 27 July 2012 at The Village Nursiing Home, Banks, Lancashire, England, , at age 99.4�
Cremation* 7 August 2012� His body was cremated on 7 August 2012 at Southport Crematorium, Southport, Lancashire, England, .�
[S2424] Copy marriage certificate of Charles Arthur loughlin and Doris Irene Taylor, 1 June 1946 "unknown cd."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Births LOUGHLIN Charles A 1912 Dec Toxteth Park 8b 356 LLOYD."
[S2426] Copy death certificate of Doris Irene Loughlin, 2 January 1981 "unknown cd."
[S2425] Copy death certificate of Charles Arthur Loughlin, 27 July 2012 "unknown cd."
[S380] R A Bennett.
[S456] Obituary of George Frederick Loughlin "unknown cd."
[S2412] Robert Alan Bennett.
Daniel Edward Loughlin
M, #1143, b. between 3 April 1832 and 3 April 1832, d. 5 May 1911
Father Hugh Loughlin1,2,3 b. 9 Jan 1808, d. 22 Jun 1896
Mother Henrietta Langton1,3,4 b. 9 Sep 1808, d. 3 Mar 1853
Relationship 2nd great-grandfather of Robert Alan Bennett
Birth* between 3 April 1832 and 3 April 1832� Daniel Edward Loughlin was born between 3 April 1832 and 3 April 1832 at Sidney Street East, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .5,2,6,3,7,4�
Name Variation 23 September 1832� As of 23 September 1832, Daniel Edward Loughlin was also known as Locklin.1�
Baptism 23 September 1832� He was baptised on 23 September 1832 at St Peter, Church Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .1,4�
Name Variation 6 June 1841� As of 6 June 1841, Daniel Edward Loughlin was also known as Lockland.8�
(Member Of Household) Census 1841 6 June 1841� He was listed as a member of the household of Hugh Loughlin in the 1841 census at Old Swan, West Derby, Lancashire, England, .8�
Occupation 30 March 1851� Daniel Edward Loughlin was a shipwright on 30 March 1851.6,3�
Name Variation 30 March 1851� As of 30 March 1851, Daniel Edward Loughlin was also known as Daniel.3�
(Son) Census 1851 30 March 1851� He was listed as the son of Hugh Loughlin in the 1851 census at 11 Hayton Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .6,3�
Marriage* 30 September 1855� Daniel Edward Loughlin married Sarah Ann Wood, daughter of Thomas Wood and Elizabeth Gittins, on 30 September 1855 at St Mary, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .2,9�
(Witness) Marriage 11 August 1856� Daniel Edward Loughlin witnessed the marriage of John Loughlin and Martha Roscoe on 11 August 1856 at St Peter, Church Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .10�
Occupation 25 July 1858� Daniel Edward Loughlin was a shipwright on 25 July 1858.11�
(Head Of Household) Census 1861 7 April 1861� They was listed as head of household in the 1861 census at 28 John Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .12�
Occupation 7 July 1861� He was a shipwright on 7 July 1861.13�
Occupation 1 September 1863� He was a shipwright journeyman on 1 September 1863.14�
Occupation 20 September 1863� He was a shipwright on 20 September 1863 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .15�
Occupation 11 February 1866� He was a shipwright on 11 February 1866.16,17�
Residence* 11 February 1866� He and Sarah Ann Loughlin lived on 11 February 1866 at Alder Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .16�
Occupation 1 November 1868� Daniel Edward Loughlin was a shipwright on 1 November 1868.18�
Residence 1 November 1868� He and Sarah Ann Loughlin lived on 1 November 1868 at 9 Jackson Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .18�
Occupation 5 June 1870� Daniel Edward Loughlin was a shipwright on 5 June 1870.19�
Occupation 2 April 1871� He was a shipwright on 2 April 1871.7�
Census 1871* 2 April 1871� He was listed as head of household in the 1871 census at 11 Devonshire Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .7�
Occupation from 1875 to 1878� He was a shipwright from 1875 to 1878 at Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .�
Residence* from 1875 to 1878� He lived from 1875 to 1878 at 11 Roche Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, ; email from Ray Rylatt.�
Residence 1878� He lived in 1878 at 23 Beloe Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, ; email from Ray Rylatt.�
Occupation* 3 April 1881� He was a shipwright on 3 April 1881.5�
Census 1881* 3 April 1881� He was listed as head of household in the 1881 census at 44 Elaine Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .5�
Occupation 10 February 1885� He was a shipwright on 10 February 1885.20�
Occupation 16 October 1888� He was a ships carpenter on 16 October 1888.21�
Occupation 5 April 1891� He was a shipwright on 5 April 1891.22�
Census 1891* 5 April 1891� He was listed as head of household in the 1891 census at 23 Wykeham Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .22�
Occupation 14 April 1895� He was a shipwright on 14 April 1895.23�
Occupation 13 September 1897� He was a shipwright on 13 September 1897.24�
Occupation 12 February 1899� He was a carpenter on 12 February 1899.25�
Occupation 31 March 1901� He was a shipwright on 31 March 1901.26�
(Father-in-law) Census 1901 31 March 1901� He was listed as the father in law of John Foster in the 1901 Census at 258 Great Homer Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .27�
Residence 1911� Daniel Edward Loughlin lived in 1911 at 33 Mill Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .28�
Census 1911* 2 April 1911� He was listed as an inmate in the 1911 Census on 2 April 1911 at Toxteth Park Workhouse, 126 Smithdown Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .29�
Death* 5 May 1911� He died on 5 May 1911 at Toxteth Park Workhouse Infirmary, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, ; of senile decay aged 78 years.30,31,28�
Burial* 10 May 1911� He was buried on 10 May 1911 at St James Cemetery, Duke Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .31�
Death Reg June 1911� Daniel's death was registered in the June Quarter of 1911 in the Toxteth Park Registration District.30�
Sarah Ann Wood b. bt 11 Jul 1834 - 30 Sep 1834, d. 8 Jul 1925
Henrietta Loughlin+22 b. bt 1 Jun 1856 - 26 Jul 1856, d. 12 Jul 1930
Mary Elizabeth Loughlin+32,11 b. bt 4 Apr 1858 - 24 Jul 1858, d. Sep 1943
Sarah Anne Loughlin+21,13 b. bt 1 Apr 1861 - 2 Apr 1861, d. Dec 1901
Alice Loughlin+15,14 b. 1 Sep 1863, d. 17 May 1946
George Loughlin+16,33,24 b. 19 Jan 1866, d. 23 Jul 1953
Alfred Loughlin18 b. 1 Nov 1868, d. Jun 1869
Eliza Loughlin+5 b. Jun 1870, d. Jun 1956
[S1] Website IGI (www.familysearch.org) "P020273."
[S473] Copy marriage certificate of Daniel Edward Loughlin and DanieSarah Ann Wood, 30 September 1835 "unknown cd."
[S40] UK National Census for 1851 for UK, "HO 107 2188 ED4 f490 p6 25."
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptism: 23 Sep 1832 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Daniel Edward Locklin - [Child] of Hugh Locklin & Henrietta
Abode: Sidney St East
Occupation: Rope Maker
Baptised by: Jno. Robinson Asst. Curate
[S49] UK National Census for 1881 Index, UK "RG11 Piece 3640 Folio 60 Page 40."
[S82] UK National Census for 1851 Index, Liverpool "2188/4 490."
[S2] UK National Census for 1871 for UK, "RG10/3803 f140a p2 5."
[S76] UK National Census for 1841 for UK, "HO 107/520/7 f44 p4."
[S2117] Website Family Search (https://familysearch.org) "Groom's Name: Daniel Edward Loughlin
Groom's Birth Date: 1832
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 23
Bride's Name: Sarah Ann Wood
Bride's Birth Date: 1834
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 21
Marriage Date: 1855
Marriage Place: Saint Mary, Edge Hill, Lancashire, England
Groom's Father's Name: Hugh Loughlin
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name: Thomas Wood
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M16168-4
System Origin: England-VR
Source Film Number: 1545764
Reference Number: 2:1FSJ18F
Collection: England Marriages, 1538–1973."
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Marriage: 11 Aug 1856 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancs.
John Loughlin - full, Shipwright, Bachelor, Crosshall St.
Martha Roscoe - (X), full, Spinster, Crosshall St.
Groom's Father: Hugh Loughlin, Rope Maker
Bride's Father: Thomas Roscoe, Labourer
Witness: Daniel Loughlin; Elizabeth Dickinson, (X)
Married by Banns by: J. Wm. Welsh, Asst. Curate
Register: Marriages 1856, Page 211, Entry 422
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptism: 25 Jul 1858 St John the Baptist, Toxteth, Lancashire, England
Mary Elizabeth Loughlin - [Child] of Daniel Edward Loughlin & Sarah Anne
Abode: Toxteth Park
Occupation: Shipwright
Baptised by: Gus. M. Burton
[S47] UK National Census for 1861 for UK, "RG9/2701 f22 p89 214."
[S310] Microfilm Baptism, St John the Baptist (Toxteth Park), 1859-1871 "p47/376."
[S517] Copy birth certificate of Alice Loughlin, 1 September 1863 "unknown cd."
[S310] Microfilm Baptism, St John the Baptist (Toxteth Park), 1859-1871 "p108/860."
[S310] Microfilm Baptism, St John the Baptist (Toxteth Park), 1859-1871 "p190/1519."
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptism: 11 Feb 1866 St John the Baptist, Toxteth, Lancashire, England
George Loughlin - [Child] of Daniel Loughlin & Sarah Ann
Abode: Alder Street
Baptised by: L. M. Carter B A Curate
[S880] Website Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) "Name: Alfred Loughlin
Birth Date: abt 1868
Baptism Date: 1 Nov 1868
Parish: Toxteth Park St James
Father's name: Daniel Loughlin
Mother's name: Sarah Ann Loughlin."
[S880] Website Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) "Name: Eliza Loughlin
Baptism Date: 5 Jun 1870
[S531] Marriage, St James (Toxteth Park), unknown period "p49/98."
[S528] Marriages, St Philemon (Toxteth Park), 1875-1889 "p226/452."
[S72] UK National Census for 1891 for UK, "RG12/2964 f60 p3 13."
[S518] Copy marriage certificate of John Foster and Alice Hawkes nee Loughlin, 14 April 1895 "unknown cd."
[S454] Original marriage certificate of George Loughlin and Margaret Lloyd, 13 September 1897 "unknown cd."
[S48] Online index to the UK National Census for 1901 for UK "RG13/3465 f5 3."
[S704] UK National Census for 1901 for UK, "RG13/3465 f5 p1 3."
[S2403] Copy death certificate of Daniel Edward Loughlin, 5 May 1911 "unknown cd."
[S2260] UK National Census for 1911 for UK, "RG14PN22299 RD454 SD4 ED21 SN9999."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Jun 1911 Loughlin Daniel E 78 Toxteth Park 8b 144."
[S605] Burials, St James Cemetery, Duke Street, Liverpool, 1890-1915 "p4719/54397."
[S436] Copy birth certificate of George Loughlin, 19 January 1866 "unknown cd."
Edith Loughlin
F, #1145, b. 27 July 1900, d. 21 February 1989
Father George Loughlin1,2,3 b. 19 Jan 1866, d. 23 Jul 1953
Relationship Grandmother of Robert Alan Bennett
Birth* 27 July 1900� Edith Loughlin was born on 27 July 1900 at 14 Elaine Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .4,5,6�
Baptism 8 August 1900� She was baptised on 8 August 1900 at St Peter, Church Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .1�
Occupation* 2 April 1911� Edith Loughlin was a scholar on 2 April 1911.8�
Photograph* circa 1916� A photograph of Edith in her teenage years.
Marriage* 12 July 1925� Edith Loughlin married Robert Jones, son of James Jones and Margaret Wallace Matchett, on 12 July 1925 at St James, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .9,2,3
Married Name 12 July 1925� As of 12 July 1925,her married name was Jones.9,2�
Residence* 1940� Edith Jones and Robert Jones lived in 1940 at 160 Park Road, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England, .
(Witness) Death 28 September 1957� Edith Jones witnessed the death of Robert Jones on 28 September 1957 at 160 Park Road, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England, .10�
Married Name between 1 July 1965 and 30 September 1965� As of between 1 July 1965 and 30 September 1965,her married name was Sanderson.11,12�
Marr Reg September 1965� The marriage of Edith Jones and Frederick 'Fred' William Sanderson was registered in the September Quarter of 1965 in the Warrington Registration District district.12,11
Photograph circa 1970� A photograph of Edith after her second marriage to Fred.
Death* 21 February 1989� Edith Loughlin died on 21 February 1989 at District General Hospital, Warrington, Lancashire, England, , at age 88.4�
Cremation* 28 February 1989� Her body was cremated on 28 February 1989 at Walton Lea Crematorium, Walton, Cheshire, England, .13�
Burial after 28 February 1989� Her ashes were buried under Flag 477 Plot 36 at Walton Lea Crematorium, Walton, Cheshire, England, .13�
Robert Jones b. 14 Jul 1902, d. 28 Sep 1957
[S442] Copy marriage certificate of Robert Jones and Edith Loughlin, 12 July 1925 "unknown cd."
[S532] Marriage, St James (Toxteth Park), unknown period "p91/181."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "SANDERSON, EDITH 27 July 1900 WARRINGTON 1989 February Volume No 35 Page No 1154 Reg No 289.
[S440] Copy birth certificate of Edith Loughlin, 27 July 1900 "unknown cd."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "LOUGHLIN, EDITH LLOYD
GRO Reference: 1900 S Quarter in TOXTETH PARK Volume 08B Page 217."
[S1051] Website Lancashire BMD (http://lancashirebmd.org.uk/) "2105TP/16/181."
[S444] Copy death certificate of Robert Jones, 28 September 1957 "unknown cd."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Marr Sep 1965 JONES Edith SANDERSON Newton 10f 65."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Marr Sep 1965 SANDERSON Frederick W JONES Newton 10f 65."
[S5] Edith Sanderson cremated 28 february 1989 Flag 477 Plot 36.
Eliza Loughlin
F, #1146, b. June 1870, d. June 1956
Father Daniel Edward Loughlin1 b. bt 3 Apr 1832 - 3 Apr 1832, d. 5 May 1911
Mother Sarah Ann Wood1 b. bt 11 Jul 1834 - 30 Sep 1834, d. 8 Jul 1925
Relationship 2nd great-aunt of Robert Alan Bennett
Birth Reg* June 1870� Her birth was registered in the June Quarter of 1970 in the West Derby Registration District.1,2,3,4�
Baptism 5 June 1870� Eliza Loughlin was baptised on 5 June 1870 at St James, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .3�
(Daughter) Census 1881 3 April 1881� She was listed as the daughter of Daniel Edward Loughlin in the 1881 census at 44 Elaine Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .1�
Occupation* 3 April 1881� Eliza Loughlin was a scholar on 3 April 1881 at Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .1�
(Witness) Marriage 16 October 1888� She witnessed the marriage of Andrew Downey and Sarah Anne Loughlin on 16 October 1888 at St Philemon, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .5,6,7,8�
(Daughter) Census 1891 5 April 1891� She was listed as the daughter of Daniel Edward Loughlin in the 1891 census at 23 Wykeham Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .9�
Occupation 5 April 1891� Eliza Loughlin was a music teacher on 5 April 1891.9�
(Witness) Marriage 14 April 1895� She witnessed the marriage of John Foster and Alice Hawkes on 14 April 1895 at Our Lady & St. Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .10,11,12�
Marriage Bann 22 January 1899� Marriage banns for Eliza Loughlin and Robert Owen Parry were published on 22 January 1899 at St Philemon, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .13�
Marriage Bann 5 February 1899� Marriage banns for Eliza Loughlin and Robert Owen Parry were published on 5 February 1899 at St Philemon, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .13�
Residence* 12 February 1899� Eliza Loughlin lived on 12 February 1899 at 70 Dorrit Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .2�
Married Name 12 February 1899� As of 12 February 1899,her married name was Parry.14,2�
Marriage* 12 February 1899� She married Robert Owen Parry, son of William Parry and Emma (?), on 12 February 1899 at St Philemon, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .14,15,16,2�
Census 1901* 31 March 1901� She was listed as the wife of Robert Owen Parry in the 1901 Census at 74 Greig Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .17�
Census 1911* 2 April 1911� She was listed as the wife of Robert Owen Parry in the 1911 Census at 29 Wordsworth Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .18�
(Daughter) Death Reg 8 July 1925� She registered the death of Sarah Ann Loughlin on 8 July 1925 at L; July Quarter of 1925.19�
Death Reg* June 1956� Eliza's death was registered in the June Quarter of 1956 in the Liverpool South Registration District.20�
Robert Owen Parry b. 16 Sep 1872, d. Mar 1949
Gladys Parry21 b. Sep 1899, d. 9 Jan 1979
Gertrude Parry22 b. bt 1 Jul 1902 - 30 Sep 1902, d. bt 1 Apr 1903 - 30 Jun 1903
Florence Parry+22 b. bt 3 Apr 1903 - 2 Apr 1904
Emma Parry+22 b. bt 3 Apr 1906 - 2 Apr 1907
Queenie Parry22 b. Mar 1908
Robert Parry22 b. Mar 1916
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Births Jun 1870 Loughlin Eliza W. Derby 8b 310."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Dec 1888 DOWNEY Andrew Toxteth Park 8b 450.
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Dec 1888 LOUGHLIN Sarah Ann Toxteth Park 8b 450.
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Jun 1895 Foster John Liverpool 8b 167.
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Jun 1895 Hawkes Alice Liverpool 8b 167.
[S535] Microfilm Banns, St Philemon (Toxteth), unknown period "p217/935."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Mar 1899 Parry Robert Owen Toxteth Park 8b 347."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Mar 1899 Loughlin Eliza Toxteth Park 8b 347."
[S2260] UK National Census for 1911 for UK, "RG14PN22281 RG78PN1317 RD454 SD4 ED3 SN213."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Year
Ent no
151."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Name: PARRY, Eliza
Registration District: Help Liverpool South
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Volume No: 10D
[S48] Online index to the UK National Census for 1901 for UK "RG13/3432 f44."
[S519] Alice Ethel Foster.
George Loughlin
M, #1147, b. 19 January 1866, d. 23 July 1953
George Loughlin with his grandchildren Edith, Bob and Margaret
Father Daniel Edward Loughlin1,2,3 b. bt 3 Apr 1832 - 3 Apr 1832, d. 5 May 1911
Mother Sarah Ann Wood1,2 b. bt 11 Jul 1834 - 30 Sep 1834, d. 8 Jul 1925
Relationship Great-grandfather of Robert Alan Bennett
Birth* 19 January 1866� George Loughlin was born on 19 January 1866 at 1 Alder Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .4,2�
Baptism 11 February 1866� He was baptised on 11 February 1866 at St John The Baptist, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .1,5�
Birth Reg March 1866� His birth was registered in the March Quarter of 1866 in the West Derby & Toxteth Park Registration District.6�
(Son) Census 1871 2 April 1871� He was listed as the son of Daniel Edward Loughlin in the 1871 census at 11 Devonshire Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .7�
(Son) Census 1881 3 April 1881� He was listed as the son of Daniel Edward Loughlin in the 1881 census at 44 Elaine Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .4�
Occupation 3 April 1881� George Loughlin was an apprentice gas fitter on 3 April 1881.4�
(Witness) Marriage 10 February 1885� He witnessed the marriage of Jacob Jeffrey Smyth and Mary Elizabeth Loughlin on 10 February 1885 at St James, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .8,9,10�
Occupation* 13 September 1897� George Loughlin was a gas fitter on 13 September 1897 at Gas Board, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .3�
Residence* 13 September 1897� He lived on 13 September 1897 at 83 Pitt Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .3�
Marriage* 13 September 1897� He married Margaret Lloyd, daughter of Joshua Lloyd and Sarah Winifred Jones, on 13 September 1897 at Our Lady & St. Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .11,3,12�
Occupation 8 August 1900� George Loughlin was a gas fitter on 8 August 1900.13�
Residence* 8 August 1900� He and Margaret Lloyd lived on 8 August 1900 at 14 Elaine Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .13�
Occupation 31 March 1901� George Loughlin was a gas fitter on 31 March 1901.14�
Census 1901* 31 March 1901� He was listed as the head of household in the 1901 Census at 35 Hill Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .15�
Occupation 28 October 1902� He was a plumber on 28 October 1902.16�
Residence 28 October 1902� He lived on 28 October 1902 at Mill Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .16�
Occupation 2 April 1911� He was a self employed plumber/gasfitter on 2 April 1911.17,18�
Census 1911* 2 April 1911� He was listed as the head of household in the 1911 Census at 7 Mill Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .18�
Residence 6 May 1911� He lived on 6 May 1911 at 7 Mill Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .19�
Residence circa 1927� He and Margaret Loughlin lived circa 1927 at 8 Lesseps Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .20
Residence circa 1932� George Loughlin and Margaret Loughlin lived circa 1932 at Van Dyke Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .20�
Residence 20 July 1946� George Loughlin and Margaret Loughlin lived on 20 July 1946 at 60 Campbell Drive, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .21
Occupation 26 December 1949� George Loughlin was a retired gas fitter on 26 December 1949.22�
Occupation 23 July 1953� He was a retired gas fitter on 23 July 1953.23�
Death* 23 July 1953� He died on 23 July 1953 at 60 Campbell Drive, Huyton, Lancashire, England, , at age 87; of myocardial failure aged 87 years.24,25,23�
Burial* 27 July 1953� He was buried on 27 July 1953 at Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, ; Private Grave, Section 38 No. 569.26�
Margaret Lloyd b. 24 Oct 1877, d. 2 Sep 1975
Alice Maud Loughlin+14 b. 24 Jun 1898, d. 6 Nov 1999
Edith Loughlin+13,27,28 b. 27 Jul 1900, d. 21 Feb 1989
Daniel Edward McMaster Loughlin16 b. 2 Oct 1902, d. bt 1 Jan 1904 - 28 Jan 1904
Albert Edward 'Eddie' Loughlin b. 20 Apr 1905, d. 21 Aug 1991
George Frederick Loughlin+29 b. 18 Jun 1907, d. 25 Nov 2003
Alfred Loughlin b. bt 1 Jul 1909 - 30 Sep 1909, d. bt 1 Jan 1910 - 15 Jan 1910
Alfred Loughlin+30 b. 3 Dec 1910, d. 29 Dec 2011
Charles Arthur Loughlin+31 b. 23 Sep 1912, d. 27 Jul 2012
Sarah Winifred Loughlin b. bt 1 Oct 1914 - 31 Oct 1914, d. bt 1 Oct 1916 - 3 Nov 1916
Dorothy Loughlin b. bt 1 Jan 1918 - 31 Jan 1918, d. bt 1 Oct 1918 - 21 Oct 1918
Jacob Jeffrey 'Jeff' Loughlin b. 8 Jul 1919, d. 2 Jan 1999
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk).
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "LOUGHLIN, GEORGE WOODS (sic)
GRO Reference: 1866 M Quarter in WEST DERBY AND TOXTETH PARK Volume 08B Page 315."
[S1051] Website Lancashire BMD (http://lancashirebmd.org.uk/) "2105TP/12/98."
[S1051] Website Lancashire BMD (http://lancashirebmd.org.uk/) "2053LP/84/325."
[S534] Marriages, Our Lady & St Nicholas (Liverpool), unknown period "p163/325."
[S311] Baptism, St Peter (Church Street), unknown period.
[S775] Gores, 1911 "Loughlin George plumber 7 Mill St S."
[S1865] E-mails from Sandra Bulloack to Alan Bennett, 2008- "unknown cd."
[S2238] Marriage announcement, Fred Bullock and Margaret Jane Louglin.
[S3775] Copy marriage certificate of Albert Edwin Loughlin and Mary Satterthwaite, 26 December 1949 "unknown cd."
[S2404] Copy death certificate of George Loughlin, 23 July 1953 "unknown cd."
[S378] Unknown author, Order for Memorial, 30 December 1960 "Inscription to read : Sacred to the memory o GEORGE LOUGHLIN died 2 July 1953 aged 87 years "At Rest.""
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Deaths Sep 1953 LOUGHLIN George 87 Prescot 10f 168."
[S377] Unknown author, Receipt for Interment, 25 July 1953 "Received from Mr G F Loughlin the sum of £7 14s for the Interment of the late George Loughlin in Private Grave, Section 38 No. 569 on Mon 27 7 1953 at 2pm."
[S439] Original marriage certificate of George Frederick Loughlin and Beatrice Brellisford, 25 June 1932 "unknown cd."
[S3401] Copy birth certificate of Alfred Loughlin, 6 December 1910 "unknown cd."
George Frederick Loughlin
M, #1149, b. 18 June 1907, d. 25 November 2003
Birth* 18 June 1907� George Frederick Loughlin was born on 18 June 1907 at Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .2,3,4�
(Son) Census 1911 2 April 1911� He was listed as the son of George Loughlin in the 1911 Census at 7 Mill Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .5�
Residence* 25 June 1932� George Frederick Loughlin lived on 25 June 1932 at 20 Lesseps Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .1�
Occupation* 25 June 1932� He was a maintenance gas inspector on 25 June 1932.1�
Marriage* 25 June 1932� He married Beatrice Brellisford, daughter of Edward Brellisford and Margaret Jones, on 25 June 1932 at Earle Road Presbyterian Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .1�
Residence* 1934� George Frederick Loughlin and Beatrice Loughlin lived in 1934 at Van Dyke Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, . They had moved back home to live with his parents. Ena was reported to have cried a lot by Georges sister Jean.6�
Biography* � George and Beatrice bought number 58 Campbell Drive, but ended up living at number 54, which had bigger rooms. His parents had moved into number 60. te houses were all newly built.6�
Freemason* 1955� George Frederick Loughlin was Freemason in 1955 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, ; Lancastrian Lodge (No. 3631.)�
Occupation � He was a gas salesman.3�
Death* 25 November 2003� He died on 25 November 2003 at Boaler Street Rehabilitation Unit, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, , at age 96.3,7�
Cremation* 2 December 2003� His body was cremated on 2 December 2003 at Springwood Crematorium, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .8,7�
Beatrice Brellisford b. 3 Jul 1903, d. 30 Sep 1975
Georgina Beatrice Loughlin+ b. 26 May 1933, d. Dec 2019
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Births 1907 Sep Toxteth Park 8b 195."
[S409] Copy death certificate of George Frederick Loughlin, 25 Nov 2003 "unknown cd."
[S437] Copy birth certificate of George Frederick Loughlin, 18 June 1907 "unknown cd."
Georgina Beatrice Loughlin
F, #1150, b. 26 May 1933, d. December 2019
Father George Frederick Loughlin b. 18 Jun 1907, d. 25 Nov 2003
Mother Beatrice Brellisford b. 3 Jul 1903, d. 30 Sep 1975
Relationship 1st cousin 1 time removed of Robert Alan Bennett
Birth* 26 May 1933� Georgina Beatrice Loughlin was born on 26 May 1933 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .�
(Witness) Residence 1934� She lived with George Frederick Loughlin and Beatrice Loughlin in 1934 at Van Dyke Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .1�
Married Name 17 January 1953� As of 17 January 1953,her married name was Hutchens.�
(Witness) Cremation 2 December 2003� Georgina Beatrice Hutchens was present at the cremation of George Frederick Loughlin on 2 December 2003 at Springwood Crematorium, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .2,3�
Death* December 2019� Georgina Beatrice Hutchens died in December 2019 at USA at age 86.�
Jacob Jeffrey 'Jeff' Loughlin1
M, #1151, b. 8 July 1919, d. 2 January 1999
Father George Loughlin b. 19 Jan 1866, d. 23 Jul 1953
Birth* 8 July 1919� Jacob Jeffrey 'Jeff' Loughlin was born on 8 July 1919 at Toxteth Park Registration District, Lancashire, England, .2�
Baptism after 8 July 1919� He was baptised after 8 July 1919 at St Clements, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, ; Jean Bullocks recollection.�
Birth Reg September 1919� His birth was registered in the September Quarter of 1919 in the Toxteth Park Registration District.2�
War* � During the Second World War he saw serice with the Royal Army Medical Corp.�
(Bestman) Marriage 26 December 1949� He was the bestman at the marriage of Albert Edward 'Eddie' Loughlin and Mary Satterthwaite on 26 December 1949 at St John the Evangelist, Knotty Ash, Lancashire, England, .3�
(Witness) Death 23 July 1953� Jacob Jeffrey 'Jeff' Loughlin witnessed the death of George Loughlin on 23 July 1953 at 60 Campbell Drive, Huyton, Lancashire, England, ; of myocardial failure aged 87 years.4,5,6�
Marriage* 25 February 1974� Jacob Jeffrey 'Jeff' Loughlin married Elizabeth Clough on 25 February 1974 at Liverpool Registry Office, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .7,8�
Death* 2 January 1999� Jacob Jeffrey 'Jeff' Loughlin died on 2 January 1999 at age 79.�
Death Reg March 1999� Jacob's death was registered in the March of 1999 in the Chester & Ellesmere Port Registration District.9�
Elizabeth Lloyd b. 18 May 1908, d. 11 Jan 1999
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Births LOUGHLIN Jacob Jeffery 1919 Sep Toxteth Park 8b 318 LLOYD."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Births Sep 1919 LOUGHLIN Jacob Jeffery LLOYD Toxteth Park 8b 318."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Marr March 1974 LOUGHLIN Jacob J. CLOUGH Liverpool 10D 685."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Marr March 1974 CLOUGH Elizabeth LOUGHLIN Liverpool 10D 685."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Name: Jacob Jeffrey Loughlin
Birth Date: 8 Jul 1918 (sic should read 1919)
Death Registration Month/Year: Jan 1999
Age at death (estimated): 80 (sic 79)
Registration district: Chester and Ellesmere Port
Inferred County: Cheshire
Register number: A43
District and Subdistrict: 3401A
Dorothy Loughlin1
F, #1154, b. between 1 January 1918 and 31 January 1918, d. between 1 October 1918 and 21 October 1918
Birth* between 1 January 1918 and 31 January 1918� Dorothy Loughlin was born between 1 January 1918 and 31 January 1918 at 87 Beaumont Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .1,2�
Death* between 1 October 1918 and 21 October 1918� She died between 1 October 1918 and 21 October 1918 at 87 Beaumont Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, ; aged 10 months.3,2�
Burial* 22 October 1918� She was buried on 22 October 1918 at St James Cemetery, Duke Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .2�
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Births LOUGHLIN Dorothy 1918 Mar Toxteth Park 8b 276 LLOYD."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Death LOUGHLIN Dorothy Dec 1918 Toxterh Park 8b 364 aged 0."
Sarah Anne Loughlin1
F, #1156, b. between 1 April 1861 and 2 April 1861, d. December 1901
Father Daniel Edward Loughlin2,3 b. bt 3 Apr 1832 - 3 Apr 1832, d. 5 May 1911
Birth* between 1 April 1861 and 2 April 1861� Sarah Anne Loughlin was born between 1 April 1861 and 2 April 1861 at John Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .4,5,6,3�
Baptism 7 July 1861� She was baptised on 7 July 1861 at St John The Baptist, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .3�
(Daughter) Census 1871 2 April 1871� They was listed as the daughter of Daniel Edward Loughlin in the 1871 census at 11 Devonshire Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .6�
Occupation* 3 April 1881� Sarah Anne Loughlin was a domestic cook on 3 April 1881 at Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .4�
(Witness) Marriage 10 February 1885� She witnessed the marriage of Jacob Jeffrey Smyth and Mary Elizabeth Loughlin on 10 February 1885 at St James, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .7,8,9�
Residence* 16 October 1888� Sarah Anne Loughlin lived on 16 October 1888 at 66 Dorrit Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .2�
Marriage License before 16 October 1888� She and Andrew Downey obtained a marriage license before 16 October 1888.2�
Married Name 16 October 1888� As of 16 October 1888,her married name was Downey.10,11,12,2�
Marriage* 16 October 1888� Sarah Anne Loughlin married Andrew Downey, son of William Downey and Mary (?), on 16 October 1888 at St Philemon, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .10,11,12,2�
Census 1891* 5 April 1891� She was listed as the wife of Andrew Downey in the 1891 census at 35 Priest Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .13�
Census 1901* 31 March 1901� She was listed as the wife of Andrew Downey in the 1901 Census at 97 Medlock Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .14�
Death Reg* December 1901� Sarah's death was registered in the December Quarter of 1901 in the Toxteth Park Registration District.15�
Andrew Downey b. bt 6 Apr 1863 - 16 Oct 1863, d. Jun 1927
Sarah Edith Downey5 b. 15 Jul 1891
Florence Downey5 b. bt 1 Jul 1893 - 2 Sep 1893
Andrew Downey5 b. 13 Sep 1895, d. 30 Nov 1917
Gertrude May Downey5 b. 11 Aug 1897, d. Mar 1980
Harold Downey5 b. Oct 1899
[S310] Microfilm Baptism, St John the Baptist (Toxteth Park), 1859-1871 "376."
[S48] Online index to the UK National Census for 1901 for UK "RG13/3468 f74 205."
[S72] UK National Census for 1891 for UK, "RG12/2938 f13a p22 134."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Deaths Dec 1901 Downey Sarah Ann 40 Toxteth Park 8b 170."
Sarah Winifred Loughlin
F, #1157, b. between 1 October 1914 and 31 October 1914, d. between 1 October 1916 and 3 November 1916
Birth* between 1 October 1914 and 31 October 1914� Sarah Winifred Loughlin was born between 1 October 1914 and 31 October 1914 at Toxteth Park Registration District, Lancashire, England, .1,2�
Death* between 1 October 1916 and 3 November 1916� She died between 1 October 1916 and 3 November 1916 at 87 Beaumont Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, ; aged 2 years.3,2�
Burial* 4 November 1916� She was buried on 4 November 1916 at St James Cemetery, Duke Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .2�
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "DEC 1914 LOUGHLIN Sarah W Toxteth Park 8b 360 LLOYD."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Death LOUGHLIN Sarah W Dec 1916 Toxterh Park 8b 250 aged 2."
Mary Firth1
F, #1159, b. 3 January 1846, d. 3 December 1924
Father John Firth1 b. 4 Feb 1810, d. 10 Jun 1861
Mother Sarah Naylor2 b. bt 31 Mar 1814 - 2 Apr 1814
Relationship 2nd great-grandmother of Robert Alan Bennett
Birth* 3 January 1846� Mary Firth was born on 3 January 1846 at Brighouse, Yorkshire, England, .3,2�
Baptism 1 February 1846� She was baptised on 1 February 1846 at St Martin, Brighouse, Yorkshire, England, .2�
Occupation* 30 March 1851� She was a scholar on 30 March 1851.4�
(Daughter) Census 1851 30 March 1851� She was listed as the daughter of John Firth in the 1851 census at Clifton, Yorkshire, England, .4�
Occupation 7 April 1861� Mary Firth was a cotton spinner on 7 April 1861.5�
(Daughter) Census 1861 7 April 1861� She was listed as the daughter of John Firth in the 1861 census at Clifton, Yorkshire, England, .5�
Marriage* 12 August 1865� Mary Firth married Robert Pratt Jefferson, son of William Armytage Pratt and Anne 'Nancy' Jefferson, on 12 August 1865 at St Peter, Hartshead, Yorkshire, England, .6,7,1�
Married Name 12 August 1865� As of 12 August 1865,her married name was Jefferson.6,7,1�
Census 1871* 2 April 1871� She was listed as the wife of Robert Jefferson in the 1871 census at Clifton Common, Clifton, Yorkshire, England, .8�
Census 1881* 3 April 1881� She was listed as the wife of Robert Pratt Jefferson in the 1881 census at Prospect Place, Hipperholme cum Brighouse, Yorkshire, England, .6�
Census 1891* 5 April 1891� She was listed as the wife of Robert Pratt Jefferson in the 1891 census at Bradford Road, Brighouse, Yorkshire, England, .9�
Name Variation 5 April 1891� As of 5 April 1891, Mary Firth was also known as Mary J Jefferson.9�
Census 1901* 31 March 1901� She was listed as the wife of Robert Jefferson in the 1901 Census at 131 Bradford Road, Brighouse, Yorkshire, England, .10�
Census 1911* 2 April 1911� She was listed as the wife of Robert Pratt Jefferson in the 1911 Census at 131 Bradford Road, Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse, Yorkshire, England, .11�
Residence* 3 December 1924� Mary Jefferson lived on 3 December 1924 at 1 Hazel Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .12�
Death* 3 December 1924� She died on 3 December 1924 at 99 Guardian Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England, , at age 78; i) Senility
ii) bronchitis
iii) cardiac failure.13�
Death Reg 5 December 1924� Mary's death was registered in the December Quarter of 1924 in the Warrington Registration District.14�
Burial* 8 December 1924� She was buried on 8 December 1924 at Brighouse Cemetery, Brighouse, Yorkshire, England, ; C/Con/240.12�
Robert Pratt Jefferson b. 16 Oct 1845, d. 18 Jan 1913
Aggy Jefferson+6 b. 8 Dec 1865, d. Jun 1895
Emma Jefferson+6 b. 27 Jul 1868, d. 12 Apr 1947
Fred Jefferson3 b. 4 Jan 1880, d. 1954
[S288] Marriages, St Peter (Hartshead), 1837-1877 "p151/301."
[S291] Microfilm Baptisms, ST Martin (Brighouse), unknown period "p129/1029."
[S48] Online index to the UK National Census for 1901 for UK "RG13_Pc-4115_Fo-143_Pg-8 51."
[S40] UK National Census for 1851 for UK, "H.O.107/2297 f144a p7 25."
[S47] UK National Census for 1861 for UK, "RG9/3276 f108a p8 42."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Sep 1865 Halifax 9a 638 JEFFERSON Robert Pratt."
[S2] UK National Census for 1871 for UK, "RG10/4387 f34 p11 56."
[S72] UK National Census for 1891 for UK, "Piece 3584 Folio 42 Sn184."
[S2260] UK National Census for 1911 for UK, "RG14PN26383 RG78PN1524 RD496 SD1 ED15 SN3."
[S3800] Website Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com) "Jefferson, Mary
Unrecorded
Jefferson, Robert Pratt
Unrecorded."
[S3901] Copy death certificate of Mary Jefferson, 3 December 1924 "unknown cd."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "JEFFERSON, MARY
GRO Reference: 1924 D Quarter in WARRINGTON Volume 08C Page 218."
Mary Muncaster1
F, #1160, b. 7 February 1904, d. 19 September 1978
Father John Muncaster2 d. b 26 Dec 1949
Birth* 7 February 1904� Mary Muncaster was born on 7 February 1904 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, ; I have yet to find a matching birth registration.1,3�
Married Name 1927� As of 1927,her married name was Satterthwaite.4�
Marriage 1927� She married George Ernest Satterthwaite, son of George Satterthwaite and Elizabeth Blamire, in 1927 at St Domingo Methodist Chapel, Breck Road, Everton, Lancashire, England, .4�
Occupation* 29 September 1939� Mary Satterthwaite was an assistant manageress in a cafe on 29 September 1939.3�
1939 Register* 29 September 1939� She was listed as the wife of George Ernest Satterthwaite in the 1939 Register at 34 Stockmoor Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .3�
Residence* 18 April 1948� Mary Satterthwaite and George Ernest Satterthwaite lived on 18 April 1948 at 34 Stockmoor Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .5�
Marr Reg December 1949� The marriage of Mary Satterthwaite and Albert Edward 'Eddie' Loughlin was registered in the December Quarter of 1949 in the Liverpool North Registration District district.6,7�
Residence* 26 December 1949� Mary Satterthwaite lived on 26 December 1949 at 62 Newensham Crescent, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .2�
Marriage* 26 December 1949� She married Albert Edward 'Eddie' Loughlin, son of George Loughlin and Margaret Lloyd, on 26 December 1949 at St John the Evangelist, Knotty Ash, Lancashire, England, .2�
Married Name 26 December 1949� As of 26 December 1949,her married name was Loughlin.�
Residence* 19 September 1978� Mary Loughlin and Albert Edward 'Eddie' Loughlin lived on 19 September 1978 at 357 Brodie Avenue, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .1�
Death* 19 September 1978� Mary Loughlin died on 19 September 1978 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, , at age 74; Found dead on arrival at Sefton General Hospital.1�
[S379] Copy death certificate of Mary Loughlin, 19 September 1978 "unknown cd."
[S3835] National Health Service Register for UK (online image) "Ref: RG101/4388A/016/26 Letter Code: NIAQ."
[S1051] Website Lancashire BMD (http://lancashirebmd.org.uk/) "SATTERTHWAITE George E MUNCASTER Mary 1927 Everton, St. Domingo Chapel Liverpool Lancashire 3171/3/7."
[S56] Index to unknown record type, unknown second location, unknown period "SATTERTHWAITE, George Ernest of 34 Stockmoor-road Liverpool 11 died 18 April 1948 at Cleaver Sanatorium Oldfield-road Heswall Wirral Cheshire Probate Liverpool 14 May to Mary Satterthwaite widow. Effects £514 17s 2d."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Marr Dec 1949 LOUGHLIN Albert E SATTERTHWAITE Liverpool N. 10d 358."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Marr Dec 1949 SATTERTHWAITE Mary LOUGHLIN Liverpool N. 10d 358."
Margaret Wallace Matchett
F, #1161, b. 8 December 1867, d. 30 March 1922
Father Matthew Matchett1,2,3,4 b. bt 12 Mar 1839 - 11 Mar 1840, d. 15 Jul 1901
Mother Elizabeth Thompson1,3,4 b. 20 Jul 1843, d. 22 Jun 1918
Relationships Great-grandmother of Robert Alan Bennett
Aunt of William Charles 'Billy' Matchett
Birth* 8 December 1867� Margaret Wallace Matchett was born on 8 December 1867 at 3 Court, Hyslop Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .5,6,3,4�
Baptism 8 January 1868� She was baptised on 8 January 1868 at Holy Trinity, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .3�
Birth Reg 16 January 1868� Her birth was registered in the March Quarter of 1968 in the West Derby Registration District.7,8�
(Daughter) Census 1871 2 April 1871� She was listed as the daughter of Matthew Matchett in the 1871 census at Brassey Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .9�
Occupation* 3 April 1881� Margaret Wallace Matchett was a scholar on 3 April 1881 at Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .5�
(Daughter) Census 1881 3 April 1881� She was listed as the daughter of Matthew Matchett in the 1881 census at 12 Ct 1 House, Brassey Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .10,11�
(Witness) Marriage 4 November 1888� Margaret Wallace Matchett witnessed the marriage of George Thompson Matchett and Margaret Rowlands on 4 November 1888 at St Matthew, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .12,13,14,15�
Residence* 27 October 1889� Margaret Wallace Matchett lived on 27 October 1889 at 145 Beaufort Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .2�
Marriage* 27 October 1889� She married James Jones, son of Robert Jones and Joanna Bennett, on 27 October 1889 at St Matthew, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .16,17,18,2�
Married Name 27 October 1889� As of 27 October 1889,her married name was Jones.17,16,2�
Census 1891* 5 April 1891� She was listed as the wife of James Jones in the 1891 census at 6 Davenport Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .19�
Residence* 10 April 1895� Margaret Wallace Matchett and James Jones lived on 10 April 1895 at No 1 Court 20, Hampton Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .�
Census 1901* 31 March 1901� She was listed as the wife of James Jones in the 1901 Census at No 1 Court 20, Hampton Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .20�
(Witness) Marriage 9 November 1902� Margaret Wallace Jones witnessed the marriage of George Thompson Matchett and Emma Catherine Boon on 9 November 1902 at Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .21,22,23�
Census 1911* 2 April 1911� She was listed as the wife of James Jones in the 1911 Census at 120 Northumberland Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .24�
(Witness) Death 22 June 1918� Margaret Wallace Jones witnessed the death of Elizabeth Matchett on 22 June 1918 at 120 Northumberland Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, ; intestinal obstruction.25�
Death* 30 March 1922� Margaret Wallace Jones died on 30 March 1922 at 120 Northumberland Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, , at age 54; 1. Cancer of Uterus
2. Cancer of Pelvis.26,27�
Death Reg 31 March 1922� Margaret's death was registered in the March Quarter of 1922 in the Toxteth Park Registration District.28,27�
Burial* 4 April 1922� She was buried on 4 April 1922 at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .26�
James Jones b. 8 Jun 1870, d. 25 Jan 1946
James Henry Jones19 b. 1 Aug 1890, d. Sep 1891
Matthew 'Matt' Jones b. 20 Sep 1891, d. 25 Sep 1916
Elizabeth Jones+ b. 16 Feb 1893, d. 5 Sep 1940
Margaret Jones+ b. 19 Mar 1895, d. 14 Jan 1976
Johanna 'Jo' Jones b. 1 May 1897, d. Mar 1977
Louisa Jones b. 10 Jul 1899, d. Sep 1900
Robert Jones+ b. 14 Jul 1902, d. 28 Sep 1957
William 'Bill' Jones b. 18 Sep 1904, d. Jun 1934
Amy Jones+ b. 21 May 1906, d. 21 Sep 1959
Ivy Jones+ b. 6 Oct 1908, d. 15 Jul 1979
[S49] UK National Census for 1881 Index, UK "RG11/3637 f21a p40 180."
[S526] Marriages, St Matthew (Toxteth Park), unknown period "p139/277."
[S880] Website Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) "Name: Margaret Wallace Matchard
Baptism Date: 8 Jan 1868
Parish: Toxteth Park Holy Trinity
Father's name: Matthew Matchard
Mother's name: Elizabeth Matchard."
[S3892] Copy birth certificate of Margaret Wallace Matchett, 8 December 1867 "unknown cd."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Mar 1868 Matchet Margaret Wallace W. Derby 8b 265.
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Births Mar 1868 Matchet Margaret Wallace W. Derby 8b 265."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "MATCHET, MARGARET WALLACE THOMPSON
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Dec 1888 MATCHETT George Thompson Toxteth Park 8b 411.
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Dec 1888 ROWLAND Margaret Toxteth Park 8b 411.
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Dec 1889 Jones James Toxteth Park 8b 471.
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Dec 1889 MATCHETT Margaret Wallace Toxteth Park 8b 471.
[S72] UK National Census for 1891 for UK, "RG12/2928 f8a p10 59."
[S48] Online index to the UK National Census for 1901 for UK "RG13/3426 f147 p32 189."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Dec 1902 BOON Emma Catherine Toxteth Park 8b 393."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Dec 1902 Matchett George Thompson Toxteth Park 8b 393."
[S880] Website Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) "Name: Emma Catherine Boon
Marriage Date: 9 Nov 1902
Parish: Toxteth St Matthew
Spouse's Name: George Thompson Matchett
Father's Name: John Boon
Spouse Father's Name: Matthew Matchett."
[S3900] Copy death certificate of Elizabeth Matchett, 22 June 1918 "unknown cd."
[S2314] Website Toxteth Park Burials (http://www.toxtethparkcemetery.co.uk/dbase/toxsearch.htm) "Jones, Margaret Wallace 4 April 1922 54 years Married Woman 120 Northumberland Street Toxteth Park Private 5777 115182 E Left 191 352 CEM 9/1/23."
[S3480] Copy death certificate of Margaret Wallace Jones, 30 March 1922 "unknown cd."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Name: Margaret W Jones
Death Registration Month/Year: Jan, Feb, Mar/1922
Age at death (estimated): 54
Registration district: Toxteth Park
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 271."
Leonard Morris1,2
M, #1167, b. 28 May 1913, d. November 1987
Father (?) Morris3
Mother (?) Houghton3
Birth* 28 May 1913� Leonard Morris was born on 28 May 1913 at Farnworth, Lancashire, England, .1,2�
Birth Reg September 1913� His birth was registered in the September Quarter of 1913 in the Prescot Registration District.3�
Marriage* 1937� He married Harriet J Barlow, daughter of Frank Edgar Barlow and Gertrude Sarah Brown, in 1937 at Prescot Register Office or Registrar Attended, Lancashire, England, .4�
Occupation* 29 September 1939� Leonard Morris was a bricklayer for a heavy chemical and lithophone maker on 29 September 1939.2�
(Household Member) 1939 Register 29 September 1939� They was listed as a member of the household in the 1939 Register at 34 Deacon Road, Widnes, Lancashire, England, .2�
Death* November 1987� He died in November 1987 at Warrington Borough General, Warrington, Lancashire, England, , at age 74.1�
Burial* 1987� He was buried in 1987 at Farnworth, Lancashire, England, .�
Harriet J Barlow b. 25 Jun 1916, d. Dec 1962
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Deaths November 1987 MORRIS Leonard Warrington 35 1237/1187 b. 28 May 1913."
[S3835] National Health Service Register for UK (online image) "Ref: RG101/4919A/024/37 Letter Code: NXWL."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "MORRIS, LEONARD HOUGHTON
GRO Reference: 1913 S Quarter in PRESCOT Volume 08B Page 1409."
[S1051] Website Lancashire BMD (http://lancashirebmd.org.uk/) "MORRIS Leonard BARLOW Harriet J 1937 Prescot Register Office or Registrar Attended Lancashire Prescot R/4A/120."
Olive Booth
F, #1169, b. between 1 January 1831 and 2 April 1831, d. 30 March 1918
Father Hugh Booth1 b. 22 Nov 1791, d. 10 Feb 1860
Mother Ellen Thompstone1 b. 26 Sep 1802, d. 16 Nov 1881
Birth* between 1 January 1831 and 2 April 1831� Olive Booth was born between 1 January 1831 and 2 April 1831 at Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, .2�
Baptism 1 May 1831� She was baptised on 1 May 1831 at St Michael and All Angels, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, .3�
(Member Of Household) Census 1841 6 June 1841� She was listed as a member of the household of Hugh Booth in the 1841 census at Waters Green, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, .4�
(Daughter) Census 1851 30 March 1851� She was listed as the daughter of Hugh Booth in the 1851 census at Chestergate, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, .1�
Married Name between 1 October 1854 and 31 December 1854� As of between 1 October 1854 and 31 December 1854,her married name was Bradley.5�
Marriage 26 December 1854� Olive Booth married Samuel Bradley, son of David Bradley and Mary Gosling, on 26 December 1854 at St Mary, Manchester, Lancashire, England, .5,6�
(Daughter) Census 1861 7 April 1861� They was listed as the daughter of Ellen Booth in the 1861 census at 21 Chestergate, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, .7�
Marriage License before 27 January 1862� Olive Bradley and David Bennett obtained a marriage license before 27 January 1862.8�
Marriage* 27 January 1862� Olive Bradley married David Bennett, son of William Bennett and Elizabeth Cartwright, on 27 January 1862 at St Peter, Prestbury, Cheshire, England, .9,8�
Married Name 27 January 1862� As of 27 January 1862,her married name was Bennett.8�
Residence* 27 January 1862� Olive Bradley lived on 27 January 1862 at Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, .8�
(Witness) Baptism 6 November 1864� She witnessed the baptism of Charles Edward Bennett on 6 November 1864 at All Saints, Daresbury, Cheshire, England, .10�
(Witness) Baptism 21 July 1867� Olive Bennett witnessed the baptism of William Bennett on 21 July 1867 at All Saints, Daresbury, Cheshire, England, .11�
Census 1871* 2 April 1871� She was listed as the wife of David Bennett in the 1871 census at Bell House Farm, Acton Grange, Cheshire, England, .12,13�
Occupation* 2 April 1871� Olive Bennett was a farmers wife on 2 April 1871.13�
Census 1881* 3 April 1881� She was listed as the wife of David Bennett in the 1881 census at Norton, Cheshire, England, .14�
Census 1891* 5 April 1891� She was listed as the wife of David Bennett in the 1891 census at Vine House, Savile Lane, Clifton, Yorkshire, England, .15�
Census 1901* 31 March 1901� She was listed as the wife of David Bennett in the 1901 Census at 9 The Willows, Fairfield Road, Stockton Heath, Cheshire, England, .16�
(Mother-in-law) Census 1911 2 April 1911� She was listed as the mother in law of James Critchley in the 1911 Census at 35 Arpley Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .2�
(Witness) Residence 30 March 1918� Olive Booth lived with James Critchley and Elizabeth Critchley on 30 March 1918 at 35 Arpley Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .17�
Death* 30 March 1918� Olive Bennett died on 30 March 1918 at 35 Arpley Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England, ; Acute Bronchitis/Old Age.17�
Burial* 2 April 1918� She was buried on 2 April 1918 at St Thomas, Stockton Heath, Cheshire, England, ; E.13.18,19�
David Bennett b. bt 20 Feb 1833 - 5 Mar 1833, d. 19 Feb 1910
Hugh Booth Bennett+13,20 b. 8 Dec 1862, d. 19 Apr 1951
Charles Edward Bennett13 b. bt 1 Jul 1864 - 30 Sep 1864, d. 1 Nov 1905
William Bennett+21 b. bt 19 Apr 1866 - 31 Dec 1866, d. bt 2 Jun 1911 - 26 Feb 1955
John Bennett22 b. bt 1 Jan 1868 - 2 Apr 1868, d. 15 Apr 1883
Elizabeth Bennett+22 b. bt 3 Jan 1870 - 31 Mar 1870, d. 2 Jan 1935
Randall Bennett+22 b. bt 1 Jul 1872 - 30 Sep 1872, d. 5 Dec 1930
[S40] UK National Census for 1851 for UK, "HO107/2160 f68a p19 74."
[S2260] UK National Census for 1911 for UK, "RG14PN23170 RG78PN1353 RD459 SD4 ED40 SN128."
[S793] Baptisms, St Michael, Macclesfield, Dec 1825-Jun 1829 "p35/1077."
[S76] UK National Census for 1841 for UK, "HO 107/131/6 f12 p18."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Dec 1854 Booth Olive Manchester 8d 529."
[S880] Website Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) "Name: Samuel Bradley
Marriage Date: 26 Dec 1854
Parish: Manchester, St Mary
Parish as it Appears: Manchester
Father's Name: David Bradley
Spouse's Name: Olive Booth
Spouse's Father's Name: Hugh Booth
Reference Number: GB127.M403/2/3/12."
[S47] UK National Census for 1861 for UK, "RG9/2580 f65 p17 91."
[S402] Copy marriage certificate of David Bennett and Olive Bradley, 27 January 1862 "unknown cd."
[S37] Website Cheshire BMD (http://cheshirebmd.org.uk/) "PSP/15/294."
[S171] Baptisms, All Saints, Daresbury, Cheshire, 1841-1868 "p122/969."
[S171] Baptisms, All Saints, Daresbury, Cheshire, 1841-1868 "p135/1080."
[S2] UK National Census for 1871 for UK, "RG10/3689 f81a p22 98."
[S601] UK National Census for 1881 for UK, "RG11/3514 f68a p6 22."
[S72] UK National Census for 1891 for UK, "RG12/3584 f97 p23 148."
[S704] UK National Census for 1901 for UK, "RG13/3331 f58 p8 57."
[S391] Copy death certificate of Olive Bennett, 30 Marh 1918 "unknown cd."
[S404] Unknown editor ed. St Thomas (Stockton Heath) MI.
[S2216] MI, Grave of David and Olive Bennett & Family.
[S400] Copy birth certificate of Hugh Booth Bennett, 8 December 1862 "unknown cd."
[S171] Baptisms, All Saints, Daresbury, Cheshire, 1841-1868 "1080."
[S49] UK National Census for 1881 Index, UK "RG11 Piece 3514 Folio 68 Page 6."
M, #1170, b. 25 June 1856
Father James Cooper1,2 b. bt 31 Mar 1828 - 14 Feb 1829
Mother Mary Young3,2 b. bt 31 Mar 1823 - 4 Oct 1823
Relationship 2nd great-grandfather of Susan Brown
Birth* 25 June 1856� Charles John Cooper was born on 25 June 1856 at Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire, England, .3,1,2�
Baptism Name 7 September 1856� His baptism name was Charles John Cooper.2�
Baptism 7 September 1856� He was baptised on 7 September 1856 at St Mary the Virgin, Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire, England, .2�
Occupation 7 April 1861� He was a scholar on 7 April 1861.3�
(Son) Census 1861 7 April 1861� They was listed as the son of James Cooper in the 1861 census at Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire, England, .3�
Occupation 27 February 1876� John Cooper was a labourer on 27 February 1876.1�
Residence* 27 February 1876� He lived on 27 February 1876 at Golborne, Lancashire, England, .1�
Marriage* 27 February 1876� He married Emily Broom, daughter of Thomas Broom and Mary Ann Higgins, on 27 February 1876 at Christ Church, Croft, Lancashire, England, .4,1,5�
Occupation 4 February 1877� John Cooper was a labourer on 4 February 1877 at Croft, Lancashire, England, .6�
Occupation 3 April 1881� He was a farm labourer on 3 April 1881.7�
Census 1881* 3 April 1881� He was listed as head of household in the 1881 census at Heath Lane, Croft, Lancashire, England, .7�
Occupation 7 January 1883� He was a labourer on 7 January 1883 at Croft, Lancashire, England, .8�
Occupation 7 October 1883� He was a labourer on 7 October 1883 at Croft, Lancashire, England, .9�
Occupation 5 April 1885� He was (an unknown value) on 5 April 1885 at Croft, Lancashire, England, .10�
Occupation* 5 April 1891� He was a farm labourer on 5 April 1891 at Bridge Farm, Kenyon, Lancashire, England, .�
Census 1891* 5 April 1891� He was listed as head of household in the 1891 census at Bridge Farm, Kenyon, Lancashire, England, .11�
Occupation 26 October 1892� He was a farm labourer on 26 October 1892 at Croft, Lancashire, England, .12�
Occupation 12 April 1897� He was a labourer on 12 April 1897.13�
Occupation 5 February 1899� He was a labourer on 5 February 1899 at Croft, Lancashire, England, .14�
Occupation 25 February 1899� He was a labourer on 25 February 1899.15�
Occupation 31 March 1901� He was an agricultural labourer on 31 March 1901 at Croft, Lancashire, England, .16�
Census 1901* 31 March 1901� He was listed as the head of household in the 1901 Census at Croft, Lancashire, England, .16�
Occupation 28 December 1901� He was a labourer on 28 December 1901.17�
Occupation 2 April 1911� He was a general labourer on 2 April 1911.18�
Census 1911* 2 April 1911� He was listed as the head of household in the 1911 Census at 11 Mount Tabor, Lowton, Lancashire, England, .18�
Residence* 25 September 1915� He and Emily Higgins lived on 25 September 1915 at 11 Mount Tabor, Lowton, Lancashire, England, .�
Emily Higgins b. 14 May 1857
Jane Ann Cooper+15 b. 18 Nov 1876
Mary Alice Cooper+19 b. 12 Jul 1878, d. 23 Aug 1964
Sarah Cooper+20,17 b. 1 Apr 1880
Henry Cooper+8 b. 19 Dec 1881, d. 31 Aug 1960
Annie Cooper9 b. 11 Apr 1883, d. Nov 1902
John William Cooper+10 b. 29 Jul 1884, d. Jun 1964
George Cooper b. bt 6 Apr 1885 - 5 Apr 1886
Lily Cooper+ b. 17 Dec 1886, d. 19 Mar 1964
Bertha Cooper+ b. 23 Mar 1888, d. 29 Aug 1918
Ernest Cooper b. bt 6 Apr 1888 - 25 Sep 1888, d. 25 Sep 1915
Ethel Cooper b. c Oct 1890
Thomas James Cooper12 b. b 26 Oct 1892, d. Oct 1892
Gertrude Cooper16,21 b. 14 Dec 1893
Elsie Cooper16,13 b. 27 Dec 1895
Harold Cooper14 b. 5 Feb 1899
[S897] Marriages, Christ Church (Croft), 1845-1936 "p90/180."
[S1] Website IGI (www.familysearch.org) "CHARLES JOHN COOPER
Event(s):
Christening: 07 SEP 1856 Leckhampstead, Buckingham, England
Burial:
Father: JAMES COOPER Family
Mother: MARY
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.
Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C008012 1813 - 1861 1042388 Film 6909154 Film
Sheet: 00."
[S47] UK National Census for 1861 for UK, "RG9/877 f44a p10 59."
[S37] Website Cheshire BMD (http://cheshirebmd.org.uk/) "C4/1/180."
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Marriage: 27 Feb 1876 Christ Church, Croft, Lancs.
John Cooper - 20, Labourer, Bachelor, Golborne
Emma Broom - 19, Labourer, Spinster, Croft
Groom's Father: James Cooper, Labourer
Bride's Father: Thos. Broom, Labourer
Witness: Daniel Cooper; Isaac Lowe
Married by Banns by: Tho. P. Kirkman
Register: Marriages 1845 - 1936, Page 90, Entry 180
[S32] Baptisms, Christ Church, Southworth with Croft, 1833-1905 "page 128 entry 1023."
[S32] Baptisms, Christ Church, Southworth with Croft, 1833-1905 "143/1144."
[S72] UK National Census for 1891 for UK, "RG12/3083 f161 p1 4."
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptism: 12 Apr 1897 Christ Church, Croft, Lancashire, England
Elsie Cooper - Daur of John Cooper & Emily
Born: 27 Dec 1895
Notes: PB
Baptised by: Hy I Wadeson Rector
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Marriage: 25 Feb 1899 St Thomas, Golborne, Lancashire, England
William Ashton - 21, Collier, Bachelor, 66 Legh St
Jane Ann Cooper - 22, Spinster, Tanners Lane
Groom's Father: William Ashton, Collier
Bride's Father: John Cooper, Labourer
Witness: John Ashton; Mary Alice Cooper
Married by Banns by: T W Richardson Rector
Register: Marriages 1880 - 1902, Page 192, Entry 383."
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Marriage: 28 Dec 1901 St Thomas, Golborne, Lancashire, England
William Parr - 27, Collier, Bachelor, 8 Brook St
Sarah Cooper - 21, Spinster, 12 Brook St
Witness: John Blundell; Lois Hart
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptism: 1 Sep 1878 Christ Church, Croft, Lancashire, England
Mary Alice Cooper - Daur of John Cooper & Emma
Born: 12 Jul 1878
Notes: [Rector Wrote Last After Birth Date]
Baptised by: Thos P Kirkman
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptism: 4 Mar 1894 Christ Church, Croft, Lancashire, England
Gertrude Cooper - Daur of John Cooper & Emily
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Joseph Potter
M, #1174, b. between 1 April 1899 and 6 November 1899
Father Peter Potter b. bt 6 Apr 1870 - 31 Mar 1871
Mother Elizabeth Whittle1 b. bt 1 Apr 1870 - 31 Mar 1871
Birth* between 1 April 1899 and 6 November 1899� Joseph Potter was born between 1 April 1899 and 6 November 1899 at Croft, Lancashire, England, .1�
(Son) Census 1901 31 March 1901� He was listed as the son of Peter Potter in the 1901 Census at Sack Lane, Culcheth, Lancashire, England, .1�
(Witness) Marriage 19 April 1924� Joseph Potter witnessed the marriage of Enos Brown and Lily Dodd on 19 April 1924 at Christ Church, Croft, Lancashire, England, .2,3,4�
Occupation* 19 April 1924� Joseph Potter was a farmer on 19 April 1924 at Oakwood Farm, Risley, Lancashire, England, .�
Marriage* 6 November 1926� He married Beatrice May Dodd, daughter of William Dodd and Mary Alice Cooper, on 6 November 1926 at Christ Church, Croft, Lancashire, England, .�
Occupation 26 November 1933� Joseph Potter was a game keeper on 26 November 1933.5�
Occupation 7 September 1937� He was a game keeper on 7 September 1937.6�
Beatrice May Dodd b. 6 Mar 1902, d. Sep 1979
[S897] Marriages, Christ Church (Croft), 1845-1936 "p213/426."
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Banns: Christ Church, Croft, Lancashire, England
Enos Brown - of the Parish of St. Mary, Lowton
Lily Dodd - of this Parish
First Reading: 23 Mar 1924; Read By: Henry I. Wadeson
Second Reading: 30 Mar 1924; Read By: Henry I. Wadeson
Third Reading: 6 Apr 1924; Read By: Henry I. Wadeson
Married 19 Apr 1924
Register: Banns of Marriage 1892 - 1958, Page 39, Entry 192
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Marriage: 19 Apr 1924 Christ Church, Croft, Lancashire, England
Enos Brown - 25 Collier Bachelor of Carr Lane, Lowton St, Mary's
Lily Dodd - 20 Spinster of Heath Lane, Croft
Groom's Father: Enos Brown, Collier
Bride's Father: William Dodd, Ironworker
Witness: Joseph Potter; Edith Annie Hayes
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptism: 26 Nov 1933 Christ Church, Croft, Lancashire, England
Joseph Potter - Child of Joseph Potter & Beatrice Mary
Born: 27 Oct 1933
Abode: The Lodge Risley
Occupation: Game Keeper
Baptised by: Saml Barrow
Annie Potter - Child of Joseph Potter & Beatrice May
Baptised by: W Chadwick
F, #1175, b. 7 May 1904, d. September 1977
Note* � Sarah Price Daisy Avenue, Wargrave.�
Birth* 7 May 1904� She was born on 7 May 1904.1�
Married Name 1934� As of 1934,her married name was Williams.2�
Marriage* 1934� She married Harry Williams, son of Joseph Williams and Sarah Alice Hibbert, in 1934 at St Luke, Lowton, Lancashire, England, .3�
Death Reg* September 1977� Sarah's death was registered in the September Quarter of 1977 in the Leigh Registration District.1�
Cremation* � Her body was cremated at Wigan Crematorium, Wigan, Lancashire, England, .�
Harry Williams b. 17 Feb 1907, d. 2 Nov 1972
Harry Williams b. 5 Oct 1948, d. 6 Oct 1948
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Name: Sarah Williams
Birth Date: 7 May 1904
Death Registration Month/Year: Sep/1977
Inferred County: Greater Manchester
Page: 1869."
[S1051] Website Lancashire BMD (http://lancashirebmd.org.uk/) "Wigan & Leigh : C11L/3/71."
[S1051] Website Lancashire BMD (http://lancashirebmd.org.uk/) "WILLIAMS Harry PRICE Sarah 1934 Lowton St. Luke's Wigan & Leigh Lancashire C11L/3/71."
Edward Roberts1
M, #1177, b. 25 November 1844, d. 20 September 1911
Father James Roberts2 b. 5 Dec 1818, d. 4 Oct 1881
Mother Ann Ellis2,1 b. 26 Dec 1813, d. 9 Jan 1881
Birth* 25 November 1844� Edward Roberts was born on 25 November 1844 at 38 School Lane, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .3,4,5,6,1�
Birth Reg December 1844� His birth was registered in the December Quarter of 1844 in the Warrington Registration District.7,8�
Baptism 25 December 1844� He was baptised on 25 December 1844 at St Elphin, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .9,10�
(Son) Census 1851 30 March 1851� He was listed as the son of James Roberts in the 1851 census at School Lane, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .2�
(Son) Census 1861 7 April 1861� They was listed as the son of James Roberts in the 1861 census at 2 General Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .5�
Occupation 18 September 1864� Edward Roberts was a file cutter on 18 September 1864 at Latchford, Lancashire, England, .�
Marriage* 18 September 1864� He married Esther Ashton, daughter of Thomas Ashton and Mary Caldwell, on 18 September 1864 at St Wilfred, Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, .11�
Occupation 2 April 1871� Edward Roberts was a file cutter on 2 April 1871.12�
Census 1871* 2 April 1871� He was listed as head of household in the 1871 census at Heaths Court, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .12�
Occupation 31 May 1874� He was a file cutter on 31 May 1874.13�
Occupation 18 June 1875� He was a file cutter on 18 June 1875.14�
Occupation 9 May 1880� He was a file cutter on 9 May 1880.15�
(Witness) Death 9 January 1881� He witnessed the death of Ann Roberts on 9 January 1881 at 6 Eldon Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .16�
(Son) Death Reg 10 January 1881� The death of his parent, Ann, was registered on the 10 January 1881 at Warrington Registration District.17,16�
Occupation* 3 April 1881� Edward Roberts was a file cutter on 3 April 1881.18�
Census 1881* 3 April 1881� He was listed as head of household in the 1881 census at 1 Eldon Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .19�
Occupation 5 April 1891� He was a file cutter on 5 April 1891.20�
Census 1891* 5 April 1891� He was listed as head of household in the 1891 census at 56 School Brow, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .20�
Occupation 22 July 1897� He was a filecutter on 22 July 1897.21�
Residence* 22 July 1897� He lived on 22 July 1897 at 56 School Brow, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .21�
Marriage* 22 July 1897� He married Mary Elizabeth Bennett, daughter of James Barton and Alice Cottrall, on 22 July 1897 at Friars Green Chapel, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .21�
Occupation 2 January 1898� Edward Roberts was a filecutter (journeyman) on 2 January 1898.22�
Occupation 31 March 1901� He was a file cutter on 31 March 1901.23�
Census 1901* 31 March 1901� He was listed as the head of household in the 1901 Census at 43 School Brow, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .24�
Occupation 1908� He was a dairyman in 1908 at 58 School Brow, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .25�
Occupation 2 April 1911� He was a filecutter working for a file manufacturer on 2 April 1911.26�
Census 1911* 2 April 1911� He was listed as the head of household in the 1911 Census at 58 School Brow, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .26�
Occupation 20 September 1911� He was a dairyman on 20 September 1911.27�
Death* 20 September 1911� He died on 20 September 1911 at 58 School Brow, Warrington, Lancashire, England, , at age 66.27�
Burial 24 September 1911� He was buried on 24 September 1911 at Warrington Cemetery, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .28�
Probate* 11 October 1911� His estate was probated on 11 October 1911 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .29�
Esther Ashton b. bt 4 Apr 1845 - 5 Apr 1845, d. Dec 1895
Mary Ann Roberts13 b. 19 May 1874, d. Jun 1874
Sarah Ann Roberts+30,14 b. 8 Jun 1875, d. Mar 1949
Mary Alice Roberts15 b. 16 Apr 1880, d. Jun 1882
Mary Elizabeth Barton b. 7 Apr 1861, d. 5 Feb 1944
Evelyn Roberts+22,31 b. 2 Jan 1898, d. 11 Aug 1979
Amy Roberts b. 17 Oct 1900, d. 7 Dec 1995
Francis Barton Roberts+ b. 3 Mar 1903, d. Dec 1971
[S3834] Copy birth certificate of Edward Roberts, 25 November 1844 "unknown cd."
[S40] UK National Census for 1851 for UK, "H.O. 107/2203 p30 f344 97."
[S37] Website Cheshire BMD (http://cheshirebmd.org.uk/) "WAR/12/6."
[S72] UK National Census for 1891 for UK, "RG12/3080 f46 p1 7."
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptisms: 25 Dec 1844 St Elphin, Warrington, Lancashire, England
Edward Roberts - Child of James Roberts & Ann
Abode: School Brow
Occupation: Iron Moulder
Baptised by: J H Sharples
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Births Dec 1844 Roberts Edward Warrington 20 859."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "ROBERTS, EDWARD ELLIS
GRO Reference: 1844 D Quarter in WARRINGTON Volume 20 Page 859."
[S277] Baptisms, BVRI, ROBERTS, Edward Christening
Christening Date: 25 Dec 1844 Recorded in: Warrington, Lancashire, England
Collection: BTs
Father: James ROBERTS
Mother: Ann
Source: FHL Film 1468989 Dates: 1842 - 1848.
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptism: 25 Dec 1844 St Elphin, Warrington, Lancashire, England
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptism: 31 May 1874 St Elphin, Warrington, Lancashire, England
Mary Ann Roberts - [Child] of Edward Roberts & Hester
Abode: Eldon St.
Occupation: File Cutter
Baptised by: W. Quekett
Source: Original Parish Register."
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptism: 18 Jun 1875 St Elphin, Warrington, Lancashire, England
Sarah Ann Roberts - [Child] of Edward Roberts & Esther
Born: 8 Jun
Baptised by: J. H. Bluck
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptism: 9 May 1880 St Elphin, Warrington, Lancashire, England
Mary Alice Roberts - [Child] of Edward Roberts & Esther
Born: 16 Apr 1880
Abode: 9 Eldon St.
Baptised by: George Reed
[S3851] Copy death certificate of Ann Roberts, 9 January 1881 "unknown cd."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Deaths Mar 1881 ROBERTS Ann 66 Warrington 8c 110."
[S49] UK National Census for 1881 Index, UK "PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3796 Folio 107 Page 12."
[S601] UK National Census for 1881 for UK, "RG11/3796 f107a p12 71."
[S2862] Copy marriage certificate of Edward Roberts and Mary Elizabeth Bennett, 22 July 1897 "unknown cd."
[S383] Copy birth certificate of Evelyn Roberts, 2 January 1898 "unknown cd."
[S48] Online index to the UK National Census for 1901 for UK "RG13/3584 f79a p2 7."
[S704] UK National Census for 1901 for UK, "RG13/3584 f79a p2 7."
[S3] Warington Guardian Directory, 1908 "unknown cd."
[S2260] UK National Census for 1911 for UK, "RG14PN23143 RG78PN1353 RD459 SD4 ED13 SN54."
[S56] Index to unknown record type, unknown second location, unknown period "1911 ROBERTS Edward of 58 School Brow, Warrington, Dairyman. Died 20 September 1911. Orobate Liverpool 11 October 1911 to James Horsfield - fitter and Harris Herbert Bretherton (the younger) solicitors cerk. Effects £297 12s 8d."
[S879] Website Warrington Burials Records (http://212.248.237.114/regenq.asp) "B/C Number 4248
Burial Date 24/09/1911
Name Edward Roberts
Address School Brow;Warrington;Cheshire
Funeral Director FD not known
Service Burial Direct to Grave
Cemetery Warrington Cemetery
Section DISS SEC B
Grave 36."
[S56] Index to unknown record type, unknown second location, unknown period "1911 ROBERTS Edward of 58 School Brow, Warrington, Dairyman. Died 20 September 1911. Probate Liverpool 11 October 1911 to James Horsfield - fitter and Harry Herbert Bretherton (the younger) solicitors clerk. Effects £297 12s 8d."
[S397] Copy marriage certificate of Frank Bennett and Evelyn Roberts, 18 February 1918 "unknown cd."
F, #1178, b. 17 October 1900, d. 7 December 1995
Father Edward Roberts b. 25 Nov 1844, d. 20 Sep 1911
Mother Mary Elizabeth Barton b. 7 Apr 1861, d. 5 Feb 1944
Birth* 17 October 1900� Amy Roberts was born on 17 October 1900 at Warrington, Lancashire, England, .1,2�
(Daughter) Census 1901 31 March 1901� She was listed as the daughter of Edward Roberts in the 1901 Census at 43 School Brow, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .3�
(Daughter) Census 1911 2 April 1911� She was listed as the daughter of Edward Roberts in the 1911 Census at 58 School Brow, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .4�
Occupation 2 April 1911� Amy Roberts was a scholar on 2 April 1911.4�
Marriage* 1925� She married William Crawley, son of William Henry Crawley and Fanny Ditchfield, in 1925 at Civil Marriage, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .5�
Married Name 1925� As of 1925,her married name was Crawley.5�
Occupation 29 September 1939� Amy Crawley was occupied in unpaid domestic duties (housewife) on 29 September 1939.2�
1939 Register* 29 September 1939� She was listed as the wife of William Crawley in the 1939 Register at 32 Hopwood Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .2�
Occupation* � Amy Crawley was a shop proprietor at Warrington, Lancashire, England, .1�
Death* 7 December 1995� She died on 7 December 1995 at Westminster Nursing Home, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England, , at age 95.1,6�
Burial* 14 December 1995� She was buried on 14 December 1995 at Walton Lea Crematorium, Walton, Cheshire, England, .6�
William Crawley b. 29 Nov 1900, d. Mar 1981
[S385] Copy death certificate of Amy Crawley, 7 December 1995 "unknown cd."
[S3835] National Health Service Register for UK (online image) "Ref: RG101/4659I/003/36 Letter Code: NRBB."
[S37] Website Cheshire BMD (http://cheshirebmd.org.uk/) "R68/147."
[S879] Website Warrington Burials Records (http://212.248.237.114/regenq.asp) "B/C Number 46474
Name Amy Crawley
Address Westminster House Nursing Home;Old Hall Road Warrington
Funeral Director Merrony & Kynastons
Service Full Service
Cemetery Walton Lea Crematorium
Grave."
Evelyn Roberts
F, #1179, b. 2 January 1898, d. 11 August 1979
Father Edward Roberts1,2 b. 25 Nov 1844, d. 20 Sep 1911
Mother Mary Elizabeth Barton1 b. 7 Apr 1861, d. 5 Feb 1944
Birth* 2 January 1898� Evelyn Roberts was born on 2 January 1898 at 56 School Brow, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .3,1�
Birth Reg March 1898� Her birth was registered in the March Quarter of 1898 in the Warrington Registration District.4�
(Daughter) Census 1901 31 March 1901� She witnessed the New Tag of Edward Roberts and Elizabeth Roberts on 31 March 1901 at 43 School Brow, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .5�
Occupation 2 April 1911� Evelyn Roberts was a scholar on 2 April 1911.6�
(Witness) Marriage 27 September 1915� She witnessed the marriage of Harry Herbert Bretherton and Jane Ann 'Ginny' Bennett on 27 September 1915 at St Paul, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .7,8,9�
Marriage* 18 February 1918� Evelyn Roberts married Frank Bennett, son of Hugh Booth Bennett and Emma Jefferson, on 18 February 1918 at Civil Marriage, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .10,2
Occupation* 18 February 1918� Evelyn Roberts was a solicitors clerk on 18 February 1918.2�
Married Name 18 February 1918� As of 18 February 1918,her married name was Bennett.2�
Residence* 18 February 1918� She lived on 18 February 1918 at 126 Gorsey Lane, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .2�
Residence 1934� She and Frank Bennett lived in 1934 at 33 St Marys Road, Penketh, Lancashire, England, .�
Photograph* circa 1935� A photo found in the posessions of Jack Bennett by Roger Bennett (son of oldest boy in photo).
1939 Register* 29 September 1939� She was listed as the head of household in the 1939 Register at 33 St Marys Road, Penketh, Lancashire, England, .11�
(Witness) Death 5 February 1944� Evelyn Bennett witnessed the death of Mary Elizabeth Roberts on 5 February 1944 at 30 Hopwood Avenue, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .12,13�
(Daughter) Death Reg 8 February 1944� She registered the death of Mary Elizabeth Roberts on 8 February 1944 at L; March Quarter of 1944.14,13�
Death* 11 August 1979� Evelyn Roberts died on 11 August 1979 at 33 St Marys Road, Penketh, Lancashire, England, , at age 81.15�
Cremation* 15 August 1979� Her body was cremated Flag 177 Plot 36 on 15 August 1979 at Walton Lea Crematorium, Walton, Cheshire, England, .16�
Frank Bennett b. 2 Oct 1899, d. 4 Jan 1975
Jack Bennett+ b. 13 Nov 1919, d. 19 Nov 1998
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Births Mar 1898 Roberts Evelyn Warrington 8c 231."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "ROBERTS, EVELYN BARTON GRO Reference: 1898 M Quarter in WARRINGTON Volume 08C Page 234."
[S52] Marriage, St Paul, Warrington, 18/9/1907-22/12/1917 "p202/404."
[S37] Website Cheshire BMD (http://cheshirebmd.org.uk/) "C27/15/404."
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Marriage: 27 Sep 1915 St Paul, Warrington, Lancs.
Harry Herbert Bretherton - 28, Solicitor's Clerk, Bachelor, 105 Bewsey Rd.
Jane Ann Bennett - 28, Spinster, 58 School Brow
Groom's Father: Harry Herbert Bretherton, Coal Agent
Bride's Father: Phillip Bennett, (deceased), Tinsmith
Witness: Harold Edgar Bretherton; Evelyn Roberts
Married by banns by: Edward Downham (Curate)
[S37] Website Cheshire BMD (http://cheshirebmd.org.uk/) "R58/40."
[S3835] National Health Service Register for UK (online image) "Ref: RG101/4960F/003/27 Letter Code: NZRR."
[S2212] Website Warrington Deaths, Funerals and Cremations (http://212.248.237.114/regenq.asp) "DeceasedName Mary Elizabeth Roberts
Location Warrington Cemetery
Cemetery Section CG SECTION D
Grave Reference 246
Appointment Date Thursday 10 February 1944
Service Type Burial Direct to Grave
Burial / Cremation Number 1139
Deceased Address 30 Hopwwod Street
Date of Death Not recorded in online system
Death Location 30 Hopwood Street
RegDistrict
Coroner N
DenomDesc
SpecInstMemo
ResourceLocation Warrington Cemetery
Container Coffin
OrganistName
OfficiantName
Date Extracted from Bacas Thursday 13 May 2010."
[S3888] Copy death certificate of Mary Elizabeth Roberts, 5 February 1944 "unknown cd."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Deaths Mar 1944 Roberts Mary E 82 Warrington 8c 176."
[S384] Copy death certificate of Evelyn Bennett, 11 August 1979 "unknown cd."
[S5] Evelyn Bennett cremated 15 August 1979 Flag 177 Plot 36.
Francis Barton Roberts1
F, #1180, b. 3 March 1903, d. December 1971
L to R: Jack Bennett, Evelyn Bennett (nee Roberts), Fanny Waters (nee Roberts), Dorothy Bennett (nee Williams) and John Bennett
Birth* 3 March 1903� Francis Barton Roberts was born on 3 March 1903 at Warrington, Lancashire, England, .2�
Occupation 2 April 1911� She was a scholar on 2 April 1911.3�
Census 1911* 2 April 1911� She was listed as the niece of Frances Barton in the 1911 Census at 43 School Brow, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .3�
Married Name 1929� As of 1929,her married name was Waters.�
Marriage* 1929� Francis Barton Roberts married James Waters, son of James Waters and Elizabeth Pickford, in 1929 at Civil Marriage, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .4�
Occupation* 29 September 1939� Francis Barton Roberts was employed in unpiad domestic duties (housewife) on 29 September 1939.2�
1939 Register* 29 September 1939� She was listed as the wife of James Waters in the 1939 Register at 13 Birtles Road, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .2�
Death* December 1971� Francis Barton Waters died in December 1971 at 13 Birtles Road, Warrington, Lancashire, England, , at age 68.5�
Burial* 3 January 1972� She was buried on 3 January 1972 at Warrington Cemetery, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .5�
James Waters b. 21 Jan 1903, d. Jul 1979
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "ROBERTS Frances Barton Warrington 8c 276 March 1903."
[S3835] National Health Service Register for UK (online image) "Ref: RG101/4665C/012/39 Letter Code: NRCK."
[S2266] Website Find My Past (www.findmypast.com) "Archive reference RG14
Registration district Warrington
Registration district number 459
Enumeration district 18
District number -
Sub district Warrington
Sub district number 4
Census reference RG14PN23148 RG78PN1353 RD459 SD4 ED18 SN157
Piece number 23148."
[S2212] Website Warrington Deaths, Funerals and Cremations (http://212.248.237.114/regenq.asp) "Burial Detail for Frances Barton Waters
DeceasedName Frances Barton Waters
Cemetery Section CG SEC XE TURF
Appointment Date Monday 3 January 1972
Deceased Address 13 Birtles Road
Date of Death Monday 31 December 1900
Death Location 13 Birtles Road
Date Extracted from Bacas Wednesday 21 May 2008."
Frederick 'Fred' William Sanderson
M, #1183, b. 15 May 1906, d. 4 August 1978
Father George Allen Sanderson1 b. 24 Dec 1878, d. 3 Apr 1953
Mother Emma Matilda Cecil b. 28 Jul 1879, d. Sep 1950
Birth* 15 May 1906� Frederick 'Fred' William Sanderson was born on 15 May 1906 at 11 Raglan Place, Camden, London, England, .2,3,4,5,6,7�
Baptism 24 June 1906� He was baptised on 24 June 1906 at Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill, Camden, London, England, .7�
Birth Reg June 1906� His birth was registered in the June Quarter of 1906 in the Pancras Registation District.8�
Occupation* 31 January 1931� He was a confectioner on 31 January 1931.1�
Residence* 31 January 1931� He lived on 31 January 1931 at Rose Dene, Liverpol Road, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England, .1�
Marriage* 31 January 1931� He married Beatrice Rosamund Jones, daughter of William Thomas Jones, on 31 January 1931 at St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England, .9,1�
Occupation 29 September 1939� Frederick 'Fred' William Sanderson was a partner in a transport cafe on 29 September 1939.10�
1939 Register* 29 September 1939� He was listed as the head of household in the 1939 Register at 2 Victoria Avenue, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England, .10�
Occupation 29 March 1952� He was a cafe proprietor on 29 March 1952.11�
Occupation 5 September 1953� He was a cafe proprietor on 5 September 1953.12�
Marr Reg* September 1965� The marriage of Frederick 'Fred' William Sanderson and Edith Jones was registered in the September Quarter of 1965 in the Warrington Registration District district.13,14
Death* 4 August 1978� Frederick 'Fred' William Sanderson died on 4 August 1978 at General Hospital, Warrington, Lancashire, England, , at age 72.2,5�
Death Reg September 1978� Frederick's death was registered in the September Quarter of 1978 in the Warrington Registration District.6�
Beatrice Rosamund Jones b. 22 Jul 1911, d. Mar 1959
Edith Loughlin b. 27 Jul 1900, d. 21 Feb 1989
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Marriage: 31 Jan 1931 St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
Frederick William Sanderson - 24 Confectioner Bachelor of Rose Dene, Liverpool Rd. Sankey
Beatrice Rosamund Jones - 19 Spinster of Moslyn Villa, Warwick Avenue
Groom's Father: George Allen Sanderson, Café Proprietor
Bride's Father: William Thomas Jones, Foreman
Witness: Harry Leonard Sanderson; Marian Jenks
Married by Licence by: T. Henry Pullen, Vicar
Register: Marriages 1925 - 1938, Page 45, Entry 89
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Death Sep 1978 SANDERSON Frederick William Warrington 35 0985 Birth 15 May 1906."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Birth June 1906 SANDERSON Frederick William PANCRAS Ib 145."
[S687] Copy birth certificate of Frederick William Sanderson, 15 May 1906 "unknown cd."
[S691] Copy death certificate of Frederick William Sanderson, 4 August 1978 "unknown cd."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Death Sep 1978 SANDERSON Frederick William 15 MY 1906 Warrington 35 0985."
[S880] Website Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) "London Metropolitan Archives, Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill, Register of baptisms, P90/TRI, Item 013."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Births Jun 1906 Sanderson Frederick William Pancras 1b 145."
[S37] Website Cheshire BMD (http://cheshirebmd.org.uk/) "Warrington : C6/6/89."
[S3835] National Health Service Register for UK (online image) "RG101/4960B/012/22 Letter Code: NZRN."
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Marriage: 29 Mar 1952 St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.
Eric Peter Thorniley - 20, Builder, Bachelor, 2 The Dale, Gt. Sankey
Rose Carrie Sanderson - 20, Spinster, 2 Victoria Ave., Gt. Sankey
Groom's Father: Samuel Thorniley, Builder
Bride's Father: Frederick William Sanderson, Cafe Proprietor
Witness: A. Cann; J. M. Sanderson
Married by Banns by: P. Carman Vicar
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Marriage: 5 Sep 1953 St Mary, Great Sankey, Lancs.
Alan Cann - 21, Fitter, Bachelor, 108, Wellington Street, Warrington
Joan Margaret Sanderson - 20, Spinster, 2, Victoria Avenue Gt. Sankey
Groom's Father: Arthur Hough Cann, Water Superintenant
Bride's Father: Fredk. William Sanderson, Cafe Proprietor
Witness: Kenneth Rowson; Dorothy May Cann
Married by Banns by: Norman G. Thomas Curate
Sarah Ann Wood
F, #1186, b. between 11 July 1834 and 30 September 1834, d. 8 July 1925
Father Thomas Wood1,2 b. 2 Nov 1803
Mother Elizabeth Gittins3,2 b. 29 Dec 1806
Birth* between 11 July 1834 and 30 September 1834� Sarah Ann Wood was born between 11 July 1834 and 30 September 1834 at Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .4,5,1,6�
Baptism 8 June 1835� She was baptised on 8 June 1835 at St Peter, Church Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .7,2�
(Member Of Household) Census 1841 6 June 1841� She was listed as a member of the household of Thomas Wood in the 1841 census at Hurst Street, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England, .8�
Occupation* 30 March 1851� Sarah Ann Wood was a house servant on 30 March 1851.5,9�
(Servant) Census 1851 30 March 1851� She was listed as a servant in the household of Thomas M Dreaper in the 1851 census at Fairfield Crescent, West Derby, Lancashire, England, .9�
Marriage* 30 September 1855� Sarah Ann Wood married Daniel Edward Loughlin, son of Hugh Loughlin and Henrietta Langton, on 30 September 1855 at St Mary, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .1,10�
Married Name 30 September 1855� As of 30 September 1855,her married name was Loughlin.1�
(Wife) Census 1861 7 April 1861� They was listed as the wife of Thomas Woods and Daniel Edward Loughlin in the 1861 census at 28 John Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .11�
Residence* 11 February 1866� Sarah Ann Loughlin and Daniel Edward Loughlin lived on 11 February 1866 at Alder Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .12�
Residence 1 November 1868� Sarah Ann Loughlin and Daniel Edward Loughlin lived on 1 November 1868 at 9 Jackson Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .13�
Census 1871* 2 April 1871� She was listed as the wife of Daniel Edward Loughlin in the 1871 census at 11 Devonshire Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .14�
Census 1881* 3 April 1881� She was listed as the wife of Daniel Edward Loughlin in the 1881 census at 44 Elaine Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .4�
Census 1891* 5 April 1891� She was listed as the wife of Daniel Edward Loughlin in the 1891 census at 23 Wykeham Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .15�
(Mother-in-law) Census 1901 31 March 1901� She was listed as the mother in law of Robert Owen Parry in the 1901 Census at 74 Greig Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .16�
(Boarder) Census 1911 2 April 1911� She was listed as a boarder in the household of Robert Owen Parry in the 1911 Census at 29 Wordsworth Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .17�
Death* 8 July 1925� Sarah Ann Wood died on 8 July 1925 at Home for Incurables, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, ; aged 90 years.18,6,19�
Death Reg 8 July 1925� Sarah's death was registered in the July Quarter of 1925 in the Toxteth Park Registration District.20�
Burial* 10 July 1925� She was buried on 10 July 1925 at St James Cemetery, Duke Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, .6�
Daniel Edward Loughlin b. bt 3 Apr 1832 - 3 Apr 1832, d. 5 May 1911
Sarah Anne Loughlin+23 b. bt 1 Apr 1861 - 2 Apr 1861, d. Dec 1901
George Loughlin+12,26 b. 19 Jan 1866, d. 23 Jul 1953
[S880] Website Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) "Source Information
Ancestry.com. Lancashire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1911 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: Lancashire Anglican Parish Registers. Preston, England: Lancashire Archives."
[S82] UK National Census for 1851 Index, Liverpool "unknown cd."
[S82] UK National Census for 1851 Index, Liverpool "H.O. 107/2192 f763."
[S76] UK National Census for 1841 for UK, "HO 107/520/7 f33a p9."
[S40] UK National Census for 1851 for UK, "HO 107/2192 f763 p48 150."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Sep 1925 Loughlin Sarah Ann 90 Liverpool 8b 151."
[S3885] Copy death certificate of Sarah Ann Loughlin, 8 July 1925 "unknown cd."
Thomas Henry Storey1,2,3
M, #1189, b. 6 February 1915, d. September 1980
Birth* 6 February 1915� Thomas Henry Storey was born on 6 February 1915.3�
Birth Reg March 1915� His birth was registered in the March Quarter of 1915 in the Auckland Registration District.4�
Death Reg* September 1980� Thomas's death was registered in the September Quarter of 1980 in the Chelmsford Registration District.3�
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Name: Thomas H Storey
Spouse Surname: Ennos
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1960
Registration district: Chelmsford
Registration county (inferred): Essex
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 1000."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Name: Edith A Ennos
Spouse Surname: Storey
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Name: Thomas Henry Storey
Death Registration Month/Year: 1980
Inferred County: Essex
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Mother's Maiden Name: Wilkinson-Dodd
District: Auckland
County: Durham
Volume: 10a
John Dykes
M, #1192, b. 31 July 1877, d. March 1951
Father Joseph Ephraim Dykes1 b. bt 6 Apr 1855 - 2 Apr 1856
Mother Sarah Lovatt2 b. bt 6 Apr 1855 - 31 Mar 1856, d. Sep 1897
Birth* 31 July 1877� John Dykes was born on 31 July 1877 at Stamford Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .3,4�
Baptism 12 August 1877� He was baptised on 12 August 1877 at St Paul, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .4�
Birth Reg September 1877� His birth was registered in the September Quarter of 1877 in the Warrington Registration District.5,1,6�
(Son) Census 1891 5 April 1891� He was listed as the son of Joseph Ephraim Dykes in the 1891 census at 3 Providence Place, Lythgoes Lane, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .2�
Occupation 31 March 1901� John Dykes was a labourer at a brewery on 31 March 1901.5�
(Son) Census 1901 31 March 1901� He was listed as the son of Joseph Ephraim Dykes in the 1901 Census at 78 Lythgoes Lane, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .5�
Marriage* between 1 October 1901 and 31 December 1901� John Dykes married Sarah Ann Roberts, daughter of Edward Roberts and Esther Ashton, between 1 October 1901 and 31 December 1901 at Civil Marriage, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .7,8,9�
Biography* 2 April 1911� The 1911 Census reports that John and Sarah had delivered 4 children between their marriage in 1901 and the date of the Census in 1911. Sadly only Edward survived. THe names of the other 3 are yet to be determined.1�
Occupation* 2 April 1911� John Dykes was a horse driver for a milk business (probably that belongs to his wife's family) on 2 April 1911.1�
Census 1911* 2 April 1911� He was listed as the head of household in the 1911 Census at 41 Chorley Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .1�
Occupation 29 September 1939� He was a milk dealer on 29 September 1939.3�
1939 Register* 29 September 1939� He was listed as the head of household in the 1939 Register at 173 Gorsey Lane, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .3�
Death before 5 January 1951� He died before 5 January 1951 at 173 Gorsey Lane, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .10�
Burial* 5 January 1951� He was buried on 5 January 1951 at Warrington Cemetery, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .10�
Death Reg* March 1951� John's death was registered in the March Quarter of 1951 in the Warrington Registration District.11�
Sarah Ann Roberts b. 8 Jun 1875, d. Mar 1949
Elsie Dykes12 b. Sep 1903, d. b 17 Aug 1904
John Roberts Dykes13 b. Sep 1904, d. b 17 Aug 1904
Evelyn May Dykes14 b. Jun 1906, d. b 23 Dec 1906
Edward Dykes b. 18 Jun 1908, d. Dec 1971
Amy Dykes b. 30 Aug 1913, d. Mar 1990
Horace Dykes15 b. Sep 1917, d. b 9 Sep 1917
[S2260] UK National Census for 1911 for UK, "RG14PN23140 RD459 SD4 ED10 SN19."
[S3835] National Health Service Register for UK (online image) "Ref: RG101/4664D/016/24 Letter Code: NRCE."
[S1088] Website Lancashire OPC (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk) "Baptism: 12 Aug 1877 St Paul, Warrington, Lancashire, England
John Dykes - [Child] of Joseph Dykes & Sarah
Abode: Stamford St.
Occupation: Iron Puddler
Baptised by: E. St. A. Duke
[S704] UK National Census for 1901 for UK, "RG13/3579 f131 p11 62."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "DYKES, JOHN LOVATT GRO Reference: 1877 S Quarter in WARRINGTON Volume 08C Page 189."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Dec 1901 Dykes John Warrington 8c 334."
[S45] Website FreeBMD (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/) "Marriages Dec 1901 Roberts Sarah Ann Warrington 8c 334.
Name John Dykes
Address 173 Gorsey Lane;Warrington;Cheshire
Section Diss V
Grave 523."
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Name: John Dykes
Registration district: Warrington
Volume: 10f
Name Elsie Dykes
Address 41 Chorley Street;Warrington;Cheshire
Name John Robert Dykes
Age -1 Years
Name Eveline May Dykes
Name Horace Dykes
Amy Dykes
F, #1193, b. 30 August 1913, d. March 1990
Father John Dykes b. 31 Jul 1877, d. Mar 1951
Mother Sarah Ann Roberts b. 8 Jun 1875, d. Mar 1949
Birth* 30 August 1913� Amy Dykes was born on 30 August 1913 at Warrington, Lancashire, England, .1,2�
Birth Reg December 1913� Her birth was registered in the December Quarter of 1913 in the Warrington Registration District.3�
Occupation* 29 September 1939� She was a shop assistant (drapery) on 29 September 1939.2�
(Daughter) 1939 Register 29 September 1939� She was listed as the daughter of John Dykes in the 1939 Register at 173 Gorsey Lane, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .2�
Death Reg* March 1990� Amy's death was registered in the March of 1990 in the Warrington Registration District.1�
Death before 9 March 1990� She died before 9 March 1990 at 173 Gorsey Lane, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .4�
Burial* 9 March 1990� She was buried on 9 March 1990 at Warrington Cemetery, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .4�
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Name: Amy Dykes
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1913
Death Registration Month/Year: Mar 1990
Inferred County: Cheshire, Lancashire
Mother's Maiden Name: Roberts
District: Warrington
County: Cheshire, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Name Amy Dykes
Edward Dykes
M, #1194, b. 18 June 1908, d. December 1971
Birth* 18 June 1908� Edward Dykes was born on 18 June 1908 at Warrington, Lancashire, England, .1,2�
Birth Reg September 1908� His birth was registered in the September Quarter of 1908 in the Warrington Registration District.3�
(Son) Census 1911 2 April 1911� He was listed as the son of John Dykes in the 1911 Census at 41 Chorley Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .4�
Occupation* 29 September 1939� Edward Dykes was a milk dealers assistant on 29 September 1939.2�
(Son) 1939 Register 29 September 1939� He was listed as the son of John Dykes in the 1939 Register at 173 Gorsey Lane, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .2�
Death Reg* December 1971� Edward's death was registered in the December Quarter of 1971 in the Warrington Registration District.5�
Death before 17 December 1971� He died before 17 December 1971 at 173 Gorsey Lane, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .6�
Burial* 17 December 1971� He was buried on 17 December 1971 at Warrington Cemetery, Warrington, Lancashire, England, .6�
[S70] General Record Office Indexes "Name: Edward Dykes
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Death Registration Month/Year: Dec/1971
Name Edward Dykes
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Renaming regions, flags still on agenda – Bulkan
Local Government – says Govt awaiting conclusion of consultationsThe controversial idea of renaming administrative regions and implementing regional flags, having previously been floated by Government with lukewarm reception from the citizenry, is still on this administration’s agenda.A more cautious approach is, however, being adopted, with Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan revealing that Government is waiting on consultations to be carried out by regional officials in order to determine the fate of this idea.In a recent interview, Bulkan related that he has been in contact with regional officials, whom he has been urging to carry out consultations. He noted that the sooner those consultations are carried out, the better would be the prospects of Government determining its next move in regard to the idea.“Those consultations are actually the principal responsibility of the respective regional officers. I am continuously in contact with those RDCs, urging them to complete the consultations within their regions, (in order) to be able to make a determination (in regard to) whether those regions want to retain the names they currently have, or if those regions would like to have a different name. For instance, the Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo region is commonly referred to as the Rupununi,” he explained.“So the opportunity is being offered to residents all around Guyana to make a determination — out of a consultative process — if they want to keep their existing names or (adopt) a name they have ownership of. We would like to see the exercise completed sooner rather than later, but we are committed to allowing the democratic process to prevail. So all I can do is urge the respective RDCs to seek to conclude this process, so the administration can take it from there,” Minister Bulkan detailed.This publication has previously reported Region Nine Vice Chairman Karl Singh explaining that, within each of the other villages encompassing the Interior Savannahs, the village leaders/toshaos would have to embark on a process to get the views of each resident regarding the name change.According to Singh, approval from any village would be valid only if two-thirds of that village’s population are in favour of renaming the region.Personally, Singh has said, he is not against the renaming of Region Nine, but he believes that too much energy and time is being exerted in pursuit of this activity when there are more pressing issues to be addressed, including problems in the education and health sectors.Regional FlagsA decision to have each region produce its own unique flag was announced by Bulkan back in 2016. He had noted then that the initiative was all part and parcel of a wider effort to promote the decentralisation of each of the 10 administrative regions and encourage each district to embrace its uniqueness.Specimens of proposed regional flagsGovernment’s proposal to assign separate flags to each administrative region has been strongly objected to by the parliamentary Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), which believes more time, energy and resources ought to be spent on better governance.The PPPC has declared that the Golden Arrowhead is the constitutional flag of Guyana, and any other flag imposed anywhere in Guyana would be contrary to the Constitution of Guyana.In addition, the party had noted that most residents would prefer jobs, enhanced public security, money in their pockets, better roads, improved potable water supply, and efficient garbage collection rather than other flags.“Rather than seeking to change things that obtained under the PPP/C, and to make things look different under the (A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change) APNU/AFC, the Granger coalition Administration should change their racial and political, discriminatory and witch hunting practices, as well as their wasteful spending, and focus on improving the economic and social well-being of all Guyanese,” the Opposition PPPC Party had said.Regional officials have previously related that they simply are not interested in the exercise. It seems, however, that Government is intent on forging ahead with the plan. Bulkan confirmed during the interview that the regions have specimens of proposed designs for flags. He noted that the regional authorities have ben tasked with deciding on regional symbols to go with the flag specimens.“At the end of the exercise, the Central Government will examine all the contributions and submissions that have been made, to do a full assessment of what will be the eventual end product,” he has disclosed. read more
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Vertical displacement of the centre of mass during walking in people with diabetes and diabetic neuropathy does not explain their higher metabolic cost of walking
Petrovic, M and Maganaris, CN and Bowling, FL and Boulton, AJM and Reeves, ND (2019) Vertical displacement of the centre of mass during walking in people with diabetes and diabetic neuropathy does not explain their higher metabolic cost of walking. Journal of Biomechanics, 83. pp. 85-90. ISSN 0021-9290
Official URL: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-biome...
© 2018 The Author(s) People with diabetes display biomechanical gait alterations compared to controls and have a higher metabolic cost of walking (CoW), but it remains unknown whether differences in the vertical displacement of the body centre of mass (CoM) may play a role in this higher CoW. The aim of this study was to investigate vertical CoM displacement (and step length as a potential underpinning factor) as an explanatory factor in the previously observed increased CoW with diabetes. Thirty-one non-diabetic controls (Ctrl); 22 diabetic patients without peripheral neuropathy (DM) and 14 patients with moderate/severe Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN), underwent gait analysis using a motion analysis system and force plates while walking at a range of matched speeds between 0.6 and 1.6 m/s. Vertical displacement of the CoM was measured over the gait cycle, and was not different in either diabetes patients with or without diabetic peripheral neuropathy compared to controls across the range of matched walking speeds examined (at 1 m/s: Ctrl: 5.59 (SD: 1.6), DM: 5.41 (1.63), DPN: 4.91 (1.66) cm; p > 0.05). The DPN group displayed significantly shorter steps (at 1 m/s: Ctrl: 69, DM: 67, DPN: 64 cm; p > 0.05) and higher cadence (at 1 m/s: Ctrl: 117 (SD1.12), DM: 119 (1.08), DPN: 122 (1.25) steps per minute; p > 0.05) across all walking speeds compared to controls. The vertical CoM displacement is therefore unlikely to be a factor in itself that contributes towards the higher CoW observed recently in people with diabetic neuropathy. The higher CoW in patients with diabetes may not be explained by the CoM displacement, but rather may be more related to shorter step lengths, increased cadence and the associated increased internal work and higher muscle forces developed by walking with more flexed joints.
Open access article published by Elsevier, copyright The Authors.
Biomechanics, Centre of mass, Diabetes, Lower limbs, Biomedical Engineering, 0903 Biomedical Engineering, 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 0913 Mechanical Engineering
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.11.027
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The Wayward Daughter by Shradha Ghale
Bookworm Issue 208 Mar, 2019
Text by Sushma Joshi
I opened up Shradha Ghale’s “The Wayward Daughter,” expecting to find a social polemic about Brahminization, or a critique of the way Janjati groups discriminate against people from the Madhesh. Knowing her as a writer and reporter of non-fiction, especially of the conflict of local communities with state actors in national parks, I assumed her work would have a didactic element to it. To be fair, the book reviews that followed her book launch had led me to think this.
In fact, the book delivers exactly what it promises through its cover and its title: it is a novel of a young woman coming of age in Kathmandu. The cover shows a young woman in a summer dress and casual sandals stepping out from the interiors of an old inner city building, into the crazy electricity wire infested streets of Kathmandu. There is an element of uncertainty and shyness in her stride, but also a quiet confidence, which is how the main character Sumnima unfolds throughout the book. While the “Chimse Bahun” father certainly receives a fair amount of critique for his high caste affectations, the novel is more of a slow unfolding of characters and conflicts within one family living in Kathmandu, as it goes from the 1980s to the moment just as the People’s War starts to unfold.
There is Boju, the grandmother, with her feisty cursing and her life trajectory, which goes from her being the proud self-sufficient widow with landed property to an aging dependent in her daughter’s home, suspiciously patrolling the boundaries of the house while she watches her Hindi TV serials and sings her morning bhajans. Boju had a certain universality to her that reminded me of my own family members (who shall remain unnamed)—Boju likes to hoard gifts of food people bring her, refusing to dole them out until the bananas had turned black, and the other food had gone green with mold. As she is pushed out of her own house by her daughter-in-law and son, she moves to her daughter’s house, where her territorial instincts are given full reign through the policing of the inside toilet, which she will only allow close family members to use. Everyone else is delegated to using the outside one. We see Boju unfold from a feisty young bride of a lahure to an aging arthritic elder confined to smaller and smaller spaces at the same time her grandchild goes from being an abused pre-teen with bad tiffin lunches to a sophisticated Kathmandu teenager testing the dating waters with her America returned boyfriend and Italian dinners.
Then there is Premkala, Sumnima’s mother, who struggles to raise her two daughters between an overly generous husband who cannot say “no” to his hordes of village relatives and her own meager teaching salary. In this mixture is thrown Sumnima, whose high class, royalty connected friends at the Rhododendron Girls High School eat extravagant lunches cooked by their servants, and who is ashamed of the halua her mother packs her for lunch. Perhaps the moment that captures the distance between mother and daughter is best captured when Premkala tries to spend some time with her daughter. Sumnima has just found a book recommended by a radio DJ on whom she has developed a crush, and she lets her mother know she is too busy trying to read to spend time with her. That is when Premkala realizes that perhaps everyone is ultimately alone, a moment of existential quietness and discovery which drops like a soft raindrop in the otherwise non-philosophical narrative.
Then there is Ganga, village niece who is unable to pass through the Iron Gate of the SLC examinations, and who Tamuleji and Premkala host in their home in Kathmandu, in exchange for domestic service. Ganga fails the SLC three times, and the only man who her family finds for her turns her down politely after realizing she is not a SLC graduate. We get the sense she will forever be a servant in her uncle’s household, uncomplaining, quiet and hardworking, unable to break free into the outside world. There’s a poignant resignation to Ganga that is in sharp contrast to her other cousin Manlahari, who is also brought down to Kathmandu on the same premise, but loses no time making up and going out to find herself a husband. Everyone assumes that the man she has found is a “tyape” (a drug addict) because of his ponytail and general demeanor. She proves them wrong by showing up in a few months and sharing that her husband is on his way to Japan, where he has managed to get the much coveted visa and an entryway into a high-paying job abroad. Even Boju, who’s berated her for being a slut, eventually reconciles with her once she realizes she has her life in order.
There is only one factual mistake—Sumnima is said to have gotten Second Division marks in her SLC exams, but then the writer decides to describe her as “Third Division” in what feels like a moment of editorial error. The feeling that education is both a prison and a way out to freedom is palpable in the book. The Iron Gate of the SLC, as well as its seeming power to open doors plays a big part in the narrative. Tamuleji is crushed when daughter Sumnima doesn’t get first division in her SLC, because this means that she cannot study to become a doctor. Earlier in the book, he goes to meet Dr. Pandey, the best doctor in town, with his relative. Dr. Pandey is described as “godlike.” Certainly in my own family doctors have always been viewed with a reverence and semi-deification which is hard to miss. During the diagnosis Dr. Pandey dismisses Tamuleji’s suggestion with a single curt sentence, reducing him to fury on the way back home. This tension with the medical establishment is contrasted with the eagerness with which the parents greet Sumnima’s suggestion that she can still study medicine at a private college, despite her bad grades.
In contrast, there is also the faith healer who shows up to cure Sumnima’s grandfather when he returns from the World Wars with what people sense is a mental disorder. He eats small “goat pellet” like Ayurvedic medicine, and his wife calls him “Sanki Buda” (mad old man.) While the healing ceremony called by his wife goes extremely well, and the old man recovers long enough to give the appearance of being somewhat healed, sadly he dies not long after. This paragraph is just enough to capture some of the vast histories of trauma and despair veterans of the World Wars must have felt in Nepal, far removed from any support systems or even words to describe their symptoms.
Then there is the wild herb patch that Boju has planted, with stinging nettles, silom seeds, filinge and other herbs which her daughter-in-law doesn’t eat or recognize and one day tears up and “cleans” to nothingness. As someone who spends her days browsing organic store shelves looking for these wild herbs, I could not but feel the pain of the old lady at her loss. What traditions of sustainable herbs and wild foods have we lost in the rush towards modernity? Will children who are born now only know about it through the pages of a novel?
The women and their stories unfold like origami, from Boju, Premkala, Sumnima, Numa, Ganga to Manlahari, whereas the development of the men seem less fleshed out. Certainly Tamuleji has his own life path, where he goes from renting a small room at Premkala’s mother’s house to becoming the high-paying employee of an international INGO. He enjoys his transition in the beginning—the long trips outside Kathmandu, the local food eaten with colleagues, the regional variations. But then he starts to tire of it all, as people inevitably do. He tires of the development jargon and he tires of the changing trends and job descriptions, until by the end we see him sitting in a dark room playing Solitaire by himself. This transition seem to describe the disillusionment many people in Nepal go through with the apparatus of development itself.
The writer is especially adept at picking up the linguistic quirks of people in different layers of Nepalese society. In one memorable scene, Sumnima is picked up by high class Rajani Aunty for a birthday party and when seeing a man with a load on the road says: Bichawra! Perhaps only a Nepali speaker who’s grown up in Kathmandu can hear this articulation and instantly peg on whom the writer is throwing some shade. Then there’s the middle class mother who is teaching her child that it is peet-ja, not pija, when Sumnima goes to meet her radio DJ for the first time. Premkala wears gilsin during the winters—a particular mispronunciation of glycerine which opens doorways to small beauty parlors and tired middle-aged women trying to deal with dry skin during the winters. There is chibbistick, which is how teenagers from the rural hinterlands pronounce the word chapstick, especially those that appear to be of a foreign brand. Then there is the tyape, the drug addict who started to appear on the scene post-democracy movement of the 1990s, and khatay (referring to the recyclers who picked up used copybooks), which is how Manlahari dismisses those lower on the class hierarchy than her. All of these words open up complex interactions of social class and hierarchy which may only be “heard” by those living in Nepal, especially Kathmandu. Which led me to think this book was written in fact with a Nepali audience very much in mind. Perhaps like Sumnima we have truly come of age in Nepal, if an entire novel has been written in English for a Nepali readership!
I’m going to disclose a key plot point here: Sumnima’s first love ends sadly, with the loser boyfriend who’s mooching off her eventually turning around to tell her that he’s going back to his American girlfriend. The moocher, like Boju, also drew a response of recognition in me. I too have gone on dates, sometimes set up by well meaning relatives to an increasingly bizarre cast of characters, where the men ate and drank heartily and left me to pay the bill. Sadly, as in Ghale’s novel, I think the more invested in social justice the men appear, the more likely they are to leave the woman to pick up the bill!
The only jarring moments in this book came for me during the first few pages, where the writer galloped breathlessly while introducing the new characters. I would urge the reader to sit through those first few pages, because once she gets into the narrative it’s well worth the read. The last few pages also had the same “wrapping up” feel to them, as if all the moments of the People’s War were hastily piled on to give a sense of historical narrative. The book stands on its own merit and the last few pages felt slightly gratuitous.
I enjoyed reading “The Wayward Daughter,” not just because it captured the coming of age of a young Nepali woman with frankness and honesty, but also because it encapsulated many of the social changes that occurred in Nepal during these past decades. I hope Ms. Ghale will write many other novels in the coming years, and inspire other young writers to come forward with their own narratives.
Sushma Joshi is a writer and filmmaker and can be found online at www.sushmasfiction.blogspot.com and www.sansarmedia.blogspot.com
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Finally Tecmo brings back Deception
By Chops, September 27, 2004 in Sony
Location:ever changing
The second part of the Tecmo presentation was given by Mr. Kikuchi, producer of the Deception and Fatal Frame series. He briefly discussed Kagero II: Dark Illusion for the PlayStation 2. In this fourth entry in the Deception series, players once again get to play the bad guy and protect their castle from invaders by cleverly placing traps throughout. This time even more complex and grotesque traps known as "Dark Illusion" can be activated in each room. For example, an invader venturing through a giant clock tower may find himself unexpectedly pinched between the closing clock hands. With the powerful graphics available on PS2, the developers have achieved very realistic effects in the many death scenes, but this in itself has become a problem. Mr. Kikuchi is currently working to tone down the gore to more moderate levels. Kagero II is headed for a winter or spring release.
credit: Gamers.com
All I can say is it's about damn time. I have been a fan of the Deception series through all 3 of the PS1 installments, and have been waiting eagerly for any news regarding a fourth game in the series. I alway loved trying to create the perfect trap combos in each room to take on the different types of invaders.
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So the new deception came out the first week of November, and as big as a fan as I was of this series, it's hard for me to recomend this game to anyone as more than a rental. Sigh, I might just get back to writing and submit a column about it.
I am usually referred to as The Master—universally.
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Cardinal to pope Faithful ignore 'gossip'
In a rare move, a senior cardinal spoke before the pope's Easter Mass address at the Vatican on Sunday, saying the pontiff maintains the support of Catholics around the world "who do not let themselves be influenced by the gossip.""Today, with you are the cardinals from the Roman Curia, all the bishops and priests around the world," said Cardinal Angelo Sodano, former Vatican secretary of state and the dean of the College of Cardinals.Speaking at the beginning of the Easter Sunday ceremony, Sodano did not specifically mention the sexual abuse scandal that has engulfed the Catholic Church in recent months. But his remarks clearly referred to those who have criticized Catholic leaders, including Pope Benedict XVI himself, for not having done much more during his years as a top official.Sodano said the pope has the support of those who work in schools, hospitals and care centers, including 400,000 priests."Also with you are the faithful who do not let themselves be influenced by gossip," Sodano said in Italian, using the word "chiacchiericcio," which means chatter or gossip. "May the Lord continue to sustain your mission at the service of the church in the world."In his Easter message, the pope did not address the scandal that encompasses high-profile abuse cases in several countries including Ireland, France, the United States, Mexico and his native Germany. More and more people have come forward complaining that as children they were victims of abuse by religious leaders, and that the church did little or nothing to stop it.Some Catholic leaders took the opportunity Sunday to condemn the Roman Catholic hierarchy."The lives of survivors of child sexual abuse, the faith of members of the church, and the credibility of church leadership have all been wounded grievously by the evil deeds of priests and religious who exploited their position to wreak havoc on the lives of helpless children. Those wounds were aggravated by serious mismanagement on the part of bishops and other leaders in the Church," said Irish Cardinal Sean Brady in his homily.He apologized to victims and vowed to do his part to keep the safety of those in the church his overriding concern.Allods GoldIn a letter last month, the pope said he was "truly sorry" for the abuse suffered by victims at the hands of Catholic priests in Ireland.Also Sunday, Belgium's top Roman Catholic bishop addressed the scandal. "Through a guilty silence, we often preferred the reputation of certain men of the church to the honor of these abused children," said Andre Joseph Leonard, archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel. "Here, as well, we must, by the force of truth, give dignity back to those who were so atrociously exploited." German Archbishop Robert Zollitsch also brought up the scandal in his Easter address, saying, "We need to go Allods online Golddown the path together and take into full view the unfathomable occurrences, the horrible crimes, the dark sides of the church and the dark parts in ourselves. But we cannot leave it at that alone. We need a new beginning."
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The Source for DC Comics' Nuclear Man – Firestorm!
WHO’S WHO: The Definitive Podcast of the DC Universe, Volume XIV
by Shag.
http://www.namtab.com/aquablog/Fire%20and%20Water%20Whos%20Who%20Vol%2014.mp3
The Fire and Water Podcast Presents… WHO’S WHO: THE DEFINITIVE PODCAST OF THE DC UNIVERSE, Volume XIV!
The fourteenth episode of our WHO’S WHO podcast is now available — the show that dares to tackle one of DC Comics’ greatest publications! Each episode Rob and I cover a single issue of the legendary 1980s series, Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe. This time around we chat about WHO’S WHO: Volume XIV, discussing characters such as Lex Luthor, Madame Xanadu, Man-Bat, Manhunter, Martian Manhunter, Mary Marvel, and many more! We wrap up the show with Who’s Who Listener Feedback! This episode sponsored in part by InStockTrades.com!
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Thanks to my co-host Rob Kelly, Sea King of THE AQUAMAN SHRINE, for doing all the post-production on this episode! Special thanks to Daniel Adams and Ashton Burge with their band The Bad Mamma Jammas for our fantastic Who’s Who theme song!
One of the coolest aspects of each Who’s Who issue was the amazing wrap-around cover! Check out this impressive George Perez cover for Volume XIV! Click the image to enlarge.
Here are your Firestorm-related Who’s Who entries from this issue…
First up is Martian Manhunter of the Justice League of America drawn by Luke McDonnell and Larry Mahlstedt. Firestorm and Martian Manhunter have met numerous times, going back as far as Justice League of America #200. J’Onn has been connected in one way or another with nearly every incarnation of Firestorm. The original Firestorm teamed-up with Martian Manhunter during the Mars invasion. Both the Elemental Firestorm’s and Martian Manhunter’s monthly comics were done by the team of John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake. Martian Manhunter was one of the first superheroes Jason Rusch ever met. Ronnie Raymond and Martian Manhunter were both resurrected during Blackest Night. And so on… Click the image below to enlarge!
The Blank Slate Firestorm fought the Manhunters during the Millennium mini-series… Click the image below to enlarge!
Firestorm battled the insectoid Mantis in the Super Powers mini-comic that came with the Firestorm action figure! Click here to read that mini-comic! Click the image below to enlarge!
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Martin Gray says:
That 1954 business as regards ginger Lex is nonsense, he was shown as a slaphead from very early on. I’m too lazy to type, so I popped over to Wiki:
‘In his earliest appearances, Luthor is shown as a middle-aged man with a full head of red hair. Less than a year later, however, an artistic mistake resulted in Luthor being depicted as completely bald in a newspaper strip.[9] The original error is attributed to Leo Novak, a studio artist who illustrated for the Superman dailies during this period.[10] One theory is that Novak mistook Luthor for the Ultra-Humanite, a frequent foe of Superman who, in his Golden Age incarnation, resembled a balding, elderly man.[10] Other evidence suggests Luthor’s design was confused with that of a stockier, bald henchman in Superman #4 (Spring 1940);[10] Luthor’s next appearance occurs in Superman #10 (May 1941), in which Novak depicted him as significantly heavier, with visible jowls.[10] The character’s abrupt hair loss has been made reference to several times over the course of his history. When the concept of the DC multiverse began to take hold, Luthor’s red-haired incarnation was rewritten as Alexei Luthor, Lex’s counterpart from the Earth-Two parallel universe. In 1960, writer Jerry Siegel altered Luthor’s backstory to incorporate his hair loss into his origin.’
A new Who’s Who? Hey, that seemed quick! #NotaComplaint
Cover: I’m expecting Frank to still complain about Martian Manhunter here because while he’s the central figure, the focus is on his weakness/fear of fire. Are the Mad Hatter’s hats all hats that belong to other DC characters. There’s definitely Uncle Sam’s and Congo Bill’s!
Luthor I: I notice the Brainiac quote is inconsistent, calling Luthor “Luther” like Shag does. Prison uniform? Now there’s a villain who plans for his defeat.
Luthor II: I’m glad the Superfriends costume at least shows up in the surprint.
Luthor III: Lois as Superwoman was introduced in Morrison’s JLA Earth-2 as a tribute to Lois being the very first person to be called Superwoman in a Golden Age issue of Action Comics (#45), and then sporadically in Earth-2 Lois stories. Morrison also pulled this trick in All-Star Superman.
Luthor IV: Am I right in thinking he’s currently sitting in one of those cells seen in Vibe? Or do they only have Pariah?
Maaldor the Darklord: I skipped doing this guy in Who’s This, seeing as his every appearance is described in tedious detail in the entry.
Machiste: Google shows me a Remco Machiste action figure, but he looks nothing like Machiste! Repurposed Hercules or somebody, with hair and both hands.
Madame .44: Who’s This? http://siskoid.blogspot.ca/2013/10/whos-madame-44.html
Madame Rouge: May I just give positive reinforcement to Shag for not calling her Madame Rogue. What I find completely absurd is that Rouge is French for Red, yet she dresses in Blue. Quick translation: L’École des filles means School for girls, nothing too complicated.
Madame Xanadu: From horror host to member of two superteams, including a Justice League. Bet Cain and Abel are jealous.
Mademoiselle Marie: Andy Kubert channeling his dad here, I thought for SURE this was a Joe Kubert pic. Shag is confusing her with Ona of the Losers.
Magnetic Kid: In case Cosmic Boy’s costume wasn’t pink enough. I prefer the surprint, actually. The arms on the main pic are really short and funky, and the Pol in the surprint is moving that logo. Pol was necessary because Cos and the other founders retired. Similarly, Light Lass was allowed to become Lightning Lass again. Pol was the kid brother who’d gone through the Academy, toiling in the shadow of his brother. Just because they have the same powers doesn’t mean they’re the same character, after all.
Major Disaster: His greatest disaster was, of course, assembling the Justice League Antarctica.
Mal: Who’s This? http://siskoid.blogspot.ca/2013/10/whos-mal.html (Shag is thinking of the Herald identity, which was a retcon of Hornblower in Secret Origins Annual, which has Who’s Who pages for Titans West.)
Malagigi: Those are soft Gs, Shag. gee-gee, not guee-guee, or can’t I read the pronunciation gide? Ernie Colon’s work is great, can’t believe he spent most of his time on Richie Rich and such.
I’m drying on Mammoth and Man-Bat, and it’s the halfway point, so I might as well post this now. More to come!
Man-Bat: Francine is once again a Man-Bat and more dangerous than Kirk.
Manhawks: It’s very mythological, isn’t it? You could almost imagine them fighting the Golden Age Hawkman instead of Katar.
Manhunter I: Will be the focus of this week’s Who’s This? column. Later stories turned Thor the dog into a robot, so NOT long dead after all. The most recent Manhunter’s son inherited it!
Manhunter II: As cool as he looks, I’d always be tripping up on those leg sheaths. It doesn’t really look like it here, but his Golden Age costumes looked a lot closer to the robot Manhunter look. I mean, how else could these two look the same unless there was a connection? Or am I thinking of Manhunter 2070? Or are they all the same?
Manhunters: Kevin O’Neil! Wow. This was a long time before I experienced Martial Law or LXG. And this entry of course predates the tainting of the Manhunters via Millennium.
Mantis: Did the new Mantis appear in continuity after this?
Mara and Mariah: All babe page! DC has a Mariah and a Shakira, who’s the next big diva? http://siskoid.blogspot.ca/2006/12/dc-divas.html
Mars: Well, that was the Greek Gods’ whole shtick, looking like idealized humans! They invented it! So, we all agree Ares is better than Mars then?
Martian Manhunter: Frank declined? I think he’s losing faith in his fetish character… Nice drawing, but lacks some superheroics in the surprint.
Martin Champion: The First Appearance is kind of misleading. They should say it was the first of two series here, no?
Marvel Family: The only superteam running into danger with their eyes closed. I love the Three Marvels, Uncle Marvel and Hoppy! It’s hilarious! Uncle Marvel I met in the cartoon series, so I have more affection for him, but the others are fun too. Where else could they have had an entry?
Mary Marvel: Her base of operations implies the kid sister wasn’t allowed to get out of the one suburb.
Master Jailer: I’m thinking him worthy of a Who’s This? entry because I’ve never read any story with him in it. There was someone with a similar shtick in post-Crisis Superman comics, but Master Jailer’s costume is much more memorable.
Masters of the Universe: The Outsiders as a whole didn’t deserve Alan Davis art, but he worked on the book. It happened. Maybe Mike Barr has some dirt on him.
Crisis on Captive Earth may have been a placeholder name for a project later called Crisis of the Soul, which was slated to follow Crisis on Infinite Earths and have art by Extraordinary Jerry, who had this to say about it :
“The Crisis sequel was Crisis of the Soul, and featured the Corruptors from Legion continuity, I think. It was meant to be very personal to the heroes, showing them the darkness and having them deal with it and reject it or not. The Corruptors basically quarantine the Earth and that’s all I remember off the top of my head. Paul Levitz and I plotted out the main beats, and it was all set to go, until the editor ran into resistance from the other editors who didn’t want to have to cross over with it. Then when the editors changed, I bowed out. It became Legends, but it was fairly different from what we originally planned.”
A) The revived Paul Kirk Manhunter appeared in six short back-up strips from Detective Comics plus a feature length team-up with Batman. The touch of Ian Fleming and Bruce Lee was all over it, but it was still revelatory for its time and industry– an obvious influence on creators like Frank Miller. The lackluster sales of the first printings have been surely made up for by its numerous repackagings. The first was in 1979 as a black and white magazine from Excalibur Enterprises. My preferred format was second, the $2.50 1984 Baxter stock one-shot. DC’s $9.95 squarebound tpb included 23 pages of new material, left “silent” because Archie Goodwin died before he could produce the script to go with his and Walt Simonson’s story. It’s fun if dated, and I’ve found I prefer reading about Paul Kirk more than following the episodic adventures, but it’s still worthwhile to own for the early, experimental art.
B) I suspect Shag either never read of didn’t like Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter Vol. 1. The stories within are without a doubt an “acquired” taste and the epitome of DC Silver Age nonsense. I personally prefer the second volume, which features most of the Diane Meade and all of the Zook adventures, plus the entire Diabolu Idol-Head and Vulture periods. Only during his time as Marco Xavier chasing Faceless throughout Europe does the more grim Martian Manhunter we know today begin to surface. Previously, he was a lightweight Superman knock-off without all the Weisingerian pathos and Shazam familiarity. The truth is that there are no objectively “good” J’onn J’onzz series available in an English language trade paperback, though that will change in January with the release of Ostrander & Mandrake’s “Son of Mars” collection. There won’t be a “great” collection until American Secrets gets the treatment, though. If readers would like a combo recommendation, Madame Xanadu Vol. 3: Broken House of Cards features John Jones. I bought it a few months ago, but haven’t read it yet.
C) I’m so glad Perez was back and gave us a Martian Manhunter central cover. That said, I’m not sure that Paris Cullins ever drew the Alien Atlas, which is bittersweet, given that I like his work overall (just not on Who’s Who.) The Sleuth from Outer Space really is an odd choice too, since he wasn’t a Super Friend or even a major part of Super Powers, and his middling role as the Justice League of Detroit’s team leader was about to be taken over by Batman (for all of one story arc.) Lex Luthor, Man-Bat or the Paul Kirk Manhunter would have been more obvious choices. Say, it just occurred to me that Green Lantern Hal Jordan was the only founding member of the JLA to not receive the cover spotlight. I’m telling you, a single volume Martian Manhunter Who’s Who would have been the shizzle.
D) If I remember correctly, the Ultra-Humanite was the bald Superman villain, and Lex the soulless ginger. Around 1941, an artist mistakenly drew Luthor bald in the newspaper script, and continuity demanded he stay that way from then on, followed by the tail wagging the comic book dog.
E) I’m a fan of Lex Luthor, but he’s another one of those “buffet” characters where I like to pick and choose favored elements across numerous incarnations. I do like the purple & green disco suit criminal scientist from the late Silver-Bronze Ages much more than the armored one. Superman peaked in the Silver Age, so it’s no surprise his players were at their most iconic then. All that extended family stuff was stolen from Dr. Sivana though, and it’s poorly suited to Lex.
F) I have no use for Richard Howell, so Mike DeCarlo deserves all the credit for making the Earth-3 Luthor profile image work. Four Luthors certainly strengthen the case for Lex deserving the cover spotlight.
G) Has anyone ever asked George Perez why he was so obsessed with perms in the early ’80s? Why does Alexander Luthor look more like the son of Maaldor the Darklord? Anyway, I was perfectly fine with this character in Crisis on Infinite Earths but Johns missed the point entirely with Infinite Crisis.
H) DC Comics Presents tended to create its own villains, since you needed someone powerful enough to battle Superman and his +1 credibly. Several of these guys got cycled through numerous guest appearances. The obvious best case scenario for this method of operation was Mongul, who managed to hold off the Man of Steel, Martian Manhunter, Supergirl, Starman, the JLA, and the Legion of Super-Heroes across five of the finest issues of the series before starring in “For the Man Who Has Everything” and backsliding into pure Thanos wannabe status. Maaldor was… less accomplished, appearing in three non-consecutive issues across two years involving Power Girl, Madame Xanadu, the Joker & Phantom Stranger. Curiously, he’s still had Post-Crisis and New 52 incarnations. All hail the difference a Who’s Who listing makes on character usage.
I) A nigh-unrecognizable two-handed hairy version of Machiste was part of Remco’s Warlord action figure line. I didn’t buy him or Arak because latent unrecognized racism, I guess? I had all the white guys. In my defense, those two were the most boring (no winged helmet, wicked goatee, fangs or… well Hercules was named Hercules. Hercules was boring enough that racism might be preferable to admitting the poor taste to have bought a guy dressed in a spirit ribbon with a rubber chopstick for a weapon.) Despite his historic love of black characters, I don’t think Christopher Priest used Machiste in the JLTF story arc that took place in Skartaris (and would have legitimized Shag’s accidental Manhunter reference.)
J) Madame .44 is hot.
K) John Byrne was long gone from X-Men before Rogue appeared. I’ve come to appreciate the Doom Patrol thanks to the Giffen/Clarke series, but no one has convinced me to care about Madame Rouge yet. Also, why Rouge?
L) I think that Madame Xanadu logo first appeared on her 1981 special, which I believe was the first book DC ever created specifically for the direct market/comic shops. When DC chose not to continue the series, Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers created Scorpio Rose to finish the story they had in mind. Never liked M. X as much as I wanted to, in part due to her primary competition being Zatanna.
M) Mlle. Marie was the secret fourth Battle Star in a Brave & the Bold team-up of Sgt. Rock, Johnny Cloud and the Haunted Tank. I look forward to her guest appearance in the Gravedigger Showcase I’m planning to pre-order next month. She deserves better than to be defined by Alfred’s penisbirth.
N) Nice Mad Hatter art, but I don’t care about any of the villains Batman borrowed from Lewis Carroll. Magnetic Kid is a waste of space.
O) I like Major Disaster from his punny name to his kooky costume to his origin sounding like the introductory chapter of a Barry Allen/Hal Jordan slash-fic. I’m surprised Rob failed to note that Major Disaster mistakenly killed Thanatos while attempting to assassinate Aquaman in an Underworld Unleashed tie-in, plus Shag neglected to mention the Major’s face turn after the rest of the Injustice League was massacred in the first issue of Giffen’s Suicide Squad volume.
P) Was Mal the character Marv Wolfman wanted to introduce in his first ’60s Titans story, but got blocked by Carmine Infantino? Regardless, I never liked Mal Duncan, as he was always a token black supporting character in search of a reason to exist as a super-hero. Conversely, I fell for Bumblebee through Doom Patrol, and enjoy seeing the surprising amount of cosplay love she gets. Malagigi is a testament to how little anyone wanted to deal with a Mal full page profile. Also, why is it okay to give Mal a profile under his own name, but not Jimmy Olsen?
Q) Mammoth was the stereotypical big dumb brute on a villain team, but he knew his role and served it, so he’s alright with me. Points for the weird incest vibe, too.
R) From the late ’70s until the early ’90s, Neal Adams was essentially exclusive to Continuity Studios. He finally started doing outside covers and pin-ups again around 1991-92, but I don’t think he did any non-Continuity interiors until his two pages in 1999’s Fanboy #5, followed by an eight page story in 2005’s Giant-Size X-Men #3 and six pages for 2009’s X-Men: Magneto Testament #5. I’ve railed against Man-Bat in previous podcast commentaries.
S) Did you guys get the glossy DC Comics poll insert in your copies?
T) The Manhawks are creepy cool and some of my favorite Hawkman foils.
U) Magnanimous of DC to list Dan Richards as the first Manhunter, even though he sucked. Thor was the best thing about his strip, and you may recall that the dog turned out to be a cyborg plant from the Manhunter Corps. Paul Kirk had the two best costumes under the Manhunter name.
V) I have a nostalgic fondness for the Manhunter Corps thanks to having collected Millennium off the newsstand, and their sleeper agents being the best part of that crossover. This is the Kev O’Neill of Nemesis the Warlock, and an inspired choice. For the record, Manhunter 2070 was a boss Bronze Age strip by Mike Sekowsky, who drew like Don Heck but wrote like Gil Kane.
W) Jim Starlin does the best job possible on Mano, the silliest looking member of the Fatal Five, which is saying something.
X) Mantis was never any damned good. He’s the Diablo of the New Gods, if you know your Stan Lee anecdotes, except his design isn’t at all strong.
Y) Paul Kupperberg must have lobbied his fellow editors hard to get the likes of Mara an entry. Mariah had a better case, since I occasionally remember that she existed outside of instances where I thumb through this Who’s Who. My Mariah costume counter-argument is Shanna the She-Devil. I sometimes wonder, given Jan Duursema & Tom Mandrake’s history with the Warlord, if M’yri’ah J’onzz wasn’t named after this character.
Z) Mark Moonrider of the Forever People. “Z” is such a perfect letter for him to land on in my comments.
Just got to the end. Stand by for a Nick Fury end credit bonus! (Or Nick Fury’s equivalent in our particular community.)
Kyle Benning says:
Much to Frank’s chagrin, I agree that Luthor should’ve probably trumped MM in the cover spotlight, for all of the reasons you two stated. He is right after the Joker, the most famous villain in all of comics, and as Rob mentioned a star in other media, starring in 4 Blockbuster Superman movies, where as Marty Manhunter is filmless.
Shag, the story you’re referencing regarding Luthor of Earth One & Two teaming up, resulting in Earth 3 Luthor becoming Earth 3’s first hero (Crime Syndicate World) occurs in DC Presents Annual #1, which is an absolutely awesome story, and a must read. I really recommend it to everyone who hasn’t read it before, I can’t praise it enough. Yeah the Revenge for the hair loss thing is weak, if they insist on Lex growing up in Smallville or knowing Superboy, I prefer Smallville’s take on the dynamic with Lex losing his hair as a result of Kal-El’s rocket coming to earth and bring a meteor shower of Kryptonite with it. Smallville missed the mark on a lot of things, but I think that’s one of the things they did right. Definitely agree with Rob that Byrne’s take on Luthor was the best there was, he really set Lex right and made him a relevant, and very real villain. His motives were clear, not a weak revenge scheme based on adolescent baldness.
C’mon Rob, how could you falsely accuse Mark Waid of that attrocity of tainting the heroes of the 80’s with Infinite Crisis. It should have been obvious that Infinite Crisis is another example of the “That’s not how I remember it” Story telling method Geoff Johns uses. My biggest beef with Infinite Crisis stems from that, you have these handful of characters, who are the remnants of DC’s past rich Multiverse history, who faded from the comics as heroes, and pure in 1985, are revived, only to be tarnished, and their heroic actions negated by this new evil. It’s tragic. I wish they could’ve created new characters, instead of ruining existing ones. Would that have been tougher? Yeah you bet, but I thought that was a job as a writer, to tell a good story, that makes sense, even if it requires a little more effort by the writer. If it was easy, everyone could do it right?
WARLORD ROCKS!!! MIKE GRELL!! DAN JURGENS!! Enough said.
I’m a little disappointed it took Shag 5 whole seconds to pick up on Rob’s Hillbilly Marvel joke.
Punch me? Wow! What can we say? We love Who’s Who podcast and never want it to end. A Cosmic Card episode 17 years off shouldn’t be too intimidating. I mean you’re already halfway there! You said it yourself, you’re on the back nine of the Who’s Who golf course!
Frank isn’t alone in his Marvel Universe Handbook thoughts, Michael Bailey has also stated that in a podcast before. I think both have their strengths and shortcomings, but with loving the DC Universe more than the Marvel U, Who’s Who will always be my favorite, if for nothing else, nostalgia alone.
Great episode guys! Thanks again for making Mondays a little more bearable!
Jeff R. says:
I have to wonder exactly what the authors meant by the editorializing ‘so-called’ before mentioning the Crisis on Infinite Earths. (Are they suggesting that there was only a large, finite number of actual Earths involved? Or that it was all swamp gas and hallucinations?)
Egregious Omission of the Month: The Mad Mod Witch.
Okay, I know this will come as a shock but I am going to defend the Earth-1 Lex Luthor and his origin.
The knee jerk reaction to the origin as it is commonly told is to treat as a silly, Silver Age thing but in all honesty the whole Luthor becoming bald was only part of the story. Sure that happens but after that the town of Smallville pretty much turns on Lex. They mock him in the streets and when he makes a couple of attempts to help the town and those attempts fail the mockery kicks up to 11. They treated that boy like crap and that in addition to the whole bald thing is why he turned to crime.
Elliot S! Maggin told several great Luthor stories in the Bronze Age. One showed moments from Clark and Lex’s friendship that actually made that work for me and another had Lex showing his admiration for his idol, Einstein. Also Lex as he appeared in the novel LAST SON OF KRYPTON was a fairly engaging character. Likewise Cary Bates used the character in some interesting ways. You guys were laughing at the idea of Lexor but the destruction of that world was extremely tragic and all Lex’s fault. In one of the stories from ACTION COMICS #544 (“Luthor Unleashed”) Lex escapes Earth after a really nasty fight with Superman and goes to Lexor to discover that he has a son. He finds the Super Powers armor hidden on the planet and through the course of the plot the world is destroyed because Lex can’t get past his hatred of Superman. He has EVERYTHING he could ever want and his ego destroys his wife, his son and an entire planet. It reinvigorated Lex as a character and led to some really cool stories in the pages of SUPERMAN until the Crisis came along.
Speaking of the CRISIS…while John Byrne is commonly given credit for the creation of business man Lex he wasn’t the sole father. It was one of those ideas that had many fathers, so to speak. ACTION COMICS #544 not only featured the first appearance of the new Luthor but the new Brainiac as well. Superman editor Julius Schwartz asked for revamps for the two characters from his writers. Wolfman conceived of Luthor as the owner of a major corporation, which would allow him to hide behind the guise of a businessman in a way that is nothing like The Kingpin from Marvel except that it is pretty much The Kingpin from Marvel. That idea was shot down and he reworked it with Vandal Savage. When Byrne and Wolfman were tapped to revamp Superman after Crisis Wolfman wanted to use the businessman bit with Lex. The way Byrne tells it over on his forums…
“It went like this: Marv Wolfman was offered the Second Chair on the Superman relaunch, to write what was then going to be ACTION COMICS, with a new title to be created for the team-up book.
Marv called me to discuss something he had in mind for Luthor, a “fix” he had been working on in his head for several years. Before he would tell it to me, however, he had a couple of stipulations:
1) It must be all or nothing. Either I accept his proposal in its entirety, or I take nothing from it. He was very insistent on this point: he wanted my promise that I would use nothing from his proposal if I did not take all of it.
2) If I decided I did not like his version of Luthor, he would decline the Second Chair and we would have to find someone else to write ACTION.
I agreed to both these terms, since they seemed very fair, to me. Plus I always like it when all the cards are on the table up front. That’s how I play.
Then he told me his version of Luthor in exactly these words:
“Outside Metropolis, on a high mountain, in his palatial Xanadu-like estate, lives Lex Luthor, the world’s richest man, and his mistress, Lois Lane.” He paused, for dramatic effect, I suppose, then said “See, she’s drawn to power!”
It took me about 3 nanoseconds to say “No.” I said I liked the “world’s richest man” angle, but what he was proposing was more of a reboot of Lois than it was of Luthor, and I already knew who I wanted Lois to be — or, more exactly, what I wanted Lois to be: likeable ! And the Lois he presented was not my definition of “likeable”!
So I said “Thanks,” and suggested maybe there would be some project in the future that we might work on together, and I was about to say “Good-bye” when Marv said “Well, we don’t have to use that part!”
“But you said we have to use all of it,” I reminded him.
“Oh, no! If you don’t like the part with Lois, we don’t have to use it!”
So I told him I would think about it, and over the next few days, after discussions with a number of people (including Roger Stern and Mark Gruenwald) who all heard the story as I have told it above, and who had suggestions on what I could do with Luthor as “the world’s richest man”, I decided that basic four-word seed was a good place to go with the character. Of course, since I saw Metropolis as New York (quite literally) I didn’t want any mountains poking up along side the city, so that went away, and I built the character as a cross between Donald Trump, Ted Turner, Howard Hughes and maybe Satan himself!
Later, when everything was launched, and ACTION COMICS had become the team-up book and Wolfman was writing ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (the title was my suggestion, to invoke both the George Reeves’ TV series and the old ADVENTURE COMICS home of Superboy), I found out that he was claiming sole credit for “creating” Luthor. I shrugged it off. It did not seem important enough to worry about.
Years later I found out Wolfman got paid a bonus for his “creation” of the new Luthor. Something that, somehow, no one at DC had thought necessary to tell me about.
After a most unsatisfactory first year of “collaboration” Wolfman’s contract was not renewed, and I took over writing ADVENTURES, with Jerry Ordway doing a fair bit of the plotting.”
So there you have it…from Byrne himself.
I think Shag is daydreaming – No one ever called Mal Black Guardian!
And Major Disaster was a member of JL Antarctica before he as with JLA.
Anthony Durso/The Toyroom says:
The cover: I think Martian Manhunter got the prime spot because this is primarily the “M” issue. Luthor is just carry over from the “L” issue.
Luthor I: Great to have Wayne Boring on the art but I would have preferred Jerry “The Extraordinary” Ordway as the inker in lieu of Giordano to complement the Earth-2 Superman’s page.
The discrepancy with Luthor’s hair: It was an artist’s error. In one of Luthor’s earliest appearances he had a shock of red hair while his lab assistant was portrayed as being bald (Superman #4- Spring 1940) When Luthor was scheduled to reappear in a later issue (Superman #10), the artist (Leo Novak) mistakenly referenced the lab assistant’s appearance and drew Luthor as bald. It has also been speculated that Novak may have confused Luthor with the Ultra-Humanite who also was originally shown as being bald. Either way, it stuck…
Luthor II: This page deserved to have more space devoted to the artwork IMO. And although the “battle suit” was new, I would have also preferred an added color shot of his previous Legion of Doom era costume.
(As far as Superboy meeting Lex as teenagers…Superboy seemed to meet EVERYBODY before he became Superman. In fact, there was a DC Digest devoted to such a topic, featuring the Boy of Steel’s early team-ups with Lois Lane, Aquaman and Green Arrow. Ah, the Silver Age…)
Luthor III: The original Lois Lane of Earth-3 first appeared in issues of “Secret Society of Super-Villains” in the 70s. The Lois Lane as Superwoman idea didn’t originate until Grant Morrison’s “JLA: Earth 2″ and then it was an alias assumed by Superwoman, similar to how Princess Diana appropriated the “Diana Prince” identity upon her arrival in “Man’s World”.
Luthor IV: “At the end of the so-called Crisis”…. So-called? Was it or was it not a Crisis? C’mon DC! Commit already!
Maaldor the Darklord: If I recall Maaldor had two different looks. The one hated by Shag is his 2nd incarnation.
Machiste: Even though someone DID deem him worthy of a Remco figure, I could do without characters like him from “Warlord” getting all of this prime real estate in “Who’s Who”.
Madame Xanadu: Michael Kaluta was the original designer/cover artist for Madame Xanadu in her “Doorway to Nightmare” appearances, while Val Mayerik handled the interior art.
Mademoiselle Marie: As a kid I always thought her name was Mille Marie because they usually abbreviated it as “Mlle. Marie”.
In addition to her dalliance with Alfred Pennyworth, it was retconned in Len Wein’s “DCU Legacies” mini-series that Marie may have had a child with Sgt. Rock.
Mad Hatter: The breakdown (pun intended)- Version 1 appeared in Batman #49 (1948) and then disappeared.
Version 2 appeared in Detective #230 (1956) and several times throughout the Silver Age, inspiring the TV version as well in the 60s.
Version 1 returned in ‘Tec #510 (1980) at which point he claims to have disposed of the “impostor”.
However, Mike W. Barr revived the impostor for a one-time only shot in ‘Tec #573 (1987).
Since that point it has been the Version 1 incarnation in all media.
(David Wayne had two shots at trying to score Batman’s cowl on the ’66 series)
Mal: Even Titans artists extraordinaire George Perez and Jose Luis Garcia Lopez
didn’t want to touch this jive turkey….
Malagigi: I was an avid “Arak, Son of Thunder” reader but this character doesn’t even rate a half-page entry. The only other character besides Arak that was worthy was Valda the Iron Maiden.
Mammoth: Perez knows how to rock a page…Sadly though he didn’t do the art for
Baran’s sister Selinda.
Man-Bat: If Neal Adams wasn’t available this spot should have gone to Jim Aparo.
I never made the connection with The Lizard. (Good call, Shag). Interestingly when he was paired up with a Marvel character during the Amalgam Age they chose Man-Thing, probably just because of the Man prefix in both names.
Man-Hawks: Inspired Silver Age Julie Schwartz nonsense. I love it!
Manhunter II: Another entry were I wish the artwork was larger.
The Manhunters: If “Who’s Who” was published today, there’d be NINE pages
devoted to characters with the Manhunter name…
(If the Khunds are the Klingons of the DCU, then these guys surely must be the Borg)
Mano: What are the odds that in the 30th Century, on the planet Angtu, a villain who has immense power in the palm of his hand has a name that sounds exactly like the Spanish word for “hand”?
Mantis: This One doesn’t care for either design of this character…
Mara/Mariah: BAH! If all of these Arion and Warlord and Omega Men characters deserve listings, then most assuredly Aunt Harriet does as well!
Mark Moonrider: One of the least remembered alliterative names in all of comics.
Mars: This character seems lucky he was snuck in at this point, because the Perez version known as Ares was just around the corner.
Martian Manhunter: Such a bland entry. The artwork is uninspired. They should have given this to Pat Broderick who did a nice job with J’onn in Justice League of America #200.
Martin Champion: I read Atari Force back in the day but even then I thought this was a wasted entry.
The Marvel Family: The SHAZAM! moment of the book? (Not to be confused with KAPOW!)
Mary Marvel: I really like Bob Oskner’s work on this and wish he had been doing more DC at this point.
Master Jailer: Not crazy about the art (I’d have preferred Curt Swan). This concept of a former friend
of Clark Kent’s from Smallville seems like it was grafted on to Conduit in post-Crisis continuity.
Phylemon says:
I waited too long to get my comments on Issue 13 included (which is too bad for y’all, because I had some real gems), so I won’t do that here.
Another great podcast gentlemen, despite the unwarranted attacks on both the Forever People and Jericho. For the record, I’d always prefer to see Batman getting blasted than Big Bear (who I do care about).
Your discussion of pets and wanting to name them after heroes reminded me to mention that I have named two cats after Teen Titans. Kori is named after Princess Koriander, aka Starfire, and then of course there is Jericho, who is my favorite Titan even if he isn’t my favorite cat. Someday I want a complete set of cats named after the Titans, but my wife has thus far won that argument.
I think others have mentioned it, but I’m sad there wasn’t more mention of Giffen and DeMattis using Major Disaster in the “Bwah-Hah-Hah” Justice League first, as his face turn started there.
Ernie Colon’s Malagigi is an incredible example of how much can be done in so little space. Definitely my favorite piece of art in this issue.
Mammoth is just a striking figure. I love this clean shaven look. It may be just nostalgia, but I always preferred this look to his current long hair and beard appearance, which makes him look like Kalibak and countless other rip offs. Have we talked about Mammoth and Shimmer joining the Fearsome Five by answering an ad in the newspaper? I love the idea that villain teams would resort to such mundane means to form up.
Great moody artwork for Martian Manhunter. Very happy with this.
Shag, you just can’t convince me. I might be able to see the goofiness of Fat, Tall, and Hillbilly Marvels, but Hoppy the Marvel Bunny is just an incredible character. The only injustice here is that Hoppy wasn’t part of the Legion of Super Pets.
I hate what DC has done with Mary Marvel. The fact that we can’t keep her as the one truly pure, innocent, and decent character in the DC Universe is proof that there is something systemically wrong with comic books themselves.
Little Russell Burbage says:
Shagg, since you called me out regarding Magnetic Kid I will try to answer as well as I can. Magnetic Kid as a character was around for years as Cos’ younger brother. After their mother was killed, however, young Pol began to think that he wanted to master his magnetism like his elder brother so that he could help “do good.” Then, when Cos decided to quit the Legion Pol was asked to take his place. I think Paul Levitz did this to show the differences between the two young men, specifically how Pol embodied the “hero worship” that many later Legionnaires had for the Original Trio. Of all the later Legionnaires, he was one of the few who was “young” like most of the original members were. He had a great moment in Levitz’ last 80s LSH story, “The Magic Wars.”
Does that answer your question, Shagg?
Sean Koury says:
Is Shag dissin’ on Hoppy in this episode? Bad Shag! I better listen to it right away!
♂) You muthas are starting to tick me off with the Wonder Woman disrespect. Mars is the actual Roman god, who debuted in the first issue of Wonder Woman, was a threat for decades, a featured villain in classic stories, was Nubia’s “father,” and then was revised post-Crisis as Ares.
⎈) Then you chase Mars with that weak sauce Martian Manhunter commentary? Rob had nothing at all to say? We expect better from you guys than this. I expect vastly superior commentary here in the listener text section of the show.
The Martian Manhunter logo seen here was not commonly used at this time. Mike Nasser designed the “Manhunter from Mars” logo seen from 1977-1982, and then I think this one was created for the Super Powers Collection. It appeared on the figure card, the cover the the accompanying mini-comic, and then here. A new logo was designed for the 1988 mini-series, and that was commonly employed until 2006. Curiously, this retro logo has turned up a lot more since, through merchandise and its usage in the Showcase Presents volumes.
I think that this was the first time J’Onn J’Onzz was listed as standing 6’7″, four inches taller than Superman. While I’m all for his towering over the Man of Tomorrow, pretty much every male Leaguer was drawn as the same height in the Silver Age, and J’onzz survived on the charity of guest appearances in Superman books throughout the Bronze Age where they were comperably tall. To this day, it’s difficult to find comics that back up the 6’7″ and easy to find ones where J’Onn is within an inch of Kal-El, give or take.
Solid dark blue eyes are my favorite of J’Onn J’Onzz’s many hues. He had human eyes for most of the Silver and Bronze Ages. I don’t think the red eyes were seen much before JLA.
The first two paragraphs in the history section are from a couple of pages of retcon exposition from 1969’s Justice League of America #71, which violentely contradicted the previous thirteen years of Manhunter solo stories. The fifth paragraph is drawn from thre same single issue.
The small American city John Jones patrolled was finally named Middletown in one of the last stories set there after going for years without a name. A few issues later, John Jones was “killed” by the Diabolu Idol-Head.
The listing fails to mention the J’onn J’onzz had revisited Mars several times before the end of his period of exile, without Pale Martians, the exile itself, or any other conflict ever coming up. J’onzz just liked living on Earth better by the time he could return home at will.
I think this Who’s Who listing is what screwed me up about “New Mars.” Superman just blundered in an issue of DC Comics Presents and called Mars II that, but it was never used before or since, and certainly not by anyone from Mars II.
In his earliest appearances, J’onn J’onzz looked like a Matt Groening character– sort of a cross between Abe Simpson and Lenny Leonard. In the early stories, John Jones was the hero, so his Martian appearance was more alien on the occasions it was seen. After the Flash started making waves, the Martian side showed up more, and was increasingly more of a handsome humanoid, though John/J’onn were more burly and thuggish in that period. By the sixties, the green skin and bald head were the only things seperating J’onn J’onzz from Hollywood movie stars. It wasn’t until the late 1970s that Nasser brought back the beetle brow, and other artists made him more alien again, though never as weird as early Certa.
“Martian Vision” was basically a catch-all name for “Superman’s suite of vision powers.” Telescopic, microscopic, x-ray, laser, heat, telekinetic pulse– whatever works.
I cannot believe they left off the Martian Manhunter’s #1 power as a member of the classic JLA: Super Breath. J’onn J’onzz was blowing everything in his Martian sight in those Gardner Fox stories; left, right and center, blowing everyone and everything he could, and boy could he blow like a champion! Superman didn’t blow even half as much! Every Fox story, all Martian Manhunter did was punch, fly, and blow.
The Powers & Weapons section really needed a second page to cover all the abilities demonstrated in the Silver Age (who can forget his extracting gold particles from out of the sea or creating an ice cream come out of thin air via “all the powers from the void of space?”) The profile gives over so much history to a handful of Bronze Age Denny O’Neil, then ignores the actual “Manhunter from Mars” strip. Most of this stuff belonged in a Commander Blanx entry to allow room to cover more of John Jones and Marco Xavier.
I totally dig the subdued, moody Luke McDonnell art, though I wouldn’t have balked at Anthony Durso’s suggestion of Pat Broderick. Still, Broderick would have looked backward toward Burroughs where McDonnell anticipated the shift toward Bradbury under J.M. DeMatteis.
Jeez, I can’t close html code to save my life this episode, huh?
As promised, Who’s Manhunter I?
http://siskoid.blogspot.ca/2013/10/whos-manhunter-i.html
@Anthony: 9 pages of Manhunters? Probably more if you want to a really complete Who’s Who! Dan Richards, Paul Kirk and the robots, as normal, and then Mark Shaw, Chase Lawler, Kirk DePaul and my very favorite Kate Spencer, that’s obvious. Who else are you counting? Manhunter 2070 needs his own entry (the Kirby connection alone…) and you could have Ramsey (Spencer) Robinson, who is shown to become a future Manhunter in his mom’s series’ final issue. That’s 9, 10 if you count J’Onn J’Onzz, which I do. And then I’m pretty sure I’d add a page to the robots’ issue to cover the various agents they used in Millennium. Do you also count Paul Kirk’s clone from Secret Society? He’d be covered in the main Paul Kirk entry, surely.
But then, you could go through all of Who’s Who and its updates and count up the number of agents who turned out to be Manhunters and make that your true page count – Overkill, Lana Lang, Laurel Kent, Dr. Jace, and so on.
@Frank: Obviously, J’onn is a shapeshifter and must’ve tried to blend in with the JLA by reducing his own size.
Anj says:
Looks like I am a little late to the game so will keep my comments relatively brief.
(Alex) Luthor (4) – As someone who thought Infinity Crisis was pretty awful, I only wish that Geoff Johns read the ‘stripped of his powers, cannot reopen this portal without destroying all reality’ piece of this entry. Also, I never really like characters that magically age quickly but then stop when young adults. He went from infant to young adult in a week … why not become elderly in 2 more weeks?
Maaldor – Another one of this characters that is so powerful that only a lame ending can save the day. After thrashing Superman and Power Girl, he defeats himself by looking into the madness of his own soul and imploding? I always thought that Maaldor would look into his own soul and be pretty self-satisfied. Then he would kill them and rule the universe.
Madame Xanadu – Just the best art in the issue. I found the origin listing interesting as it reads more like a pitch for the character/series than a true origin. The Wagner/Reeder title did much more to fill in the gaps.
Mal – have to laugh at Rob’s use of the phrase ‘salad days’ when discussing Mal’s younger thinner past. Works on all levels!
Mano – Love this Legion character especially for his first appearance. He destroys his whole planet by putting his antimatter hand to the crowd … and all because he was bullied! When the Legion meets him, his hand is about to be cut off by a rocket-powered guillotine in space (his hand where the head would typically be). Seems a bit medieval and bizarre. He had been caught by the Science Police when he tried to shake the hand of a dignitary! Silly silver age stuff at its best!
And then (I am sure I am opening myself up for more ridicule – especially given my defense of The Gang and Hyathis), my favorite entry of the issue:
Manhawks – I know you guys like comic ‘origin’ stories. When I was young … maybe 7 or 8, somewhere along the way someone got me an issue that had reprints of early Hawkman stories including the Manhawks one. I can remember thinking they looked visually jarring with the bird body and human masks. I wondered how bizarre they would look to see without the masks. Images of the end of the original Fly movie, a human head tacked onto an animal body, were in my head. I thought it was going to look horrible and awesome at the same time. I couldn’t wait to get to the end to see what that would look like. And then … at the end of the story … they are unmasked to reveal they are (dun dun dun) plain old giant hawks.
Mind blown!
Like major. I was dumbfounded.
I couldn’t believe the switcheroo that had been pulled. I was expecting something and got the reverse. They’re JUST giant hawks. At first, I was pretty pissed thinking I had been cheated of a ‘shock’ moment.
But then I thought that I actually got the best shock of all … a truly unexpected surprise. And that’s when I realized this was great story-telling.
Lastly, Shag I completely understand that the ‘hottest Legionnaire’ discussion is not based solely on the Who’s Who page. I do. It is the character as a whole. I just think it will be interesting to hear you say that Phantom Girl is the hottest Legionnaire when you review her Who’s Who page which might be one of the roughest representations of her.
Thanks again for a great episode. Would have loved to hear Frank dissect the Martian Manhunter page.
Anj, to READ Frank disecting the Martian Manhunter page, go up a few comments on this page. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m fine with reading what Frank has to say instead of listening to it. That way I can skip the part where he takes a bumpy ride I don’t want to take. 😉
Unlike Anj, I have no inclinations toward brevity.
Aa) I had some of the Gil Kane drawn Martin Champion appearances in mini-comics boxed with Atari cartridges. I don’t see a lick of James Fry in the art, and it’s signed Villagran/Campos.
Bb) Whenever I’m tempted to use the r-word, I try to make it a less common comic booky term, like “nincompoops.” The extended Marvel Family is very nincompoopy. I wouldn’t have shed a tear for their getting pushed into a background color hold.
Cc) I like Mary Marvel, but I prefer her played younger to avoid redundancy with Supergirl.
Dd) I’ve always liked the premise of the Master Jailer. He should have been brought back earlier in the Post-Crisis era (he said, then recalled what they did to Terra-Man.)
Ee) The Masters of Disaster were as good as a team created to lose in fights to the Outsiders could be. Windfall was easily the worst of the lot, so of course she became a heroine. Didn’t New Wave murder Shakedown in an issue of Starman or an early JSA?
Ff) Turns out my copy of this Who’s Who has the “Captive Earth” poll insert Shag referenced. Didn’t catch that earlier.
Gg) My YouTube channel includes three Comic Reader Résumés running a total of less than 18 minutes and a bunch of cover countdowns that all run less than a minute, none of which have been updated since mid-September. That’s a fraction of the time I devote to listening to any single F&W Podcast. Rob can be such a… such a… such an Aquaman fan sometimes.
Hh) If you want a reference book, get OHOTMU. If you want a pin-up book with sparse instantly out of date notations, Who’s Who.
Ii) I’m a cat person. None indoor.
Count Drunkula says:
I always liked the Manhunter robots. They would have made for such a better villain in the GREEN LANTERN movie than that amorphous cloud monster.
Cc) Young Mary from the recent all-ages efforts is awesome.
Dd) Yes, it’s a case of being careful what we wish for. DC just announced Stephanie Brown will be returning to the DCU. Can I get a loud “Uh-oh!” ?
Ee) Except I think they won those fights more than half the time! Because the Outsiders suck as–I mean, are nincompoops.
Gg) I don’t think our You-Tube channels are going to make the Internet crash because of length, no. I think our word count is much heavier.
De aka Can De Corn says:
It’s too bad Master Jailer and Lock-Up never got to team up.
Luke Jaconetti says:
What would you do for a Klondike bar? Would you listen to a podcast about Who’s Who?
Regarding Machiste and “sword and sorcery” vs “sword and sandal:” Warlord is very much a sword and sorcery title, filled with fantasy elements and monsters; sword and sandal would be a “peplum” style adventure like a Hercules movie, or a “biblical epics” like The Ten Commandments, Spartacus or Samson And Deliliah. Early stories had Machiste with two hands — this is the basis for his Remco figure. (This is the same as Arak, who’s toy has a full head of hair like he did early in his series, not his more well known mowhawk.) Machiste’s name is derived from Maciste, a hugely popular Italian film character. The Maciste character is a super-strong adventurer who starred in a string of peplum films from the silent era through the 1970s. Now, why don’t we know Maciste in this country? Because his films were typically retitled during dubbing to star Hercules, Goliath, Samson, Atlas, Ursus, or one of the many Sons Of Hercules. So you may have watched a Maciste movie, and not known it! (Most likely Hercules Against The Moon Men.)
Mlle. Marie had a great one shot back in 2011, in the “5th week” Veterans Day event. In the issue, titled Star-Spangled War Stories #1, Marie had an adventure battling the Nazis and the Vischy French. Mlle. Marie is often forgotten about when talking about the classic DC War properties, mostly because she had a lot less appearances, but I’ve always liked her stories, as the French Resistance is ripe for story mining. The image of her “cliff hanging” while firing her machine gun is a reference to the cover to SSWS #88. She would get replaced as the cover feature in SSWS by The War The Time Forgot! I personally assume that this is due to DC not wanting a woman on the cover of a War book.
Major Disaster, one of the only guys improved by Underworld Unleashed. Waid and Augustyn did great stuff with him in Flash.
Malagigi is Arak’s companion and in many ways a mentor during Arak’s travels. Before that, he was a member of Charlemagne’s court and a close friend to Valda, the Iron Maiden. A long storyline involving Malagigi being held prisoner by the Queen of White Cathay dominated the second year of the title. He is something of a lighter character, but he also quite wise and can use magic to great effect.
Ironically, I just read the Manhawks-Lizarkons story in Showcase Presents Hawkman v.2! It’s one of the final stories from the Fox/Anderson run on the character in the 60s. I like the Manhawks, but you know me, I am more prone.
I like the Forever People, and even I have a hard time working up any sort of interest in Mark Moonrider. Compared to the other 4 kids, Moonrider barely even rates. Infinity-Man, who purposefully had no personality as he was a gestalt entity, was still more interesting than Moonrider.
Thanks for the show guys, enjoyed it.
By the way Shag, you said the only thing the Masters of Disasters needed was a mudslide character. In the Dan Didio-Phillip Tan Outsiders run, the Masters did resurface, with new character Mudslide joining the team. Also joining was Dust Devil, bringing the count back up to 5, along with New Wave, Coldsnap, and Heatstroke.
Who’s the Master Jailer?
http://siskoid.blogspot.ca/2013/11/whos-master-jailer.html
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Global travel pricing set to slow down in 2020; flights to rise 1.2%, hotels 1.3%
After posting sharp rises in 2019, prices in the global travel industry are likely to slow in 2020, with flights rising a modest 1.2%, hotels rising only 1.3%, and rental car rates up 1%, according to the sixth annual Global Travel Forecast, published today by CWT and GBTA. While the global economy is doing well overall - and expected to grow a solid 3.6% in 2020 - a raft of uncertainties are set to put a damper on pricing.
"The risks and ambiguity have increased over the past few months - not least the threat of escalating trade wars, the impact of Brexit, possible oil supply shocks, and the growing likelihood of recession," said Kurt Ekert, CWT's President and CEO. "This forecast will help travel buyers make the right decisions in an increasingly challenging environment."
"Technological advancements and an increasingly volatile economic and political landscape across the globe have changed the way today's travel buyers need to do their jobs," said Scott Solombrino, GBTA COO and Executive Director. "This annual forecast provides insights into the key drivers forcing these shifting priorities and gives a road map for travel buyers looking to plan their 2020 travel programs."
Asia's expansion has slowed down due to worsening US-China relations, tighter global financial conditions, and natural disasters. But the region remains the most dynamic, with steady GDP growth, benign inflation, and a sense of optimism.
Air: In Asia Pacific, the shutdown of India-based Jet Airways' operations in April created a gap in the market for some key routes, and the reduced competition has meant higher airfares - but with other airlines adding capacity to fill the vacuum, fares have begun to normalize.
Hotel: Asia's hospitality industry is booming with hotel investment volumes predicted to grow 15% year-on-year. Japan will host the Rugby World Cup later this year, and the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020, which will boost visitor numbers to the region. The Japanese hotel market is seeing a sharp increase in supply to accommodate the anticipated surge in visitors to the country during these events.
Ground: State-owned automaker SAIC Motor announced in 2019 that its car rental brand Xiang Dao will provide a business car rental service to companies replacing the existing venture it currently has operating under the AVIS Budget Group branding. Major players in the car rental service in China include Car Inc, eHai, Shouqi car rental and Yongda. We expect SAIC Motor to be a competitive service provider because it has car capacity and business car rental operation experience from AVIS. SAIC Motor’s entry will further intensify competition in the business car rental market.
In China, steady demand and increased competition will hurt car suppliers. Across Asia Pacific, ride-sharing is booming, with many companies allowing their employees to use these services for business travel. Providers like Didi Chuxing, Grab, Go-Jek and Ola are pursuing aggressive expansion plans, while also taking steps to put more stringent safety measures in place.
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BROOKS & DUNN PUT TOGETHER FIRST NATIONWIDE TOUR IN TEN YEARS January 14, 2020
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Maren Morris To Release New Single To Radio “I Could Use A Love Song”
Music, Country, Nashville
Columbia Nashville GRAMMY Award-winning singer/songwriter Maren Morris will release “I Could Use A Love Song” as her third single from her widely acclaimed, chart topping, label debut album, HERO, hitting the Country Radio airwaves on March 13. The Arlington, TX native broke the news this past Friday night from the stage of the New Faces In Country Music showcase at the [...]
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“America’s Morning Show” Hosts Involved in Car Wreck
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Brett Eldredge releases his new single “Somethin’ I’m Good At”
Brett Eldredge releases his new single "Somethin' I'm Good At." The song is from his upcoming album set to release this summer. The tune was co-written by Eldredge and Tom Douglas plus matches the singer's personality. Eldredge states, “It’s exciting to write and record a song that captures this side of me and this song is [...]
By Leslie Armstrong|2017-02-28T04:33:11+00:00February 28th, 2017|Categories: Music, Country, Nashville|Tags: Nashville, Country Music, Brett Eldredge, Single, something i'm good at|0 Comments
Country Radio Seminar 2017 Interviews Preview
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Carrie Underwood’s son celebrates 2nd Birthday and sings along with his mom
...and it tasted even better than it looked, if that's at all imaginable! Yummy!!! Thanks Auntie @iveychilders and @iveycakestore for this delicious creation! ????: @madlovephotography A post shared by Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) on Feb 27, 2017 at 4:31pm PST Carrie Underwood's son, Isaiah Fisher turned 2 years old yesterday (02/27). The toddler received a cookie [...]
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Charles Esten chats about Deacon’s future since the dramatic end to Rayna
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Martina McBride joins the Cities and Communities with Heart Initiative
Today, the Women’s Heart Alliance (WHA), Nashville Mayor Megan Barry and country music superstar Martina McBride announced the Cities and Communities with Heart Initiative (CCHI) Nashville, a collaborative, multi-year effort to stop women in Nashville from needlessly suffering and dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD). CCHI Nashville is a first-of-its-kind effort to harness the diversity and [...]
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Country superstars line up for the Merle Haggard Tribute
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By Leslie Armstrong|2017-02-27T14:35:28+00:00February 27th, 2017|Categories: Music, Country, Nashville|Tags: Nashville, Country Music, Merle Haggard, Tribute, Bridgestone Arena, Music of Merle|0 Comments
Brantley Gilbert’s Tour to continue into the Summer
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By Leslie Armstrong|2017-02-27T10:28:17+00:00February 27th, 2017|Categories: Music, Country, Nashville|Tags: Country Music, Tour, Summer, Brantley Gilbert, The Devil Don't Sleep|0 Comments
Luke Bryan’s niece loses battle to infection
Earlier last week, Luke Bryan thanked his fans for prayers after news was reported of his niece Sadie Brett had passed away on Tuesday (02/21). The young child had battled heart issues, but in the end lost to an infection that affected her liver. Brett is the daughter of Bryan's brother-in-law. Very few details are [...]
By Leslie Armstrong|2017-02-26T18:16:52+00:00February 26th, 2017|Categories: Music, Country, Nashville|Tags: Luke Bryan, fb, Niece, passes away|0 Comments
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Notice Of Election to the Board
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
Elections will be held per the constitution
Nomination forms can be obtained during normal office hours at the Main Office in Accra and at the respective satellite offices across the nation.
Completed nomination forms must be submitted to the respective offices not later than 5pm on Wednesday, 8th February, 2017.
In the case of proxy voting, a form must be picked at the respective offices and submitted 48hours before the election date
NOTE: The exact election date will be communicated in due course after vetting and qualification of applicants by the Election Management Committee formed to manage the entire process.
Mr. Jonathan Cudjoe
The Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO), a Collective Management Organization (C.M.O), established under the Copyright law 690 and regulated by L.I. 1962 wishes to bring to the notice of its members, users and the general public that in consonance with its Constitution and Rules and Regulations, elections to the Board will be held this quarter of the year.
The Board has therefore approved the formation of a seven (7) member Elections Management Committee to manage the administration of the elections with representation from organizations listed below.
1. Attorney Generals Department (1)
2. Copyright Office (1)
3. GHAMRO Management (2)
4. Solicitors (2)
5. Electoral Commission (1)
The conduct of the electoral process will however be the sole responsibility of the Electoral Commission of Ghana. To ensure easy accessibility of members of the Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO) throughout the country, the election will be conducted at following venues,
1. Accra.
2. Kumasi.
3. Takoradi.
4. Bolgatanga.
5. Northern Volta.
6. Wa.
7. Tamale.
A detailed time –table/programme on the dates of opening of nominations, submission of forms, vetting of applicants publication of applicants, election date, inauguration of new Board, and all other processes, will be rolled out in the press and other media platforms. Ghamro wishes to invite all interested right owners to pick up their nomination forms from any Ghamro office throughout the country, to participate in the upcoming Board elections.
Prince Tsegah
P.R.O
THE INTROUDCTION OF THE GHAM STICKERS
The Association of Phonograph Industry undertook a pilot project of this system in 2013 with the procurement of three million stickers for its members. This blue print is to re-introduce a sticker as an alternative authentication to as provided under Section 5(2) of LI 1962.
Section 5(2) of the Copyright Regulations provides a sure basis for the implementation of an alternate security device. The provision among others states that “Despite sub regulation (1) which expressly provides for the national security device by the Minister in consultation with the Monitoring team an alternative security system can be operated.
Indeed Section 5(2) states that “a manufacturer, importer or publisher of a sound or audiovisual recording may with the approval of the Minister choose an alternative security device to be affixed to a sound recording or audiovisual work manufactured, imported or published by that manufacturer, importer or publisher” .
In the absence of a national authentication system, the Ghana Music Rights organization is better placed to collaborate with government agencies empowered under the law to deploy this anti-piracy system with roles for each of the parties.
Copyright Music Licence
The Copyright Office wishes to inform proprietors and operators of hotels, restaurants, night clubs, broadcasting stations, spinning groups, live music venues, commercial banks, stores, shopping malls, drinking spots, chop bars, etc. that according to section 36 of the Copyright Regulations LI 1962 of 2010, any person who intends to perform i.e. use any local or foreign musical work or cause the work to be performed in public or do any act in respect of the musical work protected under the Copyright Act, 2005, (Act 690) must apply to the Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO) for a Copyright Licence to perform the work.
All proprietors and operators of these establishments are hereby advised to contact the nearest GHAMRO office (054 012 2325 & 054 012 2326) for a licence to regularize the performance of musical works on their premises.
Kindly note, anyone who fails to comply commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine or to a term of imprisonment or to both.
Copyright Administrator
Copyright Office
Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General
Copyright of Ghana
Tel: +233-(0) 302-228-447
Accra: +233-(0) 5401-223-25
+233-(0) 5401-223-26
Kumasi: +233-(0) 5401-223-60
Email: info@ghamro.com
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195: War Stories
Host Ira Glass explains that if we're going to war—as the President keeps promising—it's hard to understand what's in store for us. Today's show is an attempt to figure that out.
Act One: The Situation In The Field
For a few days after the attacks on September 11th, it seemed like we were just on the verge of bombing and retaliation. But two weeks went by, and no military action had begun.
Act Two: Letters To Home
One way to understand what war will be like is to understand what past wars were like. Andrew Carroll recently started something called the Legacy Project, which collects letters Americans wrote home during wartime, from the Civil War up through the conflicts in the Persian Gulf and Bosnia.
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2002-N-0665 Jacobson's Department Store
Businesses; Department Stores;
Architectural rendering of the "soon to be built" Jacobson's Department Store which will replace the Central Fire Station on the northeast corner of Lovell Street and South Burdick Street in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Central Fire Station...
2002-N-1431 Abraham Lincoln Michigan Historical Marker Dedication
Parks; Presidents; Mayors;
Dedication of Michigan Historical Marker number 44 commemorating Abraham Lincoln's visit to the city of Kalamazoo (then a village) and his subsequent speech in Bronson Park. The marker, which was dedicated on January 18th, 1957, stands on the...
2002-P-2014 (0008) Portage Township Hall
City & Town Halls
View of the Portage Township (later City) Hall located on the west side of Shaver Road just South of the Shaver Road and South Westnedge intersection. The address for the hall was 7800 Shaver Road. The building would be used as the Township/City...
2002-P-2014 (0022) Crosstown Parkway
Streets;
Aerial view showing the brand new Crosstown Parkway. Some of the streets visibe in this image are: West Crosstown Parkway - running from left to right along the bottom of the image; Stockbridge Avenue - running from near the bottom left corner to...
2002-N-0600 (02) Kalamazoo Flying Service
Airports; Airplanes; Theaters; Drive-In Theaters;
Aerial view, looking west, of the Kalamazoo Flying Service Incorporated located at 5607 Portage Road on the grounds of the Kalamazoo Municipal Airport. The hanger and office buildings are situated in the bottom center of the image on the east side...
2002-N-0234b (02) Southland Mall Anniversary Cake
Anniversaries; Cakes; Shopping Centers;
Image of the large three tier cake baked for the Southland Shopping Center's one year anniversary party which will be held on August 18th, 1961. Dimensions of the cake are unknown, however using the individuals posed around it in later images, it...
2002-N-0514 (6) Lobby of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo, Vicksburg Branch
Banks; Financial Facilities; Lobbies; Winter;
Lobby of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo's Vicksburg Office located at 119 North Main Street in Vicksburg, Michigan. The cameraman, Mr. Todd, is standing near the back of the building, looking towards the front doors. The...
2003-P-0003 Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan - Downtown Office (two)
Financial Institutions; Banks;
Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan - downtown office (315 South Burdick Street - Kalamazoo, Michigan) shortly after remodeling in the mid 1950's. Formerly the Elite Theater, Fidelity Federal moved into the structure in the mid 1920's. Thirty years...
2002-N-0574 (1) Maple Hill Mall Complex
Malls; Shopping Centers;
Aerial view, looking northwest, of the Maple Hill Mall Complex located on the northwest corner of Drake Road and West Main Street. West Main Street runs from the left center edge to the right bottom corner while Drake Road runs from the bottom...
2003-P-0002 Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan - Downtown Office (one)
Financial Instituions; Banks;
The Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan - downtown office (315 South Burdick Street - Kalamazoo, Michigan) shortly after remodeling in the mid 1950's. Formerly the home of the Elite Theater, Fidelity Federal moved into the structure in the mid...
2002-N-0570 (1b) Northglade Elementary School
Schools; Public Schools; Elementary Schools; Auto Theater;
Aerial view, looking northeast, of the Northglade Public Elementary School located along the right center edge of the image. Visible along the left center edge is the Douglas Auto (Drive-In) Theater located at 1776 Douglas Avenue. The road...
2002-N-0583 (1) Brown Paper Company
Paper Industry; Paper Manufacturing;
Aerial view, looking northwest, of the Brown Paper Company Complex (later KVP Sutherland) located north of Patterson Street and on both sides, east and west, of Pitcher Street. The large multi-story building standing near the center left edge was...
Airports; Aircraft;
Aerial view, looking northwest, of the Kalamazoo Flying Service Incorporated located at 5607 Portage Road on the grounds of the Kalamazoo Municipal Airport. The hanger and office buildings are visible to the right of Portage Road, which runs from...
2002-N-0608 (05) Kroger Grocery Company Grand Opening - Interior View
Grocery Stores; Supermarkets;
Image of then Portage Township Supervisor John Plantfaber handing a new doll to a young girl in the entrance of the new Kroger Grocery Company. This image was taken during the Grand Opening Ceremonies on July 20th, 1960. The Kroger Grocery...
2002-N-0624 (02) Jewel Food Store and Osco Drug Store
Drugstores; Grocery Stores;
Aerial view, looking southwest, of the newly completed Jewel Food Store (6330 South Westnedge) and Osco Drug Store (6390 South Westnedge) located in Portage, Michigan. South Westnedge can be seen running from the lower right corner to the left...
Image of a large three tier cake created for the Southland Shopping Center's one year anniversary party on August 18th, 1961. The dimensions of the cake are unknown, however using the individuals posed around it in later images it appears to be...
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Ryuei.net : Surf the Essays by Rev. Ryuei! - Essays and articles on Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism at Ryuei.net by the Rev. Michael McCormick, an American Buddhist
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Essays and articles on Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism at Ryuei.net by the Rev. Michael McCormick, an American Buddhist minister who was ordained at Mount Minobu Kuon-ji in Japan and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family.
The Seven Parables in the Lotus Sutra Preview — Go
(1) Parable of the Burning House - Ch.3, (2) Parable of a Poor Son - Ch.4, (3) Parable of the Herbs - Ch.5, (4) Parable of the Magic City - Ch.7, (5) Parable of the Hidden Gem - Ch.8, (6) Parable of the Gem in the Topknot - Ch.14, and (7) Parable of the Excellent Physician - Ch.16.
The Vedic Cosmology Preview — Go
Ancient Indian views of the Universe through a medieval Japanese lens....
The Wizard of Oz as a Buddhist Parable Preview — Go
I had this flash of inspiration the other day (back in '96), whereupon I realized that T'ien T'ai's teaching concerning the Five Periods of Shakyamuni Buddha's teaching and the Three Ages of the Law are clearly illustrated in the Wizard of Oz. I hope that others will find this helpful in their practice of Buddhism....
Does Buddhism Work? Preview — Go
"This is from a Dharma talk I gave at the temple in March 2000. Before and since giving this talk I have heard stories about the actual practical effects of Odaimoku which were very encouraging and even deeply moving. So I do not discount the 'benefits' of chanting Odaimoku, far from it. Whether they are miracles or not, they are wonderful examples of the Buddha Dharma at work in our lives. However...."
Dragons & Demons in Buddhism Preview — Go
Learn about the Dragon King & his Daughter who attained Enlightenment in the Lotus Sutra, and the Demon Mother Kishimo-jin & her rakshasa daughters: all protective deities who are present on the Great Mandala of the Nichiren School.
Who's Who on the Gohonzon? Preview — Go
Perhaps the most extensive online character-by-character explanation of the Great Mandala of the Nichiren School by the Rev Ryuei. Buddhists of all persuasions are likely to enjoy & learn from this comprehensive series of webpages on the buddhas, bodhisattvas, devas, men, women & non-human beings in Nichiren's Lotus Sutra Mandala & in their roles in the broader Buddhist Canon.
On the Life of Nichiren Shonin 1222-1282 Preview — Go
An essay by Rev Ryuei, includes a brief history of each of his major disciples and their various lineages; also includes links to online temples associated with Nichiren's life and the Hokke-shu.
An Overview of Buddhism Preview — Go
Many people who want to learn about Buddhism get very confused by the terminology and different points of view presented by various schools of Buddhism. In order to clear up some of this confusion, Ryuei offers this brief overview, beginning with the Buddhist canon, which is the source for the Buddha�s actual teachings and therefore the inspiration for all of the various schools and lineages.
What's New in the Coffeehouse? Preview — Go
A chronological listing of new additions to Nichiren's Interfaith Coffeehouse, one of the largest Buddhist archives on the internet: including LotusSutra.net, BuddhistInmates.net, Ryuei.net, CampRoss.net, Dharma-House.org and much more!
The Challenge of Bringing Nichiren Buddhism to America Preview — Go
The talk I gave at the American Academy of Religions in September 2003. It was given on a panel whose theme was The Challenge of Asian Religions in America.
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Board index ‹ Hosted Pedal Builders ‹ Rainger FX
Dr Freakenstein Chop Fuzz tips etc
Moderator: D-Rainger
by D-Rainger » Sun Jun 02, 2019 9:45 am
The Chop Fuzz is the latest in the Dr Freakenstein, er, dynasty!
It was called 'DRFF-4' for a long time while it was in development.
It has the same gated fuzz circuit as the previous ones - but this time it has a brand new feature; hard squarewave tremolo, which is basically adjusting the level of the signal up and down before the noise gate part of the circuit. This has the result of switching the gate on and off, hence 'squarewave' - and no 'depth' or 'waveform select' controls.
SOME BACKGROUND
Back in the day when I was doing lots of sessions I often used a non-optical squarewave tremolo with a really light on/off footswitch to flash in machine gun-like bursts of stuttering tremolo at key places in the track, kind of like a drum fill. I just loved it - added a kind of 'KLF' type of flavour to things!!!
So when it came to thinking about a new Dr Freakenstein Fuzz, I knew I wanted an extra facility on it, and reckoned some sort of momentary effect like this would be so cool...
And because of the noise gate, this was relatively easy to do.
But it also had to do all the key things it did before with Igor; wah-wah-like expression-y 'Overtone' control, bringing the overtone modulation in and out, plus this momentary effect. PLUS you had to be able to switch the stutter to be in all the time - cos otherwise your foot would get tired...!
This was very hard to do, and involved a maze of switching to achieve it (not least because there's a knifeswitch, main 'on/off' footswitch, 'modulation' switch and 'Chop' switch before you even get to the Igor operation!). And along the way some compromises had to happen, for instance on some settings the 'Overtone' knob doesn't do anything.
The meters always used to come from sorely-missed Maplin stores in the UK. When they went under we had to source them from somewhere else, and the first new batch that arrived looked exactly the same - except the panel behind the meter's needle was opaque, and couldn't be backlit like before. We could remove this panel OK, but what should we put in place instead?
Graphics guy Rich DiMaio said ".... well, you could have an eye there?"
OK. Worth a try - he supplied the graphic and we got a bunch made, put them in place, and.......... MY GOD!!! WHAT IS THIS THING WE HAVE WROUGHT???!!!!!!
I considered putting a warning somewhere, 'do not look for too long into the eye!', but that's maybe going too far. It is a problem though, because - if you're anything like me - it'll be the next hour and a half gone in hypnotic reverie....
I cannot believe we've come up with something that just about eclipses the attitude of the knifeswitch.
And then when we got it all working with the red chop LEDs flashing each side of the meter......!!!!!!!!
That was a good day!
The enclosure is the same flared desk-type as before that we get custom-made (with the sexy overhanging sloping panel at the bottom edge), but again, slightly smaller than the previous one, and has brand new edgy artwork. In fact the whole thing is edgy, weird, cute, dangerous - with tons of attitude. Kind of like me really!
It doesn't do swampy atmospheric, gently throbbing. No subtle overdrive grind. It's a hard, fast, on/off attacking Chop Fuzz.
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Show #054: Jethro Easyfields
Sometimes, despite being entrenched in various attempts further and promote the medium to the layman, I really regret the relative youth and instant accessibility of podcasting. There just isn't the history or massive, undiscovered, forgotten areas to explore the way there is with something as all-encompassing as music. Case in point, last night I had drinks with two of the big innovators in podcasting, Scott Sigler and Matt F-in Wallace. They are terribly nice, accessible guys who post a Twitter that they're coming into town, and instantly 30 people show up at a bar to chat and toss back a few (everyone else looked at us like we were a traveling leper colony). While we were there, we discussed all of the various things we've done over the years and where you can go to download them. Suddenly, it dawned on me: This digital age isn't all it's cracked up to be sometimes. I mean, I'm never going to have the joy of trawling through garage sale boxes looking for old mono pressings of Accident Hash (to say nothing of the infamous "Barber Cover" depicting CC Chapman covered in hair taking scissors to a Barbie Doll's golden locks). I'll not be making a pilgrimage to Binghampton, New York, interviewing convenience store clerks and school teachers, looking for that minute piece of previously-uncovered trivia that will allow me to completely change my approach to podcasting and hopefully write the definitive Encyclopedia of Schwagcast some day. There will never be a six-disc official anthology release of all of those old alternate takes of Mothpod episodes that I've had on a scratchy Belgian bootleg vinyl since '79. My grandchildren will never stand in line to pay $299 for the "Ultimate Boxed Set" of 256-bit remasters of Evil Genius Chronicles because Dave Slusher's cough at 14:58 of Episode #72 "has a much richer tonal quality" than it does on the old 128-bit versions I grew up with. Our sphere is pretty much 100% out there. Our heroes are a bit less-legendary; our history, a bit shorter; our genre-altering revelations, a bit fewer and further between -- and it's probably going to stay that way.
This is probably why I think my guest on this episode is totally cool.
When talking to musicians around Indianapolis, one hears a lot of stories -- you might even say legends -- about Jethro Easyfields. He's been a staple of the local scene for decades, and when he's not actively playing around town, he can invariably be found in New Orleans, Phoenix, or elsewhere, looking to expand his own musical vocabulary and bring that experience back and add it to the collected pool of talent here in his home state. That vocabulary, by the way, now easily slips back and forth between rockabilly, blues, folk, rock, country, Americana and several other genres.
His latest CD, Elixir, is a combination of new tunes and old favorites performed in his living room by an assortment of his "collected" friends (called "The Arrowheads"). This isn't a basement tape from a bunch of DIY kids, though (and, no, I have nothing against that scene; I've even featured it on this show more than once). These are quality session and live players you know from top acts around town and elsewhere, getting back to the basics, but still keeping it professional. Scott Kern's production work is masterfully done, but at the same time intentionally unalloyed and organic, with most songs being done in just a couple of takes. As such, Elixir showcases Easyfield's natural abilities, energy, and diversity in both performance and songwriting -- a fitting representation of an artist who once made his living playing street corners for change.
Jethro Easyfields can be found here: MySpace | Broad Ripple Buzz | Hard Rox MySpace | Defunct Blog.
Much of his music, including the Po Boy album and his Retrospective are available on the excellent Musical Family Tree MP3 Archive.
He worked and played at the New Orleans House of Blues (before it became a cookie-cutter national restaurant chain)
His latest CD, Elixir, is available at shows or the usual suspects (Luna Music, Indy CD and Vinyl in Indy; The Wooden Nickel in Ft. Wayne). You can read a reivew of it here, and can watch a video of the CD release party we referenced during the show here.
He has been known to play with Scott Kern, John Wayne Pastor, and Crabtree's Trunk among others.
He has previously appeared on Episode #4 the excellent (but short-lived) Crabtree's Trunk Podcast.
For the past five years, he's been the host of Wednesday Open Mic Night at Locals Only.
Indy In-Tune is proud to sponsor the 2009 Rock Battle at 8 Seconds Saloon. Final round of action is Friday, September 25th and features Dead Man's Grill, Outer Sanctum, Compass Rose, Smoke Ring, Jai Baker, Shadow Box, One-Eyed Dog, among others.
Our next Musician's Night Out will be Monday, September 28th, at BW3 on the south side.
The next Indianapolis Podcaster's Guild meetup will be Tuesday, September 29th, 7:00 PM at the Yats downtown.
Jethro Easyfields: Elixir
Show #053: Smoke Ring Next Post:
Show #055: Lost Kauze
Useful Links Elsewhere
Handy places to visit if you are part of, or want to know more about, our music scene ...
DoIt Indy
Around Indy (Music Events)
Visit Indy (Live Music Section)
Indy Star (Music and Nightlife Section)
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And the story began,....a village Upper Karbusch,...in this village, two strangers wandered....The first one named Vitaly, and the second, Paul, as it turned out later they are businessmen and they had a broken car, ...they needed help, but...instead they met a strange man, who came out of the red gates of the village house. He persuaded the businessmen he will find help and a stay for the night,but first he offered them to have some fun...and led them to the abandoned catacombs.... something happened and they lost their way ...in these endless labyrinths - Watch Bastards web-series Nearby cinema theatres.
Probably he needs a certain book to read, find the spell, ...and here it is ...the same unidentified...but our hero knows what he does...he dug up an ancient amulet and did something with it.
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India’s Orchestrated Boat Drama Revisited
Dec 30th, 2015 | Category: Kashmir News
By Sajjad Shaukat
On December 31, 2014, Indian agencies orchestrated a terror boat drama to defame Pakistan in the world. In this respect, Indian media and high officials unfolded the drama on the New Year’s eve by allegedly reporting that a Pakistani fishing boat as a Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was intercepted by Indian Coast Guards, some 356 km. off the coast of Porebandar, Gujarat. Taking a new twist which overturned Indian aspersions in accusing Pakistan, the Indian government had claimed that it had foiled another 26/11-type attack of Mumbai.
As per Indian Coast Guard IG, K R Nautiyal, an operation was undertaken on a precise intelligence tip and boat was ordered to stop, but it did not comply and sped away. Propagating that Pakistani terrorists had been apprehended by the Indian Coast Guard on the high seas and, after a long chase, when warning shots had been fired, the ‘terrorists’ had blown themselves up.
Indian Coast Guard officials stated that no body or debris was found due to bad weather. Moreover, it was also stated that search was on for another boat which they fear was in communication with the capsized boat.
The Pakistani media said that the Indian media was playing up the incident without establishing proper links to terrorism. The incident was strongly rejected by Pakistan’s Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam, terming it as mere propaganda aimed at tarnishing Pakistan’s image. She elaborated, “Pakistan expects India to conduct a transparent probe to ascertain the facts of the boat incident, while highlighting that its own investigation had shown that there was no sound evidence to substantiate India’s assertions. On the so called terror boat incident, India has not approached Pakistan through diplomatic channels.”
However, the boat incident had also stirred a controversy within India itself. Indian National Congress had stated that it has doubts on government’s version of Porebandar incident. The BJP in response had stated that Congress was lending credence to Pakistani stance. In this regard, hitting at Congress, BJP President Amit Shah asked the opposition party, whether it was fighting elections in India or Pakistan.
It is notable that 48 hours after the incident, the Indian officials had started portraying another version by suggesting that the boat which had left Keti Bandar, Karachi might have belonged to small time smugglers.
And it was not possible that 30 HP boat could run four state of the art Indian Coast Guard ships. The media clips showed only fire damage to the boat, whereas, in case of an explosion, as suggested by the Indians, complete boat which was small in size, would have torn to pieces.
Indian officials said that wreckage and dead bodies could not be recovered due to bad weather, whereas, open source met data forecasted fair weather. The argument is supplemented by the fact that small boats do not operate in deep open waters unless weather is clear.
Meanwhile, despite the insistence of Islamabad, no solid proof was provided by Indian authorities about the incident, and no inquiry reports was shared with local and international media. Hence, Pakistan launched strong diplomatic protest at UNO, demanding impartial inquiry which could expose Indian fabricated story regarding the Boat episode.
Nevertheless, we cannot see the event in isolation. The aim of that stereotype Indian orchestrated boat drama was to create an aura against Pakistan prior to US President Barrack Obama’s visit (25-27 Jan. 2015) to India and put pressure on Pakistan government on Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi’s bail issue and allege LeT as an organization, posing regional threats. Prior to Obama’s visit, Indian propaganda was also part of overall plan to malign Pakistan of sponsoring terrorist activities in India. New Delhi, for the last few months, was propagating conduct of terrorist activities by LeT inside India.
India had also been projecting the possibility of a terrorist attack coinciding with Obama’s visit or targeting the dignitary. In this context, Indian secret agency, RAW, Intelligence Bureau and other intelligence agencies had been issuing threat alert almost on daily basis. The issuance of such alerts by New Delhi reflected the concerns of the US and the West regarding the prevailing law and order and security situation in India—being deteriorated by the Hindu terrorism which has been encouraged by BJP hardliner Narendra Modi who got a land sliding triumph in the Indian elections 2014 and has become the prime minister of India. Hindu majority was mobilized on anti-Pakistan and anti-Muslim slogans. Therefore, he is fulfilling the agenda of Hinduvta (Hindu nationalism).
In fact, Hindu politics and culture are dominated by the fundamentalist parties such as BJP, RSS, VHP, Shiv Sena and other similar groups which have been propagating Hindutva. Provocative utterances of their extremist leaders have resulted into unending violence against the Muslim and Christians including other minority groups, while, India is also facing insurgency and terrorism in its various regions.
It is mentionable that on January 20, 2013, Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde confessed the nexus between BJP and the RSS, disclosing that organized training camps run by these fundamentalist parties were promoting Hindu terrorism. They also disclosed that these parties were behind the Samjhauta Express, Meccca Masjid and Malegaon blasts including Gujarat and Babri Masjid incidents. Earlier, New Delhi was accusing Pakistan’s primary intelligence agency, ISI for blasts in Malegaon and other cities.
It is noteworthy that on December 13, 2001, Indian parliament was attacked by five terrorists. Without any evidence, Indian top officials and TV channels started a blame game against Pakistan by involving the banned Lashkar-e-Tayba and ISI in relation to the Parliament assault.
While, regarding the November 26 Mumbai terror attacks, Indian rulers and media had again started a blame game against Pakistan, propagating that Indian Mujahideen, the banned Lashkar-e-Tayba and ISI were behind the Mumbai carnage.
Availing the pretext of the parliament attack and Mumbai catastrophe, New Delhi had, twice, suspended the process of dialogue with Islamabad in wake of its highly provocative actions like mobilization of troops. Pakistan had also taken defensive steps to meet any Indian prospective aggression or surgical strikes. But, India failed in implementing its aggressive plans, because Pakistan also possesses atomic weapons.
It is of particular attention that on July 19, 2013, the Indian former home ministry and ex-investigating officer Satish Verma revealed that terror-attacks in Mumbai in November 26, 2008 and assault on Indian Parliament in January 12, 2001 were carried out by the Indian government to strengthen anti-terrorism laws. It proved that both the dramas were also orchestrated by the Indian intelligence agencies.
Renowned thinkers, Hobbes, Machiavelli and Morgenthau opine that sometimes, rulers act upon immoral activities like deceit, fraud and falsehood to fulfill their countries’ selfish aims. But such a sinister politics was replaced by new trends such as fair-dealings, reconciliation and economic development. Regrettably, India is still following past politics in modern era.
Nonetheless, as part of anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan move, BJP-led government which is continuously manipulating the double standard of the US-led Western countries in relation to New Delhi and Islamabad had orchestrated the boat drama to defame Pakistan prior to Obama’s Indian visit.
Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book: US vs Islamic Militants, Invisible Balance of Power: Dangerous Shift in International Relations
Email: sajjad_logic@yahoo.com
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Q&A FROM DAVE SAUNDERS Hon.Fellow, PRESIDENT
December 12, 2018 /in Frontpage Article, News /by PeterA
SO WHO IS DAVE SAUNDERS?
I am a retired Merchant, who ran a successful multi-branch Timber and Joinery business for 25 years through to the sale in 2007. I served on this Board for almost 25 years including National President 1993/4 and Institute Director 2004/08… initially joining as a Student in 1977 and finally presented an Honorary Membership in 2014, retiring from the Board that year.
SO WHY DID YOU JOIN THE INSTITUTE OF BUILDERS MERCHANTS
Like many people, I entered this industry by accident. But once I decided on my chosen career I soon realised the responsibility rested mainly with myself for gaining knowledge and experience.
My Director, who sat on the NFBPM Council, encouraged me to take the then, NFBPM Postal Courses. And after completing all six Light & Heavy courses, I was hungry to get into management which lead me to look for an industry acknowledged business qualifications and experience.
I joined the Institute as a Student while taking these commodity courses and progressed to the Institute’s Business Studies Course which I passed in 1979/80… a two year course to further my own training and demonstrate my ability. I worked my way through Licentiate, Associate then full Member finally accepting Fellow when I joined the Board in 1989, a proud moment in my merchant career.
Membership was infectious, I attended Branch events and took office….I had a natural home to attend when I moved around the country or changed employers. I could not believe that this Londoner who left school with nothing but an “O” Level Art could have a professional qualification and designatory initials after his name, proving his ability within an industry.
On my journey, Branch meetings allowed me to meet with like-minded employees in the industry, from Trade Counter staff where I started my career through to Managers and Directors all who held one common goal…professionalism.
Throughout my years in merchanting, membership has improved my knowledge through Branch training events and AGM Seminar Weekends on a wide range of subjects from product information, finance presentations, innovated launches and quality speakers. I have always endeavoured to uphold our Institute motto, Knowledge, Integrity, Efficiency!
ARE YOU NOW RETIRED?
No, I have just completed two elected terms on an International Board totalling 8 years which finished last year and in May 2015 I was elected onto Mansfield District Council as Ward Councillor. I am currently on the Mayor’s Cabinet heading up our Regeneration & Growth Portfolio including our own Building Company developments and Business advice.
WHY HAVE YOU TAKEN ON PRESIDENT AT THIS TIME?
I was just one of a group of Members who were disappointed in what was being proposed by our Elected Board Members, I was not looking to become President again… far from it. However, I just consider myself part of a team of interested Members who want the Institute to succeed in some form and who are prepared to invest time in seeking a way forward.
WHY COULDN’T YOU SUPPORT THE MERGER RESOLUTION OFFERED?
First and foremost, what was offered was nothing but a thought. I tried to engage with the Institute Board and the BMF around a detailed plan, how it would be governed, how it would be able to acknowledge training with Members and non-Members of the Federation but nothing was forth coming… many were surprised the Resolution was even put forward at our AGM in this form last June without prior consultation with Members and a detailed plan.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER A FUTURE MERGER?
I believe it is important for any professional body to remain independent, especially if it is to acknowledge Training Programmes from within an industry… however, if a merger offered this independence then we must consider all paths. There are many Institutes which are finding it hard to succeed; some may offer us ideas, advice and a future
HOW WOULD YOU HAVE DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY?
We are a membership organisation and instead of wasting funds on legal expenses, I would have written to Members first stating our concerns, outlining the possible merger and then inviting them to a workshop to discuss our future with the BMF and hopefully formulate a plan together. I am a great believer in consultation, it works every time… Members need to be part of any change process!
Instead, the Board gave the Members their ultimatum, vote for our Resolution or we all resign – which, with one exception, they did after their Resolution failed.
IS THE INSTITUTE STILL OPERATING FROM THE BMF ADDRESS
No, we were prepared for the inevitable and notice was served on the Institute immediately following our AGM on 7th November to vacate the premises. As from 1st December our postal address is:
209 Watling Street. Dartford, Kent, DA2 6EG. Tel: 07968 294249.
YOU MENTIONED FINANCES, ARE YOU STARTING ON A FIRM FINANCIAL FOOTING?
Sadly not, Institute funds are depleted, considerable expenses have been incurred on legal costs mainly around the proposed Resolution and merger before this was even accepted by Members.
This Board can do nothing about past decisions but now need to concentrate on the future funding of this Institute and how to make it a success, this is our primary focus!
The past Board will have to live with their decisions, they were the Officers responsible for spending money they did not have and leaving the Institute in debt.
However, we do have our Institute of Builders Merchants Charity Trust Fund, a Fund set up in 1978, with proceeds from Members donations to Harlow Training Centre. The Fund is administered by our Trustees solely for the purpose of the Institute, our Members and Branches and we shall be seeking their support.
SO, WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
We have a team of committed Members who are prepared to explore ways for this professional body to succeed in some form, we have given ourselves 12 months to meet up, investigate and formulate plans.
The new Board are realists: we know membership organisations are finding it difficult to engage with Members of all ages, we must look towards every modern medium available to make future contact. However I cannot help thinking, if we could have succeeded as part of the BMF, there was no reason why we could not succeed with their full support and still remain independent.
One thing for sure: we shall be seeking membership involvement in whatever path we recommend with plenty of time for consultation and collaboration.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE MERCHANT INDUSTRY?
The Institute exists solely to recognise and celebrate the skills, experience, knowledge and professionalism for all those employed within the Builders Merchant industry.
To me, our Institute has always given me a sense of pride not only for my membership but in what I can do for this industry.
I hope some of you may relate to my story, what the Institute of Builders Merchants stands for and why you should become a Member.
Dave Saunders Hon.Fellow
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IoBM keeps on growing
February 28, 2017 /in Frontpage Article, News /by Tommy Harty
Supporting both suppliers and individuals within the merchant industry, the Institute of Builders Merchants (IoBM) is pleased to welcome nine new members from Hevey Building Supplies into its ranks.
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BMF to attend UK construction week in a first for the industry
In a first for the merchant industry, the Builders Merchants Federation will have its own branded BMF Pavilion at UK Construction Week 2016 at the NEC from 18-23 October (trade only days 18-20 October).
The BMF is working with exhibition organisers, Media 10, to provide the right platform to bring merchants and suppliers together to find out more about the latest products and new technology and building techniques coming on stream.
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IoBM supports BMF position on apprentice levy
The Institute of Builders Merchants (IOBM) fully endorses the position of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) that firms unwilling to take on apprentices will lose out when the government’s new Apprenticeship Levy comes into effect in April.
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The Institute of Builders Merchants announces new professional development fund
The IoBM is very proud to announce the opening of a new Professional Development Fund, which will facilitate further training for those working in the industry.
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History ahoy with snows timber
February 28, 2017 /in News /by Tommy Harty
With its own history in wood products stretching back over 100 years, IoBM member Snows Timber is asking merchant customers to share pictures of any summer-time wood history ‘finds’ through @SnowsTimber on Twitter, celebrating the fascinating world of wood.
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Just Another Day …
There used to be quiet news days after the Memorial Day holiday, but in the age of social media and cable news that is no longer true. Some thoughts:
What was Roseanne thinking with those tweets? Last night she blamed the sleep aide Ambien for her action. She left ABC no choice and they acted.
They do leave themselves open now to charges that they must take action on the other side when they say some of the things they do.
Watch this heat up — as it should. No double standards please.
Speaking of ABC, they never hestaiate to show any video that might put police activity in a negative light – and play it over and over. The same company has “Live PD” on A&E and you see how hard the job of policing is. It is interesting to see host Dan Abrams on the show support the police and then go on GMA and comment negatively on the videos showing questionable police action. We’d like once to see him on GMA say what a tough job it is. He never does. Like he is two different people.
The latest on ABC was the video of officers hitting a woman on Wildwood beach this weekend. (They hit her twice, but as you watch them play the video over and over they make it appear to be more). Anyway it now turns out (as it often does) that the woman kicked the police in the groin, spit on them and fought before the take down. Police body cam showed the detail, but you didn’t see or hear that did you?
Now we know some officers get too aggressive, and must be disciplined, but watching ABC you get the impression they are all bad.
No, it’s the other way around.
Starbucks closed its stores for the sensitivity training they promised. Give them credit for that. But watch now if opening their stores for all to sit inside and use the restrooms impacts some outlets. Will the warm summer and cold winter make them a destination for people to hang out? That could drive paying customers away. Worth watching.
Closing for the day is estimated to cost them $12 million. Here’s a question. Will they give their managers and employees a reduced quarterly objective to compensate for the lost day? I hear the answer is no. How come the company about fairness is not fair to their people?
Trey Gowdy said the FBI’s actions in what the administration calls “spygate” were appropriate. We have felt that from the outset, as readers know. Yet the administration continues to say it. They better be careful or a collusion clearing will lead to a spygate lie and wipe out any good news.
The question we ask again is this. Did the “informants” information lead to the false FISA charges and thus to the whole investigation?
Big meeting today in New York between Secretary Pompeo and North Korea. It looks to us like the summit is going to happen sometime in June. To us the issue for Kim to do anything is trust. He must feel like he will be safe and survive. Nuclear weapons have been his protector.
As we have outlined before, we understand why he is scared. He looks at Saddam and Quadafi and fears the same fate. He will want us out S. Korea, out of the region to disarm. Now comes the hard part.
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Over The Weekend ….
Some Weekend News On The Investigation
Spygate or informant? The issue continued all weekend. Did the Obama administration and FBI spy on the Trump campaign, or did they did investigate to determine Russian involvement? Trump, Guilani and Republican congressional leaders claimed “spying”. The Democrats (supported by the MSM) said “no way”.
We think the work was for investigation purposes and not to spy. There were legitimate questions to look at with people like Carter Page. That said there was no evidence of collusion and the question for us is more this. Did they use the work of the informant to get the FISA charge and lead to the special counsel?
We think they did and that would be an issue.
The meeting with the congressional leaders to share information the the DOJ refuses to turn over was a joke. You had the MSM and Democrats yelling that the President’s attorney and John Kelly had no right to be there. They gave the impression that the two were at the meeting. They were not. They said a few words at the outset and left before the DOJ presentation.
Second, no documents were shared. It was a presentation. Did you know that?
There’s more to come in this.
Other News You Have Missed (and really wasn’t covered)
Remember Rachel Dolezal the woman who passed as black and led an NACCP chapter? She was in the news, and is now facing a lengthy prison term on welfare fraud charges.
It seems she received assistance by reporting that her income was usually less than $500 per month in child support payments, a statement contradicted by bank records obtained by state officials.
“The bank records, court documents say, showed Diallo had deposited about $83,924 into her bank account in several monthly installments between August 2015 and September 2017, without reporting the income to the Department of Social and Health Services.
While on charges and payments, you heard that Stormy Daniels was honored and received the key to the city (West Hollywood, Ca,). Did you hear this about the Mayor who honored her?
Mayor John Duran “who honored” her for leading “the resistance” to the President, faced sexual harassment claims of his own! The charges led to the city paying out $500,000 on his behalf in 2016.
As we’ve said before, you can’t make this up.
Here’s an example of Washington at its best.The Washington Post (no friend of the President) said this yesterday.
A Saudi Arabia signal to ease limits on oil production led to oil prices falling after a three-week rally, and OPEC cited an angry tweet by President Donald Trump as a trigger. Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Khalid al-Falih said “I reiterated Saudi’s commitment, in collaboration with other producers, to guarantee availability of sufficient oil supply to compensate for potential loss & to meet rising demand.”
At the same time:
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer declared that Mr. Trump was “missing in action” when it came to fixing rising gasoline prices. “President Trump and his administration are clearly more committed to helping pad the pockets of corporate executives and wealthy shareholders than helping middle-class families,” said the New York Democrat. “It is time for this president to stand up to OPEC on behalf of the forgotten man and woman he promised to remember and do what is necessary to lower gas prices.”
Want another one?
Here’s a story from the Washington Times:
President Trump signed a trio of executive orders that reform civil service rules by expediting termination for cause, revamping union contracts and limiting taxpayer-funded union work at agencies.
“Today the president is fulfilling his promise to promote more efficient government by reforming civil service rules,” said Andrew P. Bremberg, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.“These executive orders will make it easier for agencies to remove poor-performing employees and make sure taxpayer dollars are more efficiently used,” Mr. Bremberg said. The move will promote efficiency, save taxpayer dollars and create better work environments for “thousands of employees who come to work each day and do a great job,” said another official.
Here’s the other side. Democrats backed this union statement.
“This is more than union busting – it’s democracy busting,” said AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. “These executive orders are a direct assault on the legal rights and protections that Congress has specifically guaranteed to the 2 million public-sector employees across the country who work for the federal government.”
Remember the uproar over the President calling MS13 members “animals”. The MSM and liberals went crazy and coverage was extensive. Well here’s a poll on the public reaction:
Taken in the wake of a controversy that swirled around President Donald Trump for using the term at an immigration meeting, the Harvard Caps/Harris Survey found 56 percent of adults think the word was acceptable, while 44 percent said it was unfair.
Fifty-two percent added that comments which “dehumanize” MS-13 members are acceptable.
The media forgot to cover this.
Another story they didn’t have time to cover was the President’s pardon of former Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson. Johnson was boxing’s first black heavyweight champion, and in 1913, he was convicted for accompanying his girlfriend across state lines. Johnson’s relatives and others said it was a racist conviction that forced him to serve 10 months in prison.
I guess the narrative didn’t fit what they want to cover and convey.
Author Common SensePosted on May 28, 2018 May 28, 2018 Leave a comment on Over The Weekend ….
Cancel Korea
N. Korea
President Trump canceled the June 12th summit. He claims he did it because of N. Korea’s rhetoric. Think about that. It’s a good thing he, VP Pence and John Bolton weren’t using any threatening words.
We see the cancellation as only a temporary one. The President is using the cancellation as a negotiating tool, sending a message to China and N.Korea. He believes China was pumping up Kim to be tougher and he wants to break that and put Kim back on the defensive. It is that simple to us.
By summer’s end this will happen.
Watch now how the MSM, Democrats and far left start yelling it’s Trump’s fault. The same people who failed to stop N.Korea from developing weapons (despite deals they said they would) will now be experts.
Mueller and Spygate
Depending on who you listen to and watch, your view is different. On the MSM the whole Spygate thing is a Trump idea to divert attention and much about nothing. On Fox, it is real and Mueller is way off base. It is like two different universes.
Did Obama and team implant spies to get information on the Trump campaign? We know they will claim they were doing a criminal investigation, namely Russian collusion. It will be hard to prove otherwise.
The question is, did they base the investigation on the FISA report that they knew was unverified? Did they, also believe that Trump and team were guilty that they did the investigation based upon a dossier they knew Hillary paid for?
And if the answer is “no”, they were truly concerned about Russian intervention, then how come they didn’t implant in Hillary’s campaign? She actually colluded with the Russians on the dossier.
One more thing on Mueller. He apparently has cleared Jared Kushner. After a second seven hour grilling recently, Jared was cleared for national security clearance. So cross Jared off the list of any potential charges.
The NFL
The NFL came up with a compromise. No on field kneeling for the national anthem. If you can’t stand, you can stay in the locker room for the song. Seems fair, right? Not to the MSM this AM. They were angry. They want players to have “the right to kneel” on the field. They said “after all they are not protesting the flag”. Well here’s a view. Respect the flag.
If you want to protest the police do it somewhere else other than at the playing of the anthem before a game. Some of us saw people dying for the flag and don’t want to see you kneeling. Now, you can stand or stay inside. Take your personal grievance elsewhere.
Last year the NFL said you needed to be on the field for the anthem. This year they gave you an option and an out.
Isn’t this funny knowing the liberal leanings of these companies?
The Seattle Times reports that as Seattle residents push for a referendum on the city’s controversial new “head tax” – which imposes a $275 fee per Seattle employee per year for companies that gross at least $20 million annually in the city – a number of retailers are contributing to the campaign that is gathering signatures.
Among the retailers cutting $25,000 checks – Amazon, Starbucks, Kroger, and Albertsons. Vulcan, the real estate company owned by Paul Allen, also is writing a $25,000 check.
According to the Times, “Other well-known Seattle companies on the pledge list include Dick’s Drive-In and supermarket Uwajimaya.”
The City Council originally was considering a $500 per head tax, but cut back on it when Amazon threatened to pull some of its operations out of the city.
This “homeless tax” is one that is destined to go to more places soon. Like the beverage tax we reported on last year, the only thing that can stop it is a revolt. With the beverage tax it was a people revolt, here it needs to be a corporate one.
Author Common SensePosted on May 24, 2018 May 24, 2018 Leave a comment on Cancel Korea
Just Noise ….
We’ve been quiet this week out of a desire not to load your mailboxes and add to the noise of the media repeating the same thing over and over.
Here’s some observations:
Russian Probe:
Amazing how the Russian probe is now turning to focus on the Obama administration. Is there anything there? We don’t think anyone can prove a spy was embedded to get political information. We think the files will say they sent someone to check on a Russian connection.
Now the question would be, did they write it to cover their tracks, or was that the real reason?
We don’t know that answer for sure.
Meanwhile ex Obama CIA Director John Brennan continues to be vocal and threaten people. This week he went after Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan. He is so out there you have to wonder if it’s his true hatred and repulsiveness of Trump and team, or is he trying to cover things up?
At the same time, Jim Comey continues his righteous proclamations. Does he really think nothing was untoward in the Obama years?
In the end don’t you get the idea the public has had it with the Russian collusion story? Whatever Mueller finds, it does appear collusion between the Trump camp and the Russians will not be one.
Speaking of Mueller, he continues to go after what appears to be non collusion activity. His deal yesterday with Michael Cohen’s lawyer to drop charges and potential jail time (up to 100 years) in return for his turning states evidence has all kinds of potential. What does he know and have to give that he got that deal?
We don’t think Democrats realize this issue could be turning against them. Look at this comment from Congressman Al Green yesterday. “If Americans give the House of Representatives back to the Democratic Party this November, one of the first things that will happen is the impeachment of President Trump.”
Speaking of Democrats we found this funny yesterday.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren vowed to do something about mass shootings by refusing to accept campaign donations from the National Rifle Association. Now, she’s never received any money from the organization in the past — but she’s not going to take any.
One more on Democrats. The Clintons continue bringing in the dough. Get ready for this. Next month Bill is scheduled to crisscross the US and Canada in a promotional tour for his new novel, in some cases charging $1,500 a ticket for on-stage events, dubbed “A Conversation with President Bill Clinton.” Make sure you buy early to get a good seat.
Yesterday Gina Haspel took office as head of the CIA. Remember those Democrats from red states that are up for reelection who voted for her? (Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly, North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson). Mark down the ones who didn’t (Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, and Montana Sen. Jon Tester). Let’s see how this vote impacts the November mid terms.
Did you see that Stormy Daniels will now have her own day? She will be awarded the key to a California city today (West Hollywood) where local officials will officially designate Wednesday as “Stormy Daniels Day.”
Before today she had only won “best in show” awards.
Her attorney by the way saw his Orange County, California law firm hit Tuesday with a $10 million judgment from a federal bankruptcy court.
Final thought. Don’t you think those who plan to protest President Trump’s visit to Long Island today are way off base? He is going to talk about being tough on MS13. The protesters are going to make noise about his immigration policies. Wrong day, wrong place.
Author Common SensePosted on May 23, 2018 May 23, 2018 Leave a comment on Just Noise ….
Some Thoughts …
On North Korea we said it here a number of times, stop being so brazen and making Kim look bad. Don’t embarrass and degrade him. They continued.
Finally the President and Bolton’s words have caused Kim to stiffen a little.
He was doing everything they wanted, he was backing down everywhere, losing face and status. Was it necessary to be so boisterous, pump your chest and make victory claims?
For a guy we keep hearing is the greatest negotiator, I have to tell you, I still don’t see it.
The right approach was to be diplomatic, “praise the progress, hope for the outcome that will make the world safer”. Build up Kim, make him feel good and safe. The one thing he needs is to feel that he will survive. He and his people fear they will suffer the same fate as Saddam and Qaddafi.
The worst thing on Sunday was to compare N.Korea to Libya on a national show, while you made demands. Qaddafi disarmed and ended up dead. Exactly what they fear.
You had the guy, incredibly, doing everything you could imagine. You couldn’t take victory without shutting up until the deal was done?
Watch how quiet they are now.
We think the meeting and deal still go forward, but why did the great negotiators have to learn the hard way?
On Mueller and collusion:
Collusion is a dead issue. After fifteen months of the MSM hitting us daily with collusion stories — there is none. Time wasted.
Now are there obstruction charges that might come? Yes.
Though we still wonder how you have obstruction for a crime that wasn’t committed. How can that be?
Well the answer is this. If you are like us, you kind of feel that not everything the President says is actually fact. To put it mildly, he does color things. Look at the Cohen stories and how the President denied everything and “never” made a payment. You still believe that?
Can’t you see them accusing him of telling mistruths?
On the Russians we keep hearing the Democrats and MSM saying the Russians wanted Trump to win. Here’s our thoughts:
Why would they want Trump over Hillary? We see no reason.
Then why the ad and social media activity?
Answer to disrupt and cause havoc. The only way you can bring America down is through internal strife. You cannot do it militarily. Putin knows this, he is ex KGB.
So they ran social media ads against both candidates, but more on Hillary. Why? Because they wanted to weaken her before she took over. They were convinced, like everyone else was, that she was going to win. They wanted division and anti Hillary fever out there. That simple.
Which is the same reason they helped sponsor the “Not My President” activity against Trump after he won.
Why is this so hard for the MSM to understand? Because they don’t want too. They had a narrative on collusion that failed, and need something else. Shameful.
By the way they released the five hours of questions for Donald Jr. on the 20 minute meeting he had with that Russian lawyer. There was nothing there, think about that.
Now we have a question. Are we sure that meeting was not set up by people to trap the Trump campaign?
On ratings:
Week two of May is out and CNN continues to flounder.
Last week during primetime hours, CNN averaged 844K total viewers. During this same week last year, CNN averaged 1.191 million.
That is a 29 percent decline.
Last week, Fox averaged 2.487 million primetime viewers, nearly three times that of CNN.
MSNBC is in a distant second place behind Fox, it is still leaving CNN in the dust with an average of 1.667 million primetime viewers.
Maybe this is why CNN continues to collapse.
In the past ten weeks, lawyer Michael Avenatti, who is representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuits against President Trump, has been interviewed a staggering 147 times on broadcast and cable news shows.
More than half of those interviews (74) were on CNN, which almost certainly makes Avenatti the most ubiquitous guest in the network’s history. No guest — not Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders in 2016, nor Adam Schiff in 2017 — received anything close to the outpouring of free media coverage that CNN has bequeathed to Avenatti.
CNN continues to see this as the anti Trump story they want to run with. The people who watch cable don’t care about a consensual relationship from a decade ago.
As they continue running the story, they are hurting themselves.
Author Common SensePosted on May 17, 2018 Leave a comment on Some Thoughts …
A Relatively …..
A Relatively Slow Week
I think this qualifies as a slow week in the Trump presidency.
Let’s see, we became the first country to open our embassy in Jerusalem. There were riots and deaths in the region. The First Lady went into the hospital. The President visited capital hill to try and push things along. Some continued to try and argue the progress with North Korea was a bad thing, claiming the President caved in. North Korea itself threatened to cancel the summit. Turkey kicked out our ambassador. The Mueller investigation entered year two. The supreme court over ruled seven lower courts and said sports gambling is legal. There’s more, and 60% of the week to go, but doesn’t it feel like a quieter week?
That’s the pace we have been on with Trump and the MSM.
Some Thoughts, Comments and Other News
FIRST: Did you see the new tax law passed in Seattle? The City Council voted 8-1 to impose a new tax on companies with $20 million revenue. The tax is $275.00 per person. The tax will impact companies headquartered there like Amazon and Starbucks. It is expected to raise $50 million per year and be used toward outreach efforts for the homeless, including affordable housing and emergency shelter.
We’ve reported before that Seattle is one of the high tax liberal cities. Now both Amazon’s Besos, and Stabucks’ Shultz, have been outspoken supporters of liberal causes. So far neither has commented on this new unique tax; though Amazon had halted planning on a new 17-story office tower pending the city council’s decision. They do employ more than 40,000 workers in Seattle, with plans for further expansion.
We’ll see now.
By the way, the original proposal was for $550 per person, but the mayor thought that was too much right now. Which means, wait a little while.
In addition to Amazon and Starbucks, Boeing, Costco Wholesalers and Microsoft are in Seattle. They too declined comment.
SECOND: Sports betting will be another state resource for new revenue. In fact NJ, which brought the case, is expected to have its first betting spot open by May 28. It will be at Monmouth Racetrack. Other states will follow quickly.
Now here’s the question. What will happen to the funds generated? Will they be used to lower your state taxes; or will the state just spend more? That’s one bet we would make, we know that answer.
Now you might hear “all the money will go to” and they’ll name something like education, or the homeless. Here’s a suggestion. See if those budgets increase or it is a sleight of hand. You see, what they do is direct those funds to say education, but then they reduce what they were giving before. So they can say “yes every dollar earned from this goes to education”, which is true, but its not an increase in that line, just a replacement.
Finally, remember this. Betting on horse racing was once king in this country. New York wanted some of the action, and to take it away from the street bookies. They passed and set up Off Track Betting shops (OTB). Know what happened? OTB went bankrupt in NY. The only ones who lost money taking the bets.
A Reversal: Can you believe that Democrats are running against Republicans for causing higher health care costs? You see when President Trump cancelled the mandate for all to buy, that led to higher costs for those buying. Now in some states the Dems have started advertising that Republicans tried to cancel your insurance and have driven the costs higher. Amazing isn’t it?
No changes in the Gina Haspel vote totals. 2 Dems for her, offset 2 Republicans against her. We still think she wins approval with votes to spare.
Did you hear that Bill O’Reilly who has been working at Newsmax may be getting a show on that station? The rumor is he is going to take the 8:00 slot. He has been featured on their web site often in the past month. We think this will happen.
Speaking of ratings here’s some news on May ratings and what CNN’s Stormy Daniels focus did for them:
During the first week of May this year, CNN averaged just 859,000 total viewers and 286,000 demo viewers, which represents a jaw-dropping collapse of 23 percent and 29 percent, respectively.
By comparison, year-over-year in primetime, Fox News is up 5 percent in total viewers (2.24 million compared to 2.359 million) and experience only a 1 percent drop in the demo (453K compared to 448K).
MSNBC enjoyed a 4 percent increase in total viewers (1.69 million compared to 1.755 million) and a 16 percent drop in the demo (417K compared to 352K).
So, during primetime last week, CNN was only able to attract an average of 859,000 total viewers compared to 1.755 million for MSNBC and 2.359 million for Fox.
In other words, MSNBC is nearly doubling CNN’s total primetime viewers while Fox News is nearly tripling CNN.
Here are the numbers for 2017 vs. 2018.
May of 2017:
Primetime (total viewers — demo viewers)
Fox: 2.24 million — 453K
MSNBC: 1.69 million — 417K
CNN: 1.12 million — 399K
Total Day
MSNBC: 925K — 221K
CNN: 821K — 274K
First week of May 2018
Fox: 2.359 million — 448K
MSNBC: 1.755 million — 352K
Now back to our quiet week.
Author Common SensePosted on May 15, 2018 May 15, 2018 Leave a comment on A Relatively …..
Closing The Week
Closing Out The Week
What a week it was. Some closing thoughts.
Progress with N. Korea. Hope. A summit date set. Three hostages released.
Get the Noble Peace Prize ready.
A bold move with Iran. Now what happens? A fascinating watch ahead.
On the Noble Peace Prize – take it back. He cancelled a peace agreement by a former winner!
We still think the winners will be S. Korea’s Moon, and N. Korea’s Kim.
We think the Noble Prize people are Never Trumpers.
On Gina Haspel, we have two Republicans as “no” (McCain and Paul), but only one who will be present to vote.
Plus two Republican questions with Flake and Collins.
We have one Democrat as a “yes”.
If that held all the way it could end up a tie and VP Pence would cast the deciding vote.
Keep an eye on what Democratic Senators up for reelection say and do.
It was unfortunate what the WH aide said yesterday and then was leaked. (“He is dying…”) It gave the MSM a negative narrative to run with and they are.
What they never report is many of these senators voted yes on John Brennan for the job when Obama nominated him. Know who Haspel’s boss was? Yup, John Brennan. What didn’t matter then, seems to now. How come?
We were wondering where all those liberals who wanted to raise the gas tax were now that prices are raising about $3.00 a gallon?
They were arguing prices were low and they needed more revenue — like they were never going to rise again. Where are they now?
We still think people in states like PA, NY, NJ, CT, Ca, WA, and elsewhere have no idea they are paying upward of 70 cents a gallon in taxes already.
New applications for unemployment benefits held this week at an almost 50 year low (Dec 1969 last saw these numbers). A further sign of a strong economy.
Along those lines did anyone report this?
The Latino jobless rate has registered below 5 percent for just seven months in all of US history — and “six of those months have occurred with Donald Trump in the White House.”
How come you didn’t know that?
Remember in December when the President announced we were moving the embassy to Jerusalem and the doom and gloom that arose from the opposition? Well a day or two of protest passed, and now we’ll see what happens on Monday when it actually opens.
So far, so good, keeping a promise Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama, all made.
In the primaries this week the Republicans nominated main stream candidates (no Roy Moore’s).
They felt good about that, but that blue wave is still on track for the Democrats to take the house at least. Consider this:
In W.Va. where Trump is most popular, and there was a three way competitive race for the senate nomination, there were more ballots cast in the Democratic primary (160,000 votes) than the Republican one (136,000).
Even in the senate there is major concern. The nonpartisan and respected Cook Political Report now has six Republican held Senate seats listed as toss ups. In August last year they had two.
In another example of the current administrations drive to replace all things inspired by the last, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has moved to make it easier for faith-based entities to qualify for government grants and student aid. She announced “plans to rescind any regulations that “unnecessarily restriction participation by religious entities” in higher education and student aid programs.
Just another week in Trump World.
Author Common SensePosted on May 11, 2018 May 11, 2018 Leave a comment on Closing The Week
Do they ever …
The Hearing For CIA Director
We watched the public hearing in the AM and frankly we’re tired of the sanctimonious and condescending tone by opposing senators. Before them was a life long dedicated, highly honored woman nominated to become the first head of a department she gave her life’s work to. The accusatory style of their questions and charges was an embarrassment.
Why did they do it? First because she was with the bureau on and after 9/11, and in the light of today they disapproved of tactics that were approved by the government. Listening to senators preach morals on a post basis, seventeen years later is beyond ridiculous. Liberal senators are not our moral code.
If nominated by Obama they would have been praising his focus on diversity and the first woman.
Enough already.
Later in the day Senator Joe Manchin announced he was voting yes. The first Democrat to do so. Now it wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact he is up for reelection in November in a state that voted for and loves Trump would it?
As for John McCain saying he didn’t approve of her actions. Senator we didn’t approve of the way you ran for President. We didn’t approve of the lack of knowledge and direction you had when President Bush called you and candidate Obama to the WH economic summit. You didn’t have thoughts and ideas when we needed you then. We all make mistakes.
By the way, the admission in your book that it was you who gave the phony dossier to Jim Comey, was that a mistake?
Get well Senator.
North Korea Releases Three
Further proof that we are moving to a safer Korean and Asian region. This is historic.
Now the MSM looking for anything are saying “President Trump and VP Pence have certainly changed their tone and words on Kim Jing-un.”
No MSM, they are not the ones who changed, it was Kim Jong-un, because of Trump and Pence.
Along those lines didn’t Mike Pompeo do his job well in getting those three hostages released? Remember he got out of committee because one Democrat changed his “no” vote to “present”.
Let’s catch up on some things:
Issue One: Taxes. Did you see this in the WSJ?
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said at an event hosted by Politico that Democrats should focus on infrastructure projects, better-paying jobs and rolling back Republican tax cuts in the midterm elections – not just anti Trump.
Comment: Right now all we see is the anti Trump. Good idea, tell middle America you are taking back their money. Smart.
You ready to give back your federal cuts?
Hillary just goes on:
This week she was in New Zealand. She, “continued to accuse Americans of sexism and misogyny for not voting for her”.
She said, “that some had asked her to stay” and she “gave them some thought”.
Imagine that, she thought about living in New Zealand. I wonder if Bill and Chelsea were going too.
MSM Coverage:
The Media Research Center issued it’s first four months of 2018 coverage report. It matched the full year results of 90% negative coverage for Trump.
Here’s what they said:
“The liberal media’s war against President Trump was as fierce as ever during the first four months of 2018, but the onslaught appears to be for naught: In the face of massive and hostile coverage from ABC, CBS and NBC, Trump’s overall job approval rating actually rose, from 37 percent in mid-December to roughly 43 percent at the end of April”.
Anyone surprised by the negative coverage? All you have to do is watch and see the tone, presentation, mannerisms and comments.
It continued yesterday for sure, even on the Iran decision. We saw every negative and all the businesses that will hurt so badly. I guess the people at the stock market don’t watch. The market had a good day — again.
John Brennan, the ex CIA Director under Obama has been threatening and publicly attacking the President’s policies. He continued over Iran. Now a former U.S. Intelligence officer is attacking him.
Daniel Hoffman, a former Moscow station chief is accusing Brennan of “crossing a red line”. He went after Brennan hard and it’s about time someone shut him up.
Did you see or hear anywhere that Broward County (Parkland H.S. School area) admitted this week “after months of emphatic denials — that the confessed Parkland shooter was referred to a program designed to keep youths out of the “school-to-prison pipeline.”
(This program is an Obama era discipline program to assure students do not have any records).
Look at these comments and tell me this wasn’t news that should have covered:
Ryan Petty, the father of shooting victim Alaina Petty, called the disclosure a “stunning revelation.” He argued that the district’s discipline protocols created “perverse incentives” and “deadly chaos for our children, teachers & staff.”
Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was killed in the attack, said the admission by Superintendent Robert W. Runcie confirmed “what I have been saying for the last month and Runcie has been denying.”
Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, tweeted that the school district had misled him, and Stoneman Douglas student Kyle Kashuv said the superintendent “knowingly lied” about Mr. Cruz’s record.
“[Mr. Cruz] avoided arrest because of it,” Mr. Kashuv said. “That’s the point of the program. Students are referred to it in lieu of arrest.”
New York has a Democratic primary for governor. The liberal Andrew Cuomo is being challenged by the further left T.V. actress Cynthia Nixon.
The candidates have been outdoing each other diving as far left as possible. Here’s an example from Nixon:
She wants to legalize marijuana. Okay fair enough, but watch this.
She wants to give black communities the first crack at legal marijuana licenses — saying its a “form of reparations.” Got that?
The idea got her in trouble in the black community.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, said wait, there were much larger issues at play.
“I’m for legalizing marijuana and I like Cynthia Nixon but putting pot shops in our communities is not reparations. Health care, education!!” Sharpton tweeted Monday.
Black Lives Matter of Greater New York issued a far harsher assessment, saying Nixon’s recommendation was “offensive and ignorant” and “plays into harmful stereotypes of African-Americans as drug users and dealers,”
Such is politics in liberal America.
Author Common SensePosted on May 10, 2018 May 10, 2018 Leave a comment on Do they ever …
Trump Doubles Down
The Iran Deal
So yesterday the President did what he said he would, and cancelled the Iranian deal. Let’s try and get past the hysteria and understand the opportunity and risk.
Let’s start with the fact this was a bad deal. We believe Obama and Kerry wanted a deal so badly they simply caved in on everything.
Remember this too.
The congress was bypassed and not asked to approve the agreement. Obama knew he had issues with that. Do you remember leaders of his party like Chuck Schumer saying he would vote against it? (Of course today he is criticizing Trump, so he was wrong twice).
Because congress was never asked to approve, that allows Trump to cancel it on his own. You play with fire and sometimes you get burned.
Now Obama and team are upset. Think about this.
What are the significant accomplishments of the Obama eight years? Outside of taking over at a horrific economic time and bringing a steady hand, what are they? We would submit the top two are the Iran deal and Obamacare. Was there anything else in foreign affairs that he will be remembered for? With this going away, what is left? It must be such an irritant to sit and watch what the media calls “his signature accomplishment” be destroyed.
Now what is Iran going to do? Nothing, is the answer. A little history here.
You keep hearing this is a 40 year problem. Go back 40 years.
A failed President, Jimmy Carter allowed the Iranian government to fall and the Ayatollah Khomeini to assume power. Within a year they seized the U.S. embassy (which is an attack on a country), held hostages and began their terrorist support. Carter graveled and they became emboldened.
In the 1980 Presidential campaign Ronald Reagan made it clear we wanted our people back and he wanted action. Guess what? As he raised his hand to be sworn in — that very moment — the hostages were released.
The same liberals who are shouting today how Trump is wrong were calling Reagan a war monger before the election. When he talked tough on Iran and called Russia the “evil empire” they had fainting spells.
Well look at the outcome. Iran backed down at the moment he came into office and the Russians fell apart, ending the cold war — without a shot being fired.
Now let’s understand why.
These terror countries and groups understand only one thing, power. They rule that way, and talk that way. Until someone smacks them down. Think ISIS. Under Obama they were brazen and taking over the world. Under Trump they are pushing up dirt and enjoying their 40 virgins.
What is Iran going to do today? Trump has said clearly they “will not get nuclear weapons”. Do you think they think he is bluffing? Do you think they want to take on Trump? They want no part of what he might do. When Trump yesterday said twice, “I mean what I say”, it was part a message to Iran and North Korea.
Iran’s choices are to make noise and threats, but not much more. They can fund terrorism, but they are doing that now, and doing so at their own peril. What else can they do? Any military action would be their demise. Put yourself in their place. Would you do something militarily or restart building bombs with Donald Trump in office?
The other option is they can negotiate a new deal, with the European leaders being in the lead. If they truly care about their people and the dire straits of their economy they would do this.
So let the left yell, and like they have with North Korea they may end up with egg on their face. A great example is Susan Rice, who lied on the Benghazi video’s and a month ago told us that Trump was leading us to war with North Korea, said this today: “The president has just made the most foolish and consequential national security decision of his tenure,” referring to Iran.
Now I know its the right one.
Get ready for the grandstanding against Gina Haspel today to lead the CIA. The same people against the North Korea actions and Iran stand are going to yell some more.
We are for her.
Any question you have should be answered by who is against her. You know who? The mastermind of the 9/11 attacks announced yesterday he is with the Democrats and against her appointment.
“Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is backing the Senate intelligence panel’s Democrats prior to Wednesday’s hearing on whether to confirm the longtime CIA agent to lead the organization”.
So are you with the terrorists and their Democrat friends or are you with those at the CIA who protected us? We are with her.
Next thing you know the liberals will want to give him voting rights.
Author Common SensePosted on May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018 Leave a comment on Trump Doubles Down
The Storm Winds Shift ….
The Storm Shifts
After days and days (as reported yesterday) of leading with Stormy Daniels stories, the winds shifted last night. The liberal, anti Trump, NY A.G., who is a leader of the “me too” movement, had to resign immediately for what he did to women. This arrogant AG who followed Elliott Spitzer (who went on to become Governor and had to resign because of sex), was after the Trump organization for years, and the President personally now.
So, the Stormy Daniels coverage was non existent last night and this AM. The lead story disappeared. After days and days of sensational coverage I guess they decided consensual sex a decade ago, would pale, when compared to what a left hero was doing today.
By the way the women in the story actually admitted that they were reluctant to come forward all this time, because they were loyal Democrats and didn’t want to hurt one of the leaders of the party.
You can’t make this stuff up.
One final word on this. The Manhattan DA is looking into charges against the AG. Don’t hold your breadth on that.
President on Iran Today
At two this afternoon the President will announce his decision on the Iran deal. There is much speculation on the decision, as it has major complications. We’ll see what he decides but our bet is this. He puts out a plan to walk from it unless some new agreement and conditions are met. In that way he puts Iran, Marcon and Merkel on notice that it has be changed. We’ll see.
In the mean time the MSM still hasn’t covered the John Kerry story. They sure were concerned about the Logan Act when Mike Flynn talked to people a week before taking office. Now eighteen months after leaving office it’s okay for Kerry?
Impact on North Korea
The decision on Iran will impact the North Korea activity in two ways.
First if we back out you can see how it could alarm Kim Jong-un. He has had trouble trusting the U.S. word as we pointed out. It will be an example of an agreement disregarded and he is sees the weapons as his true survival protection.
On the other side, if we back out it will illustrate to him that President Trump means what he says and if he doesn’t reach a deal, his survival is in jeopardy. Interesting uh?
Now one more thing has happened here that is not getting coverage. Have you noticed the quieter and less boisterous comments from Trump and team? You haven’t heard them saying that their strong policies drove Kim to the table. That he is crumbling to their demands.Why?
Remember we told you that embarrassing him was not a good idea? How could humiliating him be a good thing? Well here’s a story quietly out of North Korea this weekend
“North Korea warned the United States against spouting “misleading” claims that President Trump’s tough stand on sanctions forced the reclusive regime to the negotiating table to talk about scrapping its nuclear arms.
Pyongyang said the United States should not “deliberately provoke” them by using “pressure and military threats” to ruin the warming of relations between the two countries, according to the Korean Central News Agency, the North’s state media service.
“This act cannot be construed otherwise than a dangerous attempt to ruin the hardly won atmosphere of dialogue and bring the situation back to square one,” KCNA quoted a foreign ministry spokesman as saying”.
The victory claiming and chest pumping was was out of line, so premature and inappropriate. Notice how much more restrained the administration is now. If you saw the President’s speech Saturday night in Ohio he referenced being more restrained in his comments on North Korea.
CNN Poll
While Trump is edging up ever so slightly in his approval numbers (Rasmussen says 49%, Gallup 42%, CBS 40% and CNN is at 44%) the polls do show an upward trend, despite the MSM coverage. The CNN also reported:
“According to the poll, 52 percent of Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the economy, 43 percent approve of his foreign trade, 40 percent like how he’s handling immigration, and 42 percent back his conduct of foreign policy. All those numbers are up significantly over the past year and some broach barriers he’d not surpassed since the honeymoon start of his presidency (majority approval on the economy, for example).
He is benefitting, as all presidents do, from the sense that the country is on the right track. The CNN poll had 57 percent saying things are going well, up eight percentage points since February and the highest mark since 2007 — before the Great Recession”.
Now for the interesting part of the CNN poll
“Much of that optimism is from an unexpected source — Democrats.
The CNN poll had 40 percent of Democrats say America is doing well — just 25 percent said so in February. And even asking specifically about Mr. Trump’s handling of the economy didn’t dampen Democrats’ enthusiasm. CNN said 26 percent of Democrats approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the economy — not the lion’s share, but far higher than the 15 percent who approved in February”.
One final finding in the poll
“Among those who approved of Mr. Trump’s performance, 71 percent said it was because of issues, while the majority of those who disapproved of him (54 percent of that group) cited personality and leadership qualities over issue positions”.
The Judge and Mueller
If you watch FoxNews or Fox Business you have seen a lot of coverage about Judge Ellis challenging the Mueller team on the Manafort charges. He said they were simply after Trump and really went after them. Lot’s of coverage of this on these channels.
However in the MSM, CBS, NBC and ABC covered the story for 30 seconds. That’s it, 30 seconds.
We live in separate universes.
Author Common SensePosted on May 8, 2018 May 8, 2018 Leave a comment on The Storm Winds Shift ….
The weekend of Trump …..
Is There News Outside Stormy?
You would think that the only thing going on in the world was Stormy Daniels if you watched the news over the weekend. She was out there (pun intended) all weekend, whether it was morning, mid day, evening local, national, talk shows or comedy ones. They couldn’t milk it anymore.
Which leads us back to this. Who really cares? Does America really care about a relationship a decade old? Is anyone surprised they wanted it quiet for the campaign? Did John Kennedy, LBJ, Bill Clinton or any President we know of walk around talking about their extra marital affairs?
This is what your lead coverage is on the MSM? You won’t cover rape charges against another President, but you will cover this—over and over and over? They either have no idea or don’t care what people think as they continue this coverage.
We suggest they might want to look at the things — in the news — that are impacting our nation and lives today. Want a few? North Korea, Tariffs, Trade negotiations with China, 3.9% unemployment, jobs, the stock market, Iran, the nominations held up by congress, the new CIA nominee. Somehow all this is a far second to Stormy. Really?
By the way, since they love scandals is there any reason they didn’t cover the resignations of Lisa Page and James Baker from the FBI? Last month days before the Inspector General report on his actions Andrew McCabe resigned. Well the IG is preparing report two for release this month. You think there might be a connection here? You won’t hear that on the MSM.
Bet you didn’t hear this on the news
Democratic Congressman Tony Cardenas (CA) had named himself as the mystery defendant in a Los Angeles County court filing late last week. The Congressman was accused of fondling a then 16-year-old girl while she was being transported to a hospital for medical treatment.
Or this: Did you know that there was student-led Stand for the Second nationwide school walkout against gun control last week?
How come you didn’t hear these two stories? Think about that.
The CIA Director
Buckle up for Democratic and liberal outrage this week. Gina Haspel is the nominee to be head of the CIA, replacing Mike Pompeo. She is a life long CIA employee who has worked her way up to this. She would be the first woman to hold the role. Great news for women and Democrats, right? Wrong.
They are about to drag her through the mud.
You see, she was with the CIA on 9/11 and involved with the post questioning of terrorists. She received orders from the President of the U.S. and the head of the CIA to conduct the questioning and tactics used. In the revisionist mode of today they have decided she was too harsh and is really a criminal.
So now this life long, loyal and dedicated employee, with a chance to be the first female to rise to such levels will have her life and efforts dragged through the mud. A disgrace.
Get ready for MSM sensational coverage and watch how your senators vote.
Does the Logan Act Matter Now?
Remember how the MSM and Democrats went after Mike Flynn and others saying they committed a crime, citing “The Logan Act”, because they spoke to foreign powers in the final weeks of the transition (not election, transition)? They wanted charges brought, though there was no evidence of anything except meetings. But they were sure that the meetings were about promises to lift sanctions after the transition in two weeks.
Well, how come we don’t hear the same now about John Kerry meeting with foreign leaders urging them to stay in the Iran agreement? John Kerry isn’t even transitioning to the government, he is defending past policies and trying to impact current. How is that not a violation? How come you haven’t heard a word on the MSM about it?
Author Common SensePosted on May 7, 2018 May 7, 2018 Leave a comment on The weekend of Trump …..
Friday Numbers ….
What now America? The Mueller probe seems to be in full gear and we expect subpoena’s and activity ahead to dominate the news.
The MSM is all over everything anti Trump. Stormy Daniels, through some just plain dumb handling and reactions by Trump and team, is headlines again. How has a private consensual relationship, years before he ran for President, become the issue it has? It is unreal.
So, what this comes down to is this. The country reelected Bill Clinton despite all “his bimbo” stories because “its the economy stupid”. Does that work for Republicans too? Is it still valid in 2018? We’re going to find out.
Unemployment came in today at 3.9%. That is a low rate, one not seen since 2000. Black unemployment came in at an historic low of 6.6%. Hispanic too at 4.8%. Add foreign policy successes and the question is does this override Stormy and Mueller? You know the MSM will not relent on the anti side. In fact the Washington Post today has a story about “the 3,000 lies” that Trump has told.
From day one Trump has been his own worst enemy. All the good that has happened, and appears to be ready to happen, is overwhelmed by the tweets and shooting from the lips he does. What an incredible presidency to witness and live through. Historians are going to love studying and writing about this era we are experiencing.
Who knows what the weekend will bring.
On ratings, Fox dominated Wednesday night as Hannity’s interview with Rudy Guilani led the night. Turns out that was the news that would dominate the rest of the week.
The question remains. Did Rudy mess up? Or, was he correcting the false answers to get it behind them before any charges?
In either case you have to feel for Sarah Sanders. That’s one job you don’t want. A hostile press looking for and jumping on everything, combined with an administration where statements and truth are often separated. Ouch!
Author Common SensePosted on May 4, 2018 May 4, 2018 Leave a comment on Friday Numbers ….
The Mueller Noose ….
Mueller vs. Trump
Don’t you get the feeling that Mueller and team are tightening the noose on things and this is getting tight for the administration?
We think the W.H. is feeling the heat and knows things are coming to a head. Thus the Guilani hire, and Rudy is out cleaning up some ends. His story on Stormy and payment is a clear attempt to take the issue out of the campaign, and away from finance laws, to a personal one. Personal payments are one thing, breaking finance laws is another. So what sounded like a Rudy mistake was deliberate. He wants to change the conversation.
The hiring of an ex Clinton impeachment lawyer is step two. By all accounts Emmet Flood is an experienced and capable attorney to handle this. He worked for President George W. Bush, too.
So Trump has Flood and Guilani out there now to challenge Mueller. This investigation has gone on the whole presidency, and the job of these two is to begin pressuring for an end. Until now Mueller seems to be in no rush and his team continues to go down new paths to seek information. We hear they have not even ruled out collusion yet, much less all this other stuff.
It looks like to us Mueller will be around for a long time. He hasn’t even begun his trial yet.
Contrast this intense investigation with the kid gloves that Hillary’s emails, bleach bit, smashing phones and negligence with classified documents was handled. It just astonishes us.
Both should have been serious.
Meanwhile, while the MSM goes all in on Stormy and her details they missed a huge story yesterday.
Did you know that North Korea has agreed to release the three American hostages they have? It was apparently a Trump demand for the conference.
The prisoners (or hostages to some) have been moved from a horrific prison to a hotel pending the summit and release.
Kind of a big story don’t you think? One the MSM should have covered?
Did you see Facebook hired a former conservative senator (Jon Kyl) to examine bias there? A good move.
A big meeting in China today that deserves coverage. Treasury Secretary Steven Munchin is there to promote Trump’s “America First” trade agenda. For his part, China’s Xi Jinping faces a challenge. He is trying to advance China’s economy and avert a trade war with the U.S..
Keep close watch. Mr. Xi has indicated he wants to avoid a damaging trade fight. But anything less than stout resistance against perceived American bullying will be damaging to him.
The Ratings:
Total Viewers TUESDAY.
Fox wins night and 7 of 8 slots, losing W.Va debate coverage at 7.
Total day: FNC: 1.582 | CNN: 696 | MSNBC: 1.189 | HLN: 197
Prime time: FNC: 2.514 | CNN: 833 | MSNBC: 2.092 | HLN: 266
4p:
10p:
FNC Cavuto:
1.286 Five:
2.091 Baier/WVSen:
1.945/1.610 WVSen/MacCallum:
1.554 Carlson:
2.382 Hannity:
2.977 Ingraham:
2.182 Bream:
CNN Tapper:
812 Blitzer:
753 Burnett:
830 Cooper:
812 Lemon:
MSNBC Wallace:
1.160 MTPDaily:
1.199 Melber:
1.332 Matthews:
1.586 Hayes:
1.688 Maddow:
2.650 O’Donnell:
1.938 Wlms:
HLN Michaela:
69 Cupp:
55 Banfield:
122 Banfield:
142 Files:
Author Common SensePosted on May 3, 2018 May 3, 2018 Leave a comment on The Mueller Noose ….
It Never Ends …..
Doesn’t It Seem
Doesn’t it seem that every time Trump seems to be making progress and gaining some positive feedback a new negative story erupts the next day? This week the positives over North Korea seemed to clearing the way for a good week. Then boom. Out came the Mueller questions the next day. He wants to ask Trump all these questions! The next day we hear Mueller has threatened to subpoena the President.
That allows the MSM to lead with negatives all over again. It just seems to happen every time the President appears to be gaining momentum.
Then along comes the story of Trump’s doctor back in NY. Did you see him on TV? I saw him and wondered, was or is anyone around this guy normal? The MSM took advantage of this story. They had the doctor saying Trump told him what to say. That they came and took his records after the election. They made it sound so sinister and like a crime. The doctors mannerisms didn’t help.
We remember the press hounding Trump during the campaign on medical records. So Trump calls the doctor and says get something out and tell them I “will be healthiest person ever to assume the office”. Sounds like Trump right? As we learned later from the WH doctor he is in good shape.
By the way, the doctor said that Trump dictated the letter and he signed it. He didn’t say it was untrue, only that he signed it. The MSM made it sound sinister. Why? Was it a lie? He didn’t say that.
Quite a doctor this guy.
As for stealing the records after the election.
Well, when you move, as Trump was, from one place to another, you change doctors. Don’t you go get your records to bring with you? Why is that a story?
Did you see this on the MSM yesterday?
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte Tuesday urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate allegations that top Obama-era Department of Justice officials tried to shut down the FBI probe into the Clinton Foundation during the 2016 presidential election.
This came about because of the McCabe investigation. “An inspector general report on former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe released last month detailed an August 2016 phone call from a high-ranking Justice Department official. Mr. McCabe thought the call was made to scuttle the FBI’s Clinton Foundation investigation while Hillary Clinton was running for president, according to the report”.
It is still amazing to us how the Clintons skate on issue after issue.
The Caravan on The Border
We’ve watch this march through Mexico to the border. We have heard of lawyers advising the marchers on what to say. U.S. law says if you are being harassed and threatened you can seek asylum. So here are the remaining marchers at the border claiming this.
I would feel better about their claims if they weren’t waving flags from the country they are trying to escape from. If I was leaving the U.S. to go live elsewhere because they wanted to kill me, I am sure I would not be waving the U.S. flag. Would you?
Makes you wonder doesn’t it?
You will hear more about this in the month ahead.
Americans will have to pay more for healthcare because Republicans repealed the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, according to President Donald Trump’s former health secretary. Tom Price, who was President Donald Trump’s first head of the Department of Health and Human Services, said at the World Health Care Conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday that people looking to buy insurance on government-run marketplaces will have to pay higher prices because of the GOP tax law.
When President Trump and congress took the mandate to own insurance off the books, but did not repeal the whole act, they set this up. If healthy young people don’t opt in, then the costs rise for others. It’s that simple.
Watch Schumer, Pelosi and team turn the rising costs on Republicans for the 2018 elections.
Total Viewers SATURDAY.
Fox covered Trump and ran it’s shows. MSNBC and CNN showed the WHCD. Fox won the night.
Total day: FNC: 1.294 | CNN: 703 | MSNBC: 637 | HLN: 306
Prime time: FNC: 2.160 | CNN: 1.132 | MSNBC: 877 | HLN: 329
FNC NwsHQ:
699 NewsHQ:
1.102 FR/Trump:
1.772 Trump/Wtrs:
2.414 Pirro:
2.217 Gutfeld:
CNN Nwsrm:
545 Nwsrm:
575 WHCD:
1.003 WHCD:
MSNBC News:
509 News:
484 Hayes:
1.040 Hardball:
HLN Files:
Total Viewers SUNDAY. Fox edges out CNN. MSNBC is third.
Prime time: FNC: 1.168 | CNN: 1021 | MSNBC: 803 | HLN: 319
FNC NewsHQ:
951 Gutfeld:
1.045 Report:
1.246 FNSunday:
1.135 Lgnds:
1.132 Hilton:
1.235 Levin:
571 Gupta:
974 Bourdain:
1.133 Bell:
527 MTP:
733 KasieDC:
778 Hedlnrs:
998 Engel:
634 Dateline:
208 DthRow:
Total Viewers MONDAY. Fox on top. Win 7 of 8 time slots.
Primetime: FNC: 2.887 | CNN: 945 | MSNBC: 2.229 | HLN: 219
2.287 Baier:
2.438 MacCallum:
878 Tonight:
Top Cable Programs for April:
FoxNews won the month — marking the 196th consective month it has done so,
The top ten cable news programs were in order:
Hannity, Maddow, Tucker, The Ingraham Angle, Lawrence O’Donnell, Bret Baier, The Five, The Story with Martha MacCallum, Chris Hayes and Chris Mattews.
So FoxNews was 3 of top 5. 6 of top 8. MSNBC is 4 of top ten. CNN is no where in the top ten. (Their top show is Anderson Cooper at No. 24)
In Morning News on cable. Fox and Friends is number one with 1.5 million viewers.
For Business News, Fox Business won its 11th straight month.
Business Day: FBN: 229,000 total viewers. CNBC: 182,000 total viewers.
Morning News averages for the week of April 23:
Total Viewers: ABC: 4.209M / NBC: 4.023M / CBS: 3.373M
The Evening News Numbers for the week of April 23, 2018:
• Total Viewers: 8,312,000 7,711,000 5,895,000
Author Common SensePosted on May 2, 2018 May 2, 2018 Leave a comment on It Never Ends …..
Issues ……
The Korea Talks
Amid the euphoria over the progress and premature talk of noble peace prizes, here are some questions that will have to be answered.
Is Kim really going to open up N. Korea to the world? Is he going to allow open borders? Wouldn’t that expose the people of the North to what they are missing out on? Wouldn’t that exposure leave Kim in a dangerous place in his own country? My goodness the northern people don’t even have access to life’s basics. Internet? They have no idea on that.
Is the world going to protect Kim from charges? He has had people prosecuted, beaten gassed and murdered. He has jailed and killed foreigners who visited. Is he going to be protected from those crimes? If he doesn’t ask for and get that, he will be open to all kind of suits and charges. How are we going to handle that? Remember Saddam was hung by his own people after a trial for crimes against them.
We assume there will still be two Koreas, one open, thriving, an economic force in the world. The other, in the North, so backward that you if you are Kim, you have to wonder. Nuclear weapons protected him. Maybe building them was going to lead his end, and maybe not building them will too.
Kim has to make his survival a part of the negotiations. What will he get back? Can they reach an agreement? Can he survive?
Netanyahu and The Iran Files
Well that was a strong case Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid out yesterday against Iran. First of all, this was planned with the White House. We are twelve days from a decision on the Iran agreement. The President and Netanyahu are the two leading world leaders who want it cancelled. Netanyahu outlined the case with clear evidence that Iran has lied, is lying and will continue to lie.
Now the President met with the French and German leaders last week. They don’t want him backing out. They want an added agreement that addresses the concerns over the original one. So President Trump and the European Union agree the deal was a bad one, but disagree on how to fix it.
Along come the tariffs which tie to this. You see the EU wants the tariffs against their countries lifted. The President had until midnight last night to lift them. So here’s what happens. At the last minute he announces a 30 day extension. Out comes Netanyahu with his presentation. Now the President has left the EU to make it’s call. You support me in the Iran agreement(or get Iran to agree to tougher sanctions in the next ten days), or I cancel and the tariffs stay. You side with me, or Iran agrees, and the tariffs go.
It’s all related.
One final thought on the Iran deal. The previous administration is still defending the agreement, but as time unfolds it is becoming more apparent then ever how bad it was.
The Noble Peace Prize
Way too early to talk this. But here’s a thought. They will never give it to Trump. Think this scenario.
Korea works out but Iran is a mess. They give it to the two Korean leaders and say how can we give it to Trump too, he is starting fires in the middle east.
WHCD
Amid universal criticism for the comedian and night here is the NYT today:
OPINION Section:
Michelle Wolf Did What Comedians Are Supposed to Do
By ADAM CONOVER
She told the truth, and no one should be apologizing.
Media and Advertising Section:
Michelle Wolf Did Her Job. It’s the Correspondents’ Dinner That Is the Problem.
By JAMES PONIEWOZIK
Don’t hire a political comic, then renounce her when she does political comedy.
Total Viewers Friday. Fox wins the night and all 8 time slots.
2.213 HannitySpcl:
746 CNNSpcl:
1.664 Engel:
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2018 ACURA TLX FIRST LOOK: BOLDER SEDAN OFFERS MORE VALUE THAN BEFORE
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Value isn’t sexy, but it’s still one of the Acura TLX’s advantages over other compact luxury sport sedans. With the updated 2018 model, however, Acura is hoping you’ll now add styling to the TLX’s list of strengths. The new car’s cool diamond-pentagon front grille is a big visual improvement, but Acura hasn’t lost sight of the value that brings many to its dealerships in the first place. Making its debut at the 2017 New York auto show, the 2018 Acura TLX is the latest version of the brand’s best-selling sedan, one whose sales might receive a slight boost once sales begin in June.
With the new 2018 TLX’s standard features list, the revised Acura can more effectively target the BMW 320i and Audi A4 Ultra base models in addition to the 2018 Buick Regalalso making its debut at the 2017 New York show. No lower-trim BMW or Audi can touch the 2018 TLX’s standard features, which include AcuraWatch active safety tech (a collision mitigation braking system, lane keeping assist, adaptive cruise control with low-speed follow, and road departure mitigation), LED headlights, and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto functionality.
More on the TLX:
When we interviewed Acura global creative director Dave Marek at the 2014 SEMA Show, he said that future Acura design would go further.
“The next round of styling will be more premium brand, performance feeling, and more noticeable,” Marek said then.
Now, the 2018 Acura TLX V6 A-Spec model will answer the call for those who like the TLX’s package but want something bolder before resorting to aftermarket solutions. Available with the 2018 TLX’s front- and all-wheel-drive V-6 models, the new A-Spec model is an extension of what we’ve already seen with the 2017 TLX’s GT package. The 2018 TLX A-Spec takes things further but also starts with visual attitude. Instead of the 2018 TLX 2.4’s restyled 17-inch wheels and the TLX 3.5’s 18-inch wheels, the TLX V6 A-Spec rolls on dark 19-inch wheels with wider 245-series tires. A gloss-black lip spoiler and a body kit with a big dual-exhaust setup are also part of the package, as are the all-important A-Spec exterior badges mounted on the trunklid and in front of the front doors. All A-Spec cars get functional upgrades, too, including different power steering tuning and more aggressive damper settings. Go for the V-6 AWD model, and Acura adds stiffer spring rates and rear stabilizer bar.
The 2018 TLX A-Spec upgrades continue inside with a thicker sport steering wheel, brushed aluminumlike trim, sportier seats with more bolstering, and red or black leather seats with Alcantara inserts. The instrument cluster gauges have red accents, but those functional gauges are starting to look a little dated. We look forward to testing the TLX V6 A-Spec to see whether, objectively and subjectively, the sportier trim is an improvement over the regular six-cylinder model. And in case you’re wondering, Acura says that because those who want a sportier look and feel will naturally consider the V-6 over the I-4, a four-cylinder A-Spec model isn’t in the plans for now.
No matter which model you are eyeing, all TLXs wear the much-improved diamond-pentagon grille that we’ve already seen on the refreshed 2017 MDX, with grille detailing similar to what we’ve already seen on a number of Mercedes cars. Inside, the car’s controversial two-screen layout returns but is said to be 30 percent faster. The lower display is now more responsive, Acura says, and the system includes Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Among other improvements, these helpful infotainment system solutions can provide navigation even on base models that don’t have an integrated system as long as your connected smartphone has reception. Other available 2018 TLX features include ventilated front seats, a multicamera parking system, LED ambient lighting that shines in 10 locations inside the interior, a heated steering wheel, heated front and rear seats, and power folding side mirrors.
Although all that newly standard safety tech should prove helpful, if an accident is unavoidable, the 2018 TLX should have you covered. The pre-refresh 2017 model received a five-star overall rating from NHTSA (out of a possible five stars) and received top marks in most IIHS crash tests, including front crash prevention, but it missed out on 2017 Top Safety Pick status because of its Acceptable rating (instead of Good) on the small overlap front test and a Marginal rating (instead of Acceptable or Good) on its headlights. Acura says that the low- and high-beam headlights on the 2018 TLX have been improved, so we’ll see how well the car’s safety test performance compares to the pre-refresh model.
The TLX has always veered more toward the value side of the luxury sport sedan segment than others, and that advantage is enhanced with the updated 2018 model. Although the engines might not have changed, the styling has, and that could be just enough to increase TLX awareness in a ridiculously crowded field.
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Geneva/Jerusalem (ICRC) - The hardship faced by Gaza's 1.5 million people cannot be addressed by providing humanitarian aid. The only sustainable solution is to lift the closure.
The serious incidents that took place on 31 May between Israeli forces and activists on a flotilla heading for Gaza once again put the spotlight on the acute hardship faced by the population in the Gaza Strip.
As the ICRC has stressed repeatedly, the dire situation in Gaza cannot be resolved by providing humanitarian aid. The closure imposed on the Gaza Strip is about to enter its fourth year, choking off any real possibility of economic development. Gazans continue to suffer from unemployment, poverty and warfare, while the quality of Gaza's health care system has reached an all-time low.
The whole of Gaza's civilian population is being punished for acts for which they bear no responsibility. The closure therefore constitutes a collective punishment imposed in clear violation of Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law.
"The closure is having a devastating impact on the 1.5 million people living in Gaza", said Béatrice Mégevand-Roggo, the ICRC's head of operations for the Middle East. "That is why we are urging Israel to put an end to this closure and call upon all those who have an influence on the situation, including Hamas, to do their utmost to help Gaza's civilian population. Israel's right to deal with its legitimate security concerns must be balanced against the Palestinians' right to live normal, dignified lives."
The international community has to do its part to ensure that repeated appeals by States and international organizations to lift the closure are finally heeded.
Under international humanitarian law, Israel must ensure that the basic needs of Gazans, including adequate health care, are met. The Palestinian authorities, for their part, must do everything within their power to provide proper health care, supply electricity and maintain infrastructure for Gaza's people.
Furthermore, all States have an obligation to allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of all relief consignments, equipment and personnel.
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is about to enter his fifth year in captivity. Hamas has continued to rebuff the ICRC's requests to let it visit Gilad Shalit. In violation of international humanitarian law, it has also refused to allow him to get in touch with his family. The ICRC again urges those detaining Gilad Shalit to grant him the regular contact with his family to which he is entitled. It also reiterates that those detaining him have an obligation to ensure that he is well treated and that his living conditions are humane and dignified.
Ruined livelihoods
Although about 80 types of goods are now allowed into Gaza – twice as many as a year ago –over 4,000 items could be brought in prior to the closure. Generally, the price of goods has increased while their quality has dropped – this is one consequence of the largely unregulated trade conducted through the tunnels that have been dug under the Gaza-Egypt border to circumvent the closure.
Fertile farmland located close to the border fence has been turned into a wasteland by ongoing hostilities, affecting people's livelihoods in many rural communities. The buffer zone imposed by Israel extends in practice over one kilometre into the Gaza Strip, covering a total area of about 50 square kilometres that is host to nearly a third of Gaza's farmland and a large share of its livestock. Agricultural activities in the area are hampered by security conditions. Israel's enforcement of the buffer zone and frequent hostilities have resulted not only in civilian casualties and the destruction of civilian property but also in the impoverishment and displacement of numerous families.
Gaza's fishermen have been greatly affected by successive reductions imposed by Israel on the size of the fishing grounds they are allowed to exploit. The latest restriction to three nautical miles has cut down both the quantity and quality of the catch. As a result, nearly 90% of Gaza's 4000 fishermen are now considered either poor (with a monthly income of between 100 and 190 US dollars) or very poor (earning less than 100 dollars a month), up from 50% in 2008. In their struggle to survive, the fishermen have little choice but to sail into no-go zones, at the risk of being shot by the Israeli navy.
"I have already been arrested and my boat has been confiscated several times," said Nezar Ayyash, who heads Gaza's fishermen's union. "But this is our life here. We know that fishing can cost us our lives, but we have no other choice but to go out with our boats: we need to feed our families."
No cure in sight for ailing health-care system
Gaza is suffering from an acute electricity crisis. The power supply in Gaza is interrupted for seven hours a day on average. The consequences for public services, especially the primary health-care system, are devastating. Hospitals rely on generators to cope with the daily blackouts.
The power cuts pose a serious risk to the treatment of patients – and to their very lives. It takes two to three minutes for a generator to begin operating, and during that time electronic devices do not function. As a result, artificial respirators must be reactivated manually, dialysis treatment is disrupted and surgery is suspended as operating theatres are plunged into darkness.
To make matters worse, fuel reserves for hospital generators keep drying up. Three times this year, fuel shortages have forced hospitals to cancel all elective surgery and accept emergency cases only. Gaza's paediatric hospital had to transfer all its patients to another facility because it could no longer function. Laundry services have repeatedly shut down. With the prospect of increased electricity consumption during the hot summer months when air conditioning is required, the situation is likely to deteriorate further if hospitals do not receive ample fuel.
Fluctuations in the power supply can also damage essential medical equipment. Repairs are difficult owing to the closure, under which the transfer into Gaza of spare parts for medical equipment is subject to excessive delays of up to several months.
The transfer of disposable electrodes, which are used to monitor the heart rhythm of cardiac patients, has been delayed since August 2009. Without this equipment, patient lives are at risk, as heart problems may not be detected in time. Because of the restrictions in place, most heart monitors in Gaza will be unusable by the end of this month. The run-down state of equipment is one of the reasons for the high numbers of patients seeking treatment outside the Strip.
Stocks of essential medical supplies have reached an all-time low because of a standstill in cooperation between Palestinian authorities in Ramallah and Gaza. At the end of May 2010, 110 of 470 medicines considered essential, such as chemotherapy and haemophilia drugs, were unavailable in Gaza. When chemotherapy is interrupted, the chances of success drop dramatically, even if another painful round of treatment is initiated. Haemophilia patients face life-threatening haemorrhages when compounds such as Factor VIII and IX are not available.
More than 110 of the 700 disposable items that should be available are also out of stock. The only way to cope is to re-use such items as ventilator tubes or colostomy bags, even though doing so can lead to infections that endanger patients' lives.
"The state of the health-care system in Gaza has never been worse," said Eileen Daly, the ICRC's health coordinator in the territory. "Health is being politicized: that is the main reason the system is failing. Unless something changes, things are only going to get even worse. Thousands of patients could go without treatment and the long-term outlook will be increasingly worrisome."
The health-care system is further weakened by severe restrictions imposed on the movement of people into and out of Gaza. The restrictions prevent medical staff from leaving the Strip to get the training they need to update their skills, and technicians from entering to repair medical equipment.
Lack of sanitation hazardous for health and the environment
The lack of proper sanitation and certain agricultural practices are polluting Gaza's aquifer. Only about 60% of the territory's 1.4 million inhabitants are connected to a sewage collection system. Raw sewage discharged into the river Wadi Gaza, which snakes through urban areas, jeopardizes the health of the communities living on its banks.
Because the aquifer is over-exploited, drinking water in most of Gaza contains high levels of nitrate, chloride and salt. The water is unfit for consumption, and the risk of contracting an infectious disease is high.
Assembling enough suitable materials to carry out sanitation projects is a slow and haphazard process. Materials obtained through the tunnel trade can be of questionable quality, while some items, such as certain electro-mechanical pumps, cannot be found at all, which hobbles construction efforts.
"The current situation is critical and may lead to an irreversible trend in the degradation of underground fresh water," said Javier Cordoba, who oversees the ICRC's water and sanitation activities in Gaza. "Large-scale projects, such as the construction of a desalination plant, must be undertaken to meet water-supply needs without further exposing the aquifer. The closure must be lifted so that the 4.5 billion US dollars pledged by donor countries over a year ago can be put to use."
ICRC activities in 2010
In Gaza, the ICRC continues to work closely with the Palestine Red Crescent Society, supporting its efforts to boost its capacities as a provider of core humanitarian services within the Gaza Strip, which include pre-hospital emergency care and psycho-social activities. The ICRC has also provided support for construction and renovation work carried out on three stations of the Palestine Red Crescent emergency medical services, two of which were damaged during last year's war.
The ICRC closely monitors the situation of civilians adversely affected by the conduct of hostilities or armed violence. It makes confidential representations to the authorities or armed groups concerned, reminding them of their obligation to comply with international humanitarian law and other international rules.
The ICRC endeavours to ensure that a certain level of care is maintained for sick and injured patients, but owing to restrictions there is only so much it can do. It delivers spare parts needed to keep medical equipment in working condition. In addition, to help hospitals cope with the most urgent needs, it regularly supplies medical facilities with drugs and other medical items intended mainly for emergency rooms and operating theatres. It also provides technical assistance and supplies for the Artificial Limb and Polio Centre in Gaza City, where over 1,000 patients have received treatment this year.
The ICRC is doing everything it can to enhance the power and water supply in hospitals, where it is also seeking to improve sanitation, laundry and other services. In addition, it is building an extension to the Polio Centre in Gaza City.
The ICRC continues to work on upgrades for the Rafah wastewater treatment plant which will eventually serve some 170,000 people. However, to finish the work, certain materials must be allowed in through the crossing points. The upgrades, once completed, will result not only in a safer and more healthful environment for the population, but also in treated wastewater clean enough to seep into and refresh the aquifer, which remains the sole source of drinking water in the Gaza Strip.
The ICRC helps needy families in Gaza to make ends meet through cash-for-work programmes, and helps farmers to increase crop yields. In particular, the aid it provides enables farmers to reclaim and develop land degraded by military operations or enforced neglect, to improve soil fertility and productivity, and to obtain enough seedlings for each agricultural season.
Over 800 Gazan detainees in Israeli prisons have been prevented from meeting face-to-face with their loved ones since June 2007, when Israel suspended the ICRC's family visit programme. To mitigate the effects of this measure, the ICRC has doubled its own visits to Gazan detainees and stepped up its efforts to maintain family links by delivering written and oral messages between detainees and their families.
Between January and May 2010, the ICRC:
• visited about 450 people held in places of detention throughout the Gaza Strip in order to monitor the conditions of detention, the treatment they receive and the application of procedural safeguards. The organization shared its findings with the authorities on a regular basis and made confidential representations whenever appropriate;
• conducted visits three times a month to 300 Gazan detainees in over 20 places of detention in Israel;
• delivered over 100 messages from Gazan families to detained relatives and over 200 from Gazan detainees to their families in Gaza;
• provided about 90 tonnes of drugs and disposable items for eight government hospitals;
• responded to 17 requests from the Ministry of Health to help keep specialized medical equipment up and running; in particular, the ICRC provided spare parts for ultrasound and mammography machines, oxygen connectors for an intensive care unit, a laryngoscope lens, and a power supply box for a CT scanner. It also provided spare parts for hospital generators and washing machines;
• provided technical support for Shifa Hospital's emergency department, which included two emergency-room training courses attended by over 50 doctors and nurses;
• provided maintenance for over 60 ambulances from the Ministry of Health's fleet, and carried out 15 station visits together with the Palestine Red Crescent Society to monitor and support the activities of the emergency medical services;
• supported the efforts of the Palestine Red Crescent to boost its capacities, and took steps to enhance coordination between various ambulance service providers in the Gaza Strip;
• provided support for construction and renovation work carried out on three stations of the emergency medical services;
• provided support for Palestine Red Crescent workshops on disaster planning attended by 120 staff and volunteers;
• promoted international humanitarian law in sessions with Gaza's Hamas authorities, armed groups, academics and religious groups.
Dorothea Krimitsas (English/French), ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 25 90 or +41 79 251 93 18
Florian Westphal (English/German), ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 22 82 or +41 79 217 32 80
Cecilia Goin (English/Spanish), ICRC Jerusalem, tel: +972 52 601 91 50
Nadia Dibsy (Arabic), ICRC Jerusalem, tel: +972 2 582 88 45 or +972 52 601 91 48
Hicham Hassan (Arabic), regional spokesperson in Cairo, tel. +20 1 87 42 43 44
Simon Schorno (English/French), ICRC Washington, tel: (+1 202) 361 15 66
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Title [WASPs in leather jackets, circa 1944]
Date approximate? yes
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Service branch Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP)
Item description Six WASP trainees, including Susie Winston Bain (2nd from left) stand with an unidentified man, circa 1944. The women wear the early WASP "General's White" uniform of a white blouse, khaki trousers, and A-2 leather jacket with Fifinella patch.
Veteran's name Bain, Susie Marie Winston
Veteran's biography Susie Winston Bain (1922-2017) of Bay City, Texas, was a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) during World War II .
Susie M. Winston Bain was born 21 July 1922 in Markham, Texas, and raised in Bay City, Texas. Her mother was a musician and her father was in the automobile business. She graduated from high school in 1940 and studied home economics at the University of Texas. In early 1942 she found a job in an accountant’s office in Houston .
Bain took flying lessons in order to qualify for the newly formed WASP in 1943. She interviewed and joined the WASP at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, in November 1943. After six months of basic training at Avenger Field outside of Sweetwater, Texas, Bain graduated in Class 44-W-4, Flight 1, on 23 May 1944. She was sent to Love Field in where she ferried PT-19s across the country. In September 1944, after a short stint at Garden City, Kansas, Bain was transferred to Laredo, Texas, where she flew B-26s and towed targets for men's live ammunition practice .
Susie Bain met her future husband, Carson Bain, while they were stationed in Laredo. She requested an early discharge to marry him in November 1944, after it was announced that the WASP would disband the following month. She followed him to several duty stations, and the Bains moved to Greensboro, North Carolina, after Carson's discharge. The couple later divorced and Mrs. Bain relocated to Austin, Texas.
Original format photographs
Image type Full uniform
Original publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Source collection WV0185 Susie Winston Bain Papers, 1943-2000
Collection summary Correspondence, Artifacts, textiles, printed material, clippings, and an oral history interview document Susie Winston Bain's 1943-1944 service as a WASP. Letters from Bain to her family describe daily life on base in Laredo, Texas, in 1944. Military and personal papers document Bain's activities as a pilot during WWII and in post-war Greensboro, North Carolina. Photographs illustrate WASP and their planes, while printed material records WASP contributions and related organizations. Bain's oral history interview details her early life, her military experiences, and the effects of her service on her life after the war. Prominent subjects include Jacqueline Cochrane, Nancy Love, Hap Arnold, Eleanor Roosevelt, and women in the military. Textiles include Bain's WASP battle jacket and reunion materials.
Series/grouping 4: Photographs, 1944-2000
Folder 11-12: WASP, 1944
Finding aid link http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=265
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Amazon revokes my selling privileges though they make as much or more than I do on many books I sell
Amazon has revoked my selling privileges because I have failed to "valid tracking" numbers on at least 95% of my shipments, and my account is "under review." Here's my conversation with them, followed by an example of how they rip off small publishers and independent sellers like me.
Their message to me:
Your Valid Tracking Rate is below the goal of 95% in the following categories: Book
As a result, you may no longer sell merchant-fulfilled items in the affected categories on Amazon.com. Your listings for those categories have been removed from our site.
Many of the books I sell are thin and light and that means the post office allows me to send them as "large envelopes" instead of as parcels, saving me money on shipping charges. As such, they do not come with free tracking. When I sell a book, you (Amazon) are in many cases already making as much off it as I am (thanks in part to your phony $3.99 shipping charge, because none of my books really cost 3.99 to ship). If I pay extra for tracking, I make even less than you do. So it does not always make sense for me to pay extra for tracking on a small book.
In other cases, with bigger books, I send them via media mail, which does provide free tracking, but these comprise far fewer than 95% of my sales.
Their further response:
Your account is still under review. We ask for your patience while buyers leave feedback for you.
We will send you an email when our review is complete. Until then, we may not reply to further emails about this issue.
Here's just one example: I sell Elliot Nicely's Crisis Chronicles Press chapbook The Black Between Stars for $4.99 in the Amazon marketplace. Amazon makes the buyer pay an additional $3.99 for "shipping." So the buyer is charged a total of $8.98. Then Amazon takes their fees:
Closing fee:
Per-Item Fee
Referral Fee on Item Price:
Shipping commission:
After all that, Amazon gives me, the publisher, $4.84. But then I have to [pay to] ship the book. Because this is a small and light chapbook, it only costs me 70 cents to mail as a "large envelope." So of the $8.98 the buyer was charged, I end up with $4.14, the post office gets $0.70 and Amazon gets $4.14. They receive exactly what I do on the transaction. And they didn't have to publish the book. But now they insist I pay extra for tracking on top of this?
And no other book I sell is as light in weight and small in dimensions as The Black Between Stars. Here's another example: I don't just sell books I publish on Amazon. I also sell used books I pick up here and there. Last week I sold a copy of Diana Gabaldon's The Fiery Cross for $4.99 on Amazon. The numbers for it were exactly the same as the numbers for selling Nicely's, except for the fact that The Fiery Cross is a much heavier book. So in this case, the least expensive way for me to mail it was Media rate, which cost me $3.12. At least I got free tracking with Media rate. But again, Amazon made WAY more than I did overall.
And now they want to burden the independent sellers and small presses they're ripping off even more by forcing us to pay more to provide tracking on every single book. For shame!
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NE Ohio Poetry / Literary Calendar Updates
I just spent three-plus hours updating the Northeast Ohio literary calendar at clevelandpoetry.com. If your event is an hour's drive or less from Cleveland and needs added or updated, please let me know.
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Interstellar Poetry 21 November 2017 in Hamden, CT
Crisis Chronicles Press and Sol's Path Writing Center present an evening of poetry featuring Leslie McGrath, Krysia Jopek, Meg Harris and (all the way from Cleveland, Ohio) John Burroughs at The Outer Space, 295 Treadwell Street in Hamden, Connecticut. We will celebrate the release of two new Crisis Chronicles Press books, Harris' Inquiry into Loneliness and Jopek's Hourglass Studies. Please join us for this out of this world event. Free admission, and an open mic will follow the features.
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Crisis Chronicles Press publishes Oct Tongue 2, feat. 8 more of my fave poets
Achtung! Crisis Chronicles Press is pleased to present the long-awaited Oct Tongue 2, our biggest book yet (it's like eight books in one!). See October (and so much more) through the eyes of eight of America’s finest poets: George Wallace, Lyn Lifshin, Mark Sebastian Jordan, Juliet Cook, Kathleen Cerveny, Dianne Borsenik, Margaret Bashaar and Eric Anderson.
Each of these eight writers wrote and submitted at least 31 poems in response to editor John Burroughs' October 2014 poem-a-day invitation. Life intervened and it took awhile to get this fine collection into print, but we believe it is well worth the wait. Oct Tongue 2 features 258 poems on 328 pages, and is 6"x9", perfect bound, with cover photo by Chandra Alderman. ISBN: 978-1-940996-47-9. It will make you laugh, make you cry, make you angry and make you glad you read it.
Available for $15 from Crisis Chronicles Press, 3431 George Avenue, Parma, Ohio 44134 USA.
Please join us for a special book launch event Saturday, November 18, 2017 from 2 to 4 p.m. during the Borderlands: Poetry on the Edge series at Main Street Books, 104 N. Main Street, Mansfield, Ohio 44902.
Eric Anderson is a graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts. His poetry has appeared in The Sun, Connotation Press, Prairie Schooner and other journals. His novella, Isn't That Just Like You? (Cleveland State University Press) won the inaugural Ruthanne Wiley Memorial Novella Contest. His "A Couple of Scars on My Back" earned a Lantern Award for best poem from The Lit. And his first full-length collection, The Parable of the Room Spinning, is available from Kattywompus Press.
Margaret Bashaar’s first book, Stationed Near the Gateway, was released by Sundress Publications in 2015. Her poetry has also been collected in four chapbooks and dozens of literary journals and anthologies. She co-organizes the annual event FREE POEMS with Rachael Deacon. And she lives in Pittsburgh, PA, with her partner, her son, and her kitty cats, and edits Hyacinth Girl Press (hyacinthgirlpress.com).
Dianne Borsenik is active in the northern Ohio poetry scene and regional reading circuit. Her work has been widely published in journals and anthologies, including Pittsburgh Poetry Review, Rosebud, Slipstream, Lilliput Review, The Offbeat, Chiron Review, Poems-For-All, A Rustling and Waking Within (OPA, 2017), and Resist Much/Obey Little: Inaugural Poems for the Resistance (Spuyten Duyvil, 2017). Crisis Chronicles Press published her first full-length collection, Age of Aquarius, in 2016. She won first place in the Best Cleveland Poem Competition in 2013 and 2014, and Lit Youngstown put her poem “Disco” on their tee shirts, which makes her feel like a rock star. Founder/editor at NightBallet Press and producer of BeatStreet Cleveland, Borsenik lives in Elyria with husband James and dogs Bodhisattva and Michel-Angelo. Find her at dianneborsenik.com.
Kathleen Cerveny, has been a working artist, an award-winning producer for Cleveland Public Radio, and Director of Arts Initiatives for the Cleveland Foundation. Her poems have appeared in the Southern New Hampshire University journal Amoskeag, the e-journal Shaking Like a Mountain, and in several Pudding House anthologies, as well as in in Future Cycle Press’ international anthology Poems for Malala Yousafzai. In 2014 Kathleen received the Robert Bergman Award from the Cleveland Arts Prize and she served as the 2013-14 Poet Laureate of Cleveland Heights. Her first collection, Coming to Terms, was published by NightBallet Press in 2015. Kathleen’s blog, Pay Attention, can be found on her website, kathleencerveny.com. She currently teaches arts management in the Conservatory at Baldwin Wallace University.
Juliet Cook's poetry has appeared in a small multitude of magazines, including Arsenic Lobster, Diagram, Diode, FLAPPERHOUSE, Hermeneutic Chaos, Menacing Hedge and Reality Beach. She is the author of numerous poetry chapbooks, recently including Red Demolition (Shirt Pocket Press, 2014), a collaboration with Robert Cole called Mutant Neuron Codex Swarm (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2015), and a collaboration with j/j hastain called Dive Back Down (Dancing Girl Press, 2015), with more forthcoming. Cook's first full-length individual poetry book, Horrific Confection, was published by BlazeVOX and her second full-length individual poetry book, Malformed Confetti is forthcoming from Crisis Chronicles Press. Her most recent full-length poetry book, A Red Witch, Every Which Way, is a collaboration with j/j hastain published by Hysterical Books in 2016. Find her at JulietCook.weebly.com.
Mark Sebastian Jordan is a refugee of the corporate business world, where he spent a decade in packaging purchasing. Finding himself compulsively writing and creating to escape the unfulfilling day job, he fled when a corporate buyout ended his position. Since then, he has only worked jobs that offer personal fulfillment and creativity. He has written three full-length plays, several one-acts, and four books. He covers concerts of the Cleveland Orchestra for Seen & Heard International and performs widely as a director, actor, storyteller, and improv comedian. His humorous mystery Slammer, Private Dick was published by Sinister Hand Media in 2017.
Lyn Lifshin won the Jack Kerouac Award for her book Kiss the Skin Off, the Paterson Poetry Award for Before It’s Light, and the Texas Review Award for The Licorice Daughter: My Year with Ruffian. She’s been praised by Robert Frost, Ken Kesey, and Richard Eberhart, and is the subject of the award-winning documentary film Not Made of Glass. Lifshin earned the distinction “Queen of the Small Presses” for her dedication to the small presses which first published her, and for surviving on her own apart from any major publishing house or academic institution. Her most recent books include Femme Eterna (Glass Lyre, 2014), #AliveLikeALoadedGun (Transcendent Zero Press, 2016) and Little Dancer: The Degas Poems (NightBallet Press, 2017). Find her at lynlifshin.com.
George Wallace has been described as ‘a kind of Max Ernst stuck in the up-down elevator of America’ (A.D. Winans) and a poet who ‘navigates between high and low diction with generosity, elegance and power’ (Angelo Verga). “If you want to know what America feels like in your mouth, read his poems out loud,” writes Huffington Post’s Robert Peake. The editor of Poetrybay, co-editor of Great Weather for Media and author of 31 chapbooks, George is a fixture on the NYC scene and travels internationally to perform, lecture and teach workshops. Poet Laureate, Suffolk County, LI NY (2003-2005). Writer in residence, Walt Whitman Birthplace (2011-2017).
Labels: 2017, books, Crisis Chronicles Press, Dianne Borsenik, Eric Anderson, George Wallace, Juliet Cook, Kathleen Cerveny, Lyn Lifshin, Mansfield, Margaret Bashaar, Mark Sebastian Jordan, Ohio Poetry
Oct Tongue 2 book release Saturday 11/18 in Mansfield (plus pre-order info)
This month, Crisis Chronicles Press will celebrate/release the long-awaited collaborative book Oct Tongue 2, featuring at least 31 poems each by Lyn Lifshin, George Wallace, Dianne Borsenik, Eric Anderson, Juliet Cook, Mark Sebastian Jordan, Margaret Bashaar and Kathleen Cerveny during Borderlands: Poetry on the Edge at Main Street Books in Mansfield, Ohio. At least five of the authors will read. Hope to see you there!
To pre-order Oct Tongue 2, send $10 (plus $3 for shipping) to Crisis Chronicles Press, 3431 George Avenue, Parma, Ohio 44134.
Labels: Crisis Chronicles Press, Dianne Borsenik, Eric Anderson, George Wallace, Juliet Cook, Kathleen Cerveny, Lyn Lifshin, Mansfield, Margaret Bashaar, Mark Sebastian Jordan, Ohio Poetry, Poetry Events
Writer in the Window at Appletree Books November 1st thru 4th
photo swiped from their Facebook page
For the next four days (November 1st thru 4th), I will be "Writer in the Window" from 10 a.m. to noon at Appletree Books in Cleveland Heights. Hope to see you there and/or get some writing done!
12419 Cedar Road
https://appletree-books.com
Labels: 2017, Appletree, Cleveland Heights, John Burroughs, Poetry Events
Crisis Chronicles Press publishes Hourglass Studies by Krysia Jopek
Crisis Chronicles Press is very pleased to announce the publication of Krysia Jopek's stunning new poetry chapbook, Hourglass Studies, on 31 October 2017.
"Krysia Jopek’s poems in Hourglass Studies are not so much linear as Möbius: they twist back upon themselves in ways hauntingly familiar, while offering surrealistic flashes of the outré. Reading this book is like having your own Tarot cards read: you find yourself spellbound, immersed in questions and answers, hints and predictions, that all make sense in the end."
—Dianne Borsenik, NightBallet Press publisher and
author of Age of Aquarius, Collected Poems 1981-2016
United States $7.00 USD Elsewhere $10.00 USD
Hourglass Studies is available for only $7 US from Crisis Chronicles Press, 3431 George Avenue, Parma, Ohio 44134. ISBN: 978-1-940996-46-2. Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5". Perfect bound. Cover design by Dale Houstman. 26 pages featuring 12 poems / studies.
Read sample poems from Hourglass Studies at Meta/ Phor(e) /Play.
Please join us for the official book release party November 21st, 7:30 p.m., at The Outer Space, 295 Treadwell Street in Hamden, Connecticut.
Krysia Jopek’s poems have appeared in The Great American Literary Magazine, Crisis Chronicles Cyber Litmag, Gone Lawn 19, Split Rock Review, The Woven Press, Columbia Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, The Wallace Stevens Journal, Phoebe, Murmur, Artists & Influence, and other literary journals. She has written reviews of poetry for The American Book Review. Maps and Shadows, her first novel (Aquila Polonica 2010), won a Silver Benjamin Franklin award in 2011 in the category of Historical Fiction.
Labels: 2017, books, Connecticut, Crisis Chronicles Press, Dianne Borsenik, Krysia Jopek, NightBallet
11th Annual Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival
Labels: Crisis Chronicles Press, Dianne Borsenik, Frostburg, Indie Lit Festival, John Burroughs, Maryland, NightBallet, poetry, Poetry Events
My Upcoming Poetry Events in New Jersey and Maryland
Super excited to share a stage with Justin Woo, Chelsea Palermo and Matthew Hupert this Thursday 10/5 at Poetry in the Port #41 hosted by Damian Rucci at Espresso Joes in Keyport, New Jersey...
...and then to attend the Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival hosted by the Frostburg State University Center for Literary Arts, where Dianne Borsenik and I will read Saturday 10/14 at 2 p.m. and Crisis Chronicles Press and NightBallet Press will participate in the book fair.
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Labels: Chelsea Palermo, Crisis Chronicles Press, Damian Rucci, Dianne Borsenik, Frostburg, Justin Woo, Maryland, Matthew Hupert, New Jersey, NightBallet, Poetry Events
Location: Dewey Beach, DE 19971, USA
After Turning 51
Many thanks to everyone who reached out to me for my birthday. Because mine is the 17th and Geri's was the 14th, we always celebrated them together. Needless to say, with her gone this year I didn't feel much like celebrating. Indeed I couldn't wait for the days to be past. I was invited to do lots of cool things on my birthday but decided instead to stay in and get as much work as I could done, though I did go catch a sunset on Lake Erie before bed. But through it all I saw your messages, comments and other kindnesses and your love helped get me through the day okay.
I am most grateful.
Labels: Geri
Crisis Chronicles Press publishes Inquiry into Loneliness by Meg Harris
Crisis Chronicles Press is thrilled to announce the publication of Meg Harris' highly anticipated poetry chapbook, Inquiry into Loneliness (CC#94), on 17 September 2017.
"Meg Harris gives us snapshots into a wildly imagined ordinary universe with rich metaphor turning everything she touches into an extraordinary occurrence. In Inquiry into Loneliness, 'the wind has winter in its mouth' and 'the stars fly / from fingertips.' Linger on each page for a glimpse into a beautiful and mystical world."
—Amy King, author of The Missing Museum
"In Inquiry into Loneliness, Meg Harris regards the divine like a lover, noting even its smallest incarnations, overlooking nothing. In a somber funeral notice for a sandpiper, we are reminded of our own human inconsequence, yet the world is constant magic. Stars are 'mercury rolling,' a child’s newborn skull bears the imprint of the place it was first loved. These poems are generous and welcoming, even of pain’s inevitability. Meg Harris says yes, 'Yes to divine intervention / Divine anything.'"
—Leslie McGrath, author of Out from the Pleiades
Inquiry into Loneliness is available for only $7 US from Crisis Chronicles Press, 3431 George Avenue, Parma, Ohio 44134. ISBN: 978-1-940996-45-5. Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5". Perfect bound. Cover art by the author. 34 pages featuring these 22 poems: "Yariguíes Brush-Finch," "Origins," "Inquiry into Loneliness," "Memory," "Apnea," "Paradise Lost," "Symbiosis," "Bird Sanctuary," "Hoboken 2012," "Vulture," "For Nonbelievers," "Sloth," "Poseidon," "Travel," "Vestigial," "A Rose from Roger," "Madonna and Child," "Yes, to Ghosts," "Starlet," "Crystal," "Heartbreaker" and "My Name."
Meg Harris is a writer, poet and teacher. Her work has appeared in Upstreet, Numero Cinq, Whiskey Island, River River, Pirene’s Fountain, and others. She lives in a magical place called Sol’s Path where she offers guided-writing workshops in the Patchwork Farms’ Writing Process. Meg Harris serves on the Connecticut State Independent Living Council and is the Managing Editor at the recently launched Diaphanous Press Journal of Literary and Visual Art, which will release a second issue in November of 2017. She is an avid amateur photographer, miniaturist, and activist. She is most passionate about ending descriptor-discrimination because she believes everyone deserves their adjective. Round, white, feminist, witty, aging, empathic, Meg is well known in her family for both finding things lost and fixing things broken. She earned her MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Labels: 2017, Amy King, books, Crisis Chronicles Press, Leslie McGrath, Meg Harris
Crisis Chronicles Press publishes Snap, poems by Dion N. Farquhar
Crisis Chronicles Press is thrilled to announce the publication of Snap, a powerful new series of poems by Dion N. Farquhar.
Only $7 US. Available 31 August 2017 from Crisis Chronicles Press, 3431 George Avenue, Parma, Ohio 44134.
28 pp. 5.5" x 8.5". Perfect bound. Cover photo by the author. Contents include "Chronic Edge," "Humanities 2.0," "Break," "Difference Within," "Path," "Contingency," "Branded," "Lost," "Unsustainable," "Loopy," "Zuccotti Park," "New Year" and "Climate Change." ISBN: 978-1-940996-44-8.
Dion Farquhar has recent poems in Birds Piled Loosely, Local Nomad, Columbia Poetry Review, Shampoo, moria, Shifter, BlazeVOX, etc. Her second poetry book Wonderful Terrible was published by Main Street Rag Publishing Company in 2013, and her second chapbook Just Kidding is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. She works as an exploited adjunct at two universities, teaching mostly composition, but still loves the classroom.
Labels: 2017, books, Crisis Chronicles Press, Dion Farquhar
Concrete Meat Press Recommends
Concrete Meat's Adrian Manning says, "The latest poet to be added to Concrete Meat Press Recommends page is the awesome John Burroughs. Check out his words and those of many others here:"
http://adrianmanning.wixsite.com/concretemeatpress/concrete-meat-press-recommends
I'm tickled that he selected my poem "Dish Work," from Water Works, to be featured there. It was written several years ago about a time in 1986 when Geri and I were working together at Columbia Hills Country Club and just getting to know each other.
Labels: Adrian Manning, Concrete Meat, Geri, John Burroughs, Poetry by JB
Uncaged Low Kay Shun: Burroughs Live at the 2017 Underground Lit Fest
Many thanks to Bill Yarrow for recording me reciting two poems during the Underground Lit Fest hosted by the Literary Underground at the Uptown Arts Lofts in Michigan City, Indiana. The poems are "John Cage Engaged and Uncaged" and "Low Kay Shun." Please forgive my flubbing the line about Dick Van Dyke and my assaulting our host's innocent cup of coffee.
Labels: 2017, Bill Yarrow, Literary Underground, Poetry by JB, Poetry Events, Underground Lit Fest, Video
My "Abbreviate" featured 7/7 in Winedrunk Sidewalk
I am honored to report that my short poem "Abbreviate" was recently featured (day 169 - July 7th) in Winedrunk Sidewalk. Many thanks to editor John Grochalski!
Because the day it was published was the day I departed for my cross-country trip I'm just now blogging about it.
Labels: 2017, John Grochalski, Poetry by JB, Politics, Trump, Winedrunk Sidewalk
Underground Lit Fest this weekend in Michigan City, Indiana!
Crisis Chronicles Press and I are thrilled to be part of this year's Underground Lit Fest, August 4th through 6th, at the Uptown Artist Lofts, 717 Franklin Street in Michigan City, Indiana.
Among other grooviness....
Full details of the weekend festivities can be found at http://theliteraryunderground.org/litfest/.
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Labels: Bill Gainer, Cringe-Worthy, Dianne Borsenik, Indiana, John Burroughs, Juliet Cook, Lennart Lundh, Literary Underground, Michael Grover, Poetry Events, Puma Perl, Underground Lit Fest
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Tag Archives: Great March of Return
Tribute for Palestinian Paramedic to Be Held Near Gaza Frontier
On June 1, 2018, an Israeli military sniper shot and killed, Palestinian paramedic Razan al-Najjar, 20, during the weekly Great March of Return procession along the Gaza border. Razan wanted to show the world that “We Palestinians can achieve anything even without weapons.” The marksman who shot her undoubtedly had other ideas. On Friday of…
June 4, 2019 in Society and Democracy.
As Eurovision Opens, Hundreds March in Tel Aviv vs. Gaza Siege
Hundreds of Israeli and Palestinians marched through central Tel Aviv, Tuesday evening, May 14, with the opening of the Eurovision Song Contest being held in that city. The marchers called for an end to Israel’s siege against Gaza and commemorated a year since Israeli troops shot dead more than sixty Palestinians and wounded thousands more…
May 16, 2019 in Society and Democracy.
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian, 24, Wound Dozens along Gaza Border
The three Palestinian Arabic dailies and Communist Arabic Al Ittihad newspaper published in Israel highlighted on their front pages on Saturday and Sunday the Israeli’s army killing on Friday, May 10, of a Palestinian during the March of Return protests along the Gaza border and the wounding of dozens of others. The newspapers reported that…
Hundreds Protest Gaza Blockade outside Military HQ in Tel Aviv
Hundreds of Israeli peace activists, among them members of Hadash and the Communist Party of Israel, held a demonstration on Saturday evening, March 30, in solidarity with Palestinian protestors in Gaza. The protesters gathered outside Israel’s main military headquarters in central Tel Aviv, to mark the 44th Land Day and one year since the beginning…
April 3, 2019 in Society and Democracy.
Palestinians in Israel and Gaza Commemorate the 44th Land Day
Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel commemorated the 44th Land Day on Saturday, March 30, a day they have been observing since that date in 1976 (the first Land Day), when Israeli security forces shot dead six young Arab men who were protesting the expropriation of Arab-owned land in northern Israel to build Jewish communities. Thousands marched…
UN Rights Council Adopts Report Accusing Israel of War Crimes in Suppressing Gaza Demonstrations
The United Nations Humans Rights Council voted Friday, March 22, to adopt a report accusing Israel of war crimes for its handling of Palestinians protests on the border with Gaza Strip. Twenty-three countries voted to in favor of the measure, with nine opposing it. Another 14 countries abstained, while one was absent. The vote came…
March 24, 2019 in Society and Democracy.
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teen, Injure 41 Others along Gaza Border
At least one Palestinian minor was killed and 41 others were injured, three of them seriously, by live ammunition or rubber-coated bullets on Friday, February 22, when Israeli forces attacked the weekly Great March of Return protests along Gaza-Israel border, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The military forces fired live rounds and rubber-coated…
February 24, 2019 in Society and Democracy.
Palestinian Teen Dies of Wounds Incurred Last Friday in Gaza Strip
A Palestinian teenager, Hassan Nofal, 17, died on Tuesday, February 12, of the wounds he sustained when he was shot by Israeli forces last Friday, February 8, during the Great March of Return protests along the borderline area to the east of al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, medical sources at the Shuhada…
Soldiers Kill 2 Palestinian Minors, Injure 17 Others in Gaza Protests
Two young Palestinians were killed and 17 others were wounded by Israeli army gunfire on Friday, February 8, in the course of the weekly Great March of Return protests along the Gaza border with Israel. The events were reported by the three Palestinian Arabic dailies in their main front-page story on Saturday, February 9. Al-Ayyam…
February 9, 2019 in Society and Democracy.
2 Palestinians Succumb to Wounds Sustained in Gaza Border Protests
A 14-year-old Palestinian teenager died on Monday, January 14, from wounds sustained in last Friday’s “Great March of Return” border protests, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Palestinian media on Monday circulated a photograph of the slain teen, Abdel Mohammed Saleh. On Sunday, January 13, Anwar Qudaih, 33, succumbed to critical wounds he sustained a…
January 15, 2019 in Society and Democracy.
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La Familia de Felipe IV o "Las Meninas"
Diego Velázquez de Silva (1599-1660)
Óleo sobre lienzo: 3,18 x 2,76 mts.
Pintura Espa–ola (S. XVII)
Velázquez realizó esta pintura en 1656. Se mantuvo en las dependencias del Alcázar de Madrid hasta el incendio de 1734; luego volvió al Palacio Nuevo edificado sobre el solar del incendiado. Vino al Real Museo de Pintura y Escultura (actual Museo del Prado) a principios del S.XIX con obras procedentes de la colección real. Los inventarios reales le habían dado diferentes denominaciones: "La Señora Emperatriz con sus damas y una enana" (en el de 1666), "La familia del Señor Rey Phelipe Quarto" (en el de 1734); ya en el Museo, en el catálogo redactado por Pedro de Madrazo en el año 1834, se llamó por primera vez "Las Meninas" , vocablo de origen portugués con que se designaba a los acompañantes de los niños reales en el Siglo XVII.
La escena transcurre dentro de una estancia del Alcázar de Madrid, decorada con una serie de cuadros. Los personajes se agrupan en un primer plano en el que la figura principal, la infanta Margarita, ocupa la parte central del grupo; a sus lados, Isabel Velasco y Agustina Sarmiento -las "meninas"-; junto a esta última los enanos María Bárbola, y Nicolás Pertusato en actitud de jugar con el mastín que dormita a sus pies. Detrás de ellos, en la penumbra, aparecen Marcela de Ulloa y un caballero que no se ha podido identificar. En la izquierda se encuentra la figura de Velázquez con sus instrumentos de trabajo delante de un gran lienzo que ocupa todo el ángulo del cuadro.
En el fondo de la habitación, junto a una puerta abierta, se encuentra don José Nieto de Velázquez, aposentador de la reina, que es el centro perspectivo de la obra. Preside el muro del fondo un espejo donde aparecen reflejadas las figuras de los reyes Felipe IV y Mariana de Austria.
Los elogios y las interpretaciones sobre este cuadro son interminables. Cada época, cada investigador, amplían los conocimientos enriqueciéndose y revitalizándose su contenido. Palomino dijo de él que era "verdad, no pintura", Luca Giordano lo definió como "la teología de la pintura", y Teófilo Gautier se preguntaba ante él "¿dónde está el cuadro?". Las interpretaciones se han hecho desde el mundo matemático (Alpatoff), político moral (Emmens), político (Salas, Brown), astrológico (Campo y Francés), y se han hecho estudios sobre cada uno de los elementos artísticos, compositivos y estilísticos.
da: http://museoprado.mcu.es/meni.html
autoritratto da Las Meninas (alla porta in fondo, dettaglio ricavato grazie a Google Earth)
Velázquez (or Velásquez), Diego (1599-1660). Spain's greatest painter was also one of the supreme artists of all time. A master of technique, highly individual in style, Diego Velasquez may have had a greater influence on European art than any other painter.
Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velasquez was born in Seville, Spain, presumably shortly before his baptism on June 6, 1599. His father was of noble Portuguese descent. In his teens he studied art with Francisco Pacheco, whose daughter he married. The young Velasquez once declared, "I would rather be the first painter of common things than second in higher art." He learned much from studying nature. After his marriage at the age of 19, Velasquez went to Madrid. When he was 24 he painted a portrait of Philip IV, who became his patron.
The artist made two visits to Italy. On his first, in 1629, he copied masterpieces in Venice and Rome. He returned to Italy 20 years later and bought many paintings--by Titian, Tintoretto, and Paolo Veronese--and statuary for the king's collection.
Except for these journeys Velasquez lived in Madrid as court painter. His paintings include landscapes, mythological and religious subjects, and scenes from common life, called genre pictures. Most of them, however, are portraits of court notables that rank with the portraits painted by Titian and Anthony Van Dyck.
Duties of Velasquez' royal offices also occupied his time. He was eventually made marshal of the royal household, and as such he was responsible for the royal quarters and for planning ceremonies.
In 1660 Velasquez had charge of his last and greatest ceremony--the wedding of the Infanta Maria Theresa to Louis XIV of France. This was a most elaborate affair. Worn out from these labors, Velasquez contracted a fever from which he died on August 6.
Velasquez was called the "noblest and most commanding man among the artists of his country." He was a master realist, and no painter has surpassed him in the ability to seize essential features and fix them on canvas with a few broad, sure strokes. "His men and women seem to breathe," it has been said; "his horses are full of action and his dogs of life."
Because of Velasquez' great skill in merging color, light, space, rhythm of line, and mass in such a way that all have equal value, he was known as "the painter's painter." Ever since he taught Bartolomé Murillo, Velasquez has directly or indirectly led painters to make original contributions to the development of art. Others who have been noticeably influenced by him are Francisco de Goya, Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet, and James McNeill Whistler. His famous paintings include The Surrender of Breda , an equestrian portrait of Philip IV, The Spinners , The Maids of Honor , Pope Innocent X , Christ at Emmaus , and a portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa.
Maria Teresa of Spain ("with two watches")
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (80 Kb)
The Dwarf Sebastian de Morra
(90 Kb); Museo del Prado, Madrid
Los Borrachos (The Feast of Bacchus)
(150 Kb); Museo del Prado, Madrid
The Supper at Emmaus
c. 1620 (100 Kb); Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 132.7 cm (48 1/2 x 52 1/4 in); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Waterseller of Seville
1623 (130 Kb); Oil on canvas, 106.7 x 81 cm (42 x 31 7/8 in); Wellington Museum, London
Philip IV
c. 1624-27 (90 Kb); Oil on canvas, 210 x 102 cm (82 3/4 x 40 1/8 in); Museo del Prado, Madrid
The Forge of Vulcan
1630 (140 Kb); Oil on canvas, 223 x 290 cm (87 3/4 x 114 1/8 in); Museo del Prado, Madrid; No. 1171
Joseph's Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob
1630 (120 Kb); Oil on canvas, 223 x 250 cm (87 3/4 x 98 3/8 in); Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
The Count-Duke of Olivares on Horseback
1634 (140 Kb); Oil on canvas, 313 x 239 cm (123 3/8 x 97 1/8 in); Museo del Prado, Madrid
The Surrender of Breda
Before 1635 (180 Kb); Oil on canvas, 307 x 367 cm (10' 7/8" x 12' 1/2"); Museo del Prado, Madrid
Pablo de Valladolid
c. 1635 (100 Kb); Oil on canvas, 6'10 1/2" x 4'1/2"; Museo Prado, Madrid
c. 1639-40 (100 Kb); Oil on canvas, 179 x 94 cm (70 1/2 x 37 in); Museo del Prado, Madrid; No. 1207
The Needlewoman
c. 1640 (140 Kb); Oil on canvas, 74 x 60 cm (29 1/8 x 23 5/8 in); National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Dwarf Francisco Lezcano, Called "El Nino de Vallecas"
c. 1642-45 (130 Kb); Oil on canvas, 107 x 83 cm (42 1/8 x 32 5/8 in); Museo del Prado, Madrid; No. 1204
Innocent X
c. 1650 (120 Kb); Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome
Juan de Pareja
1650 (130 Kb); Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 69.9 cm (32 x 27 1/2 in); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Las Meninas (Maids of Honor)
1656-57 (120 Kb); Museo del Prado, Madrid
As court painter to Philip IV, Velazquez spent a large part of his life recording, in his cool, detached way, the objective appearance of this rigidly conventional royal household, with little interpretation but with the keenest eye for selecting what was important for pictoral expression and with a control of paint to secure exactly the desired effect. Through acquaintance, while in Italy, with the work of Caravaggio and through contact with the Spaniard Jusepe de Ribera (1588-1656), he learned something of the potentialities of a very limited palette, black and neutrals, as is evident in many of his portraits, which are subtle harmonies of grays and blacks.
In painting these royal portraits, whatever interpretation he made or whatever emotional reaction he experienced he kept to himself. Royalty, courtliness of the most rigid character was his task to portray, not individual personality. However, the portrait of Innocent X leads on to suspect that there might have been more interpretation had the painter been free to express it.
Through his practice of using pigment as it is used in Maids of Honor , and Innocent X , in short or long, thin or thick, apparently hasty and spontaneous but actually most skillfully calculated strokes, Velasquez was a forerunner of the modern practice or direct painting.
Photographs by Mark Harden and Carol Gerten-Jackson.
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Landslide in southwestern Colombia kills at least 19 Rescue workers carry a corpse after a landslide in Rosas, Cauca department, in southwestern Colombia , on April 21, 2019. The landslide, caused by heavy rains, occurred early on Sunday morning in a rural area of Rosas municipality.
House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Ex-White House Counsel Don McGahn McGahn was a vital witness for Mueller, recounting the president's outrage over the investigation and his efforts to curtail it. The five-hour marathon marked a preview of sorts for the party's first formal presidential debate, set for late June.
Iowa unemployment rate stands at 2.4% Nationwide, the unemployment rate for last month came in at 3.8 percent nationwide, the state said in a news release Friday. The second largest gain was seen in private education and health services, which experienced a gain of 2,800 jobs.
Kieran Tierney's Two Word Tribute to His Celtic Hero McNeill captained Celtic to their only European Cup victory over Inter Milan in 1967 and later managed the club over two spells. Billy McNeill was an inspirational leader, a legend and a lion. "He will be sadly missed".
Israel's Netanyahu wants to name Golan settlement after Trump Last month Trump officially recognized Israeli sovereignty over the territory it captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast War. It upended decades of United States policy and drew some worldwide condemnation, but also Israeli praise.
Canadian rescuers find bodies of 3 missing climbers In 2003, he climbed Mount Everest along with his father, becoming the youngest American to reach the summit, at age 20. Finally, on Sunday the dog and her handler, dropped in by helicopter and long-line, located the remains.
Ariana Grande gets pelted with a lemon during Coachella set The singer performed a surprise duet with Justin Bieber to close out her Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival headlining gig. "I had no idea I was going to be on a stage tonight", Bieber said, according to Variety .
Seahawks Seek First-Round Pick For Frank Clark Hughes added the Kansas City Chiefs , who select 29th overall in the draft, are the most likely team to land Clark in a trade. He also had 13.0 sacks, one interception, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and two pass deflections.
US Democrats issue subpoena to see unredacted Mueller report Another 47 percent said they didn't believe special counsel Mueller reported evidence of obstruction of justice. The call to Mr Rogers and others like it were uncovered by Mr Mueller as he investigated possible obstruction.
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Rockets take on Jazz in Game 5 Houston , though, shot 8-for-12 from beyond in the arc in the third quarter alone to take a three-point lead into the fourth. Further, outside of Monday's loss, the Rockets and Harden have been in control of the Jazz the entire series.
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Google sent ten Pixel 3 phones to customer requesting a refund Hopefully, this guy can get his Pixel 3 refund and at least one working phone out of the mishap. True to his word, u/Cheetohz says he still plans to send the extra Pixels back to the company.
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Published: Wed, April 24, 2019
‘It Feels Like A Dream’: Wisconsin Man Wins $768.4M Powerball Jackpot
Manuel Franco, 24, of West Allis is the victor of the $768 million Powerball jackpot.
The Speedway where the ticket was sold will get $100,000.
Franco purchased the winning Quick Pick ticket at a Speedway in New Berlin (shown), in March.
He says when he bought the tickets, he just had a good feeling.
Franco says he quit his job a couple days later but declined to say where he worked. "I honestly felt so lucky that I did look up at the camera and I wanted to wink at it cause I just had that lucky feeling". In the end, he did not.
Franco said his heart started racing when he realized one of the 10 individual tickets he bought a Powerball drawing last month was a victor. During the day, he heard all the buzz about someone from Wisconsin hitting the jackpot - and grew curious.
Powerball tickets are sold in 44 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Franco said he got excited about that.
Franco told reporters: "It was wonderful, my heart started racing, blood pumping", he said.
Supreme Court conservatives signal possible support for census citizenship question
But the Trump administration has argued that the citizenship question is needed to properly enforce the Voting Rights Act. While only USA citizens can vote, non-citizens comprise an estimated 7 percent of the population.
'I looked at the first number, I see that second number and my heart starts to pump. "I screamed for about 5 or 10 minutes".
Franco said his financial goal before winning the jackpot was getting his bank account to the $1,000 mark.
He added, "My dad cried a lot". "I thought there was somebody behind me every single day". And she's like, 'You need to tell me the truth.
"I want to take a break, let it sink in", Franco said.
After deciding to take the lump sum of $477 million, which will leave him with $326 million after taxes, Franco said he doesn't plan to be too extravagant and will try to "help out the world, " ABC reported.
The $768.4 million win ranks behind the $1.586 billion Powerball total shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in January 2016 and the single $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot victor from SC last October.
His winning ticket had the numbers 6,20, 37, 44, 62, and the Powerball number 12.
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20.01 - Marco Hietala - Reveal Lyric Video For New Single
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Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, Jr.
NA- London - bass (as Nikki Sixx)
1981- Mötley Crüe - bass, backing vocals (as Nikki Sixx)
2002-2004 Brides Of Destruction - bass (as Nikki Sixx)
2007- Sixx: A.M. - bass (as Nikki Sixx)
1991 Alice Cooper - bass (as Nikki Sixx)
Also known as: Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx (born Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, Jr., December 11, 1958) is an American musician, songwriter, author, fashion designer, radio host, and photographer, best known as the co-founder and bassist of the band Mötley Crüe. Prior to forming Mötley Crüe, Sixx was a member of Sister before going on to form London with his Sister band mate Lizzie Grey. In 2000 he formed side project group 58 with Dave Darling, Steve Gibb and Bucket Baker issuing one album, titled Diet For A New America, the same year while in 2002 he formed the hard rock supergroup Brides Of Destruction with L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns. Formed in 2006, initially to record an audio accompaniment to Sixx's autobiography The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life of A Shattered Rock Star, his side band Sixx: A.M. features songwriter and producer and vocalist James Michael and guitarist DJ Ashba.
Sixx has also worked with a number of artists and groups, co-writing and/or producing songs, such as Sex Pistols's guitarist Steve Jones, Lita Ford, Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Marion Raven, Drowning Pool, Saliva and The Last Vegas among others.
Sixx launched the clothing line "Royal Underground" in 2006 with Kelly Gray, formerly the co-president and house model of St. John. Initially the label concentrated on men's clothing before expanding into women's while in 2010, Premiere Radio Networks launched nationally syndicated rock/alternative music radio programs "Sixx Sense" and "The Side Show Countdown" with both hosted by Sixx and co-hosted by Kerri Kasem.
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My Spilt Milk
The cream of New Orleans music
There's More to Essence Festival 2018 Than Janet and Mary J. Blige
The main stage leans toward the old school as usual, but there is a lot to see in the misnamed superlounges.
Janet Jackson, by Solamain Fazel
The Essence Festival starts this weekend, and it remains one of my favorite festivals in New Orleans. It’s a far less punishing way to see many of the acts that play Jazz Fest’s Congo Square Stage, but as they’re meant to be seen—suave, smooth, and not sweating their way through wardrobes that were never intended for the late afternoon Louisiana sun.
My quick take on Essence is that its main stage represents artists Essence readers are proven to like, whereas the superlounges are often more aspirational. Those lenses give a little perspective to the music in each location as well as ways to appreciate the shows. Mary J. Blige shows at Essence can take on a religious tone, not from her but from audience members who hear their struggles and passions mirrored in Blige’s songs, and the grand drama of Blige’s performances make their own lives feel bigger and more meaningful by extension.
When Janet Jackson performed in 2010 for the first time since Michael’s death, the outpouring of emotional support made clear that many in the audience felt like Janet, Michael, and the Jacksons might as well have been part of their family, and they were there for her. That show took a few emotionally complicated turns as Jackson told a more nuanced story, one that perhaps hinted at abuse via a video clip from Good Times, teased the theme of S&M, and certainly underscored the human cost of being a Jackson. It’s unlikely her Sunday night show will be like that again, but it will be interesting to see how a 52-year-old Jackson presents herself, particularly since she dressed modestly for her last New Orleans appearance in 2015 while she was married to the Qatari businessman Wissam Al Mana.
The main stage opening acts face a tough challenge as they play to a half-empty (at best) Superdome, but on Friday night I’m looking forward to Ledisi, Miguel (who I’m sorry I missed at Voodoo last year), and the closing set with The Roots, Erykah Badu, and Jill Scott. Scott always seems a little studied to me, so it will be interesting to hear how The Roots affect her performance. (Badu reflected on playing Essence Festival in 2015.)
On Saturday, Mia X will sub for V. Bozeman in an opening set on the main stage with Doug E. Fresh, but the set I’m most excited by is Queen Latifah presiding over a “Ladies First” set with Missy Elliot, Remy Ma, MC Lyte, Nikki D and more. If Essence Festival has a secret password, it’s “old school,” and I’ll happily go old school with that crew.
On Sunday, I’ll gladly take another old school set the Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing Curation featuring SWV, Blackstreet, Guy, and more. It’s a sound that has gone through the cycle from hip to tired to played out to what-were-they-thinking to retro.
The superlounges are misnamed. They are dreadful rooms for music—wide, low-ceilinged—but I’ve seen a lot of memorable sets in them at Essence. Andra Day played one before her debut album dropped in 2015, and I can’t wait for Jidenna to return after his killer set. A couple of years ago, Estelle curated a night in one superlounge and included Birmingham grime artist Lady Leshurr, who I checked out on my phone as soon as I got back to my car that night.
I’ve also seen some less successful but equally memorable sets including the reunited Brand New Heavies emptying the room by complaining viciously and at length about sound problems that the audience didn’t hear, and Luke James, whose manager hijacked his set when the PA crapped out and brought people onstage to deliver testimonials on behalf of James. The low point came when the manager tried to help his grandmother hike over the barricade in front of the stage so that she could tell the audience how much she loved him. It all became worse when James finally got control of his set and played piano and sang without a mic, making infinitely better use of his time than his manager did.
This year I’m looking forward to seeing New Orleans rapper Pell and H.E.R. on Friday night in a superlounge. Saturday should be a good night in the superlounges with British soul singer Ella Mai, Kelela (who I’m glad is playing since I missed her sold out show at Gasa Gasa last November), Empire actor/singer Jussie Smollett, dance hall artist Serani, and actor Idris Elba, playing a DJ set. On Sunday, Central Park busker (who sounds nothing like a busker) Victory Boyd will perform, as will DJ Jubilee and Big Freedia, who’ll play two sets. I’m always interested in seeing local artists perform at Essence because some fly gloriously, as did Tank and the Bangas when they last played, but some acts were reminders that New Orleans can be an acquired taste.
By Alex Rawls
Essence Festival
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"This American carnage stops right here and right now."
Trump: "The wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed all across the world." #Inauguration
President Trump says the country's infrastructure has been left in "disrepair and decay."
Trump: "From this day forward, it is only going to be America first." Says all decisions will be made to benefit American workers + families
by Alana Abramson via twitter 1/20/2017 5:11:19 PM
"From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward, it's going to be only America first. America first." - Donald Trump
"America will start winning again, winning like never before. We will bring back our jobs." - President Trump #inauguration
"From this day forward...America first, America first!" -@POTUS (Loudest cheers so far) #Inauguration2017
by Tom Llamas via twitter 1/20/2017 5:14:07 PM
"Islamic terrorism" elicited a loud roar of applause #inauguration
"Radical Islamic terrorism" made it into the President's inaugural address. #InaugurationDay
by MKhan47 via twitter 1/20/2017 5:15:41 PM
"We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine for everyone to follow."
-President Donald Trump
Pres. Trump attempting to unify country: "When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice" #Inauguration
"Whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots." - President Trump #Inauguration
by Adam Kelsey via twitter 1/20/2017 5:17:17 PM
President Trump's inaugural address clocks in at 16 minutes and 14 seconds -- shortest since Bush 2001.
President Trump fist pumps the air following his inaugural address.
Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Reverend Franklin Graham of Samaritan's Purse and The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, and Bishop Wayne T. Jackson of Great Faith Ministries International will deliver the readings and the benediction.
"We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth." - Donald Trump
Issues outlined on new WhiteHouse.gov page include: "America First Foreign Policy" and "Making Our Military Strong Again"
by Elizabeth McLaughlin via twitter 1/20/2017 5:24:41 PM
Now singing the national anthem - 16 year old Jackie Evancho.
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence depart the inaugural ceremony to attend the inaugural luncheon, a tradition since President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
by Charli James via twitter 1/20/2017 5:34:06 PM
Ryan Struyk
@ryanstruyk
Trump speech word count is 1470 -- shortest since Carter in 1977.
12:26 PM - 20 Jan 2017
President Trump and Vice President Pence Head to Inaugural Luncheon
President Trump and Vice President Pence will be treated to a three-course lunch at the U.S. Capitol with their families, congressional leaders and members of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
They'll be dining on Maine lobster and gulf shrimp for the first course, grilled angus beef with potato gratin for the main course, and chocolate souffle and cherry vanilla ice cream for dessert.
Obama's Ride to California
ABC's Gary Westphalen
The military plane is ready to take the Obamas for a final flight.
Its call sign will be "Special Air Mission 28000" -- no longer Air Force One. The 28000 is the tail number on the 747 that will carry out the flight.
The Marine Helicopter that will take off from the U.S. Capitol bound for Joint Base Andrews will be called Executive One -- No longer Marine One.
Obama is expected to make brief remarks to friends and staff gathered at Joint Base Andrews around 1:10 pm ET.
The plane departs 1:40 pm ET for Palm Springs.
Obama is 55 as he leaves
Bush 43 was 62
Clinton was 54
Reagan was 77
Carter was 56
#Inauguration
by Chris Donovan via twitter 1/20/2017 5:43:08 PM
The helicopter carrying former President Obama has taken off.
Donald Trump sends his first tweets out as president -
Today we are not merely transferring power from one Administration to another, or from one party to another – but we are transferring...
power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People. #InaugurationDay
Biden carrying his own bag as he boards Amtrak #Inauguration
Trump became president less than an hour ago...and Joe Biden has already boarded a train home to Delaware. ✌️ #InaugurationDay
President-elect Donald J. Trump takes the oath of office as the 45th President of the United States while First Lady Melania Trump holds two Bibles - the Bible his mother gave him on his Sunday school graduation in 1955 and the same Bible President Lincoln used at his first inauguration.
Justin Lane/EPA
David Caplan
@DavidCaplanNYC
Sea of red #maga hats leaving #Inauguration https://t.co/L8TqUNwMYE
Former President Obama speaking at Joint Base Andrews before he departs for California: "Michelle and I really have been milking this good-bye thing. So it behooves me to be very brief."
While former President Obama is saying his goodbyes to staff and friends at Joint Base Andrews, President Trump is signing executive orders at the U.S. Capitol.
First document that President Trump is signing is the waiver to allow General Mattis to serve as Defense Secretary
by Joshua Hoyos via twitter 1/20/2017 6:16:51 PM
The other documents that President Trump is signing includes a proclamation on National Day of Patriotism and other formal nominations
After signing executive orders, Donald Trump gave House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi his first signing pen and his second signing pen to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Brad Mielke
@TheBradMielke
Conway, Hicks and Bannon looking out over the crowd https://t.co/7AvQSC82He
.@SpeakerRyan to @chuckschumer after Schumer got signing pen: "Chuck put your cap on it you're gonna get your shirt stained!"
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Maltese Swingers
Maltese Citizenship
Marijuana Use in Malta
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Hagar Qim (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Located close to the village of Qrendi in the South of Malta, dating to the Ggantija period (3600 BC to 3200 BC) and built from the soft Globigerina limestone. It is particular as it consists of only one single temple, which is unseen in any other temples in Malta.
Its design is typical of Neolithic temples in Malta, with the layout being on a cloverleaf shape, consisting of four or five apses with a forecourt and a façade.
Opening hours: 09.00-17.00 daily
Last admission: 16.30
Closed: 24th December, 25th December, 31st December, 1st January and Good Friday
Telephone number: (+356) 21 424231
Admission fee: €5
Bus number: 38, 138 from Valletta
Ta’ Hagrat and Skorba temples
Both listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites and excavated in the 1920s and 1960s respectively, are found in the small agricultural village of Mgarr in the West of Malta.
The Ta’ Hagrat temples are among the ancient religious sites on earth. It consists of 2 temple remains, the larger dates to 3600-3200 BC and the smaller to 3300-3000 BC. The plentiful pottery found at this site suggests that these two temples were built on top of an earlier village.
Skorba consists of a typical three-apsed temple was built in 3600-3200 BC, replacing a village that had been inhabited since 5000-4300 BC. A second temple was added to the east in 3150-2500 BC, which was in a more ruinous state when found, but originally consisted of four apses and a central niche. In the field to the east there are two rooms dating back to 4400-4100 BC. The irregularity of the floors and the absence of hearths seem to preclude the site’s domestic use. The group of figurines found in the northern room suggest that the building had a religious function.
Opening hours: Tuesday: 11.30-13.00
Telephone number: (+356) 21 239545 & (+356) 21 586264 (Ta’ Hagrat Temples)
Please note that due to the small size and fragility of these sites, only 15 visitors may be admitted at a time.
Admission fees:
Adults (18 – 59 years): €5
Students & Senior Citizens: €3.50
Children (6 -11 years): €2.50
Children (under 5): Free
Bus number: 47 from Valletta
Mnajdra temples (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Is another Megalithic temple complex built during the Ggantija Phase. Mnajdra temples are located in the vicinity of Hagar Qim temples. Unlike Hagar Qim it was built from coralline limestone, which is much tougher than globigerina, which made it more resistant to weathering.
It was built using the similar cloverleaf layout as Hagar Qim but consists of three conjoined temples; the upper, middle and lower. The upper temple is the oldest one built during the Ggantija phase. The middle and lower temples were built at different periods of the Tarxien phase.
The lowest temple is astronomically aligned and thus was probably used as an astronomical observation and/or calendrical site. On the vernal and the autumnal equinox sunlight passes through the main doorway and lights up the major axis. On the solstices sunlight illuminates the edges of megaliths to the left and right of this doorway. On these particluar dates large numbers of locals and foreigners are attracted to the site to witness these marvels.
Protective shelters have been erected recently around both Hagar Qim and Mnajdra temples to protect them.
Opening hours: 9.00-17.00 Monday to Sunday
Closed: 24th, 25th & 31st December, 1st January and Good Friday
Telephone number: (+35) 21424231
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Archer, Vivian Godfrey (1886–1944)
Mr. Vivian Godfrey Archer, of Wanora Downs, Winton (Qld), member of a well known Tasmanian family, died at the age of 57. He left Tasmania when a young man, and in 1910 bought Wanora Downs. He served with the 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment in the First World War. He leaves a wife, one son, and two daughters. The son holds the AIF number QX1. Three brothers in Tasmania are Messrs. Charles Archer, George Town, Evelyn S. Archer, of Launceston, and Gerald Edward Archer, of Landfall, East Tamar.
Mercury (Hobart), 6 September 1944, p 5 (view original)
World War I service record, 3034888, National Archives of Australia
'Allotment File', 1516207, National Archives of Australia
Archer, Frank (father)
Archer, Hedley Basil (brother)
Archer, Linda (sister-in-law)
Archer, Basil (uncle)
Archer, Charles (uncle)
Archer, Daniel (uncle)
Archer, Harold (uncle)
Archer, Ludlow (uncle)
Archer, Susannah (grandmother)
Archer, Edward (grandfather)
Archer, Albert Francis (cousin)
Archer, Daniel Lancelot (cousin)
Arthur, Gladys Fairlie (cousin)
Archer, John Nicolson (cousin)
Archer, Angus Tupper (cousin)
Archer, Errol Macleod (cousin)
'Archer, Vivian Godfrey (1886–1944)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/archer-vivian-godfrey-1470/text1471, accessed 21 January 2020.
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Winton, Queensland, Australia
grazier (unspecified)
Wanora Downs (Qld)
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A173580 Primes where each digit is represented by 0,1,2,4,or 8 0
2, 11, 41, 101, 181, 211, 241, 281, 401, 421, 811, 821, 881, 1021, 1181, 1201, 1481, 1801, 1811, 2011, 2081, 2111, 2141, 2221, 2281, 2411, 2441, 2801, 4001, 4021, 4111, 4201, 4211, 4241, 4421, 4441, 4481, 4801, 8011, 8081, 8101, 8111, 8221, 8821, 10111 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
It's possible to use the present sequence for messages coding by the choice of words code such as the Hamming distance (dH) is maximum, for example, with the code (12841,20101,41221,84011), dH = 8, but after error, the decoding with the maximum likelihood is alone insufficient. Then, we use the property of "prime number word-code" for improve the decoding.
Table of n, a(n) for n=1..45.
with(numtheory): for n from 2 to 10000 do: l:=evalf(floor(ilog10(n))+1): n0:=n:indic:=0:for m from 1 to l do:q:=n0:u:=irem(q, 10):v:=iquo(q, 10): n0:=v : if u=3 or u= 5 or u= 6 or u=7 or u=9 then indic :=1 :else fi :od :if indic = 0 and type(n, prime) = true then print(n):else fi:od:
See A066593 Cf. A066591, A066592.
Sequence in context: A175447 A078746 A066593 * A062256 A024522 A144841
Adjacent sequences: A173577 A173578 A173579 * A173581 A173582 A173583
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Phantom Lady #13 – Reviews Of Old Comics
Posted on: July 12, 2019 /
Categories: Comics, Everything Else Comic, Independent, Reviews of Old Comics
I’ve wanted to review a Golden Age comic for some time. The problem comes in the fact that during the Golden Age, much of the language of comics, and the techniques that we take for granted were being formed. This was also before the rise of the Comics Code Authority, so creators were trying things out to see what would sell.
This is probably where the salacious aspect of Phantom Lady comes into play. Her costume reveals a lot of skin, especially for the 1940s. No doubt this was part of her appeal. Artist Matt Baker was very skilled at designing a cover that emphasized the visual appeal of the character. However, somewhere along the way, her effectiveness as a character came through. She’s one of those public domain heroes that always gets noticed, and always has someone bring her back to use, despite DC Comics making use of the character and enforcing their version of the character. Erik Larsen might have been the most recent creator to incorporate her into his comics, but he did so only briefly.
I’m only going to cover the Phantom Lady stories in this review. There’s a couple Blue Beetle stories and one other brief tale, but going over all of them will be just too confusing for a single review.
Phantom Lady #13
Writers: Ruth Roche (as Gregory Page), Paul Gary, “Otis” and an unknown writer
Artists: Matt Baker, Paul Parker, and an unknown artist/artists
Senator Knight’s daughter Sandra is being put on a train by Professor Guddel. He’s gunned down by two criminals on the train. Something is odd with Sandra Knight, as she can’t talk and sits emotionless. The crooks kill the conductor and stop the train, moving Sandra to a waiting car. Sandra drives recklessly to a hideout.
There their boss, and old lady named Tersa Thorn reveals that she’s a robot made by Professor Guddel. Very lifelike, Tersa controls her with an “induction box.” She’s waited twenty years to get revenge on Senator Knight for sending her son to the electric chair.
The next morning, the Sandra Knight robot robs a jewelry store, killing the salesman. The police arrest her, thinking that she’s the real Sandra Knight. Meanwhile the real Sandra awakes to knocking on her door. Unfortunately, she’s knocked out by the criminals working for Tersa Thorn. One of them picks up her black light ray. They stop the police wagon in a traffic jam. The robot switches clothes with the real Sandra. She then leaves her in the police wagon under arrest.
Tersa Thorn calls Senator Knight and brags how her robot has framed the Senator’s daughter for murder. In revenge for Senator Knight sending her son to the electric chair, he’ll see his daughter receive the same fate. The Senator tries telling the police, unaware that the robot has been replaced by his daughter. Sandra’s boyfriend Don Borden arrives in a bearded disguise to get in and help Sandra Knight.
Tersa Thorn puts the robot into a disguise so she won’t be confused for Sandra Knight again. She sends her on automatic to steal radium from Federated Vaults. A guard tries to stop the robot, but is shot for his effort. Something begins to go wrong with robot.
Seeing Borden outside the room, Sandra causes a diversion by telling the police he’s one of the real crooks. She takes the opportunity to change into Phantom Lady and escape. Sandra hears a radio report of the robbery at Federated Vaults on her way out. She speeds there to find the malfunctioning robot. She puts on the robot’s disguise and pretends to be the robot, getting picked up by the crooks.
Tersa Thorn, thinking that Phantom Lady is the robot, gives her a new assignment to kill Senator Knight. Phantom Lady slips away. Tersa gets a letter that Professor Guddel tried to send with the robot when he was killed. Radium caused the robot to breakdown. Tersa and the crooks realize that Phantom Lady has replaced their robot. They set a trap for her when she returns.
They snag her foot in a snare from the ceiling. She manages to grab her ray gun from one of the crooks. With the black ray, Phantom Lady takes out two of the crooks. Tersa tries to escape, but Phantom Lady bounces her black ray off a mirror, blinding the ringleader. The police arrive and arrest the gang as Phantom Lady slips out the window to preserve her secret identity.
Sandra is visiting a radio studio as a drama is being broadcast. Elsewhere, two shady men activate a device that cuts out all radio broadcasts across the country, including communication with aircraft. Sandra leaves the studio, pondering what the radio problems will mean for the war effort. (This means this story was done before Quality Comics stopped publishing her stories.) Professor Harper rushes in, panicked that his invention was stolen and what it will do to planes “flying by radio-beams.” Going home, she intercepts a note to meet the men responsible for the radios going out.
She goes to the meeting, staying in the shadows. When the guy, named Schatz, doesn’t see the Senator, he leaves. Phantom Lady tails him, Schatz’s lookout slugs Phantom Lady from behind. They flee, but Phantom Lady follows them in her car. They’re waiting for her, but she blinds them with her black light ray. She slips away to find a phone and call the police. The men recover and charge in. Phantom Lady has dropped her ray gun so she has to use ju-jitsu to disarm the men, holding them at gunpoint until the police arrive.
The police arrive soon with Professor Harper to take the ex-gestapo men to jail. Professor Harper turns off his device, restoring control of the radio airwaves. Phantom Lady sneaks away, as always never sticking around even to be thanked by the police for all her help.
The stories play very fast and loose with science. In the 1940s, robots were heard of only in science fiction. Actually, the science of robots could only make automatons, and making one realistic would have been nigh-impossible. In the second story, the science of radio waves is completely wrong. However, it creates the crisis for Phantom Lady to solve, therefore it has to be taken as it is given. That doesn’t forgive bad science at a time completely understood. I’ll forgive bad science if it was something that wasn’t known, but I don’t for stuff like planes powered by radio waves.
Outside of that, the stories flow pretty straight-forward. The second falls so flat because of the bad science. The first story has a villain with a very clear vengeance motive. It’s always odd that nobody recognizes Phantom Lady as Sandra Knight when she doesn’t wear a mask. Other writers have explained this being due to her skimpy costume distracting people from looking at her face. These two stories both feature Phantom Lady running off before she has to deal with the police or anyone that would quickly recognize her.
Matt Baker is one of the originators of “good girl art.” In this issue, we see numerous examples of this propensity for the female form. He does beautifully at it, but when not structuring a panel around this, it’s not as impressive. However there are times when the attention to detail really shows up. His second title page is a fantastic drawing, He also really explores shading for lighting. There is a distraction in the stretching of some panels. I believe this mainly comes from artwork being intended for Quality Comics originally in a different format. It gets a little distracting, but there are times where a really good effort was made.
If you’re looking to own this issue, get out your wallet. If you just want to read it, it is in the public domain, so there are web sites that have it to read for free. AC Comics reprinted the stories in Golden Age Greats #1 and #2. There may be other collections out there. I hope to update this list if I learn of any.
Final Rating: 5.5 (out of 10)
Tags: Fox Features, Matt Baker, Phantom Lady, public domain
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Auto Club Opens Chatsworth Branch
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The Automobile Club of Southern California has announced it is opening a new branch in Chatsworth on Monday, Feb. 9. The 5,900-square-foot office is located at 10210 Mason Ave. and will serve 30,000 Auto Club members living and working in the northwest San Fernando Valley and eastern Ventura County.
The new branch offers insurance, travel and automotive services, including most vehicle-related DMV transactions. Branch hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the branch phone number is (818) 678-5613. For access to Auto Club services (except DMV) at any hour, residents can visit AAA.com.
“Auto Club membership in the area around Chatsworth continues to grow, and the new branch will provide a more convenient location for those living and working locally,” said Therese Romanchuk, the new Chatsworth branch manager. “We have served Southern California residents for 115 years, and look forward to becoming part of this vibrant community.”
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The new branch includes a staff of experienced insurance sales professionals who can provide auto, watercraft, homeowners, life, umbrella and renters insurance services, according to Insurance Business Manager Jeff McNey. Other available insurance services include policies for rental properties, small businesses and collector cars.
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Woods Briefs: Fall 2017
by Tiffany Smith
Just in time for the holidays, David Forster, associate professor of Business and Economics, appeared on local television station KRCG, talking about how consumer confidence impacts holiday spending. Read more
Terry Martin, professor of Visual Arts, had a painting juried into the MidAmerica Pastel Society exhibit in Kansas City.
On October 24, Dr. Timothy Hanrahan, assistant professor of Physical Education and chair of the Education, Human Performance and Humanities Division, participated in a panel discussion at the Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education’s fall conference. He discussed using first-year teacher surveys as exit surveys.
Dr. Stephen Forsha, assistant professor of Business and chair of the Business, Law, Technology, and Languages Division, presented at the Midwest Academy of Management conference in Chicago on October 20–22. He shared his research on psychological coping strategies and their influence on ethical decision-making processes in an academic setting. The academy also selected Professor Forsha as an outstanding reviewer in the leadership and ethics track.
Dr. Hannah Bolados, assistant professor of Spanish, spoke at the Midwest Association for Latin American Studies Conference from October 19–21 at Webster University in St Louis. Her presentation was entitled “Webcam Millionaires: YouTube Youth Culture and Global Neoliberalism in Chile.”
On September 30, the William Woods Forensics Team (advised by Communications professor Dr. Anthony Cavaiani) competed in a speech tournament at Northwest Missouri State University against other university teams. Jessie Trapp ’18 (a Communications major from Fenton, Mo.) placed first in Table Topics, Caitlyn Ney ’18 (a Speech Theatre Education major from Saint Charles, Mo.) placed second in Table Topics and third in Audition Monologue, and Bryce Fletcher ’21 (a Biology major Saint Charles, Mo.) from placed fifth in both Poetry Interpretation and Dramatic Interpretation AND won Top Novice in Persuasive Speaking, Poetry Interpretation, and Dramatic Interpretation. Overall, WWU placed sixth in Team Sweepstakes.
William Woods Alumni
Denise Wilkinson ’95, MBA ’00 was promoted to Colonel in the Missouri Army National Guard. She joined the Guard in 1988 as a high school junior, has received numerous awards (including the Bronze Star Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters), and is currently the Director of Information Management for the Joint Forces Headquarters-Missouri in Jefferson City, Mo.
Kate Karcher-Clark ’88, founder of YOTTOY Productions, wrote an article for Business News Daily about how she created her NYC-based toy company. Read the article.
Suzanne Rissman Rosenthal ’01, a William Woods early childhood education alumna, has received several teaching awards recently. On October 12, she was honored with an Emerson Excellence in Teaching award, which pays tribute to educators — from kindergarten teachers to college professors — for their achievements and dedication to the field of education. On September 27, she was named by the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District (outside St. Louis) as the Early Childhood Center (ECC) Teacher of the Year and district-wide Teacher of the Year. Rosenthal is the daughter of Janet Knight Rissman ’75. Read more.
Michael Randol MBA ’95 was appointed the director of the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, a $5 billion program. He has been the State Medicaid Director for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Veterans Services Manager for the Department of Commerce, and a member of the United States Air Force. Read more
Kerri (Ross) Roberts MBA ’11 was named vice president of sales and marketing at Funding Athletics, a Columbia-based company that works with high school athletics departments to generate revenue for their programs. Read more.
On October 27, Mardy Leathers MBA ’14, was named to lead the Division of Workforce Development at the Missouri Department of Economic Development. Read more.
Judy Asselmeier ’74, a high school teacher in North Carolina, was named teacher of the week on September 7 by a local news station. Read more
On August 30, Breck Dumas MBA ’09 was named editor of Columbia Business Times. Read more.
Do you have exciting news to share with the William Woods university community? Email your update to: socialmedia@williamwoods.edu
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Author: Tiffany Smith
Tiffany Smith is the director of content and publicity for William Woods University. Originally from New York, by way of Boston, she has been in the publishing industry for over 15 years, handling editorial for magazines, websites, publishers, and universities. View all posts by Tiffany Smith
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On this day in New Mexico history February 7, 1892 – famous inventor Thomas Edison came to New Mexico at this time in 1892 to invent a way of extracting gold without using water. This was the challenge given him. He was able to do so in the Ortiz Mountains near Santa Fe but the mining venture was never commercially viable. Edison shut the entire venture down seven years later. The interesting thing is that while it found some gold, it was not until generations later that students from the New Mexico school of Mines in running the tailings found that the Edison mine has lots of Tungsten but at the time this was not what he was looking for.
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Once again while serving as Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senator Jeff Bingaman continued to offer observers a tangled web of contradictions. This week Bingaman pointed to rising tensions in Egypt as a reason to spur action on reducing foreign oil imports. He also sent off a few signals that he now favors clearing the way for nuclear power projects. “Fortunately, it currently appears unlikely that the political turmoil will result in any disruption in oil production or transportation,” Bingaman said. “However, I note that whenever geopolitical events remind us of our vulnerability to world oil supply disruptions, it is a spur to consider energy policies that help us reduce that vulnerability.”
Bingaman is an astute politician not an energy policy problem solver. He merely talks a good game before the light of the cameras when global events suggest the spotlight might start to shine on the intransigence of his committee’s stranglehold on all forms of viable domestic energy production. A mere cursory glance at votes cast by Senator Bingaman tells a much different and far more disturbing story about his attitude towards solving America’s energy problems than what he says.
Bingaman’s votes provide sufficient evidence that the senator favors anything except additional oil and nuclear energy production in America. Let’s look at some of the votes Jeff Bingaman has cast over the years. Bingaman voted YES on requiring full Senate debate and vote on the notorious cap-and-trade proposal. The senator voted YES on addressing CO2 emissions in the United States without considering the CO2 emissions of India or China. Bingaman voted YES on factoring global warming into all federal project planning. And of course Bingaman has repeatedly voted YES to keeping every barrier in place that disallows an oil leasing program in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, even the tiny portion of land that alternates between a mosquito infested swamp and bitterly cold frozen plain.
Senator Bingaman has also voted NO on approving a nuclear waste repository, specifically approving the interim nuclear waste repository located at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Without an integrated management system for storage and permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, a conversion to nuclear energy in the U.S. is virtually impossible. Bingaman even voted NO to a proposal that would promise to protect middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax.
This week there were record low temperatures in New Mexico. There were also shortages of all forms of energy that caused rolling blackouts resulting in the closing of schools and businesses all over our state. Naturally, while people were home and bundled up in blankets, it was not surprising to see that Senator Bingaman wanted to show how attentive he is to our energy needs. It was a shell game. It is best to watch how he casts his precious votes instead of assigning any credibility to the platitudes of empathy he tossed in the direction of the shivering voters he represents.
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Santa Fe New Mexican - The Carlsbad community in southeastern New Mexico is admittedly attracted to nuclear waste. When it was virtually the only community in the country willing to host the nation's first nuclear waste repository almost 40 years ago, that interest may have seemed a little desperate. Now that the federal government has canceled plans for its primary geological repository at Yucca Mountain, and now that the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is still the only operating geological repository in the world, WIPP's supporters in Carlsbad are calling their decision a success story and looking at opportunities for taking it to the next level. Read full story here:
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Progressive - Much commentary in the United States has attempted to liken the current Egyptian revolution to that of Iran in 1979. Alleged experts on CNN, FOX News and other major outlets have linked the Muslim Brotherhood to anti-Americanism and terrorist activity in fomenting fear among the average American.
These individuals are missing the realities on the ground. Commentators continue to paint the Muslim Brotherhood -- Egypt's largest and most organized political force -- as a firebrand radical conservative Islamist movement with a goal of forcing religion on others and achieving world domination based in Islamic law. It is allegedly a group in favor of censorship, repression, anti- Americanism and anti-women. The group is much more complex than these assumptions argue. Read full column here:
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Governor Martinez
SANTA FE – In cooperation with Espanola Mayor Alice Lucero and Taos Mayor Darren Cordova, Governor Susana Martinez announced today that approximately 50 members of the New Mexico National Guard will assist gas company technicians in their efforts to complete the process of restoring natural gas service to residents of Espanola and Taos tomorrow. “The National Guard will greet homeowners and business owners, letting them know that gas company technicians are in their area, and will work with residents to ensure a clear, accessible path to gas meters, furnaces, and appliances,” Governor Martinez said. Throughout the day today, natural gas meters have been fully shut off, the gas lines have been purged, and re-lighting is either underway or has been completed in the following communities: Red River, Questa, Bernalillo, Placitas, Alamogordo, Tularosa, La Luz and Silver City. The purging process is nearly complete in Taos and underway in Espanola, with re-lighting expected to begin in Taos and Espanola this evening. To date, there have been few reports of failed inspections during the re-lighting process. Residents of Taos and Espanola, in particular, are encouraged to remain close to their homes throughout the day tomorrow and remove any debris, snow, or other items that might be placed near gas meters, furnaces and appliances.
Over 400 utility employees, fire fighters, plumbers and pipefitters are working throughout the affected communities to restore natural gas and will continue their work late into the evening tonight. Governor Martinez has also announced that plumbers and pipefitters who sign up to help restore natural gas service in New Mexico will be exempt from certain unemployment rules. “Those who are answering the call to assist New Mexicans in regaining their heating will not be inhibited from receiving future unemployment benefits,” she said. If any licensed plumber or pipefitter would like to work tonight or tomorrow to help in this effort, they are encouraged to call 505-798-3317. Residents and business owners who are not present when gas company technicians arrive will have a tag placed on their doors with instructions on how to contact the gas company for a return visit.
“If any New Mexican is unsure about whether someone approaching their door is a licensed technician, they can call 1-888-664-2726 to have the identity and credentials of the individual verified,” Governor Martinez continued. Fire safety and pipe thawing tips are available on the Governor’s website at www.gov.state.nm.us and on the website of the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management at www.nmdhsem.org. Emergency shelters will continue to be in place this evening, and a list of shelters can be found at either of these websites as well. “To the people of New Mexico: I am thankful for your patience, and for the grace with which you have banded together to support and look after one another during this challenging time,” Governor Martinez concluded.
Debra Saunders
Townhall - Debra Saunders - After receiving at least $43 million in aid from the state of Massachusetts, Evergreen Solar announced last month that it would be closing its manufacturing plant in Devens, Mass., laying off its 800 workers and moving its manufacturing operations to China. Warning: These are the "green jobs" that President Obama has touted as part of his "winning the future" agenda. The problem isn't that Obama wants to direct federal dollars toward research for alternative energy. It is in the national interest to have affordable options when oil sources are depleted. The problem is that Obama thinks that green jobs are the answer to the anemic economy recovery. And he clings to that belief in the face of contrary evidence. Last May, the president came to solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra in Fremont, Calif., to celebrate a new plant -- creating 3,000 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent workers. President Obama exclaimed, "The true engine of economic growth will always be companies like Solyndra." Within months, Solyndra, which has yet to turn a profit, announced that it was canceling the expansion. Read full column here:
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Washington Times - Nearly a decade after Congress told the National Park Service to try to buy Ronald Reagan’s boyhood home, the plan remains in limbo — the victim of a budget dispute and of the former president’s own limited-government philosophy. The Dixon, Ill., house is one of a number of places where the country’s 40th president lived when he called the small town on the Rock River, 100 miles from Chicago, his home from 1920 through 1933. But it’s the one that has been preserved for the past three decades by a nonprofit foundation as the official boyhood home, and it’s also the most likely candidate for the Park Service to incorporate. Or it would be, if Reagan — whose 100th birthday Sunday will kick off a yearlong national commemoration of the nation’s 40th president — hadn’t preached a limited-government, free-market philosophy that his supporters say makes a government takeover unthinkable. Read full story:
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The OU Club of Tulsa celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2011. Let’s look back a few years to how this all started.
“I want a university the football team can be proud of”. That’s something George L. Cross, President of the University of Oklahoma from 1943 to 1968, once told the Oklahoma State Senate. Football support was the initial foundation for the OU Club of Tulsa membership, and in 1966, Head Football Coach Jim Mackenzie asked President Cross to start a Tulsa Area scouting group. This group of approximately 24 former players and business men assisted in scouting and recruiting players in the area. The NCAA rules were different back then, and all scouting efforts were coordinated by President Cross and the coaching staff. The group was led by OU Club of Tulsa founding members Roy Cartwright and Joe Lawnick, who visited high schools and families with the coaches, and escorted players to Norman.
How the Modern-Day Sooner Caravan Began:
In 1967, Head Football Coach Chuck Fairbanks asked the OU Club of Tulsa to host a luncheon, thus the beginning of the modern day Sooner Caravan. The luncheon became an annual event, and the first few Coaches Luncheons were held in local hot spots such as Borden’s Cafeteria, the old Petroleum Club, and the Mayo Hotel. By the mid 1980’s these events had become Coaches Dinners and grown to over 1,000 attendees. It was during this time that the OU Club of Tulsa begun funding six academic scholarships for Tulsa area students to attend OU. In 1998, the OU Athletic Department Sooner Club joined forces with the OU Club of Tulsa to host the 1st Annual Sooner Caravan.
Since 2001 the Sooner Caravan has been held on the grounds of our gorgeous OU-Tulsa Schusterman Center campus located at 41st and Yale and continues to be the highlight event of many Sooner fans in the Tulsa area.
It’s Not All About Football:
Along the way, OU Club of Tulsa members have supported members of the Tulsa and Oklahoma communities. In 1999 we partnered with the Athletic Department to host a benefit football scrimmage at Memorial High School, with the gate proceeds going to the Oklahoma City area tornado victims and a cookout benefiting the OU Club of Tulsa scholarship fund. Tulsa Public Schools even got involved and allowed the use of their buses to transport fans to the stadium due to limited parking. The event was a huge sell-out.
Our Strong Partnership with the OSU Alumni Association of Tulsa To Better Tulsa:
We also proved that OU and OSU fans really can get along. In 2003 we partnered with OSU Alumni Association of Tulsa on two occasions. The first was to spread the word to the Tulsa community about benefits for the OU-Tulsa and OSU-Tulsa campuses in the Vision 2025 campaign. The second became the annual Bedlam Canned Food Drive, a competition to see which school could collect the most pounds of food during Bedlam week for the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. This event was hosted by the Clubs for five years, and now is an annual event sponsored by the Food Bank.
The OU/OSU Tulsa alumni partnership remains strong as we continue to partner on the Bedlam Run, a 5k, 10k, and fun run event that raises funds for the two Club’s scholarship programs. This event began with approximately 300 runners and in 2016 totaled about 1400 runners.
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RE-ANIMATOR is one of those good old ’80s college buddy movies, you know? You got the tall, blandly handsome star student Dan (Bruce Abbott), he’s fucking the dean’s daughter Megan (Barbara Crampton), there’s an uptight professor, Dr. Hill (David Gale – the one from SAVAGE WEEKEND, who I still don’t think is the same one THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE is about), who disapproves of the relationship. Then a new student comes to Miskatonic U., the socially inept but brilliant Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs), who maybe got kicked out of his school in Switzerland, or maybe had to flee. A troublemaker! Double secret probation!
Dan seems like a jock, Herbert like a nerd. Dan is a normal person, Herbert a creepy weirdo. And they become roommates! It would be fun if it was about Dan trying to loosen him up, bringing him to parties and stuff, or to pledge at a fraternity, but maybe that’s in the sequels.
Megan is not happy with the living arrangement, especially when she finds Dan’s cat Rufus dead in Herbert’s mini-fridge. This creates tension between the roomies, but then Herbert blows Dan’s mind by showing him the glow-in-the-dark “re-agent” formula he can inject into the cat to turn it into a hissing PET SEMETARY type zombie cat. Not at all cuddly, but somewhat alive, at least. And then he peer-pressures Dan into helping with his research.
The experiment gets Herbert kicked out of school and Dan super busted, so they fight back with good ol’ college shenanigans like disguising Herbert as a cadaver to sneak him into the morgue and test the serum on a corpse. And this leads to some hilarious pranking of the dean: a raging naked zombie kicks a metal door onto him and jumps up and down on top of it, then lifts him by the neck, slams him against a wall and bites a couple of his fingers off. And just when you think the gag is over he dies and they revive him as a zombie and pass him off as mentally ill. Classic! Take that, Dean! It’s like it’s straight out of a POLICE ACADEMY.
Well, I guess to be frankly honest the tone is pretty different from how I’m making it sound. This is a darkly humorous movie, but the surface isn’t comedic at all. It is genuine, serious horror, the humor comes from the gleeful abandon director Stuart Gordon approaches the mayhem with. This is a movie where a decapitated doctor sneaks around a hospital by putting an anatomical bust on his shoulders and carrying his own head in a bag. Then he ties up his colleague’s daughter (the aforementioned Megan) naked, wrestles the words “I think… I’ve always… loved you” from his dangling throat, and is about to place his severed head between her legs when he gets interrupted.
I hope nobody’s grandmas are reading this right now, but I don’t think I’ve ever even seen a regular, attached head of an old man try to go down on a girl in a movie. That would be pretty unusual. So this severed head version is definitely something you haven’t seen in too many other movies.
If anybody’s grandmas are reading this, I want you ladies to know you got some great grand kids, they have been a big help around here, you should be really proud of them. Maybe stay in the other room when they watch RE-ANIMATOR though. Thanks grandmas.
Dr. Hill is such a sicko that fuckin Herbert West starts to comes across like the good guy when he shows up to stop him. It’s a battle between two creeps. These two have been at it since West’s tour of the campus, when he tells his soon-to-be-teacher to his face that his work is derivative and outdated. His first day of class ends with him yelling “How can you teach such drivel? These people are here to learn and you’re closing their minds before they even have a chance!” Not necessarily the smoothest way to kick off the school year.
Sometimes in a horror movie the bad guy turns into a monster and then he grabs the hero’s girlfriend just ’cause that’s what’s supposed to happen. I like that in this one the doctor (who looks just like John Kerry, by the way) is already secretly obsessed with Megan. You wonder what’s up when he makes a weird toast to her beauty early on, then Dan discovers the old perv has a file on her that includes newspaper clippings, napkins (?) and a lock of hair! This pathetic revelation is one of the two things that makes usually-humorless Herbert West laugh. The other is when a zombie cat is splattered dead against the wall behind Dan and he yells “Look out!”
There’s a nice simplicity to this story that you only get in a low budget movie. It makes sense that Gordon came out of theater, and that he recently revived RE-ANIMATOR as a stage musical. Most of the story takes place either in the apartment and its basement lab or in the school morgue. Within this framework the movie makes an impact by going so extreme and imaginative on the gore effects that you can’t help but laugh. One zombie gets torn apart but is so determined to get West that its large intestine coils around him like a boa constrictor and tries to suffocate him.
There’s this secret world of horrors that Herbert and Dan have unleashed, and for me the highlight is when the uninitiated unwittingly catch a glimpse of it. So I love the shot of the security guard looking in the door in terror as a severed head is hurled above him, splatters and bounces hard off the wall behind him.
This is just a unique and well-made movie, funny without being jokey, just like I like it. The only straight up joke is that Dan has a STOP MAKING SENSE poster in his room, but that’s subtle because it’s way before we’ve seen a talking head in the movie. I hadn’t seen this since the ’80s, and it’s as good as or better than I remembered.
One goofy thing: the main theme is the most blatant ripoff of the PSYCHO theme you could imagine. It works well for the movie, but how did they get away with that? And I wonder if Richard Band sent in the CD as a demo to try to get the job on Gus Van Sant’s PSYCHO.
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37 Responses to “Re-Animator”
El Vincento
Great movie. Gotta love Barbara Crampton.
it’s been a long since I’ve seen it, but yup this movie is just all around good not so clean fun
by the way Vern, have you seen Gordon’s DOLLS? you really should
Shoot McKay
“Kicked out of his school in Sweden or maybe had to flee”? I am pretty sure the opening takes place in Germany if that was what you meant, Vern. But it would have been hilarious if he had to flee from Sweden. That would have been an unusual backstory.
pegsman
According to his biography on IMDb; “Herbert West is a medical student at the fictional Miskatonic University of Arkham, Massachusetts. His work with Dr. Hans Gruber (pre DIE HARD, I guess) in Switzerland leads to his discovery of a mysterious “re-agent”, a glowing green fluid that will “re-animate” any dead tissue it is injected into.”
I have always loved this movie. But back in the 80’s I loved FROM BEYOND even more.
such a total classic. i also love how its funny without being jokey – the tone is just so perfect, plus combs is just a joy to watch.
There is a book coming out next year about miniauteur Charles Band that covers Re-Animator and his other movies with Stuart Gordon while running Empire Pictures.
Did you notice the character named Hans Gruber, Vern? Thought you might find that cool.
Mr. Majestyk
A fuckin’ classic. Gordon pulled off the thing Vern’s been talking about for years with DTV action: He didn’t listen to anybody who said his sleazy little B-movie about zombies at medical school didn’t have to be very good, so he just went ahead and made an amazing movie full of wit and style and legitimate madness. He could have just been a slumming theater guy making a quick buck in Hollywood, but he dug deep and made something that stands the test of time.
I’ve seen most of these 80s splatter comedies, and none of ’em, not even the great ones like BRAINDEAD or EVIL DEAD 2 or BRAIN DAMAGE or other movies with the words “brain” and/or “dead” in their titles, manage to nail RE-ANIMATOR’s tone. What makes it so distinctive is that it never goes out of its way to make sure you get the joke. If you laugh at this stuff, that’s because you’re a sick fuck, not because somebody put a wacky sound effect on the soundtrack. I can imagine that plenty of less fucked-in-the-head people could watch the movie and not think it’s a comedy at all. I mean, it ends on a note of pure Gothic tragedy. Nothing funny about it. Compare it to the most recent Brian Yuzna-directed sequel, which ends with a zombie penis fighting a rat. Somewhere along the line the recipe got corrupted.
I still love that RE-ANIMATOR was referenced in a Best Picture winner, even if it’s one of the ones everybody thinks they’re too cool for nowadays.
CJ Holden
I have to admit that I’ve never seen it. Although it got recently a nice uncut home video release over here (if I’m not mistaken, the uncut version is a first!), so I might change that soon.
Dtroyt
Hands down the best HP Lovecraft adaptation ever put to film. This and Evil Dead 2 are, to me, the pinnacle of horror-comedy. But as you mentioned, Vern, this one nails it even more because of the way it handles that balance between true horror and dark humor. I love this movie and am eyeing the blu ray on my shelf.
Majestyk: Which best picture winner referenced it? I’m drawing a blank on that.
Bad Seed
This film has one of my favorite bits of dialogue. It comes right after Dan discovers the dead cat in the refrigerator.
“Christ Herbert, couldn’t you have at least left a note?”
“Oh great Dan, and what would the note have said: cat dead, details later?”
To this day I harbor the dream of using that last bit of dialogue to name my first punk album: cat dead, details later.
London Calling, eat your heart out.
RBatty024
I’ve been meaning to check out this movie for a long time. Hopefully this review was the kick in the ass I needed to get that done.
Dtroyt: Kevin Spacey and Creepy Eyes McGurk get high and talk about it in AMERICAN BEAUTY.
Majestyk: Nice! I don’t remember that but I’ve only seen American Beauty when it first came out. Never was a huge fan of it but it does get a gold star for the reference.
Dagon is my favorite Gordon Lovecraft film, but Reanimator is a close second. From Beyond was decent, and his Masters of Horror, Dreams in the Witch-House is good also.
I like the last Reanimator (Beyond Reanimator) also. The more dramatic portion of the film is okay, but it has a spectacularly gory end. And the only film I’ve seen with a severed penis fighting a rat.
CrustaceanHate
This is a great movie but a shitty H.P. Lovecraft adaption. That’s what I love about it, he took this extremely serious story by a weirdo racist shut-in (which I love) and did something completely different with it.
Not to spam, but I figured you guys might like to know that Gordon is trying to kickstart a Poe biopic starring Combs.
Doesn’t look like it’s going to go through barring a miracle. But it’d be cool if it did.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/839006124/nevermore-0?ref=live
Chitown
Haven’t seen this one in years but it was a fun movie all the way. In fact, most of those early Stuart Gordon movies were, especially the ones with Jeffery Combs.
Tawdry Hepburn
Gordon isn’t just a “theater guy” he directed the first staging of mamet’s first play, “sexual perversion in Chicago.”
Gordon isn’t just a “theater guy” he directed the first staging of mamet’s first play, “sexual perversity in Chicago.”
Jericho Cane
Gordon and his crew were all set to go ahead with a fourth installment called HOUSE OF RE-ANIMATOR when their funding suddenly dried up. What a shame.
http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movie/house-re-animator
yeah, I remember hearing about that, too bad it never happened, I mean how awesome would a RE-ANIMATOR movie with William H. Macy in it be?
Yep, a theater guy. A guy who did theater.
silent kid
Great review, Vern. I’m a big fan of Stuart Gordon. Both of his Masters of Horror films are great, especially The Black Cat. Also, if you haven’t seen Stuck, check it out. Fun stuff.
Funny enough I just watched From Beyond last night and then came upon this review.
I’m a devout Re-Animator fan and I gotta lament that the same director, same actor, and same source author failed to produce a film anywhere near as special and iconic as Re-Animator. All of the characters besides Combs fall flat, and it’s not like his character has any moment as incredible as when he breaks pencils at his professor in Re-Animator.
Still, I wonder which 10.5 minutes of the film sync up floyd/oz style with Sleep’s stoner rock classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GfM_uA0CJY
MaggieMayPie
I almost just spewed Diet Cherry Coke all over my monitor at the warning for the grandmas. I’ve been sifting through these reviews, trying to make up my mind about what movie to watch tomorrow night. I think I have found the winner.
Chopper Sullivan
Vern always mentioned AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON as the perfect horror/comedy hybrid but I think RE-ANIMATOR is the pinnacle. None of what happens to the characters is funny (except for the sicko West) and even the “funny” parts for the audience are disgusting and repulsive. It’s perfect.
And not to sound too sexist, but that Barbara Crampton is a fine looking woman.
CrustaceanHate- My understanding is that HERBERT WEST RE-ANIMATOR was a shitty serial that Lovecraft wrote for magazines and had no love for. I read the first few stories in a collection but they sucked and it was more unbearable because every short had to recap what had happened previously.
I might be wrong, but I think this is a clear case of the movie being much, much better than the book.
isn’t the original HERBERT WEST RE-ANIMATOR also really, really racist? with Herb describing a black man’s corpse as basically being a shaved gorilla?
November 1st, 2013 at 3:01 am
Maybe he hates people with long arms?
Mr. Subtlety
Griff- Lovecraft himself was a notorious racist, so yeah, unfortunately a lot of his work has little moments of really shocking racism. Reading “Herbert West, Re-Animator” today, putting the racism in West’s mouth makes him seem like the villain, but actually that wasn’t Lovecraft’s intent, he probably identified with the sentiment.
November 1st, 2013 at 1:35 pm
So, uh, Ender’s Game sucked.
Amazing Larry
Ender’s Game wasn’t very good; Space Camp meets Full Metal Jacket, but without the fresh funliness of the former or the satiric edge of the latter. Plus no R. Lee Ermey, who’s always an asset.
The kid who played Ender was a good casting choice, but he seemed kinda scrawny, and maybe that’s why future perennial tomboy Hailee Steinfeld got an immediate stiffy for him. Not a bad trade off.
For me, the best part was that surly punk who kept addressing his subordinates as “bendejo”, stood about a foot shorter than all the other kids, and looked and acted like a junior version of actor Tony Plana (the warden from Half Past Dead). What a loathsome little shit he was.
Anyway, don’t expect a sequel. One & done.
M. Casey
November 2nd, 2013 at 5:11 pm
You know, this has been one of my mom’s favorite movies for years but it took a Vern review for me to finally watch it. Glad I did… You guys are right, the tone is perfect.
I kind of feel like someone recent has completely aped Combs’s demeanor in this movie but I can’t remember where I’ve seen it. Great stuff though.
How old is your mom? Are she and your father still together?
I just want to announce that RE-ANIMATOR has officially-OFFICIALLY-overtaken EVIL DEAD 2 as my favorite horror movie. I guess in my old age I’m beginning to appreciate intelligent characters with inner lives over gonzo filmatism (I just turned 40, btw.). Not that RA isn’t gonzo, it’s just gonzo in a different way. And Combs’ West is just as iconic as Ash, but Ash is kind of a moron, and after so many years of seeing how dumb people can actually be I appreciate intelligence more and more.
Even if West is a total dick to every single person he comes across. In fact, West reminds me most of Dr. Doom (not Doctor Death, mind you) in that he feels completely superior to every single person he comes across. But Combs gives him these little humanizing tics here and there, especially in the brief prologue in Switzerland (Zurich is in Switzerland, right guys?). It is 100% a career-making performance.
And like Vern said, this movie absolutely threads the needle in terms of its tone. Gnarly as hell but darkly humorous, in a way that comes from the characters and the situations they find themselves in. And if they weren’t so quickly and finely sketched then it wouldn’t work. But it does.
I really hope we get one more of these. Combs has only gotten better over the years, and he deserves one more crack at his most iconic role.
Oh, and Vern, thanks for the John Kerry shout-out. I’ve been saying that for maybe fifteen years now.
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KLP, in her own words: "I wanted to BE that artist trying to get my own music played."
The Sydney-based musician has had a big twelve months releasing music, leaving triple j and now, becoming a mother.
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It's been a big year for KLP. The Sydney-based musician has done so much more than be your stock-standard electronic singer/producer, calling an end to a long stint at triple j - where she was the presenter for House Party - and then, in late-2018, the announcement of an incoming child (#KLPregnancy); signalling an incredibly exciting time ahead for KLP both personally and musically. It's been somewhat of a rollercoaster for the musician - for example, leaving a staple position at triple j comes with uncertainty and its own scares, but it opens up free time to reignite and properly explore her true passion - making and sharing music - something she's refocusing on in 2019. Under The Influence is KLP's launch into 2019, kick-starting the year ahead with a club-centric return to her house-infused roots that's focused on a swelling, bass-driven production, with vocal cuts and synth melodies joining in over the top.
Written in Berlin, it's the first taste of a more substantial project yet to come from KLP, which aims to encompass the whirlwind of the twelve months just gone. To further solidify the changes going on in her life, she's written a piece for us that really brings everything together - her move into musicianship, leaving triple j, her next chapter and more. Dive into it all below while you stream Under The Influence, and stay tuned for a big 2019 to come from one of Australia's finest.
One of the questions I get asked the most is ‘what’s one piece of advice you would give someone wanting to be in this industry’ and ‘how do you deal with the inevitable changes or highs and lows that come along with being in the creative industry (or life in general!)’. To me, the answer is simple - I get on with it, move on, and it generally doesn’t affect me too much.
But then I find myself asking, ‘well, how on earth did you get to that point?!’ ‘How is it now easier for you to deal with the changes and the low times?’
If I look back at my childhood, I’ve been working in the music industry for as long as I can remember. I know that seems like a little bit of an exaggeration, but it’s actually the truth. I grew up coming home from school and walking around the back of my house into my dad’s studio where my brother and I would hang out. We sang TV commercials, did voice over’s, performed in musicals, shopping centre shows, in bands. You name it; I have probably done it – I have always just lived for entertaining.
I remember my dad saying at first he thought I was just trying to copy him when I showed interest in music and performing, but then he saw me up on stage and over time my absolute obsession for music grew and he realised I had “the itch”, and it wasn’t going anywhere!
Getting into this industry from such a young age gave me lots of things, but the thing I think that has really helped me with the most is, it gave me a good work ethic and a very steady sense of resilience. I experienced the ‘NOs’ and the lows that came along with being an entertainer as much as (or even more than) I ever experienced quick or easy success. I had SOOO much practice at it that I just became better at dealing with it with every single knockback or hurdle. I never had an easy way in through a side door. To this day I have to either open the door myself or somehow try to knock it down and let myself in.
I came to realise that things come in waves – things work – things don’t work – things start – things end. AND THAT’s OK!
More recently a question I get asked is, wasn’t it hard to leave triple j? The thing is, I never set out to have a radio show (I was discovered through my own music being on triple j unearthed and asked to audition!) and I definitely never set out to have the responsibility of choosing to play (or not play) other peoples music on a radio show – in fact – having that power sometimes freaked me out because I knew how much it meant as an artist myself to have a song played. I wanted to BE that artist trying to get my own music played – a task that was a little harder to do while being on the other side.
I struggled in my last years of hosting House Party toeing that line of curator/tastemaker vs artist, and I really missed the artist side and being able to give it the energy it requires and deserves. I wanted to be able to listen to music, DJ music in my sets and not think about what would work for House Party, but just think or play what I liked!
So although it’s sad when one thing ends, I was also just excited and ready to give it my best Marie Kondo - thank it for the joy it brought me but be ok with letting it go!
Already I find myself spending all the extra time and energy on my own music and damn; it feels good. I sit in my studio and just write, make beats, record vocals, lose track of time and forget to shower. I’ve been trying to finish off as much music as I can and have it sitting ready to go so I can keep putting stuff out consistently this year, even when I take some time out to experience another little change coming (becoming a mum!).
Going through this new period has been relatively easy for me because I’ve done it so many times before! And you know what, I know I’ll have to do it over and over again and again in the future. There will be high highs and crazy lows, but I know I am tough and strong and through it all, I’ll be ok.
So my piece of advice is: expect change – embrace and welcome it along with the lows because on the other side there will always be a high just waiting to appear and make it all worthwhile.
Been working on my most exciting creation yet. Can’t wait to welcome this one into the world next year!
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Electric Feels: Your Electronic Music Recap feat. Bag Raiders, SACHI, Hounded + morePlus some killer new singles from Godlands and Kim Petras.
EP Walkthrough: Yoste details his debut EP, try to be okayThe Brisbane-born musician is touring the US for much of the next few months.
Meet the producers behind Decks And The City - an anti-lockout documentary
And you can help them get it finished.
By Jonty Czuchwicki
Listen: Owen Rabbit - Holy Holy
Owen Rabbit’s new single, Holy Holy, is a uniquely textured soundscape of soul and electronica.
By Delia Bartle
RÜFÜS show their softer side on new single, Say A Prayer For Me
The single is taken from their album Bloom, scheduled for release on the 22nd of January.
Listen: KUČKA - Recovery
The WA producer unleashes a new tune ahead of her debut national tour.
Take a breath with KLP’s latest track Air
Premiere: KLP shares live video for Recover, featuring tour pals Art vs Science
Premiere: Gravy takes KLP's Medicine and makes it his own
Listen: KLP - Recover feat. Remi
KLP x Young Franco Text Message Interview
Tame Impala have just announced a huge AU/NZ arena tour for this April
The Temper Trap and Gyroscope are playing a free Perth show next month
Some of WA's best musicians are coming together to raise cash for bushfire relief
Seven years later, and Perth's Street Roller Hockey League is still going strong
Mallrat, Baker Boy, Spacey Jane + more: Meet your Hyperfest 2020 lineup
Mastercard - the credit card - just put out a single, because non-corporate music is dead
Crooked Colours are kicking off 2020 with a national tour feat. Set Mo, George Alice
From French electro-house to Frank Ocean: SebastiAn steps out
Golden Features and The Presets announce new collab EP RAKA, out soon
Drip World promises to be 'Australia's biggest urban festival', but will it deliver?
Take a trip behind RAKA, Golden Features & The Presets' collab EP
Rico Nasty is a Spongebob in a sea of Squidwards
Tones And I & Tall Poppy: Celebrating Australia's biggest success in a decade
No longer "wearing all black, standing in the back": Free Nationals step out
Samsaruh puts on a show with new single, Gunpowder
The Melbourne 'one to watch' will be supporting select Peking Duk shows on their massive national tour in May.
Introducing the "hungover-pop" world of Foxgluvv and her latest single, Not Cute
A rad new artist citing influences like Charli XCX and Madonna.
By Pile Rats
James Blake casually drops third album, The Colour In Anything
What a time to be alive.
MEZKO unveil new single Come & Go, share Aus tour dates
Fresh from their incredible Polychronic EP late last year, the menacing electronic titans will also be supporting Crooked Colours this month.
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Native Tongueby Switchfoot
Original Release Date: January 18, 2019
Label: Fantasy
Genres: Alternative Rock
By PixelGal| 2019-01-18T12:49:47+00:00 January 18th, 2019|Categories: MP3s, Music, Pixelscroll's Pick of the Day, Today|Tags: Alternative Rock, Pick of the Day|
Girl at War: A Novelby Sara Novic
Daily Deal for January 18 at
For readers of The Tiger’s Wife and All the Light We Cannot See comes a powerful debut novel about a girl’s coming of age—and how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE, BOOKLIST, AND ELECTRIC LITERATURE • ALEX AWARD WINNER • LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST • LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
Zagreb, 1991. Ana Jurić is a carefree ten-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia’s capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana’s idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire. Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Ana’s sense of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world.
New York, 2001. Ana is now a college student in Manhattan. Though she’s tried to move on from her past, she can’t escape her memories of war—secrets she keeps even from those closest to her. Haunted by the events that forever changed her family, Ana returns to Croatia after a decade away, hoping to make peace with the place she once called home. As she faces her ghosts, she must come to terms with her country’s difficult history and the events that interrupted her childhood years before.
Moving back and forth through time, Girl at War is an honest, generous, brilliantly written novel that illuminates how history shapes the individual. Sara Nović fearlessly shows the impact of war on one young girl—and its legacy on all of us. It’s a debut by a writer who has stared into recent history to find a story that continues to resonate today.
Praise for Girl at War
“Outstanding . . . Girl at War performs the miracle of making the stories of broken lives in a distant country feel as large and universal as myth.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editor’s Choice)
“[An] old-fashioned page-turner that will demand all of the reader’s attention, happily given. A debut novel that astonishes.”—Vanity Fair
“Shattering . . . The book begins with what deserves to become one of contemporary literature’s more memorable opening lines. The sentences that follow are equally as lyrical as a folk lament and as taut as metal wire wrapped through an electrified fence.”—USA Today
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Holy Diverby DIO
Label: Rhino/Warner Bros.
By PixelGal| 2019-01-18T12:46:36+00:00 January 18th, 2019|Categories: Pixelscroll Daily Deals, Today|Tags: Coming of Age, Rock|
The IF Dietby Robert Skinner
Available through January 18 at
Are you interested in intermittent fasting but wondering which of the hundreds of books to trust?
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Domain Geometry: A Novelby Derek Berg
Rita is a survivor.When she came to New Atlantis as a refugee she was a child. Her fate was to die by the wayside, malnourished and uncared for, like the scores of immigrants alongside her. But Rita persisted, living to adulthood by adapting to the post-apocalyptic cruelness of her new home.
To avoid the crush of her oppressors' grip, Rita has spent a lifetime sacrificing what is sacred. She is a slave trader of sorts. She purposely becomes pregnant only to sell the baby into servitude. But now, with a new bundle of joy on the way, Rita cannot find a buyer.
With the help of her boyfriend and her first born son, Rita searches the dilapidated, sprawling techno-slum for a master in need of a slave. What kind of a person is Rita? Not the kind she is proud of. But she survives. And she bawls at night, wondering if living in the civilized world has been worth the morality that she has sacrificed on the altar. Can she be redeemed?
Abused by upper-class cyborgs, and plagued by crushing debt and illness, Rita and her family dare to live life on their own terms. A life beyond the territories of the wicked, removed from the ruthlessness of a cold-hearted humanity. What do the wastelands outside the city hold for them? Will they free themselves from their shackles in time to find out?
Coding science fiction with ancient symbolism, Derek Berg has forced the mystery of ancient worlds into the space of futuristic themes. Domain Geometry delivers.
Cabal of The Westford Knight: Templars at the Newport Towerby David S. Brody
A modern-day adventure/mystery based on artifacts left by Templar Knights during a secret mission to North America in 1398. Attorney Cameron Thorne is thrust into a bloody tug-of-war involving secret societies, treasure hunters and keepers of the secrets of the Jesus bloodline. Joined by Amanda, an enchanting British researcher with secrets of her own, Cam races around New England with only two choices–unravel the 600-year-old mysteries encoded in the ancient artifacts, or die trying.
Based on actual historical artifacts, and illustrated.
Publishers Weekly says of the author, “BRODY DOES A TERRIFIC JOB OF WRAPPING HIS RESEARCH IN A FAST-PACED THRILL RIDE.”
This is a stand-alone novel with recurring characters. These books can be read in any order.
Show Me More:Historical Fiction
Blood Money: A Lucky Dey Thrillerby Doug Richardson
If you love nonstop thrills don’t miss this action-packed ride from the screenwriter of DIE HARD 2, BAD BOYS, and HOSTAGE.
When Deputy Lucky Dey discovers his little brother has been murdered, he’ll stop at nothing until he takes down the cop-killer. Lucky finds himself in L.A., trapped in a storm of media and political interference. The entire city is whirling in the wake of a major star’s fatal accident and people want a story–a story that might be more tangled than anyone ever imagined. With peril and mayhem around every corner, the risk-addicted cop might not be so lucky this time around.
Show Me More:Mysteries, Thrillers and Suspense
His Many Rulesby Ali Parker
Love almost stole everything from me. My career being the worst possible loss.
I never should have bent the rules and dated a student.
And now finally, after years of being alone, a pretty nurse has my attention.
Caring, curvy, and so damn smart.
She has me pacing the floor at night and wishing for things I thought were long since gone.
Every part of me aches for a chance at stealing her breath, her heart, her body–forever.
But the joke’s on me.
She’s not just a nurse. She’s a student at the college where I work, and the past seems to replay itself over again before my eyes.
Only this time, it’s so much worse than before.
I put restrictions on myself to make sure I don’t have to suffer ever again.
Too bad she wasn’t aware of my rules.
Or maybe she was…
Keystone (Crossbreed Series Book 1)by Dannika Dark
With over 2 million books sold, USA Today Bestseller Dannika Dark introduces her next addictive series…
Raven Black hunts evildoers for fun, but her vigilante justice isn’t the only reason she’s hiding from the law. Half Vampire, half Mage, she’s spent years living as a rogue to stay alive. When a Russian Shifter offers her a job in his covert organization hunting outlaws, dignity and a respectable career are finally within her grasp. The catch? Her new partner is Christian Poe – a smug, handsome Vampire whom she’d rather stake than go on a stakeout with.
They’re hot on the trail of a human killer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. One misstep during her probationary period could jeopardize Raven’s chance at redemption, and her partner would love nothing more than to see her fail. Will Raven find the courage to succeed, or will she give in to her dark nature?
Dark secrets, unexpected twists, and a blurred line between good and evil will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Crossbreed is a thrilling new urban fantasy series with romantic elements and heartpounding twists. Follow Raven as she battles evil forces in a secret world of magic that’s hidden within our own.
USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIES
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The Billionaire Offerby Ali Parker
I’m thinking it’s finally got to be my turn.
I’ve got no man and no money. Nothing but a personality and a smile.
But maybe that’s enough this time.
The richest guy in New York is looking for a secretary, and lucky for me, he’s young and as hot as sin.
Too bad he’s an alpha asshole rich boy who’s stuck on himself. Nothing I do is right.
Throw in a crazy ex and a father that can’t stand anything that breathes in his personal space, and I. Am. Out.
He can find someone else to take notes and get his coffee.
I’m fine being broke and single. I’ve gotten good at it.
Besides, I’m not interested in a billionaire affair.
Or am I already in too deep to leave?
Sure as hell feels that way.
This is book 1 of a 3 book series. You will need to read book 2 and 3 to complete the story.
Roadkillby Cheryl Bradshaw
Suburban housewife Juliette Granger has been living a secret life … a life that's about to turn deadly for everyone she loves.
Fearing for her life after witnessing a gruesome murder, Juliette Granger whisks her two-year-old daughter Nora away in the dead of night and flees, planning to start a new life in a small, forgettable town under an alias. An hour into the escape, headlights flash behind her. A vehicle pulls alongside, and a masked man demands she stop the car. She refuses him, and a deadly game of cat and mouse begins.
If you love a fast-paced mystery with a surprising twist, you'll enjoy Roadkill, written by a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author.
Readers are saying:
"Skillfully plotted, keeps you riveted until the end!"
"Intense writing, and the plot was very grand."
"I was glued until the last page."
"Gritty characters that I just loved."
Ryderby Ali Parker
A life of darkness only pays while the sun stays hidden.
The shadows of the past follow me no matter where I turn. Mistakes I thought were long dead and gone seem to nip at my heels and tear at my soul.
I’m not a good man. Not worthy of redemption.
As President of the Lost Breed MC, I fight, take what’s mine.
But everything changed in the blink of an eye, and now I got a kid, my brother’s kid. The teenage bastard is just like me.
And he’s gone missing.
My only hope is that the pretty cop down at the station is willing to help a criminal like me out.
My focus should be on the kid, but I can’t stop thinking about owning her, marking her, making her mine. She thinks she’s going to be able to resist me forever. She’s wrong.
I’m driven mad with the desire to gain her affection, to be the one that wakes her up in the dead of night to take advantage of her softness and remind her who’s King.
But what cost would the reaper require to give me such bliss?
And am I willing to pay it?
You bet I am.
Ryder is a 55,000 word standalone novel in The Lost Breed MC series. No cheating, lying, but maybe a bit of stealing. It’s an MC – come on! Hope you enjoy the opening novel in my new stand alone series.
By PixelGal| 2019-01-18T12:36:25+00:00 January 18th, 2019|Categories: Books, EBooks, Pack 1, Today|Tags: Fantasy, Health Fitness & Dieting, Historical Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Science Fiction|
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Acts 16: 22-34
The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates had them stripped of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods.After they had given them a severe flogging, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to keep them securely. Following these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was an earthquake, so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened. When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he supposed that the prisoners had escaped.
But Paul shouted in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.” The jailer called for lights, and rushing in, he fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.Then he brought them outside and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They answered, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
They spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. At the same hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and his entire family were baptized without delay. He brought them up into the house and set food before them; and he and his entire household rejoiced that he had become a believer in God.
New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989, by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. USCCB approved. http://www.usccb.org/bible/approved-translations
Patience and Surrender
Stripped. Beaten. Imprisoned. Shackled. Such was the plight of Paul and Silas in the early Church community at Phillipi. It is a situation we would all want to escape.
What’s interesting is that when the earthquake comes, and escape is handed to them, Paul and Silas wait. They don’t run, despite immediate freedom. They pray and sing hymns, capturing not only the attention of their fellow forgotten ones, but of God, the liberator. They allow God’s work to continue. They save another man, one of their captors, first. And then, they allow him to save them in response. Paul and Silas offer this guard Christ, and he offers them cleansed wounds. They baptize his entire family, and he offers them a meal and rest.
In the hustle-and-bustle of my life, I often take the immediate action to make my life better without considering the other. Think of Jesus on the cross. He could have saved himself. But our freedom was at stake, and he expired there for the benefit of all. How can I find the patience to wait and draw others into God’s grace with me? How can I find freedom in patience and surrender?
Jesus–help me not to seek the easy way out. Help me to remain in your love, and bring others into fullness of life in you.
—Eric Immel, S.J., a Jesuit scholastic of the Wisconsin Province is studying philosophy at Loyola University Chicago.
“We are one, after all, you and I. Together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other.”
—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J.
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Panthers roar to 34-28 overtime win in season opener
Fred Jeter | 9/6/2018, 6 a.m.
Virginia Union University wide receiver Olu Izegwire, left, is taken down by Seton Hill University’s Daquan Glover during last Saturday’s opening game at Hovey Field. Photo by James Haskins Richmond Free Press
Looking for win
Virginia Union University plays Carson-Newman University of Tennessee
at Hovey Field.
Kickoff: 1 p.m.
Two Taylors added up to one exciting Virginia Union University football victory as the Alvin Parker coaching era got underway.
Tailback Tabyus Taylor and quarterback Darius Taylor, while unrelated biologically, share a common trait of athleticism on the gridiron.
The two provided much of the offensive fireworks in the Panthers’ 34-28 overtime victory last Saturday over Seton Hill University of Pennsylvania before some 5,000 fans at Hovey Field.
“Tabyus’ numbers speak for themselves,” Coach Parker said. “He toted it for us today. That’s the mode we’re looking for. If he can do that week after week, we’ll be a hard team to beat.”
Tabyus Taylor, a 250-pound former All-State performer at Hopewell High School, rumbled for 175 yards on 25 carries with two touchdowns, including the game winner in overtime. Taylor, who is as big as many lineman, failed to gain yards on only one of his 25 carries.
“Coach told me I’d be getting a lot of reps, and that it was up to me what I did with them,” Tabyus Taylor said.
“The sky’s the limit for this team.”
The bruising ball carrier also caught three passes for another 15 yards and a touchdown catch from Darius Taylor that tied the game near the end of regulation.
In his second season as VUU quarterback, Darius Taylor threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns, including a 69-yard highlight reel aerial to Olu Izegwire to open the scoring.
“Darius managed the game well. He moved the team in a good way,” Coach Parker said.
“One of the things we ask of Darius is to avoid turnovers. Today, he had no interceptions.”
Defensively, sophomore defensive back Tovias Parker had two interceptions, the second in overtime, along with six tackles.
Parker, who is no relation to the coach, hails from Miami Jackson High School in Florida, where he was recruited by the likes of the University of Miami.
The Panthers’ overtime victory was VUU’s first since 1996. Coincidentally, Coach Parker was a running back in that game in which VUU beat Fayetteville State University 18-12 in overtime.
VUU’s home stand continues Saturday, Sept. 8, with Carson-Newman University of Jefferson City, Tenn., coming to Hovey Field for a 1 p.m. kickoff.
The Eagles, a member of the NCAA Division II South Atlantic Conference, lost 19-9 on Aug. 30 at juggernaut University of West Florida in Pensacola. Carson-Newman was 8-3 last season.
Known for its ground and pound style, Carson-Newman rushed for 330 yards in Florida while attempting just three passes.
Among Carson-Newman’s noted alumni is Sanders Shiver, a former Pro Bowl linebacker for the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Colts and a former Bowie State University coach.
VUU QB ties touchdown school record
Panthers on the prowl for win in N.C.
VUU banking on talent of Tabyus Taylor this fall
VUU wallops VSU; still looking for NCAA playoff berth
VUU’s Darius Taylor is the Panthers’ ‘main man’
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PW Power Systems Delivers Brighter Holidays for Puerto Rico
Mobile power generation assets will also secure the electric grid and complement renewables
2019-12-09 10:01 출처: PW Power Systems LLC
GLASTONBURY, Conn.--(뉴스와이어) 2019년 12월 09일 -- PW Power Systems (PWPS), the leading provider of aero-derivative power generation energy solutions, announces that PREPA (Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority) has three, PWPS FT8® MOBILEPAC® gas turbines ready for operation. The 30-megawatt mobile gas turbine units are now available for emergency power, as well as for grid security in support of Puerto Rico’s environmental sustainability plan. PWPS supported ARG Precision Corporation, which completed the turnkey installation of the FT8 MOBILEPAC dual-fuel capacity gas turbines at the Palo Seco Power Plant in Toa Baja.
Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez said, “The three generators provide the opportunity for fast response in the event of an emergency or situation where we lose energy in the metropolitan area. In eight to ten minutes we can energize the system and provide electricity to about 40,000 customers. Critical services such as hospitals in the metropolitan area will also have that security.”
“The three mega-generators can meet the demand for facilities such as the Bayamón Regional Hospital, the Río Piedras Medical Center, and the Golden Mile in Hato Rey, as well as safeguard the daily operations of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Isla Verde,” confirmed Jose Ortiz, Executive Director of PREPA. “Although they are physically located at the Palo Seco plant, the equipment is portable, so they can be moved to isolated areas that, during emergencies, do not have transmission capacity,” continued Ortiz.
“As Puerto Rico transforms its grid architecture, the availability of the FT8 MOBILEPAC brings instant peace of mind to PREPA and its customers,” noted PWPS President and CEO Raul Pereda. “For the long term, this technology is a multi-faceted solution that helps to achieve resilience when extreme weather hits and allows PREPA to move toward integration with the new renewable portfolio standard. Its energy efficiency and fast-start demand response provide significant flexibility when dealing with the challenge of uncertain load forecasts and supplies reliable power when Puerto Rico needs it most.”
About PW Power Systems
PW Power Systems LLC (PWPS) is a group company of MHPS Americas, headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida. PWPS has exclusively leveraged the advanced technology of Pratt & Whitney® aircraft engines and uniquely applied it to complex power-system solutions to become a leader in the power generation industry.
PW Power Systems has more than 2,000 industrial gas turbines installed in over 50 countries worldwide and prides itself on being superior in the gas turbine repair and overhaul sector. The PWPS gas turbine engine portfolio offers competitive, efficient, and flexible products that generate 30 to 140 megawatts of power.
The FT8® MOBILEPAC® gas turbine generator is highly efficient and is easily and quickly transportable by land, sea, or air. Its unique design enables fast mobilization and demobilization with minimal crew and equipment.
PW Power Systems is committed to providing high-quality solutions for the distributed energy market that increase energy productivity and reliability and deliver operational savings for its customers. For more information, please visit www.pwps.com
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This means that the Qaasuitsup Municipal Plan 2014-2026 has since January 1st 2019 only been applicable to Kommune Qeqertalik.
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Iginniarfik is located some 40 km south of Kangaatsiaq and some 15 km east of Ikerasaarsuk, on the south side of the Alanngorsua peninsula. The settlement was established as a trading station around 1850 and is characterised by a relatively mild climate.
Located by a small inlet, the settlement borders on water on two sides. The oldest part of the settlement is located in a hollow in the landscape, bordering on a steep mountain section to the north.
Settlement objectives (priority areas, development goals etc.)
Iginniarfik’s service level and range of housing should be adapted to its development. Business development especially is to be supported by providing sufficient space for the fishermen and production facilities. Access roads and paths should also be improved, and waste management should be addressed.
Population and housing
On 1 February 2013, 82 persons lived in Iginniarfik. The settlement saw a high increase in population in the 90s, but population has dropped dramatically since 2005 (18 per cent). The age group 5-19 years is large, and there are very few in the 65 and over age group.
Since no considerable increase in population is expected, the planning period primarily calls for replacement buildings in connection with redevelopment.
In total, the settlements belonging to Kangaatsiaq number 213 households, and the Iginniarfik mainly consists of detached single-family houses. The settlement holds no senior housing.
The two residential areas in the settlement are mainly unbuilt and can be reduced in future planning. The remaining available space, corresponding to some 20 houses, is considered to be sufficient to meet demand in the planning period up until 2026.
Industry and port facilities
The inhabitants mainly work in fishing, sealing and whaling, but there is no fish factory/production facility. Public activities, school and service also generate jobs.
The overall employment rate in the four settlements belonging to Kangaatsiaq is 30 per cent – i.e. somewhat below the municipal average (42 per cent), whereas the unemployment rate (11 per cent) is somewhat above average (six per cent). No figures on work force distribution across trades are available.
The port consists of a pier.
The town plan holds no available space for industry.
Infrastructure and service
The settlement features a helistop, which Air Greenland operates in the winter and spring. From May to October, passengers and goods are moved by ship to and from Aasiaat and Kangaatsiaq, and the pier is used for goods and passengers. The settlement has a very limited system of unpaved roads.
Water supply consists of ice and water collected from a lake south of the settlement. The settlement has a power plant and there are plans to extend its grid. There is no sewerage. Day-time refuse and night soil are deposited at the dump along with chemical waste and metal.
Telecommunications is handled by TELE Greenland.
The settlement’s service functions include, e.g., a small shop and a settlement office (B-710). In the building housing the school, there is a nursing station and a school chapel. Day-care schemes provide childcare services.
The Atuarfik Iginniarfik school numbers 22 pupils from forms one to nine.
Cultural and leisure facilities
The old school (B-63) is used as village hall for the settlement. A soccer field is located on a flat, lower-lying area south of the settlement, close to the helistop. No buildings or areas in the settlement have preservation value or are listed.
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Kobe Symposium 2014: R&D efforts leading to improved performance of CO2 components and systems
By Klara Skačanová, Dec 05, 2014, 16:02 • 3 minute reading
At the 2014 Kobe Symposium in Japan leading companies and organisations presented their research in HVAC&R related technologies. Panasonic demonstrated 25% energy efficiency savings of CO2 refrigeration system and improved CO2 scroll compressor for Eco Cute. NEDO in collaboration with Daikin presented about a 2011-2015 project developing a CO2 multi AC system and Hitachi showed how to improve efficiency of CO2 scroll compressor up to 5% by changing
The International Symposium on New Refrigerants and Environmental Technology 2014 (Kobe Symposium), organised by the Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA), took place on 20 and 21 October 2014 in Kobe, Japan. 489 attendees (includes 71 from abroad) attended to learn about the latest HVAC&R industry advancements from 38 presenters. R744.com was on the ground to report on new CO2 technology. In this second article we summarise papers from Panasonic, Hitachi and Daikin.
Development of non-freon refrigeration system using CO2 Refrigerant, Takashi Inoue, Panasonic Corporation
Takashi Inoue of Panasonic Corporation presented about development of CO2 system with 2-stage split type compressor and results of demonstration evaluation from 6 stores. In conclusion, Inoue stated that at freezer temperature range the CO2 unit proved to be on average 25.4% more efficient throughout the year than conventional inverter type R404A system. The data sample from Kansai area with average summer outdoor temperature of about 27°C indicated 19% energy savings. At the refrigerator temperature range the CO2 unit proved to be on average 16.2% more efficient throughout the year than conventional inverter type R404A system. The CO2 refrigeration system is currently installed in approximately 450 stores in Japan. The number of stores is estimated to grow to around 800 by the end of March 2015.
Development of high-efficient CO2 scroll compressor, Atsushi Sakuda, Panasonic Corporation
Commercial production of the CO2 scroll compressor, which is the heart of the CO2 HP water heater (Eco Cute), began in 2003. The development has continued in the direction of increasing energy efficiency and minimising the losses. There are four loss factors in the compressor:
motor loss,
mechanical loss generated at sliding portions of bearings,
compression loss through leaks via clearances and over-compression, and
suction loss due to suction heating and leaks from compression chamber to the suction chamber.
To improve motor efficiency and reduce suction heating in a CO2 scroll compressor the researchers at Panasonic renovated the path of discharged refrigerant gas. In addition, with respect to increased oil circulation ratio (OCR) associated with a change of the discharged path a rotation separation mechanism that centrifuges oil in the refrigerant was developed.
Ongoing NEDO projects - Technology development of high-efficient non-fluorinated air-conditioning systems
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) presented overview of low GWP research projects conducted in cooperation with industry. One of the projects is looking into applying CO2 refrigerants in the air-conditioning sector. In the 2011-2015 project with Daikin, NEDO is aiming at developing a specialised high efficiency multi-stage CO2 compressor, optimised air-to-CO2 heat exchanger and valves. Developed components and elementary techniques will now be tested and evaluated before the planned project completion in 2015.
High efficient technology of scroll compressor using the change of oiling, Isamu Tsubono, Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Research Laboratory
Researchers at Hitachi improved the efficiency of CO2 scroll compressor for domestic heat pump water heater by 2-5% on all operation conditions by changing the oiling system. The scroll compressor has a back-pressure chamber to be established on the back side of the orbiting scroll and has an oiling system delivering oil to bearings. The oiling system uses difference between discharge pressure and back-pressure. The scroll compressor with improved design has been used in the heat pump water heaters since autumn of 2012.
Kobe Symposium 2014 event website
By Klara Skačanová
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Eliess is also coming back with a new track called « Someone Else » ft AbSalute an American Rapper from Buffalo NY of Code Red Global Label.
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August 31, 2018 Comments Off on Seattle Horror Author David Massengill Talks About “The Skin That Fits” Views: 1174 #Interviews, Arts & Entertainment, Books, Geek, Geek Books
Seattle Horror Author David Massengill Talks About “The Skin That Fits”
Fall is (mostly) almost upon us and of course horror lover’s thoughts turn to…scary books to read while curled up in a ball while stoned out of our minds on pumpkin spice lattes as the wind howls outside our $1800 studio apartment windows.
Seattle area writer DAVID MASSENGILL has a creepy new book out now, THE SKIN THAT FITS and it seemed appropriate to sip some P. Spice products while chatting with him about the new book, his literary career and why “horror drag” is such a fun idea!
Craig Trolli: I am currently looking at the front cover of The Skin That Fits. Where did the title come from and who is that model on the cover? He is shirtless and clearly very intelligent!
David Massengill: I chose The Skin That Fits for the title because it’s kinda creepy and true to the book’s course of events (which I won’t give away). Somebody asked, “Isn’t that an Almodovar movie?” Nope. That’s The Skin I Live In. Oh, and there aren’t any other books on Amazon with the same title. That was an issue with my last novel, Red Swarm, which was originally titled Extermination Days. The book’s designer, Niall Gray, found the image of the shirtless dude. He looks like a model, and a model is one of the protagonists of this book.
CT: I did enjoy your first novel, Red Swarm. It was very cinematic. How has the response been? If SyFy wanted to camp it up would you let them? “Red Swarm starring Deborah Gibson, Vivica A. Fox and one of the Jonas Brothers, all covered in crimson critters!”
DM: Readers have responded positively to Red Swarm, which is about lethal, cockroach-like insects invading the Pacific Northwest. But people who have bug issues (and there are quite a few of them) have told me they can’t handle the book. Everyone who reads it thinks it should be a movie, and I completely agree. Netflix series would be even better. SyFy can camp it up or Lifetime could put Christina Ricci in it. As long as I get a check.
CT: I see in your book’s press material that it also has “fish headed killers”! Tell us about your fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads!
DM: Yes, there are murderers in fish-head masks in this novel, and they tend to target wealthy Southern families. I can’t reveal their motivation without giving too much of the book away, but I will say I tried to be original with the masks. I wanted something simple yet disturbing, so I went with rubber fish-head masks with bulging red eyes and fins protruding from their tops. I’m a fan of the minimalist yet frightening mask in horror movies, from Halloween to The Strangers.
CT: You’ve been on a book tour before. What is that like? Any strange stories from on the road? What are the readers like who are coming out to see you and what are they saying?
DM: Touring is always a little intimidating because you have no idea how many people will show at your events. But overall I was pleased with the turnout at my Red Swarm gigs. The most humorous (so far) was a signing I did at a bookstore in Leavenworth, where I got to interact with the browsing general public. One woman said her grown son who was in the military might like my post-apocalyptic horror novel. She asked with some hesitation, “Is there much sex in the book?” I said it doesn’t have a lot of sex in it, but plenty of people die in disturbing ways. She said, “I don’t mind about that. I just don’t want to give him a book with sex in it.” A man also approached my table and asked for a description of Red Swarm. I said it’s about cockroach-like insects that invade the Pacific Northwest. If they land on you, their toxins will kill you within about a day. “Is it nonfiction?” he asked with wide eyes. I told him it was a novel, and he seemed annoyed and walked away.
CT: When and where does your current book tour wrap up?
DM: The final stop on the tour is the very lovely and very Bavarian Leavenworth, WA. On Friday 9/14 I’ll be speaking at the library with New York Times bestselling serial killer thriller author Kevin O’Brien, and then on Saturday 9/15 we’re signing books at A Book for All Seasons, a gem of an indie bookstore.
CT: Any ideas for your next novel?
DM: I’ve already finished the first draft, and I’m now in the revising phase. This one’s what I call a “slasher novel.” It’s inspired by slasher films of the ’70s and ’80s, like Halloween and Friday the 13th. In the book, a man realizes the antagonist of the horror story he wrote in high school decades ago has inspired a grisly murder. This same horror story character—which has a face shaped like a crescent moon and tree branch arms—also seems to be inspiring the stalking of its creator and his two best friends from high school. My elevator pitch for the novel is “Slender Man meets I Know What You Did 25 Years Ago.”
CT: Many years ago, I acted out a short story of yours for a variety show, in drag. Did you ever think that years later you’d be a published author and I’d still be doing drag acting?
DM: Back then I had no idea I’d shift from writing literary short stories to horror fiction, but I knew I’d always write. You’re just as much of a natural in drag, and Anna Rexia never seems to age. Maybe it’s time for a horror drag performance inspired by one of the stories from my collection Fragments of a Journal Salvaged from a Charred House in Germany, 1816. Perhaps the one about the LA housewife who swallows a worm-like critter from Africa with the intention of losing weight?
THE HORROR IS DOWN SOUTH
IN DAVID MASSENGILL’S LATEST NOVEL
“The Family knows a whole lot about sacrifice. We don’t just give up our comfort or our time. We give our bodies and we give our lives.”
Kim Lansing and Todd Regan are about to learn about sacrifice.
While on a clandestine date with another woman, Kim discovers that her fiancé, Eustace, has killed himself. Torn with remorse, she fulfills his one last request: taking his ashes from Seattle to his family members throughout the deep South.
In Miami, struggling male model Todd Regan botches a much-needed photo shoot. Desperate for income, he accepts a persuasive talent scout’s offer of a high-paying role in an “experimental” horror film in Georgia.
As Kim and Todd’s separate paths lead them beneath the shadow-casting Spanish moss of Savannah’s Bonaventure Cemetery and into the sweltering, gator-infested Louisiana swampland, they realize the locals may have something in mind other than hospitality.
Join a haunting journey through an American South of disturbing rituals and supernatural possession, murderers in fish-head masks and an ancient spirit that stalks old plantation grounds in search of THE SKIN THAT FITS.
David Massengill is a Bay Area native who has lived in Seattle for two decades. He is also the author of the novel Red Swarm (Montag Press), about lethal insects invading the Pacific Northwest, and the short story collection Fragments of a Journal Salvaged from a Charred House in Germany, 1816 (Hammer and Anvil Books). His short works of horror and literary fiction have appeared in numerous literary journals, including Eclectica Magazine, Pulp Metal Magazine, Word Riot, The Literary Hatchet, The Raven Chronicles, and Yellow Mama, among others. He has received grants for his fiction from both Seattle’s Artist Trust organization and Seattle’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs. He has also written nonfiction for American Book Review and Seattle Weekly, where he served as Books Editor.
Seattle horror novelist, David Massengill
Craig Trolli / Anna T Rexia can be seen in Sept in Tulips of Fury at the Rendezvous, kicking some Axis as a 1940s super heroine. In December Craig makes his Theater Off Jackson debut as Joey the 9-year-old son in The Judy Garland Christmas Special.
Tags: David Massengill, Horror Fiction, Seattle authors, Seattle Horror Fiction, The Skin That Fits (book)
About the Author: Craig Trolli
Craig Trolli is an actor who performs as both a boy but also in various states of drag, including his version of Melanie Griffith, Meredith Baxter-Birney, and Sophia in Golden Girls Burlesque. He’s hoping to one day do a show called "Craig: a One Women Show", which would hopefully explain why he thinks any of this is a good idea. If you have an opinion about that, send us your feedback!
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Lewisham Labour Group
“To make Lewisham the best place in London to live, work and learn”
Cllr Janet Daby, Labour Group Secretary,
Civic Suite, Rushey Green, London, SE6 4RU
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Tidemill Academy Proposals
Lewisham’s Labour Group of Councillors remain concerned about the proposals for Tidemill Primary School to become an academy under the Department for Education’s new academy programme.
As a Group we are very concerned that the proposal will be detrimental to both Tidemill School and the wider communities of Deptford and Lewisham.
We believe there are huge risks for Tidemill itself in these proposals, especially with the delivery of the Deptford Lounge project which should be an exemplary partnership with the Council. The Council will have to protect its own interests and that of all Lewisham’s council tax payers if Tidemill School
opts out of the Local Education Authority. The Governors should consider that the school as an academy may not benefit to the extent it would if it remains a community school in both the short and longer term.
Under the Labour government’s programme, academies were used as a vehicle to improve failing schools – a category of school which Tidemill does not fit into. Although there were concerns with that programme, the new proposals will have the effect of separating new academies from the local family of schools and will create real problems for neighbouring schools.
Having looked very carefully at all the arguments we do not support the proposal. I hope that you will carefully consider our views and inform the Governors accordingly.
Councillor Alan Hall
Chair, Lewisham Labour Group
cc. Mark Elms
Tidemill Governors
Mayor of Lewisham
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a day agoMan City star Sterling credits maturity for scintillating form
Date October 28, 2019 Author By admin Category fofabvlic
Man City star Sterling credits maturity for scintillating formby Freddie Taylora day agoSend to a friendShare the loveThere is no doubt that Manchester City attacker Raheem Sterling has flipped the switch on his performances and output.The formerly profligate winger is now one of the key goal scoring threats in a Manchester City team that could rival anyone in Europe.When asked about his improved output, which has seen him score 31 goals in all competitions last season and 16 in 17 this term, Sterling put it down to maturity.”One thing is age,” he told reporters. “I was 19 or 20 when I came to City and I was nowhere near the maturity level I am now [24].”Another is being in a good team, and then the final thing is down to yourself, it’s what you want to do in football.”Do you want to be a winger who takes 10 people on and delivers nothing or do you want to be someone who helps win games for your team?”I think all that comes with maturity. I keep learning each day to be better at it and to be involved in the game and be effective.” About the authorFreddie TaylorShare the loveHave your say read more
Ole Miss Coach Hugh Freeze Called Into The “Paul Finebaum Show” On His Own “Just To Talk”
Date October 27, 2019 Author By admin Category tdzrjcfkhcqi
hugh freeze calls finebaumToday was apparently a pretty slow day for Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze. The 45-year-old coach took some time out of his day to call into a popular radio show – ESPN’s Paul Finebaum Show. Freeze just wanted to talk.Hugh Freeze called @finebaum pic.twitter.com/aX5scroBj1— Michael Casagrande (@ByCasagrande) April 23, 2015Ole Miss head football coach @CoachHughFreeze called the @finebaum show on his own just to talk. #ReporterDream— Ryan Cody (@ryancodyWHNT) April 23, 2015Hugh from Oxford called in on Finebaum to thank Paul for coming to speak at the school soon. Yes, it’s coach Freeze.— TJ Werre (@TJ_WJTV) April 23, 2015If Freeze is in a good enough mood to call into Finebaum, the Rebels’ offseason must be going pretty well. read more
Video: Braxton Miller Arrives To Ohio State’s Training Camp Hotel In Style, Followed By A Drone
Braxton Miller DroneYou’ve been one-upped, Cardale Jones. The Ohio State redshirt junior quarterback arrived to the Buckeyes’ training camp hotel check-in sporting a Ronda Rousey tank top. Everyone loved the move. Braxton Miller has taken showing up in style a step further, though. The OSU wide receiver was followed by a camera drone as he walked past reporters and into Columbus Hyatt. Braxton Miller is finally here (a camera drone was buzzing around him too) pic.twitter.com/afmxlHcUda— Eric Seger (@EricSeger33) August 9, 2015A drone followed Braxton Miller here. #Drone6 pic.twitter.com/ycqQKAjRRw— Jeff Svoboda (@JeffSvoboda) August 9, 2015THE DRONE pic.twitter.com/ASNRE9qx4F— Ryan Ginn (@RyanGinnBSB) August 9, 2015The drone was likely a product of the Big Ten Network, which is filming a Hard Knocks-style show on Ohio State’s training camp. The show, Scarlet and Gray Days, is set to begin airing on Aug. 19. read more
Someone On Reddit Put Every College Football Program Into A Hogwarts House
If you’re a Harry Potter fan – or at least if you’ve seen the movies – you know all about the four different houses at Hogwarts. Potter himself was a Gryffindor – along with his friends Ron and Hermione. The three others are Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.Tuesday, a college football fan on Reddit took on the challenge of sorting every major college football program into the four houses. It won’t surprise you to see that some of the most successful programs wound up in Slytherin. Hufflepuff doesn’t have the best track record on the field, as you’ll see. Check it out: Of course, this is just one fan’s take. But it’s definitely some interesting offseason content. read more
Over 2000 customers without power in Fort St John
Date October 13, 2019 Author By admin Category jnefmjvvcjdw
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – BC Hydro is responding to a power outage in Fort St John.The outage affects over 2,000 customers. There is no estimate on when power will be restored and the caused is under investigation.Watch www.bchydro.com/outages or this website for updates. UPDATE as of 11:35 a.m. – Power has been fully restored.UPDATE as of 11:05 a.m. – B.C. Hydro is estimating power will be restored by 12 p.m.UPDATE – The outage was caused by birds coming in contact with B.C. Hydro power lines. There is still no estimate on when power will be restored. A crew from B.C. Hydro should be on scene to start repairing the outage by 11:15 a.m. read more
Freezing Rain Warning Alert continues in FSJ
Date October 13, 2019 Author By admin Category kuqdxwzetzjj
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – The freezing rain weather warning alert continues in FSJ via Environment Canada.Please use caution while travelling on roadways as driving conditions will be dangerous.Notice from The Weather Network as follows; Issued at 09:35 Tuesday 27 November 2018 Freezing rain is expected or occurring.A Pacific warm front is bringing areas of freezing rain to the Peace River region today. Freezing rain near the Rockies this morning will gradually spread eastward. The freezing rain is expected to become mixed with snow or change to rain late this afternoon as the temperatures rise.Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become icy and slippery.Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to BCstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #BCStorm. read more
‘No tension’ as Smith and Warner back in Aussie colours: Langer
Brisbane: Steve Smith and David Warner have been welcomed back to the Australian team with “no tension”, coach Justin Langer said Friday, with the World Cup offering another opportunity for redemption. The duo returned to the national side for a World Cup training camp Friday in Brisbane after serving year-long bans for their part in the “sandpapergate” scandal in Cape Town that rocked cricket. “There is no tension,” a smiling Langer told reporters. “They’re back in the team now. They’ve been selected, which is brilliant.” Also Read – We will push hard for Kabaddi”s inclusion in 2024 Olympics: Rijiju The duo have enjoyed a solid comeback in the Twenty20 IPL, with Warner in blistering form, topping the competition batting rankings with 692 runs from 12 innings. Langer acknowledged there would need to be some adjustments for the former team leaders, but said the team would be boosted by their experience. “When you come from the titled position of captain then there is going to be a certain degree of humility that comes with that,” he said. Also Read – Djokovic to debut against Shapovalov at Shanghai Masters “One of our really strong values is humility, so there will be great opportunity to develop that.” The Aussie coach welcomed the selection dilemma Smith and Warner added to the top order, joining Aaron Finch, Usman Khawja and Shaun Marsh, made it “exciting to have those five 100-makers at our disposal”. Australia are the reigning World Cup champions and have been in recent red-hot form winning eight one-day internationals on the trot, against India and Pakistan. “We have had great success in the past. While we celebrate that, it means nothing on how we play this (World Cup),” Langer said. “But I do know that we had a very humbling experience. And we bought it upon ourselves,” he added, reflecting on vision of Smith being “frog-marched out of South Africa”. He said the team needed to use every tournament on the calendar to “make Australians proud of us again”. “We must make the most of every opportunity that comes up, including this World Cup,” he said. The World Cup starts on May 30 in England and Wales. (AFP) read more
Opinion NBAs Hacka strategy frustrating but reasonable
Date September 28, 2019 Author By admin Category ndcqfzedojmg
Dwight Howard (12) of the Houston Rockets shoots a free throw against the Sacramento Kings in the second half of the Rocket’s 119-98 victory on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in Houston.Credit: Courtesy of TNSThose of you who have been watching the NBA playoffs — or have been trying to watch it — have seen a free-throw contest as opposed to a basketball game while following the Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets series.Both teams have been using the heavily debated “Hack-a” strategy against one another. This is when a team intentionally fouls a poor free-throw shooter away from the play in order to put him at the line, in hopes that he misses at least one of his free-throw attempts. That allows the team to avoid playing defense for a possession and having to guard a couple of the most dominant players in the league in Rockets guard James Harden and Clippers forward Blake Griffin.While this strategy has worked over the course of the season and in the playoffs, it has taken a lot away from the natural flow of the game for the fans. NBA commissioner Adam Silver has said this rule will be looked at in the offseason.In Game 2 of the Clippers vs. Rockets series, there were 96 free throws attempted, 64 of them by the Rockets. Rockets center Dwight Howard went 8-of-21 at the line and is now shooting 40 percent at the stripe in the series.The Rockets have not utilized fouling Clippers center DeAndre Jordan as much as the San Antonio Spurs did in their previous series, as Jordan has been shooting surprisingly decent in the first two games at 59 percent.These fouls not only put a poor free-throw shooter at the line, but they also change the flow of the game and have forced head coaches Doc Rivers and Kevin McHale to remove their big men from the game. Look for the “Hack-a-Jordan” and “Hack-a-Howard” strategies to continue to be used throughout the remainder of the series.Currently, teams are able to foul away from the play throughout the game except for the final two minutes. I do think it is bad for the game in its entirety, but I do not think it should be adjusted.Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said it best after he utilized it against Jordan: “If someone can’t shoot free throws, that’s their problem.” The player should be the one working to improve his free-throw percentage to prevent this game plan from being used against him.One of Popovich’s own players, Tiago Splitter, used to be hacked early in his career. As a rookie, Splitter shot an atrocious 54 percent at the line, but he has improved that percentage to a respectable 75 percent this season.The most impressive player in the 2015 playoffs so far, Griffin, shot 52 percent from the line early in his career and is now up to 73 percent this season.Every player in the league has weaknesses that they must improve on. Chauncey Billups used to struggle finishing in traffic, so he learned how to draw fouls. J.J. Redick has learned how to put the ball on the floor and hit a floater or pull-up jumper when defenders close out aggressively on him. The rules were never adjusted for Billups by letting him shoot uncontested layups, and the same for Redick by letting him shoot open three-point attempts.When Silver and the league look at the rule this offseason, they will have a few options to modify it. First, they could keep it exactly how it is, where a team can intentionally foul except for the final two minutes of the game. I am not sure why something is allowed for the first 46 minutes of the game, but then all of a sudden during the final two minutes it changes. I am not complaining, though, as the last two minutes are the most exciting part of the game.Another option I have thought of is not allowing a foul away from the ball in the first 16 seconds of the shot clock, and then allowing it the last eight seconds. This gives teams an opportunity to score before a foul is given, while the opposing team must decide to foul or play out the last third of the shot clock.Finally they may discard the “Hack-a” policy throughout the entire 48 minutes. If this happens, Jordan, Howard, Andre Drummond and other poor free-throw shooters will benefit drastically. These players will earn larger contracts in free agency from teams due to the impact they create on the defensive end and rebounding, while they do not have to worry about them being hacked anymore on the offensive end.I strongly believe from a basketball standpoint the players must take responsibility to improve on their weaknesses. I expect the rule to be looked at this offseason, and possibly altered to make the games more enjoyable for the fans of the NBA to watch. read more
Zidane wants to win the last home game for the season
Date September 18, 2019 Author By admin Category jnefmjvvcjdw
Zidane declared he and his team are currently focused on the end of the season and despite all the transfer rumours and the upcoming Champions League final, his desire is to be present and finish the La Liga campaign as best as possible.Barcelona have now won the La Liga for the third time in the last four seasons as Real are struggling to finish second. However, in order for them to end the campaign in such manner, they would have to overcome a three-point deficit to their city rivals Atletico.“It’s the last game of the season at our stadium and we want to give our fans one last treat by winning the match,” Zidane said, according to the Daily Mail. Zidane reveals Sergio Ramos injury concern for Real Madrid Andrew Smyth – September 14, 2019 Zinedine Zidane has put Sergio Ramos’ availability for Real Madrid’s trip to Sevilla next weekend in doubt after withdrawing him against Levante.“They deserve it and that’s what we are going to try to do tomorrow. We will give everything to make those who come to watch the last home game leave happy.”“Our motivation isn’t going to change just because we’re not going to win LaLiga, but playing is the best way to prepare, playing well at a high level of intensity. There’s nothing that can replicate a game,” Zidane went on to add. read more
Yedlin to USABrazil referee Did you watch the World Cup
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DeAndre Yedlin is making headlines in the aftermath of USA’s 2-0 defeat to Brazil for asking referee Fernando Guerrero: “You watched the World Cup, right?”Following his World Cup antics, every foul on Neymar will be questioned for the rest of his career. USA vs. Brazil was no exception. In the 21st minute, referee Fernando Guerrero stopped play when DeAndre Yedlin tripped Brazil’s star. The youngster, who was in charge of man-marking Neymar throughout last night’s contest, did not agree with the call and made sure his opinion was heard, shouting:“You watched the World Cup, right? You watched the World Cup?”Here, see it for yourselves:”Did you watch the World Cup?” PSG ultras sent a warning letter to Neymar Manuel R. Medina – September 14, 2019 Brazilian superstar Neymar might play today his first game of the season for Paris Saint-Germain and the team’s ultras have warned him.DeAndre Yedlin got Neymar jokes ? pic.twitter.com/CXEgp7CBNi— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) September 8, 2018Both men laughed and the contest moved on, but social media didn’t. People can’t stop talking about Yedlin’s comments, although the American simply expressed his opinion (and said what’s on everyone’s mind whenever Neymar drops to the ground).Brazil won 2-0 and Neymar scored, so he got the last laugh. read more
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Bulgaria Population: 7,057,504
The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, but by the end of the 14th century the country was overrun by the Ottoman Turks. Northern Bulgaria attained autonomy in 1878 and all of Bulgaria became independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1908. Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1990, when Bulgaria held its first multiparty election since World War II and began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. The country joined NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007.
Strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia
Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
Size comparison: almost identical in size to Virginia; slightly larger than Tennessee
Land Boundaries: total: 1,806 km border countries (5): Greece 472 km, Macedonia 162 km, Romania 605 km, Serbia 344 km, Turkey 223 km
Climate: temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
Terrain: mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast
Natural resources: bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land
Natural hazards: earthquakes; landslides
Current Environment Issues: air pollution from industrial emissions; rivers polluted from raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; forest damage from air pollution and resulting acid rain; soil contamination from heavy metals from metallurgical plants and industrial wastes
International Environment Agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
Nationality: noun: Bulgarian(s)
adjective: Bulgarian
Ethnic groups: Bulgarian 76.9%, Turkish 8%, Romani 4.4%, other 0.7% (including Russian, Armenian, and Vlach), other (unknown) 10% (2011 est.) note: Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 9–11% of Bulgaria's population
Languages: Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Turkish 8.2%, Romani 3.8%, other 0.7%, unspecified 10.5% (2011 est.)
Religions: Eastern Orthodox 59.4%, Muslim 7.8%, other (including Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, and Jewish) 1.7%, none 3.7%, unspecified 27.4% (2011 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 14.6% (male 530,219 /female 500,398)
15-24 years: 9.43% (male 346,588 /female 318,645)
55-64 years: 13.3% (male 442,083 /female 496,888)
Median age: total: 43 years
Population growth rate: -0.63% (2018 est.)
Death rate: 14.5 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Urbanization: urban population: 75% of total population (2018)
rate of urbanization: -0.22% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Major urban areas - population: 1.272 million SOFIA (capital) (2018)
rural: 99% of population
total: 86% of population (2015 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: <.1% (2017 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 25% (2016)
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Bulgaria
conventional short form: Bulgaria
local long form: Republika Bulgaria
local short form: Bulgaria
former: Kingdom of Bulgaria, People's Repulic of Bulgaria
etymology: named after the Bulgar tribes who settled the lower Balkan region in the 7th century A.D.
Capital: name: Sofia
etymology: named after the Saint Sofia Church in the city, parts of which date back to the 4th century A.D.
Administrative divisions: 28 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast); Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Dobrich, Gabrovo, Haskovo, Kardzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Ruse, Shumen, Silistra, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofia, Sofia-Grad (Sofia City), Stara Zagora, Targovishte, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Yambol
Independence: 3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)
National holiday: Liberation Day, 3 March (1878)
Constitution: history: several previous; latest drafted between late 1990 and early 1991, adopted 13 July 1991 amendments: proposed by the National Assembly or by the president of the republic; passage requires three-fourths majority vote of National Assembly members in three ballots; signed by the National Assembly chairperson; note - under special circumstances, a "Grand National Assembly" is elected with the authority to write a new constitution and amend certain articles of the constitution, including those affecting basic civil rights and national sovereignty; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote in each of several readings; amended several times, last in 2015 (2016)
Legal system: civil law
Executive branch: chief of state: President Rumen RADEV (since 22 January 2017); Vice President Iliana IOTOVA (since 22 January 2017)
head of government: Prime Minister Boyko BORISSOV (since 4 May 2017); note - BORISSOV served 2 previous terms as prime minister (27 July 2009-13 March 2013 and 7 November 2014-27 January 2017)
cabinet: Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister, elected by the National Assembly elections/appointments: president and vice president elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 6 and 13 November 2016 (next to be held in fall 2021); chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) elected by the National Assembly; deputy prime ministers nominated by the prime minister, elected by the National Assembly
election results: Rumen RADEV elected president in second round; percent of vote - Rumen RADEV (independent, supported by Bulgarian Socialist Party) 59.4%, Tsetska TSACHEVA (GERB) 36.2%, neither 4.5%; Boyko BORISSOV (GERB) elected prime minister; National Assembly vote - 133 to 100
Legislative branch: description: unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie (240 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)
elections: last held on 26 March 2017 (next to be held spring 2021)
election results: percent of vote by party/coalition - GERB 32.7%, BSP 27.2%, United Patriots 9.1%, DPS 9%, Volya 4.2%, other 17.8%; seats by party/coalition - GERB 95, BSP 80, United Patriots 27, DPS 26, Volya 12; composition - men 183, women 57, percent of women 23.8%
Judicial branch: highest courts: Supreme Court of Cassation (consists of a chairman and approximately 72 judges organized into penal, civil, and commercial colleges); Supreme Administrative Court (organized into 2 colleges with various panels of 5 judges each); Constitutional Court (consists of 12 justices); note - Constitutional Court resides outside the judiciary judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court of Cassation and Supreme Administrative judges elected by the Supreme Judicial Council or SJC (consists of 25 members with extensive legal experience) and appointed by the president; judges can serve until mandatory retirement at age 65; Constitutional Court justices elected by the National Assembly and appointed by the president and the SJC; justices appointed for 9-year terms with renewal of 4 justices every 3 years
subordinate courts: appeals courts; regional and district courts; administrative courts; courts martial
Political parties and leaders: Alternative for Bulgarian Revival or ABV [Rumen PETKOV] Attack (Ataka) [Volen Nikolov SIDEROV] Bulgarian Agrarian People’s Union [Nikolay NENCHEV] Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Korneliya NINOVA] Bulgaria of the Citizens or DBG [Dimiter DELCHEV]] Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria or GERB [Boyko BORISSOV] Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria or DSB [Atanas ATANASOV] Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity, and Tolerance or DOST [Lyutvi MESTAN] IMRO - Bulgarian National Movement or IMRO-BNM [Krasimir KARAKACHANOV] Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS [Mustafa KARADAYI] National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria or NFSB [Valeri SIMEONOV] Reformist Bloc or RB (a four-party alliance including DBG and SDS) United Patriots (alliance of IMRO-BNM, NFSB, and Attack) Union of Democratic Forces or SDS [Bozhidar LUKARSKI] Yes! Bulgaria [Hristo IVANOV] Volya [Veselin MARESHKI]
International organization participation: Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EU, FAO, G- 9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
National symbol(s): lion;
national colors: white, green, red
National anthem: name: "Mila Rodino" (Dear Homeland)
lyrics/music: Tsvetan Tsvetkov RADOSLAVOV
note: adopted 1964; composed in 1885 by a student en route to fight in the Serbo-Bulgarian War
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Tihomir Anguelov STOYTCHEV (since 27 June 2016)
chancery: 1621 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Eric Seth RUBIN (since 24 February 2016)
embassy: 16 Kozyak Street, Sofia 1408
mailing address: American Embassy Sofia, US Department of State, 5740 Sofia Place, Washington, DC 20521-5740
telephone: [359] (2) 937-5100
FAX: [359] (2) 937-5320
Bulgaria, a former communist country that entered the EU in 2007, has an open economy that historically has demonstrated strong growth, but its per-capita income remains the lowest among EU members and its reliance on energy imports and foreign demand for its exports makes its growth sensitive to external market conditions. The government undertook significant structural economic reforms in the 1990s to move the economy from a centralized, planned economy to a more liberal, market-driven economy. These reforms included privatization of state-owned enterprises, liberalization of trade, and strengthening of the tax system - changes that initially caused some economic hardships but later helped to attract investment, spur growth, and make gradual improvements to living conditions. From 2000 through 2008, Bulgaria maintained robust, average annual real GDP growth in excess of 6%, which was followed by a deep recession in 2009 as the financial crisis caused domestic demand, exports, capital inflows and industrial production to contract, prompting the government to rein in spending. Real GDP growth remained slow - less than 2% annually - until 2015, when demand from EU countries for Bulgarian exports, plus an inflow of EU development funds, boosted growth to more than 3%. In recent years, strong domestic demand combined with low international energy prices have contributed to Bulgaria’s economic growth approaching 4% and have also helped to ease inflation. Bulgaria’s prudent public financial management contributed to budget surpluses both in 2016 and 2017. Bulgaria is heavily reliant on energy imports from Russia, a potential vulnerability, and is a participant in EU-backed efforts to diversify regional natural gas supplies. In late 2016, the Bulgarian Government provided funding to Bulgaria’s National Electric Company to cover the $695 million compensation owed to Russian nuclear equipment manufacturer Atomstroyexport for the cancellation of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant project, which the Bulgarian Government terminated in 2012. As of early 2018, the government was floating the possibility of resurrecting the Belene project. The natural gas market, dominated by state-owned Bulgargaz, is also almost entirely supplied by Russia. Infrastructure projects such as the Inter-Connector Greece-Bulgaria and Inter-Connector Bulgaria-Serbia, which would enable Bulgaria to have access to non-Russian gas, have either stalled or made limited progress. In 2016, the Bulgarian Government established the State eGovernment Agency. This new agency is responsible for the electronic governance, coordinating national policies with the EU, and strengthening cybersecurity. Despite a favorable investment regime, including low, flat corporate income taxes, significant challenges remain. Corruption in public administration, a weak judiciary, low productivity, lack of transparency in public procurements, and the presence of organized crime continue to hamper the country's investment climate and economic prospects.
GDP (official exchange rate): $56.94 billion (2017 est.)
Gross national saving: 25.4% of GDP (2017 est.) 21.4% of GDP (2016 est.) 21.2% of GDP (2015 est.) GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption: 61.6% (2017 est.) government consumption: 16% (2017 est.) investment in fixed capital: 19.2% (2017 est.) investment in inventories: 1.7% (2017 est.) exports of goods and services: 66.3% (2017 est.) imports of goods and services: -64.8% (2017 est.) GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 4.3% (2017 est.) industry: 28% (2017 est.) services: 67.4% (2017 est.)
Agriculture - products: vegetables, fruits, tobacco, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets; livestock
Industries: electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery and equipment, automotive parts, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel; outsourcing centers
Labor force: 3.357 million (2017 est.) note: number of employed persons
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 40.2 (2017) 38.3 (2016)
expenditures: 19.35 billion (2017 est.)
note: defined by the EU's Maastricht Treaty as consolidated general government gross debt at nominal value, outstanding at the end of the year in the following categories of government liabilities: currency and deposits, securities other than shares excluding financial derivatives, and loans; general government sector comprises the subsectors: central government, state government, local government, and social security funds
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.2% (2017 est.) -1.3% (2016 est.)
Current account balance: $2.562 billion (2017 est.) $1.207 billion (2016 est.)
Exports - commodities: clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels, agriculture, tobacco, IT components
Exports - partners: Germany 13.5%, Italy 8.3%, Romania 8.2%, Turkey 7.7%, Greece 6.5%, Belgium 4.2%, France 4.1% (2017)
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials
Imports - partners: Germany 12.3%, Russia 10.3%, Italy 7.3%, Romania 7.1%, Turkey 6.2%, Spain 5.3%, Greece 4.4% (2017)
Debt - external: $42.06 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $35.98 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: $46.92 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $45.26 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: $5.868 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $4.988 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares: $14.49 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $5.205 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $4.797 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
Exchange rates: leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.63 (2017 est.) 1.86 (2016 est.) 1.768 (2015 est.) 1.7644 (2014 est.) 1.4742 (2013 est.)
Electricity - imports: 4.568 billion kWh (2016 est.)
Refined petroleum products - consumption: 97,000 bbl/day (2016 est.)
Refined petroleum products - exports: 92,720 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Refined petroleum products - imports: 49,260 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Natural gas - exports: 31.15 million cu m (2017 est.)
Telephone system: general assessment: inherited an extensive but antiquated telecommunications network from the Soviet era; quality has improved with a modern digital trunk line now connecting switching centers in most of the regions; remaining areas are connected by digital microwave radio relay; Bulgaria has a mature mobile market with active competition (2018)
domestic: fixed-line 18 per 100 persons, mobile-cellular teledensity, fostered by multiple service providers, is over 120 telephones per 100 persons (2018)
international: country code - 359; submarine cable provides connectivity to Ukraine and Russia; a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system provides connectivity to Italy, Albania, and Macedonia; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intersputnik in the Atlantic Ocean region, 2 Intelsat in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions)
Broadcast media: 4 national terrestrial TV stations with 1 state-owned and 3 privately owned; a vast array of TV stations are available from cable and satellite TV providers; state-owned national radio broadcasts over 3 networks; large number of private radio stations broadcasting, especially in urban areas
Internet country code: .bg
Pipelines: 2765 km gas, 346 km oil, 378 km refined products (2017)
narrow gauge: 125 km 0.760-m gauge (2014)
(2011) paved: 19,235 km (includes 458 km of expressways) (2011)
unpaved: 277 km (2011)
note: does not include Category IV local roads
by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 18, oil tanker 8, other 52 (2018)
Ports and terminals: major seaport(s): Burgas, Varna (Black Sea)
Military branches: Bulgarian Armed Forces: Land Forces (aka Army), Naval Forces, Bulgarian Air Forces (Voennovazdushni Sili, VVS) (2018)
Military service age and obligation: 18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription ended in January 2008; service obligation 6-9 months (2012)
Disputes - International: none
stateless persons: 92 (2018) note: 54,505 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2019); Bulgaria is predominantly a transit country and hosts approximately 992 migrants and asylum seekers as of the end of September 2018; 2,576 migrant arrivals in 2018
Illicit drugs: major European transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and, to a lesser degree, South American cocaine for the European market; limited producer of precursor chemicals; vulnerable to money laundering because of corruption, organized crime; some money laundering of drug-related proceeds through financial institutions
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Veteran James D. Smith, Mayor and distinguished Veteran Robert Duvall,
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Honoring South Lebanon Veterans
It is not an exaggeration to say that our great Country would not exist today as we know it were it not for the patriotic service and sacrifice of the selfless men and women who currently serve, and have served in the past, in our Armed Forces. This portion of the Village website has been created to honor the service and sacrifice of our Veterans.
We also urge you to contact the Warren County Veterans Service Commission, 312 E. Silver Street, Lebanon, Ohio, 45036, office hours Monday through Friday, 7:00AM to 3:30 PM, and click on this link to their website(http://www.warrencountyveterans.com/default.asp).
The information and pictures on the following pages have been submitted by local Veterans or on their behalf by loved ones.
1SG William R. Spicer Sr. ret.
Served as a Combat Engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division Ft. Bragg, N.C.
Drill Sgt, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
Germany Tour
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Meritorious Service Medal (3)
Army Commendation Medal (4)
Army Achievement Medal (3)
Good Conduct Medal (5)
National Defense Service Medal
Name: Sean W. Lewis
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Rank: SPC E04
Dates Served: Active duty from May, 2009 to April, 2010.
Notes: Served as a Cavalry Scout in the 2nd Squadron, 107th Cavalry, in Kuwait and Iraq. Recipient of Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, and Driver/Mechanic Badge.
Name: Robert E. Duvall
Rank: Sergeant
Dates Served: October, 1943 to January, 1946, Fifth Army, Europe.
Notes: Served as a rifleman and light mortar section leader, directing 3 crews of 25 enlisted men, controlling their tactical deployment. Sgt. Duvall distinguished himself in the Italian campaign, September 17, 1944, leading his platoon pinned down for 3 days by German troops after the commanding Lieutenant became ill, he directed artillery fire on an enemy radio operator on an adjoining ridge.
Name: Willie Allen
Branch of Service: U.S. Army, Company E, 2nd Infantry
Rank: Private First Class
Dates Served: December, 1943 to October, 1945.
Notes: Served as a machine gunner in the Normandy/Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns. Recipient of Presidential Citation, Bronze Star with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Combat Infantry Badge, Sharpshooter Badge, European African Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart, Press Citation and Overseas Bars. Wounded in action September and November, 1944.
Name: Howard Mitchell Halcomb
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Dates Served: 1941-1945 (World War II)
Unit: 4th Armored Division (General George S. Patton, commander).
Battles: Normandy Invasion, Northern/Southern France, Adenines, Bastogne, Germany, Central Europe.
Ribbons/Medals: EAME Theatre Ribbon with 5 Bronze Stars, American Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, 4th Armored Division Bronze Star.
Notes: Resident of South Lebanon since 1958. Attending Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. in April, 2010.
Name: Howard Wayne Meyers
Branch of Service: U.S. Army and U.S. Navy
Rank: SP4, Medical Specialist (Army); BM2 (Navy)
Dates Served: 1971-1977 (Army); 1981-1985 (Navy)
Ribbons/Medals: National Defense Service Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea); Vietnam Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal; 1 Overseas Bar; Good Conduct Medals (3); Humanitarian Service Medal; Sea Service Ribbon; Navy Expeditionary Medal.
Overseas Tours: Korea, Vietnam and Germany.
Name: Stanley Rice, Sr.
Branch of Service: U.S. Air Force
Rank: E6 Technical Sergeant
Dates Served: 1952-1974
Overseas Tours: Korea and Vietnam.
Name: Eugene Louallen
Dates Served: April, 1944 to November, 1946
Notes: Served in the field artillery.
Name: Arlie Jett, Sr.
Dates Severed: 1943-1945
Unit: 262nd Signal Construction Corp.
Battles: Normandy Invasion, Northern/Southern France, Ardennes, Bastogne, Germany, Central Europe.
Ribbons/Medals: European Theatre Campaign Ribbon with 5 Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal, 2 Overseas Bars.
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Jennie Marie Moore
Name Jennie Marie Moore
Born 5 Apr 1843 Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3, 4]
Birth Record of Jennie Marie Moore
Census 1850 Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts [5]
She was recorded while living with her parents.
Census 1860 New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts [6]
Census 1870 Vernon, Windham County, Vermont [7]
History 13 Nov 1896 [9]
She applied for her late husband's military pension.
Pension Application Record
Died 13 Jun 1920 Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts [3, 10]
Buried Center Cemetery, Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts [3]
Gravestones of Levi Stoddard and Jane Moore
Siblings 7 siblings
1. Jennie Marie Moore, b. 5 Apr 1843, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 13 Jun 1920, Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 77 years)
2. James Calvin Moore, b. 4 May 1846, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 15 Jul 1907, Erving, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 61 years)
3. Timothy F. Moore, b. Sep 1848, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 28 Jun 1849, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 0 years)
4. Mary Abby Moore, b. 5 Jul 1850, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
5. Mary Abby Moore, b. 27 Jun 1852, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
6. Ellen Augusta Moore, b. 17 Jun 1855, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 28 Jul 1936, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age 81 years)
7. Charles Hiram Moore, b. 17 Feb 1858, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 16 Jan 1936, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 77 years)
8. Frank Herbert Moore, b. 30 May 1863, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 19 Dec 1941, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
Person ID I1004 | Clan of Lucy, Clan of Jonathan, Tribe of Hannah
Last Modified 30 Apr 2018
Father Timothy Moore, b. 28 Jul 1818, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 15 May 1889, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 70 years)
Mother Fanny Wheeler Shepardson, b. 26 Mar 1821, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 13 May 1871, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 50 years)
Marriage Intentions 24 Nov 1842 Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts [11]
Married 02 Dec 1842 Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts [2, 10, 11, 12]
Allred (S377) and Kral (S537) give their wedding date as 21 December 1842
Family ID F15 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Levi Aaron Stoddard, b. Abt 1842, Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 8 Oct 1896, Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 54 years)
Married 5 Apr 1870 Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont [10, 13, 14]
+ 1. Clarence Grant Stoddard, b. 28 Jan 1871, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts , d. 24 Sep 1904, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont (Age 33 years) [Birth]
2. Lillian Stoddard, b. Massachusetts [Birth]
Born - 5 Apr 1843 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Census - She was recorded while living with her parents. - 1850 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Census - She was recorded while living with her parents. - 1860 - New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Census - Age: 27 - 1870 - Vernon, Windham County, Vermont
Married - 5 Apr 1870 - Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
Census - Age: 37 - 1880 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Died - 13 Jun 1920 - Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Buried - - Center Cemetery, Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts
[S302] Amidon, Ryan. email: 2000-09-12, "Updates", , (E-mail message to Robert Roy from ryana-76 (at) comcast.net, 12 September 2000).
[S377] Allred, Paul W. Descendants of Peter Delvey, (Unknown place: manuscript, 11 November 2002).
[S572] Find a Grave web site, (Provo, Utah: Find A Grave, Inc.).
Memorial ID 91420169 Jane Maria Stoddard
[S800] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
[S674] 1850 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009).
Year: 1850; Census Place: Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_317; Page: 315A; Image: 232
[S716] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.).
Year: 1860; Census Place: New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_501; Page: 436; Family History Library Film: 803501
Year: 1870; Census Place: Vernon, Windham, Vermont; Roll: M593_1627; Page: 145A; Family History Library Film: 553126
[S673] 1880 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010).
Year: 1880; Census Place: Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; Roll: 533; Page: 257B; Enumeration District: 262
[S1195] U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000).
[S205] Shepardson, David P. Descendants of Hannah Delvee, (Coon Valley, Wisconsin: manuscript, 7 February 2000).
[S20] Vital Records of Warwick, Massachusetts.
[S537] Kral, Janet. Descendants of Jonathan Shepardson, (No place: manuscript, 2008).
[S388] Delvee Historian. Delvee Family Records 1887 - 1988, (Warwick, Massachusetts: manuscript, 1988).
[S845] Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 , (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013).
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Avengers 2: Age Of Ultron
skylynx
Avengers 2: Age Of Ultron May 4, 2015 16:51:36 GMT -5 via mobile Tony likes this
Post by skylynx on May 4, 2015 16:51:36 GMT -5
I saw it this weekend and loved it. Loads of great character stuff (esoecially Hawkeye) and the action scenes were gripping. This one seemed darker yet with a lot more humour and funny lines. Not better than, but definitely on a par with the first one I think.
Captain America has now been cemented as my favourite Avenger.
henrythemorerecent
Avengers 2: Age Of Ultron May 4, 2015 19:11:47 GMT -5
Post by henrythemorerecent on May 4, 2015 19:11:47 GMT -5
Just listened to an interview with Joss Whedon, and on top of all the quotes and interviews I've read since this movie came out, he again stresses the fact there was stuff he had to cut that was "beautiful" and he didn't want to cut as well as why all that Thor stuff made no sense.
This is really frustrating. For so many reasons. People will go see an Avengers film regardless of its length. The more the better I say. You look at films like Nolan's Batman series. He said himself, NO deleted scenes. Everything thats in the movie is what he wanted in there. Then on the complete flipside you've got Transformers. Films that, despite basically unanimous critical panning, still make money and are 3 hours long.
So why on Earth would a studio that has nothing but passionate fans force Joss, basically the person who made this franchise the monster it is with the first film, be forced to cut things that actually add to the story and development? If anything they should have given complete control to him.
Again, it seems like no suprise that Joss is now out of the picture, especially after the Edgar Wright situation.
I enjoyed this film for the most part but its definitely on the pile of "Won't watch again". But now I'm definitely going to buy it once its released so I can see what was cut. Hopefully its offered as more of an extended cut than just deleted scenes.
Last Edit: May 4, 2015 19:33:03 GMT -5 by henrythemorerecent
Avengers 2: Age Of Ultron May 5, 2015 6:44:41 GMT -5
Post by BarefootRoot on May 5, 2015 6:44:41 GMT -5
so having slept on it a couple days now I feel like I came off a little too harsh. I will still admit to being a little disappointed, but it was by no means a bad film, and I think I came across as a hater in my "just walked out of the theater" post sunday. While I don't plan on seeing it again in theaters, if they add in all Joss's stuff they cut for the digital (I buy most of my movies on Vudu these days) or blu ray release I will likely get it to see if the additional material fills in the gaps for me.
It's entirely possible it will grow on me. I really didn't care for the original Thor film, but watched it twice and by the end of the second watch I actually liked it quite a bit.
Post by Tony on May 5, 2015 15:07:31 GMT -5
Loved it; wonderful second chapter in the series. I didn't particularly adore a couple of the choices made, for instance who ended up taking the bullet, or the direction they went with Clint (which seems very, very un-Clint Barton, to me), or the lack of an after-credits scene, or all the time spent on Brucetasha, but all-in-all I think it was a massive success. Thor was hilarious, Ultron was brilliant, the Vision stole every scene he was in, and the last little bit at the new base got me really excited. Can't wait for the next installment.
Post by lennyreid on May 5, 2015 16:11:58 GMT -5
Another fantastic Comic Book movie. As I was attempting to stop my giant smile from piercing the bag of popcorn the guy next to me had after Vision's first 5 minutes on screen, I was once again reminded of how lucky we are that any company would give a comic book fan millions of dollars to make this stuff. We have to enjoy it while it lasts.
Too much good to list. I have to disagree with a previous statement comparing it with Man of Steel's disregard for casualties. I felt there were countless nods to the reason they were doing all this stuff. Building checks, character speeches about saving people, and a set piece that was all about saving civilians en-masse.
That being said there were a couple of moments where there were obvious deaths that weren't addressed - the van chase... yeesh! - but Ultron did a lot more than MoS to address what heroes are there for. Just respectfully disagreeing, with a lot of love for MoS, AoU, and the board.
Avengers 2: Age Of Ultron May 5, 2015 17:27:35 GMT -5 lennyreid likes this
May 5, 2015 16:11:58 GMT -5 lennyreid said:
Oh I definitely agree there was more time (time in general) spent showing civilians getting to safety. This wasn't an issue for me in MoS, but I understand the issue for others. Sort of speaking in MoS' defence and my own though, the destruction in Metropolis was limited to a section of the city (silly defence I know, but I'm getting to my point) There were multiple human characters to ground you there and worry about/care about (Lois, Perry, Lombard, Colonel Hardy, Dr. Hamilton) and the city is familiar to most of us. While being a fictional city, it's very much a typical place we have all been to at some point eg NY, Chigaco, London, Sydney, Mlebourne etc. Metropolitan.
Thats what I mean by convenient writing. Conveniently the Avengers third act happens in a fictional Eastern European town with absolutely no human characters to relate to or care about. The city a carbon copy of many of the poorer countries in Europe so sure maybe all of them are evacuated to safety. But basically their entire lives are obliterated. And so we come to my biggest problem with the movie - Tony Stark and Bruce Banner created the villain. It all comes back onto them.
Which, on a side note, is another bit of convenient writing. They kill the villain. Their mission is to kill the villain. But it doesn't bother everybody because its a robot. Dehumanizing the villain makes it easier to accept the real world consequences.
So comparing it to Man of Steel (which as I type I realise is a stupid thing to do and kind of against my general attitude to these movies and the constant comparing of DC to Marvel) but say what you will about the destruction, Superman is not responsible for Zods actions. Zod is his own person making his own decisions. And in the end Superman has to make a decision which he very clearly is not happy about and that is to kill Zod.
I feel bad. I'm saying all this having enjoyed Age of Ultron. But again as I've said probably too many times on this forum, as someone who has to keep defending a film I loved with all the nitpicks and problems others had against MoS, I am hearing much more accepting and excusable arguments for Avengers with similar plot devices/events/decisions. None of which would bother me at all anyway if not for the fact that they weren't acceptable in one film but now are in another.
Stepping slightly away from MoS for a second, its like that "nitpick" SO many people seem to have with Dark Knight Rises, where Bruce escapes the prison and makes it back to Gotham. And to this day you still hear "they should have made a reference to how he got back! it makes no sense! He has no money or Alfred"
Now personally, it makes perfect sense: Because he's Batman. I just assume things like that don't need to be told because he can do things like that.
Then you look at Avengers. Those Thor scenes and his disappearing act make zero sense. According to Joss Whedon it'll be in the extended version. But still, they cut it. So the general audience will only see the theatrical cut. Vut he just disappears, goes to a cave, next thing you know he knows what to do. Zero explanation. But the defence I'm hearing for that? "It's a superhero movie. You don't need to explain things like that."
There's a serious amount of double standards that I only bring up because, again, it was such a big issue at one time for one movie, but now for some reason it isn't for this one and I just can't make sense of it as someone who just wishes fans could all get along. It's that thing I hear Kevin Smith say of Star Trek fans saying "Hey look at those Star Wars geeks over there".
Post by lennyreid on May 6, 2015 3:45:38 GMT -5
May 5, 2015 17:27:35 GMT -5 henrythemorerecent said:
I hear you, man. I don't understand how militant some people can get with this DC/Marvel thing in the comics or the movies. I do see the double-standard with a lot of people but if you explore that for the movies, it comes down to the creative team and how the film is delivered. Snyder and Goyer - while very good at their jobs - lack something in the character nuance department which is a HUGE part of comics and therefore a big deal for comic book fans. You'll find this nitpicking is solely in this community as MoS was a massive success everywhere else.
Ultimately it matters less to people that Stark and Banner create Ultron if a few character boxes are checked in the writing. A little time for remorse and hand-wringing in the script goes a long way.
KidOmega
Heh, who knew being an Xmen was this much fun?!
Post by KidOmega on May 8, 2015 11:58:26 GMT -5
EDIT: I hope this post isn't out of place, it was the first Age of Ultron thread that I saw, if I find another one that this is more applicable to, I will move it there, until then: TADA!
I just wanted to comment on the discussion of Black Widow and Hulk's relationship in AoU.
After listening to the podcast, Bob, you brought up the point that it seems like they are simply shipping off Black Widow with every character on the team. And I get that, I thought that at first too but I think they set up some defence against that in this movie. She was a secret agent with shield, it would make sense that she has deeper connections with all the characters on a personal level. Thor and Banner (for example) don't have the relationship that Romanov and Banner do because as a secret agent, Romanov had to build the interpersonal relationships with individual characters where people like Thor, and Iron Man and Cap didn't have too.
Almost like in the comics, where Marvel sets up a very tier based world. You have the godlike heroes but at the same time you have the more human heroes who have the ability to interact with everyone in a more personal setting rather then being relied on to be the "big gun". Black Widow is essentially a support character within the shield framework and it only makes sense that playing that role, that she would be able to form those relationships whether romantic or not.
In AoU, they set up the idea that her and Clint have a lot of backstory history, like they were going to name her daughter/son after her! When Romanov went to Clints farm she was clearly familiar with the setting and I read it as she may have possibly been the one to help set that up for his family considering her role in shield and the sheer connection she has to his family; she has clearly been aware of his family and been involved with them in the past. Looking back at the first Avengers movie, that could explain the arrow necklace! It could have simply been a gift from Hawkeye's family to her.
Her relationship with Cap in The Winter Soldier is the most suggestive in terms of being shipped off, but again because she is able to form these close relationships it makes sense that she may or may not have had a thing with him considering the circumstances. Looking back at it, her character is almost portrayed as if she is controlling Cap by being more suggestive in how she acts in contrast to AoU where she strips down that secret agent appearance and is very real and down to earth with both Banner and Hawkeye (and his family).
I'm not a fan of shipping, I'm actually the last person that will ship a character with another character because it often feels out of place and simply as if out of necessity but looking back at all the previous movies, while shocking, Banner and Romanov makes sense considering both characters and their role within the team and shield. For once, I'm actually in support of and a "shipper" of two characters!
Last Edit: May 8, 2015 11:59:49 GMT -5 by KidOmega
hermanthegerman
Post by hermanthegerman on May 9, 2015 1:03:21 GMT -5
I think overall it was a ok film. The opening scene was something that really bothered me. Very bad cgi and I could not get into the film. The exact opposite of Star Trek Into Darkness, where you are thrown into the film, but there it works.
I think the whole movie was very rushed, it is not a sign of qualitiy to have to watch it again to get all the stuff out of it...as long as it is not a David Lynch movies...its a popcorn action superhero movie!
I did not really liked the portrait of black widow, because Marvel built so strong female characters in the comics and in this movie they treat her like DC/Marvel did it in the 90s. I think that was clearly a step backwards.
Most of the character interaction felt forced to me, and there tooooo many running gags...I guess I really like the dark and serious tone of the DC Movieverse better. The sillyness takes me out of the movie. I did not take Loki serious in the first movie, because funny villians just work for me, if they are insane mad funny, like the joker. Ultron again went in that funny direction...
What I liked was the farmhouse scene...because there was way too much action before that. I think the story itself was very thin and 80% of the movie felt like battling. I would have wished the movie itself was better written and there would be more storypaths...and not this poor: oh we have to separate Thor from the group, we throw him in a cave and there he bathes for no reason. And then he comes back smashes the hammer on the flor and says: yes we can trust that robot, because of the stone on his forehead, it was in my vision. For noncomicbookreaders this must have been soooo awkward. If you would minimize the action a bit there would have been more time to really tell a stroy and let the plot develop.
That said, I did not hate the movies...it was ok, I had some fun, but overall i have high expactations. The movie had very great potential, but chose the easy funny and actiony path.
Last Edit: May 9, 2015 1:52:31 GMT -5 by hermanthegerman
Avengers 2: Age Of Ultron May 12, 2015 7:06:44 GMT -5 Tony likes this
Post by BatFonz on May 12, 2015 7:06:44 GMT -5
Really enjoyed it, Its wonderful to see these characters on film and doing them justice.
Good Action sequences.
Vision was a revelation.
[My] Ultron doesn't do one liners - probably the only thing which actually took me out of the movie.
I really liked the introduction of Scarlet Witch and the way they showed her movement etc... straight out of a horror film, thought that was very cool - I wonder if the reason they only did it the once that way is because it might have felt too much through the whole movie.
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