Feanor watches tv
So, thanks to Janice having heard good things about it, we watched the documentary THE LION IN YOUR LIVING ROOM, which I highly recommend.
Midway through it, Feanor got down from Janice's lap, walked halfway across the room, and sat himself down to watch what was going on. I think he was listening more than watching, attracted by a section in which they played a variety of different cat vocalizations; Janice thinks he was mainly looking. In any case, it definitely attracted his attention (usually it's Hastur who watches the tv at odd moments, but she was in another room at the time).
By the way, that's my Sime in the background to the upper left; to the right of it are Janice's two Naismiths.
The Cat Report (W. November 30th, 2016)
Annabell Lee's adoption means that there's just two cats in the cat-room today: LILLITH (8 yr old mature cat, white w. grey) and SHEENA OPRIA (12 yr old senior cat, solid sleek black). They're no longer in their extended lodging but back in their usual two-unit cages.
Lillith came out at once, as usual, and settled herself in the tube in the outer room. She wasn't much in the mood to play, but she did have two walks. She's chatty when out and about, but quiets down when something gets her attention. Her favorite parts of the store are the shelves with the bags of cat litter just to the left of the cat room and the far wall, the quietest part of the store. She was quite interested in the pet beds along that wall, and wanted to try some out for softness and size.
Between the walks I discovered that she had some tangles, so set to working on them. She didn't think much of my technique, but I did get some of the knots worked through; if we do this bit by bit it shdn't take long to get her fur all nice and untangled.
Sheena has made a lot of progress. Last week she hid in the back of her cage, as far away from me as she cd get. She seemed to like my petting her, but resisted any efforts to get her to come towards the front of the cage (she went and hid in her dirt box each time I tried). This week she came up to the front of the cage right away and enjoyed a good petting. Based on the good advice someone posted this week (sorry; I've forgotten who), I moved her over to the top of the cat-stand in the outer room, where she stayed for the next two hours. She loves being petted, arching her back and putting her tail in the air, but has a quick switch when she wants you to stop. She seemed frightened by all the games I offered but did like the catnip. She was so panicked by the collar that I gave up my idea of walking her right away. To calm her back down afterwards I gave her a towel-bath with a wet towel; she followed this up with a proper thorough tongue-based grooming of her own, just to show me how it was done.
In other news, we had a donor who brought by forty cans of wet cat food: brands such as Weruva, Fancy Feast, and Blue Wilderness. I've stashed then inside the bench.
Glad to hear the news about Annabell Lee, and Skittles (who I didn't even meet), and Oscar the rv cat. I have friends who sold their house, bought an r.v., and hit the road with their two cats a year ago, and they report that their cats are doing fine: they watch the outside (which changes every few days) with great interest, but are very emphatic about staying INSIDE where it's nice and safe. Let's hope the same proves to be true of Oscar.
Had to say it made my day when I heard that Edison had found a new home. Needing a new home at his age, having been really sick with the kalki, and having lost his bonded partner, he really deserves a break.
No health concerns; both cats seemed to be fine.
(written under the scrutiny of my own two cats, sleeping on separate corners of my desk and soaking up the lamplight)
Verne on Verne
So, as I continue to make my way bit by bit through Lottman's biography of Verne, I think the following is going to be my favorite quote from the book:
Mr. Jules Verne is the creator of a new genre
and has earned a place of his own in
contemporary literature. A lively storyteller,
the equal of our finest novelists, he is at the same
time one of the best scientific minds of our time.
No one has endowed fiction with greater realism;
in reading his books one wonders whether they
are really the product of the imagination.*
The author of this paean to Verne's work is, it turns out, Verne himself. That is, the words above are Verne describing his own work, taken from a circa 1866 blurb he wrote to accompany one of his early novels. I tried to imagine one of the Inklings writing this about his own work and drew a blank (Wms might think it but I don't think even he wd say it in print).
I think the biggest surprise, to me, is Verne's relationship with his publisher, which was closer to Elvis's with Col. Tom Parker than Tolkien's with Allen & Unwin. I wd even go so far as to describe most of Verne's writing as Work For Hire. The publisher kept Verne on a retainer, paying him a yearly income that was later re-arranged into a monthly stipend. The copyrights belonged to the publisher, not the author, and the publisher also had great influence over the stories' contents. Sometimes Verne wd pitch a book to his publisher for inclusion in his ongoing series EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGES (in which almost all his books appeared), only to have the publisher reject it. Sometimes the publisher (M.Hetzel) demanded the ending of a book be re-written; in a few cases he assigned Verne a topic (generally it seems for his non-fiction works). One of Verne's great ambitions, never realized, was to be made a member of the French Academy; I wonder if rumor of his arrangements with his publisher got out and counted against him (given that bias against work-for-hire continues to the present day).
In any case, pecking away at the biography has made me think I really shd at some point read up a bit on the Franco-Prussian war and the resulting Commune. It's also convinced me it's time to re-read one of the classics: TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. Here's hoping I can find a good-quality Kindle edition.
*JULES VERNE: AN EXPLORATORY BIOGRAPHY by Herbert R. Lottman (1996), p. 119
I Remember the Memory Wars
So, here's an interesting piece on Repressed Memory Syndrome, and the evidence that 'repressed' memories are all-too-often false memories (that is, that the process designed to recover lost memories creates the memories it's trying to find). A major figure in that fray has just won a major award, the John Maddox Prize, given to scientists who stand their ground in the face of outside pressure.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/17/we-cant-let-the-bullies-win-elizabeth-loftus-awarded-2016-john-maddox-prize-false-memory
My take on this would be that every genealogist knows that people get things mixed up; that things you'd think everyone would remember get lost while some things get handed down in surprising detail (for example, in my family there are two distinct versions of the story how my great-grandfather died on his way to church, an event that took place a hundred and two years ago).*
The mutability of memory also came up in Gerald Posner's book on the Kennedy assassination, CASE CLOSED (1993), in which he discusses at one point how witnesses' memories of the event has changed over time.
As an Inklings scholar, of particular interest to me is the collecting, sifting, and evaluating evidence regarding literary events. When did the Inklings first begin to meet? When did Tolkien start THE HOBBIT? When did he finish the earliest draft? When witnesses disagree -- for example, Fr. John and Michael Tolkien directly contradict JRRT's accounts of THE HOBBIT's origins -- how do we decide which is more accurate? When we have evidence that comes from an unreliable source, do we ignore it entirely or use it with caution?
So, it behooves us to have an awareness of the tricks memory plays. I know I have to watch out myself when quoting something somebody told me decades ago. Stories evolve over time, and it's all too easy to embellish and 'improve' a story if you're not careful.
just abandoned: FARHENHEIT FOUR FIFTY-ONE (half-way through). doesn't hold up well on re-reading, all these years later.
*The solution I used was to write down all the information I could when interviewing someone about this or that side of the family, then go back and sort it all out later as best I cd.
A. A. Milne vs. P. G. Wodehouse
So, I've long known about the bad feeling between A. A. Milne and P. G. Wodehouse,* stemming from Milne's accusing Wodehouse of treason for some stiff-upper-lip broadcasts PGW made about the lighter side of being in a German detention camp in the early days of World War II.** Told he'd have to face a tribunal and explain himself when he returned to England, Wodehouse went to New York instead and didn't return to England until thirty years later, when he was invited by the Queen to come and accept a knighthood.
I'd known that Wodehouse, who was famous for his sunny disposition, had let the matter pass aside from writing one short story that created a Milne analogue in order to mock his poetry.
What I had not known until tonight/yesterday is that Wodehouse took a few more digs at Milne, the best of which took the form of a joke that goes something like this:
Wodehouse was once reported to have said
that he had started a "Try to Like A.A. Milne
Club." There were no takers, until one man
joined, only to resign a week later. "Since
joining the association," he explained, "I have
met Mr. Milne."
For more details about the two men's uneasy relationship, see
http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-p-g-wodehousea-milne-feud.html
For a much more detailed account of Wodehouse's wartime broadcasts, see the book WODEHOUSE AT WAR, which I think (it's been a long time since I read it) includes at least some of the actual broadcasts in the interest of letting those curious read and decide for themselves.
current reading: WOULD I FIGHT, ed. Keith Briant & Lyall Wilkes (1938)
*author of the Winnie-the-Pooh and Bertie-and-Jeeves stories, respectively
**most people don't think creating the rough equivalent of HOGAN'S HEROES is a war crime. Milne however had a job to do at the propaganda department and wanted to make an example of Wodehouse.
How Volcanoes Work, according to Verne
So, I was bemused by the following passage in Verne's THE GOLDEN VOLCANO, written circa 1899. In what I suppose we might call a misinformation dump, he has a character explain how volcanoes work and get it gloriously wrong:
"Volcanoes, as you know, are all -- and this can be definitely
asserted -- located at the edge of the sea or near it -- Vesuvius,
Etna, Hecla, Chimborazo -- in the New World as well as the Old.
The natural conclusion to be drawn from this is that they must
be in underground communication with the oceans. Water filters
into them, quickly or slowly, depending on the composition of
the soil. It reaches the interior fire, where it's heated and turns
to steam. When this steam, trapped in the bowels of the earth,
attains a high pressure, it creates an internal upheaval and tries
to escape to the outside, dragging ashes, slag, and rocks out
through the chimney, surrounded by swirling clouds of smoke
and flame. That, without any doubt, it the cause of eruptions
and probably of earthquakes, too . . ."
All eyes were on the engineer at that moment. The explanation
he had just given of volcanic phenomena was certainly
an accurate one.
I don't know if this faux-science was something that's been put forth as a legitimate theory of vulcanology or if it's just an idea Verne had come up with and was throwing out there. I suspect the latter. I'm pretty sure the realization that Yellowstone is a caldera of a supervolcano came after Verne's time, so we can't fault him there, but there are many volcanos that are a long way from the sea. Maybe it depends on how generously we define "near" the sea to be.
Also, I have to say that after all the build-up I was a little disappointed to find that the mountain of the title was 800 to 1,000 feet tall.
THE GOLD VOLCANO: Reading Minor Verne
So, the current book I'm reading is an impulse-read plucked off the shelf of the local library to read while on a trip: THE GOLDEN VOLCANO by Jules Verne --one of the books left unpublished at Verne's death in 1905 and rewritten by his son for posthumous publication. This edition goes back and strips out all his son's changes, printing the original Verne-ian version for the first time.
I was a big fan of Verne back when I was about ten to twelve, and read (and reread, repeatedly*) all the classics: TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, and, best of all, THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (which I first read way back in 1972).
In later years when I came to reread all these as a adult, I was disappointed both with the writing and with the bogus science involved (given Verne's reputation for writing fact-based extrapolation). I made a concerted effort to read the newly translated versions of THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND and JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, books which I'd heard had been greatly changed by their nineteenth century translators, only to find that I much preferred the old vintage translations over the new scrupulously corrected ones that took pains to have their books accurately represent what Verne wrote. It's a rare case in which I'd say the people who monkeyed with these stories at the time knew what they were doing and actually did improve them.
I've also in recent years sought out minor Verne titles, partly to see if there were any gems I didn't know about and partly because you can get an really good idea of someone's talent by reading their second-tier books).** Here are the ones I've read:
THE SPHINX OF THE ICE FIELD (his regrettable 'sequel' to Poe's PYM), THE BEGUM'S FORTUNE,*** THE HUNT FOR THE METEOR,*** MASTER OF THE WORLD, and now THE GOLDEN VOLCANO. ****
Given the low quality of all these, I think it's pretty clear that I can give up with a clear conscience and not worry about missing any hidden gems.
I've concluded that if you come across a book by Verne you never heard of, you're probably better off giving it a pass. And when re-reading the old classics like AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (which I think holds up best of them all), don't bother seeking out the most recently translated one; an old Illustrated Classic will probably do just fine.
current reading: THE GOLDEN VOLCANO, by Jules Verne (verdict: don't bother)
*I also read FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON but it didn't grab me and I've never re-read it.
**for example, I'm quite fond of Woolf's NIGHT AND DAY (her attempt to write like Jane Austen), and was fascinated and disturbed by H. G. Wells' MIND AT THE END OF ITS TETHER (his final despairing pessimistic work, in which he decided he'd been wrong to think that mankind could create a better world).
***these two were gifts from my friend, the late Jim Pietrusz.
****I've been trying to remember whether I read TRIBULATIONS OF A CHINAMAN IN CHINA a few years back or simply read a little and then gave up, skimming the rest.
Inklings Murder Mystery ("The Sinister Student", ) SPOILERS
So, I've now finished the fourth of Kel Richards' C. S. Lewis mysteries. This one I think reads better than the rest, simply so far as readability goes. But like the previous books in the series, it does have what was for me an absolute jump-the-shark moment. I think in general if you liked any of those previous books, you'll probably like this one too. And if you didn't like them, there's not much hope for this time round.
First, there's the murder mystery -- which need not be taken too seriously, given that the murder victim is revealed on the back cover of the book. Richards tends to favor wildly improbable methods of murder he pulls out of the hat; in this case the murder weapon and hence murderer are obvious from very early on.
Second, there's the P. G. Wodehouse sections. Whenever Richards' point-of-view character runs into the girl he's sweet on, they lapse into faux-Bertie Woosterisms (what ho, what ho). They even mention by name several times a Wodehouse character (Florence Cray, one of Bertie's onetime ill-matched fiancees). I'm a great admirer of Wodehouse myself, so I'm glad to see that Richards is too, but his imitation shows that it's harder than it looks. In short, Richards is not just not another P. G. Wodehouse: he's not even another P. H. Cannon.
Two things that are very much to the good in this book, that makes it stand out and made it a more enjoyable read, for me at least, than its predecessors, is the Oxford setting and the inclusion of J. R. R. Tolkien as a character. I'm obviously a soft touch when it comes to books set in Oxford, and much more so when it comes to Tolkien. And for all this faults, Richards does produce a character named 'Tolkien' who actually plausibly resembles the real person of that name -- something many who have written JRRT into their stories as a character have utterly failed at. It's also nice to see a reconstructed Inklings meet (one Thursday night in Lewis's rooms, the other on a Tuesday at the Eagle & Child), with a plausible roster of Inklings in attendance: Lewis himself, Warnie,* Tolkien (who reads them his just-finished last chapter of THE HOBBIT), Nevill Coghill, Adam Fox, and latecomer Hugo Dyson. I'm sorry to see Dr. Havard doesn't make an appearance at either meeting, but then they were an informal group and it wasn't at all odd that one or another of them cdn't turn up at their gatherings, so I just told myself Humphrey was busy at the clinic that week. And while in his previous books Tolkien was just mentioned a time or two, he's a fairly major minor character this time around: after the point-of-view character (Young Morris) and CSL, I'd say Warnie and Tolkien probably show up the most often, often to comment on the ongoing events.
As for the jump-the-shark moment, for me this came when the rather odd visiting researcher who kept trying to meet Tolkien and Lewis, and seemed strangely informed about their works (including ones not-yet-published), turned out to be a time-traveller from the future who'd come back to Oxford 1936 in his tardis specifically to meet those two great writers. His tardis has a functioning chameleon circuit, so it takes the form of a wardrobe, thus giving Lewis the idea of travelling to another world by entering a wardrobe. And while it's clear the traveller isn't Doctor Who himself, he might as well be; he even uses a sonic screwdriver at one point to uncover a clue for Lewis et al. And if I'm reading Richards rightly, it's the time-traveller who's responsible for the famous bargain between Lewis and Tolkien: he certainly accidentally gives JRRT the idea of writing a story about Atlantis.
So, not a turn of events that I saw coming, and not one that I thought improved his book. If it had worked for me, I suppose I'd be calling it jump-the-genre instead of jump-the-shark. I suppose I shd give him points for originality, but is it originality to be the first person to have a really bad idea?
*in one rather nice touch, Richards admits in an endnote that he calls Warnie 'the Major', even though he now knows Warnie was still Captain Lewis at the time, simply because it sounds right: Warnie is widely known as 'the Major' among fans of the Inklings.
Labels: CLS in fiction, CSL, Inklings, Inklings in fiction, JRRT, JRRT in fiction, jump-the-genre, Kel Richards, Oxford
Abandoned or in Abeyance? (Another Tolkien/Lewis project)
So, while trying to find out more about the Tolkien/Lewis film that I saw at the Milw. Film Festival, I came across mention online of a play about the two men's friendship. Most of what I could find out about it dated to two years back, and I've not been able to find out if the project is still in the works or has drifted off into the last of might-have-beens; I'll give an update if I do find out more.
First, here's the link to the Indiegogo pitch, during which they raised just over $3500, which had been their goal to fund the drafting and development of the play. I'm curious if anyone who backed this project got a copy of the play (the reward for the $75 donation) or the Tolkien/Lewis timeline he compiled (what he called his 'eReseach' and was offering to share at the $250 level).
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-tolkien-lewis-new-play-project#/
Next, there's this piece from the Tolkien Library site, which includes an interview with Reed about the project.
http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/1165-play-about-friendship-between-jrr-tolkien-and-cs-lewis.php
Finally, there's this piece from a local (Vancouver-area) source
http://churchforvancouver.ca/ron-reed-and-upcoming-movies-take-on-the-tolkien-lewis-project/
Putting all three of these together, we learn that the playwright is Ron Reed, who's associated with the Pacific Theatre in Vancouver and has performed in their production of FREUD'S LAST SESSION (he played Freud) as well as elsewhere playing CSL in SHADOWLANDS; he's also in the past written a play about Geo. MacDonald (A BRIGHT PARTICULAR STAR)
Reed was attracted to the idea of telling the story of Tolkien's friendship with Lewis by the idea that by day Tolkien was the most boring lecturer in the most boring subject at Oxford,* while by night he was creating what became a a seminal work of great modern literature.
The idea, at least at one point, was for the play to focus on Tolkien & Lewis's friendship: starting when they first met, Tolkien's role in Lewis's conversion (or more properly I suppose re-conversion), Lewis's encouragement of Tolkien's works,** and their drifting apart over differing opinions of each other's works and CSL's marriage with Joy Gresham.
Reed is to be the playwright, while someone named Shauna Johannesen was to be the project's 'dramaturg', which as described by them seems to be roughly what at TSR we called "editing" and which in other contexts I've seen called "development": taking a complete draft and turning it into a polished publishable piece.
The only other interesting detail I could glean was that David Downing was apparently involved in the project in some way, since an autographed copy of his book was being offered as the reward for one of the higher levels of donation in its Indiegogo pitch.
My main questions, after reading what these various websites had to say, are
(1) how far did this project get? Is the a finished play (polished or unpolished)?
(2) if a script does exist, is there any way to get a copy, now that the Ingiegogo pitch has expired?
(3) also, did any of the backers of that pitch see the T/L Chronology? It sounds like a really useful research tool in and of itself?
(4) finally, is this project still in the works, or has it expired and quietly been put aside? I suspect the latter, given that the most recent mention I cd find of it dated back about a year and a half -- but you never know, so if anyone with more information out there is willing to share, I'd be interested in learning more about the current status of this project.
current reading: THE GOLD VOLCANO by Jules Verne (posthumous publ.)
*I suspect some, such as Tom Shippey, would object strongly and eloquently to that characterization.
**by which I suppose they mean Lewis being hurt over Tolkien's dislike of Narnia.
a second Tolkien film (TOLKIEN'S ROAD)
So, while on the subject of Tolkien films, and picking up where I left off a month or so ago, there's another Tolkien film I've seen recently, this one on-line.
TOLKIEN'S ROAD is a short student film, made in 2014. About half an hour long, it's available free on You Tube (apparently there's no way to get it in more permanent form, e.g. on dvd) -- at any rate, not that I've found so far anyway.
To be fair, it's important not to hold this little film to too high a standard: it's not a professional release, it's been made available for free, and the whole thing is pretty much an ambitious student project.
That said, there's nothing in this film to warm the cockles of a Tolkien scholar's heart. This film is terrible. It takes the approach to Tolkien that appears in Humphrey Carpenter's radio play IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND THERE LIVED A TOLKIEN, in which JRRT wanders about muttering smaggabaggins at neighbors while burning breakfast, and J. I. M. Stewart's fictionalized Tolkien analogue Prof. J. B. Timbermill, who winds up sitting on the green chatting with hippies and motorcycle gang members, completely cut off from reality.
This film's Tolkien wanders around Oxford, occasionally meeting up with C. S. Lewis (we know it's Lewis because Tolkien calls him 'Jack' and he smokes a pipe) as well as running into characters from his mythology all the time. He's haunted by recurring nightmares in which he relives his experiences on the Western Front, seeing his friend G. B. Smith and the rest of the TCBS being bayonetted by orc-faced German officers. This ongoing trauma has prevented him from finishing THE BOOK OF LOST TALES, whereupon a quaint little man with furry feet steals Tolkien's only copy of the (unconvincingly neat and tidy) BOOK OF LOST TALES; the rest of the story is Tolkien's attempt to get it back while distracted by elf-maidens, confronted by what is either a balrog or a black rider, rescued by a Strider-analogue* and a Gandalf look-alike, &c, &c, &c. Like I said, it's quite short (only thirty-five minutes long) but seems a lot longer; it took me three tries to get all the way through it.
In the end, it's not the amateur nature of this production that puts me off, it's their conception of Tolkien. The idea of Tolkien as someone who wandered around with flowers in his hair, blowing off lectures, and generally hallucinating his way through life is so far from my conception of the man that I can't enjoy its presentation here. The character called 'Tolkien' here is closer to the protagonist of "The Sea Bell" than anything like the real JRRT. And I've found I really care when I see a fictional portrayal of a real person that doesn't in any way correspond to what that person was really like, whether it's the many recent distorted portrayals of H. P. Lovecraft, the longer tradition of thinking that Conan Doyle in real life was anything like Sherlock Holmes (Holmes was far less gullible), and now the depiction of Tolkien as some kind of out-of-it loon. The real person was far more interesting; why not try portraying him as he was, or something at least approximating him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTCc6Z3dAZI
*bizarrely, in the 'Prancing Pony' scene the locals sing a song lifted from the LotR Musical (one of the better numbers, luckily)
Posted by John D. Rateliff at 10:10 AM 1 comment:
Another Tolkien BioPic Project
So, thanks to a posting on the MythSoc list (thanks Douglas), we now know about yet another Tolkien-related film project in the works-- if by 'in the works' we mean is a hopeful spark afloat on the vast sea of films-that-never-get-made. I've maintained for a while now that we're not likely to see any SILMARILLION movies for a long, long time to come, if ever, and that the likeliest Next Big Thing in the way of Tolkien films would be a biopic. Here's the link:
http://deadline.com/2016/11/james-strong-j-r-r-tolkien-middle-earth-the-lord-and-the-rings-unique-features-bob-shaye-michael-lynne-1201849947/
This announcement is mostly about the writer/director/producers and doesn't provide much in the way of information about the film itself. The following snippet seems to be about all we know at this point about the plot:
"Story follows Tolkien's early life and love affair with Edith Bratt, whom he later married. The couple lived happily in Oxford, surrounded by friends, but when war broke out in 1914 Tolkien embarked on four years of battle and hardship, an experience that influenced his Middle Earth stories."
This of course bears only a passing similarity to reality, and while we shdn't judge too strictly from an offhand account like this, it suggests that this will be a work of fiction. If we're lucky some historical and biographical fact will find its way into the film, but I wdn't count on it. It'll probably be very pretty, though, given the BBC-style talent involved: I suspect it aspires to be a 'Merchant Ivory' type film.
Fletcher, the author, seems to be full of projects currently in the works but little that's actually come out yet. The piece mentions his having devoted six years to researching the film and interviewing people: presumably this would be Tolkien biographers such as John Garth (given that Tolkien's main biographer, Humphrey Carpenter, has been dead for over a decade now).
Strong, the director, has worked on a number of well-regarded British shows, from DOWNTON ABBEY to DOCTOR WHO.
Shaye and Lynne famously committed New Line to supporting Peter Jackson's LotR films. Though with a projected budget of twenty million dollars we shd see much less here in the way of special effects. And just in case anyone was wondering, no Sir Peter in sight.
As for the second piece, it reveals a lot more of the mindset with which Fletcher intends to approach the project: Tolkien with PTSD (post-traumatic stress) -- or, as they used to call it in Tolkien's time, shell-shock (which, by the way, Tolkien never had: the record is pretty clear about that). Note that while the first article concentrates on the John Ronald/Edith love story against a background of war, the second (earlier) piece doesn't even mention her.
It'll be interesting to see what becomes of this project, if anything, and who winds up starring in it
http://oncampus.osu.edu/telling-tolkiens-story/
current reading: THE GOLD VOLCANO by Jules Verne
The Inklings Discuss . . . Horror Comics?
So, as part of my work on the festschrift, which is ongoing, I had to confirm some quotes and page references today. And you know how it is: you pick up a book to try to locate one specific passage you need and in the process various odds and bits you've never paid proper attention to before catch your eye. And it was that way with me today.
I was looking up something relating to THE HOMECOMING OF BEORHTNOTH and came across a mention of an Inklings meeting that was held at the Eagle & Child in Oxford on November 9th, 1954: exactly sixty-two years ago yesterday. Present were CSL and Warnie, McCallum, Mathews, JRRT, and semi-Inkling Roger Lancelyn Green (to whose diary entry we're indebted for this account). They discussed Tolkien's just-released LotR, and horror comics, and who was the greatest man to come from each country in the British Isles, deciding on Edmund Burke for Ireland, Sir Walter Scott for Scotland, and Shakespeare for England, although there were dissident votes for Pitt or Wellington for the latter spot (apparently the Welsh need not apply).
The first and third topics here sound pretty much in line with the sort of things I'd expect to read that the Inklings were talking about, but the middle topic brought me up short, and I was surprised not to have noticed it before on any previous reading of this passage. We know that Warnie, Lewis, and Tolkien were quite open in admitting that they read and enjoyed works in the then rather disreputable field of science fiction. But that they would be conversant in comic books came as a bit of a surprise, and horror comics at that. I tried to come up with a mental image of Professor Tolkien, or CSL, reading, say, EC Comics, and I admit the image wdn't come. Curious.
Of course it's possible that they were discussing horror comics without having actually read any of them; the topic was a hot one at the time, that being the same year that the notorious book SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT came out, which I gather more or less argued that reading comics lead to a life of crime.
So, one of those occasional bits of evidence that challenges our preconceptions. They're good for you, if occasionally disconcerting.
most recent viewing: MISS HOKUSAI and THE MARTIAN.
current reading: THE GOLD VOLCANO by Verne.
I forgot to include the important detail of what book I was looking things up in when I found this: it was the invaluable Scull & Hammond CHRONOLOGY, page 444. --JDR
The New Arrival: THE LAY OF AOTROU & ITROUN
So, the newest book by J. R. R. Tolkien was published this past week, on Thursday.
Waiting is hard: my copy is currently on its way to me but the time between the 3rd, when it came out, and the 17th, when it's due to arrive, seems long.
And this even though I've had a copy of the poem itself for years that I've read many times since
getting a photocopy of the original magazine publication back around 1978, when I was in college (thanks Jessica) and making a concerted effort to find and copy all Tolkien's misc. pieces (and all the pieces about him I cd locate with the aid of Richard West's TOLKIEN CHECKLIST). And I like this poem quite a bit: I've written about it (in my contribution to the Shippey festschrift) and even helped organize a dramatic reading of the whole piece (at Kalamazoo, several years back).
So why am I so glad to soon have the same poem in book form? For one thing, it'll be easier to shelve and keep track of than the photocopy has been (though I mostly solved that problem a few years back by putting the now somewhat battered copy in its own binder, as I also did with other pieces such as "Imram" and "For W. H. A.").* And for another I've been curious to learn whether the volume would contain any other of what we might call Tolkien's medieval poetry (or more accurately, poems in medieval modes), most of which is uncollected, some even unpublished.
And then, a ray of light: thanks to Janice pointing out that the book was already available on Kindle. As a result, I've been able to get and read it before my (paper) copy has even arrived. And for those who, like me, are curious, here's a quick breakdown of this slim volume's contents:
Note on the Text by Christopher Tolkien
This is followed by Verlyn Flieger's introduction, wh. puts the piece in context (both among Tolkien's other works and from Breton legendry (Villemarque et al)
part one: the published LAY.
just over 500 lines, plus explanatory notes
part two: the two CORRIGAN poems
first poem: about a changeling (76 lines)
second poem: about the witch in the woods, the sinister Fey (104 lines). this piece later formed the core of A&I.
part three: draftings
fragment (29 lines)
manuscript drafts (5 pages and 12 pages)
fair copy (490 lines)
typescript (also 490 lines), with notes re. revisions; probable text-copy for the 1945 publication.
part four: comparison of specific passages
--sources (Breton, French, English)
--Tolkien variants (e.g., the second Corrigan poem vs. corresponding passages in A&I)
And for the book as a whole?
My advice: pick this one up. Sooner rather than later.
It's a great chance to see a very different side of Tolkien from that on display in, say, FARMER GILES OF HAM or the Hobbit works.
As Verlyn Flieger says in the very first line in her Introduction: "Coming from the darker side of J. R. R. Tolkien's imagination . . ."
current reading: THE CURSE OF SAGAMORE by Kara Dalkey
Inklings Murder Mystery ("The Sinister Student", )...
Abandoned or in Abeyance? (Another Tolkien/Lewis p...


Admission Updates
Find Colleges
Find University
Top 22 Best Schools in Jaipur 2021
Published by Namrata Vashisht on 5th November 2021 5th November 2021
Indian cities are developing at an extremely fast pace. This development is in terms of agriculture, industry and education. Jaipur is one such city. Here are some of the best schools in Jaipur that you may want to consider to give your child the best education this wonderful city has to offer.
Best Schools in Jaipur
List of the Best Schools in Jaipur 2021
1. Jayshree Periwal International School
Jayshree Periwal International School
Where– Mahapura Rd, Narayan-Y-Block, Mahapura, Rajasthan 302026
Principal– Dr Jayshree Periwa
School Type– Private Co-educational
Website– http://jpischool.com/
Contact no.– 0141 305 7777
Jayshree Periwal International School is a private co-educational school in Jaipur, formerly known as Step by Step International School. The school follows International Baccalaureate Primary Programme from Nursery to Grade 5, Middle School Curriculum from Class 6th to 8th and from class 9th onwards follows International General Certificate for Secondary Education (IGCSE). The school has an affiliation to the International Board and Cambridge Assessment International Education.
The school has a beautiful and mesmerising campus, spread across 50 acres near Mahindra World City on Ajmer Road. Being one of the best schools in Jaipur, it offers various facilities like sports complex, air-conditioned campus, smart classrooms, science labs, boarding facility with Hygienic home-like food, medical facilities and many other facilities.
The school follows environment friendly practises like rainwater harvesting, water recycling, solar heating, energy-efficient and ozone-friendly air-conditioning. It focuses on environmental protection and conservation of natural resources, which is an essential part of the curriculum as well. The school has single-sex international boarding house accommodation. The school offers facilities like Glass Back Squash Courts, Indoor Heated Swimming Pool, Throw Ball, Horse Ridding, Shooting Range, Athletic Track, Cricket Field and many other facilities.
2. Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School, Jaipur (MGD)
Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School, Jaipur
When– 1943
Where– Sawai Ram Singh Road, Near Ajmeri GateJaipur, 302001, Rajasthan
Principal– Mrs Archana S. Mankotia
School Type– Private Girls School
Motto– Our utmost for the highest
Website– https://www.mgdschooljaipur.com/
Contact no.– 091166 52634
Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School, Jaipur (MGD) is not just one of the best schools in Jaipur, but it is also the first girl's school in Rajasthan. Maharaja of Jaipur Sawai Man Singh Bahadur and his wife Gayatri Devi started the school to provide education to the local court women. The school has affiliation from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
The school has a beautiful campus with touches of royal architecture, spread across 26 acres in Jaipur. It offers facilities like modern classrooms, gardens, lawns, sports fields, tennis court, boarding houses, science labs, computer rooms and many other facilities.
The school has around eight boarding houses according to different age groups. It also has various student councils, clubs and houses with student representatives. The school organises various inter-house competitions relating to cultural, drama, dance, music, art and crafts, debates, quizzes and other activities.
The notable alumni of the school include Sandhya Mridul, Pamella Bordes, Meira Kumar, Diya Kumari, Apurvi Chandela and many others.
3. Neerja Modi School, Jaipur
Neerja Modi School, Jaipur
Where-Neerja Modi School, Shipra Path, Shanthi Nagar, Mansarovar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302020
Principal– Mrs Indu Dubey
Affiliation– CBSE, IB
Website– https://www.nmsindia.org/
Neerja Modi School is a private co-educational school that started in the year 2001 in Jaipur. The school today has a strength of 4500+ students and 350+ faculty. It offers quality education from Nursery to Class 12th. The school has affiliation from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and International Board (IB).
The school has a beautiful and green campus spread across 20 acres with state-of-the-art facilities. Being one of the best schools in Jaipur, it provides its students with various facilities like a football field, a cricket ground (International Standard), a 25-meter lap swimming pool, a 400m athletic track; as well as courts for tennis, basketball, badminton & volleyball, horse riding, cricket nets, table tennis, and squash, hostel accommodation with the mess, science labs, modern classrooms and many other facilities.
The school offers hostel facilities with hygienic home-like daily meals. It follows environment-friendly techniques like rainwater harvesting, water recycling, solar-powered buildings and many other green methods. The school also hosts various inter-school tournaments, and the school students participate in multiple districts, state and national level competitions.
4. Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya
Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya
Where– Sawai Ram Singh Rd, Rambagh, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302004
Affiliation– CBSE
Fees– 2 LPA
Website– http://www.msmsvidyalaya.in/
Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya is a private co-educational school in Jaipur. Late Her Highness, the Rajmata Gayatri Devi's initiative started the school in the year 1984. The school is under the Sawai Ram Singh Shilpa Kala Mandir Society. It has affiliation from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The school provides a complete scheme of education for boys and girls between the age of 3 years to 18 years.
The school has a beautiful campus in Jaipur, equipped with various necessary facilities. The school offers facilities like library, learning support for special needs, inclusive educations, counselling and career guidance cell, student resource centre, IT Cell, science labs, computer rooms, labs, the smart class with audio-visual instructions, etc.
The school is a member of National Progressive Schools Conference, New Delhi. It has accreditation for outstanding development of the international dimension in the school curriculum by the British Council. The school fulfils its commitment to society through its various social programmes like the adoption of a village school. The school has links with various international schools in countries like England, France, Singapore, etc. Being one of the best schools in Jaipur, it tries to provide exposure to its students. For that reason, it organises multiple student exchanges with these countries.
5. St Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Jaipur
St Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Jaipur
Where– Bhagwan Das Rd, Panch Batti, C Scheme, Ashok Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302001
Principal– Fr. Dominic S.J
School Type– Jesuit (Catholic) Co-educational
Motto– Deus Fortitudo Mea which means God is my strength
Website– http://www.stxaviersschooljaipur.com/
St Xavier's Senior Secondary School is one of the best private co-educational schools in Jaipur. The school is under the management of the Jesuits, an international Christian Religious Order, known as the Society of Jesus. It has more than 100 highly qualified and dedicated teachers, focusing intricately on each child's learning and growth, to help them excel.
The school has a state-of-the-art campus in Jaipur with world-class facilities. It offers facilities like modern smart audio-visual classrooms, well-equipped library, massive, multifaceted sports complex, science labs, computer rooms, swimming pool and many other exciting facilities for the students.
The school publishes its independent student paper named X Rays. It has a massive and well-equipped sports complex for the students named Fr. Batson Sports Complex. The school has various student clubs and councils which organises multiple co-curricular activities for the students all-round the year.
The alumni of the school include names like Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Vice-Chancellor of Ashok University, Rajiv Mehrishi, Comptroller and Auditor General of India and Lt. Amit Bhardwaj.
6. Jayshree Periwal High School, Jaipur
Jayshree Periwal High School, Jaipur
Where– 2-3, Ajmer Rd, adjoining Stadium, Chitrakoot, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302021
Principal– Mrs Madhu Maini
Website– http://www.jphschool.com/
Jayshree Periwal High School (earlier known as Step By Step High School) is a private co-educational school in Jaipur. Jayshree Periwal, an entrepreneur, founded the school in the year 2002. It is under the Jayshree Periwal Group of Schools.
The school has a stunning campus with all essential world-class facilities for the students. Being one of the best schools in Jaipur, it offers various facilities to its students like a sports complex, science labs, computer labs, modern classrooms, library, cafeteria, staff rooms, dining halls and many other facilities. The school has a boarding facility with fully equipped mess facility as well.
The school has a reputation for producing excellent results in 10th and 12th class board exams along with various national competitive entrance exams for top colleges. It had the highest number of the selection of students through various competitive exams for IIT, NLU, Delhi AIIMS, etc. The school also has tie-ups with various top universities of the world. It organises various international student and teacher exchanges with multiple countries each year. The school runs various community outreach programmes and has the best sports communities.
7. Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur
Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur
Where– Sector 4, Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302004
Principal– Mr Rasheed Shaikh
School Type– Private Boy's School
Motto– "Lead me from darkness to light."
Website– http://mpsjaipur.com/
Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur is one of the best private boy's schools in Jaipur. The Education Committee of The Maheshwari Samaj, Jaipur governs the school. Maheshwari Public School, Pratap Nagar is the sister school of Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur.
The school has a magnificent campus with various facilities. The school offers multiple facilities like multi-purpose halls, library, huge auditoriums, indoor sports arena, modern classrooms, science labs, computer labs, cafeteria, Audio Visual Aids Lab, a stage for Fine Arts, Music and Theatre, Indoor playrooms for Chess, Table Tennis, Carrom, etc. outdoor game courts for Volleyball and Basketball, etc.
The school recently got a new wing equipped with affluent auditorium along with an indoor sports arena. It was awarded as the number 1 school under all-boys day school category in the state of Rajasthan for the 7th consecutive year and ranked 15th best all over India.
8. Springdale's School, Jaipur
Springdale's School, Jaipur
Where– Ansals Sushant City, Machwa, Kalwar Road, Jaipur,(Rajasthan)
Principal– Mrs Malini Dhir
Motto– 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', which means "the world is a family."
Website– http://springdales.com/jaipur/index.asp
Springdales School is a private co-educational school that started in the year 1955 in Jaipur. The school is under the Springdales Education Society which runs the prestigious Springdales Schools of Delhi. It has affiliation from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The school provides quality education to students from Nursery to Class 12th.
The school has a beautiful campus spread across 8 acres in Jaipur. Being one of the best schools in Jaipur, it has various facilities like well-equipped classrooms, state-of-the-art science and computer labs; cafeterias, sports complex, library, labs and many other facilities.
The school curriculum prioritises all fields like Academics, Sports, Art, Dance, Music and other Co-Curricular Activities. It follows ideals of the holistic learning system, in which imparted in a stress-free environment with a no examination system up till class 8th. The school also focuses on various co-curricular activities and life skills like sport, music, art, dance, public speaking and interactive capabilities. It offers transportation facilities to the students to pick up and drop by school buses.
9. Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School, Jaipur
Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School, Jaipur
Where– Shree Kishanpura, A-Block, Mahal Rd, near Central Spine, Yojana, Jagatpura, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303806
Principal– Mrs Vaidehi Singh
Website– http://msbsschool.com/
Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School is one of the best private co-educational schools in Jaipur. Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Trust started the school in the year 2004. The school has an affiliation to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
The school has a beautiful campus, spread across 15 acres in Jaipur and has various facilities. Some of the facilities it offers include air-conditioned classrooms, science labs, two libraries, games room, sports complex, open courtyards, multi-purpose halls and many other facilities for the students.
The school offers counselling and career guidance to students to help them deal and decide their academics aptly. It organises various inter-school competitions throughout the year. The school also focuses on academics as well as co-curricular and has various student bodies, clubs and councils to manage these activities.
10. DPS, Jaipur
DPS, Jaipur
Where– Delhi Public School, Jaipur, Ajmer Road Branch NH-8, Jaipur Ajmer Highway, Jaipur Pin code – 302026
Principal– Ravi Dutt
Motto– Service Before Self
Website– https://www.dpsjaipur.com/
Contact no.– Delhi Public School, Jaipur, Ajmer Road Branch NH-8, Jaipur Ajmer Highway, Jaipur Pin code – 302026
Delhi Public School (DPS), Jaipur is one of the best schools in Jaipur. It is a day-cum residential boarding school. The school is under the Delhi Public School (DPS) Society. It offers quality education to students from class nursery to class 12th.
The school has a beautiful and well-equipped campus in Jaipur. It offers various facilities like gym, playground, multi-purpose hall, school cafeteria, science labs, modern classrooms, sports complex and many other facilities.
The school organises multiple international student and teacher exchanges with various countries each year. It has various student clubs and councils which organises multiple co-curricular activities for the students all-round the year.
11. Cambridge Court High School, Mansarovar, Jaipur
Cambridge Court High School, Mansarovar, Jaipur
Where– Madhyam Marg, Sector-8, Mansarovar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302020
Principal– Mrs Lata Rawat
Website– http://www.cambridgecourtgroup.com/
Cambridge Court High School is a private co-educational school in Jaipur. The school has classes from Nursery to the 12th standard. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
The school has a well-equipped campus with various facilities like science labs, chemistry lab, computer lab, smart classrooms, library, excellent arts room, dance hall, music room, audio-visual room, sports complex and many other facilities.
CCHS offers new facilities like Developing language skills, teach next smart classes, audio-visual auditorium, french language classes, Sanskrit language and many other international language classes. Along with excellent academic, the school offers the best athletic facilities to the students.
12. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Vidyashram, Jaipur
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Vidyashram, Jaipur
Where– Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Vidyashram, K. M. Munshi Marg, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India – 302015
Principal– Smt. Pratima Sharma
Website– http://www.bhavansvidyashram.org/
Contact no.– 0141-2711291, 2707859, 2702006
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Vidyashram is a private co-educational school in Jaipur. Dr KM Munshi established the school in the year 1938. The school has affiliation from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). It imparts quality education from Kindergarten to the Post-Graduate level. It offers subjects ranging from Carnatic Music to Computers, from Sanskrit to Business Management and from Yoga to Journalism.
The school has a massive and well-equipped campus. The school offers various facilities like learning resource centre, library, labs, computer centres, science labs, sports complex, auditoriums, multi-purpose halls and many other facilities.
The school has a different centre, publication, education programmes and institutes spread across the country and abroad. It offers excellent hostel facilities to the students with regular hygienic mess food facility.
13. Maheshwari Public School, Pratap Nagar, Jaipur
Maheshwari Public School, Pratap Nagar, Jaipur
When- 2008
Where– Sector-5 (Extn.) Pratap Nagar, Tonk Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302033
Principal– Smt. Reeta Bhargava
Affiliation– ICSE
Website– https://mpspnjpr.com/
Maheshwari Public School is a private co-educational school in Jaipur. The Education Committee of The Maheshwari Samaj, Jaipur governs the school. The school has affiliation from Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE).
The school has a brilliant campus with excellent facilities. Being one of the best schools in Jaipur, it offers various facilities to its students like a resource room, library, labs, language rooms, smart classrooms, smart classrooms, activity resources, music room, arts and craft room, games room, yoga room, AV Aid room and many other facilities.
The school provides excellent boarding facilities with food mess providing hygienic home-like food to the students. It appoints a student body each year who look after the students and organises various events. The school organises various field trips, has house systems, offers student counselling and multiple clubs.
14. Mahaveer Public School, Jaipur
Mahaveer Public School, Jaipur
Where– Vardhaman Path, Arjun Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302001
Principal– Mrs Rashmi Talwar
Website– http://mahaveerpublicschool.org/about-mahaveer/
Mahaveer Public School is a fully comprehensive private co-educational school in Jaipur. Shri Mahaveer Digamber Jain Shiksha Parishad, Jaipur started the school in the year 1996, on the completion of 50 years of Shri Mahaveer Digamber Jain Senior Secondary School. The school has affiliation from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and is an English medium school.
The school has an airy and beautiful equipped campus with various amenities. Being one of the best schools in Jaipur, it offers its students world-class amenities like a school playground, modern well-ventilated classrooms, library, science labs, computer labs, auditoriums, art cottage, Mahaveer gymnasium, Edu-comp smart class, school talk Programme and many other facilities.
The school offers a transportation facility to students. It has various inter-school competitions and co-curricular activities lined up all around the year. The school provides 100% security with security guards and CCTV so that students feel safe and secure on campus.
15. India International School, Jaipur
India International School, Jaipur
Where– 117-121, Sri Sai Shiksha Sansthan, Vishwamitra Marg, Sirsi Rd, Hanuman Nagar Extension, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302012
Director– Ashok Gupta
Website– http://www.iisjaipur.org/iis.html
India International School is one of the best private co-educational schools in Jaipur. The school has affiliation from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and is an English medium school. It started in the year 1990 and initiated under the aegis of the Indian Council for International Amity (ICFAI).
The school has a beautiful campus in Jaipur with all world-class amenities. It offers various facilities like library, labs, audio-visual systems, biology labs, cafeteria, sports complex and many other amenities.
The school has membership with International Schools Association, Geneva; European Council of International Schools, UK; Council of International Schools, UK and National Progressive Schools Conference, New Delhi. It has various student clubs like a book club, sports club, environment club, environment club, science club, etc. The school also has an India International Philately Club and is a full-time member of the Philately Bureau of the Department of Post, Jaipur. The school has an NCC (National Cadet Corps) Air Wing, open to boys in grade 8 to 12.
16. Sanskar School, Sirsi Road, Jaipur
Sanskar School, Sirsi Road, Jaipur
Where– 117-121, Vishwamitra Marg, Hanuman Nagar Ext., Sirsi Road, Jaipur – 302012
Principal– Mrs Neelam Bhardwaj
Website– https://www.sanskarjaipur.com/
Contact no.– 0141-2246189, 0141-2357844
Sanskar School, Sirsi Road is a co-educational senior secondary school in Jaipur. The school started in the year 2002, and Sri Sai Shiksha Sansthan is its parent body. The school is an English medium CBSE school. It is a child-oriented school, which provides opportunities for skill-based activities that contribute to the development of an all-round personality.
Being one of the best schools in Jaipur, it has a state-of-the-art campus with fantastic facilities for the students. The school offers various facilities like a separate high-tech, four-storey, air-cooled buildings for the Primary, Middle and the Senior sections; a garden with a variety of plants; an amphitheatre for outdoor functions/ activities; basketball courts, a tennis court, an international standard cricket ground and a football ground. It also has classrooms with interactive boards and projectors, separate well-stocked libraries for Junior and Senior sections, a play area with slides, sandpit, aviary and pet farm for Pre-Primary section; and many other facilities.
The school has various student houses for academic, cultural and outdoor activities. It organises various inter-house and inter-school competitions to improve four aspects of all-round education, namely behaviour, academics, sports and co-curricular activities. The school also offer various exquisite activities like Art and Craft, Music, Dramatics and Dance. To improve the standard of education it imparts, it has well-equipped Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Fine arts, Geography, Psychology and Mathematics Labs as well as fully air-conditioned Computer Labs with Networking, a Student and Teacher Resource Centre and a High-tech Auditorium.
17. Ryan International School, Nirman Nagar, Jaipur
Ryan International School, Nirman Nagar, Jaipur
Where– Ryan International School,
Padmavati Colony– B Near New Aatish Market Opp. Nirman Nagar, Jaipur
Motto– "Excellence in Education and All-Round Development"
Website– https://www.ryaninternational.org/site/risnirmannagar/
Ryan International School, Nirman Nagar is a private co-educational school in Jaipur. The school is under the Ryan International Group of Institutions, and Dr Augustine F. Pinto started the school. The school aims to provide global education integrated with innovative use of technology to develop global citizens through a holistic approach. The school has affiliation from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and is an English medium school.
The school has a well-equipped campus in Jaipur. The school has various facilities like the well-stocked library, science labs, biology labs, computer centres, multi-purpose halls, auditoriums, sports complex and many other facilities.
The school offers multiple co-curricular activities like Indian Model United Nations, ICFPA- International Children's Festival of Performing Arts; ICEPLEX a Ryan Media Initiative BBN Beyond Breaking News Journalism; NASA Educational Workshops & Programs Social Service Teen Camp; Competitive Exams like ISO, IMO and many others.
18. Rukmani Birla Modern High School, Jaipur
Rukmani Birla Modern High School, Jaipur
Where– Gopalpura Bypass, Shanti Nagar, Near Durgapura Railway Station, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302018
Affiliation- CBSE
Website– https://rbmhsjaipur.edu.in/
Rukmani Birla Modern High School is one of the best private co-educational schools in Jaipur. The school has affiliation from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and is an English medium school. The school offers holistic and quality education from till class 12th.
The school has a stunning campus with various facilities. It offers multiple facilities offered by the school are sports complex, library, biology lab, science lab, gardens, art rooms, dance rooms, activity rooms and many other facilities. The school provides various sports facilities for sports like football, basketball, cricket, running, athletics and many other facilities.
The school has various student clubs and bodies which organises multiple co-curricular activities. It organises various inter-school events and competitions, and offers different co-curricular activities for the students.
19. Maheshwari Girls Public School, Jaipur
Maheshwari Girls Public School, Jaipur
Where– Sector 1 Rd, Sector 2, Sector-1, Vidyadhar Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302039
School Type– Private Girl's Schol
Motto– Making girls powerful and serene
Website– https://mgps.in/
Maheshwari Girls Public School is a private girl's school in Jaipur. The school is under the Education Committee of Maheshwari Samaj, Jaipur and started in the year 2001. It offers quality education to girls till 12th class. The school has more than 4600 students enrolled with them.
Being one of the best schools in Jaipur, it offers various facilities like A well-stocked library frequently replenished and overflowing with the latest in the world of education, a wide range of well-equipped laboratories of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Computer, English Language, Humanities, dance rooms, music rooms and many other facilities.
The school ranks 3rd in the category of Best Girl's Day School in Rajasthan for the year 2019-2020. It provides facilities like NCC, Guide, Lazium, Yoga, Taekwondo, Skating, Aerobics and Band facilities. It also has Dramatics, Debates, Multiple Club Activities, Career Fair, Counselling, Workshops, Conferences, Celebration of National Days and Birth and Anniversaries of Legends. Festivals are an essential part of mentoring the girls at the school. Educational Excursions, Picnics and adventure learning trips get organised by the school for the students.
20. Ryan International School, Mansarovar
Ryan International School, Mansarovar
Where– Padmani VT Rd, Mansarovar Sector 5, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302018
Website– https://www.ryaninternational.org/site/rismansarovar/
Ryan International School is one of the best private co-educational schools in Jaipur. The school has affiliation from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and is an English medium school.
The school has a beautiful campus with various facilities like sports complex, indoor games, library, science labs, biology labs and many other facilities.
The school provides sports facilities like grounds for Cricket, Basketball, Volleyball, Football, Handball, Swimming, Table Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Karate, Judo, Gymnastics, Skating and indoor games. The school offers various programs like ICFPA, INMUN, Trip to NASA, BBN course, Maggie Minithon and ICEPLEX.
21. The Palace School, Jaipur
The Palace School, Jaipur
Where– Jaleb Chowk City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302002
Principal– Mrs Urvashi Warman
School Type– Private Co-education
Motto– Knowledge is the elixir of life
Website– https://www.thepalaceschool.com/
The Palace School, Jaipur is a private co-educational school in Jaipur. Princess Diya Kumari started the school in the year 2001, with the support of her parents Late Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh Ji and Maharani Padmini Devi Ji. The school has affiliation from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and is an English medium school.
The school has an elegant campus in Jaipur. Being one of the best schools in Jaipur, it provides various facilities to its students like digital classrooms, state-of-the-art labs, biology labs, first aid room, cricket field, gym, table tennis, sports complex, skating rink, English labs, dance room, art room, and many other facilities.
The school offers various co-curricular activities like Sports, (skating, cricket, swimming, lawn tennis, karate etc.), visual and performing arts (classical and western dance, vocal and instrumental music), yoga & gymnastics, art & craft, clay modelling, robotics, educational trips, picnics, soft adventure programs and summer camps.
22. Calorx Public School, Jaipur
Calorx Public School, Jaipur
Where– P.No.5 Sector 28 Pratapnagar Sanganer, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302033
Website– http://www.cpsjaipur.edu.in/contact.html
Calorx Public School, Jaipur is a professionally managed independent co-educational school in Jaipur. The school started in the year 1995. The school is an English medium CBSE school. It provides K-12 education through various activities.
The school has a well-equipped campus in Jaipur. The school offers various facilities like sports complex, biology lab, science lab, medical care, sports and games facility, modern classrooms, computer centres, indoor court, library, cafeteria and many other facilities.
The school follows the Calorx Taxonomy method, keeping in mind the CCE requirements as well as building a strong foundation for futuristic elements of a Calorxian. It provides transportation facility for students to pick up and drop. It focuses on various co-curricular activities and life skills like sport, music, art, dance, public speaking and interactive capabilities.
Namrata Vashisht
Education Writer at Edunify
I am a law student at New Law College, Pune. Reading books, sports and learning new languages are a few of my interests. I am inspired by various cultures around the world and like reading about them.
Categories: School ReviewsSchool
Tags: 22 Best Schools in JaipurBest CBSE schools in JaipurBest IB Schools in JaipurBest ICSE Schools in JaipurBest Schools in Jaipurbest schools in jaipur 2020best schools in jaipur 2021CBSE Schools in JaipurIB Schools in JaipurICSE Schools in JaipurIGCSE Schools in JaipurJesuit schools in JaipurPrivate boys schools in JaipurPrivate co-educational schools in JaipurPrivate girls schools in JaipurSchools in Jaipurtop 10 best schools in jaipurtop 10 schools in jaipurTop 22 Best Schools in JaipurTop Schools in Jaipurtop schools in jaipur 2020top schools in jaipur 2021
Uniform Application > School > School Reviews > Top 22 Best Schools in Jaipur 2021
Top 20 Best Schools in Delhi for Admissions 2020-2021
Top 50 Best Boarding Schools in India for Admissions 2020-2021
Top 15 Best Schools in Chennai for Admissions 2020-2021
Top 15 Best Schools in Hyderabad for Admissions 2020-2021
Top 29 Best Schools In Bangalore for Admissions 2020-2021
Category Select Category College College Profile College Reviews Education Guest Post Offbeat School Admission Updates School Profile School Reviews Uncategorised University University Profile University Reviews
Delhi School Admissions 2022-2023: A Complete Guide
Reading Time: 10 minutes Updates for Delhi Schools Admissions 2022-23 Update October 2021: There is no plan to scrape Delhi school admissions for 2022-2023. Update November 2021: School admissions in Delhi for the academic year 2022-2023 for Nursery, KG Read more…
Top 23 Best Schools in Odisha
Reading Time: 28 minutes Education in Odisha is observing a rapid transformation. Its capital city, Bhubaneswar, is emerging as a knowledge hub in India with several private and public universities, including the establishment of an Indian Institute of Technology. Read more…
Top 15 Best Schools in Patna 2021
Reading Time: 16 minutes Patna is the capital of the state of Bihar in India. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, founded by the King of Magadha in 490 BCE. Patna is a major agricultural Read more…
Categories Select Category College College Profile College Reviews Education Guest Post Offbeat School Admission Updates School Profile School Reviews Uncategorised University University Profile University Reviews
7th Floor, Levana Cyber Heights, Vijaipur Colony, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226010
CMS Admission Enquiry
Co-ed Schools: Benefits of Co-educational Schooling
Full Form of B.Arch
Full Form of B.Tech
Full Form of BA
Full Form of BBA
Full form of CBSE
Full Form of IB
Full Form of ICSE
Full Form of IGCSE
Full form of ISC
Full Form of JEE
Full Form of LLB
Full Form of M.Arch
Full Form of MA
Full Form of MBA
Full Form of NCERT
Full Form of UGC
Lucknow Public School Admission Form
Pre Nomination Form
Made with ♥ by Edunify


Building & Construction Housing News
Why New Building Technics Are Not Prevalent in Nigeria'
August 13, 2018 Cedmagazine	0 Comments
Housing professionals have attributed the dearth of latest trends in building technology and construction technics in Nigeria to the poor economic situation, which doesn't create the needed funds to import the devices.
The experts also blamed the development on the fear of local artisans loosing their relevance in the industry.
With changing times, there have been global advancement in building technics that could help in the construction of mass housing, reduce the sector's deficits through timely delivery, quality provision and affordability in cost.
The Guardian's investigation revealed that the common building construction technics that come with about 60 per cent in cost reduction include; the prefabricated building technics and the container housing. The technics are designed for construction of mass housing in advanced countries and could help in reducing the existing over 17million housing shortfalls in the country.
In Nigeria, the use of glass and steel and clay bricks is trending in most locations including rural and urban centres especially towards the luxury end of the housing market.
For instance, the prefabricated building construction involves the practice of assembling a variety of components of a structure at a manufacturing site and transporting those sub-assemblies to the location of the construction jobsite. It is a mass produced mode of construction and takes less than half the time when compared to traditional construction
The technic is becoming the norm, improving in quality of building, sidesteps the possibility of unreliable contractor, unproductive staff and has become available with numerous benefits which also include; eco-friendly, energy efficiency, shorter construction time and sustainable construction. Whereas, in existing traditional construction methods require extra materials that lead to increased waste.
In the case of container homes, they are made from the steel shipping containers that carry goods on trains, trucks, and ships. The smallest container makes a tiny box of a home at about 100 square feet of floor space. Experts say homes are built with containers because they are seen as more eco-friendly than traditional building materials such like bricks and cement. Tempo-housing, Nigerian housing interior and exterior firm has leveraged on this technology and expertise to create a Nigerian tailored solutions to the housing problem that is quick to build, easy to maintain, portable and most importantly affordable.
Speaking on the development, the Managing Director of Tetramanor, a Lagos-based building Development Company, John Beecroft told The Guardian that the two technics very common at the moment are the use of glass and steel.
"In most of the buildings around, you see a lot of usage of glass and steel. This is more common in expensive locations like, Lekki, Ikoyi, Banana Island and Victoria Island in Lagos. Glass and steel are very expensive materials to build home. The use of glass and steel give you very beautiful buildings."
According to him, Nigerians are also adopting the uses of clay bricks in building their homes as the practice provides low cost maintenance in building.
"Clay bricks are actually very expensive to build, however, now that they are been mass-produced, they have become cheaper. People are beginning to use them. The unique thing about clay bricks is that maintenance is lower. Once you fixed it, there are no needs to paint every year like the normal blockhouse nor plaster it or clean it. Of course, it has its own challenges too like you canít put the piping/wiring inside clay bricks rather everything must be exposed. Building cracks is limited also in the use of clay bricks. Developers in the country have been adopting this technology en masse."
For him, developers in Nigeria are looking forward to the adoption of prefabricated buildings where the technology involves construction of buildings in the factory for onward assembly at the building site, only if there are enough funds to import the technics to the country.
"This technology is common in the United States of America (USA) and other countries because it is much cheaper and more used for mass housing. The technology is in the form of mole wall build and everything including the roofing done in the factory, only to be installed on the site. Nigeria doesnít have the technology. Until Nigeria makes use of prefabricated building, solving the problem of affordable housing will remain a challenge. The buildings are lighter in weight, tested and are certified to be durable.
"In the US, developers are using woods to build so that if the wood collapsed on the occupants, he or she could still survive whereas if a block house collapse on occupants, survival rate is not visible. We need to find the cost of importing this technology to Nigeria to solve the challenge of mass housing," he said.
On container housing, he emphasized that some developers have claimed that the technology could be used for a two-bedroom/three room apartment as low as N6 million and the container housing can be arranged up to three or four storeys high. According to him, experts have attested that it could reduce the cost of the normal house down by 60 per cent reduction, which is very affordable.
He said; "We know that two or more developers are trying to bring it onboard but we are watching to see whether its something that we could explore. Most of the oil companies use them off-site for accommodation. The containers that are lying in waste in shipping houses could be converted for that purpose. We need the technology to be imported, the skill for workers and the buyers to have confidence in the technology. We must produce it in Nigeria, workers and those who will adopt it.
The Second Vice President of Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB), Kunle Awobodu said new technics in building construction have made rendering, laying of blocks and plastering in building to be very easy to achieve at a faster rate.
"Some new machines that molds blocks at high speed are now available in the market. 3D printings are now used for making the mechanical components of building prototypes. The process is been introduced to construction to encourage mass construction. We also have construction robots that could do a lot of activities within the construction industry like erection of steels and lying of bricks but our fear is that when you start to engage the use of robots, it might lead to unemployment for the building artisans."
Source: The Guardian
← FMBN Adopts Rent-to-Own Housing Scheme for NHF Contributors
Concrete Road Cheaper, Safer Says Dangote →


Looking forward since 1880
"Inspiring confidence through generations of eyewear" has always been the adage of MOREL. It is the authenticity of this maxim which drew our inspiration for our new 2022 campaign: a historical series of original photos depicting genuinely bold characters featuring the frames of MOREL's new collection. The campaign is a journey through time that begins with the portrait of Jules Morel who founded the company in 1880. This is the starting point of a tribute to the four generations that have crossed all eras with passion and audacity, making MOREL what it is today: a global, independent French brand manufacturer.
"Looking forward since 1880" is a bold campaign that pictures MOREL's history, its present, and its future.


Steph Leek
You are here: / TV / News /
Keeley Hawes: "She should be very large-breasted"
The actress talks about her role in the TV adaptation of J. K. Rowling's 'The Casual Vacancy', which was released on Blu-ray and DVD yesterday.
Jun 16, 2015 roob.la/48615
ShareAll sharing options for:Keeley Hawes: "She should be very large-breasted"
J.K. Rowling, who famously wrote the Harry Potter series, took a step back from the world of wizardry to focus on adult fiction with her novel, The Casual Vacancy, which was quickly adapted for television.
Set in the suburban town of Pagford, the plot begins when an admired member of the parish council, Barry Fairbrother (Rory Kinnear), meets an untimely death. It paves the way for a local election, which stirs the interest of a handful of town's folk.
Howard Mollison (Michael Gambon), a notorious snob, and his wife, Shirley (Julia McKenzie), force their son Miles (Rufus Jones) to run for council. If he wins, they plan to make him reverse Fairbrother's decision to keep the local council estate as part of Pagford.
Miles is a complete pushover, and his wife Samantha (Keeley Hawes) struggles to cope with her controlling in-laws as well as trying to zest up her marriage.
In an interview prior to the release of The Casual Vacancy box set, Hawes gave an insight into her character.
"Miles and Samantha are not in a great place when we meet them," she explained. "Their marriage is in a very bad way. That's really down to his relationship with his mother and his father. He is a mummy's boy, but he's gone too far and now they are using him and pushing him forward in this election."
Samantha is a strong-willed woman whose troubling past comes back to haunt her when the election starts to takes a toll on family life. When asked about her approach to the character, Hawes revealed: "When I read the books I was very keen that she should be very large-breasted. I think that's a major part of Sam's personality."
"She's probably gone to these lengths at some point, when keeping things alive, when she started her underwear boutique. It's all part of this look. They're not in keeping with the rest of her, in the same way that she's not in keeping really with the rest of Pagford. I was very keen on keeping that from the book. The outfit Samantha wears is all very top-end but it looks very cheap."
Rowling and director Jonny Campbell made the TV mini-series very relatable for the audience, particularly through Samantha, who conveys the struggle for approval that many people experience with their in-laws.
"I've got so much sympathy for her," Hawes admits. "She's really stuck. She loves her husband and it is something still worth saving. It's not a total loss. She's just being railroaded at every turn by these very strong characters. They live in a house which has been owned by Miles' parents. Even the house they live in is down to them."
The Casual Vacancy is out now on Blu-ray and DVD.
f/news f/tv f/michael gambon f/j. k. rowling f/the casual vacancy
f/rufus jones f/keeley hawes f/rory kinnear
@stephleek
Why we should all be watching Saturday Night Live
Review: Sicario (2015)
Review: The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)
Kick Ass 2 video game tie-in to be released in May
Martin Sheen to scale high places
Movie News: Django Unchained – First Images Revealed
Up next in TV
WWE Day 1 2022 review: A good start to a New Year in WWE
ShareAll sharing options for:WWE Day 1 2022 review: A good start to a New Year in WWE
Around the World in 80 Days (2021) review: Entertaining adventure, if not quite the trip of a lifetime
ShareAll sharing options for:Around the World in 80 Days (2021) review: Entertaining adventure, if not quite the trip of a lifetime
WWE Survivor Series 2021 review: Brand. War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing
ShareAll sharing options for:WWE Survivor Series 2021 review: Brand. War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing
WWE Crown Jewel 2021 review: WWE returns to Saudi Arabia with their best PPV in nine months!
ShareAll sharing options for:WWE Crown Jewel 2021 review: WWE returns to Saudi Arabia with their best PPV in nine months!
WWE Extreme Rules 2021 review: about as extreme as an episode of The Great British Bake Off
ShareAll sharing options for:WWE Extreme Rules 2021 review: about as extreme as an episode of The Great British Bake Off
WWE SummerSlam 2021 review: a wildly uneven spectacle in Vegas
ShareAll sharing options for:WWE SummerSlam 2021 review: a wildly uneven spectacle in Vegas


Mayer Brown continues IP expansion in DC and Chicago by adding 11-lawyer team led by partner Jamie Beaber
Mayer Brown continues IP expansion in DC and Chicago by adding 11-lawyer team led by partner...
相关人员
Jamie Beaber
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that prominent intellectual property lawyer Jamie Beaber has joined the firm in Washington DC as a partner in the Intellectual Property practice. Previously he was a partner at Steptoe & Johnson. Joining Mr. Beaber in the move from Steptoe to Mayer Brown are four counsel and six associates in Washington DC and Chicago.
For nearly two decades, Mr. Beaber has focused his practice on intellectual property litigation, including unfair import actions under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as well as Customs issues arising from these proceedings. Notably, he has handled more than 50 investigations before the US International Trade Commission (ITC). Mr. Beaber also has extensive experience representing clients in intellectual property litigation before US district courts across the country, particularly in the Eastern District of Texas and the District of Delaware.
"Jamie is well-known throughout the industry for his technical patent litigation work—particularly before the ITC bar—and we are thrilled to welcome him and his team to the firm," said Alan Grimaldi, co-leader of Mayer Brown's global Intellectual Property practice. "Jamie's significant experience handling Section 337 cases before the ITC on behalf of a diverse array of technologies further enhances Mayer Brown's existing capabilities in this area and will be a huge asset in servicing our global clients," added John Mancini, co-leader of the firm's global Intellectual Property practice.
Mr. Beaber said, "Mayer Brown's strong track record of success in handling cases before the ITC, along with the recent growth of its global IP practice, make the firm a terrific fit for me and my team," Mr. Beaber said. "We look forward to contributing to the continued expansion of Mayer Brown's IP capabilities."
Daniel Masur, partner-in-charge of Mayer Brown's Washington DC office, said that the arrival of Mr. Beaber and his team continues the office's strong recent growth. "Since the start of 2014, we have added nearly two dozen lateral partners and other lawyers in practice groups including White Collar Defense & Compliance, Securities Litigation & Enforcement and Employment & Benefits. The addition of these outstanding individuals demonstrates clearly that top-tier lawyers increasingly view Mayer Brown as a destination of choice."
Mr. Beaber is affiliated with several bar associations and serves on numerous committees. Currently, he serves as the Co-Chair of the Federal Circuit Bar Association's International Trade Committee. He is a frequent writer and speaker on patent litigation topics, including ITC proceedings and enforcement, Section 337 investigations and trade secrets. In 2012 and 2013, he was named a "Rising Star" by Law360 for his work handling high-stakes cases at the ITC.
Mr. Beaber holds an LLM from Georgetown University Law Center, a JD, magna cum laude, from Thomas M. Cooley Law, and a BS from the University of North Dakota.
Mayer Brown's multi-disciplinary, full-service global IP practice has experienced explosive growth during the past three years—almost doubling its size. The practice consists of nearly 100 lawyers in more than eight offices, including Europe and Asia. Innovators at global multinationals, emerging growth companies and established mid-sized businesses all rely on Mayer Brown's global IP practice to help protect, preserve and enforce their intellectual property assets. The practice is fully integrated with other firm practices and offices around the world—particularly in key business centers, including Brazil, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.
相关执业范围
业务领域 –
专利诉讼
ITC 337调查
孖士打在《亚太法律500强》(2023年)40个类别的评选中榜上有名,36名律师上榜
Mayer Brown advises Marlin Equity Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Cloud Technology Solutions Group
12 月 19 日
The IP News that Mattered Most in 2022, According to You
IPWatchdog
接受最新的观点信息


Notebooks of the Oxford Diocesan Church Building Society
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Top. Oxon. f. 6].
This is a collection-level description. To identify the box/es you wish to see, please review the offline catalogue indicated in 'Other finding aids' section further down on this page, and note the shelfmarks of the items you wish to see.
Please email specialcollections.bookings@bodleian.ox.ac.uk quoting the shelfmarks of the items you wish to see and the date of your intended visit. You may order up to ten items.
Please complete one green slip per shelfmark and hand this to a member of staff at the reserve. You may have up to ten items on reserve.
Notebooks of the secretary of the Oxford Diocesan Church Building Society, containing memoranda of letters written and notes of collections.
5 shelfmarks
MSS. Top. Oxon. f. 6-10
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13295
Oxford Diocesan Church Building Society.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, nos. 30110-4.
The notebooks were presented to the Library by Rev. A. Clark on 5 July 1889.
See also Papers of the Oxford Diocesan Church Building Society, (Shelfmarks: MSS. Top. Berks. c. 14-16, d. 9; Top. Bucks. c. 6-8, d. 3; Top. Oxon. c. 103-105, d. 42)
Indexed Names and Subjects
Church buildings -- England -- Oxford
Oxford Diocesan Church Building Society
Emily Tarrant
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Top. Oxon. f. 6]. https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk//repositories/2/resources/749 Accessed January 17, 2021.


Ex-players suing NHL rip decision to vote Gary Bettman into Hockey Hall of Fame
Sandy Duncan
AP Published 11:13 p.m. ET June 26, 2018
Daniel Carcillo, right, is suing the NHL over head injuries.(Photo: Chris LaFrance, USA TODAY Sports)
The addition of NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to the Hockey Hall of Fame has prompted sharp pushback from some former players angry about the league's handling of head injuries.
Bettman joined Martin Brodeur, Jayna Hefford, Willie O'Ree, Martin St. Louis and Alexander Yakushev in the Hall of Fame Class of 2018 announced[1] on Tuesday.
Bettman has overseen the NHL's expansion from 24 to 31 teams and a surge in annual revenue from $437 million to $5 billion in a quarter century overseeing the NHL. His tenure also has included three lockouts of the players and increased controversy over concussions.
A federal lawsuit against the league, consolidated from five cases filed in 2013, has sought class action status for pursuit of damages for mental and physical health problems plaguing former players who experienced head trauma during their careers.
The plaintiffs have alleged the league failed to warn its players of the long-term risk of brain damage that may have been suffered in action on the ice.
More: Boynton, Carcillo sue NHL over head injuries[2]
More: Hall of Fame goalie Martin Brodeur revolutionized position[3]
Two more retirees, Daniel Carcillo and Nick Boynton, recently filed their own federal lawsuit under similar arguments. They were among the vocal critics on Tuesday of Bettman's impending induction, using their Twitter accounts to express disgust about the honor for the NHL's top official since 1993.
"I can't get over what a slap in the face this must be to the families of Steve Montador, Rick Rypien, Derek Boogaard, Bob Probert & Wade Belak," Carcillo tweeted , referencing five former players who were suffering from brain damage and died prematurely by causes that included overdose and suicide. "Gary Bettman had a hand in every death by withholding info about the risks of doing their job."
Boynton questioned the election and called on the Hall of Fame to return all the personal items he had donated to the museum from his career.
"This is not something I want to be a part of," Boynton tweeted.
[4] 2 of 26
[9] 7 of 26[10] 8 of 26[11] 9 of 26[12] 10 of 26[13] 11 of 26[14] 12 of 26[15] 13 of 26[16] 14 of 26[17] 15 of 26[18] 16 of 26[19] 17 of 26[20] 18 of 26[21] 19 of 26[22] 20 of 26[23] 21 of 26[24] 22 of 26[25] 23 of 26[26] 24 of 26[27] 25 of 26[28] 26 of 26[29]
Last SlideNext Slide[30][31]
^ Hall of Fame Class of 2018 announced (www.usatoday.com)
^ Boynton, Carcillo sue NHL over head injuries (www.usatoday.com)
^ Hall of Fame goalie Martin Brodeur revolutionized position (www.usatoday.com)
^ 1 of 26 (rssfeeds.usatoday.com)
^ 10 of 26 (rssfeeds.usatoday.com)
^ Last Slide (rssfeeds.usatoday.com)
^ Next Slide (rssfeeds.usatoday.com)
Previous articleStill no dominant PGA Tour player halfway through year
Next articleClippers trading Austin Rivers to Wizards for veteran center Marcin Gortat
Dorktown: The 1976 Oakland A's stole nearly a mile worth of bases vs. one team
Sports Alex Rubenstein - January 20, 2021
Media Club: Remembering the time 21 Savage whispered through a song
Sports Joe Ali - January 20, 2021
Thailand's luxury-quarantine reopening plan did not work as expected
Travel Daniela Kankova - January 19, 2021
Thailand offered tourists to spend quarantine in a number of its luxurious resorts. However, a bare fraction of the expected travelers did show up. According...
World News Jamey Keaten - January 21, 2021
GENEVA (AP) — President Joe Biden's top medical adviser on COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, on Thursday announced renewed U.S. support for the World Health...
Biden's first Cabinet member to lead battered intel agencies
World News Mary Clare Jalonick - January 20, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Avril Haines as director of national intelligence, giving President Joe Biden the first member of his...
@2020 Seattle Metro Magazine


Why Don't Feminists Write I Wouldn't Leave My Son Alone with a Gay Man?
February 28, 2017 The Editors
Fairfax's man hating Daily Life website came up with a new low in reverse sexism last week. Author Kasey Edwards put forth her reasoning of why she doesn't allow any man to be unsupervised with her daughters even for a short while. She claims she cannot trust her judgement at all and that child sexual abuse from men is so common that it is just safer to have this rule. She rationalizes her decision saying they are based on cold hard facts and that if she hurts men's feelings then that is worth saving her daughters from potential sexual abuse.
If you ever wanted an example of moral panic and thinking of every man as potential sex offender and naturally a sexual predator this would be it. This article is not the first article by a feminist to argue that men should not be left alone with children. News presenter Tracey Spicer wrote that she did not want her children to sit next to men on planes. Mia Friedman also asked the question in an article should men be left alone with children? This mindset is an insult to all fathers, uncles, grandfathers, male teachers, childcare workers, sporting coaches and youth leaders who do an outstanding job looking after children.
A lot of people will dismiss these articles as simple click bait designed to generate outrage so that it will be shared around. But there is more to these articles than that, it is part of the feminist mindset that male influences need to be shut out from the lives of children as much as possible. That masculinity is a bad influence and that the next generation needs to be feminized. This goal is of course cloaked under the guise of protecting children.
Feminists argue that facts are on their side and that feelings shouldn't matter. However, if we take this argument to its logical conclusion there is one group of men who should especially be kept away from children specifically boys, and that's gay men. Looking at the data sources Kasey Edwards did, you can draw the conclusion that gay man are the most dangerous people for boys to be around.
Based on the Australian Institute for Family Studies girls are subject to sexual abuse more than boys by a ratio of 2 to 1. Based on a fact sheet by the Centres Against Sexual Assault the child sexual abuse ratio of girls to boys is again to 2 to 1. However, this fact sheet also states that 93% of perpetrators are male.
Using these statistics this means that 31% of child sexual assaults would have a male perpetrator whose victims would be boys, meaning that they are homosexual child sexual offences. This is an alarmingly high rate given that according to Roy Morgan Research only 3.4% of the Australian population identify as homosexual. Now many would argue that the male abusers of young boys are not homosexual but motivated by power or is a result of their own sexual abuse. However more medical professionals are calling paedophilia a sexual orientation similar to homosexuality.
Therefore, feminist logic would then dedicate that they shouldn't leave their sons alone with gay men. But I have never seen a feminist argue this, perhaps because they don't want to offend their gay male friends who are part of a designated victim group. But they have said they don't care about men's feelings, shouldn't this include their gay male friends' feelings too, or is that too controversial for them to say?
Now do I believe that gay men should not be left alone with boys? Of course not, it is wrong to cast such generalisation on all gay men based on the above statistics, as it is wrong to do this to all men. Also, these broad statistics do not take into account socio-economic factors in sexual abuse which is large component. Thinking of every second person as a sex offender is not a healthy way to live and teaching your children to distrust all men leaves them scared, less independent and unprepared for the real world. Also, if you don't trust your judgement about other people I would also question your judgement in other areas of life.
Additionally, Kasey and other feminists who lay the blame on men forget that women are not free from blame when it comes to child sex offenses. Many experts believe female sex offenders are more likely to escape conviction and justice, with such situations going underreported. Reasons include victims unwilling to report female sex offenders for fear of not being believed, or because it is less obvious even for victims to realise that a female has indeed abused them sexually. Because female sex offenders challenge the notions regarding women as nurturing and caring, experts have concluded that child abuse involving a female adult are much more prevalent than what actually gets reported. But conveniently for Kasey, she has chosen to leave this out.
A male and especially a father's influence is an important part of a child's development and deny this to a child based on your own paranoia and slave to statistics is a type of child abuse in itself. This latest example of feminist lunacy should not be taken seriously by anyone seeking advice about how to best raise a child.
Next In the name of our children, let's ban the Mardi Gras
The Tragic Life and Death of Aaron Carter
November 8, 2022 Margo Huss
March for the Babies Returns to Melbourne's Streets in 2022
October 8, 2022 Tim Wilms and Margo Huss
WF Ep. 168 Britain's Future with Jolene Bunting
October 6, 2022 Tim Wilms
Rainbow Fascism Strikes Again: Victoria's 6.8 Million Dollar Pride Festival
September 2, 2022 Margo Huss
Book Review: The Sexual Holocaust
August 26, 2022 Philippe Armstrong
TNE 62 Missing in Action
July 4, 2022 Tim Wilms