Spring 2013 Workshop Series
Room MATH 150
Please join librarians at the Gemmill Library of Engineering, Math & Physics for a series of interactive graduate student workshops designed to help enhance your research skills. No registration is necessary. Workshops are tailored to graduate students but all are welcome. Laptops will be provided but feel free to bring your own.
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2/18 Engineering Village: Applied Sciences Research
Searching the technical literature made easy! In this workshop, you will learn how to use Engineering Village to locate articles, conference papers, and standards related to engineering, computer science, and physics. Search tips, saved searches, and finding full text included!
2/25 PubMed: Biomedical and Life Sciences Research
Searching the biomedical literature made easy! This workshop is designed to quickly introduce you to effective searching in the PubMed database. Learn how to search the literature, manage results, and receive updates in your area of research.
3/4 SciFinder: Chemical and Medical Research Literature
Chemistry meets Engineering! From properties of polymers to building solar cells, SciFinder offers relevant content for engineers through an easy-to-use interface with natural language searching. This session will offer search strategies for finding property information, journal references, and patents.
3/11 Web of Science: Interdisciplinary Sciences Research
Search the top journals across a wide spread of disciplines easily! In this session, you’ll learn how to efficiently take advantage of the unique features offered by Web of Science. The session will cover search strategies, finding cited and citing articles, and setting up alerts for instant updates to your research.
3/18 GeoRef: Geosciences Research, Maps, & More
GeoRef is the place to search for published articles, agency reports, maps, theses and dissertations, and other research sources in geology, physical geography, and other earth science literature. Learn how to use the new GeoRef interface and how to maximize and fine tune your search results.
4/1 Accessing Science eBooks
Quickly find handbooks, practical manuals for programming languages, and reliable data you can interact with using the library’s eBook packages. You’ll learn how to quickly access the most relevant eBooks for your needs, as well as their nifty hidden features. Particularly useful for engineering, environmental science, and chemical research.


This guide will show you how to go use ATLauncher and install it onto your server.
-Knowledge on how to use FTP, and a FTP program (https://ggservers.com/billing/knowledgebase/13/FTP-File-Access.html)
-AT Launcher (http://www.atlauncher.com/)
In order to download the server files, you will need to navigate to the “Packs” tab of the ATLauncher, search for the modpack you want, then click on “Create Server”.
After that, you will have to select the optional mods you want, if the modpack offers them, then click on install. Note: Not all optional mods found when downloading the client version of the modpack will be in the server version, since there are some mods which are not server-sided, such as minimap, or HUD altering mods(e.g Zan’s Minimap, Damage Indicators).
Your server files will then be found by accessing the “Servers” subfolder from the ATLauncher folder.
Installing the Modpack
1. Create a new folder called JAR in the server folder you just downloaded.
2. Rename the “forge.versionnumber.jar” to simply “forge.jar”.
3. Move the forge.jar, the minecraft_server jar and the libraries folder inside your new “jar” folder.
4. Delete everything from your server using FTP.
5. Upload all server files created by ATLauncher to your server using FTP.
6. Change the jar file in your Multicraft Control Panel to “forge.jar”, then click on save at the bottom of the page. For 1.7.10 versions or higher, you also have to click on ACCEPT EULA.
7. Start the server!
If you still have any issues installing your AT Launcher modpack, you can purchase our Plugin Support and Setup Addon and we will help you get everything set up.


Ingrid Díaz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She’s the author of Alix & Valerie and all 23 1/4 versions of The Blind Side of Love. Over the years she’s worked as a sales associate, library technician, professional blogger, editor, freelance writer, and graphic designer. These days, she resides in the French countryside with her wife and cat, where she’s hard at work answering the eternal question: how much cheese is too much cheese?
The published version of The Blind Side of Love, is currently in the works. You can read the first two drafts for free — and all the more recent versions over on Patreon.


Dennis is a visiting professor at the University of Buckingham and an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Derby. He is the Director of the influential campaign group Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF). AFAF is the leading body in the UK defending academic freedom. Dennis is also on the Advisory Board of the Free Speech Union, launched on 26 February 2020.
In 2009 he edited and contributed to a special edition of the British Journal of Educational Studies on Academic Freedom and he writes regularly in the national and international press on free speech and academic freedom. His latest book The Death of Academic Freedom: Free speech and censorship on campus will be published by Routledge in 2022.
In the educational world he is well-known for his controversial co-authored book The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education (2008) which has been described as ‘one of the most important books to have been written in at least the last twenty years in that crucial area where philosophy, policy and practice coincide’. Routledge re-issued the book with a new introduction ‘The Continuing Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education’ in their Education Classic Series in February 2019.


Minnesota- The Minnesota DNR is warning gardeners to double check their seed bags especially those labeled for "Native" Plants.
“Every plant is native to someplace, but that place may not be here,” said Lori Seele, coordinator of the Duluth Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area. Gardeners interested in growing true, native wildflowers are advised to purchase native seed mixes or plants from local native plant sellers. There are several local vendors and farmers markets coming up in Duluth in the next few weeks.
Duluth, MN- The Duluth Public Library will offer new programs in the coming weeks. The new BAM! program allows to fill out a basic interests form and within four business days, a package of those specific interests will be ready for checkout. The Duluth Public Library also has a few events coming up, including a trailblazing women writers series and a teen poetry contest.
More information can be found on the library's website.
Ely, MN- The Ely Folk School is offering a wide variety of classes in the coming weeks. There are online and in-person classes available.
Some upcoming offers include an introduction to lightroom class, a birding class, jewelry making class and an array of needle felt animal classes. The Ely Folk School offers dozens of classes throughout the year and encourages the teaching of traditional crafts that encourages learning for life and not for exams. Find more of their programs and events here.


It is not easy to get high marks in any subject of CSS. However, in competitive exams doing better than others helps students to take advantage of many things. Most of the time few students score exceptionally high marks in a few subjects. The prime reason behind their good score is in the depth of understanding those arguments they make in papers are better than other students. Meanwhile, it is difficult for any student to make a strong opinion of his own. But, through reading good books and writings of professionals they get a grip on the subjects.
Foreign Authors are very important to read during CSS Exams. However, it becomes difficult to get enough time to read those Authors and afford their books. I have collected some important key points from very important books on gender studies. You can get notes on these points and use the names of these books to quote references and sayings of their Authors. They will make a difference in your exam and it is a short way to reflect your deep understanding on the sheets.
Takeaways from five recommended books of Gender Studies.
The Feminine Mystique:
A landmark book by feminist Betty Friedan published in 1963 described the pervasive dissatisfaction among women in mainstream American society in the post-World War II period. She coined the term feminine mystique to describe the societal assumption that women could find fulfillment through housework, marriage, sexual passivity, and child-rearing alone. Further, prevailing attitudes held that “truly feminine” women had no desire for higher education, careers, or a political voice; rather, they found complete fulfillment in the domestic sphere. Friedan, however, noted that many housewives were unsatisfied with their lives but had difficulty articulating their feelings. Friedan deemed that unhappiness and inability to live up to the feminine mystique the “problem that has no name.”
“it is an undeniable fact that, in organizing, petitioning, and speaking out to free the slaves, American women learned how to free themselves.”
A vindication of the rights of woman: Mary Wollstonecraft:
The first feminist philosophical work was published in 1792. arguing for the dictionary definition of feminism: a belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.
“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.”
The Second Sex:
French: Le Deuxième Sexe is a 1949 book by the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women throughout history. Beauvoir asks "What is woman?" She argues that man is considered the default, while the woman is considered the "Other": "Thus humanity is male and man defines woman not herself but as relative to him." She describes women's subordination to the species in terms of reproduction, and compares the physiology of men and women, concluding that values cannot be based on physiology and that the facts of biology must be viewed in light of the ontological, economic, social, and physiological context.
Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990; second edition 1999) is a book by the philosopher Judith Butler, in which the author argues that gender is a kind of improvised performance. Butler criticizes one of the central assumptions of feminist theory: that there exists an identity and a subject that requires representation in politics and language. For Butler, "women" and "woman" are categories complicated by factors such as class, ethnicity, and sexuality. Moreover, the universality presumed by these terms parallels the assumed universality of the patriarchy and erases the particularity of oppression in distinct times and places. Butler thus eschews identity politics in favor of a new, coalitional feminism that critiques the basis of identity and gender. They challenge assumptions about the distinction often made between sex and gender, according to which sex is biological while gender is culturally constructed. Butler argues that this false distinction introduces a split into the supposedly unified subject of feminism. Sexed bodies cannot signify without gender, and the apparent existence of sex before discourse and cultural imposition is only an effect of the functioning of gender. Sex and gender are both constructed.
“Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.”
“There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; …(gender) identity is performatively constituted by the very “expressions” that are said to be its results.”
GREAT ANCESTORS: Farida Shaheed:
There is a widespread myth both outside and within Muslim contexts that women's struggles for rights are alien to those societies that embraced Islam and a misconception that the contemporary women's movement is exclusively rooted in Western concepts and struggles of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In Muslim contexts, this myth discredits women's rights advocates and their cause and, when taken as fact, discourages women's assertions for their rights and justice.
Great Ancestors explodes this myth by profiling women who defied and changed the contours of women's lives from the 8th century to the mid-1950s and provides a very different picture of the past
What do Students have to do now?
1) Learn paper-attempting technique to write and present your paper well
2) Complete your syllabus
3) Make a fact book about gender studies and note down important statistics.
4) Learn the names of a few books and their perspectives to quote in the exam.
5) Your every answer must carry numeric facts and quotes.
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In order to free up space in your email profile you can delete messages that you do not need anymore, but if you still need to be able to access these messages for future reference, you can archive items instead (Messages/Folders, Contacts, Calendars, etc.). Archiving removes items from your mailbox on the server and saves them locally on your computer in a separate email (.pst) file. This means that you will only have access to these items on a computer with these archive .PST files, and if these files get deleted or corrupted, they will be gone forever. If you cannot afford to risk losing this data, take a backup of these files.
1. In Outlook, click on File, and in the Info tab, click on Cleanup Tools and select Archive....
2. In the popup window, make sure the second bullet for Archive this folder and all subfolders: is selected. Click on the folder you would like to archive. You can select the entire Inbox, subfolders within the Inbox, the Deleted Items folder, Sent Items, Calendars, or any other items in the list. Once you have selected the folder you want to archive, click on the Archive items older than: dropdown menu to choose the date from which you want to archive. For example, if you want to archive all items from the previous year, you would select January 1.
3. By default, the Archive file name will be archive.pst. If you are archiving multiple items, this can get confusing so you may want to change the file name to something more descriptive such as InboxBefore2015.pst. Click OK and Outlook will begin archiving the selected folder. You can use Outlook while this is happening, and you can see the progress in the bottom right corner of the program. Once it has completed, you can follow these steps to archive another folder.


Audio books: 77
Music CDs: 43
They have an accumulated value of more than $14,000 (and that's very conservative) None of them cost the taxpayers a cent. How many one person libraries can make such a claim?
If you follow this blog or did follow the old newspaper column in the SV Weekly, you know we're very active in the statewide interlibrary loan process. Every time we receive an ILL request from a new library, we create a card for them. Yesterday, I looked at the cumulative number of cards issued. We've created 163 cards for other Maine libraries. I suspect that puts us near the top in terms of how many other libraries we share stuff with.
On to this weekend. I'm heading to Massachusetts to be part of my first New England Crime Bake. This is something I've been thinking about attending for several years, but never had the time and the $$ together. I'm really excited about going for several reasons.
1-it will be fun.
2-I'm going to a couple really good workshops, Writing YA mysteries by Peter Abrahams and Pacing taught by Paul Doiron.
3-All of us who have stories in this year's Level Best anthology Stone Cold will be doing a joint book signing Saturday morning, followed by a group photo shoot.
4-I have 5 minutes to shop one of my books to an agent.
5-There's a tacky Hawaiian shirt contest on Friday night and I got the perfect one at the Newport Salvation Army store on Monday.
6-I'll meet a lot of interesting people as well as make some potentially useful connections.
7-Did I mention that it will be fun?
Here's a link to the Crime Bake website http://www.crimebake.org/index.htm
Another facet of my OCD librarianship is my willingness to go and get library book sale leftovers. I am committed to picking up the remainders for three other libraries on a regular basis.
Before I had a chance to catch my breath, another of the three librarians I work with called. Could I come on Friday and get the leftovers from her sale? So, off I went with my little Chevy Sonic right after work. Fortunately this library is close enough to be a reasonable pickup, but it took three trips to get all but the two older dictionaries I left behind. That was nine days ago. There remains less than one box that hasn't been triaged out of almost 120. My two ladies who volunteer regularly, Briana and Deana, are really good at running stuff through Betterworld Books and enjoy the fun of finding treasures. Briana is working her way through our science fiction collection and is learning to cook. She went home with close to 50 books in these categories to add to her personal collection. Plenty of patrons found books they remembered from years past as well as new ones that looked intriguing. Giving them away is a great public relations tool because the ones I offer have little sale value. One man took a truckload to the low income housing complex where his mother lives because every time he's done so in the past the books have been devoured by a bunch of folks who seldom get to a library.
Sure, it's a lot of extra work, but the intangible rewards are well worth the effort and when I get a bunch of kids books to fill our free easy reader box or the hot red chapter bookcase, I know many of them will end up in the hands of local kids whose parents can't afford trips to a book store.
On a related note, the fourth grade teacher at the Elm Street School emailed a group of people, asking for mystery reader volunteers to come in on Fridays and read to her class. I love reading to kids, so I replied immediately. Last Friday, I took Parents Keep Out by Ogden Nash and My Father's Dragon by Ruth Styles Gannett with me and went to have some fun. More than half the kids have been in the library at one time or another. Several commented on the books they got when they came for our summer programs this year. (We gave out almost 500 kids books in July and August). I told them how my sisters and I used to memorize and recite Ogden Nash poems when we were their age and how my daughter had me do an Ogden Nash reading at her wedding last July. I then told them about how the dragon book came to be a family favorite when I was a kid and how Dr. Rudy Koster, my mother's boss at Hoffman LaRoche in New Jersey, used to make wooden Christmas ornaments and send them to us every year. I still have some of the ones representing the characters from My Father's Dragon and the two other books in the series. Since the book was written in 1948, the same year I was born, I wasn't sure how it would be received, nor, at 70 pages, how long the kids would remain engaged. Big surprise, by asking questions about what Elmer Elevator might have in his backpack to help him get out of tricky situations, the kids sat through the entire book and asked a bunch of questions afterwards. I hope they had as much fun as I did.
1-The first three seasons of Duck Dynasty will be added to the collection this week.
2-So will Supernatural: Season 8.
3-We have a printed list of Christian fiction added in 2013 available.
4-We have two new TV series that were just added to the collection. #1-The Mind of a Married Man: the Complete Season 1. #2-Fringe: The Complete First Season.
5-We have a new work of fiction by Susan Wittig Albert: A Wilder Rose. Here's a description. "In 1928, Rose Wilder Lane—world traveler, journalist, highly-paid magazine writer—returned from an Albanian sojourn to her parents’ Ozark farm. Almanzo Wilder was 71 and Laura 61, and Rose felt obligated to stay and help. Then came the Crash. Rose’s investments vanished and the magazine market dried up. That’s when Laura wrote “Pioneer Girl,” her story of growing up in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, on the Kansas prairie, and by the shores of Silver Lake. The rest is literary history. But it isn’t the history we thought we knew. Based on the unpublished diaries of Rose Wilder Lane and other documentary evidence, A Wilder Rose tells the surprising true story of the often strained collaboration that produced the Little House books—a collaboration that Rose and her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, concealed from their agent, editors, reviewers, and readers."
6-We added a two book set to the YA collection that reminded me very favorably of Lisa Bergren's terrific time travel trilogy-The Waterfall of Time series. These two are written by Rachel Harris. They are My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century and A Tale of Two Centuries. Told by cousins in the first person, they're impossible to put down.
We're experiencing changes here at the library as well. Because we're constantly squeezed for space, I decided it was time to delete the audio books on cassette that were in storage. I can't justify locking up ten feet of shelf space for items that have circulated once in total during the past year. I'm going to address movies on VHS next. They take up an enormous amount of room and because most of them are in boxes, they are a bear to locate when we get an interlibrary loan request. Time permitting, I'll keep those not owned by another library in MaineCat and put the rest in our free section. Given the space crunch upstairs in adult and juvenile fiction as well as a growing audio book on Cd collection, we're going to need to move more items to storage pretty soon.
What's happening in terms of additions to the collection? Several things are in process. I've had a mid-term goal of offering 200 juvenile and young adult audio books on CD with accompanying print editions. This is very helpful for kids and teens with dealing problems because it alows them to see as they hear. We have a very impressive YA audio collection and a smaller, but promising juvenile audio collection. The challenge is to find time enough to search the catalog and create a list of books where both flavors are represented so we can share it with our local school system.
In addition to this project, we continue to add foreign movies with English subtitles. Most of them come from a fellow swapper at the Indianapolis Public Library and are Indian, Pakistani and Thai movies. We are continuing to add new books to the Young Adult and Juvenile collections. I'm buying some, swapping for others and donating a bunch I'm getting because of my online book reviewing activities. I want to create the best YA fiction collection in Maine. It won't happen, but I'm having fun trying.
While many Maine libraries are moving to downloadable audio books, we're unable to do so because of the cost. Instead, we're continuing to add to our audio book on CD collection because the interest (both here and via ILL) is strong. I use PaperbackSwap to get most of them and concentrate on trading for titles that are not owned by other libraries or are held by only one or two. We have over 700 titles in this collection.
Finally, we're creating one of the biggest and most eclectic music collections in Maine. It's approaching 3000 CDS with a big sub-collection of New Age titles.
We're looking for new blood. It's not always easy to get useful criticism and feedback when the same people hear your stuff at every meeting. As far as we're concerned, the only requirement for membership is a desire to write and get better at it. If you fit that description and are (or think you might be) comfortable reading in front of a small group of people then we'd love to have you join us. If you have any questions, feel free to call the library at 938-4702 or email me at berek at tds.net
SCHEDULE for 2013-14: (we start at 7 PM)
Beth and I just finished a week of short trips. We took a photo drive through southern Aroostook County. we hit a movie and a play at Lakewood and just finished a weekend at sister Kate's cottage in Harpswell. Kate has been talking up the Orrs Island Library book sale for several years. This time we hit the last day and there were still tons of great books available. In addition to ones I'll sell online, I have around 20 to catalog and add to the library collection. Sandwiched around those will be two book orders for brand new stuff. There's a box in the hall behind me as I write with 20 new titles and below is a summary of each of the 11 books I ordered today. Now I just have to find time to catalog all this stuff...and wipe out the wasp nest above the front door.
Title Author Publisher ISBN-13
1. Rise Carey, Anna Harpercollins 9780062048578
When she lost her soul mate, Caleb, Eve felt like her world had ended. Trapped in the palace, forced to play the part of the happy, patriotic princess of The New America—and the blushing bride of her father's top adviser—Eve's whole life is a lie. The only thing that keeps her going is Caleb's memory, and the revolution he started. Now, Eve is taking over where Caleb left off. With the help of Moss, an undercover subversive in the King's court, she plots to take down The New America, beginning with the capital, the City of Sand. Will Eve be able to bring about a new, free world when she's called upon to perform the ultimate act of rebellion—killing her father?
In Rise, Eve must choose who to leave behind, who to save, and who to fight as Anna Carey's epic tale of romance and sacrifice in the chilling dystopia of The New America comes to a stunning conclusion.
2. Night of the Comet Bishop, George Random House 9780345516008
For his fourteenth birthday, Alan Broussard, Jr., receives a telescope from his father, a science teacher at the local high school who's anxiously awaiting what he promises will be the astronomical event of the century: the coming of Comet Kohoutek. For Alan Broussard, Sr.--frustrated in his job, remote from his family--the comet is a connection to his past and a bridge to his son, with whom he's eager to share his love for the stars. But the only heavenly body Junior has any interest in is his captivating new neighbor and classmate, Gabriella Martello, whose bedroom sits within eyeshot of his telescope's lens. Meanwhile, his mother Lydia sees the comet--and her husband's obsession with it--as one more thing that keeps her from the bigger, brighter life she once imagined for herself far from the swampy environs of Terrebonne, Louisiana. With Kohoutek drawing ever closer, the family begins to crumble under the weight of expectations, and a startling turn of events will leave both father and son much less certain about the laws that govern their universe.
3. Dance of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death) Griffin, Bethany Harpercollins 9780062107824
Bethany Griffin continues the journey of Araby Worth in Dance of the Red Death—the sequel to her teen novel Masque of the Red Death. In Dance of the Red Death, Araby’s world is in shambles—betrayal, death, disease, and evil forces surround her. She has no one to trust. But she finds herself and discovers that she will fight for the people she loves, and for her city. Her revenge will take place at the menacing masked ball, though it could destroy her and everyone she loves…or it could turn her into a hero. With a nod to Edgar Allan Poe, Bethany Griffin concludes her tragic and mysterious Red Death series with a heroine that young adult readers will never forget.
4. Steelheart Sanderson, Brandon Random House 9780385743563
Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics. But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his wills. Nobody fights the Epics . . . nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them. And David wants in. He wants Steelheart—the Epic who is said to be invincible. The Epic who killed David's father. For years, like the Reckoners, David's been studying, and planning—and he has something they need. Not an object, but an experience. He's seen Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge.
5. Her Dark Curiosity Shepherd, Megan Harpercollins 9780062128058 (to be published in January 2014)
Months have passed since Juliet Moreau returned to civilization after escaping her father's island—and the secrets she left behind. Now, back in London once more, she is rebuilding the life she once knew and trying to forget Dr. Moreau’s horrific legacy—though someone, or something, hasn’t forgotten her. As people close to Juliet fall victim one by one to a murderer who leaves a macabre calling card of three clawlike slashes, Juliet fears one of her father’s creations may have also escaped the island. She is determined to find the killer before Scotland Yard does, though it means awakening sides of herself she had thought long banished, and facing loves from her past she never expected to see again. As Juliet strives to stop a killer while searching for a serum to cure her own worsening illness, she finds herself once more in the midst of a world of scandal and danger. Her heart torn in two, past bubbling to the surface, life threatened by an obsessive killer—Juliet will be lucky to escape alive. With inspiration from Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this is a tantalizing mystery about the hidden natures of those we love and how far we’ll go to save them from themselves.
6. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Tucholke, April Penguin Group 9780803738898
Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White's sleepy, seaside town...until River West comes along. River rents the guesthouse behind Violet's crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard. Is River just a crooked-smiling liar with pretty eyes and a mysterious past? Or could he be something more? Violet's grandmother always warned her about the Devil, but she never said he could be a dark-haired boy who takes naps in the sun, who likes coffee, who kisses you in a cemetery...who makes you want to kiss back. Violet's already so knee-deep in love, she can't see straight. And that's just how River likes it. A gothic thriller romance with shades of Stephen King and F. Scott Fitzgerald, set against a creepy summertime backdrop--a must-read for fans of Beautiful Creatures, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, and Anna Dressed in Blood.
7. More Scenes from the Rural Life Klinkenborg, Verlyn Chronicle Books 9781616891565
Verlyn Klinkenborg's regular column, The Rural Life, is one of the most read and beloved in the New York Times. Since 1997, he has written eloquently on every aspect, large and small, of life on his upstate New York farm, including his animals, the weather and landscape, and the trials and rewards of physical labor, as well as broader issues about agriculture and land use behind farming today. Klinkenborg's pieces are admired as much for their poetic writing as for their insight: peonies are "the sheepdog of flowers," dry snow "tumbles off the angled end of the plow-blade as if each crystal were completely independent, almost charged with static electricity," and land is most valuable "for its silence, its freedom from language." Klinkenborg writes with a grace and understanding that makes us more aware of the world around us, whether we live on a farm or in the middle of a city. More Scenes from the Rural Life gathers together 150 of his best pieces since his last collection, The Rural Life, was published a decade ago. For anybody with an appreciation of nature, language, or both, this book is certain to delight.
8. if you could see what I See Lamb, Cathy Kensington Publishing 9780758259400
In this moving, insightful new novel, acclaimed author Cathy Lamb delves into the heart of going home again, the challenge of facing loss--and the freedom of finally letting go. . .For decades, the women in Meggie O'Rourke's family have run Lace, Satin, and Baubles, a lingerie business that specializes in creations as exquisitely pretty as they are practical. The dynamic in Meggie's family, however, is perpetually dysfunctional. In fact, if Meggie weren't being summoned back to Portland, Oregon, by her grandmother, she'd be inclined to stay away all together. Since her husband's death a year ago, Meggie's emotions have been in constant flux, and so has her career as a documentary film maker. Finding ways to keep the family business afloat--and dealing with her squabbling sister and cousin--will at least give her a temporary focus. To draw customers to their website, Meggie decides to interview relatives and employees about their first bras and favorite lingerie. She envisions something flip and funny, but the confessions that emerge are unexpectedly poignant. There are stories of first loves and aching regrets, passionate mistakes and surprising rendezvous. And as the revelations illuminate her family's past, Meggie begins to find her own way forward. With warmth and unflinching humor, If You Could See What I See explores the tender truths we keep close--and what can happen when we find the courage to bare them to the world.
9. Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island by Regina Calcaterra
Regina’s Calcaterra memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story of tenacity and hope. Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, New York State official, and activist. Her painful early life, however, was quite different. Regina and her four siblings survived an abusive and painful childhood only to find themselves faced with the challenges of the foster-care system and intermittent homelessness in the shadows of Manhattan and the Hamptons. A true-life rags-to-riches story, Etched in Sand chronicles Regina’s rising above her past, while fighting to keep her brother and three sisters together through it all. Beautifully written, with heartbreaking honesty, Etched in Sand is an unforgettable reminder that regardless of social status, the American Dream is still within reach for those who have the desire and the determination to succeed.
10. Golem and the Jinni Wecker, Helene HarperCollins 9780062110831
In The Golem and the Jinni, a chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a dazzling journey through cultures in turn-of-the-century New York. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life to by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic and dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York harbor in 1899. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free. Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable, Helene Wecker's debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.
11. Texting the Underworld Booraem, Ellen. Dial Press 9780803737044
Perpetual scaredy-cat Conor O'Neill has the fright of his life when a banshee girl named Ashling shows up in his bedroom. Ashling is--as all banshees are--a harbinger of death, but she's new at this banshee business, and first she insists on going to middle school. As Conor attempts to hide her identity from his teachers, he realizes he's going to have to pay a visit to the underworld if he wants to keep his family safe.
Thursday, July 11th at 11 am
Mad Scientist Program
Dig Into Science
Prepare to be amazed as we simulate a geyser and learn why Stalagmites are so cool, you may even watch some grow before your eyes. We guarantee that you are going to discover some amazing things as we dig deep into the world of science!
Wednesday, July 17th at 10:30am
Narrated by author and former
Waterway Supervisor Tim Caverly,
the show includes music,
scenic and historic photographs as well as stories detailing Tim's personal
experiences while living in the woods.
Canoeing down the river, people will experience the Allagash in a whole new way.
Thurday, July 25th 10 am
L.C Bates Museum
Rocks In Your Life -
Explore rocks and minerals and how we use them in our daily lives. Try out rock experiments like floating rocks, drawing with rocks, and rocks under a black light!
Wednesday, July 31st 10 am
L.C. Bates Museum
Find out how fossils form, examine different kinds of fossils and learn what fossils tell us about our
earth’s history and evolution. See the Maine state fossil as well as trilobites, dinosaurs, plants, insects and more.
Thursday, August 1st 10 am
(At the Newport Cultural Center)
Story Hour and book signing
Connie and Peter Roop, authors of Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, will tell us the story of Abbie Burgess who manned the light on Matinicus Island for four weeks while her father the lighthouse keeper was stuck on shore during a storm.
Join us afterwards for a book signing
Thursday, August 8th 10am
Boston Museum of Science
Super Cold Science
Amazing things happen when matter changes temperature. With the help of a Museum educator and an intensely cold liquid, participants experience the remarkable changes in size, form, and behavior that occur when a variety of objects and substances are
Dare You To by Katie McGarry, May 2013. ISBN 9780373210633
Don't let the cover fool you, there's an incredible story inside this book that grabbed me when I read the first four chapters online. The minute I finished reading them, I ordered the book. The minute the book arrived, everything else went on hold and I read until 2:30 the following morning.
Ryan's not only a talented baseball player, he's an all-around nice guy, loyal to his friends, funny, has a decent value system and an unrealized talent for creative writing. He's bothered by the recent breakdown of his family, more by what's not said these days than what is. The break was precipitated by his older brother coming out, a reality his mother and father can't accept. This, however is just one part of what's happening in his life just before the beginning of his senior year. When he and teammates Chris and Logan are at a Louisville Taco Bell, engaged in one of their dares (in this case collecting girls' phone numbers), an amazing and probably untouchable girl enters. It's Ryan's turn to score a phone number. Cool Girl blows him off, but not before Ryan senses something between them.
Fast forward to the beginning of school. Former bad boy, Scott Risk, who defied odds and became a major league baseball star has moved back to the small town where he grew up and quietly bought the farm next to the one owned by Ryan's parents. Scott had a tough childhood and one thing he's always regretted is that he didn't do more to protect his niece Beth from her abusive father (Scott's brother) and her alcoholic mother. After Beth takes the fall for her mother when Mom trashes her scuzzy boyfriend's car, Scott steps in and forces Mom to sign over custody of Beth to him.
When Scott meets Ryan and his dad at a ball game, he asks Ryan if he would be willing to help his niece get oriented at school. Ryan agrees to do so and is floored when he discovers that Beth is Cool Girl, complete with nose ring and lower back tattoo. Beth is totally spooked. Spooked by not being able to save her mother, spooked by the loss of her only friends, Noah and Isaiah, spooked by the conflicted feelings she's having for Ryan, spooked by her unresolved anger at Scott for bailing when she was little, spooked by the knowledge that there are things in her past that eventually some kids at the high school will find out that happened when she lived there years ago.
Beth wants nothing to do with Ryan. Ryan realizes he wants everything to do with Beth. How they manage to meet in the middle, despite her inability to accept the possibility that such a cool guy could really love someone like her is at the heart of this book. Her guilt over not being able to save her mother is a huge part of what keeps her frozen emotionally and ready to run at the drop of a hat. Hers is an interesting journey, replete with endless emotional pitfalls and bad judgment calls that test Scott, Ryan and pretty much everyone who cares about her.
The budding romance between Ryan and Beth is crafted so nicely that you can't help but root for it to be successful. The supporting cast of characters are equally well fleshed out. Ryan's parents are not particularly likable, but you can understand why they act as they do. Ryan's brother Mark, Beth's uncle Scott and his wife Allison are crafted nicely, but what really comes through for me are how good the friendships between Ryan and his two teammates, Chris and Logan are as well as Chris' girlfriend Lacy, who is perhaps the most important reason Beth starts to look at things differently, especially when Lacy opens up about how important their friendship was when they were little.
When I worked in mental health, I did a lot with adolescents from unbelievably screwed up families. More often than not, the kids would assume responsibility for the impossible task of fixing an unfixable parent or family. It was heartbreaking to see and heartwarming when we realized they 'got' it and started their journey from scapegoat to healthy kid. Katie McGarry does an amazing job of depicting Beth on this path. Her twisted journey, as well as her guilt, self-doubt and impulsive behavior are dead on.
This is a meaty, wonderful, painful and immensely rewarding read, not only for teens who like gritty realism and romance, but for anyone who likes rooting for the underdog and a feel-good ending. Beth reminded me of Cassie, Lisa Burstein's vulnerable, but defiant protagonist in Dear Cassie released earlier this year. Both are steel on the outside, marshmallow on the inside and incredibly likable.
The Randlett Scholarship is awarded in Memory of Berger & Juliana Swanson and Linwood & Ada Randlett
Erica Randlett Habarta and Lisa Randlett Bergman are pleased to announce the three recipients of this years scholarship. It was by no means an easy decision as there was an abundance of qualified and promising applicants. We invite you to join us in the presentation of the scholarship checks at the Hartland Public Library, 16 Mill Street, Hartland, Maine 04943 on Wedneday, July 3rd at 3 PM.
This years winners are:
Ms. Kestrel D'Antilio who will be attending the University of Maine, majoring in accounting.
Mr. Dylan Mills Rappleyea who will be attending Northern Maine Community College and major in automotive technology and collision repair.
Ms. Ashley Malmquist who will be attending Eastern Maine Community College and major in Construction management


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Piper, Once & Again
"An unsettling and haunting tale of two heroines that lingers after the telling."
A beautifully written book that portrays the power and importance of a past life. Through the journey of Piper we experience a magical memory of another time that deeply affects her present life."
— Lynn V. Andrews, New York Times Bestselling Author (The Medicine Woman Series)
"Piper, Once and Again lingers on my heart long after the book has been read, the tea has been sipped, and the fire light has dimmed. As a dreamer and dream champion, I encourage my clients to think and feel with all of their senses to live a more fulfilling life, thus, this book is one I highly recommend. It not only entertains with its story of multi-generations told through the lens of a rare heroine, but it is also a feast for the senses. I cannot see or smell lavender now without Piper riding through my mind on her majestic steed. Piper feels real to me, as do all great heroes and heroines of literature. Haunting, inspirational, emotional, suspenseful, and sensual are words I use to describe the unique perfume of this must-read novel." - Kelly Sullivan Walden, Best Selling Author of Sex, Love and Relationships Dream Dictionary and Chicken Soup for The Dreamer's Soul
"It's evocative, it's complex, and ultimately it's nearly impossible to put down, offering up a positive progressive romp through fate, circumstance, tragedy and redemption. Timeslip and ghost
story readers will find Piper, Once & Again satisfyingly detailed and wonderfully complex."
-Diane C. Donovan, Midwest Book Review
"Caroline E. Zani's writing is vivid and captivating. I was fascinated by Piper, past and present. I read this beautiful moving story in one sitting, I was gripped from the very first page and couldn't wait to find out the mystery behind this admirable woman and the big love that is such a vital part of her life. "- Suze Lavender, With Love for Books
"Heartwarming, heartbreaking, nostalgic and deeply moving, Piper, Once and Again is a book that will touch your heart and soul. Caroline E. Zani probes the depths of human emotions and boldly faces the likelihood of people having past lives that may or may not impact their present and future. Fantastic descriptions make both time frames come alive and the characters are perfect in their imperfections – the very aspects that make us human. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who loves a great romance story, especially one that is not bound by time and place – just by the depth of the love the partners share." - Melinda Hills for Readers’ Favorite
This is a wonderful story about the self, the soul, and the love that follows us from one lifetime into the next. Love never ends or dies but continues to follow us
always. Such relatable characters, I couldn’t put it down!
This book is so, so wonderful! As I read it I was reminded of my own childhood memories. This book played like a movie across my mind’s screen. Love Love Love it! I
can’t wait to see it on the big screen!
Bless you, Caroline, for writing this beautiful story!
Lots of love to you, Caroline. You are a beautiful soul and I am honored to be a part of this life's journey with you.”
-Jackie Waitkus, Spirit Medium, Teacher
"On one hand I want to finish it and on the other hand, I don't want it to end. So many things you wrote speak directly to me. This is book is magical."
- Bonnie Kavanaugh, RN, Herbalist


Al-Mawrid Hind Foundation aims to develop and inculcate in people qualities like faith, morality, patience, knowledge, research, integrity, rationality, positive thinking, chastity and modesty.
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- - Translation of select Islamic works into Hindi and other local languages.
- - Establishing regular visits of scholars and academics to enhance learning.
- - Dissemination of publications of Al-Mawrid in India
- - Launching weekly study classes for various age groups.
Al-Mawrid Hind Foundation is a non-profit non-governmental trust registered in India.Know More
A brief tour of Al-Mawrid Hind's stall at the New Delhi World Book Fair Last Year.
An online interactive session with Javed Ahmad Ghamidi held at JNU, New Delhi
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Russell’s Comic Brag
Marvel’s Greatest Superhero Battles
A trade paperback that reprints various superhero battles from the early days of Marvel, all written by Stan Lee. Each issue it prefaced by Stan Lee. There are a total of 12 battles including Hulk versus the Thing, Dr. Strange versus Mordo, Spider-Man versus Kingpin and many more.
The Super Friends
Super Friends was an ongoing comic book series published from 1976 until 1981. The title adapted the adventures of the popular Hanna-Barbera animated series, The Super Friends and took place outside of the established Pre-Crisis reality. Although the comic title is considered non-canon, the series is notable for introducing the characters that make up the Global Guardians.
This time out, we’ll be delving into the fifth story of the comic DC Special Series #21. It’s a Superboy & The Legion Of Super-Heroes story entitled, “Star Light, Star Bright…Farthest Star I See Tonight!” I have a couple of Comic Brags to talk about. Finally, we will take a trip to the Comic Spinner Rack to see what Christmas Comics were available.
An nice Christmas episode! Thank you for this holiday gift. I am a big fan of Superboy (Superman when he was a boy, not the clone), and I really love it when he has adventures with the Legion of Super-Heroes. My only complaint (and it has nothing to do with your podcast) is that the story wasn’t longer. I realize that it was one of several stories in the comic, so, as a practical matter, it really couldn’t have been much longer, but I think it reads, in some ways, as if it were the beginning of a longer story.
Your coverage was, as usual, quite good, and I enjoyed your musical choices, too. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Catch you again in the spring!


Last night we hosted a Polar Express party for children in Kindergarten and 1st grade. For this age group, I try to keep programs about 45 minutes long, because at this age (after a long school day) I don’t want to keep them up too late and our evening programs begin at 7:00 pm.
I love The Polar Express partly because of it’s beautiful story and breathtaking illustrations and partly because of the memories it holds for me. This is one of the stories my mom reads every Christmas Eve to us (yes, she still reads aloud to us now!) and I have wonderful memories of wearing new pajamas on Christmas Eve, listening to her read this story to us. Even reading it by myself, I can hear my mom’s inflections in my head.
For our program, I read the story aloud, trying very hard to keep the kids entertained (I had 18 boys and 2 girls). Afterward, we created our own reindeer ornaments using popsicle sticks, googly eyes, pompoms, and pipe cleaners. I found this craft online from The Polar Express party kit (which was extremely helpful)! then, while we were finishing up the craft and getting our special snack ready, I gave the kids a Polar Express maze to work on, which I think they really liked! We had a special snack for our party – sugar cookies cut-out in the shape of trains with chocolate milk.
I liked the ideas I had for the party, but I had some difficulty with the craft. The parents were trying to help (which was nice), but ended up doing a lot of the work for the kids, which I think took away from the idea. I wanted the kids to take their time and work on the ornament, but the parents were more focused with the result rather than the experience. I might figure out a way to say something the next time we have a program for this age group. I want the parent involvement, but also hope that the kids can be given the chance to explore their own creativity as well.
The mortal daughter of Egyptian gods Osiris and Isis, Isadora is sent to live with her brother in San Diego after her mother’s dark dreams about her daughter’s safety. Sixteen-year old Isadora is thrilled to be in “the real world” after living under her parents and dealing with the drama that comes from being the daughter of gods. San Diego is a different place than Isadora could have ever imagined – her brother is married with a baby on the way, her ever present mother set her up with a job working with Ancient Egyptian artifacts in a museum, and the new guy she met is gorgeous, but mysterious too. And not to mention, the feeling of someone always watching. As Isadora’s nightmares continue to worsen and strange things begin to happen, Isadora must be able to accept the help of her new friends, even if that means letting go of control.
This is the perfect story of family and first love for teenage girls everywhere. I really enjoyed the new take on the fantasy angle with Isadora’s connection to Egyptian mythology. The big reveal was not as surprising as I had hoped, but overall I still enjoyed the book. It was fast paced and I enjoyed the combination of Egyptian mythology and the storyline. It was a quick read and I have a number of kids in mind to recommend it to.
For more about Kiersten White and her books, check out her website!
Title: The Chaos of Stars
Author: Kiersten White
Publication Date: 2013
Page Number: 279 pgs.
Just a quick not before I head over to grandma’s to help cook dinner… I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving (and Hanukkah)! I’m thankful for so many things – my family, amazing boyfriend, great friends, and a job I love! I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving (and Hannukah)!
Although it’s one of my favorite songs for story time, it’s also what I’ll be doing for the majority of the day today. On Monday, I drove out to my parent’s house (to beat that crazy storm) and now I sit in the car for the next 8+hours to reach my grandparent’s house in the land of snow an cold (Milwaukee). I’m really not sure how my parents handled this trip every year with my three siblings and myself plus the family dog in the car. My mom says we were great travelers! but itching that was in part because we were used to it and part because my parents did everything in their power to make it fun.
Ideas for long car trips:
- Play travel games… Look for the letters of the alphabet on license plates, billboards and more. This is a great way to encourage literacy skills while working together.
- Coloring books, magnetic travel games, and fun snacks are a must.
- Audiobooks are great for family trips – ask a librarian for some great books for all ages.*
- Make sure kids get a chance to move when taking bathroom breaks… My parents encouraged a race to and from the rest area building (on the sidewalks of course!)
*Some of my favorite audiobooks include:
- Skippyjon Jones – these are read by the author and the whole family will be rolling on the floor giggling at the crazy imagination of Skippyjon Jones
- Harry Potter – definitely for an older audience but Jim dale does an amazing job narrating this series
- The 39 Clues series – these are a quick read perfect for elementary school kids who love a good adventure
- Flipped – by Wendelin Van Draanen. This is a great audiobook for girls looking for a good chick lit book (and you don’t have to worry about the content!)
I have great memories of many of our car trips across the country; enjoy the time together as a family! Happy Thanksgiving!
Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga choo choo! If you’re looking for the perfect gift this holiday season for the train-lover in your family, you’ll definitely have to pick up How to Train a Train! Jason Carter Eaton’s text is full of fun and humor and pairs perfectly with John Rocco’s illustrations. Using pet tips directly relatable to kids, Eaton’s text teaches children how to pick out the train best suited for them, how to bring it home, and help it adjust to life at home (read aloud books and a warm bath). Kids will absolutely love to learn how to train for their very own train with the delightful story!
Title: How to Train a Train
Author: Jason Carter Eaton
Illustrator: John Rocco
Publication Date: 2013


I got tired of downloading, unzipping and moving Arduino libraries to install them, so I wrote a little script that does that for me!
It's a python script that downloads the zip files, unzips them and moves them to the libraries-folder. The URLs to the .zip-files are listed in an .csv-file called 'repo'.
Right now it only works on Linux and you have to change the username in the source code, to you get the correct paths. There already are some libraries in the repo-file, but it's a short list compared to the long list of libraries available. So, if you have a github-account, feel free to commit URLs!
The code also needs more work, so you people don't have to change the source to their usernames, make it run on other platforms and make the repo-file available online, so you always get the latest list of libraries.
I would be happy about any feedback. I hope this can be useful to some people.


The Vermund G. Hansen Post 101, of
The American Legion
Vermund G. Hansen
This photo is one of five photos
that survived the Post fire on
May 16, 2004.
Vermund G. Hansen was a young, recently married, expert electrician, who had opened an electrical shop in the City of Pharr in early 1918. Even though exempt by law from military service, due to having three brothers already serving in the Army, the call to duty was too strong. So in the Fall of 1918, Vermund left his wife and business and enlisted in the Army. they sent the young man to France as a member of the Motor Transportation Corps, where he served faithfully and well throughout the war. It was through a twist of fate that he should succumb to bronchial pneumonia (influenza) when the home he so earnestly prayed for was in sight.
Private Vermund G. Hansen died in France on January 20, 1919. His body was returned to Pharr, Texas on November 6, 1919 and members of the newly formed Pharr Post of The American Legion escorted the body from the train station to the Methodist Church, where services were held. Veterans of the World War acted as pallbearers. Vermund was a patriot in peace, a soldier in war, and he will ever be held in high esteem and grateful remembrance by this community, from which he so self-sacrificingly set forth to do battle, that we might live in eternal peace.
The Pharr American Legion Post received a temporary charter on December 20, 1919 and became The Vermund G. Hansen Post 101, of The American Legion. The original charter members were: Martin Charles Hansen, Fred C. Sizilan, L.A. Fallers, Clarence Carlson, Robert Bryant, Ralph L. Buell, E.W. Schaffer, Hood Boone, John Jones, Joe Hill, Clarence P. Wolf, Jesse P. Lockhart, Alfonso Salinas, Alonzo L. Porsser, Joseph A. Lammons, LaVern Salisbury, Seferino Enriquez, and N.E. Thomas. The Post was granted a Permanent Charter on April 9, 1934. On August 10, 1947, the first ground was broken for a new Post 101 home, on Legion owned land on South Cage in Pharr. Harry Britten Jr. was the Post Commander at that time. The completed building was dedicated on December 19, 1948, as a memorial to the veterans of Pharr and San Juan who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II. The ceremony was attended by many distinguished guests, including: Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers, Congressman Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., and many other National and local leaders of our great country.


In an effort to exercise my creativity and explore other means of design, I’m currently collaborating with my sister on a series of Growbooks. The idea behind Growbooks is to create compostable books that can grow plants at the end of their life cycle. Each book will contain a message or a story that conveys how plants grow, the importance of sustainability, etc. And along the way the children will hopefully learn the idea of responsibility and return on investment. If you spend enough time nurturing the plants, maybe it will grow into something that can be beautiful or useful upon harvest.
Now making a compostable book sounds easy, but when you dive deeper into the idea, there are many problems. For instance, the book becomes less durable, it may fall apart after multiple uses and if the book gets wet from high humidity or a moisture event, there’s a chance the seeds could start sprouting before the user is ready to plant it. So when making something compostable, it really reduces the amount of laminates and types of materials we can use. Furthermore, it’s not just the pages of the book that are important, it’s the binding of the books as well. Some adhesives are not meant to be tossed into the compost pile and furthermore composting has standards. Are we following the industrial composting standards or the at-home composting standards and what really defines these? It’s easy to just type into google and ask, “What can I compost?” But finding a set of protocols to follow is important if you want to create a meaningful product that works for the intended purpose.
Furthermore we’re novices in the children’s book industry. It’s going to take some research to see how to effectively write a story for a certain age group of children and how to self publish a book that’s very different from conventional publishing standards (ie. we have to inject seeds somewhere!). This begs the questions, are we completely making the books ourselves from story creation to material sourcing/possible material production, to printing to binding to assembling to packaging and then to shipping to the consumer? That will break the bank, so we’ll have to determine from a supply chain standpoint what steps during this process can we outsource and/or do ourselves effectively and efficiently? These parameters and customer requirements must be defined.
So I hope to outline my progress on these Growbooks and take you through the development process, sourcing and potential multimedia design we’re using to create a pretty hipster children’s book. So stick around and see what happens.


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It was not just selkie maids who were desirable mates. Selkie males got their share of action with the girls on land. Here’s another tale from Orkney, collected by Walter Traill Dennison. It was first published in 1893.
Dennison admits in the story below that he changed the woman’s name to avoid embarrassing her family. David Thomson told the same story in his wonderful book, The People of the Sea. In Thomson’s version, which he heard on the island of North Ronaldsay, the woman’s name is Brita. Hmmm… could it be that her name really was Brita?
Males of the watery race frequently formed illicit connection with fair ladies on land. These gentlemen never abode for any length of time on shore. They only came on land to indulge unlawful love. And as when divested of their sea skins they were handsome in form and attractive in manners, they often made havoc among thoughtless girls, and sometimes intruded into the sanctity of married life.
Many wild tales were told of the amorous connection between fair women of earth and those amphibious gentlemen…. If a beautiful girl grew up to womanhood without the enjoyment of matrimonial bliss, she sometimes indulged in illicit amours with one of the selkie folk. Again, if a married woman found her husband unfaithful to her, she would revenge herself by secret intercourse with a marine lover.
Among many wild tales of the kind, I give one said to have happened in the last bygone century [the 1700s]. The name only of our heroine is changed, because her descendants are still among us; and if any of them should read these lines, let them not think that aught offensive is intended. If the lady was their ancestor, she was also a near relative of ancestors of mine.
Ursilla was the daughter of a laird belonging to one of the oldest families in Orkney.
She was handsome and pretty, but had a sternness of manner, and that firmness of features which often presents a masculine exterior in females of Norse blood, and often hides, as with a film of ice, a loving heart within. Ursilla was not one to wait patiently till some one turned up to offer himself as her husband. Indeed, had any one presumed to approach her as a lover, she would have treated him with haughty disdain, regarding his bold presumption as sufficient ground for his rejection. She determined not to be chosen, but to choose for herself. Her choice fell on a young handsome fellow, who acted as her father’s barn-man. But she knew that any disclosure of her passion would mortally offend her old father and bitterly mortify his family pride, and might lead him to disinherit her. So she locked up her love in her own breast; kept watchful eye on the object of her love, and treated him to a full share of the scoldings she daily bestowed on the servants.
When, however, her father died, and her tocher [dowry] was safe, she disclosed her passion to the young man, and commanded him to marry her—a command which he was too gallant to disobey. Her marriage excited among the gentry great indignation: to think that one of their class should marry a farm-servant! Ursilla treated their contempt with indifference; she made a good housewife, managed her house well, and also, it was said, managed her husband and the farm.
So far I have given what I believe to be a true account of Ursilla, having had it from descendants of her relatives. What follows I believe to be an imaginary tale, invented by gossips, in order to account for a strange phenomenon visibly seen on her descendants: and it is only given to illustrate one of the popular beliefs.
Yes, Ursilla was married, and all went well and happy, so far as outward appearances showed; yet Ursilla was not happy. If disappointed in her husband, she was far too proud to acknowledge it, knowing that the gentry would only say in derision, ‘She shaped her own cloth, let her wear her ill-fitting dress.’ Whatever the cause might be, there was a terrible want—a want that Ursilla felt bitterly. And she was not the woman to sit down and cry over sorrow; she determined to console herself by having intercourse with one of the selkie folk.
She went at early morning and sat on a rock at high-tide mark, and when it was high tide she shed seven tears in the sea. People said they were the only tears she ever shed. But you know this is what one must do if she wants speech with the selkie folk. Well, as the first glimpse of dawn made the waters gray, she saw a big selkie swimming for the rock. He raised his head, and says he to her, ‘What’s your will with me, fair lady?’ She likely told him what was in her mind; and he told her he would visit her at the seventh stream (spring tide), for that was the time he could come in human form. So, when the time was come, he came; and they met over and over again. And, doubtless, it was not for good that they met so often. Any way, when Ursilla’s bairns were born, every one of them had web hands and webbed feet, like the paws of a selkie. And did not that tell a tale? The midwife clipped the webs between every finger, and between every toe of each bairn. ‘She showed the shears that she used to my grandmother.’ So said the narrator. And many a clipping Ursilla clipped, to keep the fins from growing together again; and the fins not being allowed to grow in their natural way, grew into a horny crust in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. And this horny substance is seen in many of Ursilla’s descendants to this day.
Whatever may be thought of this tale, its last sentence is quite true. The horn still appears in feet and hands of some of the lady’s descendants. One, two, or three in a family may show the abnormal horny substance; while brothers and sisters are entirely free from the troublesome horn.
Dennison, Walter Traill. “Orkney Folk-Lore.” The Scottish Antiquary, or, Northern Notes and Queries, Vol. 7, No. 28 (1893), pp.171-177.EdinburghUniversityPress. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25516580. Accessed: 21/07/2011.
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Aside from recording the acts of people whom later Christians deem heroic, what do you think are the main purposes of the martyr texts?
How do the texts represent the three major religious groups: the Christian martyrs, the Jews, and the pagans?
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Coragulac or Coragulac House as it later became was not built until the 1870s but its story begins in the 1840s and is inextricably entwined with the story of three other great houses in the area – Corangamoorah or The Hill, Cororooke and Glen Alvie. The founding father, William Robertson, one of the earliest settlers in the Colac district but a largely absentee landowner until 1865. In about 1870, he divided his vast estate among his four sons, three of whom proceeded to build their own mansions. George Pringle Robertson inherited what became Coragulac, built to plans by architects Davidson and Henderson. Trading as Robertson Brothers, the brothers built upon their father’s pioneering work as cattle breeders becoming famous for the quality of their stock throughout the east coast of Australia. The Robertson family, father and sons, also contributed to the development of the Colac community Closer settlement, the proximity to Melbourne markets and the advance of the railways, saw dairying and potato and onion growing take over from pastoralism. These latter pursuits were heavily promoted by the next two owners of Coragulac and resulted in the break-up of Robertson brothers’ landholdings.
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After a brief occupancy by Gordon Robinson, Coragulac passed into the hands of the Matthews family who remained in the house for over 60 years.
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In the 1885 ‘The Vagabond’ toured the Western District, which of course included Colac, and has left behind delightful accounts of everything he saw. In 1889, Isaac Hebb wrote a detailed history of Colac, drawing amongst other sources, on the memories and accounts of often still living pioneers. These provide a wealth of information to re-construct the past.
Inextricably bound to Coragulac’s story are also those of the Gulidjan people, the disappearing lakes, as well as St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (now Colac Uniting Church) and the now defunct Colac Polo Club.
The author is much indebted to the Robertson family archive, Colac and District Historical Society and a number of private collections which have provided invaluable material enabling the reconstruction of Coragulac’s early decades.
The book is a detailed social history of the life and times of those who have lived in the homestead and the changes that have made the homestead what it is today written by historian Jennifer O'Donnell
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