Thursday, November 8, 2012
t's a joke that often comes up as I teach Farming God's Way in various communities -- "How can you hide something from a Ugandan?" The answer to the query --" by putting it in a book!"
Don't worry, I'm not laughing at the expense of my African brethren. They, too, tell this joke to poke fun at themselves.
The point is this: there is not a reading culture here in Uganda. People don't commonly read books as a past time or for pleasure or even to gain more knowledge. In fact, if you say "reading" here in Uganda it is synonymous with "cramming for an exam". "I am reading my books" says a secondary student, meaning, that she has been cramming for an exam.
As I teach farming I realize that my job, at times, needs to go much deeper than just covering my material. I need to teach people how to study; the value of reading to educate themselves. Even the great Apostle Paul requested for his "parchments" when he was in jail. Many of my students suffer from a lack of some simple knowledge which could be easily acquired if they would (in some cases, could) read. Spare time is spent reading newspapers and listening to the radio -- which may keep them up on current events but may not help them find solutions for the problems they face in their every-day lives.
Modern literacy started with the printing press first used for printing the Bible with the goal of putting the written Word of God into the ordinary farm workers' hands. In our day we (those who have access to libraries and the internet) have so much to read. And read we must -- in order to stay educated and informed. But in all of our reading we need to remember that the ultimate reason behind reading is to be able to understand God's Word which has been preserved and kept within the sheath of written languages.
So, as I teach people to farm, I also encourage them to pick up the habit of reading -- and most importantly reading God's Word. Here they will find not only information but power and truth to lead them to the Author of The Book and the Author of Life.
"It is foolish to go to human puddles and forsake the clear crystal stream" Cecil J. Blay
What do you read? Why do you read? How does reading enhance your professional knowledge? Leave a comment below...


Proven Safety Topics and Leadership Principles; The Book Principle to Practice Was released by David G. Lynn, CSP. It Outlines How Organizations Achieve Success in Safety.
Re-launched by David G. Lynn, CSP February 2016, Principle to Practice is a safety leadership book that is based on OSHA’s proven Voluntary Protection Program principles. It is available at www.david-lynn.com.
Peak Safety Performance can provide qualified instructors to help teach the principles on the video. Principle to Practice is a fundamental safety leadership book that every manager should read. In the book, David Lynn teaches readers how to utilize critical safety principles with fundamental techniques. There are five basic safety principles that must be part of any successful safety program: management commitment, employee involvement, worksite analysis, hazard recognition and employee training. These concepts are also the key components of OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program. In this revolutionary book, safety professional and motivational speaker David Lynn discusses 15 real-world, successful techniques that can be used to put these five safety principles into practice. Designed as an awareness level program for safety leaders and managers, the program will help viewers change safety attitudes and culture at their organizations.


September issue 2004
Down and Out in America
These are exciting times for Pakistani English fiction. There are talented new young writers emerging every day and making their mark in the immensely competitive world of international English language writing. This summer the Karachi-born Imad Rahman received much praise in the United States for his first book, I Dream of Microwaves, a witty, incisive and, at times, raunchy collection of interlinked short stories narrated by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Pakistani American actor.
In the title story, Kareem has lost his job re-enacting Manuel, a real life Mexican criminal, in “America’s Most Wanted.” Because he cannot play it with enough “darkness in his heart,” he declares: “I couldn’t even get typecast as a criminal of Pakistani origin. Perhaps people of Pakistani origin did not commit enough heinous crimes or did not perform enough acts of extraordinary mediocrity (have sex with the psychotic baby-sitter, love the neighbor’s wife and shoot the neighbour and so forth), things that might qualify for a Movie of the Week. The Anti-Pakistani Defamation League made it hard to cash in on brooding dark looks and light up the screen as a noble but savage terrorist, or some figure of disrepute.”
Kareem is asked by Eileen, an ex-girlfriend, to pose as a Bosnian refugee and marry her to obtain the 30,000 dollars that Nana, her grandmother, wants to give “to a good cause.” But there is strong competition from Eileen’s sister. She has produced Buzz Johnson, a black American actor, to pose as her fiance, Shaka, a “needy African” and a cannibal. As Buzz and Kareem vie for Nana’s money, their impersonations and clever, barbed comments become increasingly hilarious.
The entire book is imbued with references to movies, actors and acting which Kareem draws upon for inspiration to salvage his career and cope with his many misadventures. In ‘Real Life, Actual Life,’ the down-and-out Kareem and Valentina, his new girlfriend, are working for a video rental agency. They are despatched to Dublin, Ohio, to track down Mr. Patel, who has failed to return Forrest Gump. Kareem tries to look threatening and adopts his ‘Keanu Reeves mode’; Valentina, a wannabe actress, who can only utter lines from a movie, plays a Sicilian. In a twist of fate, Mr. Patel turns out to be an aspiring Bollywood producer.
Imad Rahman has a wonderful sense of the absurd and uses it very effectively throughout. His stories speak volumes about America and the power of Hollywood’s imagery. His portrayal of people in menial jobs, across ethnic communities, lampoons mainstream historical, literary and cultural narratives. The fact that Kareem is an actor also gives him great mobility.
One of the funniest stories in the collection, ‘I Claudius,’ takes Kareem to Pakistan. He arrives there as a foreign consultant for a re-enactment of “Pakistan’s Most Wanted 1999â€³ which is to be shown across Southeast Asia and is “aimed at eradicating terrorism and other anti-social activities.” But he finds himself stranded and impecunious in Karachi, because the local newspapers portray “the bad dudes” as “heroic celebrities.” The project folds up. Kareem’s employers refuse to fly him back to the US. Eventually he manages to make contact with some American actors belonging to the Oscar Storm Travelling Shakespearean troupe. They offer him the role of Claudius in a production of Hamlet which is touring Pakistan. The troupe has had its share of disasters, with misplaced papers, luggage forwarded mistakenly to Bangladesh and a cast greatly reduced by a series of mishaps. As a result, huge chunks of the play have to be excised, but the tour of Hamlet must go on and it takes Kareem to Gilgit, Skardu and an encounter with entertainment-starved dacoits.
I Dream of Microwaves is a spoof of the Great American Dream, and, of course, the great Pakistani Dream-of-America; it is a rich interplay of masks, personae, stereotype and clichÃ©, juxtaposed throughout by the perceptions that America and its diverse ethnic communities have of themselves and each other.
Kareem’s tale of optimism and thwarted hopes takes him across the length and breadth of America. ‘Here Come The Dog People’ finds him in New York. He is going to play the role of John Belushi in an “off-off-off Broadway” production, John, Ono, John, about a fictional affair between John Belushi and Yoko Ono, with John Lennon peeping through a keyhole. The script is bought by Hollywood. Actors such as Tom Cruise are sought for the lead. Kareem ends up as dog-sitter to a rich lady, Mrs. Germany, living in a huge New York apartment which appears to Kareem to be “out of a set from an Merchant-Ivory production.” Mrs. Germany is of German origin, boasts a dramatic scar across her forehead, as well as many facelifts and liposuction, but she too is not quite what she seems.
This is an entertaining, lively and accomplished first collection. If you know your movies and your drama, you will pick up the many innuendoes quietly implanted throughout and enjoy Imad Rahman’s stories all the more.


This is my favorite fold to date. The Crane is such a beautiful traditional Origami fold. I learned to first create a “square base” then a “bird base” and finally, complete the design.
For the first time, I was able to memorize the folds for an Origami model. So, I ended up folding lots of Cranes for practice and really feeling a sense of peace as I folded.
This is the last design in my book. I’ll make the effort to find other beginner-intermediate Origami designs on the web or in books from the library.


Python is a great language for prototype development, but sometimes we want to develop production software with Python or we suffer the most recent cycle of prototypes becoming production. This is where the attributes that made Python a strong prototyping tool often interfere with the requirements of enterprise software (e.g. high reliability, complex deployment, multiple developers). Unittests go a long way towards ensuring robust execution of key mechanisms, but how can we catch typos in new code or nuanced return values?
PEP 3107 defined a grammar for arbitrary annotations on functions and variables across for Python 3.0+ and PEP 484 standardized the framing and interpretation for type annotations. Neither enforced any type-checking behavior, but instead made the type annotations available at run-time (via the
__annotations__ attribute). mypy provides validation of type annotations with a reasonable type inference system that propagates types where appropriate (except for lists/dicts).
import typing def read(vStream : str) -> typing.Tuple[int, int]: rval = 0 for idx in range(len(vStream)): rval = (rval * 128) + ord(vStream[idx]) if not ord(vStream[idx]) & 128: return (idx+1,rval) rval = rval - 128 + 1 return (0,rval)
Type annotations are still fairly new to the Python ecosystem as reinforced by the lack of types in the standard library. Typeshed has compiled/developed type signatures for most standard library functions, but this does mean one can't actually type check the code against the most recent implementation of the standard library which can cause disconnects.
Type annotations are still fairly new to the Python ecosystem; particularly non-standard library packages rarely use type annotations and often aren't available in Typeshed. This left the team either developing such annotations from scratch or extending other community efforts (e.g. numpy type extended here).
mypy is still under active development and generally usable, though not exceptionally robust. While type checking sometimes "just worked", developers often found themselves tweaking code patterns or writing new code workarounds to satisfy type handling (e.g. initialize before use, typing.cast)
Code becomes substantially more detailed/entrenched with potentially verbose type annotations
Type checking as a mandatory pre-commit step caught and solved many errors that would have caused run-time failures.
Adding type checking to non-trivial program was significantly more work than initially expected, but the tools ultimately worked and met our needs for higher reliability. I look forward to future improvements of the Python type checking ecosystem that hopefully make it much easier to add, more robust, and more widespread.


We generally associate Peru with documentaries set in the Andes and featuring their mountain communities and the wildlife. This documentary focuses instead on Huanchaco, a small locale, set on Peru’s coastline, which might be called the cradle of Peruvian surfing. Since time immemorial, the fisherman who live here have spent their leisure hours braving the ocean waves in their homemade caballitos, cultivating a passion for the sea, for the water, and for their reed boats. For ages now, time seems to have stood still in Huanchaco, but more recently, the waves are attracting professional surfers, and along with them, visions of triumph and wealth. And meanwhile, this world no longer seems connected to the professional fishermen and their harsh everyday life. Is this traditional fishing village, well-known for its handmade reed boats, now becoming a trendy surfing spot? Will the younger generations exchange the tradition of their fathers for competition, commerce, and investment? The first hostels are already under construction, modern surfboards are being produced and marketed, and the reed beds of the fishermen are vanishing in favor of modern development. Meanwhile, the maneuverable caballitos are ridiculed by young people here as relics of a backward society. As a new clientele discovers Huanchaco, globalization is causing the village to hold its breath. On display here in Huanchaco is a universal phenomenon: young people are betting on progress and revolting against tradition, hoping to lead lives that are more exciting, or in some way better than those of their parents. This documentary is more than a film about tradition and modernity, money and commerce: it explores emotions, dreams, and family ties as well. This “wonderland” not only features a world that seems alien to us, but one that is also in a state of upheaval.
Date of broadcast: 28.05.2023, 19:30, arte
Screensplay / Direction: Susanne Brand
PlayTime: 43 min. min
Client: 2022, SWR/arte
Produced: 2022 , lona•media


We want to partner with you to cultivate in your child a lifelong friendship with literature. Reading appropriate and well-written literature will influence character development, vocabulary, humor, values, and worldview. We also want your child to be ready to learn when the school year begins. Therefore, we have created a summer reading program for each grade level.
Listed below are the summer reading selections. Each student will read the following books for their grade level, complete the paperwork, and return it to his or her teacher in the fall.
Please note that illustrated or condensed versions are not acceptable substitutes for these literary classics. Neither is viewing movies an acceptable alternative to reading the book. You may find these books available from the following links. Some are available at the library, Solid Ground Bookstore, on Kindle, Nook, Google Play, Amazon, or the iTunes bookstore. If you are having trouble finding a book, please contact the office at (850) 862-1414.


Biographies of people who have contributed to the development of a country have truly inspired readers from all walks of life. Reknown local leaders, sportsmen and sportswomen such as Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak, Datuk Nicol David and Datuk Lee Chong Wei are distinct examples of those who have earned for themselves the reputation of being the champions for a noble cause. In recent years, youngsters have idolized different personalities as their inspiration in pursuing their dreams. This makes the younger generation more ambitious in their pursuit for a better future. The fundamentals of an inspiring person include strong character, effective communication and a clear vision.


|Posted by Anne Siren on October 26, 2012 at 3:40 PM|
No one is expecting my byline on this page, but today, I walk boldly into Phyllis J. Neuberger’s space.
She built this page nearly 19 years ago when she arrived at The Pelican with an idea to write every week about volunteers who “Made a Difference.”
My first thought was “How could she find a volunteer every week?” This column could not last very long.
She hasn’t missed a week. The woman is not to be underestimated.
A few weeks ago, we all learned that Phyllis had written and published her first novel, China Dahl.
The story follows China Dahlstrom, a successful Manhattan model who switches careers to become a successful business executive.
China enters the story as a child who arrives in the United States from Vietnam. But this orphan doesn’t fall into the arms of a warm, loving aunt, her only living relative. Rather her first impression of this country is one of a cold and aloof relationship.
When she reaches 18, China heads for Manhattan to pursue her education and a career. Her eventual entrance into the world of modeling via an agency, Beautiful Girls, leads her to success.
The owners, a couple, profit from her talents as a model, and they also draw her into their lives with love and friendship.
Shielded by her austere life with her aunt, China has little experience with romance until it slams into her life without brakes.
We here at The Pelican found her book a page-turner.
And Phyllis says the characters she created and now loves feel like old friends.
We asked Phyllis how this leap from journalism to fiction worked for her.
“China Dahl is, as the cliché says, ‘a figment of my imagination.’ I started writing it at least eight years ago, and got really serious about completing the book four years ago.
As a journalist and a 17-year member of the Tuesday Writers’ Group, hosted by the Doreen Gauthier Lighthouse Point Library, I finally found the courage to take a crack at writing fiction and found it to be a fascinating challenge. Slowly my characters came to life and it almost seemed as though they helped me plot and create the story of their tangled loves and lives. In retrospect, writing fiction was exciting.”
Phyllis will be at the Doreen Gauthier Lighthouse Point Library, 2200 NE 38 St., Lighthouse Point on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 12:30 p.m.
The public is invited to chat with the author and join in the at the question and answer session.
Paperback copies of China Dahl will be available for $15.
For further information, call the library at 954-946-6398
China Dahl is also available on line as an E-book, paperback and hard cover. Order at www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com and www.xlibris.com.


THE labcoat guide to crop protection
THE LABCOAT GUIDE TO CROP PROTECTION: PESTICIDES & BIOPESTICIDES
Are you starting a new Crop Protection project, moving teams, or starting a new role – the LABCOAT GUIDE TO CROP PROTECTION series will help you focus on specific topics and get you up to speed fast!
PESTICIDES & BIOPESTICIDES: FORMULATION & MODE OF ACTION
PESTICIDES & BIOPESTICIDES: FORMULATION & MODE OF ACTION is the first book in the LABCOAT GUIDE TO CROP PROTECTION series.
Aimed at students, professionals, and others wishing to learn basic biological aspects of Crop Protection, this book is an easily accessible introduction to essential principles of Pesticide and Biopesticide Mode Of Action and Formulation.
Here is what you will cover in PESTICIDES & BIOPESTICIDES – FORMULATION & MODE OF ACTION:
CONVENTIONAL PESTICIDES: 1. Herbicide Mode of Action 2. Insecticide Mode of Action 3. Fungicide Mode of Action 4. Pesticide Formulation
BIOPESTICIDES: 5. A Biopesticide Timeline 6. Bioherbicide Mode of Action 7. Bioinsecticide Mode of Action 8. Biofungicide Mode of Action 9. Biopesticide Formulation
BIOPESTICIDE REGULATION: 10. Biopesticide Regulation 11. Biologicals in Crop Protection from a human health perspective
STRATEGIC R&D MANAGEMENT: AGCHEM & BIOSCIENCE
STRATEGIC R&D MANAGEMENT: AGCHEM & BIOSCIENCE is the second book in the LABCOAT GUIDE TO CROP PROTECTION series.
Aimed at managers, researchers, and others wishing to understand basic strategic aspects of Crop Protection, this book is an easily accessible introduction to essential principles of Strategic R&D Management.
Here is what you will cover in STRATEGIC R&D MANAGEMENT:
THE CROP PROTECTION INDUSTRY: 1. Strategic Trends 2. Strategic Opportunities & Challenges 3. Factors Affecting the Biopesticide Market 4. Biopesticide Discovery & Development 5. Strategic Vision for the Crop Protection Industry
STRATEGIC RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: 6. R&D in the Global Crop Protection Industry 7. Strategic R&D Management 8. “Blue Oceans” of uncontested Crop Protection market space
STRATEGIC R&D MANAGEMENT: 9. Leading Innovation in R&D teams 10. Managing Innovation Processes in R&D 11. Inclusive Management Frameworks for Strategic R&D 12. Front Loading and Visual Planning in Strategic R&D Management 13. Case Study: Strategic R&D Management
ESSENTIAL BIOSTATISTICS is the third book in the LABCOAT GUIDE TO CROP PROTECTION series.
Aimed at managers, researchers, and others looking for an overview of essential principles of Biostatistics, this book is an easily accessible primer for scientists and research workers not trained in mathematical theory, but who have previously followed a course in Biological Statistics.
Here is what you will cover in GUIDE TO ESSENTIAL BIOSTATISTICS:
A Short History of Applied Biostatistics, The Scientific Method
PROPOSING A HYPOTHESIS: 1. Hypotheses 2. The NULL hypothesis
DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING EXPERIMENTS: 3. Type I and Type II errors 4. Statistical Significance, Power and Effect Size 5. Variance 6. Sample size & replication 7. Experimental Degrees of Freedom 8. Randomization and Experimental Design
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: 9. Descriptive Statistics: SD, SE or 95%CI? 10. Q-test: identification of outliers 11. Chi-square test: goodness of fit for sample validation
INFERENTIAL STATISTICS: 12. Data Scales (data types) 13. Nonparametric or Parametric Statistical Tests 14. Two Sample Means Comparison: the t-Test (Part I) 15. Two Sample Means Comparisons: the f-Test 16. Two Sample Means Comparisons: the t-Test (Part II) 17. Multiple Sample Means Comparisons: ANOVA test
NONLINEAR AND LINEAR REGRESSION: 18. Non-linear regression (Sigmoidal dose-responses) 19. Linear regression (PROBIT)
HARRY TEICHER, PHD
Let’s set up a meeting!
Harry Teicher, PHD
Principal Scientific Advisor


Jim Bengston: Slow Motion.
Time as movement in space a sequence of Bengston's best Polaroid photographs taken between 1977 and 1985. With an introduction by Robert Meyer. 108 pp., 65 duotone images, hardbound. 100 copies signed and numbered, with slipcase and an original print made, signed and numbered by the artist. Out of stock.
Joan Fontcuberta/Pere Formiguera: Fauna
An ironic and provocative look at photography and science. 84 pp., 86 photographs and illustrations. Deluxe edition of 50 copies, with slipcase and a certified reprint from the Ameisenhaufen archives. Out of stock.
Andreas Müller-Pohle: Transformance
An experiment with chance: Photography against the rules of the game the exploration of the invisible aimed at revealing what lies beyond photographic perception. Introduction by Vilém Flusser. 88 pp., 50 duotone images, hardbound. Deluxe edition of 100 copies signed and numbered, with slipcase and an original print, EUR 520.00 (German/English)
Dörte Eissfeldt: Schneeball/Snowball
Twenty-nine approaches to a snowball, presented in a special foldout edition. With an introduction by Monique David-Ménard. 29 duotone reproductions, original print on cover, slipcase, EUR 29.00 (German/English/French)


On March 15, 2023, the University of Notre Dame Press published The Case for Parental Choice: God, Family, and Educational Liberty by John E. Coons, a leading advocate for parental choice over their children's schooling. The book is edited by University of Notre Dame faculty Nicole Stelle Garnett, Richard W. Garnett, and Ernest Morrell.
The essays in The Case for Parental Choice examine the relationship between parental choice and individual autonomy; the implications of American educational policy for social justice, equality, and community; the impact of education policy on low-income families; and the religious implications of parental choice. Together, these pieces present wide-ranging and morally compelling case for parental choice in children’s education. The themes developed in the book have never had more real-world salience than today, as more and more states are embracing policies that empower parents to take control of their children's education.
The following book launch events for The Case for Parental Choice are scheduled on March 30, 2023 and hosted by the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative.
• 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. (3140 Eck Hall of Law): A panel of school choice and religious liberty experts will discuss the implications of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Carson v. Makin, which held that religious schools must be included in private-school-choice programs. Books will be available at the in-person event, and catering will be provided.
The panelists include Michael Bindas (Institute for Justice); Michael Helfand (Pepperdine Law School); Michael Moreland (Villanova Law School); and Laura Wolk Slavis (Becket Law).
• 3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. (Zoom): At this virtual book launch, Dean G. Marcus Cole, Jack Coons, and other scholars and advocates will discuss the book and the state of the current school choice movement.
• 5:00 p.m.: The Institute for Justice's Short Circuit podcast will feature an episode on The Case for Parental Choice. Nicole Stelle Garnett and Richard W. Garnett will participate, as well as Jack Coons and Michael Bindas, who argued the Carson case.
We hope you'll join us on March 30!


Well I finally watched The Hobbit this evening, what a film! It was one of those rare times when a film is long but you don't feel that it was unnecessarily long. No point did I think it dragged on. It held my attention for the whole of the film. I hope the other two films in the series are similarly paced.
Whilst I haven't read The Lord of the Rings, I have read The Hobbit. I believe the story is fantastic, I enjoyed it when I read it for myself and I've enjoyed reading it to my children. It is often known as a children's bestseller but I think it's part of that slim collection of books that are equally enjoyable to children and adults. The book cover of the version I first read is depicted below. The version my children have is different, the second cover below is the one my brother had - the first cover of the story I saw.
Back to the film, I liked it and thought the casting was as excellent as that of the LOFTR films. If you haven't seen the film, it is one I would recommend but I would say if you have no interest in any of the Tolkien stories then firstly why are you reading my blog and secondly you probably have no intention of seeing the film and I don't think it's for you. That said, for everyone else, I say it's a great film.


JM Bogan was the recipient of the Master Builder Association's REX Award for its work on the Wurdemann Mansion
This Georgian estate was built in 1915 as the last member to a group of homes in Lake Forest Park known as the "first eight." It is on the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places and holds great significance to the community. At varying times in its history, tours of the estate have been given to raise funds for the Seattle Symphony and the Shoreline Historical Museum.
The mansion sits on 2 acres of land filled with gardens, patios and fountains. French doors allow for not only plenty of light, but also beautiful views of the grounds. Upon entry, a grand staircase sets the stage for 4 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, a library, den, dining room, sewing room and kitchen. Alongside the mansion sits the estate's original carriage house. The grandeur of the estate reminds you of its decades of entertaining and hosting local gatherings while its preservation assures it will continue to do so for decades to come.
Over the years, maintaining the original charm of the estate has been a great priority to its owners and to the local community. JM Bogan was contracted to provide restorative work on many parts of the home's interior and exterior. Multiple additions were also made to the main house. These changes included the addition of a master bathroom on the north side, another addition on the south side to accommodate a new sewing room, and restorative work that was done on the original carriage house.
The dirt floor carriage house became a new accessory dwelling unit and three-car garage. Three of its original walls were kept and carefully restored. Great pains were taken to preserve the integrity of existing structure and to custom match the old millwork profiles. The attention to detail on the exterior eaves is particularly impressive.
It was an honor for JM Bogan to be found the winner in remodeling excellence for this project while getting to be a part of the Wurdemann Estate's great history.


If you've already read my other articles about adult coloring, you may well be well on your way to becoming a coloring pro by now! if so, I hope you are having as much fun as me. If not, check out the other articles about adult coloring on my blog to find out why it is such a satisfying hobby.
Adult coloring books have been a popular item for several years. Teens and adults enjoy using their creativity to choose the colors and bring the scenes to life. Users enjoy using different types of art supplies, like colored pencils or markers.
Coloring helps to relieve stress and anxiety by drawing the mind's focus away from repetitive, intrusive thoughts. For dedicated hobbyists, the benefits of coloring are similar to those of meditation. For the final article in this series, I thought Iâ€™d share some recommendations with you that I have found to be some of the best coloring books on the market.
This is one of the first adult coloring books to become part of the phenomenon. Basfordâ€™s botanical designs are intricate and provide hours of coloring enjoyment. The book has been printed on thicker stock so that it can be used with ink, watercolor, or marker as well as the traditional colored pencils.
Some sections are left blank so that the artist can add his or her own details. Basford has also released a variety of other books like Lost Ocean and Enchanted Forest.
This is an early example of an adult coloring book, and it remains popular today. This coloring book is highly educational, teaching artists the names of all the bones in the body and the major systems as well. Teens and older children may find this book especially fascinating.
This book has a variety of animal designs ranging in complexity from beginner to expert level. Dolphins, cats, butterflies, and elephants are some of the charming characters included.
The animals are on a clear background, meaning that the artist can put all of his or her design work into the featured creature. The paper is thick enough for gel pens to be used with ease.
This volume features swirling designs of various levels of complexity. None of the designs are so complex that a beginner could not enjoy them. The figures are mostly floral, although there are some animal pages.
This book is printed on one side of the paper so the artist does not need to worry about bleed-through.
This coloring book features owl designs with other graphical elements. This book is less realistic than some others and provides a flight of fancy for the artist. Themes include royalty, peace, kites, and totem poles.
This book is from the Dover series Creative Haven, which features dozens of themes and topics. The pictures are printed on one side and perforated for easy removal.
As you can see, there are all sorts of interesting options and so much more to coloring than you may first have thought. You might want to immerse yourself in a fantasy land while you are coloring or perhaps you prefer to choose simple patterns with your focus being the mindfulness of the activity.
If you have older kids, the teen and young adult books can be really fun to work on together as a joint hobby. It can be hard to get your teenagers to join you in an activity, but this is real winner for when you both want some downtime and some quality time together. Whatever you choose to go with, happy coloring!


“Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.” — Ben Okri
Books and reading matter to us at HWC, and we’re always swapping book recommendations with each other. We thought it would be fun to share a roundup of what we’re reading as an occasional feature here on our blog.
With no further ado, here’s what we’re reading during the summer of 2018.
Raven Rock by Garrett M. Graff.
The book details the evolution of emergency management and continuity of government in the United States from the Cold War to today. The deep level of detail is told through a fascinating narrative and gives me excellent context for the world of emergency management today. — Adam Tager
Drive by Daniel Pink.
The book details motivation. What drives us. And the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic sources of motivation. Pink discusses how intrinsic motivation – like joy and purpose in one’s work – leads to greater satisfaction and performance. As someone that always strives for this in myself and encourages those around me, I find it insightful with some practical applications on how to achieve. — Claudine Hughes
For All the Tea in China by Sarah Rose.
It’s about how the British East India Company (with the approval of the Crown) dispatched botanists to China to steal tea seedlings, seeds, and the methods for tea horticulture and manufacturing from China. Their goal was to be able to transplant tea production to the Himalayan foothills of India so that they would have a source of tea under their control. It was a really interesting look at the steps that the Company would go to in order to bring an essential resource under their control and the agronomy and gardening skills necessary to harvest these seedlings and actually produce drinkable tea. It also showcased some of the innovations that came out of this voyage that are still in use today. — George McAleese
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson.
his biography about an artist who undoubtedly changed the landscape of art challenges individuals in today’s day and age to push their intellectual curiosity and scrutinize everything we see, just as he did. The meaning of the term “Renaissance Man” is brought to light by discussing the ways in which he was able to tie other disciplines such as math, science, and technology into his artistic works with great ease. Learning about the innovative ways in which Leonardo was able to teach himself such complicated concepts in such a technologically backwards time is really inspiring! — Bhargavi Munukutla
What are you reading? Share your recommendations with us in a comment below!


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A Narrative Summary of the Life of Charles Cripps
Author Unknown, Acquired in 1975
Transcribed by Marolyn Cross
This story of Charles Cripps does not begin as most histories do, with his birth--this is the major objective of our genealogical research. Until we can locate a record of his birth and parentage, his story must begin with the information which has been accumulated in genealogical research.
The earliest record we have of Charles Cripps is in the parish registers of St. Mary, Rotherhithe in Surrey county in England. Here he is recorded as a ropemaker, living on Silver Street. Ten children of Charles and Elizabeth Cripps were christened at St. Mary, Rogherhithe between 1826 and 1844. One stillborn child is registered among the burials there.
When and where Charles Cripps met and married Elizabeth Baker is not known. We do know that she was born in Exton, Rutlanshire, February 5, 1801, the daughter of Henry Baker, a carpenter, and his wife Mary Turner.
Sometime after the birth of their last child, Charles and Elizabeth moved from Rotherhithe and took up residence in Bermondaey, Surrey, England. According to one of their sons, the family was obliged to make this move because of "adverse circumstances."
Rotherhithe and Bermondaey are parishes in the Southwark borough and are part of greater London. They are located on the Thames River where the shipping industry flourished. Ropemaking being associated with the shipping industry explains why Charles made his home there. However, in spite of his known history's having its beginning there, and there being justification for his living there, there is a question of his having been born there.
Charles Cripps has been located in three separate census returns in England. In 1841 the record calls for a statement of whether or not he was born in the county where he was then residing. The answer was "no." In 1851 the record calls for a definite statement of where he was born and it gives "London." However, in a 1861 census his birthplace is recorded as "Coventry, Warwickshire." A sampler made by one of his daughters, Sarah Ann, when she was a child, says he was born May 17, 1795, in London. The Salt Lake City death records show he was born in Warwichshire and his tombstone in the Salt Lake City Cemetery indicates that he was born in Warwichshire.
Charles Cripps was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. David Shorten baptized him on May 25, 1850. His membership is recorded in the church records of the Finsbury branch and also in Theobald's Road branch. His residence at the time was 1 harts Cottage, Bermondsey. His wife, Elizabeth also joined the church in England as did his daughters, Elizabeth Mary Cripps Spicer, and Sarah Ann Cripps Hayward. The church was probably the reason and possibly the means of their coming to America and to Utah.
Sarah Ann came first with her husband, Gammon Hayward and their two oldest children. They sailed February 28, 1853, and three years later, on March 16, 1856, Elizabeth Mary came with her husband, William Spicer. The next in the family to come was Elizabeth Baker Cripps. She came at the same time as her daughter, Emma Godbe and her husband William Augustus Hodges and their oldest son.
Elizabeth sailed on the ship "Underwriter" on April 8, 1861. This was just two weeks before the 1861 a census was taken in England, but no record has yet been located for Elizabeth Cripps or for the William Augustus Hodges family in that census. It is possible that they were in Liverpool waiting for their ship to sail. Charles was living alone in Bermondsey when the census was taken. While traveling to Utah by wagon train, Emma Hodges gave birth to her second child, a girl whom they named Florence, possibly because she was born near the frontier settlement of Florence, Nebraska.
It was yet two years before Charles Cripps emigrated. He sailed on the ship "Amazon," a ship with a capacity of 1600 tons. They left London on June 4, 1863, and arrived in New York City July 18, destination "Florence." The ship was a church chartered vessel sailed by Mr. Hovey. There were 882 persons aboard and William Brammel was president of the company.
On the church emigration records Charles Cripps is listed as a ropemaker, age 59. He received notification #104 and was issued ticket #96. He used 100 plus 320 (probably pounds) from the London account of the church's perpetual emigration fund. There is a column in the emigration record for the address of the emigrant, but in the case of Charles Cripps, there was entered "R. Bentley."
A brief research project at the Church Historian's Office in Salt Lake City revealed that Richard Bently was prescient of the London district of the British mission at the time of Charles Cripps' sailing. Often the saints would give reference to a missionary instead of giving their address. This had happened in Charles Cripps' case and a number of others on the same record had done the same. Just below Charles' name a few lines are several persons from Coventry. Among these was a man named William Waddups who was shown to be from Sowe near Coventry. There was a man named William Waddups who was associated with the Hayward family in Salt Lake City but no relationship was ever known to exist. Often people who came from one place in the homeland would associate together in the new country.
There were ten wagon trains sponsored by the church which left Florence, Nebraska in the summer of 1863. No register for these companies has been found with the exception of one which left June 30, 1863, too early for Charles Cripps to have been a member.
Little more is known of Charles Cripps. One record is contained in a Salt Lake City directory where he is listed as a ropemaker in 1869. He was in the 16th ward residing on 6th West between 1st and 2nd north.
Salt Lake City death records tell us that Charles Cripps died June 1, 1879, of old age. He was buried on the lot of his son-in law, William Spicer, lot 5, block 4, plot H. His birth is given as June 19, 1795, county Warwick, England. In the Salt Lake City cemetery members of the family have erected an attractive marker to his memory.
No further written record of Charles Cripps has been found. One of his granddaughters, Clara Hayward Porter, in an interview with Thayle Smith gave the following description of Charles Cripps' father. "Charles Cripps' father was an aristocrat. Allowed to war knee pants and gold buckles on his shoes, which was granted only to the upper class. He would not work and when he found himself in poverty his beautiful and lovely wife took over a laundry. She became overseer to the laundry, was said to have dept the white shirts done up for Lord Hardcastle. She knit his stockings above the knee. He was about the tallest man in England, having to stoop for the door frames to pass through."
This narrative is concluded with an appeal for people to make contributions to Wilson H. Hayward, with the purpose of hiring a professional genealogist to go to England to do further research.
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The 93rd edition of the Skeptics' Circle is live at City of Skeptics. This time around, the Circle magically morphs into the form of a tarot reading... not just any tarot card reading, mind you, but "A Mystical Reading with Master Woo."
In keeping with the woofulness, we should be aware that this is a very, very special edition, a fact that I can reveal because of my own former delvings into the world of woo over many years. You see, the number 93 is of primal importance to the followers of Aleister Crowley, a master of the mystical powers of woo who founded his own religion, known by adherents as Thelema. One aspect of the religion is the importance of a kind of numerology derived from Kabbalistic gemmatria. Gemmatria proposes connections between the meanings of words based their numerical value. In Hebrew, letters have numerical values, and words with letters that add to the same sum are thought to do so because of a mystical connection between them. The Greek word "thelema," which means "will," adds to 93, the same as the total of the letters in the word "agape," meaning love. This led Woo Master Crowley to formulate what he and subsequent Thelemites consider the central tenet of the Thelemic faith, "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Love is the law, love under will." This is essentially a mathematical formula expressing the same mystical unity that is promulgated in eastern mysticism. "Love under will" can be seen as a simple division equation:
Love under will = thelema/agape = 93/93 = 1
And what does it all mean? Well, nothing, or at least nothing more than any mystico-religious formula from the Christian mystery of the trinity to the Wiccan threefold law.
Today, the wooings and doings of Crowley are carried on by the church/order that he founded, the Ordo Templi Orientis or OTO. According to the USA Grand Lodge:
Although officially founded at the beginning of the 20th century e.v., O.T.O. represents a surfacing and confluence of the divergent streams of esoteric wisdom and knowledge which were originally divided and driven underground by political and religious intolerance during the dark ages. It draws from the traditions of the Freemasonic, Rosicrucian and Illuminist movements of the 18th and 19th centuries, the crusading Knights Templars of the middle ages and early Christian Gnosticism and the Pagan Mystery Schools. Its symbolism contains a reunification of the hidden traditions of the East and the West, and its resolution of these traditions has enabled it to recognize the true value of Aleister Crowley's revelation of The Book of the Law.The Book of the Law is, of itself, worth reading for some rather grandiose claims and bizarre statements. It forms a foundation for much woo that came after and is particularly fun to read after the consumption of large quantities of "wines that foam." It is particularly opposed to rational inquiry and critical analysis or, as the Book itself puts it:
27. There is great danger in me; for who doth not understand these runes shall make a great miss. He shall fall down into the pit called Because, and there he shall perish with the dogs of Reason.Love is the law, love under woo!
28. Now a curse upon Because and his kin!
29. May Because be accursèd for ever!
— The Book of the Law, II: 27-29
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Writing is central to so much of what I do. I’ve published books, essays, chapters, academic papers, magazine articles and a hell of a lot of blog posts.
My most well-read work is an e-book from 2007 called The 20 Things You Must Know About Music Online. It was written at a time when there weren’t too many people discussing digital strategy for independent music, so it ended up being downloaded half a million times. I’d just spent the best part of three years researching the ways in which artists, small labels and other independent music enterprises could make use of the tools that the internet provides and had started doing a bit of consultancy. You’ll recall that MySpace was at the peak of its popularity, GeoCities was still a thing, and Facebook had only just become available to the general public. Exciting times…
However, when I say the phrase “my book”, what I’m usually referring to is something called Radio in the Digital Age. That came out at the end of 2013 through Polity Press, it was a major work for me – and was kind of intended to be my final word on the radio research I’d been doing for more than a decade. Instead, it opened up a whole lot of new conversations. I guess that was fairly predictable…
Probably the most important thing I’ve written in terms of making a statement about how I see and think about the world would be Toward a 6th Media Age. It’s an essay about how the tools that we use to communicate pretty much define our world and who we are as human beings. It’s about what happens when we move from one mode to another – and it’s about what comes next. This is my small contribution to the field of Media Ecology, and represents not just what I think, but how I think.
The 360 Deal is a collection of genuinely helpful pieces of advice for people just starting out in the music industry. I edited this one, and solicited the short essays from music industry contacts of mine from around the world. All the proceeds from that book go to my favourite music charity run by some friends in India.
Music in the Digital Age is an ebook that started life as an update to my 20 Things book, and became a reflection on how digital technologies have altered the parameters for the composition, production, distribution, promotion and consumption of popular music. This one’s a work in progress – but you can already buy it and download it. For free, if you prefer.
I’m one of three co-authors of Understanding the Music Industries (Sage, 2012), which is designed as a core text book for undergraduates, but has some really helpful explanation about how the popular music industries work for anyone who might be interested. No prizes for guessing which chapters I wrote.
The LPFM War 2004 is an extended essay about a unique situation that sprang up in Auckland because of the deregulation of the radio broadcasting sector there. Low Power FM radio stations (microbroadcasters, actually) started a turf war. I got involved.
1001 Whiskies You Must Try Before You Die is a terrible name for a book. It suggests there are also whiskies you should try after you die, or that trying 1001 whiskies is something that you can do without dying as a result. All the same, there are some fantastic drams in there, and I reviewed a bunch of them.
30 Ideas in 30 Days: An Experiment in Everyday Innovation – is a collection of series of blog posts I wrote in March 2010. It kind of does what it says on the tin. I set myself the challenge of an invention a day. This was the result.
How to Make Wishes That Come True is a short book about goal-setting. It came out of a web community project that sadly no longer exists. My friend Stef and I created the site and for a short time, it really took off. People made wishes and others worked together to grant them to the best of their ability. It was kind of lovely.
I’ve also written academic journal articles, book chapters, research reports and magazine articles. Feel free to have a look through.
You’ll also find a lot of my writing in the archives at New Music Strategies – the industry analysis blog I established in 2005.


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Our Autumn Magazine (No.28) is now available. If you paid for this along with your member's subscription you will receive a copy shortly. Copies can be bought for £3.00 at Dummers in West Street or The Museum in Knockhundred Row or for £5 from us (including P&P).
This edition marks the centenary of the end of the First World War, with articles on the monuments erected afterwards, prisoners-of-war in West Sussex, and some of the local men who lost their lives.
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Adrian Hill's Angel
Issue no 20 from 2014 features on the front cover a reproduction of the cartoon of the Angel drawn by Adrian Hill. It is one of the few assets owned by The Midhurst Society. You can read about it here View PDF
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Well what's on for today? This morning I am helping to count the money taken for our book fair at school. It was a huge success. We normally go through the Scholastic group however this time the library teacher was approached by a different connection which paid off well I think. Most of the books were under $10.00 which meant for a lot of families that they could afford to buy more than 1 as the Scholastic books can be anywhere up to $50.00 sometimes.
Then we are off for a catch up coffee with some of the mum's from school. Home to do some sort of housework I suppose and then make some sort of sweet to take to an International Dinner we have in our parish tonight.
It should be a fun night. We are going to be tasting Philippine, Italian, SriLankin and Indian cuisine followed by Aussie desserts.....LOL. Should be a fun filled and very tasty night.
Tonight is the start also of the Clayton's Retreat to be held at Little Scrapbook Shop. So if you get a chance pop on in and see what we are going to get up to......should be lots of fun and it goes all weekend.
Have a fab day everyone.


It is never too early to instill a love of reading in your children. Our teachers take the time to read to your little one. Reading even in early infancy can boost vocabulary and has lasting effect on language, literacy, and early reading skills. ¹
For our youngest readers 3 months to 7 months
We expose them to the concept of a book. The books that are popular amongst these children are soft books, crinkle books, and bath time books.
The children like to hold the soft books and explore the textures. As little ones teeth, the bath books are fun, they will chew on them, and they usually have little squeakers in them. It is fun to see them learn that they can make it squeak if they push it just right. As they get older and they learn to manipulate the pages themselves. The crinkle books are wildly popular. The bright colors and funky shapes engage the little ones and they begin to learn some cause and effect.
For Circle Time
After an engaging play time and to transition to quieter play time as some children sleep we break out these books.
Our favorites are Eric Carle’s Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?, The Very Busy Spider, and The Hungry Caterpillar. Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, The Pout-Pout Fish, Little Blue Truck, We’re Different We’re the Same, and The Gingerbread Man.
The children respond well to rhyming words, colorful illustrations, and repeated phrases.
For Nap Time
Some children respond well to the same books they may hear for bedtime. Some favorites we have are Good Night California and Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site to send them off to a mid-day slumber.
For Older Children 20 months+
There are some children that have learned the words “again” or “more”, where one story is just not enough and may be too impatient to wait for you to find another book. These books keep them engaged and allows you to read continuously for a longer period of time. Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches and Other Stories and The Big Green Book of Beginner Books.
There are so many books out there for the next generation to enjoy. These just happen to be some of the favorites of the children that have passed through Collab&Play.
- American Academy of Pediatrics. “Reading with children starting in infancy gives lasting literacy boost: Shared book-reading that begins soon after birth may translate into higher language and vocabulary skills before elementary school.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 4 May 2017. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170504083146.htm>
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011at 1:31 PM Posted by Jim Santel Comments: (0)
Is it possible for a perfectly written book to be less than perfect? The answer, if you read much contemporary fiction, seems to be an emphatic yes. David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, for instance, is a finely-rendered tale of Dutch merchants in Japan at the opening of the 19th century. Mitchell's sentences are economical and elegant, stabbing at the reader with their insistent present tense. In a passage oft-quoted by critics, Mitchell describes his protagonist's actions after receiving a fruit from the woman he is forbidden to love:
"Before the evening muster, Jacob climbs the watchtower and takes out the persimmon from his jacket pocket. Hollows from the fingers of Aibagawa Orito are indented in her ripe gift, and he places his own fingers there, holds the fruit under his nostrils, inhales its gritty sweetness, and rolls its rotundity along his cracked lips."
Uncommon is the observer who would note a finger's imprint in a fruit; even rarer is the one who would transmute this into a vehicle for a beautiful description of longing. Longing is Jacob de Zoet's main preoccupation, one it ruminates over and sighs about as few novels have since The Great Gatsby. Yet something about Mitchell's book feels impermanent, lacking. It is a certain stateliness that comes from leading with the head rather than the heart. His novel never sheds its whiff of the virtuoso piece; one senses that Mitchell first executed the exhaustive historical research his book required, and then filled this in this framework with characters and emotions and plots. This is the point that James Wood made in his New Yorker review when he wrote that Mitchell's book lacks a certain moral pressure; the reader senses the author could have set a novel in any other historical period and the effect would have been much the same.
Zachary Mason's The Lost Books of the Odyssey would at first seem to be exempt from this historical apathy, for it is necessarily tied to Homer's great work. Consisting of 44 brief episodes that present alternate possibilities for The Odyssey, Mason's work is nothing if not clever. Mason's tales are always compelling and sometimes moving. But, as with Mitchell's work, The Lost Books of the Odyssey lacks marrow. For one thing, it is not as original as the critical praise would have it. A Borgesian fog hangs heavy over these pages; Mason shares the Argentinian master's fascination with mirrors and mazes, with chess and dreams.
But in Borges's stories, the ambiguity and koan-like inscrutability were the manifestations of genius, whereas in Mason's work they are first and foremost the work of a smart writer attempting a smart work. The singular, original vision is nowhere to be found. Mason's prose is impeccable and stifling. He writes with a lapidary solemnity that feels studied and stifles what would otherwise be a sharp wit. His obscurity, rather than provoking or haunting as it does in Borges (or, sometimes, in Kafka), often strikes the reader as willful. In the pseudo translator's introduction that prefaces the lost books, Mason writes: "I hope that this translation reflects the haunted light of Homer's older islands, where the familiar characters are arranged in a new tableaux, but soon become restless, mercurial—they turn their backs, forget their names, move on."
The chiaroscuro of Homer's work is indeed an undervalued aspect of the poem that doesn't lend itself to scholarly discourse. In this sense, Mason's re-imagining is valuable and interesting. But it sprouts in the shadow of one of the great oaks of western culture, and even its most absorbing tales are quickly forgotten upon completion, the dreams of a clever mind.
Monday, May 16, 2011at 6:54 AM Posted by Jim Santel Comments: (0)
The final space shuttle flight launched today, marking the nadir of NASA's long, slow slide into irrelevance. I don't mean scientific irrelevance—NASA's scientists are still on the cutting edge of piecing together our cosmology.
Rather, for forty years, NASA has been slowly leaking a substance far more essential to the agency's brief dominance of the American popular imagination, when it loomed in the cultural window like a full moon: its sex appeal. Gone are the days of the Mercury 7, clad in silver suits that were both very cool and touchingly expectant of a future that never materialized, a future of flying cars and bases on the moon and solutions to all of our problems of overpopulation.
NASA has never been able to move out of the shadow of the Right Stuff days; worse, no one at NASA—even fighter jock astronauts—seems to realize it, a sad truth that I grappled with in my first piece of college journalism, which, despite a wrenching desire to rewrite, I'm still quite fond of.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011at 10:16 PM Posted by Jim Santel Comments: (0)
By the logic of late capitalism, it's probably a terrible idea for Traction to take a break just as it's enjoyed a whiff of cultural relevance. And I have to admit, I was really flattered by the guy who linked to that post in his Twitter, dropping my name so unhesitatingly, you'd think it was "John Updike." It was also great to find that even folks on the Iberian Peninsula were interested in my scribblings.
That said, it's been a long year at school, I just got home, and I'm struggling to do some serious fiction writing. So for the duration of May, posts will be at best sporadic, more likely nonexistent.
Speaking of fiction, I neglected to post a link to my fiction-contest winning story. I was pretty happy with it. The illustrations that accompanied it? Not so much. So, what photo should go with this story? Hell, why not a photo of yours truly, taken at a reading at UChicago last year. It's how we like to be imagined, far though it may be from the reality: bespectacled, besweatered, and besmiling. Thanks for reading.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011at 10:36 PM Posted by Jim Santel Comments: (0)
In March, The New York Review of Books ran a review of Keith Richards' memoir Life written by Dan Chiasson. The piece, as with just about everything the NYRB publishes, was excellent, but it was ruined for me when Chiasson made a claim of truly astounding boneheadedness near the end of his critique: he called "Tumbling Dice" "nobody's favorite Stones song."
Excuse me? It's difficult to pick a favorite Rolling Stones song, but if you really press me, Guantánamo-style, you may eventually get me to admit that it's "Tumbling Dice." When I first bought Exile On Main St. during my freshman year of high school, I loved the whole album; but after my first listen-through, I was hitting the repeat button on "Tumbling Dice" for about a week straight. That song, a three-and-a-half-minute wrestling match between jaunty indifference and real sorrow played out over one of the Stones' best tracks, is music at its best: a feeling, purely distilled. It's really hard to describe how all this works, so I can only point to the glistening backing vocals; the play between Mick's growl and Keith's whine; and Charlie Watts' judicious drum rolls, especially the ones at 2:47 that dig the song out of the powerful bridge, ushering us on down the road over Mick's ambivalent moans. (A live version from the legendary 1972 tour can be found above. The backup singers are absent, but I think the band nicely adapted the song to their live sound.)
But I'd forgotten exactly what it felt like to lean so heavily on a song until last week, when I got a free download of a live version of My Morning Jacket's "Smokin From Shootin" from the band's website; I've been living the song ever since. It's no secret that My Morning Jacket is one of our favorite bands here at Traction. But I pretty much ignored their last album, Evil Urges, turned off by the bathetic single "I'm Amazed." I figured I would sit that round out, forgiving MMJ for a minor hiccup in its stellar career.
I shouldn't have jumped ship so readily, because I was missing out on a hell of a song. My Morning Jacket tends to err on the side of obscurity in their lyrics, but "Smokin From Shootin" (see video below) is a wonderful account of difficult love. This works on the interpersonal level, as Jim James laments the futile wrangling, the irrational assaults, that often marslove:
"Do you see my smokin' guns?
They're smokin' from shooting at nothing dear."
But the song startlingly expands its scope to the metaphysical realm as well:
"Who makes my decisions? Who reads all your thoughts?
What makes us how we are? Faith can't prove what science won't resolve."
I love the way the song places the personal next to the religious, evoking the uncertainty we're apt to feel in the face of someone we love, and the ways that this uncertainty is often interwoven with anxieties about cosmic truths. The song's sense of scale is perfect, small concerns pointing to large ones, large ones laying easily alongside the small ones.
Philosophy never sounded so good.


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Pennsylvania's northeast frontier---a region embraced by the upper reaches of the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers---was the scene of a bitter and, at times, bloody backwoods dispute. Here Yankees (settlers and speculators holding deeds from Connecticut land companies) fought Pennamites (settlers and landlords who claimed land under Pennsylvania) for land and authority. This contest began in the 1760s and lasted till the first decade of the nineteenth century and, for a time, pitted Connecticut against Pennsylvania in a bitter jurisdictional conflict. This study focuses on the dispute after the revolutionary war when the federal government awarded the contested territory to Pennsylvania and when Connecticut claimants, who became known as Wild Yankees, violently resisted the imposition of Pennsylvania's authority and soil rights.;This study explores agrarian unrest in northeast Pennsylvania and adds to existing backcountry scholarship by demonstrating that the revolutionary frontier was not only the scene of a battle over land and authority but also the locus of a struggle over identity and the definition of local culture. It analyzes how frontier expansion, the Revolution, class conflict, and disputes over property intersected with the daily lives of ordinary men and women by examining the small-scale social networks (family, kin, and neighborhood) that delimitated their lives.;This study makes two closely connected arguments. First, it contends that backcountry inhabitants' local lives---the social relationships, economic networks, and sources of authority that operated on a face-to-face level---framed their aspirations as well as their perceptions of the Revolution and social conflict. This parochial world view, or localism, played an important role in shaping frontier expansion and frontier unrest. Second, it argues that localism, though it had always been present in agrarian society, became a paramount ingredient of identity and ideology in the backcountry between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Rapid frontier expansion combined with the Revolution to create a distinct parochial world view among settlers that can best be described as revolutionary backcountry localism .
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Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
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The Return of a Lost Heir …
The kingdom of Mercia has been at war with the Shadow King and his dark army for ten years. To escape the seer’s vision of her capture, Mercia’s heir to the throne, Princess Norah Andell, is secreted away by her father to keep her safe. But when he dies in battle, so too dies the knowledge of where she’s hidden. She’s lost to the world—until three years later, when she’s found with no memory of who she is or the kingdom that now rests on her shoulders.
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c1320 - 1384
By 1360 he was Master of Balliol College, Oxford, and a reknowned scholar.
Under the patronage of John of Gaunt he became ambassador to the Avignon Pope during the Great Schism.
He favoured strict adherence to the authority of the Bible,
and particularly the New Testament, and apostolic simplicity.
He protested against the ills of the Roman Catholic Church, such as:
He championed the English state's right to withdraw church endowments.
The 1351 Statute of Provisors had prohibited the granting of papal benefices and legal appeals to the Papal Curia (court).
This was one of many statutes in this era attacking church wealth and privileges.
John of Gaunt wanted church wealth to fund continuation of the Hundred Years' War.
In 1378 England supported Pope Urban VII of Rome against Clement VII of Avignon.
- Papal exactions upon England
- closeness to the French crown
- Church's right to interfere in secular matters
- corruption, such as sale of absolution, penances and indulgencies
- dogma such as transsubstantiation.
Wyclif organised the first translation of the Bible into English, by Oxford scholars, to
show there was no scriptural authority for the practices he condemned.
A church synod of 1382 condemned him and his followers, who were known as lollards (from the Dutch for mumbling),
and he was expelled from Oxford University.
Oxford's involvement may explain why it never was formally approved as a
studium generale by a Pope.
Wyclif's teachings greatly influenced Jan Hus (c1369-1415) at Prague University.
He in turn inspired Martin Luther (c1517).
The Council of Constance (1414 - 1418) was chaired by the Holy Roman Emperor and involved many bishops and cardinals.
It voted along the four national lines - French, English, German and Italian.
It ended the Great Schism (begun 1378) by electing a new Pope, Martin V, in 1417.
Although the Emperor had guaranteed safe conduct for Hus,
the Council condemned Lollardy and Hus was burned at the stake for refusing to recant.
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A Despicable Case of Child Cruelty and Abuse - Ranmoor, Sheffield
The following table shows the household of Mr Charles McLaren MP at the time of the 1881 Census.
The house was called Barn Elms and is located in Barnes Surrey (Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece/Folio 0847/68 Page Number 1). Incidentally there is a website that is crammed with information on the history and the people who lived in BARN ELMS - it confirms the information given in the census
To say that the family was at the pinnacle of late Victorian society is a very fair if rather obvious statement.
The following biographical details were obtained from Wikipedia and detail the lives of the McLaren and Pochin family
Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren, was born in Edinburgh 12 May 1850 , the son of Duncan McLaren and Priscilla Bright (sister of John Bright). McLaren was educated at the Heidelberg University, Bonn University and Edinburgh University, from which he graduated with the degree of Master of Arts. He began his career in journalism, but turned to the law and in 1874, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn as a Barrister.
On March 6, 1877, he married LAURA
ELIZABETH POCHIN (d. 1933), the daughter of HENRY DAVIS POCHIN, in Westminster.
The couple had four children:
Henry D McLaren,
Hon. Florence Priscilla McLaren (1881–1964), married Sir Henry Norman, 1st Baronet
Hon. Elsie Dorothea McLaren (c.1884 – 15 May 1973), married Sir Edward Johnson-Ferguson, 2nd Baronet
Lt. Hon. Francis Walter Stafford McLaren (June 16, 1886 – 30 August 1917), married Barbara Jekyll and had issue
Six years later, he was elected to the House of Commons as MP for Stafford; he served that constituency until 1886. In 1892, he returned to the Commons as MP for Bosworth, which he represented until 1910. When his father in law HENRY DAVIS POCHIN (1824–1895) died in 1895 McLaren, became increasingly involved in the management of the companies inherited from him. He would become chairman of the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company and several others.
McLaren's political career advanced during
his second term. In 1897, he was invested a Queen's Counsel, and, in 1902,
became Sir Charles McLaren, Baronet of Bodnant, in the county of Denbigh. He was
appointed to the Privy Council in 1908, and held the office of Justice of the
Peace in Middlesex, Flint, Denbighshire, and Surrey. In 1911, a year after he
left the Commons (his son replaced him), he was created 1st Baron Aberconway. PC
in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Lord Aberconway, received various honours
throughout his life, including:
Order of the Sacred Treasures (Japan) (3rd class)
Order of Takova (Serbia)
Commander Order of the Redeemer (Greece).
He and his wife were friends of the artist James McNeill Whistler and owned several of his works.
On his death in 23 January 1934 age 83 at Bodnant, the barony and baronetcy passed to his eldest son, Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway.
His father in law HENRY DAVIS POCHIN (1824–1895) was an industrial chemist. He was the son of a yeoman farmer of Leicestershire who served an apprenticeship to James Woolley (1811–1858), a manufacturing chemist in Manchester, and in course of time became his partner. Woolley died in 1858 and Pochin kept a manuscript diary of the illness, treatment and death of his partner. This diary is preserved in the Wellcome Trust Library. On Woolley’s death Pochin became the sole proprietor.
Henry Pochin, is noted for two important inventions. Firstly, he developed a process for the clarification of rosin, a brown substance used to make soap, by passing steam through it so that after distillation it came out white, thus enabling the production of white soap. He sold the rights to this process to raise money to exploit his second invention, which was a process using ammonium sulfate and alumina as a low cost alternative to alumstone in the production of alum cake used in the manufacture of paper.
The process required china clay, and Pochin, bought several china clay mines in Cornwall for this purpose. Pochin's principal china clay works was the Gothers drying complex, near Roche, Cornwall. This consisted of a number of kilns, each served by a narrow gauge tramway, and was considered to be an extensive works in its day. Between 1863 and 1867, POCHIN, led a consortium of Manchester business men in the formation of a number of companies in the iron, steel and coal industries. The first of these, the Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited, was also the first to be formed by David Chadwick (1821–1885) a Manchester accountant whose accounting methods in relation to capitalisation and depreciation have attracted interest even 100 years or more later. POCHIN, was elected to Parliament in 1868 as one of two MP’s for Stafford. (see below) He also held public office at times as a Mayor of Salford, Deputy Lieutenant and as Justice of the Peace. In addition, Henry Pochin was a director of The Tredegar Iron and Coal Company, that sunk two shafts (North and South) at Pochin Colliery, Tredegar, in 1876 to a depth of 340 yards; the first coal was brought to the surface in 1881. The mine was named after Pochin’s daughter, Laura. Between 1871 and 1876 Henry Pochin, had a residence in Llandudno, North Wales at Haulfre, on the south facing landward side of the Great Orme where he was able to pursue his passion for gardening in an extensive and steeply terraced garden that since 1929 has been under the care of the local authority and is freely open to the public. In 1874 Pochin, bought the Bodnant estate at Tal-y-Cafn in the Conwy Valley comprising 25 farms with the Bodnant House and over 80 acres of garden where he lived in active retirement. At Bodnant, Pochin, realised the superb qualities of the Dell through which the estate river ran and after first strengthening the banks to deter erosion he set about planting with great American and Oriental conifers. In 1949, Bodnant Garden was given to the National Trust.
The descendents of the Charles and Laura McClaren continue to play a prominent roles in the affairs of this country. I have gathered information from a variety of sources and placed them in a PDF file. Some of the information I have used in the above narrative but there is other information that is in the public domain that readers may find interesting. There are very remarkable revelations about the role Charles grandson also called Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway JP played in the policy of appeasing Hitler in 1939 AFTER the invasion of Czechoslovakia
There is no doubt about it - this family is definitely Establishment with a capital E.
And so where is the child abuse and cruelty. In the 1881 Census for Barn Elms there is an entry for a Cambridge undergraduate, the younger brother of LAURA McLAREN and son of HENRY DAVIS and AGNES POCHIN, PERCIVAL POCHIN or to use his full name PERCIVAL GERARD POCHIN. Age 19, the next trace I can find is in the PRO Marriage Registers for the December quarter of 1882 for of all places Rotherham Yorkshire.
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1882
GOVER Meta Cathleen Rotherham Volume 9c Page 953
POCHIN Percival Gerard Rotherham Volume 9c Page 953
I cannot be sure of his wife's maiden name. I also do not know why he was in Yorkshire but can only assume that it was to do with his wife's family or family business interests.
However what comes next figures in none of the obituaries and biographies of the family and in my opinion never will. I came across a crime report in a copy of THE TIMES dated January 28th 1891 (page 10). It gave a report of the previous day's proceedings in Sheffield's Magistrates Court. under the heading
CHARGE OF CRUELTY
At Sheffield yesterday, Mr Percival Gerard Pochin, living in a fashionable quarter of Sheffield and Matilda Pochin, his wife, were charged at the instance of the National Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children with having systematically ill-treated and neglected a lad named Wilkinson who was in their service as a page boy.. The lad, according to the case for the prosecution, was taken from the workhouse by Mr. Pochin who said he wished to adopt him. He first lived with Mr. Pochin, for a month in a house-boat on the Thames, and then went to his residence at Ranmoor Park Road, Sheffield where he became a page boy in buttons. It was shown that the boy had been thrashed by Mr. Pochin, with a horse whip, beaten by Mrs. Pochin, with a stick, and on one occasion tied naked to a bed post and whipped. During a heavy snowstorm he was turned out into the snow and kept there all day without food. At night, a maidservant took compassion on him and gave him half a slice of bread and butter. Several witnesses were called to prove habitual ill treatment.
Both the defendants, gave evidence, and denied that they had been guilty of any cruelty.
The stipendiary magistrates held the case to be proved, and fined Mr. Pochin, £5 and Mrs. Pochin, £10
The case was also picked up by other contemporary journals of the time. The Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper (London, England), dated Sunday, February 1, 1891; Issue 2515 repeated the case verbatim
And if you are wondering that is equivalent to £375 and £750 in 2006 monetary values
The Sheffield Daily Telegraph dated 28th January 1891 also reported, this time adding the victims full name William Clarke Wilkinson
Even allowing for the mores of late Victorian society where instances of cruelty and ill treatment were often the norm, the sentence handed down by the magistrates can only be viewed as lenient in the extreme. Financially the combined fine of £15 would hardly have made a dent in the household and personal accounts, and as a deterrent, the fine is meaningless. The option of a prison sentence does not seem to be have been considered either. The only conclusion that can be drawn from this case is that the Sheffield magistrates thought the couple had "overstepped the mark" i.e. it was considered acceptable to thrash the servants and ill treat the lower orders but not on a "systematic" and "habitual" basis, and certainly not in front of witnesses!. Apart from the lies of the defendants, the other interesting point to arise from the trial is that Mrs. Pochin, was fined twice as much as her husband, no doubt reflecting the magistrates prejudices' about women appearing in court. The evidence also seems to point to Mrs Pochin as being the main instigator of the assaults - the magistrates infer that she was an enthusiastic participant in these assaults.
15 Ranmoor Park Road, Sheffield - the location of the assault - Photo taken March 2010
The aftermath - I would like to hope that after the trial Mr. and Mrs. Pochin, would suffer the worst indignities that life can throw at a person but I have no way of knowing at the moment. They simply disappeared. There is no reference in the registers or in the 1901 and 1911 Census. My own assumption is that the couple were ostracized and held in disgrace by Sheffield society in particular, and Victorian society in general, and had no real option but to emigrate hence their disappearance. The one piece of information that did come to light is their deaths
The cowardly wretch Pochin, died on 2nd April 1918 age 55 and his grotesque wife three years earlier on 30th June 1915 age 60 (Deaths Sep 1915 Pochin Meta C Age 53 Steyning Volume 2b Page 294 - Steyning is on the south coast of Sussex which seems to indicate the Pochin's became stigmatized in the genteel salons of Sheffield's western suburbs.
There is also a clue to what the family thought of Percival Gerald's activities in Sheffield. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography carries a summary of Henry Davis Pochin's life
"Throughout his life Henry Davis Pochin had suffered from headaches and high blood pressure. In December 1890 he suffered a slight stroke and, though he made a full recovery, following sixteen months of subsequent ill health he died on 28 October 1895 at Bodnant Hall, Eglwys-bach, Denbighshire. He was survived by his wife and two of his six children, Laura Elizabeth and Percival Gerald. With the latter disinherited ‘for conduct which private papers confirm, fully warranted that decision’ ( H. T. Milliken, The road to Bodnant: the story behind the foundation of the famous north Wales garden 1975 page 95–6), Laura, who had married Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren (later first Baron Aberconway), inherited most of her father's property. Pochin was buried in a mausoleum at Bodnant."
And so Percival was disinherited which seems like a good start!.
If anyone can supply me with any more information on either of this vile couple or better still photographs, please contact me.
For many years I wanted to know what became of "the lad Wilkinson" - he surely deserved a better start in life than the workhouse and this odious pair of degenerates. In November 2016 I did make a breakthrough and was able to piece together an article that details his later life.
And in January 2010 I received the following e-mail which again shows the family in not a very flattering light!
"...have just read your article entitled
"A Despicable Case of Child Cruelty".
I thought you may be interested in the fact that Henry Pochin was not whiter than white!
In the course of recent research into the life of Sir Thomas Salt (1830 - 1904) we (Berkswich History Society, Stafford) have discovered that Henry Pochin stood for election as MP for Stafford in 1868. However, the election results were contested. Not everyone was happy with the result and with the behaviour of the supporters of the elected candidates.
After an investigation lasting nine days, Mr Justice Blackburn decided that the election for Stafford was void in the case of both members. (Henry Pochin and Walter Meller). There were charges of “treating” and “bribery”, and witnesses gave evidence of being offered amounts of up to £10, a considerable sum in 1868, to vote for the Liberals. Following the publication of Mr Justice Blackburn’s findings, a by-election was called for early in 1869. Thomas Salt was again elected to represent Stafford at this by-election.
Charles McLaren who had married Laura Pochin in 1877, unseated Salt in 1880."
Name: Percival Gerard. Pochin
College: ST JOHN'S
Entered: Michs. 1880
BORN: 23 Jun 1862
More Information: Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 9, 1880. S. of Henry Davis, manufacturing chemist (and Agnes). B. June 23, 1862, at Salford, Lancs. [School, University College, 1875-9.] Matric. Michs. 1880. Kept three terms. (University Coll. Sch. Reg.)
Born 1824, son of William Pochin of Wigston, Leicestershire.
Mayor of Salford 1866-1868. Connected with Iron and Steel Industries.
Elected Liberal MP for Stafford 1868 ( later unseated on petition , further attempts to gain election unsuccessful)
Author of ‘Plan of parliamentary Reform’
From: The Times, Saturday, Dec 05, 1868; pg. 7;
Died Oct 28 1895. - Obituary: The Times, Saturday, Nov 02, 1895; pg. 6; Issue 34724
Founder of “H.D. Pochin & Co (Ltd)” ; Introduced “aluminous cake” into commerce; acquired many leading steel and iron concerns, converting them into limited liability companies, but retaining the majority of capital and directorship:- including John Brown and Co. ; Deputy Chairman of Metropolitan Railway Company; Director of the Manchester, Salford and Lincolnshire Railway; Member of the Reform Club.
Married to Agnes
Daughter Laura , Lady McLaren, wife of Sir Charles McLaren.
Born 1825, daughter of George and Hannah Heap of Timperley.
Married Henry Davis Pochin in 1852, Manchester..
Died Feb 12 1908
Early Pioneer of the suffragette movement. See “The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928”, by Elizabeth Crawford , 1999 , Routledge
Obituary : The Times, Friday, Feb 14, 1908; pg. 12; Issue 38569; See pages 75 and 76 for photo and description of her funeral.
MP for Stafford , co-founder of the National Liberal Club
Chairman of the Metropolitan Railway Company; Palmer’s Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Ltd, John Brown and Co Ltd.
Son Francis Walter Stafford McLaren was the youngest MP of the time . Killed in flying accident at Montrose 1917
THE TIMES dated January 28th 1891
The Sheffield Daily Telegraph dated 28th January 1891
The Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper (London, England), dated Sunday, February 1, 1891; Issue 2515
Uncle Alex Pringle's Webpages
There is an address in the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society - "48, Springfield-road, St. John's Wood, N. W, Pochin, Percival Gerard."
The Daughter - Births Sep 1884 Pochin Daisy Rosamond A Sheffield Volume 9c page 505
The Son - Births Dec 1887 Pochin Courtenay Henry G Worksop Volume 7b page 29
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