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Stop Ruining Your Christmas Cookies! Follow These Tips to Better Baking
Here are a few pointers on making the perfect cookies this holiday season
Shaylyn Esposito
'Tis the time of year when amateur and professional bakers alike strut their culinary skills for the holiday party. But not even the simplest recipe or glossiest magazine photo spread can prevent an epic cookie fail. Even pre-packaged cookie boxes like the one below can drive home cooks batty.
Photo courtesy of imgur.com.
That overwhelming frustration of following a recipe so closely, only to open the oven door and discover one big cookie that looks like its been run over by a steam roller, is universal. As is that unfortunate first bite that brings consternation over the two hours wasted producing a treat with a closer resemblance to cardboard than ginger.
Here are some tips to help avoid these common cookie conundrums in the future.
1) Butter vs. Margarine
As food policy expert, gardener and author Joan Dye Gussow once said, "As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than I trust chemists." When it comes to cookies, using butter or margarine is about personal preference. Butter is the all-natural way to go and many bakers claim it is the best option as it also has a little more flavor. But then there are also those who have been using margarine in the same cookie recipe for the past 50 years and swear by it. Whether you love or hate margarine you can thank Emperor Napoleon III ,who offered a prize to anyone who could create a cheap butter substitute that was easily accessible.
Whether you are team butter or team margarine, just make sure you are using it correctly. And if you are debating, Wally Amos, the man behind the original Famous Amos says to always go with butter. If you drop a stick of butter and an open container of margarine from the stairwell, the most that will happen to the butter is get a dent but the margarine will splat across the floor like a melon. The textures are different. If using margarine, make sure it is at least 80 percent vegetable oil or 100 calories per tablespoon. The fatter the better! If the margarine is under 80 percent then it has a high water content and will cause the cookies to spread and stick to the pan.
Photo courtesy of Flickr user nathanmac87.
The temperature of whatever butter product you decide on makes a big impact on your final product. "Butter is like the concrete you use to pour the foundation of a building," structural engineer turned baker Anita Chu told the New York Times. "So it's very important to get it right: the temperature, the texture, the aeration." Professionals say the most common mistake home bakers make when it comes to baking is how the butter is handled. Be sure to thoroughly follow the recipe directions.
The secret to perfect softened or room temperature butter is waiting, which is probably the most frustrating part of making cookies. The best way to get a stick of butter to the right temperature is to put it on the counter and leave it out for 30-60 minutes. If it is not soft enough, it will be clumpy and not mix completely in the batter. Once it is easily spreadable then it is ready. Do not microwave the butter to quicken the process, even if it is only for a few seconds. By microwaving, it is melting the butter and melted butter will cause the cookies to be flat. And if it melts completely, then it should not be used and cannot be re-chilled.
2) Flour
Sift or not to sift? Originally, the purpose of sifting was to get rid of lumps, impurities from the milling process and insects. Today, the latter two aren't big worries, but it is still a good idea to loosen up the flour when baking. When the flour has been sitting in the pantry shelf for days, weeks or, to be honest, months, the flour flattens. If you stick a measuring cup straight into the bag and/or pack the flour into the cup, you will most likely add just a little too much flour to the batter. If your cookies are a little dry, this might be why. A quick way to loosen the flour is to mix it with a spoon before measuring, then level it off with the back of a knife. Do not shake or hit the side of the measuring cup to level, for this will cause the flour to re-settle.
Bleached or unbleached all-purpose flour? Flour needs to age before it is ready for use. At the beginning of the 20th century, bleaching was used to quicken the aging process from months to weeks. During bleaching, the protein content of the flour is lowered, but not significantly enough to make a dramatic difference. Using one over the other is a much-debated topic amongst home bakers. Cindy Mushet, professional baker, teaching pastry chef and author of The Art and Soul of Baking recommends to always use unbleached flour because it is not highly processed, better for the environment and tastes better because of it. Overall, bleached and unbleached flour are interchangeable in a recipe to an extent and like butter and margarine, it is about personal preference.
But, whether bleached or unbleached, all-purpose flour is not interchangeable with other flour types such as cake, self rising or whole wheat.
When storing flour, be aware of the expiration date. The date is an estimate for the shelf life of an unopened bag of flour. Once opened, flour should be stored in a sealed container in a cool and dark area, a pantry shelf is fine. All-purpose flour lasts about 8 months. The life of flour can be extended if put in the fridge or freezer; this is especially so for whole grain flours. But if you bake just once a year, don't bother with that trick and splurge for a new bag of flour that hasn't lost its flavor.
Photo courtesy of Flickr user hans westbeek.
3) Are the cookies a little too brown on the bottom?
If the cookies are coming out burnt or overdone on the bottom then it is most likely your cookie sheet that is the problem. The best sheet for baking is light colored, shiny, without sides and made from heavy-gauge aluminum. Baking pans with sides do not allow the cookies along the edge to spread evenly and make it difficult to pick up the cookies. Though dark non-stick baking pans are popular and many recipes say to use a nonstick pan, they cause the cookies to cook unevenly, leaving burnt or overdone bottoms. Also, the nonstick covering prevents the cookies from spreading and may result in thicker, less crispy cookies. The color also affects the cooking of the cookies. The dark color absorbs more energy from the oven and can lead to uneven baking with overdone bottoms and crispy edges. If all you have is a nonstick dark pan a quick fix is to turn the pan over and use the flat bottom. Then line the pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
4) Chill out
If a recipe says to put the dough in the refrigerator, then be sure to follow the rules. Chilling is especially important for making sliced and shaped cookies. By chilling, the dough becomes more malleable for rolling and evenly slicing. If you do not want to wait the whole time for the dough to chill in the fridge or are in somewhat of a rush, you can put the dough in the freezer. About 20 minutes in the freezer equals about 1 hour in the refrigerator. If using margarine, you need to put the dough in the freezer to get the right structure for molding.
Photo courtesy of freefoodphotos.com.
5) Icing
When it comes to icing, tasting good should outweigh looking good. When you see those beautiful pieces intricately painted cookie art and say "Hey! I can do that," think twice before setting off on your next great baking expedition. Not that it's not possible, just that if it looks incredible, it may be inedible. Most cookie glaze recipes that accompany a lot of sugar cookie recipes consist of confectioners sugar, milk, vanilla extract and sometimes corn syrup. The natural consistency of these all mixed together is transparent and not that thick canvas of colors that appear on those magazine pages. Most likely, the magazine's food artists threw in an unconscionable amount of sugar, a bitter amount of food coloring, and even some inedible toxic ingredients to get that perfect picture. But how do we get the closest to them?
If you want the picture perfect cookie icing, then look for a royal icing recipe. It is a thick pasty consistency that will harden once dried. It is made with meringue powder or egg whites with a lot of powdered sugar. It is extremely sweet and not the most delicious option but will get you that picture perfect consistency. To get the smooth look, you want to pipe and flood the icing.
If using more of a glaze and want a smooth finish on the cookies, a trick is to dip the top of the cookie in the icing instead of spreading with an icing spatula or butter knife. To get a richer color, use icing or gel coloring instead of food coloring. It is much more concentrated and a little of this goes a long way. But, even though it is strong, only put a little at a time and test as you go. You may make the brightest blue icing anyone has ever seen, but it may not taste too good.
6) Transporting
Congrats! You've created the perfect cookie, but when moving that cookie either 5 inches to the cooling rack or 500 miles to grandmother's house, there is so much that can go wrong. Here are a few ways to help prevent your gingerbread men from losing his limbs.
When transferring to and from the tray, use a flat cookie or pancake spatula. Gently get beneath the cookie and transfer one-by-one to the cooling rack. If you lined your pan with parchment paper, then this part is very easy. The more careful you are, the more likely nothing will go wrong. Make sure the cookies are fully cooled before piling whether that is on a plate for the little ones or in a tin for the in-laws. If the cookies have not cooled and are piled on top of each other, you may get one big mountain of soggy cookies.
For transporting out of the house, pack the cookies in a really tight container once cooled and all icing has dried. Wax paper will become your best friend when it comes to keeping cookies together. Align the container with wax paper and place a cushion of the paper at the bottom and also at the top once filled. Also, wrap the cookies in more wax paper either by row or in groups or . If packing multiple types of cookies, make sure to put the heaviest ones at the bottom.
Photo courtesy of Orangette.
7) Other Quick Tips
Directions: It may seem obvious but following directions precisely is very important in baking. It is not a cliché that baking is a science and cooking is an art. In cooking, if you add a little nutmeg instead of cayenne pepper you may have found the greatest new recipe. But if you add baking powder instead of baking soda to a cookie recipe you will get a disaster.
Cooking space: Let the cookies breathe. Cookies need their space while baking. Do not try to get as many cookies as possible on the tray. About one tablespoon of cookie dough should have at least 2 inches of breathing room.
Size: If the cookie type requires to simply scoop the dough onto the cookie sheet, then make sure all of your cookie dough balls are the same size. If not, you may end up with some burnt and undone cookies. An easy tool for measuring and placing the dough is a cookie scoop, which looks exactly like a mini ice cream scooper. If not, a measuring tablespoon or regular tablespoon will do. Just make sure you are scooping out the same amount.
Overbaking: To prevent the cookies from being overdone, set the timer to a minute or two less than what the recipe says.
Baking is all about trial and error. Without the fails, the kitchen would be extremely boring. For a few laughs and to restore your faith in baking, check out these cookie fails. Do you have any funny cookie mishaps?
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Shaylyn Esposito is the lead digital designer and creative strategist for the Smithsonian online publishing group.
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Gordon and Hannah Forbes - architects of the Listening into Action (LiA) approach - were awarded the 'Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2016' at the WeDO Scotland awards on Friday.
"We feel honoured and absolutely thrilled. Listening into Action (LiA) is about helping NHS staff to improve care for patients. It's that simple. And it's the success of the organisations, teams and individuals we work with that makes our success.
So, this award is dedicated to you - the 100,000s of NHS staff who are using LiA to save lives, cut waiting times, improve safety, stop avoidable harm, provide more personalised care... and so much more. It's also for all of those people who support frontline staff and are taking every opportunity to 'unblock the way' so they can get on with their jobs - caring for patients.
Being recognised for the work we do to improve patient care through clinician and staff-led change is fantastic and makes us very proud."
Well done! I am so pleased and richly deserved for all your hard work.
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HIT, Iraq — Iraqi forces have entered the town of Hit, a week after launching an operation to retake the western town from Islamic State group fighters, commanders at the scene said Monday.
Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces, who are leading the offensive, said they are clearing IS fighters from Hit's northern neighborhoods as they push in toward the town center.
Iraqi and coalition officials say Hit — which lies along the Euphrates river valley in Iraq's vast Anbar province — is strategically important as it sits along an IS supply line that links the extremist militants in Iraq to those in Syria.
Thousands of civilians fled Hit as Iraqi troops advanced under cover of heavy airstrikes and artillery fire. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives, said they had walked for hours through desert littered with roadside bombs to escape the violence.
Iraqi forces began escorting families out of Hit in the early morning Monday. Azha Hadel and her three young children walked for five hours from her neighborhood in northern Hit to the city's outskirts, where they were loaded into open trucks by Iraqi security forces.
"Honestly we have no idea where we are going," Hadel said, her and her children's faces sunburned from the long day outdoors. "We want to go anywhere, anywhere that's safe." Iraqi counterterrorism forces at the scene said the families were being brought to a nearby camp.
Behind Hadel, black smoke rose from Hit as buildings and vehicles hit by airstrikes burned. Saha, Hadel's 12-year-old daughter, put her hands over her ears and smiled meekly as an explosion rang out in the distance.
Hundreds more civilians were slowly walking out of the town by the evening. Iraqi troops, who had spent hours clearing the territory before their assault, instructed families not to stray from the tire marks to avoid explosives. Piles of rocks and scrap metal marked unexploded bombs along the path.
At one turn, the shell of a burned Humvee was left by the roadside. The vehicle had been hit with an IS rocket the night before. The attack killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded four others Sunday night, according to Gen. Abdul Ghani al-Asadi, the head of Iraq's counterterrorism forces.
A few meters up the road, two bodies of IS fighters lay unburied. They had been shot Sunday attempting to carry out a suicide attack on the advancing Iraqi convoy, according to Iraqi commanders at the scene.
Iraq's counterterrorism forces estimate more than 20,000 civilians remain trapped inside Hit. The large number of people in such a small area is making it difficult to quickly clear territory with airstrikes, according to al-Asadi.
On Sunday, the U.S.-led coalition launched three airstrikes that targeted IS fighters, a car bomb and a heavy machine gun, the Pentagon said in a statement.
The Hit offensive comes after a string of territorial victories for Iraqi forces over the past six months. Most recently Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, was declared fully "liberated" by Iraqi and coalition officials in February. Coalition officials estimate IS has lost more than 40 percent of the territory it held in Iraq after the summer of 2014.
"Daesh fighters now are stuck," said captain Aysar Hassan, who is with a counterterrorism battalion leading the fight, explaining he expected heavier resistance as his men approached the city center. "In Ramadi they all had places to run away to, now they don't have a way to escape," he said.
Associated Press writer Khalid Mohammed in Hit, Iraq contributed to this report.


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Q: Low Correlation between Independent and Dependent Variable I've been trying to look for an answer related to my problems but wasn't able to find any. Hope you can shed some light.
I am running several algorithms to do Classification Prediction, however, when I checked my DV & IV correlation, I am getting very low result (highest is around 0.23, with majority lies in the 0.00x). From what I know, variable correlation is very important when you're applying ML algorithms such as linear and logistic regression? But I've also heard that some ML Algorithms are not affected by variable correlation?
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Q: How to implement a private function that returns a protected structure So what I am trying to do is I want to have a class LinkedList and in the header file I have a protected struct ListNode that has a string value parameter and a pointer to the next node. In my public member functions I have a add function that calls a private add function that is recursive. Here is the H file.
#ifndef LINKEDLIST_H_INCLUDED
#define LINKEDLIST_H_INCLUDED
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class LinkedList
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protected:   // Declare a class for the list node.
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    ~LinkedList();                  // Destructor
    void add(string value) { head = add(head, value);}
private:
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    ListNode *add(ListNode *aList, string value);   //Function called by the void add function in public
};
#endif // LINKEDLIST_H_INCLUDED

The problem arises when I try to implement this recursive add function. I have tried the code below but I keep getting an error that ListNode does not have a type. Even though I have defined it as a protected attribute?
Here is the Implementation file.
#include "LinkedList.h"
//Destructor works fine, nothing wrong here and we are using ListNode
LinkedList::~LinkedList()
{    ListNode *garbage;
    head = garbage;
    delete garbage;
}
//Error comes from this recursive add function
ListNode LinkedList::*add(ListNode *aList, string val)
{
    //add a node recursively
}

Any help on what I need to change is Greatly Appreciated.
(note) if you need anymore information I would gladly post it. I just want some help. Thank you!

A: LinkedList::ListNode* LinkedList::add(ListNode *aList, string val)

You need to properly scope ListNode* as under LinkedList, since it's declared within the class declaration.

A: The type is LinkedList::ListNode, not ListNode. Using only ListNode inside the LinkedList class and its methods works, because the context is clear, but once you are outside of it you must write the full type.
This should work:
LinkedList::ListNode* LinkedList::add(ListNode* aList, string val)
{
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Opinion: If this college football season actually happens, all players will deserve a ring
Gentry Estes
Nashville Tennessean
We've reached the point in the pandemic where Lane Kiffin stands as a voice of reason.
The first-year coach at Mississippi, is challenging his players to do the right things socially and away from the football facility to limit potential exposure to COVID-19.
But at the same time, "I think you've got to be realistic," Kiffin said Monday.
"Everyone can pretend it happens away from here.But they've got to go out of their way to do it because other kids aren't doing it — and adults. … If people think people are doing this well, open your eyes. This ain't kids. I mean, adults don't do it. Just drive through downtown (Oxford) and look around or look at pictures on the internet of other places."
If this college football season actually does start and finish as the SEC, ACC and Big 12 are still hoping, we shouldn't award championship rings to one team. Every single player will deserve one.
Just finishing this season is going to be as much of an accomplishment as any title run. These players would have done something that no players before them have even been asked to do and something that you couldn't realistically expect. Call it maturity, yes, but also call it heroism that just doesn't seem possible on the front end.
SCHEDULE SET:Ranking all the games on Week 1 of the SEC football season
STILL PLAYING:North Carolina football unaffected by move to online classes
Which is reflected in Kiffin's frustration.
It's one thing for coaches to enforce team rules. It's another to have to ask players to have no social life, to sit in a dorm room or apartment until it's time to leave for practices and games, to ignore girlfriends and buddies, to resist being a typical college student on campuses where seemingly everyone else is having fun.
"It's going to be hard for me to enforce it. I don't live with them 24 hours a day," Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt said. "... Our kids do understand, and it comes down to decision-making."
For all the hand-wringing about college football's uncertain status, why hasn't there been more debate about institutions bringing students back in the first place? If playing football isn't safe in a relatively controlled environment, then why would classrooms and dorms — uncontrolled environments — somehow be OK?
Concerns took a backseat to very real, very urgent financial concerns over what universities' bottom lines would look like if classrooms were empty, tuition wasn't paid, residence halls weren't full and university bookstores couldn't sell anything.
In the academic community, opening campuses for in-person classes was viewed all summer as an essential step toward playing football. Yet paradoxically, doing that was always going to make it tougher to ensure a safe season for players unable to isolate like athletes in professional leagues.
Teams have been working out on relatively empty campuses for weeks, and there have still been bouts with COVID-19. The Vols have had 23 players test positive at one time or another, Pruitt said Monday.
"The frustrating part of this is you can be extremely careful, go through a drive-thru and somebody sneezes on your food and you can get coronavirus," South Carolina coach Will Muschamp said. "I hate to say that, but that's true. … We're all at risk. Call it like it is. We need to limit the amount of exposure to the unknown, and that's what we keep referencing to our players: Be around people you know."
But as students return after being cooped up for months in a pandemic, you have to expect the virus will flourish as they cut loose a little bit.
Honestly, would you have resisted doing it at that age?
No one should be surprised by photos like the ones Sunday from Kiffin's old town of Tuscaloosa that showed a long line of people — mostly without masks, adults as well as students — outside a bar. Alabama athletics director Greg Byrne tweeted in response, "Who wants college sports this fall? Obviously not these people!"
We should know by now that no amount of public shaming or guilt is going to prevent this from happening. Nick Saban couldn't even get these fans to wear masks. He tried. If the prospect of losing college football season doesn't make fans act right in Tuscaloosa, where would it?
At Tennessee, as students returned for the fall semester in Knoxville, the school on Thursday announced 28 active cases. And that was after only a few days. The number is probably going to get worse before it gets better.
On Monday, the same day that SEC teams started preseason practices and the league announced dates for its trimmed 2020 football schedule, the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill moved all undergraduate classes online in response to COVID-19 outbreaks while also saying it would try to decrease residence hall occupancy.
Earlier, a scathing editorial by the Daily Tar Heel student newspaper had fired the following at the school's administration: "We're angry — and we're scared. We're tired of the gaslighting, tired of the secrecy, tired of being treated like cash cows by a University with such blatant disregard for our lives."
You'd like to believe UNC is going to be an isolated case, but with so few students at all campuses willing to isolate much at all, it's not going to be.
These next few weeks are going to test the resolve and leadership at many universities, along with their football programs. With a season's hopes already in peril, it wouldn't take much. But it would be especially disheartening for football coaches and players to be doing all the right things to play and then not be able to because of the actions of students that have nothing to do with the program.
That's where we are, though, and those coaches have to realize it — along with the fact that like so much with this virus, it's going to be largely out of their control.
The treacherous road to this college football season isn't getting any easier.

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Bruins will be missing key player against Wild
/ by Jake Levin
Winners of three straight games since returning from a COVID-19-induced hiatus, the Boston Bruins will be without their No. 1 defenseman as they go for their fourth in a row.
Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said Thursday that Charlie McAvoy is dealing with a lingering lower body injury and won't play against the Minnesota Wild at TD Garden, but it doesn't sound like he'll miss much time beyond that.
#NHLBruins pregame updates per Coach Cassidy:
Charlie McAvoy is dealing with a lingering lower-body issue and will not play tonight. Not expected to be long-term, could be back Saturday.
John Moore will go in.
Jeremy Swayman will start in net. pic.twitter.com/xiZGWk4PUE
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) January 6, 2022
"It's a lingering issue from last weekend that he played through the other night, but I don't think it's long term," Cassidy said. "It's lower body, so getting him an extra day will probably help, but I would anticipate he'll be back in Saturday."
Rask gives timeline on when he could join Bruins after Providence stint
McAvoy had a goal and four assists in Boston's wins over the Buffalo Sabres and Detroit Red Wings over the weekend, bringing him up to five goals and 15 assists for 20 points on the season. He was held off the scoresheet in 24:15 of ice time against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.
The Bruins begin a quick two-game road trip on Saturday against the Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay Lightning, who've won each of the last two Stanley Cup titles.
Veteran John Moore will replace McAvoy in the lineup vs. Minnesota, Cassidy said, but the team also recalled 2017 first-round pick Urho Vaakanainen from AHL Providence on an emergency basis. Over 16 NHL games -- though none this season -- Vaakanainen has no goals and two assists to go along with a minus-2 rating.


Did you know more divorces are filed in the month of January than any other month of the year?
That's because unhappy partners want to wait till after the holidays to break the news. They want to give their kids happy holiday memories before dropping the bomb they know will disrupt everyone's lives.
The truth is there is never a good time to tell your kids you are getting a divorce. I wish unhappy spouses would consider another option: divorce your unhappy marriage not your spouse!
If you are in a marriage that feels lonely or miserable, I know what you are thinking. You are telling yourself that change is hopeless. That you have to divorce because you have been trying to get your spouse to understand you aren't happy and nothing changes! You may believe you and your spouse are simply incompatible because this is just who he/she is and that it isn't really fair to ask them to change just to make you happy.
But listen to me. People really can change. Marriages really can improve and improve greatly. I've seen it happen over and over. I've seen wives who are critical and harsh with words learn how to approach their husbands with more respect. I've seen husbands who were emotional bullies break down and cry in my office as they learned how their behavior has damaged their wives and they stopped the abuse entirely. I've seen couples heal from affairs and sexual addiction. I've witnessed life changing transformations so I'm telling you it is possible. Isn't it worth the effort to get help from experts who actually know what they are doing before you put your kids through the trauma of a divorce?
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If you are married, you have to learn how to forgive. It is impossible to live with another human being for very long without someone getting hurt. But sometimes we are faced with a situation that goes far beyond the normal day-to-day grievances…like an affair.
Forgiveness is tricky business. You know you should do it and it is good for you. But sometimes it just seems impossible to achieve, especially if there has been significant pain. If you find yourself obsessing about the injury (as often happens with an affair), forgiveness can seem unreachable. Once you have experienced betrayal on such a personal level, it's very hard to stop thinking about what your spouse did and wondering how he/she could do something like that to you. A good counselor or coach can help you learn techniques to stop allowing those intrusive thoughts and images into your every waking moment.
But sometimes people withhold forgiveness for other reasons. I've listed some of them below.
You want to punish the person.
You associate forgiveness with reconciliation and you aren't ready to go there.
You view forgiveness as a weakness and retaliating makes you feel stronger and less like a victim.
You have to highlight your partner's wrongness as proof of your rightness.
Not forgiving can you make you feel powerful and more in control but that is only an illusion. Anger just flames inside you and can energize you…which feels so much better than the hurt or shame you feel when someone wrongs you. But over time, the anger and resentment will cut you off from healthy relationships and from life.
Forgiveness does not mean letting the offender off the hook. You can still hold them responsible for their actions. You can still protect yourself from further abuse. Forgiveness allows you to accept what happened to you as an unfortunate (even tragic) event but then allows you rise up and take ownership for your own well-being. It means you can negotiate new terms for the relationship or even, if necessary, to end the relationship.
For some of us, forgiveness is complicated by spiritual beliefs. We are taught we must forgive to free ourselves. But it's really important to understand that forgiveness does not mean you accept a hollow apology and then act as if nothing ever happened. If your offender is apologetic, it may be easier to forgive if they are willing to do the work of earning forgiveness. If your partner has had an affair, part of the act of forgiveness is rebuilding trust. This includes being transparent and willing to check in and give reassurances.
But you have to come to terms with the offense before you can focus on forgiveness otherwise it is "cheap forgiveness" and that doesn't work for anyone. Cheap forgiveness will leak out resentment, bitterness and accusation at every new offense or reminder of the pain.
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Bombardier Movia
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A Delhi Metro Movia train
Interior of Movia 456 for Shenzhen Metro Line 1
Bombardier IGBT-VVVF
Bombardier MITRAC IGBT-VVVF
Electric system(s)
25 kV AC (OHLE)
750 V DC (third rail)
630 V DC (Fourth rail)
1.5 kV DC OHLE
(most trains)
(Toronto subway)
(Bay Area Rapid Transit, Delhi Metro)
A C951 train in Kim Chuan Depot.
Bombardier Movia 346, used on the Bucharest Metro
Bombardier Movia is a family of metro train cars built by Bombardier Transportation. The structure and body shell are fully customisable for the needs of each system that orders it. Unlike most traditional metro trains, they usually have full-width gangways between carriages, allowing passengers to walk the entire length of the train. The design was developed by Adtranz which was acquired by Bombardier in 2001.
Guangzhou Metro (Lines 1 and 8), Shanghai Metro (Line 9), and Shenzhen Metro (Line 1) all use Movia 456 trains, while Bucharest Metro (excluding Line M4) use the Movia 346. Movia tube and sub-surface stock are in service on the London Underground (designated S Stock on the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines and 2009 Stock on the Victoria line) and the Toronto subway (designated Toronto Rocket on Line 1 Yonge-University and Line 4 Sheppard), Bay Area Rapid Transit (designated D and E series) and Delhi Metro (Phase II only). Singapore MRT Downtown line has accepted an order of 92 C951 trains, one of the largest orders in Singapore.
The Movia is designed around a modular approach, which allows it to be adapted for use across a broad range of applications.[1] While developed as a standardised platform, both the structure and carriage bodies of the train are able to be extensively modified to conform with the varied requirements of a given operator. Reportedly, the Movia can be modified to better suit local operational conditions, while the train's steering and management system is easily accessible for periodic maintenance. Reduced operating costs have been achieved via the careful designing of the train carriages to readily facilitate access for maintenance and repairs, as well as for low lifecycle costs and with concern for environmental conditions.[1]
The Movia incorporates both a stainless steel body and an innovative propulsion system.[1] Each carriage is outfitted with relatively modern passenger information systems and closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems. They feature modern interiors and exterior design; for favourable accessibility, they are normally furnished with both wide doors and spacious gangways.[1] The carriages are also outfitted to provide relatively low interior noise levels, resulting in an improved environment for passengers.[1]
The Movia train is powered by an advanced propulsion system, which is credited with achieving relatively low energy consumption, known as the MITRAC (Modular Integrated TRACtion system).[1] This propulsion and control system is capable of vehicles using 750/1,500/3,000 V DC, 15/25 kV AC and diesel electric propulsion. In a typical configuration, the train is capable of achieving a maximum operational speed of 85km/h.[1] Each carriage is outfitted with FLEXX Metro 3000 lightweight bogies, which reportedly enable optimum usage of vehicle capacity with less energy consumption. Other features of note include strong steering performance.[1]
TTC Toronto Rocket Movia
Interior of the Toronto Rocket, showing the wide gangway between cars
Toronto Transit Commission (Toronto subway and RT)
80 six-car trains (480 cars in total)[2][3] on the Yonge-University line: delivery began in October 2010 and the first train entered revenue service on July 21, 2011
Guangzhou Metro Movia 456 - 34 six-car units (204 cars).
Shanghai Metro - 134 six-car units (804 cars).
Shenzhen Metro - 22 six-car units (132 cars).
614 cars - Phase II (460 in service)[4][5][6]
SBS Transit (MRT)
92 three car trains (276 cars), on the Downtown Line in 2013 C951
SMRT (MRT)
106 six car trains (636 cars), on the North South Line and East West Line from 2022 onwards CR151
Interior of a Movia S Stock carriage for the London Underground
47 trains - Movia tube stock, 8 car (2009 Stock) for the Victoria Line
191 trains - Movia sub-surface stock, 7 or 8 car (S Stock) for the Metropolitan, District, Hammersmith & City and Circle Lines.
Total of 1771 cars
Stockholm Metro
96 C30 Movia cars have been ordered to be used as 48 full-length trains on the Red line. The first units were delivered in mid-2018 and entered passenger service in August 2020. The last units are expected to be delivered in 2022.[7]
Bucharest Metro
44 Movia 346 trainsets (264 cars), built between 2002 and 2008
Bay Area Rapid Transit[8]
775 Fleet of the Future cars
LEW Hennigsdorf, Hennigsdorf,Germany - former Lokomotivbau-Elektrotechnische Werke (later Adtranz/AEG Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH) - European orders outside of UK and initial cars for Delhi Metro
Changchun Bombardier Railway Vehicles Co Ltd, Changchun, China - joint venture plant with Changchun Railway Vehicles Company Limited - Chinese orders and Singapore
Savli Railcar and Electrical Component Manufacturing Plant, Vadodara, Gujarat, India - most cars for Delhi Metro
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada - former Canadian Car and Foundry plant (Hawker Siddeley Canada/Urban Transportation Development Corporation) - Toronto order
Derby Litchurch Lane Works, England - London order
Plattsburgh, New York - BART order
Pittsburg, California - BART order
Alstom Metropolis
Siemens Inspiro
^ a b c d e f g h "Bombardier Movia Metro Cars." railway-technology.com, Retrieved: 12 June 2018.
^ Toronto Transit Commission (March 6, 2015). "TTC Service Summary - March 29,2015 to May 9, 2015" (PDF). Retrieved .
^ "Procurement Authorization Amendment to Purchase 10 Additional Toronto Rocket Train Sets - Purchase Order No. C31PD05761" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. 2015-03-26. Retrieved .
^ News - Media Centre. Bombardier. Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
^ First video clip of set operating
^ Delhi orders more Movia metro cars. Railway Gazette. Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
^ https://www.sll.se/C30
^ "MOVIA metros - flexible solutions for growing cities". Bombardier. Retrieved .
Movia official web site
Bucharest Bombardier Movia 346 Subways / Ramele Bombardier Movia 346
Flying the Bombardier MOVIA metro from Germany to India
Flying-the-Bombardier-MOVIA-metro-from-Germany-to-India
Metroul Bucuresti Bucharest metro. Bombardier Movia EMU calling at.
Metroul Bucuresti - Bucharest metro. Bombardier Movia EMU calling at...
Rama Bombardier Movia Londra (1106-2106) iesind din Depoul Ciurel
Metrou Bucuresti:Calatorie cu Bombardier Movia 1010-2010 "Crinul" pe linia M1
[HD] The Line 1 of GuangZhou Metro Bombardier MOVIA 456 train depart the Kengkou Station
SBS Transit Downtown Line Bombardier Movia C951 Set 05 Ride from Bugis (DT14) to Downtown (DT17)
Outside the Kirtinagar Metro Station
Commuters on the Laxmi Nagar Metro
Commuters in Kirtinagar Metro Station
Coming out of Laxminagar Metro Station
Glimpses of Karol Bagh metro station
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Andrea – Pre-season Tropical Storm formed 140 miles SE of Savannah, Ga. May 9. Weakened and became sub-tropical May 10.
Barry – became Tropical Storm June 1, emerging from Gulf of Honduras, heading NW into Gulf of Mexico. Landfall was June 2 near Tampa Bay as a minimal TS coinciding with high tides and minor flooding of low areas of Anna Maria Island and surroundings..
Dean – emerged Aug 14 from west coast of Africa and became hurricane strength Aug 16. Dean entered the Caribbean near Martinique Aug 17 as a Cat 2, strengthened to Cat 4 passing south of Jamaica, Cat 5 Aug 20, and made landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula at Costa Maya Aug 21 with major destruction.
Erin – TS strength Aug 15 south of Jamaica, headed NW, weakening to a depression and made landfall near Lamar, Texas.
Felix – TS strength then hurricane on Sep 1, headed W intensifying to Cat 5 and made landfall in NE Nicaragua Sep 4 with major destruction.
Gabrielle – strengthened from depression off Georgia to TS Sep 8, headed NW, staying offshore past North Carolina and Virginia, dissipating SW of Nova Scotia.
Ingrid – emerged from Africa and became TS on Sep 13, then dissipated Sep 17 north of Leeward Islands.
Humberto – a depression W of Cuba intensified to TS Sep 13, heading N in the Gulf of Mexico, strengthened to hurricane Cat 1 and made landfall near High Island, Texas, causing widespread damage and power outages.
Jerry – became TS Sep 24, in the central Atlantic, heading NE and dissipated by Sep 25.
Karen – emerged from Cape Verde to become TS Sep 25, then headed north and dissipated.
Lorenzo – starting Sep 11 as a tropical wave off Africa and traveled across the Atlantic into the Caribbean, intensifying to hurricane strength Sep 28, making landfall near Tecolutla, Mexico as a Cat 1 causing widespread flooding.
Melissa – began off Africa Sep 26, became TS heading NNW and dissipated without affecting land.
Noel – became TS Oct 28 in the eastern Caribbean headed NNW making landfall in Haiti Sep 29 causing 3 days of heavy rain and flooding, headed NE through the Bahamas, strengthened to Hurricane Nov 1 and extra-tropical by Nov 2.
Olga – post-official season, a depression formed Dec 10 off the Lesser Antilles, heading N became TS and made landfall on east end of Dominican Republic Dec 12.
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She's one of a number of talented writers working convincingly in the folk style. It's encouraging that there are so many of them. On that subject watch out for Bella Hardy's new album Songs Lost And Stolen, which has quietly worked its way under my skin and I'm sure will reward your patient attention. April is turning out to be a top month.
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By 'vers' I of course meant the diminutive of version NOT a poorly typed 'verse'!
just tried to put together a learned viewpoint on 'fake folk song lyrics' and lost it, so i'll precis – I like these lyrics but I'm aware that they're self consciously of The Tradition – which is fine but I'd prefer something like Chris Wood's wonderful 'Hollow Point', which takes the convention of the start of a folk song ('Awake arise you drowsy sleeper') and then turns it into a complelety contemporary subject.
on the other hand Bella Hardy's 'Three black Feathers ' is masterful, I'm not quite what makes me warm to that so much more.
Jane, hope you're enjoying the Jackie Oates CD, saw her live week before last and she was excellent.
Simon – in a similar vein – Richard Thompson's 'Vincent Black Lightning' 1957′.
That was not bad at all; perhaps the language overdoes the fal-a-dal stylings just a bit, but it'd be churlish to complain. I think a plainer (an even plainer) rendition would suit this well.
Very pretty song and words..well sung and played…….just her luck to have a psychopath for a father!
@SimonD.thanks for the Chris Wood link………a well crafted song and well sung but I began to get impatient for the next verse…too much of a gap.
Really lovely and hard to realise it is not a "trad" folk song.
A good song this, and well sung by Jon. I am not a great fan of Ms. Rusby so it was new to me, and had me fooled. I wonder why someone would go to the trouble of writing a song in this style when, as Jon has shown over all these months, there is no shortage of traditional material telling the same story, or variations of the same theme. Is there someone out there composing sonnets in the style of Shakespeare ?
@ Linda- thanks for your support I appreciate it. Decision made and done. Both vets said it was the right decision. Although she was 17 years or so, we had her for 12 and she would not have had this time had not my son rescued her from her fate. Still it was hard to do and she will be missed.
Enjoyed this one. Took a chance and went to see Kate Rusby at Buxton Opera house ,enjoyable night including her partners "jokes".
@Diana glad you have made your decision,it isn't easy. but if ella was anything like our cat she will keep you company for many years. I think you will understand what I mean I hope so.
Agree with you John, though I'm also a great fan of Jon's performance of 'Rose in June' on here, as opposed to April. This is gloriously yearning and lugubrious, but the other is a 'reet timber-shiverer' Both end in the usual sad folksong demises, of course! Well sung!
Just having a listen to this great number, so well sung. Unlike Muzza sunbathing among the bluebells this time last year, plants are running late due to the weather this weather. In fact today is more appropriate to go surfing on the flooded fields around here in Leicestershire.
Whoa young John…….so thee and me (and Lindy Lou) still clinging to the wreckage.
Travelled to Derby from Llandudno yesterday snow, rain, floods…travelled home today lovely blue skies…..


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Nekrogoblikon's Alex Alereza talks about new EP "Power"
Alex "Goldberg" Alereza is the guitarist for the extreme metal band Nekrogoblikon. The band which also consists of Nicholas Von Doom – Vocals, Keyboards Tim Lyakhovetskiy – Guitars, Brandon "Fingers" Frenzel- Bass, Eddie "Drifty" Trager- Drums and Aaron "Raptor" Minich- Keyboards hails from Santa Barbara, California and performs a unique blend of goblin theme heavy metal unlike anything you have ever heard before. The group has just released a new 5 song EP titled "Power" and Media Mikes had the chance to talk with Alex about the release and the formation of the band.
Adam Lawton: Can you give us some background on the formation of the band?
Alex Alereza: Yes. It all started at a Chuck-E-Cheese's in Northern California. None of us knew one another at the time, but as the only grown men at the establishment, we soon became friends. At the exact moment in time that this friendship was fully conceived, a horde of goblins captured us all in one giant net and dragged us into the trunk of their Dodge Sprinter Van. They drove for hours until they reached a strange wasteland that they referred to as "Los Angeles". Upon arrival, they threw us out of the van and held us at gunpoint. They screamed in unison, "you will create a metal band honoring us or we will shoot you….to death." Not wanting to die, we quickly nodded and agreed to write these metal songs. A couple months later we released an album called "Goblin Island" under the name Nekrogoblikon and instantly became billionaires who were sought after by women young and old. The rest is history.
AL: How did you first meet John Goblikon and what's his role in the band?
AA: John Goblikon was one of the goblins that were supposed to aid in the kidnapping, but his anxiety got in the way and he was unable to carry out his duties (he soiled himself instead). The other goblins mocked him and eventually they just stopped associating with him entirely. Having just lost his job in addition to this, he had hit rock bottom and thus decided to start hanging out with us and joining us on stage. His role in the band is bringing a great energy to our live performances, but the main reason we allow him to do it is to boost his self-esteem. So far it hasn't worked, but we keep trying anyways.
AL: Can you tell us why you feel Goblins are better than Trolls?
AA: Goblins are overall better at most things including casting nets, driving vans, making threats, and solving crossword puzzles. The only thing trolls are better at is sitting under bridges in Scandinavia while listening to black metal.
AL: What can we expect from the bands upcoming release "power" and is the band planning to shoot any videos for any of the songs from the EP?
AA: The "Power" EP contains five songs that sound like a mixture between crutch step, vomit rock, and laugh core. As far as filming video go we have already completed one and have plans to film another later this year.
AL: Will the band be out on tour in support of the release?
AA: Yes. The plan for us is to tour the greater Los Angeles area for about two months first. After that we plan to be out on the road hitting everywhere else.
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Interview with Michael Berryman
Berryman is probably best known for his role as Pluto in Wes Craven's 1977 horror film "The Hills Have Eyes" and the 1985 sequel "The Hills Have Eyes Part II". He has also made appearances in "Weird Science"(1985), and the Academy Award-winning drama "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975). In 2005, he appeared in Rob Zombie's "The Devil's Rejects". MovieMikes asked Michael a few questions about his career and talked about his favorite genres and his passions besides movies and most importantly his love of craft service on a movie set.
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Mike Gencarelli: "The Hills Have Eyes" was your first major role. Did you have any idea that your were making a film that three decades later still ranks as one of the great horror films of all time?
Michael Berryman: To tell the truth, I didn't. I was just happy to have another job. When I read the script it was called "Blood Relations," which was the name of the company. Then it was changed to "The Hills Have Eyes." And, having talked to Wes (Wes Craven, the writer/director of "The Hills Have Eyes") about the McBain family and learning that the story was mostly true, I thought "OK, this is not really a monster movie…it's about two families." It was hot in the daytime, cold at night. Very physical. A lot of the people in what we called the "White Bread Family"…Dee Wallace….the guy that played Bobby (Robert Houston)….they were a little more citified. Which kind of fit. I mean, everyone on our side, the Hills family, had done Westerns and rough and tumble parts. So it kind of lent itself to a natural selection as far as having the two sides – protagonist and antagonist. No, I had no clue at all that it would be a classic. Wes was just getting going after "Last House on the Left" and, actually, nobody had ever heard of anybody in the cast at all. We all just threw ourselves into it. I wanted to make Pluto as real to life as possible. And we got lucky. It hit. The drive-ins helped. It created some controversy. By today's standards it's not very bloody or gory…not a lot of special effects. So I'm very proud that after thirty years it has those other elements to fall back on.
Mike Gencarelli: You appear as a patient in the Oscar winning Best Picture "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Any favorite memory from working on the film?"
Michael Berryman: Many. Many. I worked 127 days on that masterpiece. We had two weeks of rehearsal with camera on the major scenes. Blocking and just trying to get a feel for it. And during the two weeks all of the main actors, including myself, had to spend time with the real patients on different wards (note: the film was shot on location at the Oregon State Mental Hospital, which was open and operational at the time). We even went to the criminally insane ward which was on the third floor. And with a guard at the door looking through the window there were moments where we spent a half hour…up to an hour with the patients. One fellow had been committed because he had, unfortunately, burned down a church. We looked at his art work. It was a very strange place with these individuals whose lives weren't like yours and mine. But it gave us a nice insight into what really goes on. My father having been a prominent brain surgeon (Dr. Sloan Berryman was a very distinguished neurosurgeon)…that helped also because I had been around doctors and nurses my whole life. And then Jack Nicholson…this is what made him. It got him his first Oscar. He was still pretty well known. And having filmed at a real hospital was kind of cool. We were all hoping that Ken Kesey (author of the novel) would drop by but he was pretty dissatisfied with the screenplay (the script, by Bo Goldman and Laurence Hauben, won the Academy Award) because it wasn't through the eyes of the Chief (in the book, the story unfolds through the eyes of Chief Bromden). But all in all it was very impressive to me. The hand picked crew…everybody now has a legacy behind them and I was just proud to be a part of it. The days I had off I was still on the set watching so I could learn my craft. I wanted to learn as much as I could about the lighting and the blocking…how you do coverage.
Mike Gencarelli: What did you think about the recent remake of "The Hills Have Eyes?" Have you seen it?
Michael Berryman: Yes I have. I was at a sneak premiere at a film festival and then I was at the red carpet event in Los Angeles. It was great to see Dee (Wallace) and Wes (Craven) and everybody. I liked the beginning of the film quite a bit. It had a nice feel to it…a nice atmosphere. But after about 20 minutes it became obvious to me that the movie was losing its dramatic impact…the relationship between the two families as individuals dealing with other members of their own family…I thought it fell apart and it turned into a chase film. I thought it basically turned into a video game. And then the second remake…I have no interest in even watching it. I thought they were pretty weak. And I know they were financially successful but I'm an artist first and, while I always want my projects to do well so I can make subsequent films, all in all I was pretty dissatisfied with the remakes. Of course they're remaking everything these days and some are better than others. I just didn't care for these remakes. They could have been better.
MG: Your role in "Weird Science" was a change of pace. At first you seem to be your usual villain but, once you've been rebuked, you meekly ask "Can we keep this…between us? I'd hate to lose my teaching job." Was that line in the script or something you and John Hughes came up with on set?
MB: That was actually something John Hughes (writer/director of "Weird Science") and I came up with on a whim. I was talking to him on set while they were setting up the shot for my close up and he said, "Hey, Michael, I'm going to end with you. What do you think these guys do when they're not out terrorizing kids on the weekend? So we kind of kicked it around and we thought it would be kind of neat if he was a school teacher. This was sort of his chance, by proxy…because Kelly's (LeBrock, who plays Lisa, the "doll" the boys create) character zapped us in…it wasn't our idea…it gave us an opportunity to mess with these kids, which is kind of neat because most school teachers get a lot of razzing…get a lot of grief from high school kids. That's how that scene came about. And John was just tremendous…tremendous to work with.
MG: Which do you prefer doing, horror films or more mainstream ones?
MB: I don't really have a preference, honestly. I like it all. I just finished the last couple scenes for the new "Scooby Doo" movie playing a zombie, but I got to sing and dance. So there's a mixture of comedy – slash – pseudo horror and making it all work. I don't have a particular preference but I do have to say in my library growing up as a kid, being a big fan of films, I loved the monster films. I loved the Universal Horror classics. I loved the "Twilight Zone" and "The Outer Limits." Especially because of their content. They were social commentary about situations that you could hide under the guise of…protagonist – antagonist…situations where your average person has to figure out what choices are most important for them. At an earlier age, of course, I loved Superman. I wanted to have super powers like every other kid. But I really appreciated the misunderstanding of the monsters. Now when you have a monster that pretty much just capitulates, like the one in the Korean film "The Host". The monster wasn't one you could have a dialogue with or get a lot of back story. I consider that a monster film in the classic sense. I thought it was a beautiful film, I really liked it. But I don't have a preference. If somebody waved a magic wand and said you can only do one kind of film…gosh…I'd have to say sci-fi because it embraces all the other elements. But if it's a good script and its well put together and we have a good crew… as long as there are good craft services catering I'm happy. That's true. They say an army runs on it's belly but a production company runs on craft service.
MG: What are your passions besides acting?
MB: My biggest passions? The first one is humanity. I'm huge on the basic theme…if you look at the back of the jacket that I wear all the time. And I wear it for a reason. It's a Hard Rock Café jacket and the back reads "Love all. Serve all. All is one." That's kind of my philosophy of life. That is the most important. And that gives us room for civility to do continued good work. For instance Paul Newman, who I met while I was doing "The Crow," invited me to get involved with his camp for kids that have their faces and skulls reconstructed and it's all paid for through his philanthropic organization. I've been to his camp a number of times. I also lived at the Wolf Mountain Sanctuary for a number of years. The website is wolfmountainsanctuary.org. There's also a woman whose been saving the Santa Cruz Island horses off the coast of California. It's called Sunshine Sanctuary and they work with troubled kids. They let them come up and interact with the horses and they have an opportunity to make a difference. (www.sunshinesanctuary.org) I work with local charities. I'm a reader for blind college students. I've volunteered at many drug and alcohol programs through my friends in law enforcement. I think it's important for the artists in the community to make a difference, especially if you have a recognizable face and/or name. People follow your career and there's so much more to it than just making a paycheck and telling stories and buying expensive toys. I would love to be a gazillionaire. I would set my family up but I would also take a lot of the money and set it aside. I would be a philanthropist. That would be my ultimate goal. I have horses at home, I'm an avid gardener, I love to cook. I'll sum it up by saying I can't live in a world without garlic and chocolate.
MG: Do you enjoy attending conventions and meeting your fans?
MB: Absolutely. I think they're really cool events. I've been splitting it up 50/50 pretty much. Half of the events I go to are film festivals where I do the meet and greet…well, I'm usually out meeting and greeting so I don't get to see all of the films I would like to. If there were two of me, one would be out at the table (greeting fans) and the other one would be watching every movie being shown. I've talked to a couple of people who put the events together and I've told them it would be great if they put all of the film submissions in a collectors set so they could be available for the fans. I've been to festivals in Indianapolis…Texas…Canada…all over. It's really exciting to meet people who are just getting their feet wet. The themes and subject matter are usually a lot more varied than what you see from the studios. I really enjoy my fans and I appreciate them very much. And they know that. I also get to meet actors that I'm really keen on…people whose work I've watched over the years. I may have never gotten to work with them but it's nice to meet them…hang out at the hotel and maybe have a drink or a bite to eat. I think the conventions are wonderful. If anyone reading this hasn't gone to one, I highly recommend it. Get out of the house and go…you'll have a lot of fun.
MG: What can you tell me about your upcoming role in "Below Zero 3D?" Are you excited to be in 3D?
MB: I'm totally stoked. I just finished up the paperwork. I have a son who's a serial killer. It's sort of a "Fargo" esque story where a screenwriter gets locked into a meat locker so he can get into the mood to write his screenplay. It's a three part story with a couple of nice twists to it. I've noticed that 3D is becoming pretty popular and they're doing it different then before so maybe it will really be fantastic. I like the script a lot. It should be a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to going to Canada and shooting it.
MG: Any other projects you have coming up?
MB: A movie called "Stingy Jack." We're hoping the project gets green lit soon. I'll play the title role. I can't say too much about it…it's kind of top secret! But it's a really, really, really cool script. I'm just very grateful to make new contacts. People who are trying to put together their companies and create a library of good work so we can continue doing what we love to do, and that's entertain…tell stories. It's one of the oldest art forms in the world and I'm proud to be a part of it. Thanks to (legendary filmmaker) George Pal who gave me my first role. I'm really excited. I just want to pack my bags, head up to Canada and have a great time doing "Below Zero."
Interview with Chuck Williams
Chuck has appeared opposite Bruce Campbell in Don Coscarelli's "Bubba Ho-Tep" and "The Carbon Copy" with Jonathan Breck. Also "Bryan Loves You" with Tony Todd and George Wendt. Chuck has also performed lead roles in "Groom Lake", "Soultaker", "Up Against The Eight Ball", "Double Blast" with Linda Blair as well as countless other films and television shows, including "The Young and the Restless". He has worked as an assistant director alongside such Hollywood heavyweights as James Cameron, Rob Cohen, Kathryn Bigelow, John Badham, Penelope Spheeris, Jonathan Kaplan, David Fincher, Jim Kouf and a host of others. MovieMikes talked with Chuck about his fantastic career, which shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.
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Mike Gencarelli: You've starred in numerous low-budget horror films, is that your favorite genre?
Chuck Williams: No, not really, I love all kinds of films….especially romantic comedies. It's just easier for everyone to raise the money to make horror movies and that seems to be the most kinds of films that filmmakers ask me to be in. I remember in the beginning of my career, my mom would ask me "Are you ever going to star in a movie you don't die in?"…LOL
Mike Gencarelli: Tell me about your involvement with the show "The Girls Next Door"?
Chuck Williams: I was asked to come on the show and produce a horror movie with Bridget Marquardt. She is an amazing, talented woman. She truly loves horror and scary films. So we developed a movie called "The Telling" that she also starred in with her friend Holly Madison. We had a blast and shot a lot of it at the Playboy Mansion thanks to Hugh Hefner. It now is playing on The Movie Channel.
MG: You've taken on many roles, actor, producer, writer, directer, what is your favorite job on the set of a movie?
CW: My favorite is always acting. That is why I came out to Hollywood. But I knew if I learned the craft of making films, I would always work. I want to be in this business for a long time like Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood and they both learned how to make movies!
MG: What was like working the film "Bubba Ho-Tep" and with Don Coscarelli and Bruce Campbell?
CW: One of the best experiences in my life. I love Don. He is a great writer and director. Bubba Ho-Tep is one of those films like Spinal Tap or Rocky Horror Picture Show…It will live forever. The fans love that movie and so do I. Bruce is the King….while on set in front of the camera or behind, he never broke character. As he would always say, "Thank you, thank you very much….now lets get something to eat boys."
MG: What was your craziest experience on a film set?
CW: Working as a assistant director on the cult classic movie "Near Dark" directed by Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow. Long and cold nights, great cast and for some reason, we kept blowing up things that would knock out the power in the middle of the night of this small little town in Arizona…LOL They were happy to see us leave…I mean, imagine waking up more than once and finding out your not going to have hot coffee in the morning.
MG: If you have all the means necessary, what would be your dream project?
CW: Well, I have always been an independent filmmaker, which I think that keeps the game interesting. But if I had 200 million dollars to make my dream project, I would make a film that makes people laugh!
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Exclusive Interview with Amelia Kinkade
Amelia Kinkade, although known for her more prominent role as the Angela Franklin in the horror series "Night of the Demons" and its sequels. That was only the start of Amelia amazing journey. Besides being a champion level dancer, Amelia has written two pet psychic books and she is a practicing animal communicator. Amelia gives lectures, classes and book discussions have all around the world. Thanks to Neal DeConte, who is creating a figurine of Amelia as Angela from "Night of the Demons" for his company, Horror Idols (revealed this July at Famous Monsters Convention), MovieMikes was able to ask Amelia a few questions about her days as an actress and more importantly her current work which is her true passion. During this interview Amelia realized that "There CAN be a lovely cross-over between the horror lovers and the spiritual animal lovers."
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Mike Gencarelli: You majored in dance and was featured in films and rock videos? Is dance still apart of your life?
Amelia Kinkade: If I didn't still dance, I'd be lying on my back in an insane asylum dancing on the walls with crayons between my toes. I am a champion level salsa dancer, I'm proud to say, after many years of humiliation on the ballroom dance-floor. Salsa is a BLAST and I recommend it to all my students no matter how much they think they can't dance. Dance is an outlet of joy, release, gratitude, and respect for these amazing bodies God gave us, no matter what shape we think we're in or how critical we may be of ourselves. I trained all my life as a professional ballerina and jazz dancer, quit for many years after my Demon's days, went into a horrid depression and realized I couldn't live without the hope and joy that dance brings into my life. I decided to get my groove back on in my early thirties and and one of the reasons I moved to NYC was because I can still dance like a bat out of hell. I needed the best dance studio in America where I can smoke every nineteen year old Broadway star off the map. I found it. Good times! If I had any shame, I'd feel terrible about this. But I taught for years in Hollywood, and I can still ROCK IT.
Mike Gencarelli: You starred as Angela Franklin in the "Night of the Demons" franchise, did you enjoy planning the character?
Amelia Kinkade: Does a bear shit in the woods? Does the Pope eat fish on Friday? I got paid to get possessed and kill everybody. In my early 20's, I was still doing this on a monthly basis, but not getting paid for it. These movies allowed a rare glimpse of my PMS before I had my monthly dose of Midol.
Mike Gencarelli: Do you have a favorite moment from the set of the films?
Amelia Kinkade: "I was just warming my hands over the fire!"
Mike Gencarelli: How do you feel about the franchise being remade planned for release this Halloween?
Amelia Kinkade: I didn't know it was! But thanks for telling me! As long as I get my .0000000000002 % maybe I'll have enough money to buy some cat food for my hilarious funky half-dead ol' Persian, Doc!
MG: After you starred in "Night at the Demons III", why did you stop acting?
AK: I got the calling to work with animals and write my first book. Divine Intelligence took over my life and it was time to allow my destiny to be more important than my history–a lesson I now teach in at least 12 countries all over the world every year. Working as an actress was a mindless cake-walk. Working with tigers in Thailand, elephants, cheetah, sacred White Lions, Great White Sharks, penguins, baboons, jaguars and giraffes in Africa as the human monkeys destroy their environment and exploit them off the face of the planet is not a mindless cake-walk. It's time to take responsibility for our world and the other living creatures on it that we were put here to protect and champion. If my movie career can help position my work as an animal ambassador, I'll run naked through the streets. What do you think THAT would do for my reputation? Grin You know that saying, "Good girls go to Heaven. Bad girls go everywhere?" Well, it's true. But maybe this bad girl can get some GOOD things done in this world. If my fans join hands with me, we'll have a better chance. The movies were "fun." Rolling around with tigers and diving with Great White sharks is ecstatic. And even if the animals are in pain, and most are, the work is REWARDING, so I can go to sleep every night knowing I made a difference in the world. I'm not the one wearing the fangs anymore. I'm loving the ones with the real fangs, and it's a LOT more fun than pretending I have fangs of my own.
MG: When did you first realize that you have the ability to hear and speak to animals?
AK: I wrote a book about this called "Straight From the Horse's Mouth: How to Talk to Animals and Get Answers". In my Demon days, when I was 24, I took a workshop that was the seed of what I now teach. When it came time to try to actually "do it," I was convinced I'd be the only person in the entire room who couldn't do it. But when we were asked to "tune in" to a dog, I started writing pages and pages of notes, crying hysterically. The teacher asked us is the dog we were trying to connect with had ever had puppies. Suddenly the dam burst between me and the dog and I "became" her for a moment. In the vision, I WAS the dog, like being in a movie clip, in holographic 3D. I could see and touch the nose of my great love through a chain link fence. He was a big black doberman mix who lived next door and I was living in a trailer home that had a huge pine tree in front. The human got divorced and took "me" away from the only dog I ever loved. Then she got "me" fixed so that I couldn't have puppies. Emotionally, I was heart-broken. The level of grief was over-whelming, but I knew I had to be loyal to my human owner. I looked down and saw the huge incision on my belly and felt the agonizing pain. The pain was devastating, both physically and emotionally. Then inside my mind, I heard the dog say, "I couldn't be a mother myself, so now I take care of all the neighborhood cats."The woman who owned the dog burst into tears and confirmed everything I said, from the trailer to the pine tree to the big black dog next door. She kept saying, "Tell her I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" And she confirmed this huge pitbull mix herded all the neighborhood cats in the most loving way. That was the beginning of a shocking new career that has taken me all the way to Buckingham Palace to read the Queen's Horses. I didn't mean to do it. But God needed it done, so She chose to do it through me, and to tell you honestly, I didn't have much choice in the matter.
MG: Tell me about the books you have written, "Straight From the Horse's Mouth: How to Talk to Animals and Get Answers" and "The Language of Miracles: A Celebrated Psychic Teaches You to Talk to Animals"?
AK: It's this mobility of consciousness that I now teach. Psychic ability is a learned skill, an innate part of our brain chemistry that only needs to be developed in order to function automatically like any of our other motor skills. In every workshop I teach all over the world, one of my first questions is, "How many of you think you're going to be the only person in the room who CAN'T do this?" and almost every hand goes up. Then, I applaud their courage for coming. By the end of the seminar, almost ALL my students are able to download names: Names of the other animals at home, names of the other people at home, names of the neighbors, names of the animals' medical conditions, names of the humans and animals in the household who have crossed over into Heaven and details that are absolutely impossible to dismiss. And it is often the most skeptical down-trodden students with the least amount of confidence who come out as the most SHINING professional psychics, because they are so humble and their ego doesn't get in their way. Plus, if they question themselves constantly, they are all the more likely to push for more detail in their information and they get more accurate data. I've poured my heart and soul into my books and I've made my life an example of giving everything I've got to give in order to restore some peace to this planet and some comfort to Her animals—two and four-legged alike.
MG: You are currently on a world tour, how does it make you feel to be able to spread this gift all over the world?
AK: Tired. I've been on a world tour for eight years. I've got FOUR more world tours this year. That's why I've chosen to start appearing in Horror Movie conventions here in the states. I'm willing to join forces with my horror fans who are also animal lovers and not have to fly all the way to Switzerland to find like-minded animal lovers who want to talk about Quantum Physics, Interspecies Communication, God, Spirit, life, and the future of the planet. My students in Europe share their inmost secrets with me, dance, and laugh, and cry with me. Maybe my horror fans will do that too, and Dorothy won't have to fly all the way to Oz to get her rocks off.
MG: Are you excited about your return of the horror convention circuit this July at Famous Monsters Convention in Indianapolis?
AK: With bells on, baby.
MG: How do you feel being about becoming a figurine created by the company Horror Idols?
AK: The only thing my figurine can't do that I'm doing is JUMP FOR JOY, but maybe we'll work on that for the NEXT action figure/figurine.
SM: I love all kinds. My favorite is really action. I always felt "Automaton Transfusion" was an action movie with horror elements. I also do love comedy. Horror and Comedy are very similar, its all about the timing. I would definitely do a romantic comedy if it was R rated and felt like something out of the 80s.
SM: I was hired by MGM and Craig Perry to be the Director of the remake. There is a really fun script and Craig Perry has some killer ideas. The problem is that It's at a stand still while MGM figures out there money situation. Its unfortunate that the movie hasn't just been made. Its a great title and one of my favorite 80s flicks. Hopefully soon!
Interview with Dante Tomaselli
Dante Tomaselli's first film was a 23-minute short called, "Desecration", which was expanded to feature length. The film received acclaim for its nightmarish visuals and became a cult horror classic. His second was a sequel titled, "Horror", The film earned rave reviews in the horror world. Tomaselli third feature, "Satan's Playground" was released in 2006 and featured an amazing group of cult-horror icons. MovieMikes has the opportunity to talk to Dante about his films and his what is in stop for the future.
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Mike Gencarelli: "Desecration" started off as a short film, how do you feel the film translated into a full length feature?
Dante Tomaselli: Not bad, considering it cost only $150, 000. "Desecration" was my first feature and I was still in my twenties. It was 1999 and the genre was just finishing that God-awful cycle of "Scream"-like comedic horrors. My film premiered at the Fantafestival in Rome, Italy and then Image Entertainment picked it up for DVD distribution. It got some good notices in the horror world and art-house arena. Then came the Internet. Lots of press there. Lots of review sites popping up all over the place. That was around the time that the Internet was starting to replace newspapers and magazines as immediate media information and I felt I was riding the wave of something….
Mike Gencarelli: What was the biggest challenge making the full length "Desecration"?
Dante Tomaselli: Getting all the elements together…crew…actors…artists…money. Filmmaking is not like photography or painting. You can't just have your paint brush and easel and display your vision. I needed to build a whole network of people around me. I've always been a mixture of shyness and occasional confidence, so socially, it was rough, but the film pokes through and leads the way. I think people around me understood that I meant business. The visions must be extracted. The film itself speaks and commands…and I'm the vessel, really. It was challenging creating my first feature…at the same time it came so naturally. After "Desecration" was released, I was hooked and deeply in love with making low budget movies….Film is a moving painting, a moving sculpture…a doorway to somewhere else…wow…I definitely felt that this was my destiny and I was on a mission. I wanted…needed…to make creative, intimate horror films.
Mike Gencarelli: Tell me about its follow-up "Horror", what made you want to continue the story?
Dante Tomaselli: Horror was like a sequel to "Desecration". It was a continuation of the eternally damned boy's life. I was honing my craft. Even though I switched cinematographers and production designers from "Desecration", "Horror" still retained my signature look…and sound. It was important for me to illustrate that I had a voice that was my own. I'm trying to construct a nightmare in which we experience the protagonist's damnation. More than anything I wanted my films to be different, unique. Possibly I could have made a mainstream horror film…possibly…but instead I went the other way and created something crazier, wilder, and even more non-linear than Desecration". "Horror". My imagination was unhinged on "Horror".
MG: You worked with a great cast in "Satan's Playground" like Felissa Rose ("Sleepaway Camp"), Ellen Sandwiess ("Evil Dead") and Edwin Neal ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"). What was it like working with them?
DT: Exhilarating. Looking back, I might have been a little too caught up in the horror fanboy dream of it all. It might have distracted me a bit from the film itself, sometimes. Ultimately, though I forged some actor director relationships that are enduring. Felissa was fun to work with; she really got into the part and put her heart into it. Ellen Sandweiss is a great friend and had one of the best roles in "The Evil Dead", one of my favorite films. She was terrific…especially when her character's baby was stolen. "Satan's Playground" was her comeback after so many years. And Ed Neal, well, I am about to work with him again on my new film. He's a really gifted performer, very underrated.
MG: Your films have all seem to involve religion undertones? Why?
DT: Well, I grew up in an Italian American Catholic household so it was unescapable. My older siblings all went to Catholic school and I went to Sunday School…or Catechism. And church. My religious grandmothers both lived in Paterson New Jersey, with all the Blessed Virgin Mary statues on the lawns and everything. A staple of Italian neighborhoods. It was a vibe all around me and I picked up on it. I remember, many times, being in church, on my knees, and chanting the prayers and zoning out and marveling at the architecture of the church and the eeriness of the church organ. I'm not a religious person. Spiritual? Yes. I'm more skeptical of organized religion. It causes wars and divides people. Certain religions thinking they know better than the other….It seems to have happened since the beginning of mankind and never stopped. Also, of course, sometimes the hypocrisy, the perversion of religion can be terrifying. I think organized religion could be the death of us. So yea, I fear it. In the end, though, my films are really about family.
MG: What made you want to get into the movie business? Is horror your favorite genre?
DT: Yes! I'm a lifelong horror film fanatic. Good horror films release serotonin in my brain. Growing up, my room was decorated like a Funhouse. This is something I've always wanted to do, for as long as I can remember. My notebook in school was filled with horror movie artwork and the titles of the films in their original font. Movies like…"Halloween", "The Omen", "Carrie", "The Shining", "Rosemary's Baby", "Tourist Trap", "The Fog", "Burnt Offerings", "Let's Scare Jessica to Death", "The Sentinel"…When I'm inspired or in…the trance…I close my eyes and the images from the film I want to create are as clear as slides projected in my mind. And the sounds. It's an all-out sensory take-over, like dreaming while wide awake. It's been happening since I was really young and it's like a faucet I can't turn off. I fantasize for a living.
MG: Your cousin, Alfred Sole, made "Alice, Sweet Alice", would you ever consider remaking that film with him?
DT: I will be remaking that film. I have the rights from my cousin and he will work on it as well. It's inevitable that all notable horror films will be remade so we want to beat others to the punch. It's coming up.
MG: You are having a documentary made about you by filmmaker, Christopher Garetano, titled "The Horror of Dane Tomaselli". What can you tell us about this?
DT: You'd really have to talk to Chris about what he has in store because he's totally in charge of it. He'll be shooting the conclusion of the documentary soon, possibly next month. I've seen clips and it's like an out-of-body experience. For me, it's intense, hallucinogenic.
MG: What are your plans for the movie "Torture Chamber"?
DT: I'm ready to start shooting. We're days away. It's a horror shocker about a demonically possessed boy who escapes from a mental institution and discovers an old abandoned castle with a secret passageway to a cobwebbed torture chamber. It's the first serious independent horror film in a while that's in the vein of "The Exorcist".
Interview with Paul Solet
Paul Solet is the director of the recent horror film "Grace". If you haven't seen it, where have you been living under a rock?! The movie which started off as a short film tells about a pregnant Madeline (Jordan Ladd) which is involved in a car accident and doctors tell Madeline that her unborn child is dead. Madeline, desperate after trying to have a child for years, decides to carry her baby to term anyway. The child, a girl, initially appears stillborn. After a while, though, she seems to revive, and Madeline names her "Grace". It soon becomes clear something is wrong with the baby and its cravings.
MovieMikes has a chance to ask Paul some questions about the movie and its journey to the big screen. Keep an eye out for Paul he already made a name for himself and its going to be one of Hollywood's biggest directors very soon!
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Mike Gencarelli: How did you originally come up with the idea for the short "Grace"?
Paul Solet: The idea for GRACE comes from actual medical science. I had a conversation in which I learned that when a mother loses her unborn child, unless labor is artificially induced, the mother will often actually carry that baby to term. I just find the inherent drama and terror of that idea so remarkably potent. What better way to explore the power of motherhood and love, than through a physical merger with death?
Mike Gencarelli: Besides the "Grace" short, you were featured on "Fangoria's Blood Drive 2", How do you feel that making a short differs from feature?
Paul Solet: It's the same exact thing at a different scale. You still need to tell a story in a compelling way, and the same concerns are always present. Shorts are wonderful. I really miss making them, but I seem to always be writing these days.
Mike Gencarelli: What was your involvement with Eli Roth and Adam Green while working on "Grace"?
Paul Solet: Adam produced the film, and was a very hands on presence. He and his partner Cory Neal were on set quietly putting out fires before I even knew they existed so we could just focus on the creative. Green has been through this type of run and gun low budget filmmaking four times now, so he understands in his blood what the challenges are, and it's such a huge value having a producer that is also a director. Not to mention, if you need to drop a shot, Adam can just run a splinter unit and snag it and the day still gets made, and you know it's going to be good. Eli didn't work on GRACE, but he's always an inspiration and an influence for me creatively.
MG: What was the biggest challenge in bringing it to the big screen?
PS: Time. We had 192 scenes to shoot in 17 short days. So, learning to embrace and exploit our limitations was key. It reinforced our allegiance to story and character over spectacle. The films that I love hold to that discipline, no matter how broad their available canvas. I think we've been faithful to that principle, with GRACE. I think there's a tendency for younger filmmakers to become anxious to get something in front of a camera before it's ready. I see development time as a filmmaker's principle luxury, so I waited to find a home for the project until the script was as tight as I could get it and I had story boarded and shotlisted the entire project. I didn't want there to be any questions I couldn't answer truthfully when asked.
MG: The characters in your film are very intense and well written, how do you feel about the cast you worked with?
PS: I couldn't have been happier with our cast. My Canadian casting director, Carmen Kotyk really brought in the best talent up there, and of course, Jordan is always wonderful. You always wish you had more time to rehearse, and more takes to shoot, but these guys have such chops they really can work within the confines of a schedule like this and still deliver something really breathtaking.
MG: After playing all over the world in theaters and festivals, anything you would have done differently?
PS: Not a thing. It's been such wonderful ride for me. I got to got to Korea, and Scotland, and France and Spain, and hang out with some of the best filmmakers of our generation. I'm so immensely grateful for the film's success and the support we've gotten from fans and critics. It's really been magical.
MG: With one feature film you have made such a name for yourself in this business, how do you feel about that? Any pressure?
PS: There's always some pressure, but I've been writing screenplays very seriously for almost ten years at this point, and making shorts and studying the craft of filmmaking since I was a kid, so it's not like this happens overnight. I'm a real believer in hard work, and I have no intention of slacking. I'll keep breaking my ass to give you the best I can give, and however it's received is up to the universe.
MG: I am sure your fans want to know, what is your planned follow-up project?
PS: We haven't announced yet, so I can't say, but it's going to be fucking terrifying.


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William JohnsonAge: 94 years1858–1952
Source: 1901 England Census
Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005
Ancestry.co.uk. 1901 England Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Indexed by MyFamily.com, Inc. from microfilmed schedules of the England 1901 Census. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. The National Archives gives no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to the National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. Infringement of the above condition may result in legal action.
Swinton, Lancashire, England
#1 Mary Eliz Johnson
Little Hulton, Lancashire
Birth of a brother Herbert Johnson
Swinton, Hulton, Lancashire
Birth of a sister Alice A Johnson
Walkden, Lancashire
Marriage Alice Partington — View this family
#2 Annie Johnson
Little Hulton, Lancashire, England
#3 Eri Johnson
Ancestry.com. 1891 England Census. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Indexed by MyFamily.com, Inc. from microfilmed schedules of the England 1891 Census. Data imaged from The National Archives, London, England. 2,131 rolls. The National Archives gives no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. Infringement of the above condition may result in legal action.
March 1887 (Age 29 years)
Lancashire, United Kingdom
Source: England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983
FreeBMD. England and Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS. Database Copyright © 1998-2003 Graham Hart, Ben Laurie, Camilla von Massenbach and David Mayall.
#6 Fred Johnson
Hall Keeper
50 Memorial Road, Barton Upon Irwell, Worsley, Lancashire
December 1894 (Age 36 years)
Death of a wife Alice Partington
Marriage Mary Partington — View this family
Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire
104 Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, Lancashire, England
Marriage of a child John Rowson — Annie Johnson — View this family
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Manchester Road, Little Hulton, Bolton, Lancs.
#1 Clarice Mary Rowson
September 30, 1914 (Age 56 years)
Source: England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2004
Ancestry.com. England and Wales, Death Index: 1984-2004 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS. Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.
Baptism of a granddaughter Clarice Mary Rowson
Death of a daughter Annie Johnson
Death about 1952 (Age 94 years)
Alice Unknown
Herbert Johnson
Alice A Johnson
Birth: about 1830 — Eccles/Swinton, Lancashire
Birth: about 1831 — Walkden, Lancashire
Birth: 1855 25 24 — Worsley, Lancashire
Alice Partington
Annie Johnson
Eri Johnson
Fred Johnson
Mary Eliz Johnson
Mary Partington
Birth: 1858 28 27 — Swinton, Lancashire, England
Death: about 1952
Birth: 1867 37 36 — Swinton, Hulton, Lancashire
Birth: 1875 45 44 — Walkden, Lancashire
Family with Alice Partington - View this family
Birth: 1857 34 33 — Little Hulton, Lancashire, England
Death: December 1894
Marriage: September 1881 — Bolton
John Rowson
Clarice Mary Rowson
Death: December 24, 1942
Birth: 1887 29 30 — Little Hulton, Lancashire
Birth: December 1894 36 37 — Little Hulton, Lancashire
Family with Mary Partington - View this family
Marriage: September 1896 — Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire
Birth 1901 England Census
Residence 1901 England Census
Name 1901 England Census
Family with Alice Partington
Eri Partington
Mary Cook
Family with Mary Partington