While it is very easy to talk about the potential advantages of CMOS-photonic integration, the design and manufacturing of commercially competitive products has been extraordinarily difficult. It has been well-known that the cost efficiencies of silicon wafers and CMOS fab processes could theoretically be leveraged to create low-cost photonic circuitry. However, the physics of optics is quite different from the physics of electronics, and so there have been unexpected challenges in moving R&D experiments to HVM products. During the Imec Technology Forum in Brussels held this May, Joris Van Campenhout, imec program director for Optical I/O (Fig. 1) sat down with Solid State Technology to discuss recent progress and future plans.
Data centers—also known as "The Cloud"—continue to grow along with associated power-consumptions, so there are strong motivations to find cost-effective ways to replace more of the electrical switches with lower-power optical circuits. Optical connections in modern data centers do not all have the same specifications, with a clear hierarchy based on the 3D grid-like layout of rows of rack-mounted Printed Circuit Boards (PCB). The table shows the basic differences in physical scale and switching speeds required at different levels within the hierarchy.
Backplane is the PCB-to-PCB connection within one rack, that today uses copper connections running at up to 50 GHz. Imec sees backplane applications as a possible insertion point for CMOS-Photonics, because there are approximately 10X the number of connections compared to rack applications and because the relative cost target calls for new technologies. Imec's approach uses 56G silicon ring-modulators to shift wavelengths by 0.1% at very low power, knowingly taking on control issues with non-linearity, and high temperature sensitivity. "We're confident that it can be done," stated Van Campenhout, "but the question remains if the overhead can be reduced so that the costs are competitive." The overhead includes the possible need for on-chip thin-film heaters/coolers to be able to control the temperature.
PCB level connections are being pushed by the Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO), an industry group working to develop a series of specifications to permit the use of board-mounted optical modules in the manufacturing of networked equipment (i.e. switches, servers, etc.). The organization plans to reference industry specifications where possible and develop specifications where required with attention to electrical interfaces, pin-outs, connectors, thermals, etc. for the development of interchangeable and interoperable optical modules that can be mounted onto motherboards and daughtercards.
Luxtera is the commercial market leader for CMOS-Photonic chips used at the Rack level today, and uses 'active alignment' meaning that the fiber has to be lit with the laser and then aligning to the waveguides during test and during assembly. Luxtera is fabless and uses Freescale as foundry to build the chip in an established CMOS SOI process flow originally established for high performance microprocessors. The company produces 10G chips today for advanced Ethernet connections, and through a partnership with Molex ships 40G Active Optical Cables.
Chip level optical connections require breakthrough technologies such as indium-phosphide epitaxy on silicon to be able to grow the most efficient electrically-controlled optical switches, instead of having to pick-and-place discrete components aligned with waveguides. Alignment of components is a huge issue for manufacturing and test that adds inherent costs. "The main issue is getting the coupling from the chip to the fiber with low losses, since sub-micron alignment is needed to avoid a 1 dB loss," summarized Van Campenhout.
Figure 2 shows a simplified functional schematic of a high-capacity optical communications links employing Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) to combine modulated laser beams of different colors on a single-mode fiber. Luxtera is working on DWDM for increased bandwidth as is imec.
"If you have just a 1 nm variation in the waveguide width, that device's spectral response will be proportional as a rule of thumb," explained Van Campenhout. "We can tune for that with a heating element, but then we lose the low-power advantage." This results in a need for different design-for-manufacturing approaches.
Mentor Graphics is an imec partner, and the company's Tom Daspit, marketing manager for Pyxis Design Tools, spoke with Solid State Technology about the special challenges of EDA for photonics. "You've now jumped off the cliff of the orthogonal design environment. Light doesn't bend at 45° let alone 90°. On an IC it's all orthogonal, while if it's photonic we have to modify the interconnect so that the final design is a nice curved one." To produce a smooth curve the EDA tools must fracture it into a small grid for the photomask, so a seemingly simple set of curves can require gigabytes in a final GDSII file.
It was about 4 years ago that some customers began asking Mentor to modify tools to be able to support photonics, and today there are customers large and small, and some are in full volume production for communications applications. "Remember when they building the old Cray supercomputers and they had to account for all wire lengths to handle signal delays, well now with photonics we need to account for waveguide lengths," commented Daspit.
"The big application is photonics for sensor integration, with universities leading the way. Medical is a huge new market," explained Daspit. "The CMOS die could be 130- down to 65nm or maybe 28nm-nm for some digital." So there are a wide variety of future applications for CMOS-Photonics, and despite the known manufacturing challenges there are already commercial applications in communications.
A new wireless electroencephalogram (EEG) headset that is comfortable while providing medical-grade data acquisition has been shown by the partnership of imec, the Holst Centre, and the Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) department of TU Delft. The 3D-printed low-volume product enables early research and self-monitoring of emotions and mood in daily life situations using a smartphone application. Consumer applications include games that monitor relaxation and/or concentration, and medical applications that help with sleep disorders and treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Figure 1 shows the new headset with novel elastic electrode arrays in an elegant uni-body assembly to optimize both comfort and signal quality. The electronics package in the middle of the headset fits on the back of the user's neck. Each electrode is a small array of elastic polymer fingers which allow for dry contact—without needing a conductive liquid or gel—to skin for long-term comfortable use.
"Leveraging imec's strong background in EEG sensing, dry polymer and active electrodes, miniaturized and low-power data acquisition, and low-power wireless interfaces to smartphones, we were able to focus on the ergonomics of this project. In doing so, we have successfully realized this unique combination of comfort and effectiveness at the lowest possible cost to the future user," stated Bernard Grundlehner, EEG system architect at imec.
In 2011, imec and Holst Centre created an 8-channel ultra-low-power analog readout application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that consumes only 200µW and features high common mode rejection ratio (CMRR) of 120dB and signal to noise ratio of 25dB on real EEG signals. This ASIC is tuned to high input impedance (1GΩ) for compatibility with the use of dry electrodes. That system—including ASIC, radio, and controller chips— could be integrated in a package of 25mmx35mmx5mm dimensions for easy of integration in headsets, helmets, or other accessories. That system consumes only 3.3mW for continuous recording and wireless transmission of 1 channel—9.2mW for 8 channels—allowing for 1.5 to 4 days of functionality when powered by a 100mAh Li-ion battery.
In 2009, imec and Holst Centre showed off a rough mobile EEG prototype to partners and journalists at the yearly imec Technology Forum. Figure 2 shows that the prototype was bulky and a bit awkward to wear, while the figure does not show that sintered silver/silver-chloride electrodes are very hard such that dry contact to the human scalp tends to be uncomfortable.
The 2015 model uses new flexible electrodes arrays which are inherently more comfortable than hard silver/silver-chloride electrodes. A team of six master students from IDE of TU Delft led the design optimization of the 3D unibody for the new headset using 3D printing for short-loop prototyping and testing of different shapes for stability and comfort. Iterative tests with users for multiple applications led to this design which is intended for long-term comfortable use by consumers outside of a controlled research environment.
The new EEG headset is manufactured in one piece using 3-D printing, after which the electronic components are placed, connected, and covered by a 3-D-printed rubber inlay. The EEG electrodes are situated at the front of the headset for optimal acquisition of signals related to emotion and mood variations. A mobile app can then tie the user's emotional state to environmental information such as location, time, agenda, and social context to track possible unconscious effects.


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Current: Decisive action will bolster UKs life sciences sector
Decisive action will bolster UK's life sciences sector
16 November 2020 | Muriel Cozier
'The race for investment and talent is fierce.'
A report from the CBI, an organisation representing the UK' business sector, has outlined a number of ways in which action to boost life sciences could help the UK 'pull ahead of the competition,' and deliver 'better patient outcomes.'
With the life sciences sector contributing over £70 billion to the UK economy, the report, Let's Get Clinical: Building a Global Life Sciences Hub, looks at five key drivers to competitiveness, measured against key international players. The drivers include: Strengthening of the research and innovation framework, access to talent, and Government backing of the sector.
Providing the detail to its recommendations, the report asserts that in the area of the research and innovation framework, the UK 'Should invest in its clinical trials infrastructure and deliver an ambitious end-to-end research and innovation system.' The report adds that the Government's department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) should establish a new body, Accelerate UK, to join up existing initiatives and bring support for innovation adoption under one clear banner.
On access to talent, the report calls for more to be done to plug the STEM skills shortage, and says that a 'radical reform' of the apprenticeship levy is needed, supporting businesses so they can invest more in their people.
The report commends the Government's championing of the life sciences sector and recommends maintaining momentum on the implementation of the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy.
Matthew Fell, CBI Chief UK Policy Director said; 'The race for investment and talent is fierce. Other countries are desperate to usurp the UK's leading position, so it's time to put clear distance between us and the competition…The covid-19 crisis has been a landmark moment in highlighting the importance of the life sciences sector to the UK's resilience. It has also shown just how powerful true partnership between the public sector and business can be…'
The life sciences sector in the UK
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Newman Power Station is a power station in Newman, Western Australia, part of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is located about 1,186 kilometres (737 mi) north of Perth, and 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the Tropic of Capricorn. It is a  natural gas-fired power station servicing BHP Billiton's "islanded grid". Newman currently provides 100% of the power requirement of the islanded grid which supplies electricity to the Mt Newman Joint Venture operated by BHP Billiton Iron Ore.

The station was commissioned in 1996 and is owned and operated by Alinta Energy. It receives its fuel from the Goldfields Gas Pipeline. In the event of interruptions to the gas supply, the power station can operate on diesel, and has approximately a million litres stored on site.

The power station has a dedicated 121km transmission line to deliver electricity to the Roy Hill Mine since 2015. It has four gas turbines. In 2017, a 35MW/11MWh battery was installed to provide increased reliability and reserve.

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Q: How do I convert this end indexing in MATLAB to Python I wanted to convert the fspecial('motion', len, theta) function from the image processing toolbox in MATLAB over to Python but I am stuck at this one line that no matter how I look at it makes no sense to me.
h(end+(1:end)-1,end+(1:end)-1) = dist2line;
h is a 2 dimensional array and dist2line is also a 2-D array. All I know is that arr(end) in matlab is arr[-1] in Python but how does that (1:end) inside of the indexing work.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you so much

A: If h is a 2d array, then it has the dimensions size(h, 1) x size(h, 2), so you can basically replace end with the corresponding size, so you'd get
s = size(h);
h(s(1)+(1:s(1))-1, s(2)+(1:s(2))-1) = dist2line;

Note that when you have a vector of indices in both dimensions, you basically extract a rectangular submatrix of h unlike in python.

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«all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy» в словарях и энциклопедиях | перевод «all work and no play makes jack a dull boy»
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Нескончаемая работа без отдыха и развлечения делает Джека скучным малым.
ср. Умей дело делать — умей и позабавиться. Мешай дело с бездельем, проживешь век с весельем.
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Top Games like Kingdom Hearts
This is a cool assortment of games like Kingdom Hearts for all you action and adventure fans. These few picks are filled up with high volumes of intense battles and electrifying gameplay that will certainly captivate you. So, if you're dying to play some real action-oriented entertainers that resemble our main title, we highly recommend that you try these out.
We will commence our list of games just like Kingdom Hearts by mentioning this Level-5 creation released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console. An extended distinct quests and danger riddled journey's await you in this pick. You is likely to be playing the role of budding hero by name of Jaster who joins a pirate crew to pursue his ambition of exploring the vast expanses of space. So now in this galaxy of magic and wonder you'll meet a lot of monstrous enemies to combat and many allies who will join you in battle. The team mechanics is really a major aspect of gameplay out here as your allies always help you when you land in trouble. You can play with up to two allies and fight with many magical weapons to overpower your foes or even use lethal special attacks.
Radiata Stories
The 2nd one which we have for you is Radiata Stories developed by tri-Ace for PS2. Even in this pick you will see strength in numbers, as you are certain to get to add three other characters to your party to help you fight in battles. You are playing the role of an adventure-loving teenager by name of Jack and follow his conquests in Radiata city. You may also get a chance to play and also a wide variety of allies, all of which has their own special skills that they use unceasingly in battle. And usually the one interesting concept that you may see here's your ability to easily instigate fights by kicking a specific character or creature. However you will find that you will have higher than a great amount of combat without applying this technique, as this place is filled up with hostile enemies which are not of human origin.
Grandia III
Grandia III is one among the many Kingdom Hearts alternatives because of the thrilling fighting sequences and gameplay elements which are both exciting and entertaining in nature. Here you is likely to be playing being an brave warrior pilot called Yuki who's on a mission to find out the secrets of past world's and aid a spirit communicator by name of Alfina. And prepare yourself to have an entire different combating system that you'd have not seen before which could actually help you defeat enemies prior to the fight actually begins. For this reason creative mechanism you will be able to equip your character with a huge selection of special attacks and that keeps increasing as you level up. And you do not have to think immediately as your gameplay are certain to get instantly paused when you choose which attack you want to deploy to complete your foes.
The World Ends with You is really a close cousin of our main title out here as it contains all exactly the same aspects of action, adventure and role-playing combined. The plot in that one will have you playing a child character by the name of Neku and his mission to compete and win the Underground Reaper's Game. All battles will take devote a seemingly alternate universe where you must combat fictional entities referred to as 'Noise'with assistance from some special elements called 'Pins '. These 'Pins'really are a major component that you utilize to win matches as these contain the energy required to eliminate all the sinister noise. This specific title is playable only your Nintendo DS or iOS device.
Another one we can recommend for you really to play is this twelfth installment of the famed final fantasy series produced by Square Enix. You will find around six different powerful characters that you are able to play as here however the party mechanics allow only three of them to accompany you in battle. Here you give reach explore a world in spectacular 3D and get to visit the vast region of Ivalice. Your missions will take you across various scenic areas and enter fights with random creatures that appear around this open world. Winning fights will mean a growth in your experience level which can make your particular character even more powerful. You'll even get yourself a vast variety of enchanted weapons and other items or potions offering strategic advantages such as for example Cures and spells to make use of against your enemies.
Dark Cloud
The last title of our listing of games similar to Kingdom Hearts is another Level-5 release that may be played on PS2. You play as Toan in this pick, a child who is on a mission to defeat a Dark Genie who has destroyed his hometown. To do this you'll need to utilize a special magical item called Alta that may gradually restore the damaged town. Your quest will take you to explore dark dungeons and fight a variety of evil minions of the darkness to get the precious Alta. Something you'll notice out here's that the weapons that you fight with keep leveling up as time passes making it even more powerful than before. But you might have to be constantly aware of your health bar and need to help keep replenishing your thirst meter to stop your character from dying of dehydration. You may also get a group of five characters that may join you on your own conquest and is going to be of valuable support for you personally during fights.
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READSBORO- Aldo Richard Cristofolini, 85, a longtime resident of Readsboro, died on Tuesday, February 26.
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AGAWAM, MA- Harvey E. Young, 83, died at the home of his loving sister, Laura M. DeSpirt, on January 16, after a brief illness. Mr. Young was the son of the late Pierce L. Young and Laura M. (Adams) Young. He was born on May 16, 1935 in Portland, ME. He was raised in Springfield from the age of...
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Fleming returns as Bucs blow out Bruins
Tallies game-high 17 in first game back
Phlandrous Fleming Jr. dunks the ball against Piedmont International Sunday night at the Buc Dome. (Source: Chris Obarski)
December 30, 2018 at 9:58 PM EST - Updated December 30 at 9:58 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Phlandrous Fleming Jr. scored 17 points in his first game of the season and Charleston Southern cruised to a 111-65 victory over Piedmont International on Sunday.
Fleming whiffed on all five of his 3-point shots but sank 6 of 8 from inside the arc for the Buccaneers (6-7), who set a season high for points with their second straight victory. Christian Keeling pitched in with 14 points and eight rebounds, Deontaye Buskey contributed 14 points and four assists and Travis McConico added 13 points and five boards. Charleston Southern was playing for the first time in nine days.
Kendall Oliver topped the Bruins, a member of the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, with 11 points. Tamir Glenn scored 10 with eight rebounds.
Fleming scored eight in a 15-0 run to start the game and the Buccaneers led 58-27 at halftime.
Charleston Southern shot 52 percent from the floor but made just 9 of 36 from 3-point range (25 percent). The Buccaneers had a 55-33 advantage on the boards and forced 21 turnovers.


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Oh my gosh, yes!
When I'm asked why I love to write, I always pause for a moment before responding. The simple answer is because I love it. I feel alive and I get a rush of energy when I do. The more complex answer is because I love telling a story. Furthermore, I love choosing the words that convey the message of the story to my readers in such a way that I strike a chord with them. There's no better feeling than knowing a reader can sit up and say "Oh my gosh, yes!" after reading my work. Okay, maybe that is a little too deep, but it's the truth.
If I rewind back to February 2003 during my junior year of college, there was a bitter cold evening when I was seated in an uncomfortable plastic chair in the student center ballroom listening to the president of the university speak. There's no doubt that plenty of the audience, which was comprised mostly of students, had other things on their minds that I'm sure ranged from that evening's frat party to impending midterms in the coming weeks. However, his speech was so eloquently constructed; the structure of his prose, the subtle parallelism of his metaphors had everyone's attention. I realized then how powerful words could be. Anyone can write – a speech, an article, a poem, a novel, but it takes real talent and passion to assemble words to truly reach your audience.
Since that night, I've paid more attention to how messages – of all kinds – are conveyed. I'm a student of communication. Writers, speakers, broadcasters, professors, family, friends, acquaintances. I read and listen. What pulls me in? What makes me relate to their story?
Like most students, I have my favorite role models. Most recently, Emily Giffin has struck a chord with me in her latest novel, The One and Only.
"I know it's not the win itself, but everything that went into the victory. The effort. The passion. The faith. The things that Coach Clive Carr has taught me to believe in. The things that endure in defeat, and even death. The things that make football like life—and life like a game of football."
The last few sentences of her book made me sit up and say, "Oh my gosh, yes!" I can only hope that one day my writing will do the same for a reader.
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ADDRESS,

DELIVERED

AT THE INTERMENT

OF

MRS. HARRIET STORRS,

CONSORT OF

REV. RICHARD S. STORRS,

BRAINTREE, MASS.

JULY 11, 1834.

BY
REV. JOHN CODMAN, D. D.

Printed for private distribution.

BOSTON:
MUNROE AND FRANCIS.

1834.

ADDRESS.

There are some events, in the providence of God, so completely
overwhelming as to render it extremely difficult, almost impossible, to
give utterance to the full feelings of the soul through the medium of
words. Language refuses its aid to relieve the burdened heart; and the
oppressed spirit finds itself more inclined to the deep silence of
grief, than to the expression of its sorrows by the human voice.

When the heart-rending intelligence reached us of the event that has
filled our souls with grief and dismay, we felt that no language could
relieve our distress or mitigate our sorrow. We were dumb: we opened
not our mouth. Our hearts bled--and they bled most freely in silence.
But the solemnities of the occasion await us, and the usages of society
demand, that we should attempt to give utterance, in the presence of
our fellow creatures, to those feelings, which we can pour out before
our compassionate God and Saviour in sighs and tears, without the
intervention of set forms of speech.

But where shall we find words to express the depth of our affliction?
Where shall we find language to depict the character of the dear
departed--or to administer comfort and support to the beloved survivors?

Mysterious Heaven! how unsearchable are thy judgments, and thy ways past
finding out! We bow before that holy and righteous Being, whose
inspiration gave us _understanding_, and who has the undoubted right to
resume the gift which he bestowed. We know that all his ways are just
and equal, and that he will not hold us accountable for any act,
committed in the absence of that mental and moral power by which we are
enabled to distinguish between right and wrong.

On the painful and distressing circumstances, by which our ever lamented
and beloved friend is numbered among the silent dead, we will dwell no
longer than to express an entire and unwavering conviction, that her
character and present condition cannot in the least degree be affected
by the manner of her removal from this sublunary state. We have not the
shadow of a doubt, that the spiritual intelligence, which once beamed
upon us with such mild and gentle lustre, and which was, for a short
season, shrouded in darkness, is now rekindled by the same gracious hand
that so mysteriously overshadowed it, to burn, with increasing and
never-ending brightness, with seraphs that surround the throne of God.

It is utterly impossible for the speaker to do justice to the character
of our much loved friend, though it has been his privilege to have known
her worth for nearly thirty years. The circle of christians which, at
the time of his first acquaintance with her, then resided in our
metropolis, many of whom are now in heaven, were distinguished for deep
and ardent piety. Surrounded as they were by fashionable and increasing
errors, they maintained their integrity and held fast their attachment
to the doctrines of grace. The precious names of Mrs. Waters, and Mrs.
Mason, and other aged saints, are embalmed in the memory of many a child
of God. With these venerable pilgrims was associated a young disciple,
who, with all the loveliness of youthful attractions, separated herself
from the world, and consecrated herself to the service of her God and
Saviour. From the prayers and conversation of these aged saints, through
the blessing of God, she seemed to receive a peculiar unction of spirit,
which was strikingly characteristic of her future course. In all plans
of usefulness, which, though small and few when compared with those
which distinguish this stirring age, no one took a more decided and
active part. Her peculiarly affectionate manner ingratiated her with
many, who were won by her mild and lovely spirit to congeniality of
sentiment and effort. Her usefulness at that period, in the sphere in
which she moved, was by no means inconsiderable; but the great Head of
the church had still more important and interesting duties for her to
perform.

There are few situations in life that present more promising fields of
usefulness to a pious, devoted female, than that of the wife of a
minister of a united parish. Even the pastor himself, with his
additional opportunities of affording instruction from the sacred desk,
can scarcely exert a greater or a happier influence upon the minds and
hearts of his congregation, than is often produced by the more humble,
but not less important labours of his devoted companion. Her influence
is not unfrequently greater than his, especially upon her own sex, and
upon the tender, opening minds of the lambs of the flock. In the
promotion of benevolent enterprize, by female associations, and in
maternal counsels and prayers for the children of the church, she finds
her appropriate and successful sphere, though upon the whole
congregation, in their varied seasons of prosperity and adversity, her
silent but benign influence is felt like the dew of Hermon, like the dew
that descended upon the mountains of Zion.

From the more diversified and exciting scenes of usefulness in a city
our departed friend was called to the more arduous and self-denying
labours that devolve upon the conscientious wife of the pastor of a
country parish. With what untiring zeal, with what scrupulous fidelity,
she discharged these duties, I need only appeal to this crowded, this
weeping, this afflicted assembly! From lisping infancy to hoary age, the
testimony is one and the same. The children of affliction remember with
affectionate gratitude her tender sympathy and her active benevolence.
With the spirit of her divine Master, it may be truly said, that "in
all their afflictions she was afflicted." Mothers, with their youthful
charge, will never forget her wise counsels and her fervent prayers. The
aged and infirm will pour out their benedictions upon her memory, and
even babes and sucklings will lisp the praises of one, who watched with
maternal solicitude over their cradles, and taught them to pronounce the
name of Jesus.

But, great and painful as this bereavement is to this afflicted
people,--their griefs are almost forgotten, when we turn to the chief
mourner in this scene of deep and heart-rending calamity. God help thee,
my brother!--The God of Jacob, the Angel of the Covenant sustain thee!
That your brethren, your people, the church of Christ, your numerous and
attached friends, feel for you, you cannot doubt. Could they have
averted the dreadful blow, how readily would they have hastened to your
relief. But no human precaution could turn aside the fatal stroke.
Dethroned reason will find opportunity to escape the most vigilant eye,
and to elude the most watchful care. But dwell not, my brother, on
circumstances which were beyond human control, and which affect not in
the least degree the accountability of the dear departed. Bury in the
grave, to which we are soon to assign these precious relics, as far as
possible, the memory of the awful circumstances that attended their
dissolution, and think only of the bright and happy spirit, of what she
_was_, and what she _is_. O! she was every thing which a fond husband
could desire in a companion of his life and labours; truly a help-mate
for him in his temporal and spiritual concerns, in his family, and in
his parish; in the social circle, and in the widely extended plans of
usefulness in which the devoted servant of Christ is sometimes engaged
beyond the limits of his congregation.

My brother, in the repeated domestic bereavements which you have
sustained, you have indeed been greatly afflicted, but you have also
been greatly blessed. To the lot of but few does it fall to have been
united to two such companions to cheer them in their pilgrimage through
this vale of tears.[A] Their sainted spirits are waiting to receive you
to those blessed mansions where reason holds her unclouded empire, where
sighing and sorrow can never come, where death can never enter, and
where sin can never defile.

But not yet, my brother. The Lord hath need of you to work in his
vineyard. From your repeated and heart-rending trials you will be better
qualified, than ever for that important work which the Lord has assigned
you in his American Israel. Go on then, my brother, and spend and be
spent for Christ; and when you shall have performed your appointed
service, you shall be welcomed by those whom you have loved on earth to
the society of the redeemed--to the vision of Jesus--to the presence of
God.

And you, the dear and only child of the lamented dead! My heart bleeds
for you. Your loss is indeed irreparable; but a mother's prayers are
your legacy, and they are better than thousands of gold and silver. How
much she loved you, and how closely you were entwined about the fibres
of her heart, is abundantly evident from the affecting fact, that
maternal solicitude, struggling with departing reason, directed her to
the bed of her sleeping child to bid him a last and long farewell.
Although the affecting circumstances of her removal can never be
obliterated from your memory, think less of them than of the pious
counsels, the holy example, the fervent prayers of your much-loved
mother. Let these dwell on your mind, and they will be a restraint, a
comfort, and a support to you under all the various trials of life to
which you may be called. God bless you, my dear child! May your life be
spared to your surviving parent, to console him in his deep affliction,
and to be the prop of his declining years.

The near relatives of our departed friend claim and receive our tender
and affectionate sympathy. More especially do we feel for that afflicted
sister, who, while she mourns with us on this affecting occasion, has
the additional trial of watching around the sick bed of a beloved
husband, deprived also of the exercise of his reason. May she be
supported, in this season of her deep affliction, by the consolations of
that holy religion, which are neither few nor small.

And may all the relatives and the numerous christian friends of the
deceased, whether present or absent, be graciously sustained under this
painful bereavement, and bow, with humble submission, to the will of
God.

Friends of this Church and Congregation, with you too we heartily
sympathize.

You have been called in divine providence to repeated trials. We bear
record to your disinterested regard to the cause of evangelical religion
in our growing country, in consenting to the arrangement by which, for a
definite period, you have been deprived of the immediate services of
your beloved pastor. You have hitherto had the consolation, and it has
been one of no small importance, of the presence and laborious efforts
for your good of the partner of his life. With what exemplary patience,
with what admirable self-denial, she sustained the peculiar trials of
her situation, watching around the couch of a dying brother,[B]
administering to the comfort of your late youthful pastor,[C] adopting
into her family the orphan and the fatherless,[D] while her best earthly
friend was laboriously employed in the service of the church, are well
known to you all, and ought to be suitably appreciated. How far she fell
a sacrifice to these painful deprivations--to this uncommon self-denial,
is known only to Him, who is best acquainted with the intimate
connection between the body and the mind.[E] That she died in your
service--in the service of her family--and in the service of her God and
Saviour, cannot admit of a doubt. You will delight, I know, to cherish
her memory, to dwell upon her virtues, and to imitate her example.

And now, my respected hearers and friends, it only remains, that we
deposit these precious relics in yonder receptacle of the dead! there to
rest, till the trump of the archangel awake the sleeping dust. Then,
when the millions of the dead shall burst the cerements of the grave, we
doubt not that the bright form of our departed friend, arrayed in
immortal youth and vigour, will ascend to meet the Lord in the air, and
enter with him into his glory.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote A: Mrs. Sarah Strong Storrs, the first wife of the bereaved
husband, was the daughter of Rev. Nathan Woodhull, of Newtown, Long
Island; married April 2, 1812--died April 6, 1818, aged 25 years.
Eminently devoted to the service of her Lord in life, and sweetly
cheered by his presence in death.]

[Footnote B: Rev. Charles B. Storrs, President of the Western Reserve
College, who left the world for heaven, after five weeks sickness at
Braintree, Sept. 15, 1833.]

[Footnote C: Rev. Edwards A. Park.]

[Footnote D: The two little sons of Rev. C. B. Storrs.]

[Footnote E: Her feelings on this subject are briefly noticed in her
diary. After alluding to the circumstances of the case, and to what she
believed to be the ruling motives of her husband in his request to his
people for liberty to engage in the service of Home Missions, she
says:--

"I think in no instance of my life have I felt more entirely willing to
be in God's hands, and to have him dispose of us as he pleases. My
trembling head at times anticipates evil to my dear husband--and my
selfish heart, in anticipating the days and nights of loneliness that
await me, is ready to say,--'How can I give thee up?' But I would not
dare to cherish these feelings. God has an entire right to do with us as
he pleases--and I would love him for doing just as he does. But O!
strengthen us for our coming trials!"]

NOTE.

Mrs. Storrs had been for months declining in health--a fact more evident
to herself than to others, because she still continued to discharge her
usual domestic duties with alacrity and cheerfulness. But often, the
conviction of her mind on this subject extorted from her the remark--"my
constitution is breaking up--I cannot long live." Though the remark had
never fallen from her lips in other years, it was too little heeded by
her friends.

It was on the evening of March 5th, 1834, that she was suddenly seized
with a delirium that indicated inflammation on the brain. A physician
was immediately called, and his skilful applications seemed to be
blessed; the disease yielded; and after a few days, Reason resumed its
seat; not however to hold it as formerly, but only to sway a broken
sceptre, and fill the minds of friends with constant alarms. From this
time till the first of June, the struggle between disease and nature was
constant, and the issue doubtful; but on the whole, it was evident that
the _mind_ was losing its power of judgment, and submitting to the
control of a bewildered imagination.

Her most judicious friends judged it expedient to change the scene, and
try the effect of new objects and the revival of old friendships on her
disordered system. She herself, having been often benefitted by the
fatigues and various occurrences of journeying, consented to the measure
with some cheerfulness. And on the 12th of June, we left our home, and
leisurely pursued our way to the western part of the State, calling
freely on those friends she had long known and loved, and sharing
largely in their kind attentions. But nothing could restore to her mind
its balance. Occasionally cheerful for an hour--but habitually brooding
over some imagined impropriety of conduct, or deficiency of faith and
love, she fancied herself a burden to the world, a curse to the church,
and an alien from God. It was July 7th when we reached home. And by this
time, the disease had advanced so far, as to leave but short intervals
between the ravings of delirium. Her agonies, in her oft repeated
language, were "inexpressible." Her bodings were fearful. And it was on
the morning of the 10th instant, between the hours of five and six
o'clock, that she eluded the long continued vigilance of her family, and
secured time enough to execute a deed, which of all others she most
abhorred when of sane mind--a deed, which she believed to be _right_,
because dethroned reason left her a prey to the imagination that the
honor of God, and the interests of Zion demanded it.

Inscrutable mystery! A more devoted friend of Jesus--a more humble and
self-denying disciple--a more laborious and consistent co-worker with
the saints--a more prayerful and active promoter of the great Cause of
Benevolence--is rarely to be met with in any age, or in any land.

Aside of all the fond partialities of one who for fifteen years has
known the blessedness of the most intimate companionship with so eminent
a child of God, I deem it duty to say, in present circumstances, that
her duties were always her pleasures--her religious privileges, her
sweetest delights--her grand aim, in all things, the glory of God;--her
trust was reposed in his promises alone--her hopes were founded on
Christ--and her only desired reward was, the consciousness of honoring
the religion she professed.

She rests with prophets and apostles. So saith the Spirit, and her works
do follow her.

                                                    R. S. STORRS.

Braintree, July 15, 1834.

OBITUARY NOTICE.

WRITTEN BY REV. B. B. EDWARDS, AND PUBLISHED IN THE BOSTON RECORDER.

Died at Braintree, Mass. on Thursday morning, July 10, MRS. HARRIET
STORRS, wife of the Rev. Richard S. Storrs, in the 48th year of her age.
She was a daughter of the late Mr. Samuel Moore of Charlestown. Her mind
was first deeply convinced of the importance of personal piety in
listening to the sermons of the Rev. Dr. Griffin then minister of the
Park street church. She became a member of the Old South church, when
the Rev. Joshua Huntington was its pastor. The depth of the loss
sustained by her friends and by the church of Christ, cannot easily be
estimated. In her character was that rare union of lovely natural
qualities with intelligent, elevated piety, which sweetens domestic
life; throws such charms over the intercourse of friendship as all
persons can feel but none describe; and which exhibits in a most
striking manner what that state was from which man fell, and to which
the grace of the Holy Spirit can restore him. The path of her life was
covered over with evidences of her kindness. Every where she lived for
the happiness of those around her. Her benign inquiries, her cheerful
footsteps, her sweet smiles, the same in joy and grief, those mysterious
lines on the countenance, which almost ally the sympathies of humanity
to the purity of angels, seemed to say to all whom she met, that she was
their servant for Jesus's sake. She was truly the light and joy of her
domestic circle, shedding the calm and steady lustre of true piety; in
her humility apparently unconscious of the blessings which her presence
afforded; and always prompt to give all the glory of any goodness in
herself and others, to her Lord and Redeemer. She discharged the
interesting obligations, which devolve on the wife of a clergyman, with
singular readiness, kind feeling and success. She was aware of the
responsible and delicate nature of many of her duties, and habitually
looked for guidance to the great Head of the church. He was graciously
pleased to hear her prayers, and to bless her labors. Her name will long
be like precious balm in the hearts of multitudes, who testify, with
entire unanimity, to the value of her labors of love.

For several months past, "her soul has been full of trouble," for she
thought that God had "laid her in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the
deeps, that his wrath was lying hard upon her," "that she was cast out
of his sight, and should never again be permitted to look towards his
holy temple." "She longed for death" and it has come; and we doubt not
that her glorified spirit is in that land where the inhabitant shall not
say "I am sick," where they "hunger no more, neither thirst any more;
and where God shall wipe away tears from off all faces."

The funeral of Mrs. Storrs was attended on Friday afternoon in the
meetinghouse of the first church in Braintree. We never saw evidences of
more unaffected and heartfelt grief, than were exhibited by the large
congregation convened on this occasion. Prayers were offered by the Rev.
Messrs. Gile of Milton, and Perkins of Weymouth, two appropriate funeral
anthems were sung, and a very interesting and affecting address was
pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Codman of Dorchester.

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Transcriber's Notes

Page 7: Changed hasiened to hastened
  (how readily would they have hasiened to your relief.)

End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of An Address Delivered At The Interment
Of Mrs. Harriet Storrs, Consort Of Rev. Richard S. Storrs, Braintree, Mass. July 11, 1834., by John Codman

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SAIC Faculty and Alums Honored by 3Arts Grant Making Organization
Anna Martine Whitehead, Photo courtesy of the "Chicago Crusader"
Ten Chicago-based artists will receive $25,000 cash grants to support their work and artistic practice thanks to 3Arts, the Chicago-based nonprofit grant making organization. Among those are three School of the Art Institute of Chicago faculty and alums including Dianna Frid (BFA 1991, MFA 2003), Elgin Bokari T. Smith (BFA 2009), Contemporary Practices Assistant Professor Hương Ngô (MFA 2004), and Contemporary Practices Lecturer Anna Martine Whitehead.
"Championing Chicago artists is a privilege like no other. We are thrilled to present our awardees with opportunities that they profoundly deserve," Esther Grisham Grimm, executive director of 3Arts told the Chicago Crusader. Artists were chosen in the areas of dance, music, teaching arts, theater, and visual arts. Dianna Frid works with material, text, and textile. She also makes artist books, drawings and sculptures. Her work engages themes of time, process, and transformation. Hương Ngô is an interdisciplinary artist who creates work that reframes the hybrid and imperfect. Elgin Bokari T. Smith is an activist, illustrator, and performance artist who performs domestically and abroad. Anna Martine Whitehead writes about race, gender, and performance. Their solo performances have been presented in North America and Europe and they frequently contribute to texts on queer dance, performance, and social practice. The 11th Annual 3Arts Awards Celebration at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on November 5 will honor the 10 annual 3Arts Awards recipients along with 10 recipients of Make a Wave—an unprecedented artist-to-artist giving initiative.
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Anything But Paella
A different side of Spain.
Castile – La Mancha
Castile & León
Castles on the Costa Blanca
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There are many castles on the Costa Blanca. This is mostly thanks to the conquests and reconquests between the Moors and Christians many years ago. A new "castles route" has been developed but its information is English is far from complete. The Spanish version of the website has five different routes allowing you to discover all ONE HUNDRED castles in the region.
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High on a hill above the town of Callosa you can clearly see the remains of a castle. It is quite a trek to get up there though.
In Orihuela it is somewhat easier to find the track to the castle, but it is far from an easy climb!
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One of the rarest beetles of central Europe has returned to the reserve for large herbivores. It was released there by scientists
Scientists have introduced one of the rarest beetles of central Europe to the former Milovice military training area. The critically endangered horned dung beetle is considered extinct, for example, in the western part of the Czech Republic, and it is found in the eastern part of the country at several last sites near Mikulov close to the border with Austria.
"The horned dung beetle is a coprophagous beetle and its larvae and adults feed on dung. Historically it was found in the territory of the Czech Republic on pastures and in game parks of warm lowlands as well as in military areas," explained Lucie Ambrozova from the Institute of Entomology of the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
In 2018 the Institute of Entomology was given permission for laboratory breeding of the horned dung beetle for elementary research. The species was successfully reproduced, and the scientists released individuals unused for research in the reserve for large herbivores in the former Milovice military training area. "The conditions for selecting a suitable location included the historic presence of the species, a sufficient area of a suitable biotope, grazing with long-term good prospects and the presence of fairly numerous herds of herbivores without the use of veterinary chemicals," added Miloslav Jirku from the Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences.
In April 2020 the scientists released a total of 150 individuals of the horned dung beetle in two waves, 89 females and 61 males, in an area of about 2.3 hectares. The scientists discovered both the beetles and their holes this year as well. "The beetles found did not bear signs of wear, so we assume that these are individuals from the new generation that was born already in the reserve. For example, they did not have a worn face shield, projections on their front legs or dulled horns in males," Lucie Ambrozova added.
Nevertheless, it is not by far certain whether the rare beetles will live in the site permanently. The extreme weather of recent years creates extreme conditions for the small group of colonists. "Based on the experience from New Zealand, it may take five or more years before we are able to assess whether the new population has increased enough to be viable," emphasised Lucie Ambrozova.
It is specifically the return of animal and plant species that had become extinct in the former military training area years ago that is one of the key parts of the project of grazing of large ungulates. "Large ungulates restore a varied mosaic in the landscape that is needed by a number of endangered organisms. Moreover, it is not a one-time intervention, but the positive changes are of a long-term nature," pointed out Dalibor Dostal, director of the European Wildlife conservation organisation.
The important fact for the return of rare dung beetles is mainly that no chemicals that are currently common on pastures for farm animals are used on the pasture. "Sadly, domestic animals cannot do without antiparasitics, some of which are toxic for dung beetles and other organisms. Wild ungulates in reserves do not need such veterinary drugs. This is not only thanks to the large areas of pastures and a good immunity but also owing to the physical fitness of animals that live in natural conditions. Coprophagous, i.e. dung beetles feeding on faeces play an absolutely essential role. It is because along with faeces they also remove infectious stages of parasites from the pastures. It is natural prevention of parasitoses proven by millions of years of evolution," Miloslav Jirku concluded.
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Four Trends That Compromise Religious Liberty
Why do we need to let our voice be heard in government? To keep silent is to willfully relinquish treasured moral and religious freedoms. This is what author Trevin Wax has to say:
"Religious liberty, America's "first freedom," has fallen on hard times lately.
A few years ago, a survey showed that nearly 40 percent of Americans believed the First Amendment's protections "go too far." That number has decreased in later surveys (thankfully), but it's still a troubling sign. Meanwhile, we are seeing more and more legal battles against religious people whose convictions are not in line with the ideology of the Sexual Revolution.
What are the cultural trends leading to diminished religious liberty?
Trend #1: Religion is personal and private, not public.
More and more Americans see religion as something personal and private, a belief that you hold for therapeutic purposes. It's about feelings that are true for you, not facts that concern the whole world.
The American people have not always had this view of religion. When he was running for president in 1960, John F. Kennedy had to make a speech to assure people that his Catholicism would not negatively affect his governance. Interestingly, he had to make that speech because (1) Americans believed religion mattered for public life and (2) he needed to convince them that, in his case, his private beliefs would be innocuous. In other words, he had to make the case that religion is personal and private, precisely because so many Americans saw religion as something public.
The idea that religion is a private affair has existed for a long time, but it has become "the default position" on religion in recent years—to the point that religious people have to make a case for why religion should matter in the public square or in the realm of politics.
Over time, this trend leads to less patience with people who believe that religion affects all of their decisions. The more devout you are in public, the more strange you seem in a society where religion is pushed to periphery of private prayer or self-fulfillment.
Trend #2: Freedom of religion is narrowed to freedom of worship.
In recent years, it's been interesting to see how "freedom and worship" and "freedom of religion" are used interchangeably, as if they are the same thing. The First Amendment guarantees the "free exercise of religion" not the "freedom to worship as you please." Or, to make the point clearer, we should say freedom of worship comes under the broader umbrella of freedom of religion.
Many Americans believe that as long as churches are free to teach and preach what they want, we have freedom of religion in this country. But this diminishment of freedom to a "worship service" is very different from the freedom to live out one's religious convictions in everyday life. It walls off religion and consigns it to rituals and values that are personal and private (see Trend #1).
But Christianity is not just about one's private beliefs; it's about a way of life. It's one thing to say "Jesus is Lord of my heart" and another thing to say, "Jesus is Lord of all." Christians affirm both of those truths.
In ancient Rome, the Caesar wouldn't have cared about a messianic Jewish sect if the early Christians had merely been saying, "Jesus is my personal Savior." No, Caesar was threatened because people were "turning the world upside down" by proclaiming another king, Jesus (Acts 17). Likewise, Nebuchadnezzar wouldn't have cared if the three Jewish exiles had worshiped their own God in private. He was furious because they would not bow down to his statue.
Trend #3: Fewer people claim to be religious today.
The Pew Research data shows the rise of the Nones—the percentage of people who check "none" when asked about their religious affiliation. Many nominal Christians in the past are now unaffiliated with any religion.
Generally speaking, it's harder for nonreligious people to understand the depths of religious conviction and motivation. For example, it's usually easier for a Christian, rather than a secularist, to understand the plight of a Jewish person who will not work on the Sabbath, or a Muslim prisoner who will not shave his beard. Religious people understand these conundrums, even if they don't share the same convictions. Why? Because in the case of Islam and Judaism, we're dealing with a comprehensive worldview that affects all of life—private and public. We may not share the same worldview, but we understand that worldviews matter.
Non-religious people may have a more difficult time understanding the depth of these convictions and the sensibility of religious conscience. It's interesting to see secular journalists write about religious people as if they can "prod them along" to change deeply held beliefs about marriage, or the exclusivity of their religious truth claims, and so on.
Trend #4: The Sexual Revolution has its own vision of sin and salvation.
Finally, the Sexual Revolution is the place where so many religious liberty disputes have risen. The debates go beyond sex. They cover the basic worldview questions: "What is a human being?" "What is the purpose of sex?" "What is the end goal of humanity?" "What is the meaning of our bodies as male and female?"
The Sexual Revolutionaries offer different answers to those questions than do most religious people. For many today, traditional notions of sexual sin are not problematic, but the very notion of sin in sexuality is the sin from which we need deliverance. Repression is bad; liberation is good.
But Christianity has a different set of views and norms when it comes to channeling sexual expression in ways that maximize human flourishing. The Sexual Revolution's ideology must resist Christianity in order for all (or at least most) sexual behavior to be treated as "normal," and equally true and good.
Christians in North America will face many challenges in the future. Religious liberty debates are likely to increase as these trends accelerate. Let's not be shocked when people don't understand where we're coming from.
Instead, let's take time to back up and put these debates in context, always giving faithful witness to the gospel that never changes.
https://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/trevinwax/. Used by permission.
Trevin Wax is managing editor of The Gospel Project, a gospel-centered small group curriculum for all ages, published by LifeWay Christian Resources. A contributor to numerous publications including The Washington Post, Religion News Service, Christianity Today, and World. Trevin writes daily at Kingdom People, a blog hosted by The Gospel Coalition. Trevin is the author ofGospel-Centered Teaching: Showing Christ in All the Scripture (2013),Clear Winter Nights: A Journey into Truth, Doubt, and What Comes After (2013),Counterfeit Gospels: Rediscovering the Good News in a World of False Hope (2011),Holy Subversion: Allegiance to Christ in an Age of Rivals (2010).A former missionary to Romania, Trevin was recently named by Christianity Today as one of 33 millennials leading the next generation of evangelicalism. He lives in middle Tennessee with his wife, Corina, and their three children. Click here for audio and video from Trevin's sermons and conference talks. If you would like to subscribe to the blog, you can do so by clicking the "Subscribe in a Reader" or "By Email" in the upper right-hand corner, or through your Kindle. You can also follow Trevin on Twitter or contact him by email here.
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I'm breaking it down into three easy steps in regards to mental, physical and spiritual!
I've recently come across a fabulous group of Jesus-lovin bloggers and wanted to share with you all! It's been awesome seeing their inspiration up and down my feed and I just know they will be a blessing to yours. I'll be doing an even bigger roundup with all of my Christian influencer friends so stay tuned!
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Every woman deserves to be treated like royalty! Needless to say, I was ecstatic creating my first EVER competition, #AdornMyProm. Writing and empowering women to know their worth means a lot to me so it was important that the competition spoke to that. The seniors from my hometown wrote an essay about "What It Means To Be a Queen" and how they uplift the women around them for an opportunity for total queen treatment! Hair, makeup, nails and photography FREE.
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I have so many! But one especially vivid memory is of a bookmobile arriving at the little one-room elementary school I attended one winter. I thought the bookmobile was huge; it was probably tiny. I thought the collection was wonderful; it was probably worn and out of date.
But I understood many years later that this eight-year old discovered there a big world of places and ideas I could visit, way beyond the textbooks and memory work that passed for education at the time, in my mind. Best of all, I made the choice of what to read. A powerful experience that has stayed with me all my life.
What inspired you to start working for libraries?
Like so many colleagues, I was invited to consider librarianship as a career by a supervisor in my first library job. I was, of course, shelving books at the time!
Too many impacts to list! Here's one: at times of great stress and turmoil, I've been able to "go deep" through reading, refresh my perspective, and renew my courage.
I think I'd be a travel guide.
I can live out of a small suitcase for weeks, and once lived out of a small backpack for over a month. I can't believe the volume of baggage people drag with them into airports.
With the librarians at Wilfrid Laurier University, we developed a "virtual university library" at Brantford Public Library for their new Brantford Campus. It helped to make an important new university campus begin and thrive – a major social, cultural, and economic initiative for the city.
If you could say one thing to all of Ontario's school library staff, what would it be?
Develop collaborative, trusting, and credible connections with your fellow teachers and your principal, always focusing on the big picture in your school and formulating your library's message in terms of what they need and value.
They'll equip themselves to be effective, inspired, and strategic advocates. And they'll have fun.


I'm an ex-teacher. I'm also a mother who travels frequently with her kids. Both lives have taught me that school offers a limited textbook view of the world, something kids struggle to connect with. Their inner yearnings and imaginations are drawn to the window, silently begging for the teacher to stop telling them about life and let them live it instead.
I'm 42 and feel I've only just learned about dinosaurs, volcanoes and Australian folklore with our recent family trip to Outback Queensland. I read about them in primary school, but the connection wasn't there. My dreaming was.
Here's why I think you should travel to Outback Queensland with your kids for a rich and connected learning experience.
Take away the gadgets, the routines, the hectic schedules and extracurricular activities and what are you left with? To begin with, boredom. It will be your child's first resounding cry until they figure it out – I have a choice: boredom or find a way to entertain myself.
Take a family trip to the Outback and they'll soon experience what it was like for us as kids, pre-WiFi.
Experiencing the openness of the Outback gives them space to breathe, to hear the sound of the ground crunching under their feet, to tune into the soft breeze rustling the weedy bushes, to feel the sun warming their skin, to follow the path of bounding kangaroos and erratic emus, and to just be themselves, walking freely and enjoying the present moment.
Encountering wetlands in the middle of the Outback leads them back to rolling around in the mud, kayaking and playing by the water's edge at sunset.
Long road trips lead to games and songs and family silliness.
Finding random musical instruments made from scrap metal in the middle of an outback town leads to unencumbered expression that sings more of crazy fun than perfected beats and notes.
Discovering frogs in toilets will awaken their zest and curiosity for life and gives them stories they want to share, rather than talking about their latest Minecraft invention.
Stunning sunsets lead them to a time of quiet reflection and an opportunity to slip into an awe-like state of gratitude.
We first visited the Qantas Founders Museum in Longreach in 2015. A year later when we told the girls we were returning, they recounted the previous trip remembering their favourite plane and a few interesting facts about Qantas. This mental clarity would not be present if they read about the beginnings of our Australian airline in a textbook in school.
Kalyra was disappointed to arrive in Winton and see the empty lot where the Matilda Centre stood the year before. She reminded me that it burned down and how much she had loved watching the hologram re-enactment of the poem. She understood it was about the squatter on the run who killed himself. It took me a long time at school to break down each line of the poem to understand it, in between the teacher interrupting us with notes about rhyme and rhythm.
I'd never even heard of the town of Winton, let alone know it was where Waltzing Matilda was first written and performed. On this trip, we stayed at the North Gregory Hotel and stood around the piano where it was first played and pretended to sing it. Well, we did really sing it, just not in tune.
At Undara, along the Savannah Way, we walked through lava tubes and around an old volcanic crater. In that short hour, we understood how the path of lava moulds and shapes our planet and leaves behind pockets of thriving rainforest in the middle of an arid landscape.
We stood atop the jump-off near Winton and looked out across the plains below. We allowed our imaginations to turn it into a great inland sea and tropical rainforest where dinosaurs once roamed. We didn't have to memorise names or dates or logical events. We lived it in that moment and will forever understand about dinosaurs and Australia.
To further enhance that, we stepped inside the Australian Age of Dinosaurs to hear more, but more importantly, stop and touch the bones of Matilda – a real-life dinosaur who's slowly been dug out of the fossilised ground.
The best school in the world still couldn't offer a learning experience that would compare.
My four-year-old, Savannah, told me how they are learning about space at pre-school. "Remember that we saw Jupiter, Mummy?" We revisited our experience at the Charleville Cosmos Centre, gazing through powerful telescopes to see Jupiter and her moons, the bright orange sun during the day, and the craters on the moon.
On one evening in Longreach, after our Starlight's Cruise Experience with Kinnon & Co, under the stars around a campfire and in front of a big screen by the Thomson River, we learned the story of Harry Redford – otherwise known as Captain Starlight – a hustler who stole over a thousand cattle from Bowen Downs and ran them all the way to South Australia.
It was his insistence on taking the white bull that eventually lead to his arrest.
Early the next morning, we set out for Starlight's Lookout to capture the sunrise. We took the wrong road and while we caught a spectacular sunrise regardless, we spent the morning driving around trying to find it.
We passed what we thought was the lookout (it was, we were just on the wrong side of it) and just off the side of the road was a white bull.
I loved how Kalyra connected to that story and was now living it in part. Out here, you're put inside the stories of history to experience it yourself.
They had dinner with two Indigenous boys at Bonus Downs Farmstay after watching them perform a ceremonial dance.
And they spent one evening on a working cattle station. They saw firsthand the effects of a brutal drought, but also the resilience of a people who adapt and reinvent themselves. They played at sunset by the dam with the Walker children of Camden Park Station learning about life with so much open space and a night time sky as cluttered and bright as Times Square on New Year's Eve.
I've travelled to many places with my daughters. Each experience gifts something to our lives from bonding to an educational experience. There has been no other place that's given us such rich, connected memories and an education like Outback Queensland has.
Have you travelled to Outback Queensland with your kids? We'd love to hear your experiences below.