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Purchase of Shirley Methodist Church Site 1917
Mr Salter, on behalf of the trustees of the Shirley Methodist Church, offered to pay any sum agreed upon between the official Assignee and the trustees for the site presented to the church by Mr Craddock. The trustees he said, felt in the circumstances they should do this.
The Official Assignee said he was sure that the creditors would appreciate the action of the trustees in the matter. The section was probably worth ?120 or ?150.
Mr Salter: The last Government valuation was ?80, but of course it is more than that.
The offer was accepted, the creditors expressing their extreme appreciation of the action of the trustees, and the Official Assignee being appointed to arrange matters connected with the purchase of the section by the trustees.
INFORMATION FROM MINUTES OF MEETINGS = SEE CONNEXIONAL ACHIVES
Mr John Buxton gave the section for a Church on the corner of Quinns Rd and St Albans St (now Shirley Rd). Mr Hamilton a member of the Church drew plans and the church was built for eighty pounds. Mrs Buxton was a Miss Shirley and the church was named after her. The District took its name from the church. In 1884 it was thought that the church would better serve its purpose if it was sited further east. A section on the corner of New Brighton Rd and Golf Links Rd was purchased and the church was shifted. The old site was sold for fifty pounds and the new one cost one hundred pounds. To provide for the growing congregation the church was lengthened by ten feet and a vestry was added. Another improvement was the building of a shed for the ministers horse! The total cost of removal and additions was 210 pounds. The Trustees met April 25 1884 and agreed to change the name of the church to "Windsor".
In 1916 the Trustees decided that as the church was in the centre of the Shirley District it should return to its former name. The same year it was decided to build a new church on the corner of North Parade and New Brighton Rd (Craddocks Corner) costing 1500 pounds and the foundation stone was laid Dec 14th 1918 by Mr J Rowe and Mrs Palk. The church was opened Mar 9th 1919. The section was given to the Church by Mr Craddock.
In 1924 Mr Rowe died and left money for a church tower. This money was used to build both a tower and a Church Hall and the hall was called the Rowe Memorial Hall. The Trust needed 130 pounds to furnish the new Sunday School.
The following notice appeared in the "Sun", "Star" and "Lyttelton Times" 27th Sept 1917;-
"In connection with the estate of Mr A E Craddock we are informed that the Shirley Methodist Church Trust has paid the Official Assignee for the section on the corner of New Brighton Rd and North Parade bequethed to the church by Mr Craddock." Evidently Mr Craddock was declared bankrupt and the Trustees felt morally bound to reimburse the estate. The amount paid was Government valuation plus 25%. The article thanked the Trust for its generosity
Record from From Mr John Emmett, "Waikuku Beach" Nth Canterbury.
[Probably written as a personal recollection in 1966]
Annual tea meeting so well known that the Richmond people (who were considered pretty rough types ) used to invade the premises and on several occasions the police were called to keep order. 1910, before shifting here.
Man who was a choir Master, Mr Alfred Craddock old church organist, a walking bank, plate went round, handful of cash came out, every year he bore the whole expense of the choir picnic, each member could take one other. Horse and buggy days? He gave the present section for this church. His wife, W. C. Olivers daughter, he went broke, owned place down the road, had a clearing sale, bad to do for the church. Went to jail, trustees eventually paid for the section through the bankruptcy estate.
All this other land belonged to a pig farmer, James Rowe , Church cost ?1400 contract price. Community contributed, did not include the tower, foundation put in only. Jimmy Rowe lost his wife, later went for a world tour, two single sisters in America (he) wanted them to come to NZ to keep house for him and they refused. Arrived back in Auckland, fell ill, and so annoyed with two sisters not coming he changed his will, originally at ?200 for building the tower in the new Church, but cut the two sisters out and tacked the ?2000 onto the ?200 Trustees eventually got the Courts approval to build the tower and the Rowe Memorial Hall.
Noise of trams
CHURCH SERVICES AFFECTED. A SHIRLEY COMPLAINT 1929.
A complaint, that the noise of passing trams interfered with the Sunday services at the Shirley Methodist Church was received at yesterday's meeting of the Christchurch Tramway Board. The letter stated that the tram swung round two sides of the church, at the corner of North Parade and New Brighton Road. Sometimes when a tram was passing nothing could be heard inside the church.
"I go to that church," said Mr W.J. Walter," and I know that what the letter, states is fact." "The local authorities should keep the roads in better order said Mr J.A. Flesher, the chairman of the Board."It is when grit gets into the rails that such a. noise is made." The road is bitumen said Mr Walter. Mr Flesher, "Not round, the corner" Mr Walter; It's not grit, it's something to do with the trams. "You know we had to shift the board room away from the Square side of the building on account of the noise from the trams". "I don't know that anything can be done," said the chairman.Mr E. R. McCombs: "I move that the matter be referred to the Work and Traffic Committee, with, a recommendation that the matter be given every consideration. If any of the member here were on the Hospital Board they would know what it is to have trams rattling past when a meeting is in progress. Sometimes proceedings are held up for an hour all told because no speaker could be heard".Mr Walter seconded the motion, which was carried.
The Church Organ
[This record dated from 1966]
Members of the congregation will be interested to know that, as a Church anniversary thanksgiving gesture, an appeal has been launched to raise a sum in excess of $2000 required for overhauling the organ.
It is 57 years since the instrument which came from the home of the late Mr, Joe Ballantyne in Merivale was installed in the Shirley Church,
Some years earlier 10 of the young men of the Church, most of them choir members, formed themselves into the Shirley Saxon Club for the express purpose of raising funds for the purchase of a pipe organ,
Over a period of some 13 years they organised numerous social functions, grew potatoes and tomatoes for sale in a quarter acre section in North Parade and catered suppers for the now defunct Christchurch Male Voice Choir to further their project.
When the organ became available in late 1938 the club was able to hand over to the Church Trustees the ?300 required for its purchase, whilst the latter financed the annexe to house it.
Now six of the seven surviving Saxons, together with the widows of two deceased club members, have combined to make a donation of $100 to the restoration appeal.
Their prayer is that when restored, the organ will continue to give pleasure to many and still fulfill its important place in the life and work of the Church.
Still in His service they remain: - . E. Burn, R.H. Collins, R.H. Cresswell, L.L. Cresswell, H.B. Moore, G.E. Palmer, P., A. Pashby, Mesdames W.J. Salkeld, G.H. Rogerson,
Shirley Methodist Church
Shirley Local History Fact File No. 22 [Public Library Records] Prepared in 1995
Shirley Methodist Church started in 1866 - nearly 130 years ago. During that 130 years the district has changed from a few scattered houses to a thriving suburban area.
A service of worship was held in Mr Brice's Lake Terrace Road home and this service was the first recorded Methodist activity in the Shirley district. (Lake Terrace Road then, was the main road to Brighton).
Well known Shirley resident Mrs John Buxton requested on her death bed that her son should give a piece of land so that a church could be built. Mr Buxton did this and the land given was on the corner of St Albans Road, now known as Quinns Road. Mr Hamilton, a member of the church drew up the plans, and Mr Allen was the contractor. As soon as the building of the church got underway, the question of its name arose. Mrs John Buxton had been a Miss Shirley, and it was considered fitting that her dying request should be honoured by calling the church after her maiden name. The district took its name from the church at its centre.
The opening of the church took the form of a huge tea meeting held on Good Friday, 10 April 1868. It is recorded that in 1869 a Sunday School commenced with 10 members.
During the 1860's and 1870's the district of Shirley was growing and by the 1880's the population in the vicinity of the church had increased to such an extent that the need was seen for a larger church, and in 1884 it was felt that the church would better serve its purpose if it was a little further east, and so it was decided to move to the northeast comer of Golf Links and New Brighton Roads. The old site was sold for ? 50 and the new one purchased for ? 100 from Mr McGill. At a meeting of the Church Trustees held on 25 April 1884, a resolution was adopted "agreeing to an alteration of name, and that for the future the church be called Windsor".
In 1915 the Church Trustees obtained a valuable section on the southeast corner of New Brighton Road and North Parade, A new Church was proposed for the new site as the old church had become too small and needed extensive renovations. In 1916 another Trust meeting resolved "that as the Church stood in the centre of the Shirley district, and was half a mile from the nearest point of Windsor, it should return to its former honourable name - Shirley ..." The foundation stone for the new church was laid on 14 December 1918. The opening of the church was held on 9 March 1919 and the church soon became the centre of much activity,
The Trustees in March 1923 decided to raise funds to build a new Sunday School at the rear of the Church. In 1924 Mr Rowe, one of the oldest members of the church, died leaving a legacy for the building of a church tower. A Supreme Court decision permitted the building of a tower AND a Sunday School. The Sunday School was opened on 3 June 1928 and was named the Rowe Memorial Hall.
The Shirley Saxon Club presented the church with a pipe organ in 1938. The Saxon Club consisted of a group of young men from the church who worked for 13 years to raise the money for the organ, In the process, these young men gained some notoriety because they indulged in dancing, which at that time was not countenanced by the Methodist Church.
James Rowe 1845 - 1923
Early Shirley Resident
Christchurch City Libraries Local history fact file no 7
James Rowe, farmer and miller, was born in Helston, Cornwall in 1845. He arrived in New Zealand in 1874 on the Isles of the South
at the age of 29. Having disembarked in Lyttelton with his wife, James opened a grocery store in Christchurch on the corner of
Madras and Peterborough Streets, a business he operated for 23 years.
Four years after arriving in the colony he purchased 11 acres of land at Shirley, moved into the area, and began breeding pigs and
in the process became known as 'Piggy Rowe'
New Brighton Road in the north and Coopers Road in the south were the boundaries to the 11 acres. He called his homestead
Windsor Park and it still stands today in Ajax Street. It is thought that the Rowe homestead's name is how the area Windsor came
about. Some said it was through the Royal family but the dates do not match, as the area Windsor existed long before the Royal
Windsor came into being.
James devoted his attention to pig breeding and developed a stud of note. He farmed purebred Berkshires and Yorkshires, importing from the best English strains. He became so successful with breeding That he carried off most championships and principal prizes throughout New Zealand and Australia. Locally he won the President's Cup from the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association.
James had a substantial involvement in local government. In 1899 he was selected for the city council for the North-East Ward and served for three years. Time was also served on the Avon Roads Board, New Brighton Borough Council and the Waimairi County Council. Not only did he involve himself in local body affairs, but he was also a founding member of the new Methodist Church in Shirley to which he donated a new Sunday School building in 1928. He was also involved with the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association.
James Rowe developed pneumonia after surgery and it proved to be fatal. He died in 1923, his wife having predeceased him in 1916. They left no family. James rests in the Linwood Cemetery. Rowe Place in Shirley bears his name.
Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Vol3 Canterbury: industrial, descriptive, historical, biographical facts, figures, and illustrations. Cyclopedia
Co. Wellington, New Zealand 1897-1908
The Press, Mr James Rowe. 17 December 1923, pgl4
Walsh, George. Richmond: a regional history. G. Walsh, Christchurch 1973
Additional Note: James Rowe was a member of Shirley Methodist Church. he originally owned the block of land alongside the present Church site. He left a legacy to the church and the hall and church tower were built. The hall is called the Rowe Memorial Hall.
Shirley Methodist Choir - Notes taken from Minute Book.
On February 28th 1935, it was decided that each member should pay one penny per week towards choir funds. The collectors to be Misses W. Southern and J. Palk. A fine of one penny is to be imposed on all members absent. An apology is to be sent in by any member who intends to be absent from practice. After considerable discussion re the Sunday collection, it was decided to have the plate passed around the choir when the notices were being read out and then handed to the steward when he came to the front with the other plate.
12th March 1936, Mr N. J Salkeld had accepted the position of organist to St Peter's Woolston. The new methodist hymn book was in use with a request for the Trustees to purchase six copies for the choir.
March 15th 1938. Members annual subscription to be five shillings. The new organ fund was 10-0-5d. Mr Marks urged members to do their best to collect subscriptions for the fund, and promised that if any member collected 2 pounds within two weeks of the meeting he would subsidise the amount by one pound
March 28th 1940. The formation of a junior choir was discussed, but was left in abeyance in the meantime.
May 12th 1948. It was with deep regret that we learned of the retirement of our organist and choirmaster for the last 25 years. A letter of appreciation signed by all present members of the choir was forwarded to Mr Marks expressing their sincere thanks for the untiring consistent devotion in the training and presentation of church music.
With the appointment of Mrs. Coomber as organist and Mr Salkeld as choirmaster we look forward to another successful year.
May 12th 1949. The suggestion was made that there be no choir practice on wet evenings.
August 2nd 1951 The junior choir was discussed again. It would sing in the mornings and the senior choir at the evening service.
April 6th 1961. Choir rules: These were read and the rule as to the wearing of hats was discussed at length. A minority considering the wearing of hats not necessary.
February 22nd 1968. A motion that the choir go into recess except for the month before Easter and Christmas was defeated.
April 16th 1970 Choir to make a special effort to educate the congregation into learning and becoming familiar with new hymns.
March 4th 1971. Hats again, but this time it was decided women had free-will to decide if they would wear a hat.
March 28th 1974. Discussion on the choir still being worthwhile at the evening services, when such small congregations. It was decided to keep on singing at alternate services.
May 1st 1975. it was decided on a two month trial to sing at the morning service only
December 1981. Mr Eric Macfarlane announced his retirement as choirmaster. A presentation was made to him. He had not been replaced in 1982 and congregation members now sat in the choir seats. The final brief note in the minute book is dated 1982 where Mr Macfarlane conducted a choir for Christmas.
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In the early twentieth century, the emerging industry introduced in every sector of mechanization processes, to reduce the workforce. Since then appeared the cane woven by the meter on the market. The chairs that exhibit this type of stuffing, however, have the particular characteristics that allow the laying. And 'therefore impossible to use the woven cane per meter, to restore the old sessions.
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The Macron Invasion
The Year was 2016. Bolton Wanderers was a mid-table championship side led by the formidable Neil Lennon. During an encounter with Blackburn Rovers one regular Saturday afternoon, a ball of light suddenly encased the macron stadium, just as Bolton had scored their 16th goal of the first half. A blue beam shone down on the centre circle and figures seemed to be travelling down them onto the pitch.
There they were, 18 life forms from another planet, each standing at about 9 feet tall. One of them began to speak in perfect English.
"We have come to face the greatest team in the world at your international sport of football. IF we win, we get to plunder your planet for all the resources it has available. If you win we will leave in peace and never return!"
Jordan Rhodes stepped forward, "well can we at least play you at Ewood then?", He got vaporised.
The team they had come to play was the mighty whites of Bolton Wanderers. For years on their planet they have watched Greats like Eddie Hopkins, Nat Lofthouse, Sam Allardyce, Frank Worthington, Jay Jay Okocha, Youri, Stelios, Campo and more in complete awe. They told the 28,000 strong crowd how the equivalent of their town hall was a like for like replica of the Macron. Weird eh!
Bolton Wanderers had 2 weeks to assemble a team of the aliens choosing and get them ready for a game that the fate of planet earth depended on.
They had 18 names wrote down on a sheet, and the rules would be as standard as a normal league game. The players they wanted to face were;
Jussi, Brannigan, Hunt, Green, Allardyce, Gudni, Cahill, Philips, Gardner, Lee, Thompson, Frandsen, Campo, Hierro, Jay Jay, Youri, Kevin Davies and Zach Clough.
Neil Lennon stepped forward, "the majority of these are retired, and there is only young Zach and maybe a couple of others still playing!"
"This is the team we want to play against and this is the team we will play against! Two weeks from today, at 3pm, the fate of your planet rests in these men's feet!", And with that they were off.
After everyone had stopped gawping into space in complete and utter amazement at what had just happened, Neil went straight to his office on got on the blower to round up the team the Aliens has requested.
The very next day the hoping to be heroes arrived at the macron still completely in disbelief at the task ahead of them. Training was fierce and relentless. It had to be. Campo was spraying passes left, right and centre. Jay Jay was hitting shots in the top corner from 40 yards out. Allardyce was kicking Liam Trotter 30 feet in the air every time he got the ball! (The regular Bolton squad was used as a team to train and play against, they lost every practice match!)
The big day had come. All the seats had been taken out of the Macron so it was standing room only. 100,000 people filled the macron and billions watched at home on Sky Sports 1. (The match ball sponsor was franking sense, just so you know!).
Bolton dressed in traditional white shirts with blue shorts and socks, while the aliens where dressed in green, the same colour as their skin!
Bolton Lined up with Jussi in goal, Nicky Hunt at RB, Gudni and Allardyce at CB, Gardner at LB, Lee on the right of Midfield, Tommo on the Left, Campo and Jay Jay in the Centre, with young Zach Clough and Super Kevin Davies playing up top.
The Aliens Lined up as Alien 1 in Goal, Alien 2 at right back, Alien 3 and 4 at Centre Back, Alien 5 at, well you get the picture, they was also lining up in a 4-4-2.
Now bear in mind, the Aliens were a good 2 to 3 feet taller than all of our players, yet from kick off the ball was played back to Campo who played an inch perfect long ball up front and Davies out jumped Alien 3 to flick on for Young Zach Clough. Clough weaved in and out of the aliens almost twice his size and managed to find Jay Jay, who, with the outside of his boot curled an effort right towards the top corner.
Against any other team on any other day that would have seen the mighty whites in the lead. Instead, their keeper with no effort what so ever, just plucked it out of the air.
The rest of the first half the aliens dominated. Shoving players to the ground, sliding in three footed (I forgot to mention they had three legs didn't I!) and peppering Bolton's goal with shot after shot after shot. The half time whistle came and Bolton was behind by three goals to nil.
Neil got them in the dressing room and began to give his half time team talk.
"They are bigger than us, they are winning, but they learnt the game from watching greats like all of you, it's time to show them and the world just how great this football club really is. Go out there now and show them why thousands upon thousands of people used to walk down the manny to see the Burnden Aces!"
All fired up and ready to go the team came out for the second half.
Clough was replaced by Youri and Cahill came on for Allardyce, and the second half was under way.
Youri immediately latched on to a long ball from hunt on the right side and with a superb overhead kick brought Bolton back in the game. Bolton really started to dominate and fight back for the sake of the entire world. Ten Minutes later Thompson took a corner which found its way to lee on the other side, he played in towards cahill, but it was headed clear by Alien 8. Gudni picked it up just outside the box and chipped it back in for it to be met by Super Kev who headed the ball home to make it 3-2 to the aliens.
Nicky Hunt, 5 minutes later, went on a hazy run from the edge of his box, to the edge of theirs. He laid it back to Jay Jay, who this time hit it so hard the leather almost came off the ball, and it flew into the top right hand corner to make it 3 all.
There were still 15 minutes to play and the aliens really pressed forward. Jussi was full stretch about 30 times over the next 15 minutes to deny the visitors, but as Bolton tried to get forward on a breakaway, Jay Jay, so good they named him twice, got brought down from behind 25 yards outside the visiting alien's goal. It was game over for poor Jay Jay. Neil wanted Zach to go back on, but he wasn't sure he was up to it, this would be the last kick of the game and the aliens hadn't said what would happen if there was a draw. Neil told young Zach, "This is your time Zach, the fate of the world rests in your hands, forget being a young Messi……..he's an older Zach Clough!"
With that Zach stepped out onto the pitch again. The crowd was deathly silent, so much so you would have thought the entire world was holding its breath, which unbeknownst to the players it actually was.
The referee, Howard Webb, told Zach this would be the last kick of the game. Zach stood there, nervous, waiting for the 9 man wide 9 feet tall wall to assemble itself. The ref blew his whistle, and with what seemed like the longest ever run up to the ball, Zach hit it with all his might. The world stood still. The ball looped and swooped around the wall in slow motion. Alien 1 was at full stretch diving towards the top left hand corner of his goal in the same direction the ball was heading. Suddenly an enormous road filled the Macron Stadium. Streets all over the world where filled with people singing "we're the one and only wanderers!" Zach's shot had ripped the back of the net. The keeper couldn't get quite close enough and Bolton Wanderers had saved the world!
The aliens, true to their word, boarded their ship and left the macron, never to bother earth again but only after getting a signed shirt each and some pasties to take back home with them.
As for Bolton, they went on to get promoted that season, with some familiar faces from years gone by once again gracing the shirt.
Author: y2johnny
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"bring back the spectre of world war which the deterrent is holding back".
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Mgr Kent replied in brisk, urgent terms. If Group Captain Cheshire sounded like a man who had already seen the apocalypse, Mgr Kent looked like one caught in the calm eye of the storm, anxiously predicting worse to come.


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Q: Find name of app FlashBuilder Flex
In my reboot code, I have the following line:
var file:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("app:/playerAir.exe");

It works as long as the app's name doesn't change
I want an automated way to find this app's name to change that "playerAir".
The reasons:
If I change the name, I have to change it in the reboot function too
If a client has more than one versions of the file (playerAir.exe, playerAir1.exe, playerAir2.exe) then it'll launch the wrong one.
How could I make it so it changes accordingly to the name the app has?

A: You should be able to determine the application name with the url property of the stage's loaderinfo object.
This will point to the swf file being run, which by default will be the same name as the executable.
So, if you know your app has an extension of .exe, this would likely work:
var path:String = stage.loaderInfo.url.replace(".swf",".exe");
var file:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath(path);

If you are running a multi-platform app, you could walk the application directory looking for the appropriate application extension:
//get the swf path minus the 'swf'
var swf:String = stage.loaderInfo.url.substring(0,stage.loaderInfo.url.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);

//get all the files in the application directory
var d = File.applicationDirectory.getDirectoryListing();

//find your executable (this is just a sample of how to do this, ideally you'd have a compile time constant to indicate the extension of your current build)
var exe:String;
for each(var f:File in d){
    if(f.url.indexOf(swf) === 0 && (f.url.indexOf(".dmg") > -1 || f.url.indexOf(".app") > -1 || f.url.indexOf(".exe") > -1)){
        exe = f.url; //found the executable path
        break; //stop the loop
    }
}

A: The code of the reboot function is as follows:
public function Reboot():void                                                                   ///
        {                                                                                ///
            var nativeProcessStartupInfo:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo();     ///
            var app:WindowedApplication=WindowedApplication(FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication);           ///
            var swf:String=stage.loaderInfo.url.substring(0,stage.loaderInfo.url.lastIndexOf("/")+1);   ///get swf's path (- *name*.swf)
            swf=swf+app.applicationID;                                                                  ///adds applicationID after the path. ex: app:/ -> becomes -> app:/m7tvPlayerAir
            var d:Array = File.applicationDirectory.getDirectoryListing();                              ///get all files in the directory
            var exe:String;                                                                             ///the executable (.exe, .app, .dmg) (multiplatform)
            for each(var f:File in d){                                                                  ///checks all files in the directory
                if(f.url.indexOf(swf)==0 && (f.url.indexOf(".dmg") > -1 || f.url.indexOf(".app") > -1 || f.url.indexOf(".exe") > -1)){///if any of them has the same directory and name, and has 1 of the extensions
                    exe=f.url;                                                                          ///found the executable
                    break;                                                                              ///stops the loop
                }///end If
            }///end for
            trace(exe);                                                                                ///
            if(exe==null){                                                                              ///will just close the application if it doesn't find the file
                (FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication).exit();                                               ///
            }else{                                                                                ///if it did find a file
                var file:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath(exe);                             ///
                nativeProcessStartupInfo.executable = file;                                             ///
                nativeProcessStartupInfo.workingDirectory = File.documentsDirectory;                    ///
                var process:NativeProcess = new NativeProcess();                                        ///
                (FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication).exit();                                               ///
                process.start(nativeProcessStartupInfo);                                                ///
            }///end else
        }///end function

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Q: Find $\lim_{n \to \infty} \sum^n_{k=1} {{(n+1)^k} \over {n^{k+1}}}$ using Riemann sums Find$$\lim_{n \to \infty} \sum^n_{k=1} {{(n+1)^k} \over {n^{k+1}}}$$using Riemann sums.
I have: $$\lim_{n \to \infty} \sum^n_{k=1} {{(n+1)^k} \over {n^{k+1}}} = \lim_{n \to \infty} \sum^n_{k=1} (1 + {1 \over n})^k {1 \over n}$$
Now I need to define a function for using Riemann sums, but I don't really see what it should be.

A: Note that $$\sum_{k=1}^n \left(1+\dfrac1n\right)^k$$ is a geometric sum. And recall that
$$\sum_{k=1}^n x^k = x \cdot \dfrac{x^n-1}{x-1}$$
Hence, we have
$$\dfrac1n\sum_{k=1}^n \left(1+\dfrac1n\right)^k = \dfrac1n\left(1+\dfrac1n\right) \cdot \dfrac{(1+1/n)^n-1}{1/n} = \dfrac{n+1}n \cdot \left((1+1/n)^n-1\right)$$
Taking the limit as $n \to \infty$, gives us $e-1$.

A: $$\begin{eqnarray*}\frac{1}{n}\sum_{k=1}^{n}\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^k &=& \frac{1}{n}\sum_{k=1}^{n}\exp\left(k\log\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)\right)\\&=&\frac{1}{n}\sum_{k=1}^{n}\exp\left(\frac{k}{n}\left(1+O(1/n)\right)\right)\\&\to&\int_{0}^{1}e^{x}\,dx=\color{red}{e-1}.\end{eqnarray*}$$

A: If $0<x<1$ then
$$
1+k\,x<(1+x)^k<1+(k+1)\,x,\quad k\in\mathbb{N}.
$$
The first inequality is obvious by the binomial theorem, while the second one is easily proved by induction false (see Winther's comment.) Then
$$
\Bigl(1+\frac1n\Bigr)^k=1+\frac{x_{k,n}}{n},\quad k<x_{k,n}[<k+1\text{ this is false }]
$$


Use No. 46, 8, 9, with the AH, A, E. No. 46 will serve to "RECITE" the various syllables.
You will readily see that you can invent other syllables which will give you added practise in pronouncing.
The use of the mouth is of the utmost importance in these exercises. The average shape of the mouth will be a slight smile, showing the upper teeth slightly, but not showing the lower teeth. Do not grin, do not snarl, do not pout with the lips. AH, A, EE belong to the same "family" of vowels, the one runs easily into the other, the mouth closing slightly for the EE. The mouth changes inside for the OH, and the lips round slightly for the OO (U). Avoid singing AW very much for some time. It is dark and guttural and is not a good medium for practise except in some few extreme cases of high larynx and tight throat. Even then it is not always productive of good.
MAH, MA, MEE, MOH, MOO.
NAH, NA, NEE, NOH, NOO.
LAH, LAY, LEE, LOH, LOO.
DAH, DAY, DEE, DOH, DOO.
BAH, BAY, BEE, BOH, BOO.
RAH, RAY, REE, ROH, ROO.
CRAH, CRAY, CREE, CROH, CROO.
BRAH, BRAY, BREE, BROH, BROO.
Do not lose position too much in singing OH and OO.
Now sing other combinations which demand other changes from one vowel to another.


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Q: Deriving inequality from a Lyapunov test of $x' = -x + y^3, \space y' = -y + ax^3$ Exercise :

Consider the dynamical system :
  $$x' = -x +y^3$$
  $$y' = -y+ax^3$$
  with $(x,y) \in \mathbb R^2$. Find the stationary point of the system and study their stability for every value of $a$. Show that if $a=1$ and $V(x,y) \leq R$, where $R>0$ is a constant and $V(x,y) = \frac{1}{2}x^2 + \frac{1}{2}y^2$, then the derivative $V'(x,y)$ along the solutions of the dynamical system, satisfies the inequality $V'(x,y) \leq -2(1-R)V(x,y)$ and finally, estimate a stability area of $(0,0)$ for the case of $a=1$ using the Lyapunov Functional given.

Attempt / Question :
For the first part, I've elaborated a complete solution, as one can easily find the stationary points from solving the system :
$$\begin{cases} -x+y^3 \space\space=0\\ -y + ax^3=0\end{cases}$$
which yields $3$ different stationary points $(x,y)$.
For the stability and the kind of the stationary points, it's enough to find the eigenvalues for each stationary point for the linearisation matrix (jacobian), which is :
$$J(x,y) = \begin{bmatrix} -1 & 3y^2 \\ 3ax^2 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$$
For the part of the question in which I have an issue now, regarding the next segment of the problem :
The functional derivative, is given as :
$$\dot{V}(x,y) = \nabla V(x)f(x,y) = V_xf_x + V_yf_y = 2x(-x+y^3)+2y(-y+x^3) $$
$$\Leftrightarrow$$
$$\dot{V}(x,y) = -2x^2 + 2xy^3 - 2y^2 + 2yx^3$$
$$\Leftrightarrow$$
$$\dot{V}(x,y) = -2x^2 - 2y^2 + 2xy(y^2 + x^2)=-4V(x,y) + 4xyV(x,y)= 4V(x,y)(xy-1)$$

From this point on though, how would one proceed to show the inequality asked ?
  $$\dot{V}(x,y) \leq -2(1-R)V(x,y)$$

For the final part, I guess you just want to set a domain for the constant $R$ such that the functional is negative, but correct me if I'm wrong.

A: If the Lyapunov function is as in the citation ($V=\frac12 x^2+\frac12 y^2$, not $x^2+y^2$), then the derivative is
$$
\dot V=x(-x+y^3)+y(-y+x^3)=-x^2-y^2+xy(x^2+y^2)
$$
$$
=(x^2+y^2)(xy-1)=2(xy-1)V;
$$
but
$$\left(x-y\right)^2=x^2-2xy+y^2\ge0\;\Rightarrow \; xy\le \frac{x^2+y^2}2=V\le R;$$
finally,
$$
\dot V\le 2(R-1)V=-2(1-R)V.
$$
The estimation of the domain of attraction can be taken as the level set
$$
\Omega=\left\{ (x,y)\in\mathbb R^2:\; V(x,y)= \frac12(x^2+y^2)<1  \right\}
$$
(please notice the strict inequality, we need to exclude the equilibrium points $(-1,-1)$ and $(1,1)$ from the set). Indeed, for any $(x,y)\in \Omega$ we have
$\dot V< 0$, except for the origin, thus, we can replicate the proof of the Lyapunov's asymptotic stability theorem to show that any solution starting in $\Omega$ tends to zero at $t\to+\infty$.


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Hubble captures a spectacular time-lapse of a supernova explosion
By Georgina Torbet	 October 4, 2020
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a time-lapse of a supernova in the spiral galaxy NGC 2525, showing the epic explosion and aftermath of a white dwarf slurping up material from a companion star and detonating in a thermonuclear blast.
The supernova is called SN2018gv and was first identified in January 2018. The next month, Hubble began observing it, watching as it dimmed over time. The data Hubble recorded was used to create the time-lapse in the video at the top of this page, showing how the brightness changed with time.
"No Earthly fireworks display can compete with this supernova, captured in its fading glory by the Hubble Space Telescope," said lead researcher and Nobel Laureate Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and Johns Hopkins University in a statement.
The supernova is also shown in a Hubble image, where it shines brightly in the left part of the frame. It is located 70 million light-years away, in the constellation of Puppis in the southern hemisphere.
Pictured here is part of the captivating galaxy NGC 2525. Located nearly 70 million light-years from Earth, this galaxy is part of the constellation of Puppis in the southern hemisphere. On the left, a brilliant supernova is clearly visible in the image. The supernova is formally known as SN2018gv and was first spotted in mid-January 2018. Supernovae like this one can be used as cosmic tape measures, allowing astronomers to calculate the distance to their galaxies. ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess and the SH0ES team Acknowledgment: Mahdi Zamani
The way in which the brightness of a supernova fades over time is important as Type Ia supernovas, like this one, are used as mile markers in space. The vast majority of Type Ia supernovas give off light of a fixed brightness which fades in a predictable way, meaning astronomers can observe them and calculate how far away they are. These distance measurements can then be used to calculate the expansion of the universe, which has implications for the study of dark energy.
However, recently a Type Ia supernova was discovered which had an unusual brightness curve, increasing in brightness more slowly than others of the same type. The researchers are concerned that supernovae like this unusual one could be contaminating data used to measure the expansion of the universe. To account for this, we need to study more Type Ia supernovas and understand the variations that may be out there.
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How intestinal cells renew themselves – the role of Klumpfuss in cell differentiation
Oct 21, 2019 Press Releases Research
Stem cells are essential for homeostasis and cell renewal in organs like skin, lung or intestine. During the course of life, their function decreases steadily, making this decline a main factor for the development of age-associated diseases. Researchers of the Leibniz Institute on Aging in Jena, Germany, and their colleagues of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, USA, investigated the mechanisms of intestinal cell renewal in the model organism Drosophila. Their results show that the transcription factor Klumpfuss plays a key role in this process by precisely regulating the differentiation of cell types in the fly intestine.
Jena. Stem cells react to tissue damage with an increase in their proliferation rate, leading to the production of new differentiated cells. Balance between cell loss and cell renewal through strict control of stem cell division guarantees the maintenance of organ size and function. Precise control of differentiation in adult stem cell lines is important for the development and maintenance of tissue homeostasis. Stem cell dysfunction can disturb this process, which can lead to tissue degeneration and cancer.
The researchers studied the differentiation of adult stem cells during tissue homeostasis in the midgut of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) because it bears many similarities with the human gastrointestinal tract in both structure and function. Injuries or infections lead to damage of the intestinal mucosa, which results in an increase in proliferation and differentiation of the intestinal stem cells (ISCs) to replace damaged cells and restore homeostasis. Disruption of normal cell differentiation leads to impairment of intestinal function, as can be observed in the aging intestine. How cell differentiation is exactly regulated has not been known yet.
Researchers of the Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena, Germany, together with colleagues of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, USA, have identified a novel player in the regulation of cell renewal and differentiation in the midgut of the model organism Drosophila. "With its stem cells, the intestine is able to regenerate itself continuously and to ensure the function and integrity of the tissue during the lifespan of an organism", says Dr. Jerome Korzelius, first author of the study published in Nature Communications.
Asymmetric cell division of intestinal stem cells
Asymmetric division of ISCs is crucial for the process of cell renewal. An ISC renews by dividing into another stem cell and an enteroblast (EB) daughter cell. This daughter cell can then differentiate into two different types of differentiated cells depending on signaling cues: absorptive enterocytes (EC), cells that take up nutrients and are responsible for immune defense or enteroendocrine cells (EE) that produce gastrointestinal hormones. Recent work has shown that lineage choice in these EB daughter cells is likely more complex than previously thought.
Transcription factor Klumpfuss as regulator
The researchers discovered that the transcription factor Klumpfuss (Klu), which is related to the mammalian tumor-suppressor gene "Wilms' Tumor 1" (WT1), plays an important role in the adult Drosophila midgut for the lineage choice of EBs. "We found Klu to be expressed specifically in EBs to regulate cellular differentiation towards the enterocyte lineage", tells Dr. Korzelius, who is currently working at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne, Germany. Klu suppresses the differentiation of enteroendocrine cells from EBs by downregulating genes necessary for EE differentiation. Therefore, a loss of Klu in the enteroblasts leads to differentiation of EBs in EE cells.
Interplay with Notch signaling
Furthermore, the researchers found that Klu and Notch signaling together play a role in ISC division and differentiation. ISCs produce the Notch-ligand Delta and activate Notch in the enteroblast daughter cell, the precursor of mature enterocytes. Loss of Notch in ISC lineages leads to the development of tumors, likely because of impaired EB differentiation that leads to an increased frequency of symmetric divisions and excess EE differentiation. During EB differentiation, the transcription factor Klu acts to control Notch target gene expression. This control of Notch target genes by Klu adds another layer of regulation to this complex pathway, which is also important in many diseases in humans.
"Our results give a mechanistic insight into how cell differentiation in the Drosophila intestine is regulated", summarizes Dr. Heinrich Jasper, senior author of the study. These are important insights into the control mechanisms of tissue regeneration that are also relevant for mammals, including humans.
The WT1-like transcription factor Klumpfuss maintains lineage commitment of enterocyte progenitors in the Drosophila intestine. Korzelius J, Azami S, Ronnen-Oron T, Koch P, Baldauf M, Meier E, Rodriguez-Fernandez IA, Groth M, Sousa-Victor P, Jasper H. Nat Commun. 2019 10(1), 4123. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12003-0.
Magdalena Voll
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Schematic representation of the cell differentiation of adult stem cells in the intestine of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). The transcription factor Klumpfuss (Klu) together with Notch signaling regulates cell differentiation and precisely controls cell specification in enterocytes (ECs) or enteroendocrine cells (EEs). (Graphic: Magdalena Voll / FLI)
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Q: Cannot click on an element I have an element that I have tried every known way to click on here are a few:
var areaMap = $('[data-bind="click: campusMap"]');
var areaMap = browser.driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div.campus-map.panel > div.panel-footer > button.btn.btn-browse")).click();
var areaMap = element(by.cssContainingText('button.btn', "View Area Map"));

//and this way too

browser.executeScript('arguments[0].click()', areaMap.getWebElement());
browser.actions().mouseMove(areaMap).click().perform();

I have no idea how to make this element interact-able.
The HTML looks like this:

Area Map

A: Your example code has elements that do not exist in your html example... so I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to click on. But assuming it's the first div, and assuming it's visible, this selector should work:
var areaMap = $('div.campus-map.panel');
or if that's NOT visible, perhaps this (since title should be visible):
var areaMap = $('div.campus-map.panel div.title');
Or with text:
var areaMap = element(by.cssContainingText('div.title', "Area Map"));


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-The bus driver took a wrong turn. This is a first and a surprise. Damn WMATA!
-There is no a/c on my train...wtf??? Is this a dumb attempt at cost cutting, wmata??
-Major foggy bottom escalator issues, again. Wmata should discount all fares in/out of station when this happens. Motivation for repair?
-Is WMATA on Twitter? If so, listen up. Fix the friggin Foggy Bottom escalators! And thanks for all those fare hikes. Def. worth it!
-Midday maintenance and shared track resulting in 30 minute @wmata delay, also not cool.
* These are WMATA's own Tweets. Apparently they don't realize there's a character limit.
-If you're interested in the chat Metro held today with GM John Catoe, PR chief Lisa Farbstein will have to do. Mr. Catoe could not make it. We wish the reason had been because he was stuck on Metro, but alas, he had jury duty.
-How to get to the Nationals games (as if you'd want to) on Metro. Walking from Capitol South might make more sense for Orange/Blue line riders.
Did you just take the bad ones?
No, that was just one page of any relevant mention of WMATA.


A recent on-the-water workshop provided motivation and inspiration for efforts to improve the river's water.
Green, algae covered water greeted us at the marina in Hudson, WI.
There was a stench in the air when we arrived at the marina in Hudson, Wisconsin. "That's why we're doing this workshop!" we said to one another as we boarded the Grand Duchess and looked down disapprovingly at the green, algae-slicked water in the river. For years, the stretch of the St. Croix River between Stillwater and Prescott, known as Lake St. Croix, has suffered from algal blooms that make the water smelly, keep people from enjoying fishing, swimming and boating, and in some cases, create toxic conditions that are unsafe for people and pets. The algae is fed by phosphorus, a naturally occurring element found in leaves, grass clippings, sediment and fertilizer, and due to the very large size of the St. Croix Basin – 7760 square miles drain to the river – Lake St. Croix is inundated with approximately 123 metric tons more phosphorus than it needs every year.
In the St. Croix Valley, tourism revenue, property values and quality of life are closely tied to the health of the river, and as a result, local community leaders are keenly interested in finding ways to improve water quality. Our July 17 workshop, organized by the Minnesota and Wisconsin Departments of Natural Resources, Minnesota and Wisconsin Extension, St. Croix County and the East Metro Water Resource Education Program, St. Croix River Association, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and National Park Service was the fourth "Workshop on the Water" we have held for local decision-makers in the past five years. Each time, more than 100 representatives from cities, counties and watershed management organizations have attended.
Thanks to research conducted by the St. Croix Basin Team, we know that approximately 80% of the phosphorus in the St. Croix River comes from unregulated sources, including erosion along stream banks and river bluffs and runoff from agricultural lands, small towns, and rural residential areas. In order to keep soil and nutrients on the land and out of the water, local communities, private landowners, and state agencies will have to work together to address challenges and implement projects.
After three hours of learning, we put our local decision makers to work. Folks gathered in small groups based on where they were they were from and talked to one another about recent and upcoming projects, as well as opportunities for collaboration. Ideas included working together to educate the public, revising ordinances, and reaching out to key landowners.
By the time the boat finally returned to Hudson, the sun was setting, casting a warm glow on everything it touched. As the captain eased us into the dock, community leaders gathered by the railings and gazed out over the scenic St. Croix, talking excitedly about the projects they would do together. We smiled as we said our goodbyes, and the giant orange sun tapped the top of the river. "This is why we did this workshop," we said to each other as we stepped off the boat and back onto land.
As we pulled up to the dock, a beautiful sunset reminded us why we work to protect the St. Croix.
You know Angie, I know you do excellent work and must be judicious with your commentary. But everyone should know that everyone of those problems you raised will be increased many, many times by the building of the ST. Croix Crossing and the accompanying development. Even now the native mussels that formed the larqest concentration of natural mussels on an inland lake in the country have been moved from their location for brige pilings with very dubious results. The amount of surface water that will be impacted by new buildings, road concrete, pollution from vehicles and more manicured landscapes and horrendously filthy drainage retention ponds is unfathomable. Ecologically the building of the ST. Croix Crossing is a complete disaster.


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Bert Hölldobler is a world-famous ant researcher who found out how ants communicate by means of scent. In 'Lantern Moon and Hot Ears' he shows how primary school students can become ant reseachers themselves in a playful way.
It's sticky: wallpaper paste. But what is it made of and why does it jump like a ball if you squeeze it thightly and smash it to the ground even though it is a liquid?
Sand consists of many tiny stones – grains of sand – and you can find it everywhere. But how many grains of sand are in one kilogram of sand?
Everyone who swings a pocket lamp in fast circles can oberserve this phenomenon: Even though the light of the lamp only comes from one point you can see a circular line of light. But how can that be?


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Esteve Prat de la Riba i Magarins (Castellterçol, Moianès, 1843-1898) va ésser pare d'Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarrà.

Fou un home de conviccions liberals, batlle de Castellterçol i seguidor de les opcions polítiques del liberal Sagasta.

Dins del moviment catalanista, fou subscriptor de La Renaixensa, signà el Missatge a la Reina Regent (1888) i va ésser nomenat delegat a l'Assemblea de Manresa (1892).

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Alcaldes del Moianès
Castellterçolencs
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Figure 5 The first picture a shows a lilac afterglow high above the fading light of a brilliant early fall sunset. The light at sunset is more likely to be red than sunrise because the turbulence in the atmosphere during the day can mix more particles into the atmosphere which enhance the scattering. Ask children to note the direction of the beam. As the sun begins to set, the light must travel farther through the before it gets to you. When you look at the setting sun, it's like looking directly into the beam of the flashlight, and you see the orange and red spectrum of light. In the absence of these small aerosols, the sky at sunset takes on yellow or orange hues, while increasing concentrations of small particles in the lower atmosphere further increase Rayleigh scattering to shift the hues towards the red end of the spectrum. Along the fine line between mystery and knowing is found the spiritual aspect of learning and discovering.
The beam also appears to spread out as it crosses the container. Wikimedia Commons has media related to. It's all a matter of perspective. For example, a cirrus cloud has an altitude of approximately 8km above sea level. More unusual sunrise and sunset colorations than the ones described owe their existence to various combinations of the basic scattering and absorption processes here discussed. In space, there is no air.
Light, Color and Solutions Effects of Concentration and Cell Path Length on a Solutions Absorbance To examine the relationship between color of a solution. This light can scatter to the side and remain vertically polarized, but it cannot scatter upward! Hopefully, it will also evoke a sense of wonder! Minutes later, once the rain has cleared the area, vibrant shades of red and orange overspread the scene image c. As less reaches you directly, the sun appears less bright. Blue Sky Within the visible range of light, red light waves are scattered the least by atmospheric gas molecules. As light moves through the ambiance. A prism is a specially shaped crystal. And that is enough to make a big difference as far as our human eyes are concerned.
The sun produces white light, which is made up of light of all colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. From the end, it will look orange. The atmosphere is a gaseous sea that contains a variety of types of particles; the two most common types of matter present in the atmosphere are gaseous nitrogen and oxygen. Milk contains many tiny particles of protein and fat suspended in water. During winter and spring, the days get longer and sunsets occur later every day until the day of the latest sunset, which occurs after the summer solstice.
When there are particles in the air or water, like dust, ash, , or water droplets, light is scattered by the edges of the particles. Some colors like the blue sky result from selective scattering of the colors of light by particles in the atmosphere. Air is a mixture of tiny gas molecules and small bits of solid stuff, like dust. You see the longer wavelengths, and the sky appears red, pink or orange. Within the small range of wavelengths or colors that we can see with our eyes, the shorter waves are blue and the longer ones are red.
On days when the atmosphere contains water vapor, particles of dust, and others bigger than nitrogen and oxygen, the sky appears less blue compared to clear dry days. You see the longer wavelengths, and the sky appears red, pink or orange. Refraction also affects the apparent shape of the Sun when it is very close to the horizon. Take a look at light through a prism and notice all the different colors that you can see. When the two polarizations are aligned, the beam will be bright; when they are at right angles, the beam will be dim. This reddish light combines with blue scattered light to provide a purplish hue. In this part of Lesson 2, we will focus on the interaction of sunlight with atmospheric particles to produce blue skies and red sunsets.
Red Sunset The sky around the puting Sun may take on many colourss. Since you see the bluish visible radiation from everywhere operating expense. This white light is incident towards Earth and illuminates both our outdoor world and the atmosphere that surrounds our planet. Illuminated downdraft wind shear in the eastern sky near mimic in the Some of the most varied colors at sunset can be found in the opposite or eastern sky after the has set during. Why is the Clouds White? Its width is unaltered, so the disk appears wider than it is high. What makes a red sunset? The setting Sun thus enhances the yellow, orange, and red components of the spectrum as it appears to an observer. This is why light scattered by clouds takes on the same color as the incoming light.
As already mentioned, particles in the stratosphere also can produce colorful sunrises and sunsets. How light waves get scattered depends strongly on the size of the particle compared with the wavelength of the light. Because of the extremely small size of visible light waves less than one millionth of a meter , these light waves also interact the tiny gas molecules that make up the air itself. Pollution climatology also largely explains why the deserts and tropics are noted for their twilight hues: air pollution in these regions is, by comparison, minimal. Also, storms wash a lot of the big particles out of the air.
But it is really made up of all the colors of the rainbow. This means there is more air and more scattering. This is shown in the inset at the lower-right corner of the graphic. Particles this large are not good Rayleigh scatterers as they are comparable in size to the wavelength of visible light. Wikimedia Commons has media related to. This very simple experiment shows why. More direct sunlight illuminates the brighter region close to the horizon.


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Well, I took this trip in preps for a larger one that I am planning at the end of this month, to test a new dose method based on that described by Elfstone at: http://www.
Where you make a tea and avoid any actual fungal consumption. Previously I tried a similar tech and no cigar, but this time I added lemon juice and steeped for longer (as per above). It worked BIG time. I should also say that I am hoping for some mystical or shamanistic insights via exploring this entheogen, but this trip was only bordering on such levels (I used 2 grams for the tea). However, there were some very notable things.
A few times it started to seem like it would get uncool, or negative, but then it also changed and seemed very light-hearted. When my wife came and asked if my trip was over (she is not exactly thrilled about my exploration of consciousness this way) I told her I was not sure, since I was not really sure what the hell I was doing in this life and in this reality--this cracked me up and it was hard not to laugh way out loud (needless to say she got the hint that it was NOT over yet). I would say one thing though and that is I don't like starting too late in the day, it was hard to get to sleep even when I was tired, and my sleep (as last time) seemed restless and also like my body was physically taking a bit of a beating (maybe just from lack of restful sleep). I had a great experience of looking into my own eyes while in the B-room, I felt like I was connecting to myself beyond the identity from this life only, which felt good and re-affirming, like we forget who we really are while in the thick of this life, since we do not recall the rest of our existence before or after it (depending on how you think time plays out).
Oh yea, I ate some chocolate with the dose, which may be a mild MAOI, and also I think I should have fasted a bit more that day (I had lunch and a late snack, this might make the trip more earth-plane based). I was thinking a lot about how people are so competitive, and I often feel I am a warrior trying to bring more harmony back to the earth (through advanced clean power generation technology for example in my job) but I also thought it was an irony that I felt the need to be a warrior to bring more peace about...though this seemed just one of those 'that's how it is' things.
That is about all, I will surely share my tale of the mega trip a friend and I are taking in 3 weeks, should be quite powerful.
Oh yea, I also though a lot about whether this substance is inherently good or not, but I think it depends a lot on what attitude you bring to the table yourself.
Well, happy awakening! Keep sharring your insights!!


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On May 6, 2017, the AAUS held its customary semi-annual business meeting at the ASN convention at Columbia University in New York. At the meeting, the new group of AAUS prize winners was announced.
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Hi Cathy, thank you for agreeing to this interview, especially at this busy time! Citizen: The New Story, the short story festival taking place mid-November in London, looks an absolute treat for literary lovers and anyone interested in matters of identity and belonging. What more can you tell us?
At the heart of the festival is the question, where do I belong? We have all asked that question at some time. There's something visceral and spiritual about our sense of home but where it's located can be in a multitude of places and communities. In some ways, that's the modern condition but it's as if our language hasn't caught up with these realities. As an example: I'm British born of Irish parentage with children in London and a partner in Cornwall. I'm at home everywhere from Coventry to Connemara and those landscapes inform my creative work. It feels comfortable to think that way. But in recent times, that comfort has been called into question. People are being asked to use a language that captures nothing of the nuance of how lives are really lived: we are leavers or remainers; we are pro or anti; we are citizens of everywhere or nowhere. We hate or we love. We shout but do we listen?
For over thirty years I was a journalist. I guess I still am. The urge to bear witness to the times we are in doesn't go away. I also identify with writers of fiction and poetry and, at the Word Factory, most particularly with writers of the short story. The festival is an attempt to do three things: open up conversations about issues of identity, nationality and belonging without the noise of anger and fear; bring writers together across the spectrum – from comedians and philosophers, to poets, journalists and fiction writers, to respond to these issues with honesty and imagination; to interact with others who want to join this conversation and may be caught up in terrible events, like the Grenfell Tower disaster – a real challenge to ordinary citizenship in the UK.
The loveliest part for me will be conversations and new connections that will form between people attending, participating and helping to put it together. Imaginations will be sparked and real connections made for the future. I would obviously be glad if many people attended but I will be even happier if those who come have time to pause, reflect and spend time sharing thoughts that mean something to them.
And where to begin? I am touched that residents of the Lancaster West estate where Grenfell Tower is situated disaster will be sharing their experience and work with us. I know the audiences will love two new pieces of work exclusively commissioned by the Word Factory and New Writing North from Lionel Shriver, Alexei Sayle and Ben Myers. We will also be able to enjoy new work from Maureen Freely, Ben Okri, Andrew Williams and Melissa Fu, thanks to support for the International Literature Showcase. Our English PEN event will have amazing contributions from Anthony Joseph and Preti Taneja.
Head to the Word Factory website to see full details here.
What part do you think literature has to play in these politically charged times?
Literature is an expression of our deepest feelings, imagination and empathy. To write and read is to remember and to create ideas for a new future. Literature no longer exists in an ivory tower. Those of us engaged in making work and performing it are, whether we realise it or not, cultural activists. Words make a difference. Bad words debase us. True words lift us. Word Factory is named as it is because I believe our literature is of direct use in everyday life – and I want to break down any sense of "them and us" iand embrace excellence for the many in our work and this festival. It's no coincidence that George Orwell's fiction and essays have enjoyed a recent resurgence. I recently heard the superb Marina Warner talking about making literature relevant at a lecture she gave to members of the Royal Society of Literature. She referred to Seamus Heaney who, in the context of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, talked of the importance of "the grief and not the grievance". It is the place of literature to bring that humanity into focus. It's the place of universal suffrage as a citizen – and not electioneering – to place that humanity within our politics and community.
You're the founder of the Sunday Times EFG short story award and of The Word Factory, a fantastic organisation that champions the short story. In your experience, do you think that short stories have a particularly important place within the writing world as a location for exploration and experimentation, as well as a form which seems to attract narratives about the marginalised?
First, the short story doesn't need championing. It just is. It's a great form and it's very alive. It's also a great way for writers to learn and share work and for readers to come to an event and here a complete piece of work.
It was wonderful to publish short stories in the Sunday Times Magazine when I was deputy editor there, great to hear them so often of BBCRadio4. It's wonderful that you can find great stories online, in journals and anthologies and just occasionally a writer will bring a collection out with a major publisher and be paid an astounding amount for them: I am thinking Lionel Shriver and not Tom Hanks. It's galling for writers who work so hard to see a celebrity bring out his first collection to such a fanfare .. but his stories aren't bad.
And yes, I do think short stories are a place of experimentation and that's something I want to explore next year at the Word Factory. I love work that crosses forms .. are David Vann's novels really novellas? Is much of Ali Smith's work fiction or essay? Does Jessica Greengrass write philosophy? What is the extraordinary Irenosen Okojie going to do next?
Ra Page of Comma Press has argued the short story form" has evolved to priortise the non-heroes, the disenfranchised, the "submerged" (as Frank O'Connor would say).
Any final plugs you would like to give for the festival?
Current offers: buy any ticket and you are entitled to bring a story of 3000 words or under for me to read with a view to potential publication or performance at the WF in 2018. Buy a full festival ticket and your name goes into a draw: 1st prize a 2018 WF Fellowship wroth £300 and 2nd: a WF membership worth £50. More details about the Festival can be fund here.
It's a pleasure to have spoken to you Cathy, thank you!


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Climate change and immigration are hot political topics. But in media reports, we almost never hear about their connection with faith. How do our Catholic values inform our response when protecting our American lifestyle appears to jeopardize the lives of the poor in other nations?
As we enter the political campaign season, the Justice and Peace Ministry office will be sponsoring a variety of offerings to help parishioners think through issues from the standpoint of faith. All viewpoints are welcome! Come and reflect on these issues in a non-judgmental atmosphere. Study circles will meet once a week for 8 weeks and use materials developed by JustFaith.
Dates and times will be determined around participants' schedules. The groups will start the week of May 13. The deadline for signing up is May 6. For more information, call Sheila Read at 919-947-8205 x420 or email sheila.read@stfrancisraleigh.org.
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What does the Church say about climate change? Is it real, and what impact would it have on the poor? This will certainly be a hot button issue this election year—come ready to learn more and discuss your viewpoints!
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I just received notice of this series; pls. advise of any upcoming dialogues. Thank you kindly.
St. Francis has an ongoing study circle on Climate Change that has completed 4 of 8 sessions. However, we hope to hold another study circle on this topic this fall if there is enough interest. I will add you to the list and keep you informed as plans develop. Thanks for your interest!


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Fire officials responded to the Haartz Corporation building in Acton shortly before 10:30 a.m. for reports of an explosion with injuries.
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