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Posted on November 13, 2019 by Theosophy Watch | Leave a comment
Apparent Levitation of a Yogi
MAINSTREAM science looking for the source of our consciousness, argue its origin must be located in the neurons of our physical brains.
They are certain that all cognition arises from the activity of neurons attached to specific structures, which have fixed locations.
Yet many credible scientific minds today think otherwise and dispute the idea that our human consciousness arises solely from physical brain activity.
Our brains are transmitters, just as TVs are, and not the creators of the programs and information they channel.
Open-minded science should always be willing to pursue truth wherever it leads, consider that consciousness may be an independent entity apart from the brain through which it manifests. This is only stating the obvious: automation takes us only so far – cars need drivers, and airplanes must have pilots who fly them. Television programs depend on writers, actors, and reporters.
But the standard model science insists the evidence pointing to an independent self is nothing but 'junk science,' no matter how rigorous the experiments. The results no matter how conclusive, are ignored. They are generally not accepted for publication in prestigious journals.
Parapsychologists risk being minimized and shunned — and their careers and livlihood can be stalled if funding is withdrawn.
"We live in an age of prejudice, dissimulation, and paradox," Blavatsky opined in her article A Paradoxical World —"wherein, like dry leaves caught in a whirlpool, we are tossed helpless, hither and thither, ever struggling between our honest convictions and fear of that cruelest of tyrants — PUBLIC OPINION."
A contemporary scientist spoke to physics and electrical engineering professor Willis Harman, and upon being told of successful remote-viewing [formerly known as "clairvoyance"] experiments, Harman said: "I wouldn't believe it even if it were true!"
Yet, poised fearlessly at the frontiers of Psi research are legitimate scientific groups such as the respected Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) in Petaluma, California, and the Institute of HeartMath in Boulder Creek.
These researchers, and others, like NES Energy Medicine, are willing to take a leap in pursuit of the fast-moving hidden soul that other scientists prefer ignoring. Looking to the future, Mme. Blavatsky boldly asserted in her The Secret Doctrine 1:272 that:
Modern science believes not
in the 'soul of things.'
Fearless investigations were the exclusive precinct of ancient, uncanny intuitives and seers as taught in The Secret Doctrine. But today there are numerous professional scientific investigators on the hunt for answers to the puzzling problems of evolution and consciousness.
Posted in Brain, Mind, Consciousness, & Beyond, Health, Healing, & Wholeness, Paranormal & Unexplained, Psychology & Human Nature
Tagged akasa, astral, clairvoyance, evolution, habits, healing, love, materialism, Paracelsus
Posted on August 18, 2019 by Theosophy Watch | 2 comments
"WHAT if there was no big bang and we live in an ever-cycling universe?" a recent issue of the NewScientist magazine asks, suggestive of ancient Eastern teachings.
"There is no good evidence that our universe even had a beginning," the article further states, "a startling proposition that means the cosmos could collapse in about 100 billion years."
Theosophy has a very similar teaching: the "progressive development" of the universe, "worlds as well as atoms," according to H. P. Blavatsky from a The Secret Doctrine 1:43 quote:
"… the progressive development of everything, worlds as well as atoms; and this stupendous development has neither conceivable beginning nor imaginable end. Our 'Universe' is only one of an infinite number of Universes."
Again, to Initiated Seers our universe, while full of important information, is "only one of an infinite number of Universes, all links in the great Cosmic chain of Universes," she insisted. (The Secret Doctrine 1: 272-3):
"The system in question is no fancy of one or several isolated individuals," she wrote: "It is the uninterrupted record covering thousands of generations of Seers whose respective experiences were made to test and
to verify the traditions passed orally by one early race to another, of the teachings of higher and exalted beings, who watched over the childhood of Humanity.
Those "Wise Men", she explained, "had passed their lives in learning, not teaching. How did they do so?
Initiated Seers
"It is answered: by checking, testing, and verifying in every department of nature the traditions of old by the independent visions of great adepts; i.e., men who have developed and perfected their physical, mental, psychic, and spiritual organizations to the utmost possible degree."
No vision of one adept was accepted till it was checked and confirmed by the visions — so obtained as to stand as independent evidence — of other adepts, and by centuries of experiences.
See more: [The Secret Doctrine 1:43]
In this view, each individual cosmos and corresponding single human life is the result and the effect of its predecessor. Under the never-erring law of Karma, every universe becomes "a cause as regards its successor."
Instead of one 'Big Bang,' as recent standard model science describes the origin of the universe, Theosophy postulates conversely an infinite number of recurring universes, each one an improvement on the last based on lessons learned. Now, a newly held view in modern theoretical physics suggests a similar idea.
Cyclic Universes
"There was not just one bang," assert theoretical physicists Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok in their book Endless Universe, postulating a groundbreaking "Cyclic Universe" theory. According to the theory, the Big Bang "was not the beginning of time but the bridge to a past filled with endlessly repeating cycles of evolution." Very close to the Theosophical view, it turns out.
What these scientists seem to be proposing is the law of periodicity, the Second of Three Fundamental Propositions of The Secret Doctrine.
"In Endless Universe, Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok, both distinguished theoretical physicists, present their bold new cosmology. Two world-renowned scientists present an audacious new vision of the cosmos that 'steals the thunder from the Big Bang theory.'" —Wall Street Journal
The distinguished theoretical physicists propose that "the evolution of the universe is cyclic with big bangs occurring once every trillion or so."
Such a 'periodicity' is would be a new beginning for modern science. But unlike the speculation of an "infinite cycle of titanic collisions," Theosophy offers a much kinder and gentler solution tied to the cosmology offered by numerous "generations of initiated seers."
Those findings conclude that we exist in a living universe, where everything to its core is alive, sustained by an eternal, perpetual rhythmic breathing or pulsation.
(We may be asleep at night, but thankfully, we continue breathing.) The Universe, according to the occult dynamics of The Secret Doctrine, does the same.
Posted in Cosmology, Electric Universe
Tagged karma, love, materialism, prophecy, psychic, Reincarnation, spiritual
Posted on August 6, 2019 by Theosophy Watch | 9 comments
Arjuna-Krishna
IN the ancient Hindu Bhagavad-Gita Krishna assures his disciple, an uncertain Arjuna, that both have lived many lives on Earth.
"Both I and thou have passed through many births," the Master tells his disciple, adding: "mine are known unto me, but thou knowest not of thine."
The Bhagavad-Gita, Ch. 4:31.
"It's hard to believe," writes the Blavatsky Theosophy Group UK, in an article titled A Right Understanding of Reincarnation, that until 130 years ago hardly anyone in the Western world had heard of reincarnation or knew anything about it."
One reason for the disbelief around this teaching is that most people cannot remember having a past life. This is because, in strictly practical terms, the immortal soul enters and uses a new physical body, new astral body, new personality, and a new physical brain. A new brain, cannot be expected to 'register' a previous life it was never there to witness.
Being thus handed an empty photo album by Nature has to be a challenge to the incoming soul by hindering it finding a connection to prior experiences and knowledge. "The new 'personality,'" Blavatsky explained, "is no better than a fresh suit of clothes." (The Key to Theosophy, Ch. 8)
Siddhartha-Buddha meditating under the Bo Tree
Even so, by a mysterious process, "the record or reflection of all the past lives must survive," H. P. Blavatsky wrote: "for when Prince Siddhartha became Buddha the full sequence of His previous births were seen by Him."
In such a state he was able, she says, "to retrospectively trace the lines of all his lives. This proves to you that the undying qualities of the personality — such as love, goodness, charity, etc., attach themselves to the immortal Ego,
photographing on it, so to speak, a permanent image of the divine aspect of the man who was.
"To our talpatic, or mole-like comprehension, [http://bit.ly/2YP74Sq], the human spirit is then lost in the One Spirit, as the drop of water thrown into the sea can no longer be traced out and recovered. But de facto it is not so.
Photographic Lab
"However long the 'night of Brahma' or even the Universal Pralaya [Sleep] – (not the local Pralaya affecting some one group of worlds) – yet, when it ends,
the same individual Divine Monad resumes its majestic path of evolution,
"though on a higher, hundredfold perfected and more pure chain of earths than before, and brings with it all the essence of compound spiritualities from its previous countless rebirths."
Twin Flames Spiral Evolution
"Spiral evolution, it must be remembered, is dual, and the path of spirituality turns, corkscrew-like, within and around physical, semi-physical, and supra-physical evolution."
H. P. Blavatsky,
Isis Unveiled and the Vishishtadwaita
The mind doesn't fully incarnate until age seven, (Key to Theosophy Section 9). Thus, a child doesn't feel the full weight of life and karma right away. As such, they are like karma-less little Buddhas.'
If not pressured to conform by parents and society, it is possible for them to express memories of their former lives, i.e. experience the 'intimations of immortality' for an extended period.
Dante And The River Of Lethe, by Gustave Dore
"Spirit got itself entangled with gross matter," Blavatsky wrote in The Theosophist, "for the same reason that life gets entangled with the fetus matter. It followed a law, and therefore could not help the entanglement occurring."
We know of no eastern philosophy that teaches that 'matter originated out of Spirit.' Matter is as eternal and indestructible as Spirit and one cannot be made cognizant to our senses without the other—even to our, the highest, spiritual sense.
"It was Plotinus who said that 'our body is the true river of Lethe, for 'souls plunged into it forget all' — our terrestrial body is like Lethe" (the "river of forgetfulness" in the Hades of Greek mythology.)" Using a modern analogy, a new computer cannot be expected to recall the data stored on the discarded one, unless the old data is preserved and reinstalled in the new machine.
But this is what sometimes happens with children who die at an early age from accidents or illness if in their short lifetime they had created no basis for a prolonged after-death dream state. Nature is never wasteful, and the still viable astral body is not disintegrated as with normal death but reused by the reincarnation of the child.
Posted in Education, Psychology & Human Nature, Religion and Ethics
Tagged altruism, god, immortality, love, materialism, meditation, miracles, plato, science, soul., spirit
Laughing Child
FACED with misery and death, journalist-editor Norman Cousins famously laughed his way out of the hospital, and healed himself of a life-threatening illness.
His groundbreaking book Anatomy of an Illness, about the healing effects of laughter using humor and positive emotions to boost the bodies' capacity for healing, jump-started an era of mind-body medicine that continues today.
That was more than 30 years ago. But Gautama Buddha had preached the same power of healing and happiness through positive thinking over 2,500 years earlier.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, Buddha is quoted as teaching, but the flame will not be diminished. The world's greatest spiritual coach enthusiastically assured his followers:
Happiness never decreases
by being shared.
Western cognitive sciences are only just beginning to understand the subtle yet overarching power of the psycho-physiological power of thought, of intention and feeling, the importance of it being understood and taught by all ancient sages down the ages.
"Respect life as those do who desire it," declares the ancient spiritual psychology of Light on the Path, challenging the student to remain unselfish, and to
…be happy as those are
who live for happiness.
Posted in Brain, Mind, Consciousness, & Beyond, Health, Healing, & Wholeness, Psychology & Human Nature
Tagged Buddha, Dalai Lama, dhammapada, happiness, intention, karma, love, spirituality
Posted on May 14, 2019 by Theosophy Watch | Leave a comment
Soul of the World
THEOSOPHY teaches the progressive development of everything, "worlds as well as atoms," this according to The Secret Doctrine.
The "stupendous development," the Sages taught, "has neither conceivable beginning nor imaginable end."
To Initiated Seers our universe, while full of important information, is "only one of an infinite number of Universes, all links in the great Cosmic chain of Universes," Theosophy says.
[The Secret Doctrine 1:43]
Instead of only one 'Big Bang,' as standard model science dogma describes the origin of the universe, Theosophy postulates an infinite number of recurring universes, each one an improvement on the last. Today a new view in modern theoretical physics suggests a similar idea.
"There was not just one bang," say theoretical physicists Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok in their book Endless Universe, postulating a groundbreaking "Cyclic Universe" theory. According to the theory, the Big Bang "was not the beginning of time but the bridge to a past filled with endlessly repeating cycles of evolution." Very close to the Theosophical view, it turns out.
What these scientists seem to be proposing is the law of periodicity, the Second Fundamental Proposition of The Secret Doctrine
"In Endless Universe, Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok, both distinguished theoretical physicists, present a bold new cosmology. Two world-renowned scientists present an audacious new vision of the cosmos that 'steals the thunder from the Big Bang theory.'" —Wall Street Journal
To Theosophy, 'periodicity' is certainly an admirable start. But unlike the speculation of an "infinite cycle of titanic collisions," Theosophy offers a much kinder and gentler solution tied to the cosmology offered by "generations of initiated seers."
(We may be asleep at night, but luckily, we continue breathing.) The Universe, according to the occult dynamics of The Secret Doctrine, does the same.
Posted in Evolution, Metaphysics & Philosophy, Science & Technology Frontiers, Society & Humanity
WHENEVER there is separateness and selfishness, Theosophy teaches, there will always be suffering.
This is why we need to continually try to practice Divine Compassion, "the law of laws," as urged in The Voice of the Silence, and all that implies about our daily actions.
"Compassion is no attribute, it is the LAW of LAWS — eternal Harmony —
"… a shoreless universal essence, the light of everlasting Right, and fitness of all things — the law of love eternal."
(The Voice of the Silence)
A feeling of true, universal compassion and caring for others can never dissolve into either separateness or selfish pride. Says the Voice of the Silence of The Buddha: "The esoteric school teaches that Gautama Buddha with several of his Arhats is such a Nirmânakâya, higher than whom, on account of the great renunciation and sacrifice to mankind there is none known."
Dalai Lama xlv
According to the H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, "compassion is something really worthwhile."
It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not a luxury. It is a necessity.
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Posted in Buddha, Health, Healing, & Wholeness, Psychology & Human Nature, spiritual
Tagged Buddha, compassion, dhammapada, healing, love, mother, spiritual, spiritual sun
MAINSTREAM science looking for the source of consciousness insists its origin has to be generated in the physical brain.
Most neuroscientists agree that all cognition arises from the activity of neurons attached to specific structures, which have fixed brain locations.
Yet many credible scientific researchers today are unconvinced and dispute these biased mainstream materialistic assumptions.
Open-minded investigators are willing to pursue truth wherever it leads, even exploring evidence that mind and its corresponding consciousness is a living entity independent of the physical structures through which it manifests.
But because research findings on this question upset established assumptions, it is frequently ignored by mainstream science. H. P. Blavatsky found the same evidence in her own era declaring:
We live in an age of prejudice, dissimulation and paradox, wherein, like dry leaves caught in a whirlpool, we are tossed helpless, hither and thither, ever struggling between our honest convictions and fear of that cruelest of tyrants—PUBLIC OPINION.
-H. P. Blavatsky, A Paradoxical World
Caught in a whirlpool of dry leaves. (Flickr)
Yet, poised fearlessly at the cutting edge of psi research are scientific organizations such as the respected Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) in Petaluma, California, and the Institute of HeartMath in Boulder Creek. These researchers, and others, like NES energy medicine, are willing to take a leap in pursuit of the fast-moving "soul of things."
Many frontier investigators risk being minimized and shunned by their peers—their careers stalled as funding dries up.
Such investigations were formerly the exclusive precinct of canny ancient intuitives and seers. Today there are many qualified, sincere scientific investigators on the hunt for answers to the puzzling questions of consciousness that stymie mainstream science.
Buddha meditating under the Bo Tree
"The Secret Doctrine is the accumulated Wisdom of the Ages, and its cosmogony alone is the most stupendous and elaborate system," Mme. Blavatsky wrote.
"The facts which have actually occupied countless generations of initiated seers and prophets to marshal, to set down and explain, in the bewildering series of evolutionary progress, are all recorded on a few pages of geometrical signs and glyphs."
The flashing gaze of those seers has penetrated into the very kernel of matter, and recorded the soul of things there.
"The genuine texts of the Upanishads treat of and expound the secret and mystic meaning of the Vedic texts. They speak of the origin of the Universe, the nature of Deity, and of Spirit and Soul, as also of the metaphysical connection of mind and matter. In a few words: They contain the beginning and the end of all human knowledge, but they have now ceased to reveal it, since the day of Buddha. . . . One thing in them — and this in all the Upanishads — invariably and constantly points to their ancient origin."
"But modern science believes not in the 'soul of things,' and hence will reject the whole system of ancient cosmogony."
The Secret Doctrine 1:272.
Now all this may be changing . . .
Posted in astral, Brain, Mind, Consciousness, & Beyond, clairvoyance, compassion, consciousness, Health, Healing, & Wholeness, Paranormal & Unexplained, Psychology & Human Nature, Reincarnation & Karma
Tagged akasa, astral, brain, clairvoyance, healing, Ions, love, mind-reading, NDE, spiritual, telepathy


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Tracey, Jackson, Ricketts secure final day wins at Athletics World Cup
by taadmin Wednesday, July 18, 2018 4:29 am
There Jamaicans secured victories on Sunday's (15 July) final day of the Athletics World Cup in London.
Tyquendo Tracey, Shericka Jackson and Shanieka Ricketts were the winners at the inaugural event.
The men's 100m was very evenly matched on paper and the race itself was equally close. The eventual winner, Tracey, won in a lifetime best of 10.03 but only two-hundredths of a second separated him from the USA's Kendal Williams in second place.
Tracey's gift of 8 points provided Jamaica with a much-needed boost during an underwhelming evening for the Caribbean nation.
Despite running a personal best, Tracey still was not completely satisfied, acknowledging that "there were a few flaws in the race" that he intends to work on once he arrives back in Jamaica.
"It was a good race," said Tracey. "There were a few flaws in the race, but we will work on that when I get back home to the track. It was a good none the less.
On the runway, the women's triple jump proved to be a duel between Jamaica and the USA, with the former emerging victorious as a result of Ricketts' personal best leap of 14.61m that defeated Keturah Orji by just 1 centimetre.
The 2018 Commonwealth silver medallist, Ricketts is clearly in the form of her life as she then went on to equal her previous personal best with her final jump.
"I am very happy. I have been trying to get a personal best since 2016 so to get it here on the big stage I am very grateful," a delighted Ricketts said.
Back on track, Shericka Jackson demonstrated admirable speed endurance to move past Jenna Prandini in the closing stages of the women's 200m to record a winning time of 22.35 and scored a valuable 8 points, prevented Jamaica from sliding further down the table. Prandini's time was 22.45secs.
Jeanine Williams came ever so close to making it two consecutive batches of 8 points for Jamaica in the women's 100m hurdles but 2014 African Champion Rikenette Steenkamp had other ideas, stopping the clock at 12.88 and ending South Africa's long wait for 8 points in a track event this weekend.
Williams crossed the line in 12.95 ahead of American Queen Harris, 12.99secs.
"It was good for my first senior event and I'm just glad to get a medal. The team environment helps but sometimes it's a little scary, but I am excited for the years to come," said Williams.
Earlier, the second track event of the evening; the men's 400m hurdles, ended in chaotic fashion as Jamaica's Annsert Whyte, who had led for the majority of the race, stumbled across a couple lanes after smashing into the final hurdle and fell back into fourth place as a consequence. Whyte's time 49.80 while Kenny Selmon picked up gold in 48.97.
Simoya Campbell ran 2:01.59 for third in the women's 800m, which was won by Raevyn Rogers of the USA in 2:00.20.
Ramone Bailey secured third in the men's long jump with 8.13m behind Luvo Manyonga of South Africa 8.51m and Zack Bazile of USA 8.30m.
In the 4x100m relay, Jamaica's team of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, Jonielle Smith and Tissana Hickling, crossed the line second in 42.60 behind USA 42.52.
At the conclusion of the weekend's action, the Athletics World Cup presented by Muller's final standings painted a picture of dominance for the United States of America team who finished with 219.
Jamaica had to settle for fourth place on 153 points, but the fact that they were only 9 points behind Poland and 2 behind Great Britain & Northern Ireland is a testament to how close the contest was behind the eventual Athletics World Cup winners, the USA
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About 9 out of every 10 drivers believe distracted driving is on the rise, a new AAA survey has found.
The only people who don't see this happening on U.S. roadways are either blind, running telecommunications and smartphone companies, or working on traffic safety for the federal government. Members of Congress would see this, too, but only if someone paid them to.
The 2017 Traffic Safety Index also says that nearly 88 percent of respondents not only see distracted driving on the rise but also worry about it more than traffic congestion (75 percent), aggressive driving (68 percent), drugged drivers (55 percent) and drunken driving (43 percent).
The AAA survey captures what all of us see almost every day now: the daredevil, texting with both hands on the phone while steering with his kneecaps; the woman barreling along in the fast lane while presumably punching GPS coordinates into a cellphone mounted right in the middle of her field of vision; or the teenager flying along the road who keeps tilting her head up and down because she doesn't want to miss anything on that livestream in her lap.
Personal favorite: I was riding down 16th Street in D.C. one night, alongside a guy who was watching a live musical performance on a smartphone clipped to his sun visor while he was merrily singing and keeping time on the door of his SUV with his left hand.
AAA notes that while federal estimates suggest the number of distracted driving crashes has declined by about 2 percent, it's also because distracted driving is thought to be widely underreported. The organization's own research, using dash cam videos with teenage drivers, suggests distraction is involved in 58 percent of all crashes, well above federal estimates of 14 percent.
But the survey also notes something else: We're also hypocrites. Despite the growing alarm over distracted driving, many of us (myself included) have also given in to temptation at some time or other. Nearly 45 percent read a text message or email while driving, and nearly 35 percent sent one, according to the survey.
You can find the full AAA report here.


There is a maximum word count of 5000. This is more a guideline than a strict limit – quality is the main criterion, not length. So a great story will be accepted, whether it's 6000 words or 200 (flash fiction is welcome). But we're looking for short stories, not novellas or extracts from novels – the story should be complete in itself. Though the anthology will be comprised mostly of stories, there will also be room for some poems or pieces of an experimental nature.
Writers whose stories are selected will have the choice between keeping their share of the royalties or donating them to the Against Malaria Foundation.
What is meant by 'weird'?
Like many categories, it's fuzzy, because it stands in distinction to 'normal', and there's no common acceptance of what is normal. Not all writers will approach it the same way, and so much the better – we hope for plenty of variety. At the core of weirdness, though, is the upsetting of expectations: normality, in the sense of what we're accustomed to, doesn't follow the course that led us to form those expectations. Where it goes – somewhere disturbing or hilarious – is entirely the writer's choice. Or why not hilariously disturbing? Indeed, one advantage of 'weird' is that it allows for humour as much as for horror, so go for it!
How weird does it have to be? Anything from full on, over-the-top freaky to subtly odd and unsettling. So no worries if weird isn't your usual style – a few deft touches can suffice. Give us writing that shifts our perceptions, leads us to experience, bubbling up through the regularity and routine, the fundamental weirdness of life. To quote the Count of Lautréamont, author of the Chant de Maldoror, if your piece is 'beautiful as the chance meeting on a dissecting table of a sewing machine and an umbrella,' there's every chance that we'll love it.
Not my own work, other people's. I could write reams about my own – the various drafts, the juggling with voice, the search for the right rhythm in each sentence. But that would be like telling you my dreams – only a matter of time before you're asleep yourself. So this is about how I edit other people's.
You may be wondering what gives me the right in any case. Well, more than a right it's a duty, an obligation. I have two anthologies on the go, Second Taste, the third (and final) Book a Break anthology, and (with the invaluable help of Atthys Gage and GD Deckard) The Rabbit Hole, the first volume (of what we hope will be a long and successful series) of weird stories produced by The Writers' Co-op. As all writers know, a text can only benefit from the critical regard of a reader intent on helping it reach its full potential. To launch an anthology without editing the submissions would be remiss at the least. Closer, in fact, to irresponsible.
Clearly, a research paper is not the same as a short story. But when I edit, I try to bring those two qualities to the task. Regarding the first, every editor has their own prism, a particular way they like to see things expressed. It's a fine line between respecting a writer's voice (which is essential) and accepting an awkward wording or a clumsiness. My own fixation is concision, by which I mean the elimination of any unnecessary word. When I read my own writing I ask myself if every word in the sentence contributes something to the overall effect or purpose. Redundancies get deleted without mercy.
So when they received my comments, a number of contributors to the anthologies may have thought, 'Wow, this guy's a nutter!' My apologies if that's the case. But faithful to my second principle of constructiveness, I always strive to keep in view what the writer is trying to achieve, and make suggestions to that end. Perhaps I've been lucky to deal with writers who are understanding and courteous, but so far the replies I've received have been almost all appreciative.
There may on occasion be tension between the two principles of rigour and respect. What happens if the story needs a radical overhaul? You might think that in that case it wouldn't be accepted, but often I see potential in a storyline which could be brought out if the writing was stronger. On those occasions I won't hesitate to send back a text that I have in places rewritten, with a comment explaining why. The writer can of course refuse the alterations, but again, the replies I get have so far always been positive.
At the end of the day, it's like many other types of negotiation: sensitivity, subjectivity, attitudes and egos are involved. When writers defend their position with cogent arguments, it means they've thought about what they're doing and come up with what they see as the best way of doing it. In that case I'll generally defer, even if my own point of view is different. In fiction, voice and intention count for more than in scientific research, meaning there's more room for flexibility. In both cases, though, editor and writer have a common purpose: the publication of a piece that's as good as it can get. Which is why, on the whole, agreement is easily reached.
Perhaps, if anything, I err on the side of respect. Certainly that was the case when I started out. To overcome that, I have a simple expedient: when firmness is called for, I think of Raymond Carver and Gordon Lish, whose fruitful but fractious relationship led to the publication of stories widely hailed as among the best ever written.
L.D. put the shaving bag under his arm again and once more picked up the suitcase. "I just want to say one more thing, Maxine. Listen to me. Remember this," he said. "I love you. I love you no matter what happens. I love you too, Bea. I love you both." He stood there at the door and felt his lips begin to tingle as he looked at them for what, he believed, might be the last time. "Good-bye," he said.
"You call this love, L.D.?" Maxine said. She let go of Bea's hand. She made a fist. Then she shook her head and jammed her hands into her coat pockets. She stared at him and then dropped her eyes to something on the floor near his shoes.
It came to him with a shock that he would remember this night and her like this. He was terrified to think that in the years ahead she might come to resemble a woman he couldn't place, a mute figure in a long coat, standing in the middle of a lighted room with lowered eyes.
"Is this what love is, L.D.?" she said, fixing her eyes on him. Her eyes were terrible and deep, and he held them as long as he could.
L.D. put the shaving bag under his arm and picked up the suitcase.
But then he could not think what it could possibly be.
It takes a brave editor to do that. I think I have a long way to go.
The proof copy of Perfume Island – at last!
Well, the shivery weather has definitely started to creep into Provence (winters can be unreasonably cold here), but I've been getting jittery for a different reason, about to ask Jeff Bezos what he was up to. Because Perfume Island is due for release next week – 15th November – and though I ordered the proof copy ages ago, my letter box remained despairingly empty. What if I was about to publish a book with half the words upside down?
To be honest, I wasn't that worried. It looked fine in the online proofreader, but still, when it finally arrived this morning, it was quite a relief to actually have it in my hands. And yes, no doubt about it, they've done a good job. Not a single word upside down, nor even back to front. So I thought I'd take it into the garden to show you.
There were no such worries for the ebook, of course, which is ready and waiting for release the same day. For a six day period, until 20th November, Perfume Island will be on offer at the reduced price of $0.99, before going up to $3.99. And I've almost finished working on the details for the contest to coincide with the launch – more on that later.


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Counterfire log in
Counterfire work at Sheffield Hallam University
Written by Henry Parkyn-Smith
Published in Conference 2013
Henry Parkyn-Smith reports on the activities of the Counterfire group at Sheffield Hallam
A new year is beginning. Looking ahead the future seems uncertain, with crises dominating the political, social and economic spheres, and as these worsen it becomes clearer and clearer that we are also faced by a crisis for the left. The task of preparing Counterfire for the next year and beyond requires an understanding of the situation we are in organizationally in relation to the state of the broader movement and political dissatisfaction, I would argue our experience in Sheffield sheds some light on the ever-prevailing question of what is to be done.
Since September 2011 we have been slowly but surely building in Sheffield. We have gone from just me, to building a group of good activists who directly associate with or have joined Counterfire and beyond that a decent periphery and relationship with the union at Sheffield Hallam. Most notably, since we have been active, there has been a marked change in the political milieu at my university.
When I arrived there was, with a few small exceptions, no real level of political activity. We still have a largely a-political union, and a low level of demonstrations or student activism, but we have been at the forefront of building real, inclusive and broad campaigns, most notably the Fund Education not War group that Alex has done a great deal of good work in at the University of Sheffield, which is still a healthy campaign. We were also the only group to seriously build for the October 20th TUC demonstration, which earned us enough credibility to help build a genuine campaign along with our student union to fill a coach to the NUS demo in November, something that would not have happened the year before. The times we have been successful and have built have always been alongside regular organizing and theoretical meetings. These are both essential if we plan to build the movement and Counterfire generally.
We are now moving towards a position where we can hopefully organize a large and successful Coalition of Resistance group. This in my opinion is the most crucial task we now face as socialists. The success at the top of CoR must be mirrored at the bottom, and this means building local groups that unite real forces and activists together, not simply to protect us the assault from the ruling class, but also to cut through sectarianism. The mantra of 'leading in practice' has never seemed so concrete and important to me as it does now. I have seen first hand the effect of not engaging in in-fighting and bickering, moving past that and attempting to organize real activity, for which there is no substitute. Not only does it force the rest of the left into activity, it also accomplishes the even more important task of engaging and earning respect from those outside of the left.
Sheffield Hallam has a large proportion of students from ordinary working class backgrounds. Of the people I have come into contact with, it seems clear to me that there is still a great deal of anger about what our government is doing; cutting, invading and lying, which has resulted in a real tangible thirst for ideas. Counterfire is actually incredibly well equipped to deal with this. One of our major strengths is that we are innovative, creative and the events we hold are fresh and engaging. Notably, Firebox has an effect on new, angry and impassioned people that I think should not be understated. We need to see it as a lab for testing meetings and events, those that are successful we need to begin to export around the country so we can build elsewhere. One of the strengths of Counterfire at Sheffield Hallam is our film screenings, which offer an unintimidating, relaxed environment. Over this year we aim to hold more innovative and creative events, hopefully trying some that have been successful at Firebox.
In order to properly build on our strengths however, we face the important task of toughening up our organisation. Regular meetings are essential in order for our members to get to know each other, what's going on and sharing ideas. As we face a lull in the movement, we have to prepare ourselves for the when it picks up again, which I am convinced will happen soon. This means one thing: caderisation. We have a wealth of great, seasoned activists with what is in my opinion the best theory on the left in Britain today, which continues to be reflected in the success of the website. We have to combine this with the energy of newer members so we can properly face the task of building the movement and the unions, engaging with campaigns where they are healthy and intervening where they could be better. This is crucial if we are to build and stop the advances of the ruling class.
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Breakthrough: Researchers 'harvest' carbon dioxide to make valuable products
January 5, 2022 January 5, 2022 | Emma Davies
Researchers from Oregon State University have found a way to harvest carbon dioxide (CO2) from smokestacks and use it to create commercially valuable chemicals thanks to the development of a novel compound.
The new metal organic framework, loaded with a common industrial chemical – propylene oxide – can catalyse the production of 'cyclic carbonates' while scrubbing CO2 from factory flue gases.
Cyclic carbonates have a broad range of industrial applications, including as polar solvents, precursors for polycarbonate materials such as eyeglass lenses and digital discs, electrolytes in lithium batteries, and precursors for pharmaceuticals.
"These are very exciting findings," OSU College of Science chemistry researcher and study leader Kyriakos Stylianou said.
"And being able to directly use carbon dioxide from impure sources saves the cost and energy of separating it before it can be used to make cyclic carbonates, which will be a boon for the green economy."
Pic: The metal ions make nodes that bind the linkers' arms to form a repeating structure – like a cage – which has nanosized pores that adsorb gases similar to a sponge.
Cyclic carbonates produced from biogas
The new, three-dimensional, lanthanide-based metal organic framework – or MOF – can also be used to catalyse cyclic carbonate production from biogas, a mix of carbon dioxide, methane and other gases arising from the decomposition of organic matter.
"We've taken a big step toward solving a crucial challenge associated with the hoped-for circular carbon economy by developing an effective catalyst," Stylianou said.
"A key to that is understanding the molecular interactions between the active sites in MOFs with potentially reactive molecules."
MOFs can be designed with a variety of components, which determine the MOF's properties, and Stylianou said lanthanide-based materials are generally stable because of the relatively large size of lanthanide ions.
And that's true as well with lanthanide MOFs, where the acidic metals form strong bonds with the linkers, keeping the MOFs stable in water and at high temperatures – which is important because flue gases and biogas are hot as well as moisture rich.
The lanthanide MOFs are also selective for carbon dioxide, meaning they're not bothered by the presence of the other gases contained by industrial emissions and biogas.
"Using our MOFs, stable after multiple cycles of carbon dioxide capture and conversion, we describe the fixation of carbon dioxide into the propylene oxide's epoxy ring for the production of cyclic carbonates," Stylianou said.


CASTROVILLE -- The extraordinary restrictions imposed by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) during the Aug. 1 fumigation of a strawberry field with methyl bromide failed to keep the toxic pesticide from drifting into the back yards of nearby residents, according to air monitoring results released today by the Environmental Working Group (EWG).
Farm Without Harm, the Castroville-based group representing the residents, joined EWG and the Pesticide Watch Education Fund to declare that the results show that methyl bromide cannot be safely used under any conditions, and called for a ban on the chemical. They said the results are particularly alarming because school is opening soon, and dozens of schools in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties are adjacent to fields where thousands of pounds of methyl bromide is used.
"If this much methyl bromide drifted onto our property with all the extra precautions that were taken, imagine how dangerous it's been before," said Mary Alice Johnson, one of the Revilla Drive residentswhose back yard was used as an EWG monitoring site. Johnson, whose two children attend schools near methyl bromide-treated fields,"It's frustrating because we feel that we can't protect our family, and we can't rely on the state to protect us either. Methyl bromide should be banned."
Monitoring in Johnson's back yard, 236 feet from the adjacent field, found an average of 490 parts per billion (ppb) of methyl bromide in the air during the first 12 hours. DPR's safety standard for exposure to methyl bromide is 210 ppb, but the agency insists on averaging levels over 24 hours. Even under that formula, and even if there were no methyl bromide in the air for the second 12 hours, the 24-hour average in Johnson's back yard was 245 ppb, well above the safety standard.
Karen Light, chair of Farm Without Harm, said the fumigation was conducted under the best possible conditions, with the amount of methyl bromide reduced and the "buffer zones" between the field and homes increased. Still, it wasn't enough.
"Last month, we told the DPR that the last four times the field was fumigated, poison has drifted into our neighborhood, but they still let the fumigation go ahead. "Now we're five-for-five," Light said. "It is clear from our experience and these results that there is no such thing as a safe methyl bromide fumigation. This must stop now, before any more residents, school children and farm workers are poisoned."
Jeanne Merrill, field director of Pesticide Watch Education Fund, agreed.
"DPR keeps insisting that its regulations limit methyl bromide exposure to 'safe' levels," she said. "But for residents on Revilla Drive and in other communities around the state, the issue isn't an acceptable level of poison, but the right not to be poisoned at all."


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Yesterday, Sharon from the N.S.P.C.C. came to assembly and revealed how much money we had raised for the charity from our sponsored assault course – £1439.70! Congratulations to 4KW who were the class that raised the most in the school and thank you to everyone for their kind donations.
Today's assembly told the story of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. We learned about the self-control and grit that Mr Robinson showed throughout his life, especially when facing a constant stream of racism against him. This was an excellent opportunity to remind our pupils about the core British value of equality in all areas of life, as well as about justice and fairness for all.
Today's assembly centred on optimism, one of the character traits from our QPA character scheme. Can we do it? Yes we can!
Today our Windsor House Captains held an assembly for their house. Although the theme of working together and of how to demonstrate character was provided, the pupils prepared their own activities and content. Their delivery was excellent and they demonstrated courage and discernment throughout.
Over the last two weeks we have reinforced with the children our anti-bullying message. We encourage our pupils to identify any repeated negative actions towards them ('Several Times On Purpose = S.T.O.P.) and seek help immediately if they are unhappy about the conduct of others ('Speak Out Straightaway' = 'S.O.S.').
We have also reminded children of our postboxes where they can report any worries that they have. These boxes are emptied daily and relevant interventions put in place.
This week's thought of the week centres around one of our character awards, compassion.


Updating this as I figured it out myself, and hopefully this may come in useful to somebody down the line who is searching for the same answer. Basically, the electronics are just held on to the front plate with some adhesive, and a couple of white plastic 'posts'. To get it off, I used a large (plastic) spudger to loosen around the edges, and then pulled the whole thing off from the top end. You want to make sure you are careful, as the electronics underneath are metal - and the PCB could snap if you are too rough. Replacing these in the new iPod is as simple as swapping them over. For some other tips that weren't obvious when I searched: 1. Restoring on a modern Mac is almost impossible, even with FireWire. The best option is to get a Windows XP Virtual Machine and restore using USB. The iPod will then work on your Macbook with USB fine. 2. If you upgrade your hard drive to an 80gb version, make sure you have the 30 or 40gb iPod, as the 20gb's back plate is not deep enough to accommodate the 80gb.


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COVID-19: Supporting a bereaved colleague
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Bereavement is one of the most devastating things any of us will go through. With over 41,000 deaths in the UK as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is likely that you will know, or will work with someone who has been affected by the loss of a loved one. Naturally, you'll want to support them. Some people will cope reasonably well at work while others will struggle to manage their loss. It can be difficult to know how to support a colleague who is bereaved, but here is some guidance you can follow.
It's difficult to know what to say to a bereaved colleague. You might think there is little you can say or do to help them, but people can find comfort in kind words and actions.
No two people are the same, so there's no simple template that can be used but here are several ways that you can support:
Try not to avoid your colleague for fear of upsetting them. Saying nothing at all can be worse than saying something simple like "I'm sorry". These words can provide comfort.
Don't panic about talking to your colleague. Panicking and overthinking things might result in you saying the wrong thing.
If they do start to talk about things that matter to them, encourage them by asking open-ended questions or simply by really listening to them.
Take your lead from them when talking to them. They may want to talk to you in detail about what happened and how they feel, or they may not.
At times your colleague may just want you to listen to them. Try not to run away from a colleague who wants to talk to you. They're not expecting you to have all the answers and be an expert.
Let them talk about the person who has died as this may be their way of coming to terms with the death. They may want to describe the same thing over and over again – let them do this. It may be their way of coming to terms with something.
If they cry, try not to stop them. This can create awkwardness so just continue to listen.
Words aren't always necessary and some people may not want to talk at all. So just be there. Sometimes, just having someone in the same room and sitting together quietly can be reassuring.
Make a special effort to check in with your colleague in the weeks and months after the funeral as these can often be some of the most difficult and loneliest times.
Invite them to join in with social activities. They may not want to join in but will appreciate you offering. Be understanding and continue to offer because at some stage they may be grateful that you asked.
Consider that sometimes, colleagues will need their space so be careful not to smother them with sympathy and make them feel powerless.
Offer practical help
Remember that certain times of the year, such as birthdays, anniversaries of a death, Christmas and other holidays, can be especially difficult and be mindful of that. Let your colleague know that you're thinking of them at this time. It's OK to say "let me know if you need anything" but also offer specific practical help, for example, swapping shifts with them to a time that's more helpful, or making lunch so it's one less task for them to do at home.
Don't feel upset if your support is rejected at first. Try again later and remind them that you're there.
If you're unsure about how to help them but want to, be honest about that. Ask them what they need.
Don't use clichés like, "I know how you feel" and "time is a great healer". They can seem flippant and make it feel as though you're minimising the loss. You may feel as though you've been through something similar but it's unlikely you'll know exactly how they're feeling.
Don't make a judgement on how they're grieving or when they'll be able to 'move on'. Everyone grieves at their own pace and in their own way.
Don't act as though nothing has happened or avoid talking about the person who has died. It can be very painful when people act as though the deceased person never existed.
Don't assume that because someone seems to be coping, they are, or that they don't need your help.
Remember, it can be difficult to support a bereaved colleague. If you do any of the above, don't be too hard on yourself or avoid your colleague in the future for fear of doing the same thing again.
During this pandemic people will have experienced loss while being cut off from their usual support networks. If colleagues are working from home there are still things that you can do to support them. Don't be afraid to reach out by phone or email.


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Chris Aderson said that the future of business is free. We are still waiting for this revolution (email Chris for a detailed revolutionary plan, he'll be happy to answer).
Now comes Clay Shirky with the next revolution: "innovation can happen everywhere", he said yesterday (1:39′ of his talk). OK, let's buy few more copies of Shirky's books and wait for the next Microsoft or Google coming from Tanzania. Meanwhile, let me tell you why I think speeches on web 2.0 revolutions are motivational infoporn.


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Q: Docker ADD and COPY not honored in Dockerfile When I try to build the following Dockerfile, the ADD and COPY steps do nothing:
# Use an official Apache runtime as a parent image
FROM amd64/httpd

# Set the working directory
WORKDIR  /usr/local/apache2

# Copy the following contents into the container
ADD ./httpd.conf {$workdir}/conf/httpd.conf
COPY ./Projects/RavensHomeSupport/build/* {$workdir}/htdocs/Test/

# Make port 80 available to the world outside this container
EXPOSE 80

# Define environment variable
ENV NAME RavensHomeWeb

I run the following build command:
docker build -t ravenshome --rm --no-cache .

and when I check the contents of the Test directory in the running container, none of the data that I expected has been copied across to the container. The output of the build command is here.
Sending build context to Docker daemon  1.444MB
Step 1/6 : FROM amd64/httpd
 ---> 19459a872194
Step 2/6 : WORKDIR  /usr/local/apache2
 ---> Running in 192cb44f767e
Removing intermediate container 192cb44f767e
 ---> d9816ea17258
Step 3/6 : ADD ./httpd.conf {$workdir}/conf/
 ---> 19f48db970bb
Step 4/6 : COPY ./Projects/RavensHomeSupport/build/ {$workdir}/htdocs/Test/
 ---> d93939218c2b
Step 5/6 : EXPOSE 80
 ---> Running in 43b9e9297f60
Removing intermediate container 43b9e9297f60
 ---> 3b994be07747
Step 6/6 : ENV NAME RavensHomeWeb
 ---> Running in a64bccaf81c8
Removing intermediate container a64bccaf81c8
 ---> 9217c242868c
Successfully built 9217c242868c
Successfully tagged ravenshome:latest

I start the container with the following command:
docker run -dit -p 8080:80 --name ravenshome ravenshome

When I examine the problem directory in the container with the following command:
docker exec ravenshome ls -a /usr/local/apache2/htdocs

I get the following result:
.
..
index.html

As you can see, all that was there is the contents of the default image, not the additional content that I expected.
Similarly, my customized version of httpd.conf is not copied to the new container.
I have read several posts that suggest that the problem is due to using volumes, but I am not doing so, nor do I have a .dockerignore file.
Can anyone see what I am doing wrong?

A: $workdir isn't a defined environment variable, so it expands to an empty string.  $variable inside curly braces isn't special syntax at all; it expands to the variable expansion, inside curly braces.  The net result of this is that these two lines:
WORKDIR  /usr/local/apache2
ADD ./httpd.conf {$workdir}/conf/httpd.conf

copy content into a directory /usr/local/apache2/{}/conf/http.conf -- nothing is inside the curly braces, and the curly braces themselves are interpreted as a directory relative to the current working directory.
You don't need an environment variable here at all; you can just COPY to the current WORKDIR
WORKDIR /usr/local/apache2
ADD ./httpd.conf ./conf/httpd.conf
COPY ./Projects/RavensHomeSupport/build/* ./htdocs/Test/

See also Variable substitution in the docker-compose.yml documentation for the allowed forms; you're probably thinking of ${variable} syntax (dollars outside the curly braces).

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I do see a little bit of peanut butter in there! Some protein. I guess I need to stop complaining that I'm still hungry after my nice salad with chicken, huh?
My mom got us a cool sandwich shaper cutter - a dinosaur!! It leaves a little more pb&j to eat!
Soooo true. But now, Sierra eats all her crust, so I have to have my own. This was how I got back into pb&j.
I had this today! I LOVE this post. Classic.
Need to add you to my SP&P one too.
You are SOOOOO clever, Sar. You had me smirking at this one! Girl, you make me smile.
LOL. Thankfully the girls eat the crust (it's actually what Ruthie goes for first). But I can't tell you how many left over chicken nuggets I've eaten... You are so funny!
but even i do not eat the crust.
Hahaha! You know it. That and left over chicken nuggets and fries!


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Walter Scott.
The tales of a grandfather : being the history of Scotland from the earliest period to the close of the rebellion, 1745-46 (Volume 2) online
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Morgan, one of these English volunteers, came up to Vaughan,
a gentleman of the same country, and observed, in a tone of
surprise, that the army were going to Scotland ; " Be it so,"
answered Vaughan, " I am determined to go with them where-
ever their course lies." Morgan replied, with an oath, it was
better to be hanged in England than starved in Scotland. He
had the misfortune to be hanged accordingly, while Vaughan
escaped, and died an officer in the Spanish service.
The people of the country, who had shown them little good-
will upon their advance, appeared more actively malevolent
when they beheld the Scots in retreat and in the act of pillaging
the places they passed through. At a village near Stockport
the inhabitants tired upon the patrols of the Highlanders, who,
in retaliation, set fire to the place. Most of the country people
were in arms, and all stragglers were killed or made prisoners.
The sick men, also, of the Jacobite army, who were necessarily
left behind the march, were killed or tieated with violence.
On the 9th of December the army approached Manchester ; but
in that city, which had lately appeared so friendly, they now
encountered opposition. A violent mob was in possession of
1082 TALES OF A GRANDFATHER CHAP. LXXX
the town, and opposed the quartermasters of the Chevalier's
army. Two battalions and two squadrons were detached to
support the quartermasters, by whom the mob was dispersed.
2500 was demanded from the town in consequence of this
riot. On leaving the place the mob even pursued and fired
upon the rear of the Chevalier's army, although they uniformly
retreated so soon as the rearguard faced about. The temper
of the people, however, served to show how little reliance could
at any time have been placed upon their attachment.
The Duke of Cumberland, who, as I already said, was lying
at Litchfield, while Prince Charles was at Derby, did not learn
for two days that the Highlanders had left Derby for Ashburn
on the 6th ; and did not commence any pursuit until the 8th,
when the Duke marched northward with all his cavalry, and
a number of infantry mounted upon horses furnished by the
neighbouring gentry. The troops advanced with the utmost
spirit. The retreat of the Scottish army, whose advance had
been regarded with a vague apprehension of terror, was natur-
ally considered as an avowal of their inability to execute their
purpose; and it was concluded by the regular soldiery that
they were pressing upon the flight of a disappointed and dis-
heartened body of adventurers, who had failed in an attempt
to execute a desperate object. The English troops also felt in
spirits, as being under the command of a Prince of the blood,
of undoubted experience and courage, who had arrived in Britain
in time to assert the cause of his father, and to fix upon his
head the crown which had been so boldly struck at. They
anticipated little opposition from an enemy in full retreat, and
whom, it might be supposed, a brisk attack would throw into
utter disorder ; their cavalry, therefore, pressed forward in
spirits and by forced marches.
On their part the Highlanders retreated with speed, regu-
larity, and unabated courage. Lord George Murray, to vindicate
the sincerity of his attachment to the cause he had embraced,
xmdertook the charge of the rearguard, the post of danger
and of honour. This frequently detained him a considerable
time beyond the march of the main body, more especially for
the purpose of bringing up the baggage and artillery of the
army, which, from the bad weather and bad state of the roads,
was perpetually breaking down, and detained the rearguard
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Towards the evening of the 17th of December the Piince,
with the main body of his arniy, had entered the town of
Penrith, in the county of Cumberland. Lord George Murray
had, in the meanwhile, been delayed so much by those various
accidents, that he was forced to pass the night six miles in the
rear, at the town of Shap. The Glengarry regiment of High-
landers were at that time in charge of the rearguard ; and at
Shap Lord George found Colonel Roy Stewart, with another
small regiment of 200 men. In the meantime the Chevalier
had determined to halt at Peurith until he was joined by his
rearguard.
Next day, being the 18th of December, Lord George Murray
marched with both the corps which we have mentioned. The
march began, as usual, before daybreak; but when it became
broad daylight he discovered the village of Clifton, which is
within three or four miles south of Penrith, and the heights
beyond it, crowned with several parties of cavalry, drawn up
betwixt him and the village. The Highlanders, you must be
reminded, had in former times an aversion to encounter the
Lowland horse ; but since their success at Prestonpans they had
learned to despise the troops of whom they formerly stood in
awe. They had been instructed, chiefly by the standing orders
of Lord George Murray, that if they encountered the cavalry
manfully, striking with their swords at the heads and limbs of
the horses, they might be sure to throw them into disorder.
The MacDonalds, therefore, of Glengarry, on receiving the word
of command to attack those horsemen who appeared disposed
to interrupt their passage, stript off their plaids without hesita-
tion, and rushed upon them sword in hand. The cavalry in
question were not regulars but volunteers of the country, who
had assembled themselves for the purpose of harassing the rear
of the Highland army, and giving time for the Duke of Cum-
berland, who was in full pursuit, to advance and overtake them.
On the fierce attack of Glengarry's men they immediately
galloped off, but not before several prisoners were made, among
the rest a footman of the Duke of Cumberland, who told his
captors that his Royal Highuess was coming up in their rear
with 4000 horse.
Lord George Murray despatched this information to the
Chevalier at Peurith, requesting some support, which he
limited to 1000 men. Colonel Roy Stewart, who was charged
with the message, returned with orders that the rearguard
should retreat upon Penrith. At the same time MacPherson
of Cluny, with his clan, was sent back as far as Clifto abridge
with the Appin regiment, under command of Stewart of Ard-
shiel. With the assistance of these reinforcements, Lord
George Murray was still far inferior iu number to the enemy,
yet he determined to make good his retreat.
The Duke of Cumberland's whole cavalry was now drawn
up in the rear of the Highland army, upon the open moor of
Clifton ; beyond the moor, the rearguard of the Highlanders
must necessarily pursue their retreat through large plantations
of fir-trees, part of Lord Lonsdale's enclosures. Lord George
Murray foresaw an attack in this critical posture, and prepared
to meet and repel it. He drew up the Glengarry regiment upon
the highroad, within the fields, placed the Appin Stewarts in
the enclosures on their left, and again the MacPherson regi-
ment to the left of them. On the right he stationed Eoy
Stewart's men, covered by a wall.
The night was dark, with occasional glimpses of the moon.
The English advanced about 1000 dismounted dragoons, with
the intention of attacking the Highlanders on the flank, while
the Duke of Cumberland and the rest of his cavalry kept their
station on the moor, with the purpose of operating in the rear
of their opponents. Lord George Murray perceived, by a
glimpse of moonshine, this large body of men coming from the
moor, and advancing towards the Clifton enclosures. The
MacPherson and Stewart regiments, which were urder his im-
mediate command, were stationed behind a hedge ; but Lord
George, observing a second hedge in front, protected by a deep
ditch, ordered his men to advance and gain possession of it.
It was already lined on the opposite side by the enemy, who,
as was then the custom of dragoons, acted as infantry when
occasion required. Lord George asked Cluny his opinion of
what was to be done : " I will attack the enemy sword in hand,"
replied the undaunted chief, "provided you order me." As
they advanced, the MacPhersons, who were nearest to the
hedge of which they wished to take possession, received a fire
from the soldiers who had lined it on the opposite side. Cluuy,
surprised at receiving a discharge of musketry, when he con-
ceived he was marching against a body of horse, exclaimed,
" What the devil is this ! " Lord George Murray replied,
" There is no time to be lost we must instantly charge !" and
at the same time drawing his broadsword, exclaimed, " Clay-
more ! " which was the word for attacking sword in hand.
The MacPhersons rushed on, headed by their chief, with un-
controllable fuiy ; they gave their fire, and then burst, sword
in hand, through the hedge, and attacked the dragoons by whom
it was lined. Lord George himself headed the assault, and in
dashing through the hedge lost his bonnet and wig (the latter
being then universally worn), and fought bare-headed, the
foremost in the skirmish. Colonel Honeywood, who com-
manded the dragoons, was left severely wounded on the spot,
and his sword, of considerable value, fell into the hands of the
chief of the MacPhersons. The dragoons on the right were
compelled, with considerable loss, to retreat to their party on
the moor. At the same moment, or nearly so, another body
of dismounted dragoons pressed forward upon the highroad,
and were repulsed by the Glengarry regiment, and that of John
Roy Stewart. The Highlanders were with difficulty recalled
from the pursuit, exclaiming that it was a shame to see so
many of the King's enemies standing fast upon the moor with-
out attacking them. A very few of the MacPhersons, not
exceeding twelve, who ventured too far, were either killed or
taken. But the loss of the English was much more consider-
able, nor did they feel disposed to renew the attack upon the
rear of the Highlanders. Lord George Murray sent a second
message to the Prince, to propose that he should detach a re-
inforcement from the main body, with which he offered to
engage and defeat the cavalry opposed to him. The Prince,
doubtful of the event, or jealous of his general, declined to
comply with this request.
On receiving this answer, Lord George Murray retreated to
Penrith, and united the rearguard with the main body ; and it
seems that the Duke of Cumberland became satisfied that a
good deal of risk might be incurred by a precipitate attack on
the Highland army, since he did not again repeat the experi-
ment. 1 The next day Charles retreated to Carlisle, and
1 " Cumberland and his cavalry fled with precipitation, and in such
great confusion, that if the Prince had been provided in a sufficient num-
ber of cavalry to have taken advantage of the disorder, it is beyond ques-
tion that the Duke of Cumberland and the bulk of his cavalry had been
taken prisoners. " M THBRSON'S MS. Memoirs, quoted in Notes to
Waverley.
arrived there with his army on the morning of the 19th of
It was thought desirable that the Highland garrison in that
town should be reinforced, but it was not easy to find forces
willing to be left behind in a place almost certain to be sacri-
ficed. The men of the Manchester regiment, who were dis-
heartened at the prospect of a retreat into Scotland, were pitched
upon for this duty, together with a number of French and
Irish. The last had little to fear, being generally engaged in
the French service, and the English were probably of the mind
of Captain Morgan, that hanging in England was preferable to
starving in Scotland.
The skirmish at Clifton seems to have abated the speed
of the English pursuers, who no longer attempted to annoy the
retreat of their active enemy. The Scottish army left Carlisle
upon the 20th of December, and effected their retreat into
Scotland by crossing the Esk at Longtown ; the river was
swollen, but the men, wading in arm in arm, supported each
other against the force of the current, and got safely through,
though with some difficulty. It is said that the Chevalier
showed both dexterity and humanity on this occasion. He
was crossing on horseback, beneath the place where some of his
men were fording the river, one or two of whom drifted from
the hold of their companions, and were carried down the stream
in great danger of perishing. As one of them passed, the
Chevalier caught him by the hair, called out in Gaelic, " Cohear,
cohearf" that is, "Help, help!" supported the man till he
was taken safely from the water, and thus gave himself an
additional claim to the attachment of his followers.
The Highland army, marching in two divisions, arrived at
Annan and Ecclefechan on the same day, and pursued their
road through the west of Scotland.
While the Scottish rebels were advancing, the utmost alarm
prevailed in London ; there was a sharp run upon the Bank,
which threatened the stability of that national establishment ;
the offers of support from public bodies showed the urgency
of the crisis ; the theatres, for example, proposed to raise armed
corps of real not personated soldiers. There was the more
alarm indicated in all this, because the Highlanders, who had
not been at first sufficiently respected as soldiers, had acquired
by their late actions credit for valour of a most romantic cast-
AFFAIRS IN SCOTLAND 1087
There was something also in the audacity of the attempt which
inclined men to give Charles credit for secret resources, until
his retreat showed that he was possessed of none except a firm
belief in the justice of his own cause, and a confidence that it
was universally regarded in the same light by the English
nation. The apathy of the English had dissipated this vision,
few or none, excepting Catholics, and a handful of Jacobites
of Manchester, having shown themselves disposed to acknow-
ledge his cause. The retreat, therefore, from Derby was
considered throughout England as the close of the rebellion;
as a physician regards a distemper to be nearly overcome when
he can drive it from the stomach and nobler parts into the
extremities of the body.
CHAPTER LXXXI
Occurrences in Scotland French Auxiliaries Measures of the opposing
Parties Battle of FalkirTc The Duke of Cumberland appointed
to the' Chief Command in Scotland
THE state of Scotland had materially changed during the
absence of the Prince and his army upon the expedition to
Derby ; and the nation was now in the situation of one who,
having received a stunning blow, recovers at last from his
stupor, and aims, though feebly and with uncertainty, at retali-
ating the injury which he has sustained.
Inverness was in the hands of Lord Loudon, commanding
an army composed of the MacLeods, MacDonalds of Skye, and
other northern clans, who, to the number of two thousand
men, had associated against the insurgents. The Earl of
Loudon even felt himself strong enough to lay hands on Lord
Lovat in his own castle, named Castle Downie, and brought
him to Inverness, where he detained him in a sort of honour-
able captivity. Fraser of Gortuleg, one of his clansmen, re-
lieved Lovat by a stratagem. The old chief, having made his
escape, lurked in the Highlands, keeping up his correspondence
with Charles Edward. The house of Gortuleg was Lovat's
chief residence. Matters in the north were, therefore, unfavour
able to the Chevalier's cause.
1088 TALES OF A GRANDFATHER CHAP. LXXXI
The capital of Scotland was again in possession of the
constituted authorities, garrisoned by a part of Marshal Wade's
army, which had been sent down for the purpose, and preparing
to redeem, by a more obstinate resistance to the Highlanders
upon their return from England, the honour which they might
be supposed to have lost by their surrender in the September
preceding.
This spirit of resistance had reached the Western Border,
where reports were generally disseminated that the Chevalier
and his forces had been defeated in England, and were now
flying across the Border in such extreme confusion that the
militia and volunteers of the country would have little trouble
in totally destroying them. For this purpose, many of the
peasants of Dumfriesshire had assumed arms, but they showed
little inclination to use them, when they saw the Chevalier's
army return in complete order, and unbroken in strength or
The Highland army, after crossing the river Esk, was
divided into three bodies. The first, consisting of the clans,
moved with the Chevalier to Annan. Lord George Murray
was ordered to Ecclefechan with the Athole brigade and Low-
land regiments. Lord Elcho, with the cavalry, received orders
to go to Dumfries, and to disarm and punish that refractory
town. The Prince himself shortly followed with the infantry,
which he commanded in person.
Dumfries's ancient contumacy to the Jacobite cause had
been manifested, not only by their conduct in the year 1715,
but by a recent attack upon the Chevalier's baggage, as he
marched into England in the November preceding. The horse
marched thither accordingly with purposes of vengeance, and
were speedily followed by the Prince's own division. He laid
a fine of 2000 upon the town, and demanded, for the use of
the army, 1000 pairs of shoes. Some of the money required
was instantly paid down, and for the rest hostages were granted.
No violence was committed on the town or inhabitants, for the
Highlanders, though they threatened hard, did not, in fact,
commit any violence or pillage. 1
1 The provost of Dumfries, a gentleman of family named Corsan, who
had shown himself a staunch adherent of the Government, was menaced
with the destruction of his house and property. It is not very long since
the late Mrs. MacCulloch of Ardwell, daughter of provost Corsan, told
1745-46 EXACTIONS ON GLASGOW 1089
The magistrates and community of Glasgow were yet more
guilty in the eyes of the Prince than those of the smaller town
of Dumfries. That city had raised a body of 600 men, called
the Glasgow regiment, many of them serving without pay,
under the command of the Earls of Home and Glencairn. This
corps had been sent to Stirling to assist General Blakeney, the
governor of the castle, to defend the passes of the Forth.
From Stirling, the Glasgow regiment fell back with the other
troops which had assembled there and took post at Edinburgh.
This was with a view to the defence of the capital, since the
Highlanders, having bent their march to the westward, were
likely to pay Edinburgh the next visit.
While the citizens of the capital were suffering from the
apprehension of the neighbourhood of the rebels, those of
Glasgow were paying the actual penalty attached to their
presence. Clothing for the troops, and stores, were demanded
from the town to the extent of more than 10,000 sterling,
which they were compelled to pay, under the threat of military
execution.
At Glasgow, the Prince learned, for the first time with some
accuracy, the extent of the interest which France had taken in
his cause, and the supplies of every kind which she had sent to
him ; supplies which, in amount, remind us of those adminis-
tered to a man perishing of famine, by a comrade, who dropt
into his mouth, from time to time, a small shell-fish, affording
nutriment enough to keep the sufferer from dying, but not
sufficient to restore him to the power of active exertion.
The principal part of these succours came under Lord John
Drammond, brother to the Duke of Perth, and a general officer
in the army of France. They consisted of his own regiment in
the French service, called the Royal Scots ; the piquets of six
Irish regiments ; and Fitz-James's light horse. Of the latter,
not more than two squadrons appear to have mustered. He
also brought some money and military stores. Lord John
Drummond had been entrusted with letters from France, giving
your Grandfather that she remembered well, when a child of six years
old, being taken out of her father's house, as if it was to be instantly
burnt Too young to be sensible of the danger, she asked the Highland
officer, who held her in his arms, to show her the Pretender, which the
good-natured Gael did, under condition th .t little Miss Corsan was in
future to call him the Prince. Neither did they carry their threats into
execution against the provost or his mansion.
1090 TALES OF A GRANDFATHER CHAP. LXXX1
an account how matters had been conducted there, and what
was designed for the assistance of the Chevalier. Charles's
brother, the titular Duke of York, had arrived at Paris in
August 1745, and, on the news of the battle of Prestonpans,
there had originated a sincere desire on the part of the French
to assist the attempt of the House of Stewart effectually.
The original plan was, to put the Irish regiments in the
French service under the command of the said Duke of York,
and place them on board of fishing-boats, which should instantly
transport them to England. This scheme was laid aside, and
a much greater expedition projected, under the command of the
Duke of Richelieu, which, it was designed, should amount to
9000 foot and 1350 horse. The troops were assembled for
this purpose at Dunkirk, Boulogne, and Calais, and a number
of small vessels were collected for the embarkation. The
French, however, were so dilatory in their preparations, that
the design took air, and the English Government, to whom the
expedition, had it sailed during the time of Charles's irruption
into the west frontier, must have been highly dangerous,
instantly ordered Admiral Vernon, with a strong fleet, into the
Channel, and assembled an army on the coast of Kent and
Essex. Upon this the French abandoned the expedition, the
danger of which was greatly diminished by the retreat of the
Highlanders from Derby.
The Prince did not, for a long time, either hear or believe
that this scheme of a descent in favour of his family was
ultimately abandoned ; and his confidence that the French
continued to persevere in it led him into more than one serious
mistake. It was now agitated among the Prince and his
adherents in which way his small body of forces could be best
employed. Some were of opinion that they ought to direct
their march upon the capital of Scotland. It is true, that part
of the troops which had constituted Wade's army at Newcastle
were now preparing to defend Edinburgh, and that the rest of
those forces were advancing thither under the command of
General Hawley. It was nevertheless alleged that the High-
landers might, in this severe season, distress the English troops
considerably, by preventing them from dividing in their winter
march in quest of quarters, and by obliging them to keep the
field in a body, and undergo hardships which would be destruc-
tive to them, though little heeded by the hardy mountaineers.
1746 SIEGE OF STIRLING 1091
But although this scheme promised considerable advantages,
Charles preferred another, which engaged him in the siege of
Stirling Castle, although his best troops were very unequal to
that species of service. The Prince was no doubt the rather
inclined to this scheme, that Lord John Drummond had
brought both battering guns and engineers from France ; and,
thus supplied, he probably imagined that his success in sieges
would be equally distinguished with that which he had attained
by open war.
Before leaving the west country, the Highlanders burnt and
plundered the village of Lesmahagow, and particularly the clergy-
man's house, on account of the inhabitants having, under that
reverend person's direction, attacked and made prisoner Mac-
Donald of Kinloch-Moidart, who was traversing the country
unattended, having been sent by the Prince on a mission to
the Western Isles. 1
On the 3d of January Prince Charles Edward evacuated
Glasgow, and fixed his headquarters on the following day at
the house of Bannockburn, while his troops occupied St.
Ninian's, and other villages in the neighbourhood of Stirling.
The town was summoned, and not being effectually fortified,
was surrendered by the magistrates, although there were about
six hundred militia within it. Some of these left the place, and
others retired to the castle, where there lay a good garrison
under General Blakney, a brave and steady officer. Having
summoned this fortress, and received a resolute refusal to
surrender, the Chevalier resolved to open trenches without
delay, and having brought him to this resolution, we will
resume the narrative of what had happened in the north of
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150 years ago this week, U.S. Confederates set up in Montreal, unintentionally accelerating the birth of Canada
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St. Lawrence Hall, St. James Street, Montreal, circa 1865-70. This was considered to be Montreal's finest hotel before the Windsor Hotel opened in 1878. It was also where U.S. Confederate forces set up operations, 150 years ago this week, during the American Civil War, as a base to harass and distract Abraham Lincoln's Union from Canada. Photo by McCord Museum
MONTREAL — You might not know Jacob Thompson, but he knew us. One hundred and fifty years ago this week, Thompson brought the American Civil War to Canada as it hadn't been before, and in doing so helped spur Confederation. His role in our birth reminds us of the ideas that seem to be motivating us still.
The winter of 1863-64 was tough on the Confederate States of America. Its armies were losing men and battles, its cities saw food riots and its dollar was plummeting. President Jefferson Davis needed to turn things around and so he turned to Jacob Thompson.
Thompson was a Mississippi lawyer, politician and former federal cabinet secretary. Davis asked him to save the South by going north. He was given $1 million, an astronomical sum at the time, and ordered to harass and distract Lincoln's Union from Canada.
Thompson arrived in the first week of May in 1864 and established offices in Toronto and at Montreal's swankiest hotel, the St. Lawrence Hall. It advertised the best mint juleps in town. He mobilized Confederate deserters and escaped prisoners and Canadian sympathizers.
One of his first acts was to invite America's most influential newspaper publisher and Lincoln's personal secretary to Niagara Falls under the pretence of negotiating a peace agreement. When Lincoln set terms the South could never meet, Thompson's contacts pilloried him in the press for being a warmonger with no interest in peace. Lincoln's already shaky support in the war-weary North suffered.
Union ships on Lake Erie were hijacked. Attempts were made to free Confederates from Northern prisons. Arms and ammunition were manufactured and shipped to the South. Thompson worked with the Copperhead movement to stop Lincoln's re-election and split the North by creating a new, independent country. The Copperhead leader ran operations from his hotel in Windsor. Thompson and the Copperheads disrupted Lincoln's Republican Party convention.
Thompson's underground actions led to more Union troops being moved to the border. American ships ignored a War of 1812 agreement and rearmed. In response, more British soldiers were deployed to Canada along with more complaints from London that the colony was too expensive and should be left to its own devices. Canadian militia units were mobilized with the realization that the broke, politically dysfunctional colony could not effectively defend itself in the face of growing American threats.
John A. Macdonald knew that Thompson's actions had enraged a United States that was already upset with Canadian wartime actions and attitudes. The likelihood of a postwar invasion seemed real and terrifying. For years, Confederation had been an interesting idea, but now it had become a necessity. To save itself, Canada needed to create itself. It is no coincidence that five months after Thompson arrived in Canada the Fathers of Confederation arrived in Charlottetown.
While Macdonald debated, Thompson terrorized. His men simultaneously engulfed a number of Manhattan's hotels and theatres in flames and then fled back across the border.
Among the New Yorkers involved in the chaos on Broadway was the famous actor John Wilkes Booth. As part of his plot that killed Lincoln, he spent a week with Thompson's men in Montreal.
Several of Thompson's terrorists raided St. Alban's, Vermont. They robbed its banks, killed a man and then fled back into Quebec with guns blazing and a posse in pursuit.
They were caught by Canadian authorities — but a Montreal judge freed them.
American newspapers insisted that Lincoln immediately invade Canada in retribution.
The American Senate reacted by ending the Canadian-American free trade agreement and taking other actions that promised to economically punish Canada. Canadians were further convinced of the threat to all they valued and yearned to preserve.
With his country dying, Jacob Thompson inadvertently aided in the birth of ours; he was our Uncle of Confederation. The role he played in provoking political change allows us to consider the degree to which our political decisions are still based upon equal parts of courage, hope and fear.
John Boyko is the author of Blood and Daring: How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation. It is being translated into French. He lives in Lakefield, Ont.
Twitter: johnwboyko
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