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Out of the Struggles of the Past to a Brilliant Future
Melvin Edwards
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"Out of the Struggles of the Past to a Brilliant Future" by Melvin Edwards features a large abstract metal structure composed in an arch formation including flat pieces of metal and oversized stylized chain links. The piece was Edward's first large major public art commission, though he is best known... Read more
"Out of the Struggles of the Past to a Brilliant Future" by Melvin Edwards features a large abstract metal structure composed in an arch formation including flat pieces of metal and oversized stylized chain links. The piece was Edward's first large major public art commission, though he is best known for his ongoing series of small-scale reliefs, "Lynch Fragments." He began the series in the 1960's as a way to express his concerns about racial violence and the civil rights movement. The series continued as a response to the Vietnam War and has since developed to be a more personal exploration of Edwards' identity and past. "Lynch Fragments" features amalgamations of brutal tools used for torture, often featuring chains which are strongly associated with captivity and oppression of African American people. "Out of the Struggles of the Past to a Brilliant Future" also features imagery of chains, yet it holds hope for a brighter future. Its title seems to echo the sentiment from the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" which was adopted by the NAACP as its official song and often called the Black National Anthem. The second verse of the song reads as follows.
"We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
'Til now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast."
Like many other works in his practice, "Out of the Struggles of the Past to a Brilliant Future" reflects Edward's "engagement with the history of race, labor, and violence, as well as with themes of the African Diaspora."
Most of Edward's work is in metal. His background as a metal worker is significant to the stories he tells through his work, with chains being a common motif, and his own ancestry. Edward's great-great-great grandfather had been a blacksmith in Africa when he was abducted and brought to the United States to work as an enslaved person making metal things on a plantation near Tuskegee. As Edwards states, "you go into your profession because it's an extension of your family, or you go into it because you're called to do it, as it turned out, it was both for me." Melvin Edwards (b.1937) is highly respected as a pioneer in the history of contemporary African-American art and sculpture. His work has been shown nationally and internationally at a variety of major galleries and museums including his 1970 solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was the first solo exhibition at the Whitney to feature an African American sculptor.
Visit "Out of the Struggles of the Past to a Brilliant Future" in Mount Vernon Plaza off Atcheson Street.
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Royal Caribbean Invests $1 Billion In Ultra-Luxury Line
By Sarah Bretz
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. can now add an ultra-luxury line to their portfolio. - Photo by ATGImages/Shutterstock
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has announced that they're purchasing a majority stake in the luxury line Silversea Cruises.
With the new partnership, Royal Caribbean will buy a 66.7 percent equity stake in Siversea for about $1 billion and finance the purchase through debt. The Monaco-based ultra-luxury line's enterprise value is around $2 billion.
Silversea's fleet is comprised of intimate, all-suite ships, the largest of which is only 40,700 gross tons and holds only 596 passengers. The company operates nine ships in total.
"Silversea is a crown jewel, and the acknowledged leader in luxury and expedition cruising, two key markets that are poised for growth," said Richard D. Fain, RCL's chairman and CEO. "Uniting our two companies presents an extraordinary opportunity to expand vacation options for guests and create revenue in strategic growth areas.
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The deal adds an ultra-luxury brand to Royal Caribbean's portfolio, which already included destination-focused luxury line Azamara Club Cruises, premium brand Celebrity Cruises, and their largest line Royal Caribbean, which caters to adventure-seeking families.
Silversea's executive chairman, Manfredi Lefebvre, will remain in his current role and continue to lead the company in its long-term goals. His father Antonio Lefebvre d'Ovidio, a maritime law professor, founded Silversea in the early 1990s. Manfredi is confident that the stake he's keeping will grow significantly in value through the partnership; he'll qualify for an estimated 472,000 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. shares.
Silversea CEO Roberto Martinoli will also continue in his current role, working with the existing Silversea management team. The line will also continue to operate out of Monaco.
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The Mother Tongue Counselling Service is part of the wider West London Community Living Well Network, and is delivered by the Talking Therapies & Wellbeing Service run by Brent, Wandsworth & Westminster Mind.
It aims to integrate Arabic and Farsi (Persian) speaking communities from Kensington & Chelsea, Queens Park and Paddington into primary care mental health services, by providing effective, accessible and culturally capable one-to-one counselling in their mother tongue languages, along with wellbeing groups and workshops around mental & emotional health, tailored to suit the needs of the group.
The Mother Tongue Counselling Service is personalised to suit the linguistic and cultural needs of Arabic and Farsi (Persian) communities in Kensington & Chelsea, Queens Park and Paddington. Our aim is to provide equitable talking therapy experiences and outcomes to enhance the wellbeing of Arabic and Farsi speaking communities. As a part of this service, you will also be able to participate and engage in interactive workshops around mental health awareness, guided self-help, myth-busting and wellbeing.
Everyone belongs to an ethnic community. The cultural customs, experiences and understanding of wellbeing varies from community to community. We live in an ethnically diverse city where people may struggle for whatever reason to find or access the support that works for them.
This service has been designed to ensure that whatever a person's ethnicity, culture, language or faith, they are able to access talking therapies in ways that are meaningful and work for them.
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In the form of one-off self-help workshops or weekly psycho-educational groups (with interpretation in Arabic & Farsi) on topics related to mental health awareness and emotional wellbeing. They can be arranged with any existing groups or community members by contacting the Community Development Worker at the details mentioned below.
Translated literature on common mental health issues, frequently used terms, self-help techniques and information on signposting and referral to other local services in the community, in order to raise awareness, bust the stigma, bridge the communication gap and most importantly sustain recovery as part of integrated care.
We respect the privacy of the service users. Any information discussed in the sessions will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed to a third party without the consent, or under exceptional circumstances, such as risk or harm to self or others.
The counsellors and facilitators are trained, accredited, and are sensitive to individual and cultural needs, and the assessments, counselling sessions and group work are culturally adaptable.
The one-to-one service is offered at a variety of integrated-care venues in the community, including St Charles Centre for Health & Wellbeing in North Kensington. The groups & workshops can be organised at any community location where people already assemble for other activities, depending on the convenience of the participants.


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The most important features in a phone — ranked by the Android Central staff
Different people have different priorities.
Hayato Huseman
Source: Daniel Bader / Android Central
Your phone can say a lot about you and your personality. The features that matter the most to you largely determine what phones you should consider when looking to upgrade; the Pixel 4 takes amazing photos, for example, but it's off the table if you need all-day battery life.
We asked around the Android Central staff to see what each of our writers look for in a phone, and what phones should be on your radar based on your needs.
Alex Dobie Camera
Lousy battery life? Pick up a power bank. Slow connection? It's not hard to wait a couple of extra seconds for your stuff to load. Bad camera? Well, you're SOL.
There's no substitute for a capable, high-quality camera array in your smartphone. A bad photo is bad forever, after all. A modern flagship phone should offer at least three options — covering wide, ultrawide, and telephoto photography — along with a dedicated computational night mode for lower-light snaps. For me, having all these options available (whether in last year's Huawei P30 Pro or in this year's Galaxy S20 Ultra) has been a revelation for how I use my smartphone to take photos.
Whereas other shortcomings in smartphone hardware or software can be overcome with accessories or changes to the way you use your device, there's just no way to replace a high-quality camera that's with you almost every hour of every day. That's why, to my detriment, I've often found myself compromising in areas like software quality or battery life to be able to use the best smartphone cameras out there.
Go ahead. Buy a phone with the best camera you can. You'll thank me when we can go outside again.
Camera King
A monstrous phone with a fierce camera
The "money no object" Android flagship ... provided you can deal with the size and weight. An impressive camera array and a massive battery sit underneath Samsung's biggest screen. Plus, an option for 512GB storage and 16GB RAM.
$1200 at Amazon
$1200 at Best Buy
Andrew Martonik Software
Source: Andrew Martonik / Android Central
Normally I would hold camera quality in the highest regard, but in the last couple of generations, most high-end phones have really good cameras, closing the gap from phone to phone. That means I'm focused on software, which can still vary widely. And that encompasses many aspects: design, features, performance, and stability. You can usually get two or three in most phones, but not all four — for me, Google and OnePlus check all of the boxes.
Having software that's easy on the eyes, but also smooth and well-performing every single time you unlock the phone, is incredibly important. No matter what hardware features or specs you have, if your software doesn't take advantage of it, it's pointless. There's nothing you do with your phone that doesn't involve the software — it's the glue that holds together the whole experience. It's also something that's tough to advertise and sell a phone against, but it's something that will turn first-time customers into repeat customers.
Just how important is the software experience to me? Important enough that I'm giving up other features to use the Pixel 4 XL. I don't have an ultra-wide camera (which I love to use), and I deal with weak battery life, so I can experience Google's software every day. The fluidity, simplicity, and feature set Google offers in its flavor of Android is top-notch, and is good enough to overcome shortcomings elsewhere in its phones.
Android at its best
Google knows how to make wonderful software
Yes, the battery life isn't good. But the software performance and experience is fantastic, and that matters every time you pick up the phone. And it still has the best camera in the business.
$815 at Amazon
$900 at Best Buy
Ara Wagoner Stability
Source: Ara Wagoner / Android Central
Not everyone needs (or gets) a flagship device that feels like it runs on lightning and moonshine, but no matter the phone and no matter the user, what I need is for things to work the way they're intended to. Am I getting sudden freezes or semi-regular app crashes? Am I getting six hours of screen time on one day and three hours the next before the phone dies mid-afternoon? I don't mind if it consistently takes five seconds to open and load Reddit or Twitter, but the camera randomly not saving pictures or the Bluetooth randomly turning itself off is not okay.
Performance inevitably degrades over time, software is either updated and deals with occasional bugs or isn't updated and just gets stale, but no matter what, I need to be able to depend on my phone doing what it's supposed to do when it's supposed to do it. And yes, I know some people will flash their phone to the latest Android 11 beta or go out and flash a custom ROM, but for me and the vast majority of Android users, I just want a phone that works and works consistently.
Pixel for everyone
Google gets it (mostly) right
The Pixel 3a isn't the newest or flashiest phone on the block by any means, but it's got Google's software prowess and a consistent update schedule that helps ensure that when bugs arise, they are stomped out quickly.
$299 at Walmart
Chris Wedel Camera
Source: Joe Maring / Android Central
While this decision began with an internal struggle as to whether I most valued the software or camera in a phone, an external event provided the ah-ha moment that tipped the scale for me. I was outside enjoying a beautiful spring day, and I saw a rare moment of my two young boys playing a game they made up together, without arguing, spurred me to reach for my phone to capture the scene.
As with most people, my phone is always with me, and that means I am always ready to take a photo should inspiration strike. I'm by no means a true photographer, which is all the more reason I need a camera that is essentially "dummy-proof." I have had the pleasure of using a variety of phones these past few years, from Samsung to Motorola and Pixel to OnePlus. Though all of those phones are capable of taking a great photo, I always floated back to the Pixel lineup.
Pixel phones have always produced beautiful photos with little fussing required. The photos, more often than not, are ready to post to social media or share with a family member right out of the phone with no editing necessary. So while the software is important to me, the next time my children are in the midst of an adorable moment — a camera is what will be the most important thing I need, and it's in my pocket.
Simply beautiful photos
The Android phone straight from Google offers the tight software integration you'd expect with an amazing camera experience we've come to expect. The dual-camera system produces stunning shots in both day and night so that you can capture that special moment whenever it happens.
Daniel Bader Camera
I always valued a phone's camera over practically every other feature because, even though I'm not a great photographer, I love the medium. Now that I'm a father, it feels like taking photos is a full-time job, so whatever phone I'm using has to match my intent.
My needs from a camera have evolved over time, too; when I was younger and an avid traveler, it was the versatility of being able to capture a particular vista in any lighting condition. Now, my main priority is being able to trust a phone to capture faces with enough detail, and without becoming a blurry mess, so that I can share them with family and friends. Easy enough, right? Not exactly.
While the Pixel 4 is still my favorite way to take portraits, the OnePlus 8 Pro has proven itself as being a versatile and reliable camera in every situation, and that's why it's my recommendation right now.
More expensive, more capable.
The OnePlus 8 Pro is an impressive and well-designed Android smartphone that doesn't upend the traditional OnePlus formula so much as extend it to its logical place in the 2020 canon — more features, higher price. With the addition of an impressive primary camera, waterproofing, and wireless charging, though, OnePlus has finally checked all of the boxes on its spec sheet.
$899 at OnePlus
Harish Jonnalagadda Value
Source: Harish Jonnalagadda / Android Central
I'm incredibly privileged in that I get to use the latest phones, but if I had to buy a phone for myself, I would pick up a value flagship. Most flagships in 2020 cost $1,000 or more, but you don't need to spend so much to get a phone that excels at the basics.
Value flagships deliver most of the features as "true" flagships for less than half the cost. This category has evolved over the last three years, and now you can get a phone with a 90Hz or 120Hz panel, high-end hardware, and a premium design for under $500. The only reason for shelling out north of $1,000 for a phone in 2020 is for a truly standout camera, and I don't take nearly enough photos to justify the added cost.
To put it in another way, phones like the OnePlus 7T give you 80% of the features of a true flagship for 50% of the cost. Sure, the camera on the 7T isn't as good as the Pixel 4 XL and you don't get a crazy 100x zoom lens as the Galaxy S20 Ultra, but it takes decent enough photos for social media, and for $500 it's a steal for the hardware on offer.
The best value in 2020
The OnePlus 7T gives you a robust set of features for half the price of regular flagships. You get a 90Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 855+ chipset, 8GB of RAM, and a 3800mAh battery with 30W fast charging. There's also clean software in the form of OxygenOS, and all the basics are covered here. You miss out on wireless charging and the camera is average, but the value on offer here is fantastic.
Hayato Huseman Camera
I nearly chose battery life over cameras, since the Pixel 4's miserable endurance is what drove me away from its incredible cameras. But the fact is that I spend far too much time taking photos. I love travel and street photography, I'm engaged to a photographer, and my job has me constantly taking photos of phones and press events. Dealing with lesser cameras affects my personal and professional life.
I love going out with friends or walking around late at night — or at least, I did back when it was safe to — so low light photography is especially important to me. The Pixel used to be the only logical choice for shooting in the dark (and for what it's worth, I still think Night Sight is the best in its class), but plenty of other manufacturers are starting to catch up.
Even Samsung, whose low light performance I found amongst the weakest just last year with the S10, takes great night shots with the S20 these days, and nets you the added versatility of ultra-wide and telephoto cameras as a bonus.
Cameras for any situation
Cameras I can trust to capture nearly any photo
The Galaxy S20+ really surprised me this year with significantly better low light performance than years past. Its photos still have Samsung's typical over-processed look, but it's hard to complain when I get three different perspectives to shoot from and much better battery life than the Pixel 4 I carried before it.
Jeramy Johnson Battery life
While I too ooh and ahh over fancy flagship features like 120Hz refresh rates, Quad HD AMOLED displays, in-display fingerprint readers, and crazy night modes on cameras, I'm a simple man at heart. If I'm honest, my eyesight isn't all that great, so advanced screen technology is largely lost on me, and I almost never pixel peep at photos I take on anything larger than my smartphone, so most of the mid-range and premium cameras are A-OK in my book.
Even though I work from home (don't we all now?), I do like to get out into nature for hours at a time and travel more extensively when I can. For those times, it's so nice to have a phone with good battery/resource management, or a large cell, or both. The anxiety of running low on juice has much more of a pull on me in day-to-day life than any other feature. I've had a pretty great experience with the battery life on my OnePlus 7 Pro, and I can't wait to see how the OnePlus 8 Pro with its 4,510 mAh battery performs once I get one in my own hands!
Battery buddy
Keeps going and going
The OnePlus 8 Pro gets a lot right — whether it be its 120Hz AMOLED display, excellent performance, or near-perfect software. One feature you might overlook is its battery life, which is excellent thanks to a massive 4,510 mAh unit and good optimization. If you're often away from wall outlets and/or spend a lot of time outdoors, it's a great pickup.
Jerry Hildenbrand Security
Your phone is a snitch. It knows everything about your life, your finances, and even what brand of underwear you buy, and is itching to tell someone all these secrets. And if a way to keep this from happening isn't built into it, well, someone out there will be giggling while digging through your digital stuff.
The company that makes your phone knows this, and it will do everything it can (mostly) to stop it from happening. Android presents a special challenge, though, because unless you have a Pixel phone, the company that built it doesn't create the software that's running on it.
Google works with Samsung, LG, OnePlus, and every other company that makes Android phones to fight against the ways that your phone's security can be bypassed. Every month, Google publishes a software update that patches as many of them as possible. It's important that your phone gets these patches. And if you're like me, it's so important that you don't want a phone that doesn't get them in a timely manner.
I don't care if you know I buy Jockey brand boxer briefs. I just don't want you to be able to find that out by yourself.
Timely patches
All about the updates
Don't buy a Pixel 4 for great battery life or a laundry list of extra features. Buy it for the great 90Hz display, incredible camera, and a guaranteed security patch posted the 5th of every month.
Joe Maring Software
There are a lot of hardware traits that go into making a top-notch smartphone, but for me, it all boils down to the software that powers a device. You could easily argue that Samsung's Galaxy S and Note phones regularly have some of the best hardware on the market, but since I'm not a fan of One UI, I tend to stay away from them.
My Android phone of choice is the Pixel 4 XL, largely because of how much I adore Google's take on Android 10. It's clean, buttery smooth, and isn't bogged down with unnecessary features or duplicate apps. I can also rest assured that it's first-in-line for new versions of Android as they're released, which is something you can't say about most other phones.
There are plenty of handsets out there with a better display, battery life, and more rear cameras, but the software on the Pixel 4 is what keeps me coming back for more.
Good software is a big deal
The Pixel 4 XL may not be a perfect phone, but Google's clean and smooth Android 10 software is so good that I continue to use it day after day. Google's software is easy to navigate, not cluttered up with duplicate apps, and gets Android updates faster than any of the competition.
Michael Allison Battery Life
A good display and a good camera go without saying. Clean software? That's also up there for me. However, the part of a smartphone — or any portable device — that I consider most strongly before pulling out my card is the battery life. The fanciest of displays and the best of cameras don't mean anything if I'm running for a charger after half an hour of outdoor photos (looking at you, iPhone SE).
In general, I'm a fairly active and social person, and my weekends and evenings can (ordinarily) see me spend extended hours away from home. This means that a mobile phone that can keep up with me is an important accessory.
My Android phone of choice is a Pixel 3a XL, the decision coming after extended time spent with a Huawei P20, Honor View 30, and the smaller Pixel 3a. The camera and software are great on that, the screen is big and bright enough, and the battery life doesn't disappoint. My initial thought was that I'd pick the 4 XL months later, but with the battery situation being what it is on that, I'm looking forward to seeing what Google's next phones will have to show in that department.
Stamina champ
Battery life that can keep up
The Pixel 3a XL may not boast the best of anything, but it has a good balance of everything I consider important in a phone. The combination of a good camera, frequently updated software, and a battery that lasts makes this a satisfying purchase to someone who used to phone hop. I'll be keeping an eye out for the 4a's performance when it ships, but this remains my phone of choice in the meantime.
What are your priorities?
Are you a photographer who needs the best cameras a company can possibly cram into its phones, or is long-lasting battery life all that really matters to you? Maybe you're more security-focused, or software and stability reign supreme. Whatever matters most to you, let us know in the comments down below!
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Cambridge Innovation Capital leads AudioTelligence's seed funding
Cambridge Innovation Capital has led a £3.1 million seed funding round into AudioTelligence Limited, a company delivering real-time audio processing technology for the enhancement of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems. Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, and two Cambridge-based business angels also participated.
Speech control is being used increasingly in consumer electronics, with smart speakers being the world's fastest-growing consumer technology segment in the first quarter of 2018 driven by Amazon's Echo, Google's Home and several recent entrants such as Xiaomi.
AudioTelligence's technology dramatically enhances the accuracy of ASR systems, such as those used in mobile devices, home assistants and voice-activated, hands-free automotive systems. It processes the output from low-cost uncalibrated microphones and delivers significant improvements in separating a speaker's voice from background noise and other conversations. AudioTelligence's technology also addresses other applications, such as the hearing assistance market.
Andrew Williamson, Investment Director at CIC said, "AudioTelligence's source separation technologies have been built on world-leading research to provide a data-driven solution to the 'cocktail party' problem of isolating speech from a mix of other sounds. These technologies significantly outperform existing 'state-of-the art' commercially available solutions and have the potential to improve materially the real-world performance of a whole host of voice activated electronic devices."
Ken Roberts, CEO of AudioTelligence added, "This investment will enable us to build out our team to commercialise our source separation technologies. We are delighted with the support our investors are providing and look forward to working with them as we grow AudioTelligence."
The company is a spin-out from Cambridge-based CEDAR Audio Limited, a world leader in audio restoration, dialogue noise suppression and speech enhancement for the entertainment and audio forensic sectors. AudioTelligence also uses technology developed by the Signal Processing Group of the University of Cambridge, one of the leading global academic departments in this field
Simon Godsill, Professor of Statistical Signal Processing at the University of Cambridge and chairman of AudioTelligence's Technical Advisory Board said, "AudioTelligence's systems combine cutting edge technologies developed within the Signal Processing Group at Cambridge with those from CEDAR. With this sound scientific basis, the spin-out AudioTelligence marks an exciting milestone in the commercialisation of this world-leading expertise.
Elaine Loukes, Investment Manager at Cambridge Enterprise commented, "AudioTelligence is a spin-out from CEDAR Audio, which is the oldest company in our portfolio. It's a real pleasure to be working with a new company that we know to have an excellent pedigree."


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In the tenth year of the war the Greek hero Achilles slew Hector, the Trojan, in single combat. (Paris, the cause of all the trouble, never distinguished himself very much in the fighting.) The death of Hector was a cruel blow to the Trojans, particularly to Hector's old father Priam; but they still did not surrender. In the end they were beaten by a trick.
The Greeks built a huge wooden horse, big enough to hold a number of fully armed men. They put the pick of their warriors inside the horse and left it on the shore. All the rest of the Greek army sailed away. Hector were supposed to think that the Greeks had given up hope and gone home; but in fact they had only withdrawn to an island nearby.
The Trojans streamed out of their city and strolled delightedly through the deserted Greek camp and along the shore where the Greek ships had been drawn up. The wooden horse started them arguing. Should they destroy it? Or should they drag it into their city and keep it there as a memorial of their victory?
One Trojan, Laocoon, had no doubts. "I fear the Greeks, even when they bring us gifts", he said and threw his spear at the horse's great wooden belly. There was a hollow sound and perhaps Laocoon would have persuaded the Trojans to open up the horse straight away if their attention had not at that moment been distracted by something even more interesting — the discovery of a live Greek.
This Greek was a young spy named Sinon. His hands were bound and he had a plausible story to tell. The Greeks, he said, had been going to make a human sacrifice of him in order to ensure that the gods would grant them a calm voyage home; everything was ready; but he had managed to escape just in time and since then had been in hiding, with his hands still firmly bound.
The soft-hearted Trojans swallowed this story whole. Sinon was set free. Everyone was kind to him and of course they asked his advice about the wooden horse; which was just what Sinon and the Greek generals had intended.
Sinon was a good actor. Now was his big scene. He put on a very worried expression, as though it grieved him to betray the secrets of the Greeks even though they had treated him so badly. The Trojans waited while he said how it hurt him to betray his countrymen, how he hated having to do it, how he never would have done it if they had not treated him so cruelly.
Hector were still waiting for advice about the horse. At last Sinon told them the "secret". It was this.
The Greeks had been told by their priest that to ensure a safe voyage home they should make a great offering to Athena, the Goddess who had helped them throughout the war. But the offering would have to be one which could not be stolen by the Trojans. Hence the wooden horse. "Make it immense", the priest had said, "so that our enemies cannot take it into Troy. For, if they do, we are doomed. But if the Trojans tamper with the horse where it stands, they are doomed."
Sinon's advice was exactly the opposite of Laocoon's. Unfortunately there was no time for discussion, because at that moment two enormous sea serpents plunged ashore, twined themselves round Laocoon and his two little sons and crushed them to pulp. The Trojans concluded that the gods were angry with Laocoon for throwing his spear at the horse. Obviously, they thought, Sinon was right. They must bring the horse into the city. So they tore down part of the walls, fitted wheels to the horse and dragged it in.
During the night, of course, the Greeks landed again. At a given signal Sinon opened the horse and warriors swarmed out. They caused panic in the city and were easily able to open the gates for their comrades who had now gathered outside the walls.
Thus, after ten years, Troy fell.
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by Meserette Kentake March 25, 2018 June 11, 2020 0
Walter Tull was the British Army's first ever Black officer. Tull, who was a professional footballer at the outbreak of the first world war, gained his commission as a second lieutenant in 1917, having served as a non-commissioned officer in the Somme and in other battles in France and Italy.
Walter Tull was born on 28 April 1888, the son of a carpenter from Barbados. His father, Daniel Tull had arrived in Britain in 1876, and moved to Folkestone where he married a local woman. When he was just seven, his mother, Alice, died of breast cancer. Two years later, his father passed away of heart disease. Walter and his brother Edward were eventually taken in by an orphanage in Bethnal Green, but kept in contact with the rest of their family back in Folkestone. However, his brother was adopted two years later by a Scottish family.
Now alone in the orphanage, Walter excelled at sport and went on to play for amateur team Clapton FC. Within a few months he had won winners' medals in the FA Amateur Cup, London County Amateur Cup and London Senior Cup. In March 1909 the Football Star called him "the catch of the season".
Walter Tull with the Tottenham Hotspur.
Spotted by Tottenham Hotspur, he was soon playing at White Hart Lane in front of crowds in the tens of thousands, on a £4 weekly wage.
One of the first black players in the English game, he was subjected to terrible racial abuse.
Walter Tull was one of the very first Black footballers to play in the First Division. According to the newspapers of the day, he was "the coloured centre-forward" (Daily Chronicle); "our dusky friend with his clever footwork" ( The Football Star); "the Clapton player whose complexion shows that he hails from sunnier climes than our own" (The Weekly Herald).
Tull experienced for the first time spectator racism when Spurs traveled to play Bristol City in 1909. The Bristol City fans mercilessly racially abused Tull. A newspaper reported, "a section of the crowd made a cowardly attack on him in language lower than Billingsgate". The reporter wrote: "Let me tell those Bristol hooligans that Tull is so clean in mind and method as to be a model for all white men who play football. In point of ability, if not actual achievement, Tull was the best forward on the field."
His career at Spurs drifted following the racial abuse he suffered. Confined to the reserves, his fortunes were revived when Herbert Chapman signed him for Northampton Town in 1911 for a "substantial fee". He went on to play 110 games for the club before the outbreak of World War 1.
Tull enlisted with Middlesex Regiment, part of a 'Footballers' Battalion' that drew professional players from a range of clubs.
Tull was the first Northampton player to sign up to join the 17th (1st Football) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, and in November 1915 his battalion arrived in France.
What little we know about Tull's life, footballing career and military service was painstakingly pieced together by the historian Phil Vasili. According to Vasili's book, Tull fought extensively in the war; at the Battle of the Somme, at Messines and Passchendaele. His bravery, leadership skills and calmness under pressure saw him swiftly rise through the ranks: lance corporal, lance sergeant, sergeant.
At one stage Tull was sent home suffering from trench fever. When he recovered from his illness, instead of being sent back to France, he went to the officer training school at Gailes in Scotland. Despite military regulations forbidding "any negro or person of colour" being an officer, Tull received his commission in May, 1917; the first ever Black infantry officer to serve in the British Army.
Having been made an officer, he returned to the conflict, and served on the Italian Front from November 1917 to early March 1918. Tull led his men at the Battle of Piave and was mentioned in dispatches for his "gallantry and coolness" under fire. He stayed in Italy until 1918 when he was transferred to France to take part in the attempt to break through the German lines on the Western Front. On 25th March, 1918, 2nd Lieutenant Tull was ordered to lead his men on an attack on the German trenches at Favreuil. Soon after entering No Mans Land, Tull was hit by a German bullet and fatally wounded. Tull was such a popular officer that several of his men made valiant efforts under heavy fire from German machine-guns to bring him back to the British trenches. He was awarded the British War and Victory Medal and recommended for a Military Cross.
Tull's life is now commemorated at the Arras Memorial. His name is engraved along with 34,785 other soldiers with no known grave, who died between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918.
The Walter Tull Memorial
The Royal Mint issued a commemorative £5 coin in 2014.
2018 marks the centenary of Tull's death.
"Walter Tull is a true British hero and he embodies everything that makes me so proud to be British." David Lammy, Labour MP.
A campaign led by the Labour MP David Lammy, for Tull to be awarded the Military Cross is ongoing. Today, 127 MPs, from six different parties, have signed a letter to the Prime Minister requesting that Tull finally be awarded his Military Cross. In their letter, the MPs say Tull's story "still serves as an inspiration to Britain's Black, Asian and ethnic communities" and "encapsulates what it means to be a Briton".
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Here's a product that I won't be buying. It looks as if the Coca-Cola Company is trying to cash in a little too much on the low carb craze with its new C2.
"Coca-Cola C2 brings all the great Coca-Cola taste with 1/2 the carbs and calories of regular Coca-Cola." Sounds great right? Too bad all that taste and only half the carbs comes with a hefty price!
I tried the new C2 at the Canadian National Exhibition, and really liked the product. When I went to buy it at my local supermarket I was shocked to find that it is more then 70% higher in price than Coca-cola Classic! A 12 pack of Coke Classic was selling for $2.99 while an 8 pack of C2 was priced at $3.49!
I might be interested in lowering my intake of carbs, but I sure don't want to pay a 70% premium to do it. Diet Coke goes for the same price as regular Coke, so why the big difference on the new product?
And a crappy 8 PACK? What's up with an 8 pack?
My life on the internet has become all about battling spam. It's bad enough in my regular inboxes, but now I am getting spam via my site's feedback forms and in my 'blog! What to do?
For my regular inbox spam I have resorted to using a service called Mailblocks. It uses a "Challenge and Resonse" system so that only email from real human beings is supposed to get through. However, some spammers have managed to get past that! The other problem is that many senders don't ever reply to the challenge, and their mail gets deleted after three days if I don't rescue it from the "Pending" folder. As I am only looking at headers, this is still faster than having to download all of the messages off my servers.
For my 'blog, I have started to use MT Blacklist by Jay Allen. My favourite feature of this nifty plug-in for MovableType is the button that is labelled "Go forth and do my bidding!" when I go to "despam" the 'blog. This plug-in blocks many of the known weblog spammers. If some still get through all you have to do is despam the 'blog by clicking the link in the email notice of a new comment. You can also add the new spammer to your blacklist automaticlly. It is a very good plug-in, and I HIGHLY recommend it!
Now, can anyone come up with a plan to keep the spammers from using my feedback forms to send me notices about funneling money out of General Mombassa's secret bank accounts in Nigeria?
Since 1997 I have served as the webmaster for Clan MacNeil in Canada. For the first two years the website was an unofficial one, and was made the official website by a vote of the Clan MacNeil in Canada Executive Board in 1999. Last Friday I received a letter from the President of Clan MacNeil in Canada demanding that I close the website by September 1st.
The letter makes reference to the Executive Board of Clan MacNeil's "final decision" to close the webpage. This reference implies that a meeting was held. I was not aware of, nor was I informed of, any meetings or decisions regarding the website until the closure letter was received on July 30, 2004.
The web server space and domain registration for http://www.clanmacneil.ca were arranged, maintained, and paid for by me several years before the site became the official Clan MacNeil in Canada site in 1999. As I did all of the website design and am still the owner of the domain name, I decided to disassociate the clanmacneil.ca domain name from Clan MacNeil in Canada and migrate all non Clan MacNeil in Canada specific content to a new website under the banner of Clan MacNeil Net. The old Clan MacNeil in Canada website was host to over 40,000 visitors from around the world, and I believe that the information available on the site is still useful and still very much in demand.
As of August 1, 2004, http://www.clanmacneil.ca became the main site URL for Clan MacNeil Net. The clanmacneil.ca website no longer has any association with Clan MacNeil in Canada. People seeking information on Clan MacNeil in Canada should direct their questions to the organization's President Ms Alene McNeill. Ms McNeill can be reached at 378 Ashworth Drive, Newmarket, ON L3Y 6T6.
It is my intention that Clan MacNeil Net becomes an important resource on the internet for all Clan MacNeil related web sites, businesses, and activities. Future plans involve a net portal, link archives, email services, and other web based services for the Clan MacNeil family at large.


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Solo: A Star Wars Story – Review
Solo: A Star Wars Story tells the tale of a young Han Solo who finds his footing as a smuggler in the midst of a journey that includes friendship, betrayal, and adventure. Solo is a fun ride that connects outside cannon material (books, animated series, and comics) more than any other Star Wars film to date. Still, despite all the positives, the negatives weigh the movie down past the point of no return.
Despite the all of the behind the scenes drama with the film, the biggest question going in was how the movie-going audience would handle a different actor playing the famed smuggler.
It took some time to get used to someone other than Harrison Ford playing the titular character. Alden Ehrenreich was more than serviceable in the role and was able to make it his own instead of doing an impersonation. I got used to him as Han Solo a lot faster than I expected.
Donald Glover as the smooth-talking Lando Calrissian was a great choice and felt even more natural than Ehrenreich's Solo. Glover's performance was excellent and stole every scene he was in. There were some creative choices, however, that muted the character to a degree.
Woody Harrelson's Tobias Beckett oozed the essence of a wise and treacherous mentor that upheld what it means to be a member of Star Wars' wretched hive of scum and villainy. Emilia Clarke as Solo's childhood friend Qi'ra was surprisingly well done considering I have not enjoyed Clarke's work outside of Game of Thrones.
We meet two new characters as a part of Beckett's crew. The four armed alien getaway pilot, Rio and criminal saboteur, Val. They're killed before we got a chance to know them. It's a shame because Val appears to have an interesting backstory and Rio seemed like a fun character to see in action.
Paul Bettany was miscast crime lord Dryden Vos. There was never anything menacing about him, even when he's threatening people to do his bidding. Plus, the early revelation that Vos answers to someone even more powerful essentially neutered his character.
It would have been interesting to see Michael K. Williams' interpretation of the role since he was cast for the part until Lucasfilm fired the original directors, Lord and Miller, brought on Ron Howard and reportedly reshot 80% of the film. Williams became unavailable, and Bettany filled in.
Droid L3-37 (voiced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge) is without question the worst character Star Wars has ever produced. The equal right's rhetoric (droid rights) was annoying, out of place and took me out of the film with every syllable that came out of her robotic mouth. Movies are supposed to be an escape, and yet, this character appeared to serve some cooperate agenda as opposed to the narrative.
The bulk of Solo takes place ten years before the events of A New Hope. We get many of the legendary moments that encompass the mythology of Han Solo. How Han and Chewie met for the first time was done exceptionally well. Their introduction included an exciting reveal that explains a few things in the previous films that you probably never thought of asking before seeing it here.
The legendary Kessel Run represents the entire film as a whole. Full of fast-paced action, light on substance and seemed like window dressing as opposed to being anything meaningful. The actual Kessel Run was more of an escape. It was visually impressive; however, when it was over, the run didn't come across as this momentous, galaxy-wide legend that Rey fancied, almost 50 years later in The Force Awakens.
Did you ever wonder how Han Solo got his name….If you see this movie, pretend that the dimwitted orgin for his namesake never happened. It was a bonafide facepalm moment that is devoid of any creativity.
In a pivotal moment, Han shoots first. Yes, it was a callback to the controversial confrontation in the Mos Eisley cantina that George Lucas retconned with the release of the special editions. It was a good idea; however, the execution of the moment purely came across as a middle finger to Lucas instead something with narrative stakes.
Solo is a good movie, but it's not a good Star Wars film. The self-contained plot primarily focusing on one character made a galaxy far, far away feel very small. I'll still buy it on Blu-ray for the sake of completing my collection. However, despite some fun elements contained in a safe story, Solo never comes close justifying its existence.
This entry was posted in Movies and tagged blog, Han Solo, movie review, Solo, Star Wars, thoughts on June 26, 2018 by The Greene Screen.
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If you read my stuff, then you (probably) already know that I'm a recovered stress eater and founder of the Stop Emotional Eating Program – a life-changing health video course.
I'm passionate about helping people to STOP emotional eating on junk food!
I believe sugar is a bigtime SOCIOPATH!
It acts sweet – but it's really poison!
Too much sugar not only makes us fat, it harms our liver, messes with our metabolism, impairs brain function, and leaves us susceptible to heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
But you probably knew a lot of that already…right?
So why can't you stop eating sugar?
DOPAMINE MAKES YOU ACT DOPEY: First, you should know, you're not alone in your urge to inhale a bag of candy or scarf down a box of Oreos. Your cravings for sugar go super deep. To examine the hold sugar can have over us, substance-abuse researchers have performed brain scans on subjects eating something sweet. What they've seen resembles the mind of a drug addict! When tasting sugar, the brain lights up in the same regions as it would in an alcoholic with a bottle of gin. Dopamine—the so-called reward chemical—spikes and reinforces the desire to have more.
YOUR BODY MADE YOU DO IT: Do you find you particularly crave candy midday? If so, it might be because your body's biologically wired to crave simple carbohydrates when it's feeling low on energy. Yep, your insightful, intuitive body recognizes that sugar will quickly turn into glucose in your bloodstream and energize you. Happily you can still eat something sweet without experiencing that blood sugar level spike. Simple carbs are also found in fruits, veggies, and dairy products. Unlike candy, syrup, soda, table sugar (etc) these have fiber and protein that slow the process of release – so you don't spike and crash!
BEHAVIORAL ADDICTION: Sugar is biologically addictive – due to how it increases insulin levels. In the movie "Fed Up," they called sugar the new cigarettes because of its addictive nature. In one study, 93% of lab rats chose sugar water over cocaine!
THE REWARD CENTER: Aside from the pleasure of eating itself, when you consume sugar your brain also sees sugar as a reward, which makes you keep wanting more of it. If you often eat a lot of sugar, you're reinforcing that reward, which can make it tough to break the habit.
So how do we STOP SUGAR ADDICTION?
GET SAVVY ABOUT SUGAR'S HIDING PLACES. Avoid processed foods wherever possible. Look carefully at labels. The majority of sugar sweetened cereals contain at least 4 teaspoons of sugar per serving. Flavored yogurts and energy bars are other culprits – and so is store bought bread.
KNOW HIS ALIASES. This crazy sociopath sugar often goes by other names. Around 56 of them! High fructose corn syrup, sucrose and maltose are just a few of Sugar's aliases. Be on the lookout.
MAKE ROOM FOR MAGNESIUM. Sugar cravings may be more prominent in people who aren't getting enough of this crucial mineral. Your doctor can test your levels – but you can also help yourself! Start choosing magnesium rich foods, such as dark leafy greens, nuts, seeds, fish and beans.
POWER UP WITH CINNAMON. A true superhero spice, cinnamon tastes wonderful and has powerful medicinal properties. Ceylon cinnamon is particularly beneficial. It offers lower amounts of coumarin – and not only lowers blood sugar levels, it also reduces heart disease risk factors! So get sprinkling!
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John Bailey, Jr.
John Bailey, Sr.
Birth 30 Aug 1590 Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, Great Britain
+ 1. Johanna Bailey
2. Robert Bailey
+ 3. John Bailey, Jr., b. 1613, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, Great Britain
Elenore Emery
Family / Spouse John Bailey, Jr., b. 1613, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, Great Britain
+ 1. Rebecca Bailey, b. 1641
2. John Bailey, b. 18 May 1643
+ 3. Sarah Bailey, b. 17 Aug 1644
4. Joshua Bailey
+ 5. Joseph Bailey, b. 4 Apr 1648, Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
6. Rev. James Bailey, b. 12 Sep 1650
7. Joshua Bailey, b. 20 Feb 1651/52
+ 8. Isaac Bailey, b. 22 Jul 1654, Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
9. Joshua Bailey, b. 20 Apr 1657
+ 10. Rachel Bailey, b. 19 Oct 1662
11. Judith Bailey, b. 13 Aug 1665
Rebecca Bailey
Father John Bailey, Jr., b. 1613, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, Great Britain
Mother Elenore Emery
Family / Spouse Isaac Brown
Married 22 Aug 1661
1. Ruth Brown, b. 26 May 1662
2. Thomas Brown, b. 15 Sep 1664
3. Rebecca Brown, b. 15 Mar 1666/67
Birth 18 May 1643
Died 22 Jul 1663
Birth 17 Aug 1644
Died 26 Oct 1714
Family / Spouse Daniel Cheney
Married 8 Oct 1665
1. Sarah Cheney, b. 11 Sep 1666
2. Judith Cheney, b. 1668
3. Daniel Cheney, b. 31 Dec 1670
4. Hannah Cheney, b. 3 Sep 1673
5. Joseph Cheney, b. 10 Jul 1676
6. Eleanor Cheney, b. 29 Mar 1679
7. James Cheney, b. 6 Apr 1685
Joshua Bailey
Died 7 Apr 1652
Joseph Bailey
Birth 4 Apr 1648 Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
Died 23 Oct 1723 Kennebunck, Suffolk, MA, USA
Family / Spouse 1 Priscilla Putnam, b. 4 Mar 1656/57, Salem, Essex, MA, USA
1. Rebecca Bailey, b. 25 Oct 1675
2. Priscilla Bailey, b. 31 Oct 1676
3. John Bailey, b. 16 Oct 1678
4. Joseph Bailey, b. 28 Jan 1680/81
5. Hannah Bailey, b. 9 Sep 1683
6. Daniel Bailey, b. 19 Jun 1686
7. Martha Bailey, b. 9 Jun 1688
8. Judith Bailey, b. 11 Feb 1689/90
9. Lydia Bailey, b. 25 Nov 1695
10. Sarah Bailey, b. 14 Feb 1696/97
Family / Spouse 2 Sarah (Unknown)
Married 27 Nov 1707
Rev. James Bailey
Birth 12 Sep 1650
Died 18 Jun 1707 Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, USA
Family / Spouse 1 Mary Carr
Married 17 Sep 1672
Family / Spouse 2 Mary (Unknown)
Birth 20 Feb 1651/52
Isaac Bailey
Birth 22 Jul 1654 Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
Died 26 Apr 1740 Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
Family / Spouse 1 Sarah Emery, b. 26 Feb 1659/60
Married 13 Jun 1683
+ 1. Isaac Bailey, b. 30 Dec 1683, Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
+ 2. Joshua Bailey, b. 30 Oct 1685, Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
+ 3. David Bailey, b. 12 Dec 1687, Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
+ 4. Judith Bailey, b. 11 Feb 1688/89, Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
+ 5. Sarah Bailey, b. 11 Feb 1690/91, Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
Family / Spouse 2 Rebecca Bartlett
Married 5 Sep 1700 Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
Birth 20 Apr 1657
Family / Spouse Elizabeth Putnam, b. 30 Jun 1659, Salem, Essex, MA, USA
Rachel Bailey
Birth 19 Oct 1662
Family / Spouse Samuel Poor, Jr.
Married 16 Feb 1679/80
1. Rebecca Poor, b. 18 Jan 1680/81
Died 20 Sep 1668
Name John Bailey [1]
Suffix Jr.
Born 1613 Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, Great Britain [2]
Also known as John Bayley [3]
Alt. Birth 1613 , , , England [1]
Resided Salisbury, Essex, MA, USA [1]
Immigration 1635 [1]
Resided 1650 Newbury, Essex, MA, USA [1]
Died Mar 1691 Newbury, Essex, MA, USA [2]
See notes for John Bailey, Sr., for more information.
AAS - 4 Nov 2010
JOHN BAILEY, Jr., born in England, 1613, came to New England with his father in 1635. He married Eleanor Emery. She was sister of John and Ann Emery. He settled in Newbury, Mass., 1650, on the plain . about a quarter of a mile from Deer Island and opposite Carr Island. he had formerly lived in Salisbury.
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John Bailey, Jr (photo of memorial stone)
Birth: 1613, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
Death: Mar., 1691, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
The son of John Bailey, he came with his father from England, settling in Salisbury. A weaver & husbandman, he received land in the first division in 1640 and again in 1643. He married Eleanor Emery, daughter of John Emery and removed to Newberry about 1644. They must have returned to Salisbury because he was taxed there in 1652, 1653, and 1654. He was an original "commoner" at Amesbury in 1654 and received land there in 1658, but was not found in Amesbury after that. He was back in Newbury in 1661 and took the oath of a freeman at Newbury in Oct. 1669 and the oath of allegience at Newbury in 1678.
His will was written Dec. 30, 1690 and proved March 31, 1691 in Newbury. The widow, Eleanor died in 1700.
The children of John & Eleanor Bailey/Bayley (the first two born in Salisbury and the rest were born in Newbury):
1. Rebecca b. Nov. 24, 1641, m. Isaac Brown, alive in 1700
2. John b. May 18, 1643, d. June or July 22, 1663 at Newberry
3. Sarah b. Aug. 17, 1644, m. Daniel Cheney, alive in 1700
4. Joseph b. April 4, 1648, m. Priscilla ____
5. James b. Sept. 12, 1650, m. Mary Carr
6. Joshua b. Feb. 17, 1652-3, d. young
7. Isaac b. July 22, 1654,m (1) Sarah Emery, (2) Rebecca Bartlett
8. Joshua b. April 20, 1657, m. Elizabeth ___
9. Rachel b. Oct. 19, 1662, m. Samuel Poore, alive in 1700
10. Judith b. Aug. 13, 1665, d. Sept. 20, 1668.
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Parents: John Bailey (1590 - 1651)
Spouse: Eleanor Helena Emery Bailey (1624 - 1700)*
Sarah Bailey Cheney (1644 - 1714)*
Joseph Bailey (1648 - 1723)*
James Bailey (1650 - 1707)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial
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Father John Bailey, Sr., b. 30 Aug 1590, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, Great Britain , d. 3 Nov 1651 (Age 61 years)
Family / Spouse Elenore Emery, d. Yes, date unknown
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+ 1. Rebecca Bailey, b. 1641, d. Yes, date unknown
2. John Bailey, b. 18 May 1643, d. 22 Jul 1663 (Age 20 years)
+ 3. Sarah Bailey, b. 17 Aug 1644, d. 26 Oct 1714 (Age 70 years)
4. Joshua Bailey, d. 7 Apr 1652
+ 5. Joseph Bailey, b. 4 Apr 1648, Newbury, Essex, MA, USA , d. 23 Oct 1723, Kennebunck, Suffolk, MA, USA (Age 75 years)
6. Rev. James Bailey, b. 12 Sep 1650, d. 18 Jun 1707, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, USA (Age 56 years)
7. Joshua Bailey, b. 20 Feb 1651/52, d. 1663 (Age 10 years)
+ 8. Isaac Bailey, b. 22 Jul 1654, Newbury, Essex, MA, USA , d. 26 Apr 1740, Newbury, Essex, MA, USA (Age 85 years)
9. Joshua Bailey, b. 20 Apr 1657, d. Yes, date unknown
+ 10. Rachel Bailey, b. 19 Oct 1662, d. Yes, date unknown
11. Judith Bailey, b. 13 Aug 1665, d. 20 Sep 1668 (Age 3 years)
Born - 1613 - Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, Great Britain
Alt. Birth - 1613 - , , , England
Resided - - Salisbury, Essex, MA, USA
Resided - 1650 - Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
Died - Mar 1691 - Newbury, Essex, MA, USA
[S427] Surname / Bailey: Bailey Genealogy, Bailey, Hollis R., Gertrude E Bailey; Abbie F Ellsworth; and William H Reed, (Somerville, VA: The Citizen Company, 1899.), 2: 157.
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Volume VIII, No. XXXIII
This Week's Clue: The Secret of Happiness
SP (Shameless Promotion)
Secrets of Blog Success
Spectrum: The New Frontier
Editors Seek PR
For the Week of August 16, 2004
The secret of happiness is it's a choice.
That's it. You can choose to be happy, or choose to be miserable. Mary Chase put it well in her play "Harvey." "In this life you can be oh, so clever or oh, so pleasant. I've tried clever. I prefer pleasant."
My neighbor Reverend Johnson is happy. He's diabetic, nearly 65, and has to support himself mowing lawns and doing odd jobs. A son had a stroke and moved in with him some years ago. He's not getting better. A daughter had a divorce and brought her three sons with her. They're not getting any smaller. He has nearly lost his sight a few times, and can't eat his wife's cooking anymore. I've tried her cooking. That must be the hardest blow of all.
Yet he always waves and calls "Hi-I-I-I-I-I-I, Neighbor!" when he sees me. The other day he brought over a bucket, a rake, and an empty plastic margarine tub. He turned over the bucket, and sat down on the bucket next to my magnolia tree. He raked the soil and when he spied earthworms he put them in the tub. He hummed as he worked. He was going fishing, he said, and needed bait. I thought little of his happiness and went in to work. I'm sorry now that I did. But I had to tell this story.
My father made a different choice. I remember sharing a drink with him, nearly 20 years ago, and hearing him complain about his life, about my mother, about his business failures, about his health, about how everyone was ripping him off. He told me, "happiness is just the absence of pain." He never noticed that he'd raised four children, all with college degrees, happy marriages and healthy children of their own.
I tried to get the message through a few years before he died. I flew him to Atlanta first class. I let him know my children, his grandchildren. I took him to see his sister in South Carolina, where my family slept on the floor of her porch because it was a small house. I even indulged him in hamburgers and chocolate shakes, despite his heart condition. When I saw him off at the Airport I knew it was goodbye, and tried to hug him, but he flinched as from a blow.
Now here's a secret worth slogging through the rest of this tale for. You can change your mind about happiness.
My mom shared my dad's worldview all the time I was growing up. If the glass was 99% full she'd make you see the 1% empty. But after she lost most of her sight she changed her mind. She got new friends. She learned to treasure all she had left. She became known at Braille as "the sighted one." When my dad died he became "St. Fred" - they had been married nearly 49 years. But her youngest son brought his family to live at her house, and when she tires of his kids my sisters each keep a room for her. I'll fly her out any time she asks. After all, grandparents are the secret to civilization.
My mom was determined to make the family cruise this summer. She had thrown out her hip dragging my 16-year old daughter all over Disneyland, and was on powerful pain medication. But she got a wheelchair at the dock and came aboard. She overdosed on the pills the first night out, and my older sister, who was trained as a nurse, became very worried. So while sis sunned herself on the cruise line's "private island" she sent a cousin, a man with my dad's worldview, over to see my mom, back on the ship.
He bought her a martini, then another. I relieved him and she asked for a martini. There was wine with dinner, and the party was just getting started. My sister was mortified. But the next night, the big night of the cruise, my mom threw over her wheelchair and walked, in the most elegant gown any 80-year old lady has ever worn this side of Lena Horne. She was a star. I called it "The Miracle of the Martinis."
But it wasn't a miracle. It was a choice. My mom determined she would be happy. She demanded it of herself. She was happy, and it spread as a powerful force throughout that ship, through cousins and second cousins and even remote in-laws, until all of us who could be touched were touched, and we became a happy family.
My point is the choice of happiness isn't always easy. But it's a choice that can be made, anytime. And if I can make it, so can you. If Reverend Johnson can be happy, you can, too.
It's up to you.
I work as a freelance writer in Atlanta, and am on the development team for EgoScout , a new kind of marketplace for cellular data services.
My last book, "The Blankenhorn Effect" won the Computer/Internet category in the 2003 Independent Publisher (IPPY) awards .
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Takes on the News
The secret to turning a blog into a financial success lies in the word community. Community is what lets a blog scale from one person spouting off into a true online service, with enough traffic to pay the bills with advertising.
Markos Moulitsas Zuniga revealed this recently on his Daily Kos, but successful conservative sites, from FreeRepublic to Lucianne.Com to Andrew Sullivan, all do the exact same things.
First they set a direction. I'm about this, we're going to be about this.
Second, they enable crosstalk. Not feedback -- feedback doesn't scale. But crosstalk, notes from User A to User B, that scales.
This seems to contradict the first point, but the next thing these sites do is let go. As the community develops around them they let it have its head. Kos went out on vacation a few months ago and the site kept running.
They pay attention to the technology, with users' needs in mind. The key to Kos' success post-Dean was his switch to Scoop, which not only supported deeper message threads but the creation of individual user "diaries".
Finally, they listen to the market. Kos didn't think about the diaries when he bought Scoop. He was thinking about messaging. But when the diaries became his growth story, he let it happen.
For a variety of reasons politics has been a hot blogging market. But it's far from the only one. Technology is a hot market, and with sites like Slashdot and TheFeature it's being well-served. I think there's going to be a huge market for these lessons in music and entertainment -- got any examples out there for me? Business sites like RagingBull and Fool.Com understood some of these lessons (albeit not all of them).
There is still a huge market opportunity in blogging, and I think it's very possible that today's leading political sites can have their leads overthrown. But what I have outlined here is the sure path to success. There are too many examples to point to, too many Clues, for it to be otherwise.
A very important political story was buried by the Democratic Conventon. That is the new push by Intel for 802.16 WiMax spectrum.
While there are lots of high frequency bands in which WiMax could live, the fact is that the lower your frequency the farther your waves can travel. That's why AM stations can be heard across the country (when conditions are right) while FM stations have trouble being heard across town.
Thus Intel executive vice president Sean Maloney is lobbying China, the UK and the U.S. to open up space in the 700 MHz band, frequencies UHF TV stations will be abandoning as they move to digital broadcasting, for unlicensed use as WiMax transmission bands.
It's brilliant in terms of science, it's brilliant in terms of spectrum policy, and, because it's an international effort, it's also brilliant politics. Maloney's simultaneous push on three fronts means that if China clears the frequency, in order to connect cities without wires (something it needs to do badly) it also puts its manufacturers in a position to create and define a worldwide market. That should stimulate U.S. and European regulators to get off their assets, now, and to ignore the special pleading of the broadcasters. We either get behind the new market or we're going to get rolled by the Chinese in it.
It used to be, just a few years ago, that PR people hit on newspapers, begging for articles, for scraps, a mention. Now, if the PR person has a blog, it's going the other way.
Mark Glaser reports that some newspapers are tossing a few stories over their firewalls toward "the blogosphere," seeking coverage . Dave Winer won a deal with The New York Times for a special firewall-crossing code a year ago, and I've used it. Glaser notes that the Wall Street Journal "features" one of its stories each day, and tosses that bone over as well. He doesn't mention that the Times' still pulls full text of all stories behind a paid firewall after a week (leaving a short excerpt as a bone) and the Journal has been pushing stories through its Online Journal, as advertising, for two years.
Glaser also notes that some PR types are now pitching bloggers directly, and blogging themselves. Some newspapers are worrying about RSS feeds, playing with search engine optimization, or complaining about how Google News spiders. But Glaser talked to just a few outlets, apparently those that are trying to take action - the vast majority of newspapers are going the other way. Also, the issue isn't whether a few bloggers are talking about news stories. The issue is whether local news is accessible to the outside world and, thanks to forced registration and firewalls, the answer is increasingly no.
The "news business," on balance, is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
Clued-in (far more so than, say, Ted Koppel) is Jon Stewart of The Daily Show , who doesn't pretend to take himself seriously (so you can if you want). His schtick of "I'm an idiot," backed by intimate knowledge of facts (so subjects can't treat him like an idiot) is the best thing since "Columbo."
Clueless is Forbes.com placing links to ads inside its news stories. The first time you click a link at Forbes that turns out to be an ad is the last time you'll click any link on Forbes.


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Sophie's Choice: William Styron Essay
Sophie's Choice: William Styron
William Styron's novel Sophie's Choice explores the way people moved on with life after the Great Depression, and World War II. The book gives an inside look into the lives of two very different individuals, Sophie, a Polish woman and an Auschwitz survivor, as well as Nathan, a Jewish man who is a paranoid schizophrenic and growing more mentally unstable. The story is told through the eyes of a young writer named Stingo and tells of his interactions with the couple. Grief and depression are a lot more complicated than anyone would like to imagine, and the difficulties victims of those conditions endure need to be dealt with, but in the 1940's people were encouraged to "live the good life" rather than deal with the problems echoing continuously in the backs of their minds.
Coming out of the Great Depression, this generation was encouraged to be anything but depressed. In this book these two characters, although distinct in background, must deal with their problems, and face the consequences. The pressure to move on, as is human nature, eventually leads to a sadly fatal conclusion.
Sophie Zawistowska, a gorgeous Polish woman living in the same house as Stingo, is a troubled survivor of the concentration camps during World War II. Throughout the book her story is revealed, through long monologues and stories Stingo, the narrator, tells. The title of the book is Sophie's Choice, but not until the last few pages is it told what Sophie's choice is. Sophie is shown as a vulnerable character, a lover of music and her boyfriend. Her passions also include America, the beach, and creative outfits. Everything in the world in which Sophie lives is the American Dream, the world after the depression.
Throughout the book her story is unveiled. Sophie, the fun-loving Polish girl, has been twice widowed and lost two children. On top of these disasters she is also sent to a concentration camp. In the final pages of the novel she is given the ultimatum by a Nazi soldier,
You may keep one of your children. The other one will have to go. Which one will you keep? (p. 562)
This decision is possibly the most difficult one a parent would ever have to make, and tormented Sophie for the rest of her short life.
Suppose I had chosen Jan to go . . . to go to the left instead of Eva. Would that have changed anything?" (p. 572)
This question remained unanswered to Sophie, who was never given the opportunity to grieve properly for her loss. Instead, she was cast into a world where she has no choice but to be happy.
One thing that gives her hope for true happiness is Nathan, a man she meets in the library one day. Nathan plays the role of her hero. He is a biologist who has plenty of financial resources. He nurses her back to health and the two become lovers. However, there is one glitch in this wonderful chance meeting. Nathan is a paranoid schizophrenic. He is addicted to the drug Benzedrine Sulfate, and drinks...
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New U.S. Airline Passenger Protection Rule Takes Effect
AirlinesTravel Tips April 28, 2010 Staff
Air travelers in the United States must no longer be subjected to lengthy tarmac delays on domestic flights and will enjoy additional consumer protections...
Air travelers in the United States must no longer be subjected to lengthy tarmac delays on domestic flights and will enjoy additional consumer protections as a result of a new rule becoming effective on April 29.
"Airline passengers deserve to be treated fairly, and this new rule will require airlines to respect the rights of their customers," says U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
Under the new rule, U.S. airlines operating domestic flights may not permit an aircraft to remain on the tarmac at large and medium-sized hub airports for more than three hours without deplaning passengers, with exceptions allowed only for safety or security reasons or if air traffic control advises the pilot in command that returning to the terminal would disrupt airport operations.
U.S. carriers operating international flights departing from or arriving in the United States must specify, in advance, their own time limits for deplaning passengers, with the same exceptions applicable. Carriers are required to provide adequate food and potable drinking water for passengers within two hours of the aircraft being delayed on the tarmac and to maintain operable lavatories and, if necessary, provide medical attention.
LaHood says the new rule should not lead to large increases in the number of canceled flights, as some have predicted.
"Everyone knows the rules going in – the passengers and the airlines. We expect carriers to take steps to avoid tarmac delays and cancellations by adjusting their schedules and providing timely information to passengers," says LaHood. "A little extra planning will minimize disruptions while ensuring that passengers are not trapped aboard airplanes indefinitely."
The rule limiting tarmac delays was adopted in response to a series of incidents in which passengers were stranded on the ground aboard aircraft for lengthy periods.
The rule also:
● Prohibits the largest U.S. airlines from scheduling chronically delayed flights, subjecting those that do to DOT enforcement action for unfair and deceptive practices;
● Requires U.S. airlines to designate an airline employee to monitor the effects of flight delays and cancellations, respond in a timely and substantive fashion to consumer complaints and provide information to consumers on where to file complaints;
● Requires U.S. airlines to adopt customer service plans and audit their own compliance with their plans; and
● Prohibits U.S. airlines from retroactively applying material changes to their contracts of carriage that could have a negative impact on consumers who already have purchased tickets.
In addition, beginning at the end of July, airlines will be required to display on their websites flight-delay information for each domestic flight they operate.
The U.S. Department of Transportation says it plans to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking within the next several months to further strengthen protections for air travelers. Among the areas under consideration are further requirements pertaining to tarmac delays and requirements relating to disclosure of baggage and other fees, and full-fare advertising.
The new consumer rule, which was issued last December, is available on the Internet at www.regulations.gov, docket DOT-OST-2007-0022.
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Blurry vision can be attributed to several causes, and they stem from how the eye works and how it has developed. The eye is a tiny organ that measures about an inch long and weighs about 1/4 of an ounce. It is part of a complex system that translates light into images. Light enters your eye through the cornea and into the pupil. The pupil is the black hole in the middle of the iris, which is the colored part of the eye. Behind the iris is the eye's natural lens. It focuses the light onto the retina. The retina is the inside layer at the back of the eye, and contains cells that are sensitive to light. The image is then converted into electrical impulses that are sent through the optic nerve at the back of the eye to the brain.
All of this happens continuously and instantly to give you clear vision from near to far distances. But eyes don't always work perfectly. Their exact size and shape affect how well they focus light. These differences can cause some people to have refractive errors such as myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), or astigmatism. In addition, over time, everyone loses the ability to focus on near objects. This is a refractive condition known as presbyopia, or blurry near vision, and is the first stage or dysfunctional lens syndrome (DLS). If uncorrected, DLS will progress. DLS stage 3 is a cataract.