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Dean Cromwell Pickel
Dean Cromwell Pickel, 78, of Tacoma Washington passed away on November 9th, 2021. Born in Billings Montana on September 26, 1943. Son to the late Oliver and Anna Marie (Raile) Pickel. Survived by his daughter Annmarie (Troy) Stonecipher; Son, Dean Jr. (Tina) Pickel; Brother Donald Pickel; Sisters, Debbie Morrison; Darlene (Dave) Bargelt; and grandchildren Joey, Branden, Cleyton and Devyn. Dean is predeceased by his Parents, Oliver and Anna Marie Pickel and Sister Dianna Hart. Dean served in the United States Air Force from 1961 to 1963. He met his former wife the love of his life, Susan Marie Hurley at work (Gant Shirtmakers) in 1964, they were married in 1966 and had two children. Dean worked for Armstrong Rubber company from 1969 to 1979. He made his dream come true in 1980 by opening his own Antique store. Savin Rock Coin and Antiques on Campbell Ave, West Haven CT. where he was always wheeling and dealing and loved talking with his customers. He moved to Florida with his family in 1982 and opened another Antique store in St. Petersburg, FL. Hobbies he loved include; flea markets, coins, antiques, collecting movies, watching scary movies, playing cards, pool and bowling. He was very talented and gifted spending hours creating computer animation and amazing pictures. he loved Sunday football, the Seattle Seahawks was his favorite team. Dean loved to cause trouble with his jokes. We are very sad to see him leave but grateful for the time we had with him and to know he is no longer in pain. He will be greatly missed. At Deans request, no services will be held. The family will have a celebration of life at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Franciscan Hospice House, 2901 Bridgeport Way W, University Place , WA. 98466 253-534-7000
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Online resources from the Salvation Army International Heritage Centre Archive
January 7, 2021 / Jane Ronson / 1 Comment
Over the past few years at the Salvation Army International Heritage Centre, we have been working towards digitising parts of our collections in order to provide open access to them online. Our digitisation has been focussed on small, self-contained series of nineteenth-century periodicals and pamphlets from The Salvation Army's early history. We envisaged these digital collections not only as ways of allowing more people to use and enjoy the material, but also as places where we could put the historical material in context and provide other helpful tools like indices and research guides. As they represent only tiny fraction of our holdings, these digital collections were never intended to be a substitute for accessing our collections in person. However, when in March 2020 we had to close to the public and limit our own access to the archives due to the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, they unexpectedly became one of the few ways we had of keeping ourselves and others connected with our collections.
Three of the digital collections that we have created so far have now been added to Archives Hub as Online Resources. They are all still works in progress that will continue to grow as we are able to add to them, but this feature provides an introductory overview.
The Darkest England Gazette
In October 1890 — just over 130 years ago — The Salvation Army's founder William Booth published what is probably his best-known and most influential book, In Darkest England and the Way Out. Planned and researched in under a year while his wife Catherine was terminally ill and released just weeks after her death, the book was penned with substantial assistance from the journalist WT Stead, a family friend and supporter of The Salvation Army's work. Taking inspiration from the title of Henry Morton Stanley's In Darkest Africa, published earlier the same year, In Darkest England described the social landscape of the United Kingdom as it had come to be seen by Booth over the course of 25 years of directing The Salvation Army's evangelistic and social work among people living in poverty.
In Darkest England lithograph.
Booth estimated that a tenth of the country's population experienced conditions of such extreme misery and destitution that it had become impossible for them to improve their lives without assistance. He called these people 'the submerged tenth' and the striking and colourful frontispiece of the book (the work of an unknown artist) shows them struggling to stay afloat in a turbulent sea as waves of hardship (unemployment, starvation, drunkenness, want and sin) crash over their heads. The book set out Booth's grand plan for rescuing them, which would form the basis for The Salvation Army's social work going forward. The overarching idea was to reverse the urbanisation that Booth saw as being at the root of so many contemporary social problems by creating a system of 'colonies' which would provide shelter, work and support. He intended that people progress through these in a landward direction, starting off in the 'City Colony' before moving to the 'Farm Colony' and then ultimately to the 'Colony across the Sea' where, in the dominant imperial view of the time, open land was considered plentiful and available for the taking.
In Darkest England sold exceptionally well—its first print run sold out on the day of publication and two more editions were printed by the end of the year. Although the reception from readers was mixed, it succeeded in providing the finance and impetus for the rapid expansion of Salvation Army social work and the establishment of many of the institutions Booth had envisaged. The Darkest England Scheme, as The Salvation Army's organised social work became known, had far-reaching and lasting effects on both The Salvation Army and wider society that have recently been explored in a new anniversary publication, In Darkest England 130 Years On (London: Shield Books, 2020). At the time, however, the Scheme's objectives and achievements were reported in a weekly newspaper called The Darkest England Gazette which is the subject of one of our digital collections.
The Darkest England Gazette ran from 1 July 1893 to 16 June 1894, after which it continued under the new name The Social Gazette. The Social Gazette soon adopted a smaller, cheaper 4-page format, and it continued to be published in this form until 1917. All 51 issues of The Darkest England Gazette have now been digitised and a growing selection is available online. The digital collection also includes a series of research guides that offer brief introductions to prominent themes from the Gazette which include some quite surprising subjects from animal welfare, vivisection and vegetarianism to poetry and popular fiction.
The Christian Mission
The Salvation Army counts its age from July 1865, but its current name was not adopted until 1878. For most of the first 13 years of its existence it was known as The Christian Mission. The Mission grew out of the East London Special Services Committee, a group of Christian businessmen who did evangelistic work in the east end of London. William Booth, a former Methodist turned independent evangelist, first had contact with this committee in June 1865, when he preached at a meeting organised by them at the Quaker Burial Ground in Whitechapel. Within a short time, he had been asked to give permanent leadership to their ministry and over subsequent decades, grew it into an international movement.
Christian Mission Magazine, January 1870.
From October 1868, the Mission began publicising its work by means of its own monthly magazine, which ran until it was superseded by the well-known War Cry in December 1879. This magazine is one of the most important surviving sources of information about the early development of The Salvation Army and its expansion from the east end of London throughout the UK. We have now put many issues online alongside a selection of other documents produced by the Mission.
Rare pamphlets
As our other digital collections show, since its earliest days as the Christian Mission (and even before), The Salvation Army's leaders and members have been prolific publishers, not only of periodicals and books, but also of various forms of pamphlet. One of the earliest in our collection is an 1870 edition of Catherine Booth's treatise Female Ministry, or Women's Right to Preach the Gospel, which is a revised version of her 1859 pamphlet Female Teaching. No known copies of the first edition survive but a second edition of her original text dating from 1861 survives in the John Rylands Library at Manchester University. Catherine's views shaped The Salvation Army's position on women preachers, whose equal status with their male counterparts has been written into the organisation's constitution since 1870.
Catherine Booth.
This pamphlet and more than seventy others are now accessible online in our Rare Pamphlets Collection, covering a wide variety of subjects from slum ministry and social work, to international missionary work, to biographies and songs.
Ruth Macdonald
Archivist & Deputy Director
The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre
Twitter & Instagram: @salvarmyarchive
'The Darkest England Gazette' Digital Collection
The Christian Mission Digital Collection
Salvation Army Rare Pamphlets Collection
Browse all Salvation Army International Heritage Centre Archive collections on the Archives Hub
Browse all Online Resources descriptions on the Archives Hub
Previous features on the Salvation Army International Heritage Centre's Archive collections:
Personal diaries in the archive of The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre
Researching 150 years of Salvation Army history
All images copyright Salvation Army International Heritage Centre. Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright holders.
Women's History Month 2020: Celebrating the archives of Pioneering and Inspiring Women
March 24, 2020 / Jane Ronson
To mark Women's History Month, we're highlighting some fascinating features, fantastic collections and online resources relating to women, their achievements and influence.
Archives Hub features
We have a wide range of Archives Hub monthly features focusing on women, including:
Black Georgians: Phillis Wheatley
PHOTOS/25 Photocopy of a Phillis Wheatley Portrait. Colour photocopy (undated) of artwork by Scipio Moorhead portraying Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) for her book 'Poems on Various Subjects' (unknown source).
Phyllis was sold as a child servant to the all-white Wheatley family in 1761.
Susanna Wheatley, the mistress of the Wheatley family, recognised her extraordinary flair of intuitive intelligence, fostering the intellectual development of Phillis by allowing her to learn to read and write, learn Latin and to read the Bible.
She later became the first African-American woman to publish poetry.
Read the feature, provided by the Black Cultural Archives: https://blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2016/01/04/black-georgians-phillis-wheatley/
The Imogen Holst archive: papers of a passionate and open-minded woman musician
Holst conducting a military band, 1948, photographer: Nicholas Horne (ref no. HOL/2/11/4/6), Britten-Pears Foundation Archive.
Imogen Holst (1907-1984) was the daughter of composer Gustav Holst, best-known for The Planets.
Holst, herself a composer, is perhaps best-known today as Benjamin Britten's musical assistant, but she also had an exceptional, wide-ranging but lesser known career as, amongst other things, educator, conductor and music traveller.
Read the feature, provided by the Britten-Pears Foundation Archive: https://blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2018/11/01/the-imogen-holst-archive-papers-of-a-passionate-and-open-minded-woman-musician/
The Legacy of Ahmed Archive and the Courage and Inspiration of his Mother
Family photograph, Ahmed third from left (GB3228.19.6.1), Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre.
In 1986 Ahmed Iqbal Ullah was murdered by a fellow pupil in the grounds of his high school in Manchester. Very quickly, Ahmed the boy disappeared behind the story of his tragic death.
The story of his family and of his mother's bravery and fortitude similarly became obscured.
Read the feature, provided by Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre: https://blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2018/03/01/the-legacy-of-ahmed-archive-and-the-courage-and-inspiration-of-his-mother/
Pioneering women's education at Bedford College
Elizabeth Jesser Reid, n.d., Royal Holloway Archives and Special Collections, University of London.
170 years ago Bedford College was opened in central London, becoming the first higher education college for women of its kind in the country.
It was the brainchild of Elizabeth Jesser Reid, who said it had been her dream since childhood to found a college for women.
Read the feature, provided by Royal Holloway Archives and Special Collections, University of London: https://blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2019/09/30/pioneering-womens-education-at-bedford-college/
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Pioneering and Inspirational Women
Equal suffrage demonstration in Lowestoft, Suffolk, 1914. NUWT Collection ref UWT/G/2/54. © Institute of Education Archives.
'Phyllis Bedells' c. 1911. Rotary Photographic Series, Royal Academy of Dance.
The Anita White Foundation International Women and Sport Archive, c1936- [ongoing]
In 2010 the University of Chichester decided to establish an archive on the international women and sport movement. This decision was based on the potential donation of documents from Dr Anita White and Professor Celia Brackenridge, two individuals associated with the university who had been centrally involved in the leadership and development of the movement since 1990.
Material held by: University of Chichester Special Collections
Full description: https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb2970-ws
Papers of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806)
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806) is well-known as a style icon and also for her personal life. However, she was also actively involved in the Whig party. Following the resignation of William Pitt in 1801, she was instrumental in getting Fox and the Prince to settle their differences, as well as reuniting the different Whig factions into a force that could be co-ordinated. Whilst Pitt returned as Prime Minister in 1804, following his death in 1806, the new government – the 'ministry of all the talents' – largely consisted of the coalition that Georgiana had helped to build.
Material held by: The Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
Full description: https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb2495-df12
Elouise Edwards Collection, 1970-1999
Elouise was born in 1932 in Guyana, South America. She travelled to England in 1961 to join her husband Beresford Edwards. They settled in Manchester and soon became active in the struggle against inequality and racism that existed at that time. They challenged racist attitudes and campaigned for the needs of people from overseas. This developed into a lifelong fight for equality. Elouise Edwards was instrumental in celebrating Black culture, battling racism and developing vital community resources in Moss Side. She was awarded an MBE for her amazing contribution. Elouise also has an African Chieftaincy. She was nominated for her work with African people in Manchester and the honour was bestowed by the Nigerian organisation at the British Council.
Material held by: Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre
Full description: https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb3228-5
Papers of Emily Wilding Davison, 1905-1989
As a campaigner for Women's Suffrage, Emily is arguably most famous for her death. She joined the Women's Social and Political Union in 1906, soon becoming involved in a long series of arrests, imprisonments and releases after force-feeding. She managed to enter and hide in the House of Commons three times between 1910 and 1911, and was the first to embark on a campaign of setting fire to pillar-boxes. On the 4th June 1913, she tried to seize the bridle of the King's horse running at the Derby. She received head injuries and never recovered consciousness, dying on the 8th June. Her funeral was preceded by a large funeral cortege that became one of the iconic events of the campaign for Women's Suffrage.
Material held by: Women's Library Archives
Full description: https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb106-7/ewd
Press photograph of women factory workers during WW1, Institution of Mechanical Engineers Archive.
The North's Forgotten Female Reformers: Women's suffrage and fight for reform and change throughout the UK, provided by Newcastle University Special Collections and Archives.
History to Herstory, provided by West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield.
The Zandra Rhodes Digital Study Collection, provided by the University for the Creative Arts Archives & Special Collections.
Florence Nightingale Digitisation Project, the collected letters of Florence Nightingale are held by several partner organisations in the UK and USA.
Discover more collections
Mary Katharine Bell, 1903 (CPT/PA/1), Special Collections, Newcastle University.
There are many ways to locate collections about women using the Archives Hub. Searches you could try include:
Feminism/feminists
Women students
Also via repositories
For help on searching, see our tips and examples.
EDUC/15/3.10.21 Student hockey team at City of Portsmouth Training College [early 1940s]. University of Portsmouth Archive.
Archive of Recorded Church Music
Mobile Recording Van outside Hereford Cathedral, 1927.
THE FOUNDING OF THE ARCHIVE
The first gramophone records went on sale in England 120 years ago and five years later, in 1902, the first ever gramophone record by an English robed choir of gentlemen and boys was issued. Since then many thousands of recordings of our choirs have been produced and they represent a unique and priceless recorded legacy of these choirs, which are woven into the very fabric of our cultural and musical heritage.
For a country which takes such care of all aspects of its heritage, this is one area which has been woefully neglected and even the National Sound Archives contains only a small selection.
Having spent a lifetime associated with church music and choirs, I decided to start researching and collecting recordings. As this had never been undertaken there were no discographies to consult and in many instances the choirs themselves had only scant information on what they had recorded over the years.
After fifteen years of collecting and research the Archive of Recorded Church Music is acknowledged to be the definitive collection of recordings worldwide and acquisitions are constantly being added as more and more treasures are discovered.
THE RAISON D'ETRE OF THE ARCHIVE
The Archive seeks to preserve this cultural heritage for future generations from the very first gramophone record in 1902 to the latest new releases. The recordings in the Archive are 'from choirs of gentlemen and boys singing in the English Cathedral tradition' both Anglican and Roman Catholic, from Cathedrals, Abbeys and Minsters, Parish churches, Royal Peculiars (such as the Chapel Royal) Oxbridge chapel choirs, School chapel choirs and independent choirs.
Recording a CD in King's College Chapel.
This uniquely English tradition became the blue print for Anglican & RC choirs abroad, mainly in Canada, the USA, New Zealand and Australia and the Archive contains a representative selection of recordings from these 'English' foreign choirs.
THE RECORDINGS IN THE ARCHIVE
Every category of recording is represented in the Archive, whether it be a commercial issue from a major record company or a smaller independent company; or an in-house recordings issued by the choir themselves for limited sale in their surrounding area; or a private recording of which only that one copy exists. Each category contains recordings on 78rpm records, reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes, mini-discs, vinyl records and CDs.
Commercial issues: From 1902 to the present day, every commercial issue is listed in the Archive's Discography with over 95% being in the collection; the remaining 10% are still to be tracked down. Many small independent labels over the years have specialized in choir recordings and these form a substantial part of the collection.
St Andrew's, Wells Street in London, 1895.
Listen to the very first choir record, issued by the Gramophone Company (the forerunner of EMI) in 1902 of the choir of St Andrew's, Wells Street in London by clicking here: http://www.recordedchurchmusic.org/first-choir-to-record.
Of the numerous smaller independent companies specializing in choir recordings, Abbey/Alpha was one of the most famous, owned by Harry Mudd, OBE. Listen to one of his vinyl records from the choir of All Saints, Margaret Street in London, a choir of legendary status in the history of church music: https://youtu.be/UBgki4dGicc?list=PLEv7ZfArXoUm9-1GkoVpHpMbVlzNbt5Om.
In-house recordings: These were commissioned by the choir themselves and usually on sale only in the local area, so therefore more difficult to discover. The Archive contains thousands of these recordings on every format and many of these choirs are now long gone, their legacy being their recording.
Choir of All Saints, Margaret Street in London, 1968.
As these recordings were commissioned by the choirs themselves they give an excellent representation of the different types of choirs and of choirs which would not have otherwise recorded.
The Chapel Choir of the Royal Wanstead School was in its heyday a particularly fine example of this genre and produced some in-house recordings on 78rpm records. Listen to the choir and two of their finest chorister soloists singing: http://www.recordedchurchmusic.org/historic-recordings/royal-wanstead.
Private recordings: Some of the rarest gems in the Archive are one-off copies of private recordings which were usually made by the choirmaster himself or an enthusiastic amateur. Some choirs are represented with a large archive of these recordings but for many it's the only recording of that choir in existence and many of the private recordings are of choirs which no longer exist.
Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, 1973.
One of the choirs for which we have a large collection of private recordings is Magdalen College Oxford, under the legendary Bernard Rose. This particular recording is of Stanford's Magnificat in C and Rose recalls Sir Walter Alcock, a friend of the composer, telling him of Stanford's puzzlement at the speed at which most choirmasters took the Magnificat. In Rose's and Alcock's view, this is the speed Stanford wishes it to be sung: https://youtu.be/MHgjuhp74w8.
RADIO & TV BROADCASTS
A major part of the Archive consists of Radio and TV broadcasts which represent an important part of this choral heritage. The broadcasts consist of services, concerts, recitals and documentaries on choirs and church music and are in particular danger of being lost for ever, as tapes were regularly wiped by the broadcasting company to save space.
TV broadcast from York Minster, 1965.
This is especially true of BBC Choral Evensong broadcasts as the BBC has no broadcasts from before 1990. Over the years the Archive has gathered up almost 2000 Evensong broadcasts which provide a fascinating snapshot of the choir under the Director of Music at that moment in history. We regularly upload archive radio broadcasts and BBC Choral Evensong broadcasts to our Youtube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/archiveofrecordedchurchmusic.
LIBRARY AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE
This complimentary collection has developed over the years with many thousands of photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, books; in fact, anything relating to choirs, choir schools and choristers and often provides invaluable background information to the recordings.
Visitors are always welcome to come and browse the archive and should you have any recordings of interest, please do get in touch and help the preserve this unique and priceless recorded heritage: www.recordedchurchmusic.org.
Colin Brownlee
All images copyright the Archive of Recorded Church Music and reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright holder.
Blowing the dust off Special Collections
October 21, 2011 / Jane Stevenson
Guest Blog Post by John Hodgson
Mimas works on exciting and innovative projects all the time and we wanted Hub blog readers to find out more about the SCARLET project, where Mimas staff, academics from the University of Manchester and the archive team at John Rylands University Library are exploring how Augmented Reality can bring resources held in special collections to life by surrounding original materials with digital online content.
Special Collections using Augmented Reality to Enhance Learning and Teaching (SCARLET)
SCARLET addresses one of the principal obstacles to the use of Special Collections in teaching and learning – the fact that students must consult rare books, manuscripts and archives within the controlled conditions of library study rooms. The material is isolated from the secondary, supporting materials and the growing mass of related digital assets. This is an alien experience for students familiar with an information-rich, connected wireless world, and is a barrier to their use of Special Collections.
The SCARLET project will provide a model that other Special Collections libraries can follow, making these resources accessible for research, teaching and learning. If you are interested in creating similar 'apps' and using the toolkit created by the team then please get in touch.
SCARLET Blog: http://teamscarlet.wordpress.com/
SCARLET Twitter: twitter.com/team_scarlet
The Blog Post
The academic year is now in full swing and JRUL Special Collections staff are busy delivering 'close-up' sessions and seminars for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
A close-up session typically involves a curator and an academic selecting up to a dozen items to show to a group of students. The items are generally set out on tables and everyone gathers round for a discussion. It is a real thrill for students to see Special Collections materials up close, and in some circumstances to handle the items themselves. The material might be papyri from Greco-Roman Egypt, medieval manuscripts, early printed books, eighteenth-century diaries and letters, or modern literary archives: the range of our Special Collections is vast.
Dr Guyda Armstrong shows her students a selection of early printed editions of Dante.
From our point of view, it's really rewarding and enlightening to work alongside enthusiastic teachers such as Guyda Armstrong, Roberta Mazza and Jerome de Groot. The ideal scenario is a close partnership between the academic and the curator. Curators know the collections well, and we can discuss with students the materiality of texts, technical aspects of books and manuscripts, the context in which texts and images were originally produced, and the afterlife of objects – the often circuitous routes by which they have ended up in the Rylands Library. Academics bring to the table their incredible subject knowledge and their pedagogical expertise. Sparks can fly, especially when students challenge what they are being told!
This week I have been involved in close-up sessions for Roberta Mazza's 'Egypt in the Graeco-Roman World' third-year Classics course, and Guyda Armstrong's 'Beyond the Text' course on Dante, again for third-year undergraduates. Both sessions were really enjoyable, because the students engaged deeply with the material and asked lots of questions. But the sessions also reinforced my belief that Augmented Reality will allow us to do so much more. AR will make the sessions more interactive, moving towards an enquiry-based learning model, where we set students real questions to solve, through a combination of close study of the original material, and downloading metadata, images and secondary reading, to help them interrogate and interpret the material. Already Dr Guyda Armstrong's students have had a sneak preview of the Dante app, and I'm look forward to taking part in the first trials of the app in a real teaching session at Deansgate in a few weeks' time.
For many years Special Collections have been seen by some as fusty and dusty. AR allows us to bring them into the age of app.
Better Description for Better Discovery
I have just been re-reading a recent report: The Metadata is the Interface: Better Description for Better Discovery of Archives and Special Collections, Synthesized from User Studies, Jennifer Schaffner, OCLC Research (2009).
Jennifer's report is well worth reading. It manages that most admirable of goals: a succinct report full of useful and relevant information that summarises others' findings. Therefore, it is quite difficult to summarise the content. However, I will draw out some of the observations and conclusions that I think are particularly worth highlighting.
People want to discover information by themselves and at the network level, not the institutional level. Less mediation is a good thing.
Archivists often focus on what collections consist of, which is at odds with researchers, who want to learn what collections are about.
Subject access is rated highly by many users, though they may use keyword searching rather than structured terminology
It is difficult to compare studies because of an inconsistent use of terminology
Researchers prefer quality content, but above that they want more descriptions, even if they are minimal, in order to open up more archival content
Some users prefer summary records, some prefer detail – from our user studies we cannot really draw conclusions as to which is preferred
Successful discovery currently requires too much understanding from the researcher of what they are looking for before they even begin
Archivists should give more thought to creating descriptions that are network friendly. Most people start their searches with Google.
Archivists should give more thought to effective relevance ranking of search results
I thought it was also worth drawing out a few of the points made by Cory Nimer and J. Gordon Daines III in their report, What Do You Mean IT Doesn't Make Sense? Redesigning Finding Aids from the User's Perspective (Journal of Archival Organization, vol 6/4, Haworth Press 2008). Some of these points are made by others and the article references them in a literature review (apologies for not naming all those referenced). Nimer and Daines also explain their own project for The L. Tom Perry Special Collections delivery of online finding aids (not yet complete).
Archivists should re-examine the principles that underpin archival arrangement and description and have more focus on user requirements so that online finding aids are more intuitive and easy to use
Enabling user annotation would augment finding aids and may make them more intellectually accessible to a wider audience
There is a significant divergence and a lack of consensus in archival display. The users that Nimer and Daines talked to showed a level of dissatisfaction with the entire approach to EAD display; they wanted more direct access to item-level descriptions
Users want direct access to items but are unable to understand the descriptions without adequate context, so closer integration of context is important
Terminology can cause some confusion but generally users are quick to understand words when they are used in context
We are looking to learn from these sorts of reports, case studies and user studies in order to improve the Archives Hub website. We already provide direct access to item-level descriptions, but our new interface will give a better indication of hierarchy and enable users to navigate from the item level up through the context of the collection. We plan to undertake more user requirements analysis over the coming year, to help us to make the Archives Hub a more intuitive and rewarding experience for a broader base of users.
UK Archives Discovery Network is born!
August 19, 2009 / Jane Stevenson
The National Archives Network of the UK (NAN) has been around for some time. It had a reasonably high profile around the turn of the century (that sounds weird!) when the cross-searching networks were being set up, but then in the following years its remit and purpose became less clear.
However, a great deal has been achieved over the past 10 years. The NAN projects and hubs have involved literally hundreds of archive repositories across the UK, ranging from public authorities through to the archives of small charities, and the result is that archives have had some resources to enable them to convert existing descriptions for contribution to the national projects, and that users have a number of very valuable cross-searching sites to use in order to facilitate discovery.
The vision was always to provide one gateway to search archives across the UK. Whilst this may still be a desirable vision, it may not be a realistic one, given the resources that it would involve and the issues of effective cross-searching of disparate descriptions. However, what we can do is to move towards opening up our data in ways that encourage cross-searching, sharing and working together to learn about how we can benefit users.
Over the past year, the NAN has been thinking about where it should be heading. At a recent meeting (August 2009), it was decided to change the name to the UK Archives Discovery Network, to reflect the UK-wide status of the network and to emphasise that we are about facilitating discovery for users.
The aims of the UKAD Network include working together in the best interests of archive users, surfacing descriptions, opening up data, sharing experiences and increasing links between repositories and networks. Whilst it may take some time for the Network to realise its remit, there are already benefits happening as a result of coming together, talking and sharing ideas and experiences.
I hope that the community continues down this path, because I think that it has become more important than ever to work together and really consider interoperability. Creating closed systems, however impressive they are in themselves, means continuing in a silo-based mentality, which is not truly responding to users' expectations.
We have a social network site, which provides a fairly informal way of communicating:
http://archivesnetwork.ning.com/
There is also a JISC listserv: archives-discovery-network@jiscmail.ac.uk. We encourage archivists to use this to raise any issues associated with cross-searching, data standards, use of technology and archive networks.
We hope that archivists will be keen to use the UKAD network as a means to foster connections and collaborate on projects. Here's to the next 10 years – goodness only knows where we will have reached by then!
Image: Flickr cc. Jan Leenders
Charles Darwin and the Beagle Collections in the University of Cambridge
July 6, 2009 / Lisa
Caricature of Darwin as a student riding on the back of a beetle, done by a Cambridge friend of his, Albert Way. CUL MS DAR 204:29. Provided by Cambridge University Library. copyright
International Archives Day 9th June 2009
June 9, 2009 / Lisa
Did you know that today is International Archives Day?
This is the 2nd International Archives Day ever held and 9th June was chosen because the International Council on Archives (ICA) was founded on 9th June 1948. Last year was the First International Archives Day, coinciding with the 60th Anniversary of ICA.
For more information about this and the history of ICA, go to the Unesco Archives website.
Over the last year the Archives Hub has had over 120,000 visits from over 184 countries. The map above gives an indication of international use.
One of our contributors, Glasgow University Archive Services, is celebrating International Archives Day by launching an online resource highlighting the international scope and reputation of Glasgow University and its archive collections.
The exhibition, searchable by region, will demonstrate the involvement of Scottish businesses on the development of the world economy and the influence that University of Glasgow and staff and students have had on the development of education around the world and on the history of many countries.
To go to the resource please see the following link: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/collections/internationalarchiveday/
If you are interested in international archives you could try the following websites and blogs:
ArchiveGrid: A subscription site where you can find historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world.
European Archive: A freely available digital library of archives, with an emphasis on audio-visual materials.
MICHAEL UK: MICHAEL aims to provide simple and quick access to the digital collections of museums, libraries and archives from different European countries.
Unesco Archives Portal: a gateway to international archive collection websites
OCLC WorldCat (Manuscript materials): nearly 1.5 million catalogue records describing archival and manuscript collections and individual manuscripts in public, college and university, and special libraries located throughout North America and around the world.
Archiefforum.be: An online community which aims to support students and young archivists in their studies and profession by peer help and advise. (Flemish language)
ArchivesBlogs: a US blog which is a syndicated collection of blogs by and for archivists.
@rchivista: Spanish language blog written by Paco Fern
Museums neglecting needs of researchers?
March 3, 2009 / Jane Stevenson
A recent RIN report 'Discovering Physical Objects' looks at how researchers find out about collections of objects relevant to their research. The report relates to museum objects rather than archives, but as ever, the Archives Hub feel that its always worth looking at library and museum studies, and seeing how they might apply to the world of archives.
Well, the results don't seem to be very surprising. Researchers want online finding aids but are unaware of those that exist; they want contact with curatorial staff; and access to objects amongst museums is inconsistent.
I was interested to see that access to online finding aids NOW is more important than access to 'perfect' descriptions. The report states "technological developments that allow researchers
and others to easily add to and amend the content of these records have the potential to help all museums and other collections to improve the quality of their records." I assume the report is reflecting what researchers have actually said here, rather than making an assumption, although the wording doesn't make this explicit.
On the whole, the report gives the impression that museums are really rather behind the archive community in providing online access to descriptions. I'm curious about the statement that 'only a few have the needs of researchers in mind' when they create their online finding aids – I'd like to know more about this and the the evidence for it.
I'm surprised that curators apparently underestimate the value of online finding aids. It certainly seems that museum curators have not generally embraced technical possibilities and are not really into the spirit of collaboration and sharing.
The ways forward that the report recommends fit in quite nicely with the Hub's ethos: to make museum descriptions open and interoperable so that people can create their own interfaces sourcing the data. We'll keep an eye on the progress of Culture24 with interest.
Image from RIN report: Discovering Physical Objects (2009)

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Well, it can be fair to say that the gardening club's hard work has paid off. This week our school dinners were made using the produce grown by us. The cheese and tomato pizza was made using our delicious tomatoes and our carrots ended up in the tasty cottage pie. The children love knowing that their food has been grown locally by the children in the school. Can't get more local and fresher than this!
The gardening club had a great time harvesting some of our delicious produce this week. Pulling up the carrots was their favourite job - it required a lot of effort but was well worth it to see the treasures that they found! The children took some of their produce home and a box full has been given to Mr Leonard and his team in the kitchen to use for the children's school meals next week.


What are Natural Fragrance Ingredients?
I have defined natural fragrance ingredients as volatile aromatic compounds found in plants. This includes essential oils, floral extracts (concretes and absolutes), exudates and oleoresins. For purposes of this article I am also including fl oral waters and botanical extracts.
According to Freedonia, a market research group, today's essential oil and natural extract market is around $2 billion, or 11.6 percent, of the world fragrance and fl avor market. That fi gure has doubled since 1989, refl ecting increasing consumer demand for "all things natural," whether soft drinks or shampoos. Today's consumers are far more educated and discriminating in their consumer product choices; this has had a major impact on how companies market their products.
Truth in labeling laws have become a friend or foe to many companies engaged in the business of fragrance and beauty care. Those embracing it have found a way to endear themselves to health-conscious consumers, building brand loyalty through innovative product development and consumer marketing. Today, new natural products used in personal care are being introduced so rapidly that it is hard to keep up with the most recent advances. We in the industry now hear of antioxidants called extremozymes, which are volcanic organisms, in addition to others such as cranberry seed oil, pequi, and maracuja, which contain natural fatty acids like omega-3 and omega- 6, and polyphenols.


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Вязовское сельское поселение — упразднённое муниципальное образование в Таловском районе Воронежской области.

Административный центр — село Вязовка.

История
Вязовский сельсовет образован в 1918 году постановлением ВЦИК и СНК РСФСР № 147 от 24.12.1917 года и Указом Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 12.01.1965 года в составе Таловского района Воронежской области.

Законом Воронежской области от 02.12.2004 года № 88-ОЗ сельсовет наделен статусом сельского поселения.

Законом Воронежской области от 30 ноября 2015 года № 163-ОЗ, были преобразованы, путём их объединения, Вязовское и Синявское сельские поселения — в Синявское сельское поселение с административным центром в селе Синявка.

Административное деление
В состав поселения входили:
 село Вязовка,
 посёлок Еланка.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт сельского поселения

Упразднённые муниципальные образования Таловского района
Упразднённые сельские поселения Воронежской области
Сельские поселения, упразднённые в 2015 году

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GOVERNMENT is taking another look at the possible establishment of a hydro-power scheme at Tiger Hill, up the Demerara river, as it seeks to push the development of alternative sources of energy.
"We are looking at primarily the cost," head of the Guyana Natural Resources Agency (GNRA), Mr. Winston King told reporters on the GBC 'Face the Nation' programme.
The Eclipse hydro-power project in the Northwest has been discontinued because it "ran into some kind of financial difficulties" King said.
The fresh look at the Tiger Hill scheme is part of an on-going review of hydro-power development and King said the focus has shifted more to mini or micro projects in more remote areas of the country.
Tiger Hill was first mooted by the government of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) in the early 60s but was shelved by the Peoples National Congress (PNC) administration in favour of the ambitious multi-million-dollar scheme in the Upper Mazaruni later abandoned when government could not raise the finance for its construction.
"Finance will always be a problem. We don't know where we will get it from. If we had it we would do a large hydro-power project now," King said.
Financing for the mini and micro projects is about 12 – 4M (US) each and GNRA is currently identifying the siting of those.
One project identified for Moco Moco in the Takutu has been estimated to cost under $2M, King said.
THE shoemaking industry in Guyana is on the decline and several craftsmen in the business say they'll soon have to find new ways of making a living if the quality and supply of materials do not improve in a hurry.
Many say they have been forced to resort to shoe repairs only, and even this poses a serious threat to their survival, as prices for the basics skyrocket each week.
Sam Whittaker and his nephew Keith Barnes are examples of this dilemma. They have been in the business for more than a decade Sam 17 years alone in the Stabroek Market.
Whittaker, Barnes and nearly a dozen others interviewed by Stabroek News in the last week, say the quality of leather sold by Guyana Stores Limited is too poor to be true.
All the craftsmen say that Delima's Leather Store on Charlotte Street supplied a much superior quality of locally tanned leather than Guyana Stores, but that firm too, has apparently run into some operational problems.
This has left the industry at the crossroads at a time when a lucrative market in the Caribbean and North America is opening up for Guyana-made shoes, slippers and sandals.
The leather sells for $18.50 per pound. Nails prices have also jumped from $4 to $8 per ounce. Other prices too rough to cope with, the shoemakers say, include contact cement (pasting) which has moved from a 1987 figure of $18 to $35 and even $80 per half pint.
Many of the craftsmen say they would like to see GSL devise a better sales system that would allow for a more equitable distribution of materials.
Last year's devaluation of the Guyana dollar has made locally-made shoes, slippers, sandals, cotton garments and other cottage industry products more competitive in the international market. The traders are the main exporting source, but they have also been complaining about the quality of leather products in recent months.
THE Trinidad and Tobago High Commission says it is unaware of allegations of harrassment of some regular Guyanese visitors to that Island.
The Mission's response came amidst reports Monday, that nine Guyanese, some of them traders were turned back by Immigration authorities after disembarking from a BWIA flight on Monday, March 14.
Mr. Godfrey Naughton, one of the passengers said Immigration authorities there have recently been rejecting Guyanese on the grounds that they take goods to the twin-island Republic that are produced there, causing what they term unfair competition.
Naughton told Stabroek News that Customs officials seem not to have any objection to this and are simply levying duties as is the case normally.
He said the nine Guyanese, most of them females, were detained for close to 12 hours at Piarco Airport before being put on a return flight to Georgetown.
Colgate toothpaste and cotton garments appear to be the chief items Immigration authorities seem reluctant to accept.
Naughton says he is unhappy with the treatment meted out to the passengers. Guards were in evidence throughout the night and even ensured they' boarded the aircraft, he noted.
"We were given no meals and allowed to use the facilities only after strong protest, he said.
The High Commission says no official word has reached it as yet.


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The Ten Best Things to Do in South Florida This Week
Trial of Alleged "Demonically Possessed" Rapist and Tag-Teaming Brother Ends in Hung Jury
Matthew Hendley | June 15, 2011 | 3:30pm
A new trial will be scheduled next week after a jury couldn't decide whether 34-year-old Guy Cherubin and 32-year-old Harold Cherubin kidnapped a Fort Lauderdale woman and raped her in 2006.
The men are accused of forcing the woman into their car outside of the Voodoo Fort Lauderdale nightclub, taking her to Lauderhill, and raping her in December 2006.
Two male and four female jurors could not reach a verdict today, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
Guy Cherubin, who decided to let Broward Circuit Judge Jeffrey Levenson know he was "demonically possessed" but also innocent, is a suspect in two other rape cases, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. He's being held without bail, while Harold Cherubin is being held on $100,000 bail.
The victim testified that she didn't know the brothers, and DNA evidence was presented that showed both of them had sex with her, according to the Sentinel. Meanwhile, the brothers' lawyers argued that DNA evidence alone could not prove that rape occurred.
Guy Cherubin's other alleged rapes both took place in 2008, according to the BSO.
In September 2008, the cops say he raped a 48-year-old homeless woman on the beach in Pompano Beach, after covering her face and holding what may have been a knife to her side.
The other, 11 days later, allegedly occurred on Pompano Beach Boulevard after the woman left the Briny Pub. In that one, he's accused of punching and kicking her to the ground -- causing six broken ribs -- before raping her, the cops say.
Both Cherubin brothers face life in prison for the kidnapping charge and 15 years for the rape charge in their retrial.
A new trial will be scheduled next Wednesday.
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Vegetables don't always have to be the side dish. You can create wholesome, healthy, vitamin- and mineral-rich meals with just veggies on your plate. We share three delicious and nutritious recipes.
Put the cauliflower into a food processor. Pulse until the cauliflower looks like couscous (small bits but not mushy). Transfer to a large mixing bowl. Add the dried cranberries, dried apricots, and green onions.
Add the dressing ingredients to a jar with a fitted lid, or a bowl. Shake or whisk to combine.
Pour half of the dressing over the salad; then toss to mix. Taste; then add more dressing, if necessary.
Serve immediately, or store in the fridge for about one day before serving.
Cut the butternut in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds and some of the flesh with a teaspoon. Chop the flesh finely with a knife.
In a frying pan, heat a tablespoon of olive oil. Now add the squash flesh, onion, rosemary, sundried tomatoes and coriander.
Cook for 4 minutes, stirring continuously.
Add the mushrooms and half of their water. Cook for another 2 minutes, and season with salt and pepper.
Add the rice and pine nuts.
Fill the two squash halves with the stuffing (press it in tightly). Stick the two halves back together.
Coat the skin with olive oil and wrap in aluminium foil.
Peel and then cut the sweet potato into 2cm cubes. Coat them in olive oil and bake in the oven at 180˚C for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.
Cut the bell pepper into 2cm-wide strips and brush with a little olive oil. Roast or grill for about 5-6 minutes on each side, or until chargrilled.
Crush and lightly toast the almonds, either in a non-stick pan, or in the oven on a lined baking tray at 180˚C for 5 minutes.
Prepare the dressing by whisking together all the ingredients.
Make a bed of baby spinach leaves and top with the sweet potato, roasted bell pepper and almonds. Drizzle with the homemade dressing.


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Heavy Music News
Wolfgang Van Halen Shares Clip of Himself Shredding "Eruption" to Mark Anniversary of Van Halen Classic: Watch
Wolfgang also plans to record his second Mammoth WVH album in the coming weeks
Wolfgang Van Halen, via Twitter
September 9, 2022 | 12:01pm ET
Eddie Van Halen recorded his legendary shred guitar instrumental "Eruption" 45 years ago today this week. To mark the anniversary, the late rock icon's son Wolfgang Van Halen posted a clip of himself ripping through part of the track in the studio in 2015.
Wrote Wolfgang on Twitter: "In honor of Eruption being recorded 45 years ago today, here's me playing part of it on the guitar it was recorded on in 2015 while tracking some guitars for the first @MammothWVH … Love you, Pop"
Wolfgang lets loose and comes very close to replicating his dad's virtuosic talents. "Eruption" stands as one of the greatest guitar instrumentals of all-time and could be considered the earliest example of the guitar shredder style, as it was released on Van Halen's self-titled debut in 1978.
Meanwhile, Wolfgang announced that he is set to begin work on the second Mammoth WVH record as soon as next week. During a Q&A on Twitter, a fan urged Wolfgang to drop the second Mammoth record "asap." Wolfgang responded: "I start next week!"
The first Mammoth WVH was completed over multiple years — as the 2015 studio clip of "Eruption" can attest — and went on to receive rave reviews, bolstered by the viral hit "Distance." Here's hoping the follow-up will take less time.
Wolfgang has since toured with the likes of Guns N' Roses, Halestorm, and Dirty Honey. His band will head out on a North American tour with Alter Bridge in January 2023. Get tickets via Ticketmaster.
Alter Bridge Announce 2023 North American Tour with Mammoth WVH
While Wolfgang doesn't perform Van Halen songs during Mammoth WVH shows, he did rock two of the band's classics during Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London this past weekend.
Watch Wolfgang Van Halen shred "Eruption" below.
In honor of Eruption being recorded 45 years ago today, here's me playing part of it on the guitar it was recorded on in 2015 while tracking some guitars for the first @MammothWVH album.
Love you, Pop ❤ pic.twitter.com/TpjqUQGW3S
— Wolfgang Van Halen (@WolfVanHalen) September 8, 2022
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Wolfgang Van Halen Shares Clip of Himself Shredding "Eruption" to Mark Anniversary of Van Halen Classic: Watch


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...Tri-Motor...aka "The Tin Goose...at the Sparta airport this weekend, and Karen and I flew on it.
That statement conveys some factual information, but doesn't come close to communicating my emotional response to this event...and as much as I like to think of myself as a writer, I'm not sure I can put into words the feelings today's activities evoked.
Designed by William Bushnell Stout and financed by Henry Ford, this was the epitome of aviation technology in 1927 when the first one rolled off the assembly line...and this aircraft launched the civil aviation / airline industry. The combination of its unprecedented capacity - 2 pilots, a stewardess, and 10 passengers - its range of 560 miles with a cruising speed of 120+ mph, and perhaps most importantly, Henry Ford's substantial reputation behind it, provided just the right mix of publicity and practicality, romance and reliability, to make airline travel legitimate.
Between 1927 and 1933 they produced 199 of these aircraft, and they flew commercially until the mid 1960's. Now there are perhaps a dozen or so still around, and only two offer rides to the public.
So what's the big yank? Took a 20 minute ride on an old plane...so what?
It's complicated, but 30 years ago I walked away from a career in aviation...having earned my commercial pilot's license with an instrument rating for fixed wing, single engine, land aircraft, I stood at a crossroads...and I decided I did not want to be a bus driver in the sky, so landed solidly in an IT career.
Today, for the first time in 3 decades, I seriously second guessed that decision.
I love vintage things, and especially those from the mid century modern and art deco eras. Watching the grey haired pilot settle into the cockpit of this magnificent machine, I thought to myself, "that could be me".
He pressed the tri-handle throttles forward, the three legged beast roared to life, its tail rose up, then we leaped off the runway and into the wild blue...that took me back to my youth in a way I never expected, and the thrill I used to experience daily but hadn't in years made me wonder...what if??


I LOVE long holiday weekends. I took off work Sunday so I had four whole days to spend with my family. Nothing makes me happier than that.
Friday, Landon and I worked on our garden. Dad built two garden boxes out of cedar so we could have raised garden beds. The great advantage of these is that you don't have to bend down to garden, there are no weeds to worry about, and it has a great drainage system. The downfall is that it is small so space is limited. We picked up some watermelon, kale, carrots, peas, leeks, celery, Italian parsley, oregano, and rosemary. I left a spot for some sweet basil and garlic which the garden store didn't have at the time.
I'm not a gardener, so this year will be a test to see how everything grows. Gardening is something I'd like to do, but my time is always an issue and I'm just not sure I have the knack for it. Dad is building another one and has many other vegetables in the one he built for himself. I plan to use a trellis to let the peas grow up once they start growing and we are hoping the watermelon will hang down. I'm hopeful that at least my herbs will stay alive and do well. Time will tell. Landon had some fun in the dirt, but didn't stay focused the entire time. He does really enjoying watering the gardens at night though.
Saturday we got up early and got dressed. For the first time ever Landon showed interest in his clothes and picked out a shirt he wanted to wear. He then proceeded to take off the shirt he had on and try to put this one on. No surprise it was his tractor shirt from Papa. He loves being a little farm boy.
We spent the rest of the day at Noni's house cleaning out the pool! It's a little late this year, but better late than never. It wasn't a particularly hot day, but running around in the sun got the boys hot so Adam started spraying him with the hose to cool them down. This turned into a big game for them. They loved it! What I love most about children is how innocent they are. Everything is fun and silly and they can turn anything into a good time. Once we got it drained it was time to start filling it up. The boys and Katherine were the first ones in this year.
By Monday morning the pool was full and last night the pump was turned on. So hopefully this coming weekend will be nice weather and we can finally enjoy the pool. This mama needs a tan!
Sunday, I was off so I was finally able to go to Sunday morning mass. I cannot wait to not be working Sunday's so I can do morning mass again. There is no better feeling than getting up and going to church first thing in the morning. It's always a little hard to get out of bed, but I ALWAYS feel so much better afterwards. Having gone to the Cathedral for so many years we are use to a big church, but the local church in the country is much smaller and very quaint. I actually really like it. What I miss most about the big churches is the music. Nothing compares to a stunning choir and organ. Still, there is something to be said for the community and quaintness in a small town church. After church, I helped my Dad work on cleaning out his garage. I'm on a mission to help him get organized while we live on his property. A month ago we worked on the carport and now that it is all cleaned out and organized we have turned our sights on the garage. We only got one side of his massive garage done, but it was the most intensive side and I think the rest of it will go pretty quickly. There is an unending amount of things to organize on this 45 acre farm, but we are making progress one place at a time.
I cannot begin to understand how those men feel standing in front of the monument. The names on that monument mean very little to the people that walk by it everyday, but to the group of men standing before it, each careful etching represents friends and comrades; compatriots and heroes; men, fathers, sons, brothers, and husbands. No matter what the circumstances were surrounding their ultimate sacrifice, they all lost their lives protecting us at home. I know that for my Father and many of these surviving servicemen, it is the grace and glory of God that allows them to stand before that monument and salute their fallen brothers.
I am so happy we decided to go to this ceremony. It's amazing how much more you get out of everyday life when you do things that really matter. Going to church and the memorial ceremony were not the most exciting or fun things I could have done this weekend, but they were the most meaningful. We still made plenty of time to play, relax and enjoy the time off, but sometimes doing things that are fun all the time make life less important in a way. Taking a few hours out of the weekend to do things that are serious and meaningful add to our lives in ways that "hanging out" just cannot. I love that Landon thinks everything is fun and exciting at his age, but I hope that as he grows up we can teach him that there are some things in life that are more important and worth a little bit of our time. I definitely want to start a tradition with Landon of going to a ceremony on Memorial Day so he can understand the importance of this holiday. I hope as he gets older he can understand the sacrifice that so many have made for our country.
I found this video tribute to the song that was played at the ceremony Monday. It's a very touching tribute to all the fallen servicemen. Although nothing can do justice for their service, it's a good reminder to us all that our freedom comes at a price.


We're getting really excited at CodeWeavers with regards to our CrossOver Android Tech Preview. Our development team has made incredible progress on this product, and we've very close to delivering an official release to the Google Play Store (within weeks really). For those that don't know, the next official release of CrossOver Android will have support for Office 2010, 2013, and 2016; support for the Steam client; support for countless games (like Wizard101); and support for hundreds of other applications right 'out of the box'. Additionally, we've spent considerable effort and energy in allowing end users to try countless other Windows applications on their own. Some of these applications will run. Some of these application will not yet run. Some of these applications won't be supported by the hardware. Regardless… you'll be able to try this for yourself in five simple and easy steps, as shown in the video below.
Our design team has also spent a great deal of effort making CrossOver Android a bit prettier, a bit more functional, and a bit more intuitive to use. The result is a user interface that lends itself very nicely to Android and ChromeOS. We've also integrated multi-window support so that you can run multiple Windows applications at the same time; and we've incorporated icons that can launch applications straight from the dock. That may not sound like big improvements to you, but it gives for a very seamless and integrated user experience much like you would expect from any native Android application. All told, CrossOver Android is quite usable; quite stable; very integrated; and easy to use. We're excited in what we are seeing, and we hope that you share our enthusiasm.
>>> IS THAT A LAPTOP IN YOUR POCKET? OR IS YOUR PHONE JUST REALLY SMART?
Now like all versions of CrossOver Android, we require that your device has an Intel processor. If your phone, phablet, tablet, or Chromebook is using ARM, our software will not yet work. Additionally, it's a requirement that your Chromebook be a model that has access to the Google Play Store and can run Android applications in order to run CrossOver Android. If you meet these requirements, you'll be able to successfully install and launch CrossOver Android.
Thank you for your continued support of CrossOver Android. We look forward to getting this into the hands of many more users in a very short timeframe. And we appreciate all the feedback and questions that we're getting from end users.


I am seeking information on Emilie Nuetzel, whom I believe was the daughter of Fredrick Nuetzel. She married Peter Gilcher around 1888. The couple lived in Danville, Boyle Co., KY., and ran the Gilcher Hotel and Confectionary among other businesses. They had 3 sons: Frank Nitzel, Rudoff Peter and his twin Ralph J., all of whom are deceased.
Emilie was still alive in 1914. She rebuilt the Gilcher Hotel after it burned in 1911. It was completed in 1914.


This interview is with the Manager of Corporate Learning Services for a Compensation Board. For purposes of anonymity, the interview uses the terms Manager and Organization to protect client confidentiality. The Organization cares deeply about people, and aggressively supports the professional and personal development of their own employees.
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Sandi describes their experience with Navigational Coaching.