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"""
 This model supports user labeling of resources in various ways.
 For a User u, this instantiates a subobject u.ulabels (like u.uaccess)
 that contains all the labeling functions.

 Functions include:

 * u.ulabels.label_resource(r, label)
   instantiates a label for a resource. Resources can have multiple labels.

 * u.ulabels.unlabel_resource(r, label)
   removes a label; there can be many labels.

 * u.ulabels.clear_resource_labels(r)
   removes all labels for a resource

 * u.ulabels.favorite_resource(r)
   favorites a resource

 * u.ulabels.unfavorite_resource(r)
   removes a favorite

 and the reporting functions

 * u.ulabels.labeled_resources
   A queryset of resources that are labeled.

 * u.ulabels.favorited_resources
   A queryset of resources that have been favorited

 * u.ulabels.get_resources_with_label(label)
   Get a queryset of resources possessing a specific label.

 For a BaseResource r, this also adds a subobject rlabels that reports on labels for resources

 * r.rlabels.get_labels(u)

 * r.rlabels.is_favorite(u)

 * r.rlabels.is_mine(u)

"""
# TODO: combine label filtering with access control

import re

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.db import models
from django.db import transaction
from django.db.models import Q

from hs_core.models import BaseResource

class FlagCodes(object):
    """
    Flag codes describe the meanings of per-user flags for a resource.

    * 1 or FlagCodes.FAVORITE:
      marked as a favorite on "My Resources" page

    * 2 or FlagCodes.MINE:
      marked as being part of "My Resources" on "Discover" page.
    """
    FAVORITE = 1
    MINE = 2
    OPEN_WITH_APP = 3
    FLAG_CHOICES = (
        (FAVORITE, 'Favorite'),  # marked as favorite in my resources page.
        (MINE, 'Mine'),          # marked as mine in discovery page.
        (OPEN_WITH_APP, 'Open With App'),  # marked as a open_with app
    )

class UserResourceLabels(models.Model):
    """
    Labels of a user for a resource

    This model stores labels of an individual user, like an access control list. T
    """
    start = models.DateTimeField(editable=False, auto_now=True)

    user = models.ForeignKey(User, null=False, editable=False,
                             related_name='u2url',  # unused but must be defined and unique
                             help_text='user assigning a label',
                             on_delete=models.CASCADE)

    resource = models.ForeignKey(BaseResource, null=False, editable=False,
                                 related_name='r2url',  # unused but must be defined and unique
                                 help_text='resource to which a label applies',
                                 on_delete=models.CASCADE)

    label = models.TextField(null=False, max_length=75)

    class Meta:
        unique_together = ('user', 'resource', 'label')

class UserResourceFlags(models.Model):
    """
    Per-user flagging of resources.

    This model stores labels of an individual user, like an access
    control list; There are several kinds of labels documented in FlagCodes.
    These are similar in implementation but differ in semantics.
    """
    kind = models.IntegerField(choices=FlagCodes.FLAG_CHOICES,
                               editable=False,
                               default=FlagCodes.FAVORITE)

    start = models.DateTimeField(editable=False, auto_now=True)

    user = models.ForeignKey(User, null=False, editable=False,
                             related_name='u2urf',  # unused but must be defined and unique
                             help_text='user assigning a flag',
                             on_delete=models.CASCADE)

    resource = models.ForeignKey(BaseResource, null=False, editable=False,
                                 related_name="r2urf",  # unused but must be defined and unique
                                 help_text='resource to which a flag applies',
                                 on_delete=models.CASCADE)

    class Meta:
        unique_together = ('user', 'resource', 'kind')

class UserStoredLabels(models.Model):
    """
    Storage class for persistent labels that are reusable across different kinds of objects
    """
    user  = models.ForeignKey(User, null=False,
                              help_text='user who stored the label',
                              related_name='ul2usl',
                              on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    label = models.TextField(help_text='label to be stored by user')
    class Meta:
        unique_together = ('user', 'label')

class UserLabels(models.Model):
    """
    Projection class puts methods and content inside basic User object
    so that one can access things easily from that context.
    This model is injected into the BaseResource as the related name "user".
    Thus for an User u, u.user is this model.
    """

    user = models.OneToOneField(User,
                                editable=False,
                                null=True,
                                related_name='ulabels',  # induced field in User class.
                                related_query_name='ulabels',
                                on_delete=models.CASCADE)

    ##########################################
    # PUBLIC FUNCTIONS: resources
    ##########################################

    @property
    def labeled_resources(self):
        """
        Get a QuerySet of resources labeled by a user.
        This eliminates duplicates.
        """
        return BaseResource.objects.filter(r2url__user=self.user).distinct()

    def get_flagged_resources(self, this_flagcode):
        """
        Get resources with a specific flag.
        """
        if __debug__:  # during testing only, check argument types and preconditions
            assert this_flagcode == FlagCodes.FAVORITE or this_flagcode == FlagCodes.MINE or \
                this_flagcode == FlagCodes.OPEN_WITH_APP

        return BaseResource.objects.filter(r2urf__user=self.user,
                                           r2urf__kind=this_flagcode)

    @property
    def favorited_resources(self):
        """
        Get a QuerySet of resources favorited by a user.
        This eliminates duplicates.
        """

        return self.get_flagged_resources(FlagCodes.FAVORITE)

    @property
    def my_resources(self):
        """
        Get a QuerySet of resources marked as mine (add to my resources) by a user.
        This eliminates duplicates.
        """
        return self.get_flagged_resources(FlagCodes.MINE)

    @property
    def resources_of_interest(self):
        """
        Get a QuerySet of resources the user has tagged in any way.
        """
        return BaseResource.objects.filter(Q(r2url__user=self.user) | Q(r2urf__user=self.user)).distinct()

    def get_resources_with_label(self, this_label):
        """
        Get a QuerySet of resources with a specific label.
        """
        if __debug__:  # during testing only, check argument types and preconditions
            assert isinstance(this_label, str)

        label_string = UserLabels.clean_label(this_label)  # remove leading and trailing spaces
        return BaseResource.objects.filter(r2url__user=self.user,
                                           r2url__label__exact=label_string)\
                                    .distinct()\
                                    .order_by('r2url__label')

    @property
    def user_labels(self):
        """
        Get a QuerySet of labels in use now.
        """
        return UserResourceLabels.objects.values_list('label', flat=True)\
                                 .filter(user=self.user)\
                                 .distinct().order_by('label')

    ######################################
    # Label a resource
    ######################################

    @staticmethod
    def clean_label(name):
        label_string = re.sub('/', r'', name)                   # no /'s
        label_string = label_string.strip()                     # no leading or trailing whitespace
        label_string = re.sub(r'\s+', r' ', label_string)       # collapse multiple whitespace, including tabs
        return label_string

    def label_resource(self, this_resource, this_label):
        """
        Assign a label to a resource

        Users are allowed to label any resource, including resources to which they do not have access.
        This is not an access control problem because labeling information is private.
        """
        if __debug__:  # during testing only, check argument types and preconditions
            assert isinstance(this_resource, BaseResource)
            assert isinstance(this_label, str)

        # remove leading and trailing spaces
        label_string = UserLabels.clean_label(this_label)
        with transaction.atomic():  # empirically, get_or_create is not atomic.
            UserResourceLabels.objects.get_or_create(resource=this_resource,
                                                     label=label_string,
                                                     user=self.user)

    def unlabel_resource(self, this_resource, this_label):
        """
        Remove one label from a resource

        Users are allowed to label any resource, including resources to which they do not have access.
        This is not an access control problem because labeling information is private.
        """
        if __debug__:  # during testing only, check argument types and preconditions
            assert isinstance(this_resource, BaseResource)
            assert isinstance(this_label, str)

        # remove leading and trailing spaces
        label_string = UserLabels.clean_label(this_label)

        UserResourceLabels.objects.filter(resource=this_resource,
                                          label__exact=label_string,
                                          user=self.user).delete()

    def clear_resource_labels(self, this_resource):
        """
        Clear all labels for a resource
        """
        if __debug__:  # during testing only, check argument types and preconditions
            assert isinstance(this_resource, BaseResource)

        UserResourceLabels.objects.filter(resource=this_resource,
                                          user=self.user).delete()

    def remove_resource_label(self, this_label):
        """
        clear a label from the labeling system.
        """
        if __debug__:  # during testing only, check argument types and preconditions
            assert isinstance(this_label, str)
        UserResourceLabels.objects.filter(label=this_label, user=self.user)\
                                  .delete()

    ##########################################
    # general flagging of resources
    ##########################################

    def flag_resource(self, this_resource, this_flagcode):
        """
        flag a resource with a specific flag code from FlagCodes

        Users are allowed to flag any resource, including resources to which they do not have access.
        This is not an access control problem because flagging information is private.
        """
        if __debug__:  # during testing only, check argument types and preconditions
            assert isinstance(this_resource, BaseResource)
            assert this_flagcode == FlagCodes.FAVORITE or this_flagcode == FlagCodes.MINE or \
                this_flagcode == FlagCodes.OPEN_WITH_APP

        with transaction.atomic():  # empirically, get_or_create is not atomic.
            UserResourceFlags.objects.get_or_create(resource=this_resource,
                                                     kind=this_flagcode,
                                                     user=self.user)

    def unflag_resource(self, this_resource, this_flagcode):
        """
        unflag a resource with a specific flag.

        Users are allowed to flag any resource, including resources to which they do not have access.
        This is not an access control problem because flagging information is private.
        """
        if __debug__:  # during testing only, check argument types and preconditions
            assert isinstance(this_resource, BaseResource)
            assert this_flagcode == FlagCodes.FAVORITE or this_flagcode == FlagCodes.MINE or \
                this_flagcode == FlagCodes.OPEN_WITH_APP

        UserResourceFlags.objects.filter(user=self.user,
                                          resource=this_resource,
                                          kind=this_flagcode).delete()

    def clear_all_flags(self, this_flagcode):
        """
        remove all flags of a specific kind for a user
        """
        UserResourceFlags.objects.filter(user=self.user,
                                          kind=this_flagcode)\
                                  .delete()

    ##########################################
    # favorite resources
    ##########################################

    def favorite_resource(self, this_resource):
        """
        Mark a resource as favorite.

        Users are allowed to flag any resource, including resources to which they do not have access.
        This is not an access control problem because labeling information is private.
        """
        self.flag_resource(this_resource, FlagCodes.FAVORITE)

    def unfavorite_resource(self, this_resource):
        """
        Clear favorite label for a resource

        Users are allowed to flag any resource, including resources to which they do not have access.
        This is not an access control problem because labeling information is private.
        """
        self.unflag_resource(this_resource, FlagCodes.FAVORITE)

    ##########################################
    # my resources
    ##########################################

    def claim_resource(self, this_resource):
        """
        Label a resource as 'MINE' (adds to my resources).

        Users are allowed to flag any resource, including resources to which they do not have access.
        This is not an access control problem because labeling information is private.
        """
        self.flag_resource(this_resource, FlagCodes.MINE)

    def unclaim_resource(self, this_resource):
        """
        Clear 'MINE' label for a resource (removes from my resources)

        Users are allowed to flag any resource, including resources to which they do not have access.
        This is not an access control problem because labeling information is private.
        """
        self.unflag_resource(this_resource, FlagCodes.MINE)

    ##########################################
    # open with app
    ##########################################
    def add_open_with_app(self, this_resource):
        """
        Mark a webapp resource as open-with-app

        Users are allowed to flag any resource, including resources to which they do not have access.
        This is not an access control problem because labeling information is private.

        The calling function should make sure resource is a webapp resource
        """
        self.flag_resource(this_resource, FlagCodes.OPEN_WITH_APP)

    def remove_open_with_app(self, this_resource):
        """
        Unmark a webapp resource as open-with-app

        Users are allowed to flag any resource, including resources to which they do not have access.
        This is not an access control problem because labeling information is private.

        The calling function should make sure resource is a webapp resource
        """
        self.unflag_resource(this_resource, FlagCodes.OPEN_WITH_APP)

    ##########################################
    # routines that apply to all kinds of annotations
    ##########################################

    def clear_resource_all(self, this_resource):
        """
        Clear all annotations for a resource
        """
        if __debug__:  # during testing only, check argument types and preconditions
            assert isinstance(this_resource, BaseResource)

        UserResourceLabels.objects\
                          .filter(resource=this_resource,
                                  user=self.user)\
                          .delete()
        UserResourceFlags.objects\
                         .filter(resource=this_resource,
                                 user=self.user)\
                         .delete()

    ##########################################
    # save unused labels
    ##########################################

    def save_label(self, this_label):
        """
        Save a label for use later.

        Users are allowed to label any resource, including resources to which they do not have access.
        This is not an access control problem because labeling information is private.
        """
        label_string = UserLabels.clean_label(this_label)    # remove leading and trailing spaces
        with transaction.atomic():  # empirically, get_or_create is not atomic.
            UserStoredLabels.objects.get_or_create(label=label_string, user=self.user)

    def unsave_label(self, this_label):
        """
        Remove the specified saved label.
        """
        # remove leading and trailing spaces
        label_string = UserLabels.clean_label(this_label)
        UserStoredLabels.objects.filter(label__exact=label_string, user=self.user).delete()
        # remove all uses of that label from resources.
        self.remove_resource_label(label_string)

    def clear_saved_labels(self):
        """
        Clear all saved labels for a user
        """
        UserStoredLabels.objects.filter(user=self.user).delete()

    @property
    def saved_labels(self):
        """
        Return a QuerySet of saved labels.
        """
        return UserStoredLabels.objects.filter(user=self.user).values_list('label', flat=True).distinct()

class ResourceLabels(models.Model):
    """
    For a BaseResource r, r.rlabels is this model. It contains functions relevant to resources.
    """
    resource = models.OneToOneField(BaseResource,
                                    editable=False,
                                    null=True,
                                    related_name='rlabels',
                                    related_query_name='rlabels',
                                    on_delete=models.CASCADE)

    def get_users(self):
        """
        Return a QuerySet of all users who have labeled this resource.
        """
        return User.objects.filter(Q(u2url__resource=self.resource) | Q(u2urf__resource=self.resource))

    def get_labels(self, this_user):
        """
        Return a QuerySet of all user assigned labels for a resource
        """
        if __debug__:  # during testing only, check argument types and preconditions
            assert isinstance(this_user, User)

        labels = UserResourceLabels.objects\
                                   .values_list('label', flat=True)\
                                   .filter(user=this_user,
                                           resource=self.resource)\
                                   .order_by("label").all()
        return labels

    def is_flagged(self, this_user, this_flagcode):
        """
        Return True if this resource has been flagged by a given user
        """
        if __debug__:  # during testing only, check argument types and preconditions
            assert isinstance(this_user, User)
            assert this_flagcode == FlagCodes.FAVORITE or this_flagcode == FlagCodes.MINE or \
                this_flagcode == FlagCodes.OPEN_WITH_APP

        return UserResourceFlags.objects.filter(user=this_user,
                                                 resource=self.resource,
                                                 kind=this_flagcode).exists()

    def is_favorite(self, this_user):
        """
        Return True if this resource has been favorited by a given user
        """
        return self.is_flagged(this_user, FlagCodes.FAVORITE)

    def is_mine(self, this_user):
        """
        Return True if this resource has been labeled as mine by a given user
        """
        return self.is_flagged(this_user, FlagCodes.MINE)

    def is_open_with_app(self, this_user):
        """
        Return True if this resource has been set as open-with-app by a given user
        """
        return self.is_flagged(this_user, FlagCodes.OPEN_WITH_APP)


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Located on Boulevard Saint-Laurent in the heart of the dynamic and creative Mile End district of Montréal, the art gallery presents a number of carefully selected solo and group exhibitions each year.
In its short few years, the gallery has participated in more than a dozen art fairs across Europe and North America, from Seattle to Miami, New York, and Madrid.
Juno Youn
— Founder and director of Galerie Youn
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— About Galerie Youn
Originally founded as the online art gallery Flying Rooster Contemporary Projects (FRCP) in 2012, Galerie Youn opened as a brick-and-mortar space in May 2013.
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It currently represents two dozen artists, about half from Canada and the rest from the United States, Europe and Asia. In its short few years, the gallery has participated in more than a dozen art fairs across Europe and North America, from Seattle to Miami, New York, and Madrid. The gallery presents a number of carefully selected solo and group exhibitions each year.
Galerie Youn and its artists have drawn extensive attention in the press; for instance, a work by its artist Hugo Alonso was featured on the cover of the New York Times Magazine in October 2017.
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Green Party to join the People's Climate March
Posted by James Shaw November 27, 2015 12:03 PM
The Green Party will be out in force this weekend, as MPs, celebrities and supporters join the Green Bloc to march in solidarity with thousands of Kiwis taking to the streets to demand action on climate change.
Across New Zealand, people from all walks of life will take to the streets, led by a coalition of humanitarian organisations, environment groups, trade unions and faith groups.
Tens of thousands of Kiwis are expected to join marches throughout the country on Saturday and Sunday, part of the world-wide People's Climate March, which could prove to be the world's largest climate mobilisation.
Green Party Co-leader James Shaw and MP Kennedy Graham will attend the march in Auckland on Saturday along with other Green MPs, TV and sporting personality Hayley Holt, and supporters, before leaving for the UN climate change summit in Paris.
"Thousands of people will be taking to the streets with us on the weekend, because they believe that the things they love are worth saving," Mr Shaw said.
Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei will be marching in Dunedin on Sunday.
"Climate change is the most important issue of our time, and together we'll be standing up for our families' future and for an economy that works for people and the planet," Mrs Turei said.
Mr Shaw will be representing New Zealanders at Paris as part of the official Government delegation, and Dr Graham and Green MP Julie Anne Genter will be attending as observers.
"Paris is the best chance we've got right now to secure a good climate deal," Mr Shaw said.
"If a strong agreement is reached in Paris, it will genuinely change our children's and grandchildren's futures for the better.
"Thousands of New Zealanders have already called on the Government to back a climate plan that our country can be proud of.
"This weekend we'll be making that call loud and clear in solidarity with hundreds of thousands of voices around the world. It'll be up to the Government to show the world that they've heard it," Mr Shaw said.


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By Margherita M. Desy
Since the beginning months of USS Constitution's 2015-2017 dry docking and restoration project, we have taken the time at the turn of each new year to review the past year's work and to look ahead to coming projects. 2017 was momentous in the ship's restoration as it saw the final days of "Old Ironsides" in the Charlestown Navy Yard's Dry Dock 1 and her re-floating in late July.
To celebrate the success of the completion of Constitution's eighth dry docking (since 1927) and the skills and talents of the Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston ship restorers and riggers who have worked so diligently on the ship, let's review the highlights of the 2017 work.
USS Constitution at sunrise on January 10, 2017. [Courtesy USS Constitution Museum. Photo by Greg M. Cooper Photography.]
Quarter Galleries
USS Constitution's port and starboard after quarters are built with glassed-in galleries that served several functions — the most important being as the location of the "heads" (toilets) for the captain and commodore (should both officers be assigned to the ship on a voyage). Both quarter galleries were extensively re-built, beginning in 2016, with the exterior work being finished by mid-summer, 2017. By the time that autumn 2017 arrived, each gallery had new lower sills, exterior planking, fashion pieces, rafters and roofs, interior finish work, and windows.
Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston ship restorer Joshua Ratty removing a rotten section of the fashion piece on starboard quarter gallery. A fashion piece is the aftmost timber of a vessel, which terminates the width of the vessel, and forms the shape of the stern. [Courtesy Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston
Josh Ratty, measures for new mahogany molding in USS Constitution's port quarter gallery, September 2017. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
NHHC Detachment Boston ship restorer Bruce Caporal (green shirt) assists Joe Halter (inside the quarter gallery) with installation of the forward-most starboard quarter gallery window. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
Stern Eagle
USS Constitution still holds some surprises for the NHHC Detachment Boston ship restorers. One recent revelation was the age of the stern eagle. It was thought to have been carved for the 1927 restoration, as had been the trailboards that were replaced in the 2015 restoration, but no, it was even older! The carved inscription on the back of the eagle revealed its age:
"CARVED AT THE NAVY YARD/BOSTON MASS/MAY – 1907"
Although the eagle had been removed several times in the later decades of the 20th century for repairs to itself and the stern, the inscription had never been noted. Now we know that the "Eagle of the Sea" – Constitution – has a (now) 101 year-old expertly carved eagle on her stern.
Carved inscription on the back of Constitution's stern eagle. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston ship restorer John Hinckley touching up the paint on Constitution's stern eagle on a balmy February 23, 2017. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
Up-rigging
While much of USS Constitution's material structure in her hull remains true to its building 220+ years ago, the rigging has moved into the 21st century. For the first time Kevlar® line was used on the ship's standing rigging. The heavy wire bobstays, which support the bowsprit, have been replaced with Kevlar®, which is not only as strong as wire rope, but weighs significantly less, an important factor for the aging Constitution. Here are the weight differences between the wire bobstays and the new Kevlar® ones:
Inner bobstay: 280 lbs (wire) vs 160 lbs (Kevlar®)
Middle bobstay: 320 lbs (wire) vs 180 lbs (Kevlar®)
Cap bobstay: 390 lbs (wire) vs 220 lbs (Kevlar®)
Thereby eliminating 430 pounds from hanging below the bowsprit.
NHHC Detachment Boston rigger Ryan Whitehead stretching one of the new Kevlar® bobstays for Constitution's bowsprit. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
The completed cap, middle, and inner bobstays (left to right) prior to installation on Constitution's bowsprit and cutwater. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
NHHC Detachment Boston riggers setting up the inner and middle bobstays, April 12, 2017. Ryan Whitehead passes a polyester lanyard to William Rudek (on the scaffolding), while Daniel MacLean keeps the lanyard clear. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
Up-rigging on "Old Ironsides" continued throughout the summer and into the early autumn of 2017. Once the topmasts were installed, the shrouds (the vertical standing rigging) for those masts was rigged and then the repetitious process of "rattling down" began.
Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston riggers aloft to work on the topmast shrouds. Note the wooden "staves" or "rat boards" lashed to the vertical standing rigging as support for the riggers when tying the new ratlines. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
New Trailboards
USS Constitution's bow has been variously decorated over the past two-plus centuries with different figureheads and billetheads. For the 2015 restoration, the cutwater's decoration, the trailboards, had to replaced after seeing 85 years of service. The new trailboards are carved from mahogany and mounted on Douglas fir backing boards. Josh Ratty, NHHC Detachment Boston ship restorer had the task of carving the new boards using a GEMINI™ Universal Carving Duplicator machine.
Josh Ratty, NHHC Detachment Boston ship restorer, using the GEMINI™ duplicator to reproduce the 1876-style trailboards for Constitution's cutwater. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
Josh Ratty hand finished each new trailboard. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
The first section of the new starboard trailboard installed on USS Constitution's bow, May 1, 2017. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
Hawse Pipes
One-hundred new hull planks were replaced on Constitution during the 2015-2017 dry dock period, most above the waterline. The cast iron hawse pipes, found in the ship's bows, had to be removed for the planking work. The re-installation of the pipes involved aligning and adjusting the pipes, the exterior and interior flanges, and manufacturing new pipe bolts.
New laminated white oak planking was installed on USS Constitution's bow in 2015 and 2016. Note the rough holes cut in the planking to match the hawse holes cut into the 1927 restoration framing. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
A port hawse pipe with temporary threaded rods used to line up the interior flange (painted grey) and exterior flange. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
The re-installed starboard hawse pipes on USS Constitution's bow, June, 2017. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
Preparation for Un-docking
In the weeks leading up to USS Constitution's July 23, 2017, un-docking, final touches were put onto the ship including new drafts numbers on the bow and stern, fenders along the port and starboard waterlines, hull painting, and re-furbished long-gun carriages.
An up-close view of the new draft numbers on Constitution's starboard bow. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
Three fenders installed on Constitution's starboard waterline. The fenders will protect the copper sheathing when Constitution is docked and when tugs tie up alongside the ship for tug-powered underway demonstrations in Boston Harbor. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
NHHC Detachment Boston ship restorer Bruce Comeau paints the laminated white oak hull planking black. The grey spots on the hull are primer paint before the final coat. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
A laminated white oak 24-pound long gun carriage in the midst of being refurbished. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
USS Constitution and the Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston staff in the Charlestown Navy Yard Dry Dock 1, days before her July 23, 2017 un-docking. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
Un-docking
Twenty-six months went by very quickly and the day of un-docking arrived for USS Constitution, her crew, and the Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston. The re-floating of the ship from the dock had to be executed at the extreme high tide was just cresting in Boston Harbor, necessitating a late night for all involved.
Four of the valves in the base of the caisson were opened, admitting thousands of gallons of water from Boston Harbor. Dry Dock 1 can hold up to 4.8 millions of gallons of water today. [Photo by Michael Blanchard]
The filling of Dry Dock 1 began at 4:05 p.m. on the 23rd, and Constitution lifted off her keel blocks around 9:50 p.m. At 10:45 p.m. the caisson (which had had its ballast water pumped out) was removed from the sill of the dock and at 11:00 p.m. the NHHC Detachment Boston's beaver boat picked up the out-haul line attached to Constitution's stern bridle and began slowly tugging the ship from the dry dock.
USS Constitution's bow is just crossing the sill (threshold) of Dry Dock 1 in this photograph from July 23, 2017. The NHHC Detachment Boston's beaver boat is to the right, with the orange tow line from "Old Ironsides'" stern bridle. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
Continuing work…
The projects for the 2015-2017 restoration did not end when USS Constitution was re-floated. Throughout the summer and autumn of 2017, various tasks were accomplished, all with the goal of making "Old Ironsides" look more like the victorious sailing warship that she was.
After spending several weeks at the Charlestown Navy Yard's Pier 1 East, where Constitution's hull planks below the waterline were allowed to swell up, she and USS Cassin Young were moved back to usual pier locations. Constitution to Pier 1 West and Cassin Young to Pier 1 East.
USS Cassin Young (DD 793), with a Boston Towing tug and the NHHC Detachment Boston beaver boat, was maneuvered toward her regular Charlestown Navy Yard location, Pier 1 East, on August 2, 2017. USS Constitution, under tow, waited in the mouth of the Charles River to be returned to Pier 1 West. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
A view of USS Constitution, which is once again located at her Charlestown Navy Yard berth, Pier 1 West. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
USS Constitution's replica 32-pound carronades and 24-pound long guns were installed in early August, 2017.
NHHC Detachment Boston riggers Daniel MacLean and Ryan Whitehead carefully guide the saluting gun through USS Constitution's main hatch while rigger William Rudek waits to receive the gun below. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
A partially completed starboard boat davit for USS Constitution. The upper hardware sheaves for the tackle had just been fitted when this photograph was in late October, 2017. [Courtesy Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston]
To wrap up 2017, which was such an eventful year for "Old Ironsides", the ship, her crew, the NHHC Detachment Boston staff, and guests commemorated Constitution's 220th anniversary with her first underway cruise in three years. Thousands of spectators gathered along the waterfront to view the ship under tug power as she made her way down Boston's Inner Harbor to Fort Independence at Castle Island. Once at the fort, Constitution delivered a 21-gun salute to the Nation; responding salutes were delivered by the Concord Battery and the 101st Field Artillery, Massachusetts National Guard.
On the morning of October 20, 2017, USS Constitution fired her 21-gun salute to the Nation off Boston's Fort Independence at Castle Island. The Concord Battery (left middle ground) and the 101st Field Artillery, Massachusetts National Guard (right middle ground) returned fire with their 21-gun salute. [Photo by Michael Blanchard]
November 3, 2017, was USS Constitution's change-of-command. CDR Robert S. Gerosa, Jr., who oversaw "Old Ironsides'" first 21st-century dry docking, departed for a new duty station, and CDR Nathaniel R. Shick was installed as the 75th in command.
CDR Nathaniel R. Shick (left), 75th in command of USS Constitution, and CDR Robert S. Gerosa, Jr. (right), 74th in command, at their change-of-command reception at the Charlestown Navy Yard's Commandant's House. [Courtesy MC3 Casey Scoular, U.S. Navy]
With her new captain, "Old Ironsides" begins a new year, 2018. Continuing work on the ship by the NHHC Detachment Boston ship restorers and riggers will include several new gun deck beams and final up-rigging which will bring back her lofty profile. We will continue to bring you stories of USS Constitution's progress into the summer of 2018.
USS Constitution at sunset 0n December 25, 2017, after the Christmas Day snow. [Courtesy USS Constitution Museum. Photo by Greg M. Cooper Photography.]
The activity that is the subject of this blog article has been financed in part with Federal funds from the National Maritime Heritage Grant program, administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, through the Massachusetts Historical Commission, Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin, Chairman. However, the contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of the Interior, or the Massachusetts Historical Commission, nor does the mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation by the Department of the Interior, or the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
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Margherita M. Desy
Historian, Naval History & Heritage Command
Margherita M. Desy is the Historian for USS Constitution at Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston.
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DUDMASTON HALL
Park and Garden
Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Quatt Malvern
C18 landscape park at most extensive c.110ha, garden area adjacent to Hall now 3.2ha.
Dudmaston Hall attributed to Francis Smith c.1695 for Sir Thomas Wolryche. Alterations 1826 by John Smalman for W W Whitmore. Outbuildings dated 1789, mainly early C19, 100m to south-east. Walled kitchen garden. North Lodge early C19, km north-west of Hall. South Lodge early C19 km to east, with approach drive.
The park at Dudmaston is on undulating ground, sloping generally from north-east to south-west, with fine views in that direction. Backed by extensive A late C18 landscape park for which a plan was produced by William Emes in 1777 associated with a country house
HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT
In 1403 Margaret be Butailles, the heiress of the family which had held the manor of Dudmaston since at least the early C12, married William Wolryche of Much Wenlock. The estate descended in that family, and in 1695 Sir Thomas Wolryche (d 1701) commissioned Francis Smith of Warwick to begin the present house. His son, Sir John, drowned in the River Severn in 1723, and Dudmaston passed in due course to his sister Mary (d 1771). From her it passed to her uncle Col Thomas Weld (d 1774), and from him to a distant cousin George Whitmore. He died, childless, in 1775, leaving as heir his nephew William Whitmore (d 1815). In 1775 the estate was apparently much in need of the improvement and investment detailed in an account book (CL 1979, 818). After this initial expenditure Whitmore turned to the Hall's surrounds, and in 1777 commissioned William Emes to produce a design for the park. Under his son William Wolryche Whitmore, Whig politician and MP, who in 1810 married Lucy, daughter of the Earl of Bradford, the Hall was altered in the 1820s and later large sums were spent on many of the farm buildings on the estate. On his death in 1858 there were outstanding mortgages on the estate of £60,000, not paid off until c 1900. His heir was his nephew Francis Henry Laing, who took the name Wolryche-Whitmore. From 1921 the estate was owned by his great-nephew Geoffrey Wolryche-Whitmore, under whom Dudmaston gained an international reputation for enlightened forestry. In 1952 he passed the estate over to his niece Lady Rachel Labouchere (d 1996) with the intention that it should eventually pass to the National Trust. That gift was completed in 1978.
LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING Dudmaston lies 5km south-east of Bridgnorth, close to Shropshire's south-east boundary. The long, north-eastern park boundary largely follows the main A442 Bridgnorth to Kidderminster road, although the boundary extends east of this to encompass the eastern end of the chain of pools which are one of the main features of the Dudmaston landscape. These lie along a shallow valley which runs through the centre of the park and drains into the River Severn c 1km to the south. The Hall lies on the east lip of the valley, overlooking the largest of the pools, Big Pool, and the countryside beyond to the Clee Hills. A subsidiary, but visually more dramatic valley, The Dingle, forms the southern boundary of the park. The area here registered is c 185ha.
ENTRANCES AND APPROACHES The main approach is via the gate off the A442 at South Lodge (listed grade II), a mid C19 two-storey red sandstone building with gothic detailing and spirally moulded brick chimney stacks. From here the drive runs on a slightly curving line west across the open, level parkland either to the Hall's east forecourt or to the public car park in the southern part of the walled garden complex.
North Lodge (listed grade II) stands close to an entrance on the A442 near the north corner of the park. It is a two-storey sandstone cottage, perhaps early C19, with a few decorative features including ornamental bargeboards and a gable-end canted bay window. From here a drive runs on a curving line around the north end of Big Pool before approaching the Hall from the north.
In 1817 there was a different drive arrangement, and no lodges. One drive looped south to the Hall from a gate opposite Brim Pool. A second, straight, drive approached from the east. A bank marks its line.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING Dudmaston Hall (listed grade II*) is a nine-bay house of red brick with stone quoins and stone-framed windows with a recessed five-bay centre. Called 'lately rebuilt' in 1730 the Hall probably dates from c 1695 and is usually attributed to Francis Smith of Warwick (d 1738). It was altered and received a new roof in 1817-26 by the Bridgnorth builder John Smalman (d 1852).
A farm and stables court of 1789 and the early C19 stands to the south-east, against the south-west side of the walled garden. Rising above its entrance is a crenellated brick tower of early to mid C19 date.
GARDENS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS Before the north-east, entrance front is a turning circle, separated from the open parkland beyond by railings.
The main gardens and pleasure grounds lie on the other side of the Hall, dropping down to Big Pool, with the parkland rising up on its far side. Along the south-west, garden front of the Hall is a small terrace created in the 1920s. Below this the ground drops in two deeply scarped grass terraces, descended via a central flight of stone stairs. These features were created by William Wolryche-Whitmore soon after he succeeded his father in 1816; before that, as C18 illustrations show (Angus 1787; Copperplate Mag 1792), the ground fell to Big Pool in a smooth slope. At the north end of the terraces is a formal rockery, with four terraces retained by drystone walls. A path leads north from this, cut back into a low, red sandstone cliff. Again, these features are of the early C19.
The lawn and terraces south-west of the Hall are now without planting (some formal beds were filled in by Lady Labouchere). In contrast, the ground to the north, and especially the south, is well planted with specimen trees and shrubs. The former include several mature cedars of Lebanon, perhaps part of the late C18 planting (see below). The main shrubbery lies south of the terraces, within the remains of a ha-ha (now surmounted with a fence) constructed in the early C19 by William Wolryche-Whitmore. Here, in what he called his American Border, he planted numerous American hybrid rhododendrons. Although many of these have since been lost, planting continued after his death in 1858 and the area now contains a wide variety of specimens including magnolias, azaleas and Japanese cherries. The ha-ha runs to the south-east corner of Big Pool, and here there are small rockery pools, said to be an C18 Ladies' Bath. The Pool edge is planted as a water garden, created in the early C20.
A gate above the rockery pools gives access to a path which runs along the grassy slopes along the south side of the main part of Big Pool, allowing views up it and to the Hall. It then turns south, along the Pool side, passing a substantial Broseley brick boathouse of c 1865 with two gothic-arched entrances to the water. The path, here broad and terraced into the hillside, then runs south for c 200m, with wooded ground rising steeply to its east and a line of lime trees along its west edge. There are views through these trees across the Pool and to the parkland rising beyond. At the south end of Big Pool is a massive earth dam; from this, again, there are good views up the Pool. The path continues east of the remains of Mill Pool before swinging east into the wooded Dingle. Although much denuded and in parts overgrown, the walk up the north side of The Dingle still contains features likely to have formed part of the late C18 landscaping, including artfully placed groups of rocks, seats in the exposed red sandstone cliffs, pools, cascades, and specimen trees. The main walk emerges from The Dingle south of the Hall, a path leading across a short slope of parkland to a gate in the centre of the south side of the pleasure grounds.
In 1777 William Whitmore commissioned William Emes (d 1803) to produce a plan 'of the intended sheep pasture' (CL 1979, 818), that is the park around the Hall and enlarged ponds to its south-east. In the event a slightly different scheme was carried out, not by Emes but by the Dudmaston gardener Walter Wood. He, according to Whitmore's wife Frances (d 1792), 'whom we called Planter, had imbibed his taste at Shenstone's Leasowes (qv) ... the Badger (qv) and Dudmaston Dingles were long picturesque rivals'. The Dingles became one of Dudmaston's main attractions, and here Whitmore's wife, a good botanist and with access to the household's copy of Shenstone's Unconnected Thoughts on Gardening (1764), 'laid out the walks, placed seats and formed cascades' in conjunction with Wood (guidebook 1980, 19). Angus, writing c 1787, mentions The Dingle and its cascades and walks, 'which terminate in a beautiful prospect of the River Severn and the adjacent country'. A C19 watercolour at Dudmaston depicts a root house; its location is unknown.
Some changes were made to the pools and Dingle in the mid C19. The Tithe map of 1840 shows that at that date the south end of Big Pool (already enlarged by incorporating one or more smaller pools, for instance in 1818-19) was close to the present boathouse, and that south of it, extending to the north end of Mill Pool, was Summerhouse Pool. In the 1850s the dam between Big and Summerhouse Pools was removed, and probably that at the end of Summerhouse enlarged, to create the present, much larger, Big Pool.
PARK There does not seem to have been a park at Dudmaston until William Whitmore began his improvements in the later 1770s. East of the Hall, extending to the A442, the parkland is level. Here there are many parkland and specimen trees of different ages. North, south and west of the Hall the parkland slopes down towards Big Pool, and is again well planted with parkland and specimen trees. East of the A422 the registered area extends to include Brim, Seggy and Wall Pools, and Comer (in 1840 'Commer or Cwm Mawr') Wood which surrounds them.
Lodge Farm (listed grade II) stands on the high ground along the west edge of the park, in an area where there are some of the oldest trees at Dudmaston, notably oaks and sweet chestnuts. Of two storeys and an attic, the house is of painted brick with stone dressings and was built in 1776. Its various external features, notably three crow-stepped gables, make the house an eyecatcher from the Hall.
KITCHEN GARDEN The main compartment of the walled garden, still under cultivation, lies south-east of the Hall, its north-west wall forming one side of the service court. The walls are of brick, are buttressed, and likely to be of about the same date as the Hall. There is a late C20 orangery-like summerhouse in the centre of the north-east side of the garden with a small pool to its right (south-east) side. Against the south-east, inner wall of the compartment are some brick sheds, mostly C19, including a boiler house. This previously served glasshouses in a second walled garden, larger and its walls later than the first, which it abuts to the south-east. Although the walls of this second compartment largely survive, the glasshouses have all been removed and the interior is used by the National Trust for visitor parking.
W Angus, Seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales ... (1787), pl 7 Copperplate Magazine I, (1792), pl 18 Country Life, 165 (8 March 1979), pp 634-7; (15 March 1979), pp 714-17; (22 March 1979), pp 818-21 Dudmaston, guidebook, (National Trust 1980) G Jackson-Stops, An English Arcadia 1600-1900 (1992), pp 104-6 P A Stamper, Historic Parks and Gardens of Shropshire (1996), pp 55-6, 83
Maps J Rocque, Map of Shropshire, 1752 William Emes, A Plan of the Intended Sheep Pasture, etc , at Dudmaston ..., 1777 (at Dudmaston Hall) R Baugh, Map of Shropshire, 1808 Map of Dudmaston, 1817 (4001/P/1/5), (Shropshire Records and Research Centre) C and J Greenwood, Map of Shropshire, 1827 Tithe map for Quatt, 1840 (Shropshire Records and Research Centre)
OS 6" to 1 mile:	1st edition surveyed 1882, published 1892 2nd edition surveyed 1901, published 1903 3rd edition published 1928 OS 25" to 1 mile:	1st edition surveyed 1882, published 1882
Description written: November 1998 Register Inspector: PAS Edited: February 2000
This garden or other land is registered under the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 within the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens by Historic England for its special historic interest.


A Glossary of Astrological Terms for the letter "M"
Swirling energies in the Earth's magnetic field form currents that flow in patterns between particular focal points on the planet's surface, rather reminiscent of a circuit board, or power grid. These currents are affected by planetary aspects, cosmic radiation, solar wind, and similar forces such as solar flares, but can be harnessed and controlled through an understanding of their nature. Ancient, prehistoric civilisations were adept at this, as shown through the remnants of their massive geomantic constructions. It can be still observed in the remnant occult architecture of the landscape in China and Britain, among others, for it appears to have been employed on a planetary scale. One still vibrant form of this elder science remains operant today in the practice of Feng Shui. Magnetic currents on Earth are stilled by eclipses, which is one of the reasons so many ancient stone circles and temple buildings were designed in order to calculate them in advance. See Grid.
In alchemy, the Great Work, the manufacturing of the Philosopher's Stone.
Aspects dividing the 360 degrees of the circle of the zodiac by 2 (opposition: 180°); 3 (trine: 120°); 4 (square: 90°); 6 (sextile: 60°). These were defined by Ptolemy, based on Pythagorean numerological and musical theory and are the focal paths of the planetary rays. See Ptolemaic Aspects. See also Minor Aspects and Conjunction.
Conjunction (0°) can be malefic if planets are themselves malefic or if otherwise badly aspected.
There are other problematic aspects, but these are the most widely used and understood. See also Benefic Aspects.
Planets generating difficult circumstances: traditionally Mars and Saturn; nowadays Uranus. The Sun is classed as a malefic in Indian (Vedic) astrology and also in Western Astrology when in conjunction (due to phenomenon of combustion — except when cazimi, i.e. in the heart of the Sun). The Dragon's Tail (Moon's south node) is malefic, though a "shadow planet" rather than a real rock. In Indian astrology both the Dragon's Head (Rahu) and Tail (Ketu) are considered serious malefics, as indeed is the Moon itself when weak. The jury is still out on Pluto, but he is most likely malefic. Ceres it seems to me is generally malefic, especially in terms of natural disasters. Modern psychological astrologers deny that any planet be deemed "malefic" (or indeed "benefic"), on the grounds that natural forces should not be value-laden and that all experiences are ultimately beneficial as part of a growth process. Compare Benefics.
Mystical wheel or diagram. Symbolic patterns are illustrated according to ritualistical formulæ enabling the transmission of spiritual power for healing, attainment of riches, love, divine inspiration, occult knowledge, etc. The zodiac wheel is a mandala.
A person whose chart exhibits Mangalik Dosha is commonly known as Mangalik, or Manglik.
Same as Mangaldosha. Click for more on Mangalik Dosha, offsite at TruthStar, our Indian sister-site.
Chant or magical incantation of specific Sanskrit sounds or phrases deriving from the Vedas and other Hindu scriptures. This is used in astrology as a remedy either to counteract or to assist planetary influences.
In Vedic astrology, a death-dealing planet. Ruler of 2nd or 7th house.
The planet of action! This masculine planet rules Aries and Scorpio and is exalted in Capricorn. Mars the Warrior is a traditional malefic, tending to create havoc, anger and conflict, particularly with males. However he also stimulates growth and the will to succeed. In Medical Astrology, Mars represents acute conditions. More about Mars.
The idea of masculinity is traditionally related to dryness and femininity to moisture. According to Ptolemy, Mercury is common rather than convertible, as he produces "the dry and the moist alike". The outer planets (Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) have no traditional gender, so modern astrologers have assigned it. Gender has also been assigned to the major asteroids, Ceres, Vesta, Juno & Pallas Athene (all feminine) mainly on mythological grounds, but also in a questionable effort to right the so-called gender imbalance of traditional astrology. Chiron, however, is considered masculine.
Masculine Quarters extend anticlockwise from the cusp of the 10th house to the cusp of the Ascendant and clockwise from the cusp of the 7th to that of the 4th. Feminine Quarters are counted anticlockwise from the cusp of the Ascendant to that of the 4th and clockwise from the cusp of the 10th to that of the 7th.
The ancients considered that masculinity and femininity also alternated according to the sign's position vis-à-vis the ascendant, which is considered masculine.
Stars or planets rising before the Sun in the morning. See Vespertine.
Medium Coeli, Latin for mid-heaven.
The normal rate of travel of a planet through the zodiac.
Mid-heaven, or meridien. The Southern point of the chart.
A discipline in Hellenistic Astrology that investigates links between astral phenomena at birth and physical characteristics in the human body.
Corresponding to the Earth Element and according to Culpeper, ruling "the sediment of blood". Ruled by Saturn, it works through the Black Bile. See Humours. More about the Melancholic Humour.
A fast moving planet never more than 28° from the Sun, which governs communication and intellectual interaction, healing, transmission of spiritual knowledge, travel, sales, teaching, consultants and the like. Neither masculine nor feminine but convertible, Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo and is exalted in Virgo. More about Mercury.
Alchemists, philosophers and physicians referred to the vital force as the philosophical Mercury, because Mercury (the liquid metal) is a flowing analogy of the life force. Mercury is known as the god of medicine and healing because he rules the vital force. More about the Vital Force.
A brief but generally stressful period during which Mercury's motion through the zodiac appears to be reversed. More about Mercury Retrograde.
A great circle projected onto the celestial sphere, which encompasses the north and south points on the horizon and the zenith, which is directly above the observer.
Measurement along the celestial equator between any point and the upper or lower meridien. A portion of the semi-arc, usually expressed in degrees of time.
Not an untidy lot, but a set of astronomical objects catalogued by French astronomer Charles Messier in his Catalogue of Nebulæ and Star Clusters, originally published 1771. Because he was only interested comets, he created a list of non-comet objects that frustrated his hunt for them. Known as the Messier catalogue, this list is one of the most famous lists of astronomical objects. Many Messier objects are still referenced by their Messier number, for example: M31, the Andromeda Galaxy (NGC 224), known to Ptolemy as the Fixed Star Vertex. Since Messier lived and worked in Paris, his objects only include those visible in the Northern Hemisphere.
The archangel Metatron, the Prince of the Countenance, was (and still is) a potent and powerful symbol used in moving above or beyond (gk. Meta-) this earthly instrument, or matrix (gk. tron). Especially used in Hebrew and Greek kabbala, and in occult devotions, this power is identified with Kether, the Crown, in the Tree of Life, but also with the Egyptian Thoth Hermes and Ptah, the Opener. Sacred geometry and the mystical power of the cube are associated with Metatron.
Shooting star or falling star; the blazing path of a small speeding space-rock (meteoroid) as it burns up in a collision with Earth's atmosphere. Meteors that hit the Earth's surface are called meteorites. Meteors are common and have been known since ancient times, when they were thought to be purely atmospheric phenomena (the heavenly realms were believed to be perfect and unchangeable), but they are now considered the visible traces of tiny space-rocks as they flash through the atmosphere. The word "meteor" (gk. meteôros) means "high in the air".
Celestial event in which a number of meteors appear to radiate from one point (the radiant) in the night sky. Intense meteor showers are called meteor storms, which may produce more than 1,000 meteors an hour. The Perseids are a typical example, dating from antiquity.
Weather prediction using astrology, usually as set out in ancient texts, but used by Kepler in predictions. See Astrometeorology.
Modern method of weather prediction.
The 19 year cycle wherein the conjunctions of the Sun and Moon begin to appear progressively in the zodiac in the same places as in the previous cycle. This is the cycle whereby the solar and lunar calendars can be approximately synchronised. Named for Meton of Athens (5th Century BCE), though Homer used it centuries earlier in the Odyssey.
Meridien, or MC (Medium Coeli). The point of the chart at which the meridien intercepts the ecliptic. In many house systems (but not all) the MC is also the cusp of the tenth house. More on mid-heaven.
Mean local time at birthplace when it is midnight at Greenwich, England.
The exact midpoint between two planets as measured in degrees and minutes of arc around the chart. These are considered to have considerable significance, especially the midpoints between planets in the charts of the parties in a relationship analysis, known as the Composite Chart.
Aspects other than the Major Aspects defined by Ptolemy. These were largely defined by Kepler and Lilly, based on harmonic (Kepler) and discordant (Lilly) musical intervals dividing the circle of the zodiac. The main Minor Aspects are semi-sextile (30°); semi-square or octile (45°); quintile (72°); sesqui-square (135°); inconjunct or quincunx (150°) though there are quite a few others used by some astrologers, including bi-quintile (144°); septile (approx 51°26'); nonile (40°); decile (36°) and their subdivisions. See also Major Aspects.
Method of forecasting in which each Lunar Return after birth equals a year of life.
Quality, or Quadruplicity. Each sign is characterised by the combination of its Quadruplicity or Quality (Cardinal, Fixed, or Mutable) and its Triplicity, or Element (Fire, Earth, Air, or Water).
Traditional astrology holds that the orb of a planet is the diameter of an imaginary sphere of light surrounding it. The radius of that sphere is the moiety. The sum of the moieties of any two planets gives the maximum distance that their bodies can be from exact aspect for the aspect to be effective. Used mainly in Horary, this is not to be confused with the "orb of aspect" used in Natal Astrology. See Orb.
Liberation, or the state of salvation. According to Hindu teaching, this is the ultimate goal of human life. In Vedic astrology there are a number of chart factors that point to the attainment of moksha.
Ketu, the Dragon's Tail, or south lunar node. In Vedic astrology, Ketu is mokshakaraka ("liberation indicator").
Hellenistic name for the zodiacal degrees, each of which has been given a specific meaning.
Planetary Lords of Degrees in Hellenistic Astrology. Each degree has its own ruler, constructed from the domicile ruler of the sign in descending Chaldean order of the planets.
Trigonal monomoiria, where the order is based on the trigon (triplicity) rulerships via the sect ruler, with the first degree of a given sign being ruled by the sect ruler (diurnal or nocturnal) according to its sect, the next degree by the opposite sect ruler and so on. This is a significant Time Lord system, but there are several versions and the scholarship is by no means settled.
Sidereal Month: the time it takes the Moon to return to the same position on the celestial sphere among the fixed stars (Latin: sidus): 27.321661 days (27 d 7 h 43 min 11.5 s) or 27 1/3 days. This type appeared among cultures in the Middle East, India, and China as they divided the sky in 27 or 28 lunar mansions, characterized by asterisms, one for each day the Moon follows its track among the stars.
Tropical Month: the time taken with regard to the vernal point, or "lunar equinox". Because of precession, this point moves back slowly along the ecliptic. It takes the Moon less time to return to an ecliptic longitude of zero than to the same point amidst the fixed stars: 27.321582 days (27 d 7 h 43 min 4.7 s). This slightly shorter period is known as the tropical month.
Anomalistic Month: the Moon's orbit is an ellipse rather than a circle, but its orientation and shape are not fixed. In particular, the position of the extreme points (the line of the apsides: perigee and apogee), makes a full circle (lunar precession) in about nine years. It takes the Moon longer to return to the same apsis because it moved ahead during one revolution. This longer period is called the anomalistic month, and has an average length of 27.554551 days (27 d 13 h 18 min 33.2 s), or about 27½ days.
Draconic Month: the plane of the Moon's orbit is tilted by approx 5° with respect to the plane of the ecliptic. The line of intersection of these planes defines the ascending and descending nodes. The plane of the Moon's orbit precesses over a full circle in about 18.6 years, so the nodes move backwards over the ecliptic with the same period. Hence the time it takes the Moon to return to the same node is again shorter than a sidereal month: this is called the draconic, nodical, or draconitic month. It lasts 27.212220 days (27 d 5 h 5 min 35.8 s), or about 27 1/5 days. It is important for predicting eclipses: these take place when the Sun, Earth and Moon are on a line (i.e., in syzygy). The three bodies are only on a line when the Moon is on the ecliptic, i.e. when it is at one of the nodes. The "draconic" month refers to the mythological dragon that lives in the nodes and regularly eats the Sun or Moon during an eclipse.
Synodic Month: Moon phases occur because we see the part of the Moon that is illuminated by the Sun from different angles as the Moon traverses its orbit. Because the Earth orbits the Sun, it takes the Moon extra time (after completing a sidereal month, i.e. a full circle) to catch up and return to the same position with respect to the Sun. This longer period is called the synodic month. Because of the perturbations of the orbits of the Earth and Moon, the actual time between lunations may range from about 29.27 to about 29.83 days. The long-term average duration is 29.530588 days (29 d 12 h 44 min 2.8 s), or about 29½ days.
Calendar Month: Divisions of the solar year (approx 365.25 days) of either of 30 or 31 days in the Western Gregorian Calendar, excepting February which is normally 28 days, with an extra day added every leap year (to balance the account for the extra four quarters of a day).
The Earth's sole natural satellite. The Moon is classed as a planet ("wanderer") in astrology and represents matters to do with women, the mother, the public, the emotions, habit patterns and so on. A feminine planet, she rules Cancer and is exalted in Taurus. Several other planets have recently been determined by astronomers to have moons, but these are not generally considered in astrology. More about the Moon.
Planetary ruler of the Moon Sign.
The Moon Sign is the sign through which the Moon is passing at a given moment, such as the moment of birth. It is particularly significant in Jyotish, or Indian (Vedic) Astrology.
Regular periods of stress, confusion, extreme weather and loss of life, discovered by astrologer/mathematician Carl Payne Tobey in the mid-20th Century. Occurs every 86.5 days on average, with an orb of approx. 5 degrees (days) on either side of the precise date, when the Sun forms either the T-square with the Lunar Nodes, or the conjunction with the North or South Nodes. Eclipses therefore also mark Moon Wobbles. More about Moon Wobble.
Aspect calculated via the rotation of the Earth, rather than position in the zodiac, "reckoned along the Equator and measured in subdivisions of the nocturnal or diurnal semi-arc. For example: Any two planets that have a separation of two houses are in mundane Sextile; of four houses, in mundane Trine. Thus it is possible for two planets to be simultaneously in the mutual relationship of a mundane Trine and a zodiacal Square. Mundane aspects can be computed only on a map erected for a birth moment." [source: Nicholas DeVore, Encyclopedia of Astrology].
From Latin Mundus, the world. Deals with Ingresses, Lunations, Eclipses, Great Conjunctions or Comets as indicators of conditions affecting nations, states, or communities. Probably the most ancient form of astrology, it also associates natural phenomena, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions etc with astrological phenomena. See also Meteorological Astrology.
Equal distance of two planets from any angle.
Ancient astronomers held that the Earth was the centre of the universe and that the planets and stars occupied positions in a series of concentric, crystal spheres surrounding the Earth. Each sphere corresponded to a note in the musical scale. The spheres rotated and the subtle sound generated was called the Music of the Spheres, a subtle, cosmic sound current that permeates existence. By attuning to the music of the spheres one could place oneself into harmony with the cosmos. The music of the spheres is more than a beautiful poetic intuition. The dynamics of the solar system, first laid bare by Kepler's mathematical genius, are directly analogous to the laws of musical harmony. Interestingly, modern scientists have determined that planets broadcast unique radio signal patterns, which when translated into audible frequencies, make good listening. Thus planets could be said to "sing". Click to listen to the "Sounds of Saturn".
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces. According to Lilly, these are "Mute Signs or of slow Voice, the more if Mercury be in any of them, in Conjunction, Square, or Opposition of Saturn".
A configuration formed by at least four planets, comprising two trines and two sextile aspects with oppositions forming from all four corners of the configuration.
A traditional, legendary narrative handed down from ancient times, usually in oral form (until written down quite late in the piece), telling of the exploits of gods and heroes, often designed to explain natural phenomena in rich, poetic and symbolic language. A myth also focuses an aspect of a society's culture, presenting it in a multi-layered, right-brain style, unlike a modern scientific explanation, which is generally anti-poetic, determinedly left-brained, and analytic. Modern astro-physics, quantum mechanics, and advanced mathematics seem to have come to the end of analysis and are now taking what seem to be quite poetic leaps of fancy into new mythological realms of dark matter, multi-dimensional realities, antimatter, wormholes and the like.
Existing in myth. Modern usage often conflates "mythical" with "false", or imaginary, but this is due to literalism: failing to understand the multi-layered, symbolic language of myth. Astrological narrative is laced with mythical language; for example, the Labours of Hercules seen as a symbolic illustration of the soul's evolutionary journey through the Signs of the Zodiac.
Referring to characters and themes of mythology. Astrological descriptions of the constellations, stars, signs and planets are largely mythological in origin.


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A British Rail 159 sorozat egy angol háromrészes dízelmotorvonat-sorozat.

Az South West Trains-nek  British Rail 158 és 159 motorvonatai vannak (utóbbi az előbbi felújított változata, megjelenésben majdnem teljesen megegyeznek). Ezek szinte teljes mértékben a Salisbury vonal kiszolgálására szerezte be a SWT. Kialakítása és festése hasonló a többi intercity motorvonathoz. Itt is megtalálható a vonat elején a középső átjáró, amire szükség is van, mivel a 3 részes motorvonatok gyakran közlekednek kapcsolt módban. A dízelmotorok és a teljes vezérlés a (egyébként igen magas) kocsiszekrény alatt elférnek, csak a kocsi végén a harmonika mellett látszik az ezüstszínű kipufogó, amelyet egészen a tetősíkig felvezettek.

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Posted by: Corri van de Stege | September 29, 2015
I am aware that The Narrow Road to the Deep North has had mixed reviews, with some awarding it a 5* out of 5 (see for example the Guardian and Daily Telegraph reviews) whilst another review by Michael Hofmann in the LRB of 18th December 2014 gives a devastating put down: 'In construction, the book is the half-hearted retrospective of a dying old man (the life flashing before the eyes – think of something like Hermann Broch's Death of Virgil) that forsakes it tether for the more leisurely freedom of an impersonal series of chronological flashbacks; only to leave that in turn for an account of other characters in their own personal circumstances, in Australia, in Japan, in Korea, of which Dorrigo Evans can have known little or nothing at all.'
The latter, I think, points out one of the weaknesses of the book: that you are expected to live in the head of various characters, including two Japanese generals, Dorrigo's lover Amy, a Korean soldier serving in the Japanese army, and various others, whilst his own story unfolds. By shifting from one pov to another this weakens the believability of the main character, Dorrigo. It would have been better if he had witnessed the account of the Korean soldier's cell after the war, or if he had spoken with one of the Japanese colonels, or been witness to what happened to them. As it is, we have to believe that these seemingly unrelated chapters give us the 'real' characters, the persons as they played their part in Dorrigo's life, even if he can have had little knowledge of their thoughts or behavior once the war was over.
Having said that, I liked reading this book. I read it for the first time on my Kindle when I was in Singapore, in September 2014. As indicated in the chapter where Dorrigo writes the introduction to the book of Guy Hendrick's (or Rabbit Hendricks as his fellow soldiers call him) illustrations of the POW camps, the story is about the end of one empire with the fall of Singapore and another empire that then rises. In fact, I went by bus to Changi museum (and chapel), about five and a half kilometers from central Singapore, just outside Changi village and close to the airport. The Japanese occupied Singapore from 1942 to 1945 and turned the British-built barracks in Changi into a POW camp. This also, like the POW camps we encounter in 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North', was a notorious hell hole, where thousands of military and civilian prisoners were interned, enduring appalling conditions.
Once Dorrigo has finished editing Hendrick's book he felt 'it was one more failed attempt by himself to understand what it all meant….' (p.25). I had a similar feeling when I filed past the pictures and accounts exhibited in the museum: it's almost too big and awful to take in.
The title 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' comes from a haiku that is much admired by the two Japanese officers, who share a passion for haiku's and reflect on the greatness of Basho's great haibun (see Chapter 16, p. 125) which, according to colonel Kota, sums up the genius of the Japanese spirit. Building the railway line is not just about building it, not even about the Europeans having to learn that they are not a superior race, rather it is about the Japanese learning that they are!
These two men are cruel and vile. Yet they share and are moved by their own sensitivity to poetry, not so much by the genius of the poem as by their wisdom in understanding the poem… 'In this way, thought Nakamura, the Japanese spirit is now itself the railway, and the railway the Japanese spirit, our narrow road to the deep north, helping to take the beauty and wisdom of Basho to the larger world.' (P.126)
The book tries to do a number of things and the question is whether it manages to do all of them satisfactorily.
The love story: Dorrigo's background is poor and unsophisticated, and one which he intends to escape by marrying rich and beautiful Ella who comes from an old-established family. Dorrigo studies medicine and has a promising career ahead of him. He is a keen reader and devours books. Nevertheless he falls in love with the second wife of his uncle, Keith Mulvaney. This love story is slightly unsatisfactory: some of the descriptions are over the top and ring false, as if Flanagan is running away with himself and his literary gymnastics: also these sections seem to swing between Amy's pov and Dorrigo's pov and Dorrigo can have had little knowledge of what Amy was thinking, except for what she tells him. There are endless ruminations about how each of them feels, which ring untrue, or some of them far-fetched, see Ch.19 onwards.
The story about the brutality of the Japanese and in particular their officers, which sits uneasily with what happens after the war, when they are able to rehabilitate themselves whereas the poor Korean conscript is condemned to death. In particular, we are sitting in their heads, as if disconnected from the main story, which is about Dorrigo, and so this feels like a disconnected part within the book. It has little to do with what happens to Dorrigo after the war, with what he becomes and how he deals with everything, with his memories and with the loss of Amy
Dorrigo's marriage to Ella: Ella must have been an important part of his life; yet, we never get a full picture of her. She has become a loser, somehow, one who sticks with her man. But is this realistic? She is completely in the background but somehow there is the implication that she may have known about Amy and therefore purposefully includes an account of her death in her letter.
The stories about what happens to various individuals in the camp, and what war was like for each of them. All the time, it seems as if Dorrigo is not really part of it, is simply a narrator and everything that happens around him does not seem to have the impact you would have expected it to have. Perhaps in the end Richard Flanagan is not really able to give the full story of how POWs experienced their lives in the camps for the simple reason that most of them refused to talk about it. At the same time, the physical descriptions of his fellow prisoners are
The loss of love. Whilst still in Europe Ella writes him a letter in which she relates the explosion in which, she writes, both Keith Mulvaney and his wife Amy died. At the same time, Keith tells Amy that Dorrigo has died in the POW camp. This is quite convenient perhaps but to me I cannot help but feel that the real Dorrigo would have searched for Amy on his return, if his love was as deep as the book claims it is. He would have followed up on the story perhaps. Was there a funeral? A grave to go to? After all, Australia itself must have been a fully functioning nation, as war had not encroached on its territory. So there would have been a funeral and there should have been a body.
Perhaps there are a few more stories in there and because of the number of these and the way they are told by different people, it may be inevitable that we get such disconnected views of who Dorrigo (Alwyn) Evans is – we never root for this character who seems to be many, he remains obscure, distanced from his readers, in all his different guises: boy from poor background, lover of Amy, medical man, colonel in the army, in charge of the camp hospital, husband of Ella, well-known surgeon in Australia, war hero, philanderer, etc.
Nevertheless, I liked the book and read it again for the book club a year later, with as much involvement as when I read it the first time, searching for a core of Dorrigo and wondering if in the end all our lives consist of similarly disconnected stories. I think mine does. There is also a lot to think about when coming face to face with some of the atrocities that happened so long ago now and so far away from Europe, events that were little elaborated on in my history lessons at school.
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By: Omar on February 26, 2016
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cloudspotting
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damaged Kindles
Dreyfus Affair
ducking and diving
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EL Doctorow
emotionally weird
English summer
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foibles
gardening and all that
Give Away Blog Hop
Guardian first book award longlist
Happy christmas count down
I-Pad
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In between Christmas and the New Year
Iphigenia in Aulis
John Banville
LabLit
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Literary Prizes
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Neustadt Reading challenge
New Year's Walks
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not in the mood
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Nou Ruz
nucear physics
Orange Fiction Prize 2012
Pakistani Noir
photo research
polders
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Poo Coffee
possible worlds
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reading lists 2011
Russian writers and books
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science writing
secret love affairs
Secret Services
Short Stories Challenge
Simon Goldhill
Spring at last
spy thriller
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Sunday Papers
The 2K International Writers' Blog Tour
The Armchair Traveller
The Book of Daniel
The Casual Vanancy
The Cloudspotter's Guide
The Cryptographer
the hour
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The Untouchabe
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three days to christmas 2009
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Tobias Hill
Toby's Room
Walk to and along the beach
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William Boyd
Wimbledon Final
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