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This is a transcript of a photocopy of an account of life in Gamlingay at the turn of the twentieth century, written by Mr W D Vernon. He sent it to me in 1980, saying that he was glad 'a son of Gamlingay' was taking an interest in the village's history. At the time Mr Vernon's correspondence was being sent from addresses in Paris, London and Canada, but ceased in 1981. Spellings and capitalisation are as in the original manuscript.
My contact with Mr Vernon came through my father, who says that Mr Vernon told him he lived at the Rose and Crown on the crossroads at the turn of the century. He mentioned it because my great grandfather George Brown, referred to in the text, came to lodge there at around the same time from Elsworth. Mr Vernon was the uncle of Howard and Maurice Knibbs, known to them as 'Uncle Billy', and came to stay with them occasionally.
[Jim Brown]
SOME INTERESTING GAMLINGAY PERSONALITIES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY.
Looking back it appears that there were many more interesting individuals in the village then, than one encounters these days. I suppose one reason is that in the early part of the century Gamlingay, like so many similar villages, was completely self supporting and apart from the railway service, almost isolated as far as transport was concerned.
Indeed very few people owned bicycles, and one moved by horse transport or walked. So as there was little exudos [exodus?] perhaps one noticed one's neighbours more; many of them depicting a way of life the present generation would find hard to envision.
Let us start with the ladies.
The first to come to mind is Miss EMMA YOUNG who could so often be seen with long straws in her mouth which she was plaiting. These long plaits were sent to the LUTON hat factories for making the straw hats for which the they were famous. I think at one time she was employed in one. She did indeed make the hats of several village ladies.
Her sister Miss Harriet YOUNG worked at the Cock INN and chastised any boy who whistled on Sunday.
Mrs SALLY BRITTEN wore a crinolene [crinoline] without the hoops and thought nuns were wicked people because they wore crosses.
There were 2 Pillow lace makers, MRS PAYNTER the wife of the Methodist minister, and MRS Larkins in the Armshouses [Almshouses]. Both used to work at their open doors to obtain the best light. Their workmanship was exquisite and it was a joy to see their beautiful bobbins flashing to the dexterity of the handlers. I wonder if this [is] now a lost art?
Miss LETTIE HILL owned a donkey and cart which she rented out to among others laundry women to collect and deliver their clients heavy laundry baskets.
There was Miss ANNIE ARNOLD who had an impediment of speech and was a little simple, but was a valued member of the community running errands for many people, especially the jugs of supper beer for ladies who considered it "infra dignitatem' to enter a public house. – Beer then cost two old pence a pint -. Annie attended every wedding and funeral in the village, and every church service:
Many people kept a few chickens, some a pig or two, and at harvest time it was a familiar sight to see women gleaning. They would return home in the evening with huge bales on their heads. Although eggs at Eastertide were only 10 pence a score and rarely more than 2 for 2 pence the rest of the year, one commends the thrift of these ladies.
A Miss MARY DEW lived at DENNIS GREEN and augmented a slender income by making and selling for a few pence, pot & kettle holders.
A MRS BLOSE lived in STOCKS LANE; in her younger days she had been an excellent seamstress, especially in children's clothes, and was very proud that she had made the first clothes for the children of the Rev W CROUCH, Master William and Miss Etheldreda.
But in her later years was more known for always losing her oil can.
Most clothes were made in the village and there were several dressmakers.
MR Robinson the Draper in Mill ST supplied many needs, and his wife was a millener [milliner] doing excellent business at Easter when it was customary to wear at least a new hat, if not a new dress.
MRS Charles Wilson was the local mid-wife. A very stately yet formidable lady, full of common sense and no nonsense. She always attended Chapel dressed in her best black bonnet and black satin cloak, as did so many VICTORIAN matrons, for had not the good Queen worn black since many of them could remember?
MRS ANN CROOT lived in a small cottage at Green End, then a picturesque part of the village. She was an expert at cleaning pigs-bellies. A great delicacy almost unheard of these days, but much sought after then at 4 pence a pound. Home made black puddings could be obtained from MRS Ridgeley's shop also in Green End.
Miss Jane Larkins ran a sweet shop in Pear Tree Row. It was most popular with the village children because most of her lines were 4 ozs a penny, and she always allowed the scale to go well down. Any child was extremely fortunate if he or she received more than a halfpenny pocket money per week, and any pennies earned for running errands usually went into the Christmas Club at MRS TOTT's shop in MILL ST.
The Statute Fair the last Friday & Saturday in September was a great event, with the Harris family supplying most of the attractions, but always there was MRS Sally Shore or Shaw famous for her "COME UP ROCK". This she made with two types of brown sugar plus other ingredients and it was excellent, if bad for the teeth.
A few women still worked in the fields but it was usually light work gathering vegetables, etc, etc. MRS Gravestock kept a Boot & Shoe shop 2 doors down from Flower [Fowler] Bros. & MR Howe one in MILL ST. The word shoe was quite superfluous as man, woman and child all wore boots, and good sturdy ones at that.
The 3 main grocers also sold drapery and boots.
The first lady to own a bicycle in the village was MRS Edgar Dew. I think she also possessed the only camera with which she took some excellent photographs.
So much for the ladies, now to the menfolk.
The first to come to mind are the roadmen, MR David Bird and his assistant MR Jessie Swannell. Both dressed in heavy cordoroy [corduroy] with trouser straps under the knees, and wearing heavy hob-nailed boots, they kept the parish roads in excellent condition.
The roads then were of heavy granite not macadamized like those of today; and about every mile on the verges was kept granite for their use.
The paths in the village were for the most part cobblestones, some of lose [loose] gravel.
MR AQUILLA ARNOLD was the sexton of the parish church. At that time the funeral knell was rung, and he was often kept busy in that duty. At his own funeral the full choir attended and went in procession to the grave.
He was succeeded by a son of MR DAVID BIRD and was also leader of the bell ringers.
The local rat catcher was MR "TAPPER" CROOT, he and his ferrets were much in demand at the many farm rick-yards.
The Emery brothers were expert bird catchers which I think they sent to the London Zoo. They also dug out briar roots from the hedgerows, so many of which have disappeared. I think the briars were used by nurserymen for grafting purposes.
One of the brothers was a thatcher. MR George Gear was the brother of the blacksmith, lame, he strutted around often wearing a top-hat. He was a great teaser and scandalmonger.
Both blacksmiths MR Town and MR Gear were expert smiths and defied anyone to find a hammer mark on one of their finished horseshoes.
MR Jessie CROSS played the fiddle and was always in demand at the various Harvest Homes for the feasting, singing and dancing in the big barns.
Farming was a way of life in those days. I wonder if there is an affinity between man and tractor compared with man and horse. How proud the horse-keepers on all the farms were of their charges. MR Norman was horse-keeper at Avenelles Farm, MR "Tossle" Daisley the cowman, and MR "Crimp" Daisley the shepherd.
It is amazing the number of nick-names inflicted upon people then, but none I think viscious [vicious]. Sergeant Maskell was the village policeman, aided as a special constable by MR "Caliph" Jiggle. Crime as such was negligible, the odd poaching or petty theft being the most prevalent, and 7 to 14 days was the usual penalty.
In spite of the fact that there were 21 public houses in the parish, some of the farmers brewed their own beer, especially a[t] hay-making and harvest time. Using their own grain they could brew 20 gallons at a cost of 3 shillings and 6 pence whereas 20 gallons would cost 26 shillings & 8 pence from a public house. The present day price is staggering in comparison!
Coal was about £1 per ton, yet many families sent their Sunday roast to be cooked at the bakehouse by MR George Brown cost at 2 pence rather than stoke a big fire at home.
Faggots could be obtained for a few pence from the woods by arrangement with the gamekeepers, MR WHITEHEAD & MR Croot.
The Rev W. CROUCH was the incombent [incumbent] at ST MARY'S. A very hard working priest, he held 4 services plus Sunday school and a service at ST Silvester's each Sunday, more at Easter and Christmas. During the week he and his wife were continually visiting the sick by bicycle. No wonder some of the elderly ladies used to curtsey to him. He held Bible classes and games for boys each Friday evening 7.30 pm to 9.15 pm in the Parish Hall, and was Patron of the Cricket & Football clubs.
MR Leet Peters was the hard working Secretary of both clubs.
Two Arnold brothers were in the football team, known as "BIG TUT" and "LITTLE TUT".
The Rev GUY was the Pastor of the Baptist Chapel. A rolypoly little man with a droll manner of speaking.
MR PAYNTOR has already been mentioned, and the ZOAR chapel was served by visiting and local preachers.
MR COX was the Undertaker, his chief carpenter being MR Jarvis who later set up his own business, and there were several other carpenters.
MR Garret was the timber merchant and there [sic], and one could always see two or three massive oaks seasoning in his yard.
The WRIGHT Bros in Green End made beautiful farm and tradesmens' carts, all of course with iron shod wheels.
The first motor cycle to puff around the village was owned by MR George Evans of Merton Grange, then Master of the Cambridgeshire Hunt. This was shortly followed by his brother MR Arthur Evans owning a car, which terrified most of the horse flesh when it passed, and dogs and chickens scattered.
MR Charles Wright lived at Havelock Cottages now pulled down. He was a small-holder and drove an old white horse which was always given a quart of beer after the day's labour, and it made a weird loud snorting noise until this was supplied.
MR "TACKIE HOWE" was the Barber and Cemetery attendant. Haircuts were 2 pence, but he was at his busiest on Saturday evening when many had their weekly shave.
MR "MUSTER JAKES" was a postman, and there were others of that name employed in agriculture, and one a shop assistant.
MR John Sarle [Sarll] was the landlord of the COCK INN, owned the attached tailors shop and the Grocery shop opposite; he was also a farmer.
His son ARTHUR was a bit of a character. He and a comrade contemplated going to Australia, and deciding that they should bank their money, hid it in the high bank on the Station road: Although they retrieved the money they never reached Australia.
MR Thomas Jiggle was the cobbler. He was known as "HANGMAN" because he had unsuccessfully applied for the post of public hangman: He was very proud of the fact that he had never missed a Sunday in the church choir over a period of 30 years.
MR Powell the Veterinary surgeon [and] with his daughter Alice used to drive around the district in an old VICTORIA. He had a wide practice with mainly farm animals. People did not pester the Vet in those days with dogs and cats. etc, etc.
Another MR Powell was the head-master of the Boy's school. He succeeded MR James Fowler, and was a strict disciplinarian, and ruled largely by the cane.
Take a look at some of the names mentioned:
BRITTEN, ARNOLD, CROOT, DAISLEY, JARVIS, JIGGLE.
All anglicized from the FRENCH.
BRITTEN – BRETON
ARNOLD – ARNAUD
CROOT – CROUTE
DAISLEY – DESLYS
JARVIS – JERVAISE
JIGGLE – GIGUE
It may be assumed that these families are descendants from the NORMAN artisans who built the church.
Alas, many fine young men bearing these names were killed in the 1ST WORLD War.
There were surely many more local characters at the beginning of the century than those mentioned here, but the eddies of time swirl out of the pool of memory.


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Justin Gaethje lobbied for Max Holloway fight before booking Michael Chandler
By Dan Hiergesell@DH_MMA Sep 3, 2021, 10:00pm EDT
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Former UFC lightweight title challenger Justin Gaethje is scheduled to fight Michael Chandler at UFC 268 on Nov. 6 in New York City, but that wasn't his first choice.
According to Gaethje, he tried lobbying for a fight with former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway before settling on a 155-pound clash with Chandler. There were originally some issues involving the booking of Gaethje vs. Chandler so "Highlight" was simply trying to stay busy and fight one of the best guys on the roster.
Gaethje To Chandler: 'It'll Be Fun To Punch You In The Face'
"Max is probably my favorite fighter to watch so I honestly don't want to fight the guy ever," Gaethje told ESPN. "But I need to put myself in the title picture and if he jumps weight classes, I wasn't sure if with Brian Ortega vs. Volkanovski being tied up with The Ultimate Fighter, I thought maybe he might want to come up to lightweight and try his hand, with Khabib being gone, at the lightweight title. That was an option at the time but didn't work out."
Holloway, who is coming off a masterful performance against Calvin Kattar this past January, is currently trying to earn back the UFC featherweight title he lost to current champion Alexander Volkanovski in 2019 and then again in 2020. "Blessed" may not even have to win another fight before locking down another shot at the 145-pound crown, but he has long talked about a jump up in weight and a run at the lightweight strap.
Holloway Vs Rodriguez In The Works For Nov. 13
Remember, Holloway temporarily moved up to 155 pounds back at UFC 236 in 2019 to meet Dustin Poirier for the interim title. Poirier ended up winning, but Holloway looked good and more than capable of being a legit contender at a higher weight class. That was the last time we saw him compete in the UFC's lightweight division.
For now, Gaethje will fight Chandler at UFC 268 and try to lock down his second UFC lightweight title shot. As for Holloway, he may end up fighting fellow featherweight contender Yair Rodriguez later this year and try to cement his shot at the winner of Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega. Maybe "Highlight" and "Blessed" can set a different date aside for a future meeting of UFC fan favorites.

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Day: 17 June 2012
Billie Piper shares lesbian kiss in new drama
By Newsdesk 17th June 2012
Billie Piper is to star in a new BBC1 drama as a teacher who falls in love with one of her pupils.
Scots support gay marriage
A new opinion poll shows that over two-thirds of Scots support equal marriage and believe that religious organisations should have the right to conduct gay weddings if they want to.


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Immatürity for Charity, Tonight, 9.30pm, RTÉ 2
Christmas is often the time to indulge your inner child, so Immatürity for Charity seems perfectly suited for a post-holiday comedic treat. I had the pleasure of checking out a preview of it last week, and it is deliciously juvenile. It is, as the title suggests, a decidedly low-brow comedy sketch show, the kind of thing that could easily grate if it weren't handled with the right amount of skill and enthusiasm. Luckily, writer (and star) Domhnall Glesson and director John Butler have done an outstanding job. Not all the sketches included are absolutely pitch-perfect, but the beauty of sketch comedy is that if you don't like what you're watching, well… another will be along shortly.
Gleeson has assembled a talented Irish cast, packed with recognisable faces giving their time and talent for a worthy cause. Brendan Gleeson, Amy Huberman, David Wilmot, Hugh O'Conor and Robbie Sheehan are all along for the ride, but this is very much Gleeson's show. The young actor (seen recently in films as diverse as Anna Karenina and Dredd) has some natural comedic chops, and throws himself well into the most ridiculous, absurd and occasionally downright stupid scenarios. Immatürity for Charity doesn't always hit the mark, but Gleeson's charisma (and the worthy cause) go a long way towards making even the occasional misfire strangely charming.
Still, when the sketch show works, it works remarkably well. The gags themselves are of varying length and quality, with some running for a matter of seconds, while others run longer. Highlights include the opening and closing sketches, a company meeting gone awry in Coke and a (mostly) silent comedy of errors in The Cat Burglars. There are a number of recurring gags as well, but this is open, broad and accessible comedy. It's the perfect television viewing to help digest those leftover leftovers, rapid-fire comedy that doesn't ask too much from the audience and moves at a brisk enough pace.
Immatürity for Charity is very juvenile, but that's the charm. There are a lot of gags about private parts and bodily functions, and those of a particularly sensitive disposition (or with younger relatives still around) might find it all a bit much. Still, it's good fun and all in aid of a good cause. If you are looking for something a bit light this evening, you could certainly do a lot worse.
Immatürity for Charity is raising funds for St. Francis Hospice in Raheny. It's a very, very worthy cause, and the show even opens with a nice prologue from Gleeson asking for support. Even if the comedy isn't quite to your tastes, it is still a cause that deserves attention and support. More details here.
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Trial of Mass Murderer Goes Uncovered
How does a story about the trial of a mass murderer – someone who is alleged to have killed hundreds – not make it into the mainstream press?
The only logical answer is that media bias is alive and well.
Dr. Kermit Gosnell
Another Blow to Small Businesses
Small businesses today are fighting to survive. If the U.S. Senate has its way, many won't.
By an astounding vote of 69-27, the U.S. Senate today passed another tax hike – one that will require even the smallest online businesses to track and charge sales and use taxes based on the country's 9,600 different taxing authorities.
What's An "Activist"?
Journalists go wobbly over use of the term "terrorist," but not so when it comes to the word "activist."
For many journalists, there is nothing nobler than the activist, who, in their mind, is devoting his or her life to a chosen cause. It's not a real job title, but journalists use it anyway. Activist is code for "good guy."
Careercast Survey: Being A Garbage Collector Is Better Than Being A Reporter
As a former newspaper reporter, I'm thankful every day that I left print journalism and have been able to run my own business for more than 20 years.
I became even more thankful after reading that careercast.com ranked being a reporter as the worst job in the world. Well, maybe not the worst. The survey included only 200 jobs. I didn't see honey dipper or bomb squad specialist on the list.
Can You Define Public Relations in Three Words or Fewer?
In a previous blog post ("What the Heck is Public Relations?"), I noted that even though we're supposed to be communications professionals, we've done a miserable job defining what we do.
Here's a chance to remedy that. Tell me how you would define public relations. Leave a comment on my blog or in a discussion group.
Who Says Rust Never Sleeps?
It's a story rich in irony. As part of a multi-bank settlement, some of the country's largest mortgage lenders are paying out $3.6 billion to former homeowners whose homes they foreclosed on.
Except some of the checks are bouncing, thanks to a big oops by third-party vendor Rust Consulting.
Steve Viuker, a writer for The Warren Group who is based in New York City, wrote about the bouncing checks for Total Mortgage Services in his article, "Follow the Bouncing (Mortgage Settlement) Checks."
He quoted this blogger as follows: "When does tragicomedy become farce? Foreclosed homeowners who failed to pay what they owe now have big banks failing to pay them what they owe. Hopefully, the banks whose checks bounced will be adding a bounced-check fee to their payments to the foreclosed homeowners."
Best of luck to Rust Consulting. We hope the float was worth it.
Multi-Bank Settlement
Steve Viuker
Where's Jimmy Carter Now?
Jimmy Carter validated the election of Hugo Chávez when he became president of Venezuela in 1998, playing a part in condemning the country to 15 years of misery under the dictator's rule.
Now that Chávista standard-bearer Nicolás Maduro has defeated challenger Henrique Capriles by a margin of just 1.6% (about 250,000 votes), the former leader of the free world has been silent about the outcome. Nothing has been posted on The Carter Center's Web site.
A World Full of Junk
Apri 23, 2013
The "Pros and Cons" blog now receives dozens of comments a day. Unfortunately, though, most of the comments are trying to sell basketball shoes, Ugg boots or Coach pocketbooks.
In the pre-Internet days, junk mail and telemarketing calls were the only annoying interruptions. Today, throwing out the trash is practically a full-time job.
One Space Or Two?
If you write for a living, you likely spend way too much time worrying about little things, like when to use a comma, whether it's OK to split an infinitive or when to write in second person.
Nothing is too trivial to escape attention. For example, I've long wanted to know what happened to the extra space at the end of a sentence.
It used to be routine to use two spaces at the end of a sentence. Now, no one (except for real old timers, like me) uses two spaces. When did one space become acceptable?
Two spaces are much better than one. The double space reinforces the end of a thought. It makes a sentence a sentence.
Maybe it's more efficient to use one space, but if you want the reader to think about each sentence, an extra space can create an opportunity to pause for a nanosecond or so before moving on to the next sentence.
So give me back my space.
PC Police Nix "Master Bedroom"
With its overtones of sexism and male dominance, the term "master bedroom" is becoming the latest victim of political correctness.
It does have a Fifty Shades of Gray sound to it, I guess, but I doubt that anyone other than the PC police have given much thought to the term "master beroom."
The preferred substitute, "owner's bedroom," doesn't do much to remove the connotation of slavery in the term "master bedroom," though.
I'd be fine with calling it a "mistress bedroom," to balance out all those years of using the term "master," but I don't think my wife would be thrilled by the term.
Here's an idea. Why not just call it by the term we used when I was a kid – "bedroom."


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It has been over a year-and-a-half since I've photographed this sweet girl and her awesome parents Melanee and Christian. This time around they brought along some family, Lisa, Andrew and Kennedy's cousin Mary. We hit up a park in downtown Milford to take a few photos and document this incredibly cute stage in childhood!
Meet Andrew, Lisa and their daughter Mary.
Kennedy and Mary were born very close together. There's something extra special about having a cousin as a best friend!
The bubble machine was a brilliant idea! Ran that thing straight outta gas, too!
See ya later sack 'o potatoes!


Canada's top special forces commander says a new centre just opened in Jamaica will be used to provide training for specialized units from around the Caribbean.
The facility has instruction and team rooms for planning. Two courses have already been run out of the building, Rouleau said. That included a leadership course and a rappel master course.
The CSTC is geared at producing graduates highly skilled in advanced military tactics and techniques, Jamaica's Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade, said in his opening remarks at the facility. "The centre will deliver advanced training and certification and facilitate knowledge exchange in security and defence proficiency to militaries and police forces with similar interests," he added.
The main focus of CSTC will be on special tactics and operational readiness, Meade pointed out.


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Ten percent of fatalities of working-age adults attributed to excessive drinking
"Excessive drinking is associated with a lot more causes of death than what we tend to focus on," said Mandy Stahre.
Signs of alcohol at a liquor store in Washington, DC. (UPI/BIllie Jean Shaw)
WASHINGTON, June 27 (UPI) -- For every ten fatalities of working-age adults, one is attributable to excessive alcohol consumption. That's the conclusion of a recent study by researchers with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Between 2006 and 2010, the CDC found, some 88,000 deaths could be attributed to excessive drinking. Those 88,000 lost lives were cut short by an average of 30 years. All totaled, Americans lose approximately 2.56 million years of life each year due to alcohol-related deaths. As The Washington Posts' Wonkblog pointed out, that's about 3 days per person.
And though most expect alcohol related deaths to be caused by car crashes and liver failure, excessive drinking leads to all kinds of fatal consequences: acute pancreatitis, psychosis, esophageal cancer, breast cancer, oral cancer, falling injuries, suicide and drowning.
"Excessive drinking is associated with a lot more causes of death than what we tend to focus on. Alcohol intake plays a role in at least 54 different conditions linked to death," explained lead researcher Mandy Stahre.
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And as Stahre -- who has since left the CDC to serve as a epidemiologist with the Washington state Department of Health -- points out, the victims are often middle-aged wage-earners. It's not just a loss of life, but a major hit to the economy -- wrecked potential that saps some $224 billion a year from the U.S. economy.
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The report also ranked the states that, from 2006 to 2010, featured the highest percentage of alcohol related deaths among citizens aged 20 to 64. The entirety of the top ten is occupied by Western locales. Sixteen percent of working-age adult fatalities in New Mexico are attributable to alcohol. Not far behind are Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, Montana, California, Nevada, Oregon and Idaho.
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Published 75 years ago, Jainendra's quiet condemnation of an extant middle class morality echoes through time, says Trisha Gupta
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I FIRST stumbled upon Jainendra's Tyagpatra (The Resignation) as a play staged by Delhi theatre doyen Rajinder Nath in 2007. What struck me most then — and again now, when reading the novel in this new translation — is how startlingly honest it is about relationships, marriage and middle-class morals. The narrative centres on a woman called Mrinal and her struggle to find a space for her desires within the constricted contours of middle-class society. The tale is told by Mrinal's nephew Pramod, now a highly-regarded judge, who has just received news of her death and is accosted by guilt at having failed to stand by her all his adult life.
Jainendra wrote Tyagpatra in the first person, crafting the internal dialogue between the younger, often baffled Pramod and the older, anguished one into a deceptively simple narrative. Like the 13-year-old Leo of LP Hartley's classic 1953 British novel The Go-Between, or the precocious (also 13-year-old) Briony Tallis of Ian McEwan's Atonement, Pramod is the classic child in an adult world, forced to deal with things he doesn't quite understand — but is deeply affected by. "If she didn't like that place, then she shouldn't go there — that's all there was to it!" thinks the young Pramod, unable to grasp why his beloved Bua must return to her husband's home. The adult Pramod, sadly, knows better: "The matter wasn't as simple as I made it out to be — this I understand very well today. Marriage is a knot that ties two people together but one that ties them to society as well. It does not break merely because one wants it to!"
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The adult voice of Jainendra's narrator can be banal in his verbosity — "Upon which beach do the waves of that ocean end?" — but the child narrator fixes charmingly upon the irrelevant detail. So when Pramod, like Leo and Briony many years after him, finds himself delivering letters between Mrinal and her friend Sheela's brother, he is arrested by the letter itself: "I wondered if I too would one day have such good handwriting. The 'My dear' with which the letter began — I liked the way it had been written so much that for a long time I tried to form the 'My dear' of my letters in the same manner."
At the novel's core, however, is Mrinal's disillusionment: her failed efforts to found her marriage on honest foundations, followed by her radical break with "civilised society". The episodes where Pramod — now an LLB — tries unsuccessfully to confront his Mrinal Bua astutely plumb the depths of middle-class schizophrenia. Is a woman like Mrinal, abandoned by her husband, a tragic victim? Or is she a sinner, because she has chosen to live outside the bounds of middle-class morality? All Pramod's books cannot give him his answer.
Mrinal's letter to Pramod, on the other hand, is a model of clarity. The people amidst whom she now lives may be "the dregs of society", but they are honest. "In this place, it is inconceivable that anyone would present himself as being of good character, or that he would wish to or be able to do so… Here, pretence and deceit are impossible… Good breeding that is only a veneer is revealed here for what it is." Elsewhere, she reassures Pramod that she is not about to become a prostitute: "I can understand the necessity of giving one's body. I will be able to give my body, perhaps that will be necessary. But to take in return?"
As contemporary writer Mridula Garg points out in her afterword here, Tyagpatra is perhaps the most quoted and discussed of Jainendra's novels. Jainendra must have known that a heroine like Mrinal would shake up most readers in 1937, when the book was first published. I imagine my late grandmother, born in 1927, as a reader who would have connected with Mrinal. It's almost tragic that her candour can still surprise us in 2012.
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In a time when the Divine Prefectures of the East Sea were in great disarray, Emperor Ye Qing and Donghuang the Great appeared to save the day. Under their rule, the prefectures united and all nations as well as their kings have been controlled. However, the legend of these two great heroes becomes altered when Emperor Ye Qing's name is wiped from the history books after his sudden death. All statues and images of him were destroyed and his name a taboo. Only the legend of Donghuang the Great shall live on. Fifteen years later, a young man by the name of Ye Futian begins his journey in search for his true identity. The legend of Futian was going to be one for the history books.


Spurred on by temperatures of 20 degrees plus in Northern Italy it was time to head directly south through Switzerland, a country we have cycled across before so had not planned to include this time. But it is a beautiful country, and well set up for the cyclist (even if they do take you up and over hills instead of on flat roads around them) so we were not too upset at this change. Other than the fact we had left our comprehensive Switzerland cycling guide, map and plug adapter at home. Lucky the routes are well signed.
The first day in Switzerland was spent riding through the north of the country towards Zug, supposedly the most expensive city in one of the most expensive countries in the world. Our favourite thing about it was the obsession with pumpkins – we have seen a lot in the run up to Halloween but Zug took this to another level. From Zug we rode south mostly along lake shores, though the fog meant that they were a dull grey and the snowy mountains we knew lay ahead were obscured from view. Probably for the best. We made it as far as Wassen at 900m above sea level, negotiated a deal for a hotel room and fuelled up ready to climb to 2100m the following day. (For context, the highest mountain in the UK, Ben Nevis, is around 1300m high).
We woke to a beautifully clear but frosty morning, finally able to view the mountains that lay in our path and the amount of snow up there. A 4km section of the road is being upgraded and we had been told that there is a bus service to take cyclists through the roadworks. After seeing no bus and no 'road closed to cyclists' signs we set off through the first tunnel with temporary traffic lights. The workmen laughed and encouraged us to keep going – must be fine we thought. However at the second tunnel we were faced with a Swiss man controlling the traffic rather than lights, who (we think) explained that we can't cycle on and we should be on a bus. After arguing that there was no bus and no sign (in English obviously) we were finally waved on, and had to pedal madly uphill to try and get out of the tunnel before the traffic coming down was let through. With only gummie bears to fuel us this was difficult and after holding up a large truck we finally made it out.
road flattens out towards the summit and before we knew it we had made it!
The snow was thigh deep at the side of the road and it was freezing cold, after a few celebratory pictures we put on several extra layers and set off on the descent, usually the reward for a tough climb but for us we had been dreading this due to the frost on the road. By the time we dropped to Airolo at 1100m through some steep switchbacks our hands and arms were more sore from being on the brakes than our legs were from the ride up. Again not wanting to camp we got a hotel room, extending our Swiss Alpine Holiday for one more night, and found we had a panoramic view of the Alps from the bedroom. Awesome! Looking up at the snow, where the road came from and how it twisted and turned we could not believe we had just cycled over the pass. All that was left was to have a celebratory dinner of pasta and tomato sauce (there are limits to our 'holiday') and collapse into bed very pleased with ourselves.
Thanks to Ralf and Franzie and the staff at Hotel Gerig (Wassen) and Hotel Motto (Airolo) for making our Swiss Alpine Holiday just about affordable!
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The North Yemeni League or the Yemen Arab Republic Football League, was the professional association football league held for domestic football clubs in North Yemen, held between 1978 and 1990. The league folded when South and North Yemen unified as one country (Yemen) on 22 May 1990. This resulted in the creation of the Yemeni League.

Al-Ahli are the most successful team, with four league titles in the North Yemeni League. The North Yemen Cup of the Republic was the league's domestic cup.

Title winners

 1978/79 - Al-Wahda
 1979/80 - Al-Zuhra
 1980/81 - Al-Ahli
 1981/82 - Al-Shaab
 1982/83 Al-Ahli
 1983/84 Al-Ahli
 1985/86 Al-Shorta
 1987/88 Al-Ahli
 1988/89 Al-Yarmouk
 1989/90 Al-Yarmouk

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Shocking details of Yahoo Hacking revealed: It seemed Yahoo has lost count over how many " of its user accounts were compromised as hackers managed to get details of more than than 1 billion user accounts. That's double the number affected by a hack revealed by the company in September 2016. According to Yahoo" Stolen data included" users' names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and encrypted passwords. Those passwords are scrambled up with an encryption tool called MD5, which experts say is possible to crack with some patience. The data also included some security questions and answers, some of which weren't encrypted.The stolen data is believed to include information for over 150,000 US government and military employees according to Bloomberg . These include former White House staff, congressmen and their aides, FBI agents, officials at the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and each branch of the US military.
This enormous data hacked apparently happened in 2013. Earlier Yahoo announced a separate data breach in September this year, in which hackers in 2014 swiped user information from half a billion accounts, it was said to be the biggest cybersecurity breach ever.
In the meanwhile Yahoo's chief information security officer Bob Lord says that the company hasn't been able to determine how the data from the one billion accounts was stolen. 'Yahoo badly screwed up,' Bruce Schneier, a cryptologist and one of the world's most respected security experts, said after the internet company's latest disclosure.
Malware specific to Android devices in particular has been making headlines as of late. In March, Google removed 21 apps from the Android Market after the blog Android Police alerted the company that the apps contained malware and were being used to collect user data. Google also invoked a kill switch, which automatically deleted the malicious apps from users' phones, without any action necessary from the users.
According to InformationWeek A new Trojan horse app has emerged to target Android devices, and this one's particularly creepy. The app records a user's phone calls and then uploads them to a remote server. The app was revealed on the Security Advisor Research Blog, published by CA Technologies, now known as Total Defense.
Android users are now 2 1/2 times more likely to encounter malware than a mere six months ago and that Web-based threats affect 30% of them each year. Furthermore, the survey shows the number of malware-infected apps increasing fivefold, to 400, in the first half of this year.
Some of the of the social engineering and obfuscation techniques used to distribute mobile malware is even more sobering. Since iOS has a strictly curated distribution model, i.e. unless you jailbreak the device you can't install an app on the iPhone or iPad without going through the App Store, Apple devices aren't susceptible to malware-infected apps (although, as the JailbreakMe exploit proved, hackers can still do a lot via the Safari browser). Thus, the scary stuff is happening in the Android ecosystem, where the freewheeling, community-policed Android Market is easily booby trapped.
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Commwarrior: First worm to use MMS messages in order to spread to other devices. Can spread through Bluetooth as well. It infects devices running under OS Symbian Series 60. The executable worm file, once launched, hunts for accessible Bluetooth devices and sends the infected files under a random name to various devices.


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The Joy of Love experienced by families is also the joy of the Church….
especially among young people, and this is an inspiration to the Church".
"the Christian proclamation on the family is good news indeed".
along which the history of salvation progresses.
which is love. That love, in the divine family, is the Holy Spirit".
The family is thus not unrelated to God's very being.
who relates the couple to the "mystery" of the union of Christ and the Church.
in your marriage, in your family life, in your spiritual life?
in simply decrying present-day evils, as if this could change things.
Nor it is helpful to try to impose rules by sheer authority.
to the grace that God offers them.
has helped contribute to today's problematic situation.
by an almost exclusive insistence on the duty of procreation.
understanding their timetables, their way of thinking and their concrete concerns.
and practical possibilities of real families.
strengthening the marriage bond and giving meaning to marital life.
to personal development and fulfilment than as a lifelong burden.
and are capable of carrying out their own discernment in complex situations.
We have been called to form consciences, not to replace them.
Point for reflection: How do you understand Pope Francis' reiteration of the "primacy of the individual conscience"?
How has that Catholic principal played a role in your own faith and family life, especially in complex situations?
is, in turn, a path of growth in the life of grace for the couple.
each to the other, in order to share their lives completely.
Those words give meaning to the sexual relationship and free it from ambiguity.
will be steeped in and strengthened by the grace of the sacrament.
whereby God showed the fullness of his love for humanity by becoming one with us.
Neither of the spouses will be alone in facing whatever challenges may come their way.
with commitment, creativity, perseverance and daily effort.
so that his grace may be felt in every new situation that they encounter….
or are divorced and remarried.
Point for reflection: Many people were raised with a "cautious" approach to sexuality – tinged with embarrassment, shame or guilt. How does Pope Francis' statement that "sexual union… is a path of growth in the life of grace for the couple" reverse a negative approach to God's gift of human sexuality?
they try to show their spouse's good side, not their weakness and faults.
In any event, they keep silent rather than speak ill of them.
it springs from an interior attitude.
it sees those weaknesses and faults in a wider context.
It recognizes that these failings are a part of a bigger picture.
We have to realize that all of us are a complex mixture of light and shadows.
The other person is much more than the sum of the little things that annoy me.
Love does not have to be perfect for us to value it.
But the fact that love is imperfect does not mean that it is untrue or unreal.
nor serve all my needs. Love coexists with imperfection.
It "bears all things" and can hold its peace before the limitations of the loved one.
and helps family members to grow constantly.
This love must be freely and generously expressed in words and acts.
In the family, "three words need to be used. I want to repeat this!
and is able to say 'Sorry!', our family experiences peace and joy.
Point for reflection: Chapter 4 of Pope Francis' Exhortation is a most beautiful meditation on St. Paul's famous hymn to Love – 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. Find the passage in your Bible and prayerfully read it over by yourself. Consider reading it as a family before a leisurely dinner and talk about it together. Let it make a difference for you and your family.
and family life. Yet it can only be the fruit of a long and demanding apprenticeship.
Men and women, young people and adults, communicate differently.
They speak different languages and they act in different ways.
and any number of other factors condition how well we communicate.
that express love and encourage authentic dialogue.
to everything the other person wants to say.
It requires the self-discipline of not speaking until the time is right.
we need to be sure that we have heard everything the other person has to say.
to listen to the other person without mental or emotional distractions.
their anger, their hopes and their dreams.
or she gives me curt responses to end the conversation".
Develop the habit of giving real importance to the other person.
to think as they do and to be happy.
even if you need to express your own point of view.
they look at things from a different standpoint and they have their own concerns, abilities and insights.
and what it is that they are trying to communicate, however aggressively.
and to take them as a point of departure for further dialogue.
Point for reflection: In light of Pope Francis' advice, how do your family communication skills stack up? Room for improvement?
God himself created sexuality, which is a marvelous gift to his creatures.
it is to prevent the "impoverishment of an authentic value".
simply tolerates sexuality "because it is necessary for procreation".
and "and there can be no attempt whatsoever to call into question its necessity".
as a permissible evil or a burden to be tolerated for the good of the family.
five or even six decades; consequently, the initial decision has to be frequently renewed.
with whom everything in life is shared.
one with whom to face life's difficulties and enjoy its pleasures.
This satisfaction is part of the affection proper to conjugal love.
There is no guarantee that we will feel the same way all through life.
although it may include all of these.
It is a deeper love, a lifelong decision of the heart.
to share their lives and to continue loving and forgiving.
Each progresses along the path of personal growth and development.
On this journey, love rejoices at every step and in every new stage.
Point for reflection: Some Catholics were raised with an inadequate or even faulty understanding of human sexuality.
as a "marvelous gift" of God inform or even transform your understanding of the beauty of sexuality and sexual activity?
set the elderly aside in unacceptable ways".
that they owe their initiation into the Christian life to their grandparents".
and that they need to respect all that came before them.
to build stable relationships and to realize that reality is bigger than they are.
"Attention to the elderly makes the difference in a society.
Does a society show concern for the elderly? Does it make room for the elderly?
if it respects the wisdom of the elderly".
The lack of historical memory is a serious shortcoming in our society.
to the living history of their families, their neighborhoods and their country.
whereas a family that remembers has a future.
where children can sink roots in the rich soil of a collective history.
Point for reflection: Pope Francis himself is a 'grandfatherly figure' – recognized, "tweeted" and loved by millions throughout the world. His own life is a witness to the wisdom and inspiration that grandparents and the elderly bring to the Church and to the world? How does your family incorporate your grandparents and the older generation into your activities? Who do you name as the elder "wisdom figures" in your life?
yet these are also part of its dramatic beauty.
instead, it can improve, settle and mature the wine of their union.
every new step along the way can help couples find new ways to happiness.
or learning a little more about what it means to be married.
to an inevitable downward spiral or a tolerable mediocrity.
to let the wine of their relationship age and improve.
meeting challenges and acknowledging them as part of family life.
or tempted to hasty decisions.
Point for reflection: The crises faced by married couples can cause apprehension, feelings of guilt, depression and fatigue. The deliberations of the Synod on the Family stated: "The arduous art of reconciliation, which requires the support of grace, needs the generous cooperation of relatives and friends, and sometimes even outside help and professional assistance". How have you faced some of the inevitable struggles of married life? How can you be a support to other married couples, especially the young?
because he or she still bears the scars of earlier experiences.
crises would be less frequent or less painful.
that should have come at the end of adolescence.
an insatiable love that screams or cries when it fails to get what it wants.
and to satisfy their every desire.
Many people leave childhood without ever having felt unconditional love.
This affects their ability to be trusting and open with others.
if left unhealed, can re-emerge and hurt a marriage.
Unresolved issues need to be dealt with and a process of liberation must take place.
has come to grips with his or her own history.
and the determination not to give up but to keep trying.
how one's own shortcomings and immaturity affect the relationship.
a crisis will never be overcome simply by expecting him or her to change.
if the conflict is to be resolved.
Point for reflection: An important aspect of pre-marriage preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony is for an engaged couple to understand and to share their personal backgrounds and the dynamics of their family of origin. How have you found this type of self-understanding helpful in resolving crises in your own marriage? What advice would you give to young couples who are facing struggles in their marriage relationship?


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Marvel Comics Launches Mighty Marvel Masterworks for an All-New Generation!
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An exciting new line of Marvel graphic novels will debut this June! The MIGHTY MARVEL MASTERWORKS will collect the very beginning of Marvel's most iconic heroes: the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and more. The stories that kicked off the sagas of these beloved franchises will now be available in an accessible new 6 x 9 format that the whole family can enjoy!
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Plotting a Novel is Like Playing a Game of Rummy
December 27, 2017 December 28, 2017 ~ Felicia Denise ~ Leave a comment
Fun analogy on plotting! 😉
A Writer's Path
by Andrea Lundgren
I've been thinking a lot about plotting lately (as my works-in-progress have been at that stage), and it occurred to me that it's kind of like a game, played between reader and writer. In some ways, it reminds me of the game of rummy, where the goal is to collect a certain group of cards–so many duplicates and so many in a run (2-3-4, 5-6-7, etc.).
Of course, it's a cooperative game, where the writer is trying to feed the reader certain cards in a certain order so the game will last a certain length. Too many right "cards" too fast, and the story will be over and resolved in the first few chapters. Too few, and the pacing will drag.
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Guest Post: Charles E. Yallowitz, Author of the "Legends of Windemere Series"
A big thank you to Felicia for hosting my guest post and helping me promote Legends of Windemere: Warlord of the Forbidden Age. This is the last book of my fantasy adventure series, which is 15 volumes long. That's a lot of adventures, monsters, characters, and world building. That last part is one that comes off as the most daunting and I always feared I'd have trouble with it. To be honest, I found evolving Windemere itself easier than developing the characters and story.
I did design a lot of Windemere before I started writing but only doing city write-ups that included name, landmarks, and important events in the area. So, I depended a lot on spontaneous creation when I was working on the settings. I'd let my imagination take the reins since I made a world where magic was everywhere. There was more wiggle room for strangeness like reverse waterfalls and unique animals like river sharks and griffins. It was fairly basic at the beginning because I didn't need much. There was only Visindor Forest, the Caster Swamp, and the Hamilton Military Academy in Beginning of a Hero. New areas and cultures were added as they progressed, so I gradually built up to them. Every book introduced additions to the world to create a bigger picture, which was one of the biggest sources of fun for me as an author.
Speaking of cultures, I rarely had a plan for these because I didn't know how much of what I designed would be in there. I still have a calendar and holidays that I've rarely been able to use in the actual book. At least I remembered the four moons, their seasonal cycles, and names, but I couldn't do the rest without it being forced. There's a natural emergence of the world in a long series and this is especially true with cultures. It helps to have a member of that culture around to demonstrate the traditions. The best example is Kira Grasdon who is Luke Callindor's girlfriend and comes from a city where you're urged to date multiple people before marriage. The reason for this is because divorce is met with exile for both parties, so you have to make sure you're with the right person. The reason for this is because Luke was originally going to be with a later character, but he clicked with Kira who was a third-tier character at the time. I went with it and thus emerged the city and culture of Bor'daruk. One challenge with fantasy cultures though is that going too far away from the real-world norms can cause some backlash.
A key part of world-building in fantasy is the magic system. This can range from no magic to hidden magic to what I did with Windemere. I went with a world where magic is very common and part of everything through auras. Long ago, the dimensional plane of magic crashed into the physical plane, so everything is basically enchanted to some extent. It means those who use magic, called casters, are more common and not really seen as fascinating beings like in other series. They're almost like tradesmen, but a natural gift is still needed to get beyond basics. Much of the system was flushed out with the introduction of Nyx in Prodigy of Rainbow Tower. She gave me an opening to explain the mechanics and demonstrate them because the previous characters weren't as adept. So, you really can get a more natural blossoming of the world if you make a character the emergence point. Once Nyx showed up to reveal the true force and workings of magic, the system was locked in and given a chance to evolve as she grew stronger.
Specifics aside, one thing I realized about halfway through my series is that Windemere wasn't only a setting. It may be the world where my heroes and villains live and operate, but it needs to grow and evolve too. Not to mention it influences the characters who return the favor by traveling and altering the landscape. Treating the world like a character took a little time to get used to because it's one that doesn't really talk while always being there. Still, I can't deny that every story expanded Windemere as if it was learning from the events. New locations would grow when I needed them along with the flora, fauna, history, and cultures needed to make it more than a piece setting. It's not that different than a hero getting a new weapon, but on a grander and usually less pointy scale.
Again, thank you to Felicia for letting me be a guest on her blog. Please feel free to check out Legends of Windemere: Warlord of the Forbidden Age and enjoy the adventure.
Author Bio & Social Media
Charles Yallowitz was born and raised on Long Island, NY, but he has spent most of his life wandering his own imagination in a blissful haze. Occasionally, he would return from this world for the necessities such as food, showers, and Saturday morning cartoons. One day he returned from his imagination and decided he would share his stories with the world. After his wife decided that she was tired of hearing the same stories repeatedly, she convinced him that it would make more sense to follow his dream of being a fantasy author. So, locked within the house under orders to shut up and get to work, Charles brings you Legends of Windemere. He looks forward to sharing all of his stories with you, and his wife is happy he finally has someone else to play with.
All cover art done by JASON PEDERSEN
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Many thanks to Charles for sharing some of the background of his epic fantasy series, Legends of Windemere, as he releases the final installment, Warlord of the Forbidden Age. Check out his links today! All books in the series are currently part of the Kindle Unlimited program, and book 1, Beginning of a Hero, is currently a free download on Amazon!
Army of Authors Blog Tour – Kumar L
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Earth to Centauri – Alien Hunt
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As Captain Anara and her crew returns to Earth aboard their faster than light spaceship Antariskh, civil war breaks out on the world they have just left behind. A cryptic message warns her of the dispatch of mercenaries to Earth. Their mission – unknown but deadly. She may have just days to prevent unimaginable carnage on Earth and stop the outbreak of interstellar war.
Her crew and the National Investigation Agency or NIA, engage in the greatest undercover search for the mercenaries in the streets of the megacity. As they race against time to uncover the plot, a traitor is unmasked and Anara herself comes under suspicion. She must use every ounce of her resourcefulness to protect 30 million people and one unique innocent life.
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Surprisingly, his books on science fiction are simple and easy to read & understand for a wide range of age groups. They are based on themes of adventure, thrill and drama with a positive outlook at what the future may hold for humanity.
He is currently working on the second book of the series to be released in December 2017 and translations of his first book to reach a wider audience.
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Odeum Theater in East Greenwich postpones summer shows indefinitely
By BARBARA POLICHETTI
EAST GREENWICH � Six months after its long-awaited reopening, the historic Odeum Theater is calling for an intermission and putting its summer season on hold in order to plan for the venue�s long-term...
EAST GREENWICH � Six months after its long-awaited reopening, the historic Odeum Theater is calling for an intermission and putting its summer season on hold in order to plan for the venue�s long-term future.
Representatives of the nonprofit operation said that six shows that had been scheduled for the summer have been indefinitely postponed and refunds given to ticket holders.
�We need to take time to [determine] what kind of shows we want to have in the future and what kind of theater we want to be,� Bruce Rollins, interim president of the Odeum�s board of directors said Monday.
The Odeum had been closed for about six years when it reopened in January after improvements were made to bring the Main Street landmark into compliance with new fire safety laws.
Rollins said that the winter shows at the Odeum did fairly well and all made a slight profit, although some not quite as much as expected.
Still, he said, the decision to take a summer hiatus is more about planning the future than it is about finances.
What happened after the theater reopened, Rollins said, was that a lot of people started making suggestions about the type of shows they would like to see there.
Some wanted live theater, some wanted classic music acts, some wanted showings of old movies, and some wanted cutting-edge bands.
It is key, Rollins said, that the Odeum figure out what its niche is.
Rollins said that the summer will also be spent rebuilding the board of directors, which is down to about nine members. His preference would be about 15, he said.
Also, he said, there will more fundraising efforts.
Grants and donations enabled the reopening of the old theater, � which first opened to vaudeville acts in the 1920s, � but there is still work to be done.
The concession area and the restrooms need renovation, Rollins said.
Rollins succeeds longtime board president Frank Prosnitz, who is still on the board of directors.
Despite some internal changes and the attrition of some board members, both Rollins and Prosnitz said it is not a signal that there is any lack of passion about keeping the Odeum alive.
�I am still hopeful,� Prosnitz said. �There�s a great deal of promise here � and a lot of people have already stopped by [making donations].
�This is just not an easy project,� he said. �But I think the best barometer for whether or not the Odeum continues is the fact that after being closed for [more than] five years it reopened and it reopened to a full house.�
Anyone who needs more information about ticket refunds or wants to volunteer or make a donation can leave a message for Rollins on the box office phone: (401) 885-4000.


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