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Physics with Business Studies BSc (UCAS FN31)
Physics with Business Studies (BSc) (Full-Time, 2021 Entry)
FN31
Developing your skills in analytical thinking, data analysis, logical thinking and practical computing – all highly valued by employers – this degree will provide you with a broad education in both subjects.
Developing your skills in analytical thinking, data analysis, logical thinking and practical computing – all highly valued by employers – this degree will provide you with a broad education in both subjects. In your first two years, you will concentrate on Physics modules, with the addition of a second-year Business module. For your final year, you'll transfer completely to WBS (Warwick Business School), where you'll develop a critical understanding of how organisations work, how they are managed, and how they interact with local, national and international environments. You may, for example, take modules covering markets, marketing and strategy, finance, and entrepreneurship. There is flexibility to switch into or out of the Physics and Business Studies stream onto one of our other courses at any time within your first two years.
In the first two years, you will concentrate on physics modules with the addition of an appropriate business module in the second year. Your final year in WBS is designed to develop a critical understanding of how organisations work, how they are managed, and how they interact with local, national and international environments. You may, for example, take modules covering markets, marketing and strategy and understanding organisational behaviour. There is flexibility to switch into or out of this stream at any time in your first two years.
You should expect to attend around 12 lectures a week and spend 7 hours on supervised practical (mainly laboratory and computing) work. For each 1 hour lecture, you should expect to put in a further 1-2 hours of private study.
Lecture size will naturally vary from module to module. The first year core modules may have up to 350 students in a session, whilst the more specialist modules in the later years will have fewer than 100. The core modules in the first year are supported by weekly classes, at which you and your fellow students meet in small groups with a member of the research staff or a postgraduate student. Tutorials with your personal tutor is normally with a group of 5 students.
Assessment is via end-of-year examinations, which make up about 70% of the year's mark. Laboratory and project work, computing, and coursework associated with core modules, are assessed by final reports and oral presentations.
The weighting for each year's contribution to your final mark is 10:30:60 for the BSc courses.
We support student mobility through study abroad programmes. BSc students have the opportunity to apply for an intercalated year abroad at one of our partner universities.
The Study Abroad Team based in the Office for Global Engagement offers support for these activities. The Department's Study Abroad Co-ordinator can provide more specific information and assistance.
All students can apply for research vacation projects - small research projects supervised by a member of academic staff. BSc students can register for the Intercalated Year Scheme, which involves spending a year in scientific employment or UK industry between their second and final year.
A*AA to include A in Mathematics (or Further Mathematics) and Physics
38 to include 6 in Higher Level Mathematics ('Analysis and Approaches' only) and Physics
BTEC:
We welcome applications from students taking a BTEC qualification alongside A level Maths and Physics
We may consider a BTEC qualification in a relevant Science/Engineering subject alongside A level Maths only on an individual basis
This module explains how classical physics is unable to explain the properties of light, electrons and atoms. (Theories in physics, which make no reference to quantum theory, are usually called classical theories.) It covers the most important contributions to the development of quantum physics including: wave-particle 'duality', de Broglie's relation and the Schrodinger equation. It also looks at applications of quantum theory to describe elementary particles: their classification by symmetry, how this allows us to interpret simple reactions between particles and how elementary particles interact with matter.
The Physics Laboratory continues your introduction to experimental science and includes an introduction to computer simulations as a form of experimental science. It aids the transition from guided laboratory work with constrained experiments, to more open experimental investigations. It includes experiments such as scanning tunnelling microscopy, optical pumping and quantised conductance. You are assessed on the reports you submit, written in the form of scientific papers using your own results.
You will largely be concerned with the great developments in electricity and magnetism, which took place during the nineteenth century. The origins and properties of electric and magnetic fields in free space, and in materials, are tested in some detail and all the basic levels up to, but not including, Maxwell's equations are considered. In addition, the module deals with both dc and ac circuit theory including the use of complex impedance. You will be introduced to the properties of electrostatic and magnetic fields, and their interaction with dielectrics, conductors and magnetic materials.
Electronic instrumentation is widely used in virtually all areas of experimental physics. Whilst it is not essential for all experimental physicists to know, for example, how to make a low noise amplifier, it is extremely useful for them to have some knowledge of electronics. This workshop introduce some of the basic electronics which are used regularly by physicists.
Physics Foundations
You will look at dimensional analysis, matter and waves. Often the qualitative features of systems can be understood (at least partially) by thinking about which quantities in a problem are allowed to depend on each other on dimensional grounds. Thermodynamics is the study of heat transfers and how they can lead to useful work. Even though the results are universal, the simplest way to introduce this topic to you is via the ideal gas, whose properties are discussed and derived in some detail. You will also cover waves. Waves are time-dependent variations about some time-independent (often equilibrium) state. You will revise the relation between the wavelength, frequency and velocity and the definition of the amplitude and phase of a wave.
Key Skills for Physics
This module develops experimental skills in a range of areas and includes the design and testing of a functional electronic circuit, The module also introduces the concepts involved in controlling an experiment using a microcomputer. The module explores information retrieval and evaluation, and the oral and written presentation of scientific material.
Classical Mechanics and Special Relativity
You will study Newtonian mechanics emphasizing the conservation laws inherent in the theory. These have a wider domain of applicability than classical mechanics (for example they also apply in quantum mechanics). You will also look at the classical mechanics of oscillations and of rotating bodies. It then explains why the failure to find the ether was such an important experimental result and how Einstein constructed his theory of special relativity. You will cover some of the consequences of the theory for classical mechanics and some of the predictions it makes, including: the relation between mass and energy, length-contraction, time-dilation and the twin paradox.
Mathematics for Physicists
All scientists use mathematics to state the basic laws and to analyse quantitatively and rigorously their consequences. The module introduces you to concepts and techniques which will be assumed by future modules. These include: complex numbers, functions of a continuous real variable, integration, functions of more than one variable and multiple integration. You will revise relevant parts of the A-level syllabus, to cover the mathematical knowledge to undertake first year physics modules, and to prepare you for mathematics and physics modules in subsequent years.
Physics Programming Workshop
You will be introduced to the Python programming language in this module. It is quick to learn and encourages good programming style. Python is an interpreted language, which makes it flexible and easy to share. It allows easy interfacing with modules, which have been compiled from C or Fortran sources. It is widely used throughout physics and there are many downloadable free-to-user codes available. You will also look at the visualisation of data. You will be introduced to scientific programming with the help of the Python programming language, a language widely used by physicists.
Quantum Mechanics and its Applications
In the first part of this module you will use ideas, introduced in the first year module, to explore atomic structure. You will discuss the time-independent and the time-dependent Schrödinger equations for spherically symmetric and harmonic potentials, angular momentum and hydrogenic atoms. The second half of the module looks at many-particle systems and aspects of the Standard Model of particle physics. It introduces the quantum mechanics of free fermions and discusses how it accounts for the conductivity and heat capacity of metals and the state of electrons in white dwarf stars.
Electromagnetic Theory and Optics
You will develop the ideas of first year electricity and magnetism into Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism. Maxwell's equations pulled the various laws of electricity and magnetism (Faraday's law, Ampere's law, Lenz's law, Gauss's law) into one unified and elegant theory. The module shows you that Maxwell's equations in free space have time-dependent solutions, which turn out to be the familiar electromagnetic waves (light, radio waves, X-rays, etc.), and studies their behaviour at material boundaries (Fresnel Equations). You will also cover the basics of optical instruments and light sources.
Thermal Physics II
Any macroscopic object we meet contains a large number of particles, each of which moves according to the laws of mechanics (which can be classical or quantum). Yet, we can often ignore the details of this microscopic motion and use a few average quantities such as temperature and pressure to describe and predict the behaviour of the object. Why we can do this, when we can do this and how to do it are the subject of this module. The most important idea in the field is due to Boltzmann, who identified the connection between entropy and disorder. The module shows you how the structure of equilibrium thermodynamics follows from Boltzmann's definition of the entropy and shows you how, in principle, any observable equilibrium quantity can be computed.
Physics Skills
This module develops experimental skills in a range of areas and includes the design and testing of a functional electronic circuit. The module also introduces the concepts involved in controlling an experiment using a microcomputer. The module explores information retrieval and evaluation, and the oral and written presentation of scientific material.
Mathematical Methods of Physicists III
You will study the calculus of variations and complex variables. The calculus of variations is concerned with the minimisation of integrals over sets of differentiable functions. Such integrals crop up in many contexts. For example, the ground state wavefunction of a quantum system minimises the expectation value of the energy. The classical equations of motion for both particles and fields can often be obtained by minimising what is called the action functional (which may be familiar if you took Hamiltonian Mechanics). Requiring functions of complex variables to be analytic (differentiable with respect to their complex argument in some domain) turns out to constrain such functions very strongly. As the module shows: only the constant function is differentiable everywhere, analytic functions are actually equal to their Taylor series and not just approximated by them, a function that is once differentiable is differentiable infinitely many times. Complex differentiable functions are clean, they are fun and they are important in physics. For example, response functions like the dielectric response function are analytic functions with the domain, in which the function is analytic, being related to causality.
Appropriate Business module
In the third year you will select from an extensive list of WBS modules. Some may be linked to prerequisite modules. For example, if you would like to study International Marketing, generally you will need to have also chosen the Marketing module earlier in the year.
Examples of optional modules/options for current students:
Introduction to Astronomy
Introduction to Secondary School Teaching (Physics)
Modern Foreign Language
Business Data Analytics
Accounting in Context
Design in Business
Understanding Enterprise
Principles of Finance
Find out more about fees and funding.
Graduates from this course have gone on to work for employers including:
Deloitte Digital
Brunei Shell Petroleum
They have pursued roles such as:
Physical scientists
Programmers and software development professionals
Our department has a dedicated professionally qualified Senior Careers Consultant. They offer impartial advice and guidance together with workshops and events throughout the year. Previous examples of workshops and events include:
Career options with a Physics Degree
Physics Alumni Evening
Careers and Employer networking event for Physics students
Discover more about careers support at Warwick.
"I studied the MPhys course at Warwick and ended up extending my final year project into a PhD.
I'm now a Patent Attorney for Withers & Rogers LLP. Broadly speaking, my role is to help inventors secure effective legal protection for new and innovative technology. In a typical day, I work on multiples cases across a crazy range of technology - from jet engines to software, satellites to artificial heart valves.
My interest in this area came about during my PhD, whilst I worked with Warwick Ventures to patent a novel semiconductor device.
It was Warwick that first exposed me to the eclectic mix of science and technology that allows me to work in such a varied and dynamic environment."
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Vaalimaa (föråldrad svensk namnform: Vaderma) är en mindre ort (by) i Vederlax kommun i landskapet Kymmenedalen i Finland.

Gränsstationen
Vaalimaa är mest känd för sitt internationella gränsövergångsställe mellan Finland och Ryssland. Gränsövergången öppnades 1958 och var den första gränsövergången för landsvägstrafik mellan dåvarande Sovjetunionen och Finland. Långtradartrafiken mellan länderna inleddes 1961, och för transitotrafiken öppnades gränsen i början av juli 1962. Från början av 1965 har gränsstationen varit öppen året runt, och från 1 maj 1993 även dygnet runt. Gränsövergångens huvudbyggnad har byggts ut i flera etapper.

Kommunikationer
En ny motorväg (E18) är under byggnad (2016) mellan Fredrikshamn och Vaalimaa. Vägsträckan är den sista delen av E18 som löper genom Finland från Åbo till östgränsen. Den nya motorvägen öppnas för trafik under våren 2018. Till dess följer E18 riksväg 7 mellan Fredrikshamn och Vaalimaa.

Kultur och service
Inom byn verkar en byförening, Vaalimaan Seudun kyläyhdistys. Fem större handelsföretag har för avsikt att, inom kort, öppna butiksenheter i samhället.

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At the end of Arrow Season 6, we saw Oliver Queen behind bars. The former Mayor of Star City is trapped. Ricardo Diaz is loose and all hell is about to break loose soon as Star City braces for another major impact. And this time, the Green Arrow will not be there to protect the innocent civilians from getting into harm's way. As fans of the Arrowverse were left to their own devices about what's about to happen in the upcoming Arrow season 7, there was a nasty rumor floating around as to the direction of Season 7 might be heading when it releases after the next couple of months.
All thanks to Stephen Amell, that rumor has been busted and all things have returned to normal, for now. But what was that rumor that was so huge that the lead star of Arrow himself had to step in to put a leash on things? Presenting Stephen Amell debunks MAJOR Arrow Season 7 rumor!!!
Season 6 ended in an explosive manner that left too many questions before it gave us too little answers. Oliver Queen ended up admitting to being the vigilante known as the Green Arrow. He struck up a deal with Agent Watson.
The charges were found to be true and Oliver agreed to cooperate with the authorities on the condition that the rest of his teammates are left alone. The FBI took Oliver into custody and sent him to the Super Max prison called the Slab. The plans of Ricardo Diaz were foiled by a single bold move by Oliver Queen.
And this is where the new rumor comes in. The news was circulating that Oliver Queen won't stay incarcerated for long. According to some sources, the maximum amount of time the Slab could keep Oliver Queen aka the Green Arrow behind bars was three episodes at best.
That would mean Oliver would be back as the Green Arrow at the beginning of Arrow Season 7 Episode 4. Or will he? The rumor was too good to be true. And to add insult to injury, Stephen Amell, who plays Oliver Queen in the Arrowverse show, has himself took to social media and claimed the rumor to be utterly "False".
So there you have it!! Oliver Queen is not going to be in prison for just three episodes. The Season 6 of Arrow was mainly aimed at trying to justify the notion that the Arrow, no matter how noble a soul, was still a vigilante and hence, against the law.
The Arrow has been chasing after criminals who break the law ever since season 1. It was high time that Oliver Queen paid for his own personal bag of sins.
The entire season was built on the fact that no matter who you are, you break the law, you pay for it. It was the crux that was essential for that incredible ending. If Oliver Queen could escape judgment so easily and right after three episodes, it would be a tight slap on the face of Season 6 writers who worked to make that season a reality.
But it could also be interpreted in another way. Oliver Queen has been known to toy with his fans. Maybe what he means by 'False' is the fact that he won't even be in the Slab for even three episodes?!?!? Maybe he will be out on the premiere episode itself when Oliver's teammates decide to break him out when things go way out of hand for them and they need the Green Arrow's help to solve the problem.
Season 7 will also see the return of Colton Haynes. He plays the fan-favorite character of the Arrowverse known as Roy Harper aka Arsenal. Arsenal will be a series regular in Season 7. Considering the fact that Arrow Season 7 will see a heavily packed Team Arrow with so many talented members and extreme firepower, expect Arrow Season 7 to be heading towards an amazing direction. Something big is about to hit Star City. The question is – Will Oliver Queen watch it from the sidelines this time or will he again take charge?


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Movie review: Reńee Zellweger captures Garland's essence in 'Judy'
By Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press
The Morning Call |
Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland in "Judy," opening Sept. 27. (David Hindley)
Renée Zellweger is so undeniably perfect as Judy Garland that it almost makes up for the shortcomings of the film around it. "Judy" is itself a fine and imperfect look at some of Garland's last years of life, but it really should have been something transcendent — Zellweger's performance demands it.
Inspired by Peter Quilter's play "End of the Rainbow," ''Judy" drops in on Garland in late 1968 and early 1969, another down moment in the star's turbulent life. Garland at this point is 46 and looks older — a lifetime of pills, smoking, weight loss, weight gain and booze has taken its toll and she has been whittled down to a wisp of a person. She also in the midst of a contentious divorce from producer Sid Luft (Rufus Sewell), who gambled away all her money at the race track, somehow still got the house and is trying to get custody of their two young children, Lorna (Bella Ramsey of "Game of Thrones") and Joey. Liza Minnelli (Gemma-Leah Devereux) at this point is grown and pursuing her own career in showbiz.
Garland's life in the present is painfully unsettled. She is living out of suitcases in hotels and dragging her kids around to be in her low-paying gigs. There is something unspeakably sad about the fact that Garland, despite all of her success, her talent, her fame and over 40 years of giving everything to the performance, still had no place to call home. She is a vaudeville vagrant. Her home is on stage, her family is the audience. And at the moment, she's the "unreliable" and "uninsurable" bad seed that no one in her home country wants to deal with.
It's why she reluctantly signs up for a series of shows in London at the Talk of the Town cabaret. The Brits still idolize her and are willing to pay. For Garland, it's a chance to make enough money to buy a house so she might have some hope of getting custody of her children.
Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland, performing in London in what turned out to be the final months of her life, in "Judy." (David Hindley / HANDOUT)
The film cuts between the present moment and the set of "The Wizard of Oz," in which audiences get a crash course on the psychological and emotional stranglehold studio chief Louis B. Mayer (Richard Cordery) had on his 15-year-old employee (played with verve by Darci Shaw).
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Working from a screenplay by Tom Edge, director Rupert Goold presents Garland's story lovingly and without judgment. He takes time to show the person behind the pain (and the headlines), something that barely anyone in her circle seemed to offer her at the time. But it's Zellweger who makes her come alive again with a clear-eyed, deeply emphatic and captivating portrayal that elegantly balances her profound sadness and vulnerability with that gloriously bawdy and dark sense of humor. Zellweger's voice might not be an exact match of Garland's, but the soul and spirit that she brings along with her lovely approximation will certainly elicit more than a few goosebumps.
Some of the best moments are her on stage, or just about to go out convinced that she can barely speak let alone sing only to turn it on for the crowd seconds later. But there's also a touching sequence with a few of her fans who give her a much-needed night of normalcy and also gives a nod to her importance in the LGBTQ community.
The film leaves something to be desired with basic facts, however. It assumes much, glosses over some and seems to skip over crucial developments — like how Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock) went from random admirer to fifth husband. It also ends six months before her death. In other words, it's up to the viewer to fill in the blanks (or find a good biography to help afterward).
But all that melts away when Zellweger is there belting her heart out.
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"Judy," a Roadside Attractions release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "substance abuse, thematic content, some strong language, and smoking." Running time: 118 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.
MPAA Definition of PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
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Bethlehem actress Emily Mest stars in Netflix' "Ratched" series and "American Horror Story: Apocalypse"
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A PENGELUARAN HK is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers in order to win a prize. There are several different types of lotteries, including multi-jurisdictional games that are held by many states. In the United States, the largest and most popular national lottery is Powerball. Several other lotteries are also available, including MegaMillions and the state-run games in Illinois, Minnesota and New Hampshire.
Lotteries have been used for hundreds of years to raise funds for public projects, such as bridges, town fortifications and colleges. Some governments have endorsed or even outlawed lotteries, while others have endorsed or regulated them. The United States has been on a roller coaster when it comes to the lottery. It began as an idea that was criticized by the social classes, but it eventually proved popular.
During the 18th century, colonial America had 200 lotteries. These lotteries raised money for a variety of public purposes, including town fortifications, colleges, and the Colonial Army. Alexander Hamilton wrote that people would risk trifling sums in order to have a chance to gain much more.
Most of Europe banned gambling after World War II. After that, some countries allowed the sale of lottery tickets. In Germany, the first major lottery was held in Hamburg in 1614. Ticket prices were between one and ten euros.
Several colonies also utilized lotteries during the French and Indian Wars. Some lottery tickets were used to fund cannons for the defense of Philadelphia. Various towns held public lotteries to raise money for the poor.
Many of these lotteries were organized by brokers, who hired runners and agents to sell tickets. As time passed, brokers became the modern day stockbrokers.
Lotteries in the United States have evolved to include both online and offline ticket purchasing. The Internet has led to the development of a number of different lottery systems, which vary in their rules and regulations. However, each state has its own set of laws. Online ticket purchases are legal in many states, including California, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York. Other states, such as Florida and Louisiana, do not allow such transactions. Several states have a third-party app that you can use to purchase tickets, while others have a website that you can use.
Lotteries can be played for fixed prizes, which are determined by the organizer. These prizes can be cash or goods. If the prize is fixed, it can be difficult to know if the prize will be paid out in a lump sum. Alternatively, you may choose to receive annuity payments. But the amount you receive in annuity payments is usually less than the advertised jackpot.
A player can choose to bet on a single number that is drawn, or he can select all of the numbers. The odds of winning are higher for the latter, but the amount you pay is often lower. Another common way to play is by putting money on a "50-50" draw. Players can expect to receive one-third of the advertised jackpot.


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Thomas E. MacGillivray Elected President Of The Society Of Thoracic Surgeons
SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 24 (TNSper) -- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons issued the following news release:
Cardiothoracic surgeon Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD, from MedStar Health, was elected President of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons at STS 2023 during the Society's Business Meeting.
"I am honored and humbled to serve as the next President of the STS, the largest and most inclusive professional society in our specialty, as we continue to support our members . . .


On the one side Carneades leans to scepticism, on the other he accepts probability as his guide.
He made it his business to spread the knowledge of the doctrines of Carneades, who left nothing in writing himself.
Carneades is usually considered the greatest of the Academic Sceptics.
Carneades attacked the very idea of a God at once infinite and an individual.
This Carneades ought not to be even listened to by our young men.


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It's Official: Biden Supports Constitutional Crimes Against Conservatives
Gun Owners In Texas Just Got A Big Win
Texas feels like it embodies the spirit of America. We think of cowboys, the old west, and Texas Rangers.
It's surprising to learn that gun owners in Texas have had to have a license to carry a handgun. Not just concealed carry, either. Open carry of a handgun requires a license.
How is that constitutional? Texas Republicans didn't think it was. They introduced a constitutional carry bill that just passed in their senate.
The Republican-led effort to allow Texans to carry handguns without any kind of license cleared what is likely its biggest remaining hurdle in the Capitol on Wednesday, when the Texas Senate moved in a nail-biter vote to bring the measure to the floor and then passed it.
The measure – already passed by the Texas House – heads to a conference committee for the two chambers to hash out their differences, unless the House accepts the Senate amendments. Then, the bill heads to Gov. Greg Abbott, who said last week he would sign the permitless carry bill into law.
House Bill 1927 would nix the requirement for Texas residents to obtain a license to carry handguns if they're not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing a gun. The Senate approved the bill in a 18-13 vote along party lines, less than a week after it sailed out of a committee created to specifically to tackle the legislation.
Texas Tribune
Texans are lucky that they voted in more Republicans to fight for their gun rights. Dems voted against the measure, as expected. They just hate our second amendment.
Currently, only 20 states have constitutional carry laws. Texas will become the 21st. All states should be following the exact same Constitution. Someone should tell the blue states.


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The Medical observer, Volume 1
to produce this mental distraction, in a man, perhaps* in some mdasure, constitutionally irritable, and not rendered less so by several months of cruel and unnecessary suspense. But in an unhappy moment, the effect yfte undoubtedly produced; and lucky for the College that it was: for, without the libellous matter, what would they have had to stand upon? Where, but for their opponent'smomeniary indiscretion, would have been the triumph of their power and their privileges? After all, the situation in which they stand is not extremely enviable; and we doubt much whether they Would choose, at the same price, frequently to perform the same part. The public, and the profession, are, however, greatly obliged to the College and to Dr. Campbell for the discussions to which their mutual indiscretions have given rise. They will teach the public more Correctly to appreciate the disgraceful effects of a medical monopoly, and the College, if they have wit, Spontaneously to endeavour a reform.
Such of the friends of the College, weobserved, as had occasion to speak of Dr. Campbell during the proceed- N ings, generally made a point of calling him Mr. Campbell: and Dr. Pitcairn, the censor, in his evidence, insisted much on Ms having the title of Doctor still upon his door. Entering upon this matter entirely as it regards public principles, we cannot but consider it as highly presumptuous in any members of the College of Physicians, or their adherents, to stile a man, who has a doctor's degree from any university, Mr. as if the?/ could doctor or un-doctor a man at pleasure. This we remarked was done with great affectation in the case of Dr. Campbell; and very probably some of those who did so were persuaded that they were doing right, riot considering, or not knowing, perhaps, that the College of Physicians cannot confer a degree, although (if they choose to alter or break their bye-laws) they may admit as fellows men who are not doctors of any university; far less can they deprive a graduate of any university of the academic titles he may have obtained. It should be recollected, that the privileges of the College of Physicians of London are merely local, while thossr of the universities embrace at least the whole extent of the British dominions. The words of medical diplomas
are, " Medicinam exercendi hie et ubique terrartim poteslatcm conferimns." Considering all these things, the affectation was here worse than ridiculous: it was pitiful. But such affectation, if unchecked, would be mjurious, in so far as it might tend to mislead the public respecting the real rights and privileges of the corporation. As well might they send an order to all the Doctors of Laws in Doctors' Commons to take the title of Doc-tor from their doors, as to Dr. Campbell: the one title is equaly independent of them with the other.
It will be observed, that in the course of these remarks, we have not said a word of the libel, which has been decided upon by the jury, excepting to account for the irritation which occasioned it. But the conduct of the College, in other respects, and the principles by which they seem to be actuated, have rendered it both a matter of duty and of inclination to expatiate freely on the use and abuse of their power, and to endeavour to point out to other medical men, who may come after Dr. Campbell, how they may avoid collision with them, or blunt its effects. What was his case to-day, may be any other person's to-morrow. On the College we have not the vain hope of producing much effect in the way of remorse. It is a proverbial saying, that corporations have no souls. However, as they have in general no small consideration for the well-being of their bodies, it is probable that the occasional animadversions of the press, if any thing can, will produce some moments of salutary retrospection.
In the recital of this trial, the public will not be enabled to draw a conclusion upon the merits of the plaintiffs' statement or defendant's conduct, without a further explanation. We shall give the explanation, which will exemplify the adage, that "Truth is contained in a nut-shell," and that all beyond is jargon, tending to puzzle right, and varnish wrong.
The Explanation; a fact.
Dr. Campbell was desired to attend a lady with a womb complaint. The apothecary had been giving bark and brandy: Dr. Campbell, in the mildest manner, represented the case to be an inflammation of the womb. The apothecary became outrageous. The family made their election—he was discharged, and Dr. C. retained. The lady was bled several times, and recovered. From peculiar circumstances, Dr. C. has had fifty occasions to correct this man's practice, and he swore that the College should be the channel of his revenge. He applied to a physician of the Borough faction, and the information was lodged. Dr. C. in two parishes only of Southwark, attended more than two hundred families last year. His expulsion from this quarter is the point that was sought for by the enraged apothecary, and the moucharde of the Borough faction, by their application to the College.
Medical Intelligence.
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Amicus.—We are much obliged to this gentleman for his kind advice, and hope he will excuse us for not being able to avail ourselves of it, Out plan being to unmask regular as well as irregular quackery, and to shew, what probably Amicus does not perceive, or would be unwilling to admit, their affinity and strong dependence upon each other. If, in the performance of our task, we have done any one an injustice, we are open to conviction, and ready to make atonement. But it must be something more than mere assertion that can produce this effect: and Amicus would render himself a more useful Correspondent, by contributing his aid to the execution of the plan which we have chosen to adopt, than by pointing out that which he thinks we ought to pursue. There will be no lack of volunteer advisers; what we want is volunteer assistants.
Mr. Clayton—It is with much pleasure we insert the animated communications of this gentleman. His feelings do him honour; and we shall be happy to avail ourselvesof his proffered assistance in the herculean task which we have undertaken, of unmasking quackery. The public, we are well persuaded, will, with us, make due allowance for the vehemence of expression occasionally excited by the indignant feelings which the unhappy circumstances he alludes to must have naturally called forth. We shall not, by any attempt to polish his language, run the risk of diminishing the force of his sentiments; but give his communications to our readers in their simple and genuine garb.
Aretaeus Cappadox, on the army medical board, from the pressure of temporary matter, is unavoidably postponed to a future number.
The Extract of a Private Letter from Aberdeen, respecting the degrees procured from that university, for Sir Walter Farquhar, Dr. Babington,and the quack Brodum, came too late to hand for insertion in this number.
Several Letter* on the Cbw.Pbx have been rcceircii: we riiall select such of them as are most deserving of notice for the next number.
Chiro.Vedicus't Letter, addressed to the Commissioners of Stamps, oa the mode of obtaining quack medicines without stamp* by informers, shall appear in onr next number. The Editots perfectly agree .with him, that Lozenges sold bjr freight without directions, are not liable to duty; A Lozenge is a regular form of medicine, and any apothecary may send medicines in that form to his patients, or retail them without stamp. If the Lozenge of Tolu be subject tft duty, the Tincture of Tolu is no less so. If the vendor pretends to have a secret method of making a lozenge, or any other form of medicine, it is then subject to duty, it was not intended by the legislature that the act of parliament for regulating the duties on quack medicines should interfere with the regular profession. The late Solicitor of the Stamp Office gave his opinion to this effect. The discount of twelve and a half per cent on stamps is so very liberal, that ft is much to the interest of venders to sell their articles stamped, and instead ot evading the doty, we are well assured that many sell articles with stamps that are not liable to duty; and others, instead of the proper stamps, put on one of double value, merely for the profit arising from the stamp. The Cases sent to us for publication by Cbiro-Medicus, do great credit to the ingenuity of the commissioned informers, and also to the Commissioners, in giving them appointments. Whether such conduct is honourable, we shall leave to our readers to determine. At some individuals have materially suffered, we hope it will undergo further investigation.
Mr. Bell's proposition shall he taken into consideration: the Editors may probably avail themselves of it.
Trial for Murder.—The remarks of a Naval Surgeon, on the recent acquittal of the captain of a ship, accused of occasioning by ill treatment, the death of his apprentice, together with the extraordinary evidence of two physicians (Urs. Powell and Randell) on that incision, did not come to band till too late for insertion in this number.
N. B. The Editors have received complaints from various quarters, that persons in the country, who have seen this work advertised, have been unable to procure some of the numbers. It will appear the less surprising, that obstacles should be thrown iutheway of this publication in the country, when it is considered that so many dealers in books are also veadors of quack medicines. Those who may in future be disappointed, are requested to apply directly to the Office, or the Clerks of the Post-Office, and they will be regularlysupplied. Of the numbers that become out of print, new rmpres-. sions will be taken, so that no failure can happen but by applying to improper persons.
ERRATUM.
Page 590, for the knight Pipedo, read Pepedo.
THE FIRST VOLUME.
ADVERTISED Medicines, dreadful consequences of, 28, n.
Ague, a solution of arsenic puffed off as an infallible remedy for, 87—it*
fatal effects by improper use, ib.
Aikin, Dr. his Opinion of Smith's Flexible Metallic Bougies, 410.
Allen, Dr. present proprietor of .the Pectoral Balsam of Liquorice,
likely to make a prominent figure in the history of empirical prac-.
titioners, 8—investor of the highly invaluable antibilious Elixir and
Pills for the cure of dyspepsia, &c. 10.
Alterative Medicines (Dr. Matthews's), 92.
Analysis of Dr. Stone's Treatise on Disorders of the Stomach, &c. 388.
Anecdotes of Quack Doctors, 401, \sf icq.
Aniseeds, Oil of, an ingredient in the composition of the Pectoral Balsam
of Liquorice, 3—the different properties of it, 'and of liquorice, ib.
Anodyne Medicines, their dangerous effects, 52, ts* icq.
Antibilious Pills, (Barclay's), 10,78—extract from the advertisement, 83
—its enormous price, 84—specification of, 113—patent, 114, IS' icq.
-^—observations on, ib. 237.
Antiphthisis (Brown's), 103—a strong stimulating plaister, 104—sells for
a guinea, its value about 9d. ib.—better adapted to the cure of the
•pavin on a horse than for the human body, ib.
Antiscorbutic Drops (Spilsbury's), 85—a successful case, ib.
Archer, Dr. moves the Court of King's Bench for a writ of mandamus to
oblige the College of Physicians to admit him, 361.
Areka Charcoal, an innocent dentifrice, 19.


"Yet even now," says Adonai, "turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping and lamenting." What hope there is, and thank You for it, in Your Words to us.
No matter that we have strayed, become distant from You, disregarded You, on purpose, out of carelessness, unknowingly. You are willing to be compassionate and merciful and gracious, How convicting, how humbling, what relief.
Stir us Father and may we have hearts that respond when we become self absorbed and secure in our own strength and pleasures.
May our joy and peace, may our value come from knowing You accept and are pleased with our worship of You.
May we never get to a place where our worship would not be pleasing, even where You would take our ability to worship from us.
Blessed are You oh Lord.


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Christmas Grouch
ELLIS PARKER BUTLER December 15 1934
Christmas Grouch ELLIS PARKER BUTLER December 15 1934
ELLIS PARKER BUTLER
OLD SAM TRAPP came in from the bam to get the ball of twine that should have been in the kitchen table drawer but was not. It was the middle of the afternoon and his wife had gone to town in the car, and lordy only knew where she had put the twine. As he hunted here and there for it he got madder and madder, muttering under his breath at first and then talking right out loud.
"Confounded wimmen!" he ejaculated. "Never leave things where a man puts them; never around when they'd ought to be. She might have knowed enough to leave things where I put them. Where in tarnation did she hide that twine, I want to know?"
He looked on the pantry shelves, but the twine was not there. It wasn't anywhere, as far as he could see.
"Be dumbed if I can see how wimmen find places to hide things in," he complained. "Always pokin' things away where a man can't find hide nor hair of them. If a man run his farm that way he'd have a pretty howdy-do."
He did not think of the hoes he had left in fence comers, lost for a whole season, or of files he had laid down somewhere, never to be found again. He was in no mood to think of them. The calendar on the kitchen wall said this was the twenty-third of December, and his wife was just as liable as not to get all keened up in town seeing the Christmas displays, and go and buy some dumb-fool present for him, something he did not need and did not want— money thrown away foolishly.
"Be a dumed sight better if she went and left things where I put them," he said, lifting the lid of a brown jar and putting his hand in it. His fingers went into something soft and mushy, and he growled and wiped them on his overalls.
"Beats all how some folks get all het up about Christmas," he said to himself. "Ain't no sense to it, grown folks actin' like a lot of kids," for it was only three years before that his wife had gone Christmas silly and bought him a patent rocking chair that he had no more use for than five legs on a cow. Certainly he had used it. He used it every evening and on Sundays and whenever he had time to sit down and read the weekly paper or the farm journals, because there was no use letting it go to waste and it was the most comfortable chair in the house. But he had told her then that enough was plenty.
"I don't want no more of this Christmas foolishness," he had said. "I don't take no stock in it. We've gone past the time when we've got to act like a couple of young ones. I don t give you nothing and I don't w^ant you should give me nothing."
Just as you say, Sam," his w'ife had answered meekly enough. "Seemed as if you might be tired of settin' on a hard chair, and Loftus was offerin' this one at a bargain." Well, don't you bargain me no more Christmas bargains, he had told her. "I can buy me what I want when I want it. I don't give and I don't want to be give to."
The more he hunted for the ball of twine the madder he became, and he was poking into this and that in the kitchen, muttering to himself, when the telephone bell jangled.
Aw, shut up!" he threw at it, because he detested the
telephone. Not once a week did he have occasion to use it himself, and he would have long since yanked it from the wall if it had not been for his wife. She liked the telephone. It was a party line, fourteen or fifteen farmers on it, and for the women it was as good as a local newspaper. Everyone listened in, up and down the valley, when the bell rang, and everyone knew that everyone listened in. That was expected. All the bells on the line rang whenever anyone put in a call. It was an invitation to hear what someone was saying.
Old Sam Trapp, busy hunting the twine and boiling with irritation, turned and glared at the instrument. The call, he thought, had been three rings and then four, which was the Trapp call, but he had not been paying close attention. He was going to let the blamed thing ring, but it occurred to him that it might be his wife calling him and he could ask her where in tunket she had put that twine, and he went to the telephone.
"Yah? Who is it? What you want?" he shouted roughly.
TT WAS NOT his wife. It was not her
voice at all, and he did not need to be told whose voice it was. It was a voice he recognized instantly and that anyone on the line and anyone in the valley would have recognized. It was the voice of Mrs. Joe Springer—Mrs. Allura Springer. It was a pleasant voice, cheerful and optimistic, and the voice of one always in a good nature, always ready to laugh on the slightest provocation.
Mrs. Allura Springer was not only the best natured wroman in the valley but the friendliest and the biggest. She was so big that she refused to know how much she did weigh.
"My goodness," she would say, "I don't know how much I come to any more. I stopped getting on scales when I went to two hundred and twenty-five, and all I say now is that I'm plus."
Then she would laugh, shaking all over. For all her weight she was the best looking woman in the valley—fresh faced as a child, not a wrinkle on her face—and she was one of the most active, always doing things, getting up picnics in the summer and parties in the winter, promoting spelling bees and singing meetings.
"My goodness," she would say, "we don't have to be dead in the shell if we do live out of town."
"This is Allura Springer," she said now. "I'm calling up the folks in our valley on account of it being the Christmas season and that's a time when everybody ought to be happy if any time."
"Ain't interested," said Sam Trapp.
"Oh, yes!" said Allura Springer. "Yes, you are. I just know you are. Everyone is. It's about those poor Finneys;
we're going to give them a Christmas. I took it upon myself to telephone up and down the valley—"
"I ain't got no use for them Finneys," said Sam Trapp. "Lazy, shiftless, no'count loafer, that's what I think Ed Finney is."
"Well, yes," said Allura Springer in her pleasant voice. "I dare say Ed Finney don't work as much as some, but that don't change the fact that Mrs. Finney works as hard as any and is a good patient w'oman, doing the best she can with what she has to do with."
"If that man of hers was worth his salt she'd have more to do with," said Sam Trapp. " 'Tain't no fault of mine."
"No, it ain't," agreed Allura. "It's just the way it is, and it ain't the fault of those six little children of theirs, either. But there it is—there they are—and it won't hurt this valley a mite to give those children and that woman a real good Christmas for once." Continued on page SO
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"I got nothin' to do it with," said Sam Trapp flatly. "And don't want to have," he added.
"Now, please," pleaded Allura. "It ain't going to tax you to speak of; everybody in the valley that I've spoke to so far is going to give something. Mrs. McKinnon is giving a turkey, and Silas Couch is giving a ham, and Will Evers and his wife say they'll give a couple of bushels of potatoes. Joe and I are giving some groceries—sugar and like that—and Eph Tallant says he'll give a sack of flour."
"Bunch of fools," said Sam Trapp. "The more you give that lazy Finney the less work he'll do."
"But for Christmas—"
" 'Tain't no different from any other time. All it comes to is taking from them that has worked for it and handing it to them that is too lazy to get for themselves. One time of year is the same as any other if a man wants to be that kind of a fool."
"I don't take no stock in it."
"What I've got I worked for, and there's nothin' to stop Ed Finney or any other loafer from workin' for his. I won't have no hand in pamperin' no Finneys."
"Well, would you mind if I asked your wife to give something?"
"Yes, I would. I won't have her give a thing. All blamed nonsense and foolishness." "Now I'm real disappointed," said Allura. "I wanted everybody in the valley to have a hand in it. Haven't you got a side of bacon?"
"Yes, I have. And I'm goin' to keep it." "Well, wouldn't you give a chicken? Just a chicken, so's I can say everybody in the valley contributed, community like?"
"I won't give a thing."
"A dozen eggs? Or a half dozen?"
"I won't give a thing, I tell you."
"Well, have you got any old clothes? Anything you don't want?"
"If I have I'll keep 'em."
"Oh, I'm so disappointed!" mourned Allura.
"That ain't none of my business," said Sam Trapp, and he hung up. "Fool of a woman," he muttered; "always got to be fussin' about something or other. Never did learn to mind her own business." He fiddled around, trying to find the twine. "Makin' Christmas presents to them Finneys!" he scoffed. "Lot o' blamed foolishness. Where in tunket is that twine, I'd like to know?"
T-JE GAVE IT UP and went out to the bam where his hired man was waiting with awl and needle to repair a horse collar that was spilling its inwards.
"Find it?" he asked.
"No, by hecky, I didn't find it!" said Sam Trapp. "A man can't find nothin' once a ! woman lays her hand on it. Might as well ; throw it on the dump and be done with it. Make a man waste half his time huntin' what ain't where it had ought to be. Well, what you loafin' there fore? I told you I couldn't find that twine. Why don't you hang up that collar and get to work at somethin'?"
Old Sam did not know what to tell him to do. One of the things that distressed him was that he had to keep a hired hand all winter; there was too much work for one man alone, but not enough to keep two men busy every minute.
"Sack up some of them oats," he said. '"iou low to take them to town tomorrow?" the hired man asked with surprise. "Don't believe the mill will take any oats, just the day before Christmas. They don't mostly."
"I ain't asked you no questions. I said to sack up some of them oats," old Sam said.
" 'Tain't none o' your business am I goin' to towrn tomorrow' or ain't I. And don't let me hear no more Christmas out of you; pack of nonsense, wastin' a day when folks might
as well be to work. I don't have no Christmas around here."
The hired man shrugged his shoulders and w'ent to find the grain sacks, piled away in a tin-lined box against the depredations of the rats. Old Sam's grouch did not bother him any; Christmas meant no more to him than it did to Sam, unless maybe he went dowm to the church after supper to see the kids get their presents off the tree from the hands of a Santa Claus. And maybe he wouldn't go; it wasn't any great shakes of fun, just something to pass the time and maybe chin a w'hile with a girl, if any.
Old Sam was helping with the oats, fixing the sacks on the sack-holder and tying them when the hired man had filled them from the bin, when Sam's wife drove up alongside the house in the car.
"You go right ahead," he said to the hired man, "I'll get me that twine or find out why."
TJTIS WIFE w'as out of the car and loading her arms with bundles by the time Sam reached her. Her cheeks had more than their usual color, probably from the cold air of the drive from towm. The parcels, as far as Sam could see were only the groceries she had gone for. There was no chair this time, anyway.
"I was a little longer than I thought to be," his wife said.
"Thought you was never cornin' back," Sam said ungraciously. "I been huntin' high and low for that ball o' twine I lent to you. Where in tunket did you put it, I'd like to know?"
"Why, in the kitchen table drawer, Sam," said Sarah Trapp. "Did you look in the kitchen table drawer?"
" 'Tain't there. 'Tain't nowheres," declared Sam Trapp. "You might have knowed I'd want it, and left it where you said you'd put it. I been wastin' the best part of the day huntin' for it."
He took the remaining parcels, except a sack of flour which he left for another trip, and followed Sarah into the kitchen. She dumped her bundles on the table and without taking off her hat or gloves pulled open the kitchen table drawer. She pulled it as far open as it would come and pulled forward the parts of a meat chopper and some of the other paraphernalia that accumulate in a kitchen drawer, and took out the ball of twine and handed it to Sam.
"This it?" she asked but with no sound of triumph in her voice.
"Huh !" said Sam. "Seems like you might have left it where I could see it, and not go hidin' it behind everything."
"It got pushed back, I reckon," said Sarah cheerfully. "Things do, using that drawer as much as I do. You can fetch in that flour if you want to."
Sam put the ball of twine in his pocket and went out and got the flour. He stood it on the floor, leaning it against the leg of the table.
"What kept you so long?" he asked. "Have any trouble with the car? Seems as if a woman can't drive a car without gettin' it into some kind of trouble."
"The car went fine," said Mrs. Trapp, taking off her coat. "I stopped in to see Allura Springer on my way by and stayed quite a bit. I declare there ain't no one like Allura; she's up to more things than anybody I ever did know'. She's a good woman, Sam. She's gettin' up a Christmas surprise now for them poor Finneys that live in that shack by the creek."
"You didn't say you'd give anything, did you?" Sam asked hastily.
"Why, no," said Sarah. "No, I didn't.
I said I'd like to consult with you first, Sam. I thought you'd like me to."
"Humph!" said Trapp. "Seems as if. Yes."
"She's got quite a lot of stuff promised her
already," Sarah said, looking in the firebox
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of the stove and reaching for the coal pail. "The folks in the valley are being real generous, from what she says. Most everybody is giving one thing or another. It ought to make a real happy Christmas for them halfstarved Finney children and their poor ma."
CAM SAID nothing but his face showed ^ what he thought. Sarah, however, did not look at his face. She spilled some coal into the stove and replaced the stove lid and the pail.
"Allura says Mrs. McKinnon is giving a turkey," Sarah went on saying. "I think that's real nice of her when she might as easy have given a chicken and satisfied Allura. And Silas Couch says he'll give a ham, though between you and me I never thought Silas knowed how to cure a ham like it ought to be cured. Nor his bacon either."
"If Silas Couch—" Sam began. Silas was said to be behind with his taxes, and Sam was going to say that if Silas Couch paid his taxes he might have some right to give away hams, but Sarah was not through talking.
"But there are some folks," she said, "that I do think oughtn't to be allowed to live in a decent civilized place like this valley. And who I mean is that cantankerous old Peter Stang."
"What's wrong with him?" asked Sam Trapp.
"Well, you would think, wouldn't you," said Sarah Trapp, "that a man might at least give a nice woman like Allura Springer a decent answer when she asks a question, and not snap her head off? When she goes to all the trouble of working up a Christmas surprise for poor folks?"
"The trouble with Allura Springer—"
"I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't been right there," said Sarah, "and heard the nice way Allura talked to him. She rung him up and she says 'This is Allura Springer; I'm calling up the folks in our valley—' "
She went on and repeated all Allura had said to Sam Trapp, and what Sam Trapp had said to Allura, as well as Allura had been able to remember it—about how he had no use for the Finneys, and that if Finney was worth his salt they would have plenty to do with, and that he wouldn't donate a thing, not even a dozen eggs or a half dozen eggs— not even any old clothes.
As Sarah talked on, mighty indignant, Sam Trapp began to be sure he knew what had happened. With Sarah sitting right beside her, Allura had thought she was calling Peter Stang, but she had rung the wrong number of rings—three and four instead of four and three, probably—and she had thought Sam Trapp was Peter Stang. And she had turned to Sarah and reported to her what had been said.
"Which is none of my business," said Sarah in a tone that indicated that she would like to make it some of her business. "A man gives or he don't give, and that's his affair, but I thank goodness I ain't a browbeat and cowed woman like Peter Stang's wife. 'Would you mind if I asked your wife to give something?' Allura asked Pete Stang. 'Yes, I would mind; I won't
have her give a thing,' he says, and she won't dare to, either. I call it a sin."
"Well, now—" said Sam Trapp, quite mildly for him.
"A sin and a shame," said Sarah, "and her working just as hard as he does, keeping things going. 'Thank goodness,' I says to Allura, 'my husband ain't that way. He's reasonable; he'll talk things over with me. He don't,' I says, 'treat me like I was a slave that didn't dare open my lips to say a word. He's no Peter Stang. And, furthermore,' I says, 'Sam Trapp may be rough on the outside, but when it comes to it he's got a heart in him.' "
SAM TRAPP said nothing. His hand was in his pocket and he turned the ball of twine around and around, looking at Sarah a little doubtfully.
"Allura says to me," continued Sarah, " 'What are you and Mr. Trapp going to give for the Finneys?' but I put her off. 'You can count on something,' I says to her. 'In hard times like these it ain't right anybody should be without a Christmas, and me and Sam will do our share, I dare say, but I hold that a wife ought to consult with her husband before she gives away of his substance.' "
She was filling the kettle now, and she set it on the stove and turned to Sam.
"What are we going to give, Sam?" she asked, and he coughed and scratched his beard and looked at her and looked away again.
"By hecky," he said suddenly, "I ain't no Peter Stang. I'll show folks I don't browbeat no wife of mine. What you think we ought to give?"
"We've got more than enough bacon to see us through," suggested Sarah. "We could give a side of it."
"Give two sides," said Sam recklessly. "Give what you've a mind to."
"Not unless you want I should, Sam," said Sarah.
"Ain't I said so?" he demanded. "Great tunket, can't a man give a Christmas gift same as other folks?"
With that he went out and ran the car into the bam. There he tossed the ball of twine to the hired man, but the seat of the car seemed uneven and he lifted it and found a bundle under it. He felt it carefully. He couldn't make out whether it was underwear or socks with other things, but he knew what it was otherwise—it was a Christmas present Sarah had bought for him.
"Dum me if I don't!" he said to himself. "She's been needin' a new bathrobe a year or two; I'll get her one when I haul them oats in tomorrow. Christmas ! Browbeat a wife! Huh!"
In the kitchen Sarah went to the telephone. She rang two and then one.
"Allura?" she queried, hardly louder than a whisper. "It's all right. Me and Sam will give two sides of bacon anyway—maybe something else, too. He's right glad to. He was just sort of out of temper when you called him up. He was looking for some twine and couldn't find it, and it riled him." She hung up, a smile lurking at the corners of her mouth, and went to the pantry for the jar she kept her coffee in.
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Springborg braces for frontbench reshuffle
Published Tuesday, 25 February, 2014 at 06:00 AM
Minister for Health
The Honourable Lawrence Springborg
Health Minister, Lawrence Springborg, says he is braced for a frontbench reshuffle within the Labor Party that will see the Shadow Minister for Health replaced following the Redcliffe by-election.
Mr Springborg predicted Labor would seize the opportunity of having an additional Member of Parliament to strip the current Shadow Minister, Jo-Ann Miller, of her health responsibilities following a lacklustre performance last year where she asked only two questions to the Minister in the almost $13 billion portfolio.
"Only two questions out of 660 Questions without Notice asked throughout the year during Question Time, were from Labor's Shadow Minister for Health to me," Mr Springborg said.
He said the Labor Party was also struggling to appease union bosses with Mrs Miller's background as Parliamentary Secretary for Health under the previous Labor Government when she served under now-jailed former Health Minister Gordon Nuttall.
"During this time Mrs Miller helped oversee the outsourcing of frontline medical services including at the Caboolture Hospital Emergency Department and helped float a policy to introduce co-payments for surgery which has since been axed by the LNP Government," he said.
Mr Springborg said Labor's Shadow Minister had also been the Parliamentary Secretary for Health in 2006 when the current framework for employment conditions for doctors was embedded.
"Given the Auditor-General last week found anecdotal evidence that the scheme had resulted in private fee paying patients being given quicker access than public patients within our free public hospitals, Mrs Miller has found it hard to justify her involvement," he said.
Mr Springborg said the Leader of the Labor Party would let union bosses pick the replacement Shadow Minister for Health.
"When it comes to health, Labor has a track record of always delivering for union bosses and never delivering for patients," he said.
"I suspect the new Shadow Minister for Health will either go to Jackie Trad and Yvette D'Ath as the Union bosses are desperately demanding the Labor Party tries to put distance between the
Labor MPs who were in the State Parliament when nurses, doctors and health workers weren't even getting their pay-packets under Labor," he said.
* Media Fast Facts
Total Questions Without Notice asked during Question Time in 2013: 660
Total Questions Without Notice asked during Question Time by the Shadow Minister for Health to the Minister for Health: 2 (0.3% of total)
The two questions were asked on 8th August and 19th March 2013
[ENDS] 25 February 2014
Media contact: Cameron Thompson 0407 585 230


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package com.beanfarmergames.seethedark.ship;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Vector2;
import com.badlogic.gdx.physics.box2d.Body;
import com.badlogic.gdx.physics.box2d.CircleShape;
import com.badlogic.gdx.physics.box2d.Fixture;
import com.badlogic.gdx.physics.box2d.FixtureDef;
import com.beanfarmergames.seethedark.game.AbstractBodyData;
import com.beanfarmergames.seethedark.style.ColorPalate;

public class StaticShipFactory implements ShipFactory {

    private static final float BODY_RADIUS = 10.0f;

    private static final float HEAT_LIMIT = 1000;
    private static final float DAMAGE_HEAT_THRESHOLD = HEAT_LIMIT * 9 / 10;
    // TODO: Make part of the specific component configuration
    private static final float HEAT_DAMAGE_PER_SECOND = 0.15f;
    private static final float HEAT_DISAPATED_PER_SECOND = HEAT_LIMIT / 2;

    private class ShipSectionInstance extends AbstractBodyData implements ShipSection {

        private float integrity = 1;
        private float heatLimit = 0;
        private Fixture fixture = null;

        public ShipSectionInstance(Vector2 position, float radius, float heatLimit, Body body) {
            super(true);

            this.heatLimit = heatLimit;

            CircleShape sd = new CircleShape();
            sd.setRadius(radius);
            sd.setPosition(position);

            FixtureDef fdef = new FixtureDef();
            fdef.shape = sd;
            fdef.density = 1.0f;
            fdef.friction = 0.5f;
            fdef.restitution = 0.6f;

            fixture = body.createFixture(fdef);
            fixture.setUserData(this);
        }

        @Override
        public Color getMaterialColor() {
            return ColorPalate.SHIP;
        }

        @Override
        public Fixture getFixture() {
            return fixture;
        }

        @Override
        public float getHullIntegrity() {
            return integrity;
        }

        @Override
        public float getHeatLimit() {
            return heatLimit;
        }

        @Override
        public void update(float seconds) {
            if (getTemperature() > DAMAGE_HEAT_THRESHOLD) {
                integrity = Math.max(0, integrity - (HEAT_DAMAGE_PER_SECOND * seconds));
            }
            disapateHeat(HEAT_DISAPATED_PER_SECOND * seconds);
        }

		@Override
		public float getRadius() {
			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
			return 0;
		}

		@Override
		public Vector2 getRelativePosition() {
			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
			return null;
		}

    }

    @Override
    public List<ShipSection> buildShip(Body body) {

        Vector2 headPosition = new Vector2(0, 0);
        Vector2 tailPosition = new Vector2(-2 * BODY_RADIUS, 0);

        ShipSectionInstance head = new ShipSectionInstance(headPosition, BODY_RADIUS, HEAT_LIMIT, body);
        ShipSectionInstance tail = new ShipSectionInstance(tailPosition, BODY_RADIUS, HEAT_LIMIT, body);

        List<ShipSection> sections = new ArrayList<ShipSection>();

        sections.add(head);
        sections.add(tail);

        return sections;
    }

}

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coming for her and she didn't like it.
the old woman was screamed out.
she was mostly guarded and withdrawn.
audience. Somehow we hit it off.
She didn't think I was the devil anymore.
She voices her concerns and fears.
and I a perfect stranger could save her soul.
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal works in the mental health field in Los Angeles, CA. He was born in Mexico. His first book of poetry, Raw Materials, was published by Pygmy Forest Press. He is amember of the Guerrilla Poetics Project. His poems have appeared in Cerebral Catalyst,Zygote in my Coffee, and Unlikely Stories.


کروان نام کا شمار لڑکیوں کے ناموں میں ہوتا ہے۔ کروان نام کی ابتدائی تاریخ اردو زبان سے نکلتی ہے۔ کروان نام کے افراد کے لیئے خوش قسمت نمر 7 مانا جاتا ہے . جبکہ خوش قسمت دنوں میں اتوار, منگل شامل ہیں ۔ خوش قسمتی والی دھاتوں میں ہندسوں کے حساب ے تانبا شامل ہیں کروان نام کے افراد کے لیئے موافق پتھروں میں پخراج شامل ہیں .
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Kilwa Kisiwani (which means "Kilwa of the Island") is located off the coast of Tanzania, East Africa. This thriving seaport was once being forgotten, but now is a protected site in the list of UNESCO world Heritage.
Kilwa Kisiwani was subjugated to different races, including Persian (Iranian nowadays), Portuguese and Arabian due to its superior geographic location for trading. It was once a famous seaport but lost its glory since the mid-19th century. There are still around 1000 residents living in this tranquil island at the present time.
People dwell in huts that are made of palm leaves and logs, which are collected from trees on the island. Villagers build and repair dhows for fishing. Fishing is the main economic activity, but after Kilwa Kisiwani being listed as the world heritage, the newly developed eco-tourism has brought in additional income for villagers.


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Calfornigaytion"? That was the title of the Ron Hart piece in our local (Winchester, TN) paper Friday, April 29. He is a regular syndicated feature in the Herald Chronicle. This article was centered on the law proceeding through the CA legislature that would make it mandatory for public schools to teach gay, lesbian and transgender history as part of social studies. Very likely it would be taught by highlighting homosexual people of the past who have made contributions to society. This is simply another step towards conditioning culture for wide-spread acceptance of this biblically condemned perversion and to make anyone opposed to it appear malicious, condemning, biased and unjust. Never before has the need for Christian schools been greater!
Another great argument for homeschooling as well. Click link above for complete article.


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Cena Interested In Playing Vince McMahon In Film On WWE Chairman's Life
As we reported recently, there is a chance that the Sony-based American film production company / distribution studio TriStar Pictures could be making a new movie based on the life of longtime WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.
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The current President of WWE Studios, Michael Liusi, is also reportedly involved in the film project as one of the producers.
During a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, longtime top WWE Superstar John Cena revealed interest in being involved in the movie, noting he would love the opportunity to play Vince McMahon in the bio-pic on his life and career.
"There is a story out there about the life and times of Vince McMahon," Cena told The Hollywood Reporter. "Man, I think it is a wonderful script from word one. But unfortunately, that would be something I'd love to do, but I feel maybe a different actor should do that movie, just because of how powerful the story is and I would hate for the audience to feel that it is a WWE-produced product."
Cena continued, "That's not in a bad way, it's just I want them to feel the emotion that I felt reading the script. I can just tell you that it's out there and that it's awesome and man, if it were all different, I would certainly love to step into Vince's shoes."
Check out the complete John Cena interview at HollywoodReporter.com.
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Freeroll passwords can be found on the password page when you log in to your "My league profile page" through the PokerBRB front page. I will announce the freeroll passwords shortly before the tournaments start in order to avoid password leakage.
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I have added an extra 3 tournaments to the schedule.
Everything counts towards the 150$…..including your 20$ extra.


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February 11, 2018 , 4:55 pm By In the Bunch
PYGA Euro Steel's Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys finished third overall in the three-stage Tankwa Trek mountain bike event that concluded in the Ceres area today.
Buys, who alongside Beukes won the Wines2Whales race near Hermanus at the end of last year, said their goal was to win the overall general classification.
"All in all, we had a solid ride and we are happy with our form for now compared to the other guys," he said.
PYGA Euro Steel's Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys (left) claimed third place on the general classification after the three-stage Tankwa Trek finished in the Western Cape today. Photo: Zoon Cronje
Buys added that they struggled with cramps up the final climb on the first stage, an 83km challenge through the Witzenberg Valley, where they ultimately finished fourth.
The second stage featured an 83km struggle from Kaleo through the Bokkeveld to Ceres and the PYGA Euro Steel riders again finished fourth. "During this stage we had to plug a tyre on the last downhill of the day.
"The final stage was just flat and fast and it would have been difficult to get away from anyone so we just tried to stay at the front and out of trouble in the main bunch," he said.
Buys and Beukes (who is this year's Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge champion) finished second in the third stage, which resulted in a third place overall.
It was the first Tankwa Trek for the PYGA Euro Steel pair and Buys praised the terrain and route.
"The route is truly unique and it's definitely proper mountain biking. Stage one's trails were definitely my favourite."
Buys and Beukes said they were happy with their overall performance.
"As for the result, a win would've been nice," said Buys.
He added that this was a good indication of their form compared to some of the riders they would face at next month's Cape Epic.
"We now know how much more we have to do in the next few weeks. For us, the main purpose of this event was to analyse and adjust everything for the upcoming Epic," concluded Buys.
Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys aim to make history at Cape Epic
Tankwa Trek results: Lakata, Hynek secure overall title
Illness breaks up Beukes, Buys partnership ahead of Cape Epic
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Published: Mar 20 at 12:34 p.m.
Updated: Mar 20 at 7:57 p.m.
Those were the words from St. F.X. President Kent MacDonald on Tuesday, March 19; the day it was announced he was not renewing his contract with St. F.X. after five years in the role of president.
MacDonald's contract is up on July 31 of this year.
"Yesterday was really tough," he said. "I informed the human resources committee; I had informed Mike Boyd, our current [St. F.X. Board of Governors] chair, several weeks ago that this was on my mind but, yesterday, Mike and I came together with the human resources committee of the board.
"The day was really tough because there were two very important groups that I shared it with; the President's Council – the Deans, Registrar and the vice-presidents; that's the group I worked most closely with. Quite frankly, I had difficulty getting through that meeting, sharing it with them, and that was followed with a meeting with the board of governors and letting the whole board know.
"Mark Wallace, more than five years ago now, was board chair and, on behalf of the board, he offered me my five-year contract," he said. "My first-term as president is coming up this summer so the dilemma I had was, as much as I love the place and there is always going to be work to be done, the question I was faced with was; am I prepared for another five years?
MacDonald noted the other aspect came from really thinking deeply about, when is the right time to leave?
"I'm hyperaware that it's really important for a university president, and I say this because this is an area I researched myself, to be aware of when is the right time to leave," he said.
"There is no doubt there is more work to be done, but I was just really aware that this was, probably, the right moment to let someone else come in with a different set of skills and experiences to move things forward … but there is always doubt in that as well. I'm hoping this is the right time.
"I'm going to miss the community and the university greatly, and, within that context, the people. So I'm hoping I'm going to look back in a few years and say that was a mistake leaving," he added with a chuckle, about the 'mistake' quip.
Having noted the people and work he'll miss, MacDonald talked about annual days on the St. F.X. calendar he'll miss being president for. He started by acknowledging every day he spent meeting with alumnus, from around the world, was special.
"It's always great to go out and meet alum. I met alum from across the world; in London, in Dubai we had a reception, so I'll miss that but there are three [days] that I'll miss and think a lot about.
"The first one has to be move-in day; the day starts at 7 a.m. and I, basically, shake the hands of people until about 2 p.m. in the afternoon, welcoming each new student and their family to the university. I really enjoyed it," he said, adding people will emphasize it's seven hours of just greeting people but that, for him, the time flies by.
The final day is one MacDonald still has on the final days of his time as university president.
"Both fall and spring convocation because that's, ultimately, where those students who I shook hands with four years earlier [end up]," he said.
"They arrive four years earlier just out of high school; they grow up, mature, make mistakes - sometimes we hear about those other times we don't - but that is part of the process of coming to a residential university; it's to have all of these other experiences besides what happens in a class room.
"So to see them mature and the positives things they do for the community; and then to see them walk across the stage for the last time, that's something which is hard to describe.
MacDonald talked about the role he would offer to play with finding his successor. He noted it would be more after the selection.
"Often what happens is the outgoing person wants to see someone just like themselves," he said, explaining why he thinks it's best not to be part of the selection.
Another aspect MacDonald talked about was pride in the leadership team at St. F.X.
The third point he noted when it comes to succession is making himself available to whomever is chosen.
"I'm happy to share any advice or insights to make their job more successful and easier," he said.


Rising from the hills above the Mediterranean is the city of Grasse, the perfume capital of the world, surrounded by the charming Provencal landscape. Known for its leather tanning work in the Middle Ages, this hilly French town would eventually become the center of the French perfume industry after it began manufacturing perfumed gloves in the 16th century and farming a number of flowers used for fragrances. In addition to the perfume industry, Grasse also provides travelers a break from the crowded Riviera coastal towns and offers a glimpse of the real Riviera away from the tourist route.
Whether you are interested in the history of perfume making, the state of the current fragrance industry, seeing the flower fields, or just buying some good smelling goodies, Grasse has you covered. Three perfume factories (Galimard, Fragonard, Molinard) offer daily tours and demonstrations, which draw in many of the region's visitors. Today some three-quarters of the world's essences are produced here from thousands of tons of petals, including violets, daffodils, wild lavender, and jasmine. For the history of perfume head to the International Museum of Perfume where exhibits chronicle over 3,000 years of perfume history and you can view their flower garden for an extra fee. In addition to the perfumeries, Grasse's Old Town is a collection of large squares, narrow alleys, medieval ruins, 17th and 18th century buildings, and steep staircases. The main highlights are the Cathedral Notre-Dame-du-Puy founded in the 11th century, which includes some great views of the nearby countryside from various viewpoints such as the Place du Cours and the viewing point behind the cathedral. Other sights include the Hôtel de Ville (current City Hall, former Bishop's Palace), square Sacaren tower, War Memorial, and the Jardin de la Princesse Pauline. Apart from the International Museum of Perfume, there are several other little museums in town that might be of interest as the "Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Provence".
The fun in Grasse doesn't stop when the sun goes down, there are bars, clubs, lounges and live music. Throughout the year, we can find also other events more cultural proposed by the theater of Grasse as Classical music and drama. Shopping At least two perfumeries offer regular perfume creation workshops to the public in Grasse, (Galimard and Molinard) and Visitors can create their own scent. There are also a lot of important gift shops in the centre of the city.
At least two perfumeries offer regular perfume creation workshops to the public in Grasse, (Galimard and Molinard) and Visitors can create their own scent. There are also a lot of important gift shops in the centre of the city.
The altitude of the town, from 300-400 m, and the hills behind give Grasse a fresher climate than the beach during the heat of the summer.
For those who have difficulty walking around the hilly Old Town, there is a seasonal tourist train available that goes by many of these attractions. You can get buses to Grasse from nearby towns, including Cannes and Nice or local bus to move around the city. Grasse has also a train station that connects with many Riviera towns.


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Q: Electromagnetic radiation reflected normally causing interference to itself Is it possible to have a body reflect almost perfectly any radiation falling  normally with the insident ray so that the reflected ray interferes with the incident and hopefully reduce or cancel it out ?

A: High-quality optical lenses are often coated to reduce reflections. A thin film of a transparent material with a different index of refraction is coated onto the lens, with a thickness of a quarter of the wavelength of the light of interest. Incoming light passes through the coating and bounces off the other side, returning to the top surface half a wavelength out of phase. This partially cancels the reflection from the top surface. The result is that more light gets through the lens, giving a brighter image with better contrast, and less is reflected away or bounced around inside the instrument.
It only works perfectly at one specific wavelength. For optical equipment designed to work with the full range of visible light, such as binoculars, this is usually in the green part of the spectrum, where the eye is most sensitive and in the centre of the visible range, to give the best overall performance. This is why such lenses often appear to have a bluish tinge - light is preferentially reflected at the ends of the spectrum.
Conversely, dielectric mirrors can be made with transparent coatings with a thickness designed to reinforce the reflection. For specific, narrow wavelengths they can reflect 99.999% of the light.

A: "Interference" is the linear superposition of waves, i.e. it is really the absence of interaction of the wave with itself. As a result the energy in waves can not disappear and waves can not actually "cancel" out. They form minima and maxima that can be located in fixed positions in space ("standing waves") instead. We can therefor find "dark" regions  with a diminished amplitude, but they are always near "bright" regions (often called interference stripes, rings etc.) where the amplitude is increased.
If we want to reduce the total energy of a wave, then we need an absorber material that removes energy from the wave. One can, however, increase the efficiency of imperfect absorbers by placing them in the regions of maximal intensity or, alternatively, one can reduce the absorption of such materials by using them in standing wave minima.

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Action is being taken to move on a group of travellers who set up camp on private land near to a large supermarket.
Caravans and vans have been parked on a patch of land near to the Morrison's store on Jubilee Way at Elland.
It is believed that the travellers arrived on Tuesday, setting up camp behind the petrol station.
A Calderdale Council spokesman said that the land wasn't owned by the local authority.
"It is private land so we can't enforce anything. The private owner is looking at taking action."
Council officers had become aware of the presence of the travellers on Tuesday, although the exact day of their arrival is not known.
Residents posted their concerns on social media. One man accused others of being "obsessed" with travellers which he said amounted to racism. Other locals said they were concerned about littering and other anti-social behaviour.
A spokesman for Morrison's said company staff had not been made aware of any issues.
Earlier this month travellers set up camp at the Cambridge Road car park, putting the 220 spaces out of bounds for visitors and shoppers.
Some have called for a permanent site to be set up in Huddersfield for travellers and for a change in the law to allow councils to evict illegal campers quicker than present.


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