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By Night Flight on November 2, 2018
"Night Flight" was the most radically fun, nostalgically cranium-bursting cable TV program of all time, originally airing in the '80s (and syndicated shows aired during the '90s) during the wee hours on Fridays and Saturdays on the USA Network. Now we're back on the IFC channel — and we're now on at a new time, 1am east coast/10pm west coast, but as always be sure to check your local listings for time/TV channel location.
Tune in once again each weekend (check your local listings for the right time) to see a mash-ups of clips from rock movies and documentaries, concert films, experimental short films, weirdo kaiju monster flicks, computer art films, campy '50s sci-fi serials, banned cartoons, and loads of music videos that MTV wouldn't dare show.
We've had an online presence for a few years now with Night Flight Plus, our streaming subscription "channel," which is where you can find all the above and more, supplemented by full-length streaming titles we've added from our content partners, including fellow cultural insurrectionists MVD Video.
Tune in to see why VH1 called us "the single greatest rock omnibus program ever aired" and Brooklyn Vegan named us "the most consistently weird and awesome thing on cable television in the '80s."
Read more below about our thirteenth "Night Flight Highlights" half-hour episode ("The Who & The Damned") on IFC — the cable network describes these episodes as "A fever dream of classic clips including iconic rock stars, animation, and heavy metal music, a trip back to the boundary-pushing music and videos of the 1980s" — and be sure to sign up for Night Flight Plus to watch more classic episodes of the original '80s, available on Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV.
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead — now streaming on our Night Flight Plus channel — is an authorized biographical look back at one of England's pioneering punk bands, beloved by fans (like the filmmaker Wes Orshoski) but — unlike the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and the Ramones, to name a few — they've been largely forgotten by the mainstream punk press who have managed to re-write history and ignored the fact that the Damned were there from the very start.
The Damned — Brian James (guitar), Captain Sensible (bass), Rat Scabies (drums) and Dave Vanian (vocals) — formed the band in early 1976, and it was this original lineup who were the first to release a single in England (the ferocious "New Rose" on Stiff Records, produced by Nick Lowe and released on October 22, 1976), the first to release an album (their self-titled Damned, Damned, Damned, also produced by Lowe and issued by Stiff on February 18, 1977 (Brian James' 22nd birthday), and they were the first to tour the U.S. (April 1977).
They were also the first to disband (Feburary '78) and to reform (April '79). The Damned had briefly called it quits after sophomore album, Music for Pleasure (1977) was panned by the critics, but when they reformed, they soldiered on bravely without their original songwriter and guitarist, Brian James, releasing at least one certified masterpiece, 1979's Machine Gun Etiquette.
Shifting gears to add new members and along the way in the 1980s, they began to incorporate elements of goth rock, new wave and psychedelia while scoring nine Top 40 UK singles and releasing a series of fine albums — The Black Album (1980), Strawberries (1982), Phantasmagoria (1985) and Anything (1986) (those last two did not feature Captain Sensible, who had left the band in '84).
In 1988, James and Sensible rejoined to play what was said to be The Damned's final live show (released as their live album Final Damnation in 1989), and they reformed again, briefly, for a follow-up tour in 1991, before the band members decided they couldn't continue on with the original lineup.
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Tony Palmer's ambitious All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music — the compelling 17-part docu-series, originally broadcast on the BBC during prime-time on Saturday nights, between February 12 -June 4, 1977 — has been available, as of 2008, as a five-disc DVD set.
Here's an excerpt from our blog post "All You Need is Love: The Story of Popular Music": Tony Palmer's 17-part UK TV docu-series (May 22, 2018):
All You Need is Love — patterned on the popular historical British TV series like Alistair Cooke's America (1972-1973) — begins with the music first made in West Africa before tracing how it evolved down through time as popular music, through Ragtime, Jazz, Delta Blues, Vaudeville, Music Hall, Tin Pan Alley, Musicals, Swing, R&B, Country, Folk and finally Rock 'n' Roll.
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Here are the titles of the last five episodes — "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll!," "Mighty Good": The Beatles," "All Along the Watchtower: Sour Rock," "Whatever Gets Your Through the Night: Glitter Rock," and "Imagine: New Directions."
Much like watching original USA network broadcasts of "Night Flight" episodes from 1981-1988 (not to mention our syndicated early '90s-era episodes), watching all seventeen episodes of All You Need Is Love in the year 2018 is a little like looking at an anthropological artifact trapped in amber, unchanged and frozen in time.
Much of what is included in the series — all 14 hours and 45 minutes of it, in 50-minute episodes — remains unchanged, of course, covering the first 75 years of popular music.
The Who, The Mods and the Quadrophenia Connection — now streaming over on Night Flight Plus — is an in-depth look at the Who's epic double-album Quadrophenia, one of the pinnacles of classic rock, which was released in October of 1973.
"For those who were there," narrator Thomas Arnold says during the film's intro, "it was a love letter to a time of rebellion and passion, music and belonging. For those who were discovering it for the first time, it was a glimpse of a way of life that had long since disappeared."
This 2009 UK documentary — clocking in at just over two hours — uses archival film footage from the early mod/rocker movements as shown on '60s British TV news reports, and rarely-seen concert performance and interview footage of the Who (as well as clips of the Kinks, Gerry and the Pacemakers and others), plus excerpts from Franc Roddam's 1979 film Quadrophenia and much, much more.
It's all set to a backbeat of tunes by the Who — including "My Generation", "Anyway, Anywhere, Anyhow," "Won't Get Fooled Again," "The Real Me," "Sea and Sand," "Cut My Hair," "I'm One," "Bell Boy," "5:15″ and "Love Reign O'er Me" — plus vintage tracks by Georgie Fame, Booker T and the MGs, the Jam , the Chords and a whole lot more.
There's no participation here from the band themselves, but context and consideration is provided by: Richard Barnes (Pete Townsend's friend and the band's "Mr. Fixit" throughout their career); engineer Ron Nevison; mod experts Paolo Hewitt and Terry Rawlins; the owner of Acid Jazz records, DJ and broadcaster, Eddie Piller; members of Mod revivalists the Chords and the Purple Hearts; Who biographer and 1960s expert Alan Clayson; and a host of others.
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"Best of New Wave Theatre" show that was previously released on VHS in two volumes by Rhino Video. This is the very same show, hand-picked and re-edited in 1986 by David Jove, the man who created "New Wave Theatre." Discover what you might have missed when "New Wave Theatre" aired the first time on "Night Flight" and for more of the story, read on!
Thirty-five years have passed since the first 30-minute episode of "New Wave Theatre" aired on a Sunday night @ 10pm, on the upstart L.A. public access TV station KSCI, on UHF channel 18 — a station dedicated to only broadcasting "positive" news and programming — and also the Theta Cable network, on channel 3.
In less than a year's time, Stuart Shapiro — Night Flight's creator and executive producer — would pick up "New Wave Theatre" and begin airing it during the last half-hour of his "Night Flight" cable TV show, which was then being broadcast nationally on the USA cable network, one of the first national cable television channels.
"Glad to get this jewel on our launch of NF Plus as a prime example of what our fans will get access to on our membership channel on nightlfightplus.com," says Shapiro today from Night Flight's NY headquarters.
Today, Shapiro remembers meeting with David Jove in Night Flight's New York offices, who he says was a "whirlwind of creative anarchy, a raging genius, and politically very irreverent."
"In the early days," remembers Shapiro, "USA had only one satellite, and there were no time shifts — if 'Night Flight' aired in New York at 11pm, that means it also aired live in the whole country at that same time, so it was on in L.A. at eight o'clock."
USA aired a mix of movies on the weekends, whatever low-budget films and shorts they could manage they could afford, but after a few months, they gave "Night Flight" a treasure late-night slot on Friday and Saturday nights in four hour sets, starting from 11pm EST and going til 3am, then repeating again once it aired, making for eight full hours of original Night Flight programming awesomeness every weekend, a glorious amalgamation of music videos, short films, cartoons, interviews, concerts, and cult movies — and the cutting-edge, truly original "New Wave Theatre."
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It's possible that you may not have seen a single episode of the short-lived "New Wave Theatre" – new shows aired for just two years, between January 1981 and March 1983, until "best of" episodes began airing years later — and there's also a good chance you may not have even heard of it. If so, that just means you're in for a real treat, especially if you're nostalgic for public access insanity.
"New Wave Theatre" was part performance art and theatre (frequently offering up Dadaist comedy sketches and bits by Robert Hull, who appeared on the show as a huckster named "Chris Genkel") and part experimental video TV playground (Jove liked experimenting with chroma key special effects, quick edits, roving hand-held camerawork, and inserted stock footage (Hiroshima, outer space, etc.), as well as providing an unrehearsed and often unforgettable independent music showcase for early '80s Los Angeles-based punk, hardcore, and art rock bands, in addition to all kinds of uncategorizable acts, all of them about as far as you could get from the corporate rock that flourished in the 80s.
Notable mostly L.A.-based bands who appeared on the show included mostly left coast bands you may remember — like X, the Blasters, the Circle Jerks, the Angry Samoans, Johanna Went, Dead Kennedys, 45 Grave, Fear, Suburban Lawns, the Surf Punks and The Plugz — but sometimes there were relatively unknown individuals and ensembles of one type or another that you may have forgotten about or never even knew existed in the first place (unless you were deep into the L.A. music scene at the time), like Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs, Wet Picnic, Killer Pussy, Sexsick and Mnemonic Devices, to name just a few.
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Q: validating required fields with asp.net required field validators using jquery HTML:
<fieldset>

       SOME LABEL *

    <input type="text" id="txtBox">
</fieldset>

Using jQuery i am trying to get "span.required" and add a class "missing" (changes color to red).
JQuery Code:
$('#txtBox').closest('fieldset').find('span.required').addClass('missing');

JQUERY CODE FOR required field validator in ASP.NET:
for (var i = 0; i < Page_Validators.length; i++) {
            var val = Page_Validators[i];
            var ctrl = document.getElementById(val.controltovalidate);
            if (ctrl != null && ctrl.style != null) {
                if (!val.isvalid) {
                    ctrl.closest('fieldset').find('span.required').addClass('missing');
                }
                else {
                    //alert('no error');

                }
            }
        }

ERROR via Console: object [ctrl object - the textbox]  has no method closest
i have tried different interations using "find" "parent" etc. but nothing i try seems to work.
What is wrong with my code? I cannot grab that span.required
Thank you to everyone's input, I have learned a lot from each of your input. EVERYONE's answer has valid and working code, however only the selected provided the solution.

A: Try txtbox.parent() instead.
txtbox.parent().find('span.required-field').addClass('missing')

A: $('span.required').addClass('missing');

A: Try this:
$(function(){
   $('#txtBox').parent().find('span.required').addClass('missing');
});

Check http://jsfiddle.net/alaminopu/unZPZ/

A: First off, there are a couple of changes in your HTML that you should make which will not only help you solve this issue, but will also make for cleaner, more valid code:

*

*Add a for attribute to all of your  tags that pairs them with the input that they match (this really should always be done with labels), and

*Move the  * inside the label (since it really is part of the label)

The resulting code would look like this:
<fieldset>

        SOME LABEL *

    <input type="text" id="txtBox">
</fieldset>

Once you've done that, what you are trying to accomplish becomes much easier:
Instead of:
ctrl.closest('fieldset').find('span.required').addClass('missing');

. . . you can use the id of the input (val.controltovalidate) as part of a JQuery selector to find the related label directly:
var $targetLabel = $("label[for='" + val.controltovalidate +"']")
$targetLabel.find('span.required').addClass('missing');

I've used this many times to pair validations with the labels of the field that is being validated . . . quick and clean.   :)
Edit: I split up the last JS piece to keep it from scrolling, but it could be one line.   :)

A: Check this one out, I used both, closest() and parent().

        <fieldset>

               Some Label  *

            <input type="text" id="txtBox">
        </fieldset>

http://jsfiddle.net/GdBnw/
HTH.

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CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR FEBRUARY ON TCM
The TCM annual celebration of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is about to begin. This year's 31 Days of Oscar includes None Shall Escape, a searing propaganda drama from Columbia Studios. Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than were nominated in the category of Best Writing, Original Story. The other nominees in the category were Lifeboat, The Sullivans, A Guy Named Joe, and the winner, Going My Way.
Filmed in 1943, the movie takes us to a time in the future when the war has been won and the allies set about bringing war criminals to justice.
The first criminal brought before the international tribunal is an unrepentant Nazi named Wilhelm Grimm played by Alexander Knox. Through testimony and flashbacks, we see the truth in the words of the first witness, Father Warecki played by Henry Travers.
Father Warecki: "The trial of these criminals marks a milestone in human history. It is being argued today that we, having defeated the Nazis, should show tolerance and mercy; that these men are the victims of circumstance and history, and that they enjoyed no freedom to act in accordance with the dictates of their own conscience. I would like to relate an incident which occurred many years ago to prove that the accused acted of his own volition and that he had freedom of choice and will."
Marsha Hunt, Alexander Knox
A German-born teacher, Wilhelm Grimm, returns to Litzbakk, the small town in Poland where he lived prior to WWI. His job and his sweetheart are waiting for him. Embittered by the loss of a leg, and Germany's loss in the war, Grimm spouts political thoughts that will become all too common in the coming decades. His warped world view turns his fiancee Marja Pacierkowski played by Marsha Hunt away from the idea of marriage to such a man.
The town turns on Grimm when it is discovered that his assault of a teenager led to her suicide. The courts did not convict but he was driven back to Germany where he totally embraced Hitlerism.
The second witness at the tribunal is Grimm's own brother, Karl played by Erik Rolf. Karl is a writer for a socialist paper. He and his wife Alice played by Ruth Nelson have a son and daughter. They take Wilhelm lovingly into the family fold and laugh at his silly political ideas. Wilhelm's rise in the Third Reich involves the incarceration of his brother and the indoctrination of his nephew into the SS.
The third damning witness is Marja Pacierkowski. Widowed in the early days of the war, she and her daughter Janina played by Dorothy Morris have returned Litzbakk. Wilhelm Grimm is the officer in charge and in addition to the maniacal devotion to evil orders, there is the retribution he wants to extract from the townspeople for what he sees as his past mistreatment.
Grimm's rule is one of terror and slaughter. His devotion is to Hitler and to his nephew. When that nephew's eyes are opened to a different and kinder way of life by his feelings for Janina a personal tragedy strikes the Pacierkowski family.
The script for None Shall Escape is a combination of the literate and the lurid. The direction by Andre de Toth forces the audience to be aware of oppression through visuals and the use of sound. It is the sound of the Jewish citizens being rounded up for transport that is as heartwrenching as their doomed uprising.
The interesting premise of a look at the end of the ongoing conflict and the powerful performances from Ms. Hunt and Mr. Knox make None Shall Escape a film of interest and value.
TCM is screening None Shall Escape on February 6 at the end of that programming day, or the beginning of the next depending on your time zone.
Patricia January 30, 2020 at 8:56 AM
Thank you for noting this film - it's an underseen gem that needs to be brought to the attention of viewers.
Caftan Woman January 30, 2020 at 3:10 PM
Thank you so much. I feel the same way about this film. I think it is these that TCM should highlight with the prime time spots during 31 Days of Oscar instead of the more familiar and often-seen titles.
grandoldmovies January 30, 2020 at 3:38 PM
This is an amazing film, unusual in how grim and hard-hitting it is, even for today; it pulls no punches. It also has a terrific performance from Marsha Hunt, who's such an underrated actress. I'm surprised that she and the film are not better known.
It deserved it's Oscar nomination and it deserves to have a more widespread reputation. Prime time would have been the spot, perhaps with Marsha Hunt speaking.
I am certain those who haven't seen None Shall Escape will be duly impressed.
ALEXANDER KNOX was nominated for an OSCAR for WILSON-1945. That same year a young actress was nominated in the supporting category for her first movie. The actress is ANGELA LANSBURY who is now 94. (The movie was GASLIGHT.) Knox lost to BING CROSBY(GOING MY WAY) and Miss Lansbury lost to ETHEL BARRYMORE(NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART). In the 80s MARSHA HUNT, who is now 102, did an ep of MURDER, SHE WROTE starring Angela. The ep had EVELYN KEYES and BETSY PALMER. It also had JOHN ASTIN who is now 89.
Caftan Woman February 1, 2020 at 5:49 AM
I'm proud to say that actor and writer Alexander Knox is a fellow Canadian.
Sticks and Stones is one of my favourite Murder, She Wrote episodes. I'm partial to the "Cabot Cove" stories.
FRED SILVERMAN died on Jan. 30 at the age of 82. He was the president of ABC and then later the president of NBC. According to WIKI first he was the vice-president of CBS. (I thought he was the president.) He was responsible for putting on a lot of good/great shows including ALL IN THE FAMILY and THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW. Later he was a producer. Some of his shows were MATLOCK, DIAGNOSIS MURDER and IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT. He also produced the PERRY MASON Movies. There were 26 with Perry and later there were 4 more-one with PAUL SORVINO and three with HAL HOLBROOK. Just think, Caftan Woman, if we had met Mr. Silverman we could have talked about Perry Mason and Diagnosis Murder. Also I could have talked about Matlock.
Caftan Woman February 1, 2020 at 3:03 PM
We certainly would have "bent his ear" for an hour or three about those favourite programs.
I turn Superbowl Sunday into my own Perry Mason Marathon. I shall have to include one of the movies in honour of Fred Silverman.
ANDRE DE TOTH was once married to VERONICA LAKE. Sadly, Miss Lake died at the young age of 50(in 1973) as did her frequent co-star ALAN LADD on Jan. 29, 1964. That was 56 years ago. I really like Alan in THE PROUD REBEL. Did you see him in ONE FOOT IN HELL with DON MURRAY? I thought it was a good movie. Not counting SHANE, what movie would you give Alan the Oscar for? Could you pick two-a western and also a drama? Or at least an Oscar nom? As Ive mentioned before I really like THE CARPETBAGGERS which came out after his passing.
Andre de Toth directed Veronica Lake in a very interesting movie called Ramrod. The leading man is Joel McCrea, and Don DeFore gives a marvelous performance as a young gunfighter.
I think Shane was Ladd's best shot at an Oscar. He certainly deserved a nomination. Perhaps O.S.S. and/or Botany Bay were worthy of a nomination as well. I haven't seen One Foot in Hell in ages. Thanks for reminding me of that movie.
Silver Screenings February 1, 2020 at 3:16 PM
I like the way this film is structured – although I haven't seen it – and it also sounds like a haunting film. I had to keep scrolling back to the first paragraph to remind myself it was filmed in 1943, because it sounds like it could easily have been made after the war. I need to see this one.
The glimpse into the near future was a very bold move on their part. And it works wonderfully well.
Rick29 February 1, 2020 at 4:26 PM
I haven't seen this one, but "a combination of the literate and the lurid" certainly sounds intriguing. Plus, Andre De Toth was an interesting director (I particularly liked his films PITFALL and, of course, HOUSE OF WAX). Thanks for the recommendation!
Mr. de Toth knew how to grab an audience. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen House of Wax - it may be reaching The Thing from Another World level!
Maddy February 2, 2020 at 5:52 AM
Love this film and consider it a hidden gem. What I find most remarkable about it is that it was made at the height of the war,when the outcome of the war was anyone's guess. The film predicted the allies winning and putting the Nazis on trial.
Caftan Woman February 2, 2020 at 10:18 AM
It was a brave movie to make and well-deserving of that writing nomination.
I never saw PITFALL but I know LIZABETH SCOTT was in it. I saw her in RED MOUNTAIN( a western) with.....ALAN LADD. I also saw Lizabeth in the drama EASY LIVING with VICTOR MATURE, LLOYD NOLAN and LUCILLE BALL. Lizabeth played the wife to Mature, he played a football player. I was glad to see Lucy in it. JIM BACKUS was also in it as a doctor.
Easy Living is excellent and most appropriate for this Super Bowl Sunday.
Lizabeth Scott's role in Pitfall is one of my favourites. She was an actress made for noir.
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Spend your Star Wars Day (May the Fourth be with you) listening to Episode 341 of the popular Two Blokes Talking Tech podcast, with Tech Guide editor Stephen Fenech and EFTM's Trevor Long, as they go through the week's biggest tech news and products.
On this week's show, the new unlimited mobile data plans – are they really worth it, Twitter in password bungle a day after World Password Day, LG unveils its new G7 ThinQ flagship smartphone and NSW to introduce cameras to detect illegal mobile use while driving.
Also on the show, Pocket Cast is sold to NPR and Car Next Door offers a way to make money with your car when you're not driving it.
In the minute reviews, we take a look at the Samsung 2018 Series 9 QLED TV and the Volvo XC40 compact SUV.


The Bajaj has been left in the naughty corner for a bit after going "bang" the last time I tried to start it. I assumed the piston would have a hole in it but after opening the motor up, found it was fine. One thing I did notice was the head gasket looked a bit suss and on further googling discovered that they don't actually need a head gasket. After reassembling the motor the first time, I had put one on as there was one included with the new gasket kit.
Talk about a trap for young players.
While the motor was apart I could see what the rattle was – the old clutch retaining basket and nut had come loose and the clutch had decided to slip the clutch plates retaining circlip off. So its probably just as well that happened while the motor wasn't running.
Another trap for young players.
Funnily enough on reflection the kick start was playing up just before it went bang as it wasn't engaging properly every time and seemed to be slipping.
A quick inspection of the kick start gear confirms that it isn't as new as it once was and is quite badly worn in some places. Everything else looks OK but I guess I will find out soon enough.
I have just purchased some Vespa parts off Trade Me and hopefully the kick start gear amongst them will be in better shape and then fingers and toes crossed I can get it back together.


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With Allen Walker once more in their ranks, the Exorcists soldier into the fabled Ark of Noah. In almost no time they encounter opposition in the form of two young Noah possessing startling powers. The Noah, however, seem less interested in the grand plans of the Millennium Earl than in collecting payment on yet another mountain of debt accrued by Allen's master, General Cross Marian. Can the Exorcists find the literal key out of this potentially lethal predicament? -- VIZ Media
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D.Gray-man is the story of Allen Walker, who roams a fictional 19th century Earth in search of Innocence, a mysterious substance used to fight demons called akuma. Amidst the fighting in Japan, the Millennium Earl goes after Lenalee until Allen makes a timely appearance. But their reunion is cut short when the earl traps the exorcists inside Noah's Ark. Now Allen and his friends have just three hours to find a way out before they are lost forever!
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Collecting Iron Man (1968) #82-94 and Annual #3-4. Tony Stark is one of the Marvel Universe's most advanced minds and experienced inventors — but those talents are about to be turned against him, shaking him to his core! Looking to exploit Stark Industries tech, the Red Ghost kidnaps Tony. In the melee, Happy Hogan dons the Iron Man armor, but suffers severe injuries — leading to a dangerous procedure that will once again turn him into the monstrous Freak! Meanwhile, NYPD Detective Michael O'Brien begins an investigation aiming to nail Tony for the death of O'Brien's brother, the Guardsman. Add to that the Blood Brothers, the Controller, the Melter, M.O.D.O.K. and a new incarnation of the Molecule Man — Iron Man must defend himself from threats from all corners before he loses everything!
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Volume 1 of 2. Coleridge's Shorter Works and Fragments brings together a number of substantial essays that were not long enough to require volumes to themselves, among them his "Theory of Life," "Essays on the Principles of Genial Criticism," "Treatise on Method," "Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit," "On the Passions," and "On the Prometheus of Aeschylus." To these are added more than four hundred other pieces, some of them fragementary, many of them previously unpublished, ranging in date from school essays of the early 1790s to a discussion of the bullion controversy in 1834. As might be expected, the subject matter includes literature and language, theology, philosophy, politics, and science, but in many less predictable topics (such as child labor laws, marriage, suicide, church history, the abolition of slavery, the state of the colonies) also appear. By gathering this material and presenting it in chronological order, Shorter Works and Fragments reveals the development and major characteristics of Coleridge's seemingly inexhaustible variety. H.J. Jackson and J.R. de J. Jackson, Professors of English at the University of Toronto, are the editors of Coleridge's Marginalia and Logic, respectively, in the Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Bollingen Series LXXV Originally published in 1995. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Author: Yinglin Wang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Intelligent System and Knowledge Engineering presents selected papers from the conference ISKE 2011, held December 15-17 in Shanghai, China. This proceedings doesn't only examine original research and approaches in the broad areas of intelligent systems and knowledge engineering, but also present new methodologies and practices in intelligent computing paradigms. The book introduces the current scientific and technical advances in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, pattern recognition, data mining, information retrieval, knowledge-based systems, knowledge representation and reasoning, multi-agent systems, natural-language processing, etc. Furthermore, new computing methodologies are presented, including cloud computing, service computing and pervasive computing with traditional intelligent methods. The proceedings will be beneficial for both researchers and practitioners who want to utilize intelligent methods in their specific research fields. Dr. Yinglin Wang is a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Dr. Tianrui Li is a professor at the School of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, China.
A Manual of British Vertebrate Animals
Author: Leonard Jenyns
Widely respected by contemporaries for his work in natural history, Leonard Jenyns (1800-93) combined research with his duties as an Anglican clergyman. He published and lectured extensively on zoology and botany. Having recommended Darwin for the Beagle voyage, he later produced a paper, 'On the Variation of Species', which Darwin personally requested to see. This 1835 work catalogues five classes of vertebrates: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. Native, introduced and extinct species of the British Isles are included, with binomial and common names given, along with the dimensions and a description. An improvement on previous works which had overly relied on secondary sources, Jenyns's manual also provides information on location, diet and propagation. The catalogue testifies to the diligent work being carried out in natural history in the era prior to Darwin's revolution. Jenyns's Observations in Natural History (1846) and Observations in Meteorology (1858) are also reissued in this series.
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The Baronage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of that Kingdom Colected from the Public Records and Chartularies of this Country the Records and Private Writings of Families and the Works of Our Best Historians
Author: Sir Robert Douglas (of Glenbervie)
Author: Edward J. Larson
Publisher: Modern Library
"I often said before starting, that I had no doubt I should frequently repent of the whole undertaking." So wrote Charles Darwin aboard The Beagle, bound for the Galapagos Islands and what would arguably become the greatest and most controversial discovery in scientific history. But the theory of evolution did not spring full-blown from the head of Darwin. Since the dawn of humanity, priests, philosophers, and scientists have debated the origin and development of life on earth, and with modern science, that debate shifted into high gear. In this lively, deeply erudite work, Pulitzer Prize–winning science historian Edward J. Larson takes us on a guided tour of Darwin's "dangerous idea," from its theoretical antecedents in the early nineteenth century to the brilliant breakthroughs of Darwin and Wallace, to Watson and Crick's stunning discovery of the DNA double helix, and to the triumphant neo-Darwinian synthesis and rising sociobiology today. Along the way, Larson expertly places the scientific upheaval of evolution in cultural perspective: the social and philosophical earthquake that was the French Revolution; the development, in England, of a laissez-faire capitalism in tune with a Darwinian ethos of "survival of the fittest"; the emergence of Social Darwinism and the dark science of eugenics against a backdrop of industrial revolution; the American Christian backlash against evolutionism that culminated in the famous Scopes trial; and on to today's world, where religious fundamentalists litigate for the right to teach "creation science" alongside evolution in U.S. public schools, even as the theory itself continues to evolve in new and surprising directions. Throughout, Larson trains his spotlight on the lives and careers of the scientists, explorers, and eccentrics whose collaborations and competitions have driven the theory of evolution forward. Here are portraits of Cuvier, Lamarck, Darwin, Wallace, Haeckel, Galton, Huxley, Mendel, Morgan, Fisher, Dobzhansky, Watson and Crick, W. D. Hamilton, E. O. Wilson, and many others. Celebrated as one of mankind's crowning scientific achievements and reviled as a threat to our deepest values, the theory of evolution has utterly transformed our view of life, religion, origins, and the theory itself, and remains controversial, especially in the United States (where 90% of adults do not subscribe to the full Darwinian vision). Replete with fresh material and new insights, Evolution will educate and inform while taking readers on a fascinating journey of discovery.
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ReviewFilm
Mystery thriller A Simple Favor mixes black comedy and satire
Anna Kendrick swings her way with panache through this fun-poker at American middle-class values
21 September, 2018 — By By Dan Carrier
Anna Kendrick in A Simple Favour
Directed by Paul Feig
Like some kind of Modernist costume drama, with characters that are overwritten to make a point as subtle as a Trumpian tweet, Paul Feig has slipped from his usual stomping ground of straight-up schmuck-about comedy to something a little more cerebral – though a little being the operative word.
This Anna Kendrick vehicle is a fun-poker at American middle-class values with the cloak of a mystery thriller thrown over it.
The aptly named Stephanie Smothers (Kendrick) is the do-goody single mum, desperate to make friends, desperate to do all she can for her little boy, with a painful backstory that gradually emerges which makes you think this is a grotesque caricature created during a drunken game of consequences at a screenwriters' brainstorming beano.
We meet her as she is speaking into a laptop, doing a vlog which is about being an all-American mum: think cooking muffins and chocolate brownies, making Thanksgiving decorations, friendship bracelets and the like…
At the opposite ends of the motherhood spectrum is Emily (Blake Lively), the mysterious high-flyer who downs a Martini at school pick-up time, wears the latest fashions, has a house to die for and a seemingly delicious relationship with her famous author of a husband.
The two become unlikely chums, though it is an unbalanced relationship – especially in the eyes of the gossiping parents who also have their kids at the school.
Steph and Emily confide in each other after drinks, and slowly Emily begins to rely on Steph more and more to help with after-school childcare and other domestic chores that her PR job in the big city doesn't allow her to do.
Then, bang, Emily disappears – prompting her new friend to seek out answers as to what has happened to her and turn detective to unravel a mystery that gets bigger and bigger as each scene slips by.
This film is a strange breed: a mixture of black comedy, satire and a thriller thrown in. At times it works – some of the observational stuff is excellent, and the whole thing is carried brilliantly by Kendrick – a fine comic actor, ably helped by Lively, who also swings her way with panache through what is needed.
You want to know what happens next. There are some ace surprises, and the characters involved keep you grimacing. But the preposterousness, at first a laugh, does wears thin. It straddles too many genres to work properly – a jack of all trades, master of none, but worth the trip solely due to Kendrick's fantastic turn.
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As I was perusing the social scene this evening, I began checking up on a few of my favorite online companies and their CEOs. LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner, and Yahoo's Marissa Mayer. I couldn't help but notice Marissa's 400,000 twitter followers and Jeff's 60,000. I began pondering my own social footprint. Truthfully, I've not been interested in creating a huge Twitter or Facebook following for myself as is evidenced by my pitiful 862 followers who see sporadic tweets from me on a random out of the blue basis. However, as I navigated through LinkedIn checking to see if Marissa had somehow miraculously accepted my invitation to connect, I was greeted by a BI advertisement targeting CIOs, and as you may know, I am a CIO. I was enticed, and before I knew what was happening, I clicked the link. Yes. I fell for one of the same marketing tactics I use on others. Obviously, it's a very effective marketing tactic, but that isn't the story.
After clicking the link, I was greeted by a wonderful landing page at DOMO. DOMO, if you don't know, is run by Josh James, the former CEO of Omniture, one of my favorite web companies. Josh did some wonderful things over at Omniture, and after leaving Adobe/Omniture, he landed at DOMO as a major investor and the new CEO. In typical Josh fashion, DOMO has really stepped up its visibility. Josh's teams have done some very good things with marketing over the years. While at Omniture, one of those was to buy and use CMO.com to attract and support CMOs. Now, I see with DOMO, Josh has done it again with CEO.com, and I have to ask, why didn't someone else do this? It's a simple yet brilliant strategy.
Way to go Josh! And, if one of your guys can make it down to Nashville for our October CIO Peer to Peer meeting (this month covering DataWarehousing and BI Reporting), that would be great.
Sorry for the delay in posting this interview with Josh. Learning to edit audio, video and add in some annotation proved more cumbersome than I imagined. Isn't it always the first time you do something like this. 😉 Hope you enjoy it!
Thanks to Nicole Young, Josh James' executive assistant, for fitting the time into Josh's schedule. Thanks to Gail Ennis, Sr. VP of Marketing for Omniture, for thinking I was worth Josh's time, and putting in a good word for me. 😉 Thanks to Mark Boothe and Andrew Watson for coordinating the schedules! Lastly, thanks to Ben Child for ripping the audio and bumping up the volume! Next time I'll use better equipment!


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AN EVENING AT THE MOVIES
*New for Neurotrauma 2019
Please join us for our FREE nightly "Evening at the Movies" series. This cinematic series is intended to utilize content from the popular media to help attendees expand their knowledge and understanding regarding priorities, challenges, biases and needs facing individuals with brain and spinal cord injury related disability. At a personal level, this "Evening at the Movies" series will enable attendees to explore their common humanity in the face of injury-related disability and through the power of inclusion and resilience. The series is also intended to provide historical perspective on some of the 20th century's life changing advancements in pre-hospital management as well as clinical and rehabilitation care for those with brain and spinal cord related disability. Each screening will be staffed by volunteer facilitators to introduce each film. After the screening, the audience is invited to participate in an informal, moderated discussion on how issues raised in the movie inform current neurotrauma knowledge, research, and technology advancements. Complimentary snacks will be provided.
SUNDAY - BREATHE
Director Andy Serkis brings to life his own parents' inspiring true love story (between Robin and Diana Cavendish played by Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of devastating disability after surviving polio at the height of its 20th Century Epidemic. When Robin is struck down by polio at the age of 28, he is confined to a hospital bed and given only a few months to live. With the help of Diana's twin brothers and the groundbreaking ideas of inventor Teddy Hall, Robin and Diana dare to escape the hospital ward to seek out a full and passionate life together - raising their young son, traveling, and devoting their lives to advocacy for functional independence and community integration of other polio survivors. The work brings historical perspective to the importance and advancements in assistive technology that impact neurotrauma survivors today.
MONDAY - THE RIDER
Based on his own true story, Brady Jandreau stars as himself as a once rising talent of the rodeo circuit, who was warned that his competition days are over after a tragic riding accident. Upon returning to his rural home, Brady finds himself wondering what he has to live for when he can no longer do what gives him a sense of purpose: to ride and compete. In an attempt to regain control of his life, Brady searches for new identity and tries to redefine for himself what is meaningful in life and what it means to be a man in rural America. "Chloe Zhao's "The Rider," is the kind of rare work that seems to attain greatness through an almost alchemical fusion of nominal opposites. An account of rodeo riders on a South Dakota reservation, it is so fact-based that it almost qualifies as a documentary. Yet the film's style, its sense of light and landscape and mood, simultaneously give it the mesmerizing force of the most confident cinematic poetry." - Roger Ebert
TUESDAY - FREEDOM HOUSE
The story of Freedom House is the birth of the paramedic system as it is used today. It is a Pittsburgh story of innovation and triumph that also clashed with issues around racism, inequity, and inclusion during the civil rights movement. The Freedom House Paramedics Program was pioneered in the inner city of Pittsburgh because the city had no way to get emergency medical care to its most crime infested, low-income neighborhood, the Hill District. The concept of on-site medical care was pioneered by Dr. Peter Safar and his protégé Dr. Nancy Caroline through a pilot program to train the "unemployable" black men from the streets and turn them into a service which the whole world now takes for granted: Emergency Medical Services. What most thought was going to be a folly went the other way and, within short order, these paramedics became living urban legends.
Recognize new, relevant knowledge about neurotrauma care, advancements, and disability presented in a powerful, popular medium.
Reflect on personal perspectives on disability, function, and life after injury for neurotrauma survivors and families.
Critique how the current state of neurotrauma research complements or contradicts what is presented to the public through these films.
Discuss ideas and concepts shown in the film and engage with other attendees on what and how 21st century priorities can be shaped by the NNS community


Earthworms are extremely important and play a vital role in recycling plant nutrients and aerating the soil.
By taking part in this survey, you'll help improve our knowledge of earthworms and the soils they live in – something we know surprisingly little about.
Taking part is simple and fun. Don't worry if you are unable to answer all the questions, your results are still valuable to us even if you don't find any worms!
Step 1 – Download and print the documents in English below, or in Welsh, ideally in colour.
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Last night thousands of Australians, including me, took part in Earth Hour, an event that kicked off a year-round campaign against climate change. It is a worldwide movement for the planet organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and it began right here in Australia as a lights off hour in 2007. Earth Hour engages a massive mainstream community on a broad range of environmental issues. Households and businesses turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol of their commitment to the planet. The event has now been embraced by 7001 cities and 152 nations across the globe. And in 2014, Earth Hour will focus attention on one of the world's most iconic and threatened places: Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
This topic holds particular significance to me, as the new novel I'm writing is set on the Queensland coast at the southern tip of the reef. It is about a zoologist with a passion for marine mammals. As the largest living structure on the planet, the Great Barrier Reef stretches for over two thousand, three hundred kilometres, and is so large it can be seen from space. It contains three thousand individual reefs and nine hundred islands. Incredibly rich and diverse, it extends over fourteen degrees of latitude, from shallow estuarine areas to deep oceanic waters.
Channel ten screened a special television event last night just prior to Earth Hour. It revealed the true story of what's happening to the reef due to climate change, dredging, pollution and over-fishing. The program was grim viewing. The Great Barrier Reef has shrunk by fifty percent in the last twenty-seven years. Let's hope 2014 can mark a rally to action, and we can convince politicians to protect this unique wonder of the natural world.
And now to the winners of the prize draw. Congratulations to Karen Stalker, Mary Preston and Jenna O. You have each won a book. I'll be emailing you all shortly.
Are you a shy person? I am. I don't like small talk, or parties or crowds, or my mobile phone. I do like time alone in the bush, working with horses and dogs, writing, reading … it doesn't really matter. When I'm alone I'm at peace. One simple way to diagnose yourself is to take a free Myer Briggs personality test. I'm an INFJ which is apparently common among writers.
Introversion generally suits a writer's life except in one respect – public speaking. These days part of an author's platform includes giving talks: at launches, libraries, book stores, etc. I'm even a member of a terrific group called The New Romantics, four authors (including Kathryn Ledson, Kate Belle and Margareta Osborn) who present panel discussions on different aspects of writing and reading at writer's festivals. This sort of thing does not come naturally to a shy person, or so I thought until I read Public Speaking for Authors, Creatives and other Introverts by Joanna Penn.
What a marvellous book! Joanna is an author, international speaker and entrepreneur based in London, England. She was voted as one of The Guardian UK Top 100 creative professionals 2013. She is also an introvert. The premise of her book is that public speaking is not an act of extroversion – shy people can excel at it too. When Joanna first started speaking, she developed a stage persona, a kind of 'extroverted shell.' But putting on an appearance cost her in energy, authenticity and even health. It was only when she embraced her introversion that she found her true voice as a speaker. Her handbook covers psychological aspects, as well as practical things like preparing and giving a speech, all from the perspective of an inherently shy person. She also gives a disarming personal account of how she increased her own confidence and learned to cope with nerves. I wish I'd had this book years ago! Her website The Creative Penn has lots of resources for writers as well.


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Lata Mangeshkar Is Still In The Hospital But Is Doing Much Better
The veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar had admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, two weeks ago after complaining about having difficulty breathing
Lata Mangeshkar's niece Rachana Shah said today that the singer is "doing very good." The singer got admitted two weeks ago in the early hours of November 11. She had admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and put on a ventilator. As of now, it is unclear whether the singer is still in the ICU.
Hospital sources were unavailable for comments despite several attempts to contact them, PTI informed.
"She is doing very good. We are happy," Mangeshkar's niece Rachana Shah told. Upon getting asked when Mangeshkar would discharge from hospital, Shah said, "Discharge time frame is presently not important. What's important is how well she is recovering."
In her over a seven-decade career, Mangeshkar has sung more than 30,000 songs across languages.
She got considered one of the greatest playback singers in Indian cinema. She received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor, in 2001. The singer is 90 years of age.


I love this this outdoor bench! This is a perfect outdoor bench for any woman (like me). The color very beautiful and the design very stylish. I think I will buy it again to send my sister as a gift. Love it. Indeed deserve five stars.
Purchases that involve purely electronic transactions can be completed in a few seconds (or minutes, on a very busy day). If you buy outdoor bench via the Web, you get confirmation in less than a minute. I absolutely love my outdoor bench and have gotten countless compliments on it. outdoor bench is exactly as described online and yet I was surprised by how beautiful it really was in person. I would definitely recommend this outdoor bench!
Loved this outdoor bench a lot! A must own it! It's a good thing that I was able to find this product. and I really love this outdoor bench so much. I purchased this this product for a dear friend, I was pleased with the workmanship of this simple, classic this product that is made all the more personal with the inscribed words. I'm sure she will love it, and it will be a reminder of our treasured friendship.
I choose this outdoor bench for my home party. The design makes look modern and perfect. Bought it as a New Year treat for myself. The outdoor bench arrived as picture and is perfect! It matches everything. I bought an extra for a friend's birthday gift, and I will be buying two more as gifts. Love love love!


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Q: Script that checks youtube for new videos Im wondering if there is a way to check a specific youtube channel and create a list of links out of the videos on that channel.
Im not so worried about the list making part as i am with getting the link information.
Also if there is a way, would it update when there is a new post to that channel?
I'm guessing out of php and js, JS is the better choice for this. If there is a jQuery solution that would be even more helpful.

A: The YouTube API offers channel specific RSS/JSON feeds which a php script could read out and digest. Feeds are usually accessed via
http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/CHANNELNAME/uploads?orderby=updated
Check out the API documentation for more info http://gdata.youtube.com/


Ask a Publicist: What Goes Into a Press Kit?
I've received a few emails from readers asking what goes into a basic press kit.
For starters, host your press kit online. A clean, organized, self-serve electronic press kit (EPK) – be it a tab on your website or on the Sonicbids platform – will be far better received than a huge attachment on an email, especially if it's an unsolicited email.
Unless you're trying to be elusive, or don't want any press at all, a writer or talent buyer shouldn't have to go all Nic-Cage-in-National-Treasure to find information about your band. If you want coverage, you should make it as quick and simple as possible for someone to track down the information they need to write about you, and the contact info they would need to find further information.
It's also worth taking a step back and considering whether the aesthetic of your press materials is cohesive. Do your photos, artwork, videos, and design of your EPK all look like they represent the same band, or are they disjointed?
Include music people can hear and re-post. I recommend picking your three best tracks, and linking to them on a platform that provides embed codes for streaming like SoundCloud or Bandcamp.
You should have hi-res (300 dpi) and lo-res (72 dpi) versions, 600 pixels wide at a minimum. Make sure that you provide horizontal options and vertical options, since different outlets have different layout preferences.
Band photos are not the same as live photos. Feel free to throw in live photos if there are a few images you feel are visually striking and explain what's unique about your live show, but have an aesthetically interesting and well-composed band photo as well. Save your largest file versions in a folder on Dropbox so you can quickly share a link should an outlet need something even larger than what you have on your EPK without including an attachment several megabytes large.
Include background information about yourself, and any relevant information about your releases. Try your best to strike a balance between engaging and entertaining, and informative with facts a journalist would need to know about your music. If you can't resist the urge to call yourself "epic" or "the greatest musician of your time," you may want to recruit a friend to write a bio for you, or hire a music writer to tell your story.
Music videos provide writers with multimedia content to share with their readers. I know I'm far more likely to post about a band on my own blog when there is a compelling, thoughtful video to accompany a track. Your videos should be hosted on Vimeo or YouTube with embedding enabled. If you include a live video, be sure it's good quality and representative of what your live show is like. Limit live videos to your one or two best. If people want to see more, they can visit your YouTube or Vimeo account.
Include links to social media, tour dates, and where to purchase your music.
If applicable, throw in a few compelling quotes from past press, linking back to the full articles.
Include contact info for your band, and contacts for booking and media inquiries if someone else handles those areas.
But what about physical press kits?
In the past five years of handling publicity for bands and record labels, I've never needed a physical press kit. I have, however, had a lot of writers request physical copies of promo CDs. While I don't recommend wasting your money on a fancy folder of glossy photos (what's someone going to do with those anyway, scan them?) and promotional paraphernalia, I do recommend having physical promo CDs (artwork versions if possible, or thoughtfully homemade CDs) and an informative one-sheet with a link to your EPK clearly placed for individuals and outlets who need physical submissions.
If you decide to include any promotional items, I'd keep them small and inexpensive, like buttons and stickers, or at least prioritize a handful of top-tier writers who cover your genre to send bigger items to. Sending a T-shirt or tote bag to someone who may not even like your band isn't a wise use of precious band money. Save those items for merch, or send them later on as a thank you to supporters. Refrain from any extras that have nothing to do with your band, as those may be seen as payola or bribery.
And while this may seem obvious, package any physical materials safely, and include enough postage.
Alyssa DeHayes is a national publicist for labels and independent artists at Riot Act Media, and runs a fledgling label of her own. Send her your burning music PR questions to get answers in a future "Ask a Publicist" column.


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Tag Archives: needlework
Disused School Houses, Miscellany
The Needlework of the Pupils of the National Model Female Schools
The images below are photographs of a beautiful National Model School needlework workbook that were kindly passed on to me in recent weeks by Loletta Hale. This first edition of this workbook was published in Dublin by the Hibernia Press Office in 1835 (reprinted in 1853 and 1861). The copy featured here was purchased at Whitney Antiques in the UK last year. It is one of possibly only a handful of surviving copies. You can see the dates 1846 and 1854 embroidered on two pieces of needlework, and this workbook was probably in use around these years.
Simple directions in needle-Work and cutting out Intended for the use of the National Female Schools of Ireland – Hibernia Press Office, 1835
In 1834, three years after the establishment of the national system of primary education in Ireland, the first Model School was opened in Upper Merrion Street, Dublin. Model Schools were teacher-training institutions under the auspices of the Commissioners of the Board of National Education, the administrative body of the national system. Each Model School maintained at least one national school where student teachers could practice their skills and gain experience in teaching.
Original Architectural drawings draughted by the Office of Public Works for the enclosing walls of the Model National School in Cork City (c.1865)
Simple directions in needle-Work and cutting out Intended for the use of the National Female Schools of Ireland – Hibernia Press Office, Dublin, 1835
These training institutions were numerically insignificant, never exceeding thirty as opposed to the thousands of ordinary national schools. It was originally intended that only male students would be trained for the office of teacher at the Model Schools. Female student teachers were not accepted until 1842.
The book contains simple directions in needlework and cutting out intended for the use of the National Female Schools of Ireland. Needlework and the specimens of work were added to the book, mounted on green stock paper as issued. Published to assist teachers in, and patrons of the National Female Schools of Ireland, "for the improvement of the poor", the work includes "simple directions for plain and fancy works" giving directions for the various techniques of needlework.
This copy of the workbook retains actual mounted specimens including; a sampler, a fully realised miniature shirt (or smock) for a boy, and "gathering and fastening-in gathers" for sleeves, button-holes, and seaming. The Model Schools promoted the education of the poor in Ireland. They often taught knitting, as did orphanages and workhouses, with the aim of providing the poor with a skill for gainful employment.
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Cook your noodles to your desire. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Make cheese sauce: mix the butter and flour. Then add the milk and 2 bags of Kraft Cheese. Add the sauce to the drained noodles and mix together.
Then take your two other bags of cheese and a casserole dish and do a layer of Kraft Cheese, and a layer of cheese and noodles, and a layer of cheese, and a layer of cheese and noodles and a layer of cheese.
Bake in the oven till golden brown on top (approx. 30 minutes). Let it stand for 10 to 15 minutes before serving, and enjoy.


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Racism, and why God's not an idiot
Published:Sunday | March 29, 2015 | 12:00 AMGordon Robinson
Racism is an insidious evil. It's born of experience, then nurtured by undereducation, insecurity and isolation. It can infiltrate any society and metastasise without the existence of a single racist. Like everything else in this mundane existence, racism begins with belief (thought). Racism isn't related to classism, nor is it dependent on station in life. Racism flourishes in the hearts and minds of 'poor white trash' as successfully as it does anywhere else.
It's the white man who brought racism to tribalist/classist Africa where, previously, Darwinian rules of survival had been decisive. Muslim slavers (around from the 9th century) bartered goods with West African tribes for slaves in a peaceful exchange. As the Qu'ran teaches slavery is an exceptional condition (permitted only in limited circumstances); slaves are human; and manumission a meritorious deed, the Muslim slave trade featured neither violence nor racism.
When the white man arrived in Africa, many tribalists, not having seen one before, didn't believe he was human. There'd been no prior opportunity to learn racism by experience. The white man corrupted hundreds of Africans into acting as slavers' agents, resulting in the displacement or death of thousands of proud African tribalists. Those who survived were rewarded by being sold into the most savage slavery all over the Western Hemisphere.
Slavery taught the white man that no matter how low his origin, his redemption was that he was better than the black man. He had no other education, so although he received 50 per cent of the formula for wisdom (experience), he was denied the other 50 per cent (knowledge). The experience of slavery taught both races that white man was superior to black man. The white man, knowing nothing else, believed what he was taught. The Africans, who knew better, did not. The result was the most vicious racism known to world history as the tension between white man's experience and Africans' knowledge never abated.
The white men who terrorised and dehumanised slaves for 400 years would never accept the label 'racist'. They were simply acting on the belief taught to them by experience, with plenty aiding and abetting from the Bible. The Bible is careful to emphasise that God is the God of all (Romans 10:12), the better, no doubt, to widen the collection net. We're also taught not to show partiality (e.g., James 2:9) but:
"As soon as the people heard the law, they separated from Israel all those of foreign descent." (Nehemiah 13:3). Jesus Himself repeatedly asserted he was sent "ONLY to the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (e.g., Matthew 10:5-6; and 25:22-28). The Bible rails against intermarriage (e.g., Nehemiah 13: 22-30) and is relentless in its support of slavery (e.g., Leviticus 25:44-46), although making special rules for the "lost children".
Slave commandments
While encouraging slavery, the Bible found space to seal the deal for its white, male authors, editors and compilers by championing gender discrimination:
"7. When a man sells his daughter as a maidservant (slave), she won't be freed at the end of six years as would a manservant.
8. If she doesn't please her owner, who hath betrothed her to himself, he may allow her to be bought back (redeemed). But he hath no power to sell her to foreigners, since he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
9. If her owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but must treat her as his daughter. (Exodus 21:7-9)"
Welcome to family and community values, biblical styleeeee! What's an undereducated, insecure, unexposed white man to think? He's not racist. He treats his slaves according to the content of HIS character, not the colour of THEIR skin. Even after slavery is abolished against his better judgement, he implements the Church's teaching regarding segregation and superiority sincerely and without ill-will.
It's not HIS fault some misguided white miscreants treat blacks violently. It's not HIS fault some misguided white men beat their wives with too big a stick. He scorns them in the same way he would despise persons who mistreat animals. But, one thing he KNOWS is that blacks are NOT entitled to be treated as if they were white and women are NOT entitled to be treated as if they were men.
You see, the act of dehumanising dehumanises both perpetrator AND victim. This is how racism (or gender bias) controls society without society seeing it coming. Its tentacles are invisible or camouflaged by misguided faith or hidden by limited education. Racism flourishes without racists in nations that aren't taught how to exorcise it. For example, in the USA, every required application form includes a query about 'race'. Why?
USA has many cute, politically correct ways of categorising humans by race, including African-American; Italian-American; Irish-American; Asian-American; and so on ad nauseam. But proof this is nothing more than blatant racism is the category 'Native American'. WHAT? Surely, if you're native, you're simply 'American'? Why no 'Caucasian American'?
Racism born of slavery has its own trickle-down principle also biblically inspired. Whites knew they're superior to blacks. Indian indentured servants who came across in only marginally more humane circumstances also knew they're superior to blacks because they were NOT slaves. Booklist, here's one for you. Have you read The World is What It is (2008) by Patrick French? You should. White racism didn't discriminate. Blacks were lowest on the totem pole, but all 'foreigners' were below whites, including Jews, Syrians, Irish, Italians, etc.
So, paleface descendants of slave masters mentally imprisoned by covert racism's subversive influence but none of whom are personally racist still subconsciously strive to recreate the past. They prefer socialising among themselves. They gather at snob-infested coffee shops, elitist outdoor sports (high tea included), or high-brow dinner parties to which occasional black guests are invited if they speak in 'suitable' tones, behave deferentially, or as curiosities.
Despite dwindling fortunes and although surrounded by abject poverty, they feign decadent, jet-set lifestyles. They pretend Europe's changing face is a hoax, and, blissfully unaware of the irony, blame irresponsible sexual practices by 'the poor' for overpopulation. Servants are still treated as invisible and forced to work unconscionable hours (including holidays) under inhumane conditions for scandalous wages. With apologies to Billy Shakespeare, slavery by any other name smells as stink.
Solutions to the problem
How can racism, overt or covert, and all other examples of man's inhumanity to man be eradicated? It's a simple solution but requires deep personal conviction and the impenetrable spiritual will to discard religious dogma. It begins with true belief that God isn't an idiot. Only an idiot would simultaneously hand out free will and commandments. Since God isn't an idiot, He obviously did no such thing. The so-called Ten Commandments are, in reality, terms of a divine covenant with God that, if honoured, will ensure the obliteration of every injustice, including racism.
Lawyers understand the concept of 'unilateral contract', whereby terms are set by one individual, then accepted by another by performing the unilateral condition. So "if you run for three miles, I promise to pay you $100" is a unilateral contract that's binding on me when you complete the run.
What the Church calls 'Commandments' (the better to make us feel guilty enough to fill passing plates), but what God called a 'covenant', is really a unilateral contract offered by God. God's promise is, if we love the Lord with all our hearts/minds and love our neighbours as ourselves, then we'll live our lives a certain way (e.g., 'Thou shalt not kill'). God can make these promises (predictions) because He knows that living His preconditions will create personal values and attitudes that'll ensure the benefits He promised, by way of lifestyle choices, will become our way of life. The butterfly effect so created will cause every category of injustice to disappear.
All we need do is love the Lord unconditionally and our neighbour as ourselves. And the word is 'love', not 'worship'.
- Gordon Robinson is an attorney-at-law. Email feedback to columns@gleanerjm.com.
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Katie Barrera
Interim Principal
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Katie Barrera taught high school mathematics for twenty-seven years at Alice High School and also served an adjunct professor at Coastal Bend College for eight years.
She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education and her Master of Science degree in Mathematics from Texas A&M University - Kingsville.
In 2018, she was nominated by her fellow teachers and named Teacher of the Year for the secondary level by the Alice Independent School District.
Barrera is an active parishioner of St. Joseph Catholic Church, where she serves as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion and religious education teacher.
A proud Alice native, Katie Barrera strongly believes in giving back to the community and is honored to serve as Interim Principal at St. Joseph's.


No matter how you voted in last week's presidential election, and regardless of why you voted that way, our work as the church remains the same. The details of what we need to be doing have changed, and the challenges to our ministry have increased, but what we aim to do has not changed. It has only become more urgent.
We may have voted for different candidates and envision different ways to reach our goal, but our aim is the same. Christian, Jew, Muslim, or something else; black, brown, white, or some other color; native-born or immigrant, documented or undocumented; Republican, Democrat, or Independent; male, female, or LGBTQ – we want to live well. That's our aim as the church, continuing Jesus' ministry so that people may have more and better life than we ever dreamed of (John 10:10 The Message).
Christian discipleship is always personal, but it is never private. It has profound social implications. And while the biblical vision of God's reign on earth is not yet fulfilled, neither is it reserved for the future. The purpose of Jesus' ministry was to announce that God's reign had become present in a way that called for a different way of living today (Mark 1:14-15), and he warned that unless we live in that way today, we never will (Luke 14:15-24).
Isaiah writes of it, "No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days or an old person who does not live out a lifetime" (Isa. 65:20). In God's kingdom, the infant mortality rate drops to zero, so prenatal care, universal health insurance, and reining in the outrageous cost of medical care are kingdom issues, and Christian disciples need to be involved them. In God's kingdom, senior adults live long, productive, healthy lives, so Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security are kingdom issues, and disciples need to be involved in them.
Isaiah says that in God's kingdom, people "shall build houses and inhabit them" (v. 21a). In God's kingdom, every person will have a decent, affordable house, so affordable housing and fair mortgage rates are kingdom issues that we need to be involved in. "They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit" (v. 21b). In God's kingdom, food is plentiful, so providing healthy, accessible, affordable food in a sustainable agricultural economy is a kingdom issue, and disciples need to be involved in it.
"They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat" (v. 22). The equitable distribution of wealth is a kingdom issue, so disciples need to be concerned about the growing accumulation of wealth by a few at the expense of the many, and we need to be involved in correcting that.
God's people "shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in van" (v. 22b-23a). In God's kingdom, people are fairly compensated for their work, so issues like guaranteed income, an liveable minimum wage, adequate employee benefits including child care, and employee shares in the ownership of corporations are issues disciples need to be involved in.
In God's reign on earth, people "shall not bear children for calamity" (v. 23a). Children thrive in God's kingdom, so providing adequate neonatal care, child nutrition, and early childhood education programs like Head Start are issues where disciples need to be involved.
Finally, Isaiah envisions a reign of God where "The wolf and the lamb shall feed together," where "They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain" (v. 25). Violence and warfare are no longer part of our lives in God's reign on earth, so peacemaking and not the threat of war, concern for the common welfare of all people and not the competition for wealth and resources, the greatness of all peoples of the earth and not the greatness of one nation – these are the issues Christian disciples need to serve.
Because these things matter to God, they matter to us Christians. Because God's reign on earth is growing toward the fulfillment of God's promise in Isaiah, we in the church – individuals, congregations, denominations, the entire worldwide church – need to be working toward those things. We need to bear witness to God's vision of the truly peaceable kingdom personally with our neighbors and in the public arena.


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Research • Forest School and its impacts on young children: Case studies in Britain
Forest School and its impacts on young children: Case studies in Britain
As Forest School has become more widespread throughout Britain an understanding is needed of its impact. This paper outlines a two-phase evaluation project undertaken in Wales and England from 2002 to 2005. The evaluation was undertaken through a partnership between Forest Research and the New Economics Foundation. A methodology was developed to explore the impacts of Forest School on children and this was then used to track changes in 24 children at three case study areas over an 8-month period. The research highlights that children can benefit in a range of ways. Six themes emerged from the data of the positive impacts on children in terms of confidence, social skills, language and communication, motivation and concentration, physical skills and knowledge and understanding. Two further themes highlight the wider impacts of Forest School on teachers, parents, and the extended family. Contact with the natural environment can be limited for children and young people in contemporary society due to concerns about safety outdoors and issues of risk and liability. Forest School provides an important opportunity for children to gain access to and become familiar with woodlands on a regular basis, while learning academic and practical skills. The constructivist theory of learning seems to be particularly suited to the Forest School approach as children make meaning from their direct experiences. The participatory action research approach taken in this study promoted reflective practice amongst the stakeholders involved and provided them with a sense of ownership of the study, as well as an opportunity to learn from each other.


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Marese Langan is a British make-up artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the film Emma.

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Premier Manager - Ninety Nine
a game by Dinamic Multimedia, S.A.
If you're wondering why you've already seen this in the shops, it's because the release date was brought forward in the wake of Kevin Keegan accepting the part-time role of England manager. It's clearly a cynical attempt to cash in on the surrounding media interest, but what it does mean is that the game went on sale before Championship Manager 3.
It could be argued that this is the only advantage that PM 99 has over its arch rival, and that the interim period might have been better spent actually playtesting the game rather than rushing it onto the shelves. For all the glossy packaging and mock cyber-picture of Keegan that adorns the CD case, what lies within is a game put together on an industrial estate in Madrid. Three years ago.
For those who aren't familiar with recent incarnations of the Premier Manager series, it takes more of a Theme Park approach to football management, as opposed to the numbercrunching of Championship Manager. To this end, Premier Manager Ninety Nine incorporates almost every aspect of running a football club, the on-pitch action supplemented by all manner of financial tomfoolery, including ground expansion, parking spaces, advertising hoardings, TV coverage, merchandising and even catering, with an array of pastry items and hot beverages available. In fact, if you're incredibly dull (or German), it's possible to bypass the football side of things and simply become the club accountant, making such crucial decisions as whether or not to order some more scarves I for the club shop, or to charge a pound for a pie. Every normal, right-thinking person will simply concentrate on the football though, because, as any pundit will confirm, it's what happens on the pitch that counts.
FOUR PLAY
Football is all about results, and there are four ways of getting the information. For the man in a hurry, the 'results' mode simply generates a rapid result, pausing only at half time to enable formation changes and substitutions. It's a fairly rudimentary option though, and even the game's manual advises against using it. The 'brief mode displays a plan view of the pitch, with the players represented by coloured counters, Sky Sports-style. There's a Champ Manager-stye possession bar, and significant events are relayed via text. The 'highlights' mode is the same deal, except that it goes into the graphics mode every time a goal is scored. Finally, there's the 'view' mode, with the action played out 'as live' via an all-new 3D engine.
The games can last either four, eight, 12 or 20 minutes, and while you'd have to be sick in the mind to attempt the latter (our solitary experiment ended in a 4-4 draw), the four-minute option is actually quite watchable. Substitutions can be made, and up to four predetermined formations can be brought into play on the fly.
There's a school of thought that suggests that no one will use the viewing option, and if you're not going to you might as well just stick to CM3. This is the only area in which PM 99 excels over its rival, and actually being able to see your tactics put into practice is clearly a good thing. The action can be viewed from an array of camera angles, and the Gremlin archives have once again been trawled for the obligatory Barry Davies commentary.
It's interesting to note than in Premiership matches, Davies name-checks every player, whereas in the Third Division only those whose name begins with 'A' get a mention. This is indicative of the sloppiness that riddles PM 99, including a number of annoying bugs. For instance, it's quite possible for a player to score a goal despite the fact that he's been substituted. It's this kind of inconsistency that will inevitably have purists reaching for CM3. And yes, we are reviewing a boxed copy of PM 99 here.
Although it's essentially the same game, Premier Manager Ninety Nine is admittedly an improvement on previous versions. The tactics options are comprehensive, and individual players can now be designated to take free kicks, corners and penalties. The transfer system has been marginally tweaked, but it's still far from perfect, with no option to renege on deals.
The interface is as ugly and awkward as ever, and negotiating it can be a chore - a world away from CM3's hyper-linked smoothness. The PlayStation version has an auto-select feature - something that would have been useful here, if only to bypass the tedious clicking and swapping ot players. But with a degree of patience, and overlooking occasional glaring flaws - such as bizarre kits, racial inaccuracies and empty stadiums - there is still some value to be had.
Premier Manager Ninety Nine may not suck you in to the same extent as CM3, but it's still an extremely playable game. Loath as we are to recommend bugged software, PM 99 can be a lot of fun in a more casual kind of way.
Obviously the purists will sneer and return to their glorified spreadsheet, but even the most loyal CM3 fan could do worse than to consider Premier Manager Ninety Nine as a viable second choice.
Download Premier Manager - Ninety Nine
You can change your name, your nationality, your job, your car, your friends, your religion, your daily newspaper, your partner, even your sex, but unless you're a complete and utter twat (stand up David Mellor) you never, ever change allegiance from one football team to another. It's the law.
There is, however, no law or rule to suggest that this strange, misguided loyalty (and if you've ever heard "We're by far the greatest team the world has ever seen" sung by fans of a Third Division side, you'll know all about misguided loyalty) should extend to football management games. I mean, just because you started playing, say, Championship Manager round a mate's house one evening four years ago (and were still playing three days later), that doesn't mean CM is the only football management game you can ever play for the rest of your life.
And yet, right or wrong, something tells us that die-hard fans of the multimillion-selling Championship Manager series aren't going to give this, the latest version of Premier Manager, a second glance. "Why the hell do Gremlin even bother?" you might ask. If you're incredibly condescending, that is.
Yes, Championship Manager does have a huge following, but Premier Manager has a sizeable band of devotees itself, thank you very much. Indeed, for a time in the early '90s Premier Manager (originally on the Commodore Amiga) was probably far more famous than Championship Manager (we say 'probably' because no one around here can remember past last week). And it's not doing so badly right now. As I write, the PlayStation version of Premier Manager '99 (which admittedly doesn't share that much in common with the PC version) is sitting pretty at the very top of the chart. So there.
Viva Le Difference?
Whatever, the important thing to note is that Premier Manager offers a genuine alternative. You see, where Championship Manager 3 concerns itself purely with team management (albeit with a high level of realism and complexity), Premier Manager '99, like EA'S FA Premier League Manager 99, enables you to effectively run an entire club (or at least any club from the top four English divisions).
Not only are you in charge of everything from team and tactics selection to player training and transfers, but, depending on the settings you choose, you also responsibility for organising ground improvements, negotiating television rights, and even setting the price of tickets, merchandising and refreshments. But it's just not cricket, you might be thinking. And, of course, you'd be perfectly correct. It's football.
Oooh, Barry Davies
Ah, yes, the highlights mode. Now there's a rather big difference between the two games. While CM3 has gone back to basics with just text-based commentary, the Premier Manager series is heading further the other way with the option to watch Actua Soccer-style highlights, now with commentary from Barry Davies. And very pretty it is too.
You can't compete in the games (this is no Player Manager clone - thank God), but there's an auto-highlights mode (which goes back to show important incidents after they have happened) or, should you wish, you can watch all the game in real time - if you're very stupid. Or very bored. In reality, we imagine that most of you will stick with the simple, top-down counter display.
Whatever, while the enhanced 3D graphics engine is one improvement over the previous version of the game, the developers believe the new tactics system - which enables you to allocate defending and attacking positions for individual players - is the best change of all. And you know what? They could be right. A smart Tactical Simulation option lets you move the ball around freely to see where players will run to in any given situation. Initially it all seemed a bit confusing to us but, hey, it might just work.
Somewhat disconcertingly, the development team cited enhancements to the catering side of the game as one of the other major improvements - not the kind of feature to convert Championship Manager players, we'd wager.
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This notice was posted outside each of the three apartments at 13 Lincoln St. in Granville.
After remaining mum for several weeks, county officials visited the property Monday, posting a notice at the entrance of each of the three apartments.
"This structure is unsafe and its occupancy has been prohibited by the code enforcement official. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter such structure," the notice read.
Securing the structure, making the required repairs and removing the hazardous conditions were exceptions to prohibited entrance.
"It's a good first step," said Granville Mayor Brian LaRose.
The posting, signed by Washington County Code Enforcement Administrator James Buxton, cited various regulations in which the property was found in violation, including some state and county fire prevention and building codes.


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There is now an O2 Centre in Berlin. This has already confused me: I received a Leonard Cohen concert invite (via Toronto's alumni association) for a concert at the O2 Centre. But not in London.
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The Fantasy Centre, London's Europe's only used fantasy/science fiction book store, is closing down in about 10 days. Saturday, June 13th will be the last day it's in business. Go while you still can.
What is it with UK conferences I'm interested in and July? Two of them (BSHS and Leeds) are already usually back-to-back for me and a third I like is moving from September to mid-July as of next year. This means it will be highly likely that all three will be back-to-back with each other on a regular basis in the future. I'd much prefer them to be spaced out!