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Spiny-Leaf Lepidagathis is a prostrate herb, and forms a cover on the ground. Leaves have spines on the margin and on the tip. It is found in waste land in Taminadu.
Identification credit: S. Kasim Photographed in Valliyoor, Tamilnadu.


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HomeNewsAdministrationAcademic policies change in response to coronavirus
Academic policies change in response to coronavirus
March 19, 2020 Elisabeth Shirk Administration, News
Truman State University Faculty Senate endorsed changes to academic policies for the spring 2020 semester Thursday afternoon.
The proposed changes include extending the final drop date for individual courses and the deadline to change courses to and from credit/no credit to the last day of classes, May 1.
The changes would also allow students to convert any course to pass/fail grading, allow any course taken as pass/fail to fulfill degree requirements if a passing grade is earned and require that all academic programs accept a P grade as sufficient for degree progress and prerequisite fulfillment.
Faculty Senate President Scott Alberts sent an email to faculty and administration early Thursday outlining the proposed changes as a response to the COVID-19 virus. Faculty Senate approved the spirit of the memo with the idea that language and details would be further considered by administration, the registrar and Faculty Senate.
In addition, the memo recommends the University suspend the president's and vice president for academic affairs' lists.
"Faculty, staff and students are working together to do the best they can under the given circumstances," Janet Gooch, vice president for academic affairs and provost, wrote in a statement to The Index. "The University continues to provide resources to faculty to make the transition from face-to-face instruction to delivery by alternative means. Faculty are helping other faculty and we are all trying to approach the changes with patience and grace."
The final request of the memo is that the University provide students the opportunity to exempt the entire 2019-20 academic year from scholarship renewal consideration. The memo notes, however, that while the vice president for enrollment management and marketing said this might not be possible, Truman can commit to taking a flexible, understanding approach to federal and Truman aid.
Student Government President Deanna Schmidt said while Student Government hasn't formally considered the memo, she was in support of it.
Faculty and administration can contact their faculty senator if they have any questions, Alberts wrote.
"While I am usually a fan of taking our time and diving into the details, in this case, it is imperative that we act intentionally and quickly to assist our students in this time of need," Alberts said in the email.
From the Desk of the Editor: The Index is still here
President Thomas provides update to Truman's response to coronavirus

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I have been making chocolate mousse for years. Dense, yet delicate and smooth, it is the perfect way to end a meal. This time I've included pomegranate seeds for colour and crunch and don't forget a dollop of cream. Making individual chocolate cups ahead of time is perfect for portion control, and means you don't need to fuss between courses.
1. Place 100g chocolate in a heatproof bowl over simmering water. Stir until the chocolate is smooth and silky. Remove from the heat.
2. Using a knife or pastry brush, spread the chocolate around the base and edges of six paper muffin containers. Chill until set. Carefully remove the paper cases.
3. Heat the remaining chocolate and butter in the bowl over water. Remove from the heat, cool for five minutes then beat in the egg yolks one at a time until the mixture is smooth.
4. Beat the egg white until soft peak stage. Add the sugar and beat for another minute. Fold gently into the chocolate mixture until well combined. Spoon into your chocolate cases. Chill until ready to serve.
5. Remove from the fridge 10 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with pomegranate seeds and mint leaves.
6. Don't forget a dollop of cream.


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Rice Portrait's Saga Continues
January 24, 2019 at 11:30 am (history, jane austen, news, portraits and paintings) (Jane Austen, paula byrne, portraits, rice portrait)
The Guardian (23 January 2019) ran a story discussing a new piece of evidence about a portrait in the Rice family. The Rices have long contended that their portrait – seen as a frontispiece in two Austen-related books – is a youthful depiction of the writer Jane Austen.
The entire history is laid out in the website THE RICE PORTRAIT OF JANE AUSTEN.
I was asked last year if I had *any* idea who might have written a snippet found inside an envelope entitled "History of the portrait of Jane Austen". Readers of Two Teens in the Time of Austen will know that I deal with Emma Smith – who, in 1828 married James Edward Austen. It was their Austen Leigh children that I searched amongst for a matching handwriting sample. Most were wholly inconsistent; in fact, I told my correspondent at the time that I could more confidently say who had NOT written the history.
Running out of "contenders," I wondered, while I typed, "Could it be a Lefroy."
THE RICE PORTRAIT OF JANE AUSTEN came to the rescue: included was a small image of Fanny Caroline Lefroy's handwriting (from a letter at the Hampshire Record Office), and there was the same handwriting!
The two letters are probably of an age. The snippet is undated. The letter is dated only by Month and date. A mention by F.C. Lefroy (as the letter writer signed herself) of her dashed hopes of having cousin Mary (probably Emma and Edward's daughter Mary Augusta Austen Leigh) to stay during "the Congress" surely dates the HRO letter to October 1883. The Church Congress, which moved around the country in different years, was held in Reading in 1883 – and Fanny Caroline Lefroy's letterhead places her at "Uppercross" in a 'suburb' outside of Reading.
Some of the most interesting evidence comes under the website categories DRESS and OZIAS HUMPHRY.
I must say, the misattribution of the artist in the 19th century reminds me of the persistence of George Romney as the painter of Mrs. Drummond Smith – later restored to the catalogue of Joshua Reynolds. Indeed, it hangs in the "Reynolds Room" at Castle Ashby, the estate of the Marquess of Northampton (during Emma Austen's lifetime, her uncle [1st Marquess] and cousin [2nd Marquess]).
a concise history of Jane Austen Portraits, by David Lassman ("HistoryExtra"), entitled "What did Jane Austen really look like?"
Le Faye's JASA Article: "Not Jane Austen's Portrait"
June 16, 2013 at 5:52 pm (books, history, jane austen, jasna, portraits and paintings) (deirdre le faye, Jane Austen, jane austen society of australia, paula byrne, portrait)
A few weeks ago I received the last issue of Persuasions, the Jane Austen Journal. Only today did I catch up with some reading! But I've a quick favor to ask of readers.
Deirdre Le Faye has written an article which appears in the JASA (Jane Austen Society of Australia) publication Sensibilities. Entitled, "Black Ink and Three Telltale Words; or, Not Jane Austen's Portrait," it is a lengthy article (pp. 18-30) which obviously propounds Le Faye's thoughts against the portrait. I'd love to read it! If somone could forward a digital copy of the article, I'd be grateful. Otherwise, I'll have to inquiry whether JASA has a copy of the publication available and snail mail it here to the States.
Readers of Two Teens in the Time of Austen might remember that there once was a possibility (early on…) that Eliza Chute — yes, Emma's Aunt Chute — could have wielded the graphite stick and paintbrush:
read "Byrne's Jane Austen Portrait: by Eliza Chute?" (26 Dec 2011)
part II "Byrne's Austen Portrait" (27 Dec 2011)
part III "Ellie Bennett on Jane Austen: Unseen Portrait" (29 Dec 2011)
part IV "I've WATCHED Jane Austen: The Unseen Portrait?" (2 Jan 2012)
part V "Jane Austen: Chute Red Herring?!" (4 Jan 2012) [yes, Byrne's twitter link doesn't work]
I admitted to being a bit surprised that Paula Byrne could cite an upcoming article in her book on Austen hastily released in January (2013). It's this very article, by Deborah Kaplan (Persuasions: "'There she is at last': The Byrne Portrait Controversy"), which in turn cites Le Faye's article. From the article title (and, frankly, my memory of Byrne's use of the article), I expected an out-and-out endorsement by Kaplan of this picture.
The Persuasions' article isn't as black and white as all that. In fact, Kaplan's discussion is less on the portrait and more a critique of the BBC special cited above, "Jane Austen: The Unseen Portrait?". On the whole she makes some well-placed points about the TV program. Proponents for either pro or ante will find Kaplan's thoughts of use.
{an aside: Kaplan is the author Jane Austen Among Women, which has its own lengthy discussion of Eliza Chute and her circle of acquaintance!}
I have long thought Byrne would have an uphill battle at any authentication of her portrait as portraying the Jane Austen. Why? The Eliza Chute Connection. If she had Eliza Chute as artist there was a chance that this portrait could have been done from life, could have been something few within the family remembered by the late 1860s, when Edward Austen was looking for a portrait of his late aunt to grace A Memoir of Jane Austen.
But the more I compared the "Austin" portrait with a known portrait done by Eliza Chute, the more I had to conclude that Eliza was not Byrne's artist.
Anyone watching the BBC special that Christmas in 2011 would not have realized the portrait seen in the screen, sharing space with Byrne's own face (above), WAS the reason Byrne contacted me a few months before the show aired.
This is the portrait, on vellum, by Eliza Chute of her eldest sister Maria Lady Northampton. A similarity – in pose, for instance, is there for anyone to see. The execution, however (even though I have never seen EITHER portrait in the flesh), seems much more accomplished than that of the "Jane Austin". As much as I had _hoped_ my Eliza had drawn her neighbor Jane Austin (and she did spell the family name this way), I think her a better artist, even if she might have become rusty by c1814.
If anyone can supply the Sensibilities article, please see email contact information under About the Author.
New York Times reviews Jane Austen
February 28, 2013 at 8:04 pm (books, jane austen) (book review, maxwell carter, new york times, paula byrne, real jane austen)
Click the picture to go to the New York Times review of The Real Jane Austen.
(for my own review: click here)
The Real Jane Austen (review)
February 3, 2013 at 9:47 pm (books, history, jane austen) (Jane Austen, molly peacock, paper garden, paula byrne, the real jane austen)
Jane Austen's love struck Harriet Smith (Emma) collected trinkets cast off by the Rev. Mr Elton to which no one else would have given much attachment: a stub of pencil and a "court plaister". Paula Byrne's The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things attempts to construct "scenes" from the novelist's life through a series of objects. Some scenes are more successful than others; a few trot out the same stories found in most other Austen biographies.
Despite the cover blurb about the "innovativeness" of examining a life through its objects, a similar context (using the subject's actual artwork) was accomplished in 2011 by Molly Peacock in her admirable The Paper Garden: Mrs Delany begins her life's work at 72. Here, Byrne's items are less personal, leading to a glossed-over view of the make-up of the Austen household (chapter 1) or the influence of the vivacious cousin, Eliza Hancock (chapter 2). Chapter 4 offers less-typical territory. In reviewing authors and reading matter known to have influenced Austen — evidenced by Fanny Burney's subscription list for Camilla in which "Miss J. Austen, Steventon" appears — Byrne opens the door to a discussion of other "family" authors, Cassandra Hawke and Cassandra Cooke, as well as Burney herself. The chapter could have developed an in-depth look at the rise of the female writer, positioning Austen within the scope of those whom she admired (or disparaged). Instead, its thrust plays the same card found throughout Byrne's biography: that Austen was a "born" writer, whose genius simply had to find the right outlet. Such a facile conclusion to many of the concepts fails to dig into the life and times of Austen or her family. The heft of the book is less dependent on the insightfulness of the chapters than to their proliferation (18 chapters; prologue and epilogue).
Those interested in the bicentenaries of Austen publications who may grab at The Real Jane Austen as a "first" biography (being new and readily available) will be rewarded in learning about Austen's life, the "scenes" allowing for small bytes of information; anyone coming to the biography from the mass of other Austen biographies already out in the marketplace will happily read it, but also notice the well-trod ground Byrne walks. Byrne's "revealing" method sounded ready to eschew the sameness of other biographies, which is the decided challenge when dealing with Austen's life.
Despite all the "spilled ink," there have been few new discoveries since the last Austen biography. Methodological approach, therefore, is all important. As is compelling writing. In the earliest chapters Byrne tends to passive voice, as when describing the objects singled out for contemplation:
"This is a watercolour of Lyme Regis on the southern coast of England… A man and a woman are walking on the beach and a solitary figure is looking out to sea. A rowing boat is on its way out to a ship at anchor in the bay." [prologue]
"All the faces are turned towards the young boy. He is being passed to one of the two fashionably dressed women with powdered hair who are sitting at the table playing chess." [chapter 1]
To begin each chapter with "a description of the image that sets its theme," and then have the image represented opposite in a drawing (by Sara Mulvanny) rather than inserting its plate seems a bit of a wasted effort. (Plates are collected together, four pages at a time, a few chapters away.) It takes until chapter 4 to really "introduce" Jane Austen.
Not all the objects are "personal" items; but each does cause Byrne to narrow her focus. The brothers fare better, with more concentrated treatment; for instance, Henry Austen in Ch. 7 'The Cocked Hat' and "the sailor brothers" in Ch. 14 'The Topaz Crosses'. Sister Cassandra Austen, in the chapter 'The Sisters' (the image is a dual portrait of sisters-in-law Charlotte Trevanion [née Hosier] and Georgiana Trevanion), never really leaves the period of Cassandra's engagement and bereavement. To have looked at Cassandra's life beyond the lifetime of her sister would have been welcome. Byrne's assessment of Cassandra donning "widow's weeds" (as opposed to being dressed in mourning for her fiancé Tom Fowle) leads to the presumption that from that point onwards both Austens pointedly decide to remain spinsters. Byrne heavily associates Austen's life experiences as coloring her fiction. It is fun to wonder if Austen satirized a relation or sentimentalized a gift, say, of a topaz cross. This mindset does bring insight to certain moments from the novels, but one must tread carefully not to ascribe too much to biographical claim. Or to supposition without supporting evidence.
Reading Paula Byrne's The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things is like listening to Public Radio lately: always enjoyable, but many performances of the same work. Radio has to contend with tightening fiscal budgets; one assumes finances not a problem for Byrne, or HarperCollins. Perhaps the constraint was time: Get out a biography while the Portrait controversy is still warm. It is puzzling, for instance, that many online sources were accessed in the summer of 2012. The biography in fact cites a Persuasions article about the portrait that is yet to be published (Byrne saves a short mention of her "Jane Austin" portrait till the end — Ch. 17, 'The Royalty Cheque'). As the chapters progress, the thrust of each becomes more focussed, more probing. Time spent in culling dull phraseology ("Jane Austen loved…"), or in honing the point behind the choice of each object would have produced a tighter argument for the presentation of Austen's life via the "highly innovative technique" of chapter themes.
The most absorbing chapters fully utilize their objects to explore Austen's life and, of course, her work. In spite of a few mistakes (including the dust jacket, which IDs the adopted Edward Knight as Jane's eldest brother), a few over-reaching suppositions, and some little repetition, the themes raised in The Real Jane Austen will entice its audience to give Austen's own works a well-deserved, and better-informed, (re)read.
three and a half filled ink wells
The Guardian (UK)
The Independent (UK)
Kirkus Reviews Real Jane Austen (Byrne)
January 15, 2013 at 12:46 pm (books, jane austen) (biography, Jane Austen, mary delany, molly peacock, paper garden, paula byrne, review)
Two weeks before publication, those of us without a subscription to Kirkus can read a book's review. Hard to tell, really, whether the unnamed reviewer of The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things is enthusiastic or slightly bored.
What makes me say that? The very first sentence: "For Austen obsessives, this latest study offers a few flashes of revelation amid long stretches of minutiae."
Obsessives?!? {must say, I rather resent such a word}
Long stretches of minutiae?
I wrote of liking the progression through the life of Mary Delany in Molly Peacock's The Paper Garden (highly recommended!); and really appreciated the idea of a focus on objects as a way to talk about Austen's life (granted, the "facts" are well-known).
That "she [Austen] was more worldly than many might suspect" elicits an 'of course' response from me. Even those stuck in a small village had news from the "outside" – via papers, letters, visitors. But I must hold judgement in the value of Byrne's supposition that "the author was 'a very well-travelled woman'…" VERY well-travelled? Certainly not to the degree of the Smiths & Goslings, with their sometimes lengthy trips to the Continent, never mind frequent travel through much of southern England and several branchings-off into Wales. Young Edward Austen (Emma's eventual husband, and son of James Austen – Jane's eldest brother) does not seem to have had half the opportunity of young Emma to learn languages and travel abroad.
In general, how does Byrne measure "well-travelled"?
To comments culled from Byrne that Austen "'very much enjoyed shopping'" and "was 'a dedicated follower of fashion'…", I can only add that I see the same evidence in my Two Teens.
Can't wait to read more about the "phobia" Byrne saddles Austen with, when it comes to childbirth. I think women held no illusions 200-years ago about childbirth, and just the amount of deaths associated with it within one's circle of acquaintance should have given any woman pause. But does it really come across in the book as a 'phobia'? Time will tell, once I've read it!
Do _I_ expect revelations? Hardly. The primary materials currently in use typically recycle the same "facts". A lot about Paula Byrne's new biography will depend on presentation and writing.
I expect my copy in early February…
Paula Byrne: The Real Jane Austen
December 15, 2012 at 1:20 pm (books, jane austen) (harper-collins, james austen, james edward austen leigh, molly peacock, paula byrne, the paper garden, the real jane austen)
I was planning to read Paula Byrne's biography of Jane Austen — how could I not?!? Not after the near-miss of having Jane's portrait sketched by the likes of Eliza Chute (which I no longer think probable).
But so many biographies! So little *new* information…
However, after reading the following publisher's description, I'm rather looking forward to it. So enjoyable to think of items and how they illuminate small pieces of a whole – like someone's life.
Publisher's preview of The Real Jane Austen (2013)
Who was the real Jane Austen? Overturning the traditional portrait of the author as conventional and genteel, bestseller Paula Byrne's landmark biography reveals the real woman behind the books, exploring the forces that shaped the interior life of Britain's most beloved novelist.
Byrne uses a highly innovative technique whereby each chapter begins from an object that conjures up a key moment or theme in Austen's life and work—a silhouette, a vellum notebook, a topaz cross, a laptop writing box, a royalty cheque, a bathing machine, and many more. The woman who emerges in this biography is far tougher, more socially and politically aware, and altogether more modern than the conventional picture of 'dear Aunt Jane' would allow. Published to coincide with the bicentenary of Pride and Prejudice, this lively and scholarly biography brings Austen dazzlingly into the twenty-first century.
I, of course!, can never denigrate the Memoir: there is no denying that James Edward Austen Leigh knew his 'Aunt Jane' extremely well; and unlike many of the next generation of Austen offspring, he was in his late teens when she died — old enough to retain memories, and he was a bit of a jotter-down as well.
In applying for the Leon Levy Fellowship in Biography, I cited two books that I find useful in writing biography: The "slice" of life approach that Laurel Thatcher Ulrich used in her winning A Midwife's Tale — whereby vignettes in Martha Ballard's life are closely examined. (Martha Ballard left one diary… The Smiths and Goslings have left TONS of material.) And the more recent Behind Closed Doors, in which Amanda Vickery dissects the lives of dozens of letter-writers and diary-keepers in order to open a window on their Georgian World. (I have about as many people – and they're all one family!) How to "handle" a mass of material is almost as difficult as how to present slimmer pickings… Personally, I can't wait to read about Austen's vellum notebook and her royalty check!
Here's the two covers I've come across:
In mulling over the (presumed) emphasis in The Real Jane Austen this morning, I was rather pleasantly surprised to finally remember where such a treatment had been utilized to great success: The Paper Garden, by Molly Peacock.
Molly Peacock's device of choosing one "flower mosaic" made by Mary Delany, and discussing its history and her history at a certain point in life, be it youthful marriage or elderly patronage by the Queen of England, was a fascinating way to encounter both the artist and her art. I hope Byrne uncovers her "real" Austen half so skillfully. (By the way, I hope someone at Harper-Collins corrects this notice of the book – whereby Edward Austen Knight has usurped his brother JAMES for the mantle of "eldest Austen" sibling!)
If you wish to read an excellent biography, while awaiting the Austen release, do think about Mary Delaney (1700-1788):
The Thrill of a FIND: a new Emily Dickinson?
September 9, 2012 at 12:19 pm (fashion, history, news, portraits and paintings) (amherst college, austin portrait, daguerreotype, emily dickinson, Jane Austen, kate scott turner, new portrait, paula byrne, poetry)
A quick "share" today of the news that has been making headlines lately — for I can certainly share in the excitement of the finding, even if I could never spend five years trying to authentic said find!
So a couple of quick links to pass the story on:
Emily Dickinson Museum – GREAT section on the daguerreotype and its backstory
Amherst College – full photo (and its case) of the "new" portrait, and further information about the "old" portrait of Dickinson
After spending the weekend in search of a new Smith of Suttons letter, I can say that all finds — any single find — is important to a researcher. How wonderful that the private collector came forward and revealed this picture to the world!
NB: some after-thoughts: How wonderful to read that the public is being asked to come forth and maybe provide (for OR against) more information. Even with all the overwhelming thoughts about the sitters, the "experts" still wonder IS this Dickinson?? — compare this "search for the truth" with the publicity surrounding the "Jane Austin" portrait in Paula Byrne's hands.
More Jane Austen Portrait News
June 12, 2012 at 3:17 pm (jane austen, jasna, news, portraits and paintings) (daily mail, Jane Austen, london, national portrait gallery, paula byrne, portraits and paintings, regency england, rice portrait, writers)
Kate in Norfolk sent the following link, about the Rice Portrait: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156805/The-teenage-Jane-Austen-Fresh-evidence-divisive-portrait-13-year-old-girl-really-loved-author.html
TheDaily Mail's story undoubtedly gives the family some encouragement about authenticity. Although, it also sheds light on the possible artist!
Read the article, then visit the "Rice Portrait" website. For more on Paula Byrne's "Austin" portrait, see her website.
Art History News discusses "written" IDs on works, which rather echoes my own thoughts – especially after the Byrne portrait's incongruous handwriting (see earlier posts on that portrait for a picture of the inscription Miss Jane Austin).
Who was Miss Jane Austen / Austin
April 15, 2012 at 2:06 pm (fashion, history, jane austen, london's landscape, news, portraits and paintings) (austin portrait, edward smedley, harriet bellas, harriet smedley, Jane Austen, no. 3 the sanctuary, paula byrne, st margaret's, times literary supplement, westminster abbey, westminster bridge)
In the Times Literary Supplement a wonderfully-informative and well-balanced piece by Paula Byrne entitled "Who Was Miss Jane Austin".
The beginning tracks some of the Byrne portrait's "back story" – part of a collection, the purchase by Byrne; some theories and dialogue. The TV program gets a couple mentions.
And then what I was waiting for: MORE!
Readers learn about the precise architecture featured on the right – not only St Margaret's and Westminster Abbey, but also Westminster Bridge is visible, as is a building on Bridge Street.
A possible 1st-floor window is proposed: one belonging in the premises of a Rev Edward Smedley (1750-1825), evidently (from his letters) an Austen Fan! And his wife was the former Harriet Bellas (1754-1825). A very familiar name…Bellas.
Pictures worth a 1000 words
January 22, 2012 at 12:00 pm (british royalty, diaries, history, jane austen, news, people, portraits and paintings, research) (bendor grosvenor, bognor regis, brooklands, emma rutherford, frances anne seymour, Jane Austen, mrs spencer smith, paula byrne, portrait miniatures, queen adelaide, silhouettes, susannah mackworth praed, susannah smith, thomas smith of bersted & fonthill)
This picture isn't worth only the proverbial "thousand words," it was also worth a £1000 to the lucky purchaser at a November 2011 Bonhams auction. The sitter: Mamma Smith's aunt, Susannah Mackworth Smith (wife of Thomas Smith of Bersted Lodge, Bognor).
Emma's diaries mention a near-yearly visit to Bersted; though very little is said about the Aunt and Uncle found there… AH, joys and frustrations of working with primary materials. You wish people would 'spill their guts'; instead they tempt you with teasing clues.
You can see the entire Susannah Smith miniature at Bonhams' website. If you search for Mackworth Praed you will also find her twin sister (Arabella, Countess of Mayo; a lady attached to the household of Queen Adelaide); and two of their brothers.
Susannah has not been my only *find* recently. Gosh! so many families purging themselves of ancestral miniatures… Don't know which is more depressing: people selling their ancestors or all those portraits of "A Lady" or "A Gentleman" who could be someone in the Smith & Gosling family and friend tree!
{Hell, there even could be some Austens out there… going through life as unnamed Ladies and Gents.}
Another family member "found" and not yet discussed, although I posted her portrait a short bit ago, is Frances Anne Seymour — who married Spencer Smith. I actually have a photograph of Frances, granted – as photography was a later medium, taken when she was in her late 50s. Still so much FUN to compare the two, young "Bride" Frances and older "Matriarch" Frances. She, too, sold through Bonhams (in 2008). Note that on the website her middle name is spelled Ann; oh, spelling differences just kills me! {And Paula Byrne thinks she has problems with Austin… Try Jelfe/Jelph; Dickins/Dickens; Du Val/Duval; Susan/Susannah/Susanna; and a whole host of others… Never mind, just trying to find people named SMITH!}
Frances and Spencer were the parents of the trio of girls whose miniatures sold at auction I discussed in December. They sold through Christie's. Mike E., who photographed the album into which Frances and her three daughters were "pasted," was surprised yet happy that the girls had sold as one lot. May they remain together!
Emma Rutherford's Facebook page offers some fascinating reading about the world of miniatures and silhouettes. Let's face it, for most of my people — even those who lived into older age and photography — these are the types of images that (might) survive. Emma has a new article out in Homes & Antiques Magazine; I've unearthed an earlier conversation on miniatures from the same magazine. Her February 2012 article is on silhouettes. Not sure how easy it is to find the magazine in the US. You can read more about Emma Rutherford at her website. Emma kindly alerted Two Teens readers to an article on the Byrne Jane Austen portrait.


SEATTLE — As quickly as he awakened from his pre-game afternoon nap, Warriors ahead Kevin Durant skilled one thing that he had by no means felt throughout his 11-year NBA profession. He began feeling anxious.
Subsequently, Durant needed to make every little thing particular. His gestures. His speech. His efficiency. All the things.
Moments later, Durant then embraced former NBA participant and longtime good friend Spencer Hawes, who performed towards Durant in the AAU circuit and sometimes frolicked with him in Seattle his rookie season.
So was Durant, who had contacted Mitchell & Ness for a throwback Sonics jersey earlier in the week. He then stored the plan secret, even from his teammates. As soon as everybody noticed the gesture, Durant addressed the gang. With WNBA star Sue Hen in attendance, Durant credited the Seattle Storm for profitable the WNBA championship. He then thanked the Seattle followers and expressed sympathy for being starved of an NBA group for the previous 10 years. Durant then provided hope an NBA group would return quickly.
It labored out slightly too nicely.
It was additionally nerve-wracking. Durant twitched repeatedly through the nationwide anthem. As quickly as Durant touched the ball, followers cheered loudly. They waited excitedly for him to carry out a spotlight reel. As an alternative, Durant spent the primary quarter lacking three of his first 4 photographs.
So as soon as Durant went to the bench with Three:54 left in the third quarter, Durant waved to the cheerful crowd that stored cheering him for a job properly completed.
Durant discovered the best time to get going.
For a metropolis whose franchise left for Oklahoma Metropolis, Durant assuaged some frustrations by offering a present. In flip, these followers welcomed him like an in depth good friend that merely had been out of city for some time.
In between Durant's efficiency, the sport offered a platform to honor the previous Sonics franchise. The world performed highlights of the 1996 NBA Finals between Chicago and Seattle. Then, Gary Payton and Detlef Shrempf have been honored. The Sonics' 1979 NBA championship workforce additionally was honored with former coach Lenny Wilkens and former participant Jack Sikma in attendance. Among the many others in attendance: Warriors president and former Sonics ballboy and public relations official Rick Welts, Corridor-of-Famer Invoice Russell, NBA free agent and Seattle native Jamal Crawford, Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner and Seahawks coach Pete Carroll.
Earlier on Friday, the Seahawks invited the Warriors to their apply facility. They accepted as an alternative of getting a morning shootaround. The Warriors sat in on the Seahawks' assembly earlier than enjoying some toss soccer.
For now, Durant helped present a bit of sneak preview. It immediately acquired rave critiques.


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Q: Slide element down from nowhere I'm trying to build a component where an element of arbitrary width and height slides down from an "invisible slit" on the page. I don't want to rely on hiding behind another element, because the element sliding down might be taller, and therefore appear above it before sliding down. Kind of like below without the visible slit. I'm trying to figure out how to style the invisible parent element so a child with content can slide out from "inside". Does clip-path work here? Anything else?
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*You should have a container to set the view in which it will appear sliding, say #slider_wrapper

*Set overflow hidden

*Animate your Slide in the element.

A: jQuery has a built in slide function:
https://www.w3schools.com/jquery/jquery_slide.asp

A: Conceptually here's how it might look like:
https://jsfiddle.net/kdLy9pck/1/

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JQuery:
$(function(){
    $('.slider').slideDown();
  $('.slider span').click(function() {
    $('.slider').slideUp();
  });
})

CSS:
* { margin: 0; padding:0; }
.header { background: #00f; color: #fff; }
.slider { background: #f00; display: none; position: absolute; width: 90%; margin: 1rem 2rem; padding: 1rem }
.slider span { display: block; text-align: center; }
.container { background: #0f0; height: 2rem; }

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La micro-région de Salgótarján (en hongrois : salgótarjáni kistérség) est une micro-région statistique hongroise rassemblant plusieurs localités autour de Salgótarján.

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What would the ideal society of the future look like? In 1516, the eminent English humanist Thomas More tried his hand at imagining a perfect society on a distant island. His Utopia was published in the Flemish town of Leuven, home of a university that was established almost a century earlier. 500 years later, scholars of this university revisit More's best-known work and reflect on the ideal society of the future, using the scientific insights of today, including perspectives which More could never have imagined.
What will our cities look like a hundred years from now? How will stem cell research and 3D printing change the world? Will we be able to cure all diseases? Will we be traveling to other planets? Will computers take over? Or will humanity find a way to improve the quality of life for everyone and feed a growing world population? In 'A Truly Golden Handbook', more than fifty KU Leuven scholars share their science-based utopian dreams. From the creation of spare organs, artificial intelligence and the genetic future, to global governance, ecological sustainability and pathways to more equality, this visionary book offers a broad interdisciplinary look at the world of tomorrow.
All contributions were written by academics of KU Leuven.


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Overweight and obesity are paradoxically associated with better survival in patients with heart failure (HF). This association is poorly understood, in part because the impact of diabetes (DM) on survival of overweight and obese HF patients has not been considered. Inflammation may contribute to worse survival in overweight and obese HF patients with DM, and levels of inflammation may be associated with fruit and vegetable consumption. However, neither of these relationships has been investigated in patients with HF.
The purposes of this dissertation were to a) examine the effect of DM on survival of overweight and obese patients with HF, b) explore potential inflammatory-related factors that underlie differences in survival of overweight and obese HF patients with and without DM and c) examine the association between nutrition and inflammation in patients with HF. To address these purposes three investigations were conducted: 1) comparison of event-survival (the combined endpoint of all cause hospitalization and death) of normal weight HF patients without DM to overweight and obese HF patients with and without DM 2) comparison of levels of inflammatory markers in overweight and obese patients with DM to normal weight, overweight and obese patients without DM 3) determination of the association of fruit and vegetable consumption with levels of inflammatory markers in patients with HF.
In the presence of DM, patients who were overweight and obese had increased risk of all cause hospitalization and death. Obese patients without DM had similar risk as normal weight patients without DM. Overweight and obese patients with DM had higher levels of some, but not all, inflammatory markers compared with normal weight, overweight and obese patients without DM. Higher vegetable, but not fruit consumption was associated with lower levels of some inflammatory markers.
This dissertation has addressed an important gap in the current evidence by demonstrating the contribution of DM to all cause hospitalization and death in overweight and obese patients with HF. This investigation has also demonstrated that higher levels of inflammation may contribute to differences in survival between these groups. Increasing vegetable consumption may be one avenue to lowering inflammation in patients with HF.
Payne-Emerson, Heather, "SURVIVAL AND INFLAMMATION IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE: THE IMPACT OF OVERWEIGHT, OBESITY, DIABETES AND FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION" (2010). University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations. 32.


A developer has announced plans to construct a new hotel and convention center near Interstate 70 in Hays, with a shopping center and restaurant also anticipated in the future.
Wichita-based hotel developer Raju Sheth is in the process of working with city and economic development officials on plans for a 100-room Hilton Garden Inn and adjoining 8,000-square-foot convention center. The hotel also would offer an in-house lounge and restaurant.
Read more at Hays Daily News.
Six months after Leech Lake band members voted to build a new casino in Cass Lake, officials broke ground at the construction site Thursday.
The new casino, scheduled to open during the summer of 2019, will include 650 slots, four blackjack tables, 100 hotel rooms, a food court, brew pub, restaurant and a circle bar on the casino floor, as well as a 250-seat event center, fitness center, gift shop and arcade.
Read more at Bemidji Pioneer.
Construction on a new 81-room hotel at 181 Water Tower Drive in Madison Village will begin today.
A groundbreaking and ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Holiday Inn Express and Suites is set for 11 a.m. today at the construction site near Interstate 90.
"The project represents a $10.2 million investment in the growing travel and tourism industry of Lake County," said Madison Village Administrator Dwayne Bailey. "The hotel will not only be convenient for the traditional I-90 traveler, it will be located within 10 miles of over 20 wineries and a distillery."


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According to Sofie Whitney, a victim of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, "If 16-year-old students are old enough to be affected by the laws, and realize that there is a problem, then they should have the power to help change it." A lot is expected from adolescents. They are required to go to school on a regular basis, encouraged to get a job, learn to drive and deal with the consequences that are left from older generation's decisions, yet are not able to take any part in decision making for themselves. Currently the age to vote, in California, is 18 but in other states the age has been lowered to 16. The voting age should be lowered to 16, nationwide, because it is important for adolescents to vote now and allowing them to vote would increase the voter turnout.
One reason why the voting age should be lowered to 16 is because it is important for them to vote now at the age of 16 instead of in two years. At the age of 16 adolescents are faced with important issues that directly affect them such as gun control, substance abuse, gang activity etc. Recently the United States has been experiencing an extreme amount of gun violence, especially at schools. The debate of gun control has been addressed but nothing has been resolved for students. If no one is going to make their situation better they should have the power to do it themselves; they have a voice, let them use it. According to, "Lowering the Voting Age – Top 3 Pros and Cons," "Students today live under threats to their futures such as school shootings and climate change, and they deserve to have influence…" This elaborates on the example of the issue of school shootings as well as other examples. Adolescents need to have power to make a change in issues regarding their own life at the age of 16; they have a voice let them use it. The voting age should be lowered to 16 because 16-year-olds need the power to vote sooner rather than later.
Another reason why the voting age should be lowered to 16 is because it would increase the voter turnout. According to, Laurence Steinberg in an article published in the New York Times, "Lower the Voting Age to 16", "…voter turnout among 16- and 17-year-olds is significantly higher than it is among older young adults." Jens Olav Dahlgaard, writer of Washington Post article, "The Surprising Consequence of Lowering the Voter Age," agrees and adds, "If the voting age was 16 or 17, more children would still live with their parents in their first election — and both groups would be a bit more likely to vote." These sources demonstrate that lowering the voting age increases the turnout because 16-year-olds are more likely to vote than 18-year-olds and when they go to vote it encourages parents to go as well. When first time voters live with their parents their parents are more likely to also vote. Having a larger voter turnout is better for democracy. Lowering the voter age to 16 would increase the voter turnout.
Some people that are opposed to lowering the voting age claim that 16-year-olds are too immature to be involved in something as important as an election.
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Blue jeans are the classic go-to for millions and millions of us. Pretty much, jeans and a t-shirt is my standard, daily wear. No fuss, not fussy, and both can take years of wear. Every once in a while, though, I'll wear out a pair of jeans and, I have to be honest here, it's tough to just put them in the trash.
I have wanted to write an article on boots and shoes for some time now, but I see and hear so many different opinions that I have not been sure of exactly what to say. After thinking about it for a while, I have come to the conclusion that there is no one brand or type of boot that I can recommend over every other. There are many good shoes and boots for TEOTWAWKI, so I am going to give you some general guidelines.
Summer is fast approaching and so is the hot weather. My wife doesn't like heat, so she is always concerned about heating up the kitchen when cooking. One of her tricks is to use the Wonder Box/Oven. This is a simple homemade thermal cooker. It not only helps to keep your kitchen cool, but it also saves you money on fuel.
Well folks our grandson is getting married in a few weeks, so of course we are having the round of bridal showers for his fiancé. I thought this would be a good time to fill a new sewing box I had picked up. I couldn't tell if she was kidding or not but she looked at it and said, "what is this for." Everyone laughed, but how many girls out there don't know how to sew or what sewing supplies they need..
For many years, oilcloth was used for waterproofing clothes, tents and even for covering pioneers wagons. You can still buy oilcloth clothing and some members of my family wear it and love it for rainy weather. Oilcloth, also known as enameled cloth or (in England) American cloth, was close-woven cotton duck or linen cloth (canvas) with a coating of boiled linseed oil. It was one of very few flexible, waterproof materials that were widely available. Oilcloth was used as an outer waterproof layer for clothing, luggage and many other uses.
Recently I received a pair of Timberland Whiteledge hiking boots from James Menta of SoleLabz.com who asked me to do a review of these Timberland hiking boots. When I got the boots several weeks ago, I decided to wear them for a couple of days to see how they felt. Well I found them to be so comfortable that I am still wearing them every day. I like them.
You are out for the day and are 50 or 60 miles from home, when your car quits from EMP, or some other catastrophic event occurs, and you have to walk home. The weather is not good, you have to deal with snow, cold or rain and you only have a pair of tennis shoes. How can you make improvised footwear?
A while back I wore a hole in the rubber mat in my car. Now these things are expensive and I was not looking forward to buying a new one. This is when one of my sons spoke up and said why don't you repair it with shoe goo. I thought what do I have to lose and tried it. It worked beautifully and has been holding up for over a year with no change.


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Q: is there any way i can include space of specific word both at front and end using regex I am trying to format one word in a  string and want to add space both at front and end if its not present .Is there any way to achieve the same.
Code:
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String test = "";
        String in = "Hi UimIMAGE [rofl]test IMAGE [rofl] notify the bull";

         test = in.replaceAll("IMAGE \\[(.*?)\\]", "$1");
         //String.format("%1$" + (1) + "s", str);
        System.out.println(test);
    }

}

As of now If i run this I see it just return me .
Hi Uimrofltest rofl notify the bull
I instead wanted a regex which will add space before and after my given regex if the space not there .Is there anything I can do without manuplulating the string manually .
Expected output
Hi Uim rofl test rofl notify the bull

A: You can try using String#replaceAll here:
String in = "Hi UimIMAGE [rofl]test IMAGE [rofl] notify the bull";
String out = in.replaceAll("\\s*IMAGE \\[(.*?)\\]\\s*", " $1 ");
System.out.println(in);
System.out.println(out);

This prints:
Hi UimIMAGE [rofl]test IMAGE [rofl] notify the bull
Hi Uim rofl test rofl notify the bull

The idea behind the regex is to capture IMAGE [something] tags, and then replace with just the contents in square brackets.  Note that we also capture any optional whitespace on either ends, and then pad the replacement with just a single space on both ends, to avoid unwanted extra whitespace.


Joe returns to the Lyric once more to get us all into the spirit. This year his Christmas offerings, rather like the Three Kings, come in three different sizes. Come once, twice or thrice… each will offer you a tantalisingly festive slice of music, mayhem and myrrh(th).
Kicking off the festive season in style, Joe will be joined by his Big Band, a hand-picked selection of the finest, most exciting players in the country. Expect Joe's inimitable take on seasonal favourites plus his own incredible songs and classic big band standards. Featuring special guests the Kansas Smitty's.
A variety night reminiscent of the good old days of entertainment, as Joe and his 7-piece band welcome special guests, actor, comedian and presenter Rob Brydon (Gavin and Stacey, Would I Lie To You), WhatsOnStage Award winner Scarlett Strallen, cabaret artist Meow Meow and actor Jamie Parker (Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, Guys and Dolls, High Society, The History Boys) to reinterpret the Christmas songbook, play some frankly excellent games and possibly even indulge in a spot of Dickens. Come and pop your corks at the party of the year.


Former India coach Gary Kirsten today warned that access of Twenty20 matches in international calendar could harm the game and said that the shortest format should be limited to domestic cricket.
Former India coach Gary Kirsten on Wednesday warned that access of Twenty20 matches in international calendar could harm the game and said that the shortest format should be limited to domestic cricket.
Kirsten, who guided India to World Cup triumph in April before taking charge of South Africa, was full of praise for Twenty20 cricket in popularising the game but felt the increase in its volume could dilute Test and ODI cricket.
"I have always had a view that it is a great domestic product. There are going to be teething problems ahead as it's a new product but it's done remarkably well over a short period of time," said the former Test opening batsman.
"But I think international cricket does really well with Test cricket and the 50-over format and I feel Twenty20 cricket will dilute those products a little bit," he said here at a programme organised by a global investment bank.
Twenty20 cricket has been a big hit since its conception in 2003 in England and the multi-billion dollar Indian Premier League has become the most successful domestic tournament.
"I know Australia are trying to create a domestic T20 league, England are trying that, South Africa have their own Twenty20. It brings crowds to the game in the domestic format that other forms of the game don't," Kirsten said.
But the newly-appointed South Africa coach felt that attempting to find space for Twenty20 matches in an already crowded international calendar was not the right idea.
"The Future Tours Programme (FTP) doesn't allow for too much Twenty20 cricket. They (ICC) are trying to fit them in schedules and trying to find a space for them here or there."
"You can't extend tours longer than six weeks. That has been an almost unwritten thing now that they want to keep tours as short as possible," Kirsten said.


More specifically, the fear of having to solve an NP-Hard optimization problem to save your job.
Do you or anyone else in your organization exhibit symptoms of Ekthetikophobia?
1. Resign: Capitulation is by far the most common response, especially if the person does not have an ORMS background and is oblivious to the 'science of better'. Throw hands in the air, lose faith in humanity, and slurp spoonfuls of the nearest meta-heuristic algorithmic prescription provided by bees, ants, bacteria, squeaky wheels, mutant turtles, ... any nature cure that uses pseudo random numbers. This response is best captured by the Hindi proverb "Naach Na Jaane, Aaangan Teda",i.e., a bad dancer blames the uneven floor.
2. Controlled Panic. This is pretty typical of a generation of OR practitioners weaned on CPLEX. Like MDs trying to decode a deadly new strain of flu, the overriding urge is to throw money at the problem by ordering the latest versions of the baddest bunch of industrial strength optimization solvers in the market with matching supercomputing accessories to run massive benchmarks, and generally scare the pants off their IT managers who work with depression-era budgets.
3. Code. This is relatively more common to programming gurus and follows exactly one rule: If you throw sufficiently well-written code at any problem, it must work. This is so crazy, these guys are on to something here.
4. Publish. The median response from E.phobic research folks is to put this exhibit on a pedestal for everybody to gaze at. It's akin to a biologist discovering a new specie or an astronomer sighting a new planet that shouldn't have been there. Half of these people (surely OR types) will go on to demonstrate the monstrosity of this new problem based on diabolical worst case instances that even a God who plays dice would not inflict on mankind. The other, more elegant half (theoretical CS E.phobes) propose 'factor of 2' approximations that cover all remaining difficult instances missed by the Muggles, yet just as useful practically, before declaring victory. Then over the next two decades: keep shaving of that factor; rinse & repeat; it's a veritable cottage industry.
Exaggerations aside, ranked at the top of the most systematic, resourceful, innovative, and practically useful responses toward 'new' NP-Hard optimization problems must be the approach adopted by Dantzig, Fulkerson, and Johnson (1954) to tackle a 49-city Traveling Salesman Problem using 1950s computing technology and fearless minds that dared lasso the exponential.
July 22: minor fix: added missing text.
This is the last part of the 'Coin trilogy'. Here's part-1 and part-2. In this post, we attempt to answer questions on predicting the value for a bunch of coins for which we only know its weight but not the exact internal distribution among coin types.
If somebody gave you the option of choosing either the value of a kilo of coins or 40$, which will you pick?
Using CPLEX, we determine that the maximum possible value for 1000 grams of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters is 44.05$, so if you took the 40$, there is a small chance you will incur a loss. If the bag was packed with 400 pennies (weighs exactly a kilo), you'll make a 36$ profit. If the coins types were uniformly distributed, its value would be about 26$, and you would make a 14$ profit.
Say you believe you have 100$ worth of coins in a jar that you want to cash out at a Coinstar machine. How much would that weigh? A lower bound for that answer is 2.268 Kilos. If the coin types were uniformly distributed in the jar, you would carry about 3.7 Kilos.
Quarters and Dimes are now present in the same ratio as that in the vending machine. However, our model doesn't like nickels much (although a melted nickel was once worth more than its value).
I have a digital counting jar that displays the current value of the coins currently in the jar. It currently reads $20.05, and its weight (excluding the empty jar) is about 700 grams. For this weight, the maximum value is 30.85$. If my coins were uniformly distributed in the jar, the model predicts a "maximum" value of 18.7$, which means that I have relatively more dimes and/or quarters in my mix. A dime and a nickel have the exact same bang-to-buck ratio, i.e. value/weight ratio, which is a source of the alternative optimal solutions discussed in part 2.
Quite different from our preferred ratios calculated in part-1 and part-2. At this rate, my 700 gram jar would contain only about 15$ and a kilo of coins in this ratio would be worth about 18$.
The solution to the 'optimal change' problem analyzed in the previous post is further examined from a practice perspective. Again, we use CPLEX to do this since it is quite convenient for such analyses.
Problem 1 is an integer knapsack problem that is known to be theoretically NP-Hard but fairly easy to solve in practice using Dynamic Programming. For this specific coin instance, enumeration with simple pruning rules that exploit the problem structure would work too.
Pennies:Quarters:Dimes:Nickels::4:3:2:1 is slightly more than a dollar (1.04$). This coin mix will be able to satisfy any random change request in the range 1-100c. Note: If we only cared about change between 1-99c, an optimal solution (35.412g, 99c) is: PQDN::4241.
However, while an optimal solution to Problem 2 is robust in terms of this ability to meet any request, it is not necessarily optimal in terms of meeting specific coin requests. For example, if we only ever use change for a 3pm $1.68 cup of Starbucks in the cafeteria, then the 4-3-2-1 solution may not be the best. However, if by chance, we choose to downsize to a smaller $1.29 cup one day, then the 68c solution may not work.
The second solution has the same weight but fewer quarters + dimes, and does the same job a little more efficiently. On the other hand, the first solution perhaps allows greater flexibility in terms of meeting other change requests (e.g. 30c, 40c).
Interestingly, these 1$ solutions include five pennies (a feasible 4-penny solution has a value of 1.04$ or more).
Depending on the context, one of these solutions is more preferable than the others, and this preference can be quantified by suitably incorporating secondary and tertiary goals within the objective function. In contrast, a pure constraint satisfaction model will solely focus on generating feasible solutions ignoring any preference. These principles are the cornerstone of many mission-critical optimal planning systems and operational decision support applications deployed across industries.
How much change should I carry in my wallet? How many pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters? If I carry too much, my pockets feel heavy, and if i carry too little, then I don't have enough to cover transactions in my office cafeteria and have to expend a dollar bill (of negligible weight) that was intended for the high-calorie vending machine, and end up carrying a lot more change after the transaction. We assume that the transaction amounts are small enough so that credit-cards are not used.
The cowboy uses a horse to cross the street whereas the O.R person uses CPLEX for the same reason. Let's analyze some simple cases here using CPLEX.
Problem 1: Determining the optimal coin distribution for a given change request.
As we can see by comparing their "bang to buck" ratios, the nickel is quite inefficient whereas the dime and quarter do pretty well. Therefore, one would expect the solution to carry more dimes and quarters, and fewer nickels and 'unscalable' pennies. Furthermore, given that the b2b function is kinda non-convex, it's a good idea to solve these problems as discrete optimization models.
The answers are different in many instances. For example, to generate 34 cents, the minimum count solution uses 6 coins including a nickel, whereas the min-weight solution is 4 grams lighter and uses 4 pennies and 3 dimes.
Problem 2: Assuming that each desired value scenario 'v' is equally likely to occur, find an optimal distribution of coins to carry such that we can exactly satisfy each scenario.
We can model this by creating a vector of 'x' used for each desired scenario, as well as a single integer vector 'z' such that any 'x' value for a scenario is no more than its corresponding 'z'.
MIP Presolve eliminated 45 rows and 41 columns.
MIP Presolve modified 4 coefficients.
Reduced MIP has 450 rows, 358 columns, and 1067 nonzeros.
Reduced MIP has 40 binaries, 318 generals, 0 SOSs, and 0 indicators.
Probing fixed 0 vars, tightened 8 bounds.
Probing time = 0.00 sec.
Presolve time = 0.00 sec.
MIP emphasis: balance optimality and feasibility.
MIP search method: dynamic search.
Parallel mode: deterministic, using up to 4 threads.
Root relaxation solution time = 0.02 sec.
we will be able to provide exact change for any scenario.
Problem 3: Determine the best 9, 8, 7, ..., coins to carry to minimize average expected absolute deviation from the desired values over all scenarios. Some of these turned out to be tough to solve to optimality due to the naive formulations employed. Nevertheless, optimal or near-optimal solutions were obtained in all instances.
Result: the optimal solution for n = 9, 8, 7, and 6 coins simply deletes a penny from (n+1) coin solution.
To more correctly model the residual change constraint (approximated via the objective function in Problem 3), suppose we are short by value 'delta': We can expend a dollar bill and end up with a net change of (100 - delta). In other words, we have to solve an inventory problem that for example, determines the optimal initial coin inventory vector 'z' such that the total weight of the expected final inventory after giving and/or receiving change over all scenarios (and over multiple transactions or periods) is minimized. This model can be built by introducing a binary variable 'w' for each scenario to represent the case where a dollar bill is used or not used to supplement the value associated with 'z'. However, we do not know apriori, the distribution of the returned change, so some approximations are required. The analysis of this problem is a post for another day.
Read part-2 here, and part-3 here.


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On February 14 around the year 278A.D., Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, was executed.Under the rule of Claudius the Cruel, Rome was involved in many unpopular and bloody campaigns. The emperor had to maintain a strong army, but was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. Claudius believed that Roman men were unwilling to join the army because of their strong attachment to their wives and families.To get rid of the problem, Claudius banned all marriages and engagements in Rome. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret.When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. Valentine was arrested and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. The sentence was carried out on February 14, on or about the year 270.
Legend also has it that while in jail, St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine."
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY to You all!


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I. The Catholic Community of Lechlade by Richard Barton (2003)
From the death of Queen Mary in 1558 until the arrival of the Sisters of St. Clotilde in 1939, there is little evidence of Catholic activity in Lechlade itself, although the town was surrounded by a number of Mass centres. A census for 1780 tells us that there were only two Catholics living in Lechlade at that time. The nearest of these Catholic Missions was at Hatherop Castle, which was maintained by the Blomer and Webb families. This ancient Mission survived until 1844 when Lady Barbara de Mauley died. In the following year the present Parish Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury was erected at Horcott, near Fairford. This little church continues to be the focus of a parish which serves some 300 families scattered between Purton Stoke in Wiltshire and Aldsworth in the Cotswolds.
The Order of St. Clotilde first came to England in 1903 and settled in Guildford. In 1910 a second house was founded at Eltham Park House and a school was established. Owing to the growth of London, it was decided to look for a house in the West Country. The sisters arrived at Lechlade Manor in August 1939. The dining room was converted into the chapel which was dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and St. Lawrence. Bishop Lee celebrated the first Mass on the feast of St Lawrence, 1939, and it was noted that this saint was the patron saint of the medieval Parish Church.
The first resident chaplain was Father Henry Bilsborrow and, after he left, there followed a succession of priests, many of whom were Jesuits, including Father David O'Driscoll who left in 1998. On 25th March 1960, the new Chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation was solemnly blessed and opened by Bishop Joseph Rudderham. Externally the chapel was designed to blend with the Manor, internally being of a simple contemporary style.
After nearly sixty years, the Sisters of St Clotilde departed from Lechlade Manor shortly after their Farewell Mass which was celebrated on 12th July 1998. However, the Chapel of the Annunciation continued to be used as a chapel-of-ease until the final celebration of Mass there on 27th December 1998. Rev. Richard Barton, Parish Priest of Fairford, served the chapel from 27th April 1998 until its closure. For some years afterwards the local congregation was welcomed by the members of Lechlade Methodist Church and Mass was celebrated at 6 p.m. every Sunday evening in their church. On Christmas Eve, during this period,the First Mass of Christmas was celebrated with the children of the parish in St Lawrence's Parish Church.
When the sisters arrived there in 1939 was only one Catholic family in Lechlade. Sixty-five years later there were over sixty.
Madame Antoinette Sophie Aubry Desfontaines 1760-1821, Foundress of the Congregation of St. Clotilde
II. Sister Mary St Edmund McDonnell (November 1913 – April 2003)
Sister Mary St Edmund McDonnell died in peace and dignity in the afternoon of Wednesday, 16 April 2003 in Paris, on the eve of the great Easter Celebrations which meant so much to her. The Funeral was held at Quincy on Tuesday, April 22. Quincy is about 25km from Paris.
Sister Mary St Edmund was part of the Convent and School of St Clotilde at Lechlade Manor in Gloucestershire for nearly all her life, as pupil, nun, teacher, Headmistress and Reverend Mother. Her father was in the Royal Army Medical Corps and she always retained a great affection for military ceremonial. When her father was posted to India the children remained with their mother in England and she became a pupil, at a very early age, at St. Clotilde's School at Eltham. She became a novice at 17 and later taught both in England and France. She came with the School when it moved from Eltham to Lechlade in 1939. She became Headmistress in 1959, retiring in 1986, but continued to be a member of the Lechlade Community, and continued to take a loving interest in the School until it closed in 1998 when she moved to Paris.
Daphne Walters, from the Old Girls' Association says "I'm sure all who passed through the School keep a picture of "Eddy's" tiny, energetic figure in their hearts and they know what she meant to them. She had high standards and expected them of others but doing one's best was what she appreciated. She loved the history and traditions of Britain; the countryside; the spoken and written word; music; animals and she went into rhapsodies when girls brought their babies to meet her. She had the great ability to put people at their ease with her lively chat. Above all, she loved the young, everyone was unique to her and she considered it a privilege to help nurture them and foster their abilities through the St. Clotildean ethos".
Her life will be celebrated with a special Requiem Mass at 11am on Saturday 7th June at the Catholic Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Horcott Road, Fairford. Everyone is very welcome to attend. On that day there will also be a St Clotilde's Reunion at Lechlade Memorial Hall from noon until 4pm and people are welcome to come along and say 'hello' to former staff and also Sister Patricia, Sister Marie Dominic and Sister Anne-Marie who are coming over from France for this occasion. The day will end at 3.30pm with an epilogue (hymns, reflections, prayers and the School song) at the Memorial Hall led by the clergy of Lechlade. (Father Richard Barton, Parish Priest)
III. CHAPLAINS AT ST CLOTILDE'S CONVENT AT LECHLADE
Rev. Henry L Bilsborrow 03/09/39 –14/09/48 (died)
Rev. Francis J.Meegan 10-10/48 – 30/10/49
Rev. Gerald Whelan 02/10/49 – 24/02/50
Rev. Michael Garrigan 25/02/50 – 08/07/52
Rev. Daniel Hickie 10/07/52 – 31/12/52
Rev. Cuthbert Keegan OMJ 04/04/53 – 19/09/53
Rev. Thomas J. Keane 26/09/53 – 06/11/53
Rev. John Styles MHM 07/11/53 – 18/12/53
Rt. Rev. Monsignor Charles W. Davey MA 18/12/53 – Feb. 1958
Rev. William Dobbin 1958 – 24/08/61 (died)
Rt. Rev Monsignor Patrick V. Hackett VF, BA 17/10/61 – 28/09/64 (died)
Rev. John Doyle SDB, MA 07/03/65 – 15/08/65
Rev. John King 04/09/65 – 21/10/66
Rev. Thomas J. Walshe 22/10/66 – 16/04/68
Rev. Leslie J.M. Borrett SJ 17/04/68 – 01/02/74 (died)
Rev. Noel Stephenson SJ, BA 1974 – 17/11/81 (died)
Rev. Raymond Bacon SJ 1982 – 05/07/94
Rev. David O'Driscoll SJ 23/08/94 – 19/04/98
Rev Richard J. Barton STB, AKC 27/04/98 – 27/12/98
St Lawrence's Altar in the Chapel
IV St Clotilde's Cemetery, Lechlade by Philippa Hunter
V. Susan (Davies) Scott, a pupil from 1957 – 1962, has very kindly submitted some photographs taken by her father, David Davies, at the time of the Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel in 1959. She holds the copyrights for these photographs:
Susan Scott:
'I can name most of the nuns, who include the Mother Superior who came over from the French mother house for the occasion.
There are 14 nuns of St Clotilde in the picture judging from the number of visible bonnets and, having consulted with others, they can be named with varying degrees of certainty, as follows:
Two nuns from a neighbouring convent
Father Dobbin
1 Sister Gethsemane
2 Sister John (hidden)
3 Sister Bruno
4 Sister Edmund (or possibly Sister Odile)
5 Sister Patricia perhaps (hidden)
6 Sister Angèle perhaps
7 Reverend Mother Dominic
8 Sister Mary Margaret (Lundburg)
9 Sister Etheldreda
10 Mother Provincial, visiting for the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new chapel
11 Sister Odile or Sister Patrick (hidden looking to the left)
12 Sister Hilda (Reverend Mother prior to Sister Dominic)
13 Sister Christine perhaps (only top of head is visible)
14 Sister Angela.
Sr Dominique was Reverend Mother at the time of the chapel's design and construction. It was the headmistress, Sr Edmund, who told us that Sr Dominique's input to the chapel's design was not widely known and that she had considered every item in great detail. On the exterior the new chapel respected the style of the existing building and its features. That may have been the architect's doing. On the interior, however, I had the impression that she wanted to avoid clutter and aimed for simple uplifting lines and lighting. The Order was French and she was French and would likely have followed progressive French and indeed European church architecture of the time.
Concurrently, we pupils were made aware that Coventry Cathedral was being rebuilt and saw the publicity and some of the details, which became familiar to us.
I might add that Sr Dominique was also a very inspiring and splendid teacher of French literarature which evidently she loved. I am sure that all her pupils were enthused by her lessons on the great classics – Racine, Corneille, Ronsard (Sur la mort de Marie), Mauriac, St Exupery et cetera, and she would calmly make us read material not on the syllabus before exams.
Incidentally, Sr Edmund became headmistress in about 1959, following Sr Hilda. If I remember correctly Sr Edmund had Irish roots, her brother having gone to Clongowes. She invited a specialist to talk to us about James Joyce and she also sent us on outings to historic buildings in which Monsignor Goulder specialised.'
The Sisters attending Mass at St Thomas's Fairford (July 1998)
Last days of St Clotilde's Convent
VI. CAPTAIN LINDSAY GARRARD, ORGAN BUILDER OF LECHLADE
In December 1998 the present pipe organ was acquired for St Thomas's Church at Fairford. It came from the Catholic Church in Lambourn and was built in 1873 by William Hill & Son of London. The firm's records reveal that it was commissioned for Hitcham Church in Maidenhead. At the time it was thought that this was probably the first pipe organ to be placed in St Thomas's Church but the following note discovered in the archives shows that this is definitely not the case:
'About this time (1908) Captain Garrard, owner of an organ factory in Lechlade, built a beautiful organ for the Church as a thank offering for his conversion. This was removed later to Swindon.'
Within a short time Philippa Hunter of Lechlade discovered some more details–
'Lindsay Garrard – Organ builder of Lechlade lived at Ryton House and he had two daughters. He left the town before 1914. He built an organ for Uffington Church. He used the buildings at the west end of Church House garden as his workshop. This premises were formally malthouses and are situated between the Library and the garage which is situated behind the church wall.'
VII. The structure of a talk given to the Lechlade Local History Society
"A Medley of Holiness" by Fr Richard Barton (2003c)
Part I: Local Saints
St Sampson c. 485-565 Feast Day 28th July
(Robert of Cricklade c.1140-c.1180 & St Thomas of Canterbury 1118-1170)
St Augustine of Canterbury Arrived at Ebbsfleet 597 died 604
Feast Day 27th May
St Birinus of Dorchester Arrived in England 634 died c.650
Feast Day 5th December
St Beornwald of Bampton c.900 Feast Day 21st December
Blessed Hugh Cook or Faringdon Born at Faringdon. Abbot of Reading Martyred 1539
Feast Day 15th November
Blessed Stephen Rowsham Priest Martyred in Gloucester March 1587.
John Keble 1792-1866 Curate of the Eastleaches from 1815 and Southrop from 1823-27
Feast Day 14th July (Cof E)
Ven. John Henry Cardinal Newman 1801-1890 Visited Fairford 14-16th August 1828 and Sept 1831. Feast Day 11th August
Blessed Dominic Barberi 1792-1849 Celebrated Mass at Fairford Easter Sunday 1846
Feast Day 26th August
Part II: Local Devotion
St John the Baptist Feast Days: Nativity 24th June
Beheading 29th August
St Lawrence (Laurence) of Rome Martyred 258 Feast Day 10th August
St Blaise Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia C4th (?) Feast Day 3rd February
St Agatha of Catania in Sicily C3rd (?) Feast Day 5th February
St Clotilde Wife of King Clovis Queen of France Died 545 Feast Day 3rd June
(Madame Antoinette Sophie Aubry Desfontaines 1760-1821 – Founder of the Congregation of St Clotilde. Convent at Lechlade Manor 1939-1998)
(St Brice (Britius) Succeeded St Martin as Bp of Tours in 397. Feast Day 13th Nov.)
St Malo of Brittany Bishop 525-621 Feast Days:15th November/Translated 11th July
Part III: A Pilgrim People
St Frideswide Abbess of Oxford 680- c.735 Feast Day 19th October
St Aldhelm of Malmesbury Bishop of Sherborne Died 709 Feast Day 24th May
St Kenelm of Winchcombe Murdered Prince Died c.819 Feast Day 17th July
47 comments on "St Clotilde's Convent, Lechlade"
Sr Susan Richert
Fr.Anthony Dolan is writing a history of the Nottingham Diocese and we are looking to ensure that the Religious Congregations who had a presence in the Diocese are included. We think the Sisters of St.Clothilde were based at the Cathedral in Nottingham at some stage.
If so, please could you send us a paragraph about the history of your congregation and its charism; as well as when you came into the Diocese, what you did and when you left.
I look forward to hearing from you asap.
Sr Susan Richert pbvm
Vicar for Religious, Diocese of Nottingham
Dear Sister, Many thanks for your comment. I was Parish Priest for Lechlade as the Sisters were selling up the property so I only had direct contact with the Order for a few months back in 1998. I would recommend that you contact their headquarters which will be somewhere in France. Kind regards Richard.
Lesley Hayward, ex-pupil at Lechlade [1957-1964)
Communaute des Soeurs de St Clotilde, 116 rue Lourmel, 75015 Paris.
Thanks for commenting on this blog
Susan, no 4 in your photo is definitely Sr Odile or Dilly as we called her. Shame Sr St Patrick can't be seen – she was known as Paddy and she was my Form Tutor in 1957! Sr Odile as I recall used to do the uniforms [including knickers, which we declined to use!]. Somewhere I have some photos which I will try to find [still sorting out a big downsize and move]
Regards to all old pupils.
Lesley [Yates-Fish]
Many thanks for these additions. Photographs would certainly be much appreciated. With kind regards Richard
Hi Lesley,
Are you related in any way to Mary Jane Ann Yates? My sister and I, Rosemary and Carolyn Batorski attended the school from '55-'57. Many fond memories. I visited there in 2018 and the current owner (a retired footballer) let me wander through. Such a thrill and so lovely to see that the views from the library remain the same. Of course many acres were sold off and developed and the tennis courts were let go many years ago, but my memories flowed and were so sweet.
Edith MAZURE
I am Edith Mazuré. I was in St -Clotild's for one term in 1959 ( ?) .
I was Sr Dominic's niece.Actually my son and his family are living in London.
So I come to London several time's in the year.
Randomly,they are going on holiday's near Lechlade next week .
So I ask my grandaughter Daphné to light a candle for me in the church. Life goes on whith Saint Clotilde…….
Maria Gonzalez Cort
Hello, my name is María Gonzalez and I was at the Convent for five years.
From 1960 to 1965, with my sister Mercedes. From Spain. I have unforgettable memories from those years and am sad to know the nuns are no longer part of Lechlade. I would love to visit the school, but if it is no longer there it is not really worth the trip. Please I would love to have some news and all the best to all those pupils which I remember so well. I will try to send some pictures when I get back home.
Many thanks, Maria, the school closed in 1998 and the manor is now a private residence with some new houses in the grounds. The nuns returned to France and I presume they have all died by now. Former pupils visit this site regularly so further information would be appreciated.
Marysia White/ Ziolkowska
Hello Maria, I remember you very well – you taught me how to play Spanish Flamenca on the guitar. To this day, it's still the only thing I can play! I am Marysia Ziolkowska/Herb and was one of a group of Polish girls that were pupils at the Convent. I joined in 1956 and left in 1968. The nuns were amazingly generous and very understanding to the plight of Polish refugees who could not return to Poland post war and were attempting to make a new life in U.K.
Ruth Schofield (Boulton)
Maria – I've just read your post. I think of you so often if you read this please get in touch . Love Ruth Schofield (Boulton)
María Gonzalez Vort
Dear Ruth,
Such a lovely surprise to hear from you again!
It would be lovely to get to see each other
again. I gather you are married (so am I)
and hope to remain so! My husband is a
very successful man and your brother (the
bike fan, not John) would love to meet him.
My e-mail is macglez53@gmail.com
Would love to hear from you again!
Happy Valentines ❤
I have sent you an email to the address you gave me. My email is ruthschofield1@gmail.com. Would love to hear from you.
Elfried ( Freddy) Zimmermann
After a long time I found this webside. I spent one year at the Convent St. Clotilde (1968 – 1969) I worked as a help to learn the English Language. There are so many very special memories and I wish so very much to get in touch with some people who spent their time with me. I am from Switzerland. My name Freddy Scheuermann, I am now married for almost 50 years and my name is Zimmermann. I still am in contact with Sister Marie Jehanne who lives now in France, Voges.
Thank you, Elfried, your memories would be most welcome. With kindest regards Richard.
Zimmermann Elfried (Freddy was my nickname)
Dear Richard, thank you so much for your reply! I wish I could get in touch with some of the girls back then. Some names come to my mind: Jenny Lovesgrooves, Judith and Elisabeth Gsell, Trudi Giger, Elisabeth Muff. Also Sister St. Patrick, well, if she is still alive, she must be quite advanced in age. I am so absolutely grateful for this wonderfull time I was able to spend at Lechlade Manor. Thank you for all the people who made it possible and who I'll never ever forget!
Rebecca Sarjent
I am Rebecca Sarjent and was the wonderful convent for 1962 to 1973. Number 8 of the nuns is sister Mary Margaret (Lundburg) who I think is in the graveyard and whose grave is on the left in the photo.
Many thanks, Rebecca.
Elfried Zimmermann alias Freddy
Dear Rebecca Sarjent, if you were at St. Clotilde during 1962 to 1973 we should know each other… May name was back then Freddy Scheuermann (Switzerland) and I was there 1968 to 1969 My name is now Zimmermann. I was working as an o'pair to learn the English language… Would be nice hearing from you. Regards Freddy
Gabrielle (Ledger) Bousquet
I am Gabrielle Ledger and I was at the convent from probably around 1949-1960. Some pupil names I remember are Susan Davies-Webb, Susan Freeguard, Penny Kerr, Penny Cuthbertson, Carol Walters, Angela Bronne (who was, I think, in my sister, Teresa's class), Jane Proust. Of the sisters, I always dreaded French with Sister Augustine, and also lunch with almost raw sausages, and liver that was usually an unhealthy shade of green. One of my favourite memories is playing rounders, and walking back through a field of buttercups.
Thanks for your comment, Gabrielle
Wendy Hurley
I remember you Gabrielle, you were good at art! I remember all those names. I wendy hurley & my sister Katrina were there the same time as you, I too enjoyed the
sports, my favourite meal was breakfast & tea.
Lovely to receive your reply, Wendy. We had good times at the Convent, didn't we. I'm back in touch with Susan Davies-Webb, who now lives in Nova Scotia. I'm living on the Gulf coast of Florida, and loving the sunshine and warmth. Do you know where any of the others are? And what are you up to these days?
Judy Ward
Oh my goodness Gabrielle, I remember the green liver! I have never been able to eat it since (at the time I somehow forced a little bit down masked by the mashed potato that usually accompanied it). I thought I had exagerated the memory until I saw the above.
I remember your name and several others in this post.
Judy Ward.
(Judith Barton)
Elfried Zimmermann
Oh dear……. I worked for some time in the kitchen, I had no choice 😢I wasn't supposed to work there…. but they were short of stuff… I hope I wasn't guilty of green liver!!!!! I was there 1968 1969 just for one year… Regards Freddy Switzerland 🇨🇭
Lesley Hayward
HI, I am Lesley and was at the convent from 1959-1964. The sister th from left in the group photo is definitely Sister Odile. She used to measure us for our uniforms and insisted we had the purple knickers which were part of the uniform. We never wore them as the new close fitting stretch ones were available in the shops! Rebels, or what!!! I can't see Sister Edmund but she was definitely shorter than Sister Odile. I attended the stone unveiling and the Lechlade church ceremony. I don't remember the liver but I do remember one of the sisters going to Swindon on a catering course and making the most wonderful stuffed cabbage with a tomato sauce. I also remember the bread and milk we had at breaktime – there was always a rush when the fresh bread had been delivered!
Thanks, Lesley, for your memories. Richard
Elia masi
Hello..was there ever a sister veronica there?,my mother Maria masi nee falvo worked there sometime between the 1960s maybe very early 70's,its important that I find her whereabouts
You must be Lesley who was down the flat with Sister Marie Jehanne and me Freddy from
4th from the left!!!!!
Judi Davies-Webb
I am Susan Davies-Webb's little sister Judith, or as Dilly called me The Little Terror! The time I spent at St Clotilde was some of my happiest memories. Swimming in the river, jumping the bonfire with Eddie, very pagan, the kindness and gentleness toward a scared 4 year old and being taught to sew, which I still do. See all the photos was wonderful, Susan Davies was one of my sister's dear friends and her sister Phillipa was a friend to me.
Thank you, Judi, for those happy memories.
My sister, Rosemary and I (Carolyn Batorski) would love to connect with any classmates from 1955-1957. Our Father, Captain Joseph H Batorski, worked at Fairford. We were day students living in Coleshill and both have wonderful memories of our time at the Convent of St. Clotilde. Madame St Odile was a special and beloved teacher.My best friend then was Mary Jane Ann Yates who had a Malaysian connection, I believe. Thank you
Carolyn Himmelfarb
Hello all, Rosemary Batorski is looking for old friends, Vicky Bartrop, Susan Hemlitsia (sp), Ms Cania, ms Gittens, Mrs Fisher (ballet teacher). Any information re these lovely people is appreciated. Thanks
ERNST Christiane
Hi, I was at Convent Ste Clothilde from 1957 to July 1959 as a help to learn the English language and a teacher called Miss Siller taught us English starting with the ABC. We were 3 french girls. Could anyone tell me what happened to Diana Siller. She was of lithuania's origin, gave piano lessons as well. Our tutor was Mother Marie Christine. Sister Margaret was in the kitchen. I would appreciate having more news. I also spent some days during Christmas with the family Doctor Gilmore.
(am not sure of the spelling anymore)
Sarjent Rebecca
I was there 1962 – 1973. I am sure I read Miss Siller had died but not sure when or where. She taught me German
Joan Bodey
I was at Lechlade from 1958-1964 & have many memories of my time there. Contemporaries were Julia Morse, Michele Adams, Lesley Yates- Fish, Marie-Helene Sippy, Susan Dixon, Jane Webb, Catherine King & many others& I remember many of the names of others mentioned in these comments.
I was at the Convent in 1998 when it closed & in 2008 when the memorial stone was laid.
I am still in touch with Julia, Michele & Lesley & we all met up in London two or three years ago.
Margaret Boulton
I am Margaret Boulton and was a pupil at St. Clotilde from 1957 to1965. My sister Ruth was also there but 6 years younger than me. It was an extraordinary place to be and has has left a lasting impression on me. Sadly I am not in touch with anyone from school days and would gladly hear from anyone who remembers me.
I still hope to hear of a sign of anyone who stayed at St. Clotilde Lechlade 1968 -1969. My name: Elfried Zimmermann-Scheuermann Freddy was my nickname.
Dear Margaret! How nice to hear from you after such a long time! I left Lechlade in 1965 and I was in your sister Ruth's class. I was a border there for five years and I remember going to Oxleaze farm some weekends where I enjoyed the company of all your family: your adorable mother, your brothers and your hardworking father. I'll never forget. I imagine you have guessed who I am by now… do you remember Ruth paid us a visit in Spain 🇪🇸 one summer? Do tell her I would love to hear news from her. Yes, you are right! I'm Maria Gonzalez! All the best and keep in touch!
Hi Margaret I am Rebecca Sarjent and have a sister Rosemary 10 years older than me. We used to live in the Manor Farm House Blunsdon and picked you up on the school rota. Rosemary left in the summer of 1963 in the Blues but I stayed until 1973. I boarded from about 1965 whenI was in the Browns. How are you?? I think you may have been on Rosie's class or maybe one year below.?
Dear Maria, how lovely to have your reply so quickly. I emailed Ruth to ask whether or not she had replied to you. She was so pleased to hear that you had contacted and will be in touch with you. I remember you so well and how special your friendship with Ruth was. How lovely to have your memories of Oxleaze. Thank you for reminding me that Ruth visited you in Spain. I thought how adventurous she was. I will let Ruth update you about everything. All best wishes, Margaret
Hello Rebecca, yes of course I remember you and Rosemary as we were in the same class. I stayed on in the whites for a couple of years to do A levels. I remember going for tea at the Manor Farm House. Your mother asked me how I would like my boiled egg cooked which I had never been asked before and was uncertain what to say. I remember your parents being very sociable and kind. I live in Sheffield, married with two sons and three grandsons. How are you and Rosemary? Margaret
I remember sewing lessons with Mrs. Pinchoff. They were pure torture – I detested sewing. When I was there, my lay teachers were Mrs. Ward (English), Mrs. Fisher (gym, etc.), Mrs. Vine (geography and biology, I think), Miss or Mrs. McDonald (or McDonnell) (Maths), Miss Mahoney, who was petrified of thunder, and Miss Veal, who married and went off to live in what was then Rhodesia. Such memories. And yes, I remember being measured for those awful, knee-length mauve knickers, which nobody wore.
Does anyone remember the annual day playing Cache Poulet?
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