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Why Don't You Come Out to the Delta Quadrant Sometime and See Me?
I'm always creepin' 'round teh internetz looking for blogathons to join because, say it with me now, my blog is super lame. Well, I was looking the other day, and came across one that seemed kind of promising, but then I couldn't think of anything to write about because I was only half interested in the subject; however, it did lead me to a link to a different blogathon that held a tad more interest for me. I started researching a little and realized I COULD POTENTIALLY WRITE ABOUT CLASSIC MOVIES AND/OR CAPTAIN JANEWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, without further ado, below looms my entry for Angela and her HollywoodRevue's Paramount Centennial Blogathon.
Here's my train of thought (disclaimer: history filtered through my brain):
Movie studios faced some tough times during the Depression. They had all this sound they didn't exactly know what to do with yet. They had all these actors who were kinda broad and weird from silent movies. They didn't have a strict production code to keep them from a million extraneous scenes of Marlene Dietrich swimming naked in ponds or Barbara Stanwyck taking off her stockings. And they were having trouble getting an audience because everybody was super poor.
So, in the early '30s, Paramount looked to Broadway, found a gal with a hit show, and gave her a movie deal. That movie? She Done Him Wrong. That gal? Mae West.
Subsequently, Paramount's financial troubles lessened.
Fast forward 60 years.
Everybody's losing business to HBO and the like–the movie studios, the big 3 networks, your mom, everybody. Paramount's wanted to start up its own TV station for a long time, and finally, it's the '90s and Girl Power, and they decide to get the show on the road with UPN, starting this new network with a Star Trek with a lady captain. That Star Trek show? Star Trek: Voyager. That captain? Captain Kathryn Janeway.
Subsequently, Paramount had its own TV network that did ok and also produced Moesha.
Now, one might not think it readily, but these two ladies–Mae West and Captain Janeway–have a little more in common than just being ladies of unmitigated sass who anchored Paramount at different times. I know I didn't think of it too readily, but then I really wanted to shoehorn both of them into the same post so I could fangirl about Janeway amid many glamorous pictures of both of them.
Now before you scoff too loud, I'll concede that their dissimilarities abound. I mean, Mae West is a blonde, and Janeway's a redhead, after all. Also, Mae West is a big sex symbol whereas Janeway is nobly celibate. And, of course, Mae West hardly ever captains starships.
But, any doofus can look at both of them and see they're not the same person. So let's squint a little bit harder and look at their top 5 similarities:
Honorable Mention: Wooden Leading Men
How Mae Rocks It: Mae West was pretty unconcerned about whether her leading men could say lines with any inflection; she was more concerned with attractiveness and picked the hunkiest hunks she could find to play opposite her seductress persona.
Before you say "But Cary Grant was a really good actor!" watch him in She Done Him Wrong, I'm No Angel, and Blonde Venus. He comes off as a slightly smarmy 2×4.
How Janeway Rocks It: Chakotay's so cute and sweet (he built her a bathtub!), but sometimes he's boring and stilted. Even Tom Paris, who's supposed to be rather fly (ay oh!) can be lame. But almost anybody looks lame next to Kate Mulgrew's shenanigans.
Case in point: What even is this pose?
#5 The '90s
How Mae Rocks It: A good percentage of her movies take place during the 1890s, giving her ample opportunity for the most bizarre and gorgeous costumes.
Is that Arachnia, Queen of the Spider People?! Oh, false alarm, it's Mae West in costume for an Asian (read: kinda racist) musical number in Klondike Annie.
How Janeway Rocks It: While Janeway doesn't actually travel back to the 1990s from the 24th century very often, evidence of Voyager's '90s-ness is almost painfully apparent at times. As Grace would say, it's like a fanny pack made into a show.
Wait? This show was made in the '90s? I never would've guessed because those outfits are not '90s at all!
#4 Experienced Ladies of a Certain Age
How Mae Rocks It: Mae's movies are all about how she can teach a young man a thing or two because she's the sexiest lady in town, even at the age of mumble mumble.
How Janeway Rocks It: It takes a few years to obtain a captaincy in Starfleet. Also, Janeway had been a science officer before she was captain, and her healthy love of exploring and the way she works through problems with her bare hands show she's got chops, even at the age of mumble mumble.
#3 Shameless Flirts
How Mae Rocks It: Not sure I need any explanation here. She remains queen of the double-entendre to this day.
How Janeway Rocks It: She's all up in everybody's grill, she can't keep her hands to herself, and she totally pretends to be a hooker once to get some people out of an alien jail. She also SO ABLY uses her feminine wiles to save her ship when this alien thinks he can seduce Janeway into doing what he wants, but little does he know: No one can out-seduce Janeway.
She also makes this face when she goes in for a hypospray.
#2 Hands on Hips
Both ladies love their silly, sassy poses. Maybe it's because they're both stage actresses, or maybe it's because they're both too sassy for their own good, or maybe it's because they're both weight-flux girls who learned how to stand to look good during their chubby periods.
Regardless, I've made an infographic for this one, and I'd also like to direct you to check out this video.
#1 Distinctive Voices
How Mae Rocks It: Even if a person has never seen a Mae West movie, he or she knows the "come up and see me sometime" line and has some vague idea of the cadence and intonation with which it should be said. Although I'll admit, sometimes my Mae West impression turns into Howard Cossell.
How Janeway Rocks It: Sometimes Janeway sounds as if she's still half drunk from last night on the holodeck and she smoked a half dozen cigarettes before shift. Sometimes she sounds crisp and commanding but still the cigarette thing. Sometimes she whispers during a fight (see the altercation between her and Seven of Nine in "Hope and Fear"). But it's all so totally recognizable.
And I'll admit, sometimes my Janeway impression turns into Mae West.
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12 Responses to "Why Don't You Come Out to the Delta Quadrant Sometime and See Me?"
Angela 27 September 2012 at 12:25 AM #
I love this! Such a clever way to connect some of Paramount's 1930s movies to one of Paramount's television shows from the 1990s. I can't say that I ever saw the connection between these two ladies before, but it's definitely something I'll have in my head from now on. Thank you so much for participating in the blogathon!
TheBestofAlexandra 27 September 2012 at 9:11 PM #
Thanks! And thanks for hosting! I look forward to other blogathons…
Rich 27 September 2012 at 1:50 PM #
From one Trekkie to another, I admire your creative choice in linking two such prominent women! When Voyager first began, I distinctly remember thinking that Mulgrew and Jennifer Lien should switch voices. I've grown to appreciate Janeway's voice, but I always preferred that of Kes, myself.
Thanks! Also, I'm picking up what you're putting down: Kes's voice is pretty amazing/sultry.
A tenuously related anecdote: My church does a Christmas cantata every year, and last year the lady on the recording doing the narration sounded very Mulgrew-ish. I alluded to this when I asked my choir director whether he'd like me to emulate the Janeway-ness when I did the narration for our performance. He did not find the humor in it, but the piano player snickered.
lassothemovies 27 September 2012 at 7:01 PM #
I have never seen anything Star Trek, but I found your post to be downright hysterical. I especially enjoyed the hands on hips pictures. Thanks for a wonderful and thought provoking post.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I'm especially glad that infographic went over well, because more than half of the time I was working on this, I was actually accidentally getting distracted while finding pictures for that. 🙂
Le 27 September 2012 at 9:49 PM #
Wow, this was amzing and very interesting! I don't usually compare classic film actors / characters with modern one, but this one was a great idea. I loved all the pictures of hands on hips. I do this sitting, too.
Don't forget to read my contribution to the blogathon! 🙂
Le (Critica Retro)
TheBestofAlexandra 3 October 2012 at 5:11 PM #
Thanks, Le. And very subtle plug… 😉 I'll be sure to check it out!
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Did the Pilgrims experience violence in America?
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Children bear the cost of extreme weather: New evidence from Mongolia
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By Valeria Groppo 21 February 2017
© UNICEF/UNI82304/Cullen Men travel on horseback in the sub-district of Bayangol, winter 2010, the poorest area in Bulgan District, Khovd Province. Lack of paved roads and over a metre of snow have made this area nearly inaccessible.
Extreme weather events are becoming more intense and more frequent in many regions of the world. From increasing precipitation and cyclones in high latitudes and tropical regions, to intensifying droughts in southern Africa, this trend is likely to continue throughout the 21st century.
Weather shocks can have long-lasting effects on children's health and education. Hence, these shocks can reduce countries' levels of education and economic growth in the long term. Poor people in developing regions of the world often bear the highest costs of these events. This is mainly due to limited social protection and insurance against weather risks, combined with lack of economic opportunities.
Extreme winters threaten herding households
Most studies on the impact of extreme weather events focus on droughts or rainfall shocks in tropical or dry regions. However, cold shocks in the form of extremely harsh winters can also be damaging for children. While affecting all regions with continental climate and large seasonal variations in temperature, such as Russia, inland China or the Himalayas, these shocks are especially relevant in Mongolia.
Children who were of school age during the shock and lived in severely affected districts were significantly less likely to have completed mandatory education
Over the past two decades, Mongolia has been hit by two extremely severe winters, which caused mass livestock mortality. The phenomenon of harsh winters causing mass livestock mortality is referred to as dzud in Mongolian language. Extreme winters are characterized by exceptionally cold temperature, excessive snow, lack of precipitation during the previous summer and fluctuations in temperature that cause the snow to melt and then ice over, thus hindering animal grazing. The two recent dzud events can be seen in Figure 1, which shows livestock development in Mongolia over the period 1991-2011. The first event spanned three consecutive winters during the period 1999-2002, while the second occurred in the single winter of 2009/10.
Both shocks dramatically threatened livelihoods among the Mongolian population. Indeed, for about a third of Mongolians, animals represent the primary source of nutrition and income. Many herders lost a substantial portion of their herd during the dzud disasters, often falling into situations of food insecurity and poverty.
Figure 1: Annual livestock mortality in Mongolia, 1991-2011
Source: Mongolia Livestock Census. National-level data shown. Only deaths of adult livestock are considered.
Children among the most affected by extreme winters
Two recent papers studied the consequences of extreme winters on children's health and education, respectively. As it is often the case when extreme weather hits, the studies found that children were severely affected by the weather shocks. This calls for special attention from UNICEF, which can play a leading role in supporting government policies and programmes to protect children before other extreme weather events occur.
The first paper specifically studied the impact of the 2009/10 dzud on the health of children younger than 7 years old, as measured by the height-for-age indicator. Results show that children who were born or in utero during the 2009/10 catastrophic winter and lived in districts that were severely hit by the shock have significantly worse health, compared to same-age children living in less affected districts.
The second paper examines the impact of extreme weather events on education. The study finds that individuals who were of school age during the shock and lived in severely affected districts were significantly less likely to have completed mandatory education, compared to peers in less affected districts. The effects are verified for both the 1999-2002 and the 2009/2010 winters. They are also large in magnitude and persist in the long term, up to about ten years after the shock. This is particularly striking in a middle-income country like Mongolia, where there are no tuition fees for basic education.
© UNICEF/ Valeria GroppoEnumerators measure the height and weight of children in a Mongolian household.
In both studies, the effects only hit children from households that were engaged in herding before the shock. Moreover, the data show a negative correlation between shock intensity and post-shock household income. Taken together, the results suggest that it is not winter conditions, per se, to which all children are exposed, which drive the results. Actually, it appears that weather shocks affected children mainly through losses in household assets and income.
What can UNICEF do to protect children from extreme weather shocks?
The fact that children were not shielded from the negative consequences of the 2009/10 winter disaster shows that the country did not experience sufficient learning from previous weather shocks. Because extreme weather is likely to strike again in Mongolia and elsewhere, it is essential to apply policies which protect vulnerable children in case of future shocks.
More research is needed to better understand the long-term effects of weather events and the mechanisms behind them. However, the existing evidence already indicates a range of complementary policies that can mitigate the impact of weather shocks on children. As UNICEF previously advocated, such policies include post-disaster relief, such as the provision of nutritional supplements to infants or pregnant mothers or the delivery of fodder to protect weakened animals. The research presented here indeed finds a positive correlation between the amount of food and fodder aid distributed after the shock and children's health outcomes in a given district.
Preventive interventions are equally, if not more important, than post-shock support. In the context of health protection, these may include monitoring the health of pregnant mothers and infants – even in non-disaster years – especially in remote rural areas and in poorer households. Moreover, weather insurance can be effective in protecting household income and, in turn, children's health and education. Increasing the diversification of household economic activity can also improve household resilience in the face of weather extremes. As a form of income support, cash transfers also have great potential as a mitigation policy in the context of natural disasters. Finally, improving the dissemination of information on extreme weather events, for instance through early warning systems, may also prevent the negative consequences of extreme weather on children.
Valeria Groppo is Social and Economic Policy Consultant at the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti. Thanks to Michelle Mills for her comments. The research presented in this blog was conducted within the project "Economics of Climate Change: Coping with Shocks in Mongolia". The project was carried out by a team of researchers at the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW Berlin), in cooperation with the Mongolian National Statistical Office (NSO). Funding for the project was provided by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
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Drifting Sun – Safe Asylum
Article by: Tony Colvill
2016 is becoming increasingly difficult, at year end my editor will say "what are your top ten for the year?" and I'm up to five already. No, make that six. I loved the last Drifting Sun album, Trip The Life Fantastic, and was happy to sing its praises and moan about the artwork which I felt undersold the album (dangerous ground when it was executed by one of the band, but I'm still here). This time round I like the artwork, reminiscent of the Rodney Matthews and Roger Dean posters I hankered after to fill the limited space on my box room wall. It is sort of like the aforementioned artists with a touch of the band Magnum's album covers. Another one for the merchandise desk, and great on a t-shirt.
But the music, that is the purpose of this scribblery (that's not a real word, so sue me – Shakespeare made loads up!), and it is good. Trip The Life Fantastic wore some of its influences on its sleeve, Safe Asylum retains some of those but really does start to define the Drifting Sun sound. Regrets? They remain a studio project, I believe they would be so good live, but not to dwell, many of the John Mitchell projects are purely studio based and our pleasure is therefore in the listening.
Like its predecessor, Safe Asylum opens with a strong track. From the first few bars I was expecting The Book from The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy to announce something pertaining to Arthur Dent, but King of Hearts begins with a 'Medieval meets Rainbow' feel, a complex and brave piece with chops and changes and that slight 'Hey Nonny Nonny' feel. I like it, it's crazy, beautiful, a little bit barking, not "walking apart" at all. It changes, it moves, melodies occasionally repeating, but never lost or losing its way.
The eccentricity is akin to that of Muse, but it really does make you smile; it is infectious. A different feel for The Hidden Truth, a more traditional power ballad but with its proggy twists it hits the spot. Drifting Sun flit between their genres with the speed of a fly avoiding the swat, and do so with a seamless professionalism. Only by being hypercritical could I find fault, but this is about listening pleasure rather than artificial fault finding.
Is it a theme in the album fabric that a track called Intruder is the third up (see Peter Gabriel 3)? Spoken intro, poppy with a metal edge, and the Magnum compare and contrast returns, probably more in the sense that Drifting Sun tell stories. It is a thoroughly enjoyable driving companion and I seem to spend more time playing the CD loud as it is more nuanced than the download, raising that old chestnut of compression again. I would say that it is best on CD, plus you get the lyrics and artwork!
Alice and Wonderland are one piece to me, whether by association of youth or the way they lead down the rabbit hole of Alice into the mythical Wonderland. The guitar work throughout the album is brilliant without slipping into 'look how clever I am' mode. In honesty, every instrument is sharp, balanced and, well…make up your own mind. There is a feel of the weight of certain decades at times, '80s and '90s, but influence is what it is. Alice is subtle, simple compared to some tracks, and lyrically both delightful and a little sad. After the drive of Intruder the simple is a chance to breathe. Wonderland changes the pace and style, but the narrative remains. Storytellers; it seems that the early progressive music has returned, whilst former storytellers like The Enid have become more worldly aware, Drifting Sun are more allegorical. There is room for both. I shall be fascinated to see what comes next from the Sun, as they recently announced that the next album is a concept. Another form of the album that seems to have returned, via Dave Kerzner and Gandalf's Fist, to name but two.
Gods is lovely and sounds like… oh what the heck, love it, my personal favourite. I shall let the music speak as the theme that started with Alice continues.
Desolation feels dark and mysterious, tinged with a sadness that ends when the drummer lets loose with a beat that effortlessly slides into the upbeat Retribution. From the foundations of Rock to the ethereal heavens of the gentle tracks, Drifting Sun are in control.
The album draws to a conclusion, and yet I have been happy to let it play through more than once. The general release ends with Retribution while the Special Edition includes bonus tracks Emphasis and Vagabond. It is value for money, and I commend its purchase to your ever emptying wallets in a year where the end of the year top ten looks increasingly like requiring an extension built.
The Hidden Truth is the latest "single" backed with the unreleased track Lost Knight, and is as good an introduction as any. Lost Knight is another of those bouncy medieval crossovers with rock elements, slightly cheesy but I does make me smile. I will reiterate my statement though, this a band who should consider appearing live. There is drama, pathos, light and shade, it is musical theatre without becoming Lloyd-Webber; perhaps live is not achievable but I hope it is. With the next in development being a Concept Album, we could do with some more theatre. An eclectic group of musicians that deserve a wider audience and a big artwork based poster outside the venue (envision cheesy grin).
Conclusions? Must buy (in my view), better than Trip… and I'm in anticipation of the concept album…dribble.
01. King of Hearts (8:44)
02. The Hidden Truth (6:31)
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04. Alice (7:32)
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06. Gods (6:06)
07. Desolation (5:29)
08. Retribution (3:54)
09. Emphasis (For Sienna Joy) (1:11)
10. Vagabond (3:40)
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Record Label: Independent
Country Of Origin: U.K.
Date of Release: 21st August 2016
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The Trust's negligence at Clandon resulted in the house being burnt to a cinder
Burned by political expedience
Clandon Park remains a shell after it was gutted by fire six years ago. Now the National Trust is telling a one-sided story about its past
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It came as a shock when I received a call from a friend to inform me that some of my forebears from many, many moons ago have been named and shamed as profiting from the slave trade.
This wasn't the result of the publication of new information, nor was it the product of assiduous research. It was, in fact, a declaration made by the National Trust, the charity to which Arthur Onslow, the sixth Earl, donated his home, Clandon Park, in 1956. At that time, his sister donated about £1 million in today's money — the Onslows were too cash-strapped to come up with the resources that the National Trust required to take on the property.
I checked online, and sure enough, "Clandon Park: A House Built on the Profits of Slavery" is emblazoned across the Trust's website for the property.
Six years ago, the Trust's negligence resulted in the house being burnt to a cinder. That event sparked no emotional reaction in me, other than disappointment at the destruction of something beautiful. Which it was. Clandon was built in the early eighteenth century and designed by the Venetian architect, Giacomo Leoni. It was big and imposing and symmetrical, encompassing some 40,000 square feet.
How the National Trust brands Clandon Park
After it was gutted, the National Trust promised to rebuild the house. "This marks an exciting new chapter in the Clandon story, and will represent one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by the National Trust," said Dame Helen Ghosh, director general of the Trust at the time. Six years later and the house has been draped in tarpaulin and left to sit empty.
For my grandmother, Teresa Waugh, who grew up at Clandon, the destruction of the house was a bitter blow. She wrote movingly about the experience in The Times shortly after the flames engulfed the building. Ghosh described the destruction as leaving Clandon "essentially a shell". My grandmother remarked: "It is impossible to explain how one feels when one sees one's childhood home engulfed in a ball of fire. The word 'slain' came to me as I looked with horror at the images of poor Clandon being gradually reduced to dust and ashes."
Now the National Trust, into whose care her home was entrusted and which proclaims "we protect and care for places so people and nature can thrive," has not only destroyed the house but made the proceeds upon which it was first built the focal point of the new narrative for it. The National Trust informs me that it did meet with Rupert Onslow, the eighth earl, to discuss the announcement before it was published online. Ellen Howells, the Trust's communications consultant for Clandon, offered an anaemic explanation, "The legacies of slavery and colonialism are reflected in the nation's places, buildings and collections, including those looked after by the National Trust, and we are committed to uncovering, exploring and sharing these histories at the places we care for."
My purpose is not to defend the origins of the Onslows' former fortune, for that cannot and should not be defended. Instead, Clandon's story demonstrates the ever-increasing alienation between the Trust and the families and properties that it purports to protect. And this problem is surely ominous for the Trust.
Because of course it is right that the National Trust should explain any slavery links to its buildings and places. But this is not the only story worth headlining. When I emailed Howells, she assured me, "We are researching all aspects of Clandon's history as part of our work to share the full stories of all the places in our care … We should all feel confident in seeking to understand both the positive and the negative chapters of our shared national histories."
But the Trust could not explain how it was highlighting the positive "chapters". As with many large estates, Clandon, was for two centuries after its construction in the 1730s, one of the largest employers in its area and the Onslows a prominent political family. These facts are acknowledged but overshadowed by the Trust's preference for focussing on the slavery narrative not just as, rightly, a heinous sin but as one that trumps everything else that happened to the estate in the near three centuries between its construction and gutting.
The slavery connection came through marriage, when in 1708 Thomas Onslow married the the 16-year-old Elizabeth Knight. Elizabeth (below) was the niece of Colonel Charles Knight, whose fortune derived from his Jamaican slave plantation. Before his death in 1706, Knight made a will bequeathing his riches to her. The National Trust states that the later personal histories of Knight's slaves are lost to us. But we do know more about Elizabeth. She was an active petitioner for the establishment of the Foundling Hospital in Bloomsbury for destitute and abandoned children — Britain's first children's charity. Thomas Coram, its driving light, described her as "a woman of the truest goodness of mind and heart that I ever knew".
She never saw Clandon Park, dying age 39 in 1731, when work on it had scarcely commenced. In the surviving oil painting of her by Hans Hysing, she is unmistakably white. The story passed down the family is that she was, in fact, mixed race.
None of this can be found on the National Trust's account of "Clandon Park: A House Built on the Profits of Slavery."
The Trust claims a "responsibility to make sure we are historically accurate and academically robust when we communicate about the places and collections in our care". Increasingly, though, it appears as if the Trust seeks to sever ties with the families who have generously entrusted their houses to it to an extent that goes far beyond scholarly detachment.
By contrast, English Heritage is acutely aware of the weight that historical narratives are given, and its duty to work with families that endow their properties to them. "We 100 per cent maintain relationships with families that donate properties," Matt Thompson, its head of collections, tells me. "The families talk to us and tell us about their memories and that becomes the narrative of the place … We need to bring the families along with us in order to understand the past. You need to bring people along with you." How do they achieve this? "Expertise and rigorous scholarship."
A body that enjoys the benefits of charitable status pursues a political objective
But where is the expertise and rigorous scholarship at Penrhyn Castle, near Bangor? There the National Trust has commissioned a Welsh novelist, Manon Steffan Ross, to write twelve fictional stories as "her own response to the difficult history of the castle and its origins steeped in the Jamaican slave trade".
It isn't simply the telling — or fictionalising — of history that is undermining faith in the National Trust. Take, for example, Holnicote Estate in Somerset. Here the Trust consciously abuses its benefactors' wishes. The estate was used as a hunting seat and home to North Devon Staghounds. The Dyke Acland family gave the specific provision that the land should continue to serve the hunt. The National Trust has gone far beyond the 2004 Hunting Act and has even banned trail hunting — where dogs follow an artificial, rather than animal, scent.
So a body that enjoys the benefits of charitable status pursues a political objective. A charity that seeks to preserve and maintain links to the past moves according to the winds of fashionable causes. In the meantime, the remnants of Clandon have been dozing quietly in a tarpaulin blanket for six years – longer than it took the Onslows to build the house. It awaits a phoenix-like resurrection, as promised by the National Trust.
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Churchyards are really important for lichen conservation. Throughout Britain and Ireland churchyards offer a wonderful resource of lichens. They colonise the church, boundary walls and memorials, as well as trees in the churchyard.
Limestone headstones with golden and grey crustose lichens
As the memorials are often made of kinds of stone different from the local building stone, the diversity of species that can be found on all the different substrates in the churchyard can be remarkable. Indeed, in lowland Britain, churchyards are often the only habitat where many species are recorded.
The golden crustose lichen Caloplaca flavescens on limestone
For example, limestone memorials are often found even in areas where the local stone is granite, and the limestone can be quickly picked out because of the golden circles of Caloplaca species which grow upon it.
Some species occurring in churchyards are quite uncommon, or at least uncommon in other habitats. Churches, their memorials and surrounding walls are often the oldest man-made stone structures in the landscape. Although some lichens can colonise substrates quite quickly, with species first appearing within a few years, others colonise very slowly and it can take hundreds of years for some lichens to become established. Indeed, there are some which will only grow on other well-established lichens.
Granite Celtic cross with leafy and crustose lichens
The survival of this wonderful lichen diversity is very much dependent on how the churchyards are looked after. Abandoned churchyards become overgrown and the lichens wither in resulting shade. The gravestones may be cleaned and the lichens scrubbed off as the stone surface is worn away. Saddest of all is the laying flat of vertical memorial stones that have been deemed unsafe. This leaves the churchyard looking like a decimated army on a war-torn battlefield.
The British Lichen Society, mindful of the needs of managing churchyards safely and economically, is keen for the lichens to be considered. We are able to offer advice about:
whether the lichen flora in a churchyard is of particular value
how the churchyard can be managed for the conservation of its lichens.
We can also help by participating in the decision-making process about the management of churchyards, so that the best solution can be found for lichen conservation.
The lichen Psilolechia lucida picks out the letters on a slate headstone
Lichens can present particular problems for churchyard management, for example:
fundamental knowledge of lichens, and of valuable species in the churchyard, may be lacking
parishioners may be puzzled about the need to conserve lichens in a churchyard which they see as having an entirely different purpose
in places, the lichen cover may not be regarded as compatible with the purpose of particular stone work which the lichens have colonised
safety-test surveys may recommend that certain memorial stones are laid down or made safe
repairs to walls, roofs, monuments or other structures may disturb surfaces which have a valuable lichen flora.
In all these cases, please feel free to get in touch with the British Lichen Society. For example, a free survey could be carried out to see if the lichen flora is of conservation value. A lichenologist could come and meet with parishioners to talk about lichens and explain about their conservation in non-technical language. We can also advise on suitable methods of lichen removal where it is absolutely necessary. We can help to identify particular unsafe headstones that might be made safe to protect the lichens on them. We can also discuss and advise about how to make repairs in such a way that lichens are protected, and inconvenience or disruption of work is minimised. We work closely with other conservation agencies such as Natural England, the Wildlife Trusts and English Heritage. All the advice we offer is free of charge.
Reasons for conserving lichens
Lichen colonisation is a natural consequence of any surface that is left exposed to the environment for a long time. Lichens indicate clean air and are regarded by many as decorative rather than disfiguring. Lichens are very sensitive to environmental change and our lichen flora is constantly under threat from numerous human activities. Without lichens we would have a much poorer understanding of the health of our environment for humans as well as for wildlife.
Grey and white crustose lichens on a sandstone headstone
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Is the grass really greener in Vernalis or Montana compared to Manteca?
Updated: Feb. 6, 2019, 12:48 a.m.
So why did any of us — or our forefathers — move to Manteca?
Why not Vernalis, an unincorporated rural community 21 miles south of Manteca nudged against San Joaquin County's southwestern border with Stanislaus County that you can reach by taking Airport Way south across the San Joaquin River and then turning left on Kasson Road, jogging right at Greenwood Road, heading west a short way on Highway 132, and then turning left on Westly Road and heading toward Highway 33.
Vernalis had a post office in 1851, way before Manteca was even a wide spot on a road or a milk stop along a rail line.
The short answer why most of us didn't opt to move there would seemingly be that most of us didn't even know where it is. But the real reason is after the seeds of the community were planted shortly after gold was discovered in California, they didn't grow much.
Why does Vernalis matter? It's because those who seem to despise Manteca even though they reside here or those that view growth as the equivalent of chugging hemlock more likely than not could not live in Vernalis and other places like it that growth has passed by.
There isn't much of a housing inventory in Vernalis and certainly no new subdivisions. You can't really buy a new house per se in Vernalis that so many seem to want without building it yourself and making sure the property drains properly in a storm. You will also have to drill your own well for water and put in a septic system.
Unless you can get a job at a nearby farm there are no jobs in Vernalis. Virtually everyone is a commuter.
And given it is off the beaten track, commutes to employment centers are daunting at best. Unlike the jammed 120 Bypass with its impatient drivers, your biggest fear on the commute is deadly valley tule fog.
As for streets, Manteca's are flawless and seemingly paved in gold in comparison. It doesn't have a Trader Joe's or Winco, just like Manteca doesn't. But then again shopping options in Manteca are more than just a pricey semi-grocery store a ways down the road.
You won't find very many people complaining about the schools in Vernalis because there aren't any. As far as parks and community recreational facilities, perhaps you could mow down a field of weeds and create a makeshift baseball field.
Good luck finding a police officer when you need one. But then again crime isn't exactly a big problem. Traffic isn't an issue either.
There are no homeless because even the homeless realize there isn't much there.
In 2017, Manteca grew by almost 2,000 residents. That's seven times the entire population of Vernalis.
The odds are most folks in Vernalis like where they live. They picked it, after all. There are a lot of tradeoffs to live in places like Vernalis just as there are to live in places like Manteca.
That said if Manteca is going to hell in a hand basket as some claim then why aren't they packing up and moving on?
For most of us, the answer is simple. We like to bellyache. We also don't see problems with any perspective much beyond we wanted them fixed yesterday. Context isn't part of the equation when we slam Manteca.
We are very good at sticking it to everyone's voodoo dolls — developers — and blaming them for all what is evil and wrong with Manteca. They are supposedly ruining a good thing by continuing to build more homes.
That begs the question: Just what are they ruining?
If it's converting farmland or open space into streets, houses, and buildings then we all are guilty as we either bought a brand new home or we bought an older home that is here only because the original buyer years ago was willing to buy it thus creating a demand to convert open space and farmland into housing.
As for pure evil, wouldn't that honor go to Joshua Cowell who laid out the original Manteca town site and then sold parcels to people to develop? Cowell, who arrived in what is now Manteca in 1862 after walking across the Sierra, would be amazed at what he would see if he were alive today. Those that think he might be disappointed seem to forget the biggest boosters of growth ever to walk the sandy plains are those that founded Manteca.
Most people do not buy homes in places like Vernalis because it doesn't offer what Manteca, Tracy, Ripon, Lathrop or a multitude of other small, medium, and large communities offer. It is also progressively less expensive to live in a place like Manteca compared to a place like Vernalis. True, the household income in Vernalis is significantly lower but the lifestyle residents have isn't one that you'll find in a new neighborhood south of the 120 Bypass. There are a lot of tradeoffs. It doesn't mean the quality of life in Vernalis is lower than Manteca, or vice versa. You simply have to give up things to live in either place.
Not living on a "crowded" street with seemingly cookie cutter housing means a trip to the store in Vernalis is a fairly major undertaking. It's doubtful that those living in Vernalis are bemoaning the fact dining options are limited given dining out in Vernalis means going over to a neighbor's for dinner.
So how bad is Manteca? Crime wise for the serious stuff such as felonies and burglaries, it has flat-lined in terms of incidents for the past 10 years while the city has added 14,591 residents. When you compare apples with apples in terms of felonies and burglaries per 1,000 residents, crime is down 20 percent since 2009.
You're likely to disagree crime has gotten better if you are a crime victim or a drug house is on your block.
It does seem people are getting a bit less courteous but that could be perception. More people means more people that we don't know. Instead of grousing, giving into road rage or getting our daily dose of exercise via frequent finger salutes why don't we try to be kinder and not let jerks color our outlook.
There are problems in Manteca. Always has been and always will be.
And if you think the best things to do is pack up and move away basically allowing problems to chase you off instead of working with neighbors to make things better, go in peace. Just remember that moving isn't going to stop the societal cancers, real and perceived, from spreading.
I can name at least two families that moved from Manteca 20 years ago fed up with the meth epidemic at the time and the fact Manteca Police were busting a meth lab every other week for several years including portable ones operating out of car trunks and large-scale ones in the garages of new McMansions.
So guess what one of the leading states is now for meth labs is plus what state ranks No. 2 nationally in terms of per 1,000 people for both teens and adults for meth abuse? It's Montana.
The grass always seems greener elsewhere when in fact it is often simply because we don't want to the time and energy to keep up the grass we have or are standing idly by while crabgrass kills off the grass we have that is really just a slightly different shade of green than the grass in our minds we seem to think we long for.


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Events are being held in the Czech Republic to mark what would have been the 80th birthday of Václav Havel.
Events are being held in the Czech Republic to mark what would have been the 80th birthday of Václav Havel. A gathering in his honor is due to take place on Prague's Wenceslas Square on Wednesday evening, while a concert is being held at the city's Rudolfinum venue.
The town hall in Prague 6, where Mr. Havel lived toward the end of his life, has prepared a series of events and several theaters are also paying tribute to him.
A concert will take place in Lucerna palace on October 15, part of the project Havel@80, with which the Vaclav Havel Library has been commemorating Havel's birthday for the past year.
Yesterday the "Piazzetta" beside the National Theatre was renamed Václav Havel Square.
The birthday is also commemorated by Czech centers across the world.


You may, at some point, start to question whether your loved one is able to drive safely on the road. Of course, you do not want to strip them of their independence, but you also want to know they are okay and not a danger to themselves or anyone else. Elder care professionals recommend that you approach the situation calmly and cautiously so that your senior does not become upset.
Below, our elder care team will provide you with some things to think about and consider as you assess your loved one's ability to drive.
Do you notice that your loved one has a difficult time reacting to traffic lights or have you noticed that their reaction time is slowed?
Check in with the local neighbors and friends to find out if they have noticed any changes in the way your loved one drives?
Does your senior remain aware of their surroundings the entire time they are in control of the vehicle? Do you notice that they ride too close to the center line or drift in and out of the lane?
Your loved one may have trouble driving as he or she ages. It is important to work closely with their elder care provider to keep track of their performance as they do drive. If you would like to learn more about our services, now is the time to call Comfort Keepers – we're here to help your loved one remain independent and safe.


As agreed upon in the Relicensing Agreement between the Power Authority of the State of New York and the Tuscarora Nation, the PA is responsible for developing and implementing in consultation with the Nation, a scholarship program.
The scholarship program will begin in the academic year following the Acceptance Date of the Relicensing Agreement and shall extend through the remainder of the New License term, which is approximately fifty years.
The program will provide, on an annual basis, two undergraduate full tuition scholarships to Nation citizens matriculating at any community college or university in the State University of New York System. The student shall receive tuition for the fall and spring semesters for four years.
To be eligible for the Tuscarora Scholarship; 1) the student must attend a SUNY school as a matriculating student; and 2) be enrolled at Tuscarora.
The recipient of the Tuscarora Scholarship must fulfill a Community involvement obligation within the four years in which the scholarship award is received. Also, the recipient must remain a matriculated, degree seeking student at a college or university in the State University of New York system to continue to receive the award.
1) Fill out the application.
2) Write an essay of 200-300 words.
3) Submit two Letters of Recommendation from two different people with the application materials. The people who write your letters of recommendation are the advocate. These people may be a teacher, supervisor, co-worker, advisor, or someone who has known you for at least a year. This person should NOT be an immediate relative. The letter and Form 1 should be completed, sealed in an envelope, and signed by the advocate when you submit them with the rest of your materials.
4) Propose a Community Involvement project using Form 2. If you are awarded the scholarship, this is the community involvement you will perform.
5) Submit high school transcripts or GED scores. High school transcripts must be sent directly to the Scholarship Committee from the high school.
6) Return the application materials by March 15th, 2009 to the Tuscarora Elementary School, Attention of Tuscarora Scholarship Committee. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Please retain a copy of your submission for your records.
2007 was the inaugural year for the Tuscarora Scholarship Program. The Tuscarora Scholarship Committee has been formed to develop and implement the criteria and obligations set forth by the scholarship as well as select and award recipients. The Committee is formed by members of the Tuscarora Nation.
*The Tuscarora Scholarship Program Application, including but not limited to eligibility requirements and obligations are subject to change at the discretion of the Scholarship Committee.
Obligation: Recipient must complete a community involvement project or service period for the Tuscarora Nation upon receiving the scholarship.
On a separate sheet, state your educational and other future goals in an essay of 200-300 words. Use Times New Roman font size 12 and be clear and concise. Observe proper grammar, organization, sentence structure and spelling. The essay is an important deciding factor in the review process.
Personal accomplishments, achievements, and experiences that have given you satisfaction and have helped to form your character.
Two letters of recommendation are required. Use Form 1 to complete the requirement.
Propose a plan of Community Service using Form 2.
This form must be completed, signed, and returned for the application to be complete. The Tuscarora Scholarship Program requires two letters of recommendation from two different individuals unrelated to the applicant.
The person named above is the applicant for the Tuscarora Scholarship Program. Each applicant is required to provide supporting statements from two different individuals.
Please attach your letter of recommendation to this form.
Provide your assessment of the applicant. Include any relevant comments that will be helpful in evaluating him or her for the scholarship. Form 1 and the letter should be confidential and not shared with the applicant.
Place the Recommendation letter and this form in an envelope and sign across the closure of the envelope. Return the envelope to the applicant.
In order to encourage Nation resources as well as enable the coming generations to explore their talents, interests, and career paths, we are asking that you, the applicant, develop a plan of community service or involvement you can perform, if selected to be the recipient, over the course of the next four years. Community involvement could be proposed for one of the following areas: Environmental, Educational, Health and Well Being, Cultural, Administrative, Recreational, Historical and the Arts. The number of hours performed will be agreed on upon project proposal.
· Historical: Genealogy, veteran remembrance, or historical research for the community.
These are just examples. You are encouraged to develop your own creative plan. Keep in mind who, or what, do you want to affect or influence, what methods or ways you can achieve that goal, and how much time it will take on your part.


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Donald Trump refuses to concede defeat, was golfing when election called
9News Staff
9:06am Nov 8, 2020
Donald Trump is refusing to concede defeat after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the US Election.
Mr Trump, who was golfing in Virginia when the result was announced that Mr Biden would be the 46th President of the United States, has repeated claims of voting fraud and vowed to fight the results in court.
"We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him: they don't want the truth to be exposed," Mr Trump said in a statement.
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"The simple fact is this election is far from over.
He later broke his Twitter silence, repeating his claims of victory over 'legal votes', with one Tweet carrying the disclaimer - that the claim about election fraud was 'disputed'.
President Donald Trump plays golf at the Trump National Golf Course in Sterling, Virginia, as Joe Biden is announced as the winner of the 2020 US election. (AP)
"Joe Biden has not been certified as the winer of any states, let alone any of the highly contested states headed for mandatory recounts, or states where our campaign has valid and legitimate legal challenges that could determine the ultimate victor."
"In Pennsylvania, for example, our legal observers were not permitted meaningful access to watch the counting process. Legal votes decide who is president, not the news media."
There has been no evidence of Mr Trump's incessant claims of election fraud. Even some senior Republicans have rejected many of his claims.
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Mr Trump goes on to say: "Beginning Monday, our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld and the rightful winner is seated.
"The American People are entitled to an honest election: that means counting all legal ballots, and not counting any illegal ballots. This is the only way to ensure the public has full confidence in our election.
"It remains shocking that the Biden campaign refuses to agree with this basic principle and wants ballots counted even if they are fraudulent, manufactured, or cast by ineligible or deceased voters. Only a party engaged in wrongdoing would unlawfully keep observers out of the count room – and then fight in court to block their access.
"So what is Biden hiding? I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands."
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Tough road getting Supreme Court to intervene
Trump has repeatedly said there's one place he wants to determine the outcome of the presidential election: the US Supreme Court. But he may have a difficult time ever getting there.
In 2000, the Supreme Court effectively settled the contested election for President George W Bush in a 5-4 decision that split the court's liberals and conservatives. Today, six members of the court are conservatives, including three nominated by Trump. But this year's election seems to be shaping up very differently from 2000, when Florida's electoral votes delivered the presidency to Bush.
Then, Bush led in Florida and went to court to stop a recount. Trump has suggested a strategy that would focus on multiple states where the winning margins appear to be slim. But to overturn the election result, Trump would appear to have to persuade courts, including perhaps the Supreme Court to set aside votes in two or more states.
Donald Trump. (AP)
Chief Justice John Roberts, for his part, is not likely to want the election to come down to himself and his colleagues. Roberts, who was not on the court for Bush v. Gore in 2000 but was a lawyer for Bush, has often tried to distance the court from the political branches of government and the politics he thinks could hurt the court's reputation.
It's also not clear what legal issues might cause the justices to step in. Trump has made repeated, unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. On Saturday, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani pressed claims that so-called poll watchers, who observe as ballots are counted, were not allowed to get close enough to witness counting.
There is currently one election case at the Supreme Court and it involves a Republican appeal to exclude ballots that arrived after Election Day in Pennsylvania. But whether or not those ballots ultimately are counted seems irrelevant.
Ballots received after 8pm on Election Day were a small fragment of the total vote count. Across Pennsylvania, counties reported receiving under 8000 late mail-in ballots, though some were still assessing how many they had. Biden's lead over Trump by Saturday afternoon was more than 30,000 votes.
Still, Trump's campaign is trying to intervene in the case, an appeal of a decision by Pennsylvania's highest court to allow three extra days for the receipt and counting of mailed ballots. Because the case is ongoing, those ballots are being separated but counted.
Beyond the Pennsylvania case, if Trump wanted to use a lawsuit to challenge the election outcome in a state, he'd need to begin by bringing a case in a lower court.
So far, Trump's campaign and Republicans have mounted legal challenges in several states, but most are small-scale lawsuits that do not appear to affect many votes. On Thursday, the Trump campaign won an appellate ruling to get party and campaign observers closer to election workers who are processing mail-in ballots in Philadelphia. But judges in Georgia and Michigan quickly dismissed two other campaign lawsuits Thursday.
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Biden's campaign, meanwhile, has called the existing lawsuits meritless, more political strategy than legal. Biden lawyer Bob Bauer on Thursday called the lawsuits "an opportunity for them to message falsely about what's taking place in the electoral process."
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Space: Near-Earth asteroid CubeSat goes full sail
Publicado miércoles 27 septiembre 2017 | 20:32 GMT -3
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite the size of a shoebox, designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a full-scale solar sail deployment test at ManTech NeXolve's facility in Huntsville, Alabama, Sept. 13. The test was performed in an indoor clean room to ensure the deployment mechanism's functionality after recent environmental testing.
When fully deployed, NEA Scout's solar sail is the length of a school bus. This sail is used to reflect sunlight to use as propulsion for the satellite as it moves through space, minimizing the need for fuel and paving the way for deep-space exploration missions.
Credit: NASA/MSFC/Emmett Given
Washington, Sept 27, 2017.- NEA Scout is a six-unit CubeSat that relies on an innovative solar sail for propulsion. It is one of 13 secondary science payloads NASA selected to fly on the initial launch of NASA's Space Launch System rocket. When deployed, the sail is square in shape with each side about the length of a school bus, and harnesses solar energy to use as propulsion to move through space. Instead of wind, solar sails reflect sunlight for thrust, minimizing the need for fuel. This method results in cost savings due to the reduced weight and size of the payload with reduced fuel and provides the satellite with the ability to travel through space. The NEA Scout solar sail will deploy from the spacecraft using four arms — called booms — to hold the sail, much like a sail on a ship.
"Last year, we did a deployment test on a half-scale prototype of the solar sail. We used the findings to make several improvements to the spacecraft's sail deployment mechanism," said Tiffany Lockett, a NEA Scout sail systems engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. "We incorporated a larger motor to help retract the booms after deployment and upgraded the software to perform the test. Also, we improved the sail restraint tab that holds the sail in place prior to deployment for easier sail deployment, upgraded the connection between the sail and the booms, and included a pin puller to help lock the sail spool during transportation."
To minimize the amount of human intervention needed to deploy the sail in a gravity environment, the team had to come up with a way to reduce friction where possible. Engineers used improved sliders to allow the booms to glide easily across the surface of the table with less friction.
"We learned a lot from the results of today's test. The motor performed as anticipated and three of the four sail restraint tabs released on time. The new improved booms operated much better under less friction," said Alex Few, NEA Scout sail systems mechanical designer at Marshall. "We look forward to analyzing the results further in the coming weeks."
The team will use these findings to make final adjustments to the testing of the solar sail that will be used in flight, scheduled for testing later this year.
"NEA Scout will perform a reconnaissance fly-by and take pictures of an asteroid to learn more about the risks and challenges they may pose to future human exploration missions," said Les Johnson, NEA Scout's solar sail principal investigator at Marshall. "It will deploy from the rocket after the Orion spacecraft is separated from the upper stage."
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Pic: Bestselling author Cathy Cassidy with a selection of literary fans, including UCLan MA Publishing students.
Book fans both young and old joined a famous author and students from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the infamous 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.
The MA Publishing students organised a Mad Hatter's Tea Party and the honoured guest was bestselling children's writer Cathy Cassidy whose latest book, 'Looking-glass Girl', is a retelling of Alice's Adventures.
Guests came dressed as their favourite characters from Alice's Adventures and even the food was straight from the pages of the book with jam tarts, magic cakes and jelly.
All guests were given a goody bag with lots of Alice themed activities and a free copy of 'Looking Glass Girl' signed by the author. During the party Cathy talked about her book and about her love for Alice's Adventures.
"I read it when I was eight or nine, and loved it; it was a perfect slice of fantasy and nonsense, a surreal world where anything could, and did, happen."
The event was organised by the MA Publishing students as part of their studies.


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Woman hiking South Carolina waterfall plunges 60 feet
MOUNTAIN ROAD, S.C. (AP) — It took South Carolina rescuers hours to reach a woman who fell down a waterfall while hiking.
News outlets report the woman was at Blue Hole Falls when she fell 50 to 60 feet Saturday.
Oconee County Fire Chief Charlie King says rescue crews needed more than two hours to build multiple rope systems to reach the woman. Close to 40 people assisted in the rescue.
When rescuers reached her they discovered she suffered "a significant injury." She was airlifted to a hospital in Greenville. Updated information on the woman's condition was unavailable at the time.
King says hiking to the Blue Hole Falls is easy, but it is dangerous to leave the trail.


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A collection of letters illustrative of the progress of science in England, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to that of Charles the Second/Front Matter
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2095082A collection of letters illustrative of the progress of science in England, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to that of Charles the Second1841
SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS.
"I am fully perswaded that our countrie is not inferiour to any for men of rare knowledge, singular explication, and exquisite execution of the artes mathematicke, for what strangers may be compared with M. Thomas Digges, Esquire, our countryman, the great master of archmastrie? and for theoretical speculations and most cunning calculation, M. Dee and M. Thomas Heriotts are hardly to be matched."—The Seaman's Secrets, by John Davis, 1594.
Historical Society of Science.
ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE PROGRESS
SCIENCE IN ENGLAND
FROM THE REIGN OF
QUEEN ELIZABETH TO THAT OF CHARLES THE SECOND.
JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, Esq., F.R.S.,
F.S.A., F.R.A.S., &c. &c. &c.
PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY,
BY R. AND J. E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
M.DCCC.XLI.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF SUSSEX,
K.G., K.T., G.C.H., D.C.L., F.R.S., &c., &c., &c., &c.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MUNSTER, F.R.S.
THE RIGHT HON. LORD HOLLAND, F.R.S.
THE RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM, F.R.S.
SIR ROBERT HARRY INGLIS, BART., M.P., LL.D., F.R.S.
SIR GEORGE T. STAUNTON, BART., M.P., D.C.L., F.R.S.
THE RIGHT HON. SIR LANCELOT SHADWELL, V.C.
CHARLES PURTON COOPER, ESQ. Q.C., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A.
THOMAS STEPHENS DAVIES, ESQ. F.R.S. L. & E., F.S.A. Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN, ESQ. V.P.R.A.S. Professor of Mathematics at University College, London.
JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, ESQ. F.R.S., F.S.A. Sec. & Treas.
REV. JOSEPH HUNTER. F.S.A., F.R.A.S.
SIR FRANCIS PALGRAVE, K.H., F.R.S.
THOMAS JOSEPH PETTIGREW, ESQ. F.R.S., F.S.A., F.L.S.
REV. BADEN POWELL, M.A., F.R.S. Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford.
SIR J. GARDNER WILKINSON, F.R.S., M.R.S.L., F.G.S.
REV. ROBERT WILLIS, M.A., F.R.S. Jacksonian Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Cambridge.
THOMAS WRIGHT, ESQ. M.A., F.S.A.
JAMES YATES, ESQ. M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.
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