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Sunlight filters through our cafe curtain with a soft white glow that brings out the subtly slubbed texture of the cotton.
- 50" wide; available in two lengths
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- Hangs from the pole pocket or converts to ring-top style with the included drapery hooks. Use with 10 Clip or Round Rings (sold separately).
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- Woven 100% cotton.
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- 50" wide x 36" long
- Valance is 50" wide x 13" long.
- Side Hem: 1" wide
- Bottom Hem: 1" high
- Pole Pocket: 3" high
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At the June 28 meeting of the Sag Harbor Village Planning Board, Larry Perrine, a board member, took a rather dim view of the presentation by an engineer for the Harbor Heights Fuel Company, accusing him of being a little too creative in calculating the square footage of a proposed convenience store on the Harbor Heights property.
The owner, John Leonard, wants to replace the existing filling station building on Route 114 with a similarly sized "country store" that would also function as a gas station. Mr. Leonard also owns a second building on the property that he leases to an auto repair shop.
According to the engineer, Chris Tartaglia, the new 1,842-square-foot building would include a 1,000-square-foot sales and display area, a 253-square-foot attendant's area with counters front and back, and about 100 square feet of refrigerated beverage display cases. The remaining 483 square feet is to consist of a bathroom, utility closet, stairwell, and walk-in cooler.
Although village code specifies that convenience stores are not to exceed "600 square feet of gross floor area for the display of goods for retail sale," Mr. Tartaglia said the code is less than clear as to how it defines retail space for a filling station. When the footage to be used by customers purchasing gas is removed from the proposed 1,000-square-foot sales and display area, the retail space decreases to 600 square feet, he told the board.
"I own a retail business, and in hearing you discuss it, it seems like you are being a little creative pulling out that square footage. My retail store has a certain amount of square footage and I would never consider areas that didn't hold product not a part of the retail shop," Mr. Perrine said.
The engineer said he wasn't trying to be creative, but was attempting to illustrate the code's gray areas. This line of reasoning failed to sway Anthony Tohill, the village's attorney, who said the code was clear and that the definition of gross floor area was very specific.
When Mr. Leonard filed his application with the planning board last December, he said that one of his goals was to bring order to the chaotic site. His proposal includes curbs and two curb cuts along Route 114, which the board has acknowledged would improve traffic flow onto and off that busy thoroughfare.
Both the country store and the two proposed fuel islands and canopies would run perpendicular to Route 114 in order to reduce their visual impact from the street, his representative said.
The Harbor Heights application is also before the Sag Harbor Village Zoning Board of Appeals because it requires several variances.
Richard Warren, Sag Harbor's environmental consultant, said it was important that the zoning board provide input on the application before the planning board moves forward and suggested the public take concerns about the project to the zoning board.
Mr. Leonard's attorney, Dennis Downes, said 140 people had signed a petition in favor of the convenience store, which has already been submitted to the zoning board. He said his client wants to be flexible and had agreed to place a retaining wall along the eastern edge of the property to satisfy a request from a neighbor.
In an effort to clarify which of the two boards has jurisdiction over the application, the planning board declared itself the lead agency on the Harbor Heights proposal, in exchange for a waiver from the applicant on a State Environmental Quality Review Act mandate that specifies that a decision on an application must be reached within 62 days of submission. The planning board is expected to review Mr. Leonard's proposal again at its next meeting on July 26.

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Week 1 of Baby: 10/22/2007
Hello from the other end of the rainbow!
Because I'm so long-winded, and because I know that if I were a reader, I'd want every single detail, I'm going to split this into two entries: one to post on Monday, and one on Thursday. (Have I cleared this with my beloved editor? No! So here's hoping it works for her.)
It turns out that what everyone said was right: She would come at the perfect time. With more loving and knowledgeable support than most lucky people get exposed to in the course of a lifetime, I gave happy, healthy, painful-but-ecstatic birth to Lena Pearl this past Thursday--the 42 week mark--at 4:54 PM.
Day-before jitters
My doula Michelle and I spent much of Tuesday trying to get labor started--she'd generously offered to come over to see if anything she could do might help. She thought maybe my tilted sacrum and tight ligaments on my left side might have something to do with Lena's delay. So we did yoga; a lot of hip relaxing exercises; acupressure; a belly rub with blue and black cohosh; moxabustion (a Chinese herb that smells suspiciously like another herb, but you just warm it near your skin--no inhaling, I promise). She left on Tuesday evening feeling hopeful. I didn't, especially, but only because nothing had so far worked.
Wednesday dawned and it suddenly hit me: I was being induced the next day. I would be giving birth tomorrow. I thought this would be a good time to freak out. Yes, dammit! I finally admitted it in full force: I was scared. All of this waiting around for labor to start had drained my "bring it on" attitude. Aron took Sylvia to daycare, and I took advantage of the solitude to cry--a panicky crying, which lasted through a long, hot shower. When Aron got home, he gave me a wet hug and a useful pep talk: "What you're doing right now is more painful than what you're going to feel tomorrow. Let's go for a walk."
So we had a lovely and brisk hike up to a local Buddhist sanctuary called the Peace Pagoda (where, it turns out, Michelle is getting married this summer). We took in the long view of the mountain range, and the close-up view of tadpoles, frogs, and goldfish squabbling in the gorgeous pond. Our feet crunched on multicolored leaves on the way up and down. Every once in a while, I'd feel a pang of panic, and look quickly for Aron's eyes. "Worse than it will be tomorrow," he'd say, and I'd take a deep breath and hope he was right. (I also talked to a good friend, who gave me the same mantra she said she used when running a marathon: "I'm going to kick the ass of this race." She laughed and said, "'I'm going to kick the ass of this baby' doesn't sound right." I suggested "kick the ass of this labor" and that was that.)
That evening, I felt the contractions start. Not with a bang or a boom. More like, "Remember... this?" Like kind of painful period cramps--a dragging downward, a pressure like gravity plus a hint of pain. I didn't say anything, because I had so often thought something was starting in the past few weeks and then it hadn't. But I was woken up often with the discomfort overnight. I had checked out a website (spinningbabies.com) that Michelle had recommended, and it said that going onto hands and knees would intensify contractions and help the baby get in a good position. So up and over I went, probably ten times over the course of the night. My appointment to get my water broken was for 8 AM the next morning. What if I didn't need it? It was hard to sleep, for the combination of discomfort, excitement, and... yeah, okay, it was still there--panic.
My first baby
My mother-in-law came up on Wednesday, so everything was in place for Sylvia's seamless transfer to daycare on Thursday morning. I put her to bed on Wednesday night, and it was hard for me not to cry: my last night with her and her alone. I went over it again. "So, Syl, remember where I'm going with Papa early tomorrow morning?" I said, before launching into The Adventures of Polo.
She thought for a second. Her eyes lit up. "The hop-sital?!"
I smiled. "Yup. Do you remember why we're going there?"
"To see if the baby's ready to come out!" she hollered. And then a pause. "Where's Grandma?"
"Downstairs. She'll be here in the morning. She'll take you to daycare," I said, relieved that she herself--who's taking care of me? What will my day be like tomorrow?--was one of her first concerns. She is three, after all. It would be weird if she wasn't thinking about herself.
"And then I will see the baby?" she said, smiling and jumping now.
"You'll see the baby the next day," I said. "You'll come see me and the baby in the hospital."
"You're coming out, baby!" she yelled into my belly. "You're coming out so soon!"
Check in on Thursday! The continuation of Emily's birth story--and more pictures!--will appear then.
Join writer Emily Bloch each week as she chronicles her pregnancy--and now, life with a new baby.


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looking to upgrade the machine shop at work. We currently have a newer lathe and an old bridgeport that is pretty useless. Anyways, the boss wants to get an ironworker, break of some sort and a drill press. New is not priority but an option. Good used ironworker (scotchman etc), radial arm drill press, tubing bender(hossfeld type)? Shop is about 30' x 20'.....that's just the room we r going to use.where to by good used equipment in the jersey area? Should be get an ironworker with or without a break? basically our work is construction equipment modifications and fab. lots of truck body mods. we have plenty of local shops but we often have 3/16 mild bent and formed for trucks. sorry for the lack of caps, poor grammar etc.....this is a speedy sunday morning post with newborn in one arm. Dave
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I had a 90 ton Piranha here at my shop for a while (loaner).
The salesman said it would break 1/4 X 24'' on the punch end.
12'' break was on mine. The 24" was an option.
Don't bend round stock without a rounded blade.
If you do you will notch you blade, ask me how I know.
And that notch will show up in all subsequent breaks.
Ironworkers are very handy for making support parts.
I used the shear the most, followed by the punch.
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I have an older Pirahna 45 ton. I use it every day, don't know how I could operate without it. Brake, punch, shear, and notcher. I have also made custom dimpling tools, bending tools for it. Also made a tool to do offsets in flat bar, where two flat bars would overlap. IMHO, go for the Pirahna, I wouldn't really like the cavity type of machine.
Why not set up the BP as your drill press?
What type of brake are you interested in? As said, fairly long brakes are available for some ironworkers. If not, I would think a 48", 35 ton, press brake would do everything you would want in that type of shop.
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As far as tubing and Pipe bending I would recommend a JD squared model 32.
I have a 65 ton scotchman iron worker and I love the fact that it will shear 1/4" x 24"
I would not recommend putting a press brake on the iron worker, I have a 18" brake that I use in my 50 ton shop press with a electric over hydraulic pump, doing it this way leaves the iron worker freed up for other things so you dont have to keep pulling things in and out.
I have a 12" and the 18" brake which is made by scotchman, I would love to have the 24" brake that just slips into place under the shop press.
When it comes to iron workers make sure you pay attention to the length of the shear because there are alot of heavier duty units that dont have a 24" wide shear.
Thx for the input. I am going to call about this stuff as soon as these places open this morning. Any thoughts on JD2 ironworkers? Difference between model 52 and 53 tube benders? Also, any recomendations for a radial arm drill press? Thanks. Dave


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The memorial was designed by Sir William Emerson [3] using Indo-Saracenic style, incorporating Mughal elements in the structure. Lord Redesdale and Sir David Prain designed the gardens. The foundation stone of the memorial was laid down in the year 1906. The monument was intended to serve as a tribute to the success of the British Empire in India. Facade of the Victoria Memorial Architect Sir William Emerson laid down the actual plan of the memorial. The design of the structure represents a fusion of British and Mughal architecture. White Makrana marbles were used in the construction of Victoria Memorial Hall and the building was inaugurated in the year 1921. The massive hall is 338 feet (103 m) by 228 feet (69 m) and rises to a height of 184 feet (56 m). British government money was not used in its construction at all. Rather, the British Indian states, along with the individuals who wanted some favours from the British government, were the main contributors towards the cost of building the Victoria Memorial Hall.[citation needed] The massive Victoria Memorial stands enclosed within 64 acres (260,000 m2) of blooming gardens. It houses a museum containing a large collection of memorabilia relating to Queen Victoria and the British presence in India as well as other exhibits. The Memorial also contains a Royal Gallery housing a number of portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and paintings illustrating their lives. After India gained independence in the year 1947, certain additions were made to the Victoria Memorial. These additions formed National Leader's Gallery, containing the portraits and relics relating to Indian independence.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Memorial_%28India%29)
The Victoria Memorial, located in Kolkata, India is a memorial of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom who also carried the title of Empress of India. It currently serves as a museum and a tourist attraction. From Wikipedia The memorial was designed by Sir William Emerson in an architectural style similar to Belfast City Hall. Earlier asked to design the building in the Italian Renaissance style, Emerson was against the exclusive use of European styles and incorporated Mughal elements in the structure. Vincent Esch was the superintending architect while Lord Redesdale and Sir David Prain designed the gardens. The work of construction was entrusted to Messrs Martin & Co. of Calcutta. Built between 1906 and 1921, it is a majestic white marble building at the southern end of the Maidan and surrounded by a sprawling garden. A black bronze Angel of Victory, holding a bugle in her hand was placed at the apex of the dome above the Memorial. It is fixed to its pedestal with ball bearings and acts as a weathercock when the wind is strong enough. Unlike many other monuments of the British Raj in India, it is well maintained.Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Memorial_(India)


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It's holiday time so take advantage of the sidewalk cafes, restaurants, clubs and shopping strip all within easy walking distance.
If you are feeling energetic, try a round of golf at their nearby golf courses or for the more adventurous, take a hike up Mt Coolum and delight in the spectacular panoramic views.
Take advantage of the sidewalk cafes, restaurants, clubs and shopping strip all within easy walking distance. Perfect for couples or families, with various facilities available to suit everyone. Only a minute walk to the beautiful Coolum patrolled surf beach.
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College of the Ozarks hosted former POW of Vietnam War retired Colonel Lee Ellis for a "teach-in" December 11, 2013, at 7 p.m., in Jones Auditorium.
"In light of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, College of the Ozarks welcomed Colonel Ellis to give our version of what a 'teach-in' should be," said College of the Ozarks President Jerry C. Davis. "During the '60s and '70s many may recall numerous colleges shutting down classes to hold 'teach-ins,' in order to educate students on what some thought about the Vietnam War. At the College, where patriotism is a main goal, it was only fitting that he hold a 'teach-in' of sorts, too. Only the College's 'teach-in' educated students on the service and sacrifices made by American men and women who served in the Vietnam War and returned from honorable service only to be treated, in many cases, dishonorably."
During the 'teach-in' Colonel Ellis shared his experience at the infamous Camp Hanoi Hilton as a POW and the leadership lessons that helped him and his comrades return home with honor.
He served as an Air Force fighter pilot flying 53 combat missions over North Vietnam. In 1967, his jet was shot down and he held as a POW for more than five years at Camp Hanoi Hilton-the same camp in which Senator John McCain was imprisoned.
After the war Colonel Ellis served as an instructor pilot, chief of flight standardization/evaluation, and flying squadron commander. Additionally, he commanded two leadership development organizations before retiring as a Colonel. His combat decorations include two Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and the POW Medal.
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Corrs may 'just do it all again'
Jim Corr, one quarter of Ireland's super-group 'The Corrs' has given the strongest indication yet that a band reunion may be on the cards.
The Dundalk man, who for 15 years with his three siblings Sharon, Andrea and Caroline, were a multi-platinum music sensation, said this week that there is 'a 95 per cent chance' the band will re-form.
Despite the question being posed many times during the past six years or so by the international media, Jim made his comment to Harry Lee of the Louth Gathering History Project, who along with Jason McGee and the County Museum, Dundalk, is creating a digital historical archive of people from Louth who have moved away but want to relive their memories of the county and their lives since they have moved on to wherever they now are in the world.
In their heyday, The Corrs toured the globe, capturing the elusive US market before hitting a hiatus around 2006, by which point Jim said they had been "touring intensively and working extensively".
This week, in an exclusive interview with the Louth Gathering History Project's Harry Lee, Jim spoke of his and his sisters' lives growing up in Dundalk, forming the band, moving onto international stardom and his experiences since The Corrs took a break.
In the interview Jim explains the gruelling 15-year work regime that he and his three sisters undertook before progressing to a period in which they prioritised family life ahead of stardom and show business.
Now that the next generation of Corrs musicians are here, Jim provides an update on what all the band members including him, Sharon, Andrea and Caroline are up to, including Caroline's decision to embark on a new interest in competitive cycling.
However as the interview progresses Harry posed the big reunion question that many Corrs fans have been longing to get an answer to for a few years now and puts it to Jim: "Is it 'might', 'maybe' or 'will'? to which Jim replies "I will say its 95 per cent leaning towards 'will'".
Speaking following the interview Harry Lee said he was delighted that the Gathering History Project is proving a tremendous success.
"It was lovely to interview Jim about his experiences of Dundalk, and no matter how far he has travelled over the years he always regularly returns to the family home.
"It was also fantastic to finally hear that The Corrs are 95 per cent likely to move to a reunion. It wasn't a question I was sure I would get an answer to but now it has become a 'watch this space' scenario," added Harry Lee.
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- Although City Councils made provision for a sinking fund at least as early as 1807 the control of its monies remained in the hands of the City Treasurer and, after 1824, under a committee of Councils until 1857. In that year a board of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund was established by ordinances of May 9 and June 19 which designated as Commissioners the Mayor, the City Controller, and one citizen chosen by Councils, and directed them to keep an accounting of those funds held by the City Treasurer which by ordinance were designated as belonging to the sinking fund and to cause them to be invested in the purchase of the City's funded debt. A fire insurance fund for City property was established with the Commissioners in 1904, when all such insurance premiums normally paid by the City were directed to be put into their hands to accumulate for that purpose. The Board's composition remained unchanged until the adoption of the City Charter of 1951 when it was abolished but immediately replaced with a Sinking Fund Commission as a departmental commission of the Department of Collections. The present Commissioners are the City Controller, the Director of Finance, and an experienced investment banker appointed by the Mayor.
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What are your memories of your family putting up the Christmas tree? Many of us come from different traditions: some people won't put up their tree until after Thanksgiving or even on Christmas Eve? Some like live trees and actually go out into the woods to cut their own while others prefer the convenience of an artificial tree. Write about anything related to Christmas trees and your memories of Christmases past.
When I was growing up, we used to put the tree up sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas and I've kept that tradition. My earliest memories of a Christmas tree are from when we picked out a live tree from a Christmas tree lot in Florida. Then we started getting a special delivery each year from my aunt and uncle in New York. They owned a tree farm and used to send us a beautiful live tree. We eventually switched to an artificial tree for the convenience and also, unfortunately for those of us with allergies. I've always had an artificial tree in my own house for the same reasons.
I remember my parents having different roles in the whole tree decorating scheme. My Dad would set the tree up and do the lights and then my Mom would put garland on the tree. My sister and I helped put the decorations on. There was always much fussing with lights that went out or garland that was crooked!
This is a nighttime picture of my tree in 2009. I have a newer pre-lit one now with clear lights, but I kind of miss the colored lights. Many of the ornaments on my tree were passed down from my Mom when she switched to a smaller tree and some of them were made by me and my sister. It's always fun when I'm getting them out to see the old familiar ornaments again.
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Scappucci. Warner Classics 6154972
Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka uses her dark, steely sound instrumentally and accurately, but that doesn't automatically make her a Mozartean. In spite of a successful Met debut as Donna Anna, Rebeka is still in development as a musician, in need of help blending imagination, technique and characterization, and the pairing with conductor Speranza Scappucci here is a disaster.
There's an attractive bite to Rebeka's singing, and roles such as Elettra (in Idomeneo) and the Queen of the Night highlight this edgy thrust. But when she's not chewing somebody out, her diction can be mushy, with swallowed tone and little warmth or spaciousness in the sound. Runs are cleanly etched and metronomic but aren't used artfully to shape a line dramatically, or to intensify an emotion. They're merely accurate, and so what? There's more to "Martern aller arten" than nailing the notes.
Yet on this technical level, Rebeka's singing is impressive, in spite of some occasionally strident high notes. Both of Die Zauberflöte's Queen of the Night arias, along with Elettra's "D'Oreste, d'Aiace" and "Tutte nel cor vi sento," from Idomeneo, are pungently delivered, with spiky diction and pinpoint coloratura. There are some limpid moments in Pamina's "Ach, ich fühl's" and the Countess's "Porgi amor," and these slow arias reveal a cool vocal poise that Rebeka puts to good use.
While the soprano often shapes recitatives attractively, with changes in color and dynamics, these moments tend to sound coached and parroted, rather than generated by the specific dramatic situation. It's not enough to sing softly now and then or slow down the tempo; we need to follow the Countess's thought process in the recitative before "Dove sono," with detailed attention, not generic expressivity, from the singer.
A big problem is Scappucci's heavily Romantic conception of the music, a sonorous orchestral wash in which every note is so thickly resonant that the lines can't move or breathe. Even a majestic piece such as the Queen of the Night's "O zittre nicht" has a natural hierarchy of strong and weak beats, but Scappucci's lead-footed rendition is dead in the water. Three big scenas in a row (Don Giovanni's "Non mi dir" and "Mi tradì," plus "Dove sono," from Le Nozze di Figaro) are particularly disappointing. Moving from dramatic recitative through lyrical aria into a culminating allegro, Scappucci loses momentum every time, with weighty, ponderous basslines in stodgy tempos, leaving Rebeka to power through the final pages ineffectively.
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Today in 1547, Henry VIII was laid to rest in St George's Chapel, Windsor, next to wife number three, Jane Seymour. The poor pallbearers had some difficulty in handling the oversized coffin; we are told that it took sixteenth yeomen and 'four strong linen towels' to lower the coffin into the crypt. As was the custom, the accession of the next king, Edward VI, was pronounced at the ceremony. Mary was now heir to the throne.
A few months back I consulted several documents regarding Henry's death in the National Archives, amongst them his will (TNA E/23/4/1). Mary's position within the succession was approved in the third Act of Succession (1544) – 'the saide Imperall Crowne and all other the p'misses shallbe to the Ladye Marie the Kinges Highness Daughter'[1]. The Act also allowed Henry to name additional successors in his will or by letters patent, which he duly did. In the will, the throne was left to the heirs of Frances Grey if is his youngest daughter, Elizabeth, died childless. Frances's children, Jane, Katherine and Mary Grey, were the granddaughters of Henry VIII's younger sister, the other Mary Tudor. So Henry bypassed the heirs of his elder sister, Margaret, Queen of Scotland which included, by 1547, the young Mary, Queen of Scots and Margaret Stewart, Countess of Lennox (who was good friends with our Mary Tudor, so much so that it was rumoured, during Mary's reign, that she would make Margaret her heir and deny Elizabeth the throne).
Here is page eight of the will. After leaving the throne to Edward, Mary is named as the next in line:
Notice the tiny error made – the clerk put down first that the crown was to be left to 'our sayd doughter Mary lawfully begotten', then quickly adding in before 'lawfully' – 'and the heyres of her body'. Mary's children had to be legitimate in order to succeed her. She, on the other hand, could inherit as the King's illegitimate daughter. It then goes on to state that any marriage she entered into must have the approval of the Privy Council. Failing to secure their consent, she risked being denied the throne.
Now only was Mary an heiress, she was also a wealthy one:
'Further our will is that from the furst hower of our death until such tyme as the sayd Counsaillours canne provide either of them [Mary and Elizabeth] or bothe of sum honorable mariages they shall have eche of them thre thousand poundes ultra reprisas to lyve on...'
Both also inherited properties and precious goods; Mary received over thirty properties in the south-east. She continued to acquire estates, the most significant being Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, granted to her by the Crown in mid 1553. Framlingham played an important role during her campaign for the throne in the same year.
We do not know for sure whether Mary attended her father's funeral. Katherine Parr certainly did, witnessing the burial from the Queen's Closet that had once been constructed for Henry's first wife, and Mary's mother, Katherine of Aragon. There are records though for materials, namely yards of black velvet, needed for Mary and her household who were now in mourning. The National Archives holds the Lord Chamberlain's account of 'The precedente of the Buriall of oure late Soveragane lorde kynge henry the eighte' (LC 2/2). It lists the ladies, gentlewomen, gentlemen, ushers, and other household staff attending Mary, providing all with suitable mourning clothes. Many of the individuals mentioned served Mary for many years, including Susan Clarencius, Mary Finch and Beatrice ap Rhys the laundress (who had been in Mary's household by the early 1520s).
(Ladies and gentlewomen attending Mary)
For further information on Henry's will, see J. L McIntosh, From Heads of Households to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 (New York: Columbia University Press, 2009), pp. 201-17, which can be read online: http://www.gutenberg-e.org/mcintosh/appendix-a.html
[1] The Statutes of the Realm, vol. III (London, 1817), p. 955.
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Henry VIII's funeral
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Labels: 1547, funeral, Henry VIII, Henry VIII's will, Lord Chamberlain's record, mourning, National Archives
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
No vintage has ever caught the imagination, dollars and pounds more than 2005. The result has been a scramble for allocations of all the finest wines of France, with Germany's best being caught in the slipstream and the top Spanish 2005s being eagerly awaited. Italy and Austria were not so favoured in 2005, but that will not stop some of the less scrupulous merchants from trying to dust them with a little '05 magic in their sales pitch.
But what effect does such a highly lauded year have on the vintages that precede and follow it? There have been pairs of vintages in which the later one has been overshadowed by acclaim for the earlier one - 1989 and 1990 for example – although this seems unlikely with 2005 and 2006. The 2006 summer weather pattern in Burgundy was, as Lalou Bize Leroy of Vosne-Romanée put it "épouvantable" [appalling]. She describes the resulting burgundies as "pretty". Hardly a grandiose claim. Eric Rousseau at Domaine Armand Rousseau assured me that 2006 would definitely be better than 2004 as a vintage, even if there were strong similarities in the weather.
As for Bordeaux, I shall as usual be tasting the 2006 primeurs offerings in depth in early April and will report back but the Bordelais have been unusually quiet about this extremely testing vintage. Several respected Rhône producers meanwhile are already declaring themselves more than happy with their 2006s, but they are aware that 2006 will be a tough sell – for the same reason as the highly successful 2004 southern Rhônes have been underestimated. It is Bordeaux that sets the reputation of a vintage whatever the quality in other regions.
It is of course far too early to come up with definitive judgments on 2006s from a harvest that took place only a few months ago but I have recently been tasting a wide range of 2004s now that they are in bottle and thought that the results might be of interest, given the fact that in every region 2004s now look such bargains compared with the 2005s. As I reported here in November, the good news is that 2004 bordeaux look even better than they did en primeur, at least at classed growth level they do. (In stark contrast to 2005, 2004 bordeaux is not nearly so good lower down the ranks.)
There is not such good news as far as burgundy is concerned however. Given the huge demand for and relatively limited supply of 2005 burgundy, it would be delightful to report that it is not really necessary to pay through the nose for the 2005 and that the 2004s are shaping up beautifully. But my tastings of 2004 red burgundies in bottle over the last few months have been very mixed, and occasionally downright depressing. This prolific vintage with its mildew, rot, high acidity and marked, sometimes less-than-ripe tannins is surely, poor thing, always going to be overshadowed by the reliably ripe 2005.
With a few exceptions the 2004 red burgundies are very difficult to taste now. Even if tasted in isolation, as opposed to straight after the luscious 2005s as I tasted them in Burgundy in December, they taste very angular and tough and many have green, underripe smells. Just after last week's review of about 70 2004 burgundies from a range of top family-owned domaines organised by the Institute of Masters of Wine in London, one of my fellow MWs said to me, "I couldn't work out what on earth you were writing about each of those wines. They all smelled of cornichons to me."
While that is a mite unfair – a handful of producers really seemed to have mastered the vintage's very particular characteristics – the overall impression of the reds was so unprepossessing that I wondered whether the tasting had taken place on a 'root day' according to the biodynamic calendar already discussed on these pages. But no, apparently the tasting took place on a 'flower day' on which wines are supposed to show particularly well. It was the day before the tasting that had been a root day, when wines' natural fruitiness is believed to suppressed by those who follow cosmic forces.
Of course this tasting of about 70 wines in all was just a snapshot of the vintage, and burgundy is notoriously capricious, so the wines may take on flesh in bottle. But the selection was from mainly very smart producers who submitted from one to four different different wines. One must assume they submitted the wines they thought would show well, which is not encouraging – especially since such a high proportion of them were Grands Crus and Premiers Crus.
I gave just two wines, both Grands Crus, a score of 18 out of 20 whereas my 1,300 tasting notes for 2005 burgundies, admittedy far more numerous, are studded with scores above 18. The wines I thought showed best at the MW tasting were Joseph Drouhin's Grands Echézeaux (although like all Drouhin's wines it is far from a blockbuster) and Domaine Dujac's Clos de la Roche. In fact Dujac's wines were truly exceptional. This producer seems to have made one of the best ranges of 2004s – perhaps in part because their selection was so strict – even though they must have been so preoccupied as the 2004s were being made by their substantial acquisition of vineyards with Domaine de Montille of Volnay.
Within Volnay, Marquis d'Angerville seems to have trumped de Montille in 2004 as well as 2005. Not all the d'Angerville 2004 samples presented en primeur in January 2006 were impressive but at the recent MW tasting both d'Angerville's Champans and the village Volnay stood head and shoulders above virtually all Côte de Beaune wines other than Lafarge's Clos des Chênes and Bonneau de Martray's vivacious Corton. Eleswhere I have also tasted some very delicate 2004 Côte de Beaune reds lower down the ranks, presumably the product of very short macerations and are therefore free of any harsh tannins.
The only Côte de Nuits producer, other than Dujac, that stood out at the MW tasting as presenting uniformly clean, fruity wines with sufficient core to counterbalance the marked acids and tannins was Domaine Trapet although Tollot Beaut and Bruno Clair certainly did a decent enough job.
But by far the most exciting range of 2004 burgundies I have tasted comes from – no surprises or bargains here unfortunately - the most recherché address of all, the Domaine de la Romanée Conti. These wines, not picked exceptionally late, just have so much more richness than any other 2004s to have come my way. But they cost hundreds rather than tens of pounds a bottle.
There is joy to be found in 2004 burgundies however and it is still most obviously in the white wines which in many cases are more successful than their 2005 counterparts. There is a lovely crystalline, refreshing quality in the best 2004 whites which are generally very expressive of their origins whereas the definition of some 2005 white burgundies seems at this stage to have been smudged by the generous ripeness of the vintage. I list some 2004 white burgundies which seem to me to be surefire bets on the basis of recent tastings in bottle. In general 2004 Chablis is looking particularly promising, more quintessentially racy than the 2005s.
See my tasting notes on thousands of 2004s and 2005s by using tasting notes list and tasting notes search.
Listed in ascending order of price with very approximate prices per bottle.
Domaine Philippe Colin 2004 Chassagne Montrachet £21.50
Domaine Christian Moreau, Les Clos Grand Cru 2004 Chablis £27
Domaine David Moret-Nominé, Folatières Premier Cru 2004 Puligny Montrachet £40
Domaine Dugat-Py, Morgeot Premier Cru 2004 Chassagne Montrachet £60
Dom François Raveneau, Blanchot Grand Cru 2004 Chablis £75
Dom des Comtes Lafon, Charmes Premier Cru 2004 Meursault £100
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NAB customers have been unable to pay for items after the banking systems crashed this morning.
The bank alerted its customers to the fault via social media at 11:30AM.
That awkward moment when you go to pay for fuel and @NAB has shit itself. Pretty embarrassing.— Matt Nicholls (@mattnicholls29) October 10, 2016
"Sorry everyone, we're experiencing problems with some of our systems — we're working to fix it ASAP and we'll keep you posted," NAB tweeted.
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Let $G$ be a $n \times n$ matrix with real entries and let $\Lambda = \{x^n \colon \exists i^n \in \mathbb{Z}^n \text{ such that } x^n = G \cdot i^n\}$ define a lattice. I am interested in projecting the lattice points onto a $k$-dimensional subspace $U$ with $k < n$. Let $A$ be a $n \times k$ matrix of vectors that span $U$. Then, the projection of $\Lambda$ onto $U$ has the generator matrix $P_A \cdot G$ where $P_A = A (A^TA)^{-1}A^T$ is the projection operator. Lets also assume that the entries of $G$ have no structure between them - i.e., they are generally chosen from the reals.
I am interested in finding out when the projection of $\Lambda$ onto $U$ (call it $\Lambda_U$) is also a $k$-dimensional lattice. It seems to me that in most cases, $\Lambda_U$ will fill out the $k$-dimensional space $U$ completely, i.e., the shortest distance between neighboring points in $\Lambda_U$ will be arbitrarily small (obs. 1). For certain subspaces $U$ that seem to be "aligned" correctly with $\Lambda$, we get a well-defined $\Lambda_U$. By well-defined, I mean that the spacing between the nearest neighbors of $\Lambda_U$ is bounded away from $0$. As far as I can tell, this happens when $A$ is chosen such that the columns of $P_A \cdot G$ are rational multiples of one another (obs. 2).
- Are the observations (obs. 1) and (obs. 2) correct?
- If so, is this a well-studied concept? I didn't have much success googling with the obvious keywords such as lattice "projection" or "matrix column rational multiples" etc.
- Assuming the observations are correct, given $G$, is there a way to choose $A$ such that the columns of $P_A \cdot G$ are rational multiples of one another?


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కనిష్టం 4.0 39° cf (11th 1979)
నెలవారీ మొత్తం 11.1 mm
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నెలలో మొత్తం వర్షం పడే రోజులు 87.1 mm (1944)
గడిచిన 24గంటల్లో అత్యధిక వర్షపాతం 52.3 mm (8th 1926)
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Christian and Lutheran Life...
Another lady and I are providing the food for a soup supper at church this evening, so I'll be busy in the kitchen today.
I've already made the soup and a huge platter of chocolate chip cookies, but I still have to bake the bread and make a batch of brownies and possibly a batch of cornbread.
Isaac is still a little under the weather so he's not going tonight, but Dennis is going to help me haul all this food.
I probably won't post anything to the blog today, so I wanted to suggest a few articles from the archives you might enjoy. I wrote these a year ago, more or less.
- Rescue of Kitty: How I rescued my Bolivian kitten from a neighbor's rooftop despite my limited Spanish
- Kids and Kittens: How I nearly knocked myself out while visiting a nest of kittens, and other kitten stories
- A Bit About Windmills: Why windmills are unusual in Kentucky but common in Nebraska (and more).
- Alice and Jerry Readers: A fond look back at some old textbooks that have been out of print for many years.


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Team USA rolls in opener | Paul George shines in long-awaited return for USA | Harden looks forward to fresh start | Ingram's tough road to the NBA
No. 1: Team USA rolls in opener — They might have had just four days of practice together, but Team USA came out in their exhibition opener and looked nothing like a team that needed more time to bond. Behind prime time performances from Kevin Durant, DeMarcus Cousins and Paul George, Team USA coasted to a 111-74 win over Argentina. And as Steve Aschburner writes, it was a dominant performance from start to finish…
By halftime, the USA led 56-33, thanks largely to a 35-15 rebounding edge that produced second chances and defensive pressure that stymied Argentina's attack. Led by Carmelo Anthony's three steals and Cousin's two in the first 20 minutes, the NBA stars shook loose 14 turnovers and turned them into 25 points. All those offensive rebounds — they grabbed 19 of their missed shots to Argentina's 14 defensive boards in the half — showed up in a 19-2 advantage in second-chance points.
George, playing for USA Basketball for the first time since fracturing his right leg in an August 2014 intrasquad scrimmage, shot 6-for-9 with a pair of 3-pointers. Cousins had nine points and 10 rebounds in the half, while DeAndre Jordan maintained USA's inside advantage with six points and four boards.
Andres Nocioni scored eight points in the first half, and Manu Ginobili had six. Argentina was better from distance — 6-for-14 on 3-pointers vs. 4-for-12 on 2-point field goals — thanks to cleaner looks. In the paint, USA dominated in the half 34-6.
Taking better care of the ball in the third quarter — just two turnovers — Argentina stayed even with the Americans at 80-56. They got 22 shots, compared to 26 in the first half, and only allowed USA one offensive board.
The Americans got their swagger back in the fourth, though, outscoring Argentina 24-8 through the first six minutes of the quarter.
The game was the first of five that Team USA will play over the next 11 days before heading to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Americans will play the Chinese national team twice — Sunday in Los Angeles and Tuesday in Oakland — before traveling to Chicago and Houston for games against Venezuela and Nigeria, respectively.
No. 2: Paul George shines in long-awaited return for USA — It was two years ago in Las Vegas during an exhibition that Paul George suffered a gruesome broken leg that changed the course of his career. Now back and healthy, George came off the bench to score 18 points last night for Team USA, and as Yahoo's Michael Lee writes, George showed everyone that he's all the way back …
George is back in the Team USA fold, ready to complete what he started before his career was interrupted by what he now calls a "bump in the road." The venue for George's long-delayed international debut changed to the brand-new T-Mobile Arena, but he admitted playing an organized game in Las Vegas again was "eerie." Any uneasiness quickly subsided shortly after Krzyzewski brought him off the bench in the first period. After scoring 18 effortless points in an emphatic 111-74 demolition of Argentina, George was quick to state that the injury that rocked USA Basketball was "behind me."
All week, George's Olympic teammates avoided discussing with him a setback that he has little interest in reliving but remains a defining moment in his career that he has been unable to escape – especially since his will to overcome that incident continues to define his character. Krzyzewski said after Friday's game that George is playing "the best basketball in his life."
Determined to not only come back, but to continue his steady improvement after missing nearly an entire season, George made his return since breaking his right leg the best of his career. He led the Indiana Pacers back into the postseason, came one point short of Wilt Chamberlain's All-Star Game scoring record with 41 points and earned third-team All-NBA and second-team All-Defensive honors.
Colangelo said the incentivized gesture USA Basketball extended in the aftermath of George's injury was the "right thing to do," but George also rewarded that blind faith, making easy the decision to add him to the 12-man roster.
"I'm here for a reason," George told The Vertical. "I'm not just a guy that Coach K brought along."
No. 3: Harden looks forward to fresh start — It was a season of discontent for James Harden and the Houston Rockets, who went through a coaching change and then made a quick postseason exit. But with new coach Mike D'Antoni on the sideline this season and several new free agents signed up, Rockets' star Harden tells Lang Whitaker that he's excited for the new opportunity…
Q: How do you feel you fit into Mike D'Antoni's system, and how do you feel his system benefits you?
HARDEN: You know what? The day he got hired, we watched film. We've communicated several times a week. You know, it's going to work. I'm really excited about it because he's prepared. He's prepared, he's given me knowledge, he's given me things where I can fit into his offense and what he's trying to do. And not only myself but the entire team — I asked him questions about how Patrick Beverley fits and the new guys that we got fit. So it's exciting. And [we added Jeff] Bzdelik, who was the head defensive coach for Memphis. You know, everybody talks about, 'The Rockets aren't a good defensive team.' Well, we got one of the best defensive coaches in the league now. So it's all about preparation. In this league it's all about preparation, putting guys in positions where they're successful, and good things happen.
Q: Do you feel like you get a bad rap for your defense?
HARDEN: Yeah, yeah. But everybody makes mistakes. I can look up the same amount of plays for myself as the other top guys in the league. So I don't really worry, I don't focus on it. And now with the more talent that's going to release some offensive pressure off me, I'm going to be able to go out there and play both ends of the floor at a high level. It's really difficult to go out there, play all 82 games, lead the league in minutes and have to do everything offensively. I mean, no one else had that weight on their shoulders in the league. So like I said, it doesn't really bother me. I focus on what I gotta do and I just go out there and do it.
No. 4: Ingram's tough road to the NBA — The Lakers used the second overall pick in this summer's draft on Brandon Ingram, a lanky forward out of Duke who showed everyone in his one year of college that he is an elite scorer. But making it to the NBA wasn't an easy path for Ingram, and as Chris Mannix writes for Yahoo, Ingram getting to the NBA was a family affair…
As he got older, his basketball obsession grew. He played after school. When he got home, he challenged Bo to one-on-one on the battered hoop in the backyard. "I was a senior in high school before I beat him," Ingram said. When it got dark, his father, Donald, who managed the local rec center, opened up the gym. "It was an all-access pass," Ingram laughed.
The work paid off. Ingram won a state championship his first year at Kinston. He went on to win three more. A stringy, 6-foot-2 guard as a freshman grew, by his own estimation, two inches every year to finish high school as a slender 6-8 forward. Spins, fadeaways, step-backs — Ingram had it all. He averaged 24 points and 10 rebounds as a senior. Legend had it that in four years, Ingram never missed a free throw. So? "Most definitely, that's true," Ingram said.
Last month, the Lakers tabbed Ingram with the second overall pick in the draft. Overnight, Ingram, 18, became the face of one of the NBA's most storied franchises. It's not the type of position he has always been comfortable in. For years, Ingram was shy about playing in front of crowds. It wasn't until eighth grade, when he joined Jerry Stackhouse's AAU team, that he took to it. He was a star in high school but needed Mike Krzyzewski to tell him at the 2015 McDonald's All-American Game that he had pro potential. He could score on anyone but wasn't always assertive in high school and was briefly benched for listless play at Duke.
The Lakers hope he grows into the role. They see Ingram as a multi-position player. At 6-9, 190-pounds, Ingram will need to bulk up. He was eating six meals a day, some 5,000 calories, Ingram said, before the draft and he hopes to be 210 pounds next season. But the talent is undeniable.
Durant sees it. For months, scouts have compared Ingram to Durant. And Durant understands why. "He reminds me of myself, but he's a little farther along than I was at that stage," Durant told reporters at Team USA practice in Las Vegas on Wednesday. For Ingram, there is no higher compliment. He grew up wearing Durant's sneakers. His walls were covered with Durant posters. He mimicked many of Durant's moves. He worshipped him when he was at Texas, cheered him in Seattle, followed his career closely in Oklahoma City. The Lakers hope they found the next Durant; Ingram knows it will be a while before he gets there.
"It's a very special comparison," Ingram said. "But, of course, I know I'm not him. I know I'm not him yet, but I have the potential to make my own brand. Of course, you grow up with him as an idol, and in a few months he's going to become my rival. It's going to be a dream come true. I think just watching him for so long and having the ability to actually learn and play against him is just going to be a special motivation for me as a competitor and someone who really looked up to him."
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The thing is that I have vague memories of reading that when the laser was first talked about, it was claimed that quantum theory forbade such a device. What I'd like to know is whether there were such claims, and if so were they based on the idea that a laser would duplicate a quantum state.


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When you need to make a note of a phone number, URL or email address, it is common to find that you have neither pen nor paper to hand. You likely, however, to be carrying your iPhone so you could jot down the information as a note or a contact - but typing in this way can be too slow. ABBYY LinkGrabber enables you to use your iPhone camera to do the hard work.
The app comes from OCR specialists ABBYY, so it should come as no surprise that it has been designed to capture and recognise words and numbers in newspapers and magazines or printed on business cards, and convert them into a useable form. Captured phone numbers can be dialled, email addresses used and URL visited - you can also opt to copy the data to the clipboard, create a contact, or send the information onto someone else.
All of this sounds great in theory, but there are problems. Firstly, iPhone 3G owners can only use the app in conjunction with special case from Griffin. iPhone 3G S and 4 owners so not need such a case, but will find that the app fares badly as recognising addresses and numbers placed in front of the camera. Time spent taking numerous photos could be better spent actually typing into your phone.
The poor performance of the app is not the only thing to count against it. Although ABBYY's range of 'Grabber' apps fall into the cheapest price bracket, separating the PhoneGrabber, MailGrabber anf LinkGrabber tools into three individual apps is undisguised money-making - the three options could, and should, have been easily included in a single low cost app.
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Why Is The World's Gayest Sport Stuck In The Closet?
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When I ask figure skater Jeremy Abbott how athletes should respond to Russia's anti-gay laws, his eyes widen. "Um," he says, and stops. He shrugs a little and glances over at the U.S. Figure Skating (USFS) handler who's standing nearby.
"You don't have to answer that," the handler reassures him.
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Men Experience Simulated Childbirth [VIDEO]
For those men of the modern era, it is pretty much commonplace to take an active part in the process of childbirth with your wife. When my wife was pregnant, Lamaze classes were the "thing" so that you could practice breathing and the birthing technique. She was kind enough to let me off the hook as long as i was in the room for the birth itself. I was happy to be there to stroke her hair, hold her hand and be called every name in the book for putting her through the misery that she experienced during the birth of our rather large sons. At no point in time did I question the pain nor did I ever think that it was exaggerated or something that I wished to experience.
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Earlier Wednesday evening, PFT published its rankings of the top 100 free agents in the Class of 2013. In addition to unrestricted free agents, we have included restricted free agents and recently released players. We have not, however, included franchise-tagged players.
Numerous factors were considered in compiling the rankings, including age, position value, career performance, 2012 performance and playmaking ability.
I won't offer any spoilers in this space regarding the composition of the top 100, though you can safely assume the player pictured here is one of the top free agents available. However, I will say this: the Class of 2013 will be fascinating to watch. To me, it's the Adam Dunn of free-agent groups. There will be home runs, and there will be strikeouts.
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EAST PEORIA, Ill. (AP) _ Authorities in East Peoria have identified the gunman who shot and killed two people at a sports bar before he was killed by an off-duty law-enforcement officer.
The (Peoria) Journal Star reports that 40-year-old Jason A. Moore of Creve Coeur walked into The Fifth Quarter Bar and Pizzeria Saturday night and shot his ex-wife and another man in the head.
Thirty-three-year-old Lori A. Moore of Morton and 36-year-old Lance E. Griffel of Peoria died OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.
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Vikings Rout Rams; Peterson Runs for 212 yards
The Vikings routed the Rams in St. Louis 36-22 Sunday. Adrian Peterson ran for 212 yards including an 82-yard touchdown. Peterson is now 294 yards away from Eric Dickerson's single season rushing record. Everson Griffin had a 29-yard interception return touchdown in the first half for the Vikings.
Christian Ponder was 17-24 passing for 131 yards and no touchdowns with no interceptions but a rushing touchdown. Jerome Simpson led the Vikings with 4 catches for 27 yards. Blair Walsh was 5-5 on field goals including 3 field goals of 50 yards or more.
The Vikings are 8-6 and currently sitting in the 2nd wildcard spot in the NFC. If the season ended today the Vikings would be in the playoffs. The Vikings will play at Houston Sunday at noon, pregame on WJON at 11am. Hear more about the Vikings during the Leslie Frazier Press Conference Monday at 12:35pm on AM 1390-the Fan.


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School Superintendent Pia Durkin likes to look at numbers, and the numbers are clear: since her arrival in Attleboro seven years ago, student achievement has done little but improve.
School Superintendent Pia Durkin likes to look at numbers, and the numbers are clear: since her arrival in Attleboro seven years ago, student achievement has done little but improve.
Between 2006 and 2012, the percentage of tenth graders scoring advanced or proficient on the math MCAS rose from 65 to 77 percent and jumped from 64 to 87 percent in English.
The number of students taking Advanced Placement classes has tripled, growing from 98 to 300 and the four-year graduation rate has climbed from 71 to 88 percent.
"I'm a change agent and a reformer," said Durkin, 60. "Seven years ago Attleboro had very mediocre test scores "� We were able to catch it right at the right time."
But although the numbers are clear, Attleboro's evaluation of Durkin's tenure remains mixed.
Her performance has drawn small, but vocal, groups of passionate defenders and equally passionate critics, who have pushed for better communication.
In the last few years, she has increasingly clashed with some members of the School Committee. In May, the School Committee and Durkin finalized a one-year contract extension. Shortly after, the committee indicated it would start a superintendent search.
"In her case, there's definitely a split in the community," said Ward 6 School Committee member Kenneth Parent, who described the decision to part as " kind of mutual."
Durkin started working in public education in 1974 in New York City. Her focus as a teacher and administrator was on special education. In 1992, she moved to Providence, where she served as director of special education for six years. She took a similar position in Boston, then rose to assistant superintendent, where she managed a $130 million budget and 64,000 students, according to news reports.
As special education director in both cities, Durkin was in charge of implementing federal laws that called for special needs students to be educated as much as possible in classrooms with their peers. News reports from the time show that the policy drew some push back from parents of special-needs students concerned their children's needs were not being met.
"The law is very, very clear and our role is to absolutely comply with the law," Durkin said, adding later that the "absolutely unwavering belief that all children can learn and will learn at high levels "� has to be a deep core belief."
In Attleboro, where about a sixth of its roughly 6,000 students qualify as special needs, Durkin has maintained a similar focus, leading the creation of a pre-K to 12 program for autistic children.
"One of the things I like most about her is that she is very focused on keeping kids in our school system," said Parent. "It's very important to her we don't turn a child away."
In 2003, Durkin took a position as superintendent of Narragansett, resigning just nine months into the job. Providence Journal articles from the time suggested that relations with the School Committee had deteriorated. Durkin said this week that the district, smaller and suburban, had not been a good fit.
"It was my first foray as superintendent and truthfully that was really not a good match for my skills," she said, pointing to her previous posts in large, urban areas.
For two years at Brown University's Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Durkin worked on district redesign — administrative reorganization, increased accountability, school support — with schools around the country.
In 2006, the Attleboro School Committee unanimously voted to bring her on board as superintendent with a mandate to improve student performance. Shortly thereafter, the turnaround began.
"Seven years ago, Attleboro was headed in a very different direction than we are today. Her leadership in confronting sizeable and complex challenges facing our schools helped create the upward trajectory we currently enjoy," said School Committee member David Murphy.
Durkin said Attleboro's problems mirrored New Bedford — although on a smaller scale. (For example, 37 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch, a common measure of low income.)
Durkin attributed her success there to a balance of urgency, high expectations and optimism, a combination she wants to deploy in New Bedford for similar effect.
"Education is very complex and the way I view much of my work is taking a multi-pronged approach," she said, adding everything from budget decisions to office organization must be focused on the classroom. "The focus has to be on teaching and learning "� (But) it means everything we do."
Durkin worked to standardize curricula across buildings, began to offer night classes for students in danger of dropping out, and introduced common assessments to test student progress, which are given three times a year. She introduced coaches to support principals and teachers, encouraged professional development and conducted regular walk throughs in classrooms, spending about half of her time in the schools.
"When you're sitting in a principal's seat, whether it's with a parent or a staff member, you're out there on a ledge by yourself," said Principal Karen Saltzman, who was recruited by Durkin to the district. "She's always proven to be a good, strong supporter of the principals, helping you to problem solve."
"She is hands on," said Sonia Walmsley, the director of English language learner programs. "She will not just say what to do, she does it. She's a role model "� she's like a professor in college."
"She's one of those people that work really really hard and she expects her staff to do the same thing," said union President Adeline Bee, who has a standing 7 a.m. biweekly meeting with Durkin and described Durkin as having "her finger on the pulse of what's happening in the country."
The union worked with Durkin to develop a teacher evaluation tool, placing the district ahead of the curve and leading to its becoming an "early adopter" once new state rules were introduced.
"The union has worked hand in glove with her," Bee said. "She's the kind of person who is very knowledgeable and can convince others of the need to do something."
Durkin's success has not come without missteps.
Shortly after her arrival in 2006, Durkin drew national headlines when she began to enforce a supervised recess policy that banned tag for safety considerations, drawing outrage from parents.
She has been criticized by some on the School Committee for a school rental contract that pre-dated her administration but involved her husband's employer, an arrangement that allowed buses to park on school property, and by parents for her handling of a sexual assault case at the Coelho Middle School involving two students.
"There have been some issues with the parents and I think she's worked a lot on that," said Parent.
"I always found her to be extremely approachable," said parent Elizabeth Murphy Zielinski. "She is always visible and very present."
Durkin's relationship with the School Committee in recent years has also been strained. Many members declined to speak for this article, including Chairman Michael Taylor, who in May accused Durkin of hanging up on him when he called with questions about a $900,000 correction to the roughly $62 million budget. (The Attleboro Sun Chronicle reported that Durkin said she told him to call back because it was "loud.")
"There are individuals who will always disagree and the question is how you find common ground," Durkin said. "I've been able to keep the district on track and stay away from what I call personalized agendas."
"As a superintendent you have to have a stomach of steel," she added. "You can't take anything personally."
Indeed, Durkin's supporters say the problems have been driven by some members of the School Committee, which has been criticized for being a distraction from educational progress.
"This School Committee hasn't been what you call a cooperative group," said School Committee member Frances Zito, who described herself as "really pro-Durkin." "They really never let her do her job."
"Someone who's an expert in their field dealing with nine people who were elected to their position and may not have any background — there's going to be some turmoil," Parent said. "I have no complaints working with her."
Durkin's seven years in Attleboro is about twice the average tenure of urban superintendents, according to a 2010 survey by the Council of the Great City Schools and many of the more than a dozen people contacted said the district was losing one of its best assets.
"In the years before she got to Attleboro, we didn't do so well as a district. She brought us from one level to a higher level," said Walmsley. "Now it's like a legacy "� We know she's leaving, but she's leaving us something as a district."
Durkin said she believes she can bring similar success to New Bedford and is committed to moving to the area from her home in Cumberland, R.I. for a long-term stay.


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(CNN) -- As motorcycle racing's elite gather for the night-time curtain raiser at Qatar's floodlit Losail circuit, CNN looks ahead to the new season.
Charismatic champion
Motorcycle racing's premier class entered its winter break last year on a dizzy high.
Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez had not only been crowned the youngest ever MotoGP champion, he had also won the title in a breathless final race -- narrowly fending off the challenge of fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo.
It was a dream finish for Marquez and Honda, but also for the sport's administrators, who had been gifted a dramatic finish and a charismatic new champion in one smiling package.
Marquez has had an eventful few months since winning the title, arriving in Qatar this week for the 2014 season opener still recovering from a broken leg he sustained in February while dirt-biking racing.
The champion, who emerged unscathed from several crashes last year, is still expected to take a full part in proceedings.
Julian Ryder, who will be leading the MotoGP commentary team for UK broadcaster BT Sport this season, remarked: "As broken legs go, it was a mere flesh-wound; he was lucky - again!"
Repsol Honda's Team Principal, Livio Suppo, is also confident that Marquez's injury -- a clean break to his right fibula -- will not impact greatly on his season.
"He only did one test (in Sepang in pre-season), but he was very fast, and chose easily what he wanted from the bike", he said. "He's young, but he's very strong mentally. His character helps him manage this kind of situation."
Marquez himself is typically upbeat: "Of course there is a certain pressure and expectation from everyone for me to win again," he told CNN.
"However we will work with our own program and try not to be affected by this. I won't be 100% in Qatar. We will try our best anyway. Right now I just want to get back on the bike!"
Across the Honda garage, Dani Pedrosa has impressed in testing. "Dani is very motivated," Suppo observed.
The quietly spoken Spanish rider has had a trying time with injuries and accidents, which have denied him a real shot at the title, but Suppo doesn't believe there is any extra pressure on him this year.
"For every rider, every season is very important. If you're at the top you have to remain there. But since 2006, he's always been one of the top guys."
Pedrosa too is not letting his past poor fortune affect his outlook. "Honestly I'm not even thinking about it", he said.
"2014 is a new year and I'm not looking back on anything -- bad luck, injuries -- this is all behind me, all that matters now is this year and this season."
Ducati this season present an intriguing prospect. as the enigmatic Italian team is undergoing a transformation.
Fresh investment from the deep pockets of its new owners, the Audi Group; a new team principal, the widely admired Gigi Dall'Igna; and in Crutchlow, a new rider with talent and a point to prove, have all contributed to a revolutionary few months for the Bologna-based outfit.
Crutchlow is clearly enjoying his first taste of life as a Factory rider.
"Life is treating me well," he told CNN. "Having a full factory behind you makes a big difference in motorcycle racing."
After a successful season with Tech 3 Yamaha last year, he knows he needs to deliver again, but understands his new team's focus on development.
"Obviously I had a good year finishing fifth. It's going to be difficult to better that this year, but we'll definitely be trying. The focus and the goal are a lot different to last year," he said.
Smith's star potential?
Ryder, who has been reporting on motorcycle racing since 1980, thinks success-starved British fans may need to be patient with Crutchlow.
"The old cliché of a learning year applies", said Ryder.
The best way to measure the Briton's progress is probably by looking at his team mate, the talented Italian Andrea Dovizioso, Ryder believes.
"Let's watch the gap between Dovi and Cal; if it comes down race by race then he's doing a good job."
Dovizioso, who raced alongside Crutchlow at Tech3, is enjoying their reunion.
"I'm really happy to be a teammate of Cal. He's a fast rider and last year I think he got faster. Our battle this year will be interesting, and this can only be positive for Ducati. It's nice to spend time with him; he's a funny guy and quite crazy."
The Italian is also adjusting to the new set-up at Ducati.
"We have made some big changes this winter. Already in the testing the improvement was clear. It is not enough for the moment however.
"I don't want to be too positive. We have improved a lot, but we have to try and get back to the front."
British fans will also be looking closely at the progress of Bradley Smith, now in his second year with Tech3 Yamaha.
Hervé Poncharal, the Tech3 principal, is excited by Smith's progress.
"Bradley is a clever guy. He's been working really hard during the winter to digest all he's learned in 2013. He told me he's ready, we know he's ready. He could surprise quite a few people, so I'm really confident," said Poncharal.
Ryder also sees 2014 as a big year for Smith, "He's triathlete-fit, and his methodical, professional attitude to the job is exemplary," he said.
One thing motivating Smith may be the potential departure of Movistar Yamaha's legendary Valentino Rossi, now 35 and in the twilight of an extraordinary career.
"Bradley thinks there is a factory bike coming up next year, and that might be Rossi's", Ryder noted. "If he's to get that ride he has to leave the factory no option but to give it to him."
The prospects for Rossi this season are also a major talking point. "He's said he'll give it four or five races and decide what he's doing; although actually some men in Japan will decide!" laughs Ryder.
However, Suppo noted the seven-time MotoGP champion's apparent hunger in pre-season testing.
"He was the first to go out in the morning, and most of the time the one who did the most laps."
The Honda boss is greatly impressed with Rossi's attitude: "He has huge motivation, and I have a lot of respect for this.
"I don't think it's easy when you are 35, super rich, super famous, after such a career, to find the motivation to work so hard to close such a small gap," he told CNN.
"It's easy to say Valentino is not any more in the game, but we're speaking about two or three tenths of a second per lap here."
Poncharal too warns against dismissing the Italian's chances, "If you want to have an easy bet, clearly these three -- Lorenzo, Marquez and Pedrosa -- are the easiest to bet on, but don't write off Valentino Rossi."
After Marquez's stunning debut last year, the prospects of Moto2 champion Pol Espargaro, who joins Smith in the Tech3 garage, will be under the microscope.
Like Marquez, Espargaro is also starting the season injured, after breaking his collarbone.
Poncharal doesn't see the injury as a big issue: "For a motorcycle racer, a collarbone injury is almost part of day-to-day life. The plan for Pol this year is not to fight for the championship, it is to learn.
"He has the speed to be in the top 5, which is already a very high target. He's fast. He's going to be a new very exciting rider to watch in MotoGP."
With new riders, off-track controversy, injuries and a raft of sub-plots, 2014 is shaping up nicely for fans.
Over two million spectators attended the 18-round championship last year, and the races are broadcast live in 207 countries. MotoGP's administrators will be hoping to swell those numbers with some competitive racing.
Ryder would be satisfied with a repeat of last season's drama.
"If it's not Lorenzo versus Marquez, with Pedrosa threatening -- anything else would be a shock.
"But go to the last race, with two blokes going for the title; if we get that again, I don't care if it's the same two blokes. If they're the best in the world let's see them fight for the title in the last round."
Ducati saga
Dovizioso also sees last year's contenders as the most likely victors: "I don't really like to say too much, but I think the battle will be between Marc and Jorge, with maybe Vale and Dani in there as well."
Tech3's Poncharal would like to see a little more variation. "I hope we see other guys winning races, because it would be good for the championship; closer racing, more battles, more fights."
One other fascinating prospect is the potential for wild cards to enter races. Suzuki is preparing to return to MotoGP next year, but could theoretically make the odd appearance this season.
"A couple of wild cards would be fantastic wouldn't it?" Ryder enthuses.
Away from the riders, MotoGP's winter break has been dominated by the saga of Ducati.
The Italian team decided to abandon its Factory status and enter the Open Class, a new category designed to help lower the cost of entry to MotoGP and offer advantages to the smaller non-Factory teams.
These came primarily in the form of softer tires, more engine changes, more chances to test, and more fuel for races -- all in exchange for running standard electronics.
After a miserable few seasons starved of success, Ducati saw a chance to develop its bike and catch up with the Factory Class competition. But others, not least Honda, were less enamored with the Italians' plans.
After some wrangling and barely hours before the teams arrived in Qatar for the season's curtain raiser, the Grand Prix Commission announced a compromise.
This new arrangement will see Ducati starting the season as a Factory team with its own electronics, but with all the benefits of the Open Class. Should its riders start appearing on the podium, those benefits will be gradually removed.
With the paddock still digesting the news, it is a story that is unlikely to end here. But for now at least, fans can focus again on the racing, rather than the rules.
Whatever the season holds, this weekend's opener, under lights at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, should be riveting.