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'The Wesleyan Conference Committee have not only sent a large number of students of both sexes to be trained for private schools throughout England, but lately they have sent back several of their most accomplished trainers to acquire the system more fully, preparatory to the establishment of a large institution of their own in the metropolis, to be conducted on the complete training system.'1
In the main square of Westminster Institute of Education,2now part of Oxford Brookes University, stands a statue of Christ leading a young child.3
Underneath are words from Proverbs, immortalised by Stow, 'Train up a child in the way he should go'. Outside the college staff room, still known as 'The Glasgow Room', a plaque reads 'This name celebrates the inception in 1840 of the training of teachers by the Methodist Church at David Stow's Normal Seminary in Glasgow'.
In fact, Stow's relationship with the Methodist Church dates from early 1832, when the model school in the Drygate transferred to the ground floor of a Wesleyan Chapel in Steel Street, off the Saltmarket. The Chapel was substantially adapted to house both the required gallery and playground. 'The locality of this School is admirable' commented Stow, recognising the generosity of the Chapel Directors. 'Infants who are now allowed to run wild in crowded streets, or filthy closes, will have the benefit of a spacious school room, and enclosed play ground, under the protection of affectionate teachers'.4
Given the Methodists' attitude to the English denominations but a few years later it was an interesting ecumenical gesture.
The background to Methodist educational provision
The Wesleyans' many motives for setting-up schools ranged from self-interest to political guile laced with a good measure of compassion. Wesley had sensibly pointed out that unless the Society taught their converts not only how to read but the practice of reading, the movement would die out.5And even those who disliked 6him acknowledged that he had a care for the poor and it was no accident that the Wesleyan College, with its five schools, eventually came to be built in one of the poorest areas of London.
The Methodists, like Stow, argued that religious observance and instruction, encapsulating faith, belief and practice, should be fundamental to education rather than a curricular add-on. From their point of view this was a defensible stance. Less acceptable at this distance in time were the 'incomprehensible switches from Church to Dissent' summed up so acerbically by Hempton (1979): 'From the modern perspective their position seems extraordinarily sectarian but in the nineteenth-century evangelical mind a principle was a principle and compromise an anathema. However, it should have been clear to the Methodists that politicians were not made of such stuff'.7
At this distance it seems inexplicable that, politically, Methodists did not wholeheartedly throw in their lot with the Dissenting/Nonconformist denominations with whom they shared so many of their beliefs and practices both in religion and education. This seemed obtuse even to their own congregations who, at chapel level, worked amicably with Baptists, Congregationalists, Presbyterians, and the occasional Independent in opposition to the Church of England.8
'We want an efficient master and, if possible, on the Glasgow system' requested one congregation of the Methodist Education Committee, 'The Vicar and Curate here are refusing interment to children baptized by Non-conformists, and if the children of our people are obliged to seek instruction from the National Schools, the parents and children must attend Church'.9
Henry Brougham's 'Bill for the Education of the Poor' (1820) which attempted to systematize and extend the schools provided by the National, and British and Foreign School Societies, created consternation for Dissenters. Although Dissenters10did not (indeed morally could not) demur against the spirit of the Bill they objected to the privileged position given to the Established Church. It was a delicate tightrope. All the denominations involved in the issue, including Catholics, approved of basing education on Biblical instruction, but they were jointly appalled at State opposition to proselytism by all but the National Church. That, from their point of view, is what churches are for. It was this issue which dominated the Wesleyan Conference's educational provision for the first half of the nineteenth century and the combined weight of the non-conformists overcame the proposals of the fledgling Committee of the Privy Council for state training in a normal school, state inspection and even state financial support if it meant that their opponents benefitted as well as themselves.
Politics and blatant self-interest apart, what was clear at chapel-level was the quite desperate need for education and Christian charity demanded some action. As elsewhere, the initial provision was through the Sunday School movement. Hempton (1979)11notes that a survey undertaken in 1834 by the Manchester Statistical Society covering the towns of Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Bury, and York found that the Methodists provided 32% of the total number of Sunday Schools available – greater than the other non-state denominations put together and only slightly less than those provided by the Church of England. Three years later, the Report to Conference (1837), referred to above, itemised 341,442 scholars in the Sunday Schools, taught by an army of 59,277 teachers at an annual expense of £17,800. In a intelligent list of recommendations, the writers of the Report12considered that an enquiry should be undertaken into those Chapels and Societies which had not established Sunday Schools; that it would be helpful to know what was actually taught in the schools; and particularly so where provision was shared with other denominations. But, echoing Stow's concerns, the same Report argued that a weekly hour was not enough. 'There can be no wisdom in leaving children and youth to themselves until they are confirmed in habits of irreligion and vice, and then seeking by the use of extraordinary means to instruct and convert them'. There were only nine Wesleyan infant schools and twenty-two weekly schools for older children. Expansion, particularly in densely populated urban areas, was proposed along with the creation of a Committee for the purpose.
Over the next ten years the Methodists justly earned their methodical reputation. In 1838, under the jurisdiction of the Wesleyan Conference, the General Committee of Education was duly set up. The Conference recommended that a proportion of the Methodists' Centenary Fund should be allocated to the new Education Committee, a request that was refused by the Fund Committee, who did, however, make an initial sum of £5,000 available with a conciliatory note that the Education Committee could ask for more if events proved this necessary. Conference asked for a survey to be undertaken of the total provision of Methodists' schools across the United Kingdom. Members of the London Circuits, anyone with a particular interest in the issues and those who lived nearby were formed into 'United Committees'13to note and actively respond to Government proposals regarding a national system of education. And, significantly, the Wesleyan Education Committee (WEC) was asked to consider the training of teachers, the certification of their ability for office, and the best and most effectual methods of maintaining the efficiency and connection between all the schools of the Society.
The training of teachers at the Glasgow Normal Seminaries
It is perhaps remarkable that during the following decade of both infighting with the Wesleyan Conference over the allocation of funds from the Centenary Fund, and of delicate and dangerous skirmishes with the Government over the role of the Privy Council and the intention to provide national education, the provision of actual schools and trained teachers to staff them steadily continued. Hempton argues that 'the Wesleyans knew that they had been a spanner in the works'14and the Home Secretary, Sir James Graham, noted with exasperation that 'religion, the keystone of education is, in this country, the bar to its progress'.15
Perhaps acknowledging these views, the First Annual Report of the Education Committee, presented to the Conference of 1839, reiterated that the 'time is now fully come when the Wesleyan Methodists should have their own system of 'infant, day and Sunday Schools' to give children 'a sound and thoroughly religious education'. The Second Annual Report (1840) excused the lack of practical progress on the grounds that both a proposed plan of action and the requested survey were extensive and would take considerable time. However, the Report also:
'Recommended that 'at least three young men should be immediately sought out by advertisement, and otherwise be educated at Glasgow or Borough Road School; who, when prepared shall be employed in instructing other masters, or travelling about the schools already in existence, in order to perfect them in systematic modes of teaching and finally to be fixed in any important sphere of usefulness which might require such well instructed agents'.
A subsequent sub-committee, noticing that three people did not fit easily into two Colleges, suggested that the number of candidates should be increased to four. In the event, however, the number was academic since although there were thirteen applicants, none was appropriately qualified16– a situation which was to be repeated over subsequent years. The Education Committee got on with drafting 'the plan'.
A model of its kind, the subsequent 'Plan' detailed the constitution of the Committee itself and its extensive remit. Most pertinently to this account, the Committee also assumed responsibility for the selection, training, certification and accountability of teachers. To fulfil the first part, the religious and moral character of candidates was to be attested by the preachers of the Circuits. In time, the Committee was to appoint its own inspector to maintain accreditation and quality, thus meeting the terms of the latter. The problem lay in the middle part of this process – the training of teachers.
Thus by the Third Annual Report of 1841, along with a draft of the Plan itself and the results of the Survey, the Committee was 'exceedingly glad to report, that they have been, as they believe, providentially directed to an engagement with several individuals for training in the Normal Seminary at Glasgow, peculiarly fitted for the important work of Education'. Three young men, who had already received the required testimonials from the preachers in the London Circuit17as to 'their religious and moral character, their ability for the work of teaching, and literary capacity and attainments' had been sent to Glasgow and already both Stow and the Rector, Robert Cunningham, had confirmed their progress. 'Your friends with us', observed Mr Stow, under the date of April 16th, 'are conducting themselves with the utmost propriety and attention'.18
From then on, until the Westminster College was opened in 1851, a steady stream of candidates applied to the Education Committee and were sent, as funds and suitability allowed, to Glasgow. The attached Appendix summarises student numbers as listed in the Reports although the records of the total numbers of students trained at the Glasgow Normal Seminary vary considerably. The most accurate source is the manuscript Register of Teachers, now mislaid, but consulted by Houseman (1938) who also refers to a 'tablet in the entrance porch' of the pre-war college in Horseferry Road which read: '1839-1851, 248 men students and 90 women students were trained at Stow's Normal Seminary, Glasgow.19
One reason for the discrepancies might be the number of teachers trained for the mission field (particularly the West Indies) both prior to, and parallel with, the training of students for England and Wales. These students would be trained at the request and expense of the Missionary Committee and would not be recorded by the Education Committee. The Committee's Fifth Report also refers to Wesleyan students in training at their own expense who subsequently offered their service to the Society.20
Stow's figures of 265,21384,2242423and 44224will undoubtedly include these, and individuals sent by the local Wesleyan Circuits, with the knowledge of the Education Committee but not under their direct jurisdiction. His total numbers also include (see below) those who attended in preparation for their work as an Agent and as senior staff of the Wesleyan Normal Seminary who were not, strictly speaking, in training as teachers and would not be included in the Education Committee Reports.
It will be seen from the relevant Appendix that, in the early years at least, 34 suitable candidates had to be deferred because of the lack of funding. In 1842, only seven of the 29 applicants could be accepted because of the cost and the following year, although thirty were offered places, twelve more had to be rejected until more funds were made available. Given the negotiations with the Government over school provision, the Education Committee cannily decided to invest in staff training rather than buildings but was only empowered to use the interest on the £5,000 allocated by Conference. Even when Conference proposed that £20,000 should be raised for the purpose of building or adapting schools, Circuits were slow to forward collections to London on the understandable premise that they best knew what was required at local level. The thirteen relevant education committee reports, while generally positive, echo Stow's despairing cry 'But ever and anon the question is 'Where is the money?'.25And the Committee, like Stow, also had to watch good people go elsewhere for want of funds to keep them.
By 1844, the Committee were also lamenting the poor or unsuitable qualifications of some of the candidates. As we have seen, Stow argued that students should have received an adequate education, appropriate to the curriculum which it would be their responsibility to teach before preparing to train as teachers. Teachers should attend the Normal Seminary to undertake training in the art and skills of teaching, not to acquire a personal education. As Pritchard notes, Stow was reluctant to turn the college into a secondary school although he found that 'theory was one thing and practical demand another when students arrived at college not knowing the essentials on which the college syllabus was based'.26
Given the relevance of the Committee's statement to Stow's argument it is worth quoting:
The proportion of the number of those who have been declined to the number of those who have been accepted will appear to be large, but the fact is, that in many cases due attention has not been paid, by parties applying and parties recommending, to the nature and amount of the qualifications which Candidates should possess previous to their being subject to Normal Training, and some would appear to have fallen into an entire mistake as to the specific purpose for which training is intended. The Committee therefore take this opportunity of reminding all those to whom it may concern, that the candidates whom they accept are sent to a Normal Seminary, not to acquire general knowledge, but to acquire right methods of communicating it, and especially, right methods of making it available to the moral and religious, as well as to the intellectual, improvement of young persons. The attention which is required to be given to that specific object during the six months of a Candidate's continuance at the Normal Seminary, leaves little opportunity for any other study or employment; and even that object cannot be secured to any adequate degree, unless the Candidate be tolerable adept beforehand in those elementary branches of knowledge which in the Schools in question form the usual routine of instruction.27
The exasperation of the Committee is palpable: the youth and inexperience of the child required a higher, not lower, standard of general education of the teacher. The Committee was prepared to reject 297 or about 35% of the candidates in order to maintain this standard. By 1842, 'A set of questions for the regular examination of the candidates, and another for the superintendents of circuits, to be used in the case of persons applying from a distance' had been adopted 'as a means of preventing unnecessary expense, trouble, and disappointment on both sides'.28
Nevertheless, the figures for rejected candidates given in Appendix 14/2 indicate that the problem persisted.
By 1844 three other significant decisions had been taken. The first was to commit the Wesleyan Conference to the voluntary provision of 700 schools in seven years. The second, concomitant on the first, was to give serious consideration to the provision of a Normal Seminary for Wesleyan Methodists to avoid the expense and inconvenience of sending candidates to Glasgow, much though they approved of the quality of the training given. And the third was to appoint Mr H. Armstrong as an 'Agent' whose remit came to include inspection and recommendation, in addition to establishing an association to aid communication among the mushrooming schools. Armstrong had already served with the Wesleyans in an educational capacity in the West Indies. He was to play a considerable role in the shaping of policy not only among the English Methodists but of the Glasgow Free Church Training College where he spent some time in 1844-45 acquainting himself with the 'System'.
In 1845 the impact of the Disruption and the consequent establishment of the Free Church Normal Seminary is briefly recorded by the Committee:
'Under the present circumstances of the case, and after the uncertainty which for some time existed on that subject, it will be satisfactory to the friends of Wesleyan Education in general, to be informed that the Committee have had the opportunity of training all their candidates during the past year in the same way as in former years, and that in the building, (fully equal if not superior to the former), now in the course of erection under the auspices of the Free Church of Scotland, facilities are offered and arrangements have been made, for the training of any number of candidates likely to be soon presented, under the care of Mr Stow and the same masters who have heretofore so successfully conducted the Glasgow Seminary.'29
Interestingly, no special mention is made of the financial and moral support offered by the Committee to ensure the smooth continuation in training during the transference of the Church of Scotland Seminary to the Free Church College. The numbers of students trained during the difficult years of transition tell the story of the support30
as the Minutes of the Free Church Training College for 1845-1861 illustrate. In August 1845, at a most crucial time in the college's finances, fees of £150 were paid indicating as much moral as financial support. By December, 23 of the total student body of 36 (64%) were Wesleyans.
Nevertheless, the Wesleyan Education Committee made painful progress in the provision of schools and the training of teachers to staff them. In 1847 there were still only 395 schools, far short of the hoped-for 700.31
However, in that year, the Methodists finally negotiated the provision of state aid for 'Wesleyan Connexional Schools or schools not antithetic to Methodist doctrines'.32
The agreement, in substantially increasing the number of schools and adaptations to buildings, exacerbated the need for suitably trained teachers. The Wesleyans required a college of their own.
'The Committee very cordially renew the acknowledgement which they have made in former years, of the valuable service rendered to their candidates, and through them to the Connexion at large, by the Glasgow Normal Seminary, now under the direction of the Free Church of Scotland. But the arrangement to which they have hitherto adhered, in the Training of their Teachers at that Seminary, although in their judgement the best which their circumstances, has not been without its disadvantages, both to themselves and to their candidates… They have, therefore, from the beginning, had recourse to it, simply as an expedient pro tempore, and with a constantly augmenting desire and hope that, at some early period, they would find themselves in circumstances to establish and support a Training Institution of their own.'33
Stow's influence on the Committee's thinking, both directly through visits and letters and indirectly through students, was considerable. In 1842, the senior Secretary of the Committee had visited Glasgow 'in order to gain a more comprehensive and complete view of the working of the institution'.34
On July 8th, 1850 the first of five model schools was opened. Mr William Sugden 35
was temporarily put in charge until his appointment as head master the following year. On September 2nd, the Infant Practising School (note the change in terminology) was opened under Mr John Langler and Miss Sarah Goble, and the Junior Practising school, under Mr West. The following year the remaining two schools, the Senior Practising School (under Mr Kinton) and the Industrial School for Females, (under Mrs Rodgers) were opened on July 14th and October 6th respectively. With the five schools functioning, the Committee was ready to inaugurate the Westminster Training College with ten students – eight men and two women – on 6th October 1851. Almost all the staff had been trained at the Glasgow and/or the Free Church Normal Seminary. So dependent was the Free Church College on the Wesleyan students that, with typical astuteness, on 4th March 1850, Stow suggested that a sub-committee should be set up to 'consider the effect upon our Seminary of the establishment of the Wesleyan Normal College at Westminster' the following year. He need not have worried. The college report for 1861 notes that the total number of students in the college was 168 of which the Wesleyans, with 27 students, comprised 16%. After the Free Church United Presbyterians, the Wesleyans remained the next largest group.36
The continuing influence of 'The Training System'
While 1851 marks the parting of the ways between the Glasgow and Westminster Colleges, the influence of Stow's 'Training System' was to continue. The Wesleyans adopted the system in their college and, of course, trained teachers continued to follow its methods in the schools already established. Many became models for others in the same town: in 1844, for example, the Committee recorded that in Retford 'it was resolved to admit, under certain regulations, persons of religious character as Students for the purpose of being qualified for becoming Trainers in other schools; since then 15 persons have been trained, twelve of whom are now filling situations in respectable and important Wesleyan day Schools'.37
Teachers also moved, taking their pedagogical preferences with them. The teacher at the school at Avebury, for example, once taught at Penkridge.38
Letters from the schools were included as appendices to the Committee minutes: references to playgrounds and galleries are a helpful indication that the teacher was trained in 'The System'.39The letters selected for inclusion by the Committee are, predictably, effusive in their praise: 'unbounded satisfaction'; 'the plan is so certain', 'excellent arrangements of the school', 'a very efficient teacher', 'the highest encomiums from visitors'.40
Initially, however, the Gallery attracted criticism as a 'peculiarly odd system' partly on grounds of cost but also methodology.41
The Agent, Mr Armstrong, also sent in regular reports of the schools visited. He was a hard-working, efficient and perceptive inspector, not averse to giving either detailed praise or criticism. On observing provision for the Infant and Juvenile schools in Bilston (Wolverhampton), for example, he writes succinctly 'The arrangement is bad and decidedly injurious to both schools'. As was to be expected, he supported the Biblical basis of instruction and practice. On the whole, he approved of 'the practical and well-adapted methods of address and explanation, by which, according to the principles of the system, instruction is made interesting, as well as easily intelligible, to all classes of the children.42
He comments on the use of eye contact and facial and body gestures, of tact and skill, of communication strategies, of securing attention and satisfying understanding, all of which may be summed up in his phrase 'aptness to teach'. He was also impressed by Stow's co-educational theories: 'So far as schools of this kind have fallen under my observation, the advantages contended for by Mr Stow are very apparent, where full and unprejudiced application of the principle has been made'.43
Inevitably, some provision for girls was provided by the teacher's wife or sister, or a committee of ladies or a 'worthy matron'. Where this limited provision to needlework, he comments 'Valuable as is the art of the needle, and indeed essential to the poor in its applications for the mending and making of garments, it can never compensate for the loss of some of the necessary branches of instruction, preceding even the elements of arithmetic; from which, for want of better arrangement, the girls are practically debarred. It cannot be regarded otherwise than with regret, that so much time should be wasted in some schools on the mere amusements of 'Fancy Work''.44
Teachers who still claimed that Stow's 'sympathy of numbers' was an inadequate strategy for controlling large numbers of children provoked a moving comment 'The time, I trust, is at hand, when every teacher will believe, and act on the belief, that singing in a School is better than crying, and that to win the heart is a far readier and more effectual mode of securing instruction than to wheal the skin of the children'.45
He delights in hard work, good intentions and eagerness: 'the master is an enthusiast in his work, and heartily loves the system he has learned'.46
He clearly enjoys recording that the children respect the playground apparatus, flowers and flower borders and even the odd pear tree 'much to the wonder and admiration of the neighbourhood'. He condemns the practice of providing a wider curriculum for children whose parents can afford it.
However amendments were suggested as early as 1846. One was to raise the standard of teachers by doubling the length of the course. This was a bold move, since the cost was also doubled, but by 1848 the Committee were able to report that 'in accordance with the conviction so expressed, the Directors of the Glasgow Normal Seminary have, in the course of the last year, passed a Resolution, to the effect that no student shall in future be admitted to the Institution except on the condition of his being engaged to continue under training for a period of at least twelve months'.47
One upshot was the award of Certificates of Merit, by the Scottish Inspector John Gibson, a development encouraged by the Committee. Of the forty-three students trained that year, fifteen passed with Credit. Another suggestion was that prospective students should gain experience in schools prior to training, partly to discard unsuitable candidates and partly to give them a deeper understanding of their future studies.48
The standard of teaching – and particularly of discipline – remained a problem. Although Armstrong had reservations about the monitorial system, he accepted that teaching very large numbers of children militated against effective differentiated provision and good relationships. In view of the introduction of the Pupil-teacher system by the Privy Council in 1846, it is interesting that the first mention of pupil teachers in his Reports is at Audley School, Newcastle-under-line, where three pupil teachers had been appointed.49
There is an affectionate footnote to Stow's relationship with the Wesleyan Church. When the staff and students of the Free Church Training College gathered to present him with a bust to commemorate his achievement, H. Armstrong, the inspector of the Wesleyan Schools in England was asked to make the presentation and travelled from London for this express purpose. It was a fitting recognition of their mutual regard.
- The Training System, 6th Edition (1845), p. 391.
- Westminster Institute of Education, formerly Westminster College, was founded in 1851 on a very restricted site in Horseferry Road, London. The college had been planning to move out of London since the 1920s and when the site was severely damaged by an incendiary bomb during the blitz of early World War II, rebuilding became essential. The college was relocated to Oxford in 1959. Oxford Brookes University' School of Education, merged with Westminster College in 2000 founding Oxford Brookes University, Westminster Institute of Education.
- This is a replica of the actual statue, by John F. Matthews (1920 -1995), which stands in the nearby garden.
- Article on 'Infant Schools' contributed by Stow to Cleland's Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the City of Glasgow and County of Lanark, 2nd ed., 1832. The 'affectionate teachers' were Mr and Mrs David Caughie.
- In the 1740s, Wesley opened a school in the Foundry, London, where the first meeting of the Methodist Society was held. This was followed by Kingswood, near Bath, opened in 1748 and designed for the children of John Wesley's friends, both boys and girls. It was a small school catering for about fifty children, and was soon restricted to boys only, initially the sons of Methodist preachers and leaders. The Orphan House in Northumberland Street, Newcastle served as an important early Methodist Centre and school and Philip Doddridge's Dissenter's Academy in Northampton was active for the latter part of the century but mainly for the training of ministers. Such provision was obviously meagre and a Report presented to the Methodist Conference of 1837 acknowledged that 'some plan should be devised about retaining and educating children born into Methodism'.
- Rack, Henry D. (2004-2008) 'John Wesley (1703-1791) Church of England clergyman and founder of Methodism' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004-2008.
- Hempton, David N. (1979) 'Wesleyan Methodism and Educational Politics in Early Nineteenth-Century England' in History of Education, vol. 8, No. 3, pps. 207-221.
- The strident anti-Catholicism must be seen against a background of Irish immigration which, in exacerbating the rapid population increase, triggered urban and unemployment problems and contributed to the anti-Irish/Catholic antagonism among the indigenous Scots and English. It was an inevitable upshot of industrialization that Methodism generally expanded in the very areas which also attracted the Irish workers. And it is a feature of nonconformity that those who wish the support, not least financially, of their congregations should not upset them.
- Helstone, February 17th 1844, quoted in the Wesleyan Education Committee minutes, Sixth Annual Report, 1844.
- Excluding, at this stage, Methodists, who concluded that 'party interests and petty considerations should not hinder so great an object' By 1839, however, they were objecting to state-aid if it meant that Roman Catholics and Protestant 'heretics' were included. Quoted Hempton, (1979) op cit.
- Ibid.
- William Atherton, Samuel Jackson and Richard Treffry.
- The Methodist Committee of Privileges, set up in 1803, already existed to protect Methodist political rights.
- Hempton, (1979) op cit. p. 212.
- Graham to Brougham (24 October 1841), in C. S. Parker. (1907) Life and Letters of Sir James Graham London: John Murray, quoted Hempton, (1979) op cit.
- There is a discrepancy in the records in that the Report for 1840 states that there were no appropriate candidates; and that for 1841, that the first six candidates had been sent to the Glasgow Normal Seminary. However, according to Houseman (1938), a tablet in the college in Horseferry Road recorded 'July 1837, Wesleyan Education Committee formed. 1839. Two students sent for training to Glasgow, two to Borough Road.' If these students were eventually accepted for training in 1839, the Reports do not record them.
- This is an assumption. The Report actually states 'all passed under previous examination in London' but since the system was that candidates should be attested as to their moral and religious suitability by the preachers in the circuit this is probably what is referred to.
- Wesleyan Education Committee (WEC) Third Annual Report (1841). For information about the first students see Appendix 14/1.
- Houseman, op cit, Chapter 15, p. 263.
- WEC Fifth Report (1842) 'To gain for the service of the Committee several able Teachers belonging to our Society, who were completing their studies at their own expense, though needing partial aid; and for whose valuable labours providential openings immediately appeared.
- 'During the last few years the number trained belonging to this denomination is 265, nearly all of whom are actively employed as trainers throughout England. Stow. (1847) National Education, op cit, p. 55; digitised version, p. 31.
- The Training System, 8thedition, 1850, p. 349.
- Stow's response to his presentation, Scottish Guardian, 6th May 1851.
- 'During the eight or nine years previous to the opening of (The Wesleyan Normal Seminary), WEC supported students male and female – in all 442; Stow. (1859) The Training System 11th ed., p. 540.
- WEC Third Report, op cit, 1836 p.7
- Pritchard, F. C. (1951) The story of the Westminster College 1851 -1951, London, the Epworth Press.
- WEC Sixth Annual Report, (1844).
- WEC Fourth Annual Report, (1842).
- WEC Seventh Annual Report, (1845).
- 146 over the relevant period of 1844-6.
- Indeed, the figure was not finally achieved until 1870 when the Wesleyans had 743 schools, see Smith (1998) op cit, Appendix A. A list of the schools where teachers trained at the Glasgow and Free Church Normal Seminaries were appointed, as recorded in the Wesleyan Education Committee reports, is included at Appendix 14/3 and the names, currently known, of the teachers at Appendix 14/5.
- Hempton. (1979) op cit, p. 220.
- WEC Ninth Report, 1847
- WEC Fifth Report, 1842.
- For a list of staff who were trained at Glasgow see Appendix 14/9.
- FCTC Minutes, 7th January 1861.
- Letter from Retford to WEC, 21st March, 1844.
- Wiltshire Archive Service, record of Avebury School.
- Cf. schools at Barton-upon-Humber, Hull, Walsall, Nantwich, Penkridge. WEC Report 1844.
- Report on Leeds First School, WEC, 1843.
- Letter from Hull to the WEC, 1844.
- WEC Tenth Annual Report 1848.
- Ibid
- Inspector's Report appended to the WEC Tenth Annual Report, 1848.
- WEC Seventh Annual Report, 1845.
- Report on Nantwich, 1846.
- ibid. Interestingly, the Eleventh Annual Report records that 'During the prevalence of the late terrible epidemic, much illness prevailed among the students in the Seminary – and the course of their training was so seriously interrupted by this visitation, that the Committee were obliged in several cases, to extend the period of training beyond the prescribed term of twelve months.'
- WEC Eighth Report, 1846 and Letter from Burslem to WEC, June 25th, 1844.
- WEC Tenth Report, 1848.


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This is a short tutorial on installing the Brother HL-2170W (and the HL-2140) printer with CUPS on Arch Linux. If you previously tried to install the printer in CUPS, remove it.
This printer will work a few different ways: with Foomatic, with the HP PCL6 driver, or with cupswrapper. For further info on cupswrapper please see the Brother MFC-440CN guide.
Using the foomatic/pxlmono driver
This is the preferred method.
- Install CUPS and Foomatic:
# pacman -S cups foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-nonfree foomatic-filters
- Edit your rc.conf to start cups on boot:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs cups crond)
- Open a web browser to http://localhost:631/
- Click the Add Printer button on the Administration tab, fill out the form, and click Continue
- Pick the Brother HL-2170 from the 'Device:' dropdown menu and continue.
- Pick the 'Brother HL-2170W Foomatic/pxlmono (en).' If this option isn't in the list, then you can opt to manually provide the PPD file as follows (keeping the 'Add Printer' page open):
- Download the pxlmono PPD file from the OpenPrinting Database (at the bottom of the page) and save it somewhere.
- Click 'Browse' and select the PPD file you just downloaded in the 'Add Printer' page.
- Now click 'Add Printer' to add the printer. When it asks for a username and password, supply the root account's username and password.
- Configure any other options for your printer.
- Click on the Printers tab and print a test page.
Using the HP PCL6 driver
This driver is not ideal, but it works. Use the foomatic/pxlmono method above, if possible.
- First install CUPS:
# pacman -S cups
- Edit your rc.conf to start cups on boot:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs cups crond)
- Start cups:
# /etc/rc.d/cups start
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"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him." James 1:5
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Re-examine your motives - Motives are deceptive. Amazingly, you can justify almost anything!
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Recount your resources - God has already given you "all things that pertain to life and godliness" (2 Peter 1:3)
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The video above from Fusion reminds me so much of the video below from filmmakers Drea Cooper & Zackary Canepari for their series California Is A Place (which sadly hasn't been added to in quite some time).
The video above shows the future of the sex doll industry specifically from the viewpoint of RealDoll CEO Matt McMullen. His life-life silicone dolls are in testing to be inserted with artificial intelligence to help make these life-like dolls even more so.
These dolls definitely step foot into the uncanny valley with their life-like appearance but dim-witted AI. It's not perfect yet, obviously, but it's not that hard to imagine actual real AI someday being outfitted with Matt's creations here. Will we be able to tell the difference? I still think so. It's all in the emptiness of those eyes.


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Tourists who want to wind down in the Caribbean should stop by Puerto Rico. With its albescent granulose beaches and prima facie pitch-black singer it is a pluperfect put down to have a break and unroll. The charm of the atoll doesn't end near beaches alone, next to an amazing geographical diversity; it too offers deserts, mountains, forests and caves. Because of this, a lot of fun comings and goings are in lumber room for you in the island.
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3D Brick Breaker Revolution 2 Review
|Developer: Digital Chocolate
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Game Features
Cool 3D graphics
The hit box could be improved on edge shots
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|1.5 hours
|Game Progress
|Second incarnation of 6th boss
Anannya Sens Review
3D brick breaking madness.
If a game is worth making twice you might as well make it thrice. Several months after we were done reviewing the iphone version of 3D BB Revolution 2, Digital Chocolate have released it on java. As we pride ourselves on being thorough, as opposed to fast, we thought we might as well give it a go. And you know what? It's not a bad game.
For a start the 3D graphis look pretty slick. The screen even shifts perspective slightly, almost tilting if you like, when your ball comes back at the edge of the screen. Blocks and power ups are colourful and the nuke effect is pretty cool. The modes are the same as the iphone as I'm guessing are the bosses (I don't have an iphone!! Waaaaa!!). And there are plenty of achievements for you to try and gain when you defeat bosses and hit target numbers of bricks.
Like the iphone game, there is a key block which unlocks the top part of the screen allowing you to switch to the next level. In this way it can be quick to whizz through to the boss, but as mentioned, sometimes when you miss you can drop down to the previous level, although I'm not sure what instances qualify this. Also, a bit like the iphone the game can be slightly unresponsive at times. What bugged me the most is that there were plenty of times I was sure the edge of my paddle was in the right place to clip the ball, but apparently it wasn't, causing me to lose a life. Maybe the hit box needs a little bit of work, but this was by far the most annoying feature of the game.
As was also stated by my esteemed colleague, it can sometimes be too easy to lose a life. When you progress to the next level, the game starts immediately so you have to be very quick in making sure your paddle is in the right place. Thankfully when pausing the game, the developers have wisely given you a 3 second countdown before it starts again so you can be ready for anything. Your progess is saved after each boss battle and the difficulty levels adjusted, which is quite cool.
One thing that has been mentioned before and is worth mentioning again is the plethora of powerups (I coined it first) that you can get. There are bucketloads and some are good (green) and some bad (red). It got to the point where you have to be careful in returning the ball so you don't get a bad powerup. The good ones were pretty cool including the mine, rocket and nuke. You can store them too and switch using 2 and 8 so the ability to choose is quite helpful.
Overall I think this is a decent java version of the iphone game. The graphics are cool, some of the film quotes are cool (done by the evil AI) and there are plenty of nice touches. But at the end of the day it's still an arkanoid / breakout clone so you've definitely played it before.


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After Cuomo's criticism, racinos make their case with education ads
Governor Andrew Cuomo considers the system of racinos in New York to be a "scandal."
But ahead of an expected scramble for casino licences, the racinos are making a public case for themselves with a statewide ad campaign that starts Wednesday.
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Just in time for the school year to begin, an ad, sponsored by the New York Gaming Association, argues for the importance of racinos to New York State education.
The association represents the state's nine racinos (including Genting's at Aqueduct), which combine horseracing with digital slot machines.
"What do racetrack casinos mean for New York?" asks a woman's voice, as images of children at school flash on the screen. "Reliable funding for our schools, which means lower property taxes for all of us."
"Next year alone, they'll provide $1 billion for our schools, equaling the salaries of nearly 13,000 teachers." she adds. "A reliable partner for education, just as our kids head back to school."
Starting tomorrow, and during the next two weeks, the ad will will air in eight markets, including Albany, Buffalo, Utica, Binghamton, Syracuse, Rochester and New York City, according to Gary Greenberg, a minority owner of Vernon Downs Hotel and Casino, a NYGA member.
"The public needs to know how much racinos have meant to New York State, so the correct choice can be made to how many and where non-Indian casinos will be located," said Greenberg, who showed the ad to Capital.
The bidding for casino licences wouldn't begin until late next year at the earliest.
This year, New York State's legislature endorsed an amendment calling for the legalization of casino gambling, the first part of the three-step process required to change the constitution. Next session, the legislature must do a repeat endorsement, after which state voters must approve it in a referendum.
The amendment would allow the state to issue up to seven casino gambling franchises, and the bidding would occur after that. Cuomo has promised a transparent process, one that may include companies that have had no involvement in New York's existing racinos.
In June, as a proposed deal with Genting to build a convention center at Aqueduct fell apart, the governor said, "The current racino situation in this state is a scandal, in my opinion."
His administration has since expressed a preference for the "biggest developers in the world," indicating that they would have a better shot than the mostly smaller racino operators in the bidding for casino licences.
The racinos are clearly not ready to give up the fight.
The ad campaign is a "multi-million" one, according to another NYGA member.


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Once, while at a ladies' retreat in the mountains, a few of us decided to escape the camp food and explore the quaint college town below for a few hours. Eventually we ended up at a funky little coffee shop where I found a large, luscious cinnamon roll covered with thick cream cheese icing. Time was short, so we piled in the car, me with my sweet treasure in hand, and headed back up to the camp. In the back seat, I took a large bite of my cinnamon roll and let out a sigh of ecstasy, making my friends laugh while one said, man, that must be some cinnamon roll.
Although that cinnamon roll was the stuff of dreams then, I've found another one that meets that standard and more, and it's made entirely with white whole wheat flour. A combination of cardamom and cinnamon in the filling and some almond extract in the glaze add an interesting quirkiness. The doughy sweetness of the roll is balanced by the creamy sourness of the glaze, and the combination knocks me out.
To make these cinnamon rolls I adapted the dough and filling recipe from kingarthurflour.com's "Ridiculously Easy No-Knead Sticky Buns" and tweaked Peter Reinhart's cream cheese glaze from his "Whole Wheat Cinnamon Buns" recipe in Whole Grain Breads:New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor. With an easy overnight rise that requires only one roll-out before baking and one hour to proof, it's relatively easy to do. There's also an option to shape and refrigerate the unbaked rolls overnight and bake them the next morning, making it easy to serve them for breakfast. Fresh, warm, homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast? Yes, yes, yes and yes.
Whole Wheat Cardamom-Cinnamon Rolls with Orange-Almond Glaze
(adapted from kingarthurflour.com and Whole Grain Breads:New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor by Peter Reinhart)
2-1/3 cup/12.30 oz./350g white whole wheat flour, freshly ground if possible
1-1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 tablespoon instant yeast
2/3 cup/5.35 oz./150g warm water
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons/2 oz./60g raw honey
3 tablespoons/1.35 oz./38g unsalted butter, melted
2/3 cup sucanat (you can substitute brown sugar)
1/2 tablespoon ground cardamom
1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 tablespoon water
4 ounces cream cheese
3 tablespoons whole milk
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 tablespoons raw honey
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
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Measure and mix dry ingredients for dough together in a medium bowl or container. Measure and mix together wet ingredients in a separate bowl, then stir into the dry ingredients until completely incorporated. Dough will be very moist and thick. Cover loosely, set in a warm area, and let rise for 2 hours. After the 2 hours, cover bowl or container tightly and place in refrigerator overnight.
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Remove dough from refrigerator. Mix together ingredients for the filling and set aside. Dust a work surface with flour. Remove dough from container and form into a round, then flatten into a small rectangle. Dust work surface with more flour, and roll the dough, working out from the center, into an 18-inch by 12-inch rectangle, with the long side of the rectangle facing you horizontally. If the dough is sticky, dust very lightly with flour as you continue to roll it out. When the dough is completely rolled out, spread the filling evenly over the dough, pressing down lightly, and leaving a 1/4-inch border around the edges of the dough without filling.
Begin to roll the long side of the dough towards you into a cylinder, using a plastic dough scraper to lift the edges of the dough as you roll, being careful not to roll too tightly. Continue to roll the dough until it forms a cylinder. Make a cut in the length of the cylinder every 2 inches, creating 9 separate rolls. Butter an 8-inch by 8-inch square pan and place the rolls in the pan, spacing evenly, three to a row. Press down lightly on each roll to flatten the top very slightly. Cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm area. Let rise for one hour until rolls are very puffy and crowding each other in the pan.
Remove the cream cheese from the refrigerator so it can soften while the rolls rise. About 15 minutes before the rolls are finished rising, preheat the oven to 350ºF. When the rolls are done rising, place in oven on center rack and bake for 25 minutes, rotating pan 180º degrees halfway through the baking time. Remove from oven when the top of the rolls are lightly browned. Let stand for 10 minutes in the pan.
While the rolls are cooling slightly, mix together the ingredients for the glaze, whisking until smooth. Once the rolls have cooled for 10 minutes, scoop about a tablespoon of glaze on top of the center of each roll, spreading it over each roll as you go, until entire pan is covered. Glaze will melt slightly and spread between each roll. Let cool a little longer and drizzle a little more glaze on the top of each roll. Serve any leftover glaze on the side with the rolls.
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I woke up yesterday(sunday) and i thought it will just be another boring Sunday. so i went to church with Rachael and then go home to take short nap and rest while waiting for lunch time. The sky was cloudy as storm passing by us, But i cant go windsurf even if i want to (my sail broken on the previous storm ). Sad sad situation cause your heart is thinking bout windsurf yet cant enjoy the wind. wtd…wait till i get my self another set of sail.
we then went to karamunsing to have our weekly "singapore chicken rice" .before that we need to take money but the atm was dead, so walk to another building and saw one of my car club member. hmmm..ok..still not so interesting. Then anson call up and ask where am i cause he alone at kyc..hehehe…
after lunch we went to KYC to meet anson and roc. when i reach there i was even more depress to see my friend windsurfing. haha…i ask them to surf with me. since the wave was good. But roc suggested that we play few round of pool, and i beat him! then we finally decided to go surfing!! poor rach have to play ndsl while waiting for u. hehehe. I feel so alive!!!! finally i touch the sea again!! i surf few time , then i teach roc and anson to surf!! roc almost can stand. but the board flew up into the air few time, i was LOL-ing with anson so hard that my throat abit dry n sore after that..haha.. fun time.
The surfer dude
And the wave…
damn….cant get enough of surfing…but we promise to watch movie. But before that we go to tanjung aru car wah to have a quick was with anson car. then we proceed to cathay and watch "HANDCOCK". a very nice movie, funny, touching, sad, cool, have it all..i give it 5/5!!
We went back to kyc again to take our car and to blow blow wind. hehe. wanted to play pool but some one was playing with it. so we go out and talk talk while looking at the sea, was trying to take few picture but the wind keep blow my camera. cant take nice picture, too shaky. A woman then ask if can take our picture, of course we agreed. hehe..don't know where she from, maybe UK from the way she talk. Then this roc said" eh, come help them push car"
there was a car broke down just outside kyc, we decided to help push but cant start, roc volunteer to take out his battery to start the car but…he asked" after start how to pull the cable?" funny…we dint think of it until we reach there.hahahaha…but we manage to push start the car also. was fun, windy and rain abit. feel so much alive to this point.
was wet and cold by the time we finish and poor rach waiting there long long eat sand and wind blowing her hair. haha..sexy tho.. kekeke. i tot the day was over…and i was wrong!!!! after dinner i forgot to off my light!!! lukcy rach house is near, go her place and borrow jumper cable. jump start my car. but was raining so hard!!!!! we all get soooooooooooooo wet. hahaha
after that have a good nice hot bath and date rach in her comfort n dry room . what a day.
ahhh too long!! (some might Tl;dr) kekeke so..in short :
1) anson 1st ever surfing
2) roc alsmot can stand on a surd board
3)i got to surf!!!!
4)nice movie!!!
5)got to play in the rain and be good semaritan
6) got to play in the rain for second time!
7) hot bath after cold cold rain and full of adventure day is priceless.
manage to snap few pic before the rain come


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It is I, Nick Cutter. I can only imagine that you're super-impressed to make my e-acquaintance, as I'm the supercool, uber-badass writer of The Troop—the book!
Anyhoo, I figured I might give protential readers a little bit of a heads up about the book. Because all horror ain't built equal—or, to be more accurate, different types of horror hit a given reader's sweet spot, while others do not. Many horror readers (or moviewatchers) are omnivorous, happy to gobble up a gothic ghost story, a J-horror shocker, a serial killer or demonic killer or slasher flick with gusto. Some, however, have a certain threshhold that they don't want to see tested—some want to be scared but not disturbed. Some want to be chilled but not grossed out. Some want to be grossed out, and the gooier the better.
Suffice it to say, there are many savors and textures to horror. Some tastes are a little too ... well, bracing for a given readership or viewership. And I suppose it's hard, just judging by a snyopsis or a cover or a few reviews, what a person really has in store for themselves with some works of horror. Which may ultimately lead to an unhappy reading experience, which is hurtful to the reader—and a little bit saddening to the writer, who, while they may've made a sale, also may've earned a mortal enemy in the process.
So, with that said—and to ease my introduction to you, dear blog reader—I thought I'd outline my, hmmm, I guess you'd call it writerly aesthetic (which is a hoity-toity term, so please forgive me) in regards the The Troop, so you know what you're getting into if you decide to read it.
First of all, I was a child of the 80s. Aaaaah, those halcyon days! Mili Vanilli was at the top of the charts! Everyone was wearing piano key ties! The Reaganauts ruled! Gas cost a nickel a gallon or so I'm told! Anyhoo, it was an interesting time for horror. Of course Stephen King was at his apex—an apex that, for my money, he's managed to maintain in the decades since—but Clive Barker was coming on, too, and Dean Koontz was ripping it up as well. You also had Robert R McCammon and Peter Straub and a host of other really great horror writers. The drug store spinning racks were full of horror; King unshered in a run on paperback horror that hasn't been seen since. It wasn't all good, because that's the nature of booms—the market gets saturated, then oversaturated, and then it pops.
But man, I loved me that 80s horror. 80s, early-to-mid 90s. Don't get me wrong: I don't love it exclusively; I liked work that came before that boom, and I've loved books and authors who've come along since then. But there was something about that time, about the pulpy, crazy, gleefully-go-to-far books that came out of that time period, that kindles a wonderful nostralgia in me.
Puberty, man. What a weird time in life!
Part of the allure was how illicit it all was. Transgressive. You had writers back then who were rebelling against the (as they saw it) stodgy old ghost stories and mimsy horror of their forefathers. These writers wanted to push the envelope, and they had a supportive publishing environment where editors and publishing houses were more willing to put that stuff out. And around that time horror movies were pretty raunchy too—for the time, anyway. And it wasn't like today, when you can get anything off the Internet.
OLD MAN VOICE: Back when I was a wee lad, if you wanted to sneak into an R-rated horror movie, you had to buy a ticket to the PG flick and sneak past the usher into the theatre! If you wanted to rent one, you had to paste on a fake mustache or else try to pay an old rummy to rent one for you!
So when me and my buddies did manage to get our hands on a Friday the 13th or a Nightmare on Elm Street or a Dawn of the Dead or Videodrome or even a lesser film in the horror pantheon, well, it was a very good day. We'd secret ourselves away in the basement at someone's house, drink rootbeer and eat bags of no-name 99-cent barbecue chips and get gory.
I mean, let's face it—we weren't renting these flicks for the deathless dialogue or the stellar acting or the intricate plotlines. No, we were renting it for this, pretty much:
... or this:
Oh, hey! By the way, those are prrrreeeeeeetty gory (delayed spoiler alert!)
Anyhoo, that was what we dug. We'd wade through an hour of hackneyed dialogue and bad edting to see the makeup artists ply their trade—exploding heads, guts ripped open, limbs catapulted into the sky. And we'd know which videotapes (remember those?) had been rented and obsessed over by other gorehound teenagers, too—the gory bits would be grainy and static-y, because they'd been rewound over and paused and watched so much more than the rest of the tape.
So this was how I grew up. That was what intrigued me and what spurred the aesthetic I wanted to bring to The Troop.
Beyond that, I was really into a certain subset of horror called "body horror"—pretty simply, this is horror having to do with the ruin of the human body. Bodies changing, mutating, morphing against the wishes of their owners. My fellow countryman David Cronenberg is perhaps the grandfather of this style. You've got Videodrome and Rabid and Shivers and of course The Fly—which, while a remake of an older movie, really got the gooey, gross treatment from Cronenberg. Poor old Seth Brundle turning into Bundlefly slowly, sadly, bit by tortuous bit.
So these were the two large-scale elements I slapped togther while working on The Troop.
#1: The crazy, gleefully excessive aesthetic of 80s horror flicks and books. Blood by the bucketful. Limbs a-flying. And most importantly, it was fun—at least to a certain type of viewer or reader it was. There were moments when your skull would rock back from the page or the TV screen and you'd just be flabberghasted that someone had gone there—and you got the sense that the writer or the director, wherever s/he was, was delighted to have gone there and was even more delighted to have gotten that reaction from you. There was a real element of fun to those books and movies, and to be truthful I had a blast writing The Troop for the same reason.
#2: The body horror movement. Which is a movement based on pretty gross, terrible things happening to human bodies. I love it. Others hate it.
I'm not saying every book I write will follow this aesthetic. But The Troop certainly does. That's it's DNA.
So now you know. If you've read this and were on the fence about whether or not to pick up the book, this should hopefully crystalize your choice one way or the other.
At least now it has been written. A record exists. And anyone who is bushwhacked by the contents of The Troop in the future will have to reckon with the fact that, if they'd only done a little bit of digging, they could have come across this post first.
Nick Cutter.


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America Ferrera always cries during The Lion King
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- 4 July 2014
America Ferrera has confessed she cries every time she watches 'The Lion King' and claims she grew up wanting to play male roles rather than female ones
America Ferrera cries every time she watches 'The Lion King'.
The 'Ugly Betty' star has confessed she is a big fan of classic children's movies and admits she was so moved by the story of Simba the lion cub searching for his identity after his father Mufasa is killed that she's brought to tears every time she watches it.
She said: "I grew up loving 'The Lion King'. I'll never forget when Mufasa dies in the film. I remember watching it ten times and crying every time and thinking, 'No! How could they do that?' It felt very real."
The 30-year-old actress - who is currently starring in animated film 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' alongside Gerard Butler and Cate Blanchett - also revealed that she found herself connecting more to male characters when she was younger as she didn't relate to traditional female roles.
She explained: "What's interesting is that, as a girl, a lot of the characters I related to were the male characters because they were doing what I wanted to be doing.
"They were having the adventures. I didn't watch Lion King and think and, 'Yes, I want to be Nala' [Simba's female friend]. I thought, I'm Simba!"
Ferrera also spoke about her love of acting and claimed she knew she wanted to become an actress when she was just eight-years-old.
The brunette beauty added: "My mother let me do it and I think she always imagined it was just a hobby or a phase and that eventually I would become a lawyer."
'How to Drain Your Dragon 2' is set for UK release on July 10 2014.


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Sunday, 8 April 2012
observer ONLINE
By Dilanka MANNAKKARA
It was a case as to how much time the impressive English side after a
bitter defeat in Galle would take to win the second test match on the
fifth day as they had to score just 94 runs on an extremely hot and
humid day at the P. Sara Oval Stadium. After bundling out the Lankans
for just 278 runs with a lead of 93 runs just before lunch with off
spinner Graeme Swann being the chief wrecker taking six wickets, England
led by the sedate Alistair Cook and the brutal Kevin Pietersen reached
the target in quick time with a strong Barmy Army contingent jumping,
cheering and singing ecstatically in the stands.
England cricketer Graeme Swann with a match bag of 10
wickets helped England to beat Sri lanka by eight wickets.
Pic: Saman Mendis
The two match incident filled series was drawn 1-1 with both England
and Sri Lanka sharing the Just Retirement trophy and more importantly
England retained their Number one spot in test rankings. Kevin Pietersen
who just batted magnificently as if it was on a placid wicket was
rightly named Man of the Match. Mahela Jayawardena who had a brilliant
series as a batsman scoring two majestic hundreds and a gutsy fifty when
the team was in dire straits was named Man of the Series.
England chasing a mere 94 runs got off to a poor start as skipper
Andrew Strauss was bowled by Tillakaratne Dilshan for nought of the last
ball of the first over of the England innings. Strauss was deceived by a
beauty by Dilshan as the ball went through his defences and clipped the
off stump. Jonathan Trott followed lbw to Rangana Herath as Sri Lanka
successfully asked for a referral and the original decision which was
not out was over turned.
Alistair Cook signaled his intent by driving and cutting Dilshan for
successive boundaries and set the tone, scoring 30 of England's first 40
runs and showed his good form. After Trott fell the flamboyant Kevin
Pietersen came to the crease and started dominating bowling with a wide
array of masterful shots filled with flair and authority. Pietersen hit
Rangana Herath for a six over the bowler's head and it was a déjà –vu
situation as once again Pietersen vs Dilshan battle was on the cards.
Pietersen hit two successive fours off Dilshan and also pulled up once
when Dilshan was about to deliver the ball and finished off the match
with a huge six over deep mid wicket.
Sri Lanka who resumed from their overnight score of 218 for the loss
of six wickets were troubled by their nemesis Graeme Swann who ripped
through the Lankan batting line up. Swann who started the rampage by
getting two crucial wickets of the penultimate over yesterday spun the
ball viciously from morning.
England's Alastair Cook (R) takes the catch to dismiss Sri
Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene off Swann. AFP
Swann should have had Angelo Mathews for just three runs of the first
over of the day as Mathews was offered a life by Alistair Cook fielding
at short leg. Swann was once again unlucky not to have Mathews caught
when he was on 12 by the same culprit Alistair Cook.
For Sri Lanka, the onus rested once more on skipper Mahela
Jayawardene. Swann, who took 6 for 106 to finish with ten wickets in the
match, finally removed him with an excellent ball which turned and
bounced to hit the glove and lob easily to Alastair Cook, plunging
forward at short leg.
It was the end of a polished defensive innings - 64 from 191 balls
with only four boundaries. Mahela who made 354 runs in the entire series
was usually the one man army in batting for Sri Lanka.
Prasanna Jayawardene who scored valuable fifty at Galle couldn't
continue his heroics once again as he looked uneasy and troubled against
Swann. Prasanna batting at No. 9 due to the two nightwatchmen used by
Sri Lanka tried to sweep each and every ball and was bowled around his
legs by Swann for just two runs.
Samit Patel also chipped in with his first Test wicket when Rangana
Herath anticipated Swann-like turn, found Patel-like turn instead and
offered the simplest of chances to James Anderson at slip. Mathews was
again left stranded but he put on a handy partnership with last man
Suranga Lakmal which resulted in Sri Lanka gaining some valuable runs.
He lofted Tim Bresnan down the ground, reverse-swept Swann and
muscled Patel over mid-on, but an erratic surface betrayed him as Steven
Finn made one stick in the surface and Mathews, intent upon advancing to
drive, could only chip uncomfortably into the leg side where Andrew
Strauss took the catch.
Sri Lanka 1st innings:
275 (M. Jayawardene 105, T. Samaraweera 54, A. Mathews 57, G. Swann 4-75, J. Anderson 3-62)
England 1st innings:
460 (K. Pietersen 151, A. Strauss 61, A. Cook 94, J. Trott 64, R. Herath 6-133)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
(overnight 218-6):
D. Prasad c Bresnan b Finn 34
L. Thirimanne c Strauss b Anderson 11
T. Dilshan c Anderson b Swann 35
K. Sangakkara c Prior b Swann 21
M. Jayawardene c Cook b Swann 64
T. Samaraweera b Swann 47
S. Randiv b Swann 00
A. Mathews c Strauss b Finn 46
P. Jayawardene b Swann 02
R. Herath c Anderson b Patel 02
S. Lakmal not out 04
EXTRAS: (b4, lb6, w2) 12
TOTAL: (all out, 118.5 overs) 278
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-23 (Thirimanne), 2-64 (Prasad), 3-104 (Dilshan)
4-125 (Sangakkara), 5-215 (Samaraweera), 6-215 (Randiv)
7-238 (M. Jayawardene), 8-242 (P. Jayawardene)
9-251 (Herath), 10-278 (Mathews)
Bowling: Anderson 20-6-36-1
Finn 15.5-1-30-2 (w1)
Swann 40-1-106-6
Bresnan 14-5-24-0 (w1)
Patel 25-7-54-1
Pietersen 4-0-18-0
A. Strauss b Dilshan 00
A. Cook not out 49
J. Trott lbw b Herath 05
K. Pietersen not out 42
Extras: (lb1) 01
Total (for two wkts, 19.4 overs) 97
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Strauss), 2-31 (Trott).
Bowling: Dilshan 7.4-1-43-1
Herath 9-0-37-1
Randiv 3-0-16-0
England win by eight wickets; draw two-match series 1-1.
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Kinshuk Mahajan of Bidaai believes in keeping it simple. Brands are not so important to him and he buys what he feels comfortable in. There is a lot more on what style and fashion mean to the actor.
Read on as Kinshuk shares his style statement with Tellychakkar.
Define fashion?
Fashion to me is to be simple and to wear clothes which are decent but at the same time classy.
Who chooses your clothes?
I don't like clothes picked up by someone else. I like wearing what I choose for myself because I know what will fit me best.
Do you like to accessorise yourself?
No, I like being simple. I don't like rings or bracelets. I prefer wearing watches and glares only when I am going out.
Is there any particular brand that you prefer for clothes?
No, I am not at all brand conscious. I buy whatever makes me feel comfortable and what appeals to me.
What is your favourite destination for shopping?
Lokhandwala and Bandra as I get to see a lot many variety there.
Which are the clothes that make you feel comfortable?
The clothes which suit my skin make me feel comfortable. I mostly wear cotton clothes.
Which colours are mostly seen in your wardrobe?
White, black and pastels
Your favourite perfume?
Black Ferrari, C K
Who is your favourite designer?
No one in particular. I design my own clothes. I go to a designer only when there is a special occasion.
A must have in your wallet?
Lots of cash
A fashion tip.
Be simple, don't over accessorise yourself and wear decent but classy clothes.


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Ransomware continues to be a major concern for Australian consumers this year - and many are unsure if they have even been affected by it.
Network security provider WatchGuard Technologies conducted a small survey at last month's CeBIT trade show in Sydney. Of the 245 respondents, 21% had been ransomware attack victims, but 31% didn't actually know if they had been attacked or not.
In a case of 'it's who you know', almost half knew of an organisation that had experienced an attack.
WatchGuard A/NZ regional director Mark Sinclair says this year ransomware continues to be one of the most widely discussed and publicised threats of the modern era.
"What started as a few high-profile attacks caused by a handful of malware variants has developed into a virulent threat landscape in which increasingly unskilled attackers are able to execute highly effective ransomware campaigns against organisations of all sizes and levels of complexity," he says.
Organisations seem to be almost as unskilled at protecting themselves from attacks – 53% don't know if they have the right technologies and place to guard against it.
"The traditional advice in defending against today's ransomware attacks includes persistent reminders to educate users, perform regular software updates and back up all critical devices," Sinclair says.
"All great best-practice rules to live by, but these tips only provide a minimal, first level of defence against a modern ransomware attack. This latest survey data would suggest that the only way in which consumers and businesses will be able to stay one step ahead is to maintain comprehensive visibility and automated mitigation capabilities across their network so that everyday attacks can be instantly detected and blocked before causing any damage."
The new financial year is coming and WatchGuard says there are critical steps businesses and employees can take to improve their security.


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If by some magical means you could be transported to another country and you didn't know where you were going, when you arrived there would be certain features of a country that would immediately tell you where you were. And if it's castles, it'll probably be France.
Now you can't go far in any part of France without bumping into (not literally of course) a castle or two.
Most of them have become museums but a few of them have gone commercial and been turned into hotels. We decided to try a couple of the latter. The first was the genuine article as it had a history going back several hundred years. If you removed the cars parked near the entrance steps, it wasn't hard to imagine what it would have looked like when it was first built.
There was a sense of the medieval in the entrance hall where the reception desk was housed and at any minute you half expected a bewigged flunkey with a flowing red coat to come bowing and scraping towards you. But instead a small fat tubby man in a grey suit welcomed us, who had clearly just stubbed out his cigarette, judging by the aroma he exuded as he greeted us.
Fortunately modernisation had taken place and although the rooms had retained their grandeur, central heating and running hot and cold water had long since been installed.
When we were handed the menu on our first evening, it was clear that prices were also firmly fixed in 2012. The hush in the dining room was tangible making us all feel very important. In case we should forget where we were, softly playing in the background was the sound of bowed strings, woodwind, brass and percussion – on tape of course, no sign ofstrollingg players.
The second castle cum hotel was a 19th century copy. It looked the part but It wasn't the real thing. Efforts had clearly been made to reproduce the atmosphere of the past. There was a lake in the grounds and sitting near the edge was the figure of a faun contemplating life and clearing wondering what he was doing there. In the extensive gardens were one or two peacocks strutting along and ignoring any visitor who stopped to stare.
Outside our room was a giant chessboard with figures about half a meter tall.
In the morning just before breakfast I took a turn around the garden and the devil in me made me move one of the chess figures to one side. As we drove out of the grounds to continue our journey, I noticed that the figure in question had been replaced. Clearly order and symmetry were all.
By now the signs of autumn were showing clearly. Mists were appearing and the leaves on the trees were slowly turning brown, yellow or red. It hardly seemed any time at all before we were back on that boat crossing the channel.
For some 20 days we had gone French and now it was back to the UK. driving on the left, giving way to traffic on the right and reverting to my native British reserve.
It's always good to go on holiday and see how other people live and it can help you to appreciate that the way you personally live can easily be regarded by someone from another country as strange.
Alan Townend