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Isabella Andreini
Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), also known as Isabella Da Padova, was an Italian actress and writer.
Isabella Andreini was a member of the Compagnia dei Comici Gelosi, an important touring theatre company that performed for the highest social circles of Italy and France. Famous in her time, and ever distinguished alike for her acting and her character, the Isabella role of the Commedia dell'arte, was named after her.
Isabella Andreini was born Isabella Canali in Padua, to Venetian parents.
In 1578, Isabella Andreini was hired by the troupe of the nobleman Flaminio Scala, dei Comici Gelosi. The I Gelosi were patronized by the aristocracy of northern Italy, usually performing for the gentry of Italy and France. Henry III of France was fond of the troupe, and Isabella performed for him in those very early years.
The plays were mainly scripted, but improvisation played an important role within the Commedia dell'arte style. From the beginning, Isabella particularly performed the role of the enamored woman, the prima donna innamorata, and she liked to improvise so the traditional character was less dull and more savvy. She was daring and memorable, sometimes taking off or tearing her clothes onstage. Additionally, Isabella was recognized for her flexibility, an important skill for all Commedia dell'arte characters, regardless of sex. Isabella worked with the Gelosi until her death.
In 1578 Isabella Andreini met and married Francesco Andreini, who would become the director of the company (1589). Isabella became both the leading lady and an important voice within the Gelosi company. Together with her husband she managed the troupe's activities and she negotiated with possible patrons.[1]
Isabella bore seven children, three boys and four girls, while touring in the Gelosi. She was a dedicated mother. While her firstborn son, Giambattista, continued the theatrical tradition, all her other children were raised by the aristocracy of Mantua to become clergy in Italian monasteries, except one son who became a guard of a duke.
In 1589, Isabella Andreini performed her comic work Pazzia d' Isabella (Isabella's madness) for the Florentine court during the wedding of Ferdinando I de' Medici and Christina of Lorraine, and the details of the mostly improvised play have endured until modern times. Fluent in several languages, she was renowned for her intellectual presentation and refined presence. In this play she creates madness by using several languages and then imitating dialects of the other characters on stage.[2]
In 1599, Isabella Andreini performed before Henry IV, King of France, and his wife Maria de Medici.
Isabella performed at least once for two other troupes: the Confidenti of the Duke of Mantua in 1589, and the Uniti in 1601.
In 1602, Isabella toured northern Italy, and in 1603 she performed again for Henry IV, Marie de' Medicia and a local audience at Fontainebleau and Paris. This would be her last tour, because early in 1604 she died near Lyon, on her way back to Italy, when she miscarried her eighth child.
The death of Isabella was observed by the people of Lyon, with a public funeral and an engraved medallion of that year which featured Isabella's portrait on one side, and the figure of Fame on the reverse with the words aeterna fama. Although Francesco Andreini dissolved the Gelosi after her death, their son Giambattista Andreini, who was an actor and a playwright, started his own company, the Fedeli, with the original troupe of the Gelosi.
Literary works[edit]
Beside performing on stage, Isabella Andreini was a recognized intellectual who dedicated much of her time to literature. The themes of her plays were shaded with some notions questioning the situation of the woman in the society of that epoch. Indeed, after publishing Mirtilla (1588) she began corresponding with contemporary intellectuals, attending their forums, and -an uncommon achievement for a woman in her era- in 1601 she was integrated into the literary society of the Accademia degli Intenti of Pavia, for which she adopted the nickname of Accesa. In a poetry contest held by the Cardinal Giorgio Cinthio Aldobrandini of Rome, Isabella Andreini attained second place, only behind the Renaissance poet Torquato Tasso. Like the Tasso, both Gabriello Chiabrera and Giambattista Marino have praised her.
Apart from writing plays, Isabella also wrote poetry and corresponded with a great variety of people[3]
- Her sonnets were published in divers Italian books of anthology. (since 1587)
- Mirtilla, a pastoral drama, with some feminist advocacy. (1588)
- Rime, a collection of 359 poems (1601, in Italian language). In 1603, the French version was published for her tour of France.
- Rime..., Parte seconda. (posthumous, 1605)
- Lettere di Isabella Andreini padovana comica gelosa, a collection of fictional correspondence, about her personal life and art in general, for being performed as monologues onstage. (posthumous, 1607)
- Fragmenti de alcune scritture, a collection of improvised dialogs (contrasti) of Isabella's Inamorati characters, gathered by her husband. (posthumous, 1617)
She inspired many French poets, notably Isaac du Ryer (d. c. 1631).
The commedia dell'arte stock character Isabella, used by subsequent commedia troupes, is named in her honor. In particular, this school of theater has studied the posthumous works of Isabella Andreini, Rime, Parte seconda and Fragmenti de alcune scritture.
- Robin, Diana Maury, Larsen, Anne R. and Levin, Carole (2007). Encyclopedia of women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England. ABC-CLIO, Inc.
- Biography Italian Women Writers, at the site of the University of Chicago.
- OTHER WOMEN'S VOICES Translations of women's writing before 1700
- About the Innamorati characters and Isabella Andreini
- History of The Commedia dell'Arte
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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I just installed apcupsd-3.14.2 via RPM on a RHEL3 machine. I edited /etc/apcupsd/spcupsd.conf and started the service. It says that it starts OK, but in /var/log/messages I get: Dec 20 ...
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Problem with apcupsd
/etc/apcupsd/spcupsd.conf and started the service. It says that it
starts OK, but in /var/log/messages I get:
Dec 20 18:42:02 sddev01 apcupsd[21170]: apcupsd FATAL ERROR in pcnet.c
at line 655 Cannot bind socket (9
Dec 20 18:42:02 sddev01 apcupsd: apcupsd startup succeeded
I saw a couple of mentions of machines reporting this but still working,
so I tried:
[root@sddev01 root]# apcaccess status
FATAL ERROR in apcaccess.c at line 41
tcp_open: cannot connect to server localhost on port 3551.
ERR=Connection refused
So... the only references I'm finding to these messages do not help. I
am not using selinux.
No firewall:
[root@sddev01 root]# iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
I also tried:
[root@sddev01 root]# apctest
2007-12-20 18:50:03 apctest 3.14.2 (15 September 2007) redhat
Checking configuration ...
Attached to driver: pcnet
sharenet.type = DISABLE
cable.type = APC_NET
You are using a SMART cable type, so I'm entering SMART test mode
Unknown mode.type: 15
Setting up the port ...
apctest FATAL ERROR in pcnet.c at line 655
Cannot bind socket (9
[root@sddev01 root]#
My config file contents:
UPSCABLE ether
UPSTYPE pcnet
DEVICE 192.168.2.7:admin:********
LOCKFILE /var/lock
SCRIPTDIR /etc/apcupsd
PWRFAILDIR /etc/apcupsd
NOLOGINDIR /etc
NOLOGON disable
NETSERVER on
EVENTSFILE /var/log/apcupsd.events
UPSCLASS standalone
UPSMODE disable
STATFILE /var/log/apcupsd.status
LOGSTATS off
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I have a similar case. Although I can start the apcupsd service. The message I get in /var/logs/messages is:
Dec 23 04:12:27 baldur apcupsd[24099]: apcupsd 3.14.2 (15 September 2007) suse startup succeeded
Dec 23 04:12:27 baldur apcupsd[24099]: NIS server startup succeeded
And when I simulate a power failure I get a message from the UPS telling me that the computer is now running on batteries.
But when I try to run "/etc/init.d/apcupsd status" or "apcaccess status" I get the same error as you did:
FATAL ERROR in apcaccess.c at line 41
tcp_open: cannot connect to server localhost on port 3551.
ERR=Connection refused
I also have no firewall.
It seems that my UPS is working, but I would like to see the Status work.
I'm sorry not to be able to help you with your problem. But I'm interested to hear if anyone has a solution to this?
- 12-23-2007 #3
My "cannot connect to server localhost on port 3551" error was caused by something else already occupying port 3551. Turned out it was a rogue process from APCs POS PCNS software. dreamspy - stop your apcupsd service, then use netstat to look for port 3551. If you tried to use PCNS and gave up in frustration, it may be the culprit.
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That was actually not the case in my computer. It was probably an error in the APCUPSD software.
I was able to fix my error by going to the configuration file for apcupsd, I had the NISIP set to my local ip:
Which should be quite ok, but I changed it to the default value:
And after that "apcaccess status" worked like a charm.
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Jimmy Fallon in Levi's and Tina Fey in James Jeans
What can be a better way to open the 2010 Emmy Awards than to reunite Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey? I don't think there is. They are probably one of the funniest comedy duo I know. I loved it when they were the correspondents Weekend Update.
For the opening Jimmy and Tina, who was wearing a pair of James Hector Boudoir Jeans, were joined by the cast of Glee, John Hamm, Randy Jackson and many more from today's television. Jimmy was wearing a pair of Levi's 501 in Aged Perfect during the performance. Did any of you watch the Emmys? I unfortunately missed it. You can watch this segment above. It is pretty funny! Click here to purchase Jimmy's at Levi's for $59.50 and click here to purchase Tina's jeans at JamesJeans for $163.
Faith Hill in James Jeans
Faith Hill performs at the Tide Loads of Hope benefit concert. The concert was in honor and to raise money for the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The Tide Loads of Hope program aims to provide clean clothing to families in disaster areas through their washers which can do up to 300 loads of laundry a day. I think this program is amazing! It really is incredible how different clean clothes can make you feel.
Faith wore a bejeweled Tide tee shirt, which she paired with light wash jeans and platforms. Faith's jeans are by James Jeans, the Randi high rise pencil cut, in Caspian Blue. These jeans retail for $163 and you can buy them at JamesJeans.com
Nicky Hilton in James Jeans
Ohh…the zoo. One of the best places you can go anywhere in the world. No matter what age you are, I think everyone would still get amazed about what they see and I think that there is no other place to go to one than at one of my dream places to visit, Australia.
Case in point, Nicky Hilton. She was spotted at the Tarongo Zoo in Sydney, Australia earlier this week. For the animal fest she chose to wear her favorite James Jeans Twiggy Leggings in Slate. We have spotted her in these jeans a few times before. Nicky has such great style. I like that she is the complete opposite of Paris. Paris can sometimes look to matchy from head-to-toe. While Nicky is more rugged and urban. Who is your favorite Hilton when it comes to style? You can purchase these jeans at both BoutiqueToYou and Singer22.
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This weeks review is on another pair of cargo pants. James Jeans Twiggy cargos in Cappuccino. I think this is my last cargo pant review for a while, I don't have anymore, haha!
This is the first time I have tried James Jeans and I never knew what to expect. Normally when I am not familiar with a brand, I'm either really pleasantly suprised or not that bothered. These James Jeans cargos are not my favourite pair but I do like them. They are very very soft and incredibly stretchy like legging material. They are a very simple pair with only 2 pockets on the side of the knees and no zips or anything like that.
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2014 has turned out to be a vintage Van Morrison year for me. I usually only get to see him two or three times a year but this was the seventh time this year that I got on the train to go and see Van. I didn't have any nice company like Jacquie on this occasion so as the train sped towards London I gazed out of the window alone with my thoughts. What did the night have in store?. I knew that this concert would be different, I didn't really know what to expect. Little did I realise that it would turn out to be one of the most enjoyable and memorable concerts I have ever attended.
The train arrived on time at Paddington for a change and then a quick little journey on the Bakerloo line and I was at Piccadilly Circus in the West End. I was pleased to find that the theatre, the hotel and the pub where we were to meet later were all within 200 yards of each other. At the hotel I tried to have a nap before the evening but I couldn't sleep,I was too excited so I gave up and went for a walk, had a drink and got some food from McDonald's which wasn't very nice. Finally I made my way to the Queen's Head pub to meet the other Van fans.
Finally it was time to make our way round the corner to the theatre. On the doors they had put up posters of the show announcing that it was sold out. Those posters disappeared within minutes and I managed to get one of them which will soon be framed and put on my wall. I had a ticket for the balcony but a few days ago a good friend of mine who couldn't attend asked me if I would like their ticket which was right near the front which was really kind of them. I collected that ticket from the ticket desk and went outside to sell my original ticket. The person who I sold it to turned out to be none other than Andre Menard who organises the Montreal Jazz Festival. We had a little chat and he told me that he had flown all the way from Canada hoping to see the show so I was really pleased that my ticket went to a deserving person. Before the show I thought I better go to the men's room and coming out of there I held the door for a distinguished looking bearded chap who I thought I recognised. Later I realised that it was the famous Irish poet Michael Longley. When I finally took my seat I got talking to this nice American couple and they took my photo and I took their's. Then it was showtime.
The evening was introduced by Eamonn Hughes which was appropriate because the whole evening was to celebrate the publication of Van's book of lyrics 'Lit Up Inside' which Eamonn had edited. Also on the stage was novelist Ian Rankin. Firstly they showed a short film of Van and Bob Dylan singing on a hill above Athens. Then Eamonn introduced Van and on he came to sit down and have a discussion with Ian. I feared that Van might be out of his comfort zone doing this sort of thing but I was pleasantly surprised to find that he was very relaxed, witty,open and chatty. Ian asked him what it was like making that film with Bob and Van wittily replied, "Well, it was a long walk up there".Van mentioned William Blake quite a few times during the discussion which I was pleased about because in my review of the book a few weeks ago I described Van as a visionary in the same way as Blake. Van also talked about listening to AFN and a show called Stars Of Jazz and hearing Ray Charles, Sidney Bechet and Mahalia Jackson and being pleased that Lenny Bruce also listened to Stars Of Jazz. He also mentioned that one of the first poems he ever wrote was about the Belfast shipyards. Van also listened to Radio Luxembourg and he recalled watching the Tonight programme introduced by Cliff Michelmore which I also used to watch which featured Robin Hall & Jimmy McGregor and Van particularly mentioned Rory McEwan who was one of the first people to bring the music of Leadbelly to Britain and must have been a big influence on the young Van. When asked about how he wrote songs Van explained that Moondance started as an instrumental and Mick Fleetwood played on the original sessions for it and it was only years later that he added words. Asked about Coney Island Van said that he used to deliver bread for Stewart's Bakery and Coney Island was on the route. He also spoke about a teacher at his school called David Hammond who described Belfast's river Lagan as their River Jordan and Van obviously took him at his word, seeing the spiritual in the most ordinary things. Ian asked him about Samuel Beckett and Van said he liked Beckett's quote,"I can't go on, so I'll go on". The audience had been asked to submit questions for Van and I was pleased that Ian chose a question from our friend Brendan. I can't remember the wording of the question now but I think it was about Van's influences and he replied at length about all manner of people from Lightning Hopkins to Steve Benbow. There was also a question from Rob McKenzie asking who Justin was and Van said he had no idea because Paul Durkin wrote those words but he had heard that Justin was Seamus Heaney's middle name. Van talked about Mystic Eyes and how it was influenced by Sonny Terry and the words about the graveyard were inspired by Dicken's Great Expectations. Somebody in the audience shouted out asking who was the brown eyed girl and Van patiently explained that his songs were mainly what you could call 'Faction' and were not about any specific person but were made up of various elements. That brought the discussion with Van to a close and he left the stage.
Then a short film was shown of Van talking to poet Michael Longley which was part of a TV documentary made about twenty years called 'A Coney Island Of The Mind'. Then Michael was introduced on stage and he spoke warmly about Solly Lipsitz who had promoted Jazz and Blues in Belfast and had sold the young Van some of his first records in his record shop called Atlantic Records. Michael then read the words of two of Vans songs, Coney Island and Into The Mystic which proved to me what I have been trying to explain to people till I am blue in the face which is that the best of Van's lyrics given the right reader can be enjoyed on their own as poetry. Then it was time for the wonderful Edna O'Brien to take the stage. In my view Edna is the greatest female Irish writer of the last hundred years. She is an Irish national treasure and I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be seated just a few feet away from her listening to her beautiful voice. She admitted to having a crush on Van for a long time and she wasn't at all surprised that he was influenced by Rimbaud. She then read Tore Down A La Rimbaud and her own unique reading of Madame George which was magical. It was a privilege to see and listen to her. I hope her presence at the concert might encourage a few Van fans who aren't familiar with her work to read some of her books. That brought the first half of the evening to a close. Little did I realise that the best was yet to come.
Fifteen minutes later we were back in our seats for the second half. Van sat on a stool for the entire performance apart from a couple of times when he stood up to blow his saxophone. Because the focus this evening was on the words it was a stripped back band with no brass section and no backing singer just Bobby Ruggerio, drums, Paul Moore,bass, Paul Moran keyboards, Dave Keary guitar and Van guitars and sax. There were only nine songs but it was the best set of nine songs I have ever heard. Van chatted between every song as well which was most unusual, explaining how the songs came about. The first song he said was influenced by a book called 'Cloud Hidden,Whereabouts Unknown' and was about Zen Buddhism and called Alan Watts Blues. It is a fabulous song which you don't get to hear very often. The next song was Foreign Window which Van informed us was influenced by Jean Cocteau and Lord Byron. Tore Down A La Rimbaud was also performed brilliantly. Van said that he had shown the words of the next song to Allen Ginsberg who replied, "Message, purpose, writing". Van said that it was recorded at the same time as the Moondance album but not released until it featured in the film 'The King Of Comedy' and it showed that not all was well during the Moondance era.It was Wonderful Remark,another great song. Coney Island was next with Van telling us that jam-jar was cockney rhyming slang for car and also humorously changing the lyrics at the end which the audience found hilarious. I have never seen Van in such a jokey mood before. Van then played electric guitar on Why Must I Always Explain which was very ironic because I'd never heard Van do so much explaining. Van then played his sax as the introduction to a fabulous extended version of Into The Mystic with Van scatting and improvising about church bells chiming in the space and distance and feeling the presence of the holy ghost and at the end exclaiming, "Peace". It was quite wonderful as was the next song. Van informed us that it was set in Belfast, London and Dublin. It was of course Madame George. I have seen Van perform this song before but tonight's performance was magnificent. The evening came to a close with the pure poetry of On Hyndford Street. Van referenced Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre in this one and he left the stage repeating, " I won't stop till we get the healing done, do you understand?". The audience all stood up at the end in a standing ovation for a performance that will live long in the memory of those lucky enough to be there.
When we got outside I was absolutely buzzing with elation after the show. I met Harald the radio reporter from Germany and he pointed a microphone at me and asked what I thought of the show. I blurted out some excitable gibberish into the mike. I can't remember what I said but I bet it was nonsense. Then the whole gang returned to the pub. Harald had given me an idea so I got out my camera and asked a few of the fans what they thought. (You can see the film below). Carol had made some buttons saying Van 2014 which she gave to everyone which was nice of her. Finally it was midnight and the pub people asked us to drink up. I'm pleased they did because I had far too much Guinness and wine by then. I was at the stage of hugging people and telling them I loved them which is always embarrassing looking back on it. Never mind.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Van Morrison, An Evening Of Words And Music, Lyric Theatre London 17/11/2014.
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Sunday, November 02, 2014
Beneath October Skies.
The first person we saw was my nephew Dominic who lives in London. Dominic hadn't seen Van since 2005 at Glastonbury so I was interested to see what he thought of Van these days. There was a good gang of Van fans inside the pub.It is always nice to see Stuart & Michelle from San Diego who were there with a friend of their's called Ivan from Belfast , Marion from The Netherlands, Julia from France, Othmar & Daria from Switzerland, Mike (aka Nosey), Peter & Katherine from Wiltshire who made me into a Duke Special fan, Alan Lloyd from London via Australia, John C, Brendan from Dublin, Peter from Australia and it was really nice to meet Jane from Oxford for the first time. There was a lad from Cork as well but I can't remember his name now. Sorry if I have forgotten to mention anybody. Our friends Mary and Don in Tennessee were very much on everybody's mind.
Celtic Swing opened the proceedings as it has done for quite a while. Then Long Lost John which I can't recall hearing live before followed by Talk Is Cheap. The Mose Allison song If You Only Knew was pretty good I thought then Van brought on Georgie Fame to duet on The New Symphony Sid. It was great to see Georgie again and I thought it might lead to something special but off he went straight away. It was hardly worth him bothering to turn up. The John Lee Hooker song Think Twice kept the blues vibe going and then Sometimes We Cry with Dana singing the bits that Shana used to sing. Baby Please Don't Go/Parchman Farm/ Don't Start Crying Now was really good. Georgie could have hung around for that because he used to do a great Parchman Farm almost identical to Mose Allison's version. Rough God Goes Riding featured Dana singing a verse and ended with Van doing his impressions of Robert De Niro, Joe Pecci, Cary Grant, Al Pacino and Clint Eastward. He is trying really hard to get rid of his Mr Grumpy image. Back On Top didn't do a lot for me but Queen Of The Slipstream is always a joy to hear as is Enlightenment which I never tire of hearing. Whenever God Shines His Light was well received by this audience and gave Dana another opportunity to show what she could do. The Ray Charles Classic I Can't Stop Loving You was wonderful as was Real Real Gone/ You Send Me. The highlight of the night for me followed, All In The Game/ You Know What They're Writing About/Burning Ground. It was quite magnificent with Van displaying all of the vocal pyro-technics that we know he is capable of. ( I filmed 12 minutes of it.see below). I dropped my pen on the floor at this point but I think Sonny Boy Williamson's Till The Break Of Day was next and Help Me. I thought that was the end and started putting my jacket on but Van came back to do a fantabulous Ballerina which ended the night on a great high. Overall I thought it was a really good show. Personally I could have done with less R & B covers and more of Van's own songs but it was part of the London Blues Fest so I can't really complain.
Back at the pub everyone seemed to have enjoyed it. Dominic thought it was a really good concert which pleased me. He said he thought all the Blues stuff was great so there you go. Most of the band turned up at the pub and I had a little chat with Chris White. He remembered me from Cambridge Folk Festival in the summer and I reminded him that it was four years almost to the night that we first met in this very pub after only his second gig with Van when he and Alistair raced to the pub carrying their instruments to get a drink before closing time. Stuart took a photo of Jacquie and myself with Chris (See below). Eventually it was getting late and Jacquie was getting hungry, Stuart kindly escorted us to an Indian restaurant that he had scouted out earlier and then went back to Michelle at the pub. What a nice couple they are. Jacquie enjoyed the food but I ate next to nothing. I was beginning to feel quite ill. Little did I realise this was the beginning of the long dark night of the soul.
That night I woke up with the worst pain in my stomach that I have ever had and didn't get another wink of sleep all night. Next morning I joined Jacquie for breakfast but I couldn't face anything. When we checked out of the hotel I bought some paracetamol at the newsagent next door which brought me some temporary relief. We had ages before the train so we went for a stroll through Hyde Park back to Paddington. It was drizzling rain but I found the rain quite refreshing. Jacquie enjoyed seeing Kensington Palace. Leaving the park we rested outside a pub on the very seats where Kim and I had sat after seeing Van four years before. I can't believe how quickly the time has gone by since then. Finally,I was relieved when it was time for the train. I breathed a sigh of relief when Westbury White Horse came into view because I just wanted to get home and get to bed.
I had a quick look on facebook and saw the sad news that Mary had passed away the night before. She was a legend amongst the Van fans. I went to bed and stayed there for three days. I had a pre-arranged appointment with the doctor for Monday and thought I could hang on till then but I got worse and worse. I knew this wasn't just some tummy-bug, this was deadly and serious. Finally my friend Dave brought me some provisions on Friday evening and he insisted that I phone the National Emergency Hotline 111. (Remember that number UK friends, you may need it one day) That was a life-saver. After I spoke to the lady on the phone and described the symptoms she said that I had to see my GP within two hours. I phoned the surgery which was almost closed but Dr Edwards phoned me back and he said it sounded like I had diverticulitis and sent a prescription to the pharmacy for pain killers and medicine. Jacquie was working but Keith was kind enough to pick up my prescription. I don't think I would have got through the weekend otherwise. I had a good nights sleep and next morning I knew I was feeling a bit better.
I'm still not 100% but a lot better and it was still worth it to go to London with Jacquie and see Jacky & Bill, Dominic,the poppies, Van The Man and all my Van fan friends. Hopefully I will be back on top form for the Lyric Theatre in Shaftsbury Avenue in two weeks time. I'm looking forward to it already.
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Saturday, November 01, 2014
Friday, October 24, 2014
Lit Up Inside; Selected Lyrics by Van Morrison
I am not going to try and explain Van's lyrics here. That would be silly. The words mean different things to different people and everyone is entitled to their point of view. The only person with the right to explain the lyrics is Van and even then I sometimes think Van doesn't understand them himself. It is stream of consciousness channelled from above.I am very grateful for Van's lyrics though because I think I have learned more from him than any other teacher. That is because he is so generous in acknowledging and name checking the people who have inspired him. Through reading his lyrics and following them up I have discovered a wealth of people in music,literature,philosophy and spirituality etc who I would not have known about otherwise. It is the subject matter of his songs which raise him above other great singers and songwriters. I also believe that Van himself believes that he is firstly a poet. In an Irish music magazine called New Spotlight in 1973 Van said that he hoped to publish a book of poetry soon and he found it hard to draw the line between poems and songs and gave Madame George as an example. Finally forty years later this dream has come true.About twenty years ago Van took part in a TV documentary called A Coney Island Of The Mind in which he met with a group of Irish poets and read and discussed his work. If I remember correctly one of the poems he read was I'm Tired Joey Boy.There is no doubt as well that Van has a great speaking voice. When I listen to something like On Hyndford Street to me it it is pure poetry with musical accompaniment.
Anyway, I'm beginning to ramble on so I'll finish off by saying that I really enjoyed reading this book and recommend it to anyone. I must get myself a reading copy so I keep this one in pristine condition. Also in that 1973 interview that I mentioned earlier Van said that he was always writing poems and prose so I hope this will lead to Faber issuing more work by Van. As Eamonn Hughes quoted in the introduction, 'Rave on words on printed page'.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Jackie And Van
One of my fellow Van Morrison fan friends Petra recently embarked on a project to compile a catalogue of the musicians who have played and recorded with Van over the course of his long career. She has done a great job including biographies, pictures and video's of the musicians and has had a lot of positive feedback from a lot of the musicians themselves. You can see Petra's Van's Musicians page here-https://www.facebook.com/groups/649843438433690/
I have made a couple of suggestions to Petra of people she might like to add to the list and one of them was Jackie DeShannon. This is because I knew that Jackie had sung backing vocals on a couple of Van's albums and had co-written the song Santa Fe which appeared on Van's Wavelength album. One of my favourite Van songs is Warm Love on the album Hard Nose The Highway on which Jackie Sings backing vocals. In the song Van sings,' You can bring your guitar along, we'll sing some songs and have some fun'. Surely it would be Van who would bring his guitar along. Who is this guitar playing singer he is referring to?. Could it be Jackie herself?. This got me wondering about Jackie so I investigated further. I knew a bit about her already.
She had a top ten hit with What The World Needs Now Is Love and had written hits for The Searchers and Bette Davis Eyes which Kim Carnes had a huge hit with. She had appeared with The Beatles on their first USA tour (See photo of George Harrison and Jackie playing Monopoly) and in England she had a brief relationship with a young guitarist called Jimmy Page (See Picture) and wrote and recorded with Jimmy.
Looking through her discography I noticed that she had made an album in 1972 simply called 'Jackie' and I was interested to see that one of the songs was I Wanna Roo You which was written by Van. What amazed me though was that this album was reissued in 2003 with twelve bonus tracks and four of them were written by Van of which I had never heard of two of them before. I knew I had to buy this album and today it dropped through my letterbox. I must say it is a really nice album. As well as some of Jackie's own compositions there are covers of songs by John Prine, Neil Young, Steve Goodman and Drift Away which was a big hit for Dobie Gray and five Van Morrison songs.
It is the Van songs that I want to talk about. The cover of I Wanna Roo You is quite pleasant and better than the Goldie Hawn version that I have on an album. The other four Van songs were produced by Van for his Caledonia Productions and recorded in Los Angeles on April 11 and 12 1973. They are Sweet Sixteen which was actually released as a single,Flamingos Fly which Van later released himself on A Period Of Transition and The Philosophers Stone album. I think Jackie's version is really good, Santa Fe which they co-wrote and The Wonder Of You which is excellent and I have put the youtube video below.Listening carefully to these tracks I am quite certain that it is Van on backing vocals. Have a listen and see what you think.
You can also read what Jackie said about Van if you click on the words from the sleeve notes. Anyway I am really pleased that this CD is now in my collection and thank you Petra for inspiring me to discover something about Van that I didn't know before.
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Has anyone introduced cow's milk yet?
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Not yet...I'll wait until he's 12 months (or like a week shy) before I try it.
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No not actual milk that you drink. She's had plenty of yogurt and cheese. She loves it, and I've even given her bites of ice cream.
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Ashley loves cheese and yogurt, but I'm not going to give her any cow's milk to drink until she is at least 1. Even at 1, she'll probably just have a taste here and there. I plan to keep her on EBM through cold & flu season, and maybe until she is 2. I want to make sure she is still getting antibodies and the extra nutrition.
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I have given Cambria cheese, but never straight milk. I have had major milk production issues since she was 5 months old. So, although I wish I COULD nurse longer, it has just been so much stress on me to try and keep it up. I have been taking pills to keep up my milk supply. I will be so glad not to have to take them 3 times a day anymore.
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Alex and I were married on October 4th on Kiawah Island, South Carolina at the Ocean Course. We met during first week of undergrad at Duke where we both lived in Wilson Dorm. After dating on and off throughout college, we parted ways for awhile while he moved home to Georgia for medical school and I worked in fine art in Manhattan. When he matched for residency in Philadelphia, I followed quickly with my dog Sprout in tow! Fast forward about a year, and Alex proposed to me in the middle of Philly's City Hall on bended knee while tourists looked on and a busker jammed on an electric violin. While we love it here in our adopted home (I'm from Wisconsin, go Pack!), we decided to get married in a pseudo-destination wedding off the coast of South Carolina where we celebrated our first anniversary during college.


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App store analytics company Distimo has released a report reviewing the changes in the Apple, Android, Blackberry, and Nokia app stores in 2010, and the results are impressive for all four. To highlight a few points from the 28 page report:
It's not unheard of for tuners to throw a small PC into a car (commonly called a "carputer" in the industry). It's a lot less common for Android to appear in cars, though it does happen - GM has considered using it to power OnStar and has a Volt app, while the Roewe 350 rocks Android in a pretty hardcore way. We've yet to hear of aftermarket tuners taking advantage of Android - until now, that is.
Back in October of last year, ZeptoLab, the maker of a very popular iOS game Cut The Rope, announced its tentative plans to port the hit to Android, albeit without an expected release date. We've waited for a few months, but the release didn't come (though, I'm sure, they're hard at work). Feelingtouch Inc, however, didn't want to wait and in the meantime developed and released a clone - Rope Cut.
Motorola is expected to launch its XOOM tablet in February 2011 and, according to DigiTimes, they have placed an order for about 700,000 to 800,000 units. If there is greater demand, DigiTimes expects the order to reach up to one million units by the end of the first quarter of 2011.
Interestingly, DigiTimes also claims that Motorola and Samsung are being given special treatment by Google, while competitors, such as LG and HTC, are being left behind.
As a fan of Ubuntu, I really love using Mozilla Firefox. In my opinion, it is the best desktop browser out there (sorry, Chrome). It was because of my love for Firefox that I became elated when I first heard that Mozilla would be developing a browser for the Android platform.
Having followed the development of Firefox for Android from an alpha and now to a beta, I jumped at the chance to interview software engineer Matt Brubeck, one of the lead developers of Firefox for Android.
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I've been roaming the booths of CES for 3 days now, and I think I've seen almost everything even remotely related to Android that was worth seeing. One company, Recon Instruments, has been on my mind since the beginning, however, and I'm really glad I finally made it to their booth today.
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MSI announced two new tablets at CES 2011: the Android-powered WindPad 100A and the Windows-operated WindPad 100W.
A few months ago, MSI demoed its WindPad 110 at Computex. The device sported a 10" capacitive touch screen and was powered by NVIDIA's Tegra 2 chip. Engadget's hands-on demonstrated a fairly unpolished interface that needed a lot of work.
The newly rechristened WindPad 100A is a slim 10.1" device weighing in at 1.6 pounds and packing:
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cultivationSyllabification: cul·ti·va·tion
Pronunciation: /ˌkəltəˈvāSH(ə)n /
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1The action of cultivating land, or the state of being cultivated: the cultivation of crops the economy was based largely on rice cultivation
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2The process of trying to acquire or develop a quality or skill: the cultivation of good staff-management relations
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June 16, 1964 Filed April 225, 1962 R. B. JACOBS ETAL CONDENSING VACUUM INSULATION 2 Sheets-Sheet l Robert B. Jacobs Lewis O. Mullen Donald A.Van Gundy Robert J. Richards Willis G. Steward,
June 16, 1964 R. B. JACOBS ETAL CONDENSING VACUUM INSULATION Filed April 2:5, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Robert B. Jacobs` Lewis O. Mullen Donald A.Van Gundy Robert J. Richards W|I||s G Steward,
BY Z. f/M
United States Patent() The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or'for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalty thereon.
This invention relates to an apparatus for transfer of liquiied gases, as for example, nitrogen, oxygen, etc., and more particularly to insulation for such apparatus.
In the transfer of liquied gases'from either the production apparatus or from storage containers to other receptacles it is necessary to maintain the respective gases at low temperatures, ranging from 0 F. to approximately 300" F. in the case of liquied oxygen. The temperatures are lower in the case of hydrogen, nitrogen and other gases. Hence, special precautions must be taken in order to avoid losses due to evaporation which are considerable and, in the case of liquid hydrogen and oxygen, to avoid hazards such as possible combustion and explosion. It is, therefore, necessary that the delivery or transfer apparatus not only be strong and durable, but also that its design and construction be such that heat leakage from the ambient atmosphere to the liquied gas be kept at a minimum.
Conventional vacuum insulation to separate a cold region, from`a warml environment may be either dynamic or static. In the dynamic system, Vthe vacuum space is continuously pumped. This system requires a pumping apparatus and the power to run it, be available in the vicinity of the dynamically pumped system. The main problem of the static vacuum system com- Y prises producing and maintaining an adequate vacuum.
In order to maintain a static vacuum, the vacuum space the vacuum space must be treated in some manner so that no 'appreciable amount of gas is desorbed into the vacuum space, and the walls must be impervious to ambient molecules.
It is an object of our invention to provide a means for t j must be absolutely leak tight, the walls and contents of sulated by a gas that is condensable responsive to the particles from being re-evaporated in the vacuum and impairingthe effectiveness `of the insulation.
Other objects and advantages of our invention will become more readily apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawingsV in which:
FIGURE 1 is an elevational sectional view of a transfer line and coupling. Y
FIGURE 2 is an exploded view of the transfer line disposed'for "connection between a receiving and a dispensing tank.
FIGURE 3 isa View along line 3-3 of FIGURE 2.
FIGURE 4 is a view along line 4-4 of FIGURE 2.
One illustrative embodiment of our invention is shown in FIGURE 1 in which a transfer line, generally designated at 10, is disposed for connection` to a suitable source of liquied gas. The transfer line is comprised of a plurality of sections 12, 14, and 16.
The receiving end 18 of the transfer line carries a female coupling 20 and the opposite end or delivery end carries a male coupling 22. The transfer line is provided with an outer conduit and an inner conduit 24 and 26, respectively.
Female coupling 20 is mounted on the periphery of outer conduit 24 and is provided with internal threading and an inwardly extending shoulder 25. An insert 28 secured to the inner surface 30 of conduit 24 is provided with an outwardly extending annular shoulder 32. An annular groove 34 provided on the outer periphery of insert 28 is disposed to receive an O-ring seal 36 therein.
A conduit 38 smaller in diameter than conduit 24 is secured to an inner annular surface 39 of insert 28 and extends to partially enclose and to be secured in an annular recess 40 of a member 42. Member 42 is provided with a pair of axial openings 44 and 46 in communication. The liquied gas conducting conduit 26 secured in the smaller opening 46 of member 42 extends therefrom into the intermediate section 14 of transfer line 10. Member 42 includes an inwardly projecting shoulder 43 against which abuts one end 45 of conduit 26.
Conduit 26 is comprised of a pair of portions 48 and 50, portion 48 extends from section 12 into the intermediate section 14 of transfer line 10 and terminates just short of the middleof section 14. Portion 50 vof conduit 26 is slightly spaced from the portion 48 of conduit 26 and extends out of intermediate section 14. The spacing between portions 48 and 50 of conduit 26 permits expansion and contraction of the liquiiied gas conducting conduit. A seamless bronze flexible tube 52 having annular corrugatons is disposed around those portions 48 and 50 of conduit 26 that is within section 14 of line 10. The flexible tube permits the uninterrupted ow of liquied gas while permitting the expansion and contraction.l Y
Portion 50 of conduit 26 extends from intermediate section 14 of the transfer line and thru section 16 thereof.
i Outer conduit 24 terminates at section 16 and is secured to male coupling 22. Coupling 22 is provided with an inwardly extending shoulder 52 and external threading. A conduit 54 abuts against shoulder 52 and is secured to the inner annular surface 55 of coupling 22.
A projecting portion 57 includes conduit 54 which projects out of coupling 22 and encloses a portion of conduit 26 which also projects through coupling 22. An end member 56 is provided with an annular recess 58 and an outwardly projecting shoulder 60. Conduit 54 encloses recess 58 and'abuts shoulder 60 and is soldered to member 56. Member 56 is further provided with a recessed portion 62 into which is positioned a pair of ring members 64 and 66. Y
A vacuum seal off valve 68 is -mounted in outer conduit 24 of line 10. Valve 68 is disposed to be opened to permit charging of the space 70, between conduits 24 and 26, with a condensable gas. Y
As shown in FIGURES 1 and 2, a gas dispensing tank 72 is provided with a projecting portion 74 similar in construction to projecting portion 57 of transfer line 10.V
Projecting portion 74 includes an outer conduit 76 secured at one of its ends to tank 7.2. A male 4coupling member 77 is secured to the other end of conduit 76. An inner conduit 78, partially enclosed by conduit"76, communicates into tank `72` an`d extends therefrom. Male Conduit 87 extends from ymale coupling member 77 to enclose conduit 78 and is positioned at its end -39 into recess 86 of end member S4. The conduit may be secured to member 84 by soldering.
End member 84 Yis provided with an outer annular `surface 91 into which'is positioned a'pair of ring members 90 and 92 which inhibit the flow of liquid between conduits-38 and 87. Ring member 90 is a piston ring which primarily inhibits said flow, while ring member 92 is a spring washer whichholds ring member 90 in the proper v position.
To connect the transfer line to the dispensing tank'the i receiving end 18 of line-10 is slipped over projecting portion 74. Conduit 7 8 extends into section 12 of the transfer line and the ring members 91B and 92 are seated against the inner annular surfaceof recess 44 provided in end member 42. Female coupling 20 is then threaded to male coupling 77 to assure Va tight leakproof seal.
As shown in FIGURE 2, a receiving tank94 is provided with a connecting portion 96 similar to section k12 of the transfer line into which is inserted the projecting portion 57 ofrtransfer line 10. A female coupling 98 provided on connecting vportion 96 is disposed to be threaded to the male coupling member 22 of line 10 to complete the connection.
Thertransfer line is provided with spacers 100 positioned around conduit 26 and secured to conduit 26 to support conduit 26 throughout its length. These spacers are preferably made of Teflon and are substantially rectangular in cross-section to permit the condensable gas to flow around the spacers and fill the space 70.
The space 70 is full of the condensable gas at all times and when the connection is made between the receiving and dispensing tanks the gas is disposed to condense responsive to the cryogenic ow through the line thus creating a vacuum in space 70.
Because the condensate may not adequately adhere to the inner conduits, the inner conduits 26 and 38 are Wrapped with a material 102, having entrapping interstices such as laminated unbonded Fiberglas. Material 102 is disposed to trap solid condensed particles of the condensing gas. Another advantage of this particular type of construction is that the solid particles can adsorb gases. However, in conventional high vacuum insulation, these gases would remain in the vacuum space and serve to deteriorate the vacuum insulation.
Because the trapping material has a high absorptivity for infra-red radiation, the resultant Vacuum insulation would be very poor. Therefore, a highly polished material 104, such as aluminim foil is wrapped around material 102 to provide surfaces of low absorptivity and thus `produce an insulation of high' effectiveness.
While the above discussion has been directed to a transfer line utilizing carbon dioxide as a condensable gas this is to be taken in an illustrative sense rather .than in `a limiting sense. Obviously various modifcationsmaybe resorted to, such as utilizing other condensable media for creation of a vacuum or applying the-principles of the invention to apparatus such vas transport containers, storage tanks, valves, ete., but these modifications are within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
We claim:
1. Apparatus for oW of low temperature fluids therethrough comprising:
(a) an elongated outer tubular member having a receiving end provided with a coupling for attachment Yto a supply of cryogenic fluid;
(b) an inner tubular member including a receiving end section disposed in communication with said supply of cryogenic 'luid and secured thereto by said coupling and disposed for cryogenic flow therethrough, 'said inner tubular member axially disposed within said outer tubular member to provide therewith an annular chamber; Y
(c) a condensible gas disposed in said chamber for condensation responsive to cryogenic ilow through said inner tubular member;
(d) a material possessing entrapping interstices wrapped on said inner tubular memberand disposed for adsorbing molecules of said condensible gas for concentration thereofv at said material to provide thereon a layer of solidiiied gas enclosing said inner tubular member and providing insulation thereto, said gas disposed to materially decrease pressure within the chamber for evacuated enclosure of said inner tubular member responsive to the solidication; and
(e) a member forming a radiation shield enclosing said entrapping material and said inner tubular member, said radiation shield and said entrapping material being spaced from said outer tubular member to aid in solidifying and preventing re-evaporation of said solidified gas by keeping said solidified gas from contact with said outer tubular member.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said entrapping material is glass wool.
3; The apparatus of claim shield is aluminum foil.
4. The apparatus as set forth in claim `1 including rectangular spacers carried by said inner tubular member and secured to the outer surface of said inner tubular member for support therein of said innertubular member.
S. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said outer tubular member is provided with a delivery end section:
(a) a coupling carried on said delivery end section for attachment thereof to a receiving tank; and
(b) said inner tubular member provided with a delivery end section extending through said coupling and protruding into said receiving tank.
6. Apparatus as in claim 5 wherein said inner tubular member includes:
(a) an intermediate discontinuous section including a pair of portions in axial alignment, one portion thereof provided with an end disposed adjacent one end of said receiving end section; and
(b) sealing means secured on said adjacent ends and disposed to inhibit cryogenic flow into said chamber.
7. Apparatus as in claim 6:-including a'flexible tube having annular corrugations disposed around said portions and extending over the space between said portions to permit expansion and contraction of said portions.
8. Apparatus as in claim 6 wherein said sealing means includes: v
(ci) a collar mounted on said oneadjacent end of said portion and partially enclosing said one end of said receiving end section; and
(b) a piston ring carried on said one .end of said receiving end section for engagementwith said collar to inhibit said cryogenic flow into said chamber.
`1 wherein said radiation References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS OTHER REFERENCES Cryogenics, vol. 1,'March 1961. Article by Kropschot on pages 171-176 relied on.
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