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A more recent unmarked burial pit at Fengate contained three disarticulated burials and one, crouched, the latter with a leaf-shaped arrowhead still sticking between the eighth and ninth ribs.The warmer clime was conducive to the spread of agriculture and an increasing density of population. The cutting of the land bridge, and the slow flooding of what later became the Dogger Bank, in the North Sea, had a personal consequence. Figure 7. The location of Doggerland about 7000 BP (Bryony Coles via doggerland) My Y-chromosome has been designated as R1b1b2a1a1d*, which is a variety of Celt, that, as I have mentioned in an earlier post, had come down from Cro-Magnon man. The analysis that has evolved over the past few years (apparently starting at 23andme suggests that this a "Freisian" variety of Celt and there is a body of thought moving to the conclusion that they were the inhabitants of Doggerland that were driven to Britain when the final inundation occurred around 5500 years ago, just before the first circles at Stonehenge were constructed. (And here I now discover that maybe I wasn't the first of my lineage to work on a Stonehenge). The first circles at Stonehenge were developed about 5,000 years ago (at the left side of Figure 4). But around 2150 BC or some 4000 BP the Beaker People arrived. In contrast with those, maybe us, who had first developed the site and were moon worshipers, they worshiped the sun. What made the Stonehenge site become what it did was that the simple markers already there to align critical lunar phases could, by moving around the circle ninety degrees, also align to the major solar alignments at mid-winter, mid-summer etc. The ruling elites of the time became more powerful, and with the warmer climes helping sustain agricultural production, society became more static. And the more powerful had enough manpower available to develop, over the next millennium or so, the full glory that became Stonehenge. They also grew into the Wessex Culture with its elaborate and rich graves. The Beaker People were Celts and still, at the beginning of this time, used stone axes and flint-shaped arrowheads. But copper daggers are found even in the earliest graves and this was the time where the culture was moving into the Bronze Age in Britain, some time after it had developed elsewhere in Europe. Given that the Red Paint People were aware of native copper deposits, (and were starting to make small ornaments with them) had they known of the metal forming traditions developing in Europe then metal objects would have shown up in the graves. They did not, and even to the time of Champlain stone tools were in use. So it is logical to conclude that seafaring though the cultures were on both sides of the Atlantic they did not communicate at this time, at least not well enough to teach metal craft, at a time when it might have been easier to travel, from one side of the Atlantic to the other. On the other hand, it might be possible to conjecture an explanation for the long and narrow bayonet points which Dr. Bourque points out as a significant feature of Red Paint burials. He notes that these are too weak to have any great utilitarian value in society, because they were made of stone. He therefore suggests that they had only a ceremonial aspect that has been lost. But it could be that they were an attempt to copy the spear heads that were beginning to be developed in Britain at the time, but which were made utilitarian only by being made of metal. And that would suggest some form of communication between the two societies. There remain a couple of additional thoughts, both about the ability of early societies such as these to travel long distances, and the mysterious disappearance of whole societal segments. But they arise in events in Greenland that happened during the Medieval Warming Period; the migration of the Thule from Alaska to Northern Greenland in 1000 AD, and the abandonment of the Western Settlement of the Viking in Greenland. Since this is a different time period I will therefore leave those topics to a subsequent post.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The Red Paint People, Doggerland and my DNA.
Over the last couple of months I have been putting up the occasional post on my own family tree, as it is becoming defined by DNA analysis, and at the same time have been looking at some of the early arrivals of Indians in Maine and the North East American continent. (My interest in the latter was initiated by the question of when Europeans first arrived on the continent in enough numbers to influence facial features of the locals).
Two weeks ago I was fortunate to be able to attend a lecture by Bruce Bourque, the Curator of Archaeology at Maine State Museum, and the authority on the Red Paint People, of whom I have written earlier with a follow-up post on their travels. His talk, and the book he just recently released (The Swordfish Hunters) provides much more detail on a people that have largely been neglected by "the archaeologists of Harvard," who have tended to disregard significant developments this far north of Boston.
The Red Paint People are also called "the Moorehead Phase", after Warren Moorehead, who first identified them as the "Red Paint" people, because of their custom of burying red ocher with the bodies in their cemeteries. They flourished in a small part of Maine, and their cemeteries have been found along the banks of local rivers. There is, however considerable evidence that they harvested fish and sea-food (their cemeteries have been found in large shell middens), with a peculiarity that they also hunted, ate and used the bones and rostra (the "sword") of local swordfish. The latter, in particular, was used to provide a stiffened mount behind the harpoon and spear tips used in hunting. They appear to be the first to hunt swordfish, which would have been a dangerous prey for early Holocene man, since they have a nasty habit of attacking the boats of those who have just stabbed them with a harpoon.
Figure 1. Red Paint Cemeteries in North-East America (The Swordfish Hunters)
The book is a fascinating story of detective work, and archaeology as it builds a picture of a people that began around 5,000 years ago and suddenly disappeared around 3,800 years ago. Dr. Bourque points to evidence that it does not fit within an overall unified culture which has been described as the Maritime Archaic, but rather stands on its own, and emerges from the "Small Stemmed Point" tradition that preceded it. But is totally separate from the Ceramic period that follows.
One of the intriguing parts of the story lies in the thousand-mile link with the Ramah Peninsula in Labrador, that I discussed in a previous post, and Dr. Bourque also points to close similarities between the findings in Maine, and those at the Port au Choix site. One identifying characteristic lies in the development of stone gouges, for use in hollowing out the inside of dugout canoes.
Figure 2. A Stone Gouge from Maine, and an artist's rendition of how it would be hafted. (The Swordfish Hunters).
The gouges, as the book argues, show that the Red Paint Peoples were building substantial canoes and boats around 4,000 years ago, that were substantial enough for voyages of a thousand miles, and that this would also make them viable for use in harpooning swordfish (an art in itself as the book illustrates).
The climate change around the time that this culture was flourishing in Maine is not seriously discussed in the book, but I think that it is worth looking at, in context, because it ties in a little with what was happening across the Atlantic, where the culture that built Stonehenge had moved into Britain.
Figure 3. Climate swings in the Northern Hemisphere over the past 10,000 years (the Holocene) (Consulting Geologist)
The significance of these temperature variations is often significantly discounted as climate scientists today would rather emphasize the point of the effects imposed by man, rather than the natural effects we cannot control. Yet the higher temperatures that did exist, even as recently as the last (Medieval) Warming Period are evidenced, for example, by the recent uncovering of an Eskimo village which has been buried under a glacier for the past 500 years. The inhabiting tribe of Yup'ik Eskimo lived, among other things, on caribou and lived at Quinhagak in Alaska. Without the protective ice cap that has covered the site from the time that the Yup'ik left there at the beginning of the Little Ice Age, the site is now rapidly being eroded into the Bering Sea (a fate that is similarly threatening the sites in Maine, where coastal erosion and sea level changes have covered most of the Red Paint People's locations). But it indicates that we are only now reaching the temperatures at that site that prevailed in the Medieval Warming Period.
The Red Paint People lived at the beginning of what is now referred to as the Minoan Warming Period. And, from data obtained from the Greenland Ice Cores, it is possible to note a couple of facts about the time that the tribe appears to have vanished. First, if the temperatures, as derived from the Ice cores recovered from Greenland are examined in a little more detail:
Figure 4. Temperatures in the region over the last 5,000 years (from the Greenland GISP2 Ice core)
Perhaps more to the point, if the extent of sea ice at the time is considered (from the same source) it fell to an historic low during the Minoan.
Figure 5. Sea Ice extent over the Holocene (The Ice Chronicles ) (Note the plot has been flipped, relative to the original, in order to conform to the consistency of showing the older period to the left of the plot in the rest of the post).
With this considerable warming the ice retreated from the shores of Greenland, and it became an even more hospitable place that it was at the time almost 3,000 years later when Erik the Red came calling. This warming had another consequence, because it led to a steady rise in the levels of the sea. This is shown in the book as it affects Maine, important since it shows how the shoreline dwellings from the period have since been inundated.
Figure 6. Sea levels off the coast of Maine over the Holocene (The Swordfish Hunters)
But in Europe that sea rise from the beginning of the Holocene had another consequence. It flooded the land-bridge (known as Doggerland) between what became the isle of Britain and the continent.
Within the British Isles, by 4,000 BP the country had been colonized for about a thousand years by the arrival of an agricultural movement that displaced the earlier hunter-gatherers and, in turn. rapidly changed from a "slash and burn" land clearance into the development of a "celtic arrangement of fields. Colin Burgess in "The Age of Stonehenge" has noted that the settlements towards the end of that transition were already being constructed defensively.
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New evidence states that "some of the markers on the Y chromosome are less reliable than others for estimating the age of genetic lineages. On these grounds, they argue that current analytical tools are unsuitable for dating the expansion of R-M269." - BBC News - DNA study deals blow to theory of European origins.
It also stated "At the moment it's not possible to claim anything about the age of this lineage. I would say that we are putting the ball back in the middle of the field."
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Curbing Climate Change Is the world doing enough? By Colin Woodard
The scientific consensus on global warming is sobering: It's real, it's happening now and carbon-dioxide emissions caused by the burning of fossil fuels are almost certainly responsible. Predicting what. . . .
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Should a trade tax be imposed on the U.S. and other countries that don't sign the Kyoto Protocol?
Pacific Islanders' Sinking Feeling
People in the Republic of the Marshall Islands have a lot to lose if global warming causes the seas to rise as much as scientists think they could. Their entire nation would cease to exist.
The Marshallese live on 1,100 islands spread across three-quarters of a million square miles of the central Pacific Ocean. Most of the islands are small, so small that if you added them all together, you would have a parcel of land no bigger than the District of Columbia.
A few are no more than a couple hundred yards wide, and their average elevation is just seven feet above sea level. They're arranged in 29 sandy, ring-shaped chains called atolls. Stand most anywhere on Majuro Atoll, the capital and home to one-third of the country's 58,000 people, and you can hear the surf crashing on either side of you.
Small island states are among the most vulnerable to climate change. Many of them will not be able to adapt by retreating from the coastal zone. There isn't anywhere else to go. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) notes that land lost to sea-level rise and associated effects "is likely to be of a magnitude that would disrupt virtually all economic and social sectors in these countries."
Understandably, the governments of places like the Bahamas, Fiji and the Federated States of Micronesia have been among the most vocal critics of the U.S. and other governments that have opposed aggressive action on climate change.
Atoll nations like Kiribati, the Maldives, Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands are doubly vulnerable because they are literally built on the backs of reef-building corals that formed the islands and today protect them from storms. According to a study by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in the United Kingdom, the predicted increase in sea-surface temperatures can be expected to damage and kill the relevant corals through bleaching, preventing them from keeping pace with rising seas.
Signs of erosion are everywhere on Majuro. Beaches have vanished, seawalls have been battered down and chunks of the main road have been swept away by the sea. At a cemetery in the middle of town, islanders have to keep reburying their relatives because the sea keeps uncovering their coffins during storms. There are no rivers in the Marshall Islands; people rely on a thin "lens" of fresh groundwater for drinking and irrigation, but more and more of those lenses are becoming contaminated with brine.
On Majuro, some of those changes may be the result of poorly conceived developments and the mining of lagoon sand for use in construction, acknowledges Holly Barker, a senior adviser to the Marshallese ambassador to the United States "It's true that on Majuro there are some human impacts, but we see exactly the same effects on the outer islands, where people are still living sustainably off the land and there is no industry whatsoever," says Barker, who previously lived on remote Mille Atoll as a Peace Corps volunteer. "On Mille there are these huge gun turrets that the Japanese built 100 yards inshore during World War II so that U.S. vessels coming in wouldn't see them. Now they're standing out in the water."
A 1992 study of Majuro Atoll by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) determined that if sea levels rise by three feet, the atoll will cease to exist. Defending the atoll from a 50-year storm event would be impossible in such a case, and NOAA has issued a sober policy recommendation: "Full retreat of the entire population of Majuro Atoll and the Marshall Islands must be considered in planning for worst-case [sea-rise] and climate-change scenarios."
"For the Marshall Islands, climate change is an issue of sovereignty," Barker says. "The Marshallese have extremely low carbon emissions. Other countries' lifestyle habits don't give them the right to take away a nation. Where will the Marshallese go? Will they still have a voice at the United Nations? Will they cease to be a nation?"
In 2001, Tuvalu, another Pacific atoll nation, convinced New Zealand to take an annual quota of refugees, so as to allow an orderly evacuation of the nation. "While New Zealand responded positively in the true Pacific way of helping one's neighbors, Australia on the other hand has slammed the door in our face," Paani Laupepa of the Tuvalu Ministry of Natural Resources, said at the time.
He also had sharp words for the United States, saying that its refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol had "effectively denied future generations of Tuvaluan their fundamental freedom to live where our ancestors have lived for thousands of years."
Should it come to that, the most likely refuge for the Marshallese would be the United States, which governed the islands for more than 40 years after World War II under a mandate from the United Nations. The U.S. Postal Service still delivers the mail within the country, and Marshallese serve in the U.S. military in relatively large numbers.
[1] The author has reported on climate change from the Marshall Islands in both 1997 and 1999. For a full report see Colin Woodard, Ocean's End (2000), pp. 163-189.
[2] International Panel on Climate Change, "Climate Change 2001," Section 18.104.22.168.
[3] Jon Barnett and Neil Adger, Climate Dangers and Atoll Countries, Tyndall Centre, October 2001, p. 4.
[4] P. Holthus, et al., "Vulnerability Assessment of Accelerated Sea-level Rise, Case Study: Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, Apia, Western Samoa," South Pacific Regional Environment Program, 1992.
[5] "Pacific islanders flee rising seas," BBC, Oct. 9, 2001, 20:29 GMT.

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Canutillo School Board members wrapped up the first round of interviews in their search for a new superintendent. Board members are selecting the finalists looking to replace Dr. Damon Murphy who was fired in December for orchestrating a cheating scheme in that district.
Board President Armando Rodriguez said the district is moving forward with the process so that they can get past the scheme which was tied to the state-mandated TAKS test.
Canutillo ISD spokesperson Gustavo Reveles said the Texas Education Agency did not sanction the district, but did issue a plan of action. The district has a year to implement it, and they have to check in with the TEA on a monthly basis.
State mandated STAAR testing is being administered at all Texas schools this week, including Canutillo High School where Murphy's cheating scheme happened. Reveles said the district is monitoring testing very closely.
"We are providing extra help to help campuses monitor testing and make sure that all tests are conducted according to state law," said Reveles.
After holding several community meetings, Reveles said the community wants an honest leader.
"They want someone that's going to put kids first and put academics first and they want someone with ethics," said Reveles.
It is clear that the person who is selected to lead the district will be someone willing to shine a light on the good things happening.
"It's going to be a lot easier for the new superintendent to help provide that new culture in Canutillo of big expectations," said Rodriguez.
A total of 74 people applied to be Canutillo's new superintendent. The board narrowed it down to seven candidates. The interviews will continue at a meeting on Tuesday evening, and a third on Thursday.
Rodriguez hoes to select two or three finalists by the end of the interviews. It will then take at least another three weeks before a new superintendent is named.
The Canutillo Independent School District has scheduled three special meetings this week to begin the process of selecting a new superintendent.
Board members will begin the first round of interviews during a closed executive session at a meeting that begins at 5:30p.m. Monday. The interviews will continue at a second meeting on Tuesday, April 2 at 5:00p.m. and a third meeting on Thursday, April 4 at 6:00 p.m.
The Canutillo ISD has been searching for a new leader since December when the board unanimously voted to suspend Dr. Damon Murphy's contract after an internal audit found cheating.
An audit by the Texas Education Agency released in March found that foreign students' grade levels were manipulated so that they would not have to take the state mandated TAKS test in 2010 and 2011.
In January, the district hired the search firm Proact to help with the search for a new superintendent.
NewsChannel 9 will have a crew at Monday night's meeting. Check KTSM.com for updates.


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A wind turbine. Picture by Stop Press
Dominic Bareham, senior reporter
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Councillors gave the go ahead for 14 wind turbines to be built across south Norfolk, including one application that sparked a leaflet opposition campaign by villagers.
On Wednesday, South Norfolk Council's development management committee agreed to six applications for turbines varying in height from 15m to 18m at a meeting on Wednesday.
The plans approved included two 15m high turbines at Grove Farm in Pulham Market, three 15m high turbines at Red House Farm in Station Road, Tivetshall St Margaret, three 15m high turbines at Rookery Farm in Pulham Market, two 18m high turbines at The Hall in Pulham Market and three 15m high turbines at Bush Green Farm in Pulham Market.
However, a decision to accept plans for a 15m high turbine at Church Farm in Wicklewood sparked angry scenes in the public gallery at the council chamber, with one opponent shouting that the verdict was a "complete travesty to democracy."
The vitriol followed a number of letters from residents to the council claiming Peter Meacock's plans would have a visual impact on the countryside and the likely noise and vibration from the structure, which would affect nearby residents and wildlife.
However, Mr Meacock said some of the claims made by residents were alarmist, which included that he was building a wind farm and presented a slide show of photos of neighbouring homes showing trees blocking the view of where the turbine would be.
He also provided photos of existing structures in the area which could be deemed to have a negative visual impact on the countryside, including an electricity pylon.
Cllr Murray Gray, who represents Earsham, said: "I don't see that it is going to have much of an impact in terms of residential amenity."
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A 15m high turbine can hardly be called an eyesore. I can understand the argument against the giant masts planned for Tivetshall and Hempnall, but can't understand the argument against the small ones. I'd quite like one in my backyard.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Excellent news!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
This such a sad day for the people that live near these things. The noise they make is just shocking. No one should have to put up with it. The council should be ashamed of themselves.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
"PROPOSALS for an eco development of 49 homes, an office and commercial units in Long Sutton have been given the green light by South Holland's councillors. The plans for Bridge Road also include six vertical axis wind turbines, allotment plots, open space and landscaping." (Spalding Guardian 11.01.2011) South Holland can do it - why are we so backward in Norfolk?
Friday, October 19, 2012
It is clear then that Cllr Gray doesn't live in either Earsham, or in sight of these eyesores. He would also be well advised to find some other form of electricity, if these are hidden behind trees they're not going to see a lot of wind! Idiocy!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
STOP AND THINK. We have hugh strips of black asphalt cut through our country side so you villagers can come to the towns to shop. We have billions of miles of over head cables so you can talk and enjoy modern comforts such as TV and lights. You live in giant boxes that in every way you look at them do not fit into the land scape at all. You have even larger boxes that some go to on a sunday and worship, I bet you think these look wonderful, but THINK because they do not look wonderful they look Normal because thats what your small forward thinking mind is used to. In all honesty if you placed an alien life form on this planet and said what's more ugly a Church or a 15M wind turbine I'm sure the Church would be it. THINK and THINK again.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
A 15m high turbine can hardly be called an eyesore. I can understand the argument against the giant masts planned for Tivetshall and Hempnall, but can't understand the argument against the small ones. I'd quite like one in my backyard.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
I think some of you NIMBY'S are blowing the wind from your backside.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Pumped up village Taliban's, what did they do when tractors were introduced, throw apples at each other? Jealous envious and backward, these turbines should be free to erect, without the need for any fees accruing for nodding through sense in these times of expensive energy, Everyone should be able to generate as much electricity for themselves and the local communit , as possible.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Even ignoring the blight they have on the countryside and the terrible noise they make destroying silence at the sweep of an arm they DO NOT WORK! as any engineer will tell you we need a constant supply of power to make the grid work, shuffling the odd volt across the country when the wind deigns to blow in the right quantity - too much and they are as impotent as in a dead calm.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Great News...WELL DONE. Common Sence at last. Now we can see more being approved in future. I'm really happy.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Senseless idiocy, nothing less
Saturday, October 20, 2012
PLEASE lets stop this green madness !
Thursday, October 18, 2012
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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini says he would not swap striker Sergio Aguero for Liverpool hotshot Luis Suarez.
Uruguay international Suarez has scored 29 goals in 32 games for Brendan Rodgers' side this season despite serving a ban at the start of the campaign for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.
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Aguero has also been in impressive goalscoring form despite suffering injury problems, netting 26 times in 28 appearances for City and his manager Pellegrini insists he would not exchange him for Suarez.
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Contact Details of Sahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite Patil Institute of Technology and Research, Akluj Maharashtra are : +91-2185-223548 CoursesSahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite Patil Institute of Technology and Research, Akluj Maharashtra runs course(s) in Engineering stream(s).Profile of Sahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite Patil Institute of Technology and ResearchOur VisionTo develop the knowledgeable and cultured community academic and extracurricular activities with a focus on character development from the rural society. Our Mission To produce high quality education in the major engineering disciplines from the undergraduate through doctoral levels through a creative balance of academic, professional and extracurricular programs. To promote academic excellence and provide the opportunity for early youth to attain the individual, social and physical potential. About Us Shankarrao Mohite-Patil Charitable Hospital Trust, Shankarnagar-Akluj is a trust / society and has been registered under Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 in the office of Assistant Charity Commissioner, Solapur region, Solapur vide number F/4460 / Solapur dated 20/06/1995 and under Societies Registration Act, 1860 in the office of Assistant Registrar of Societies, Solapur vide number Maha.5314 / 95 / Solapur dated 30/03/1995. This Trust is a sister concern of Sahakar Maharashi Shankarrao Mohite-Patil Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd., Shankarnagar-Akluj which is one of the most well-known sugar factory in Maharashtra. Our Institue We have five branches running from academic year 2011. Our principal Dr. P.D. Patil is highly qualified with about 27 years of teaching and research experience. He holds Ph.D in Mechanical engineering (Heat power). Faculty Young,Experienced and enthusiastic faculty is one of the strength of the institute. Which is spirited and develop to teaching. The faculty performs role of guide , teacher and friend in real sence os tha t the mutual trust is unshakable. This essential for a better learning process to take place. Every teacher is available as per the need of the student. In addition to syllabus coverage it is insured that the students assimilate the teachiong and also travel ahead of the syllabus. Founders Message Akluj is a beautiful place situated in the Solapur district of Maharashtra state only 45 km away from Pandharpur- a very famous pilgrim place.The beauty of Akluj is mainly because of innumerable trees and plants in and around the place and many worth visiting places created by Late Sahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite Patil. There are many good educational institutions from primary to post graduate level in which more than thousand students are studying in Akluj itself. However there was a dire need to have an engineering college offering courses in basic branches like Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and also electronics and telecommunication and Computer science and engineering. This need has been fulfilled by starting Sahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite Patil Institute of Technology and research from the academic year 2011-2012. Founder Hon. Shri Vijaysinh Shankarrao Mohite-Patil Presidents Message Engineering aims at improving the living conditions of people and fulfilling the human and social needs.Sahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite Patil has already done a colossal work for Akluj and the surrounding area in this direction although he was not an engineer by profession. What exactly is lacking in our education system is concern for others. Any profession must necessarily be motivated to do something useful and good for a country and its people. A computer engineer can prove to be more harmful to the society as compared to a layman if he has no moral base. Therefore in addition to imparting quality engineering education, the institution will pay attention to creating strong moral and spiritual foundation along with overall personality development of the students admitted to this college and will also make their learning enjoyable by involving them in various extra-curricular and cultural activities like singing, music and dance. Chairman / President Hon. Shri Jaysinh Shankarrao Mohite-Patil Principals Message Late Sahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite Patil was a simple man having innovative ideas. An engineer should be simple so that he first receives the signals for the needs of the society and tries to do something by responding favorably to it. Engineering is the profession, and not a business or mere occupation. A profession requires intellectual efforts calls for creative thinking and is motivated by the desire to serve the people. Engineering is the application of the laws of science mathematics and economics for the production of things beneficial to the society and technology emphasiss on tangible processes, products and results to improve the standard of living of mankind. No engineering institution can be a successful endeavor if it keeps itself away from the society. I am quite sure that under the able guidance of honorable chairman Mr. Jaysinh Mohite Patil and with the kind of concern which he has shown for the overall development of this beautiful place, this institution will become one of the best institutions in the country, catering to the engineering needs of the people, caring the people and loving the people and the nature both. Principal Dr. P.D. Patil Library Libraries are backbone of any civilized society and heart of any academic institution. Thus the library at SMSMPITR also acquires a prominent place among the students and faculty.It is a central place for academic and research activities. The library has a well equiped conference hall and reading room. The library has a very rich collection of relevant book and journals. The library services at SMSMPITR are provided to student, staff and faculty member for updating their knowledge and supporting the research, and teaching learning activities. These services are provided through the central library and departmental libraries keeping in view the fast changes in technology the knowledge base of the library is updated regularly by way of adding new literature in the form of text books, reference books, reports, proceedings, abstracts and indexes, encyclopedias, data books, standards (National and International) Journals and database on CD-ROM. Currently we have more than 2500 books. 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Bibliotherapy | |
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Bibliotherapy is an expressive therapy that uses an individual's relationship to the content of books and poetry and other written words as therapy. Bibliotherapy is often combined with writing therapy. It has been shown to be effective in the treatment of depression.[1] These results have been shown to be long-lasting.[2]
Bibliotherapy is an old concept in library science. The ancient Greeks maintained that literature was psychologically and spiritually important, posting a sign above their library doors describing itself as a "healing place for the soul".[3] In the US it is documented as dating back to the 1930s.[4] The basic concept behind bibliotherapy is that reading is a healing experience. Literary sources can assist with the resolution of complex problems.[3] It was applied to both general practice and medical care, especially after World War II, because the soldiers had a lot of time on their hands whilst recuperating. Also, the soldiers felt that reading was healing and helpful.[citation needed] In psychiatric institutions, bibliotherapeutic groups flourished during this time. The patients became preoccupied with the books and the engagement seemed to be good for their general sense of wellbeing, for a variety of reasons. Today, healthcare workers and institutions recognise the wide and varied use of bibliotherapy within a range of scenarios.[citation needed]
Bibliotherapy can assist children in building confidence and self-esteem. It attempts to normalize a child's world by offering coping skills and reducing their feelings of isolation, reinforcing creativity, and problem solving.[5] It also gives parents an opportunity to discuss their children's issues with the children.
In its most basic form, bibliotherapy is using books to aid people in solving the issues that they may be facing at a particular time.[6] It consists of selecting reading material relevant to a client's life situation. Bibliotherapy has also been explained as "a process of dynamic interaction between the personality of the reader and literature-interaction which may be utilized for personal assessment, adjustment, and growth."[6] Bibliotherapy for adults is a form of self-administered treatment in which structured materials provide a means to alleviate distress.[7] The concept of the treatment is based on the human inclination to identify with others through their expressions in literature and art. For instance, a grieving child who reads, or is read a story about another child who has lost a parent may feel less alone in the world.
The concept of bibliotherapy has widened over time, to include self-help manuals without therapeutic intervention, or a therapist "prescribing" a movie that might provide needed catharsis to a client.[8]
The Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (2011) defines bibliotherapy as:
Although the term "Bibliotherapy" was first coined by Samuel Crothers in 1916, the use of books to change behavior and to reduce distress has a long history, dating back to the middle ages. When applied in a therapeutic context, bibliotherapy can comprise both fictional and non-fictional materials. Fictional bibliotherapy (e.g., novels, poetry) is a dynamic process, where material is actively interpreted in light of the reader's circumstances. From a psychodynamic perspective, fictional materials are believed to be effective through the processes of identification, catharsis and insight. Through identification with a character in the story the reader gains an alternative position from which to view their own issues. By empathizing with the character the client undergoes a form of catharsis through gaining hope and releasing emotional tension, which consequently leads to insights and behavioral change.[9]
In the 1980s and early 1990s, bibliotherapy was a widely used but poorly researched therapeutic model. However, numerous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have documented the positive effects of bibliotherapy for clinical conditions such as deliberate self-harm, obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and bulimia nervosa and insomnia. Research also supports bibliotherapy as an intervention for a wide array of psychological issues including emotional disorders, alcohol addiction, and sexual dysfunction. In a recent review of psychotherapeutic treatments for older depressed people, bibliotherapy emerged as an effective intervention.[10]
The use of bibliotherapy in mental health programs, including those for substance abuse, has been shown to be beneficial to patients in the United Kingdom where it is a popular resource.[11]Researchers have found that bibliotherapy can successfully compliment treatment programs and reduce recidivism.[12]
Bibliotherapy has been studied by Jennie Bolitho (2011) in relationship to libraries, health and social connection for the elderly. Bolitho set up a pilot reading program where she read the text aloud to a group of participants at a local aged care hostel. (She described "being read to as part of the nurturing experience".) Her evaluation at the end of the 12 week program described all responses as positive and participants commented that they "look forward to the group as it made them think for themselves and gave them something to think about aside from their ailments and the monotony of the day" (p.90).
Bibliotherapy has not been vastly researched to ensure that it will be successful for all students. It has many drawbacks, that include unavailable literature on certain topics that students may be struggling with, many students not being ready to face their issues and read, and students and parents defensively implementing the therapy.[13][clarification needed] The resistance of using bibliotherapy is based on a lack of assertiveness, negative attitudes, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunctions, and negative behaviors.[13] The major issue that lies behind bibliotherapy is the lack of research that has been conducted on this therapy device.
Advantages of bibliotherapy include teaching students to solve problems, help students cope with teasing, name calling, mockery, fears, sexuality changes, anxiety, and death.[13] Despite the limited research on bibliotherapy and its effects, many teachers have shown improved achievement and self-concept.
Bibliotherapy can consist solely of reading, or it can be complemented with discussion or play activity. A child might be asked to draw a scene from the book or asked whether commonality is felt with a particular character in the book. The book can be used to draw out a child on a subject (s)he has been hesitant to discuss.
Of necessity, bibliotherapy originally used existing texts. Literature that touched on the particular subject relevant to the child provided the source material. (For example, Romeo and Juliet is typically read in 8th or 9th grade as Romeo is 15 and Juliet is 13; students at that age can identify with them.) Recently it has become possible to find texts targeted to the situation; e.g. many of The Berenstain Bears books target particular behaviors and responses to certain situations.
There is a division of opinion as to whether bibliotherapy needs to take place in a therapeutic environment, with therapists specially trained in the treatment reinforcing the idea for fear of the damage that could be done even by the selection of the wrong text.[citation needed] Other psychologists see no reason why children can't benefit from their parents selecting meaningful reading material.[citation needed]
Implementing bibliotherapy in an elementary classroom can be very beneficial to both the students and the teacher. Teachers who use bibliotherapy in their classroom also learn much about the children they teach.[14] Teachers as practitioners of bibliotherapy select appropriate reading materials and match them to the needs of individual students to assist them in the development of self-awareness, problem-solving skills, perspective-taking, and understanding of problems. The materials may include "any literacy activity, including reading (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry), creative writing, or storytelling."[5] Teachers that select appropriate literature for their classroom needs may provide a child with a "character in a story to help the child understand himself[14] Classroom story time and a guided discussion allows students to "become aware of problems of other children and develop empathy".[14]
In the article "Read two books and write me in the morning",[15] the authors highlight the fact that teachers are an integral part of a student's therapeutic team. It is the teacher who may be the first person to notice that something is troubling a child. They also note that teachers have been referred to as carryover agents, who carry out recommendations from other professionals who have suggested accommodations necessary to ensure a particular student's well-being or success in their classroom. In inclusive classrooms the teacher and the whole class play a role in meeting directly or indirectly, the needs of students with exceptionalities. Bibliotherapy can help the students in the class to learn coping skills that will help them deal with the social and emotional challenges that may occur.[15] Books and reading are an integral part of classroom life. Through books, "children are able to see reflections of themselves, their times, their country, their concerns... well-written realistic fiction will always help readers gain a deeper understanding of themselves and others."[15]
Bibliotherapy has three recognized stages: (1) identification, (2) catharsis, and (3) insight.[citation needed] Identification is when a reader associates themselves with the character or situation in the literary work. Catharsis is when the reader shares many of the same thoughts and feelings of the characters in the literary work, and insight is when the reader realizes that they relate to the character or situation and learn to deal more effectively with their own personal issues.[6] Literary pieces allow teachers to identify for their class, or an individual student, a particular issue which they are dealing with directly or indirectly. In a class with a special needs student for example, books featuring a character with the same needs will help students experience living with a chronic condition; through a guided discussion they will able to verbalize their thoughts and concerns.[16] This exercise will offer insight into the issue of how to help their classmate effectively.[17] Bibliotherapy "does not prescribe meanings, nor is it a form of direct teaching; it is more an invitation and permission giving to children to unveil wisdom and insight that might otherwise be squelched."[5]
Teachers who practice or need to use bibliotherapy can find connections to their state or provincial guidelines. A common challenge for classroom teachers is finding the right book, and although some annotated bibliographies are available online and in curriculum publications, not all issues are touched upon.[15] A teacher may have to find their book. The following evaluation framework is suggested:
There are steps that make bibliotherapy a more effective solution for dealing with the issues that a student may be facing, including developing support, trust, and confidence with the student that is suffering from an issue, identifying other school personnel that could aid in implementing the therapy, seeking support from the student's parents or guardians, defining the issue that the student is facing and why the teacher wants to help solve it, creating goals that may help the student overcome the issue, researching books that may help with the specific problem, introducing the book to all the people that will be involved, incorporating reading activities, and evaluating the effects and successes that the book may have had on the student.[13]
American Library Association. (2011). Bibliotherapy. Retrieved from [2]
Australian Public Libraries Summit. (n.d.). A bibliotherapy partnership between public libraries and health services. Retrieved from [3]
Bolitho, J. (2011). Reading into wellbeing: Bibliotherapy, libraries, health and social connection. Aplis, 24(2), 89-90.
Brewster, L. (2009). Books on prescription: Bibliotherapy in the United Kingdom. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 9(4), 399-407. doi:10.1080/15323260903253456
Muller, K. (2011, February 15). Bibliotherapy. Retrieved from [4]
Pierce, J. B. (2010). Youth matters: A feeling for books. American Libraries. Retrieved from [5]
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (2009, February). VA bibliography reference guide. Retrieved from [6]
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A new batch of spoilers reveal that Elena's ex could actually be working against her!
Claire Holt recently told HollywoodLife.com that many of the vampires will consider stealing the cure for themselves — and it looks like that includes Stefan (Paul Wesley)! On the Feb. 14 episode of The Vampire Diaries, "Stefan confesses his true feelings about the possibility of becoming human again" to Elena (Nina Dobrev), according to The CW. Of course, that's not the only cure-related twist we can expect.
Apparently, "when a stunning new piece of information about the cure is suddenly revealed, it raises the stakes for everyone!"
And no, that's not a vampire/stake pun. It sounds like the gang is legitimately screwed.
Five More Spoilers From Season 4, Episode 14
1. Damon (Ian Somerhalder) has an "ugly run-in" with one of the five hunters, Vaughn (Twilight's Charlie Bewley).
2. Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) helps Bonnie (Kat Graham) "recognize what is real and what is an illusion." (It sounds like everybody's struggling with that on this show!)
3. Shane's (Dave Alpay) past comes back to haunt him, when he comes face to face with a woman named Caitlin.
4. Caroline (Candice Accola) and Tyler (Michael Trevino) realize they need help from Klaus (Joseph Morgan) in order to solve the code on the Hunter's Sword.
5. But wait… it turns out Klaus "has his own reasons for solving the puzzle." Dun, dun, dun!
What do you make of these spoilers? Do you think Stefan will actually consider stealing the cure for himself? And what could the "stunning new piece of information" be? Drop me a comment with your best theories!
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Posted at 11:20 AM on February 13, 2013
Obviously another sacrifice is needed. They've said several times, it needs 3. The pastors/gas leak is one. The hybrid masacre is 2. There's one more needed.
I can't help but think that they've shifted our opinion of rebekah by giving her a heart and placing her on a more equal level as the main characters. She desperately wants the cure for all the right reasons and despises herself as a self viewed monster. They've set her up for an epic and audience grabbing death, imo. She's also the only original in attendence on the island lol.
Stefan and damon will want each other to take the cure (prolly for elenas sake) so neither will take it. Is no one else curious about the fact that its been stated that jeremy is needed as the hunter who needs to free silas? Once again, jeremy is needed for the dangerous parts lol.
Big, big,big fan of the show, all the spoiler gives me hope because I was afraid this was the last season. I have hope for Stephan but I am also a Damon fan. I am not good with literature/art/ but let's put our thinking cap on and take a crack at the plots: This is a show about Vampire so unless it is the last season no more than one or two will turn human. I just watch the episode on 02/07/13, Klaus who knows everything did not seems worry about the cure because he knows nothing is getting done without the hunter's "sword"(wrong spelling); therefore(spoiler 4). One of Rebekah's sibling is gone for good but it is not Klaus (base on spoiler 4). From preview we know (1) Demon did not died from his run-in with the hunter. Damon gained knowledge, someone on his side and being Demon maybe get/stole the cure. The cure can only be taking by one or two. Damon offers the cure to Stephan (without Elena's knowledge) to share with Elena but Stephan love his brother too much to leave him be a vampire so Stephan trick Elena into taking the cure but do not take it himself.
Shane's finally comes to face with all the sacrifice he had done and now pays for his sins and gone/ dead. Jeremy, being one of them (hunters) learns the trueth about the professor and how to help Bonnie. Elena takes the cure but there is horrible side effect,(it could be a curse to a douglegan..) ( stephan and Damon seek help from Dr./Matt for Elena). They learn the cure does not work on a doublegan.. or some specific ritual incoded on the "sword" had to be perform or… Klaus as much as one wants to hate him but cannot help but feels sorry for him,(I hope he gets with Caroline)has the sword needed. We know that Klaus was hated by his father, he feels and hate beeing alone, he wants to be love so: Klaus wants the cure for his love Tartia, or possibly part of the cure is turn back time so he wants to go back in time and not have his mother cheated on Michael and be Michael's son not an hybrid. The cure turn back time giving the original witch the chance not to create vampire and Klaus will be just an hybrid (not only alone but only supernatural sibling); Klaus mother also resent him for being the object that tear her marriage appart and turning back time his mother will kill him. Klaus does not know the end product of the cure: do all dead come back to life? do they go back to the time when they first turn vampire? Do they go back in time and their mother does not create the originals; Klaus do not want the cure for himself or help anyone reach the cure because of the unknown. We know Elijah's mom said" I made you vampire not monster" It is possible that the cure not only takes away immortality but also render its user something similar but different than human with highten senses, emotions, mental illness, feeling of pain and remorse, a new species more fragile/vulnerable than human (Kole did not want the cure, maybe once taking the cure vamp will turn human but also hunted by all they killed). Maybe the cure not only create/ turn one into this new species but the vamp remains immortal and unable to hurt human, with no super natural power other than not being kill by supernatural him or herself ( what vampires was suppose to be) There is something horrible about the cure but what? The cure raise all dead people (professor) too catastrophic, unbalance (witch law), or the cure raise all supernatural or not supernatural dead and the five hunters job is to keep that from happen.
It could be anything, the story line goes wherever the writer wants it to go. From what we see so far we can conclude the cure.. nothing will change from this island visit other than Elena going through some difficulties, Stefan/Demon working together again to save Elena, Tyler has to go away or something for Klaus to be with Caroline( I want that for him), Rebeca although still vampire get close with Matt as Stephan goes back to Elena duty and betray her by giving the cure to Elena; things will be nice and old players will return. #4. Like one writer said, I am getting tired of this cure storyline so I hope it will not be more or not much more cure concentration as # 4 is suggesting.
There are so many possible story line that can be told to stretch to the end of the show: flashback of the real ripper stephan, Elena and Damon together love, Elena and Stephan Again, Something tells me there was true love between stephan and Rebecca so a little history lane, More about being a witch, I mean the list goes on for as long as these great actors are on the screen we will watch.
I am addicted so I could watch until I am 80 years old and I must say: Ian is so hot! love watching him, he is perfect with the most beautiful eyes on earth, perfect browridge, jawline, everything. Wesley is also hot and they seem like good individuals in their personal life. I love them, love all the cast even enjoy watching the originals (sad for Cole's death, we did not learn much about the poor little brother).
(excuse my spelling errors, not focussing on that right now)
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Posted at 12:14 AM on February 8, 2013
I am going to take a shot in the dark here and predict what is going to happen. I think that Damon kills himself so that he can find out how to find the cure just the same as the Shanes wife found out when she died. She is the one that told him how to put it all together. So Damon dies but comes back once the dead is resurrected and the cure is found. I hope that made sense.
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Posted at 11:56 PM on February 4, 2013
I agree with Rachael I think there will only be enough for two. I don't think Elena will take the cure… she has never actually said she wanted it everyone made that devotion for her. I think Damon will try and convince her to take it because he wants what is best for her. How I see it tho is Elena is stronger as a vampire not just physically but mentally and spiritually, she seams more in tune with herself like how Caroline became more confident when she turned. I'm kinda liking the chemistry between Stefan and Rebecca… I think there is much more to her than the show let's on and I can't wait to see how things evolve between them. As for Elena and Damon I'm totally on board with team Delena. Before this it had always been Stefan, where now is Damon's turn to experience real love. He deserves her… yes he can become out of control at times but he genuinely loves and care for her and when it comes down to it he is the one who has always been there to save her. Where Stefan was to busy fighting his own battles to protect her from the danger he put her in from the minute they meant. Onto Caroline and Tyler where the hell are they? Hope there in the next episode. And for Bonnie there has to be a twist to this whole Expression thing. I finally noticed in the last episode "A View to Kill" her eyes turn black when she's using her magic is she turning evil or whatever lol and I agree with whoever said they think a sacrifice will be needed to use the cure. They have sacrificed how many people have already been sacrificed just in the search of the cure it would only make sense for a sacrifice to be needed to complete the transformation, and normally all the big spells have something to do with the doppelganger aka Elena. Well we only have two more days till the next episode. I can't wait to see what surprises are in store. I just hope Elena and Damon make it threw this episode still together. He's so gorgeous haha
Posted at 3:32 PM on February 4, 2013
I think there will only be enough of the cure for two people as originally the immortality spell was supposed to be for sialis and the women he was in love so it would make sense if there was just enough cure for two people.
I think Damon will feed the cure to elena and whilst he is distracted Stefan will have the choice to give the cure to Rebecca as promised or give it to Damon since he forced Damon to change in the first place but then I think he will be selfish and take the cure himself believing that way as human he can win elena back and never have to deal with his loss of control over his blood lust again. Damon always goes on about how selfish he is but if u really watch the show Damon sacrifices what he wants all the time to put elena first and Stefan first – Stefan however has always been selfish and broke damons trust time and again – the only time he didn't was when he went for the cure for when Tyler bite Damon
Posted at 12:09 PM on February 3, 2013
I think in the end, Elena will choose to stay a vampire because of her love for Damon. To take the cure would mean to die one day and she wouldn't want that. Then stephen will get the cure for him and Rebekah but also plot to turn Klaus human so all three of them will get the cure, but a twist I think will happen, Klaus werewolf side will come out and he will kill Rebekah out of spite leaving stephen to morn her death.
I don't think Damon intentionally wanted Elena in the beginning of the series. I think he had a fasination with her but knew who he wanted and that was Katherine. He knew Stefan stayed in town because he was intrigued and had to know her. Damon threatened Elenas life multiple times to show that he would stop at nothing to get the one he loves back which was Katherine. Then something happened…He started to see the genuine kindness that Elena had for other people and even though he screwed with her so much she still thought there may be something good in him. THAT is when Damon fell for Elena. He wanted to see what she believed he still had in him. Beautiful love story. Who doesnt want to please the one they love. The one you love is supposed to make you a better person. Damon didnt intentionally fall for her it just happened. So I don't believe anyone when they say Damon has been trying to steal her all along from STEFAN. Damon loves Elena because she showed him what it really feels to be loved. FIRST as a friend then it became more. They are the amazing love story of TVD. I think STEFAN is great and love his character but I also believe he needs to be with someone he should have had this whole time.Rebecca. She deserves to have a happy ending and I think he brings out the best in her and I think she brings out the vulnerable side and dangerous side of stefan. He doesnt walk on eggshells with her.
Posted at 5:53 PM on February 2, 2013
Posted at 3:17 AM on January 27, 2013
I agree with you. I think Stefan is going to steal it for Elena regardless of how she feels about him. He still loves her and would do anything to give her life back to her. He feels guilty b/c she is a vampire b/c he saved Matt first. He loves her either way but he knows she never wanted to be a vampire. If she takes the cure it will break the sire bond so that she will have free will to make her own choices and we all know Damon is not going to set her free.
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Posted at 2:21 PM on February 9, 2013
Yes he did set here free! Damon told her he had to do the right thing by her and do the right thing by stefan. He told her he had to get her go. When the night was over Elena said I was all ready to fight you on this but something is telling me to get in this car and go home and Damon said so do it then, she kisses him and gets in the car and goes home.
Linda Marie
Posted at 9:00 PM on January 26, 2013
first off, has elena actually ever said "dudes, i want the cure?" or is stefan just pushing this on her cause she feels differently about him and he feels that's only cause she's now a vamp? stefan needs to not treat her as his toy and damon needs be aware that elena could flip her feelings back at any time. i am not a shipper of either pairing just saying what i'm seeing. as for klaus, he's already said he wants to control/destroy it so it can't be used on him. just this past eps. he said he wants to make more hybrids from elena, so there's his 2nd reason. a reason he now feels is back on the front burner now that caroline has yet again burned him and snuffed his hopes of not being alone. as to the twist with the cure?? remember silas wanted to end his immortality without his lady love. there never was mentioned what that person would be other than NOT immortal anymore. didn't say they'd be human AGAIN, just not immortal. maybe the twist is what they find out the cure turns you actually into. can't wait to see. and a shout out to joseph morgan, your revelation clip looks great–good luck!!
Posted at 3:55 AM on January 26, 2013
hello the comments asked for our thoughts / theories on what we think the twist to the cure could be and other spoilers! I'm guessing the twist is only one can be cured or a doppelganger has to be sacrificed for one to return to being human or possibility of vampires have to be swapped in order for other camps to be human again. here comes bonnie being involved in dark magic to do this remember 'the balance'. I also think that stefan just tells eleanor that he would like to be human again but maybe he really wants it for Damon as he turned him. the spoilers r meant to be to mislead us remember the eleanor killing Jeremy pics? it was to misleadslead! or US stefan thinking Rebecca again to win eleanor back? the thing that gets me is we see Damon's good side tht he hides from everyone! he snaps for a reason yet eleanor never saw any of this sadly as human she only saw the self destruct and chaos Damon causes. I would like her to not just see thr bad I hope they stay together and I hope Damon destroys the cure as vampires equals great viewing. I want eleanor to destroy the cure to prove to Damon she loves him and wants him forever! it would be great viewing if she was pregnant and they use the cure for their child! stefan could move on away with Claus! or sacrifice himself for being a ripper that way their would be no guilt. I think a lot of sacrifices could be needed ie kol or an original.Claus is possibly leaving. I think eleiger the best vampire ever the show should not lose him. I have many theories going on at the moment I just hope eleanor sees stefan for what he really is. it's Damon who usually always saves her. I believe Claus wants tks bring back someone from his past who he really loved. who we have not seen yet or maybe it's the first ever doppelganger.
Posted at 11:43 AM on January 26, 2013
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tania rahman
Posted at 1:49 AM on January 25, 2013
Posted at 11:02 PM on January 24, 2013
This cure has really created a rift between everyone on this show, though I am not surprised that Stefan is interested in becoming human. It's for this reason that I really doubt that Elena will be the one to take it, if they ever end up finding it. I can't wait to see the progress that they make in tonight's episode, I love coming home to a new episode waiting on my DISH Hopper. My roommate and I watch a lot of shows, and because of our differing schedules, we always make sure our DVR is recording everything. With my late work schedule at DISH, I really appreciate that we have the Whole-Home HD DVR. It lets us start watching a show in one room and finish in another, which helps when I get home, and she's half way through the newest episode. I like that I never have to get spoiled on an episode, especially now that tensions regarding the search are getting more tense.
Posted at 3:15 PM on January 24, 2013
Damon has been a good and true brother to Stefan through the years. He has covered up for Stefan during his ripper days; stayed away from Stefan when he thought is was the right thing to do; protected him through the years; all even after stefan was the one who turned Damon. Damon didn't want to be a vamp, stefan was the one who forced him into it. I thought Klaus wanted the cure for Elena so he could make more hibreds? I wonder what he changed his mind to…. Elena is a much better vampire than she was a human. She was really wishy washy when she was a human. At least now she is more exciting.
Posted at 3:53 PM on January 24, 2013
Abdulmalik salihu
Posted at 2:11 PM on January 24, 2013
Posted at 5:29 PM on January 24, 2013
IMO,Stefan is acting like that because he lost Elena, the love of his life (because his brother Damon, took her from him, and Damon is not even sorry about it, like he told Elena himself), not because he can't stand seeing Damon happy! So, I think the one who's acting like a spoiled child is Damon who always wants what Stefan has!
Posted at 11:22 AM on January 25, 2013
excuse me but at that point stefan didn't "have" elena and you can't take someone if they don't want to go..and elena wanted to go. sire bond had nothing to do with it! stefan is definitely the spoiled child right now who is mad cuz he can't play with his "toy!" i guess he found a new toy to play with. lol
Posted at 11:33 PM on January 25, 2013
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Posted at 10:11 AM on February 8, 2013
And Stefan hasn't been there for Elena? You're telling Stefan to grow up? Did everyone forget Damon's personality? When ever Elena doesn't do what he says or she says something she doesn't mean that hurts him he goes out and kills people and has"revenge sex". Damon lashes out like a child.. and you're telling Stefan to grow up? Okay.
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Posted at 1:32 PM on January 24, 2013
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Bite Me
Posted at 11:20 AM on January 24, 2013
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Posted at 11:07 AM on January 24, 2013
Completely AGREE! Let Stefan go on with his life. Damon is the worst brother ever and Elena just uses people to get what she wants and will step over their bodies and move onto the next. Damon will eventually know what the true Elena is and then he'll feel just as played as Stefan. Damon better not do the oh poor me thing. He knew exactly what he was getting into. Once a cheater always a cheater.
Posted at 3:49 PM on January 24, 2013
she's not a cheater or a slut! Stefan leather go… so she now finds herself withdrawing, who she has had feelings for Sience day one! she's not a cheater her let her go, broke up wit her! it's not her fault she loves damon sire bond or not! if Stefan took her back after this it will just confirm what a foolish spineless vampire he is!
Posted at 10:09 PM on January 24, 2013
Being a fan of both brothers, I can see the two points being made here. Though seeing Damon's hot bod always puts me in a good mood, seeing Stefan mourn over Elena was very heartbreaking to me. It is obvious they both care deeply for her and only wish for her to be happy, but Stefan, taking the cure for himself? I cannot even begin to accept that, it goes against his natural nature!! :) Damon, on the other hand has proved to be selfless many times, each one being surprising. Which, is why I adore Damon, because he is sooooo good at the heart, but has trouble always showing it. So, I don't know what TVD has in store, but I know it's something good. :) Peace. Love. Vampires. ;)
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Jocelyne Couture-Nowak
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By Hal Straus |
April 18, 2007; 5:49 PM ET
Mis profundos sentimientos, por lo más cruel que ya he visto en mi vida. Estudie en México con la edad de estes jóvenes y de la maestra que faleció ayer. Que Dios extienda su bendición a toda su família.
Posted by: Elia Chaves | April 18, 2007 06:46 PM
Mis profundos sentimientos, por lo más cruel que ya he visto en mi vida. Estudie en México con la edad de estes jóvenes y de la maestra que faleció ayer. Que Dios extienda su bendición a toda su família.
Posted by: Elia Chaves | April 18, 2007 06:54 PM
Rest in Peace.
Posted by: A.Ball (Wheaton, Md) | April 19, 2007 10:18 AM
we all have lost our beloved ones so lets them deserve it,,,,, bye
Posted by: bravo | April 20, 2007 05:47 AM
you will be missed
Posted by: shanae myrick | April 20, 2007 09:59 AM
I would like to send my deepest sympathies for the family and friends. May you be strong at this time of sorrow and may you keep the memory close to your heart always, accompanied with a smile through the tears...
Time, a second
Time, a minute
Time, an hour
Time, a day
Time, a week
Time, a month
Time, a year
One step at a time, into this darkness
One step at a time, into this unknown madness
By Kylli
Posted by: Kylli | April 20, 2007 11:22 AM
You sound like such a fine person.. It saddens me that your life had to have ended to brutally and abruptly, you will me missed.
My condolences go out to your friends and family.
Posted by: Melissa | April 20, 2007 12:26 PM
Thank you.. Rest in peace.
Posted by: sem | April 20, 2007 12:32 PM
"When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism."
Rest in peace, you sacrifice will inspire millions, and that in turn will change the world.
Posted by: Jon Peters | April 20, 2007 08:12 PM
This is such a sad sad thing....
it happens but we never expect it to happen to us..
may God bless u and help us through this hard, harsh road.
"He that watches over you does not slamber"
You will always be in my thoughts & prayers
rest in peace
Posted by: Rahel | April 21, 2007 11:49 AM
my deepest sympathies go with her two daughters. I can't imagine their life without their mother. God bless them.
Posted by: | April 21, 2007 12:35 PM
Beautiful people. We'll miss you. May god be with your families.
Posted by: aisha | April 22, 2007 09:44 AM
So sad to see all this happening....I stumbled across a site that has the myspace pages of the vicitms, kind brings it home when you see them hanging out having a good time :(
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Posted by: Morgan Chemis | April 23, 2007 12:20 AM
My heartfelt synpathy to the family and friends of this lovely woman who gave so much of herself to others.
She surely will continue to love and guide you from her true home with God
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Mary Lou from BC
Posted by: Mary Lou | April 24, 2007 07:06 PM
May God bless
And keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb every road
And may you stay forever young
May you grow up to be courageous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the light surrounding you
May you always be gracious
Stand upright and be strong
And may you stay
Stay forever young
Forever young
Forever young
May you stay forever young
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
With the winds changing shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
And may you stay
Forever young
Forever young
Stay forever young
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Posted by: | April 26, 2007 11:40 AM
My sister taught me the importance of a colledge education ...of being surrounded by beauty...of criticism in a positive way...of never forgetting to talk to familly...of laughing with life...of having your children come first ..and so much more...well ,jojo ,i dont have a coledge degree but but i do teach the importance to my son of an education, and i see life beautifully,especially when youd come and visit me...i cry when i catch a glance at your picture that i took ..and i dont think i will ever stop crying... i will try and look at life the way you saw it, ma belle, and in the mean time i will try and cope ,along with all of the quebec peaple who loved you dearly. je t aime ma jojo et je ne t oublie pas ... adieux.. your sister, gigi.
Posted by: ginette couture | May 5, 2007 08:56 PM
Dear Family of Jocelyne Couture-Nowak,
I want to express my sincere sympathy for the loss of your loved one. Be assured that comfort and encouragement can be found in the pages of the Bible. Psalms 55:22 tells us GOD will sustain us. Even though we may not always grieve. You may find that for a time your emotions will be somewhat unpredictable. Tears may flow without much advance warning. . And do not feel that you have to hold back the tears. Remember, they are a natural and necessary part of grieving. Please take care of yourselves. Sincerely
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Blue Gum House during winter!
Welcome to Blue Gum House!
Main bedroom.
Watching your favorite film!
Relax, watching the fire or reading a book
Open plan kitchen at Blue Gum House.
The in ground sunken spa!
The loft double bedroom.
The loft bedroom able to fall asleep…
Enjoy eating outside by the BBQ.
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Back of Blue Gum House.
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Part of the garden of Blue Gum House where
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Blue Gum House offers 3 bedrooms, main bedroom has a king bed, the blue room has a bunk bed and loft room has a double bed and two single sleeping arrangement. The loft bedroom is private as it is completely close off around the beds. The entrance of the loft bedroom opens on a mezzanine. Each bedroom has a built in wardrobe. It has 2 bathrooms, 1 with a double in ground spa suitable to 2 adults, shower and toilet, the other with shower, toilet combined with laundry facilities. It offers linen including tea towels, tea and coffee facilities (bring your milk), shampoo, anti stress bath gel, hand washing, dish washing liquid, powder dishwasher, washing powder, scourer and sponge.
Proudly managed and owned by an Australian/French since 2000.
The kitchen has an open plan to the sitting room with 2 sofas and dining area. The kitchen is very well equipped with a dishwasher, gas top, electrical oven, microwave, fridge, toaster and electrical kettle, all crockery, cutleries and glasses, oven proof dishes, saucepans and fry pan.
On warm days, you can have yours meals, outside by the barbecue. There is another paved area where you can read at the middle of the bush garden, with all types of birds as yours companions.
For your entertainment, you have paid TV (Austar), you can watch on the new LCD 37inch, DVD, VCR. There are a collection of books, CDs, DVDs, videos, games and puzzles for grown up and children.
Fire wood is supplied for the slow combustion heater. Additional electrical heaters and spare doonas are provided. There are hot water bottles.
From the main bedroom bed you can enjoy the morning sun with a wonderful blue sky. The loft room has morning sun too, during the night you can fall asleep watching the stars in the sky, it is such peaceful experience! Blue Gum House's clever design is suitable for all whether you are a couple, a family or a group of friends; Blue Gum House can be enjoyed equally.
With solar passive design the house is cool during the summer and warm during the winter. From the living area you look out on to the bush garden with many gum trees. There is a lawn at the back of the house and front of the house.
Staying at Blue Gum House you will experience the true local life of the Blue Mountains as it tuckles away from the tourists.
Blue Gum House is situated to a walking distance to Govett Leap Look out where is the start of some beautiful walks in the Blue Mountains. There is as well a very interesting easy walking track, easy access to push chairs and wheel chairs.
You can walk to Blackheath park following a back track. There is a wonderful public uncovered swimming pool (good on summer time), a very good children play ground and a pond with ducks.
Blue Gum House is situated close to Blackheath village where you can find everything you need: groceries, bakeries, vegetables, delicatessen, news agency, botles shops and many more... The village has recognised a restaurants for its fine food, Ashcrofts. There is this wonderful Italian and Indian restaurants, best value for the quality, pubs and cafes. There is this very interesting antique shop (you will have this wonderful back in time journey). With the many art galleries, you will be able to look at many paintings from local artists (you may strike a "pot of gold" if you decide to buy!
What ours guests are saying about Blue Gum house...
1- I must say I have a great time with my family at Blue Gum House. What a beautiful cottage and arrangement suit my family needs. It has a great scenery next to the national park and very close to the stunning view of Govett Leap and Evans's look out. We enjoyed ourselves a lot. I wished I had stayed there longer. I would certainly recommend to my friends and make the second trip back next year.
2-We love staying at Blue Gum House. You have done it up wonderfully to create a lovely, relaxed retreat. Everything was so clean and fresh! And the beds were so comfortable and immaculately clean too. Thank you very much for a wonderful stay. We hope we can come again soon.
3-We had a wonderful time at Blue Gum House. The house was lovely, very cosy and much bigger than expected. The kids really enjoyed themselves and make themshelves feel right at home. They loved the upstairs area. Mum and Dad were thankful for the peace and quiet of the main bedroom. My sister and I slept in the bank bed we were big kids again.
Many things to do to entertain you, family and friends...
Walk to the Wildlife Heritage Centre, you will be able to learn about the Blue Mountains, programme and historic site tours.
Walk to Govett Leap look out and Evans look out.
Visit the Rhodendron Garden in Bacchante Street, the best time of the year is November to admire the 1 500 rhododendrons in the garden.
Few minutes drive away to the Zig Zag train, worse the ride (Temporally closed).
Few minutes drive away from Blackheath golf course and public open air swimming pool (Open from November to April).
Drive to Megalong Valley where you can do some horse riding.
15 minutes drive to Katoomba where you can see the 3 sisters (very touristique).
60 minutes drive to Jenolan caves, very enjoyable.
And many more...
Washing Machine, Parking, Dishwasher
- Accept on line payment.
- BBQ, outdoor sitting dining area, hair dryer, scale.
- Barbeque
- Clothes dryer
- Cooking Facilities
- Cot
- DVD player
- Dishwasher
- Doonas and pillows provided
- Eco-Friendly
- Firewood included to the price
- Heaters
- High chair
- In-house Movies/Videos
- Ironing Facilities
- LCD 37 cms
- Lawn in front and back of the house.
- Linen Supplied
- Microwave
- Non-Smoking
- Parking
- Parking available in front of Blue Gum House.
- Pay Television
- Slow combustion fire place
- Spa Bath
- Towels Supplied
- Washing Machine
- Washing machine and dryer.
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