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Review: The Diviners by Libba Bray
Tags: young adult, historical, paranormal, 1920s
Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City--and she is pos-i-toot-ly thrilled. New York is the city of speakeasies, shopping, and movie palaces! Soon enough, Evie is running with glamorous Ziegfield girls and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is Evie has to live with her Uncle Will, curator of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult--also known as "The Museum of the Creepy Crawlies."
When a rash of occult-based murders comes to light, Evie and her uncle are right in the thick of the investigation. And through it all, Evie has a secret: a mysterious power that could help catch the killer--if he doesn't catch her first.
All hail Her Royal YA Highness Libba Bray, who can write about anything she wants in any genre or mix of genres and have it be a critical and commercial success. In her new series, which begins with THE DIVINERS, Bray returns to the stomping grounds that had first gotten her fans: a solid ensemble cast of characters with a dollop of very atmospheric paranormal elements.
Evie is a mouthy, flighty, manipulative, and sometimes silly ball of energy. She is, in short, whom part of you always wishes you could be like, and also everything you would never want to have to deal with in another person. Evie may drive you crazy with her impulsiveness and selfishness at times, but it is those characteristics of hers that allow her to be such a one-of-a-kind protagonist. Her lines and actions literally dominate the pages. If ever there was a character who was bigger than the words describing her, it would be Evie. And I'm sure she would be happy to hear that about herself.
Evie, however, is not the only star of this book. Her new friends are strong characters in their own right. In THE DIVINERS, Evie's friends and acquaintances don't seem to be in the book for the sole purpose of convenient info-dumping or plot-hopping: it's not difficult to see them as protagonists of their own stories—Theta, the glamorous Ziegfeld girl with the troubled past; Memphis, the golden boy from Harlem; Mabel, who is just coming out of the shadow of her idealistic, revolutionist parents; Jericho, strong and silent with a secret that could blow apart everyone's conception of humanity; and Sam, the pickpocket whose suave exterior hides a grimly driven purpose. Along those lines, the dash of romance in this book will surprise and, I hope, delight you. Bray does not go the expected route, and neither does the romance impose upon the main plot in any way. Dare I say that this is one YA romantic setup that I actually can't wait to see play out in the sequel?
Speaking of "main plot," though…Well, sometimes it's hard to tell what that is. The synopsis sells the premise of a supernatural serial killer, but that's just the surface—fitting, for a 600-page book. The languid, almost irresponsibly lazy pace of the first half of the book nearly killed it for me. It's necessary setup for future books in the series, and I appreciate that because of this thorough setup the future books will not beat a finished plot to death, but boy did it divide this book for me.
Overall, an extremely enjoyable novel, particularly for Libba Bray fans but also for those new to her books.
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Cover discussion: It's unique! But, um, I feel like it didn't take the opportunity to make the most out of the characters' quirkiness and Bray's rich depictions of the times.
Little, Brown / Sept. 18, 2012 / Hardcover / 592pp. / $19.99
e-galley received from publisher and NetGalley.
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I totally felt the same way! It had SO much potential and was in general beautifully written. I just wanted a little more from it.
ReplyDelete"languid, almost irresponsibly lazy pace of the first half..." YES!! I've had such a hard time getting through this first bit and still haven't. I keep putting the book down, despite all the rave reviews and it being written by, yanno, Libba Bray. *sigh* I'm going in...again.
ReplyDeleteRepliesOh, I wish you the best of luck! Not because readers of this book need the luck, but because if you keep putting the book down, it might just not be the one for you.
Of course, if I enjoyed the rest of the book, then I will totally excuse any irresponsibly lazy paces in the first half of books. That just happened with A Corner of White, which I just finished and swooned over.
The more reviews of yours I read, the more I'm convinced we have the same reading tastes. I loved this book too; I think I might listen to it on audio at some point, since it is supposedly very well done. I also can't wait for the next book--looks like we're going into voodoo territory (this has been a weird pattern in my reading lately). Thanks for the review!
ReplyDeleteEvie definitely is a one-of-a-kind protagonist. Even with her less-than-appealing traits, I couldn't help but adore her by the end of the book. I've probably forgotten far too much about the plot twists though (I know a lot of new things were introduced towards the end), but I still can't wait to read the next book. Great review, Steph!
ReplyDeleteI am honestly not sure what I think about ensemble casts. I already have difficulties with dual point of view, and adding even more narratives into the works isn't going to immediately excite me. I read Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty series back when they released and liked them well enough, even if I haven't read anything of hers since then, so I do want to give The Diviners a shot. Like you said, it seems like a mix of genres and that intrigues me. And I'm glad to hear you had a positive experience reading this one!
ReplyDeleteI'm very excited to read this book! It certainly sounds like something I'm bound to enjoy, especially because the cast of characters sounds pretty memorable. I love that it's set in New York and that it's set in the 20s! I think that's pretty cool already, and I can't wait to see what Libba does with this for myself.


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Just thought I'd throw this out there. There a lot of good discussion in the forums, I think it would be really awesome to have a specific forum for one-on-one debates. A moderator could pair people up (either randomly or based on a topic of interest) and then the two would debate. This would need to have it's own forum because it would obviously crowd out others (assuming it's popular). Maybe the winner of each debate could get a few armor points on top of bragging rights. What do you guys think?
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i think it should be like 1 person who disagrees with it and 1 who agrees with it..... and if its a popular suggestion that has lots of disagress and agrees and the mods cant decide on wheather to put it on AG or not
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Well in debating you don't necessarily have to agree with what you represent. It's like a debate club.I think it is a wonderful idea! I'll e-mail Dan.
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Muahahaha...if this comes into effect I shall be very happy indeed.
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Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale
The Right Honourable The Lord Ridley of Liddesdale PC |
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
In office 24 July 1989 – 13 July 1990 |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | The Lord Young of Graffham |
Succeeded by | Peter Lilley |
Secretary of State for the Environment | |
In office 21 May 1986 – 24 July 1989 |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Kenneth Baker |
Succeeded by | Chris Patten |
Secretary of State for Transport | |
In office 11 June 1983 – 21 May 1986 |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Tom King |
Succeeded by | John Moore |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 14 September 1981 – 11 June 1983 |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Nigel Lawson |
Succeeded by | John Moore |
Member of Parliament for Cirencester and Tewkesbury |
In office 8 October 1959 – 9 April 1992 |
Preceded by | William Morrison |
Succeeded by | Geoffrey Clifton-Brown |
Personal details | |
Born | Northumberland, United Kingdom |
17 February 1929
Died | 4 March 1993 Carlisle, United Kingdom |
(aged 64)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Clayre Campbell (1950-1974, divorced) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale PC (17 February 1929 – 4 March 1993) was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.
As President of the Selsdon Group, a free-market lobby within the Conservative Party, he was closely aligned with Margaret Thatcher, and became one of her Ministers of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1979. Responsible for the Falkland Islands, he tried to resolve the long-running sovereignty issue with Argentina, who detected Britain's reluctance to defend the territory, and later invaded it.
As Secretary of State for Transport, Ridley performed a key function in building-up coal stocks in advance of the UK miners' strike (1984–1985), which helped the government to defeat the union. As Secretary of State for the Environment, Ridley opposed a low-cost housing development near his own property, earning him the title of NIMBY ('Not In My Back Yard'). He was also responsible for introducing the Community Charge (also known as the 'Poll Tax'), which was one of the main factors leading to Thatcher's resignation in 1990. He was created a life peer in 1992.
Background and education[edit]
Ridley was the second son of Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley, and Ursula Lutyens, daughter of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. His elder brother was Matthew Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley. He was educated at West Downs School in the city of Winchester in Hampshire, followed by Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he gained a third in mathematical moderations in 1947 and a second-class degree in engineering science in 1951.[1] A contemporary at Eton was Tam Dalyell, later Labour MP for West Lothian. The two weren't even able to agree on whether or not Dalyell had been Ridley's fag, though Dalyell greatly admired Ridley's skills as an artist, quoting his teacher as saying that Ridley was more 'More talented than his grandfather' Edwin Lutyens.[2]
Ridley held a national service commission as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion of The Loyal Regiment in 1947 and was later a Territorial Army Captain in the Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry.[3] He later became a civil engineer and company director.
Political career, 1955–1979[edit]
At the 1955 general election, Ridley unsuccessfully contested the safe Labour seat of Blyth. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Cirencester and Tewkesbury at the 1959 election. He was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary in 1962, and from 1964 he was a Select Committee member before joining the front bench. In 1973, he formed the Selsdon Group, which was opposed to the abandonment of the radical 1970 manifesto by Edward Heath. He closed his keynote speech at the group's launch by citing the "Ten Cannots" of William J. H. Boetcker, adding that they "could well become the guiding principle of the Selsdon Group".[4] The members of the group were seen as disloyal at the time but their ideas came to prominence in the Thatcher years.
In government, 1979–1990[edit]
When the Conservatives were returned to office at the 1979 general election, Ridley was appointed to the new Conservative government as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office responsible for the Falkland Islands, a position in which according to Patrick Cosgrave, he did not acquit himself well and "seriously misread the intentions of the Argentinian government."[5] His first visit to the Islands was in July 1979, after which the Foreign Office considered the options, given that the idea of 'Fortress Falklands' was deemed unfeasible on the grounds of cost - Britain could not afford to maintain a sufficiently powerful military presence on the Islands to deter an invasion.
Ridley held a secret, informal meeting with his Argentine opposite number Carlos Cavandoli in September 1980 where the two sides broadly agreed a 'leaseback' whereby nominal sovereignty would be given to Argentina but British administration would be maintained for a fixed number of years, likely 99, until the final handover, as well as co-operating on the Islands' economic development and exploitation of fish and potential oil resources. The meeting took place at a village hotel ten miles outside Geneva, Switzerland under the pretext of a holiday for Ridley and his wife so as to avoid Parliamentary and media accusations of a sell-out.[6] Ridley returned to the Islands in November to try to persuade the Islanders to accept the proposal but they were unconvinced. Likewise, Parliament gave the proposals a hostile reception, pointing out that British people should not be transferred, against their wishes, to the control of an Argentine military junta which had committed multiple human rights violations.[7] In the face of this opposition the Conservative government once again reiterated that the Islanders' wishes were 'paramount'.
In February 1981, with the support of the Islands' Councillors, the British government met Argentine representatives in New York but the British proposal for a sovereignty freeze was rejected by the junta. British intelligence reports continued to suggest that Argentina would invade the Islands only if it was convinced there was no prospect of eventual transfer of sovereignty.
Ridley advised that leaseback remained the only feasible solution and recommended that Britain initiate an education campaign to persuade the Islanders. His fierce political opponent, Tam Dalyell believes he was right and that but for Ridley's "confrontational style", "off-handed and offensive disdain" which upset both the islanders and the House of Commons, this policy could have avoided the war.[2] The proposal was rejected by Lord Carrington who felt that any attempt to put pressure on Islanders would be counter-productive. However, the cumulative effect of stalled sovereignty negotiations, the British Nationality Act 1981 (which would deprive many Islanders of their rights as full British citizens), the announced withdrawal of HMS Endurance, the shelving of plans to rebuild the Royal Marine barracks at Moody Brook, and the proposed closure of the British Antarctic Survey base at Grytviken on South Georgia, was to convince Argentina that Britain had no future interest in the Islands. Argentina would go on to invade the islands in April 1982, sparking off the Falklands War, but were repulsed in June of that year, with the islands remaining in British hands.
- Financial Secretary to the Treasury
From 1981 to 1983 Ridley was the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
- Secretary of State for Transport
After the 1983 election, Ridley - always regarded by Margaret Thatcher as "one of us" - was a beneficiary of her move to cull the Tory wets and joined her cabinet as Secretary of State for Transport. In that role he played a major part in making preparations for a possible coal strike, which proved an important factor in deciding the outcome of the miners' strike. Ridley had long been acutely aware of the threat the trade unions could pose to the execution of Conservative policies and, in the wake of the Heath government's union difficulties, had authored the Ridley Plan, which set out means of dealing with the trade unions and was a prototype for later developments. The Thatcher government attached considerable importance to being properly prepared for a major miners' strike and backed down from a confrontation with the miners in its first Parliament. By the time that the miners did strike, in March 1984, considerable efforts had been made in ensuring the availability of stockpiled coal at power stations, non-unionised transport workers and oil-fired generation plant.
He oversaw Bus deregulation in Great Britain with the Transport Act 1985 as a precursor to privatization of bus services. This led to a period of intense competition between rival bus companies, known at the time as the 'Bus wars' and the dramatic subsequent growth of Stagecoach Group, First Group and the other major bus operators.
Never far from controversy, Ridley had to apologise following the Herald of Free Enterprise Disaster in 1987, for remarking that he would not be pursuing a particular policy "with the bow doors open". The ship had capsized, with loss of 193 lives, as a result of sailing with its bow doors open.
- Secretary of State for the Environment
As Secretary of State for the Environment from 1987 to 1989, he is credited with popularising the phrase NIMBY or Not In My Back Yard to describe those who instinctively opposed any local building development. It was soon revealed that Ridley opposed a low cost housing development near a village where he owned a property.[8] More importantly, he was the Cabinet Minister responsible for the introduction of the Community Charge or poll tax, a policy that brought a standing ovation at the Conservative Party conference at which it was announced, and riots across the country when it was implemented. Ridley had reduced the implementation timetable from 5 to 2 years, which made it much easier for opponents to identify 'losers' and gain support for protest.
- Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
On 14 July 1990 he was forced to resign as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry after an interview published in The Spectator. He had described the proposed Economic and Monetary Union as "a German racket designed to take over the whole of Europe" and said that giving up sovereignty to the European Union was as bad as giving it up to Adolf Hitler. The interview was illustrated with a cartoon depicting Ridley running away having added a Hitler moustache to a poster of the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. While Ridley was not one of the most powerful government members, he was regarded as a Thatcherite loyalist and his departure was a significant break in their ranks. Margaret Thatcher herself had to resign four months later. Some commentators point to Ridley's resignation, its manner, and the European issue at its core, as leading indicators for the next decade of Conservative Party politics. On 8 November 1991, Ridley advised people to vote for anti-European candidates regardless of their parties.[9]
- Baron Ridley of Liddesdale
On 28 July 1992, Ridley was created a life peer as Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, of Willimoteswick in the County of Northumberland. Despite being a free-marketeer, in January 1993 Ridley spoke out against railway privatisation, and when in government, advised Thatcher against doing so.[10] The final speech he ever gave was an address against the Maastricht Treaty on 17 February 1993 in the House of Lords,[11] which he had always vehemently opposed and voted against in 1991. In a Times article written days before his death, he suggested that the rich should be taxed more to help Britain out of the recession.[12]
At the 1996 Nicholas Ridley Memorial Lecture, Lady Thatcher said of Ridley that "Free-market economics was always Nick's passion. And he had a longer, better pedigree in that respect than most Thatcherites—or indeed I may add—than Thatcher herself. His first vote against a Conservative Government bailing out nationalised industries was in 1961. To be so right, so early on, is not to have seen the light—it is to have lit it.... He would have been a superb Chancellor."[13]
Lord Ridley of Liddesdale was also secretary of the Canning Club, a councillor on Castle Ward Rural District Council and a member of the executive committee of the National Trust.
Titles and styles[edit]
- The Hon. Nicholas Ridley (1929–1959)
- The Hon. Nicholas Ridley MP (1959–1983)
- The Rt. Hon. Nicholas Ridley MP (1983–1992)
- The Rt. Hon. Nicholas Ridley (1992)
- The Rt. Hon. The Lord Ridley of Liddesdale PC (1992–1993)
Personal life[edit]
Lord Ridley of Liddesdale was married to Clayre Campbell, daughter of Alistair Campbell, 4th Baron Stratheden and Campbell. They divorced in 1974. They had three daughters, including social worker Susanna Rickett, designer and writer Jessica Ridley, and historian Jane Ridley, Professor of History at the University of Buckingham. He was a keen water colour artist and photographer and took the cover photograph for The Swinging Blue Jeans' debut album, Blue Jeans a'Swinging (1964).
In 1990, asked to comment on the resignation of cabinet colleague Norman Fowler who had given as the reason for his resignation the wish "to spend more time with my family", Ridley quipped dryly that the last thing he wanted to do was spend more time with his family.[14] Ridley's puppet on Spitting Image was always portrayed with a cigarette, and during a media launch event for an anti-litter campaign, when he was joined by Margaret Thatcher, Ridley was seen during the whole event with a cigarette in his mouth. This was inspired by his admission that he enjoyed smoking under the bedclothes, to concentrate the experience. He died of lung cancer on 4 March 1993.
In popular culture[edit]
Ridley was portrayed by Michael Cochrane in the BBC production of Ian Curteis's The Falklands Play (2002).
- Footnotes
- ^ Patrick Cosgrave (Jan 2008). "Ridley, Nicholas, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale (1929–1993)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ a b Tam Dalyell (6 March 1993). "Obituary: Lord Ridley of Liddesdale". The Independent. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ Kelly's Handbook 1960. Kelly's. p. 1689.
- ^ http://www.margaretthatcher.org/commentary/displaydocument.asp?docid=110861
- ^ Patrick Cosgrave (6 March 1993). "Obituary: Lord Ridley of Liddesdale". The Independent. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ Freedman 2005, pp. 113–123
- ^ Freedman 2005, pp. 124–132
- ^ "Would YOU live next to a Nimby?". BBC news. 21 May 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ Thorpe, John. "Retro: Terry Waite free at last". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ "When will those trains run on time?". New Statesman. 2001-01-02. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ "Maastricht Treaty (Hansard, 17 February 1993)". Hansard.millbanksystems.com. 1993-02-17. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ The Times - 3 March 1993
- ^ "Nicholas Ridley Memorial Lecture (22 November 1996)". Margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ remark quoted, inter al, by The Times June 2006
- Bibliography
- Freedman, Lawrence (2005). The Official History of the Falklands Campaign Vol. 1: The Origin of the Falklands War. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-5206-7.
External links[edit]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Lord Ridley of Liddesdale
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Preceded by William Morrison |
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Judge orders test on Halliburton cement in BP well
Saturday, October 30, 2010
A federal judge is ordering tests to be performed as soon as possible on cement Halliburton Co. used to seal the BP well that later blew out catastrophically in the Gulf of Mexico.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier said some of the components may be "deteriorating over time" and that tests should be done "as soon as reasonably practicable."
The cement components had been subpoenaed by federal investigators looking into what caused the April 20 blowout of a BP well being drilled by the Deepwater Horizon rig. Halliburton was hired to seal the well with cement. The explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon killed 11 workers and led to a spill of more than 170 million gallons of crude in the Gulf.
Halliburton's cementing work on the well has jumped to the forefront of investigations into the explosion. On Thursday, the president's oil spill commission said tests performed before the blowout should have raised doubts about the cement used to seal the well.
The cement mix's failure to prevent oil and gas from entering the well has been identified by BP and others as one of the causes of the accident.
Barbier, who is overseeing lawsuits filed after the April 20 explosion, ordered tests on the same batch of cement used by drillers in the hours before the explosion. Halliburton said it expected government investigators to retrieve the batch of cement components next week, said Cathy Mann, a company spokeswoman. She declined further comment.
Officials with the Coast Guard and U.S. Department of Interior did not return messages seeking comment.
Kenneth E. Arnold, a member of the National Academy of Engineering who served as an adviser to the U.S. Department of Interior during its probes into the Deepwater Horizon explosion, questioned the importance of doing the tests on the cement components.
"The samples are old now," Arnold said. "Whatever tests they do now are going to be open to interpretation." And he added that it would be hard to simulate the cement foam's properties in a laboratory and compare them to what happened inside the well.
He said the more critical piece of the investigation would be to figure out why the engineers and drilling crews on the rig believed the cement job had sealed the well. Before the blowout, crews performed a "negative pressure" test, a procedure that reduces the fluid pressure in the well to ensure there are no gas leaks.
"They interpreted the data to say they had a valid test, which was a misinterpretation," Arnold said. "The real problem here is not whether it was stable or unstable (cement), the test was not proper ... What's critical is to understand why the people on the rig made the decisions they made."
BP acknowledged in a September internal report that its engineers and employees of Transocean Ltd., the company running the rig, misinterpreted the negative pressure test.
But on Thursday, Halliburton came under increased scrutiny when investigators from the president's oil spill commission revealed that tests performed by the company before the deadly blowout showed the cement to be unstable. Independent tests conducted for the commission by Chevron on a nearly identical mixture also concluded that the cement mix was unstable.
In a statement Thursday, Halliburton said it was unable to give the presidential commission the cement mix used on the Deepwater Horizon rig because that batch was being held as evidence for the ongoing federal investigation. Barbier's order released Halliburton to hand over some of the mix to federal investigators.
Specifically, Barbier wants tests on 1 quart of ZoneSeal-2000 and 2 gallons and 1 quart of SCR-100 in Halliburton's possession.
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Steve's Book Roundup - 2007
Check out my personal book roundup for 2007. You will find all the books I read in 2007 listed from best to worst. You can find the list here.
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If you want to really understand something about Jesus and classical Christianity you need to read someone besides Borg. I am not going to make a reccomendation but I was also surprised that there were no old books among your reading. As to that matter I would recommend C. S. Lewis's Introduction to St Athanasius's On the Incarnation. In his words, the wind of centuries needs to be blowing through your brain.
ReplyDeleteC. S. Lewis would not consider his works "old." He was recommending the reading of the great classics or Hebrew, Greek or Latin literature including those of the earliest Chritian thinkers. You should give a try to the Ante-Nicene fathers of the Church if you want something which is authentically Christian.
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Jamestown PTO Meeting Minutes
February 11, 2009 at 6:30pm; Lawn school library
In attendance: Lisa Tuttle, Sheryl Atwood, Karen Rafanelli, Suzy Parris, Teresa McNeil, Lizzie Congdon, Robin Tregenza
The minutes from the 1/14/09 meeting were approved.
Treasurer's Report: Christine Moffet reports approximately $6700 in checking and $8300 in savings, for a total of $15,000.
Cultural Arts & Enrichment: Lizzie Congdon reviewed upcoming PTO-sponsored programs for the remainder of the school year:
When |
Who |
Where |
What |
Cost |
Friday, Feb 27 |
Everett Dance Theater |
both schools |
performance about conflict resolution |
$1130 (PTO paying $250 of this) |
Friday, March 13 |
Skip Gorman |
Melrose only: K-4 |
music & stories from the American West |
$600 |
Monday, March 30*** |
Len Cabral |
Melrose |
African-American storytelling |
$1150 (includes show at Lawn, below) |
Friday, April 3 |
Keith Munslow |
Melrose only: pre-K & K |
humorous songs & stories |
$500 |
Friday, April 24*** |
Len Cabral |
Lawn |
African-American storytelling |
Friday, May 1 |
RI Philharmonic |
both schools |
jazz quintet |
$825 |
***Rescheduled because of snow day in late January.
Golf tournament: We continued to discuss the timing of this fundraiser. Holding it in September would require lots of planning over the summer months, which is not ideal due to summer schedules, vacations, etc. On the other hand, most weekends in June have conflicts. Robin will check with the golf course to see if Saturday, June 20 th is available. If so, we will hold the event on this date. We will have a separate meeting to determine committee chairs.
Calendar fundraiser: This may not be necessary if we are able to hold the golf tournament in June.
New Business
Scholastic book fairs: The book fairs at Melrose and Lawn were very successful, with a large increase in sales over last year and lots of positive feedback from faculty and families. Lisa Tuttle and Bev Rudman will give a financial report at the March meeting.
School directory: The directory is finished and is available for purchase ($3) in the offices of both schools.
Health and wellness activities: The swimming event at URI is scheduled for Friday, February 27 th , followed by a trip to the RI Rock Gym in March. Walking club will begin after April vacation. Discussion of a tennis club at Lawn has been tabled due to lack of a volunteer to run it. The previously discussed fitness night may have to wait until next year.
PTO web site: Lisa Kerr is having trouble updating the web site since her computer is not compatible with the school's software. Lisa Tuttle agreed to take over the web site duties.
Drug awareness forum: An evening program on drug awareness and prevention is scheduled for March 10 th at Lawn. This event is sponsored by the Drug Task Force and the PTO. The program is geared towards both students and parents. Dinner will be served.
PTO Board 2009-2010: There was much discussion about the state of the PTO for the next school year. Due to children moving on to high school and other personal reasons, we are going to lose several Board members. We strategized ways to recruit new PTO members and to encourage current members to increase their level of volunteerism: a letter from the principals, another volunteer event, etc. We need to keep the future in mind while keeping our focus on our goals for this school year. If you are interested in being on the PTO Board or in volunteering for any PTO projects/events, please contact one of the current Board members. Volunteering does NOT need to be an enormous commitment! We need your help so that we can continue the programs that benefit our students.
Old Business
Pen Pal program: Julie Bailey will be leaving the island after this school year and will no longer be able to run the pen pal program. She is working on finding someone to replace her. This important program establishes pen pal relationships between Jamestown students and new students coming into our schools. If you are interested in coordinating the pen pal program, please contact Julie at email@example.com .
The next meeting will be on Weds, March 11 th at 3:00pm in the library at Melrose .
Meeting adjourned at 8:15pm.
Lisa Tuttle, PTO Secretary


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Holzapfel, Wolfgang and Finkele, R. and Kaiser, Wolfgang and Oesterhelt, Dieter and Scheer, Hugo and Stilz, Hans Ulrich and Zinth, Wolfgang (1990): Initial electron-transfer in the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, Vol. 87: pp. 5168-5172 |
The initial electron transfer steps in the photosynthetic reaction center of the purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides have been investigated by femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy. The experimental data taken at various wavelengths demonstrate the existence of at least four intermediate states within the first nanosecond. The difference spectra of the intermediates and transient photodichroism data are fully consistent with a sequential four-step model of the primary electron transfer: Light absorption by the special pair P leads to the state P*. From the excited primary donor P*, the electron is transferred within 3.5 +/- 0.4 ps to the accessory bacteriochlorophyll B. State P+B- decays with a time constant of 0.9 +/- 0.3 ps passing the electron to the bacteriopheophytin H. Finally, the electron is transferred from H- to the quinone QA within 220 +/- 40 ps.
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Deal or No Deal? - Consensual Arrangements as an Instrument of European Competition PolicyOliver BudzinskiIlmenau University of Technology Bjoern A. KuchinkeIlmenau University of Technology August 23, 2012 Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers, Vol. 17, No. 76, 2012 Abstract: Roughly during the last decade, European Competition Policy has undergone a series of fundamental changes. All four areas – cartel policy, merger policy, abuse control, and state aid control – have been subject to a modernization process, which led to a focus on analyzing the effects of individual cases and established a tendency towards deciding each case on its individual merits. These changes can be understood as a move away from rule-based competition policy towards a case-by-case approach. The case-by-case approach especially includes consensual arrangements, so-called 'deals' between the competition authority and business companies. Therefore, this paper will discuss the pros and cons of 'deals' as an instrument of (European) competition policy. The paper's central focus lies on the economic analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of using consensual arrangements as a relevant instrument of European competition policy. With respect to European competition policy, we conclude that we need to issue a note of caution. From an economic perspective, an expansion of consensual elements necessarily walks hand in hand with a continual weakening of the protection of competition. Consumer welfare will not benefit from expanding the role and importance of consensual arrangements as a means of European competition policy. Number of Pages in PDF File: 52 Keywords: European competition policy, consensual arrangements, antitrust settlements, merger control, deals, political economics JEL Classification: L40, K21, D02, P16 Date posted: August 23, 2012Suggested CitationContact Information
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All of our cartoon and candid celebrity calendars can be found here: http://calendars.ashtonpress.net/ I can print them to begin in June, 2006 or January, 2007 (your choice) if you pre-order. The ones I bring to the convention that aren't pre-ordered will all be printed for 2007 and I can't guarantee availability. Prices are $18.00 and of course you save the cost of shipping if you're taking delivery at the convention. Simply email me if you'd like to order. Deadline for ordering is May 10th but I'd appreciate orders as early as possible so I have time to print them. Annie |
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Sabrina Ryan 3/20/2009 6:52:39 PM
Beautiful silhouette photo, Kathy! Beautiful colors and composition! #1101544Photosbyglenna .com 3/20/2009 7:17:15 PM
Kathy This is awesomeHosey M. Harrell III 3/20/2009 8:09:04 PM
Beautiful! Very, very well done. #7309628Summer A. Kozisek 3/20/2009 9:37:12 PM
Absolutely gorgeous Kathy! #7309859Ron McEwan 3/21/2009 7:47:05 AM
Terrific image Kathy, this is a winner in my book, so well composed and the use of lighting is superb. #7311399Donna LaMattino Pagakis 3/21/2009 12:32:24 PM
Oh Kathy, this is such an outstanding capture. I really love it!!! A fav! #7312094A P 3/21/2009 12:51:28 PM
stunning silhouette Kathy Just don't get any more perfect then this...REALLY. Class paid off BIGTIME!! #7312171Shelly A. Van Camp 3/22/2009 7:47:36 PM
Beautiful capture, Kathy! #7316349Marvil J. LaCroix 3/31/2009 12:00:05 PM
I just love dressage. Your title is perfect.Sharon F. Morris 4/22/2009 12:57:02 PM
Congrats Kathy on your finalist. Love this one!! #7432504Shawn Jennings 4/22/2009 1:08:55 PM
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Congrats on your finalist...excellent #7435190Clyde P. Smith 4/22/2009 9:37:32 PM
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I love this, Kathy! Congrats! #7436729Tommy E. Burgess 4/22/2009 11:07:50 PM
Huge congratulations on this outstanding finalist Kathy!! #7437164Jeff Robinson 4/23/2009 4:32:16 AM
Congrats Kathy on your Wonderful Finalist! Jeff #7438382Lisa J. Boulden 4/23/2009 5:46:14 AM
WOW!Jean E. Hildebrant 4/23/2009 9:55:34 AM
Love this Kathy! Congratulations and I hope it goes gold!!! #7440094Kathy Cline 4/23/2009 6:16:02 PM
THANK YOU TO ALL MY WONDERFUL AND VERY APPRECIATED BP FRIENDS AND FAMILYTerry L. Ellis 4/23/2009 9:23:20 PM
An awesome finalist, Kathy! Congratulations sweet one! #7442529Leland N. Saunders 4/24/2009 9:39:14 AM
This is an awesome image, Kathy ... bet'cha we see it again ... !!Lee #7444701
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I'm very pleased to see this among the finalist Kathy. You already know it is a FAVORITE!!!Best of luck in the next round and CONGRATULATIONS!!! #7449927
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dc.contributor.advisor | Brown, J. Steven | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sawant, Nitin Narayan | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Nieh, Sen | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Gabbai, Rene | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-01T16:44:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-01T16:44:26Z | |
dc.date.created | 2012 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2012-06-01 | |
dc.identifier.other | Sawant_cua_0043A_10326 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1961/10282 | |
dc.description | Degree awarded: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering. The Catholic University of America | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Influence of Lubricant on Horizontal Convective Boiling in a Micro-fin TubeNitin N. Sawant, Ph.D.Director: J. Steven Brown, Ph.D., P.E.The goal of this dissertation is to measure local convective boiling heat transfer coefficients in a micro-fin tube operating with pure R-410A and with R-410A/lubricant mixture and to develop a "user-friendly" correlation from these data so that it can be easily applied by designers, practitioners, and researchers in the heating, ventilating and air-conditioning industry. The motivation for this study is the fact that there is little documentation in the literature of the effect of lubricant on the flow boiling heat transfer of R-410A. This dissertation represents the first, and only, study of the effects of lubricant on the heat transfer rate of R-410A during flow boiling using a fluid heating technique. (Note: all of the other studies apply the electrical resistance heating technique, which has been shown by Kedzierski (1995) to strongly influence the measurement.) One of the objectives of this study, therefore, is to provide a source of data for the boiling of R-410A in a micro-fin tube with and without the addition of a Polyol ester (POE) lubricant. The evaporative heat transfer characteristics of R-410A and R-410A/POE were measured in a fluid-heated, 9.52 mm OD micro-fin tube. Data were measured for temperatures ranging from 7.2 0C to 10 0C. Baseline performance was established by measuring the convective boiling heat transfer of pure R-410A. In addition, measurements of an R-410A/POE (99.6/0.4 by mass) mixture were taken and then compared to the pure R-410A baseline. The mean degradation in the heat transfer performance with the addition of lubricant was approximately 6.7 %.A second objective of this study is to compare the experimental data to the existing NIST database of alternative refrigerants to determine the effect of the axial bulk lubricant concentration gradient on evaporative heat transfer. The experimental data were also compared with relevant correlations of R-410A and R-410A/lubricant mixtures.A heat transfer correlation was developed from the measured data and then compared to them. The correlation predicted 70 % of the experimental data within a deviation of + 30 %. The average and absolute average deviations of the model correlation are -3 % and 25.4 %, respectively. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 249 p. | en_US |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Catholic University of America | en_US |
dc.subject | Mechanical engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Boiling | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Convective | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Fluid-heating | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Lubricant | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Micro-fin | en_US |
dc.subject.other | R-410A | en_US |
dc.title | Influence of Lubricant on Horizontal Convective Boiling in a Micro-fin Tube | en_US |
dc.type | Text | en_US |
dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |
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