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I Will Sing a Lullaby
Once there was a way
To get back homeward
Once there was a way
To get back home.
Sleep, pretty darling,
Do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby.
Golden slumbers,
Fill your eyes
Smiles await you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling
Do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby.
—John Lennon and Paul McCartney
For the better part of the past 24 years, I've been trying to find a way back home. A way to inhabit and relive my childhood, replete with its manifold painful memories and rousing tragedies. To study, memorize and memorialize where the road splintered and brittled and eventually veered off into horizons unknown. To pick up the threads of my own inertia and bear witness to the subsequent empty years spent wallowing in a profound grief that nearly undid me.
But I'm getting ahead of the story. I have lived an entire life in the interim since the road turned crooked. We outlive our childhoods and then spend an eternity trying to return to them. We think if we reshape and hone them in our minds, the rolling and bleeding rough-hewn stones will begin to glitter a little more brightly. They never do.
In reality, what I've really been after are the memories once shared by the dearly departed soul who dwelled there. He's gone now, as is the pellucid quality of those mementos of a childhood also departed. And while the remembrances are fragmented, he somehow holds the key to all that was steady and constant during that long-ago realm of Never Never Land. That someone is my older brother, now deceased for a near quarter century. He seems more solid in form than the other survivors of his suicide—my sister and parents—even still.
The irony, of course, is that our very mortal existence and the consciousness that breathes life into it is never static—it only seems that way from our transient and limited human perspective. And while there remains a solid core of truth within me that feels and knows this intrinsically, never far away is the grasping hand that continues to grope for the past. For him.
Several months ago I sat down to steady myself against the onslaught of a fresh sorrow that washed over me after a new ending. That ending was a serious falling out and bitter estrangement from my surviving sibling.
Our false childhood story—guarded by her and reinforced just as deceitfully by me as an unspoken way to safeguard the past and circumvent further suffering—finally exploded like an overly helium-ated balloon. The lie we had fought to safeguard suddenly overwhelmed me with its malevolence and unsupportable premise. It wasn't anything life-threatening or truly sinister. It was not a sordid tale of base abuse or child neglect. In fact, the issue that pulled us together and apart like a pair of alternately attracting and polarizing magnets was ordinarily mundane. It was only this: that I had gotten more and she had gotten less. More stuff, more love, more—whatever. In truth, we were both equally impoverished and emotionally deplete children, but the fable seemed to work to our varying advantages in a way that always defied logic but never toxic family function and survival. It became a knight's shield of protection between us as well as one, ironically, that kept us emotionally, spiritually and physically separated. In fact we had been separated in all those ways for many years, but neither of us would admit it. I just kept on playing the role of coddling enabler, desperate for any scrap of time or attention she would throw me. She upped the ante to make me pay for my perceived ill-gotten gains until the price grew so high it staggered me. Before this event the crumbs she had thrown me had grown less and less. I hung on as though to a lifeline. Then the mirror shattered. I could no longer embrace the gilded illusion. The truth was ugly but needed to be faced head-long. I wondered why I had guarded the illusion for so long when it had so obviously served no useful purpose.
Although, in a way, I did know.
I spent the summer between my junior and senior years of high school working as a buss girl and waitress at the Nonantum Hotel in Kennebunkport, Maine. I lived in a rough barracks across the street from the old statuesque hotel. Though a decidedly singular building, this shed-like accommodation was inexplicably dubbed "The Dorms" by the lowly employees who dwelled therein.
My boyfriend that summer was the hotel restaurant's pastry chef. The son of a prominent local psychiatrist, he lived in a real house in town but spent most of his off time in "the Dorms" with the rest of the hotel's staff. His sidekick in the kitchen was an affable, plain-spoken Kennebunk local by the name of Jimmy Lapointe, who happened to be dating the high school friend who had found me the job. There was something endearing about Jimmy's rough Maine speech and rooted ways. He was the sort who, as my mother might have said, "wasn't going anywhere." There was a comforting feeling in that, at least for me.
And as a matter of fact, he didn't. Go anywhere, that is. Seven years later I found myself living with my mother in the apartment of a beachfront mansion overlooking the ocean. I was sick in body and soul, having recently returned from a grueling and disastrous year in England where I'd attempted to complete a Master's degree directly on the heels of my brother's death. Within months—horribly homesick and miserable on the desolate and isolated Northern England campus—I was diagnosed with "glandular fever" (the British moniker for mononucleosis) and began to shrink into myself. The days passed in a torpor of lethargy. I would often crawl into bed at 8 p.m. in my cramped room and sleep until 11 a.m. the following morning. I'd drag myself through the day listlessly, still exhausted. Lectures were a cruel torture and were exacerbated by the fact that I understood almost nothing I was being taught. I was ostensibly studying Shakespeare, but the Bard's name was seldom mentioned by my "tutors," the British word for a university instructor. Instead I learned about the various maxims of H.P. Grice, who had, by coincidence, been one of my father's professors at Harvard. That was about the only connection I ever made to Grice. The other part of the course was made up of Foucauldian rhetoric and the theory of a new-fangled British literary theory by the name of "Cultural Materialism." I tried to stay awake in seminars and murmur something intelligible. Mostly I was aware of how odd and unrefined my American accent sounded in a room full of English intellectuals.
I returned stateside as a shadow of my former self and ill from three months spent laboring on a dissertation that I eventually failed and for which no degree was granted. Although I would eventually rewrite my dissertation and receive my M.A. three years later, I was broken, body and soul.
I lived with my mother in Kennebunk and we became partners in depression. Mostly mine went unnoticed as it was perceived that hers needed constant tending to. I had merely lost a brother—she had lost her son and first born child.
It was not long after meeting up with my old friend from the Nonantum days that Jimmy LaPointe resurfaced. He was no longer my friend's boyfriend, but he looked more or less exactly as I remembered him from seven years before. For some unknown reason, the terrible dread and apathy that had consumed me for the past 18 months or more momentarily lifted whenever I casually bumped into him. We didn't know each other well, and would never be more to each other than casual friends of a mutual friend. Inexplicably, however, there was something about his rootedness to the world, the tenor of his Yankee accent and jaunty stride that transported me. While there was no way to convey my gratitude to him for this occasional but much welcomed reprieve from my continuing sadness, I nevertheless felt a weight lift in his presence.
"So, Jimmy," I greeted him with practically audible relief. "You're still here."
"Oh yeah," he laughed. "Where else would I go?"
In fact, he had tried—albeit briefly—to go somewhere else. It didn't take. A year or so earlier he'd somehow or other gotten the gumption and the money together to buy a plane ticket to the west coast. He wound up in Southern California, wondering if he might improve his fortunes. Instead he found himself hiking alongside one of the Golden State's innumerable Interstate highways. He watched the tangled spaghetti junctions of Interstate traffic intermingle above him. Beside him cars blew past with dizzying speed. The fact that he'd put himself almost squarely in the arms of death didn't seem to resonate with him—either then or later. What did resonate with him was the fact that this wasn't Maine. There were too many buildings and not enough space. The smog suffocated his vision of a quiet country life. No longer could he lope along a roadside and stick out a thumb until a friend in an ancient, rusty and non-descriptive truck stopped to pick him up. Los Angeles and its environs were surreal and artificial in a way that made Jimmy shiver. He packed his bags, flew home, and never looked back.
There was something pure in his demeanor and purpose. He knew who he was and where he belonged. He smiled a smile of beatific eventuality and shrugged. Our brief intersection on the road of life was about to end again—at least for the time being. I watched him jauntily walk away down a road that was as much a part of him as his well worn workman's fingernails.
I blabbed that I admired him and the life he had made for himself on the rugged Maine coast. That it was brave. It was then that he turned around and shrugged, that crooked smile lighting up his face.
"I'm not so sure about it being brave," he said. "But it's the only life I know."
The words seared into my consciousness and stayed there. The ordinary extraordinariness of Jimmy Lapointe left a lasting impression. I returned to his casually thrown, over-the-shoulder sentiment many times over the years.
Months after my sister and I fell out, I abruptly realized that I did understand why. Our relationship, built on the sand of an unstable childhood, had finally vanished into a dust bowl storm. The roles we had played for so long had wearied us and broken us down. We weren't ready to redefine and recreate them with regard to one another. We held onto what we had, preserving it even when it no longer served us. It was the only life we knew.
In the terrible first weeks of our estrangement I called out to the one person who I felt would understand, who had always understood: my brother. With keening sobs I called for him and asked him to show me a way back home—to where the crooked road was familiar and the elaborate play acts of family dynamics allowed one to survive.
I closed my eyes and saw him—wavy red hair, gold rimmed classes, penny loafers. He was wearing his favorite white Aran sweater and standing in the front room of my grandparents' Maine beach house. A heavy shadow framed him and I could only make out his silhouette. I spoke to him from the depth of my soul, without words.
"Step into the light," I pleaded. "Please, I can't see you."
"I am in the light," he responded kindly. "Now it's your turn to step in."
His tone was unhurried and steady. Tears streamed from my eyes.
A flashbulb of purple ignited in my mind's eye as his beloved vision faded. The room around me became quiet and still. As usual, he had understood me as no one else could. His wisdom, which was really the light of consciousness, shone through his departed form.
He had invited me to keep my mortal flesh but to join him in a place where there is no sorrow. Into the light and joyful life that our temporary forms have forgotten but our immortal souls have always known.
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Posted: January 12th, 2012 under Childhood Memories.
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Time January 13, 2012 at 7:47 am
Thank-you Lisa. That means a lot to me.
Comment from Raymond
Time February 9, 2012 at 11:53 pm
Beautiful story, though I can't help but feel that there's some very conflicting imagery you paint here.
What is it about "staying where you are" that you find to be so comforting and so pure? Do you feel as though you've been running away from your problems and emotions? From an outsider's perspective it doesn't seem that you have.
By leaving for university in England after losing your brother you were simply living your life. It was your illness along with your "profound" grief and your home sickness that brought you back to a more comfortable place, which is entirely reasonable.
As for Jimmy Lapoint, he was looking for something else, searching for something, yet he seemed to have given up. I can't help but think of the cowboys you teach at school — cowboys rooted in their environs. A cowboy should be reckless. A cowboy should overcome formidable obstacles, not retreat from them. At one point Lapoint admits, "I'm not so sure about … being brave." I don't think he is brave.
In the heart of this essay seems to be a woman who is greatly conflicted between moving on and staying put, living in the past and moving forward; it is far more difficult to look inward and face the truth about your relationship with your sister, which is exactly what you did. Jimmy Lapointe wouldn't have done that. He is afraid of exploration, and he retreated. "It's the only life I know," Lapoint said. But the road you've traveled has been far more perilous and, subsequently, rewarding. Maybe this is what your dream meant when your brother implored you to step forward.
"Step into the light," he said. If your brother was indeed in the light, why was he obscured by shadow? This reminds the reader of the smog that clouded Lapoint's vision when he was in search of enlightenment. But you have already been following the light.
It seems only natural to continue to grope for the past, to remain where you were, which is exactly what Lapoint has done. But you've moved forward and continue to do so. That will only help you understand more about yourself and your relationships, it's the only way to find whatever it is you are seeking.
To me it is this sentence, "I had merely lost a brother—she had lost her son and first born child," which I found to be most moving and most sad. It's as if you're saying you don't deserve to feel the way you do about your brother's suicide. Or that you can't compete with your mother's feelings and emotions. It might be worthwhile to explore this more fully.
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He was born March 13, 1925, in Erwin, Tennessee, the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Smith) Calloway. He was the youngest of nine children. As a young man he served in the CC Camps during the Great Depression.
He was a World War II Veteran and recipient of three Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. His service to his country was served from 1943 to 1948. He was engaged in the Battle(s) of the Rhineland, Central Europe and Northern France. He was retired from AAA Sign Company of Johnson City.
He was preceded in death by his parents as well as brothers, Dee, James and Jack Calloway; sisters Helen (Nell) Peterson, Ola Tipton, Orpha McIntosh, Ethel Willis and Hazel Calloway.
He is survived by sons, John Calloway (Jennifer), James Calloway (Penny), of Kingsport; and daughter, Betty Ann Koontz (Robert), of Jonesborough; grandchildren, David Calloway (Angela), Rhonda Straley, Renee Calloway, Katrinka Calloway Unold (Eric), Ginger Wright (Ben) and Ashley Berry (Terry); step-grandchildren Joshua Brazee (Jennifer) and Lindsey Brazee Sheffield (John); nieces, Doris Rizzuto (Michael), Betty Cox (Bill), Anna Pratt (Bob), Rosa Harris (Theodore), Opal Tapp, Jamie Coomer (Rick) and Nancy Corby (TL); nephews, Steve Calloway (Kay), Jack Calloway (Brenda), Wayne Calloway; and several great-grandchildren.
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Organized at New York City and mustered in at Washington, D. C., October 4, 1862.[1] They were known as or became part of the Second Regiment, Empire, Spinola's, Brigade; and the Hillhouse Light Infantry.[2]
Duty at Salsbury, N. C., till June. Mustered out June 29, 1865. Recruits transferred to 99th New York Infantry.
The New York State Military Museum website has a unit history project page for the 132nd Infantry Regiment.
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Company A - principally recruited from New York City, Brooklyn and Newtown, Suffolk County
Company B - principally recruited from New York City, Brooklyn and Staten Island
Company C - principally recruited from New York City
Company D - principally recruited from Brooklyn, Buffalo, Erie County; Lewiston, Niagara County , the reservations of the Allegany, Cattaraugus and Tuscarora Indians
Company E - principally recruited from New York City
Company F - principally recruited from New York City, Brooklyn and Staten Island
Company G - principally recruited from Suspension Bridge, Niagara County; Buffalo, Erie County, New York City and Brooklyn
Company H - principally recruited from New York City; Harlem, New York County; Buffalo,Erie County and Kingston, Ulster County
Company I - principally recruited from New York City, Brooklyn and Staten Island
Company K - principally recruited from New York City, Brooklyn and Staten Island
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Phisterer, Frederick. New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865, Albany : J.B. Lyon, 1912. Google Books, other libraries with this book, FHL Collection FHL book 974.7 M2p, FHL film 1486494-1486496
The Union Army : a History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861-65, Records of the Regiments in the Union Army, Cyclopedia of Battles, Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers, Reprint of original published: Madison, WI.: Federal Pub. Co., 1908. Other libraries with this book,FHL Collection FHL book 973 M2ua
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No July passes without baseball's All-Star game, and no All-Star game passes without most middle-aged farmboys recalling childhood dreams of playing professional baseball.
That's what we did two generations ago: We played baseball in daylight, we listened to baseball in twilight, we dreamt baseball at night.
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What, the 1964 Cardinals would not grow old while they waited for me to grow up?
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Not surprisingly, the cows on our dairy farm played an important part in my conjured up future of smooth double plays, luxurious airline travel, and endless autograph signing. The reason was simple: our farm's baseball field was, indeed, a field, the permanent heifer pasture across the road from our farmhouse.
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Worn-out disk blades served as bases, fence posts served as foul poles, and gawking, young Holsteins often roamed left and right fields alongside my brothers, sister and me.
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The team was organized by the father of one of the players a town over. Ernie D., a merchandiser for the local grain company, was born to coach; he was quiet, patient, and always teaching. He had to be all those things – as well as trainer, chauffeur, employment counselor, and sandwich maker – to whip us plow horses into race horses.
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Hi, pals,
I'm a green hand in VHDL and doing a very simple FFT. The first problem I encouter is how to program a 16 bits fixed point multiplier with 8 bits fraction. I don't want to use any multiplier module even they can save a huge number of logic gates. I just want to use "*" to do the multiplication.
But since the data type is fix point with fraction, I suppose the result have to be shifted after calculation by "*". But I am not sure about that and don't know how start this program.
Can anybody show me an example about this matter?
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vhdl multiply
First, if you are intending to use a fractional fixed notation like xxx.xxx, then you can perform multiplication by shifting each operand to the left by 8 and consider them as integers .Then, you can perform integer multiplication which can be performed by "*" .After finishing the multiplication, you must shift the result by 16 because you shifted each operand by 8 .If you only need 8 bits after the point, you can simply discard the rest of bits .
You can also use the IEEE floating point notation i.e you can represent the number as a sign ,exponent and magnitude .You simply multiply the magnitudes together and add the exponents .Note that this formats considers the number as 1.xxxeyyy i.e after magnitude multiplication, you may need to perform shifting till you achieve only 1 before the point ,and add the number of shifts to the exponent .
If your numbers' range is small I'd recommend the fixed point notation, but if you're expecting your system to handle large values of numbers, then you should consider the floating point notation .
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- 29th May 2007, 15:33
30th May 2007, 09:23 #3
vhdl x001
Thanks a lot. That's a really smart way to shift and treat it like integer.
- 30th May 2007, 09:23
3rd May 2009, 16:27 #4
vhdl fixed point multiplication
I have tried this, but it's not working with me,
i have inputs X, Y bit_vector( 9 downto 0), i'm having 7 decimal places
mulRes <= bit_vector((signed(X) * signed(Y))); -- mulRes bit_vector(19 downto 0)
res <= mulRes(16 downto 7);
mulRes = 00001101000000000000
res = 0110100000 which is not 3 :(
Have i understood something in a wrong way ??
Thanks in advance :) ...
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how to multiply integers in vhdl
Yes, you apparently misunderstood the concept of fractional numbers.
This is the correct fractional representation for sfixed(2 downto -7) format
Your example represents a different valueCode:X = 001 1000000 "1.5"
Generally, you have to multiply your input number (e.g. 1.5) with a power of two to get the integer representing the fractional number.Code:X = 001 1010000 "1.625"
3rd May 2009, 19:07 #6
vhdl multiply by fraction
YESSSSSSS, that's great,
sorry i thought in a wrong way,
It's working perfectlyyy,
Thank you so much :)
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20 Questions With... Tonya Pinkins
Editorial Staff • West End • 18 Dec 2006
Award-winning American actress Tonya Pinkins grew up in Chicago and studied musical theatre before moving to New York when she landed a role in Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, aged just 19.
She received the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Derwent Awards for Jelly's Last Jam, and also appeared in The Wild Party, Play On, and Chronicle of a Death Foretold on Broadway, as well as Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's 2004 Broadway musical Caroline, or Change, for which she received the Obie, Lortel and LA Drama Critics Awards and was nominated for a Tony Award.
She is now reprising her title performance in Caroline, or Change in the UK premiere production at the National Theatre, for which she has just been nominated for Best Actress in a Musical in this year's Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards (click here to vote now!). The musical has been nominated for four other Theatregoers' Choice Awards, including Best New Musical, and last month won the Evening Standard Award for Best Musical.
On television, Pinkins plays Livia Frye on long-running US soap All My Children. Her other screen work includes Sleeper Cell, Criminal Minds and Law and Order. She is the author of Get Over Yourself: How to Drop the Drama and Claim the Life You Deserve, and the founder of The Actorpreneur Attitude workshops.
Date & place of birth
Born 30 May 1963 in Chicago, Illinois.
Lives now in
While I'm in London I'm staying in the South Bank area, so I don't have far to go to get to the National.
Training? What made you want to become an actress?
I trained at St Nicholas Theater Company and William Esper Studio. I guess I've always had a very great imagination. My mother used to say she couldn't punish me if I'd been bad by not allowing me to go outside because I had more fun alone in my room making up stories, so that's probably how I got into acting.
First big break
At 19 years of age during my Christmas break from college I was cast in Merrily We Roll Along, and that was a really big break for me.
Career highlights to date
Jelly's Last Jam was a highlight, and I loved doing Caroline or Change on Broadway, and here, too! And I love All My Children, the soap opera I'm in over in America, because I have been watching it all my life. I grew up with those characters and sets. To actually now be in it is such a blast.
Favourite productions
Play On was fantastic because I don't get to do funny stuff very often, so that was very dear to me. And I was working with some extraordinary performers. I also birthed my daughter during that and was back three days later because I loved it so much I didn't want to miss any performances!
Favourite directors
George C Wolfe (who directed Caroline, or Change in the US and UK) and Gloria Muzio.
Favourite playwrights or musical writers
I love the musicals of Michael John LaChiusa and Larry Kramer; and of course I love Stephen Sondheim and William Finn. I guess Jeanine Tesori as well. I like people whose work is idiosyncratic, it is so specifically them that it's unmistakable. I love Stephen Schwartz too and quirky music.
What was the last stage production that had a big impact on you? And the first?
I have seen so many shows over here. I really loved Billy Elliot and I got to see two Billys during the course of the show. I think the first show I saw when I got here was Mary Poppins. The first show I ever saw might have been The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, but I saw so much theatre when I was growing up. I just loved theatre when I was a kid and I got to see extraordinary work because I grew up in Chicago and had the opportunity to work with people like David Mamet in high school.
What might you have done professionally if you hadn't become involved with theatre?
I probably would have been a lawyer, which I may still be before it's over! My first love was to be an author and I will do that as well as acting. My first book came out this year. It's called Get Over Yourself, and it's part memoir and part motivational with lots of confidence techniques.
What would you advise the government – or the industry - to secure the future of theatre?
Everything has become so commercial I don't think advising them what to do matters. My advice would be to creatives not to sell out. They should create a commercial vehicle that still inspires people to get on the stage and not just to be the next American Idol.
What do awards mean to you?
I think losing the Tony for Caroline, or Change was an incredibly powerful experience for me. It makes you realise you're at a certain point in your career and you are in this club of performers and just getting into the club is really an accomplishment, it's not the actual winning that matters. There is also a great level of responsibility that goes with winning awards at that level and realising how many people were working for me to win and taking care of their sadness when I didn't win was surreal. It almost feels like a presidential election!
What's the best advice you've ever received?
Geraldine Fitzgerald gave me the best advice, when I was in the midst of doing Merrily and everything was going wrong and it was so stressful. I wrote to her and said "how do you do it all the time?", and she said "we do it because we love it and it's the only thing we do, and the only thing we really get out of it is doing a job we love." That really helped me.
Do you prefer working on stage or screen?
I prefer getting to do it all. I'm going home this weekend to do a movie, a soap opera and a commercial, and then coming back to the National at the start of the week. I like being creative and doing lots of different projects.
Favourite books
Oh gosh, so so many. I love to read, I get through about 100 books a year. One of my favourites is One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Reading has always been a sanctuary for me. I read a lot of non-fiction, as well as some novels.
Favourite holiday destinations
I love Mexico and Brazil; I like to travel but there's so much of the world I haven't seen yet.
Why did you want to accept your role in Caroline, or Change?
It was an opportunity to work with George C Wolfe again and Tony Kushner, who is wonderful. My ten-year-old and seven-year-old have probably seen it 20 or 30 times now. Although I'm still loving it, on my day off I have to say "I'm not at work!" because they keep singing it all the time, they love it.
What does change mean in relation to the musical?
It has so much symbolism; the change in the moon, the change in the household, the changes that have already happened and the changes that are yet to come, and the change in Caroline. The changes in the wider world are huge, such as the assassination of JFK. That was the death of innocence because it was the first time anyone saw someone get killed live on TV. There's a lot of change in there, which is portrayed in many different ways. The small changes in Caroline are reflected in the world around her.
How do you think Caroline, or Change compares to the many musicals currently in the West End?
I think a lot of what musical theatre has become is sort of brand shows, like McDonalds is a brand and you know that everywhere in the world you're going to get the same thing. Some of the shows have become brands and it's taken away the originality of musical theatre. What makes Caroline, or Change stand out is that the spectacle is not a chandelier falling or a helicopter, but the fragility of the human heart. The average show is not so personal and quietly moving as this one is.
How did you research the role of Caroline? In what ways do you identify with the character?
At the exact time I was asked to do it I was 39 and had four kids - three boys and a girl - and all these external connections with Caroline. Also I had gone through some really hard things so, when I first did it, I felt it was really easy for me because I was Caroline! The process has been very cathartic and healing because it gave me the chance to put all of those issues I wanted to confront in my own life into perspective. To be honest I didn't really have to research the role itself at all, but I did have to do a lot of research about the history of the piece because I was only a baby when all that was going on!
How does it feel to be reprising your turn as Caroline at the National?
It's fantastic. It's a happiness I've never known. I've really had the happiest time of my life here.
What do you think audiences enjoy most about the musical?
It feels like a very holy experience. It's like a ministry, people will be telling you about things that didn't happen in the show but it took them somewhere in their minds that they wanted to see. Everyone who comes to it goes away with something else. The story has such universal ramifications as well as that very, deeply personal side to it.
And what do you enjoy most?
It's just wonderful to get an opportunity to play a part that calls on every single thing I have. This really takes all my capacity and it is a wonderful challenge.
What are your future plans?
I have a platform at the National on 3 January just before the end of the run, and a book-signing also at the NT. And it looks like I'm going to be coming back here and doing some concerts and some book-signings again in the near future. And of course I continue to work in the US both acting and lecturing - I'm as passionate about teaching as I am about acting.
- Tonya Pinkins was speaking to Caroline Ansdell
Caroline, or Change opened on 19 October 2006 (following previews from 10 October) at the National Theatre where it continues until 4 January 2007.


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I calculate that 85% of you have no idea who I am and the rest thought I'd been in Pakistan doing bad things to Bin Laden for the last 2 ½ years (a rumor I wouldn't mind starting, actually). So to introduce myself to the majority: I blogged heavily about five years ago, mostly political rants and pictures of my dogs, and one day Bill Whittle left a comment on my site about gun control that blew my mind. I posted it on the main page, it blew everyone else's minds too, and Bill decided to start his own blog. Hence our friendship.
For mysterious reasons understood by none, especially me, people liked my blog, but I nonetheless suddenly quit publishing it a few years ago. Which was probably the most boneheaded thing I ever did, because soon after, blog ads became shockingly lucrative. Could I have missed a bigger boat? It's a perfect example of how I look smarter than I really am; I walked away from a blog that was averaging about 5,000 hits a day (for a brief shining few weeks, upwards of 20,000), which at the time, was pretty damn sweet traffic, long before "gossip" blogs started making jackasses like Perez Hilton rich and famous.
I had reasons for walking away, besides being stone-cold stupid. Some had to do with my personal life: a husband who didn't like my name all over the Internet because of potential nutburger stalkers (which caused me to rename my blog BLUE-EYED INFIDEL, a branding move on par with renaming Coca-Cola "Happy Fun Drink"); some had to do with my own sanity (had only one computer, which I worked on all day and which therefore made me want to cut myself if I stared at it any longer than necessary); and the rest purely derived from the aforementioned boneheadedness. I'd lost sight of why I was blogging in the first place and had played right into the sweaty little hands of a few trolls and hate-mailers.
But things have changed. For one, I no longer have the husband. I know, I know. It's some sort of Shame Record for short marriages (two years) but hey, my ex is now one of my best friends and that's something to be proud of. For another thing, I have a laptop, which makes me want to blog my ass off from anywhere in the house or yard. And last but not least, I'm older and smarter. I turned 35 last month and something about reaching that age makes me feel totally ballsy. I'm ready to berate asshats once more, baby!
And I've started paying attention to the news again, which is like watching a bunch of circus clowns throwing poop at each other. The headline on Drudge as I write this is about John McCain using "a curse word associated with chickens" while arguing with John Cornyn over immigration. Seriously? Did he call him a Chicken-F---er? Someone throw me a bone; I'm in the dark here. Hillary is going to run for president – oh god, yes, please. This election should be almost as hilarious as the last one. Al Gore has amped up his fearmongering and even though I do think we're doing all sorts of naughty things to Earth, god, do I still hate that guy. And my favorite morbidly obese nutjob in the whole world, one Mr. Michael Moore, is back with a new "documentary". It's like manna from heaven, there for me to munch away on.
So, RachelLucas.com is back up. Bill made my banner and has given me the best encouragement a friend could ever give. I can't thank him enough for that and for letting me announce my return here. Go buy his Second Edition, it's even more awesome!
And I also want to thank each of you who's given me a wave in his comment section, or asked about me in emails or on your own blogs. I've missed you all a hell of a lot, and it's great to be back.Posted by Proteus at May 19, 2007 12:35 PM
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Now let's see some distributed intelligence and basic human decency! Don't make me come down there every five minutes!
Man, is it good to hear that voice again. The Eyes of Texas are Upon You, Rachel! You Cannot Get Away!
It's so good to have you back, old friend.
Rachel! Both you and Bill are coming back? Should we be looking for the other horsemen?
Can't wait for the rants to return. Welcome back girl!
Damn, Rachel, it's about time.
I don't think you realize how much your voice has been missed. Welcome back, and give 'em hell.
Hello Rachel
Pleased to meet you,..
I have to get back to my chaos,
Talk to ya, later.
It seemed like much longer than just a couple of years, Rache. Damn good to have the Blue-eyed Infidel back on the warpath...
The only chicken related curse I can think of is Chicken Sh!t.
Welcome back, Rachel, we missed you. Heck, we came That >||
Welcome back Rachel..
I still remember my absolute agreement with your comments about the LOTR series..
Tis a shame about the husband thing.. a good one is worth keeping.
Welcome back to blogging, Ms. Lucas. :)
I look forward to seeing what everyone else seems to know intrinsically. :)
The only thing I can think of is "chickenhawk", which I didn't even know was a curse as opposed to a mere epithet.
Now to get back to *my* chaos breaking my butt hauling pickets.
I never got the chance to read the rants that had everyone going on about Rachel, as I only came in on this scene just about the end of the term of the Blue-Eyed Infidel page, so I look forward to it. I already have one quote to work on:
Hillary is going to run for president ? oh god, yes, please. This election should be almost as hilarious as the last one.
I should think it would be even more Hillary-ous this time.
Note to self: either the strike tag doesn't work here or I don't remember how to do it right.
Welcome back, Rachel :-)
I didn't have the pleasure of reading you before - was interesting to read that you got Bill into blogging. Like many here, I started to read Bill, kept him in my rss feeds through many dark days and nights, and am delighted to see his return - I'm a fellow-pilot, but mostly fly airplanes without engines (though toying with the idea of motorgliders).
Bill kinda reminds me of Richard Bach, but maybe more down to earth (like the new graphics, Bill, but liked the "dang" in the old one - it seemed to sum up our predicament)
With insanity in the world apparently increasing day-by-day, we certainly need places where we can remind ourselves that we are not insane - thanks Bill and Rachel!
*Ducks flying rotten vegetation thrown because of horrible attempt at humor*
Nope, you're right LabRat. I even went and double-checked the html tag to use. It didn't work for me, either.
Oh, just noticed the return of the dang - Dang!
Welcome back, Rachel! Drop us a line if you have the time or inclination.
WOO HOO! The Duchess is back!
And don't be so modest about how you got Bill started. You didn't just put a comment on the main page. You edited together several comments into a full blown essay, and then posted it. Seemed like no big cheese at the time, I know, but in hindsight it was a master stroke.
As far as the horsemen, HScott: Bill and Rachel are back; can Steven Den Beste be far behind? **gallUP gallUP gallUP...** :D
Darling Rachel is back? There is hope for the Republic yet!
I. Am. Grinning.
At least one hit a day on your site during your hiatus was due to me. Checking. You know. Just in case.
It's great to have you back, Rachel.
Welcome back Rachel you have been missed by many.
God save the queen! :)
Welcome back, let the venting of the spleen begin.
Another daily clicker here, all through the "dark ages". Greatly encouraged to see you saddling up again. Welcome Back!
Great to see you back, Rachel! Sorry to hear about John, but...you never know. Sometimes a brief Starter Marriage is exactly what you need, to get the next one right.
Baby Fist of Fury?
Doesn't quite have the ring of Floating Baby Head.
Seriously, Rachel, it's great to have you back. I hope you have your archives tucked away someplace safe and can give us a periodic "Best of" for the poor folks who missed out the first time.
Male Chicken = Rooster = Cock
My vote says he called his opponent a cocksucker. Just a guess. Washington politics at its finest!
Wow! This made my day.
Welcome back, Rachel.
I like the two-fer. Extra time for me to waste getting smart reading your blogs, guys. Now I have a hankering to go update myself.
Welcome back, from just one of the countless blogs you directly inspired.
Please accept my sincere thanks for all that your blog was then, and even the moreso for your return now.
The trite thing would be to say that the timing of your return is splendid, and not a moment too soon. Truth is though, the time is always right for your voice to be heard.
Welcome back. Hopefully, evermore.
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Joining the chorus here, Rachel, seeing as it is Sunday morning in my corner of the world.
Welcome Home!
Uh, yeah, chicken... what would be the word that ole McCain of McCain-Feingold and McCain-Kennedy would use as an epithet? Lemme' think, lemme' think... nope, drawin' a complete blank, can't even guess.
I don't suppose you're the recipient of the flattery by emulation of redheadedinfidel over at ER? Hmmm....
In any case, I think it's wonderful how many people are thrilled to have you back, and so I look forward to becoming a fan as well.
Pacificos for everyone -- and Guinnesses.
BTW, Sen. Cornyn got an atta' boy from me yesterday.
Bill and Rachel back in business; my days just got a little brighter!
wow! the original gun control discussion on Rachel's blog where Bill began putting together "Freedom"
We've never met but I have met Bill. If you are responsible for his blogging then you are A-OK by me.
I look forward to your take on everything.
Best wishes,
Welcome back.
I believe the term you're looking for is "chickenshit."
I actually found your blog through Bill's. Somehow through all that found "Armed Citizen" Kim. I went to a gathering some years ago at Kim's, (one can almost hit his house with a rock from mine, if one were rude enough to be throwing rocks...) hoping to meet you, among others. I think I met your sister there, though.
And was very bummed when you quit ranting, and can hardly wait to see what you will do with such a target rich environment.
BTW, you missed an amazing feed at Kim's. That Mrs. du Toit is one stellar cook!
I actually discovered Rachel's blog through Bill's sidelinks a few years ago. If Bill was the cool professor who got you interested in the subject he was teaching because he was so articulate, personable, and just so optimistic and inspiring, then Rachel was the girl in the leather jacket smoking cigarettes in the back of class. You just wanted to hang out with her because she was so damn cool and uninhibited. Welcome back, Rachel. Looking forward to the rants.
wow! the original gun control discussion on Rachel's blog where Bill began putting together "Freedom"
Ack! I certainly liked Bill's essay, every time I read it, and the little extras that were there as replies to other people's comments were a refreshing addition, but then going through the comments and seeing the ones from that arrogant, condescending a--hole "Angel Shamaya" nearly ruined it.
WayneB, I confess I only read Bill and Rachel's writings.
Perhaps "discussion" was the wrong word though, considering the "contributions" of some of the other posters, as you pointed out. :D
John, no worries. I get over things like that quickly.
Rachel, it is so good to see you back online again. Change is good, or so I'm told. This change, with you back to posting, is very, very good.
Welcome back, Rachel!
An aside: If you find comment entries are slow, here's why.
Welcome back, Rachel. You've been missed.
Hey, Bill, How 'bout posting "the comment that started it all" for those of us who weren't fortunate enough to follow your career from the beginning?
Great! Two of the reasons I started reading blogs are back in the business.
Welcome back!
Gun control comments make me proud to be an American. Thanks for encouraging Bill, Rachel and it's a pleasure to make your digital acquaintance.
And is it possible Mc Cain used the expression "Chicken S#$%, C$%#sucker?" In describing how our elected government is handling our borders? Who'd-a-thunk?
I think this wisdom from John Adams is appropriate here as well. It suits the times like it was written last week.
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
-- Samuel Adams
Whatever could this mean today?
I'm so glad you're back Rachel. My husband and I have missed your 'piquant rants'. And I remember when you told off the idiot for not knowing the difference between 'ordinance' and 'ordnance'.
Thanks, Bill, for your part in all of this, too!
*happy dance ensues*
In the spirit of Ejectia -
I'm writing an essay on a modest proposal for imigration reform. I need a lawyer to bounce an idea off of. Is there one out there that can give me a few minutes? Bill will vouch for me.
Email me at rtriley at gmail.com
Hi -
The world, despite all the problems, is slowly going right again (pun intended):
Bill is back...
Rachel (RACHEL!!!!) is back...
And the socialists are out of power in France...
Man, things are really looking up... :-)
Great to see y'all back!
Welcome back Miss Rachel.
Glad to see you as you were sorely missed.
'bout friggin' time! How often I have pined for Rachel's rants on the UTTER stupidity that has plagued us for the past several years. Bill, Jimbo, and Denny keep the laughs coming...but NO ONE can fisk babs, mikey, al, hitlery, etc like Rachel. No one!
Dear lady,
I do not know you except by reputation. Nevertheless, a gentleman from Santa Fe sends his greetings across the vast expanse of the Internet to a near neighbor. Proximity is reduced to the length of a keyboard.
I am very much looking forward to your rapier-sharp commentary. My own posts tend to be from the buckler and falchion school of combat. Look your enemy in the eye as you spill his guts in the sand. It's a rhetorical exercise, of course, and I don't mean to suggest that I would actually gut an opponent just to get a mouthful of warm liver (but I have thought about it). Needs onions.
I merely introduce myself as a swordsman of sorts. Lay on, lass. Do the job well enough and there's no telling what sort of support you'll find guarding your backside when you need it.
Rhetoric is interesting, but action in the pinch is definative.
We need Rachel back as much as we need Fred Thompson to run for POTUS.
Run Fred Run.
Lady Heather, I second that.
As I said over on Kim's site, even my wife (who's hero was Jimmeh Cahduh) says she would vote for him if he runs. With cross-the-aisle support like that, he'd be a shoe-in.
That rates a...
Dang, dude.
Well done!
Oh please Mr Thompson sir, please, save us all, won't you? Please?
He's being very, very cool. Hanging back, watching the others wear themselves out, make all the big mistakes, say this and that... hanging back. Oh yeah.
Welcome back, Rachel. You know, I never took you off my blogroll. I had a feeling....
I was right! And boy, and I glad it turned out that way!
BOTH Rachel AND Bill are back !!!
I thought she was gutting grackles with Sunny all this time.
Let me add my name to the long list of people who are very glad to have you back. You were missed.
I was like Bill Quick in that I couldn't bring myself to drop you from my blogroll. And now I won't get depressed by clicking on the link anymore.
Days like this are what make a parent proud. Dad
Mr. Lucas, on behalf of millions of people your daughter has touched, allow me to say thank you and GOOD WORK SIR!
I would not be here without her, that is certain.
Funny how life works, huh?
Richard Riley,
I will suggest that you go over to http://taxes-stupidity-and-death.blogspot.com/ and ask for Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateur - attorney and all-around sharp fellow (it's his blog).
Tell him I sent you by way of the Rott.
- MuscleDaddy
Glad to have you back. Missed your rantings quite a bit.
Now fix your site so we can comment there!
Thank you for coming back!
You're the only person I have ever had the good fortune to read that can use the terms "Chicken F--ker", "fearmongering", "morbidly obese nutjob", "manna from heaven" and "circus clowns throwing poop" all in the same paragraph it all makes perfect sense!
When we get Bill to run for President in '08, will you be his speech writer?
Yippee! You're back!!
Oh happy happy day - this is like way better than anything. You had the sweetest sass in the business, and now you're back!
You introduced me to the blog world after I stumbled on to your site during the Trent Lott "SCANDAL". I still drink my morning coffee from the mug, sent one to my cousin also. It brightens my day to see your smiling face.
I work at a fire station in Liberal Seattle and you were a voice of humor and reason for us. Thanks for returning, we missed you.
Sooo glad to see you back. You were one of my daily readings on the net way back when. If we could only get Steven DenBeste back blogging it would be like old times.
Bill or anyone else know what happened to Miss Rachel's Blog? I only discovered it yesterday and went to check in today for updates, and it is gone, having been replaced by some evil looking generic advertising banner. Inquiring minds want to know what happened.
Have fun ;)!
whois returns "status: locked" on rachellucas.com.
She needs to pay her domain bill.
whois returns "status: locked" on rachellucas.com and the domain expired 5/31/07:
Creation date: 31 May 2002 21:30:06
Expiration date: 31 May 2007 21:30:06
She needs to pay her domain bill.
I emailed you about two months ago about Rachel, and bless your heart for getting her to start back up! Thank you thank you thank you!
I read Rachel's blog regularly before she went on hiatus. I've been away a while, too, now trying to catch up on the Really Good Stuff, so it was great to see that she's back.
Blog on, Rachel!
(I'll get signed in soon as I get a spare moment.)
About them "miracle bullets": Maybe it was a new team of IDF recruits, and they didn't want to wake the neighbors, so they just threw the bullets.
I'd like to know if that photo is still there - I didn't see it - things like that are classic, and do as much as we can to unmask the duplicity of the other side.


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The restaurant-devoted-to-one-thing concept is nothing new in this city. We've got all cupcake, all macaroni and cheese, all tiramisu, and countless more. But what we didn't have was a spot selling pudding, and only pudding*. Enter Puddin NYC, opening in the East Village next week. They've got the classics like vanilla (made with Madagascar beans) and chocolate (with 70 percent chocolate all the way from Iceland), but they've also got banana, coconut, and a variety of parfait combinations. The shop also features nineteen different toppings, ranging from homemade sprinkles to red velvet cake. You can check out the full menu here for now, and in person when the shop opens next week. No word yet on how Bill Cosby feels about this. [Urban Daddy]
Puddin NYC, 102 St. Marks Pl., nr. First Ave.; 216-513-5074
*Rice to Riches, as it sells only rice pudding, does not count.


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School Fortunate to Have Armed Security Personnel
Story by: Jesus Rivera
Twenty-six lives are now gone. Twenty of them young elementary-aged children and six adults, after a tragic elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
From that day on, I am sure many of our readers were thinking, What if this happened to me? What if this happened at my school? Am I safe today?
Let me assure you that indeed you are safe here at South High School. Emergency plans were put in place many years ago to ensure student and faculty safety.
South High is locked down during the day with only two points of entry (main front entrance and the commons). South High has two highly trained armed professionals who monitor the building, a police force that regularly uses schools to train for these situations, a staff that is committed to keeping students safe, and overall a safe community.
Those two highly trained professionals are our very own Officer Tim Eirich and Officer Andy Kundinger, who both have SWAT Training and experience. Principal Michael Trimberger said, "It is this expertise we are using to ensure that our practices keep everyone at SHS safe."
Trimberger points out that when events like this happen, "many will overreact and call for changes."
I am sure that many of you can relate. But on a positive note, a new state law will require schools to practice lockdown procedures, starting for us at the beginning of second semester.
I would like to end this with an excerpt from an email I received from Principal Trimberger. "Events like this have an impact on everyone. When events like this happen in a school it causes a ripple effect that can be both positive and negative."
"On a negative note, many will overreact and call for changes that are not appropriate, point fingers, cause undue anxiety."
"On a positive note, it gives schools an opportunity to look at procedures and practices to ensure that they are prepared for the unthinkable. It also allows us to recognize that we are prepared and will do everything possible to make South High School safe," Trimberger added.


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Cumberland council OKs growth ordinance review, new easement
CUMBERLAND — The Town Council on Monday unanimously approved appointment of an ad hoc committee to review and possibly revise the town's growth management and impact fee ordinances.
Town Manager Bill Shane said the growth ordinance limits the number of building permits issued by the town each year to 46. But the town has not reached that cap since 2000. It hit 34 in fiscal 2003, 12 in fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2010, and nine in fiscal 2011.
"So we're looking at (whether) the growth ordinance make sense. Should we get rid of it?," he said. "Is it something that it's time has passed? Especially with this declining population in the schools ... we should be looking at maybe encouraging some residential growth."
The impact fees are what the town charges new residential properties, and they can typically run from $3,000 to $10,000 depending on the size of the home being built, Shane said. The first 500 square feet of a building are exempt from the fees, which could be changed, he noted.
"If you had a choice between Town A and Town B, and Cumberland was that much more expensive because of the impact fee, you may go with a different direction," Shane said.
He said the town collected $62,000 about 10 years ago when it started charging impact fees. Annual revenue peaked around 2003 with $127,000 and has since dropped to $33,000. Use of the fee revenue is dedicated to open space and recreation costs.
The committee, composed of Planning Board members Chris Neagle and Peter Bingham and Town Councilors Tom Gruber, Shirley Storey-King and Ron Copp, is due to report back to the council by Dec. 31.
Village Green open space
The council also unanimously approved two motions concerning the Village Green Revitalization Master Plan project, to be located off Drowne Road and Wyman Way.
The first phase of the plan, currently before the Planning Board, will involve the development of the 40.7-acre Doane property as a 59-lot residential subdivision with a mix of single-family and duplex homes.
The first motion authorized Shane to accept a 20-foot public pedestrian easement from Bateman Partners, the project developer. That town easement will be in the southern section of the property and connect with the Town Forest. It will connect to a sidewalk along the upcoming public road extension of Drowne Road.
The second motion conveyed to Bateman the council's desire that the open space – except for the public easement – remain with the developer, as recommended by Shane and the Lands and Conservation Commission.
Shane said the town requires a subdivision to have a certain amount of open space. "Typically, it's a matter of choice between the town and developer whether it becomes town open space or it remains as part of the subdivision," he said.
Shane noted that since the town's last revaluation in 2008, a subdivision's open space parcel has not been assessed a taxable value. The town assessor feels the open space adds to an individual lot's value, "and that the value of the open space is captured in the price of the individual home sales. I concur with his reasoning," Shane added in a memo to the council.
The approximately 17 acres of open space are not conducive to usable public open space, Shane said.


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PYROMAGNETO ELECTRIC GENERATOR. No. 428,057. Pzit ented May 13, 1890.
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NIKQLA TESLA, or New YORK, N. IYJ, AssIeNoR or ONE-HALF To. en ance v r. men, or ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY;
srncmcatrron forming part of Letters Patentflo. 428,057, dated my 13,1890. Original application filed In as, 1887; else so. 239,481. mean a thit'application 'fllod my as, 1889, steam. 812.069-
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Be it known that I, NIKOLA TESLA, a subj ect of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, from Smiljan, Lika, border country of Austria-Hungary, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Im provemcuts in Electrical Generators, of which the following is a specification. This application is a division of an application filed by me May 26, 1887,Serial No. 239,481.
This invention is an improved form of' electrical generator based upon the following well-known laws: electrical energy is developed in any conductis ing-body by subjecting such body to a. varying magnetic influence, and, second, that the magnetic properties of iron or other magnetic substance may be partially or entirely destroyed or caused to disappear by raising it to .a certain temperature, but restored and caused to reappear by again lowering its temperature to acertain degree. These laws may be applied inthe production of electrical currents in many ways, the principle of whichis. 2 5 in all cases the same-via, to sub ect a conductor to a varying magnetic influence, producing such variations by the application of heat, or, more strictly speaking, by the application or action of a varying temperature upon the source of the magnetism. This principle of operation may be illustrated by a siln-fl ple experiment: Place end to. end, and preferably in actual contact, a permanently-magnetized steel bar and a strip or bar of. soft 3 5 iron. Around the end of the iron bar or plate Y wind'a'ooilo'f insulated wire Then apply to the iron between the coilandthe steel bar a flame or-other source of heat which will be capable of raising that'portion of the iron to 40 an orange-red, ora temperature of about 600 centigrade. When this condition is reached, the ironsomewhat suddenlyloses its magnetic properties, if it be very thin, and the same elfects produced as though the iron had been moved away from the magnet or the heated I section had been removed. This change-of condition, however, is accompanied by a shift in g of the magnetic lines, or, inother words by a variation in the magnetic influence to wh ph First, that electricity orthe coil is exposed, and a current in the'coil 5c is the result.- --Then remove the flame or in any other way reduce. the temperature of the iron. The lowering of its temperature is accompanied' by a return of its magnetic prop erties, and another change of magnetic con- 5 5 ditions occurs, accompanied by a current in an opposite direction in the coil. The same operation may be repeated indefinitely, the effect upon the ,coil being similar to that which would follow from moving the magnet-- i zed bar to and from the end of the iron bar The device forming the subject of my present invention. is an improved means of obtaining this result, the features of novelty in 6 which theinvention resides being, first, theemployment of an artificial cooling device, and,
second, inclosing the source of heat and that portion of themagnetic circuit exposed to the heat and artificially'cooling the/said heated part. These improvements are applicable generally to the generators constructed on the plan above described-that is to say, I may use an artificial cooling device in conjunction with .a'variable or varied or uniform source of heat. I prefer, however, to employ a uni- 'f0rm heat.
In the drawingsI have illustrated a device constructed in accordance with my invention.
Figure. 1 is'a central vertical longitudinal section of the complete apparatus. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the magnetic armature-core of the generator. I a Let A represent ,a' rnagnetized by an armature-core composed of a casing or shell'B inclosing a number of-hollcw iron 'tubes 0. Around this core are wound the conductors E E, to form the coils in which the currents are developed. In the circuits on of these'coils are-translating devices, as FF. Dis a furnace or closed fire-box, through which the central portion of the core B extends. Above the lire-is aboiler K, contaim ing water. The flue L fromthe fire-box may 5. extend up through the boiler. p G isa water-supply pipe, and H is thesteamexhaust pipe, which communicates with all core or per maneii't ina'gnet the poles of which are bridged the tubes in the armature B, so that steam escaping from the boiler will pass through said tubes.
In the steam-exhaust pipe H is a valve V, to which is connected the lever I, by the move ment oftwhich the said valve is opened or closed. In such aease as this the heat of the. fire may be utilized for other purposes after to plied to heating the core 13.1 There are special advantages in them ing device, in that the metal of the core B is not so quickly oxidized. Moreover, the difference between the temperature of the-apgas or fluid be applied as the'cooling medium, may be increased or decreasedat will, whereby the rapidity of the magnetioichanges or fluctuations may be regulated.
is concerned,,the specificconstrnction ot the. apparatus is largely immaterial; however, claim in this. application, broadly,
- theapplieation of a variableheat to vary the magnetic conditions of a field of -foree in which" 'aninduced conductor isconta'in'ed.
P1 3 1116; 0i avcool plied heat and of the steam, air, or whatever In so far as my present invention, broadly,
I do-not,
What lclaim is 1. In an electrical generator, the combination, with a magnetized core or body and a conductor within the field of force produced thereby, of an inclosed source of heat applied to a portion of saidcore, and an artificial cooling device for reducing the temperature of the heated portionthereof, asset forth. as mnchof it as may be needed has been ap- 2. The combination, with a magnetized core 3 5 ul body ands conductor under the influence thereof, of an inelosed source of heat applied to a portion of said core, means for bringing a cooling gas or fluid in contact with the heated portion of the core, and means for con- 46- trolling. the admission of the same.
3. Thecombinatiomwitha magnetizedcore containing passages or channels, and coils wonn'd thereon, of means for applying heat to aportion of the core, and; a connection with a boiler for admitting steam into the channelegas set fortln NIKOLA TESLA.
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A woman sits alone starring into a frigid,
Wind-swept snow through a frosted window
Moistened by her breath.
Deeply she breathes with melodious ease
Preoccupied by the moment,
Unaware and too upset to care.
Eyes desolate, glowering in disbelief
Stare into a realm of her own making
Forlorn, untouchable, inconsolable.
Tightly she grasps a woven blanket
Upon her legs draping, swaying
Above the floor.
The odor of burnt wood pervades the air;
From a hearth the crackle of embers
Echo through a shrouding silence.
From among the shadows a young girl
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Into her ear.
The eyes of the woman awoke,
Surprised by the young child
As they tenderly embraced;
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Nepal Tourism Board in collaboration with Nepal Association of Tour Operators (NATO), Cathay Pacific, Dragon Air and Cathay Holidays organized the Japan Sales Mission 2012 in Royal Park Hotel in Tokyo on 11th May2012, just after the complication of Korea sales mission in Seoul and Busan. Same team of Nepalese private sectors Shangri-La Tours, Amravati Travels Pvt. Ltd and C&K Nepal Travel and Tours participated in the Japan Sales Mission 2012.
In the first quarter of Year 2012, Japanese market shows its gradual improvement and promising signs of repossessing in the total arrivals. To accelerate the momentum, private sector took the initiation to mark their presence and explore the new venture in the Japanese market.
Sales mission programme was graced by Japanese former Ambassador to Nepal and President of Japan- Nepal Society Mr. Mitsuaki Kojima and Mr. Tapas Adhikari, Deputy Chief of the Mission at Nepalese Embassy in Japan amidst 50 prominent media and travel trade.
The event started with B2B session of travel trade. Interaction between Nepal/Japan business participants was optimistic in seeing the visitor numbers surge in the coming days.
Mr. Tapas Adhikari welcomed and assured the travel trade partners for the full cooperation of Nepalese Embassy in their ventures. During the program country presentation was made by Mr. Hikmat Singh Ayer, Director, NTB. Main focus of the presentation was on Visit Lumbini Year 2012. He featured Nepal as a gateway to Buddhist Circuit in South Asia and Tibet. Bodhgaya, Sarnath, and Kushinagar can be visited by land after visiting Lumbini- the birth place of Lord Buddha. Presentation was followed by questions and answers from the potential buyers and Media personnels.
Similarly, Cathay Pacific Airways Sales Manager in Tokyo Mr. Shuichi Ueba gave his presentation about companies present flying schedule and future plan to expand more connectivity between Nepal and Japan via Hong Kong. NATOs President Mr Ashok Pokharel gave the vote of thanks to the partner agencies and invited participants of the event.
The participants made queries regarding the Nepal Government campaign Visit Lumbini Year 2012 and its special preparation in Lumbini area. Media personals had shown their keen interest to showcase Nepal if media Fam trips from Nepal is organised.
Dawa Steven Sherpa, 28-year-old mountain guide and adventure pioneer from Nepal, has been awarded the first ever WWF International President�s Award during a special ceremony at global conservation organization WWF�s Annual Conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Now a professional guide, mountaineer and conservation activist in the Himalayan region where he grew up, Dawa Steven Sherpa is a graduate in business administration and heads an adventure trekking company that encourages respect for nature among mountaineers and explorers. He had climbed four 8,000-metre peaks by the age of 24 � including Mount Everest, twice.
The new WWF International President�s Award has been created to acknowledge and encourage outstanding achievements of young people under the age of 30 who are making strong and compelling contributions to nature conservation around the world.
�It is my great pleasure to present this inaugural WWF International President�s Award to such an inspiring and exceptional young individual as Dawa Steven Sherpa � who has already inspired so many to take action to save the planet,� said Yolanda Kakabadse, WWF International President.
�This new award enables WWF to shine a light on brilliant young people who are working in the field to protect the natural world, and my dearest wish is that it inspires others with the energy and ambition to achieve great heights too. We desperately need young leaders and pioneers in nature conservation. If anyone can inspire others to do their bit for the planet, it is Dawa Steven Sherpa.�
�Dawa Steven was WWF Nepal�s Climate Ambassador under the �Climate For Life� campaign in 2010 in which Dawa joined hands with legendary mountaineer Apa Sherpa to embark on an expedition through 10 European cities to raise awareness about the impacts of climate change in the Himalayas,� stated Mr. Anil Manandhar, Country Representative of WWF Nepal. �The WWF International President�s Award to Dawa Steven underscores the potential of today�s youth in Nepal to be the change they want to see,� he added.
Raised in Kathmandu, Nepal, Dawahas been organizing successful Eco Everest Expeditions since 2008 � drawing international attention to the impact of climate change on Himalayan people and their environment. His expeditions use solar cookers, and he started a �cash for trash� scheme where climbers are paid to bring garbage back down off the mountain; 15,000kg of waste has been collected since 2008 through the scheme. He also works with local youth to inspire and empower them to become active in mountain protection.
The WWF International President�s Award will be presented annually, and nominations are invited via WWF offices around the world.
The Embassy of Nepal in Geneva organized a special Nepal Promotional Programme in Rome, Italy, on May 15 as part of activities under the economic diplomacy and in cooperation with the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) Italy and the Honorary Consul of Nepal in Rome. The Embassy of Nepal in Geneva is concurrently accredited to the Republic of Italy.
The programme that included comprehensive audiovisual presentations on different aspects of the economic diplomacy of Nepal, was inaugurated by Shanker D. Bairagi, Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations in Geneva, by lighting the traditional Nepalis oil lamp amidst a large gathering of Italian travel agents, tour operators, travel writers, journalists, mountaineers, potential tourists, business community, and representatives of NRNA and other Nepalis organizations.
Speaking at the function, Ambassador Bairagi said that the Government of Nepal has given priority to economic diplomacy in its external relations and that securing an enhanced flow of ODA, promoting Nepal's exports, attracting foreign direct investment and technology in productive sectors, promoting tourism and securing overseas employment opportunities for the Nepalese workers are among the key components of the economy diplomacy. He stated that organizing Nepal promotion event in Italy was very important from Nepal's overall relationship with European Union member states which together constitute the largest source of Official Development Assistance, one of the largest trading partners as well as one of the largest sources of tourists origin. He expressed the hope that with the appointment of new honorary consul in Rome, economic and commercial ties between the two countries would be further strengthened.
He also highlighted the tremendous progress made by Nepal in socio-economic sectors including in the attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. While briefing the audience about the current developments in Nepal in terms of peace and Constitution, he called for constructive and meaningful support from all quarters including the NRN and larger Nepalese diaspora community in this regard.
Counsellor of the Embassy of Nepal in Geneva Mr. Bhrigu Dhungana made a comprehensive presentation on diverse areas of economic diplomacy including the trade and investment opportunities, technology transfer as well as tourism opportunities available in Nepal. The presentation was designed to give a strong message that Nepal is safe for investment and offers attractive incentives for foreign direct investment in productive sectors and infrastructure building. It was emphasized during the presentation that Nepal has made necessary legal and institutional framework, including the formation of high-level Nepal Investment Board to provide a one window facility for major investors, to attract foreign investment. The presentation also highlighted Nepal's commitment and various steps taken to developing tourism sector as the backbone of economy with a long-term Tourism Vision 2020. The Visit Lumbini Year 2012 was specifically mentioned to highlight its significance as the birthplace of Lord Buddha and its potential as one of the attractive destinations in Nepal. The guests were invited to visit Nepal and enjoy the hospitality of the Nepalese people, natural beauty, cultural richness and many more attractions that Nepal offers to them in unique way.
Making his presentation, President of NRNA Italy Dr. Anil Bhattarai expressed commitment on behalf of NRNA to support the Government initiatives to promote Nepal abroad as a viable and most attractive destination. He also highlighted the activities of the NRNA in recent times.
Honorary Consul of Nepal in Rome Mr. Paolo Nugari made a presentation on the touristic attractions in Nepal as well as the facilities and special offers made to the foreign tourists visiting Nepal. He also expressed his commitment to work closely with the Italian authorities and the Nepalese community in furthering mutual interests.
Different promotional documentaries were screened during the programme. A Nepalese folk dance was also staged by the resident Nepali artists.nepalnews.com
Nepal Tourism Board expresses profound grief on the death of the passengers and crews of the Agni Air�s aircraft that met the fatal accident in Jomsom on May 14, 2012.
It offers condolences to the government of India, its people and the families and friends of the victims on the loss of 13 lives(all Indian citizens) in the tragic plane crash in Jomsom. It also expresses its heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family members of Nepalese crews who died on the spot.
In this hour of immense grief and pain, it wishes strength and fortitude to the victims' families and friends.
Nepal Tourism Board prays for speedy recovery of two Indians, two Danes and a Nepali cabin crew.
Himalaya Expeditions Inc and Adventure Sports Tourism Society on May 17 said the 10th edition of Coca Cola Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon, world highest altitude long distance race, will be held on May 29. It was declared in the press meet.
According to Bikram Pandey, Managing Director of Himalaya Expeditions which operate the marathon, the marathon will commemorate the first successful ascent of Mount Everest by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary on May 29,1953.
The 42.195 km marathon will begin from Everest Base Camp located at the height of 5364 meter and finish at Namche Bazaar (3446 meter).
The event will feature marathon in five different categories -- open, female, male international, female international and half marathon.
According to Event Manager Shikhar Pandey, the main purpose of the event is to promote tourism. "We want to promote Nepal as one of the best destinations for adventure sports. The marathon also provides opportunity for Sherpa runners to show their physical endurance and running potential in such ultra events," Shikhar said.
The marathon which started on May 19, 2003 is being conducted annually since and now it has become an internationally recognized event.
More than 100 foreigners from different countries including Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, England and America have already registered their name for participation in the marathon. The organizers have expected participation of more than 50 Nepali runners in the event. A total of 200 athletes are likely to participate in the event.
"We have not yet decided cash prizes for top three runners as we are still holding talks with the sponsors. We are trying to increase the cash prize," Shikhar said.
The top three players in men�s section were given of Rs 80,000, Rs 40,000 and Rs 25,000 while 40,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 16,000 was given to women winners in last edition. The winners of other categories will also be awarded.
Sudip Kulung was the defending champion in men�s section and Ang Futi Sherpa was the winner in women�s section.
19 May 2012
Everest Base Camp ( 17,598 ft.)
: Namche bazar ( 11306 ft.)