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April 28, 2012
April 26, 2012
Embassytown - China Mieville
China Mieville does overt Science Fiction with aliens and spaceships and everything. Should have been perfect but I found the story terribly difficult to get into. Usually I like being thrown into the deep end with strange words and locations and having to work hard to figure out what is going on. Zero exposition, normally my thing. But Embassytown irritated me with its alien words and strangeness, it feels forced. It reminded me of writers who throw lots of words at the page in an attempt to make something Sci-Fi.
Eventually, after quite a while, I managed to get into the story, which is about aliens being alien on an alien world whilst humans look on, usually baffled. There's a great idea at the core of Embassytown, but as with The City And The City the idea towers above the story. The idea is (look away if you don't want to know) that the aliens need two mouths to speak, two vocal streams at once, from one entity. They can't lie, their Language is the truth. The Language is written down in a mathematical looking fashion looking like fractions hello/there which is cool, and clever. The humans breed twins to talk to the aliens, known as Ambassadors, who talk at the same time and manage to pass as a single entity. And the story deals with big themes about the existence of an entire alien race. There's probably three big ideas in the novel that some authors would have made a trilogy of. But...but...but...
The entire novel felt far too long, it dragged and dragged, and without any beautiful poetic prose to keep me occupied until something happened. I got bored. I wanted the whole thing edited down to at least two thirds of its length. Near the end there is one beautiful moment that was almost worth the trudge, but not quite. It came too late.
It's been a while since I read The Sparrow, but I seem to remember that it covered similar themes and sustained a much greater emotional effect. This type of novel has been done many times before, to stand out it needed great ideas but also cracking storytelling. Instead it was too long and lacking a fresh zing to make it brilliant. I feel disappointed because clearly China is a great writer, he just hasn't written a novel that scorched my brain and made my heart ache and made me rush back to its pages, but instead a novel that just made me nod appreciatively at the cleverness of the ideas and sigh when it was over.
April 18, 2012
April 16, 2012
Space-Time! T-Shirts!
April 8, 2012
BSFA Winners and Hugo Nominations - How many votes?!
It's that time of year again:
The BSFA Awards have just been presented at Eastercon (results via Twitter):
Novel: The Islanders by Christopher Priest
Short fiction: The Copenhagen Interpretation by Paul Cornell (Asimov's, July)
Artwork: Cover of Ian Whates's The Noise Revealed by Dominic Harman (Solaris)
Non-Fiction: The SF Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition ed. John Clute, Peter Nicholls, David Langford and Graham Sleight (Gollancz website)
And the Hugo nominations have just been announced and I say I haven't read any of them. (Actually just reading Embassytown but that's it.)
However what I found interesting this year is the statement that this year there were a record number of ballots, 1101. That's right, one thousand one hundred and one ballots. To me that sounds incredibly small. In the days when a stupid phone app can sell a million copies, or a picture of a melted clock can get two thousand up votes on reddit, or a successful project on Github can get a thousand forks, a thousand ballots for what is supposed to be the premier Science Fiction awards really doesn't seem like very much to me. It's not just the Hugos either, the BSFA awards have a small number of voters too. (Although the simplicity of the BSFA Awards is a credit to them.)
The reason is that to vote in either of these awards you have to pay, to become a member of Worldcon or the BSFA or Eastercon. Which in turn limits the voters to a subset of convention going, society joining fans. It becomes an echo chamber. It may not be representative of the majority of SF fans who like reading SF, watch SF on TV, go to SF movies but never go to a convention in their life, and certainly would never pay to vote for an award. Should our awards be more representative of what SF fans in general think? Is it time that our awards leapt into the twenty first century?
There are alternatives of course. Perhaps the Locus Awards? Or the SFX awards? Where the voting is more open, but it still feels a little unsatisfactory. We still need to look back at the end of a year and remember what we liked (the main reason I started this blog).
I'm not saying that winners of these awards aren't worthy, I more often than not completely agree with the BSFA Awards. I'm not saying that the results aren't representative of the voting populace. I'm not saying I don't want one(!). It's just that it feels like we are stamping punchcards and sending them off to be compiled and run as batch jobs on a mainframe with the results printed on paper, rather than watching multi-platform real time analytics unfold on our phones and laptops. It feels a bit stone-age when you have music sites like Hype Machine or We Are Hunted compiling a real time barometer of music tastes. We should be able to track which stories were the most read, we should be able to analyse every thought on those stories, we should be able to craft that into a coarse grained voting system, we should be able to extrude the real wisdom of the crowds.
We should do something.
April 5, 2012
The Hunger Games
I was going to try and read The Hunger Games novel before I saw the film, but with my to-read pile approaching a height equal to myself I failed. So film first, and then if I like it the book.
I also tried to learn as little about the film as possible, but had more or less discovered the premise of the film before. And yet it surprised me from the beginning. The introductory scenes are bleak, the camera is shaky, the coal mining community in district twelve is poor and hungry. The palette in those scenes is pale and grey and the whole atmosphere was much bleaker than I expected. So when the representative from the capitol arrives in garish, punkish, colours and makeup, the contrast is stark. Some people have complained about the over the top nature of the fashion in the capitol but I thought it made the point well: they're rich, they have follies, we sympathise with the outlying districts.
The story is a combination of a couple of well worn Science Fiction ideas: a state suppressing citizens by use of a violent game (Rollerball), and reality television taken to its extremes (The Running Man (the novel)). The extra twist of nastiness is provided by the fact that the people fighting for their life are children. So with such well known and previously well executed ideas what can The Hunger Games add? Plenty. It had a prominent sense of dread and desperation, heightened by the imminent death of children. It had some excellent acting from Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, who is a hero in the true sense of the word. It had a core set of ideas that had a point to make, the violence had a purpose. It was supposed to be disturbing. The comic explosions of the Avengers trailer before the film concern me more than the horrible, senseless death of the children in The Hunger Games, because it is there for a point. The state is punishing the districts for an uprising seventy four years ago. And it keeps punishing them, every year, as a reminder. As a boot heel above them.
A key scene for me is after the death of one of the children, when the people from the child's district protest violently. They've had enough. They want a fight. What will it take for the population to rise up against the oppression?
Down to the very last scene the film retains a sense of purpose and dread. It doesn't slide into cliche or Hollywood-isms. There is action and effect.
The acting is pretty decent too. Jennifer Lawrence as I've mentioned was good, but there are also great performances from Woody Harrelson, as an ex-winner drowning his sorrows, and Donald Sutherland as a wonderfully understated menacing president.
When I first saw the trailer I hadn't heard of The Hunger Games (not sure why), but thought that it looked pretty cool. It was better than that. I was pleasantly surprised how much I liked it. I'd like the rest of the trilogy now please, although I think I'll read the books first.
April 3, 2012
By Light Alone - Adam Roberts
The central speculative idea at the centre of By Light Alone by Adam Roberts is that humans can survive only on sunlight and water, once they have taken a nanobug which converts their hair into New Hair. At first this sounds like the perfect utopia, no need for food, no need for farming or food manufacturing. Freedom?
The story starts with a family of rich people. The wealthy have short hair, they eat real food, they take long holidays, they live a different life to the long haired poor. At the very start By Light Alone reveals itself as a story about the haves and the have-nots and the increasing gap between them. The poor now have even less, as they have no need to work for food.
The tone begins with a sly satirical edge, almost farce in its feel. There's no exposition, casually mentioning the state of the world and its technology. At times it reminded me of Philip K Dick in its strange oddness. I love that feeling of being thrown into a world and have to figure it out.
Fairly quickly the tone changes as the family's daughter is kidnapped, the edge of farce leaves, and the novel concentrates on how the parents cope, how their lives are changed and how the rich begin to question the way they live. The language changes too with some passages of description that evoke the desperation experienced, both by rich and poor.
The second half of the book goes even further, focussing on the poor and their exclusion from society. Some of it was quite harrowing and horrible, but that's the point. And surprisingly the plot picks up pace at the end and I wanted to return to previous sections of the novel and read them again, revisit what I'd missed.
By Light Alone takes a core speculative idea and flips it around from expectations, producing a story that is thought provoking, often uncomfortable and full of questions. Highly recommended.
And that's a hat trick for Adam Roberts with his two previous books, Yellow Blue Tibia and New Model Army, equally great.


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I would love to tell you about so many things today but my diseased and tired brain just cannot do it.
So I will give you this.
Someone is missing their cat somewhere. You don't have to live in rural America to appreciate the absolute wonder of this poster.
Update: Howdy to every one coming over from Eschaton.
Image credit: My pal Linda Mac.
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Let's Talk Knoxville-Knoxville Streetscape Update
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Join us today on Let's Talk Knoxville with Knoxville Assistant City Manager Dylan Feik. Dylan updates us on the status of the streetscape project.
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|Influence of oxygen free radicals on the tone of ciliary arteries: a model of vasospasms of ocular vasculature.
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|PMID: 17252259 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: Altered regulation of vascular tone and particularly vasospasms are thought to be a risk factor for the progression of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). Apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells and possibly vascular tone regulation in glaucoma might be caused by oxidative stress. The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of oxygen free radicals on the tone of ciliary arteries. METHODS: The experiments were carried out with fresh ring preparations from porcine ciliary arteries obtained from a slaughterhouse. The preparations were placed in a self-designed myograph system and were kept under physiologic conditions (pH 7.4, 37 degrees C, Krebs-Henseleit-Buffer, 1.75 mM Ca(2+)). The muscles were sub-maximally activated by depolarization to -41 mV Nernst potential for K(+). The pre-activated preparations were exposed to hydroxyl radicals generated by the Fenton reaction (4 mM H(2)O(2); 30 microM Fe(3+)). Exposure time varied between 10 s and 60 s in order to obtain different radical-time-doses. The developed force was evaluated relatively to the developed force at maximal depolarization to -4 mV. RESULTS: Ten seconds of radical exposure result in an additional increase of the relative developed force from 0.35 +/- .08 to 0.62 +/- 0.12 (P = 0.003; n = 8). Comparable results were obtained for 20 s and 60 s radical exposures. The developed force of a maximal activation to -4 mV was not reduced after a 10 s radical exposure (0.84 +/- 0.13; P = 0.25; n = 5), but was significantly reduced after 20 s exposure (0.25 +/- 0.21; P = 0.005; n = 6) and was virtually 0 after 60 s exposure. DISCUSSION: The data shows that oxygen free radicals induce transient contractions of isolated ciliary artery rings. The shape of these contractions shows parallels to vasospasms. Thus the established system may serve as an in vitro model of vasospasms.
|Oliver Zeitz; Lars Wagenfeld; Nick Wirtz; Peter Galambos; Natalya Matthiesen; Anne Wiermann; Gisbert Richard; Maren Klemm
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|Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2007-01-25
Journal Detail:
|Title: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv für klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie Volume: 245 ISSN: 0721-832X ISO Abbreviation: Graefes Arch. Clin. Exp. Ophthalmol. Publication Date: 2007 Sep
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|Created Date: 2007-08-16 Completed Date: 2007-12-06 Revised Date: -
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|Nlm Unique ID: 8205248 Medline TA: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol Country: Germany
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 1327-33 Citation Subset: IM
|Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. firstname.lastname@example.com
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|MeSH Terms
Ciliary Arteries / physiology*
Glaucoma, Open-Angle / physiopathology
Hydroxyl Radical / pharmacology
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Oxidative Stress*
Potassium / metabolism
Reactive Oxygen Species / pharmacology*
Vasoconstriction / drug effects, physiology*
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|0/Reactive Oxygen Species; 3352-57-6/Hydroxyl Radical; 7440-09-7/Potassium
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:arrow: Preferably, there should be only one way to log in. Two ways confuse the user. Currently, there are two ways: the button at the top, and the box at the bottom. If the bottom login box is kept (now named "Enter"), then it should be renamed "Login" (same as the button at the top), and its button should have the label "Log in".
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:arrow: The generated email 'activate forum account' uses the URL specified as 'Forum URL' on the admin panel 'configuration'. The same URL is also used for the 'back to home page' link on JForum's main page. So setting this URL to another URL than to JForum causes the link in the email to fail. So, the URL in the email should not be configurable, but
calculated/extracted from the applet container.
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:arrow: Administration frame does not go away when the admin logs out.
Frames are tricky stuff, and often surprisingly hard to get right. (It would also be nice if the 'Administration' frame has a button or menu item titled 'Close', that closes the frame.)
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:arrow: What's the difference between the 'Admin Index' and the 'Forum Index'? I can't see any obvious difference.
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The 'Group Permission Control' and 'User Permission control' pages have several problems.
:arrow: The Group/User should be shown at the top of the page. The admin wants to know which group or user he is currently modifying.
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:arrow: If any of the "Set Users' Role to follow the Group" checkboxes is checked on the 'Group Permission Control' page, then an exception page is shown with the text:
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: Syntax error or access violation message from server: "You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'jforum_roles FROM jforum_roles r, jforum_user_groups ug WHERE ug.user_id = r.use' at line 1"
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:arrow: Groups > 'Click to edit' on a sub-group: The 'parent group' box shows the group itself (or some other wrong value). It should of course show be filled in with the *current* parent group.
per wrote:
:arrow: SOMETIMES the graphic layout of a selection box gets scrambled, e.g. 'Users > Groups':
The bad layout goes away if another window is placed over the browser window and then the browser window is re-exposed (so that the selection box is redrawn). Before that, it looks terribly confusing.
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Hope this helps!
Rafael Steil wrote:
...This solves the problem.
...The development version does not have this bug.
...Also, the development version only have "Forum Index".
...Already done
...Already fixed.
...Also, already fixed.
Rafael Steil wrote:
I can't reproduce it.
Rafael Steil wrote:I tried with IE6 on my XP box and it works fine. It looks like some issue with the video card. You only get this problem in jforum? maybe it is related to the size of the window.. well, I don't know exactly..


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Central Wrestlers Hit the Mats for First Home Meet
Posted By Sports On November 17, 2010 @ 5:56 am In Today's Local Sports | Comments Disabled
The Central College wrestling team will take to the mats tonight in their second meet of the season. The Dutch are coming off of a strong performance to start the year; after finishing with three champions and four additional place winners at the Knox Invitational earlier this week. Tonight's match also opens Central's dual meet season, as they'll face Coe College at Kuyper Gymnasium. The Kohawks defeated the Dutch 35-3 last season.
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When Samantha dresses in her 'Kill Bill' Japanese schoolgirl costume she overdoes the realism by borrowing a priceless Samurai sword to complete her outfit. Found abusing the sword by slashing at plants in the garden she is soundly spanked and then suffers several strokes of the sword's hard and heavy scabbard on her already reddened bottom cheeks.A red hot bare bottom Japanese schoolgirl uniform punishment movie
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Interesting idea. Thanks God he did not use the sword!
.......Because he would really use the scabbard of a "priceless Samuria sword" to spank somebody........
LOL My master has a samuri sword lol the Hoister hurts, makes a good paddle though.
this guy annoys me! He is a shit spanker yet gets to have lovely girls over his knee..
Blame this site for not providing enough space to put Japanese in the title.
Really? "Jap"? Are you stuck in a timewarp from 1943? Terms like that degrade the user more than the subject. Still, she's got a nice bum.
What an original reason for a spanking! Seems appropriate too!
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When they're not riding on the bus traveling the country, the nuns from the group Nuns On The Bus prefer to travel in style when not obligated by social justice responsibilities.
Like any other human being on the planet, their #1 preferred method of luxury travel is by limo.
(I don't think we would consider riding a 5 speed bike luxury.)
This is a shout out to our buddies over at Luxury Limos Columbus.
Whenever we are in the Columbus, Ohio area or simply need an airport limo for pickup, they are definitely the one and only limo company that we trust.
It's tough to find an honest, reliable service, that suits all of your selfish needs as well, like cleanliness or luxury.
(Most of the time the limos from other companies are smelly and worn out.)
The people over at Luxury Limos Columbus deliver on it all and absolutely blow your expectations out of the water by being the best in the business.
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The nuns have been customers of this company for many years now and can attest willingly how amazing the service truly is.
It's almost like taking an extravagant vacation in your own city. Just without the beaches.
We actually took a poll amongst the nuns, and 90% of them said they liked the ring of Nuns In The Limo a little bit better.
Everyone voted to ride around in a limo instead of the bus surprisingly.
So to anyone in the area looking to book limo service, Luxury Limos Columbus has our vote of confidence.
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Is anyone else crazy obsessed with Girl Meets World as much as we are? Well, Peyton Meyer just spilled some amazing news and we can barely keep our mouths shut... so, we won't! They're going to start filming a second season!
Needless to say, we're completely ecstatic. Peyton uploaded this photo onto his Instagram standing alongside his fabulous co-stars: Sabrina Carpenter, Rowan Blanchard, and Corey Fogelmanis. So, not only did we score some top-notch news but we also got a cute BFF picture out of it! We simply couldn't ask for anything better than that.
Are you enjoying the first season of Girl Meets World? Are you even more ready for the second? Tell us in the comments below!


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JW Anderson is one the designer to keep on your radar. If you don't live in the UK and haven't heard of him, I don't blame you but please note that he is one to watch. Maybe you've already seen some of his paisley-printed dress
(on sale by the way) this summer? Anyways, JW Anderson is an Irish designer, and recent graduate from London College of Fashion. After the success of his menswear collection he recently took the plunge and dove right into womenswear, and the whole fashion industry is glad he did. Stockists include Net-A-Porter, Liberty, Harrods, Colette, Opening Ceremony and ASOS.
His motto? "Things that can be borrowed from a man to a woman and from a woman to a man." That sets the note of his aesthetic. But let the Topshop X JW Anderson collaboration (launching next week) do the talking.
Here are some of my favorite pieces (and must get my hands on!)
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Accrington District News - 2008 & Earlier
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Clayton Park Rangers receive donation from ELMC and the District
David Cross the Chairman of Clayton Park Rangers F.C. receives a cheque for £1,500 from Ray Tattersall the Accrington District Charity Steward, a successful petition had been made to E.L.M.C.for £750 and a further donation of £750 was made by the Accrington District Charity Stewards to fund the background checks on people assisting in the running of the club and to help towards the cost of coaching courses and other associated expenses.
Keep Lodge No.6538
At the end of his wonderful year in office as the Worshipful Master of the lodge WBro Peter Walker decided that his personal choice donation this year should go to the East Lancashire Hospice.
WBro Peter Walker is shown here along with other lodge members presenting a cheque for £250.00 to Mrs Rachael Pallister from the Hospice. In her remarks Mrs Pallister thanked Keep Lodge for their magnificent and continued support.
Keep Lodge No 6538 support the North West Air Ambulance
On Friday 1st February 2008 Keep Lodge No.6538 celebrated their Ladies Evening at the Shireburn Hotel, Hurst Green, Clitheroe. Eighty members and guests enjoyed a memorable evening of excellent food and service. This was followed by a musical evening of dancing.
At the beginning of the evening Mrs. Hazel Walker, pictured second from the right, along with other members of the ladies committee presented a cheque for £500 to the 'North West Air Ambulance' which was gratefully accepted by Mrs Violet Leach, second from the left on behalf of the charity.
The toast to the ladies was given by WBro S J McLeod and in her response to the toast Hazel thanked all the members of the committee for their tremendous help and support throughout the year when they had raised over £1,300 she then presented a cheque for £800 from the ladies committee to the Worshipful Master WBro Peter Walker towards masonic charities.
Charity Stewards Annual Draw
The Adeaide Suite in Accrington was the venue for this years Annual Charity Stewards Draw which took place on Saturday 12th January 2008.
The guests enjoyed a very relaxed atmosphere at the start of the evening before they were served a most wonderful and extensive buffet dinner by the head caterer Barbara Peters. After this the excitement began to rise as the time for the draw came ever closer.
The winner of the £150 - 1st prize was Bro.John Hacking of Bank Terrace Lodge No.462 and the photograph shows the District Charity Steward W.Bro.Ray Tattersall P.Prov.S.G.D. presenting the £75 – 2nd prize to the winner, the DORA E.Comp. Fred Holden P.Prov.G.Soj. accompanied by his wife.
There were many prizes to be won as the photograph, below, shows and the winning numbers are available from your lodge Charity Steward.
APGM and Accrington District Team visit the Manor Lodge No. 3322
Some number of months ago the A.P.G.M. W.Bro.Derek N.Thornhill requested a lodge to hold a meeting where it was possible for him and the District team to attend and for them all to be allowed to give a short analysis of their work and the office they hold along with its responsibilities. The Manor Lodge No.3322 readily agreed, so on Thursday 10 th January 2008 a short business meeting was held then the APGM took the chair and 14 junior brethren had their G.L.Certificates described to them by W.Bro.Dennis Heskett Prov.Grand Steward the APGM then congratulated each brother individually and again presented them with their certificate.
Before the brethren sat down to a most enjoyable buffet supper W.Bro.Derek Thornhill lead the District Team in an explanation of their work. The representatives of the Accrington & District Masonic Fellowship and the Clitheroe & District Masonic Fellowship also accompanied them and informed all present about the wonderful times enjoyed at their monthly meetings.
W.Bro. Fred Sumner Smith the District Communications Officer shown addressing the meeting whilst explaining his work, after all the District Officers had spoken they answered questions and discussed their work in a relaxed manner over supper and he was delighted to find that the junior brethren found it to be a most enjoyable and informative meeting and they suggested that they would be delighted to see this form of meeting take place on a more regular basis.
Mark Masons
Saturday 8th December saw the first Joint Mark Freemasons Ladies Evening at the Adelaide Suite, Accrington. 90 Freemasons and their friends sat down to an impressive five- course meal laid on by head chef Barbara Peters. A superb vocalist Wayne Farrow provided entertainment for the evening. The three Lodges, Loyalty, Starkie and Adoniram raised in excess of £700 for local charities.
Loyalty Mark Lodge, Worshipful Master W.Bro.Jack Threlfall and his wife Margaret,
Keep Lodge
Keep Lodge held its December meeting and Annual Festive Social Board on Friday 28th December 2007. This event has been held since December 1996 when non-masons, wives and partners are invited to attend the social board in the lodge rooms. Since 2000 it has become the usual practice to invite the presiding Mayor of the Ribble Valley. This year councillor Mrs Doreen Taylor and consort Mr. Gordon Taylor attended.
The worshipful master W.Bro.P.Walker. P.P.S.G.W. presented a cheque from the lodge for £200 to the Mayors fund. Since 2000 the lodge has now donated £1200 to the Mayors fund.
This year sixty seven members and guests attended and enjoyed an excellent evening with a meal, carol singing and entertainment provided by Bro.Tom Pearson of Albert Edward lodge.
Keep Lodge ladies committee has this year raised over £1000 by various social events, and it was announced at the social board that a large proportion of this is to be donated to 'North West Air Ambulance' before the end of the lodges year.
Father Christmas came to the Lodge of Confidence Christmas Lunch
The Lodge of Confidence Ladies Committee has traditionally celebrated the end of the Masonic year with a Christmas Lunch at The Adelaide Suite Accrington on the last Sunday in November. This year the Ladies Committee, led by Mrs Anne Marshall, the wife of the outgoing Worshipful Master, W.Bro.Jeff Marshall, held their event on Sunday November 25th. Over 100 people including 29 children and the Guest of Honour, Father Christmas (arranged again by W.Bro.Derek Shaw of Rhyddings Lodge), enjoyed the event.
After a superb buffet lunch and some entertainment from the Human Fruit Machine, the children clapped in Father Christmas who duly presented each of them with a Christmas present. The children (and probably some of the adults) sang Father Christmas on his way and the afternoon ended with The Lodge of Confidence Choir leading the entire gathering in singing some popular Christmas Carols.
This ended a series of events for the Ladies Committee including a Band Concert, a dance and a party which resulted in a total of £1614 from the Ladies being available for distribution to charity.
At the Installation on December 1st the following amounts were distributed:
Lodge of Confidence
WBro D S Bristol Prov DepGDC
The Director of Ceremonies of Keep Lodge No.6538 has been promoted at the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting held in Blackburn on Thursday 29th November 2007.
WBro David Stephen Bristol PDGDC, feels it is a great honour to be promoted to Provincial Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies and is looking forward to the challenge ahead.
David was initiated into Keep Lodge No.6538 in 1981 and he served as Worshipful Master of the Lodge in 1990.
After a brief rest David's career continued to gather pace and in 1994 he was appointed Accrington and District Charity Steward a position he held for over five years.
In Provincial Grand Lodge he was appointed Provincial Grand Steward in 1995, promoted to PPSGD in 1998 and further promoted to PPGSwd.B.in 2006.
David has been the lodge Director of Ceremonies for over nine years taking on the role in 1998.
David followed a distinguished line of Lodge D.C.s, having taken over from W.Bro.P.Walker PPSGW, the present Worshipful Master, who held the post for nine years.
Prior to that W.Bro. Geoffrey Mitchell, J.P. PJGD, held the office for eighteen years, Geoff was of course well known throughout the Province for his work in many of the side degrees.
Prior to Geoffrey it was W.Bro.Sidney Hardman who took over from the original Lodge DC, W.Bro.T.G.Brown who died in office in 1959.
David is also a member of;-
P.G.M. visits Clitheroe
The R.W.Provincial Grand Master Paul James Ernest Rink O.B.E. paid a visit to the Limestone Rock Lodge No.369 on the 8th October and was accompanied by a Provincial Deputation.
They attended the Installation of Bro.Lee Yates as Worshipful Master of the lodge and afterwards everyone moved to the Swan and Royal to enjoy a very happy festive board.
WBro Frank Edwards
A group of founder members of St Michael in Castro Lodge No.8838 made a presentation to W.Bro.Frank Edwards to commemorate his recent 90th birthday. Frank was originally initiated into Blackburn Temperance Lodge No.7489 Then he moved into St.Michael in Castro Lodge No.8838 as a founder member in December 1978 and he was installed as Worshipful Master in 1980, Harry was made an Honorary Member in 2003 with the rank of P.P.Dept.G.Supt.Wks. and he still lives with his wife Ethel in West Bradford
Keep Lodge No 6538 Bible Dedication
On Friday 26th October 2007, Keep Lodge No 6538 at Clitheroe celebrated a Bible Dedication ceremony. The new Bible being purchased by all the members of the Lodge to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of its consecration.
A large deputation from Province and District were in attendance headed by WBro DN Thornhill JP, PSGD, APGM and WBro P Hargreaves PAGDC. The Dedication ceremony was conducted by WBro DN Thornhill assisted by WBro Revd JG Winstanley, Prov Asst Grand Chaplain and WBro D M Ferguson Prov Dep GDC, along with WBro BS Bristol Prov DepDC elect.
WBro Bryan Bristol PAGSuptWks, represented the members of the Lodge as Bible donor and Bro TA Harling was the Bible bearer. WBro P Walker, PPSGW presided at the meeting and presented a cheque for £500 to the APGM for the benefit of the ELMC.
Eighty four members and guests were in attendance at the Lodge and seventy six of those retired to the 'Moorcock' Inn , at Waddington, where a splendid meal and evening of Masonic friendship and fraternity was enjoyed by all. Commemorative inscribed pens were presented to all present.
The Lodge has a long association with Lodge Gleniffer No 1219 from Paisley , Scotland , and six of their members who attended made presentations to the Worshipful Master and the APGM to mark the occasion.
Lodge of Confidence No 4295 and its Bible
The first meeting of the new Masonic season in September '07 was a very pleasant evening for the Lodge of Confidence No 4295.
They were honoured to entertain the APGM WBro Derek Nelson Thornhill, PSGD along with the District Chairman, WBro Peter Hargreaves, PAGDC and the District Team.
The occasion was the Dedication of the Lodge Bible and the Lodge presented a cheque for £250 to WBro Thornhill for the benefit of the East Lancashire Masonic Charity to mark the occasion.
History of the Bible of the Lodge of Confidence
The Bible was presented to Elizabeth Yates of Darwen on the occasion of her marriage to John Waddicor, also of Darwen, in 1829.
Elizabeth died in 1868 leaving children Alice, Elizabeth, James, Mary, John, Suzannah, Esther and Edmund. John and Suzannah may have been twins, both being born in 1856 and it is possible that Elizabeth died shortly after giving birth to Edmund in 1886.
John Waddicor Senior was married again to Margaret Briggs and they had Phoebe (b 1871), Betsy (b 1874), Jane (also b 1874 – twins?), Thurston Briggs Waddicor (b 1880) and Nancy (b 1881). All the above lived at various addresses in Tunnel Street , Sough, Darwen.
Nancy Waddicor married John Crook from Edgeworth in Bolton , and they produced Alice, Lily and Jack.
Jack Crook (1916-1992) married Nellie Howard (1917-2007) from Pot House in Darwen in 1939, their daughter Anne was born in 1939 at Queens Park Hospital , Blackburn . In 1942 the Crook family moved to Accrington .
There Anne met Robert Jeffrey Marshall, also of Accrington , and they married in 1960. Jeff Marshall was initiated into the Lodge of Confidence No 4295 on 1 st May 1974 having been proposed by Anne's former headmaster, WBro Leslie Dean.
At his Installation in December 1986 Anne & Jeff presented the Bible to the Lodge, which had been refurbished by a Mr Barron of Countess Street , Accrington . During his second term as Worshipful Master in 2006/ 07, this time Cyril Formby of Ramsbottom again renovated the Bible.
The Lodge of Confidence Bible was then dedicated on September 5 th 2007 by WBro Rev David J Halford Provincial Deputy Grand Chaplain in the presence of the APGM, WBro Derek N Thornhill PSGD and the District Chairman, WBro Peter Hargreaves PAGDC, other District Officers, visiting brethren together with brethren of the Lodge of Confidence including their Honorary Member, WBro Derek Jones Day PSGD.
Clitheroe Open Day
The Clitheroe Lodges Held an "Open Day" on Saturday 18th August '07 and were honoured by the attendance of the Ribble Valley Mayor and her Consort. They were given a guided tour of the Lodge Rooms complete with a tour around a magnificent display of masonic regalia.
The Chairman of the organising Committee WBro Miles Leadbeater was delighted with the response from the public on the day and said that the Mayor and her Consort had shown a keen interest in all that she had seen.
The Chairman said that there was a constant stream of people all day, some showed more interest than others but everyone was positive and very impressed with all that they were told and shown. One gentleman came as a result of the advert that he had seen.
The Mayor and her Consort talked to many of the visitors over morning coffee and many expressed an interest in freemasonry and were delighted to hear about some of the things that freemasons get involved in..
The Worshipful Master, WBroPeter Walker is accompanied by the Mayor of Ribble Valley Cllr. Doreen Taylor and her Consort, Gordon Taylor with Violet Leach of the Air Ambulance and Christina Cope of Pendleside Hospice, attended by Bob Cleeve, Ray Tattersall, Derek Thornhill, Bryan Bristol and Keith Hall.
Whilst the Open Day was something a little different for our visitors, it was something a little special for some of the organisations and charities who attended to receive a further cheque to those that they have already received which made a total of £700 each.
Violet Leach for The Air Ambulance, Christina Cope for Pendleside Hospice, Cllr Doreen Taylor Mayor of the Ribble Valley for Friends of Clitheroe Castle, and Ray Tattersall District Charity Steward for ELMC, each received a cheque for £700 for their organisation. They were accompanied by WBro's Edward Smillie, Dev Ramsingh, Derek Thornhill PSGD APGM, Keith Hall and Tony Hill.
Charity Stewards working for Christies Grafters
The District Charity Stewards have been working hard again on behalf of all of us this summer, the Lodges close down for a summer break around about May but that doesn't apply to the Charity Stewards
Accrington and District Freemasons have made a donation of £1,000 to the Christie Grafters the Rishton based organisation that hold events of all sorts to raise cash for the Christie Hospital in Manchester. The cheque was presented at Mill House Masonic Hall, Clayton-le-Moors. W.Bro Ray Tattersall the District Charity Steward is seen presenting the cheque to Lorraine Wallace Chair person of the Grafters.
The Christie Grafters are a local group of around a dozen or so people who hold various fund raising events to raise money for the Christie Hospital in Manchester. The money goes straight to where it is needed in purchasing or funding equipment or services, which contribute to the health and welfare of people who attend the Christie Hospital.
In addition to providing financial support several masonic brethren and family members assisted the Grafters with bag packing at Tescos Blackburn store in the summer and managed to realize the magnificent sum of £765 for which the Grafters were over the moon not only with the sum but also with the support they received from Accrington Masons.
£10,000 for the Scouts at Bowley International Camp Site - August 9th 2007
A most memorable event took place, at Bowley Scout Camp when a cheque for £10,000.00 from :- The Masonic Province of East Lancashire Community Fund, was presented by :- The Assistant Provincial Grand Master, W/Bro Derek N. Thornhill, J.P., P.S.G.D., to the Chairperson of the Bowley Camp Site Management Board, Janet Frost. Also in attendance on this special evening was the District Charity Steward of Accrington Masonic District, W/Bro Raymond Tattersall, and the District Communications Officer W/Bro Fred Sumner-Smith, Deputy Chairman of Blackburn and Darwen Masonic District, W/Bro Paul Aspinall, the District Charity Steward, W/Bro David Lightbown, the District Communications Officer, W/Bro Ian Ashton, and members of The Lancashire Scouting Lodge of Allegiance No 6384, W/Bro Roger Flitcroft, W/Bro Chris Creelman, (who is the Regional Commissioner for Northern England and the Isle of Man), W/Bro David Thornton, (who is the County Secretary for West Lancashire), W/Bro Clive Carroll, Bro Howard Alderson-Perkins and members of the East Lancashire Scout Association, Mrs Joyce Flitcroft and two Explorer Scouts who have just returned from the 21st World Jamboree in Essex.
Bowley Scout Campsite at Great Harwood is the home of East Lancashire Scouts and a popular Scout campsite, which provides camping and outdoor facilities for East Lancs Scouts and Guides as well as youth groups nationally and internationally.
There are many parallels between Scouting and Freemasonry. Many Scouters are Freemasons, and the Aims, Objectives and Beliefs etc are very similar. The Scouting Founder, Baden Powell, whilst not himself a Mason, was aware of its values. Rudyard Kipling who's Jungle Book was a great inspiration to Baden Powell, was a Mason.
The Kindred Lodges Association has an aim of fostering relationship amongst Freemasons who are or have been involved in youth work. There are 38 UK Lodges attached to this Association, which bear scouting names, and with a membership largely comprised of Scouting Masons. The East Lancashire Masonic Charity donation of £10.000 has been promoted particularly by members of The Lancashire Scouting Lodge of Allegiance No.6384, which holds its meetings in Darwen and West Lancashire.
Masonry provides many donations of varying amounts to many worthy causes. The Environmental Building Project at Bowley caught the interest of the Charity administrators who willing made this donation. It is of particular interest in view of its environmental/conservation of energy attributes, and the benefits that will be gained by many young people and other regular users of the Bowley Scout Camp Site facilities.
Scouting in general is undergoing a remarkable uplift at the present time during this 100th Anniversary Year, which has been so widely publicised - particularly during the International Jamboree in Essex , which has been attended by 40,000 young people from over 200 Countries. It is therefore a fitting time for this wonderful Masonic Donation.
East Lancashire Scouts were delighted to receive this donation towards their environmental project to build an amazing new facility at Bowley Camp Site and Activity Centre near Great Harwood. The East Lancashire Masonic Charity in making this donation of £10,000 to Bowley was sharing a joint venture with the East Lancashire Institute of Education at Blackburn College .
The 'House of Straw' is a single story building, covering approximately 4,800 sq.ft . and will be built on an available site at Bowley Camp Site. It will be a unique, environmentally friendly building comprising meeting rooms, teachers' facilities, training rooms, sleeping accommodation and a separate toilet and shower area. It will also have wheelchair access and facilities for the disabled. When completed it will be the largest straw building in Lancashire and is being seen as the ultimate 'craft project', an ongoing experiment testing out new building technologies and utilising the latest in low cost, low energy solar and wind powered eco systems.
The venture will be built largely by the young people themselves with the college providing funds for the primary construction as well as the technical expertise for the project. The Scouts are providing the land for the project as well as utilising the building after the construction for a wide variety of applications.
Janet Frost Chair of the Management Board at Bowley Camp Site, commented, 'Scouting has always been at the forefront of environmental awareness and we are very grateful to the Masonic Charity for providing a substantial injection of funds' W.Bro. Derek Thornhill APGM said on behalf of the East Lancashire Masonic Charity, we are delighted to be involved in this exiting project, to work with the Scouts and help provide facilities for the young people of Lancashire . This is a truly exciting and innovative project and that this donation is given, to fulfill the need to help young persons, to become worthy citizens in future years, and we look forward to seeing the building in action and are delighted to be able to give our support at a time when the Scout Movement is celebrating its Centenary.
Further information is available from:- Fred Sumner Smith
Accrington District Communications Officer
Charity Summer Ball
The joint Clitheroe Lodges have had a very busy and productive year so far, they have had one of the brethren climbing Everest, took part in a two day "Hobbies Exhibition" at Clitheroe Grammar School and on Friday the 1 st June the four Clitheroe Lodges held a joint Charity Summer Ball at the Mytton Fold Hotel. The event was a huge success and was attended by VWBro Nigel Graham Bramley-Howarth, WBro Derek N Thornhill and WBro Peter Hargreaves accompanied by their wives.
There were 156 Masons attending an event with an expressed aim of fun, entertainment, openness, charity and publicity for the forthcoming Open Day to be held on Saturday 18 th August 2007, between 11am. and 3pm to which all visitors will be welcome.
We were delighted that Barclays Bank supported the event and donated £1,500. The raffle realised almost £750, and an auction of Sport Memorabilia raised approximately £650. Whilst there is still some accounting to be completed the event has raised a magnificent sum in the region of £2,900.
The nominated beneficiaries of the event are The Lancashire Air Ambulance, Pendleside Hospice, The Clitheroe Castle Development Fund and the East Lancs Masonic Charities. Each Charity stands to receive approximately £725 each.
The Clitheroe Advertiser, The Lancashire Evening Telegraph and The Lancashire Magazine carried the event. The Clitheroe Advertiser also ran an interesting story outlining the history of Freemasonry in Clitheroe and detailed the development of the four Lodges as well as noting the forthcoming Open Day.
Freemasonry in Clitheroe
The Service Clubs in Clitheroe (Rotary, Round Table and Lions) held a Hobbies exhibition in Clitheroe over the last weekend of April, and the Joint Lodges in Clitheroe decided that we should have a stand at this event to publicize Freemasonry and our presence in the Town.
With the support of the individual Lodges and the District Communications Officer W.Bro.Fred Sumner Smith, the stand was manned for the duration of the event. There was a great deal of interest from the visitors to the exhibition, and we gave a good number of leaflets to many people.
As always we are hopefully that we have kindled an interest in Freemasonry, not only among potential members, but also the general public, and that our openness will reap benefits for Freemasonry and the wider public through our charitable giving.
Accrington District Officers Mess
The past and present officers of the District met at the District and Union Club in Blackburn on the 9th March for evening dinner, many stories and yarns were told and as you can imagine a happy time was had by all.
The Accrington District Officers Mess came into being some number of years ago, the Secretary is W.Bro.Alan C Johnson P.G.Std.B. he is seated third on the right and has held the post for many years, the Mess was formed in 2001 by the District Officers in that year, it was to have the sole aim of providing a social base on which Past and Present District Officers would be able to keep in touch.
They meet twice each year at various venues to dine together, the early event is an all male affair the second in mid summer is enjoyed with wives or partners, the latter has been held at the Dog and Partridge Hotel near Chipping since 2001 and has proved to be a very enjoyable evening. W.Bro.Eric Riley the President of the Mess is the longest surviving and the first District Chairman, and he will remain as such until he decides to retire, when the next longest surviving Chairman would take over as the President.
The A.P.G.M.s for the Area past and present have always been regarded as members of the Mess, in 2005 all the Grand Offers in the District were also invited to join in the events.
May the future events of the Mess continue to be as enjoyable as those of the past.
Following in Father's Footsteps
The Installation of Bro.Stephen Richard Watson as Worshipful Master of Huncoat Lodge No 8542 took place at the Masonic Hall, Mill House, Clayton Le Moors, on Wednesday 4 th April 2007. In attendance were, the Deputy Provincial Grand Master, V.W.Bro.Dr.Nigel G.Bramley-Haworth, PGSwdB, the Assistant Provincial Grand Master, W.Bro.Derek. N. Thornhill, PSGD, The Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies, W. Bro.Norman Cope, PAGDC, the Chairman of the Accrington District, W. Bro. Peter Hargreaves, PAGDC, and members of the District team.
The Installing Master W.Bro.Geoffrey Watson was assisted by W.Bro.Alan C. Johnson.PGStdB.and Past Masters of and in the Lodge. The V.W.Deputy Provincial Grand Master presented the Master Elect to the Installing Master and also gave the Address to the Brethren, the other Addresses were given by W.Bro.Alan Johnson PGStdB.to the Worshipful Master and W.Bro.William Morris PPAGDC. to the Wardens. W.Bro.Geoffrey Watson IPM presented a cheque for £1000 for the East Lancs Masonic Charity to the VW Deputy Provincial Grand Master who thanked the Brethren for their generous donation.
Almost 60 Brethren were in attendance to witness a Father, Install his Son in the Chair of King Solomon an exemplary ceremony took over the early part of the day, then to be followed by a festive board with humour and decorum, that was enjoyed by all.
The picture shows the Father and Son accompanied by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master V.W.Bro.Dr. Nigel G.Bramley-Haworth, PGSwdB, and W.Bro.Derek. N. Thornhill, PSGD the Assistant Provincial Grand Master.
WBro Tom Holden achieves 50 years in Freemasonry
The Worshipful Master, Officers and brethren of Castle Lodge No.4482 entertained the Assistant Provincial Grand Master along with many friends and visitors to celebrate the occasion of 50 years in Free Masonry achieved by W.Bro.Tom Holden.
Tom was born on the 16 th July 1919 at Blackburn, as a young person Tom proved to be bright and he attended Blackburn Grammar School. On leaving school he trained as an Accountant serving his articles with Crowshaw, Watts and Pedday later to become Crowshaw, Watts and Moss During his career Tom was asked what was the difference between an Accountant and a Bookmaker, to which he replied that he had no idea, only to find sometime later that one takes your money to gamble with, whilst the other gambles with your money so that he can take it.
In 1939 Tom was conscripted into the Army where he entered the Infantry and served his country in the Middle East and Far East before being demobbed in 1946. Once he was back home again he set up his own company in partnership with Fred Macnab, the next big step was marriage to his wife Eileen and they have two sons David and John who both have successful business careers.
Tom was proposed in freemasonry by his father-in-law W.Bro. T H Cook, also a past master of Castle Lodge, being the Worshipful Master in 1965. He went on to become a member of Limestone Rock Chapter No.369 and a founder member of Royal Forest Chapter No.401. It is plain to see that Tom has been a very active freemason, in 1966 Tom joined Keep Lodge of Mark Master Masons No.911 and he was also a member of Royal Arc Mariner.
The APGM is seen presenting a memorial certificate from the PGM to W.Bro.Holden supported by the Worshipful Master and the Senior and Junior Wardens.
Everest Here We Come
Several years ago the Provincial Grand Master went with his daughter on an expedition to Everest Base Camp. Falling victim to AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness) he was unable to complete the journey. I am not sure if any other East Lancs Masons have made the trip, however two of us are just back from Nepal.
On Monday 19 th March two East Lancs Freemasons reached Everest Base Camp as part of a team of 38 taking part in a fund raising expedition, which raised over 140,000 pounds for the British Heart Foundation.
Worshipful Brother Chris Wood PProvAGDC of Castle Lodge No.4482 and Worshipful Brother Mark Davis PProvSGD of Saint Thomas Lodge No.992 met during the expedition and shared the hardship of extreme cold, cutting winds and high altitude as they climbed to 5545 metres to the foot of the brutal ice fall which is protecting the final approach to Mount Everest. During the trek one participant suffered a major cardiac incident, which resulted in an emergency evacuation, involving being carried off the mountain by a relay of Sherpas, the altitude preventing access by a helicopter.
The photograph show the two tired but proud Masons before the ice fall. W.Bro Wood (red fleece with moustache) and W.Bro Davis are shown in front of the icefall in the attached photograph.
Ladies of the Lodge of Confidence
The Lodge of Confidence No.4295, which meets in Accrington in the Province of East Lancashire, has a Ladies Committee consisting of the wives of the Lodge Members, this is traditionally chaired by the wife of the Worshipful Master.
The committee meets each month, usually on Lodge practice nights, and has its own constitution and organises its own social functions, the aims are simply to enjoy life at all times whilst endeavouring to raise funds for Masonic and non-Masonic Charities.
One such function, the Christmas Sunday Lunch, held at the beginning of December, has become a legendary event in the Accrington Masonic calendar, and is the flagship event of the Ladies' year.
This Committee has been in existence for many years, and has grown in strength over those years so that it now could be said to form the major Charity fund raising section of the Lodge.
As well as its charitable activities, the committee aims to further fellowship amongst the wives and widows of Lodge members. A unique example of this was shown when Mrs Sylvia Eastwood, whose husband David sadly died during his year as Worshipful Master in 2005, she was asked to chair the committee for a further year, continuing her association with the Lodge and her work on the committee.
Now for the amazing facts and figures.
In 1987 Worshipful Brother Jeff Marshall was in the chair of the Lodge for the first time, he is now back in the chair for the second time in 2006/2007. The Worshipful Master along with every member of the Lodge are justifiably proud of their ladies and this has led me to investigate this period of time within the Lodge of Confidence Ladies Committee, an inclusive total of £16,284 has been raised by the Committee, an average of £824 each year.
These funds have been distributed as follows:-
Donations to Non-Masonic Charities £8,055
This is a unique set of figures achieved by a superbly organised committee. Everyone connected with the Accrington Masonic Hall are extremely proud of this committee; long may its good work continue.
Fred Sumner Smith
Remembrance Day Report
After discussions at the Provincial Communications Committee in May 2006 it was reported back to the Accrington District Committee by the Communications Officer who asked for it to be reported back to the Lodges, the baton was taken up by the Lodge of Confidence No.4295 who decided that a wreath should be laid at the 2006 Remembrance Day service on behalf of the Freemasons of the Accrington District.
This was carried out at Oakhill Park , Accrington , on Saturday, 11 th November at 11-00a.m.
The wreath was laid by the Worshipful Master of the Lodge of Confidence, W.Bro.David Allen, who was accompanied by fellow Lodge members W.Bro.Duncan Holmes and W.Bro.Jack Threlfall, along with W.Bro.Derek Ratcliffe of Manor Lodge, attending both as a Freemason and as a prominent member of the Royal British Legion.
The Mayor and Mayoress of Hyndburn also laid wreaths, along with other local dignitaries and citizens, after a Service of Remembrance and the customary two minutes silence.
It is proposed to repeat this presentation each year, any Lodge wishing to do this on behalf of the Accrington District Freemasons should inform the District Communications Officer.
Keep Lodge present Cheque to Air Ambulance Executive
Members of Keep Lodge 6538 meeting at Clitheroe presented a cheque for £1000-00p to North West Air Ambulance. Assistant chief executive Mrs Jackie Northover stated "it will be greatly appreciated by the members of the air crew and future patients".
The picture shows from left to right; W/Bro. D.S.Bristol PPGSWDB. W/Bro. S.J.McLoed Worshipful master. W/Bro. L.Timmins. J.P. PPSGD. Mrs J.Northover. W/Bro. D.Harwood. PPDep.GSWDB.
Accrington Fellowship Donation to ELMC
WBro Derek N Thornhill, JP, PSGD, AProvGM receiving a donation to the ELMC from the Treasurer of the Accrington Fellowship, Mrs Margaret Rawcliffe on the occasion of the Fellowship's Christmas dinner.
Lodge of Confidence No.4295 - White Table Meeting
On Wednesday, 7th June 2006, the Lodge of Confidence held a 'White Table' Meeting. This event had been anticipated for some time and was planned in detail using guidelines supplied by UGL and PGL, through our Communications Officer W.Bro. Fred Sumner Smith. The Lodge was opened and a short business meeting held. The Lodge was then closed.
With the Officers and Brethren remaining in their positions in the Lodge Room and in full regalia, Ladies and non-Masonic Gentlemen Guests were admitted and seated. There were 31 Masons and 59 Guests present, an excellent turnout. The Worshipful Master, David Allen, welcomed the Guests and explained some of the basic principles and aims of Freemasonry along with the structure of the District and Provincial system. He gave an account of our Charity aims and efforts, leading to an explanation of the workings of Grand Charity and its non-Masonic donations at National and International level.
He then proceeded to introduce the Officers and Brethren of the Lodge, along with their situations in the Lodge and their duties. He also gave a 'pen picture' of each Member to demonstrate the variety of backgrounds of our membership. Questions were then invited from the Guests, this part of the meeting seeming extremely popular. The questions covered a huge variety of topics on Freemasonry, time restraints provoking disappointment amongst the Guests. Many of those present asked if they could take photographs of the Lodge Room, the Brethren gave permission.
Having been assured that further questions could still be dealt with by their hosts, all Guests were invited to a suitably modified Festive Board, which continued in an excellent atmosphere, enjoyed by all present. The Worshipful Master and Brethren were thanked sincerely by many of the Guests for their efforts throughout the evening, confirming the success of the meeting. The Lodge Members agreed that the meeting was a most satisfactory one, achieving the objects of openness and Masonic education. There may also follow an add-on advantage of increased membership, some of the Guests being prospective Candidates.
The APGM WBro Derek Thornhill wrote to the Worshipful Master to congratulate all concerned for their foresight.
Accrington Fellowship Presentation
WBro Harry Hesmondhalgh , PSGD, PProvAGM, retiring President of the Accrington Fellowship making a presentation to Mrs Barbara Gee on the completion of 21 years as the secretary of the Fellowship. Looking on is Mrs Margaret Rawcliffe who has served as Treasurer for the past 16 years.
For further Information please contact the District Communications Officer - W Bro David J Allan
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Ames, IA (SportsNetwork.com) - Naadir Tharpe led Kansas with 23 points as the 15th-ranked Jayhawks took down the No. 8 Iowa State Cyclones, 77-70, at Hilton Coliseum.
Andrew Wiggins had a double-double with 17 points and 19 rebounds, while Joel Embiid added 16 points, nine rebounds and five blocks for the Jayhawks (12-4, 3-0 Big 12), who have won three straight and six of their last seven.
"We know as a group, as a team, that we're getting better every day," Wiggins said. "If you practice hard, you play hard, and that's what we're doing."
DeAndre Kane, who was a game-time decision due to a sprained left ankle, led the Cyclones (14-2, 2-2) with 21 points, eight rebounds, and four steals.
"I really couldn't cut and go change of pace. But that's no excuse," Kane said of his injury.
Melvin Ejim added 15 points and Dustin Hogue contributed 13 points and nine rebounds as Iowa State dropped their second straight after starting off the season 14-0.
After Kane hit a 3-pointer as time expired to knot the game at 36 going into the break, Tharpe opened the second frame in similar fashion as the first with a trey 14 seconds in as the Jayhawks started off with a 9-0 run.
Iowa State got back to within seven after Hogue drained two foul shots to make it 48-41, but Perry Ellis' jumper and dunk extended the Jayhawks' lead to 11 with 13 1/2 minutes left.
The Cyclones hung around, as Ejim's tip-in got Iowa State within five, 54-49, with 11 1/2 minutes to go, but Kansas was too much.
Wiggins made it an 11-point game with five minutes remaining after tipping in a missed three from Wayne Selden Jr.
Matt Thomas drained a late three to get the Cyclones within five with under two minutes to go. Thomas stole the ball off Wiggins, but Kane missed a jumper forcing Monte Morris to foul.
Following two free throws from Tharpe, Kane only made 1-of-3 foul shots down the stretch, and the game was too far out of reach.
Tharpe's triple 59 seconds into the contest ignited a 15-4 Kansas run to start off the contest.
The Cyclones went on a 11-2 tear late in the half to take the lead. Morris went in on a layup to give Iowa State a 33-32 lead with 1:44 left, forcing a Kansas timeout.
After a dunk from Embiid and a Wiggins layup, Kane hit a three as time expired, knotting the game at 36 going into the break.
Kansas has now won four straight and 17 of the last 18 meetings with
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Kansas has outshot and outrebounded 14 of its 16 opponents this season ....
Iowa State was 14-0 at home following a road loss over the past two seasons.
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A piece of stucco about a ton in weight was ripped off the face of the steeple of Saron Lutheran Church in Hoquiam, WA (Grays Harbor Co.) during the high winds on Monday, December 3rd. No one was hurt as the piece was lifted by the winds about 50 feet into the adjacent street. The stucco also took out a power line as it fell.
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Small earthquake felt near Gig Harbor
VAUGHN — A small earthquake west of Gig Harbor before noon Tuesday was felt by scattered residents across South Kitsap and northern Pierce County.
The earthquake, recorded at a 3.6 magnitude, occurred at 11:41 a.m., according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network at the University of Washington. The epicenter was just west of Vaughn on the Key Peninsula, across Henderson Bay from Cutts Island State Park. The depth was initially reported as 3.5 miles, then updated to 7.3 miles.
The Pierce County sheriff's office says there are no reports of damage from a 3.6 magnitude earthquake that shook the Gig Harbor area.
People from Port Orchard to Burley in South Kitsap reported the quake on the Kitsap Sun's Facebook page, along with residents of Gig Harbor and the Key Peninsula.
"It was a nice little quake for feeling," said Bill Steele a seismologist at the UW's Seismology Lab. "We're not surprised that it was felt over that area."
The earthquake is considered a shallow quake, being less than 10 miles deep, he said. Had it been deeper, it might not have been felt across such a broad area.
The small earthquake is "not inconsistent" with a quake on the Tacoma fault, Steele said. The Tacoma fault has been associated with massive earthquakes in the distant past.
The 3.6-magnitude earthquake raises the chance that smaller aftershocks will follow, possible in the range of a magnitude 2, he said. The risk of a larger earthquake also increases, but only slightly, for about the next 48 hours, then the risk will return to background levels for the region.
Any earthquake serves as a reminder that Puget Sound lies in earthquake country, Steele said, and large earthquakes could occur anytime. People should be prepared to be without services — such as power, water and transportation — for at least five days.
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Clean out your medicine cabinet: Prescription Drug Takebacks Scheduled For Sept 25 & 26Â Â Â Â PDF Flyer
Prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing drug trends in the nation. Here in Nebraska, data from the Risk and Protective Factor Student Survey indicates that one in ten Nebraska teenagers have admitted to abusing prescription drugs at some point during their lifetime. 2009 data from the Nebraska State Patrol reveals that there were more fatalities from overdoses relating to prescription drugs than traffic accidents in Douglas & Sarpy Counties.
Take the first step to ensuring your family is safe and bring your unused and expired medications to one of the prescription drug take back events scheduled for the weekend of Sept 25 & 26. On September 25 come to the Applewood HyVee at 96 & Q St from 10:00am to 12:00pm to drop medications. On September 26 medications can be brought to the AARP Information Center at 42nd & Center St from 12:00pm to 2:00 pm.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and local pharmacists will be on hand to accept the medications and properly dispose of them. All medications will be accepted, no questions asked. But we do ask that drug reps, pharmacists, and clinics refrain from dropping excess inventory at the event. Participating in this event is a safe and free way to dispose of prescription drugs in your home.
Special thanks to HyVee, First National Bank, Ralston Public Schools, the LiveWise Coalition, Millard Public Schools, the Drug Enforcement Administration, UNMC Department of Pharmacy & Walgreens for assisting with such an important event in our community.


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Karen Olivo may have won the Fred & Adele Astaire Award for Best Female Dancer on Broadway, but she gets my vote for Vocal Discovery of the Season. True, Olivo has already appeared on Broadway in Rent (she made her Main Stem bow as a swing and an understudy for Mimi and Maureen) and Brooklyn (she created the role of Faith), but it was during my Broadway encounter with the Tony-winning In the Heights where I was completely won over by Olivo's rangy belt, which seems to pierce the soul with its staggering power. Olivo plays Vanessa in the Washington Heights-set musical, which recently won four 2008 Tony Awards, including the top prize for Best Musical. I recently had the pleasure of chatting by phone with the young actress as she was making her way to Manhattan by train. Olivo spoke about her Broadway debut, her work in Brooklyn, her current role in In the Heights and even her Wicked thoughts; that interview follows.
Question: How have audiences been since In the Heights won the Tony?
Karen Olivo: Incredibly encouraging. [Laughs.] Obviously, [we've had] packed houses, and so many people at the stage door from all different walks of life saying how much the show moves them. Honestly, it hasn't been too much of a difference as far as audience response, but as far as the amount of people that have shown up, that's the biggest difference.
Question: Has it been pretty much sold out?
Olivo: Yeah, it's sold out and standing room only. It's wonderful.
Question: That must make a big difference in terms of the energy you get back.
Olivo: Seeing faces does wonders, especially on a two-show day. [Laughs.]
Olivo: I had a friend, Eden Espinosa, who had done a reading of it. She told me about it when she was doing the reading, and she said, "If this goes on or if they start looking for people, you need to get involved because it's a really great piece." So that's how I heard about it, and then my agency passed me the demo. The moment I heard the music, I was like, "That's it! I wanna be a part of it, however I can be a part of it."
Question: Do you know what role Eden was playing at the time?
Olivo: I think she was playing the Nina role.
Question: Were you involved in any of the workshops, or did you join the show for the Off-Broadway run?
Olivo: I did the first workshop that was at 37 Arts, and then I did the Off-Broadway run.
Question: When you were doing the show Off-Broadway, did you think it would make it to Broadway?
Olivo: Honestly, when we were doing it Off-Broadway, all I could think about was how good it was. I have a theory: If the work is good, it's going to go as far as it needs to go. I wasn't necessarily pushing for it to go to Broadway. I just wanted to make sure that we stayed true to it, the material. I thought that if we do that, then we're going to be a success in whatever realm we need to be a success in.
Question: How has the Broadway experience differed from the Off-Broadway one?
Olivo: It's just a harder show! [Laughs.]
Question: You think it's harder now?
Olivo: Yeah, it's definitely harder. We added a lot of things: We added a lot of layers, songs got longer, dances got harder, scene work got more in depth. It's much more taxing. The facility at 37 Arts is definitely challenging. The terrain was a lot bigger — I think our stage was like 72 feet across. It was a bit of a trek to get around the stage. Now that we're on a smaller stage, I think the work itself has become harder.
Question: How would you describe Vanessa?
Olivo: Vanessa is that ambitious person in all of us, the person who sees where they are and wants to move on.
Question: Do you have a favorite moment in the show for your character?
Olivo: Yeah, but it's offstage. [Laughs.] It kind of happens onstage. Right before the dinner scene happens, Priscilla Lopez and I are crossing behind a piece of scenery that no one can see. Every night she makes up an impromptu dance that I have to follow in her footsteps. It's really symbolic of what my entire life has been. She set the bar for all of us, and to be able to walk out really in her footsteps every night is kind of like a dream come true. I pinch myself every night.
Question: In his Tony speech Lin-Manuel Miranda thanked his girlfriend Vanessa. Is your character based on her?
Olivo: No, I think it's a coincidence.
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Olivo: It was completely humbling. I feel like dancers are the hardest-working people on Broadway. They really are. They make the leads look good. Specifically for me — I'm a trained dancer as much as I can say I'm "a mover." [Laughs.] All of [choreographer] Andy [Blankenbuehler]'s stuff is so complicated and so specific. The dancers in our show were so encouraging and so helpful. They break down steps for me all the time. All of my dance partners in the club — I dance with all these different men — they are so supportive and so responsive. . . . To be in those ranks is unbelievable. They work so hard and they never complain, and it's never an issue of how many times we have to do it as long as we get it right. It's just so cool to be in that club.
Question: Do you think In the Heights has a message? What does it mean to you?
Olivo: It has many messages, and I think that's why it's so impactful. One of the ones that I think is pretty important is to be in the moment. The whole thing with Usnavi, thinking about the places that he thinks he wants to be, when in actuality, he comes to find that the place that he is right now is the place that he is supposed to be. For a lot of us, a lot of our characters, we all have similar journeys where we're striving for something else, but we neglect what's right in front of us the entire time. I think that's a really important thing for all of us to have. I know in my life it serves a purpose. I think about that a lot, being in the moment.
Question: Speaking of moments, what was it like performing on the Tony Awards?
Olivo: It was the most stressful and amazing experience ever! We were so prepared. Andy did such a great job of really drilling us and making sure we knew exactly what was going to be asked of us on the rehearsal day. There is nothing like it, getting up on that stage in front of all of those people and knowing what you're there to do and knowing what you're representing. It was such an emotional and life-changing experience just to be on that stage.
Question: Do you remember your reaction when they announced that In the Heights had won the Tony?
Olivo: Someone told me — I don't remember it all that well, but I think I bunny-hopped all the way down the aisle in my formal dress! I was like a child. I couldn't contain myself. [Laughs.]
Question: I think you have such an amazing voice. When did you know that you could really sing?
Olivo: I was always singing when I was really young. When I was like seven and eight, I was always making up songs in the car. My mom would be like, "Where'd you learn that?" and I'd be like, "I just made it up." But I was never really trained until I got to CCM. I went to Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. My voice teacher there was one of the opera voice teachers. Unfortunately, she has passed, but she was instrumental in encouraging me and making me feel that just because my voice was so different and the way I used it was different, didn't mean that I couldn't be a success and I couldn't keep doing what I was doing. I think probably college would be the time where I really figured out that I could actually do something.
Question: Was your hope to do opera at that point?
Olivo: It sounds strange and no one knows this part of my voice, but I'm a soprano in all forms of the word. I loved doing all of the arias and I loved that for school. But when it was me in room by myself, I was just trying to see how high I could belt. [Laughs.]
Question: How high can you belt?
Olivo: I don't know. Actually, I can go pretty high when I don't look at the piano and when you don't tell me what it is. It's all in the mind.
Question: Have you ever thought about or wanted to play Elphaba in Wicked? Your voice sounds like it would be a great fit for that part.
Olivo: It's a very strange situation. I saw Idina [Menzel] do it, and I saw my friend Eden [Espinosa] do it. I really am a firm believer in if someone has done it the way you think it should be done, there's no reason to go and try to do it again. You know what I mean? I feel like they got it. Between the two of them, they nailed it. On top of it, I feel like I'm better at creating things and making things from nothing.
Question: And, it's probably more interesting at this point in your career to be able to do create a role.
Olivo: And who wants to be painted green? [Laughs.] Come on!
Question: Since we've never spoken before, where were you born and raised?
Olivo: I was born in New York, and when I was younger, I moved to Central Florida and was raised down there.
Question: When did you start performing?
Olivo: When I was about six years old, my dad put me in my first play.
Question: Was it something you wanted to do?
Olivo: He was a children's theatre director, so it was easier to put me onstage than have someone to watch me.
Question: When did you think you knew that performing of some nature would be your career?
Olivo: Pretty early on. I think I was probably in my first community theatre production when I was seven or eight, and I thought, "Nothing feels as good as this." I was like the one kid who didn't have any extracurricular activities. All I did was go to the theatre. From pretty early on, my parents knew that that's all I was interested in.
Question: As a teenager or in college, were there actors or singers that you admired or influenced you?
Olivo: Shirley MacLaine. I won a scholarship — the Ruth Eckerd Hall Scholarship in Florida for musical theatre, and she was the one who gave it to me, and she was really great. I got to meet her, and she gave me some advice: "It's really hard. If you really want to do it, you're going to have to stick with it. And a lot of people are going to tell you you can't do it, but you gotta just keep trying…" Stuff like that. And then, obviously, Priscilla Lopez and Rita Moreno because they're of Latin descent, and there weren't a whole lot of people that I could identify with.
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7A has sadly closed early 2014.
No, 7A doesn't stand for 7AM as referenced by my title. The name is derived from its corner location between 7th Street and Avenue A. What 7A excels at is the ability satisfy your craving for breakfast food, around the clock (except during dinner), year round. After all much like our constant excuse to commence happy hour, it's also "7AM somewhere".
7A Cafe has been in the alphabet city long before it was considered stylish to venture beyond the numbered avenues. With the gentrification of the 90s, the restaurant has become a gathering place of hipsters and trend setters. With the large airy windows, which are kept fully open in warmer months, you can even get a nice seat to do some people watching. There're always interesting people walking by during brunch hours.
During brunch is when 7A excels. The prix-fixe brunch, complete with coffee and an alcoholic beverage (mimosa, bloody mary, screwdriver), is a great value at just under $15.
These aren't skimpy little portions either, these are proper brunch entrees that'll keep you powered for the rest of your weekend afternoon.
All the brunch classics you expect are found on the menu. From the well executed eggs benedict, to a hearty portion of chicken tenders and waffles.
The steak and eggs was a visually disappointing, with the comically thin steak. I understand the price of beef makes it difficult to keep steak on the menu, but I'd rather pay a $3-5 supplement for a real piece of beef.
The lobster quesadilla topped with guacamole was perhaps the most challenging dish on the menu, but was executed quite nicely especially with the tropical fruit salad on the side. At this price you won't see any large chunks of lobster, but it's there in modest portions, and it's delicious.
A truly enjoyable brunch for around $20 after tip and tax, a solid option for brunch if you ever find yourself in the neighborhood.
Note: Need a very very good reason to be in the neighborhood? Volunteer at the soup kitchen every Saturday morning at The Father's Heart Ministries, just a few blocks away. Pastor Vedral's staff is really an inspiration. Each Saturday morning (except for the first Saturday of the month) they serve over 800 guests a hot meal and provides them with much needed sustenance for their week. There're also ESL programs and prayer groups.
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Wednesday Morning Links
From Pullman — The Cougars had their Thursday Night Football scrimmage on Tuesday, due to the accelerated schedule caused by Thursday's Halloween football game … Washington State will get a little help from the weather … There weren't any surprises in the Pac-12 last weekend, and our Power Rankings didn't change much.
More links after the jump.
- Remember those pink helmets Oregon wore when the Cougars played in Eugene? Well they raised more than just awareness.
- Utah's Travis Wilson is still playing with a hurt hand.
- OSU is down a receiver, perhaps for the rest of his career.
- The Golden Bears are trying something different on defense.
- The Cardinal suffered a big loss on defense.
- The Huskies are developing a pass rush.
- Bonus Link: Ever wonder how the Grantland website got its name? This should give you an idea.
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currently cities can be joined only when a member of the waze team does it on the back-end. There's no automated process.
As you might know, we are still having problems with the display of provinces, states, counties etc... which is why two cities with the same name are not allowed on our maps.
For this reason, we currently recommend people to name their city 'Alphaville, county A' and 'Alphaville, county B'. Once we have full support for the counties, in the DB and in the cartouche, you will be able to better city the full tree (sometime there's a neighborhood in a city in a province in a county... and so forth).
As for your city, it's possible that someone asked me to merge them and I did. If this was a mistake, I apologize, but I cannot reverse it. If you do create a new city, make sure to add some kind of identifier after the city name, to differentiate it from the other cities with the same name in your country.


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Twenty-nine: A MASTER OF FATE 271
Thirty: THE RETURN OF ZORA 283
Thirty-one: A PARTING OF WAYS 293
Thirty-two: ZORA'S WAY 309
Thirty-three: THE BUYING OF THE SWAMP 316
Thirty-four: THE RETURN OF ALWYN 328
Thirty-five: THE COTTON MILL 339
Thirty-six: THE LAND 350
Thirty-seven: THE MOB 364
Thirty-eight: ATONEMENT 371
whose name may not be written but to whose tireless
faith the shaping of these cruder thoughts to forms
more fitly perfect is doubtless due, this
finished work is herewith dedicated
He who would tell a tale must look toward three ideals: to tell it well, to tell it beautifully, and to tell the truth.
The first is the Gift of God, the second is the Vision of Genius, but the third is the Reward of Honesty.
In The Quest of the Silver Fleece there is little, I ween, divine or ingenious; but, at least, I have been honest. In no fact or picture have I consciously set down aught the counterpart of which I have not seen or known; and whatever the finished picture may lack of completeness, this lack is due now to the story-teller, now to the artist, but never to the herald of the Truth.
August 15, 1911
Night fell. The red waters of the swamp grew sinister and sullen. The tall pines lost their slimness and stood in wide blurred blotches all across the way, and a great shadowy bird arose, wheeled and melted, murmuring, into the black-green sky.
The boy wearily dropped his heavy bundle and stood still, listening as the voice of crickets split the shadows and made the silence audible. A tear wandered down his brown cheek. They were at supper now, he whispered—the father and old mother, away back yonder beyond the night. They were far away; they would never be as near as once they had been, for he had stepped into the world. And the cat and Old Billy—ah, but the world was a lonely thing, so wide and tall and empty! And so bare, so bitter bare! Somehow he had never dreamed of the world as lonely before; he had fared forth to beckoning hands and luring, and to the eager hum of human voices, as of some great, swelling music.
Yet now he was alone; the empty night was closing all about him here in a strange land, and he was afraid. The bundle with his earthly treasure had hung heavy and heavier on his shoulder; his little horde of money was tightly wadded in his sock, and the school lay hidden somewhere far away in the shadows. He wondered how far it was; he looked and harkened, starting at his own heartbeats, and fearing more and more the long dark fingers of the night.