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Saturday, October 31, 2009
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Louis Haghe - The Refreshment Area at the Great Exhibition of 1851
[The Refreshment Area at the Great Exhibition of 1851]
signed L. Haghe 1851 l.l.
pen and black and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour
34.5 x 26.5"
1806 - 1885.
Haghe was one of the artists commissioned by Prince Albert to produce watercolours of the Great Exhibition. These were then reproduced as chromo-lithographs. Haghe was previously famous for his Sketches in the Holy Land produced with David Roberts in 1842-9.
Price Realized £8,750 (2009)
Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's consort, set up a committee to organise exhibitions with the aim of improving British industrial design. This led to the first truly international exhibition 'The Great Exhibition', which was held in Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace at Hyde Park, in the Summer of 1851. Opened by the Queen on 1st May, six million people flocked to see over 100,000 exhibits from around the world.
Upon entering visitors would have been struck by the size and structural perfection of the building that met their eyes. As they went through the doors they would have been overwhelmed by the height of the iron and glass transept which rose 108ft (33m) above their heads, encasing fully grown Elm trees, adding to the impression that they were in a vast green house.
This particular watercolour, by Louis Haghe, shows the central refreshment area, with the hustle and bustle of people gathered around. In it can be seen two of the Elms - originally to be cut down in initial designs for the Crystal Palace, but then included after an outcry from the British public. It gives an idea to the viewer of the pure grandness and spectacle of the exhibition, and the sense of social occasion that must have been felt by all visitors.
Haghe, amongst other artists, was commissioned by Prince Albert to produce watercolours of the Great Exhibition. These were then to be reproduced into chromo-lithographs, which was the new mechanical colour-printing process in keeping with the aims of the exhibition. Haghe was one of the pioneering artists of this process, and had previously worked with David Roberts (1796-1864) on his 'Sketches in the Holy Land', published from 1842-49. The watercolour in this lot, of the refreshment area (or 'food court' as we would term it today), was almost certainly a pre-design for his much smaller work of the same subject, currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum (CT28003).
Labels: Louis Haghe
Samuel Bough - Unloading the boats
signed Sam Bough / 1867 l.l.
oil on canvas
16 x 26"
Labels: Samuel Bough
Edward Robert Smythe - Yarmouth Jetty
[The Yarmouth Jetty, with promenaders, fishermen and travellers with their horses]
signed E R Smythe l.r.
oil on canvas
24 x 36"
Labels: Edward Robert Smythe
John O'Connor - The shipbuilder's cart
signed J. O'Connor l.l.
oil on canvas
22 x 26"
Born in Co. Derry he began work as an assistant scene-painter at the Belfast Th. and then later the Dublin Th. In 1848 he moved to London where he worked as a scene painter at Drury Lane and later at the Haymarket where he became principal scene-painter. He took up landscape painting and travelled widely on the continent and exhibited at the RA from 1857 - 1888.
Labels: John O'Connor
Frederick Richard Lee - Figures and Horses on a Beach
oil on panel
17.5 x 24"
Labels: Frederick Richard Lee
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Marie Elizabeth Seymour Lucas - Small and of no reputation
Labels: Marie Elizabeth Seymour Lucas
David Woodlock - An old cottage near Church Stretton, Shropshire
signed 'old cottage/ near Church Stretton/Shropshire/D. Woodlock.19.' l.l.
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white
15 1/5 x 10 1/5"
Labels: David Woodlock
Charles Hunt - The love letter
Labels: Charles Hunt
Herbert William Weekes - Suspicion
Labels: Herbert William Weekes
William Collins - Children on a mountain top
Labels: William Collins
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the Italian Renaissance
Out of my period I know, but since it happens to feature my favourite painting
Lady with Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci created around 1490
Labels: news, Renaissance Paintings
Arthur Rackham - self portrait
Labels: Arthur Rackham
Plymouth Pier
Labels: Victorian Life, Victorian Seaside
J. Baldwin
Labels: J. Baldwin
Ernest Walbourn - pair
Labels: Ernest Walbourn
Charles Hunt - The Flower Pickers
Labels: Charles Hunt
John Strickland Goodall - The Happy Family
Labels: John Strickland Goodall
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
J M W Turner - Richmond Hill
Labels: J M W Turner
Blackpool 1895
Labels: Victorian Life, Victorian Seaside
John Strickland Goodall
signed John S. Goodall l.r.
Pencil and Watercolour, heightened with bodycolour
7 1/4 x 10 1/4"
1908 - 1996.
Labels: John Strickland Goodall
William Stephen Coleman - Children resting
[Children resting on the steps of a seaside cottage]
signed W S Coleman l.l.
Watercolour and bodycolour
6 1/4 x 9 1/4"
Worked in a style rather similar to Myles Birket Foster. He was a surgeon before becoming an artist.
Labels: William Stephen Coleman
Henry Charles Andrews - The Wedding Feast
Labels: Henry Charles Andrews
Edward Seago - Cattle at the Rond Dyke, Thurne Marsh
Labels: Edward Seago
Monday, October 26, 2009
Butcher's Shop
William McTaggert
[Children Shrimping]
signed W McTaggert 1893 l.r.
oil on canvas
14 x 19 3/4"
1835 - 1910.
Labels: William McTaggert
Edward Seago - Calm Evening on the Waveney
signed Edward Seago l.l.
oil on board
16 x 24"
Seago was born and lived in Norfolk most of his life.
including works currently for sale
Labels: Edward Seago
Samuel John Lamorna Birch - On the road to Land's End
signed S.J. Lamorna Birch l.l.
oil on canvas
20 x 30"
including works currently for sale
Labels: Samuel John Lamorna Birch
(Sir) Alfred East - Twilight in Windsor Forest
oil on canvas
42 x 50"
including works currently for sale
Labels: Alfred East
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Interior - 1895
Harold Speed
oil on canvas
30 x 25"
[Awakening Spring]
oil on canvas
30 x 25"
[A rocky pool with waterfall]
oil on canvas
20 x 23"
1872 - 1957.
Labels: speed
Albert Goodwin - Youth is Full of Sport ...
"Youth is full of sport
Age's breath is short"
signed Albert Goodwin/77 l.l.
oil on canvas
36 x 55 3/4"
exhibited RA 1877
A much acclaimed work at the time.
(notice the slightly different title)
Labels: Albert Goodwin
Albert Goodwin - Warden's Garden of Winchester College
[with the Chapel beyond]
signed Albert Goodwin l.r.
oil on board
14 3/4 x 21"
exhibited RA 1920
Labels: Albert Goodwin
John MacVicar Anderson
[Canterbury Cathredral by Moonlight]
signed JOHN ANDERSON l.r.
oil on canvas
21 3/4 x 36"
1835 - 1915.
Labels: John MacVicar Anderson
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Labels: Victorian Seaside
Philip John Thornhill - Golden Threads
[Golden Threads]
oil on canvas
50 x 72"
exhibited RA 1904
1875 - 1903.
Price Realized £12,250 (2009)
Labels: Philip John Thornhill
Archibald Wakley - A Royal Princess
[A Royal Princess]
signed ARCHIBALD/WAKLEY/1903 l.r.
inscribed 'A Royal Princess/"But a vain shadow.If one considereth/Vanity of Vanities/As the Preacher saith"/C. Rossetti/Archibald Wakley/76A Monmouth Road/Bayswater/W.'
Watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white and gold
21.5 x 26 1/4"
1873 - 1906.
Price Realized £3000 (2009)
The inscription on the label to the reverse comes from Christina Rossetti's poem Mother Country, composed on the 7 February 1866. Archibald Wakley was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy and worked in both oils and watercolour. The present lot exhibits his allegiance to a Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic akin to Burne-Jones and De Morgan. Considered a prodigious talent, his promising career was cut short when he was brutally murdered in his Bayswater home in 1906.
Labels: Archibald Wakley
Henry Le Jeune - Mary Magdalen at the Sepulchre
oil on panel
12 x 9 7/8"
Labels: Henry Le Jeune
Paul Falconer Poole - pair
[The Shepherd]
[The Lovers]
oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 12 1/8"
Labels: Paul Falconer Poole
Friday, October 23, 2009
St Giles, London 1840
Carlton Alfred Smith - A favourite sketch
signed Carlton A. Smith, 1910 l.l.
oil on panel
13 x 9"
exhibited The Society of Oil Painters, London
Price Realized £2,000 (2009)
Labels: Carlton Alfred Smith
(Sir) Joseph Noel Paton - The Indian's boy's mother (study)
oil on canvas
13 x 11 1/8"
Price Realized £8,750 (2009)
This is an accurate study for two figures at the lower centre of a composition by Paton, illustrating a scene from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The finished painting represents one of a pair including The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania 1849, also The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania 1847. The figures in this study are shown in both paintings, currently with the National Gallery of Scotland.
Paton was a highly successful artist who specialised in painting detailed compositions illustrating biblical episodes and imaginative stories based on romantic myths and legends. His interest in achieving convincing naturalistic detail was inspired by his friend John Everett Millais, with whom he studied at the Royal Academy. Paton, born in Dunfermline, returned to Scotland and was appointed 'the Queen's Limner in Scotland' in 1866. His most famous paintings are of fairy subjects which enjoyed great popularity during Victoria's reign.
Paton's painting is an imaginative interpretation of an incident in Shakespeare's play. Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, quarrel over the possession of a changeling (a human child, carried off to the fairy realm and replaced by a fairy child). The main figures are surrounded by a host of smaller fairy creatures, some grotesque, others beautiful, whose supernatural character excused their sensual appearance and behaviour. The painting was judged to be 'picture of the season' when exhibited in Edinburgh in 1850. Later it captivated Lewis Carroll (the author of Alice in Wonderland) who counted 165 fairies.
Labels: Sir Joseph Noel Paton
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While Obama has hosted citizenship ceremonies in previous years, Monday's event was laced with politics, given the ongoing debate over immigration reform on Capitol Hill. A bipartisan group of eight senators is close to finishing draft work on a bill that would dramatically reshape the U.S. immigration and employment landscape, putting 11 million illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship. The measure also would allow tens of thousands of new high- and low-skilled workers into the country.


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It doesn't seem to be making the headlines as much anymore – but the crisis in Greece is surely about to explode.
Talks between the Greek government and the European Union (and ECB, and IMF) are getting nowhere, deadlines keep being extended with no result, and there isn't actually any money.
To be clear, the "bailout" of Greece wasn't actually a bailout of Greece at all – it was a bailout of those who had lent money to Greece – mainly large financial institutions. The money lent to Greece in the "bailout" was used to pay back loans to the (often privately owned) financial institutions, it didn't go to the Greek government for spending on the Greek people.
The larger European nations are insisting that Greece breaks its previous promises to its own people, by reducing their pensions (among other things), so that it can keep its previous promises to larger and wealthier foreign nations and financial institutions.
Of course many western politicians would argue that they have to protect these financial institutions because they hold the pensions and savings of so many "ordinary citizens", but take a look at the miserly annuity rates available from developed economies these days and compare them to the financial reports of the institutions providing them – it's not hard to argue that they might be looking after themselves a little better than they're looking after "ordinary citizens".
In contrast, the left-wing Greek government would argue that there's actually little or no benefit to the overwhelming majority of Greek citizens (who are already relatively poor) for them to have to reduce their own pensions, just to prop up a few huge (and rich) financial institutions from wealthy countries who made some terrible lending decisions.
So the current impasse isn't likely to change – there is no political or economic benefit for the Greek government to agree to the "reforms" demanded by the larger European countries, and no political benefit and only a small short-term economic benefit for the larger European governments to change its demands.
It's common for supporters of left-wing governments to say they stand up for the poor, and for opponents of left-wing governments to say they ruin the economy. In Greece right now, it looks like both sides are going to be proved right.
So who is right? That depends on your perspective. Should debt agreements be honoured? Most people would say yes. Should "the will of the people" prevail in a democracy? Most people would say yes. (The current Greece government was recently voted into power on the back of a promise to not implement the "reforms" demanded by the larger European countries). The problem is, they can't do both.
Personally, I think Greece should stick to its position, not meet the demands of the other nations, look after its own people, deal with the short-term economic problems as best it can, put its remaining resources into ensuring that everyone has the basics – food, shelter, clothing etc – and begin the rebuilding as soon as possible. Literally nothing of any substance is being achieved by the ongoing talks, decision postponements, and half-measures.
Will it happen? I'm pretty sure it will.
When will it happen? Relatively soon I think, although the larger European governments will be keen to try to push the problem a little further into the future (where it will be an even bigger problem, because it's getting worse every day), so there might be some sort of "fudge" for the near future.
But as every politician and economist secretly knows, Greece cannot afford to pay its debts, and never will – regardless of whether they agree to the demands or not.
What will this mean? Certainly a Greece default. They might not call it a default – other phrases commonly used are "haircut", "creditor agreement", "restructuring" etc – but they all mean one thing – creditors aren't going to get some, or all, of their money back (which is the definition of a default).
This may then lead to Greece leaving the Euro (definitely the best thing for Greece in the medium-long term), as officially, no country is allowed to default and remain in the Euro – although also officially, no country is allowed to leave the Euro at all, which leaves a bizarre conundrum.
It's amazing that in a world with so much history to learn from, and so many intelligent people to think things through, that political leaders still think that if you write something on a piece of paper and have a big signing ceremony, everything will turn out as written. That's a massively stupid assumption to make, to put it mildly… but it keeps happening…
So if Greece leaves the Euro, it will be massive news, but ultimately they'll just introduce a new currency (probably called the Drachma again), which will have an artificial conversion rate to the Euro, and which will promptly crash as soon as it's open for trading.
The stock market in Greece will also be re-denominated, crash, then everything will carry on as normal for the vast amount of Greek people (no more foreign holidays or luxury imports, but anything produced in Greece will still be there, just paid for with a different piece of paper with a different number on it).
Then, as Greece becomes exceptionally cheap for foreign tourists, and its good become exceptionally cheap for foreign companies, profits (denominated in Drachmas) will soar, the stock market will rise massively, the currency exchange rate will stabilise, and foreign financial institutions will start lending to Greece again. Back to normal.
So keep an eye out – you'll never get a better buying opportunity than immediately after a massive crisis, particularly after a currency re-denomination crisis, in a relatively developed nation. And it looks like it's coming soon…


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By Sharon Begley
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For more than 20 years anthropologists have debated whether the first Americans arrived in the New World by walking over a land bridge across the Bering Strait, as millions of schoolchildren have been taught, or by sea from southwest Europe, perhaps in animal-skin kayaks.
A new analysis challenges the out-of-Europe hypothesis, which has figured in a political debate over the rights of present-day Native American tribes. Scientists announced on Wednesday that they had, for the first time, determined the full genome sequence of an ancient American, a toddler who lived some 12,600 years ago and was buried in western Montana. His DNA, they report, links today's Native Americans to ancient migrants from easternmost Asia.
The study, published in the journal Nature, "is the final shovelful of dirt" on the European hypothesis, said anthropological geneticist Jennifer Raff of the University of Texas, co-author of a commentary on it in Nature.
The idea that the first Americans arrived millennia earlier than long thought and from someplace other than Beringia - which spans easternmost Russia and western Alaska - has poisoned relationships between many Native Americans and anthropologists. Some tribes fear that the theory that the continent's first arrivals originated in Europe might cast doubt on their origin stories and claims to ancient remains on ancestral lands.
Despite the new study, other experts say the debate over whether the first Americans arrived from Beringia or southwestern Europe, where a culture called the Solutrean thrived from 21,000 to 17,000 years ago, is far from settled.
"They haven't produced evidence to refute the Solutrean hypothesis," said geneticist Stephen Oppenheimer of Oxford University, a leading expert on using DNA to track ancient migrations. "In fact, there is genetic evidence that only the Solutrean hypothesis explains."
The partial skeleton of the 1-year-old boy, called Anzick-1, was discovered when a front-end loader hit it while scooping out fill in 1968. The grave and its environs contained 125 artifacts including stone spear points and elk antlers centuries older than the bones, said anthropologist Michael Waters of Texas A&M University's Center for the Study of the First Americans, a co-author of the Nature study.
That suggests that the antler artifacts "were very special heirlooms handed down over generations," Waters said. Why they were buried with the boy remains unknown.
The distinctive stone tools show that the boy was a member of the Clovis culture, one of the oldest in North America and dating to around 12,600 to 13,000 years ago. The origins and descendants of the Clovis people have remained uncertain, but the boy's genome offers clues.
"The genetic data from Anzick confirms that the ancestors of this boy originated in Asia," said Eske Willerslev of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, who led the study. The DNA shows that the child belonged to a group that is a direct ancestor to as many as 80 percent of the Native Americans tribes alive today, he said: "It's almost like he is a missing link" between the first arrivals and today's tribes.
The most likely scenario, said Texas's Raff, is that humans reached eastern Beringia from Siberia 26,000 to 18,000 years ago. By 17,000 years ago, receding glaciers allowed them to cross the Bering Strait. Some migrated down the Pacific coast, reaching Monte Verde in Chile by 14,600 years ago, while others - including the ancestors of Anzick-1 - headed for the interior of North America.
The genetic analysis found that the boy is less closely related to northern Native Americans than to central and southern Native Americans such as the Maya of Central America and the Karitiana of Brazil. That can best be explained, the scientists say, if he belonged to a population that is directly ancestral to the South American tribes.
Today's Native Americans are "direct descendants of the people who made and used Clovis tools and buried this child," the scientists wrote. "In agreement with previous archaeological and genetic studies, our genome analysis refutes the possibility that Clovis originated via a European migration to the Americas."
Not all experts are convinced. "We definitely have some stuff here in the east of the United States that is older than anything they have in the west," said anthropologist Dennis Stanford of the Smithsonian Institution, a proponent of the out-of-Europe model. "They've been reliably dated to 20,000 years ago," too early for migrants from Beringia to have made the trek, he said, and strongly resemble Solutrean artifacts.


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Black history talk set today at library
At 2:30 p.m. today, baseball writer, researcher and Marist College professor Jim Overmyer will speak on Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues at the Adriance Library Auditorium, 105 Market St.
Manley was business manager and co-owner with her husband of the Newark Eagles from 1936-48. She met her husband, Abe Manley, at the 1932 World Series at Yankee Stadium.
When they decided to create a baseball team, Abe built the club and Effa took care of the day-to-day business operations. Effa Manley was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006 as its first and, still today, only female member.
New Paltz ensemble to perform Sunday
NEW PALTZ - In honor of Black History Month, the SUNY New Paltz Department of Music and the Poné Ensemble will present "A Ride on the Underground Railroad" at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Julien J. Studley Theatre. The concert will feature contemporary music as well as traditional spirituals.
In addition to David Hughey, tenor, Nkeiru Okoye, composer, and Sumayya Ali, soprano, the concert will feature the Poné Ensemble for New Music, SUNY New Paltz Concert Choir and College-Community Chorale, the College Youth Symphony, the Newburgh Free Academy Choir, mezzo soprano Patrice Eaton, violinist Ashley Horne and maestro Harvey Felder.
There will also be a special exhibit of photographs on display created by Historic Huguenot Street.
Tickets are $12 general admission, $8 for seniors and $5 for students with ID. For advance ticket sales, visit www.newpaltz.edu/music.
Take an Adriance library tour Monday
There will will be a tour of the Adriance Memorial Library at 93 Market St., in Poughkeepsie at 7 p.m. Monday.
Library staff will guide patrons through the Local History Room, explaining the scope of the collection and the materials found there.
To attend, patrons must pre-register at 845-485-3445, Ext. 3702, or www.poklib.org.
Registered participants should gather at the Main Floor Reference Desk.
SPCA to hold open house on Feb. 16
HYDE PARK - The Dutchess County SPCA will host a free open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 16 at the shelter at 636 Violet Ave. near the intersection of Route 9G and St. Andrews Road.
Tours will be available, and staff and volunteers will be on hand to introduce adoptable animals. The shelter will offer reduced adoption fees for the day and free spay/neuter for feral cats all month.
In recognition of World Spay Day, the Dutchess County SPCA, along with Hudson Valley Animal Rescue and 14 local veterinarians, will offer free spay/neuter of feral cats throughout February. Appointments for all locations should be made by contacting Sherry Taylor at 845-452-7722, Ext. 114.
Presentation on government set
PORT EWEN - The League of Women Voters will host a Powerpoint presentation by League of Women Voters Executive Director Laura Ladd Bierma on "How Much Money Do Our Representatives Need? Lots!" at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at Esopus Town Hall on Route 9W, 284 Broadway.
The presentation will offer an overview of how the state campaign finance system works and suggestions for a reasonable fix.
For more information, visit www. lwvmidhudson.org, email email@example.com or call 845-340-2003.


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Supervision System 'Fails' as Violent Criminals Re-Offend; Mersey Probation Staff Defend Record
Byline: BY ROB MERRICK Political Corresponden
TWO violent criminals under community supervision in Merseyside and Cheshire were charged with murder, rape or another serious offence last year.
Opposition parties at Westminster said the pair were part of a 36%rise in serious re-offenders across England and Wales - from 61 to 83 - which amounted to a "catastrophic failure".
And the serious re-offender in Merseyside was among just 12 assessed as the "critical few" - with the highest risk of harming the public and under the most rigorous supervision.
Nick Herbert, Tory justice spokesman, said: "In spite of the focus on the most serious cases, unacceptable weaknesses in the arrangements for supervising offenders remain."
David Heath, for the Liberal Democrats, said: "For even one offender to commit another serious offence while under supervision is unacceptable. For 83 to do so in a single year, a tenth of all the offenders released from prison, is a catastrophic failure."
But, last night, Merseyside mounted a fierce defence of monitoring procedures, insisting it was going "from strength to strength".
Terry Eastham, of the National Probation Service in Merseyside, said the crime - an alleged murder - was the only serious charge against any of 283 offenders under supervision last year.
Mr Easthamsaid, it had not been a failure of supervision, because the dead person involved a family member.
Two independent inquiries, including by Merseyside's strategic management board - which includes lay members - had found no failures in practices. …


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Helping stroke patients with speech
The graduate program director of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department is working to improve methods for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to assess communication in stroke patients with severe impairments in speech and language.
Goldstone '71 elected to TV technology board
Ira Goldstone '71, a Univision executive, was elected this month to the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. (ATSC) an international nonprofit organization developing voluntary standards for the entire range of advanced television systems.
International students focus of communications book
Scholar-In-Residence Cathryn Cushner Edelstein, of the Communication Studies Department, has released a book to help international students assimilate to American college life.
Journalism students report news for Boston.com
The Journalism students have been writing news stories this semester for Boston.com's newly launched site Your Campus: Emerson.
Stearns Award boosts faculty projects
Two assistant professors were honored November 19 at the Norman and Irma Mann Stearns Distinguished Faculty Award Luncheon.
Professor authors family communication book
Communication Studies Professor Richard West recently released the fourth edition of his book Perspectives on Family Communication, co-authored by Lynn H. Turner of Marquette University.
Emerson student saves cancer patient's life
Emerson student Maxine Renning '14 donated her bone marrow and will meet the recipient Saturday, November 10.
Journalists, former governor talk election
Carole Simpson, former ABC News anchor and Emerson College's Journalism Senior Leader-in-Residence, led a panel discussion on the 2012 presidential election.


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Commencement Address delivered by ESU President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D.
Northampton Community College Commencement Address
Spring 2015
ESU President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D.
Congratulations to you, the Northampton Community College graduates of 2015! Today you have officially earned an associate degree in an area of study that, for whatever reason, piqued your interest, and now you're equipped and ready to take your education and your career to the next level.
But know that you are graduating with more than a piece of paper. Your future, your career, your hopes and dreams are now in the palm of your hand. I hope you have been challenged. I hope you have asked questions and learned to think critically, and I hope you have been changed by the experiences you've had and the people you've met along the way. Be proud in this moment, but for a second, stop to think about those who may not have that same opportunity.
A recent anonymous quote asks, "What if the cure for cancer was trapped inside the mind of someone who can't afford an education?" It's a good question and one that keeps me awake at night. Presidents like Dr. Erickson and I struggle to find a balance between the financial challenges that come with our daily operations and the commitment of institutions like NCC and ESU to keeping our tuition affordable so students from diverse backgrounds and circumstances can earn a great public education if they so desire.
In my family, I was basically a first generation college graduate. My mother did get her baccalaureate degree on my 16th birthday, but I was not born to a college graduate. My siblings and I worked in our mother's place at home and at our small three-aisle family grocery store so she could go to college. I watched my mother, a commuter student who had a dream to become a teacher, going first to a junior college 30 miles away and then to the closest public four-year institution 150 miles away. So I can sincerely appreciate how difficult it is to be an adult student, with a family, and with all of the sacrifices someone in that situation makes to attain a college education. The key to her story - and mine - is that we wanted something more and were willing to pay our dues to reach our goals, to get our degrees.
Almost daily, I hear stories from our students and their parents, individuals who work like my mother and me to have more opportunities and, in some cases, to set an example for their own sons and daughters. Here are just a few stories of NCC graduates who have gone on to pursue successful careers, and who we got to know at ESU:
There's Elena Zervos who earned an associate degree in early childhood education in 2012. While completing her internship, she met a young boy with Down Syndrome who changed her life. It was during her daily encounters with him that she knew special education was her destination. Elena has now received her bachelor's degree in special education from ESU. She continued to learn and to grow, teaching in a life skills classroom as part of her educational requirements. Even before graduation, Elena landed a full-time job working for the Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 in Nazareth Middle School and is now living her dream.
Paul Reidmiller joined the Navy in November of 1995, deploying twice to the Persian Gulf region onboard the U.S.S. Constellation CV-64. He was honorably discharged in 2006 and began attending NCC in 2012. In the spring of 2013, Paul graduated with an associate degree in general studies. He then transferred to ESU and, just one year later, earned a bachelor's degree in political science with a concentration in public relations. He is now enrolled in ESU's management and leadership-public administration master's program and plans to graduate with his third degree in May 2016.
Kathy Migliaccio earned her associate degree at NCC in 2013 and just earned a bachelor's degree in business management with a concentration in accounting from ESU. Kathy will soon begin her career as an accounting assistant at Camelback. She, too, is part of the long list of graduates who have become NCC success stories!
Yet not everyone has the inclination to attend a two-year community college or a four-year university. Some individuals opt for a vocational or trade school. The point being, it's about getting an education that is a good fit in terms of affordability and employment potential that will somehow pay off in the fast-paced, technologically advanced society in which we live.
Take it from me - I did not go to college to become a university president. I had no mentors nor did I know anyone personally in education to emulate. I grew up in a town of 500 people - the only people with college degrees in my community were the pharmacist, the doctor and the dentist, and, of course, our teachers. So when I was asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" my dad responded "a doctor." But it was his dream, not mine. I was at a loss as to how I was going to figure this out for myself.
Finally, the day came when I was off to college. I had a different major every semester because I was excited to learn, to take classes that would allow me to become something - but what? I did everything that we advise our students NOT to do. During my senior year, I finally decided to become a physical sciences major because that degree program allowed me the opportunity to take a lot of electives. I took studio art, design, literature of the American West, chemistry, biochemistry, physics and anything related to mathematics. But I avoided computer science classes, and the related punch cards, because what kind of job would I get with that degree?
Then my graduation day came, and I received my degree in physical sciences, and my father asked when I would begin medical school. I finally had the courage to say, "that is your dream, not mine."
Dad barely spoke to me for about a year, but when I finally earned my Ph.D. in human anatomy some years later, I gave him a bound copy of my dissertation. He put it on the fireplace mantle and was so very proud of me, and yet every time we were together, he asked "when are you planning to return to college to get that medical degree?"
My Ph.D. gave me the opportunity to actually teach medical students for 23 years and I loved every minute of that part of my career. But at some point, I moved on and demonstrated administrative skills I didn't realize I had. My father saw me become a college dean, and then a university provost but he had no idea what either job was and couldn't explain it when he talked with his friends. It would have been much easier for him to say, "My daughter, the doctor." He didn't live to see me become a university president, but I know he would be very proud ... AND he would still hound me about returning to college to go to medical school!
Know that I applaud all that you've done, the sacrifices you and your family have made, to find a way to complete your educational journey. You've invested more than money - you've made a commitment to seeing your training through to the end. You've crossed the threshold to your future and made an investment in YOU.
Hopefully this will not be your last day as a student. Let's talk about the paths you have available to you as you leave here today. A path can be a road or track made for a particular purpose; the route or course along which you will travel or move; or a course of action. I like the definition used in computer science where a path is a sequence of commands or a link between points that is needed to reach a particular goal.
Some well-known ideas about the paths we choose include one from Yogi Berra, who once quipped: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
And then there's the famous poet Robert Frost. In his poem titled "The Road Not Taken," he described two roads, and understanding he could not take both, he chose the one less traveled by. It's important to note that the title of Robert Frost's poem is not "The Road Less Traveled" but "The Road Not Taken." Even as he makes a choice, the speaker knows he will second-guess himself somewhere down the line or at the very least he will wonder what is irrevocably lost. What would have happened had he taken the other path? What would have happened if I had become a physician, fulfilling my father's dream, rather than pursuing my doctorate in human anatomy? Perhaps the theme of Frost's poem should have been "seize the day."
The question now is, can you "seize the day" as you address your future? Do you have a path for your future? What will you make of it? There is significance for us as college presidents to make sure our students have pathways to become successful graduates.
Education matters. Skills and knowledge matter. It's not just about what you learn in a classroom or a textbook, it's also about your willingness to step out and overcome obstacles, to seek new career paths and to have confidence in yourself to know you can do anything. Those are the gems you, the Class of 2015, have learned along your path to where you stand today.
As you now move forward on your journey, let me leave you with some advice:
First, accept challenges, not limitations. Now that you face your future, know you will continue to have trials; your work is far from done. It's up to each and every one of you to set your own path and overcome the obstacles that may stand in the way of your success. Two students graduating with the same major are certain to find different pathways to use their talents and their abilities. Most of you have plans for your future. Right now, most of you think you know what you are going to do and where you are going with your career or your place in the world. But in 5 years or 10, most of you will not be doing what you have planned today. You will be given choices, and you will make decisions. Make the best of those choices, those decisions. Don't dwell on what could have been, but control what is, and make it the best!
Second, be thankful. As I've said before, not everyone has the same opportunities to earn a solid education to help achieve professional success in this ever-changing global economy as you have had. Use your voice and your experiences to inspire others to take that leap of faith! And never forget where you've come from. Always take time out to love and to live. Never forget family and friends who have supported you along the way. When you see opportunities, pay it forward with money or time or both, to be sure that those after you also have choices about where they want to go in life and how they'll get there.
Third, keep learning. Continue to learn from others. You will need to trust others, to sometimes lean on others, and take to heart the knowledge that the world is filled with smart people. As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas may, at times, be better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.
And last, take the high road. Author Rachel St. John-Gilbert once wrote: "Taking the high road is hard work -- walking uphill requires strength and effort. Anyone can take the low road --walking downhill is easy." Always take the high road. Never sacrifice your reputation or your integrity to accomplish your goals.
Every college and university wants to make a difference to its students. For most college and university presidents, Dr. Erickson and me included, helping students succeed is the touchstone that helps us measure all that we do. Professors want the academic experience to make a difference to those students they touch. Administrators and staff want the same thing, of course, but we also want to do all that we can to instill in each of you values and good citizenry through your vast experiences outside of the classroom. While these are all great aspirations, it is also important to realize that you also have changed us, either as individuals, or as institutions. We are better because you were here.
You are the future. So with imagination, ingenuity and audacity, explore, discover, and change the world. Have fun while you're at it! The future is in the hearts and minds of you, the really bright graduates with a variety of choices about what pathways you're going to take now that you've earned your diploma. Now, go out and amaze us!
Best wishes, Class of 2015!


text: Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences http://hdl.handle.net/2429/339 2015-12-01T18:29:10Z Emplacement depth and porphyry copper-gold potential of Late Triassic to Early Jurassic granitoids in Yukon http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54236 The objective of this study is to provide additional constraints through Al-in hornblende geothermobarometry on the nature and tectonic setting of Late Triassic to Early Jurassic magmatism and associated intrusion-related mineralization in west-central Yukon and eastern Alaska. Late Triassic to Early Jurassic (220-180 Ma) plutonic rocks in west-central Yukon and eastern Alaska represent a pulse of magmatism that emplaced the subvolcanic magma chambers of a continental magmatic arc that was superimposed on the Yukon-Tanana terrane. The Late Triassic to Early Jurassic Granite Mountain batholith hosts the Minto and Carmacks Copper deposits, the two most significant examples of Late Triassic to Early Jurassic intrusion-related copper-gold mineralization in the area. Predominantly granitic rocks of the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic Aishihik plutonic suite are exposed along the contact between the Yukon-Tanana terrane and the Mesozoic intraoceanic volcanic arc terranes, Stikinia and Quesnellia. The granitic plutons form mountain ranges on the southern border of the Yukon Plateau where it joins the adjacent Whitehorse Trough. This intermontane basin is occupied by mainly clastic sedimentary rocks overlapping the Stikine and Quesnel terranes. The Early to Middle Jurassic stratigraphy of the Whitehorse Trough records the uplift and erosion of the batholiths surrounding the basin. Specifically, Late Pliensbachian (183 Ma) and younger strata of the Tanglefoot Formation of the Early to Middle Jurassic Laberge Group contain granitic plutonic clasts with igneous ages and detrital uranium-lead zircon age peaks corresponding to Late Triassic to Early Jurassic plutons, indicating rapid exhumation during emplacement. Samples were collected from plutons of the Aishihik and Tatchun batholiths for the purpose of Al-in-hornblende geothermobarometry to provide estimates of pressures and temperatures of crystallization. Assuming an average density of continental crust, calculated pressures were converted into emplacement depths. Based on the depths corresponding to crystallization pressures, the Tatchun batholith was emplaced on average about 10 kilometers deeper (21-31 kilometers) than the Aishihik batholith (12-17 kilometers). Age-equivalent intrusions in British Columbia were responsible for generating significant copper-gold porphyry deposits that are currently preserved at or near surface in Stikinia and Quesnellia. By contrast, the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic Aishihik and Tatchun batholiths were emplaced at deeper levels in the crust than is believed to be required for the exsolution of a mineralizing fluid phase to form conventional porphyry deposits. The rapid exhumation of these batholiths accompanying emplacement produced a strong preservation bias against rocks hosting porphyry deposits that form at shallow crustal levels, generally in the upper six kilometers. While the emplacement depths and exhumation rates of the Aishihik and Tatchun batholiths do not make them prospective in terms of conventional porphyry deposits, they may still be prospective hosts for other unconventional, deformed intrusion-related copper-gold deposits such as Minto and Carmacks Copper. 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z The geologic evolution of the Okanagan Valley shear zone near Oliver, British Columbia, Canada http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54055 The Okanagan Valley shear zone (OVsz) is approximately 1.5 km thick and delineates the western margin of the Shuswap metamorphic complex (SMC). The western contact of the OVsz is defined by the Okanagan Valley detachment fault (OVdf), an approximately 20° west-dipping, extensional detachment that facilitated exhumation of the Shuswap metamorphic complex during the orogenic collapse of the southeastern Canadian Cordillera in the Eocene. The field area studied is located to the north of Oliver, B.C. and west of Vaseaux Lake. This study observes and constrains its geologic evolution through petrographic and structural analysis of the rocks within the footwall. Two main lithologies are observed within the OVsz, the Green Lake metasedimentary complex (GLmc), the host rock, and the Mt. Keogan intrusive complex. Intense ductile deformation is observed through a penetrative mylonitic fabric that overprints both lithologies. A top-to-the-westnorth- west sense of shear has been suggested through kinematic indicators. 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z Variations in wetting angles for carbonate-silicate melts http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54017 The sessile drop method was used to measure the wetting angles of carbonate-silica melt droplets as a proxy for surface tension. Melts were synthesized by sintering pure anhydrous Na₂CO₃ powder with SiO₂ powder. The final weight percentages of Na₂O, SiO₂, and CO₂ of each melt were calculated. Samples of approximately 0.03g of each melt composition were melted on a substrate of alumina at 1000°C until the droplets had fully relaxed. The droplets were quenched at room temperature and wetting angle measurements were taken. Droplets of melt compositions of 62 wt% SiO2 and less produced wetting angles of 3 to 9°. Droplets of melt composition of 71 wt% produced drastically higher wetting angles of 23°. These results indicate that SiO₂ content does not significantly affect the wetting angle of the Na₂SiO₃- SiO₂ system until SiO₂ composes 71 wt% of the of the melt composition. The phase diagram of the SiO₂-Na₂CO₃ system is used to estimate the varying amounts of liquid and solid Na₂CO₃, solid Na₂SiO₃, liquid Na₂Si₂O⁰₅, and solid SiO₂ in each melt. Due to its molecular structure and high number of non-bridging oxygens/tetrahedral (NBO/T) Na₂CO₃ likely is the controlling component of the surface tension of the melts below 71 wt% SiO₂. 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Robin van Persie piled on the misery for former club Arsenal as Manchester United went top of the Premier League with a 2-1 victory at Old Trafford.
Victory in the early kick-off match saw United replace Chelsea in first place and that is where they stayed after the European champions were held to a 1-1 draw at Swansea City later on Saturday. In Manchester, Van Persie needed fewer than three minutes to put United in front before Patrice Evra doubled their lead in the 67th minute.
Arsenal's day got worse when midfielder Jack Wilshere, in only his second game back following a long injury lay-off, was sent off for a second bookable offence after he caught Evra on the ankle. "It was a special day, in the end it was about the game and I think we played well," Van Persie told Sky Sports.
United manager Alex Ferguson praised Van Persie's goal and his all-round performance by saying: "It was an ideal start for the Manchester United cause and it was good for Robin. I thought he was fantastic today. His movement, his penetration was fantastic."
Van Persie, playing against Arsenal for the first time since his £24million pre-season move from the Gunners, wasted little time in giving United the lead.
He struck in the third minute when, after Thomas Vermaelen failed to clear a Rafael cross from the right, he shot into the bottom corner of the net from the edge of the penalty area. It was the 29-year-old's tenth goal in 13 United appearances.
United should have doubled their lead shortly before half-time when they were awarded a penalty after Santi Cazorla blocked Ashley Young's cross with his arm. But England striker Wayne Rooney saw his spot-kick go well wide of Arsenal goalkeeper Vito Mannone's right post.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his side had done themselves few favours in falling 1-0 behind so early in the match. "It was important not to put ourselves in trouble, which is what we did," said Wenger.
"Yes (Wilshere's sending-off) looked harsh from the stand, the second yellow," the Frenchman added. "I think we were a bit unlucky, especially with the penalty decision."
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Enjoy a front row seat as two reluctant lovers take center stage in award-winning author Christine Lynxwiler's latest riveting romance. New York actress Crystal McCord puts her career on hold to return home to Arkansas to help take care of her family's ranch. When she meets cowboy neighbor Jeremy Buchanan, sparks fly. But when Jeremy's never-before-mentioned family appears on the scene, he drops out of the picture. Will Crystal's country road home turn out to be a dead end? Is it time for a U-turn back to the Big Apple? Or will Jeremy manage to book her for an unlimited engagement?
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shadesgirlakAlaskaAge: 25-34Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Romantic, but predictableNovember 19, 2010shadesgirlakAlaskaAge: 25-34Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 4This is a fun, easy to read cowboy romance. It is a fairly quick read, but long enough to enjoy the characters and miss them when it is done. As with any romance, it is fairly predictable, but the situations along the way to the ending are worth the read.