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Pavel Stepanek, of Prague, Czechoslovakia, became, during the 1960s, the most tested individual participant in parapsychology experiments, both in terms of number of trials, and number of independent investigators. In 1968, results of these experiments were published in the journal Nature, with J. Gaither Pratt as principal author.[1] In 1970, the distinctiveness of Pavel's contribution was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records; it recorded that Stepanek was "the highest consistent performer in tests to detect powers of extra-sensory perception".
Critics have pointed out numerous experimental flaws in the tests that would have resulted in Stepanek being able to guess correctly with no need for extra-sensory perception, and have noted that when these problems were eliminated, Pavel failed the tests.[2]
Stepanek was born in Prague in 1931. After completing secondary school, he was employed as a foreign language correspondent for an export firm, and later as an information clerk for the Prague Central Library. He held this position throughout the duration of his participation in the experiments. These commenced when, in June 1961, Stepanek responded to a public notice by Milan Ryzl seeking participants. He had no personal or family history of ESP experiences.[3]
In 1962, the first report, principally by Milan Ryzl, was published of card-calling experiments with Stepanek. These involved simple tests of the ability to identify the top-facing color (either green or white) of randomly ordered and concealed cards. The aim of the study was to test the efficacy of hypnotic suggestions for ESP scoring.[4]
However, in 1965, warping of the cards that could them bend slightly towards one colour or the other was pointed out as a possible way of identifying which side of the card was facing up, Stepanek was no longer able to perform this trick.[2]
These experiments nonetheless continued, with increased security and complexity, for 10 years, drawing in investigators from the UK, USA, Australia, The Netherlands, Japan, and elsewhere; although the principal investigators were J. Gaither Pratt, then at the University of Virginia, and H. H. Jürgen Keil of the University of Tasmania. Pratt and Keil shared the 1970 McDougall Award (from the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man) for their studies with Stepanek, as published in 1969. The complete studies were reviewed by Pratt[5] and Keil[6]. However, all these studies had possible experimental errors that could have given Pavel information on what colour to guess. In some experiments, experimenters could have seen the colour, and thus transmitted information to Stepanek. No attempt at olfactory controls was attempted, in several cases the experimenter was aware of what colour the card was, and thus could have been unconsciously broadcasting information to Stepanek. Furthermore, Stepanek was never prevented from handling the materials, which opened many possibilities for him to find out information through tactile and other such means.[2]
A later study, in 1990, failed to indicate any ability to identify events at a level greater than chance.[7]
Other findingsEdit
It was also observed in early studies that, when the envelopes in which the cards were concealed were reused, Stepanek - seemingly without his conscious knowledge - started to give the same response (either green or white) to particular envelopes. It was concluded that some subtle differences between the envelopes were biasing Stepanek's responses. This was controlled by next enclosing the enveloped cards within other covers, and eventually several more covers. Parapsychlogists were surprised the effect failed to disappear;[8] however, the effect completely disappeared when the envelopes were put inside a rigid box, and Stepanek was never prevented from handling the objects, which critics claim as evidence that tactile stimuli were creeping through.[2]
- ↑ Pratt, J. G., Stevenson, I., Roll, W. G., Meinsma, G. L., Keil, H. H. J., & Jacobson, N. (1968). Identification of concealed randomized objects through acquired response habits of stimulus and word association. Nature, 220, 89-91.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 C.E.M. Hansel, ESP: Deficiencies of Experimental Method, Nature 221, 1171-1172 (22 March 1969) DOI:10.1038/2211171a0
- ↑ [Anon.] (1970, November). An outstanding ESP subject. Parapsychology Bulletin, no. 71, 1-2.
- ↑ Ryzl, M., & Ryzlova, J. (1962). A case of high-scoring ESP performance in the hypnotic state. Journal of Parapsychology, 26, 153-171.
- ↑ Pratt, J. G. (1973). A decade of research with a selected subject: An overview and reappraisal of the work with Pavel Stepanek. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research, 30, 1-78.
- ↑ Keil, H. H. J. (1977). Pavel Stepanek and the focusing effect. Research Letter (Parapsychology Laboratory, University of Utrecht), 8, 22-39.
- ↑ Kappers, J., Akkerman, A. E., Van der Sijde, P. C., & Bierman, J. (1990). Resuming work with Pavel Stepanek. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 56, 138-147.
- ↑ Pratt, J. G., Keil, H. H. J., & Stevenson, I. (1970). Three-experimenter ESP tests of Pavel Stepanek during his 1968 visit to Charlottesville. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 64, 18-39.
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by Linda Baker and Alison Cunningham (2004). This 76-page resource, developed with funding from the Ontario Women's Directorate, is written for service providers assisting women who have survived woman abuse. These services may be offered in the violence against women sector, or through children's mental health centres, in child protection settings, or any other place where women seek assistance for their children. Material addresses the needs of abused women as mothers, how abusive men parent, how abusive men affect family dynamics, effects of power and control tactics on mothers, the potential impact of woman abuse on children of different ages, and strategies used by young people to cope with violence in their homes. Guidance on parenting children exposed to violence is also offered. Forty-two pages are designed as handouts for women, to be distribued as an adjunct to individual or group interventions on woman abuse or on parenting.
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Survival Strategies of Children & Teenagers
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With funding from the Ontario Women's Directorate, we produced a pamphlet of parenting tips for mothers called Information for Mothers Who Have Left Abusive Relationships providing guidance to help their children heal from the effects of violence. These 10 parenting "tips," while helpful for all parents, were chosen specifically to match the needs of children who lived with violence, as described here. We also have a work sheet, to help women generate ideas -- perhaps in a support-group context -- to apply the concepts. The pamphlet is available in English, French, Portuguese and Japanese.
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Indonesia's Foreign Minister, Marty Natalegawa, said more discussion would be needed before his country could support the idea.
Although Indonesia is Australia's most important partner in combating people smuggling and the prime transit point for asylum seekers coming to Australia by boat, Dr Natalegawa was not briefed before the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, revealed her plans for an East Timor centre.
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While some Indonesian officials have privately voiced concerns about the clumsy diplomacy and others have baulked at the idea of East Timor hosting the centre, Dr Natalegawa was more diplomatic. ''I am sure in the days and weeks to come, as we further delve into it, we will have a better appreciation of what the whole concept is all about,'' he said.
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What is of paramount concern to Noriega is that there is an expanding network of Hezbollah activities in Venezuela that have been linked to Iranian sponsorship. This network continues to grow throughout Central and South America. As the realistic possibility of Hugo Chavez's death looms over the nation, sources within the country believe that tension will continue to increase. Chavez's cronies are trying to hold onto power any way they can. This includes arming themselves with weapons in preparation for a civil war that might break out after the death of Chavez. Additionally, they have partnered with Russian, Chinese, and Iranian arms organizations to supply continued arms to the leadership. A majority of these arms have ended up in the hands of narcotraffickers in South America. The US Department of State seems completely oblivious to these actions.
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Firstly… Hurrah! This is my 100th Post! Now just to fill you in BB creams are blemish balms yaddah yaddah, created by Dr. Christine Schrammek blah blah, read the review and history of them here in my old post, but they are the best thing in the world for men! Why you ask? Well because they all tend to be oil free, balance skin tone and give skin its glow back all whilst offering good daily sun protection. Back on the 24th August last year I made a little prediction, that BB creams were going to be big. We were starting to see them on the horizon and I think Garnier just broke the market with theirs, which in all honesty is not great due to shade limitations. Clinique had just brought there's over as a travel exclusive but were seeming to be buying their time and testing the waters. Then. BOOM!
So more or less every company under the sun has a BB cream and during my trip to Barcelona, I popped into a Kiko store, kind of a groovy stand alone store with makeup and skincare and low and behold, they had just brought out their own.
They've utilised this new technology that seems to be rearing its head in a lot of products that when the product touches the skin, it changes colour due to heat and more accurately matches itself to your skin and is therefore different on everyone. I'm not 100% sure what this is and by god I've looked and find limited info, so If any of you know, drop me a comment. They describe it as this:
A "transforming" emulsion that amazes on the first touch: white like a cream, it contains special micro-encapsulated pigments that chromatically react upon application to assume the natural skin tone. The motion made during its application causes the "rupture" of the pigments' coating, revealing a shade of foundation that is able to adapt perfectly to the specific tone of each complexion.
So you squeeze some of the lotion into your finger tips and then massage straight into the skin, the white product then starts to change colour and it really did match to my very pale skin tone. Its oil free and did a great job of keeping my skin looking matte and the SPF was warmly welcomed in the Spanish sun. The finish was completely undetectable, even really close up there was no possible way you could tell I had this thing on, but my skin looked more balanced and dramatically brighter!
The product lasted all day and despite my face's best efforts, it didn't sweat off. It felt very comfortable on the skin, but I will say that you will want to apply a moisturiser underneath if your skin is a little drier. The product is paraben free as well as hypoallergenic which means that all known allergens have been removed from the product, helping to ensure that you don't react, there is a slight fragrance but this disappears straight away and is by no means really noticeable.
As far as BB creams go, you really must give this a go and for men its a definite. If you're too embarrassed to go in and buy it, which is understandable as even I, a veteran of makeup counters felt a little out of place, then you can get it off their website. Oh and the price might just sway you on this.
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Good list here.
Bryan Christie's "Mission(s) to Mars" infographic would be a good addition to your list – http://i.imgur.com/eejfQ.jpg
I mentioned it in my post – http://www.onelargeprawn.co.za/2009/10/23/10-interesting-infographics/
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Good list here.
Bryan Christie's "Mission(s) to Mars" infographic would be a good addition to your list – http://i.imgur.com/eejfQ.jpg
I mentioned it in my post – http://www.onelargeprawn.co.za/2009/10/23/10-interesting-infographics/
Very nice. Have always been interesteding seeing more of these kinds of illustrations. Thanks ~ ML
very nice infographics 😀 first post i saw about this…interesting! ill bookmark for future use!
Thank you for this visual adventure~! Wonderful.
Some wonderful technical illustrators in this grouping and a great example of simplifying concepts through well thought out imagery. The message is clear and the bold graphics delivery instant engagement.
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Ok, so I see "Wealth of world READERS". 😀
this is very interesting and creative way to represent data
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Nice one!
Great collection. Much better than some of the repeats I've seen lately. Well done. 🙂
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Celebrity Century -Western Mediterranean: Celebrity Constellation Cruise Review by PA peach
Overall Member Rating
Celebrity Century -Western Mediterranean
Destination: Europe - Western Mediterranean
Embarkation: Barcelona
First, about the ship, Century. Being a smaller vessel made it much easier to find things. We had a Cat. 2A Cabin on the 8th deck (Panoramic). The cabin was small and the rounded foot of the bed looked nice but really tried to disguise the smallness of the room and my husband and I had to take turns passing from front to rear of the cabin. Bath was adequate and we liked the raised basin but no hair conditioner. Lots of storage space was a plus - but we had to take care not to try to get things out of a closet at the same time - no room. Balcony nice - we traveled with another couple so we put their deck chairs on our balcony and enjoyed our evening glasses of wine together. Celebrity allows you to More take one bottle of wine per passenger (size not specified) so we bought our wine at the Duty Free shop in the dock terminal just before we got in line for embarkation.
I recommend the port (left) side as we faced the shore in almost every port. The one time we tendered to shore it was rocky and some passengers had difficulty maneuvering in the lifeboat/tender.
We sat in the very back of the dining room (lower level)which at times was very noisy and made it difficult for us to hear our dinner mates around a table for 10 (late seating). The food was great but it took 2 hours to eat each night giving us just enough time to catch the show. (On 2 nights the shows were reversed so we didn't have to watch the time.) Getting up from the table after 10:30 was a drawback especially since we had to wake up around 6 the next morning in order to grab breakfast and get our bus tickets for our excursion leaving around 7 - 7:30. We thoroughly enjoyed discussing our day with our eight wonderful dinner mates. Every night we entertained ourselves as we laughed and shared our adventure stories.
One of our favorite spots on the Century was the Martini Bar (Ice Bar), although the lighting was a bit depressing and they closed the window shades.. Michael's was a close second mainly because of the wonderful service from our favorite bartender.
The Century is clean with polished woods and straight lines - soothing and comfy - not at all gaudy or over the top. I especially liked the smoking policy aboard ship compared to other ships we've sailed (this was our 7th cruise) - very little - we were not chased out of any venue because of the smoke.
We had some problems with the Excursion Personnel - we were put on a waitlist for our chosen excursions on Malta and Tunisia but if we hadn't gone down to the desk and continued to ask about our status on the waitlist we wouldn't have received tickets for our excursions. Also, the communication regarding what to expect at each port was almost non-existent. They told us about the places but not the inside "skinny" on each port. For instance they did not tell us how aggressive the vendors are in Tunisia and how they touch you and get in your space when they are trying to sell you their wares. Also - how you can and are expected to barter. One lady on our bus kept walking away from the vendor until he agreed to lower his price on a ceramic lazy Susan from 85 Euros to 10 Euros! Another sold a bowl priced at 230 Euros for 120 Euros. In Malta one of our passengers had his wallet stolen.
Also, when we missed picking up our camera in its case on the security conveyor belt we were given the run-around at the Guest Relations desk. Only when we personally went down to the gangplank area and nosed around asking questions did we miraculously discover our camera open and the pictures being checked by a security guard.
All excursions were great - we especially liked the Amalfi coast drive with lunch in Sorrento - sit on the right side of the bus to see the most. (Enzo was a fab guide and very easy on the eyes!) The wine tasting in Tuscany was wonderful also. Rome was awesome but the traffic was horrendous. Always take the umbrella from the ship (on top of fridge)-it rains at the drop of a hat.
We left Barcelona for our cruise on October 31. We thought it would have been much colder than it actually was. We could have packed more "warm weather" clothes like short sleeve tops and capris or shorts. In Malta and Tunisia it was very warm - laying in the sun warm in a bathing suit warm.
We had a great time - but as I said in the beginning - the itinerary is what made this cruise super special. Less
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Maurice Ghysels, Leadership Mountain View Class of 2006, came to Mountain View in the summer of 2005 to join the Mountain View Whisman School District as its new superintendent. When the school board recommended him for LMV, he jumped at the chance to get to know our city better as well as gain insights into its strengths and challenges.
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An examination of literacy instruction by teachers of adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing
The purpose of this study was to determine how teachers of adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing support the development of literacy.
Teachers of adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing in Utah were identified as the focal point of a collective case study. Three teachers were selected based on characteristics of exemplary literacy instruction. Specific behaviors observed included frequent opportunities for reading and writing, individually challenging tasks, student regulation of progress, cross-curricular instruction, positive environment, effective classroom management, and a balanced instructional approach.
In this qualitative study, observations, interviews and artifacts were used to identify the practices, beliefs, and attitudes of participants in relation to literacy development. Over 150 hours of observation notes, interview transcripts, and artifact descriptions or photos were subjected to within-case and cross-case analysis. The within-case analysis revealed each teacher's individual strengths and areas of expertise in literacy instruction.
The cross-case analysis was conducted through pair comparison, data source analysis, and category comparison.
Findings of the cross-case analysis indicated participants used research-based practices in the areas of transition services and planning, language development, vocabulary development, and learning strategy instruction to support literacy development for adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing. Transition services were embedded throughout all curricular areas and focused on preparing students for the literacy demands of adulthood. Language development was fostered through explicit instruction in the morphological and syntactic structures of English. Vocabulary development was provided through explicit instruction in figurative language, exposure to vocabulary across various contexts, and student-selected vocabulary. Students were explicitly taught research-based learning strategies to improve their literacy skills. Further research is necessary to determine the current practices common among educators of students who are deaf or hard of hearing, achievement outcomes resulting from instructional practices, support and training needs of middle and high school teachers, and the role of training programs in preparing teachers of adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Howell, J. J. (2003). An examination of literacy instruction by teachers of adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing. Dissertation Abstracts International, 64(7), 2445A. (UMI No. 3099710).


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Internet reports are swirling that vibrant personality, Nicki Minaj, is either in HEAVY talks or has already signed on to join Mariah Carey on the "American Idol" panel. US Weekly is claiming confirmation from two separate sources, but obviously there has been no word from the Fox, Idol or Minaj camps. It appears that no papers have yet been signed, but talks have been heavily involved and Minaj is indeed on her way to sign on.
Minaj recently toured with "X Factor" judge, Britney Spears, and is planning her own tour this fall, which she announced via Twitter that she will need to delay and change around dates, touting a "secret." If Minaj signs on, she will join new judge Mariah Carey with at least one more seat left vacant. Ex-judge Randy Jackson recently stepped down to a "mentor" type role with the show, leaving his seat at the table. Rumors have swirled that Idol might be looking for 4 judges, like their "X Factor" and "The Voice" counterparts, so that leaves room for two more celebrities to join the panel. Nick Jonas, Pharrell Williams, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, and Enrique Iglesias are also in the running.
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Oprah opens a school Tuesday January 2nd for disadvantaged girls in South Africa.
Now opens, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. The school for disadvantaged girls, located in the small town of Henley-on-Klip, south of Johannesburg, was opened Tuesday January 2nd.
Not only the $40 million girls' school marked Oprah's fulfilled promise to former President Nelson Mandela six years ago, but also it gives more than 150 students a chance for a better future.
"I wanted to give this opportunity to girls who had a light so bright that not even poverty could dim that light," the talk show host said at a news conference. Also attending the school opening ceremony were Mandela and wife Graca Machel, singers Tina Turner, Mary J. Blige and Mariah Carey just to name a few.


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Australia's largest telco said the trial will involve its own employees.
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"We committed to being network ready by July 2005 and we have delivered an operating 3GSM network, integrated with our own customer support platforms, in world's best practice time," Telstra wireless and mobility managing director Holly Kramer said.
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Testing in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra had already ensured full service operation between Telstra's 3G and 2G networks.
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More than 40 3G base stations have been built in Canberra to complement the more than 2,000 base stations already deployed in the five other capital cities as part of Telstra's network sharing agreement with Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd.
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there was lots of kayaking, paddle boating, tubing, boat rides and turtle catching. the water is so clear and i love not worrying about the salt getting in eyes and mouths.....
downtown traverse city is full of wonderful boutiques, bookstores, restaurants, art studios and home stores.
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Seahawks release Will Blackmon, place Percy Harvin on PUP - August 27, 2013
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RENTON - The Seattle Seahawks made five additional roster moves Tuesday to trim their roster to the 75-man roster limit.
Only one such move involved having to part ways with a player.
The team terminated the contract of CB Will Blackmon Tuesday. Blackmon, a seven-year veteran, just wasn't going to have a spot on a deep roster and perhaps at the team's deepest position. Blackmon should find another job in the league without too much difficulty.
In addition, the Seahawks moved WR Percy Harvin (hip), DE Greg Scruggs (knee) and CB Tharold Simon (foot) to the reserve physically unable to perform list and LB Korey Toomer (knee) to the reserve non-football injury list.
By moving the four players to the reserve list, they no longer count against the team's roster limit and are ineligible to return until after Week 6 of the regular season.
DE Chris Clemons remains on the active/PUP list for the time being. He can still be placed on the reserve list prior to the start of the season or activated and kept on the 53-man roster.
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DT Brandon Mebane did not practice Tuesday after injuring his groin in practice on Monday.
In addition, DT Jordan Hill (biceps) and DT Tony McDaniel (undisclosed) sat out practice. It further lessens the Seahawks' depth along the defensive line with McDaniel sidelined as well. Head coach Pete Carroll did not speak on Tuesday so an update on his status was not yet available.
WR Sidney Rice (knee), WR Stephen Williams (undisclosed), FB Michael Robinson (illness) and DE Cliff Avril (hamstring) also were sidelined.
WR Bryan Walters did some limited work but didn't apear to take part in team activites. He's been battling a hamstring injury the last several weeks.
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Subject: Re: [NOR]Kari Torbjørnsdtr. Øyre (Øire) and NN Bondhus from Kvinnherad
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:45:04 EDT
First, the TJ Bondhus that I found married in South Dakota is not,
apparently, the correct man, i.e., Thomas Bondhus, who married Carrie. Neither
Thomas' death certificate nor obituary mentions a wife named Ellen, only Carrie is
mentioned and both state that Thomas was a widower. I obtained six MN death
certificates and will give a brief summary. (If you'd like me to scan the
certificates and email them to you, let me know.) And Torris is definitely
the brother of Thomas.
Torris O Bondhus, certificate 1963-MN-003249
Died at Bethel hospital in Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County; resident of
Storden, Cottonwood, MN; born 03 Nov 1882 in IA, died 28 September 1963, retired
farmer, married, father Ole T Bondhus, mother Olene Oyre, spouse Carrie,
died of pneumonia, buried Amo Township on 01 October 1963.
Tjorbjorn T Bondhus, certificate 1914-MN-018962
Died at Eitel Hospital in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN; born 29 October
1852, died 21 June 1914, father T Bondhus born in Norway, mother not listed,
retired farmer, buried at Lake Wilson, Murray County, MN; informant was WJ
Bondhus of Beresford, SD (son?).
Baby Boy Bondhus, certificate 1925-MN-002846
Born in Amo Township, Cottonwood County, MN; stillborn, born 30 May 1925,
father Thomas Bondhus born in Iowa, mother Carrie Thompson born in Norway,
buried in Amo Township, informant was Thomas Bondhus of Storden.
Carrie T Bondhus, certificate 1925-MN-002847
Died in Amo Township, Cottonwood County, MN; married, husband Thomas
Bondhus, born 11 February 1882, died 01 June 1925, cause of death accute
myocarditis; resident of Amo Township for 14 years, has lived in country 21 years,
buried in Amo Township on 04 June 1925, informant was Thomas Bondhus of Storden.
Thomas Bondhus, certificate 1954-MN-002883
Died in Windom, Cottonwood County, MN at 1269 River Road (probably a
hospital); resident of Storden, Cottonwood County, MN; born 03 February 1880 in
Iowa; died 05 January 1954, retired legislator, died of prostate cancer; widower,
spouse Carrie, informant was Mrs. Evelyn Spielman of Windom (daughter),
buried 08 January 1954 at Amo Lutheran Cemetery.
>From the MN birth index I found the following.
children of Thomas Bondhus and Carrie Thompson
Agnes Lorine, born 30 July 1909 in Amo Township
Clara Evelyn, born 01 April 1923 in Amo Township
(The certificate states that Carrie had 9 children born alive and now
living, 1 child born alive and
now dead, and 1 child born dead.)
Hilma Irene, born 15 March 1912 in Amo Township
John Wesley, born 13 February 1921 in Amo Township
Ole Herman, born 28 August 1910 in Amo Township
Truman Alfred, born 26 October 1914 in Amo Township
child of Herman Bondhus (age 25, so born circa 1887) and Mary Stene
Anthony Sylvester, born 03 January 1912 in Chanarambie Township, Murray
County, MN
children of Lars Bondhus and Alice Ludington
Barbara Ann, born 03 August 1927 in City of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County,
MN; father born in Eagle Grove, IA and mother born in Janesville, WI
Elizabeth Joan, born 09 September 1922 in Slayton, Murray County, MN; father
born in Holstein, IA and mother born in Janesville, WI
(I think Lars is a son of Tjorbjorn T Bondhus.)
children of John T Bondhus and Anna Knutson
Kenneth Truman, born 24 March 1913 in Springfield, Murray County, MN
Milton Clifford, born 08 May 1910 in Springfield
child of Torris Bondhus and Karna (Carrie) Olson
Olena Christena, born 15 June 1908 in Amo Township
And now for some obituaries.
obituary of Thomas Bondhus, "Cottonwood County Citizen" newspaper, Windom,
MN, 13 January 1954
"Thomas Bondhus of Storden, representative from this county in the state
legislature for many years, died on Tuesday, January 6, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Albert Spielman of Windom. His death occurred about three-thirty.
Funeral services, in charge of the Hanson Funeral Home, were held on Friday
afternoon, January 8, with a service at the Bondhus farm home south of
Storden at one-thirty and a service at the Amo Lutheran Church at two o'clock.
Rev. Roy K. Malde conducted the service with Mrs. Dale Olson as organist. Music
was provided by Rev. and Mrs. Malde who sang a duet and Geraldine Thompson,
a soloist. Honorary pallbearers were Carl Dulroe, H.A. Frederickson, A.J.
Nelson, Charles Braathun, Viggo Miller, Peter S. Jensen, Sam (?), and Dr. L.
Sogge. Active pallbearers were Theodore Thompson, Alvin Tjenhand, Jesse
Oleson, Orval Bondhus, Clifford Oanes, and Ole Thompson. Interment was in the Amo
Lutheran cemetery. Tom Bondhus, who serviced in the legislature some fifteen
years, had the respect and esteem of all who knew him. Friendly by nature,
even those who disagreed politically with him remained his sincere friends.
Thomas, son of Olino Oyre and Ole Bondhus, was born on Feburary 3, 1880 at
Grand Mound in Clinton County, Iowa. At the age of 15 years, he came with his
parents to Minnesota and grew to manhood on their homestead in Amo Township.
Following his education in the public schools, he attended the Minneapolis
School of Business in Minneapolis. Returning from college, he was employed by
Johnson Brothers of Westbrook as bookkeeper. He also was assistant
postmaster of the Westbrook post office. Following this, Mr. Bondhus returned to
farming. On August 29, 1908, Mr. Bondhus and Carrie Thompson were united in
marriage at the Amo Lutheran Church. They established their home on a farm near
Storden. Mr. and Mrs. Bondhus were the parents of ten children, three
having died in infancy and Theodore passed away in 1940. Mrs. Bondhus preceded
her husband in death in 1924. Mr. Bondhus, a member of the Amo Lutheran
Church, was a public minded citizen and he worked for the interest of his church
as well as community. He assisted with the organization of the Storden Grain
Company and the Storden Coop store. He was secretary for the Westbrook
Mutual Insurance Company and served as the Amo Township assessor for three years,
as well as being township treasurer. He was a member of the Storden
Community Club. In 1937, Mr. Bondhus was elected state representative from
Cottonwood County. He served in that capacity until 1952, when he no longer chose to
run. While he was a representative, his activities concerned temperance
proposals, reappointment, and crime prevention. He served his county well and
was faithful to his trust and duties. In 1944, Mr. Bondhus retired from
farming and moved into Storden where he made his home until about a month ago when
he came to Windom to live with his daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Spielman. He had not been well for some time and passed away here,
following a lingering illness, on Tuesday, January 5, at the age of 73 years, 11
months, and two days. He leaves to mourn his passing three daughters, Agnes
(Mrs. Stanley Cohrs) of Dovray, Illinois, Hilma (Mrs. Lawrence Ahl) of
Storden, Evelyn (Mrs. Albert Spielman) of Windom; three sons, Ole of Vermillion, SD,
Truman and John of Storden, 11 grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Andrew
Tpentland, Mrs. Lena Thompson, and Mrs. Simon Oleson; one brother, Torris
Bondhus, all of Storden. Besides his family, he also leaves a host of friends and
acquaintances who respected him as a man and friend." (end of obituary)
obituary of Torris Bondhus, "Cottonwood County Citizen" newspaper, Windom,
MN, 09 October 1963
"Funeral services for Torris O Bondhus, 80, resident of the Storden area
since 1895, were held Tuesday, October 1, at 2 pm, at the Amo Lutheran Church
with the Rev. E.O. Silrum officiating. Bondhus had been in failing health the
last year and a half. He entered the Westbrook Senior Home on January 1,
1963, and he remained there until June 25 when he moved to the Mountain Lake
nursing home. He became seriously ill and entered the Bethel Hospital at
Mountain Lake on September 23. It was here he passed quietly away on Saturday,
September 28. At the services, Mrs. Hans W. Hanson sang "The Great White Host"
and "I Know Of A Sleep in Jesus". Miss Pamela Nerhus was the organist.
Ushers were elmer Rader and Arnold Berntson. Serving as pallbearers were Alvin
Tjentland, Truman Bondhus, Leo Olson, Arnt Skogen, Irvin Olson, and James
Mathiason. Interment was in the Amo Lutheran cemetery. Torris O Bondhus was
born November 3, 1882 at Grandmound, Iowa. he was the son of Ole T and Olene
Oyre Bondhus. At an early age he was baptized and later confirmed in the
Lutheran faith. He moved with his parents to Holstein, Iowa in 1883. In 1895 at
the age of thirteen, he moved to Minnesota. He attended the country schools
in Cottonwood County. He also attended the Augustana Academy at Canton,
South Dakota, and also business school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On February
23, 1907, he was united in marriage to Carrie Olson, the marriage being held
at the Amo Lutheran Church. They farmed in Amo Township, the farm where the
present church now stands, until 1947, when they retired from farming and
moved to Storden, which ahs since been the family home. Mr. Bondhus was a member
of the first confirmation class in the Amo Lutheran congregation and served
as the first Sunday School Superintendent of the Amo Lutheran Church, and
also served as church treasurer for many years. The Bondhus marriage was bless
with the birth of one daughter, Lena, Mrs. Clifford Oanes. They also made a
home for Ada Sorem, who at the age of nine years came to live with them and
resided with them until her marriage. he leaves to mourn his passing his
wife, Carried, of Storden, one daughter, Lena, Mrs. Clifford Oanes, and two
granddaughters, Carolyn and Janice Oanes who reside on the home farm in Amo
Township. He also leaves Ada, Mrs. Jay Nelson and her two sons, Dean and Duane of
Storden. Also surviving is one sister, Mrs. Andrew Tjentland of Storden."
(end of obituary)
obituary of TT Bondhus, "Lake Wilson Pilot" newspaper, Lake Wilson, MN, 03
July 1914
"T.T. Bondhus was born at Mauranger, Norway, October 29, 1854. Came to
United States in 1877, but returned to Norway in 1880. He was there united in
married to Margaret Fladebo, May 22, 1881. They soon afterward left for the
American home at Grand Mound, Iowa, where they lived intil 1885 when they moved
to Holstein, Iowa, which was their home for 17 years. In 1902, they moved
to their present home, five miles southwest of Lake Wilson. Mr Bondhus
retired from active farming last spring. He had been a sufferer from stomach
trouble for nearly twenty years, and following an operation performed last Friday
at the Eitel Hospital in Minneapolis, died Sunday evening, June 21st. He is
survived by hiw wife and 12 children: John, Gunder, Herman, Zella, Martin,
Arnt, Tom, Lars, George, Teddy, Cecilia, and Hatty; also five grandchildren,
two brothers, one living at Storden, Minn., the other in Mauranger, Norway, and
one sister, also living in Norway. He has been a member of the United
Lutheran Church all his life. Funeral services, which were largely attended, were
held in the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Lake Wilson by Rev. O.A. Quallen of
Ottawa, Illinois, and Student B.A. Olson. Among those who attended the
funeral from a distance were: S.S. Peterson, Storden, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Ole
Bondhus, brother of T.T. Bondhus; Mr. and Mrs. John O. Bondhus, nephew of T.T.
Bondhus; Andrew Olson of Storden; Mr. and Mrs. J. Martinson, Storden; Torris
and Thomas Bondhus (nephews), Storden; T.T. Warrenas, Storden; Ole Gunderson,
brother of Mrs. Bondhus, Eagle Grove, Iowa; Mrs Sivert Stene, Bereford, S.D.;
Andrew Thompson, Storden; Simon Olson, Storden; Mrs. Andrew Tjentland,
Storden; Jens Flatebo, Storden; Simon Olson, Storden; Thomas Salmonson, Storden."
(end of obituary)
The sixth, and last, death certificate I have gives us a bit of a mystery.
You'll recall that the 1900 US census for Ole and Lena Bondhus had a son
Herman who was born September 1887 in Iowa. This sixth death certificate, number
1948-MN-003002, is for Herman O Bondhus, born September 02, 1887 Ida County,
Iowa, died 19 may 1948 in Amo Township, Cottonwood County, MN. Here is
states that Herman's parents are Ole Bondhus and Oline Warnas. Warnas? It also
states that his wife was Eldora Bondhus.
Remembering that the MN birth listing (see above) showed a daughter born to
Herman Bondhus and Mary Stene, here are to more interesting birth listings.
Eunice Bondhus, born 17 May 1923, stillborn, father Herman O Bondhus (age
35, so born circa 1888), mother Eldora B Vallen (age 23)
Ruth Evelyn Bondhus, born 28 July 1920, parents Herman Bondhus and Eldora
Thus, it appears that Herman was married twice, even though I couldn't find
a death certificate for Mary (Stene) Bondhus. Also, if Eldora was Herman's
wife in 1923, then who was the Mary Bondhus that Herman was traveling with when
he entered the Port of New York 1948. This port record also states that
Herman was born in Holstein (Ida County), Iowa. I find it hard to believe that
there were two Herman Bondhus born in Iowa.
Finally, I checked a 1909 plat map for Amo Township. Ole T Bondhus had 320
acres of land, the northeast and northwest quarters of section 9 in Amo
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In May 2007, by coinicidence, I happened upon two monuments, about twenty miles away from each other, for an incident which occurred on New Year's Eve 1783 off Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
While on the bike trail at Sandy Hook, about a mile south of the lighthouse, I noticed a small monument set back towards the trees. This monument (below) was formerly a grave marker. The plaque reads: "On this spot were buried the remains of the honorable Hamilton Douglas Halyburton, 1st Lieutenant, Royal Navy, son of the Earl of Morton, and James Champion, Lieutenant of Marines. Together with twelve members of the crew of H.M.S. Assistance who died here at Sandy Hook in the line of duty on December 31, 1783. Erected and dedicated in 1939."
The second monument I saw was slightly more than two weeks later, as I was wandering around inside Trinity Church in New York City. This monument, high up on the wall (below), was more informative: "At SANDY HOOK lye Interred the Remains OF THE HONOURABLE HAMILTON DOUGLAS HALLYBURTON. Son of SHOLTO CHARLES EARL OF MORTON and Heir of the Ancient Family of HALLYBURTON of PICTURR in SCOTLAND, who perished on this Coast, with Twelve more young gentlemen and one common Seaman, in the spirited Discharge of Duty: on the 30th or 31st of December 1783. Born on the 10th of October 1763. A Youth who in contempt of hardship or Danger: though possessed of an ample Fortune served seven years in the British Navy with a manly Courage and seemed to deserve a better fate. This plain Monumental stone is erected by his unhappy Mother KATHERINE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF MORTON to his dear memory and to that of his unfortunate companions. JAMES CHAMPION Lieutenant of Marines. ALEXANDER JOHNSTONE, GEORGE PADDY, ROBERT HAYWOOD. Midshipmen. CHARLES GASCOIGNE / WILLIAM TOMLINSON / ANDREW HAMILTON / WILLIAM SPRY / WILLIAM SCOTT / JOHN Mc CHAIN / DAVID REDDIE / ROBERT WOOD Young Gentleman . GEORGE TOWERS . common seaman Cast away, all found dead and frozen, and buried in one grave."
Here's the story: The H.M.S. Assistance, a 50-gun ship commanded by Sir Charles Douglas, arrived off Sandy Hook on 27 December after a passage of nine weeks from England. The plan, according to the Providence (Rhode Island) Gazette, was for that ship and the Hermione, a 32-gun frigate commanded by a Captain Smith, to spend the winter in Barbados or Antigua and repairing at Halifax in the spring.
On the 30th, some men of the Assistance saw a chance to desert and left the ship on a long boat. The first lieutenant, Hamilton Douglas Halyburton (or Haliburton), along with eleven other officers and a private seamen set off from the Assistance in a barge in pursuit of the deserters. Soon after the sailors left the Assistance the weather began to worsen; the wind picked up and it began to snow heavily. The snow and wind continued on New Year's Day, so much so that the crew members aboard the Assistance could not make out any of the smaller boats.
The morning of 2 January 1784 saw moderate and clear weather. The men on the Assistance were able to make out both the long-boat of the deserters and the barge of their pursuers on the beach. An unnamed officer was sent ashore to find the men and bring them back to the Assistance. The officer found the bodies of the men frozen to death, near the water's edge on a beach near Middletown Point. The deserters were never found. Their names, as listed in the muster book of the Assistance were: Michael Broderick, 21, of Tipperary; Jonathan Cooney, 21, of Dublin; Anthony Crane; George Dicks, 28, of Portsmouth; Bernard Innes, 24, of London; William McDonald, 22, Greennough, Scotland; Thomas Martin, 22, Wexford, Ireland; Jonathan Morris, 21, Bristol; Thomas Murphy, 31, Dublin; Jonathan Shears, 22, Broadhampton; Samuel West, 24, Richmond.
Halyburton's mother, the Countess Dowager of Morton, originally erected a marble monument over the graves of the men at Sandy Hook. Sometime around the year 1808, during the Napoleonic Wars, an armed French vessel landed on the Hook, and some of the crewmen took the time to destroy the monument. The grave was rediscovered when excavations were being done at Fort Hancock with the view of erecting new government buildings there. The New York Times reported that a vault was found during the excavation in which the remains of fourteen men of the Royal Navy were found. The remains were reinterred at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York in 1909, and a large, granite monument was erected over their grave in 1939.
Information in this post was taken from the above monuments and the following: (1) Another Look at Nauvoo to the Hook by George H. Moss, Jr.; (2) The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of American and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo; (3) The New York Times "British Praise of American Courtesy," 6 September 1908; (4) the website of Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY; (5) Providence (Rhode Island) Gazette, 3 January 1784; (6) Independent Journal (New York, NY), 7 January 1784; and (7) Independent Gazette (New York, NY), 8 January 1784.


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This half-day conference for primary school teachers, librarians and educational professionals gave strategies to engage children with the reading habit, putting books at the heart of learning.
Andy Stanton, author of the Mr Gum series was the keynote speaker. He was joined by Julia Eccleshare, Guardian children's books editor; Claire Armitstead Guardian books editor; Prue Goodwin, lecturer in literacy and children's books and the learning and participation team from the Unicorn Theatre. There were workshops in sharing good practice.
The conference explored:
- the writing process and what makes a good children's book
- strategies to encourage wider reading
- being creative with books and turning them into drama
- ideas, tips and resources that can be used in the classroom.
Feedback from delegates
Terribly, terribly useful.
Will help boost our use of books in the classroom.
Renewed my passion for sharing and discovering books with kids.
Tremendous - I am refreshed!
An excellent chance to network and learn about current provision.
Great ideas - good range of books to use in the classroom.
Got inspiration about independent reading for Year 3. I will disseminate with colleagues.
Very inspiring.
Great - a lot of good information, examples and a clear point presented.
Extremely useful day in terms of ideas, resources and contacts.
Will help me re-launch and re-inspire reading in my school.
Reminded me what I love about teaching reading!
Write up from Reading for Pleasure Conference 1 July 2011
Claire Armitstead, Guardian Books Editor welcomed the delegates and introduced the conference. She spoke about how her role had changed since the last conference, so that she was now editor of two websites for the Guardian. She gave an overview of the Children's Books website, and explained the thinking behind its creation;
• Newspapers are not really "places for children"; they wanted to "create somewhere that children can be".
• The content of the Children's Books site is all user (i.e. child) generated.
• The site is attempting to involve and engage the children (and all readers); to "have a conversation" rather than "talk down" to them.
Claire handed over to Julia Eccleshare, chair of the conference. Julia stressed how websites had revolutionised how children as readers interact with authors, mentioning the recently launched Pottermore website, and how it is the children's reaction that is most important for children's writers.
Julia introduced Andy Stanton, author of the Mr Gum series. In a hugely entertaining talk, Andy spoke about about the influence that books had on him as a child, and his observations of how children respond to his books. Andy told us:
• He'd been a reader all his life, starting with the Mr Men books, which he read with his mum, demanding every night that she quiz him on them afterwards.
• Later he has memories of reading The Folk of the Faraway Tree while his parents dragged him round a carpet shop, and of identifying with the protagonist in Betsy Byers' The Eighteenth Emergency.
• By the time he was 8 or 9 he was reading adult books such as Jaws, which he loved, and appreciating the humour and word play of the Young Ones book.
• His personal childhood experience relates to the readers of his books: by 8, children's conceptual understanding has evolved so they 'get' and enjoy the humour of breaking the rules in writing, such as playing with genres (e.g. aliens suddenly appearing in a cowboy story), and 'breaking the fourth wall' so the narrator speaks directly to the reader.
• He writes for children as he feels a connection to the age group he writes for; though when John Humphrys asked him if he thinks "like and eight year old" he could only respond that he doesn't know how anyone else thinks.
• He feels a sense of coming full circle as his publisher, Egmont, also publishes the Mr Men series.
Prue Goodwin, reading development expert, gave a talk entitled 'Pleasure or Pedagogy?', and showed that the two cannot be unravelled:
• The pleasures of reading are in "getting lost" in a book, absorbed in an unfolding narrative and connecting to others through responding to the book.
• When children are given the opportunity to do these things they become life long readers.
• Pleasure is why we read; this is "not an extra", it needs to be at the heart of teaching new readers.
• Children cannot be forced to enjoy reading.
• She questioned "obsolete vocabulary" such as 'independent reader' and 'reading book'.
• She concluded that "the pleasure is the pedagogy".
Prue gave some recommendations of new and old books to encourage reading for pleasure:
For teachers:
• Tell Me – Aiden Chambers
For children:
• The Monster Crisp Guzzler – Malorie Blackman
• The Crocodile is Coming – June Crebbin
• ABC UK – James Dunn
• The Life of Stephen Lawrence – Verna Allette Wilkins
• Frank and Teddy Make Friends – Louise Yates
The Unicorn Theatre gave a talk on books, drama and Theatre.
Catherine Greenwood, Learning and Participation Director, began with short introduction to the theatre and what it does with schools:
• The new Unicorn Theatre is the first purpose built theatre for children.
• Its aim is to produce theatre that is the equal of adult theatre.
• Recent productions have been Garbage King, about the street children of Addis Ababa, The Three Musketeers, and Billy the Kid by Michael Morpurgo.
• The Unicorn schools outreach programme supports children to 'read' theatre by acting as a bridge between the stage and the classroom.
Susanna Steele, Education Associate explained that while children are highly skilled at reading images and films, theatre is often unfamiliar to them, and very different from the literal nature of films. Using The Three Musketeers as an example, she suggested some different activities that can be used to help engage children with a play:
• Work out who is or is not a reliable narrator – which characters can you trust? In this case children quickly identify with D'Artgnan.
• Create a back story to build engagement and connection to the world and characters of the play.
• Write letters in role that help imagine and explain characters' past experiences, their emotions and subsequent actions on stage.
• All these things show the "depth of the imagined world" that writers and audiences need in order to engage with a play.
Delegates chose to take part in one of three workshops.
The Unicorn Theatre gave a practical and hands on drama workshop showcasing activities and techniques that they use with school as part of their outreach programme. They focussed on Garbage King and their current play, Billy the Kid. Activities included:
• Talking in role about going on holiday to Ethiopia.
• Writing diaries in role.
• Stepping into pictures.
• Freeze frames of different emotions. How these can come to life.
• Using voices and sound effects to create atmosphere.
• Exploring Billy's character by creating his bedroom by masking it out on the floor and filling it with his possessions.
Prue Goodwin spoke about supporting reading for pleasure in the classroom.
The group began by sharing some memories of early reading experiences; Prue defined the group as literary readers. Powerful experiences of reading can be used positively in the professional lives of teachers.
When teaching reading it is assumed that the purpose is for children to become independent readers. However, often there is a lack of discussion about what is meant by this aim.
In school a young independent reader:
• Is able to read at an appropriate textual level without assistance with the decoding.
• Is beginning to understand beyond the literal. *
• Can make appropriate choices of books without too much guidance.
• Is developing the stamina to finish a book alone.
• Is motivated to read for personal pleasure or purpose.
* Don't let the pigeon drive the bus by Mo Willems is a good example.
Prue followed up with a discussion about the purpose of the reading book in school and highlighted the key values as:
• To practise newly established skills.
• To gain confidence in a growing ability, feel confident and in control.
• To develop stamina as a reader.
• To increase literary experience.
• To experience the pleasures of reading.
Prue described the 'First Steps' indicators for reading development:
• Role play reading.
• Experimental reading.
• Early reading.
• Transactional reading.*
• Advanced reading.
* Don't Let Go by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross is a good illustration of how children grow from transactional to independent readers.
Prue emphasised the importance of young readers spreading widely and not just climbing the ladder of increasingly difficult texts. They need the opportunity to:
• Practise new found skills.
• Feel like successful readers.
• Experience a wide range and variety of reading.
• Enjoy their reading and share the pleasure with others.
• Be motivated to tackle more and more challenging material.
Prue reminded the group that children cannot be made to enjoy reading but teachers need to provide an environment where children want to read.
Julia Eccleshare gave a talk on what makes a good children's book, with a focus on various different genres. Her recommendations included:
Old favourites
Allan Ahlberg - Peepo
David Almond - Skellig
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler - The Gruffalo
Claire Freeman and Ben Cort - Aliens Love Underpants
Anthony Horowitz - Storm Breaker
Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom
Michael Morpurgo - Why the Wales Came
Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury - We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Francesa Simon - Horrid Henry's Nits
Jacqueline Wilson -The Story of Tracy Beaker
New picture books
Simon Bartram - Bob The Man on the Moon
Emily Gravett - Wolf Won't Bite
Mini Grey - Biscuit Bear
Oliver Jeffers - The Heart in the Bottle
Catherine Rayner - Ernest
The new humourists
Philip Ardagh - Awful Ends
Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book
Andy Mulligan - Ribblestrop
Andy Stanton - You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum!
David Walliams - Billionaire Boy
New adventures
Lissa Evans - Small Change for Stuart
New families
Atinuke - Anna Hibiscus
Candy Gourlay - Tall Story
Simon Mason - Moon Pie
Jenny Valentine - Iggy and Me
Linda Newbery - Lob
Emily Drabble is contributing editor to the Guardian Teacher Network, the Guardian's new resource site for teachers. She told us that:
• The site has thousands of free resources for teachers, for students aged 4 – 18.
• You can also use tools on the site to create your own resources.
• It also contains jobs listings.
• You can register on the site at teachers.theguardian.com
• You can email and comment on the site, and follow it on Twitter and Facebook.
Hannah Freeman is communities co-ordinator for culture. She talked in more detail about the Childrens' Books website:
• The site follows a social networking model, but children have to apply to join by emailing the site: how to join.
• The aim is to promote and celebrate children's enthusiasm and knowledge about books.
• The content is all generated by children.
• The site contains podcasts and videos as well as text based content. Hannah recommended the David Walliams video where he is given a run for his money by the children interviewing him.
Sue Jones is the Programme Manager for Young People at the Reading Agency. She talked about their Summer Reading Challenge, which this year is called Circus Stars:
• The challenge is for children to read six library books over the summer.
• Children have free choice about what they read on the challenge.
• There is a Reading Challenge website which includes tips for classroom activities to help engage children with the challenge.
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I think I am missing somehting...
I have a MS terminal server on 192.168.0.10 (SME Gateway on 192.168.0.254)
Attached to that network I have a m0n0wall 1.3b2mw (192.168.1.1/24)
providing access for some remote clients via high power wireless. In the
past non of the users every required access to any part of our network so I
did not care.
Now I would like two things, #1 my laptop not have to sign in
(thought I had it by putting the Mac address in the Captive portal, however
I either did it wrong, or it did not work, it still asks for user/pass or
But most important, I would like to route to my terminal server... from the
rest of the 'outside' world I can get to it (e.g. from a connection
somewhere else in the world) I think I just have to forward an external
port 33895 to the internal 33895 then my SME firewall will forward it from
that to 3389. Or maybe I don't because I am already on the 192.168.0.x
Anyhow, if someone can push me in the right direction, that would be great,
the rest I think I can resolve... Main trouble is I threw this online over
a year ago, and have only gone back to add the odd user... even then I had
to remember and think again.


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I am quite sensitive to tap water, sometimes, but not always, I get an asthma-like response where it's hard me to get a deep breath. I hate it! You think this is because of the chemicals in the water?
Also, what Iodine supplement do you recommend and what's the best way to take it? Dosage and method.
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Debutant Joe Root was England's joint top-scorer in a hard-working 330 all out on the second afternoon of the final Test against India.
The 21-year-old Yorkshireman, a surprise inclusion for this match which England must at least draw to complete a series victory, rose to the occasion with a determined 229-ball innings of 73.
Root's range of stroke, like everyone else's, was constrained by the limitations of a deathly slow Nagpur pitch. But he became increasingly assured, in a century stand with Matt Prior (57) for the sixth wicket and then one of 60 for the eighth with Graeme Swann (56).
After Kevin Pietersen also made 73 on Thursday, Root could therefore take much of the credit for ensuring England dug out a total of substance after stumbling first to 16 for two and then 139 for five.
Root and Prior's first task on Friday was to negotiate another spell from Ishant Sharma, in these extreme conditions which have made India's solitary seamer a bigger threat than any of their four spinners.
There were no scrapes against any of the bowlers, though, until Prior succumbed to Ravichandran Ashwin. The off-spinner struck, from round the wicket, with a delivery that did not turn but snaked past Prior's defensive push on the angle to hit off-stump.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni sensibly turned straight back to Ishant (three for 49), to attack the new batsman, and that obvious switch worked when Tim Bresnan missed an inswinger to go for a second-ball duck.
Root was to go first after lunch - untypically up the wicket to drive leg-spinner Piyush Chawla and succeeding only in chipping back a return catch.
He had little reason for self-reproach - a statement which also applied to Swann, despite the regrettable attempted reverse-sweep which eventually proved his undoing lbw to Chawla.
The leg-spinner also picked up the last wicket, that of James Anderson thanks to a sharp catch straight off the face of the bat by Cheteshwar Pujara at short-leg, to give Chawla flattering figures of four for 69.


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IPSEC clear crypto session - a way of automating this?
I have a GRE tunnel running over IPSEC across the Internet, providing connectivity between a remote site and our central router. Connectivity is intermittently hanging causing loss of connectivity. There is a bit of NAT going on in the middle via a checkpoint firewall (for our central router only), and at one stage the firewall logs reported the remote router was trying to use non-standard ports for IPSEC connecitivity (not 500 and/or 4500) - which were all being dropped. However, this is not currently being seen and the problem remains.
crypto isakmp policy 10
encr 3des
hash md5
authentication pre-share
group 2
lifetime 180
crypto isakmp key xxxxxx address x.x.x.x
crypto isakmp invalid-spi-recovery
crypto ipsec security-association idle-time 300
crypto ipsec transform-set xxxxxx_Transform esp-3des esp-md5-hmac
crypto ipsec profile VTI
set transform-set xxxxxx_Transform
interface Tunnel1
ip address 172.16.122.38 255.255.255.252
ip mtu 1400
load-interval 30
tunnel source Dialer1
tunnel destination x.x.x.x
tunnel mode ipsec ipv4
tunnel protection ipsec profile VTI
When connectivity is lost to the remote site, the central router still displays an ACTIVE in/outbound IPSEC tunnel (using 'show crypto ipsec sa'). However, clearing the crypto session at the central end forces the IPSEC to renogotiate and come back up (using the default ports 500 / 4500).
I added the "crypto ipsec security-association idle-time 300" line in the hope that after 5 mins of idle-ness this would happen automatically, but this doesn't work.
Is there a way of forcing a reset to IPSEC automatically given a loss of traffic/idle state??


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As I was perusing the Legion site, seeing what numbers and apolostolates they're still visibly associated with (more stealth works remain), I saw that under "Education" they claim an association with the JP2 Pontifical Institute for Marriage and Family. This is ... curious, to say the least. I never before realised that there was a link, and so I looked at the school's official site.
Since many works use the previous Pontiff's name in their titles, I thought maybe there were two. But they're both Pontifical institutes (that's a BIG deal), both founded in 1981, and they share all the other details. The school itself has no board members who are LC, no listed profs or alumni that would explain the claim, and wasn't started by the Legion, I am wondering what their reason for claiming the schools as one of their "works" (along with the schools that they do run):
We have to let Jesus Christ reign in man's heart, mind, and life. The specific mission of the educational institutions of the Legion and Regnum Christi is to form integral people, working together with their families, so that they will be leaders of positive action and convinced builders of the civilization of justice and love according to the principles of Christian humanism. This is the ideal summed up in the motto "Integer Homo".
The only justification might be that they send some of their members to the school. That's nice. But then we seem to have some serious obfuscation concerning the Legion's real association.
[This school (in the surveying stage) relies on the same Integral Formation noted on the LOC page and links to NCE -- a distinct L/R brand, but offers no other visible link. If indeed, this is not a school associated with the Legion (and certainly they are not known for the Trivuum methodology) then they should be very careful, since the Legion has trademarked the concept "Integral formation."]


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About the Book
A catalog of my work on paper from January 2006 to present.
Features & Details
- Category Fine Art
Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
24 Pages
- Publish Date Aug 16, 2007
- Tags recycled materials, alphabet, collage, collections, portfolio, paper, Craft, Design
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Jenn Myer
Richmond, Virginia
I have been making books by hand since I was a senior in high school. I am a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Sculpture. I work with fibers, paint, and paper. Currently I teach Crafts and Fine Art at a local high school.
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Barry E. J. Smith I enjoyed looking at you work. Good luck
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