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Don't forget to send your responses not only to the person who posted the note or query but also to the editor, Dr. James Santucci at email@example.com.
Please send a copy of any note you wish to post to Dr. Santucci.
The picture below was supplied by Mr. Steven Chernikeeff, who writes:
"I bought it with a set of 1884 `The Theosophist` (which certainly is genuine to go with my collection of original Theosophical pieces)- from a lady called Loudmila Seralieva who purchased it from a Mark E Booker of Montclair, New Jersey who claimed it was of HPB around 1875 when she first arrived in NY. I 'thought' I was 99% certain comparing it with photo's of that time - but looks like I may be wrong - your assistance is very much appreciated as if it were an 'unknown' of HPB I would feel compelled to share it with the TS community for archival purposes etc."
HPB? Is this a photo of H.P. Blavatsky circa 1875-1880?
Any information on this photo would be welcomed.
66. From: Amanda Morgan (Dec. 27, 2005)
Subject: Herbert Macnair and Frances
Macdonald Macnair
I am writing a research paper on Glaswegian designers who were
working around the turn of the century. I am interested in whether or
not certain designers (especially Herbert Macnair and Frances
Macdonald Macnair) may have been influenced by Theosophical (and
other religious) principles. My main interest is in attempting to
document the existence of Theosophical centers in Glasgow during the
time period in question, 1880s-1900s. I have read that there were as
many as 5 centers in operation at the time, but the author of that
statement neglected to include a footnote, so it's been difficult for
me to verify. Would you be able to help me?
65. From: Dan Merkur
(Dec. 20, 2005)
Subject: Friedrich Eckstein
I'm doing some research and have run across the name of Friedrich Eckstein, an Austrian Theosophist, & am wondering if you might know anything about him or recommend sources. I really don't know much about him at all. I am in! terested in him generally, in his training of Rudolf Steiner, in his connection with Freud, and wondering whether also whether he knew (or was even closer to) Karl Kellner, Victor and/or Herbert Silberer, Franz Hartmann--I imagine even Theodor Reuss would be a possibility here.
Subject: Edition of Annie Besant's "Autobiographical Sketches" for Broadview Press
I am in the process of editing Annie Besant's first autobiography, "Autobiographical Sketches," for publication in the Broadview Press series of nineteenth-century womens' autobiographies overseen by Linda Peterson and Janice Carlyle, both of Yale University. "Sketches" was first published in Besant's journal "Our Corner" in 1884-85, and subsequently in book form by the Freethought Publishing Company in 1885, but it has never been reprinted. "An Autobiography," which was published in 1893 after her 1889 conversion to Theosophy, was her rewriting of her lifestory from her new perspective, and the TS has done a wonderful job keeping "An Autobiography" in print. In fact, most people assume that it was Besant's only autobiographical undertaking (it is also noteworthy that she never again made such an attempt).
Having both autobiographies in print would allow readers to compare the two versions--in effect, to look for the same signs in the first that she recast in the second as she uncovered the path that she had all along been seeking. I am eager to reproduce an authoritative text toward that end, particularly by including many contextual materials in a series of appendices (for example, Gladstone's review of "An Autobiography," Besant's "Why I Became a Theosophist" and "From 1875 to 1891: A Fragment of Autobiography," and so on). In fact, one appendix will feature comparative passages from "Sketches" and "An Autobiogrpahy." I am also preparing a substantive introduction and writing footnotes for the body of the main text.
I will be conducting research in London from mid-March to early April, and I trust that I will find many of the materials I have yet to locate, but in the meantime I wanted to inform readers of "Theosophical History" about my project, and to solicit any advice or information that you might have that might be pertinent. In particular, I am still looking for a copy of Besant's "The Education of Indian Girls," published by the Theosophical Publishing Society in 1905, which I already know is not available from the Olcott Memorial Library in Wheaton.
As for my own background, I have been a professor at the University of Texas at Austin since 1979, where I specialize in Victorian fiction, women's studies, and (spiritual) autobiography. My most recent book is entitled "Creative Negativity: Four Victorian Exemplars of the Female Quest" (Stanford 2001), from which John Algeo excerpted a selection of my Besant chapter for "The Quest" (2002) entitled "Confounding or Amazing? Annie Wood Besant's Multiple Deconversions"--which you can still find by searching on the web. I've also written the entry on Besant for "Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook" (2000).
I welcome any commentary, suggestions, or information, and I am grateful for your interest.
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63. From: Cherrill (Dec. 9, 2002)
Subject: Art & Theosophy in a Social Context 18751950
Background: The influence of Theosophy on late 19th/early 20th century art has persistently and consistently been sidelined or ignored by most art historians, critics and curators. Yet once the impulses which drove artists such as Mondrian, Klee, Malevich, and Kandinsky are scrutinised, the role of Theosophy is obvious. With other artists, including Picasso & Braque, the Section DOr group, Nicholson and the early British painters in the St Ives group, the influence is more oblique and accompanies a more general interest in "the occult". The question thus presents itself as to why this influence is systematically ignored.
Proposition: The most obvious explanation is the 20th centurys desire to see these artists and this period as the vanguard of modernity, and (as you said, Jim), spirituality doesnt fit with the mindset of the secular scientific world.But I think there is another dimension to this relating to the social and political context in which Theosophy arose. The late 19th century was a period when deep rifts were appearing in the structure of Western society: National Socialism was drawing on Romanticism, the British Empire was collapsing under the tensions it had generated, social unrest and universal suffrage was questioned the divine basis of social order.Once the Theosophical Society was founded in 1875, it was a clear threat to the Establishment. It supported unionised labour (Besant organising the Matchgirls strike); it was for "universal brotherhood"; it was against the established Church in Britain; and when its headquarters had moved to India, it supported Indian liberation. It thus represented a challenge to Western culture, and certainly to the notion of Western supremacy. During this early period, its arguments were sufficiently compelling to attract some fairly weighty intellects. Yet now it is largely pilloried as so much mumbo jumbo. There seems to be desire to discredit Theosophy that other belief systems are not subjected to, and this has accompanied the disregarding of its influence on art. The earliest critic that I have come across (so far) who has apparently deliberately ignored it, is Herbert Read, who in his Philosophy of Modern Art, manages to write about Kandinsky, Mondrian and Klee as being interested in metaphysics without mentioning Theosophy. The tendency has continued to prevail (with certain honourable exceptions).I want to try and explore the basis of this sidelining of Theosophy. It seems to me that Theosophy still retains its power to threaten: whether politically or culturally or both, it seems to touch some deep-seated insecurity about Western identity.
Help Needed: I have a fair amount of information about the influence of Theosophy on Continental artists, but dont have much on British artists.I also would like any information on Theosophy and social thinking/politics including prominent figures known to have links. As I am trying to analyse the progressive marginalising of Theosophy, I would like to know of any "conspicuous absences" that anyone has spotted, as well as any more overt defamation. Anything else that may be relevant to the argument either way, or things that I may be overlooking, I would appreciate having brought to my attention.
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62. From: Elisabeth Eck (July 10, 2002)
Subject: theosophy berlin 1933-1945; network of rescuers
Dear Dr. Santucci, I am an American historian working in Germany on a biography of a woman named Johanna Eck (despite the same last name, not a relative) who saved the lives of four persecuted people in Berlin during the Second World War - two young Jews, a Catholic oppositional journalist who escaped from the Gestapo and his Protestant wife. Mrs. Eck has been honored both by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and by the City of Berlin. She died in 1979. She definitely had theosophical viewpoints (documented by the letters I have in my possession) and was involved with the theosophical movement. As far as I can ascertain, she was aided in her rescue efforts by other women who also were somehow involved in theosophy. One of the women who played a major role in the rescue efforts apparently ran a lending library which sold theosophical books under the counter. Her name was Margarete Grenzebach.
Despite intensive efforts, I have not been able to find either the lending library or an official record of residence. Two of the people who were rescued described her in detail so that I know that she existed and that she lived in Berlin.
Now my request: could you advise me on where to look for information about the theosophists in Berlin in the 1930s and 1940s - is there an archive with membership lists? Were there lending libraries or bookshops specializing in theosophical material? Is there a theosophical archive in Germany today anywhere? I have thought of researching the Berlin archives on the Gestapo but that would be a long and time-consuming project, I fear.
These women were strong women who defended helpless, hunted people because they believed in a world ethic. They are a credit both to theosophy and to mankind in general. Any assistance, tips, contacts in Germany about Berlin at this time 1933-1945 would be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely, Elisabeth Eck
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Elisabeth Leonard Eck, M.A.
Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Humboldtallee 11
37073 Göttingen, Germany, Tel. 0049-551-399467
61. From Daniel Caldwell (June 10, 2002):
Missing Material by H.P. Blavatsky Discovered: Part I
by Daniel H. Caldwell
The Theosophy Company on their website describes H.P. Blavatsky's book
titled TRANSACTIONS OF THE BLAVATSKY LODGE as follows:
"In 1889, when H.P.B. was in London, the weekly meetings of the Blavatsky
Lodge was devoted to the discussion of the archaic 'Stanzas' on which The
Secret Doctrine is based. Transactions provides . . . H.P.B.'s answers to
metaphysical and scientific questions, as stenographically reported, and
afterwards revised by her for publication. . . ."
In an introductory note prefacing the original edition(s) of 1890/1891 of
the Transactions, we find the following information:
"The . . . transactions are compiled from shorthand notes taken at the
meetings of the Blavatsky Lodge of the Theosophical Society, from January
10th to June 20th, 1889, being somewhat condensed from the original
". . . the members of the 'B.L. of the T. S.' agreed to devote the debates
of the weekly [Thursday] meetings to each stanza and sundry other
metaphysical subjects."
"The questions were put by members. . . . The answers in all cases are based
on the shorthand Reports, and are those . . . as given by H. P. B. herself."
In H.P.B.'s magazine Lucifer, it was noted that the reports of the
Transactions [covering the meetings of Jan. 10 through June 20, 1889] were
transcribed in "twenty-four large longhand folios." Lucifer, October 15th,
1890, p. 165
Part I of the Transactions was published as a book in London in March 1890.
Part I consisted of material discussed by H.P. Blavatsky at the following
Meeting 1. January 10, 1889 [Stanza I, sl. 1-2]
Meeting 2. January 17, 1889 [Stanza I, sl. 3-4]
Meeting 3. January 24, 1889 [Stanza I, sl. 5-8]
Meeting 4. January 31, 1889 [Stanza I, sl. 6-9; Stanza II, sl. 1-2]
Appendix on Dreams
Part II of the Transactions was published in January 1891.
Part II consisted of material discussed by H.P.Blavatsky at the following
Meeting 5. February 7, 1889 [Stanza II, sl. 3-4]
Meeting 6. February 14, 1889 [Stanza III, sl. 1]
Meeting 7. February 21, 1889 [Stanza III, sl. 2-4]
Meeting 8. February 28, 1889 [Stanza III, sl. 5-8]
Meeting 9. March 7, 1889 [Stanza III, sl. 10-11]
Meeting 10. March 14, 1889 [Stanza IV, sl. 1-6]
In February, 1891, Alice Leighton Cleather wrote:
"The second part of the 'Transactions -- Blavatsky Lodge,' is now out, and
the third [part] will shortly follow." Theosophist, April 1891, p. 438.
H.P. Blavatsky died in May 1891 and Part III of the Transactions was NEVER
It should be emphasized that the discussions in the published Parts I and II
cover only the first four stanzas of Volume I of THE SECRET DOCTRINE.
Part III would, no doubt, have contained H.P.B.'s additional insightful and
valuable comments on Stanza V and possibly even on Stanzas 6 and 7.
What happened to the remaining unpublished Blavatsky material that was
contained in the "twenty-four large longhand folios"? This unpublished
material would have contained the discussions held with H.P.B. at Blavatsky
Lodge meetings from March 21 to June 20, 1889. A total of 14 meetings!
Several years ago I discovered the whereabouts of the missing "large
longhand folios". Several of the folios are still missing but the majority
survive. At one point I was allowed to peruse the extant folios and
discovered that H.P. Blavatsky's discussions and comments on Stanzas 5 and 6
survive. Unfortunately, the folio containing HPB's comments on Stanza 7 did
NOT survive the ravages of time and is still lost.
It is my sincere hope that the current "keeper" of the folios will soon
permit HPB's unpublished valuable comments on Stanzas 5 and 6 to be
published for the benefit of all Blavatsky and Theosophical students
throughout the world.
More in Part II.
60. From the Editors of ARIES: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism (Mar. 12, 2001):
Last week (7. March 2001), the first issue of Aries : Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism has come out. As some of you may know, this is a new series published by E.J. Brill academic publishers as a continuation of the journal Aries that has been published at a smaller scale since 1985.
Aries accepts articles and book reviews in four languages: English, French, German and Italian (with abstracts in another language, so as to create optimal possibilities for communication and exchange across linguistic boundaries). Below, please find some general information, plus the table of contents of Aries 1:1 and 1:2 (due to appear in July). For more information on subscriptions (institutional or personal) and instructions to authors, you can contact the editorial secretary Hilda Nobach:firstname.lastname@example.com
In this early stage, it is of crucial importance for the journal to become known and get established as widely as possible. We obviously hope that many subscriptions will be taken ... and that scholars will consider urging any university to which they may be connected to take an institutionalsubscription.
Finally we have a section "Recent and Upcoming Congresses" (see below). For this we are dependent on information we receive. Congress programs, announcements and calls for papers, you might send to the editorial address below, are welcome.
ARIES Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism
appears twice a year and is published by Royal E.J. Brill academic publishers, Leyden (The Netherlands). Each volume consists of approx. 300 pages. Aries is edited by the Chair for the "History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents" of the University of Amsterdam and the Chair "Courants Ésotériques et Mystiques dans l'Europe Moderne et Contemporaine" of the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Sorbonne), Paris.
Editorial Policy :
Aries welcomes articles and book reviews on all aspects of the study of esoteric currents in modern and contemporary western culture. Contributions focusing on earlier periods (antiquity, middle ages) will be considered if clearly relevant to the study of modern and contemporary western esotericism. "Western esotericism" is understood as including the revival of hermetism and the so-called "occult philosophy" in the early modern period as well as its later developments; alchemy, paracelsianism and rosicrucianism; christian kabbalah and its later developments; theosophical and illuminist currents; and various occultist and related developments during the 19th and 20th centuries. Aries concentrates on historical rather than sociological research, but encourages interdisciplinary approaches including the use of social-science methodologies within a historical framework. While critical scholarship is very welcome, Aries is not a podium for religious or ideological apologetics or polemics.
Editors :
- Roland EDIGHOFFER (Université de Paris-I-Sorbonne-Nouvelle)
- Antoine FAIVRE (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sciences Religieuses,
Sorbonne, Paris)
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In the first two issues :
Aries Nr. 1:1 (January 2001), published :
Wouter J. Hanegraaff :
« Beyond the Yates Paradigm: The Study of Western Esotericism between Counterculture and New Complexity ».
John F. Moffitt :
« Cryptography and Alchemy in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Walter Arensberg ».
Natale Spineto :
« Mircea Eliade and Traditionalism ».
Carole Frosio :
« L'esotérisme entre histoire et tradition (Jean Servier [ed.], Dictionnaire critique de l'esoéerisme) »
Books Received
Recent and Upcoming Congresses
Aries Nr. 1:2 (July 2001, forthcoming) :
Joseph Dan :
« Jewish Medieval Influences on Renaissance Concepts of Harmonia Mundi ».
Stephane Toussaint :
« La science des spectres de Pierre Le Loyer, lecteur de Ficin et JeanPic ».
Brendan French :
« The Mercurian Master: Hermes' Gift to the Theosophical Society ».
Mirko Sladek :
« Faszination Zarathushtra (Michael Stausberg, Faszination Zarathushtra) ».
Book Reviews
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59. From Leslie Price (Jan. 7, 2001):
The independent Austrian- based historian Brigitte Muehlegger has published on her web site some documentary finds which suggest that Madame Blavatsky and other Theosophical activists may have been involved in attempts to promote Sikh nationalism in India.
The research takes further the pioneering exploration by Paul Johnson " The Masters Revealed" SUNY 1994. Johnson has been in close consultation during the project, and taken his own research further.
Speaking about her research report, which can be found at
Ms. Moehlegger said "My editorial contains the documents (Henderson/Barnard letters) about the Aryan League of Honour never before mentioned in any Theosophical publication. Also a never before published letter quote from Yarker to Blavatsky after she moved to India. It also mentions the possible source of the "7 volumes" that A.O.Hume referred to have seen in the Punjab shortly after the Arya Samaj moved its headquarters there.Plus original documents related to the intelligence agent activity of Notovitch who wrote"The 'Secret Life of Jesus' claiming Jesus had spent several years in Tibet." Ms Muehlegger welcomes comments or any further information to the issues involved with this ongoing research project.
Elsewhere on her site can be found a rare interview with Dr James Santucci, editor of "Theosophical History" which has been deeply involved in publishing secret documents, and an interview with Leslie Price.
58. From James Santucci (Dec. 18, 2000):
Is there is a connection between this shop and Blavatsky and Olcott during the NY years?
The referenced Wall Street Journal article follows:
December 15, 2000
Houdini's Old Magic Shop Disappears, Reinvents Itself as an Online Retailer
By RACHEL EMMA SILVERMAN
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
NEW YORK -- In late September, a little shop of wonders quietly shut its doors.
Harry Houdini once owned the enterprise, operated since the 1860s and most recently housed on the sixth floor of a high-rise on 34th Street in Manhattan. The famous magician and escape artist sometimes greeted customers from behind the oak-and-glass display cabinets.
The store, first called Martinka & Co. and then Flosso-Hornmann Magic, put out a catalog in 1918 calling itself the "Oldest Magic Supply House in America."
Jackie Flosso, the last owner, sold his inventory and archives, brimming with magic history and Houdini collectibles, for an undisclosed sum to Ted Bogusta, a 36-year-old computer consultant in Bergen County, N.J. The amateur magician hopes to revive Flosso-Hornmann as an Internet magic retailer and online magic museum. He started a Web site last month and, by March, expects to hold an auction and start selling stuff to neophyte magicians.
Rising real-estate costs and competition from discount Internet retailers spell tough times for small magic-shop owners everywhere. Some have closed. Whether the Internet can recapture the spirit of Houdini in the way a magic shop can remains to be seen.
From the start, customers encountered a cabinet of marvels. Brothers Francis and Antonio Martinka began the business in the 1860s, with a small conjuring and toy shop in Germany.
The original store apparently "was a fabulous place, with appearing and disappearing bowls of fish, handkerchiefs that metamorphosed into eggs, and tinsmiths carefully cutting the sheets of shiny tin to provide the cups for the legendary cups-and-balls trick for every mountebank in the Western world," according to a history on the store's Web site. Mr. Flosso inherited the business in 1976 from his father, Al, a 5-foot-2 entertainer known as the "Coney Island Fakir." His credits included performing for wealthy families -- Kennedys, Rockefellers, Vanderbilts.
Around 1872, the Martinka brothers came to America and soon opened a 5,064-square-foot emporium in Manhattan's Chelsea district. Sepia photographs of that store, known as "The Palace of Magic," show a huge workshop where magic apparatus was made, plus a showroom with gleaming cases full of tricks and toys. The company's catalog boasted of 10-cent items such as "The Wonderful Cigarette Paper Trick," "The Money Broker: Or How to Catch a Lot of Coins in the Air," and "The Mystic Barrel of Salt."
Customers were fascinated with automatons that played chess and did tricks. "When you first opened the door, a mechanical monkey would start whistling. Rabbits were coming out of hats, and snakes would come out of baskets," says Mr. Flosso, who says he grew up at that store.
There was also a huge collection of magic wands and oversize coins. Many of the coins bore the store's motto: Mundus Vult Decipi Decipiatur. "The world wants to be deceived, let it be deceived."
The business also created elaborate special effects for Broadway and vaudeville shows, including George M. Cohan spectaculars. One of the props it devised for a stage version of "The Wizard of Oz" was a scarecrow that disappeared when the tornado hit Dorothy's Kansas farmhouse. "Slowly and right before the eyes of the public -- no trick photography here, like in the movies -- the scarecrow slowly dissolved. The audience gasped in those days," Mr. Flosso says.
At the rear of the store, a magician and partner of the Martinkas, who called himself Carter the Great, kept his live lion, Monty, which he used in a popular illusion trick called The Lion's Bride. "This scared the people a lot," Mr. Flosso says. "Every once in a while when he was hungry, Monty the Lion gave out a roar. And of course the people got very nervous. They were buying things in the front of the store."
The store also housed a performance hall known as the Palace of Mystery, which showcased professional magicians. In that space was founded the Society of American Magicians, the nation's oldest fraternal order of magicians, in 1902.
Harry Houdini bought the store in 1919 from a business partner of Carter the Great, who had acquired the Martinkas' stake. A big bust of Houdini greeted shoppers at the entrance.
"Houdini was a very dear friend of the Martinka family," says Mr. Flosso. "He knew them all his life. So he took over the place." Though he was often on the road, Houdini kept an eye on the business and tinkered in its factory, soldering his own contraptions.
But being both a performer and shopkeeper was a trick even Houdini couldn't pull off, so less than a year after he bought the business, it was sold to a fellow magician named Frank Ducrot.
In 1939, Al Flosso, Jackie's dad, bought it from Mr. Ducrot, and the place became a mess. Merchandise was indiscriminately crammed into display cases. Stacks of paper covered the floor. Cleaning up might disturb Houdini dust, Mr. Flosso told friends. The store moved to its final 600-square-foot location around 1984 -- and continued to be extremely cluttered.
Business remained steady until the late 1990s, when rent, online competition and Jackie Flosso's failing health forced him to consider closing up shop. Finally, last year, he decided to sell out to the fastidious Mr. Bogusta, a frequent and longtime customer.
"I was visiting the store and I asked him what was going to happen to the company, what sort of plans he had for it to continue. The [asset sale] grew out of that conversation," Mr. Bogusta says.
Fellow magic purveyors were surprised and dismayed by the store's demise. "It's a very nostalgic place. I wish I had bought it," says Tony Spina, the 70-year-old owner of Tannen's, another popular New York magic store.
Mr. Bogusta is keeping up its mail-order operations. What was in the store, including Houdini's business correspondence, filled three trucks. Mr. Bogusta also discovered many sales slips dating back to the early 1900s. Some were for less than $1.
Another dusty item in the files: a 56-line poem written about the store by John W. Sargent, Houdini's secretary. The first stanza reads:
You've all of you been in that snug little place,
Where you wizards all love to resort,
Where the shelves all about bear the tools of your art,
And where all your best tricks have been bought,
You all of you know it and love it, I'm sure
And in passing you always will stop,
For there's no other place on the whole Earth's face,
Like Martinka's little back shop.
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ok, so I just started working with classes when I came across something I'm not sure how to interpreter.
I was doing an exercise that asked to build a class to store 3d coordinates and an outside fuction to compute the dot product (and some vague allusion to pass-by-ref that I'm not sure I got right).
so I build the class:
and then start noticing something strange when I'm working on the function... a few tests later I come up with this:Code:class point { double x,y,z; public: void set(double a, double b, double c) {x=a; y=b; z=c;} double* xref() {return &x;} double* yref() {return &y;} double* zref() {return &z;} };
(to which I'm feeding the ONLY ".xref()" results.)Code:double dot_product(double *v1, double *v2) {return v1[0]*v2[0]+v1[1]*v2[1]+v1[2]*v2[2];}
I've recompiled this a few times and this always work....
so my question is: Is it built into the language that the variables in a class are stored in adjacent memory blocks? or my compiler just decided to do so and therefore I can't rely on it to do so in the future?


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Christian Piatt 11-29-2012
I've been asked how I knew I was called to be a writer. For me, calling is fairly easy to recognize. If the thought of doing something fills you with equal parts joy and terror, it's probably a calling.
There's more to it than that, I suppose, since the idea of buying a new Tesla sports car fills me with both feelings too, mostly because my wife, Amy, would kill me. There are other elements, like the conviction that our calling should feel something of an identifiable need in the world, and that it should call on gifts we have in a way that is life-giving not just to others, but joyful and life-affirming for us as well.
But the joy and terror thing is a pretty good sign you're on the right track.


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JACK: I graduated from the film school at Penn State. My first feature was a movie called Alligator Run. It was a documentary about two guys who drove their 5-foot pet alligator from their home in LA to release it into the swamps of Gainsville FL. I also work as a colorist at Technicolor New York - I watch a lot of great films and work with a lot of directors I admire.
How did you get connected to M. Angelo Mena's script and what drew you to it?
JACK: Mena and I grew up together in the town of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. We based the film on a lot of our childhood friends and experiences. There was a thriving underground music scene there at the time. We wanted to make a movie about what it's like to dream of life beyond the borders of your small hometown -- set to a really great soundtrack.
Can you talk about how you raised your budget and your financial plan for recouping your costs?
JACK: We partnered up with an amazing DP, Mark Sparrough, who also came in as a producer. Mark brought in a lot of investors. Besides that we called everyone we knew. All in all, we managed to convince a dozen people to invest in the movie. We also had a successful Kickstarter campaign that brought in the remaining funds.
As far as our distribution: we had a limited theatrical release followed by a release on VOD platforms like iTunes and Amazon as well as having a Cable-on-demand run. We feel like we won the jackpot with the cable deal - not a lot of indies are accepted onto those platforms.
JACK: Sure after casting I think the dialogue really came to life, we changed some of that around. But honestly the script went through its biggest transformation in editing. We had to cut out an entire section of the story that was hindering the pacing of the film. It was something we never would or could have predicted would be on the cutting room floor, but we had a great team of editors who made the suggestion and they were right.
What kind of camera did you use to shoot the movie -- and what did you love about it and hate about it?
JACK: We used the Panavision Genesis. Love? Out movie looks beautiful. It's one of the few digital cameras that actually looks like film.
Hate? It weights as much as a small VW car engine.
JACK: The smartest thing I think we did was to go home to a community who supported our production. Tons of people came out to help, acting as extras, lent us locations and spread the word.
The dumbest thing we did was crash our cube truck into the overpass of the motel where we were all staying - it was at the end of an 18-hour day of shooting and we were exhausted and over-heated and forgot the truck was too tall for that overpass.
JACK: We assembled a good crew that we'll continue to use in the future. The vibe on-set really makes or breaks a movie. Well maybe the audience can't tell when they watch the finished product but certainly a big part of why I want to continue to make movies is because I have fun doing it.
Mount Joy is currently being released nationally on most cable on-demand platforms. The film is also available on iTunes, Amazon and DVD via their site: www.MountJoyMovie.com
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Type: New Feature
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 2.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2.0
Component/s: Persistence and DAO
In some environments (DB2, Oracle, PostGres) the table schema may be not equally associated with the user name, provided in the jdbc connection parameters. At the moment it is not possible to set the table schema used for the db connections.
This table schema aware datasource proxy optionally injects a schema selection sql statement into an existing database connection. It proxies a DataSource and executes an injected sql statement on every getConnection() call.
The proxy can be configured via the spring configurations files and therefore allows to add table schema support to the import functionality only. This might come in handy if you have to import into a certain table schema and cannot rely on the web application container datasource configuration that might already support table schemas (like websphere does).
The solution was inspired from http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?t=10728, although the runtime schema switching functionality was stripped.
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Joachim, I should have looked more careful as well: BasicDataSource and TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy are completely different things ofcourse, one is put in front of the other.
The new patch looks fine by me, and it doesn't break anything afaics.
strip the relations to
Dennis, I was in a rush when I answered your questions: Of course we must use the TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy since we are proxying the DataSource and inject the target datasource into the proxy via spring (see spring configs).
I am attaching the patch again, striped by the reference to the
JS2-666 issue.
Did you find time to test and work on new patches?
We're planning to finish up 2.1.3 this week.
To be able to review and test a possible patch against 2.1.3 we will need it ASAP, otherwise it'll have to wait to 2.2.
The usage of the TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy is an artifact from the source of the idea (http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?t=10728). There, it is required to change the database schema within a local transaction, so the getConnection() method must be transaction aware.
Since this functionality is stripped in my patch, and probably is not needed here, the SchemaAwareDataSourceProxy could extend from BasicDataSource I guess.
The fragment in the spring configuration (property maxRetriedStarts in /src/webapp/WEB-INF/assembly) is my mistake. I created the patch against an already patched version of the assembly file. Sorry about this, the two issues are not related at all!
I will test the SchemaAwareDataSourceProxy extending from BasicDataSource and repost patches against the current trunk as soon as I have some spare time.
the patch looks ok (especially since all the spring config is commented , although a couple of questions:
- what are the differences between org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy (which you extend) and org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource (the default datasource) . Why did you choose for the one from Spring ?
- The property maxRetriedStarts in /src/webapp/WEB-INF/assembly requires the patch described in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JS2-666 right ? In that case it might be an idea to either relate this issue to
JS2-666, or remove the property.
The proxy source and patches to some datasource configuration files.


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Horoscope for July 24
July 24, 2010
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Just because something you've learned fromx past experiences doesn't work out well today, don't think the premise is wrong. It may be the circumstance surrounding it that is the culprit.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Although you are likely to be paid today for a job you've done, the commission might be a bit disappointing. Next time, check out whether or not the payoff is worth the work you'll put in.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Someone you know could be somewhat helpful to you, but disappointment is likely if you expect more from this person than what s/he is capable of putting out. Don't expect too much.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Normally you would have no trouble achieving a certain objective, but today there is a good chance you will get bogged down in irrelevant details or side issues that will derail you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Something on which you've been working that has good reward potential could be pilfered by a non-contributor who cuts him/herself in for a piece of the action. Be on guard.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Try not to make too much of an infraction committed by a friend today, regardless of how disappointing it is to you. This person will realize it in time and make amends down the line.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — You might not take a commitment to another as seriously as you should. You might end up feeling terrible when you realize your neglect. Sadly, you may not be able to completely mend that fence you broke.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — When it comes to selling today, you shouldn't have any trouble getting your price. However, buying might be another story, with you paying far more than the item is worth.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You're apt to be far weaker than your will today, especially in situations where you're looking for instant gratification, yet you're not likely to be satisfied with anything that comes too easily. Go figure.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Usually you're quite self-reliant, but today you are apt to depend on others to do things for you or pick up behind you, and then blame them if they don't do things the way you like.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Something you thought had been resolved satisfactorily might continue to produce some undesirable side effects today and need more attention. Give it that one more try and see what happens.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Personal achievement is possible today, provided you keep your nose to the grindstone. You may have to put all pleasurable involvements behind you, however, until you get what you want.


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Carpenter sets tone in Cardinals' clincher
The 36-year-old Carpenter was his usual stingy self on short rest in Game 7 of the World Series. He put the clamps on the Texas Rangers� dangerous offense after a shaky start and led the way in a 6-2 victory that gave St. Louis its second championship in five years.
Manager Tony La Russa discussed the move with pitching coach Dave Duncan on Friday morning after getting a few hours sleep following the Cardinals� dramatic Game 6 victory.
�I said �How about the alternatives?�� La Russa said on the field after the clincher. ��He said, �Are you kidding? It�s Chris Carpenter.� And he hung up on me.�
Though just an 11-game winner this year, the 2005 NL Cy Young Award winner was 10-2 the second half. He stayed on a roll in the postseason, going 4-0 with wins in Games 1 and 7 against Texas.
A rainout on Wednesday gave Carpenter a shot to start on three days� rest for just the second time in his career in Game 7�and the second time this postseason. He allowed two runs in six-plus innings.
�Obviously it�s not my decision, it�s Tony�s, but I was hoping to have an opportunity to go ahead and pitch,� Carpenter said. �Fortunately, it worked out.�
Carpenter struggled to find the strike zone early and put the Cardinals in a quick hole, allowing consecutive RBI doubles in the first inning. The next five innings, the Rangers had just one runner in scoring position.
Carpenter left with a 5-2 lead after David Murphy�s leadoff double in the seventh.
�It started off a little rough in the first but I was able to collect myself, make some pitches and our guys did an awesome job to battle back,� Carpenter said.
Duncan gave Carpenter the thumbs up after a meeting after Game 6. Carpenter won his ninth postseason game, extending his franchise record, and had a 2.84 ERA in the World Series.
�Dave had a real heart-to-heart with him to gauge just how ready he was to pitch just physically, not mentally but physically,� La Russa said.
before the game. �And then I think if he would be available to pitch, he probably would have pitched in this game sometime.
The bottom line: the Cardinals wanted their best pitcher on the mound.
�He�s the guy our club wants to have out there, and he�s ready to take it,� La Russa said. �Plain and simple. He�s our guy.�
Carpenter started on short rest for the first time in the first round of the NL playoffs against the Phillies and lasted only three innings, allowing four runs on five hits in his shortest outing of the year.
La Russa tried it in Game 2 so Carpenter would be ready on regular rest for a potential Game 5, and Carpenter threw a three-hit shutout in the deciding game, outpitching Roy Halladay.
La Russa said Duncan�s conversation with Carpenter indicated the pitcher had learned from the time, and how he would �adjust or compensate� in Game 7. La Russa said the pitcher actually began making adjustments after struggling early in his first outing on three days� rest.
�Part of what he learned from that is why he gets the ball,� La Russa said. �And we expect him to be more effective.�
La Russa had no expectations that Carpenter might go deep. Carpenter led the NL in innings and finished with 273 1-3 innings, the most of his career.
La Russa could have chosen Kyle Lohse or Edwin Jackson, both well rested, but leaned on his ace.
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Bob Todd
|Bob Todd
Todd on The Benny Hill Show (1971)
December 15, 1921
Faversham, Kent, England
|21 October 1992
(aged 70)
Sussex, England
|Monica Todd
Brian Todd (15 December 1921 – 21 October 1992), known professionally as Bob Todd, was an English comedy actor, mostly known for appearing as a straight man in the sketch shows of Benny Hill and Spike Milligan. For many years he lived in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Life and career[edit]
Todd was born in Faversham, Kent. One of the great stooges of television comedy, Todd was best known for his lugubrious expression and talent for slapstick, and was known to fellow comedians by the nickname 'Silly Todd'.
Before working in television, Todd trained to be a dentist. The outbreak of the Second World War saw him enlist in the Royal Air Force, where he became a navigator stationed at RAF Goxhill, Lincolnshire. He had ambitions of becoming a farmer—making money from cattle breeding, whilst working as a manager at London Airport. The farming business, once begun, failed and almost made him bankrupt, so at the age of 42 he found himself looking for a new career. Meeting scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson in a pub, he bluffed them into believing that he was in fact an actor and ended up with the part of a policeman in the Sid James comedy series Citizen James in 1963. He appeared as several characters in Milligan and John Antrobus' stage play The Bed-Sitting Room, which opened at the Mermaid Theatre on 31 January 1963.[1][2][3]
He consequently stooged in The Dick Emery Show and The Mike and Bernie Winters Show amongst others, before joining The Benny Hill Show in 1968. He stayed with the programme, on and off, until Thames Television ended the show twenty one years later.
Todd gained a reputation for drunkenness while working on The Benny Hill Show. He once failed to turn up for a London Palladium show after a 'drinking episode', and eventually found himself in a Dublin hospital five days later. After this was reported in the media, Hill had Todd dropped from the show. Producer Dennis Kirkland persuaded Hill to rescind the decision, saying Todd brought much to the show and his drinking rarely affected his work.
Todd's only starring role was as Dan the lavatory attendant in his own 1972 series In for a Penny although he did appear in the Jimmy Jewel series Funny Man. He also appeared in Eric Sykes's television series, in the episode "Sykes and A Bath", broadcast on 25 January 1961, in series three of Sykes and A..., in which he played a sad-faced man with one hand stuck inside a vase.[3] He also appeared in Sykes' film Rhubarb Rhubarb in 1980, as well as making guest appearances on shows by Jim Davidson and Allan Stewart and Spike Milligan's Q9. He was also seen in cinema films, including Carry On Again Doctor, The Return of the Musketeers, and Mutiny on the Buses. Todd also appeared in the 1980s series of The Sooty Show playing the part of The Black Hand, in the adventure film The Case of the Black Hand. He also appeared in Gabrielle and the Doodleman as Merlin as well as an Ugly Sister with Windsor Davies in 1984.[4]
Popular culture[edit]
Todd was referenced in the 1985 Half Man Half Biscuit song "99% of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd" on the album Back in the DHSS.
Personal life[edit]
Todd and his wife, Monica, had one daughter and two sons. He died at the age of 70 in Sussex.
Selected filmography[edit]
- Raising the Wind (1961) - Street Musician - Accordionist (uncredited)
- Postman's Knock (1962) - District Superintendent
- The Intelligence Men (1965) - Policeman (uncredited)
- Hot Millions (1968) - British Commissionaire (uncredited)
- Carry on Again Doctor (1969) - Patient on Breathing Apparatus (uncredited)
- Scars of Dracula (1970) - Burgomaster
- She'll Follow You Anywhere (1971) - Car salesman
- Burke & Hare (1972) - Guard Campbell
- Mutiny on the Buses (1972) - New Inspector
- That's Your Funeral (1972) - Arthur (Funeral Director)
- Go for a Take (1972) - Security Man
- Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall (1973) - Referee
- Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) - The Great Manzini
- The Flying Sorcerer (1973) - Crabtree
- The Over-Amorous Artist (1974) - Postman
- The Best of Benny Hill (1974) - Various Roles
- The Four Musketeers (1974) - Firing Squad Officer
- Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975) - Mr. Barnwell
- The Ups and Downs of a Handyman (1976) - Squire Bullsworthy
- Come Play with Me (1977) - Vicar
- Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse (1978) - Mr. Buchanan
- Le Pétomane (1979) - Joseph's Father
- The Sooty Show - The Case of The Black Hand (9 Episodes) (1980)
- Superman III (1983) - Dignified Gent
- The Steam Video Company (1984) - Various
- Gabrielle and the Doodleman (1984) - Merlin / Ugly Sister
- The Return of the Musketeers (1989) - High Bailiff
- ^ Milligan, Spike, & Antrobus, John (1973) The Bedsitting Room. Tandem: London. First published in Great Britain by Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1970. Published by Universal-Tandem, 1972. © 1970 Spike Milligan and John Antrobus
- ^ Scudamore, Pauline (1985). Spike Milligan: A Biography. London: Granada. ISBN 0-246-12275-7. pp.203-204
- ^ a b McCann, Graham (2006). Spike & Co. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-89809-7. (a)p.158, (b)pp.215-216
- ^ "Gabrielle and the Doodleman (1984)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 16 September 2017.


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Experimental Music & Sound Art
Archive from 1995 to 2015
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Experimental music is a compositional tradition that arose in the mid-20th century, particularly in North America, of music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. The American composer John Cage is seen as one of the more notable composers associated with this music (Grant 2003, 174). In France, as early as 1953, Pierre Schaeffer had begun using the term "musique expérimentale" to describe compositional activities that incorporated tape music, musique concrète, and elektronische Musik. Also, in America, a quite distinct sense of the term was used in the late 1950s to describe computer-controlled composition associated with composers such as Lejaren Hiller. In 1958, Hiller became the first director of the Studio for Experimental Music at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Sound art is an artistic discipline in which sound is utilised as a medium. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art is interdisciplinary in nature, or takes on hybrid forms. Sound art can engage with a range of subjects such as acoustics, psychoacoustics, electronics, noise music, audio media, found or environmental sound, explorations of the human body, sculpture, film or video and an ever-expanding set of subjects that are part of the current discourse of contemporary art.
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Summer Book Sale
The Friends of the Milpitas Library's Summer Book Sale will be held Friday, June 7 through Sunday, June 9 in the Milpitas Public Library auditorium, 160 N. Main St. Only members can preview and purchase books Friday night, from 7-9 p.m. with membership available at the door. The sale opens to the public on Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and continues Sunday, from 12-4 p.m. Books will be sold at $1.50 per inch, audio books and DVDs at $2 each, CDs at $1 each; some items will be special priced. Sunday is bargain day: a bag full of books is only $5 and media items are half price. For Friday night access to the book sale, members may enter the library parking garage from either side and walk north along the back of the library to the second door on the left, which will open at 7 p.m. If you are interested in volunteering, call the library at (408) 262-1171, extension 3616, and leave your name and phone number so a member of the Friends of Milpitas Library can contact you. You can also sign up to volunteer at the information desk on the library's second floor.
Microchip-rabies clinic
The County of Santa Clara Animal Care and Control and VIP Pet Care are proud to sponsor free rabies vaccinations and a free registered microchip clinic on June 8, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Animal Care & Control Division Field Services Office, 80 W. Highland Ave., Building K, San Martin. The clinic is being held in an effort to quickly reunite lost pets with their owners. No prior appointments will be made; only walk-ins.
A veterinarian will implant a microchip into a pet by injecting it with a syringe. The process is similar to vaccinating a pet. Once implanted with a microchip, a pet will have a permanent identification that cannot be removed or lost. Santa Clara County Animal Control officers carry microchip scanners in their vehicles. When they pick up a stray animal, they scan it for a microchip. If the animal is wearing a license tag or has a registered microchip, the officers will return the pet to the owners if at all possible.
VIP Pet Care will also offer other non-emergency veterinarian care at the clinic, including other vaccinations, prescription flea and tick medication, heartworm prevention and deworming. For more information, call (800) 427-7973.
ESL assistance
Speak more English, learn new words and make many friends as a member of Milpitas Public Library's ESL Conversation Club. Members of this free club meet 10-11 a.m. every Friday in the conference room on site at 160 N. Main St. This club works to improve listening and speaking skills for all levels of English language learners. Topics include American culture, life skills and current events. For more information, call the library at (408) 262-1171, extension 3616.
Guided meditation
Come for a free guided meditation session every Sunday from 3-5 p.m.,"Live life with joy, purpose and confidence." In these sessions you will learn powerful but simple breathing techniques to eliminate stress and experience a guided meditation. This workshop, held at the Cracolice Building, 540 S. Abel St., offers an opportunity to learn about the nature of the mind and the keys to deal with stress in everyday life. For more information or to confirm your seat in the workshop, call Usha Ara at (408) 520-1674.
Milpitas Historical Society meets
The next meeting of the Milpitas Historical Society will be Wednesday, June 11 at 7 p.m. in the Community Room (auditorium) of Milpitas Public Library, 160 N. Main St.
The featured guest will be Mary Haven Thompson, a longtime Milpitas resident and historical society member who will be treating participants to songs relating to history from many times and places, involving events in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, France, Russia, Germany and Spain. The public is invited to attend at no charge. For more information, call (408) 320-9597.
Hearing loss meeting
The Hearing Loss Association of Silicon Valley will meet on Wednesday, June 11 at the Masonic Center, 2500 Masonic Drive, San Jose. For the scholarship luncheon, they invited June McCullough, professor at California State University at San Jose, to share her insights on transitioning from high school to college. A representative from the county supervisors' office will present the awards. Join them for a potluck lunch at 12 p.m. and the meeting at 1 p.m. Meetings are looped and captioned. For more information, contact Earl Mizuguchi at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Teen Lock-in
To kick off the teen summer reading program 2014, join the Teen Lock-In at Milpitas Public Library, 160 N. Main St. on Friday, June 13 from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
The Teen Lock-In is an after-hours party featuring a scavenger hunt, a movie, food and more surprises in the library. Don't miss this unique event. Teens between the ages 12 to 17 may attend. No adults are allowed. You will need to fill out and turn in a permission slip signed by a parent or guardian to be allowed in to the lock-in.
Come to the library to pick up a form and to sign up. Advanced registration is required and space is very limited. For more information and to register, call the Milpitas library at (408) 262-1171, extension 3616.
Summer reading
Are you looking for something to keep your kids occupied this summer? Something instead of hours and hours of video games and television? Encouraging children to read what they want, when they want, is a powerful cure for the summer slide. The library is here to help kids maintain or even boost those hard-earned reading skills through:
Studies show that children who read just five books during the break retain their reading skills. Students who do not read during the summer will start the school year a couple of months behind.
This year's program celebrates science and reading with challenges, performances, and prizes during Fizz! Boom! Read!, the Summer Reading Club for children.
Teens and adults can join in on the fun too. Teen participants will see sparks fly at the library all summer long during the teen Spark a Reaction!
Adults can explore Literary Elements to be found in library materials and programs about science and all its aspects.
All ages can connect with the online reading log, win prizes, check out our free performances and programs, and explore the library's large selection of materials in digital and physical formats.
For more information, check sccl.org or call the library at (408) 262-1171, extensions 3624 or 3616.
PAL sign-ups
Milpitas PAL soccer sign-ups for the fall season will take place June 14, June 28, July 12 and July 26 at Round Table Pizza, 1271 E. Calaveras Blvd., from 12-3 p.m. Visit milpitaspalsoccer.com for more information.
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Summer program
For 25 years, Ohlone for Kids has been offering a blend of academic and special interest classes to enrich your child's (and teen's) summer, keeping them active, learning and enjoying their summer experience. The courses are designed for students entering grades fourth through 11th. Students enrolled in Ohlone for Kids gain new skills, develop confidence, and engage in hands-on learning activities, stimulating their interest and growth.
Classes include: LEGO Robotics, video game design, PSAT and SAT prep, speech and debate, computer programming, anatomy, physiology and more.
Classes are held at Mission San Jose and Newark Memorial high schools. Three sessions of classes run from June 23 to July 31. For more information, call (510) 742-2304 or visit ohloneforkids.com.
Bicycle education
The East Bay Bicycle Coalition is offering a series of free bike skills classes for adults and teens in the Fukaya Room at Fremont Main Library, 2400 Stevenson Blvd., throughout 2014.
These are all two-hour sessions taught by instructors certified by the League of American Bicyclists. The topics include rules of the road, how to equip a bicycle, fit a helmet, avoid bike theft, bike after dark, avoid common crashes — basically anything that improves a person's safety on a bike while also boosting their confidence level. Presenters also connect people to local resources like bike shops, biking groups, route maps, planning meetings and more.
Sessions will be held on:
The Fremont Main Library is wheelchair accessible. The library will provide an ASL interpreter for any event with at least seven working days' notice. Call (510) 745-1401 for more information.
Sand art for adults
Come have fun playing with sand to create a masterpiece to take home. Use colored sand to make a piece of your design on special paper at Fremont Main Library, 2400 Stevenson Blvd., on Monday, June 9 at 7 p.m.
Class size is limited and registration is required. Come by the library and register at the Information Desk or call (510) 745-1401. Due to the highly instructional nature of this class, latecomers will not be admitted.
The Fremont Main Library, a branch of the Alameda County Library system, is located at 2400 Stevenson Blvd. and is wheelchair accessible. Call (510) 745-1401 for more information.
Watch World Cup
The Fremont Main Library, 2400 Stevenson Blvd., will provide viewings of some of the World Cup Soccer games on a large screen. Gather with family and friends to watch great matchups between the world's soccer powerhouses.
Games will be shown at the library on the following dates and times:
The Fremont Main Library, a branch of the Alameda County Library system, is wheelchair accessible. The library will provide an ASL interpreter for any event with at least seven working days' notice. For more information, call (510) 745-1404.
LOV golf
The Annual Frank Sisk Classic Golf Tournament — "Fore the Kids" — a benefit for Tri-City children, will be held June 20. The fee includes a box lunch, dinner, green fees and cart, range balls, awards presentation, drawing and auctions. Non golfers can come join the fun at dinner for food and prizes. Tee off time is 1 p.m. For information, call LOV at (510) 793-5683 or check the websites, lov.org or lovgolf.org.
Juneteenth festival
The third annual Juneteenth festival will be held on Saturday, June 21 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Palma Ceia Baptist Chruch in Hayward, 28605 Ruus Road.
Juneteenth is observed on or near June 19, commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in the states rebelling against the Union, became law on Jan. 1, 1863.
When Gen. Gordon Granger entered Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, he announced that all of Texas' slaves were free through an official proclamation. The state's slaves numbers around 200,000, and they responded with jubilation, holding celebrations all over Texas.
This year our festival, "A Day of Remembrance," or "Emancipation Day," will be held on June 21. This celebration has many names, but one theme of freedom. This festival is open to the community and provides intergenerational entertainment, food, music, kids play zone and local vendors.


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Baylor Is Home to 'The Ultimate Valentine'Feb. 9, 1998
by Alan Hunt
Baylor's world¡renowned Armstrong¡Browning Library is home to what many recognize as the "ultimate valentine" ¡¡ the handwritten manuscript of the famous love poem "How Do I Love Thee."
The manuscript is among many artifacts relating to English poets and lovers Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning at Armstrong¡Browning Library, which houses the world's largest collection of memorabilia associated with the Brownings.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who died at the age of 55 in 1861, wrote the poem for her husband, Robert Browning, who was 77 when he died in 1889. "Their union was one of the greatest literary romances ever known," library director Dr. Mairi Rennie explains. "The two were married for only 15 years when Elizabeth died in Browning's arms in 1861 at their home in Florence, Italy."
Rennie says Baylor's manuscript of the poem "How Do I Love Thee," which is contained in "Sonnets from the Portuguese," is one of only three copies believed to exist today. "Elizabeth obviously wrote the sonnets out several times for herself, the printer, and for her family and friends," Rennie said.
Other Browning items in the library's collection include jewelry from their wedding and Robert's gift to Elizabeth on their first anniversary.
Over the years, the library has become a mecca for those interested in the Brownings and their poetry, attracting more than 20,000 visitors each year. "There is nowhere like this in the world," says Rennie, who formerly served as secretary of the Browning Society of Great Britain before taking over as library director in 1996.
Rennie often returns to her native England in search of Browning memorabilia for the collection. She recently purchased at a London auction some extremely rare Browning material, including handwritten manuscripts containing what are believed to be the last poems written by the two poets.
"It was quite a coup for Baylor," she says. "The bidding was fierce. Several internationally known Browning collectors would have liked these items."
The Robert Browning manuscript she purchased contains a meditation on the transience of life and presence of death. The previously unknown six¡line verse was found on a scrap of paper in an envelope inscribed "Found in Robert Browning's blotter after his death ¡¡ Dec. 1889."
Also included in the purchase was a manuscript of The North and the South, the last poem written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning before her death. The manuscript is signed and dated by her, "Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Rome. May 1861." The seven¡stanza poem was written in honor of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.
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The Victorian Room
The Victorian Room has a great historical significance for Austin, Texas. Not only did it originally house the American National Bank of Austin, but it was also the location for the city's first television and first radio stations. Additionally, the first telephone in Austin was located just outside the doors of The Victorian Room.
A recent remodeling of this space incorporates many details from the Victorian era, including walls with hand-troweled plaster, a majestic staircase, stained-glass windows and decorative iron railings forged from the bank's original teller windows. The Victorian Room occupies a prominent space in The Driskill Hotel at the busy corner of Sixth and Brazos Streets.