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brothers, James and George, lost their father young. James snr had been
discharged from the navy in 1814 after serving during the Napoleonic Wars and
by the time his children were born was living in Marchwood, Hampshire earning an income as a waterman and ferryman. His
death in 1826 left his widow Ann in an unenviable situation without the family
breadwinner and with five children to rear.
However, Ann was a resourceful woman and with the help of influential friends managed to get her two eldest sons James and George into the Lower School at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, with a view to their being educated towards a seafaring career.
The magnificent group of buildings beside the Thames at
Greenwich must be
one of the most recognisable sights in the world; the has been situated
there since 1934. National Maritime
Museum 's
maritime history, though, goes back much earlier. King William III and Queen
Mary II founded the Greenwich Royal Hospital for Seamen at in 1694. Its Royal Charter included
provision for the 'Maintenance and Education of the Children of [Royal Naval]
Seamen happening to be slain or disabled'. The aim was to create a
hospital, to provide support for seamen's widows, education for their
children and to improve navigation. Greenwich
The Hospital – now the
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The School began when the Hospital took in ten 'orphans of the sea' to be educated in navigation for the merchant service. At first housed in Thomas Weston's Academy in
, the Hospital
built its own school on King William Walk which was replaced by a larger
building in 1782. Greenwich
In 1798 an orphanage school, The British Endeavour, was founded in Paddington for children whose fathers died in the French Revolutionary War.
This establishment was granted the Queen's House,
in 1806 and renamed the Royal Naval Asylum, which was later extended to house 800 children (boys and girls). Greenwich
By 1821 the Asylum and
amalgamated as the Royal Hospital Schools. Hospital School
|Greenwich Hospital and Royal Naval Asylum 1820, South Aspect;
engraved by Henry Wallis from painting by Charles Bentley
Ann Caithness made application for her boys James and George to attend the Lower School in 1827 and surviving records offer a glimpse into their world at the time.
|James and George Caithness would have qualified for admittance
to the Lower School as 'boys whose Fathers have fallen in His Majesty's Service,
whose Mothers are living.'
To be continued …
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Hello this will be my first post! Yippee!
Unfortunatly it is about my queen ants first workers.
Decent sized brood pile. Several look ready to emerge. First worker died to unknown causes. Second worker emerges lives for two days and dies afterwords. She still has brood that looks like they are ready to hatch but now she has scattered them about in smaller clusters about her founding chamber. I don't know what I have done wrong. Please help my colony!
Log of past events.
Camponotus Log
July 28th - First Worker!
July 29th - Watered down honey introduced
August 1st - First worker seems dead. (2 pupa entering final stage of development. Cocoons)
August 14th - One pupa seems to be hatching but not fully emerged...
August 15th - One pupa now has a slit in the top where antenna or legs protrude it is moving on its own however the queen seems to be busy with another pupa that is very dark on the inside she is having trouble opening it because there is a egg attached to where she wants to bite.
August 17th - 2nd worker hatched!!
August 20th - 2nd worker was twitching and on its back this morning. It promptly died that afternoon.
Campanotous Sp first worker problems!
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How is the setup of your Camponotus? Can you make a picture? Are they in a test tube? Camponotus are fairly dry-resistent but if they live in an open test tube humidity may still be an issue. Did you try offering your queen a drop of sugar water? If she fails to open her cocoons you can do that with patience and some very fine tweezers.
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This is her setup she moved in after she had her first worker so that I was able to feed her some watered down honey in a bottle cap.
I can see some white fungus now that has grown on the water tower where she used to keep the brood.
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How This Course Works
Originally posted to the Critical Literacies course blog, June 1, 2010. A revised version was posted for PLENK2010.
Welcome to Critical Literacies 2010, the course about thinking. We are your facilitators, Rita Kop and Stephen Downes.
Login and Password
When you signed up for this course, you received a login and a password. This login should would anywhere in the course (please contact us if you have problems).
If you have forgotten your password, please go to this page to retrieve it:
The course home page is: http://ple.elg.ca/course
How this Course Works
Critical Literacies is an unusual course. It does not consist of a body of content you are supposed to remember. Rather, the learning in the course results from the activities you undertake, and will be different for each person.
In addition, this course is not conducted in a single place or environment. It is distributed across the web. We will provide some facilities. But we expect your activities to take place all over the internet. We will ask you to visit other people's web pages, and even to create some of your own.
This type of course is called a 'connectivist' course and is based on four major types of activity:
1. Aggregate
We will give you access to a wide variety of things to read, watch or play with. There will be a LOT of content associated with this course, everything from relatively basic instruction to arguments and discussions to high-level interviews with experts in the field.
Every day you will receive an edition of 'The Daily', which will highlight some of this content. Normally it will arrive first thing in the morning (if you are in North or South America), but not always. The Daily is created fresh each day – it is not prepared content. So delivery may vary
You are NOT expected to read and watch everything. Even we, the facilitators, cannot do that. Instead, what you should do is PICK AND CHOOSE content that looks interesting to you and is appropriate for you. If it looks too complicated, don't read it. If it looks boring, move on to the next item.
2. Remix
Once you've read or watched or listened to some content, your next step is to keep track of that somewhere. How you do this will be up to you.
You can keep a document on your own computer listing all the things you've accessed. Or, better yet, you can keep a record online somewhere. That way you will be able to share your content with other people.
Here are some suggestions:
- create a blog with Blogger. Go to http://www.blogger.com and create a new blog. Or, if you already have a blog, you can use your existing blog. You can also use Wordpress (http://www.wordpress.com) or any other blogging service. Each time you access some content, create a blog
- create an account with del.icio.us and create a new entry for each piece of content you access. You can access del.icio.us at http://del.icio.us
- take part in a Moodle discussion. We have set up an instance of Moodle you can use. Your user ID and login will work in Moodle. Once you login you will find discussions related to the course and you can post about the content you've accessed. Access it here: http://ple.elg.ca/course/moodle/course/view.php?id=2
- tweet about the item in Twitter. If you have a Twitter account, post something about the content you've accessed.
- anything else: you can use any other service on the internet – Flickr, Second Life, Yahoo Groups, Facebook, YouTube, anything! use your existing accounts if you want or create a new one especially for this course. The choice is completely yours.
3. Repurpose
We don't want you simply to repeat what other people have said. We want you to create something of your own. This is probably the hardest part of the process.
Remember that you are not starting from scratch. Nobody every creates something from nothing. That's why we call this section 'repurpose' instead of 'create'. We want to emphasize that you are working with materials, that you are not starting from scratch.
What materials? Why, the materials you have aggregated and remixed online. These materials are the bricks and mortar you can use to compose your own thoughts and understanding of the material.
What thoughts? What understanding? Well – that is the subject of this course. This whole course will be about how to read or watch, understand, and work with the content other people create, and how to create your own new understanding and knowledge out of them.
In a sense, the critical literacies we will describe in this course are the TOOLS you will use to create your own content.
Your job isn't to memorize a whole bunch of stuff about the tools. Rather, your job is to USE TE TOOLS and just practice with them. We will show you the tool, give examples, use the tools ourselves, and talk about them in depth. You watch what we do, then practice using them yourself.
Think of every bit of content you create not simply as content, but as practice using the tool. The content almost doesn't even matter – what matters is that you apply the tool.
This will seem awkward at first, as any tool does. But with practice you'll become an accomplished creator and critic of ideas and knowledge. And that is the purpose of this course!
4. Feed Forward
We want you to share your work with other people in the course, and with the world at large.
Now to be clear: you don't have to share. You can work completely in private, not showing anything to anybody. Sharing is and will always be YOUR CHOICE.
And we know, sharing in public is harder. People can see your mistakes. People can see you try things you're not comfortable with. It's hard, and it's sometimes embarrassing.
But it's better. You'll try harder. You'll think more about what you're doing. And you'll get a greater reward – people will see what you've created and connect on it. Sometimes critically, but often (much more often) with support, help and praise.
People really appreciate it when you share. After all, what you're doing when you share is to create material that other people can learn from. Your sharing creates more content for this course. people appreciate that, you will probably appreciate the content other people in the course share with you.
So, how do you share?
First, use the Critical Literacies tag in anything you create. Our course tag is: #CritLit2010
It is especially important to use this tag in del.icio.us and in Twitter. That is how we will recognize content related to this course. We will aggregate this content and display it in our newsletter. Yes – your content will be displayed in the Daily. That's how other people will find it.
Second, if you are using a blog, Flickr, or a discussion group, share the RSS feed. We will offer a separate post on how to find your RSS feed if you don't know how. But if you know how, please tell us your feed address.
You can use the form here: http://connect.downes.ca/new_feed.htm
Then, when you post something to your blog or forum, use the #CritLit2010 tag. That is how we will recognize that the post is related to this course, and not about your cat or mountain climbing in the Himalayas.
You can either place the tag in your post, of you can use it as the post category. Either way works for us.
If you're doing something completely different, send us some email. firstname.lastname@example.com We'll figure out how to add it to the mix.
We'll do the rest. We have aggregators standing by, ready to bring in your content and your work to everyone else in the course. Join in. Take part! Read the daily, remix and repurpose, and tag it so we can feed it forward.
When a connectivist course is working really well, we see this greate cycle of content and creativity begin to feed on itself, people in the course reading, collecting, creating and sharing. It's a wonderful experience you won't want to stop when the course is done.
And – because you can share anywhere – you won't have to. This course can last as long as you want it to. And when we offer CritLit 2011 you'll be welcome to come back and join in the fun again.
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|"China Doll"
|Disney's 36th animated tale is taken from a Chinese fable. The Emperor (Morita) sends out an order that one man from every family must become a soldier in order to repel the advances of Shan-Yu (Ferrer) and his army of Huns. But Mulan's (Wen) father (Oh) is ill and she's afraid he won't return, so she decides to take his place and disguises herself as a warrior. The family's ancestral spirits enlist a guardian--the pint-sized dragon, Mushu (Murphy)--as Mulan goes off to war. The two mainstays of Disney's previous animated features--the songs and the comedy-relief sidekicks--turn out to be the weak links in this story. While Murphy's Mushu does have the funniest lines, he doesn't quite fit the more serious tone. Impressive visuals, and careful characterization by the voice actors make up for any formulaic missteps so that adults, as well as kids, should enjoy the show.
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Fresno Aesthetics Services Company Fired Manager for Complaining About Widespread Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged
FRESNO – American Laser Centers violated federal law by subjecting a class of women to a sexually hostile work environment in its Fresno, Calif., clinic and by retaliating against the manager of that clinic for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
According to the EEOC's suit, (EEOC v. American Laser Centers, LLC, et al, Case No. 1:09-cv-02247), filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, the Fresno clinic's consulting physician and landlord engaged in repeated, egregious acts of sexual harassment toward female employees including frequent, unwelcome physical touching of a sexual nature and regularly appearing in their work area with a visibly erect penis.
Several of the women complained about the sexual harassment, but American Laser Centers failed to assist them, the EEOC reported. Instead, the agency said, company officials accused the women of misunderstanding the doctor and ordered them to return to work, stay away from the harasser and avoid being alone with him. Moreover, American Laser Centers retaliated against the manager of the Fresno location for her repeated complaints regarding the unlawful harassment by firing her.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful to harass employees based on sex, including pregnancy and sexual harassment, and prohibits retaliation against someone who complains about discrimination. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement. The agency seeks injunctive relief to end the discriminatory practices, plus back pay and compensatory and punitive damages to compensate the victims for their monetary losses and emotional pain and suffering and to deter the company from future civil rights violations.
EEOC Regional Attorney Anna Y. Park noted, "Every company has a duty to protect its employees from sexual harassment in its workplace even if it calls for remedial action against a sexual harasser who is, as in this case, its landlord and/or a consulting physician. In addition, employers must understand that their employees have a statutorily protected right to oppose unlawful harassment and discrimination and that EEOC will not tolerate any form of retaliation against employees who exercise that right."
EEOC Fresno Local Office Director Melissa Barrios stated, "No employee should have to silently endure this type of offensive sexual conduct in order to keep a job. Employees have a right to work in an environment free of sexual harassment – and to complain if their employer fails to provide such an environment."
American Laser Centers http://www.americanlaser.com/index.aspx describes itself as the nation's leading provider of aesthetic services, offering laser hair removal, cellulite reduction and skin rejuvenation treatments. It operates 225 clinics nationwide with more than 1,000 employees.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Phillies get by Marlins in series opener
Philadelphia, PA – Domonic Brown went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI and Ryan Howard added a solo shot as Philadelphia Phillies cruised by the Miami Marlins, 7-2, in the opener of a four-game set at Citizens Bank Park.
Chase Utley and Erik Kratz added one RBI apiece for the Phillies, winners in four of their last six games.
Kyle Kendrick (3-1) gave up two runs on seven hits while striking out five over seven frames to earn his ninth straight win over the Marlins.
"I struggled the first couple innings, but as the game went on I felt better," Kendrick said. "My secondary pitches were a lot better later in the game. I battled tonight and got a nice win."
Alex Sanabia (2-4) surrendered four runs -- two earned -- on six hits over five innings.
Justin Ruggiano had a solo homer for the Marlins, who have dropped 10 of their last 13 meetings with the Phillies.
"We had some opportunities, but we weren't able to punch the runs across. We have to capitalize on our opportunities when we have them," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said.
Miami led 1-0 after the first inning. Juan Pierre walked then moved to second on Donovan Solano's base hit to center. Pierre then stole third to put runners on the corners. Placido Polanco grounded into a double play, but it was enough to get Pierre across.
Brown tied the game with his solo homer in the second, and Howard's opposite field blast in the fourth in the home half put the Phillies up 2-1.
"I made a mistake with a pitch I left over the plate. (Howard) did what he does best and hit out," Sanibia said.
The Phillies pushed a pair of runs across in the fifth inning to stretch their lead to 4-1. With runners on the corners and one out, Utley delivered a towering sacrifice fly to right field. Michael Young singled to put runners on the corners once again, and Sanabia's change-up in the dirt skipped past Marlins catcher Rob Brantly allowing Jimmy Rollins to score.
Ruggiano crushed a homer to dead center in the sixth to make it a two-run game, but the Phillies plated three runs in the eighth to put the game out of reach.
After Tom Koehler issued a pair of walks to open the eighth, Brown laced a base hit to left field to score Howard. Laynce Nix then came around on Koehler's wild pitch and Kratz capped the scoring with a base hit to left to score Brown.
Game Notes
Kendrick improved to 11-2 all-time against the Marlins ... The Phillies are 10-0 this season when leading after eight innings ... Pierre picked up his 600th career stolen base ... Earlier on Thursday, Miami reinstated infielder Adeiny Hechavarria from the 15-day disabled list and selected the contract of outfielder Matt Diaz from Triple-A New Orleans. To make room on the roster, infielder Nick Green was designated for assignment and pitcher Brad Hand was optioned to New Orleans. Hechavarria went 1-for-4 with a triple.


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Under the overwhelming weight of an audacious album title like America, Dan Deacon has found an inexplicable spontaneity in a most exuberantly arranged pop record. The diverse connotations that America conjures is merely a foil for Deacon's free-ranging creation of a world of density, expansiveness and childlike joy. The pace is blisteringly ADHD, with surprises at each corner flowing comfortably into each other. It's addictive fun – just don't read too much into it, and enjoy the ride for what it is. – Dan. mp3: Dan Deacon – Crash Jam
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Prevention. Detection. Communication.
The competition among students applying to academic programs creates significant challenges for academic institutions and other stakeholders, including attempts by test takers to gain an unfair advantage on required tests or falsify score information.
ETS has long been at the forefront of combatting test security concerns. Our strategy is a 3-pronged approach of prevention, detection and communication, which is designed to protect the integrity of test scores.
In addition, the ETS Office of Testing Integrity constantly monitors testing, investigates security issues and strives to ensure score validity worldwide, maintaining its long-standing commitment to reliable and secure test scores.
Prevention — 5 Ways ETS Works to Prevent Breaches of Test Security
ETS has various procedures in place to address test security. These can be seen from test design right through to the score reporting process. Here are some of the ways the integrity of TOEFL® test is protected from beginning to end.
1. Using the Highest Standards to Create Test Content
As a not-for-profit research and assessment organization, ETS is committed to the highest standards in developing test content, supported by more than 240 peer-reviewed research reports, books, journal articles and book chapters. Watch our video, How ETS Develops Test Questions (Flash), to see all the steps we take to develop and review each question before it can appear on an ETS test.
The TOEFL iBT® test pioneered the use of integrated test questions in a large scale language assessment. Integrated questions require test takers to demonstrate how well they can actually use English to communicate in the classroom by combining the language skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing. These integrated test questions not only provide important information on language ability, their design also deters memorization of text to fit into responses, making these questions less amenable to coaching.
2. Establishing Secure Test Centers
Test administrations occur at Certified Test Administration Sites (CTAS). Each CTAS undergoes a screening process through ETS designed to ensure secure testing.
- Test center applicants receive an initial pre-qualification review to determine if the facilities meet security and CTAS technical requirements, and to obtain verifiable references.
- ETS uses the same internet security protocols as those used by major financial institutions for their secure transmissions. The communication channel uses state-of-the-art encryption, and our software is able to detect whether a transmission was altered or disrupted.
- Test content that is downloaded to a test center computer is encrypted and cannot be accessed until the actual test administration begins.
At the beginning of each test administration, the test software automatically closes all non-TOEFL iBT windows or applications, including instant messaging (IM). It closes any applications that try to open during the test and then automatically logs the incident. The software also locks the desktop, suppressing key combinations so the test taker cannot switch to any other task.
3. Training of Test Center Administrators
Test center staff are thoroughly trained to manage test administrations. As such, test center staff are required to pass a certification exam to demonstrate their knowledge of test delivery, as well as testing policies and procedures, before they can serve as Test Center Administrators. Training includes the following security-related topics:
- Identification requirements
- Check-in procedures on the day of the test
- Security of test data and computers used for testing
- Test center layout and required distance between test takers
- Monitoring of test takers during the test
ETS provides a Policies, Practices and Procedures Manual to test center supervisors. All policies and procedures in the Manual must be followed.
ETS conducts announced and unannounced audits of test sites, as well as visits by mystery shoppers, to observe and confirm that ETS standards are being applied properly at test centers around the world.
4. Instituting and Enforcing Test Taker Rules and Requirements
On or before the day of the test, test takers have to meet several security requirements in order to test; these requirements may include:
- Showing ETS-approved forms of identification that contain a photograph and signature; some locations require an ID with an electronic chip
- Providing handwriting and signature samples
- Providing biometric data, including speech and photo identification
- Fingerprinting/thumbprinting
- Signing an agreement that they have read and will adhere to all policies and procedures
- Having their photos taken at the center and embedded into their score reports
- Passing through security wanding when entering the testing room, to detect unauthorized items
- Being monitored under video surveillance
To reinforce these procedures, test takers are encouraged to watch our TOEFL iBT Testing Site video (Flash) for a preview of what to expect on test day.
After checking in at the test center, test takers:
- Are prohibited from bringing items into the testing room that could be used as a testing aid or to collect, share or collaborate on test content. Only a test taker's identification documents are allowed in the testing room.
- Have no access to personal items during the test or during breaks; personal items include electronic devices, books, handbags and backpacks, all of which are stored separately from the test takers to maintain security.
- Must have their identity verified by the test center administrator before starting the test.
- Must present their identification to the test center administrator and have their identity verified upon returning from breaks.
5. Maintaining the Quality of Scoring and Score Reporting
To further safeguard against test takers obtaining unfair advantages, scoring does not occur at the test center. ETS separates the scoring process from the testing process, eliminating many security issues that would arise from giving test administrators access to scoring tools. Also, test administrators cannot be directly involved in English-language instruction or test preparation, and they cannot administer the test to an individual where it could present the appearance or actual possibility of a conflict of interest.
Because ETS separates scoring from test administration, raters receive spoken and written responses from test takers worldwide; there is no possibility they will know the individuals whose responses they are given to score. See our scoring page to read more about how ETS scores the TOEFL test.
Another way ETS works to protect the integrity of scores is through the security measures implemented for paper score reports. There are 2 types of TOEFL score reports issued on paper:
- The official score report, which is sent directly from ETS to the institutions or agencies designated by the test taker. Prior to test day, test takers can select up to 4 score recipients at no charge. They can also order additional score reports later for a nominal fee.
- The test taker score report, which is sent from ETS to test takers who request a paper copy.
Official score reports are printed on purple security paper; test taker score reports are on green paper. ETS uses secure paper for TOEFL score reports, including the following features:
- The security paper is Appleton DocuCheck® Watermark with TonerFuse 2. It contains a chain-link watermark on the back of the paper, which is visible when held at a 45-degree angle. This is the easiest, most obvious method of verifying the authenticity of an official score report.
- There is a Full Chemical Sensitive VOID on the face of the paper. The word "VOID" is continuously repeated on an angle throughout the entire face of the document. "VOID" is produced in multiple languages when activated by a bleach, hypochloride or ink eradicator.
- In addition, TOEFL score reports now include the words "ETS® Security Guard" in the upper right-hand corner, printed with a special heat-sensitive ink for security. To activate this security feature, recipients can apply heat to the text, either by rubbing it or blowing on it, and the ETS Security Guard text will disappear. This feature will not work if the score report has been photocopied.
- There is a Laser Lock on the face of the paper. This makes it difficult to remove toner from laser- or ion-printed documents.
- There are also laid lines on the back of the paper. Evenly spaced lines in a specially formulated grey ink, these laid lines make alteration by cutting and pasting difficult.
Detection — ETS is Vigilant in Identifying and Taking Action against Test Taker Misconduct
Even with the most stringent security prevention measures in place, some test takers will try to gain an unfair advantage on the test. ETS investigates all reported incidents of misconduct, which can include photographic review, handwriting analysis and voice biometric analysis. The results of an investigation may lead ETS to cancel the score or ban the test taker from future ETS tests.
ETS uses biometric voice identification software similar to technologies used in the banking, law enforcement and healthcare industries. This technology helps ETS identify suspected impersonations and cancel those TOEFL iBT scores before they are reported.
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The days can be cruel sons of bitches sometimes. They hit us without warning when they're really strong, when they hit us hard, when they want everything and they hold us up by the ankles and shake everything out of our pockets. They crouch down and collect everything that just fell from our persons while we sit helpless and stunned a few feet away, dejected and bitter. We watch as those days walk away from us and only gain a little satisfaction when we throw up two wagging middle fingers that they never turn around to see us holding. Most of the time, we're glad that they don't turn around because we'd hate to find out what might happen if they saw, took offense and refocused their efforts to do us in. These days that are sons of bitches are fairly rare though, coming at us few and far between. They just leave a lot of residue. More often, what we get are those days that are periodically shitty, but they clear up quickly after the damage has been done, leaving us with a far greater percentage of the day that's not half bad and there we are stuck having to figure out how we're going to treat it.
We've been on the other end of a phone line with Jonny Corndawg on the same day that his beloved motorcycle died on him for the last time, after spending nearly everything he'd saved to buy it and ride it home. We've heard him talk about loneliness and the hard road in ways that don't sound at all like complaining, but real, full-bodied pain. We've watched the amazing documentary, "Stray Dawg," filmed by Sean Dunne, that follows Corndawg for the last few days of his journey toward running the Surf City Marathon, at the end of a run of dates, opening for his buddies Dawes. It's a touching and intimate snapshot of one man working through his life - making it as adventuresome, making it as beautiful and interesting as possible - the best that he can. It's about training for and covering the distance of 26.2 miles, but it's all kinds of other things. It's just the way his songs work.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2001 Press Releases > October 2001 > Wayland divisions to host study tour of Great Britain
Wayland divisions to host study tour of Great Britain
It's one thing for students to hear about places like the Tower of London and Stonehenge and people like Shakespeare and Wordsworth in a classroom. But to experience it firsthand by actually being there is a lesson worth learning.
Those lessons will be offered in the summer of 2002 on the Golden Jubilee Tour, a two-week study excursion sponsored by Wayland Baptist University's Division of Languages and Literature and Division of Social Sciences.
The tour, which is offered through EF Tours, is so named because it will take place during the 50th anniversary year of Queen Elizabeth II's ascension to the British throne. This event has changed the face of the tour somewhat, according to organizers.
"We've included several royal sites to coincide with the Jubilee, like a visit to Caernavon Castle, where the Prince of Wales is presented," said Dr. Niler Pyeatt, associate professor of history at Wayland. Pyeatt and Dr. Arch Mayfield, professor of English, designed the tour and will serve as hosts. Mansel David, a Welsh actor who has performed in Plainview twice before, will serve as the tour director for the trip and will accompany the group along the way.
The trip begins June 5, departing from Lubbock International Airport. Participants will start the tour in London, England, visiting sites like the British Museum, the Tower of London, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and St. Paul's Cathedral. From there, the tour will continue to Stonehenge and Portsmouth, home of the HMS Victory Ship and Charles Dickens' birthplace museum.
The landscapes at Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor are next on the itinerary, with visits to Dartmoor National Park, Tintagel Castle and Torquay. Shakespeare fans will enjoy a visit to Stratford, his birthplace, a stop at his wife Anne Hathaway's cottage and a performance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
The tour then travels to Caernavon Castle, Liverpool and Grasmere to visit a maritime museum and the William Wordsworth Museum. The Scotland portion of the tour is next, with travel to Edinburgh and stops at monuments and the Edinburgh castle, a ghost walk and the opportunity to participate in a traditional Scottish Ceilidh. Other stops include the Isle of Skye, LochNess, Glasgow and the highlands.
Mayfield and Pyeatt will be leading the study portions of the tour, which will be woven throughout the trip. Because of material covered, participants may receive academic credits at Wayland in upper-level history and either sophomore-level English (2301) or an upper-level English elective (4379). Tuition and fees for classes are not included in the price of the trip.
"We did a similar tour in 1998 but we've redesigned it so about two-thirds of the sites are different," Mayfield said. This trip focuses more on Western England and Scotland and was customized to incorporate the study aspect.
"From a history point of view, we will visit different sites that cover every major epic of British history, like Stonehenge, Carlisle and the ruins of Hadrian's Wall and some sites that involve the mystic, Celtic Britain," Pyeatt said.
Mayfield said the literary point of view fits well with the historical.
"We've visit the Arthurian sites, Stratford, which is Shakespeare's home, and also the birthplace museum of Charles Dickens," he said. "There's also the Lake District, where Wordsworth's home was, and see the haunts of all the Scottish writers."
Cost for the trip is $2,406 for students (under age 24) and $2,751 for adults. The fees cover round-trip airfare from Lubbock, breakfast and dinner each day, airport taxes and admission to all sites. The optional Ceilidh in Scotland - a folk festival featuring the traditional Scottish meal, dancing and bagpipe music - costs an additional $50 per person when booked in advance. Travelers will need money for noon meals, snacks and souvenirs.
The trip cost will increase by $95 after Oct. 1, so interested persons are encouraged to reserve a space on the trip before then. A deposit is required to hold a space on the trip and lock in the lower rate


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RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) Mike Burwell scored 18 points, leading four Towson State players in double figures, and the Tigers never trailed in beating Cincinnati Christian 79-40 on Monday.
The game was Towson's final game in the Comfort Suites Invitational at Eastern Kentucky. The Tigers went 3-1 in the tournament and are 3-2 this season.
Marcus Damas scored 12 points for Towson State, while Kris Walden and Bilal Dixon scored 10 apiece. Dixon also had a game-high 11 rebounds as the Tigers owned a 46-22 advantage on the boards.
Towson led 39-19 at the half and by as many as 42 in the final minutes.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
The Best Canned Corn You Will Ever Eat
Very good friends of mine (I'd really rather consider them to be extended family) have owned a little lakeside cottage at Berlin Lake in Deerfield, Ohio, for the last fifteen years. One of the owners of the cottage is a good friend, Lynn. What started as a tradition with his father many years before, his son Lynn decided to continue on with once the family had adopted their new vacation home. I have happily spent many summer weekends out at "The Lake" and have learned to love the allure of the relaxed atmosphere, spending time with good food and friends, and the almost always gentle zephyr that skips off the water and up the small incline between the dock and the deck overlooking the water.
When the evening comes and the boats and jet skis return to their ports of call, the lake takes on a calm stillness that is only enhanced when a full moon begins to rise in the distance, casting it's milky shadow on the undulating water:
By adding twelve hours or so to the above photo, you get this one instead:
What makes Lynn's corn so special can really be summed up in two concepts. First, he only does this when corn is in season and can be found locally. His corn of choice actually comes from a farm just down the street from The Lake at Stahl's Farm Market. While this is the main market right off of I-76 and Rt. 14, there is another smaller stand closer to the actual farm. Second, the cooking method Lynn uses ensures that the corn is cooked to absolute perfection. He actually pressure steams the corn right in the husks.
Apparently this method of cooking has become popular enough that one company, CanCooker, has produced a version that is pretty darn expensive. While I cannot comment on how well it does or does not work since I've never had the pleasure of using their product, at $110 a pop plus shipping, I'm not sure I want to find out. Instead, Lynn opts for a simpler five gallon metal open top bucket with a lid he can seal on top; something similar to the one found here. The metal buckets serve only one purpose, to cook the corn, so there is never any worries about food safety.
The first thing Lynn did was to build a raging fire in the pit behind the cottage:
He then placed eighteen ears of corn in each bucket, with the silk end facing skywards:
Using a garden hose, he first filled each bucket up to wet the corn and then emptied both buckets so that they each were only about 1/3 full (leaving the corn in the buckets while emptying):
Next, he placed the metal lid on top of each bucket and used a pair of pliers to crimp the lid on. Note that prior to using the lid for the first time, Lynn punctured a single hole in the lid using a screwdriver and hammer. He did this to allow the steam a place to vent:
After sealing both buckets up nice and tight, he placed two steel rails over the fire pit:
He then threw in a few more pieces of wood to make sure the fire was going to be even for both buckets:
Finally, the buckets are placed on the rails:
It took about thirty minutes before you could start to see the steam rising out of the holes in the lids, but once it got going, you could smell the sweet corn fragrance if you were anywhere near the fire. Once the buckets went on the fire, it took exactly ninety minutes until the corn was done. Wait, wait! I can hear your inner monologue right now, gentle reader. I really did say ninety minutes. That seems like an excruciatingly long time to cook an ear of corn, but I have eaten so many wonderful ears of corn done this way that I no longer question the methodology. It just works.
Towards the end of the cooking time, both buckets were steaming like mad. By filling the buckets 1/3 full of water initially, combined with the long cooking time, there was just enough water left at the end so that the buckets didn't run out before the corn was fully cooked.
Once the corn was fully cooked, Lynn used a flathead screwdriver to pry open the lid:
Using a carefully gloved hand (no need to get a steam burn at this point), he pulled out all of the ears and laid them on one of the stones of the fire pit for an eager and hungry group of family and friends:
Before you can eat the corn, obviously they needed to be husked. To peel, you hold your ear of corn with the silk end facing downwards. Each successive layer of husk is then peeled upwards:
When you have finally peeled back all the layers of the husk, Lynn simply removed all of the silk threads and threw them back into the fire. What you are left with was the perfectly cooked ear of sweet corn:
Not only did the husk protect the corn during the steaming process, but now it served as a handle with which to grab onto while you ate it. There were several condiments available for those who wished to partake. First, there was melted butter:
Additionally, salt, pepper, and Tapatio hot sauce was also available:
Today I had the pleasure of eating three ears of corn. The first one I ate simply as it came. It is hard to describe the experience of biting into something that is so crispy and juicy at the same time. By the end of our corn feast, my shirt was covered with splattered corn juices. The flavor was the very essence of corn. At the same time, it was a shining example of sweet corn. By the time I finished my third ear, my fingers and mouth were sticky from all of the sugar. With my second ear, I decided to try a more traditional approach and go for a coating of butter and salt. I've learned over the years that if you want to apply salt to your ear, you must first coat it with something that allows the salt to stick. Butter did the trick nicely for me. My final ear was coated with just a few drops of the hot sauce. All three were excellent, but I think that I have become a purist over the years and really prefer mine simply as it comes.
Once people got into their corn-eating groove, each found a spot to stake out and munch away. Here were three generations of corn eaters, Auntie, Niece, and Daughter:
Once all of the guests went through all of the corn, we piled them up next to the fire pit:
Lest you, gentle reader, think we were about to add these to a public landfill and waste valuable space, the field across the street from the lakeside cottage offered a far more "green" solution to the problem:
I had to wonder if the cows could smell the corn cooking away because they both seemed to know exactly when to approach the fence. There was something oddly satisfying knowing that there was absolutely no waste in this process. Local corn, bought at the peak of the season, cooked simply, leftover cobs fed to local cows pasturing on the field across the street, in the end to be returned back to earth in the form of fertilizer. The earth fed us and we returned the favor. This is how we should always eat.
While I always look forward to spending time out at The Lake, this particular time of year is really my favorite. If you can manage to scrape together the meager equipment required to pressure steam your own ears of local Ohio sweet corn, I highly recommend you give this technique a try. You won't be sorry that you did.
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Hi Tom. I really enjoyed reading about your cornfest and look forward to reading more. Lovely story and loved the pics as well. I can see that you are doing well and happy to see you pursuing the best food that Northeast Ohio has to offer! Best, Carla
- September 14, 2009 at 9:12 AM
- bonnjill said...
Sounds like an interesting method. I'll have to try it some time. I had the best ear of corn last weekend at Taste of Hudson. Vue served it with sour cream, cayenne pepper, Parmesan cheese and a drizzle of fresh lime. It was amazing. I'm usually a purist too, but love herb butter on corn.
- September 14, 2009 at 10:36 AM
- pchak said...
I've got to try this...
- September 14, 2009 at 1:02 PM
- Daniel said...
Agreed--as a long time fan of upstate New York corn boiled for a scant 10 minutes, this method intrigues me AND shows me that I have much to learn about how to truly enjoy corn. Thanks for sharing.
Casual Kitchen
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From a construction perspective, emergency lighting electronics are very much like a standard HF ballast, such as being sensitive to high temperatures. When we develop emergency lighting luminaires, we apply the same policy as for products with other forms of electronics. We will have a margin to the reference temperature, tc, stated by the electronics manufacturer, which is equivalent to 50,000 hours life-span with a maximum of 10 % decline. The temperature and other electrical safety is inspected by our authorised lighting laboratory.
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For centralised systems, luminaires must be used that are suited to the voltage and curve form that the central unit generates in emergency mode. This is normally 220–230 V AC or the equivalent DC voltage and the majority of luminaires with HF ballasts can be connected to such installations. An inspection must be made however before the luminaires are energised.
In central systems, light sources with integrated starters may not be used, e.g. 2-pin compact fluorescent lamps. For central systems, we only recommend luminaires equipped with either HF ballasts, LEDs, incandescent lamps or halogen light sources.


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MC Hosts International Festival on March 7
Traditional Chinese dance, martial arts, calligraphy and a fashion show are part of an International Festival coming to Mississippi College next month.
A number of other performances by MC's international students are booked for the March 7 event. The evening program at Swor Auditorium is being staged at a Baptist-affiliated school where international student enrollment is booming.
There were nine international students enrollment when President Lee Royce arrived in 2002 and there are 330 students today from nearly two dozen nations. MC operates a recruiting office in China and enrolls 150 Chinese students on the Clinton campus. MC is hoping to raise $3 million to create a new international center as part of its $65 million "Growing the Vision" campaign for scholarships, academic needs and building projects.
Beginning at 6 p.m., the ninety-minute festival is free and open to the public. The program is designed to show off the multi-cultural aspects of MC and spread the message to the Clinton community and beyond. Refreshments will be served in the lobby of Nelson Hall immediately following the show.
MC officials are hoping to make this an annual event to showcase the talents of the school's students from around the globe, from France to India to China.
"I am so impressed by the multitude of talents that our international students bring to the campus community," said Ron Howard, MC's vice president for academic affairs. "Their very presence immensely enhances the educational experience at MC, where students experience first-hand the cultural diversity of our nation and our world!"
Last year, MC held an Indian festival to spotlight the culture of students from India, and also scheduled a spring festival for Asian students. MC also sends its students to 11 nations in study abroad programs.
Preparation for next month's festival has begun. Applications for students interesting in performing are available through Feb. 15 at the MC international center. For more information, contact Carrie Lassetter, programs coordinator at the international center, at 601-925-7705 or at firstname.lastname@example.com
PHOTO: Pictured are some of MC's 330 international students who come from nearly two dozen nations.


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