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Pennsylvania Naturalization and Citizenship
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British immigrants to Pennsylvania were already citizens because Pennsylvania was a British colony. Others gave an oath of allegiance soon after arrival. For early lists of those taking oaths, see Strassburger and Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, in the "Emigration and Immigration" article.
For early naturalization records, see:
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Naturalization Lists, 1740-1773. (Family History Library film 1032845 item 5-7). These records are also found in Pennsylvania Archives series 2, vol. 2; many names in these lists are not found in Pennsylvania German Pioneers.
- Giuseppi, M. S., ed. Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American And West Indian Colonies (Pursuant to Statute 13 George II, c. 7). (Originally published as Publications of the Huguenot Society of London, volume XXIV, London, 1921.) Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969. (Family History Library book 973 W5g; film 908978 item 1.) This book has an every name index.
The General Assembly of Pennsylvania required oaths of allegiance during and shortly after the Revolutionary War period. The library has lists for some counties. For sets of lists, see:
- Names of Persons Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania Between the Years 1776 and 1794, Pennsylvania, PA Archives. Second series, v. 3. p. 1-86. (Family History Library book 974.8 A39p ser. 2 v. 3; film 823994 item 1.)
- Westcott, Thompson. Names of Persons Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania Between the Years 1777 and 1789: With a History of the "Test Laws" of Pennsylvania. 1865. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965. (Family History Library book 974.8 P4w; film 1033632 item 7.)
Later immigrants filed for naturalization in a variety of city, county, state, or federal courts, but most often in a county court. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of many of these records. From Philadelphia County, for example, the library has:
- Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Philadelphia County). Declarations of Intentions, 1810-1932; Index, 1810-1887. (On 48 Family History Library films beginning with 964555.)
- Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Philadelphia County). Petitions for Naturalization 1800-1929; Indexes 1802-1930. (On 185 Family History Library films beginning with 969029.)
- Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County). Declarations of Intention, 1821-1911. (On 38 Family History Library films beginning with 964580.)
- Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County). Petitions for Naturalization 1793-1906; Indexes 1793-1930. (On 176 Family History Library films beginning with 976526.)
- United States. Circuit Court (Pennsylvania: Eastern District). Naturalization Petitions and Records, 1795-1911. (On 53 Family History Library films beginning with 1749854 item 1-2.)
- United States. District Court (Pennsylvania: Eastern District).
The library has naturalization records for about two-thirds of Pennsylvania's counties.
Useful indexes to Philadelphia records are:
- Filby, P. William, and Mary K. Meyer. Philadelphia Naturalization Records, an Index to Records of Aliens' Declarations of Intentions and/or Oaths of Allegiance, 1789-1880 . . . (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1982; Family History Library book 974.811 P4p).
For a discussion of this index, see this magazine. Later issues list names missed in the index:
- Jefferson M. Moak, The WPA Index of Naturalizations: An Explanation Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 36 (1989): 109-16.
- Naturalization Index for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 1881-1930 (Family History Library films 1752877-92). This indexes petitions from the court of quarter sessions and court of common pleas for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
- Indexes for the circuit and district courts are in United States, District Court (Pennsylvania: Eastern District), Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1951 (Family History Library films 1412417-76).
Before 1906 and after 1790 when Congress passed the first uniform naturalization law, the court of common pleas and the court of quarter sessions had jurisdiction over the naturalization of aliens. At the Family History Library, county records of naturalization are listed under the court of common pleas.
The Comprehensive Naturalization Law of 1906 provided for nationwide uniformity of processes and records. Jurisdiction over naturalization was provided by the U.S. District Courts, the Supreme Court, and all courts of record having a seal, a clerk, and jurisdiction in actions at law and equity in which the amount in controversy is unlimited.
Post 1906 Records[edit | edit source]
For naturalization records after September 1906, contact the National Archives—Philadelphia Branch or use the Genealogy Program at www.uscis.gov.
References[edit | edit source]
Pennsylvania Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2006.


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Monday, December 20, 2010
"No School" Doesn't Mean "No Learning"
Grammar & Spelling
For the past week, my daughter has been writing out her holiday cards. This is her first time to do so. She wanted to do them after she saw me writing out mine. So I picked up a couple packets of festive Mary Engelbreit note cards ($1 at Michaels) and then helped her write out her message on a dry erase board, which she then uses for reference as she writes out her 10 cards. This also has provided me with the opportunity to teach her how to address a letter with both a mailing and return address.
Earlier this year, we enrolled in Pizza Hut's Book It! reading program. Each month, we set a goal as far as how many books to read, or how many minutes each day, and if my daughter completes the goal, I give her one of the coupons that Pizza Hut sent me, which entitles her to one free personal pan pizza. She did great the first month (goal: she reads 12 books, and I read her 5 harder, longer books), so we made the second month a little harder (she reads 20 books, and I still read her 5). We squeaked by, so this month we kept that same goal. I ordered some new readers from Scholastic, and to ensure her participation, I am having her read one to me every night before bed (because our days have been disjointed and off schedule!). So far, this is working out great. In fact, tonight she redeemed her second pizza, as we decided to have a family night out. She takes great pride in her accomplisment and insists on personally handing the cashier her Book It! certificate/coupon.
Baking, baking, and more baking! Learning how to measure is never as much fun as when you actually create something edible and yummy. On our list this week: blueberry bread, lemon cake, gingerbread cookies, and my special homemade fudge for gift giving!
We're also planning to work on patterns (recognition and creating) as we assemble some cranberry/popcorn garlands for our little feathered friends, who have been extremely busy at our feeders the last several days during our snowy weather.
Project Feeder Watch is in full swing. The observation table is set up next to the dining room windows, and it includes binoculars, field guide, pencils and data sheet. We've also been conducting a little science experiment by growing lima beans in plastic bags (wet vs. dry vs. cold vs. warm) and then carefully recording the data. I'm thinking we might try some of this with a few of the seeds from our bird feeder and see what kind of results we get.
Arts & Crafts....and Character Building
Some of the other homeschooling parents in the area were receptive to the idea of a gift exchange among the kids. So I assigned each child a number and then used Random.org to draw names. Each child is responsible for giving another child a gift. Our only rules? Each gift must be handmade, using household items or materials that cost $5 or less. The goal is to promote creativity, thoughtfulness, consideration, and a giving heart. I'll post soon about what gifts my children have chosen to create for their friend.
How are you encouraging your children to learn during the holiday break?
Con mucho cariño...
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Hello Monica,ReplyDelete
I just came across your blog through TwitterMoms and I'd like to say - Te felicito! I've just had a quick peek so far but I'll be following you from now on.
I've raised my kids trilingual (Spanish, Swedish and Arabic) and due to us moving around quite a bit I've always done some sort of homeschooling to enrich the official curriculum in the countries we've lived. Now since we moved back to Spain I've been working as an English teacher at home.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family. Felices fiestas!
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With all the holiday hubbub, your comment slipped past me and I just found it. Thank you for your kind words about my blog. I hope you find something useful in these posts. Congratulations on your trilingual family - that is a wonderful accomplishment!
If you would like to share your story with us, contact me. I'd love to hear from you...
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Once Shiva and Parvati, ever the adventurous lovers, decided to transform themselves into monkeys and indulge in amorous games in the dense Himalayan forests. During a climactic moment, the seed of Shiva found its mark and impregnated Parvati. Since they were in simian form it was but natural that the offspring born of such a union too would be a monkey. Not desiring to go against the laws of nature, Shiva directed the wind god Vayu to carry his semen from Parvati's womb, and deposit it into that of Anjana - a female monkey, who at that very moment was praying for a male child.
Another slightly variant version of this story in the Shiva Purana states that when Vishnu once disguised himself as the heavenly beauty Mohini, her charms so impressed Shiva that he could not restrain his seed. Vayu then carried the seed and deposited it into Anjana's womb. There was no question of Shiva's potent discharge resulting in an offspring less than extraordinary and the child conceived under such exceptional circumstances was bound to be especial, and so it was. The resulting bundle of joy was none other than Hanuman, one of the most celebrated and worshipped figures in Indian thought. Two exceptional traits further marked his birth. The first was that unlike ordinary children, Hanuman was born wearing a loincloth. This was an early pointer to his life-long pursuit of a celibate, almost ascetic lifestyle. The other significant occurrence was the presence of elaborate earrings adorning his ears. The latter has an interesting piece of legend explaining it:
At the time of Hanuman's birth, the undisputed leader of the monkey-world was Vali, a strong and powerful ape. When Vali came to know that Anjana was pregnant with a child who was bound to develop into a powerful rival, he decided to end matters in Anjana's womb itself. He created a missile using five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin. When the unsuspecting mother was asleep, he directed the missile into her womb. A normal child may have succumbed to this dastardly attack, but not one born of Shiva's fiery seed. The missile as soon as it touched Hanuman's body melted, and transformed into a pair of earrings. Thus wearing the trophies of his first battle, fought while still in his mother's womb, Hanuman gloriously entered this world.
Little Hanumana Goes for the Sun
Indeed, having both Shiva and Vayu as his illustrious fathers, he was no ordinary child. Hanuman was restless, spirited, energetic and inquisitive. He was obviously endowed with awesome strength and the scriptures abound in tales expounding on his remarkable feats. Once for example he mistook the sun for a ripe fruit (monkeys are naturally lured by red ripe fruits), and rushed towards the sky in an attempt to grab it.
On his way however he saw Rahu the dragon making his way to devour the sun and thus cause an eclipse. Mistaking him to be a worm, the restless Hanuman dashed towards Rahu and attempted to catch hold of him. Rushing for his life, Rahu sought shelter in the refuge of Indra, the lord of the skies. Indra picked up his deadly thunderbolt, mounted his white elephant named Airavata and made off in search of Hanuman, seeking to restrain his seeming impudence. The clouds rumbled and lightning thundered across the vast skies in an expression of Indra's wrath. But neither this scary scenario, nor the mightily armed Indra on his high mount, was sufficient enough to induce even a trace of fear in the heart of Hanuman. On the contrary, the spectacle only served to fuel his excitement and mistaking Airavata for a toy, he made a grab for the pachyderm, seized its trunk and leapt on its back. Taken aback by the child's spirited and playful defiance, Indra stuck at Hanuman with his thunderbolt, and the wound thus inflicted hurtled him speedily down to the earth. His father Vayu immediately sprung to his rescue and caught him in mid air.
The sight of his beloved son lying helpless in his arms infuriated the wind-god. He drew in a mighty breath and sucked away all the air from the cosmos. "Let all those who have harmed Anjana's son choke to death," he thought out aloud. Predictably there was panic in the cosmos. Without air, life on every level was threatened. The gods, realizing their folly, went in unison to Vayu and asked for his forgiveness. To make amends they showered the following blessings and powers on the monkey child:
a). Brahma: "May you live as long as Brahma himself lives."
b). Vishnu: "May you live all your life as the greatest devotee of God."
c). Indra: "No weapon of any kind will wound or hit your body."
d). Agni: "Fire will never affect you."
e). Kala: "May death never court you."
f). All the Devas (gods): "None will ever equal you in strength and speed."
Brahma concluded the session by bestowing on Hanuman a power greater than even Vayu and Garuda, and endowed him with a speed faster than even the mightiest wind. Thus pacified, Vayu restored air into the cosmos and Hanuman was returned to his parents.
There was one catch however. It was decreed that Hanuman would remain blissfully unaware of his own prowess, unless, during the course of a meritorious deed, his memory would remind him of his superhuman ability. It will be seen later how this apparently insignificant matter lays bare the symbolical significance of Hanuman.
Hanuman's Education
As he grew up, Hanuman sought to educate himself and for this purpose he chose Surya the sun god as his guru saying: "You see everything there is to see in the universe and you know everything there is to know. Please accept me as your pupil." Surya hesitated. "I don't have the time," he said. "During the day I ride across the sky, and at night I am too tired to do anything."
"Then teach me as you ride across the sky during the day. I will fly in front of your chariot, facing you from dawn to dusk." Impressed by Hanuman's zeal and determination, Surya accepted him as his pupil. Thus Hanuman flew before the chariot of the sun god, withstanding the awesome glare, until he became well versed in the four books of knowledge (the Vedas), the six systems of philosophies (darshanas), the sixty-four arts or kalas and the one hundred and eight occult mysteries of the Tantras.
Having become a master of all that he set out to learn, it was now time for Hanuman to pay for his education (guru-dakshina). Surya asserted that watching the devoted pupil study was payment enough for him but when Hanuman insisted on giving something to express his gratitude, the sun god asked him to look after the welfare of his son Sugriva, who was the stepbrother of Vali, the king of monkeys.
Before Vali became the lord of apes, a simian named Riksha ruled over them. Once it so transpired that Riksha fell in an enchanted pool and turned into a woman. Both the sky-god Indra and the sun-god Surya fell in love with her and she bore each of them a son. Indra's son was her first born Vali while Sugriva her second offspring was the son of Surya. After bearing the sons, Riksha regained his male form.
Abduction of Sita by Ravana
When Riksha died, in accordance with the law of the jungle, the monkeys fought each other for becoming the leader. Vali successfully killed or maimed every other contender to the throne and became the undisputed ruler of the monkey world. As one who had successfully earned his dominant place among the apes, Vali was not obliged to share the spoils of power with anyone, but being of a magnanimous nature he shared everything with his younger brother Sugriva. It was in these circumstances that Hanuman entered the companionship of Sugriva who later became the king of monkeys himself. It was under Sugriva that the massive army of monkeys helped Lord Rama reclaim his wife who had been abducted by the demon Ravana.
Hanuman The Selfless
Valmiki and the Wounded Bird
A pair of lovebirds, reveling in their natural freedom, was soaring the boundless skies. Fate however had scripted a cruel ending to their mating. A hunter's arrow found its mark and the devoted female lost her male. She did not however escape from the scene but rather lingered on, circling over the lifeless form of her mate. Witnessing this poignant episode inspired the accomplished sage Valmiki to poetry and what came out of his heart was the Ramayana, one of the greatest epics the earth has had the good fortune to inherit. Indeed, Valmiki's poem became renowned in the three worlds as it struck a chord in every heart that heard it.
One day Valmiki came to know that the great Hanuman too had penned the adventures of Rama, engraving the story with his nails on rocks. A curious Valmiki traveled to the Himalayas where Hanuman was residing to partake this version. When Hanuman read out his narration, Valmiki was overwhelmed by its sheer power and poetic caliber. It was truly an inspired piece. Valmiki felt both joy and sorrow. Joy because he had had the chance to hear an exceptionally beautiful poem, and sad because it obviously overshadowed his own work.
When Hanuman saw the unhappiness his work had caused Valmiki he smashed he engraved rocks destroying his creation forever. Such was Hanuman's selflessness. For him, narrating the tales of Rama' s adventures was a means to re-experience Rama, not a ticket to the hall of fame.
Hanuman's name too illustrates his self-effacing character, being made up of 'hanan' (annihilation) and 'man' (mind), thus indicating one who has conquered his ego.
Hanuman and Yoga
Hanuman as Yogachara
If yoga is the ability to control one's mind then Hanuman is the quintessential yogi having a perfect mastery over his senses, achieved through a disciplined lifestyle tempered by the twin streams of celibacy and selfless devotion (bhakti). In fact, Hanuman is the ideal Brahmachari (one who follows the path of Brahma), if ever there was one.
He is also a perfect karma yogi since he performs his actions with detachment, acting as an instrument of destiny rather than being impelled by any selfish motive.
Hanuman - The First to Teach Pranayama and the Inventor of the Surya Namaskar
Pranayama is the ability to control one's breath so that the inhalation and exhalation of air is rhythmic. Vayu, the god of air and wind, first taught pranayama to his son Hanuman, who in turn taught it to mankind.
The Surya Namaskar (salutation to the sun) too, was devised by Hanuman as a greeting for his teacher Surya.
Hanuman and Sorcery
The villain of the epic Ramayana was the mighty demon Ravana. When he carried away Sita, her aggrieved husband Rama, accompanied by Hanuman and a massive army of monkeys laid siege on Lanka, the capital of Ravana's empire. As the battle progressed, the demon lost all his brothers and sons and it became clear that he was headed towards defeat. Finally, he sent for his only surviving son Mahiravana, a powerful sorcerer who ruled over the underworld (patala loka). Mahiravana was a great devotee of Goddess Kali from whom he had obtained vital occult secrets. Initially Mahiravana did not wish to join the fight against Rama since he felt the latter's cause to be just. But understanding his weakness for ritual magick Ravana addressed him thus: "Think of the powers the goddess Kali will grant you when you offer to her the heads of two handsome and virile youths like Rama and Lakshmana." Needles to say, Mahiravana agreed.
The great sorcerer Mahiravana managed to kidnap both Rama and his brother Lakshmana while they were sleeping. He left behind, in place of their bed, a dark trail stretching deep into the bowels of the earth. Hanuman immediately dived into the tunnel and made his way to patala, the subterranean kingdom of Mahiravana. There he found the two brothers tied to a post, their bodies anointed with mustard oil and bedecked with marigold flowers, ready to be sacrificed. Near them, Mahiravana was sharpening the sacrificial blade and chanting hymns to invoke the goddess.
Sri Vaibhav Hanumana Yantra
Hanuman taking the form of a bee whispered into Rama's ear, "When Mahiravana asks you to place your neck on the sacrificial block, inform him that being of royal lineage you have never learned to bow your head. Tell him to show you how." Mahiravana fell for the trap. No sooner had he bowed his head in the ritually prescribed manner than Hanuman regained his form, seized the blade, and decapitated the sorcerer. Thus did Hanuman turn the tables and sacrificed the demon himself to Mother Goddess Kali. Impressed, she made Hanuman her doorkeeper and indeed many temples of the goddess are seen to have a monkey guarding their doorways. Further, to this day, Hanuman is invoked in any fight against sorcery, and amulets and charms depicting him are therefore extremely popular among devotees.
Hanuman and Astrology
Mahiravana's death filled Ravana's heart with fear. He consulted the court astrologers who studied his horoscope and decreed that the alignment of celestial bodies was not in his favor. Now, Indian astrology is governed by nine planets, known as the navagrahas. Ravana thought that by changing the alignment of these heavenly bodies he would be able to alter his destiny. Mounting his flying chariot he rose to the skies, captured the nine planets, and herded them to his capital in chains. He then began a series of rituals which if successful would force the planets to realign themselves in his favor. When Hanuman came to know of this ritual, he assembled and led a band of daredevil monkeys to Ravana's sacrificial hall, intending to disrupt the proceedings. They found the villain sitting beside a fire altar with his eyes shut in profound meditation, mouthing mantras. The group of simians let out a loud war cry and rushed into the hall. They snuffed out the sacred fire, kicked off the ceremonial utensils and wiped off the occult diagrams (yantras) painted on the floor. Unfortunately none of this roused Ravana from his deep trance and he continued chanting the holy formulas. Hanuman realized that Ravana would have to be stopped at any cost, otherwise the villain would succeed in changing the course of destiny.
Towards this end he devised a mischievous plan, and ordered his lieutenants to enter the female chambers and scare away Ravana's many wives. The monkeys did as instructed and attacked Ravana's queens and concubines, pulling their hair, scratching their faces and tearing away their clothes. But it was all to no avail; the immovable Ravana did not stir.
Hanuman – The Remover of Unfavourable Astrological Influences
At last the monkeys confronted Mandodari, the chief wife of Ravana. They bared their teeth, beat their chests and began to grunt menacingly. Terrified, Mandodari lamented, "Woe is me. My husband meditates while monkeys threaten my chastity." Her words ashamed Ravana to open his eyes and rush to her defence. Thus having successfully distracted Ravana, Hanuman ran back to the sacrificial hall and liberated the nine planets held captive there. For having successfully aborted Ravana's misplaced attempts to subvert fate, Hanuman won the eternal gratitude of the grahas and is thus believed to exercise considerable power over them. Correspondingly, he is worshipped by his devotees whenever they perceive their troubles to be a result of the unfavorable configuration of celestial bodies. Indeed, Hanuman is often shown trampling under his feet a woman who is said to represent Panvati, a personification of baneful astrological influences.
Another interesting legend deals specifically with the planet Saturn (Shani). Perceived to be an unfavorable influence, it is believed that Saturn visits each individual at least once in his/her lifetime for a period of seven-and-a-half years. As fate would have it, Saturn descended on Hanuman when he was busy building a bridge over the ocean to help Rama and his army cross over to Lanka. Hanuman requested the planet to postpone his visit till he had successfully assisted Rama in regaining Sita. But Saturn was adamant and Hanuman had to bow against the will of nature. He suggested that Saturn sit on his (Hanuman's) head as his hands were engaged in serving Rama and his legs were too lowly for Saturn.
Saturn happily settled on Hanuman's head and the mighty monkey continued with his work, piling heavy boulders and stones on his head in an apparently casual manner and carrying them to the construction site. After a while Saturn found it impossible to bear the load of the heaped boulders any longer and wished to climb down. Hanuman insisted that he complete his mandatory seven-and-a-half years but Saturn pleaded for release saying that the seven-and-a-half minutes he stayed on Hanuman's head felt like seven-and-a-half years anyway. Thus speaking Saturn took leave of Hanuman and since then worshippers of this monkey god rest assured that the unavoidable ill effects of Saturn's sade-sati (seven-and-a-half year's stay) can be whittled down by a true devotion to Hanuman.
Hanuman and the Mother Goddess
We have seen above how Hanuman serves as a favorite of the Mother Goddess. But the attribute of Hanuman, which impresses the goddess most, is his brahmacharya. Indeed Hanuman never threatens the world with his virility unlike say Shiva whose virility often has to be restrained by goddess Kali. Accordingly, Hanuman gains her unparalleled appreciation.
Hanuman and Tantra
Tantra represents the occult side of Hinduism. With the aid of chants (mantras) and diagrams (yantras) Tantriks (practitioners of Tantra) channelise the powers of the cosmos for the advantage of humanity.
Tantriks believe that Hanuman is the most accomplished of their lot having achieved the much-sought after eight occult powers:
1). Anima - The ability to reduce his size.
2). Mahima - Ability to increase his size.
3). Laghima - The ability to become weightless.
4). Garima - Ability to increase weight.
5). Prapti - The ability to travel anywhere and acquire anything.
6). Parakamya - Irresistible will power.
7). Vastiva - Mastery over all creatures.
8). Isitva - Ability to become god like with the power to create and destroy.
The Ramayana abounds with tales illustrating Hanuman's mastery over each of these siddhas (occult powers). Not surprisingly, he is reverently deified as a Mahsiddha (Maha - Great).
Hanuman and the Potency of Mother's Milk
After the annihilation of Ravana, Rama asked Hanuman how he would like to be thanked for his services. He answered, "My lord, let me spend the rest of my days in your service." Rama gladly accepted the request. Thus Hanuman too boarded the chariot, that was to take Rama and his entourage back to their native Ayodhya.
On the way however, Hanuman thought of visiting his mother Anjana who lived on a mountain nearby. Rama and all other members of the party too were curious to meet Hanuman's mother and hence the chariot was diverted to her dwelling.
On reaching the place Hanuman approached his mother whose happiness knew no bounds. She embraced her bundle of joy. All others present too bowed in reverence to the mother of Hanuman. The worthy son narrated to her the entire sequence of events ending with Ravana's death on the battlefield. Surprisingly, his words did not please his mother but rather she became remorseful and addressed Hanuman thus: "My giving birth to you has been in vain, and feeding you with my milk has been of no avail." On hearing her strange words all became panicky and were left speechless. Hanuman too stared at her in mute incomprehension.
After a brief pause she continued with her tirade: "Shame on your strength and velour. Did you not have enough power to uproot Ravana's city of vice Lanka on your own? Could you not have annihilated the ten-headed monster and his army yourself? If you were not strong enough to do so it would have been better if you had at least perished yourself in fighting him. I regret the fact that even though you were alive Lord Rama had to build a perilous bridge of stones over the turbulent ocean to reach Lanka and had to fight the massive army of demons and thus suffer a great ordeal in order to recover his beloved Sita. Indeed, the nourishment my breast has given you has proved to be unfruitful. Go away and don't ever show me your face again." She was obviously referring to the instance when Hanuman was deputed to go and search for Sita in the city of Lanka. Only when he had confirmed Sita's presence in Ravana's custody could a formal battle be launched to rescue her. Hanuman not only brought news of her wretched condition in captivity but also during his brief visit managed to burn down the whole city and thus gave Ravana an inkling of the times to come. Anjana's annoyance stemmed from the fact that even though Hanuman was supremely capable of bringing back Sita on his own during that visit itself, he did not do so and much effort had to be expended later to accomplish the mission.
Hence was she trembling with wrath. With folded hands Hanuman addressed her: "O Great Mother, no way have I compromised on the sacred worth of your milk. I am but a mere servant. During that visit I had been instructed only to search for Sita and not kill Ravana. Had I done so of my own accord it would have amounted to overstepping my brief. I therefore acted scrupulously and kept my word." In fact, Hanuman had asked Sita, when he met her in Ravana 's captivity, whether she would prefer to be rescued by him at that very moment. She replied in the negative stressing that it was her husband's duty to liberate her and Rama himself would have to come and take her back.
The entire gathering corroborated Hanuman's version and much mollified his distressed mother. She spoke to him affectionately: "Dear son I never knew all this but now that I do it is comforting that my milk has indeed borne abundant fruit."
The repeated glorification of her own milk by Anjana was not relished by Lakshmana, who thought it an exaggeration. Sensing this, she addressed him saying: "Lakshmana, you are wondering why this apparently feeble monkey-woman is harping on the efficacy and potency of her own milk? My milk is indeed extraordinary." Saying this Anjana squeezed her breast and the oozing milk shower shot to a nearby mountain cleaving it thunderously into two. Addressing Lakshmana again she elaborated: "Hanuman has been brought up on the same milk, how could it ever go to waste?" (This story was narrated in the annual issue of the spiritual journal 'Kalyan,' published at Gita Press Gorakhpur. (1975, page 327)).
Why Idols of Hanuman are Red in Color
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After safely reaching Ayodhya, Rama in no time settled down to a happy life of kingship and matrimony. Hanuman continued to be a constant and devoted companion with an unrestricted access to Rama.
Life went on normally. Many delightful episodes from this period establish Hanuman as the ultimate bhakta, and shed much light on his unique personality.
Every morning Hanuman would observe Sita put a red mark on her forehead and smear the parting of her hair with vermilion powder, enacting a ritual which is the exclusive prerogative of married women in India. Being naturally of a curious bent of mind he asked her the reason behind this daily ritual. "For the well-being of my husband," replied she. Hanuman, ever the humble well-wisher of his chosen lord wondered: "If a virtuous woman like Sita has to apply vermilion in this manner for the good of Lord Rama, I, a mere monkey, need to do more." Thus thinking, he took a bowlful of the paste and smeared his whole body with it. Needless to say, both Rama and Sita were moved by the purity of Hanuman's heart. Since then, idols of Hanuman are colored a rich vermilion red.
Why Hanuman is Shown Tearing Open his Own Chest
Hanuman Tears Open His Chest
Once Sita gave Hanuman a necklace of pearls. After a while, the residents of the city observed him breaking the necklace and inspecting each pearl minutely. Intrigued they asked him the reason. "I am looking for Rama and Sita," replied Hanuman. Laughing at his apparent naivety the spectators pointed out to him that the royal couple was at the moment seated on the imperial throne. "But Rama and Sita are everywhere, including my heart" wondered aloud the true bhakta. Not understanding the depth of his devotion, they further teased him: "So Rama and Sita live in your heart, can you show them to us?" Unhesitatingly, Hanuman stood up and with his sharp talons tore open his chest. There, within his throbbing heart, the astonished audience were taken aback to find enshrined an image of Rama and Sita. Never again did anyone make fun of Hanuman's devotion.
The Five-Headed (Panchamukhi) Hanuman - An Intriguing Image
Madhavacharya (1197-76)
Vaishnavas believe that the wind-god Vayu underwent three incarnations to help Lord Vishnu. As Hanuman he helped Rama; as Bheema he assisted Krishna; and as Madhavacharya (1197-76), he founded the Vaishnava sect.
Hanuman, Humble and Powerful
It is interesting to note that in his youth Madhavacharya distinguished himself in physical exercises and field games and is said to have had a wonderful physique. Truly, physical prowess is an integral aspect of the cult of Hanuman and he is the patron deity of wrestlers and body-builders. He is most popularly referred to as 'Vajra-anga-Bali,' meaning the Powerful One (bali) with a body (anga) hard as a thunderbolt (vajra).
Five-Headed Hanumana
The Vaishnavas evolved a syncretic form of Hanuman with five heads and ten arms, incorporating in the composite image five important Vaishnavite deities:
At the center a monkey's face (Hanuman).
A lion's visage representing Narasimha gazing southwards.
An eagle's head symbolizing Garuda facing west.
A boar head of Varaha (north).
A horse's face for Hayagriva (facing the sky).
Each head signifies a particular trait. Hanuman courage and strength, Narasimha fearlessness, Garuda magical skills and the power to cure snake bites, Varaha health and exorcism and Hayagriva victory over enemies.
The Spiritual Significance of Hanuman
The goal of all mystical yearning is union of the individual soul with the universal soul. In the Adhyatma ('spiritual') Ramayana, a Sanskrit text dating from the fourteenth or fifteenth century, Sita represents the individual (jiva-atma), which has separated from the universal (param-atma) symbolized by Rama. In a beautiful interpretation, Hanuman here is said to personify bhakti, which annihilates the 'ahankara' or ego (Ravana), and re-unites the two.
The Enduring Relevance of Hanuman
In Hindu symbolism, a monkey signifies the human mind, which is ever restless and never still. This monkey-mind happens to be the only thing over which man has absolute control. We cannot control the world around us but we can control and tame our mind by ardent discipline. We cannot choose our life but we can choose the way we respond to it. Hanuman, when he was a child, was tempted by the sun and he rushed towards it thinking it to be a delectable fruit. On his way however, he was distracted by the planet Rahu and changed his path. Thus Hanuman is the temperamental human intellect, which is unquiet and excitable. It is only by diverting it to the path of pure bhakti (devotion), that it can be made aware of its profound and silent essence.
According to the Hindu point of view, there is no objective world 'out there.' The whole manifested world is a subjective phenomenon created by our own selves. We - as humans - have the unique ability to condition our minds. In other words, we have the power to change the way we perceive life. And by changing our perceptions of life, we have the power of changing our world. When Hanuman enters Rama's life, he changes Rama's world. He transforms a crisis (the loss of Sita) into an opportunity (rid the world of Ravana). He transforms a victim into a hero.
Thus, Hanuman is no ordinary monkey. While embarking on the search for Sita, the monkeys were confronted by the vast ocean lying between them and Lanka. They wondered how they would make their way across this mighty obstacle. Someone suggested that Hanuman jump and cross over the sea. But Hanuman was doubtful, "I cannot do that," he said. At that moment, one of his companions reminded Hanuman of the awesome powers lying dormant within him. Instantly Hanuman regained memory of his divine strength and he successfully leaped across the ocean. Thus our mind too needs to be reminded of its divine potential and of the fact that it can achieve phenomenal heights provided it believes in its ability to perform the task in question. Truly Hanuman is symbolic of the perfect mind, and embodies the highest potential it can achieve.
References and Further Reading
- Khokar, Ashish and S. Saraswati. Hanuman: New Delhi, 2001.
- Nagar, Shanti Lal. Hanuman in Art, Culture, Thought and Literature: New Delhi, 1995.
- Pattanaik, Devdutt. Hanuman an Introduction: Mumbai, 2001.
- Shri Hanuman Ank (In Hindi): Gita Press Gorakhpur, 1975.
- Tompkins, Ptolemy. The Monkey in Art: New York, 1994.


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When Will Oldham adopted the name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (after five years naming his players after Steinbeck's 'Palace' flophouse for drunks and transients), it was supposed to be a way to have fun; to put some distance between the singer and the song. At the time, the claim seemed misleading, and perhaps desperate, given the bleak masterpiece that followed. I See a Darkness (1999) sometimes grinned back at the death's head it confronted, but was unable to turn away. Its successor, Ease Down the Road (2001) was about gathering all of Oldham's friends from Louisville, his brothers, and fellow-travellers; seeing if their actual presence couldn't lift the gloom for good. He's made 'bigger' records since, but whereas the session players on Beware (2009) seem to have been a disappointing experiment, Ease… was an artistic triumph, and more than ten years later it's in that small group of records you can be truly glad exists.
Lyrically, the album ranges from confessional realism (the delicate suicide note that is 'At Break of Day') to an older than Old Testament mysticism ('Lion Lair'), enacting a struggle to live in a spiritually bankrupt present; that, and learn to tell the difference between love and "…doing something filthy in a rented room tonight" ('After I Made Love to You'). In the final triad of songs, the troubadour hero wanders back toward the present along the muddy highways and byways of American folk and country, re-making it as he goes, as vitally as 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall'. Musically, then, Ease… is a thoroughly inauthentic piece of Americana, from the near-subliminal keyboard tones that underpin the a capella opening, to the squeal that announces 'Rich Wife Full of Happiness', with its banjos and harmonies; perhaps that's what makes it a definitive Alt. Country album. (10/10)
In spite of its critical acclaim, it's worth reiterating that Master and Everyone (2003) was supposed to be an EP, and long-time fans may be best advised to take it on those terms. In one respect it's Oldham's simplest, purest album; like Cat Power's Covers Record, it showcases a stunning voice over rudimentary, naïve arrangements, and won hordes of admirers who had ignored the (superior) predecessor (in Marshall's case, Moonpix). In another respect, it's the Prince writing and playing with one hand behind his back; throwing out much of what he learned about the striking image, the long-awaited hook. After a decade of cult-status, Oldham was able to fill venues like London's Barbican Centre, and get fawning reviews in the broadsheets; he'd become a cultural institution but also a trickster figure, hence his cameos in Julien Donkey Boy (1999) and Junebug (2005), which presented folk-artists and idiot-savants as the antithesis to one kind of cool, but just as easily embraced by the very same Dickheads satirized in that video. Being a Will Oldham fan became an uncomfortable business a decade after There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You (1993), which is probably why David Keenan (a 'serious' critic-cum-artist) gave these reissues such a comprehensive slagging in The Wire, no doubt thinking he was cutting through the Gordian Knot of whether Oldham still matters in 2012, but betraying an awful lot of resentment toward someone who grew up with the same people Keenan's old band mimicked. (7/10)
In short, Master… benefited from a lot of goodwill, and an understandable yearning for integrity at the outset of an Eighties revival among hipsters, but Greatest Palace Music (2004), was the truly divisive record, with its overblown Nashville-style arrangements. As a whole, it simply doesn't work – too many times the brass and strings and general jollity don't match the sentiment of the songs – but the experiment wasn't redundant. Half the songs from the all-acoustic Days in the Wake (1994) are reprised here, which was never quite as Jandekian as its reputation (i.e. thriving on tone more than tune), and deserved re-visiting to coax out the big songs hidden inside lo-fi arrangements. The songs that were already lush, and sound like sunset in the tropics, work fine; songs that were first played with Slint as a backing band generally don't. (6/10)
With the EP Now, Here's My Plan (2012), Oldham defies the naysayers to give another six songs the Nashville treatment. When Beware dropped, 'I Don't Belong to Anyone' felt like yet another Oldham song about being a lone-wolf, or unreconstructed male. Here, as opener, it sounds like the words in Dylan's head when he was introduced onstage with "Here's Bob Dylan; he's yours". Treating a mediocre song as a gesture to the audience, though, doesn't give it any extra heft. On the evidence of the new versions, 'Beast for Thee' (from Superwolf), 'After I Made Love to You', and 'I See a Darkness', were tremendous pieces of songwriting full of spine-tingling hooks, but the sentiment of each is too precise, too well-written you might say, to be enhanced by upbeat versions that dispense with the almost matrimonial solemnity of the first, the post-coital intimacy of the second, and the confession-booth hush of the third. In the past, Oldham has improved weak album-tracks with full-band versions, but 'No Gold Digger' clumsily tries to emulate the synths of Arise Therefore (1996), and makes both seem redundant. (5/10)
Published this year, Oldham's Extended Interview-slash-Biography (which the EP is bundled with, in a limited edition) Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy should restore every fan's faith in his importance as a major American artist, and the very thing that makes many artists so loveable, and bound to evolve: the fact that he's a sincere fan himself. Oldham's music has long been an opening to discover America's past – which is fine – but you're left wishing he'd leave his own past where it is. (9/10)


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Teacher layoffs are based on seniority, not performance -- so younger, inexperienced teachers are being let go. This isn't just academic madness. This isn't just unfair to instructors. It's fiscal madness -- since the state is throwing away money spent on educating teachers.
During a week when the state's leading teachers' union was protesting at the Capitol, a bill -- SB 355 -- to fix this problem came up for consideration. What did the unions do? They blocked the bill of course, citing the difficulties of finding adequate performance measurement. More details here.
The unions have been portraying those who support measures like this as teacher haters. But if you want to understand why the backlash against unions is authentic, examine actions like this.


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I'd like to talk in this article about a specific kind of depression, linked with the stresses of growing up in the shadow of narcissistic parents. As I wrote in my last article "What is Narcissism", a narcissistic parent is akin to Geocentrism: they have an insistent need for the Universe to revolve around them,… Read more »
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Narcissist Survivors' Club – What is Narcissism?
A couple of years ago, I wrote a small article with this title, and it must have found a home somewhere on the internet, because I regularly receive enquiries about it. I decided it was high time I followed it up, so here goes. The concept of narcissism has moved mainstream, which can only… Read more »
What would Jung make of 2018?
Even if you don't agree with every detail of Carl Jung's writing, he's worth reading out of consideration for an alternative point of view on our present cultural situation. Jung lived and wrote through the Second World War, a time when hate and tribalism erupted into destruction. His conclusions don't really appear as a part… Read more »
Othering: beneath the tentacles of discrimination
This week, I came across an "ism" that surprised me. The word I found was "sanism" – the prejudice and discrimination against those who suffer from mental illness. Why hadn't I heard this word before, I thought? After all, I'm a psychotherapist, and the ill-treatment of those who are suffering in the sphere of mental… Read more »
Loneliness, Belonging & the Hunt for Admiration
We are tribal creatures. For thousands of years, human beings have depended upon living in groups in order to survive. When we exist successfully with other people, we gain a deep sense of belonging that is fundamental to human wellbeing. When we gain true acceptance, we don't have to compulsively seek attention. We can just… Read more »
Objectification: Monster in the Shadows
Current events in our culture or family lives can lead many of us to raise our hands in despair, and ask: "Why do (other!) people never learn?" Things can seem so bad, on so many fronts that we can feel overwhelmed and powerless. This article is intended to highlight a connection between prevailing problems we… Read more »
Seniors and Depression
Seniors and Depression. Until recently, in our society, we seemed to equate getting older and retiring as slowing down. We expected that as a person would age, they would slow down, sleep more, go into retirement and just fade into the background. That is not the reality today. Seniors are living longer, are in better… Read more »
The Narcissist Survivors' Club
This is the phrase I sometimes have in my mind when I think about my practice, and about therapy in general. It doesn't describe everyone who comes to therapy, but both the incidence and the suffering involved are considerable. It is deeply instructive to me that so many people facing struggles in life have suffered… Read more »
Scapegoating & Group Narcissism
We tend to look at the great societal challenges we face in isolated, fragmented terms. Racism, homophobia, religious intolerance, sexism, inequality, organized crime, nationalism – individual fights and movements are underway in courageous attempts to make the world a better place, but they are issues that are often seen as distinct, separate in their identity,… Read more »
Looking for Therapy?
if you are feeling anxious, depressed or angry, have suffered trauma, or are unhappy with your life's path, a Toronto psychotherapist can help you reshape your future. Choosing the right therapist is as important as making the decision to see one in the first place. Not only will you want to be assured that your… Read more »
Depression: Is it Really a Disease?
Melancholia, the word written in the engraving by Durer shown here (1514), is an old name for what we now call Depression. The word originates from the Greek, meaning "Black bile". People thought that this "bile" was the bodily cause of depressive states. But bile was not the only supposed cause of this mysterious… Read more »
How Does Therapy Work? Eco-Systems of Mental Health
As a psychotherapist I am often asked the question, "How does therapy work?" There is no quick and easy answer to this question. Every modality of therapy is different and each therapist works differently within these modalities. Even my own approach will be different from client to client depending on the individual needs and personality… Read more »
It's 2015, Where's My Happiness?
There's plenty to say about Freud's mistakes. He was as faulty and confused a pioneer as any. We do, of course, also owe him a great debt, and do not dismiss the totality of him lightly. One of his better works, brilliant in many ways, is "Civilization and its Discontents". Written in 1930, it is… Read more »
Depression, Medication & Situation
Depression, Medication & Situation As you probably already know, there is a mental health crisis happening at the moment. Unfortunately for the people who are suffering, and seeking help, there is also a deeply divided and confusing landscape of professionals, with often opposing viewpoints. One of the biggest bones of contention within the mental health… Read more »
Managing Finances and Debt with Mental Illness
http://www.creditcards.ca/credit-card-news/managing-finances-and-debt-with-mental-illness-1264.php By Georgia Binks with quotes from Valerie Gerechter.
[Psychodynamic Understanding of Anxiety]
US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Badiche A, Eudier F, Guerry P. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6144512
Anxiety and Momentum
We live in a world of quick "fixes". Unfortunately, when it comes to dealing with who you are in the world, real change is usually quite gradual. That is not to say that we don't have epiphanies, realizations, surprising moments in the process of change: the clock ticks after all, but movement (when we notice… Read more »
Demystifying Therapy
A few months ago, Toronto psychotherapists had a booth at a large trade show in Toronto; thousands of people attend this particular venue. What I found, and this has astonished me ever since we exhibited, is that many people have very black and white ideas about therapy. There were people who saw our banner, and… Read more »
The Expectation of Help
Everyone experiences difficulties in life. Why is it that some people have no trouble asking for help to overcome these difficulties while others in the same situations would seemingly rather do anything than ask for help? Through my work as a psychotherapist, I have come to realize that asking for help feels very different for… Read more »
What is Psychotherapy? A Way to Refer.
What is Psychotherapy? A Way to Refer By Valerie Gerechter There is a saying that is often used in the helping professions. "Give a person a fish and they will eat, Teach a person to fish and they will eat for the rest of their lives". I believe that saying is also relevant to psychotherapy…. Read more »
Dreaming and Duality
I'm often asked, with some trepidation, about the role of dreams in therapy. People are fascinated by them, but also wary. Dreams open the doorway into the unknown, and it's only right that we do that with some caution and thought. One of the questions asked most frequently on this subject is: "What does this… Read more »
Expectation at the Water Fountain
Many of us feel trapped in the land of expectation. We feel that we have to be a certain way in life. We feel…unnatural somehow in how we have to be in our everyday existence. We fit in as best we can, and then reconnect or rebel in different ways. We let off or drown… Read more »
Why Choose Psychodynamic Therapy?
What is Psychodynamic Psychotherapy? How does it differ in, practice and results, from other forms of psychotherapy available today? Psychodynamic therapy traces its roots right back to the very first psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud. Though much progress has been made in the field of psychotherapy since Freud pioneered a new understanding the human psyche, it was… Read more »
Excerpt: APA's Resolution on the Recognition of Psychotherapy Effectiveness
Excerpt from the American Psychological Association's Resolution on the Recognition of Psychotherapy Effectiveness: "Be It Resolved that, as a healing practice and professional service, psychotherapy is effective and highly cost-effective. In controlled trials and in clinical practice, psychotherapy results in benefits that markedly exceed those experienced by individuals who need mental health services but do not… Read more »
Robin Williams: Genius and Depression from the Same Well?
How to Choose a Therapist
Look for understanding, not hype Published on September 30, 2013 by Jonathan Shedler, PhD in Psychologically Minded www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psychologically-minded/201309/how-choose-therapist
21 Tips to Keep Your Shit Together When You're Depressed
The drugs do work but they can't cure unhappiness


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Tony Swatton is a blacksmith and Hollywood's resident swordmaker; "Man-at-Arms" is a new web series that covers Swatton as recreates movie and TV weapons, from hunks of steel to intricate, beautiful, and completely usable weapons, beginning with Jaime Lannister's sword from Game of Thrones (FYI, he's not Game of Thrones' official blacksmith — that's someone else — he's just recreating the sword from the show for this video. Although the video doesn't exactly go out of its way to explain this(. Anyways, watch as Stratton makes Jaime Lannister's sword through a mix of modern tools and traditional blacksmithing, and then puts it through its paces (including cutting through a car windshield).
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It's five years now since the sprawling 'Shrinking Moon For You' announced the arrival of San Francisco's Wooden Shjips, yet they remain a largely unknown quantity outside the realms of ATP devotees and a few hardcore stoners.
Indeed, mention the name 'Ripley Johnson' and some might reply with the name of his other project "Moon Duo!", which is of course, correct, but also merely the tip of an iceberg. While his outfit with beau Sanae Yamada has yielded a fantastic catalogue of records in its own right - culminating in this year's excellent Mazes - his day job - if that's the right term - has produced a pretty near flawless collection of material since 2006.
Often lazily compared to the likes of The Doors and Suicide, the reference point almost omnipresent throughout Wooden Shjips' entire output would be that of London psychedelic shoegazers Loop, a band whose incisive brand of hypnotic spacerock undoubtedly paved the way for many of their more lauded contemporaries ever since. Hark back to those early seven inches such as 'Loose Lips' or 'Dance, California' and it's more than apparent that Heaven's End or A Gilded Eternity wouldn't have been far from their consciousness (or their stereos) while these cosmic gems were in the embryonic stages.
However, to simply state that without Loop there'd be no Wooden Shjips would be to disregard the way Johnson and his three accomplices have crafted a sound that in 2011 they can rightfully claim as their own. More importantly, West, their third long player and first for new label Thrill Jockey also marks Wooden Shjips' first steps into a recording studio under the watchful eye of a tried and trusted engineer. Having produced, engineered and mastered both 2007's Wooden Shjips and 2009's Dos themselves, in West the expertise of Phil Manley has played its part in transforming an already transcendental wall of sound into something more cathartic and ultimately richer.
Take the opening 'Black Smoke Rise' for example, their trademark hypnotic groove given a decibel-heavy makeover that would have more in common with Loop mainman Robert Hampson's other project, Godflesh, were it not for the melody eating away at its core. The slow building pulse-rock of 'Crossing' actually uses a tambourine to propel its backbeat, the band's now familiar three-chord drones underpinning a more fluent guitar arrangement than previously associated with Wooden Shjips.
The countrified fuzz of 'Lazy Bones' is perhaps the only real indication in 2011 of what Spacemen 3 would have sounded like had Johnny Cash sang vocals during their garage-inspired days, while the semi-processed beats on 'Flight', coupled with a riff not exactly a million miles away from the bombast of Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid', could almost bring a new definition and dimension to the term 'stoner metal'.
By the time colossal surf epic 'Looking Out' and the backwards tracked, reverb-heavy comedown of 'Rising' bring West to its natural conclusion, it's clear Wooden Shjips have perfected their art to some degree. What's more, they're one of only a tiny handful of bands currently using retrospective influences from the past to create something relevant and unique for the present and beyond.
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Chemistry Spins a Yarn (Dec, 1947)
Chemistry Spins a Yarn
By Kenneth M. Swezey
TRANSFORMATION of tree fibers or cotton linters into rayon fabrics is one of the greatest achievements of modern industrial chemistry. Chemically, rayon is almost pure cellulose, the same as cotton and linen. But instead of using cellulose as found in nature, the rayon chemist starts with cheap and plentiful spruce and hemlock trees, or the fuzz that clings to cotton seed after it has been ginned. He chops these up, dissolves them, and then causes the cellulose to reappear in silky filaments that may be spun, twisted, knit, or woven into forms that compete successfully with cotton, silk, linen, or wool.
Although the rayon industry is less than 60 years old, and modern rayons less than 15, the idea that man might imitate the silkworm dates back to the 17th Century. In 1664, Robert Hooks, an English scientist, wrote that natural silk is merely a "glutinous excrement" from the body of a worm, and he wondered why men couldn't do as well by squeezing a suitable gum through tiny holes.
Count Hilaire de Chardonnet was the first to accomplish this on a commercial basis. One day while he was coating some photographic plates with collodion, the bottle slipped and broke on the table. When he tried to clean up the mess some time later, the partly dried collodion stretched into long threads. With this as a beginning, Chardonnet worked 30 years to perfect a synthetic yarn. His "Chardonnet silk" was the hit of the Paris Exposition in 1889.
Other methods of taking cellulose apart and putting it together again as textile fibers were soon perfected. Early types were called artificial silk. In 1924, the name "rayon" was adopted for all textiles made artificially from cellulose.
Most rayon is now made by the viscose process. Acetate rayon comes next, while cuprammonium, a superior rayon for certain special uses, is in third place. Although complex machinery and precise technical control are required to produce usable rayon yarn, you can readily demonstrate how cellulose in one form can be broken down and then "regenerated".in a form entirely different. The cuprammonium process has been chosen as the one most easily paralleled at home.
First, make some copper hydroxide by dissolving 5 grams of copper sulphate crystals in 100 ml. water and adding slowly a 10 percent solution of sodium hydroxide until the pale blue precipitate stops forming. Wash this precipitate by decantation— mixing with water in a tall glass, allowing to settle, pouring off the clear upper liquid, mixing with more water, and repeating the process five or six times.
Filter the precipitate and dissolve the gelatinous solid in the smallest possible amount of 28 percent ammonium hydroxide. With the ammonium hydroxide, the copper hydroxide forms a complex deep-blue compound. The resulting solution (called Schweitzer's reagent from the German chemist who discovered it) dissolves paper, cotton, wood, and other forms of cellulose.
Commercially, cuprammonium rayon is made from cotton linters. If you wish, you may use absorbent cotton, but filter paper —a pure form of cellulose—will dissolve much faster. Tear up a 15 cm. sheet and put it into the blue solution. Stir occasionally until it has completely dissolved. This may take several hours.
In commercial practice, the solution is now filtered and air bubbles removed. Then it is pumped to the spinnerets—disks with tiny holes through which the solution is forced. The spinnerets are located at the upper end of a cylinder through which water is flowing downward. This water starts to coagulate the threads and stretches them. The filaments are completely coagulated in dilute sulphuric acid.
In your home setup, the spinneret can be a glass tube drawn to a 1-mm. opening at one end and fitted into a stopper that is inserted, in turn, into the lower end of a tube about 1″ in diameter and 6″ long. The large tube serves as a tank from which the solution can be gravity-fed to the coagulating bath, a 5 percent solution of sulphuric acid in a large cylinder.
Before lowering the outlet tube beneath the surface of the coagulating bath, half fill the tank with the cellulose solution. Be sure the solution is free from undissolved cellulose as this would clog the opening. As a further precaution, run a fine copper wire down through the opening. By manipulating the wire, you can clear the opening if it becomes clogged.
To complete the experiment, lower the filled spinneret until the delivery tube is several inches below the surface of the bath. If the solution doesn't flow, give it a few prods with the wire. At first, the issuing thread may tend to rise, but gradually it will sink. Commercial cuprammonium filaments are much finer, of course, and are stretched during the spinning to give them greater strength. The final treatment consists of washing, drying, and twisting into yarn or thread.
Viscose rayon usually is made from cellulose derived from wood pulp. After being steeped in sodium hydroxide solution, this pulp is squeezed almost dry and allowed to age for several days. Treated with carbon disulphide, the alkali cellulose changes to cellulose xanthate. Dissolved in sodium hydroxide solution, this forms a viscous amber-colored solution that is forced through spinnerets in much the same way as cu-prammonium solution.
Unlike cuprammonium or viscose rayon, acetate rayon is not merely cellulose that has been taken apart and put together again. Instead, it is a real compound of cellulose—cellulose acetate, the material of which most photographic film is made. All you must do to make filaments of this substance is to dissolve it in acetone, or other suitable solvent, squirt it through little holes, and finally pass it through warm air. The heated air rapidly evaporates the solvent, leaving a solid thread.
You can make cellulose acetate by dissolving 1 gram of filter paper in a mixture of 40 ml. of glacial acetic acid and 12 ml. of acetic anhydride, with 6 drops of concentrated sulphuric acid added as a catalyst. Complete solution will take at least eight hours. Stir it occasionally.
When the paper has been fully dissolved, you can recover the cellulose acetate by pouring the solution in a thin stream into a large volume of water, stirring constantly. Then separate the compound by filtering it, press out the excess water by squeezing the compound between filter papers, and dry-either in the open air or by directing upon it the warm blast from an electric drier.
When dry, dissolve in the smallest possible amount of acetone. Place the resulting solution in the "tank" used in the previous experiment. This time the solution just flows into the air where heat from the drier solidifies it.


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HCIO necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 25 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
short version: basic header.html and footer.html and a CSS with a simple catchy logo for a site that does uptime monitoring. Including PSD's for any graphics created.
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This is NOT for the beta so no mention of Beta please!
If you visit the url you can see the CSS I already have, feel free to build on that or scrap it and go fresh. I just want a nice header with easy to add links right now there are only a handful of options there will be more as the beta progresses but even in the end there shouldn't be more than a dozen navigational options, I prefer a simple text link to the various options or a simple set of icons.
http://isit.down4justme.com/login.php login as 99designs password designer to see the current interface and to get an idea how the controls work.
Web host's and web site owners who need to monitor their web sites, servers, services, etc and do it cheaply.
Simple, no animations or flash is desired, a simple LOGO something easy to use for any sort of header or even a business card or ball cap. I like bright simple colors, no black backgrounds (unless it just really looks like it needs black nothing is set in stone!).
So what I need is: Nice Useful Clean logo, a CSS (using or building on the one already present on the site), and the header.html that will be used for each page, the header.html should be of this basic layout (unless you'd like to use something different I'm open to changes):
LOGO Is It Down 4 Just Me uptime monitoring
LOGO <nav bar with links to home - contacts - customize emails - link to stats - account - logout


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During the Advent season, Braunschweig's medieval Burgplatz square with its cathedral and castle is transformed into a glittering Christmas wonderland with over 140 stalls. Especially well-loved meeting places are the covered rafts in the castle moat, positioned on sparkling pebbles of glass that show the original course of the river Oker thanks to light effects. Still more highlights await you in this sparkling Christmas atmosphere like the culture week (8th – 23th December) with traditional choral and instrumental concerts and Christmas songs as well as the Christmas workshop for kids. For magnificent views of this Christmas scene, climb the 61m town hall tower, either on a guided tour or under your own steam.
Christmas market - opening times:
27 Nov - 29 Dec 2019
Mon - Sat 10am - 9pm
Sun and holiday 11am - 9pm
24/25 Dec closed
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