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This weekend, Americans will observe Father's Day, an annual tradition of honoring the role of fatherhood. Noted father-and-son musical duo, Richard and Peter John Stoltzman's love and collaboration captures the spirit of Father's Day.
Jazz pianist Peter John Stoltzman was born 11 years after President Lyndon Johnson officially declared the Third Sunday of June as Father's Day in 1966.
At the time, his father, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, had no expectation his son would one day give him the ultimate Father's Day gift, joining him on New York's premier concert stage, Carnegie Hall, to perform together.
And it is playing musical favorites like French composer Claude Debussy's Premiere Rhapsody that has become their language of love.
"The magical wonderful thing about music is that you can say these most tender, most loving, most frightened, most powerful, most aggressive things you could never say to your son," he said. "The dream I have for Peter John is being realized through sound in a kind of wonderful way."
Mr. Stoltzman is a Nebraska native whose father harbored improbable dreams of being a bandleader. The two-time musical Grammy Award-winner has performed and recorded with such jazz and popular music greats as Mel Torme, Chick Corea, and Judy Collins. He has also has played with major orchestras throughout the world, earning him status as one of today's finest classical clarinetists.
Father and son belong to different generations, both musically and literally. But the senior Mr. Stoltzman says he cannot separate playing with Peter John, his son, and Peter John, the "monster jazz piano player," a title bestowed by the late Jack Elliot, music director of the Grammy Awards.
"I have played with people on stage my whole life and I did not know what it was going to be like to play with Peter on stage," he said. "Because you get on the stage and you have expectations and demands that have to be placed on the other person, whether they are your son or your wife or your best friend or your worst enemy, you agree to come out on the stage and do something incredibly special for the audience.
And you expect of yourself and of the other musicians on stage to do no less," he added. "And yet, he is your son, and I am aware of all the frailties that I have, and I know that Peter John has frailties too. You can handle your own, but you do not want your child to have to handle those things. You want them to have a serene life that does not have all the neuroses in them."
But that did not stop Peter John from taking up the violin at the age of three, and the piano at five. Now 27, newly married and an accomplished pianist and master of jazz improvisation, Peter John freely admits he was inspired by the sounds of his father practicing.
"Music has always been a struggle for me to reconcile the work side and the play side, because you do have to practice," he explains. "That's always been hard for me, even though I had the pinnacle example of it in my father. He was not breathing down my neck at all, he was doing his own thing."
( "What did you imagine me as, somebody basically who stayed in the basement?" asked Richard Stoltzman.
"No, but obviously I enjoyed my time with you throwing a baseball around more than when you were practicing," Peter John responded. "I still have very pleasant memories of hearing you practice."
Richard Stoltzman says music permeated his home in Boston, Massachusetts, giving Peter John a feeling for music at an early age. Lucy Stoltzman, Richard's wife, is a violinist. His daughter Meggie plays the piano.
"All along with Peter John, we sang to him all the time," she said. "In fact Peter John wrote a piece called Lullabye, which is a kind of a recollection of a song, a lullabye that we sang to him all the time, every night."
"Lullabye is about the nurturing of both my parents but it is dedicated to my father," explained Peter John. "Both my parents used to come into my room every night, I would call for them, and they would give me back massages, and tell me stories and my Dad was a master at making up fantastical stories, and my Dad would often sing me to sleep with Brahm's Lullabye."
Father and son are respectful, even admiring of each other's tastes and talents. They openly recount that at first, Peter John had to take musical direction from his father. But as he became a more proficient jazz improviser, father took cues from his son.
Peter John says he has written many musical compositions with his father in mind.
"Being with my Dad, it is not about it being different on the stage. It is about being different because it is my Dad. There is something about our musicianship that is intrinsically linked," he said.
"It is the way we breathe and the fact that Peter John has heard my sound, like I heard my Dad's sound. He heard my sound from when he was almost in the womb," explained Mr. Stoltzman. "He would fall asleep to the sound of the clarinet, and those sounds are something that is basically part of his breathing, his life. So even as he writes music, he writes it sometimes with the phrasing and feeling he has heard from the clarinet. My wife has said that Peter John tries to play the piano like a clarinet sometimes."
Richard and Peter John Stoltzman sheepishly confess that when they travel for concerts, they still only book one hotel room. This way, father and son can hang out together after the show, watch television and catch up on their favorite shared pastime -- watching the Boston Red Sox baseball team.

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The University of North Texas's Portal to Texas History has put the WPA's 1942 book Houston: A History and Guide online.
It turns out that the somewhat enigmatically named chapter "Strangers at the Gates" deals with the history of Houston's hospitality industry. Houston, it seems, not only was on the leading edge of still-extant trends in fast-food methods, but also home to one unique, likely never-replicated innovation:
At great numbers of 'drive-ins,' where sandwiches, other foods, beer, and soft drinks are sold, automobilists are served by comely girls, many of them revealingly attired. They and their costumes - often of silk or satin, some including capes, others white boots and plumed hats - have been portrayed in national magazines and newsreels as a colorful Houston characteristic. At some of the larger of these establishments between 50 and a hundred of these 'car-hops' are employed.
Although most drive-ins demand that these waitresses be young and trim-figured, one employs only 200-pounders, who wear tiny skirts in summer and slacks in winter.
Somehow, we think it would be easier to staff a place like that today than it was in 1942. (By the way, does anyone remember that place?)
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This one comes to us from Hammond, Indiana.
The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 24 when Lisa Mahone was pulled over as she drove with a friend, Jamal Jones, and her two children, 7 and 14, according to the lawsuit filed Monday in Indiana.
Around this time, Mahone shifted the car into gear and began moving until officers warned her that a "stop strip" had been placed in front of her car and would puncture her tires.
Someone just sent me a book that should be required reading for all of you Negroes here in America. It was written by an attorney from Georgia, and it is kind of a how to guide on navigating the criminal justice system and knowing "the rules".
"Police told Jones they had drawn their guns because they did not know who he was or what he would do.
Jones told WFLD that he was afraid to leave his frightened children in the car, and he was also afraid to get out because officers were acting so aggressively toward him.
Honestly, the more I read this story is the more familiar it looks.
Argus Streaming News, which did an excellent job of posting real-time information during the August clashes with Ferguson police, posted a 25-minute video showing a small group of demonstrators chanting outside the ballpark Monday evening, with another group of white Cards fans chanting right back at them.
At the top of the video, an older gentleman looks directly at the camera and shouts about how if these (all-black) protestors had been working (at night?) "we wouldn't have this problem!"
The crowd soon begins chanting "Let's go Cardinals!" to drown out the protestors' chant about "shutting the shit down" if they aren't given justice for slain 18-year-old Michael Brown. That Cards chant quickly changed into "Let's go Darren!" referring to Officer Darren Wilson, the Ferguson cop who killed the young man.
Things continue to get uglier as the video progresses.
One Cardinals fan calls a protestor a "crackhead," while another fan presumably made eye contact with one protestor and began questioning his "tough guy" status, telling the unseen protestor that "if you ever saw me in the street, you'd look at the ground, that's what you'd do."
While one protestor waves an upside-down American flag (symbolic of "country in distress"), a blonde lady enters, telling the crowd: "We're the ones who fuckin' gave all y'all the freedoms that you have!" Another lady takes it upon herself to question the cameraman's background, suggesting she doesn't believe he's an ex-Marine, while asking incoherent questions about his rank. All fun times.
Peppered throughout the rest of the video are "USA! USA!" chants from the Cards fans, along with one woman getting real clever and shouting at the protestors: "Africa! Africa!" There were also more calls for the protestors to get jobs, pick up their pants, and remove their caps. [Source]
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This week I decided to forgo some of my regular chores to do something creative instead. Two and a half nap times and the fiasco of the red thread later (Who knew spools of thread actually run out? I thought they lasted forever!) and we have two imperfect--but totally worth my efforts--superhero capes. I'm kind of in love with these blue and red bath towels! And with a short video of Martha showing me all the steps, it was easy peasy. The boys saw the video with me and became so excited!
So now Jed and Levi are ready to fly at lightning speed, smash through walls, take on the bad guys, and stop a rogue meteorite from its suicidal collision course with earth... or run around butt naked after a bath feeling free and unstoppable. We'll see!
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Manchester, as you know, is a vibrant city. It's a city with faith in itself and faith in its people.
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torque-wrenches are used by a variety of professionals including mechanics and machinists, along with does it yourselfers. torque-wrenches are used in applications in which the amount of torque to which the bolt is tightened is critical. Over tightening bolts can cause the bolt to snap making removal extremely difficult. Under tightening a bolt can cause the bolt to come out of its intended hole due to a vibrating machine or engine. A loose bolt can pose a danger to the car, tool or project on which you are working. It can cause failure to motors and tools or injury to those operating it or near it.
Using a torque-wrench allows the user to tighten the bolt to the specifications set forth by the manufacturer. The manufacturers specs shouldn't be used as a guideline, they should be strictly adhered to. Engineers worked on the specs for a long time to determine what is safe and what is dangerous. They didn't just pull the numbers off the top of their heads. Using a torque-wrench will allow the bolt to keep the necessary tension to maintain good working order and safety.
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Electronic torque-wrenches
Electronic torque-wrenches are among the most precise. Typically, electronic toque wrenches are battery powered. The user sets the value on a digital display and tightens the bolt. When the desired torque is reached the electronic wrench will signal. Some models are programmable. Standard electronic torque-wrenches are usually used for car, boats, RV's, airplanes, motorcycles and small type machine repairs. Electronic torque-wrenches are available in a wide variety of sizes to fit many applications.
Click Wrenches or Micrometer
Of all torque-wrenches, the click wrench or micrometer is by far the one used the most often. So named because when the wrench meets the desired torque, it makes a loud click sound. You can also feel the click in your hand as you are using which is valuable to those working in a noisy environment. If the person using a click wrench doesn't pay attention to the click or doesn't maintain his or her tools properly, it is possible to over tighten the bolt regardless of the clicking noise. When using a click wrench or micrometer pay attention to the noise it makes and feel for the click to precisely tighten or loosen bolts.
Cam Over torque-wrenches
Cam over torque-wrenches typically will slip away once the desired torque is met. Cam over torque-wrenches are a good choice when precision is completely necessary. They are more accurate and precise than click wrenches. Cam over torque-wrenches are considered a precision tool. Generally, they are used for machinery and moving parts where proper torque is critical to the operation.
No Hub torque-wrench
A no hub torque-wrench is generally used by plumbers. The wrench has a T shaped handle and used to seal a coupling at a waste pipe. The torque setting is calibrated by the wrench manufacturer and will slip in the case of over tightening or too much torque. It work as a ratchet and clutch wrench.
Beam Type torque-wrench
The beam type torque-wrench has a top just under the handle that looks like a small scale. A metal pointer moves with each revolution of the wrench to indicate the amount of torque that is pointed to on the scale. You have to watch the metal pointer and pay attention to the number it is pointing at to determine the torque.
Angle torque-wrenches
Angle torque-wrenches as the name suggests allow you to drive a bolt at an angle. Angle torque-wrenches come in a variety of types ranging from electronic to click wrenches to cam over models. Angle torque-wrenches typically have a straight shaft that bends and has a wrench at the end. Angle torque-wrenches allow a bolt to be tightened to the correct torque even if the bolt head doesn't face you head on. These are particularly useful when working on cars, RV's, boats and other machinery.
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torque-wrenches need to be treated with care in order for them to maintain their precision and accuracy. Tossing a torque-wrench from five feet away into your tool box is never a good idea.
Through use and over time torque-wrenches will have to be recalibrated for them to remain accurate and precise.
The most common torque-wrench most people use is a lug nut tightener for their cars. Think about how important it is to have the correct torque on lug nuts. Over tightening a lug nut can cause the threads to snap. Under tightening a lug nut can cause the nuts to spins off while driving down the highway at 55 miles an hour
Manufacturers express the amount of torque necessary in foot pounds or ft.-lbs as many will write it.
Before tightening a bolt with a torque-wrench, always clean it. Wipe away oils and grease with a grease cutting agent and dry the bolt head thoroughly. If there is rust on the bolt head, use a small wire brush to scrub away the rust and corrosion. Finish wiping of small specs and rust dust with a clean rag. Grease, oils, rust and corrosion can throw off the precision of a torque-wrench which makes working with clean parts very important.
Read the manufacturer's instructions before tightening a bolt to determine if oil lubrication is necessary or unwanted. Depending on the application some may call for lubrication while others may call for a dry surface.
Every bolt head has a marking that designates the highest amount of torque a bolt can tolerate. Never use bolts that don't have a marking on the top for any type of precision equipment. Bolts that don't have markings are more likely to break or strip under the stress of high torque.


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Grey's Anatomy Spoilers: Derek Pops the Question?Steve Marsi at .
Promotional photos from the next episode of Grey's Anatomy hint at a number of things:
- Will Derek pop the question to Meredith?
- Are Callie and Arizona (guest star Jessica Capshaw) gonna get it on?
- Now that Mark and Lexie are totally a couple, will they go public?
- Is George actually going to do something?
These developments, combined with the Private Practice cast arriving and shaking things up, make for an interesting episode coming our way on February 5.
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U.S. Ski Team's Hunt Named Alpine Director
Park City, Utah March 26, 2002 (AP)--Jesse Hunt, whose U.S. men's slalom team ranked third in the world this year, has been named Alpine director for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association.
Hunt will oversee the entire U.S. Alpine program, including all elite-level teams.
The men's slalom and giant slalom team was the lone bright spot in an otherwise dismal Alpine skiing season for the United States. Hunt's prize pupil, Bode Miller, was the only U.S. skier to win an Alpine medal at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Miller won the silver in the giant slalom and combined event.
Miller was headed toward a gold in the slalom but fell on a tough course that Hunt set up in order to favor the U.S. skier's skills.
``Raising the bar of expectation and having elite team success sets the example for the entire program,'' Hunt said. ``Elite team success will continue to be one of our biggest goals. But domestic programs have to feed those elite team programs.''
Hunt began his coaching career in 1990 with the Park City Ski Team, then was a Europa Cup coach before being named U.S. men's slalom and giant slalom coach after the 1998 Nagano Olympics.
``One of the keys to Jesse's success with the men's technical program has been developing a strong team environment by paying careful attention to the individual needs of each athlete on that team,'' said Alan Ashley, the association's vice president of athletics. ``That ability is crucial to building a strong program for us in the United States.''
No replacement for Hunt as men's technical coach has been named.
Copyright © 2000 The Associated Press


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Pink Ribbon Tattoos And Designs-Pink Ribbon Tattoo Meanings And Ideas-Pink Ribbon Tattoo Gallery
One very symbolic tattoo that you may consider is the pink ribbon tattoo. Pink ribbon tattoos are extremely meaningful to the women and men that wear such tattoos. Pink ribbon tattoos are used to represent breast cancer or a loved one that has breast cancer. Pink ribbon tattoo designs may portray the pink ribbon alone or it may be combined with appropriate elements and symbols. Pink ribbon tattoos may be worn by a breast cancer survivor or it may be worn as a memorial tattoo. Either way, it is a great choice for anyone going through similar situations.
In this article, we will discuss pink ribbon tattoos and pink ribbon tattoo designs. We will also review pink ribbon tattoo meanings and you will have the opportunity to view a variety of pink ribbon tattoo designs pictured below. In the end, we hope that you are able to find ideas and inspiration for your next tattoo design.
When it comes to extremely meaningful tattoos, the pink ribbon tattoo is a prime candidate. Although pink ribbon tattoos can be designed in various ways, the pink ribbon cancer tattoo is one of the most popular and meaningful. The pink ribbon is the symbol for any women whom has breast cancer. Out of all types of cancer, breast cancer is the most symbolic. Any woman that has breast cancer or anyone that knows someone who has breast cancer may consider the pink ribbon tattoo. Although the pink ribbon cancer tattoo is for women, men who are associated with the disease from a loved one may consider this pink ribbon tattoo.
Pink ribbon tattoos are also chosen to portray a pink bow or used to decorate other tattoo symbols. In total, pink ribbons can be used to decorate a variety of different things, such as keys, hearts, fairies, or flowers. They can nearly be designed with anything that you wish. The pink ribbon tattoo can also be designed as a cute bow. Many women that choose the pink ribbon tattoo or pink bow tattoo choose to get it tattooed on the back of the neck or back shoulders.
The pink ribbon tattoo can actually be designed in a few different ways. Just as you read above, most commonly, the pink ribbon is used as a symbol of breast cancer. Pink ribbon tattoos that are designed to symbolize breast cancer can be portrayed with several elements and symbols. In this case, the pink ribbon tattoo may be designed with a cross, angel, angel wings, rosary, or praying hands. Many will choose to have their loved one's name inked on the pink ribbon or perhaps an encouraging word or two. Birth dates may be used as well as one's date of death.
Pink ribbon tattoo designs can also portray the pink ribbon as a beautiful decorative tattoo. The pink ribbon can actually be designed with anything that you wish. The pink ribbon tattoo can also be designed as a bow. Once again, these pink ribbon bows can be designed alone or within another tattoo design. Make sure that you take the time to view all the different pink ribbon tattoos in this article. This will give you a general idea of what is available, plus you can pick up some tips and ideas for your own pink ribbon tattoo.
In general, the pink ribbon tattoo can hold symbolic value. However, the pink ribbon tattoo symbolizes breast cancer, just as the pink ribbon does. Pink ribbon tattoos often symbolize a lost love due to breast cancer. The pink ribbon tattoo can also represent those who have survived from breast cancer. To these brave people, you can't find a more symbolic tattoo. Below, you can find more meanings behind the pink ribbon tattoo.
- Survivor
- Bravery
- Courage
- Life
- Pride
There are some important things that you need to remember before you get your pink ribbon tattoo or any tattoo. Make sure that you take the time to research your tattoo. Make sure you completely understand what your tattoo represents and stands for. You don't want to find out later that your tattoo represents something different from what you first thought. Don't rush to get inked! Men and women that get inked on an impulse usually regret their tattoo later on down the road. Make sure you don't make the same mistake. If you are not completely sure about your choice, give it more time. Thanks for your visit.
I like the tattoo not only for its symbolism but because it's pretty as well. Voting this Up and Beautiful.
These are terrific. For a good cause and awareness.
Hi Ricky,
The ribbon of hope is my favourite tattoo here. I hope and pray the day will come soon when cancer will be cured.
Voted up and away
Take care and have a great weekend :)
Another interesting hub Ricky, these tattoo's are quite special!
Best wishes my friend, hope all is well with you, Lesley
I have heard that some women get the pink ribbon tattoos when they had breast cancer. I think they are pretty. Thank you again for sharing...
Hi my friend, these tattoos are very pretty one and very special ones has well .
Awesome !
Vote up and more !!!
Really great hub. I do love how you explain and have pictures of each one. These are so meaningful.
Now this is a tatto I consider getting done.
Awesome Ricky. Voting across the board except funny.
Well, how could I not like this one! Symbolism so thick you could cut it with a knife. Well done my friend!
Hello thelyricwriter - Oh, now, I love the pink cancer ribbon tattoos. As I was healed from breast cancer last year. Those are awesome!!! I love how you always explain the meanings behind the tattoos and how your hubs are so detailed. Plus the imagery is always outstanding. Voted Way Up, except funny. In His Love, Faith Reaper


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by April 4, 20170
The Lagos State controller of prison, Mr Olumide Tinuoye, has attributed the death of 32 prison inmates who died in one year in a particular prison in the state to their inability to access funds for good medication.
He however did not mention te affected prison.
This was coming as the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem disclosed that the government has set up a committee led by the Director, Office of the Public Defender, OPD, Mrs Salami to review the cases of awaiting trials with a view to ensure that inmates don't continue to stay in prison unjustly or die in the process of waiting for trial.
Mr. Tinuoye who disclosed the appalling state of health facilities in the prisons said often times, prison officials use their personal money to buy drugs for the inmates, while others live on the philanthropic gestures of churches and mosques which have been assisting in providing medications for the inmates.
The controller of prisons made the revelations when the Prerogative of Mercy Committee led by the State Attorney General visited the Ikoyi and Kirikiri prisons on a fact finding mission to access and have a first-hand information of the conditions under which the inmates live.
Apart from fact finding mission, the visit was to determine what measures could be put in place to improve the condition of the prisons in the state.
Tinuoye, who expressed his appreciations for the fact finding mission, noted the prisons also lost one female inmate to death last month after being on dialysis for over two years.
He stated that there are 7,714 inmates in all the prisons across the state, with 6,047 awaiting trial, 1,390 convicted, 202 already condemned while 75 are serving life sentences.
According to him, Ikoyi prisons which has a capacity of 800 presently has a total of 2,508 inmates, 461 of which are convicted and 2,047 while Kirikiri Medium prisons with a capacity of 1,700 has 2,979 inmates out of which 2,634 are awaiting trials while 345 are convicted inmates.
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It was her sophistication as a storyteller that leapt out when I saw the Canadian trumpeter-vocalist Bria Skonberg's "Love Songs from the Big Easy" at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in February. It was a few days before Valentine's Day and she basically told love stories, both in her banter (which was word-for-word in both sets) and in the songs she played and sang. Each had, in word and music, a narrative line. This was fairly specific, as would be expected, in the lyrics, but present in subtler, more evocative ways in the arrangements: arcs of experience associated with one or more instruments – emotional, sensual, energetic – stories in sound to be filled in by the listener.
The show was, even when posed in the present-tense, about things in the past: narrative is a telling, from a certain distance, of events in the there-and-then. This week at Joe's Pub, I heard something different from her: jazz in the here-and-now, the crafted song reborn in the heat of the moment. Impulses hit her, or seemed to, and she followed through; emotions quivered as if never touched before; the echo gave birth to the sound. It was partly a matter of attitude. And maybe she, as a person, is at a different place, now, in life; her first big label album, from Sony, is, for one thing, out in the fall. The song selections were different, of course (with some overlap), and weren't tied to a theme, and the venue (which is, along with Dizzy's, one of the best in New York) had a greater intimacy. She was, in any case, there with us, and then, and we with her, and with an immediacy that I suspect is her normal element.
Which is all the more impressive given the historical allusion in her music. Most of the tunes are original, yet they sound like standards you can't quite place. You hear something contemporary in the lyrics of a song like "So is the Day," but it has a classic spirit, the past happening, uncannily, in the present. She calls out Satchmo as an influence, and New Orleans is at the base of her sound, always big but only deceptively easy. When she isn't singing and playing her own compositions, she's revivifying some old familiar song, like Sidney Bechet's "Egyptian Fantasy" or Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi." She is herself vividly present, like an enduring myth. Nordic and golden-haired (I heard someone say at Dizzy's that "she looks like a Viking princess"), her persona calls up collective memories and makes new ones.
The going between trumpet and voice isn't easy to convey on CD. Her first, So is The Day (2012), comes closest to capturing the dynamism of an artist who has, effectively, two voices. The second, Into Your Own (2014), reads mostly, to me, as a vocal album. Hearing her live enlarges the experience of each. There's a spatial force to the drama with which she goes from voice to trumpet, or the other way around. It makes a difference whether the instrument is hooked on her elbow or out of reach, so that she has to dramatically recuperate it. It matters whether she holds it high, or bears down on the mike, or the first rows of the audience, or where she puts it when she's ready to sing. She's as supple on it as she is with her voice, growling, whispering, crying out, or shouting in triumph either way; when she goes from one to other – which way doesn't matter – it's to capture and follow an emotion in the moment. Singing and trumpet playing are both, of course, rooted in the breath, but there's a rare continuity, in her, among them, two talents fused, hotly, at the source.
Playing with Bria Skonberg at Joe's Pub were Evan Arntzen (clarinet/saxophone), Ehud Asherie (piano), Jerome Jennings, (drums/percussion), and Eric Wheeler (upright bass). For information on tour dates and CDs, visit her here. Click on Joe's Pub and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola for upcoming events at those venues.


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Oil prices fell to near $108 a barrel Monday as gasoline jumped to average $4 a gallon in six U.S. states, raising fears higher fuel costs will undermine crude demand.
News that Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude producer, had cut its oil output also pushed down prices.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for May delivery was down $1.61 at $108.05 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.55 to settle at $109.66 on Friday.
In London, Brent crude for June delivery was down $1.20 to $122.25 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.
On Sunday, New York became the sixth state to top $4 a gallon for the average price of gasoline, joining Alaska, California, Connecticut, Hawaii and Illinois, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge. Gasoline in Washington, D.C also averaged above $4.
The national U.S. average for gasoline has increased for 26 straight days, and is now at $3.83 per gallon, up 29 cents from a month ago.
"Oil is reaping the (benefits) of rising commodity prices in general, the dollar's weakness, investor interest and supply-side risks," said analysts at Commerzbank in Frankfurt. "There is no real shortage of oil on the market, though. "
Some analysts expect rising global fuel costs will eventually hurt crude consumption and likely trigger a drop in oil prices, which are up 29 percent since mid-February. Crude jumped to $147 in 2008 and gasoline averaged as high as $4.11 a gallon before the U.S. economy plunged into recession in 2009.
"Springtime gasoline in the U.S. has never cost more," energy consultant The Schork Group said. "Automotive diesel in the U.K. is at an all-time high and the price on the continent is fast approaching levels not seen since the 2008 bubble."
However, energy department figures last week showed a large gasoline supply drop, suggesting higher prices still haven't curbed consumer spending. Traders will be closely watching the latest inventory data scheduled to be released Wednesday.
Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali Naimi said late Sunday the global oil market is oversupplied, dampening hopes OPEC will soon boost its output to help bring down prices, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.
Naimi said Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, cut daily output to 8.3 million barrels in March from 9.1 million barrels in February because of what it saw as excess global supply.
The Saudi decision "will no doubt fuel the discussion ... of high prices now starting to hit demand. It would also explain why the price of oil did not rise following the surprise cut in Saudi production," Commerzbank said.
In other Nymex trading in May contracts, heating oil fell 2.98 cents to $3.1944 a gallon and gasoline dropped 2.74 cents to $3.2618 a gallon. Natural gas futures were down 2.7 cents at $4.177 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Alex Kennedy in Singapore contributed to this report.


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text: The USD/CAD pair fell rather drastically during the day on Wednesday as oil markets broke out finally. Because of this, the US dollar should continue to fall against the Canadian dollar, as we reach towards the 1.25 level. Be aware of what's going on in the oil markets, they of course will have a massive effect on this particular pair, but at this point in time you have to think that the sellers are very much in control, and that will continue to be the case as long as we continue to see strength in the petroleum markets.


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RANDALL BEACH: In aftermath of blizzard, different mood is some compensation
I know many people have endured deprivation, isolation and great inconvenience during "the storm of the century," but I found something magical about it.
The scenes from last weekend in my East Rock neighborhood of New Haven might have been once-in-a-lifetime. It was like living in the 1800s.
For two days, we stayed out of our cars and instead used the streets (which were devoid of motor vehicles) to walk, walk, walk.
Everybody else was doing the same. Orange Street and side streets were filled with families and couples; parents towing their kids on sleds, young adults on skis and snowshoes, others walking with their dogs.
On Saturday, while my wife and I were strolling down Orange Street with our springer spaniel, Olive, we encountered many friends from the neighborhood. This included John Dillon and his wife, Elizabeth Maddock Dillon, who had walked out of their home on Anderson Street (opposite the closed Archie Moore's bar-restaurant) and had continued all the way downtown, about three miles away.
The two Starbucks on Chapel Street were closed, John Dillon reported, but the Dunkin' Donuts opposite the Green was operating as usual. He saw only one other business that was open on the block from Church Street to High Street, a Chinese restaurant.
"Yale students were playing king of the hill on a huge mound of snow at the corner of College and Chapel," he said. "And other Yalies were using lunch trays to sled on a hill behind the Peabody Museum."
Dillon described the experience as "fun" and "liberating." I couldn't have agreed more.
Elizabeth Maddock Dillon coined the term "Orange Street promenade" for what was happening. It was very European.
They told us the Orange Street markets and virtually all other businesses down the street from where we were standing were not open. But they had seen two places that had somehow managed to open their doors: East Rock Pharmacy and Lulu's, the coffee house at the corner of Orange and Cottage streets.
By the time we got to Lulu's, it was late in the afternoon, so it had closed for the day. But I stopped in there Tuesday and owner Lulu de Carrone told me how her staff miraculously had served the neighborhood Saturday.
She said very early Saturday morning she called Yancey Hitt, the Wilbur Cross High School sophomore who works there part time, and told her not to attempt to come in.
But an hour or two later, Hitt called de Carrone, who was snowbound in Hamden's Whitneyville section, and said: "We're open and we're jammed with people!"
"Yancey had walked from her house on East Rock Road in three feet of snow!" de Carrone said.
She was also mighty impressed that another shop worker, Andrew Caine, had trudged over from State Street.
Jack Hitt, Yancey's dad, told me, "She got up at 6:30 and said, 'Dad, have you shoveled out the car?'"
"The car is not visible," he told her. "It's underneath a mound of snow. And there's no street on which to drive it."
He also noted, "Surely the store is closed."
"But she bundled herself up and headed out, like Dr. Zhivago," Hitt said.
Lulu's is at least a mile from the Hitt house.
De Carrone said there was a wonderful spirit in the air. "It's really nice when everybody helps everybody. It reminds me of when I grew up, when people were kind and you saw everybody in the streets."
As we spoke, one of her customers, knowing de Carrone had run low on milk because of snow-related delivery problems, went next door to P&M Orange Street Market to buy some for her.
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Ponte De Roma – Purple
This is a Heavyweight Ponte fabric.
Heavyweight Ponte De Roma – Fuchsia Pink Jersey is an excellent quality jersey fabric with a good body and weight. It was developed in Italy (hence the name). It is also known as double knit as it's knit in two layers during construction and both sides have a smooth finish.
It is a popular fabric due to its comfortable and flattering fit as it skims the curves of the body. It sews up as easy as cotton – just use a ballpoint needle in your machine, doesn't crease and is warm in the colder weather.
Ponte is an ideal fabric for a wide range of garments for office wear, daywear and everyday wear and can be made into durable garments such as jackets, jeans, leggings, jeggings, dresses, cardigans and tunics.
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Even as someone who has been trained in Christian Education, I have increasing grown in my doubts that the model of getting people 'saved' and then funneling them into a classroom (new member class, 101 class)where they receive a 'brain dump' of theological information is really what Jesus had in mind when he commissioned his first followers to go and 'make disciples of all nations'.
So I was intrigued a few months ago when I picked up the book "Christianity After Religion' by Diana Butler Bass. In it, she describes how the modern model of discipleship (Get people to believe what you believe, then have them behave like you behave, and then they will fully belong) contrasts with the model of Jesus. In fact, she says, Jesus 'methodology' was just the opposite:
- Belonging: When Jesus called his disciples, he didn't start with the questions of belief. Jesus public ministry started when he formed a community. It began with the invitation, "Come, follow me".
- Behaving: Jesus' followers didn't set around a fire and listen to lectures on essential theology. They listened to stories about how God was doing something transformative, in and among them. They listened to stories about how they were to act toward one another and how to live as people under God's good, just, and loving rule.
- Believing: Peter's confession that Jesus was the Messiah grew out of all the things they had done together. . . the praying, the eating, the healing, the giving, the feeding.
This has caused me to continue to 'press in' on the question of what it looks like for a local faith community like FCC to make disciples today, in the 21st century. What does it mean to 'make disciples' today? What is, as Bass would put it, Christianity after religion? After the Sunday School, religious education models? I hope that you will prayerfully join me in digging deeper into these questions, as we seek to fulfill the Great Commission together.
Pastor Mark


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The ANNUAL TOY DRIVE is an initiative founded by Shana Kay. In 2008, she decided to take the chance and host the first of what would become an annual event. The event has been raising funds for various charities for over ten years.
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A common growth-promoting hormone used worldwide in the cattle industry has been found to affect the sexual behaviours of fish at a very low concentration in waterways - with potentially serious ecological and evolutionary consequences.
Researchers from Monash University, in collaboration with researchers from Åbo Akademi University in Finland, have found that the steroid 17β-trenbolone - used on livestock to increase muscle growth - alters male reproductive behaviour in guppy fish (Poecilia reticulata).
This androgenic growth promoter is part of a group of contaminants called endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that enter the environment through a variety of sources - from discharge of household waste to agricultural run-off and industrial effluent.
Lead researcher Michael Bertram, a PhD student in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University, said over the past few decades concern has been mounting over EDCs, and that their contamination of aquatic habitats is a serious environmental problem.
"Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are cause for concern given their capacity to disturb the natural functioning of the endocrine (hormonal) system, often at very low concentrations, with potentially catastrophic effects.
Research until now has focussed primarily on the morphological and physiological effects of EDC exposure. For the first time, our research has shown that exposure to an environmentally realistic concentration of 17β-trenbolone - just 22 nanograms per litre - is sufficient to alter male reproductive behaviour."
The research shows that exposure of guppy fish to 17β-trenbolone influences the ratio of male courtship (where the female chooses her mate) to forced copulatory behaviour (sneaking), whereby the female is inseminated internally from behind and does not choose her mate. The results of his research indicated a marked increase in sneaking behaviour.
"By influencing mating success, sexual selection can profoundly affect individual populations and species, with potentially devastating long term evolutionary and ecological impacts," Bertram said.
With its widespread global distribution precipitated by numerous deliberate and accidental introductions, the small, live-bearing freshwater guppy fish, native to South America, was ideal for investigating the effects of 17β-trenbolone, especially as they are known to inhabit waterways receiving agricultural waste.
Bertram said that by illustrating the capacity of the agricultural contaminant to alter reproductive behaviour, the research demonstrated the possibility of widespread disruption of mating systems in wild populations.
The next step for the researchers will be to look at sperm viability in male guppy fish exposed to 17β-trenbolone.
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Implementing Cisco Data Center Virtualization and Automation (DCVAI)
This course is part of the following Certifications:
The knowledge, skills, and attitudes that a learner is expected to have before attending this course are as follows:
- Students considered for this training should have attended the following classes or obtained equivalent level of knowledge:
- Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking (DCICN)
- Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies (DCICT)
- Configuring Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches in ACI Mode V2.0 (DCAC9K)
- Good understanding of the VMware environment
The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course:
- Describe data center networking concepts
- Describe data center storage concepts
- Describe data center virtualization
Course Objectives
The goal of the course is to develop competency in learners to virtualize and program data centers, and implement the Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure. The focus of the course is on the programmability capabilities of the Cisco ACI, using common tools, such as Python and RESTful programming.
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Implement infrastructure virtualization solutions, such as VDC, VRFs, Cisco Nexus 1000v, and Cisco AVS
- Identify programmability methods and program Cisco Nexus switches using XML, Python, and NXAPI
- Implement a Cisco ACI solution that provides fabric connectivity to bare-metal hosts, virtual machines, and external Layer 2 and Layer 3 domains
- Integrate Cisco ACI with virtual machine managers, such as VMware vCenter
- Enforce application policies in intra- and intertenant scenarios
- Deploy Cisco AVS and microsegmentation
- Program Cisco ACI using Python, RESTful APIs, and Arya
- Orchestrate Cisco ACI using the Cisco UCS Director
- Insert L4-L7 services into the Cisco ACI fabric
- Monitor Cisco ACI deployment using atomic counters and other monitoring tools
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Implementing Cisco Data Center Virtualization and Automation (DCVAI) v6.0 is a five-day instructor-led course that is designed to help students prepare for the Cisco CCNP® Data Center certification and for professional-level data center roles. The focus of this skills-building course is on the implementation and deployment automation of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and Cisco Nexus switches. The course provides rich, hands-on experience in building a data center solution based on Cisco ACI. Learners are introduced to the automation capabilities offered by Python and RESTful APIs in combination with Cisco ACI and Cisco Nexus switches.
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- Cisco Learning Credits: 48 CLC
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- Australia: 5,900.- AUD
- Cisco Learning Credits: 48 CLC
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In western Thailand, lies Srinakharin Lake, a beautiful, unspoiled area popular with tourists. While the visitors no doubt enjoy the gorgeous, natural surroundings, it's the amazing design of the Z9 resort by Bangkok-based Dersyn Studio that most intrigues me. Floating near the Srinakarin Dam in Kanchanaburi, the resort puts its guest in private raft lodges along the perimeter of the lake. Dersyn Studio created this sustainable resort around the familiar concept of reuse, reduce, and recycle.
The floating guestrooms were built from local discarded timber and each room's ceilings was made from particle board created on site from local scrap wood and wood shavings. And by extending the guest cabins out over the water, the designers minimized the amount of land which needed to be disturbed for the site. To protect the lake from contamination, the structures were made of lightweight steel supports. The design also incorporates natural local stones and sustainable bamboo furnishings.
The property also has a building on the shore, which houses the resort's common spaces (and a few more guestrooms for those not into the idea of sleeping on a raft). Its beautiful design also employs the three Rs, while embracing the beautiful, natural surroundings.
You can check out all the resort's amenities on their website.
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Code Coverage in Practice
Finally the award-winning EclEmma code coverage plug-in for Eclipse became an Eclipse.org project! This is a good opportunity to summarize experiences and best practices, such as continuous inspection, for efficient usage of one of the most popular open-source tool to measure Java code coverage that EclEmma integrates into Eclipse - JaCoCo ( http://www.jacoco.org/jacoco/index.html ).
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Early Television Stations
Mechanical Television
W2XAB began transmission in 1931 using equipment
furnished by RCA. Their inaugural broadcast was on July 21, 1931.
The camera was a 60 line flying
spot scanner, and the receivers operated in the 2-3 mHz band, where reception was possible
over long distances.
The transmitter and the Supervisor's desk.
camera, with Natalie Towers in front of it
Glass photographic plate from about 1931
Electronic Television
In 1937 the station began broadcasting
electronic TV on channel 3 as W2XAX.. In 1941 the call sign was changed to WCBW,
and after the war, it became WCBS. A transmitter and antenna were put
on the Chrysler Building in Manhattan, while the studios were located in
the Grand Central building.
Worthington Miner, left, directing. Notice the huge number of
fluorescent lights directly over the set
Courtesy of Steve Dichter
The control room in 1941 control room, with pioneer CBS director
Worthington Miner, center, at the microphone
Courtesy of Steve Dichter
First U.S. broadcast of a jazz group on W2XAB (1939)
Courtesy of John Pinckney
Program schedule for Jan. 29, 1942
Television programs of the Columbia Broadcasting System go on the air Thursdays over WCBW on channel 2. Test patterns from 7:30 to 8 o'clock are followed by films until 10 P.M. This schedule will be continued indefinitely, according to director Worthington Miner, as long as the available materials and manpower hold out. Technical manpower shortages, he said, are the most pressing need and will determine WCBW's future.
For those who have home television receivers not in operating condition, the service outlook is "something less than bright." Skilled men are not available to "fix" ailing sets; neither are replacement materials. It is therefore estimated that the 1,000 to 2,000 receivers now inoperative in this area are likely to remain so indefinitely. This is the only "bad" news current in television circles.
New York Times, October 17, 1943
CBS studio, 1944


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Photos: top left, St Leonard's Church, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, where some of Samantha Bond's ancestors were married, baptised and are buried (photo by Nigel Cox, licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Licence); top right, Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny; Acre End Street, Eynsham, where Samantha's ancestor William Bond was living at the time of the 1851 census; next row: parents Philip and Pat Bond; bottom, Samantha's family tree back to eight generations in the male line (clicking on the image should enlarge it).
ONE of the great pleasures of genealogical research is delving into the family history of someone I respect and admire and count among my favourites. In this case it's the gorgeous Samantha Bond, a beautiful woman and one of Britain's most talented actresses. She's done a million things on stage and screen, but I suppose most people outside the UK will know her best as Miss Moneypenny, M's secretary in the Bond films that starred Pierce Brosnan. She appeared in the role in GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002).
Her career has taken in the Royal Shakespeare Company and many theatre roles, as well as umpteen television dramas and sit-coms. But what are her ancestral roots? In researching her direct male line ancestry I discovered that her forebears can be traced principally to two places in England, one in the county of Oxfordshire and another farther north in Staffordshire.
Samantha also has some Welsh ancestry via her paternal grandmother, and she discovered in a BBC Wales television programme in 2009 that a great great uncle was killed in one of Britain's worst-ever coal mining disasters in 1894.
She was born Samantha Jane Bond on 27 November 1961 in Kensington, London1, the daughter of an actor and an actress who became a well-known television producer. She has an older brother who is a journalist and a younger sister who is also an actress.
Samantha's father is Philip G W Bond, who was born at Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire on 1 November 19342. He too is an actor who appeared in many drama series in the 1960s and 1970s, including The Saint (1963), Doctor Who (1964), Redcap (1965), No Hiding Place (1965), Armchair Theatre (1966), Man in a Suitcase (1967–68), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1968), The Champions (1968), The Avengers (1969), Doomwatch (1971) and Jason King (1971). But he was probably best known for his role as Albert Frazer in the BBC's nautical drama, The Onedin Line, in which he appeared for 24 episodes.
Philip's wife, Samantha's mother, was Patricia Mary Trotter, who was born in Nottingham on 26 July 1926, so she was eight years her husband's senior3. She was an actress also but achieved greater prominence as a director of television dramas, especially ITV's police series The Bill. She died from cancer in 2000.
Philip Bond's parents were Matthew William Bond and Blodwen John, who were married in Neath Registration District in 19244. Matthew Bond wasn't a Welshman but had been born at Burton Upon Trent in 18995. Why he married in South Wales I haven't discovered, but it seems probable he went there for work. However, the couple must have moved back to Burton Upon Trent by 1929 because their first son, Ivor, was born there in that year6, followed by Philip and his twin sister Shirley in 19347.
Great grandparents
Matthew Bond's father was also called Matthew William Bond and he was married at Burton Upon Trent in 1898 to Amelia Potts8. In the 1901 census the couple were living at 35 West Street, Burton, with Matthew, aged 25 and Amelia 279. Matthew's occupation was given as a coach builder. With them was Matthew W Bond jr, then aged two. Amelia and Matthew jr were both shown as having been born at Burton, Staffs, but Matthew sr's birth place was given as Southmoor, Berkshire. Southmoor is a village to the west of Abingdon.
Living immediately next door to Matthew and Amelia in 1901, at 37 and 39 West Street, Burton, were Matthew sr's parents, Frederick and Rhoda Bond10. Frederick, aged 49, was a coach builder also and his birth place was given as Eynsham, Oxfordshire. Rhoda was 45, born at Hinton Waldrist, Berkshire. They had living with them 10 other children, five sons and five daughters aged between 22 and four. Three of the sons were coach builders too.
Great great grandparents
As mentioned above, the parents of Matthew William Bond sr – and the great great grandparents of Samantha Bond – were Frederick Bond and his wife, Rhoda, nee Dobson. They were married in 1873 in the registration district of Faringdon, Berkshire11. The marriage was probably at Hinton Waldrist, near Faringdon, because that's where Rhoda was born about 1855.
I mentioned above the couple's entry in the 1901 census. In 1881 they were in West Street, Burton Upon Trent12, probably at the same address where they were in 1901 but in the 1881 census no street numbers were given. Frederick was then 29, a joiner and wheelwright, while Rhoda was 24. They had three sons, Matthew 5, F James 2 and Wilfred D, 8 months. In the census of 1891 Frederick and Rhoda were at 36 West Street, Burton, and their family had grown to five sons and three daughters, including the eldest Matthew W who was 1513.
In the 1911 census Frederick and Rhoda were at 36 All Saints Road, Burton Upon Trent, with five of their children still at home, aged from 27 to 1415. I discovered that Frederick died towards the end of 1912 at Burton15, aged 60.
Great great great grandparents
The birth place of Frederick Bond being given consistently in every census as Eynsham, Oxfordshire, it appeared that this may have been the original home of the Bond family – and so it proved. They were at Eynsham for at least 120 years, the earliest record I could find placing them there in about 1754. It was the move of Frederick Bond, Samantha Bond's great great grandfather, north to Burton Upon Trent some time in the 1870s that took them away from Eynsham.
Eynsham – pronounced Ensham, though the modern spelling has a "y" in the place name – is a large village five miles north-west of Oxford and midway between Oxford and Witney. It was once the site of a large mediaeval abbey which was founded in 1005 and destroyed under the dissolution of the monasteries in the reign of Henry VIII. The stones from the abbey ruins were subsequently used to build a number of houses in the village.
Eynsham was a centre of paper making, there being a paper mill in the village from 1682, and some of Samantha Bond's earlier ancestors were paper workers. I learned from a local historian, Pamela Richards, that the decline of the paper-making industry at Eynsham may have prompted Frederick Bond's move to Staffordshire to find work.
I searched for Frederick Bond in the 1861 census and found him with his family living in Mill Street, Eynsham, one of six children aged between 10 and nine months, of Matthew and Jane Bond16. Matthew Bond was aged 38 and a paper maker, while his wife Jane was some five years older at 43. The children were: Ann 10, Frederick 9, Henry 8, Edward 5, Rose 2, and Arthur 9 months. The entire family were all shown as being born at Eynsham.
Matthew and Jane Bond, who were the great great great grandparents of Samantha Bond, were married in 1847 at Witney Registration District, very probably at Eynsham, Jane's maiden name being Barrett17.
In the census of 1851 Matthew and Jane were then in Mill Street also18. In this entry Matthew was a brewer's labourer and Jane a glove maker, glove-making being another important industry at Eynsham.
I should mention that in the 1851 census the place name Eynsham was spelt fairly consistently as Ensham.
However, there was either something odd about this entry – or possibly about the 1861 census – since in 1851 the disparity between their ages was again five years but the other way, Matthew being shown as 29 and Jane as 24! A further oddity was that shown with them was a daughter Ann, aged 10, who couldn't possibly have been the same Ann who was shown in 1861 as also being 10. If the first Ann was 10 in 1851, then she would have been born a considerable number of years before the marriage – by no means impossible, of course, but it seems unlikely her mother Jane would have been only 14 at the time. However, family historians will know what I mean when I say that we are accustomed to census errors!
Also living with Matthew and Jane in 1851 was a widow called Martha Barret, aged 65, who was in receipt of parish relief. She was undoubtedly Jane's mother and Matthew's mother-in-law.
Living close by Matthew and Jane, in Acre End Street, Ensham, was a William Bond, aged 68, also a paper maker by occupation and a widower, born at Ensham19. I subsequently discovered that William was Matthew's father who had been married to a Hannah Bond who died in 1843.
We come now to the 1841 census, the first, with a very few rare exceptions, to give names and addresses. In this census relationships were not normally given and the ages of all adults aged 15 and over were marked down to the nearest lower multiple of five. However, not all enumerators followed their instructions to the letter.
In 1841 I found Matthew Bond, aged 19, in Mill Street, Eynsham, a paper maker. Also in the household was a Hannah Bond, 54, very probably Matthew's mother, and two other females, another Hannah aged 25 and Ann, 1220.
Great great great great grandparents
To get the ancestry of Samantha Bond back before the beginning of civil registration in 1837 it was necessary to turn to the parish registers of St Leonard's Church, Eynsham. Fortunately, extracts from these have been transcribed to the International Genealogical Index at the FamilySearch website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints21.
I was able to discover the birth and baptism of Matthew Bond, her great great great grandfather. Matthew was one of eight children born between 1811 and 1829, to William Bond and Hannah Sansom, who were married at St Leonard's, Aynsham, in 1809. Matthew was the second son and sixth child of the marriage, born on 8 September 1822 and christened on 27 October the same year. William and Hannah Bond were Samanth's great great great great grandparents.
Interestingly, Matthew had an elder brother called James, christened on 18 July 1813. So I can genuinely write that Samantha Bond, aka Miss Moneypenny, really did have a distant 4-times great uncle who was called James Bond!
Great great great great great grandparents
I was able to tie the final link in the Bond ancestral chain with the kind assistance of Pamela Richards, the local historian I mentioned earlier. I found a marriage for a Mark Bond and Eleanor Crutch at Eynsham in 1779 but the FamilySearch website only revealed five children of this marriage – and William Bond was not among them.
However, Pamela had a transcription copy of the St Leonard's registers and this turned up the baptism of William Bond, the eldest child of Mark and Eleanor, on 9 May 1784. This tied in splendidly with William's given age of 68 in the 1851 census. The baptismal record revealed that Mark Bond was a paper maker also.
Finally, I found on the National Burial Index (Third Edition) CD 10 Bond burials at St Leonard's, Eynsham. These included Eleanor in 1808, aged 50, who was probably Mark's wife, and Mark Bond himself buried in 1826 at the age of 72, putting his birth as having taken place about 1754. And there was also Hannah, William's wife, who was buried in 1843, aged 5622.
I have left until last, because it was on a quite different line of Samanth Bond's family but it deserves mention, a terrible tragedy that occurred in 1894. I referred earlier to Blodwen John, Samantha's maternal grandmother, who was married in Glamorgan in 1924 to her grandfather Matthew William Bond.
I discovered Blodwen's parents were George John and Sarah Howells, who married in 1889. Sarah had a brother called Lewis Howells, a miner, who was among 290 men and boys killed on 23 June 1894 in a massive explosion at the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd, near Pontypridd, the second-worst disaster in the history of the South Wales coalfield23.
Samantha talked about the family tragedy and how much learning about it upset her when she appeared on the BBC Wales programme, Coming Home, in 2000.
1 GRO birth indexes, vol 5c page 1624
2 GRO marriage indexes, vol 5c page 491
3 GRO birth indexes, vol 7b page 476
4 GRO marriage index, vol 11a page 1901
5 GRO birth indexes, vol 6b page 433
6 GRO birth indexes, vol 6b page 607
7 GRO birth indexes, vol 6b page 479
8 GRO marriage indexes, vol 6b page 705
9 1901 census, RG13 piece 2643 folio 141 page 6
10 1901 census, RG13 piece 2643 folio 141 page 6
11 GRO marriage indexes, vol 2c page 483
12 1881 census, RG11 piece 2764 folio 58 page 28
13 1891 census, RG12 piece 2204 folio 79 page 19
14 1911 census, RG14PN16812 RG78PN1042 RD365 SD4 ED25 SN33
15 GRO death indexes, vol 6b page 446
16 1861 census, RG09 piece 904 folio 29 page 8
17 GRO marriage indexes, vol 16 page 195
18 1851 census, HO107 piece 1731 folio 88 page 5
19 1851 census, HO107 piece 1731 folio 91 page 10
20 1841 census, HO107 piece 889 folio 18/26 page 2
21 https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi
22 National Burial Index, Third Edition, CD, published by the Federation of Family History Societies
23 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_Colliery


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A New Film from Kevin Smith
Tusk Review
What the Hell was that?
I walked out of the theater, accompanied by a friend. We looked at one another. We laughed. We smiled. We shook our heads. For several minutes we both failed to articulate what was right and wrong with Tusk. I'll warn you before the spoilers hit, but to understand whether or not this movie is good I have to explain how I felt after watching it.
We knew going into it, this wasn't going to be a straight shoot of a movie. This is a movie written by the guy who brought us old favorites like Mallrats and Dogma. He writes dialogue-heavy, comedic films with a hint of drama. Now he was writing a horror movie with a premise that is as absurd as anything ever. Moreover, he wrote and made it on a dare from fans who responded to his inquiry with twitter posts saying #WalrusYes. Really.
Walking out of the theater I recounted that I had laughed, hard, several times. Often times the laughter was at seemingly random times, with no real joke actually accompanying it. The absurdity and ridiculousness of what was happening would hit me and I would crack up.
I didn't just laugh, I found myself drawn in during intense scenes. I saw a few shots and scenes where the cinematography really impressed me. I have very high credentials in cinematography, you see, um, I watch a lot of movies. Okay, I don't. But there were some damn good looking shots.
The acting freaks me out, too. Why? Because I just kept assuming that at some point the actors would wink at me, reminding me that this film was indeed a joke. But they never did. The whole time, the actors, the shots, the approach, it was all dead serious.
Warning, the spoilers start below
The surgery to turn Justin Long into a walrus, not only implausible, but hilarious. The only result funnier was the actual look of the walrus. The end result of how he looked made me chuckle and grin multiple times over. I really did enjoy it. Really.
You know what actually got me to kind of get a bit freaked out during this movie? There is a creepy shot where Howard Howe is trying to teach the Walrus to swim and he finds himself staring at another dead walrus at the bottom of the pool. I knew it was coming, I could feel it. Regardless, it was creepy. Very creepy. So unbelievably unsettling.
Finally, the walrus fight scene - pure cinematic genius. I know it was a joke. I know it was cheesy and horrible. I also know that I loved it.
The more I think of this film, I can't help but kind of love it. I love it while hating what it is. It is like the bad movie classic, "The Room." However, the big difference was that the room was unintentionally horrible. This was not actually horrible. But it was intentionally horrible. Or was it?
This film makes me want to gather some friends and show them. I feel like a small child, confused and excited saying, "Look at this crazy thing I just found." It's beautiful and ugly all at the same time.