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So at the time when everyone was reading The Bride Stripped Bare, I stayed well clear. However with my ability to concentrate at an all time low, I decided to borrow it and give it a go. Maybe it would be so abysmal it would be worth it just for the laughs. So, three years after everyone else, I'm able to pass comment.
I was surprised by the novel. It's readable, it tries to be literary, and it does sometimes articulate some truths about relationships. There are many things that annoy me, not least of which is the use of second person. Yes, it makes the reader feel more involved in the action, but it's also very clunky and intrusive. The more descriptive passages are sometimes too self-conscious, but sometimes they work. After describing the central character's vivacious best friend, Theo, Gemmell writes:
When alongside Theo you feel pale, like a leaf left in the water, bleached of colour and life.
Descriptions like these are where Gemmell is at her strongest; she understands how women relate to each other and how relationships (sometimes) function.
But then it all gets a bit silly. The central character embarks on an affair with a young man who is a virgin. When she tries to end that relationship, she is compelled to proposition a taxi driver (and his friends) not once, but twice. As a woman, this situation was ridiculous even as a fantasy but to translate it into action was simply not believable. I can't a believe that the character would really have placed herself in such danger and done it in such a casual manner. The situation seems like a male, not female, fantasy which undermines Gemmell's attempt to articulate the needs of women. The bookending of the novel with the mysterious disappearance of the author and her baby was similarly silly.
If Gemmell had put less effort into being 'shocking' and 'risque' and spent more time considering the relationships and issues in young womens' lives this novel might have been more enjoyable. And I might have felt less embarrassed confessing that I had read it.


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A Notable Book...This Post, Not So Much (Combo Rough Riders Sidebar / Procrastination Post)0 comments Posted by Eric at 12:43 PM
Where did the updates go? Don't ask me what ate the past two weeks. All you need to know is that the march to Cuba resumes later today. In the meantime, here's a vintage ad for the book to kill about ten seconds of your day.
The Rough Riders Chapter 2 (part 1): The Audacity Of Hoping To Shoot Some Spaniards0 comments Posted by Eric at 11:45 PM
Sorry for yet another delay. It's been a busy week in the real world.
Chapter 2 ("To Cuba") begins with some leftover character sketches that spilled over from Chapter 1, this time focusing mostly on men promoted during basic training in San Antonio, all of them we're promised are good people, but we'll be here all day. Before we plow through, I'd be less than diligent if I didn't mention Louisiana's John McIlhenny, "a planter and manufacturer, a big-game hunter and book-lover, who could have had a commission in the Louisiana troops, but who preferred to go as a trooper in the Rough Riders because he believed we would surely see fighting. He could have commanded any influence, social or political, he wished; but he never asked a favor of any kind. He went into one of the New Mexican troops, and by his high qualities and zealous attention to duty speedily rose to a sergeantcy, and finally won his lieutenancy for gallantry in action." He then went on to slather the world in Tabasco sauce. And no, I'm not kidding. Check your kitchen cabinet. Admit I'm right.
There's one other leftover that's just too good to skip:
One of our best soldiers was a man whose real and assumed names I, for obvious reasons conceal. He usually went by a nickname which I will call Tennessee. He was a tall, gaunt fellow, with a quiet and distinctly sinister eye, who did his duty excellently, especially when a fight was on, and who, being an expert gambler, always contrived to reap a rich harvest after pay-day. When the regiment was mustered out, he asked me to put a brief memorandum of his services on his discharge certificate, which I gladly did. He much appreciated this, and added, in explanation, "You see, Colonel, my real name isn't Smith, it's Yancy. I had to change it, because three or four years ago I had a little trouble with a gentleman, and—er—well, in fact, I had to kill him; and the District Attorney, he had it in for me, and so I just skipped the country; and now, if it ever should be brought up against me, I should like to show your certificate as to my character!" The course of frontier justice sometimes moves in unexpected zigzags; so I did not express the doubt I felt as to whether my certificate that he had been a good soldier would help him much if he was tried for a murder committed three or four years previously. (pp. 43-4)
Jury foreman: "Your Honor, on the charge of first degree murder, we find the defendant not guilty by reason of a note from Roosevelt."
Judge: "Case dismissed. And just to speed things up, does anybody else have a note from home?"
Not long after Wood had finished his bureaucratic juggling act to get the store fully stocked, the orders came down to finally—finally!—put the troops (and their 1,200 horses and pack mules) on a train to Tampa. The train was split into seven sections, with Wood taking charge of the first three and Roosevelt the last four. This gives T.R. some thinkin' time.
To occupy my few spare moments, I was reading M. Demolins's "Supériorité des Anglo-Saxons." M. Demolins, in giving the reasons why the English-speaking peoples are superior to those of Continental Europe, lays much stress upon the way in which "militarism" deadens the power of individual initiative, the soldier being trained to complete suppression of individual will, while his faculties become atrophied in consequence of his being merely a cog in a vast and perfectly ordered machine. I can assure the excellent French publicist that American "militarism," at least of the volunteer sort, has points of difference from the militarism of Continental Europe. The battalion chief of a newly raised American regiment, when striving to get into a war which the American people have undertaken with buoyant and light-hearted indifference to detail, has positively unlimited opportunity for the display of "individual initiative," and is in no danger whatever either of suffering from unhealthy suppression of personal will, or of finding his faculties of self-help numbed by becoming a cog in a gigantic and smooth-running machine. If such a battalion chief wants to get anything or go anywhere he must do it by exercising every pound of resource, inventiveness, and audacity he possesses. The help, advice, and superintendence he gets from outside will be of the most general, not to say superficial, character. If he is a cavalry officer, he has got to hurry and push the purchase of his horses, plunging into and out of the meshes of red-tape as best he can. He will have to fight for his rifles and his tents and his clothes. He will have to keep his men healthy largely by the light that nature has given him. When he wishes to embark his regiment, he will have to fight for his railway-cars exactly as he fights for his transport when it comes to going across the sea; and on his journey his men will or will not have food, and his horses will or will not have water and hay, and the trains will or will not make connections, in exact correspondence to the energy and success of his own efforts to keep things moving straight. (pp. 47-8)
So in a nutshell, he's saying that the American style of military (at least as it was back then) rewards the proactive problem solver, and you're in for a flaming pit of hurt if you're a lazy punk who expects things to just happen. It's a good thing that T.R. and Wood are just loaded with get-up-and-go, since they'll need it in spades during the next leg of the trip.
On Sunday, May 29th, the Rough Riders were finally ready to depart for Tampa, with the three sections under Wood loaded first, and here's where things started to go a trifle awry, because if the loading experience was any indication, the 48 hour trip promised by the railroad wasn't going to come off that quickly. "There were no proper facilities for getting the horses on or off the cars, or for feeding or watering them; and there was endless confusion and delay among the railway officials." Still, Wood had worked out a system to minimize confusion, "and when the delays of the [railroad men], and their inability to understand what was necessary, grew past bearing, I took charge of the trains myself, so as to insure the horse-cars of each section being coupled with the baggage-cars of that section."
Roosevelt's men worked well into the night to get their freight and animals loaded, but they weren't quite out of the woods yet, since the passenger cars were still a few hours away. Meanwhile, some of the troops had drifted off to get their drink on at the "vile drinking-booths around the stockyard." As quickly as they turned into military men, they weren't above a little drunken disorderliness once in awhile. One guy was even tossed in jail during basic training and missed the big show. Well, they are supposed to be cowboys...
Once their passenger cars caught up with them (which finally happened around dawn), they finally set off on the two day trip to Tampa, which, thanks largely to the sterling efficiency and precision of the rail yards, managed to be dragged out to four. But don't take my word for it:
The next four days were very hot and very dusty. I tried to arrange so the sections would be far enough apart to allow each ample time to unload, feed, water, and load the horses at any stopping-place before the next section could arrive. There was enough delay and failure to make connections on the part of the railroad people to keep me entirely busy, not to speak of seeing at the stopping-places that the inexperienced officers got enough hay for their horses, and that the water given to them was both ample in quantity and drinkable. It happened that we usually made our longest stops at night, and this meant that we were up all night long.
Two or three times a day I got the men buckets of hot coffee, and when we made a long enough stop they were allowed liberty under the supervision of the non-commissioned officers. Some of them abused the privilege, and started to get drunk. These were promptly handled with the necessary severity, in the interest of the others; for it was only by putting an immediate check to every form of lawlessness or disobedience among the few men who were inclined to be bad that we were enabled to give full liberty to those who would not abuse it.
That's buckets of coffee, not pots. It takes more than a sissy percolator to keep a thousand men awake and grinding their teeth. What the hell do you mean "What kind of coffee is it?" It's the coffee kind of coffee, and hot enough to change your nickname to Ol' Melty if you're not careful. Stir it with your finger if you're brave enough, just not one you think you'll need later. Latte? Latte the back of my hand, ya son of a bitch.
Everywhere the people came out to greet us and cheer us. They brought us flowers; they brought us watermelons and other fruits, and sometimes jugs and pails of milk—all of which we greatly appreciated. We were travelling through a region where practically all the older men had served in the Confederate Army, and where the younger men had all their lives long drunk in the endless tales told by their elders, at home, and at the cross-roads taverns, and in the court-house squares, about the cavalry of Forrest and Morgan and the infantry of Jackson and Hood. The blood of the old men stirred to the distant breath of battle; the blood of the young men leaped hot with eager desire to accompany us. The older women, who remembered the dreadful misery of war—the misery that presses its iron weight most heavily on the wives and the little ones—looked sadly at us; but the young girls drove down in bevies, arrayed in their finery, to wave flags in farewell to the troopers and to beg cartridges and buttons as mementos. Everywhere we saw the Stars and Stripes, and everywhere we were told, half-laughing, by grizzled ex-Confederates that they had never dreamed in the bygone days of bitterness to greet the old flag as they now were greeting it, and to send their sons, as now they were sending them, to fight and die under it. (pp. 51-3)
At the end of this journey was Tampa, "in the pine-covered sand-flats at the end of a one-track railroad." And who was there to greet them and steer them? Don't be ridiculous—nobody. The whole place was a perfect storm of confusion. "We had to buy the men food out of our own pockets, and to seize wagons in order to get our spare baggage taken to the camping ground which we at last found had been allotted to us." And if this was a sitcom, the little devil would pop up on his shoulder asking "How do you like your individual initiative army now, Teddy?" while rubbing its stereotypical cloven hooves together.
Of course Roosevelt liked it just fine once he and Wood sorted everything out, and soon the men were camped out along the streets and back to their drilling. "Over in Tampa town the huge winter hotel was gay with general-officers and their staffs, with women in pretty dresses, with newspaper correspondents by the score, with military attachés of foreign powers, and with onlookers of all sorts; but we spent very little time there." As it transpired, they didn't have to sit tight for long, but they were dealt an unfortunate blow.
There were but four or five days at Tampa, however. We were notified that the expedition would start for destination unknown at once, and that we were to go with it; but that our horses were to be left behind, and only eight troops of seventy men each taken. Our sorrow at leaving the horses was entirely outweighed by our joy at going; but it was very hard indeed to select the four troops that were to stay, and the men who had to be left behind from each of the troops that went. Colonel Wood took Major Brodie and myself to command the two squadrons, being allowed only two squadron commanders. The men who were left behind felt the most bitter heartburn. To the great bulk of them I think it will be a life-long sorrow. I saw more than one, both among the officers and privates, burst into tears when he found he could not go. No outsider can appreciate the bitterness of the disappointment. Of course, really, those that stayed were entitled to precisely as much honor as those that went. Each man was doing his duty, and much the hardest and most disagreeable duty was to stay. Credit should go with the performance of duty, and not with what is very often the accident of glory. All this and much more we explained, but our explanations could not alter the fact that some had to be chosen and some had to be left. (pp. 55-6)
I know I'm still a part of the team, but dammit, I wanted to shoot something! Maybe that Tennessee guy can help me out...and maybe the Colonel can write me one of those notes, too.
On the evening of June 7th, they were informed that the train for Port Tampa, from where they'd be casting off for parts unknown, was leaving at daybreak, and if they weren't on it right on the dot, they'd just have to thumb their way to Cuba. At midnight, the men who were allowed to go were at the appointed track with their gear, but in the spirit of the operation's smoothness so far, their train wasn't anywhere to be found. "Some regiments got aboard the trains and some did not, but as none of the trains started this made little difference." Finally, they resorted to flagging some coal-cars, and the engineer was persuaded to back his train the whole nine miles to the port. They were dusty—coal dusty, which is the second worst kind at least—but they were there.
Next: Where "there" is, and how ridiculous "there" can be. And Cuba! And this time I mean it!
The Rough Riders Chapter 1 (part 3): Training In A Nutshell0 comments Posted by Eric at 6:47 PM
Thoroughly exhausted—and exasperated—by the '08 Republican Convention, my trip into the heroic past continues unabated with the concluding entry for the surprisingly difficult to condense Chapter 1 of The Rough Riders.
The last post concerned the remarkable individuals that made up the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, but again, the big trick was turning them into a remarkable fighting force. Fortunately most of them got it. "There were plenty of hard characters who might by themselves have given trouble, and with one or two of whom we did have to take rough measures; but the bulk of the men thoroughly understood that without discipline they would be merely a valueless mob, and they set themselves hard at work to learn the new duties." For the officers' part, being too hard would have been as fatal as being too loose, since they didn't want to drum out the vital elements that made Congress start beating the bushes for men of the Territories in the first place. To that effect, they only stressed the essentials while letting what was considered nonessential slide, and the men adapted their approaches accordingly. That's not to say there wasn't a learning curve.
One of the new Indian Territory recruits, after twenty-four hours' stay in camp, during which he had held himself distinctly aloof from the general interests, called on the Colonel in his tent, and remarked, "Well, Colonel, I want to shake hands and say we're with you. We didn't know how we would like you fellars at first; but you're all right, and you know your business, and you mean business, and you can count on us every time!"
That same night, which was hot, mosquitoes were very annoying; and shortly after midnight both the Colonel and I came to the doors of our respective tents, which adjoined one another. The sentinel in front was also fighting mosquitoes. As we came out we saw him pitch his gun about ten feet off, and sit down to attack some of the pests that had swarmed up his trousers' legs. Happening to glance in our direction, he nodded pleasantly and, with unabashed and friendly feeling, remarked, "Ain't they bad?" (pp. 30-1)
Yes they (ahem) is. Now put your pants back on, soldier.
While the men were being drilled (first in marching, then in open-order work, skirmishing, and firing), there was the matter of getting and breaking the horses. Come on, it's cavalry. You didn't think they were going to take turns riding each other, did you? At least half were unbroken, but that's where having "abundance of men who were utterly unmoved by any antic a horse might commit" came in handy, and while the basic drills came together "ragged but right," the mounted drill was a rollicking success. And if you don't understand why, there's obviously a part of the word "cowboy" that isn't getting through to you. Unfortunately, they weren't actually used mounted in battle, which deeply disappointed Roosevelt.
We thought we should at least be employed as cavalry in the great campaign against Havana in the fall; and from the beginning I began to train my men in shock tactics for use against hostile cavalry. My belief was that the horse was really the weapon with which to strike the first blow. I felt that if my men could be trained to hit their adversaries with their horses, it was a matter of small amount whether, at the moment when the onset occurred, sabres, lances, or revolvers were used; while in the subsequent mêlée I believed the revolver would outclass cold steel as a weapon. But this is all guesswork, for we never had occasion to try the experiment. (pp. 36-7)
And since this entry is going to be unspeakably short if I don't allow myself to meander once in awhile, let's pause for a moment to ponder hitting the opposition with horses. Even I (whose knowledge of military tactics ends with Hogan's Heroes) know he's talking about using them as big, fleshy battering rams, but why not a Roosevelt Horse Cannon (patent pending)? Do you think that firing a bronco through the air would be enough to make the Spanish break ranks? Or would we need a few Clydesdales on a catapult to soften them up?
No, no, that would be cruel...unless you trained them to tuck and roll. And wear a helmet and kneepads. It's not like they'd be landing on the hard ground, either, since they'd have a whole Spanish unit cushioning their fall! And yes, I'll stop now. This is what you get when two weeks of unceasing political rhetoric drives me around the bend.
Discarding my brilliant-but-criminally-cruel idea, the weapons of choice were the aforementioned Krag or the revolver, with all cartridges packed with the relatively new smokeless powder to increase visibility during battle. "A few carried their favorite Winchesters, using, of course, the new model, which took the Government cartridge." For the matters of keeping things moving along, they skipped sabre training, T.R. rightly figuring that cowboys didn't use frickin' swords. Maybe the vaqueros did in old California, but dammit, we're not fighting Zorro today. The concept is enough to trigger one of those ridiculous Family Guy flashbacks. Remember, the idea here is to get these guys into Cuba before the Spanish army dies of old age.
So, the summing up:
It was astonishing what a difference was made by two or three weeks' training. The mere thorough performance of guard and police duties helped the men very rapidly to become soldiers. The officers studied hard, and both officers and men worked hard in the drill-field. It was, of course, rough and ready drill; but it was very efficient, and it was suited to the men who made up the regiment. Their uniform also suited them. In their slouch hats, blue flannel shirts, brown trousers, leggings and boots, with handkerchiefs knotted loosely around their necks, they looked exactly as a body of cow-boy cavalry should look. The officers speedily grew to realize that they must not be over-familiar with their men, and yet that they must care for them in every way. The men, in return, began to acquire those habits of attention to soldierly detail which mean so much in making a regiment. Above all, every man felt, and had constantly instilled into him, a keen pride of the regiment, and a resolute purpose to do his whole duty uncomplainingly, and, above all, to win glory by the way he handled himself in battle. (pp. 37-8)
And we've just run out of chapter 1! Time to get to the main show! The chapter head promised me!
Next: Cuba! Finally! With exclamation points!
Not Yet (first in a projected series of procrastination posts)0 comments Posted by Eric at 8:17 PM
Yeah, I know I only had a few more pages to cover in chapter 1, but this whole Sarah Palin thing has drawn me forcibly into the 21st century for the past few days. Not because I'm in the media or anything, just because I'm a filthy stinkin' rubbernecker.
She's going to speak at the Republican convention tonight, selling the idea of herself to the party of Teddy Roosevelt (at least that's what it says on the letterhead), and from there, it's back to Roosevelt building the legend that makes "the party of Teddy Roosevelt" a bit zingier to cap a speech with than "the part of William Howard Taft."
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Exploring Teachers' Creative Teaching Strategies in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at a Private Islamic Secondary School in Malaysia
Arabic is an important language for Muslims but teaching the language is not an easy task. It needs efforts to improve and simplify the learning process through creative teaching strategies. Creative teaching involves the development of materials and approaches that foster students' interests and motivation in learning. This study explored the experiences of Arabic teachers in fostering students' interests by developing creative approaches in teaching Arabic as a foreign language at Adni Islamic School, a private Islamic secondary school in Malaysia. In collecting the data, semi-structured interviews were used as part of qualitative research. The findings indicated that teachers have been using creative teaching strategies in the teaching and learning process. These are categorized into three strategies: (1) creativity in making daily lesson plans, (2) creativity during the teaching and learning process, and (3) creativity in evaluating and assessing the outcomes of teaching. The application of these creative strategies is in accordance with the message of the Islamic principles of teaching. Recommendations were made to the relevant authorities, including the teachers themselves, so that creative teaching can be applied to the subject of Arabic language in order to produce a meaningful lesson.
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Jeffrey, B., & Craft, A. (2004). Teaching creatively and teaching for creativity: Distinctions and relationships. Educational Studies, 30(1), 77–87.
Jeffrey, B. (2006). Creative teaching and learning: Towards a common discourse and practice. Cambridge Journal of Education, 36(3), 399-414.
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Continuous and Flash Glucose Monitors are becoming more widespread; and after decades of algorithm development, early iterations of the artificial pancreas are coming of age.
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Adapted from ...A cookie a day as seen on Annie's Eats
2 ¼ tsp. instant yeast (this is a whole packet...which I figured out after I measured it. I still managed to measure it wrong so I did not have all of the yeast...the rolls still rose but maybe that is why they were a little thicker!)
1 cup warm water (105°-115° F)
¼ cup honey
3 tbsp. canola oil
1 ¼ tsp. salt
1 egg, lightly beaten
4 cups bread flour
vegetable cooking spray
1 tbsp. butter, melted
1 tbsp honey
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the yeast and warm water. Add the honey, oil, salt, and egg and mix well. Add 3 cups of the flour and mix until the dough comes together in a sticky mass. With the mixer on low speed, add the remaining 1 cup flour and mix until it is incorporated into the dough. Switch to the dough hook, and continue kneading on low speed until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
Form the dough into a ball and transfer to a lightly oiled bowl, turning once to coat. Cover the bowl with a damp kitchen towel and let the dough rise in a warm, draft-free spot until it doubles in bulk, about 2 hours.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 30 seconds. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
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These Demons care nothing for the host or the world's rejection. They simply take what they want and move on.
Nickname: Jumpers
Preferred Attribute: None
Boon: These Demons have the ability to move from one host to another through skin to skin contact. Only mortals are capable of housing the Jumper and he can only move on to those with a Willpower score less than his Dominion score. The Demon does not have access to any of the host's Skills or Mental/Social Attributes. Memories may only be accessed by a successful Wits + Composure roll. Skills and Attributes move with the Demon. Jumpers are only at risk of consumption if the current host dies (See: Consumption).
Bane: Jumpers are more susceptible to exorcisms and the like. The Demon's effective Psyche is always two less than it actually is (not reducing below zero). In addition, Turmoil rolls, when using Domains, are always at least one dice (See: Domains) and are always rolled.
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the team has traditionally worn a white home kit since. The word Real is Spanish forRoyal and was bestowed to the club by King Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem. The team has played its home matches in the 81,044-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947.
In the present period, Real Madrid are once again setting the benchmark for world football. On 24 May 2014, the club claimed their tenth European Cup and on 20 December of the same year lifted the Club World Cup. A European Super Cup and a Copa del Rey were also won with Carlo Ancelotti at the helm. Before the Italian's arrival, the Whites lifted three trophies under the stewardship of José Mourinho. The Portuguese coach left at the end of the 2012-13 campaign. In June 2015, Rafa Benítez took charge of a new and exciting project.


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The impact of the national park goes beyond the traditional visitor spending on camping, restaurants, hotels and other recreational activities and extends into science education and, in turn, workforce development.
Size: 35,332 acres owned by National Park Service; 12,416 acres privately owned
Visitor spending: $274 million
Jobs: 4,200
Labor income: $132.7 million
Value-added: $218.9 million
Total economic benefit: $333 million
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Acadia National Park is often cited for its natural beauty, but a new initiative would use the park as a learning lab where teachers and students of all ages can acquire key skills to apply to STEM disciplines and ultimately, turn that knowledge into better-paying jobs and know-how to protect the environment.
Called Second Century Stewardship, IDEXX Laboratories Inc. founder and Black Point Group investor David Shaw came up with the initiative last year during the centennial celebration of the National Park Service. Shaw pledged $1 million to kick off collaborative programs between the park service, Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and other institutions. The goal, Shaw says, is to eventually use the Acadia pilot program at other national parks both for public education and environmental stewardship, especially within the parks.
"This would leverage national parks to advance science education," he says.
Another $9 million needs to be raised from private sources and foundations to fully fund the program, adds Mark Berry, CEO and president of the Schoodic Institute, which is based in Winter Harbor. "We'd like to get to $10 million to endow the partnership in Maine," he says.
Both Acadia and Schoodic also have their own education programs that they fund separately, some of which will collaborate with Second Century.
Currently, Second Century is sponsoring research by postdoctoral fellows, part of whose grant requires them to help develop the science curricula for local elementary through high schools.
In the summer of 2018, the program will roll out to K-12 teachers, who will learn from the fellows and other scientists at Acadia and its partners how to better teach science with the aim of getting students interested in STEM subjects. After that, the program will move on to a solutions workshop.
The Maine STEM Council's November 2016 report on progress made by the Maine STEM Education and Workforce Plan 1.0 notes that after two years, too few milestones were achieved "to move Maine forward with the velocity the council had hoped."
A new Plan 2.0 adds to the earlier plan to include creating a K-12 education system that excites and prepares all students in STEM and to find interesting, meaningful and productive work.
"The business community depends on the workforce [being educated]," says Berry. "A more immediate aspect is Maine will need to attract new people to move to the state. The perception of the quality of our schools has a lot to do with families moving here."
"Another way of engaging with business is pursuing solutions," says Abe Miller-Rushing, science coordinator with the National Park Service at Acadia National Park and Schoodic Education and Research Center. "One of the first things we [the park and Schoodic] are working on is big data and using it to solve challenges." He cited a partnership with Dell EMC as an example.
"We're engaging business to help solve issues," he adds, saying there are collaborations among business, government, academia and nonprofits.
There are early indications both Second Century and the science programs at Acadia and Schoodic are having a "Bill Nye the Science Guy" effect on K-12 schools around Bar Harbor.
Take Hunter Clement, 17, a junior at Sumner Memorial High School in Sullivan. Clement is in a special program called Pathways at Sumner that gives students who have to work a flexible schedule so they also can study and graduate from high school. Clement works on a lobster boat out of Corea, but also plans to go on to community college to study pipe welding so he has a backup profession.
Clement was one of a group of Pathways students in Susan Walsh's class at Sumner that had a Skype conference call with Abbey Paulson, the first postdoc in the Second Century fellowship program. Paulson was on leave at her home in Colorado at the time.
Paulson described to the class her work studying the similarities and differences between pools of water in Acadia and the desert springs near her home. As she remembers it, Clement wondered about the depth of the water and its temperature, and whether that made a difference in the types of organisms that can live in them.
"Hunter had so many great questions," says Paulson, who studied at the University of Colorado and is researching DNA in Acadia to identify species.
Clement says he felt like he was talking scientist-to-scientist with Paulson, and wasn't afraid to ask detailed questions because he regularly has the chance to observe water conditions around the lobsters he catches, most recently 30 to 40 miles offshore.
"Science is correlated with the industry," Clement says. "One thing, like pH levels or water temperatures, can affect the lobsters, and that affects us in real life."
Through other programs in school and at Acadia Park, he learned that rockweed absorbs carbon, and that helps reduce the pH levels in the water, which in turn helps the lobsters.
"I want to branch out to do seaweed harvesting and cultivation," he says. That, along with the welding that can be applied in any industry, can help him diversify his future career. Perhaps as importantly, he plans to keep his skills in Maine.
Another thing Clement says he's learned from both hauling lobster and interacting with scientists is that scientists and fishermen don't confer enough to make important fisheries management decisions. Take the recent effort by the New England Fishery Management Council to have 161 square miles closed to commercial fishing off of Mount Desert Rock and Outer Schoodic Ridge to preserve deep-sea coral in the area.
"They could talk to industry and maybe have certain parcels but not the whole thing closed. Or regulate how many traps are in the area," he says. "Schoodic Ridge is near where I fish. Some areas are better for lobster than others. There are people [like me] working out there every day who could help with decisions to protect biodiversity."
Clement's teacher, Walsh, says she may be interested in the upcoming Second Century program for herself. Right now, she and two other teachers at Sumner work with Acadia's scientists to help build the Pathways curricula for Sumner in both the marine trades and agriculture. Then the teachers, who don't specialize in science, can use the information to educate their students.
"I know science in general," says Walsh. "But I don't know how to teach it."
The school also works with Schoodic to attend its science programs, where Sumner students can get hands-on science experience, like studying nearby Baker Hill, a preserve in Sullivan where the students deepened their knowledge of forestry by taking soil samples and doing other tasks.
"We take what is real in their world and turn it into science and other courses," says Walsh. "So they can see if businesses are sustainable. They'll know that with warmer waters they must move up the coast."
Sumner also is working to embellish what the students already know from their daily work outside school and add skills. One example, Walsh says, is the eight marine trade students who will be working to get SCUBA certification through OceansWide, a nonprofit educational organization in Newcastle.
"That is a marketable skill to have," she says. "They could do more with remotely operated vehicles. If students are 18 to 20 and can fish, weld and SCUBA dive, they can support themselves."
She adds that the science courses at Sumner, as well as the short courses at Schoodic and interactions via Skype with scientists like Paulson, add up to important requirements of the school: students need to know how to ask a question, define a problem and analyze and interpret data.
"Our goal is to have a core group of kids who otherwise might not have graduated from high school, and turn that around so they become key players in Hancock and Washington counties," Walsh says. "We hope we're making qualified, productive citizens in the local workforce who are going to stay [in the area]."
Like Walsh, Cynthia Lambert, a teacher at Trenton Elementary School, says she'd consider taking the Second Century course for teachers. Meanwhile, she has her students participate in activities like the Schoodic Education Adventure, which is a three-day program for fourth through eighth graders to interact with rangers to study soil samples for temperature, type of soil and other factors.
But teaching science is a challenge, especially at the elementary school level, and that in turn impacts middle and high school teachers, who are getting students who are behind in the sciences.
"I think a lot of teachers would benefit from that program [Second Century]," Lambert says. The school district has specialists in math and literacy, but no one focused on science.
She adds, "I try to make my kids understand the importance of science because they are all citizens of the world. "
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Think global, act local – Norway's experience in reframing urban spaces for physical activity
Dealing with the global refugee crisis is not only a state-level problem. Many local communities deal with everyday questions on how to integrate asylum seekers... Read More
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At the MOVE Congress 2017 closing session on Friday 6 October, ISCA Secretary General Jacob Schouenborg led an open panel discussion together with ISCA North... Read More
Physical activity promoters from six continents made their MOVE at the MOVE Congress 2017
The MOVE Congress 2017 in Birmingham, UK, from 4-6 October gathered stakeholders in grassroots sport and physical activity from six continents and countries as far... Read More
"What a responsibility we have!"
The MOVE Congress 2017 puts the spotlight on us as enablers of the human right to MOVE. The barriers that get in the way of... Read More
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It's our human right to move – so what's stopping us? MOVE Congress 2017 facilitator Sean Blair from ProMeet greeted this year's delegates when they... Read More
MOVE Congress day pass offer for UK participants
Want to attend the MOVE Congress in Birmingham from 4-6 October, but can't squeeze three days out of your working week? Not to worry –... Read More
Children Moving Safely: WalkSafe and BikeSafe Programs in the United States
By Jonathan N Hooshmand, Researcher in Public Health, University of Miami KiDZ Neuroscience Center, USA. Safe Routes to School, Vision Zero, and Complete Streets are... Read More
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This side table was born from the belief that everyone should have more plants in their lives.
This table combines the traditional art of pipefitting with the digital fabrication of a slate-black top into a simple, beautiful piece that enhances any room it occupies.
It can be quickly customized by replacing the top with another material or, by exchanging the plant, change the atmosphere of your room.
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From the Las Vegas Sun: Nevada's public hospital wants a federal judge to throw out the work of a court-appointed special master who recommends severe monetary sanctions after concluding that documents weren't produced as required in an employee wage and hours lawsuit.
Attorneys for University Medical Center claim in documents filed this week that Special Master Daniel Garrie was biased and that he reached "erroneous conclusions without any depth of legal analysis."...
Garrie defended his work.
"I believe I did my job and my duties, and the record speaks for itself," he said. "Ones and zeroes speak for themselves."...
Garrie didn't attach a dollar figure to his recommendation for monetary sanctions. An actual sanction amount would be set by a judge.
He did note that his costs "run into the hundreds of thousands," even before counting other attorney fees and costs. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/sep/06/university-medical-center-responds-sanctions-repor/
First, "Ones and zeroes speak for themselves."...
What the hell does that mean?
And he has been a special master since March, 6 months ago and he already is owed "hundreds of thousands of dollars". Seriously? That's a lot of money for only a half years work.
When I hear the term "Special Master" in this case at least, I think Garrie is the plantation owner and the taxpayers of Clark County are the his slaves.
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Remember the days of the under-the-radar, hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars deals such as the Zillow-Trulia marriage and News Corp buying realtor.com? We are in a similar environment now, but this time, there is no question that deals are in the works and many are coming down as we speak.


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Zach is ONE!!!
July 15, 2008
Our good friends the Simmons have three adorable boys! Zach turned one over the forth of July Holiday and I couldn't wait to do an urban baby shoot! Kelly wanted a fun urban shoot since her other boys were born in Texas and she has the "bluebell" one year old photos for them! We went downtown and had so much fun, even though we could have melted even at 8 am in the morning! Yeah Arizona heat! So check out how adorable these squeezable cheeks are!
I had to bring the red chair along for this shoot! Although Zack did not want to sit in it so we let him just play and we ended up with him on the ground more than in the chair! He so cute it didn't matter!
Ok seriously could he be any cuter and how great is this door? Kelly loved it because it matches her bedroom!
Kisses for Mommy!
Ok by this point we had been out in the heat driving around taking Zach in and out of the car and he was seriously this happy even at this time! He is such a great easy baby!
Kelly, it was so fun to hang out and then chill in the pool to cool off! I love you and your family and capturing them so much!
Noice Family Photos
July 10, 2008
While I was in Pismo Beach shooting David and Brandy's wedding I had the pleasure of shooting her brothers family on Saturday at the beach! We went down to a cliff area that was so beautiful. The sky was foggy and so cool when we got there but then by the end the sun came out to play! It was the perfect shoot! Check out how cute the family is:
I love the fog is this shot and the craggy rocks!
Daddy Love!
Is she not beautiful! Those eyes pierce right through you!
Cute mommy and daddy picture:)
Thanks Christine, Brad and Jordan! It was a fun morning and thanks for the ride to the airport:)
David and Brandy get Hitched!!!
July 10, 2008
David and Brandy are one of the greatest couples ever!! I have known Brandy since High School and she was my best friends roommate in college! They were married in Pismo Beach at a really cool old victorian house on the Fourth of July! I got to drive out with all of the girls in the wedding a few days before and had so much fun having a girl trip! This post is a little long because I just loved the whole weekend and Brandy has the best expressions!! Here is the post, but make sure you watch the slideshow at the end too, there were so many sweet moments throughout the entire day!
This first photo is Brandy breaking the final ring of her paper link chain that was the countdown to wedding day! How cute is that!
There was this Amazing old orange truck out front that we got some really fun pictures in front of! I love when I find these random things to take pictures in front of at weddings.
These are her cute just married flip flops!
Usually I love the pics of the brides face going down, but David was soooo sweet looking at Brandy walking down. I was on the verge of tears the whole time!
Such a sweet moment of them praying during the ceremony
There was a celery field across the street that I had them walk in.
I think I just made everyone itchy, but it made for cute pics!!
Sparklers for the cake!
I love these two of them dancing! The top one is their first dance, but the bottom one is them stealing a moment together during the reception! So tender:)
And the happy couple leaving! They were so cute and excited to head out for their honeymoon!
David and Brandy thank you for your love for eachother, for Jesus and your friends! It was such a pleasure and honor to be a part of your amazing day!
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Category: Research
JHNA online
September 22 2018
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The latest Journal of the Historians of Netherlandish Art is online, and it's free and in high-res. How about that? There are articles on Metsys and the miniaturist Bernard Lens, amongst others.
Van Gogh's gardener identified
September 22 2018
Picture: Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome
I've been meaning to tell you about the new book by the Van Gogh scholar, Martin Bailey; 'Starry Night: Van Gogh at the Asylum', which is available here. To help publicise it, Martin has started a weekly Van Gogh blog, which is here at The Art Newspaper. The latest revelation is that Martin has identified the sitter in Van Gogh's 'Portrait of a Gardener' (above) as Jean Barral (1861-1942). The portrait was painted while the artist was at the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole.
'Art and Suffrage'
September 6 2018
Picture: Francis Boutle
Leading the fight against relocating the Emmeline Pankhurst statue (see below) has been the writer Elizabeth Crawford. She has a new book out, Art and Suffrage, which:
[...] discusses the lives and work of over 100 artists, each of whom made a positive contribution to the women's suffrage campaign. Most, but not all, the artists were women, many belonging to the two suffrage artists' societies – the Artists' Suffrage League and the Suffrage Atelier. Working in a variety of media – producing cartoons, posters, banners, postcards, china, and jewellery – the artists promoted the suffrage message in such a way as to make the campaign the most visual of all those conducted by contemporary pressure groups.
You can order a copy here.
New provenance for the Salvator Mundi?
September 3 2018
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There's an interesting story from Alison Cole in The Art Newspaper on some possible new, early provenance for Leonardo's Salvator Mundi; it may have been in the collection of the Duke of Hamilton before it was acquired by Charles I. It all sounds quite plausible. More here.
John Constable; not miserable
July 24 2018
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Here's a clever bit of research; the V&A's senior curator of paintings, Dr Mark Evans, has been able to prove that some of John Constable's most dramatic watercolour landscapes of Hampstead are faithful depictions of the weather at the time. It had been thought that the moody skies were perhaps a reflection of Constable's mood at the time. But Dr Evans was able to trace weather records by one of Constable's neighbours, and matched these to the exact time and date inscribed by the artist on the back of the paintings. More here.
Prince Albert Papers to go online
April 24 2018
Picture: Royal Collection
Did you know that Prince Albert was a keen art historian, and was especially devoted to the study of Raphael? A new Royal Collection project will digitise and make available his papers, including his collection of over 5000 prints and photographs of works after Raphael. The project will take two years to complete. More here.
Burlington archive donated to the National Gallery
April 8 2018
Picture: National Gallery
The Burlington Magazine has donated its archive to the National Gallery. Bravo. More here.
Francis Towne online catalogue raisonné
March 30 2018
Picture: Paul Mellon Centre
Feast your eyes on this - an online catalogue raisonné of the work of the British 18th Century artist Francist Towne (1739-1816). There are over 1,000 works, of which some 800 are shown in high resolution. The catalogue was written by Dr Richard Stephens, who regular readers will know is the force behind another wonderful online resource, The Art World in Britain 1660-1735.
Study this, win £10k!
January 8 2018
Picture: Royal Collection
The Burlington Magazine have launched a new £10,000 prize for the study of French 18th Century fine and decorative art. From the January editorial:
Initiated and funded by Richard Mansell-Jones, a trustee of The Burlington Magazine Foundation, the scholarship offers £10,000 to a student based anywhere in the world who has embarked or is about to embark on an M.A. or Ph.D. or is undertaking research in a post-doctoral or independent capacity. The deadline for applications is 1st March 2018, and the successful candidate will be chosen in April by a selection panel chaired by Christoph Vogtherr, Director of the Hamburger Kunsthalle and former Director of the Wallace Collection, London.
New discoveries at the JVDPPP
November 5 2017
Picture: JVDPPP
The new Jordaens Van Dyck Panel Paintings Project unveiled some more exciting discoveries at a press conference last week, including a previously unknown Jordaens panel above left. The picture is called The Penitent Peter and John the Evangelist Approaching the Tomb of Christ. From the JVDPPP website:
We had found a reference to it and a small black and white photograph, taken in 1971, in the database of the Belgian Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (IRPA-KIK) as belonging to the Church of Our Lady of La Cambre and Saint Philippus Nerius in Brussels. We visited the church but to no avail. Eventually Joost tracked it down within the Church fabric. Our research discovered that it was gifted to the church by Hortense Hannet (1855 – 1940) in memory of her husband, François Hannet (1837 – 1918), a Professor of Design in Brussels, and in whose collection it had resided. It had been exhibited at the 1905 Jordaens exhibition in Antwerp and it was listed by the art historian Max Rooses in his 1908 monograph on the artist but trace of it had been lost for over a hundred years and no image of it had been published.
Peter is a portrait of Abraham Grapheus, the Steward of the artists' Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp. He was well-known to both young artists, Jordaens and Van Dyck. They were inscribed as apprentices in the Guild in the years 1607-8 and 1610-11 and became masters in the Guild in 1615-6 and 1618-9 respectively. Both used Grapheus' distinctive face for depictions as an Apostle in their early religious paintings. We showed the museum's Bust of an Apostle by Jordaens as a comparative example (oil on canvas, 59 x 48 cm, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, inv. no. 121 – when it was first listed in 1806, and for many years afterwards, it was believed to be by Van Dyck). Further information on Grapheus, Jordaens and Van Dyck can be found in the recent exhibition catalogue, Abraham Grapheus, model van Jacob Jordaens, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2012, including an image of a similar painting in the Kunsthalle, Hamburg (inv. no. 82) but with major differences.
Dobson's mystery sitter?
October 16 2017
Video: ZCZ Films
Regular readers will know that Waldemar Januszczak is an expert on English 17thC portraitist William Dobson - and in the video above he proposes a new identification for a mystery sitter in one of Dobson's best group portraits, Sir William Russell.
Rubens' dodgy roof
October 3 2017
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New archival research by the Jordaens Van Dyck Panel Paintings Project has revealed that in 1615 Rubens was left disatisfied with his roofers. As he said in a legal complaint, they had not bonded the roof in the right way:
And he [Rubens] declarant had noticed that the above-mentioned joiners had put the above-mentioned covering without nailing it properly, so that he declarant had this same covering nailed again afterwards by the claimant, his slater, saying that the above-mentioned roof was not nailed as it should be, which he had also noticed and said that he would suffer ill effects from this work. And for the job to be well done he declarant has had this same covering remedied by the above-mentioned, his slater, for which this slater demanded no more than only that he declarant paid for the nails.
It sounds like Rubens fell for a bit of a trick here.
Charging for history
July 28 2017
Picture: Northamptonshire Record Office
Grim news for historians and art historians in the UK; Northamptonshire record office is becoming the first to charge for regular access to its reading rooms. If you want to visit outside a very limited free period, which is just Tuesday-Thursday from 9am-1pm, then you'll have to pay £31.50 per hour.
£31.50 per hour! That is an absurd and insulting fee. Those who have spent time researching in local record offices, which house come of the UK's most important private and public archives, will know that it is practically impossible do all you need to do in a morning. Ordering and reading through documents just takes too much time. For Northamptonshire record office to limit free access to just a few mornings a week in effect means that serious researchers will not able to access their documents at all; the cost for most of staying in the area to wait till the next free morning would make it impossible. Perhaps the new charging structure is a cynical and deliberate ploy to force people to keep away, thus allowing the council to cut staff and hours even more in future.
Northamptonshire record office has made a statement on their Facebook page, blaming government cuts, though it's a Northamptonshire council decision. Of course, the main concern is that this will be the thin end of the wedge, with other record offices soon following suit.
Is there much anyone can do about it? Probably not; the National Archives in Kew doesn't show enough strong leadership on issues like this, and if it does ever act, it takes an age to do so. Nor can we expect anything from government ministers. All we can hope is that by making a fuss we'll discourage other record offices from following Northamptonshire's shoddy example.
Update - there's a petition against the charges here.
'Portraits of the Civil War'
July 8 2017
Picture: Unicorn
The Old Master dealer Angus Haldane has written a new book on the the art of the English Civil War, and it looks excellent. It's available here at the publishers, Unicorn Press.
'Sir Anthonio Van Dyck'
April 15 2017
Picture: JVDPPP
Research for the Jordaens/Van Dyck Panel Paintings Project has confirmed that Van Dyck was christened 'Anthonio'. I prefer to call him Antoon, though.
Still, sadly, not Jane Austen (ctd.)
April 2 2017
Picture: via FT.com
Regular readers will know the case of the 'Rice Portrait', which claims to show Jane Austen. The painting has its defenders, including the family who own it, and who have their own website putting the case for the identity of the sitter here. Many others are unconvinced, including the former Chief Curator of the NPG in London, Jacob Simon.
Jacob's view of the picture has always been especially important, since he has been compiling an extremely useful and exhaustive online database of artist's suppliers in Britain - and a key piece of evidence in the case of the Rice portrait is a canvas maker's stamp on the back. The stamp is that of William Legg, who sold canvasses in High Holborn in London between abou 1801 and 1806. This is important because for the Rice Portrait to show Jane Austen it would need to have been painted in about the late 1780s.
Until now, only one example of a William Legg canvas stamp has been known. But in an article in the FT, writer Anjana Ahuja writes about a portrait she recently bought of a 'Mrs Smith' by the artist James Northcote (above). This painting is signed and dated 1803 - and it too has a William Legg canvas stamp on the back (below).
In other words, it's clear evidence that the stamp on the back of the Rice portrait must date the painting to the early 1800s. Therefore, it cannot show Jane Austen (born in 1775), for the sitter is clearly too young.
There have always been significant gaps in the case for the Rice portrait being Jane - not least its early provenance - and this latest evidence can only set the case back further still.
A new cache of artist's suppliers information has lately been uploaded to Jacob Simon's database; all available for free at the click of a mouse. Amazing.
Gainsborough's 'Music Party' in focus
March 30 2017
Picture: Tate
Tate Britain has put on an 'in focus' exhibition around one of my favourite early Gainsboroughs, his Portrait of Peter Darnell Muilman, Charles Crokatt and William Keable in a Landscape, c.1750. One of the surprises discovered by Dr John Chu and Dr Hannah French during their discussions about the picture was that the type of flute seen in the picture was often also fashioned for use as a walking stick:
I think one of my favourite discoveries was when Hannah and I were remarking on the similarity in the picture between the walking canes and the flute. It's the kind of thing you often only notice through prolonged careful looking in front of a work of art, which is what we were doing at the time. Hannah observed that, of course, flutes and other musical instruments were often hidden in walking sticks in the period. This was such a lovely revelation. We realised then and there that the survival of so many of these flute-walking sticks meant that the kind of musical walking party that Gainsborough depicts must have been a reality, not just a pictorial fancy, and that his picture captured the close relationship between the two recreations in a kind of visual rhyme.
More here.
There's something very 18thC about the idea of people suddenly picking up their walking sticks to indulge in a spot of Bach. I suppose our use of mobile phones as music playing devices today is somewhat similar, if far less sophisticated.
'Vigée Le Brun's petitioners'
January 8 2017
Picture: Archives Nationale
Neil Jeffares has a useful new article on his blog about Elizabeth Vigée Le Brun. It explores the petition in her favour signed by 255 artists and French luminaries in 1799 to support her return from exile. She had fled during the French Revolution and as such had her assets forfeit. Neil points out that since the document has never been published before, it proivdes usual evidence of signatures. He also classifies all 255 names. More here.
New Hogarth catalogue
January 8 2017
Picture: Yale
I've been meaning to notice the publication of Elizabeth Einberg's new catalogue raisonnée on William Hogarth. You can buy it here for £85.
Bowes Museum acquires rare Bouts (ctd.)
January 6 2017
Video: National Gallery
Last year, the Bowes Museum in the UK acquired a panel painting by Dieric Bouts the Elder and his Workshop. In the above video, Rachel Billinge of the National Gallery's conservation department gives the painting a thorough technical assessment to find out how it was made.


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A PROJECT to build more affordable homes in Newbury is in danger of not being completed after town councillors refused to approve funding for the scheme.
The Charity of Mrs Mabel Luke is in the process of building 16 homes in Mill Lane which will be used to house up to 40 local people.
Having begun construction on the first 12 homes, the charity must now secure further funding within the next few weeks in order to sign a contract with the developer for the remaining four dwellings.
However, when asked to consider a grant request for £10,000 from the charity, Conservative members of the town council's policy and resources committee voted to defer the decision to the council's grants sub-committee, which next meets in June.
Charity chairman Bill Piner told the Newbury Weekly News he is now hoping for a second chance to persuade the council to provide the funding earlier.
"The developer had agreed to hold his costs until the end of April, so we need to at least show we have the funding coming in," he explained.
"I've asked for a meeting with the leader of the council and the chief executive. We hope by persuading them to meet we can convince them to agree to the funding.
"We might be able to secure a deadline extension with the developer. It may only be two or three weeks, but it would give us the chance to talk to Newbury Town Council to re-consider the funding."
It is estimated that the project needs £50,000 in additional funds to complete the development of 16 affordable homes.
However, Mr Piner said the project would still go ahead with 12 flats if further funding could not be secured, adding: "There's a very great shortage of affordable properties for rent in Newbury and this could well be a substantial contribution to the housing need."
Julian Swift-Hook (Lib Dem, Pyle Hill), who had argued that the committee should agree to the funding request, said: "I'm extremely disappointed that the council has taken the approach that it has.
"The council explicitly states in its strategy a support for affordable housing. It was the ideal opportunity for the council to demonstrate its support.
"The council now has funding from the Community Infrastructure Levy which would provide the ideal opportunity to fund a project like this without placing an additional burden on the town's taxpayers."
Mabel Luke Place will be made up of one- and two-bedroom homes across three apartment blocks and will be allocated to people in the Greenham and Newbury area based on need and in collaboration with Homechoice West Berkshire.
The £2m development will replace the four almshouses that previously stood on the two-acre plot purchased by Mrs Mabel Luke in 1928.
To donate, or for more information on the charity, visit mabelluke.co.uk
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Article comments
10/05/2017 - 13:01
Are they 'converting' the Almshouses as the title suggests, or have they demolished them to build yet more flats? If they'd done the former they probably wouldn't need extra funds in the first place.
10/05/2017 - 16:04
No - they have been demolished.
10/05/2017 - 10:10
Ideal WBC solution to this....Propose MORE affordable homes.


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