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The Origin of the Purebred Spanish Horse
Without a doubt, much has been written and talked about the purebred Spanish horse and yet, when it's origin is mentioned it is quite common to feel that despite so many studies and so much historical documentation reviewed, we still do not have all things clear.
Most of those who have written about our horses state that they come from the Palaeolithic, however quite recently it has been proven that this is not true. The horse arises in America, evolves from the Eohippus and gets to the Equus that stretches across America, passes through the Bering Strait, arrives in Asia and spreads all over the world. But at the end of the Pleistocene, all the horses are extinguished, except for a few that remain in the Asian steppes that will repopulate the whole world.
This particular region in prehistoric times was a human overcrowding that did nothing but expand, invading neighboring villages with their horses. The specimens that remained evolved and resulted in the form the Mongolian horse, from which the Prjewalskii (a race that bears the name of his discoverer, an English officer called Prjewalskii) is born. Then it evolved to the Tarpan horse, more to the west side of Mongolia. The Prjewalskii spread across South Asia and arrived to Africa, while the Tarpan did the same tothe north and arrived at Europe. Those are the ones that will give birth to the horses we'll see.
As far as the Iberian Peninsula is concerned, according to the cave paintings found in the Paleolithic caves of Altamira or La Pasiega, in Cantabria, and La Pileta, in Malaga, we know that more than 20,000 years ago there were already horses in the current Iberian territory, but also here, at the end of the Pleistocene, these horses were extinguished. The horses will not appear again in the peninsula until the beginning of the Iron Age.
The horses depicted in the Paleolithic caves disappeared. Many writers on specialised on horses think that the Spanish Purebred descends from those, but it must be taken into account that these horses disappeared in the Pleistocene. Actually, in Spain, there are paintings of horses in the cave of La Pileta in Malaga, and in Cantabria. But if these specimens disappeared, the horses of Spain have their origin, first, in the ones brought by the Tamazigt (approx. 12th century BC) from Africa and, secondly, from those brought by the Celts and spread all across Europe. As such, in the first millennium before Christ, we already have in the Iberian Peninsula three different morphotypes of horses: One is the "Iberian", which passed from Africa to Spain. The other two, a large one: the "Fieldon" or "Thieldon", which was brought by the protoceltas at the end of the second millennium before our era, and another smaller specymen, which arrived in subsequent waves during the 7th and 6th centuries BC.
The Iberian horse and the Fieldon will develop later, and through time, the Spanish Purebred. This race steadily improved until getting to the Spanish Purebred race horse: From three distinguished horse morphotypes: The Iberian, which was described unanimously by the classics as a regular body horse, beautiful head and ugly legs, convex profile, upright neck and rounded rump. The Fieldon or Thieldon, which arrived with the first waves from Indo to Spain, a horse rather tall and large, with around 7 quarters, large head, straight profile, short and straight neck, narrow chest, rump tending to the horizontality. A very sturdy horse. Of these two original types of horse many others will derive. The Iberian gave place to the Andalusian, from the Spanish Arabs. of the Fieldon or Thieldon derives the Castilian-Leonese horse. This will be the horse used by the Christians in the Reconquista. and the Celtic, on the other hand, which is small, gives rise to all the Spanish ponies, the Asturcón itself, the Galician pony, the Portuguese Garrano, the Losino, the Jaca Navarra, and even the Ariegeois. From the crossroads of Andalusia with Castile, the Andalusian is developed, which will improve the Spanish breed, in the Times of Charles I and Felipe II.
Therefore, there is no doubt on the origin of the purebred Spanish, but nevertheless, we still find people who believe that the Spanish Purebred horse comes from the Arabic, when in fact this horse derives from nineteenth century Spanish horse.
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Orange County Sheriff rescues stranded fishermen
Orange County Sheriff Keith Merritt reportedly rescued two fishermen over the weekend after they got stuck in muddy marsh and became stranded while they were preparing for the Elite Series Bass Tournament coming to Orange in March, reports the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
According to a news release, dispatchers received a distress call from one of the stranded men at 3:18 on Feb. 14. The caller explained he and his fishing partner had come from Minnesota to prepare for the upcoming tournament. He told deputies they left the main river channel to get to a location he saw on Google Maps, but got their bass boat stuck on a mud flat, compounded further by the outgoing tide, resulting in the men being stranded.
The OCSO dispatcher called Sheriff Merritt, who spoke with the fishermen by phone and decided that an airboat would be necessary to reach the pair. According to news release, their boat was approximately one mile from the main river channel in an area south of Interstate 10. The men were reportedly concerned about getting stuck at a late hour and remaining in the waterway overnight.
Sheriff Merritt located the fishermen deep in the marsh and was able to hook onto the big bass boat to pull them to the main channel. The effort took about 2 hours with the airboat struggling to pull the heavy bass boat, according to OCSO.
"Needless to say the boaters were extremely grateful, and had a very muddy bass boat to clean afterwards," OCSO reports.


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SqwidNet is a local network provider for IoT devices, which plans to achieve nationwide coverage by 2018.
"One of the reasons we partnered with SqwidNet is that they are the sole Sigfox operator in South Africa," said Vox CEO Jacques du Toit.
"As an international IoT network with a presence in over 30 countries, using Sigfox means you can use compliant devices on their network across the country and beyond."
Vox is discussing the implementation of enterprise IoT applications, such as a smart geyser application for the insurance industry that enables remote monitoring.
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Total Immersion: 2012 Video Game Trends - Modern Psychology
As the present quickly passes into the past, we are ever looking forward into the future, and so are the makers of the worlds hottest video games. This means that diligent designers, rigorous researchers and exhausted executives are working their butts of to bring you everything you could ever ask for from your video games. PC games, console games, mobile games - all electronic games are quickly evolving towards total immersion.
What does Psychology have to do with video games?
If it weren't for our amazing and often eccentric brains, there wouldn't be any video games, nor anyone to enjoy them (or hate them, depending on the game). And because the mind of the player is the most important part of any digital game, the best way to cultivate fantastic multi-billion dollar hit games - the makers of said games need to understand just what makes the mind of the gamer tick.
And it's well over the simplistic idea of having an avid gamer design the games that we play. It takes the refined services of an experienced cerebral studier, to really get to the heart of the mind inside a true gamer. If you were to just take a group of gamers, who understand that they like video games, but have never taken the time to analyze and understand why they and others actually like the games on a deep inner level - you would only see being produced for certain types of gamers, which is obviously what we've been seeing a lot of over the last few decades. Yet, if you add to your design team, a skilled psychologist or anthropologist (or even both), who also happens to be an avid gamer, you'll soon start to see just how limitless a game design team can really be. This happens because you've now connected the phenomenon of terrific accidents which turned into hit video games, with the science of understanding and application.
Basically, you are rewriting the equation from:
Great Video Games = Gamers
Gamers = Great Video Games
When you view things this way, you create the formula for the epic wins that true gamers seek when they immerse themselves into digital worlds of fantasy and stimulation. The gamer is where the game really starts, and once designers are able to grasp how and why gamers enjoy the games that they do, then the limits release and users find themselves in worlds they'd never imagined before, which has the significant side effect of leaving those users begging for more.
Select game designing companies have understood this concept for some time, but it hasn't been until recently that they've really begun to harness the opportunities available to them through adding more core psychology and human understanding to their game schemes.
What this all means...
While there has always been some amount of involvement of modern psychology in video game creation, the real trick is going to be grasping the real value of human emotions and basic needs. A good game plays on the Big 6 emotional needs, and should have these basic characteristics:
- Significance - A good video game makes you feel special. Like you're the only one who can save the world, get the girl/guy or smite the bad guy.
- Certainty - A good video game is always there, and you can always win, even if everything is stacked against you. This is probably the most addictive part of truly great video games. In the real world, you can't always win and you usually don't, and sadly, in the real world, you don't have infinite lives to fall back on.
- Variety - Great video games hit you again and again with surprises, twists, puzzles, complications and endless quests. This is something few video games are truly able to capture, which is why you see series of certain games, who are attempting to give gamers more and more.
- Love - It's the familial love of getting into live action play with your regular gaming buddies. It's the dramatic adventure laced up with intoxicating romance that you are the star of. It's the thrill of connecting with your most basic need to be accepted and welcome in any world, no matter who you are, what you look like or what your socio-economic status may be. It's the love of the game.
- Growth - This will be a big focus for game designers really trying to capture the human mind. They've already developed the certainty and significance that draws gamers into the addicting digital worlds, but in order to truly capture and immerse a person into the game, there needs to be a carrot at the end of the stick, and it can't just be the reward of saying "oh yeah, I beat that game." It needs to be the reward of growing as a person, without losing the fun.
- Contribution - I doubt there is a single gamer out there, who wouldn't give up a limb to be able to sit around and play video games all day, knowing that they were making the world a better place. While no one would probably admit it openly, contribution is a much bigger need for us then compensation. It is it's own form of compensation really, and there is no better kind. This will be another big focus for designers, who have been taking a lot of slack the last few decades for turning potential hard working citizens into living room zombies who do nothing to better their own lives or others.
The designers that understand these basic needs, and the fundamental foundation of human behaviors, are going to be the ones we will see emerging with top video games throughout the next few years. Those with the edge will be bringing games that work the body and the mind, not just the hands and fingers. They will be creeping ever closer to total immersion using tools like the Kinect, which allow players to game remote-free with their bodies. They'll be designing games that not only look good, get them active and work their minds - they'll be designing games that somehow impact the world on profound levels, games that pay it forward.
I never thought of the psychological aspects in designing video games until now and how it makes so much sense. Great hub with a lot of food for thought. Up,useful, and interesting
I think video games are extensions/evolution of movies, and of books before them. Obviously the interactive element alters it quite a bit, bringing the 6 elements in that you describe in your "What this all means section".


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Preston Lacemakers have marked important milestones through collaborating on joint projects.
For more pictures of the project, click on the image.
30th ANNIVERSARY 2016
Lacemakers made bunting to celebrate their 30th Anniversary and shared a Jacob's join after the AGM. The cloth made to celebrate the 1992 Preston Guild also takes centre stage in the photograph.
Lacemakers participated, as part of Preston Arts Association, in the Community Procession and photographs are available here. The group also made bookmarks in Preston colours of blue and white to commemorate this once every 20 years event.
|Designer and Project Manager Marian Miller with the prize winning quilt
The Anniversary Quilt, now finished, is 63ins. by 77ins. and in a Rainbow of colours, on a background of black sateen cotton. The quilt is made up of 99 seven inch squares:
- 50 alternate diagonal squares are filled with plain material,
- 49 alternate diagonal squares are filled with 27 different types of lace made by the members. They were each asked to make a piece of lace of their choice, within a specific colour range.
Keeping everything crossed, when the quilt was put together the colours and the lace 'worked'. Well we think so!
The quilt was exhibited at the Great Northern Quilt Show, Harrogate Showground in the Group Friendship Quilt Section in September 2011 and won the section prize.
|Marian Miller collecting the prize at the Great Northern Quilt Show Sept 2011
'Once in every Preston Guild' means once every twenty years. A few years before the Preston Guild celebrations in 1992 Preston Lacemakers decided to mark the occasion by making a cloth. All members of Preston Lacemakers took part using a design by Jean Hardy.
The spokes of the cloth are taken from designs in the wrought iron work in an old shopping arcade, the arches round the edge of the cloth represent the bridges over the river.
The emblems on the cloth are:
The lamb of Preston; the cross of St George; Preston Lacemakers badge and the Lancastrian Rose worked in the wrong colour of ivory and not red - you could say this was lacemakers licence!!


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340g best quality dried mixed fruit170g brown sugar1 cup (300ml) of cold tea1 large egg, beaten 340g self raising flour2 tsp mixed spice
I suspect we all have a favourite childhood cake.
The bake that in one taste, sniff or word brings tumbling back memories of a minature version of yourself greedily tucking in with delight.
The bake for me that brings back rose-tinted, nostalgic rumblings from my tum is Bara Brith. I know I'm slightly biased, being from Wales and all, but Bara Brith is the best.
Some bake it as a yeasty speckled bread, but for us, it was always a fruity, lightly spiced sticky fruit loaf. I'd travel back to university each term with two tightly wrapped loaves from Mum, the Bara Brith cuddled in a layer of baking parchment and a layer of foil.
They would be very welcomed; the little Baby Belling in university halls was not terribly conducive to ten people being able to cook a decent meal. It was ceremoniously used one Pancake Day and the rest of the year we survived on Cornflakes, pizza and alcohol. Only sometimes all together.
This recipe is baked month after month by all our family. And there is always a 'spare' in the freezer just in case! So much so, we all know the recipe off by heart. But it won't remain secret for much longer...
Prep time: 20 minutes (plus overnight soaking of the fruit)
Cooking time: 1 hour
Baker's notes: For a boozy twist, replace 100ml of the cold tea with Welsh whiskey Bara Brith freezes well for up to three months. Wrap securely in cling film and foil prior to freezing.
* The blogger contributing to this site has received a Kenwood Kitchen Machine to use as part of the recipe creation, any opinion stated by the blogger and their content is the bloggers own.
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August 28, 2014
Mons, BELGIUM – NATO released new satellite images on Thursday, 28 August 2014, that show Russian combat forces engaged in military operations inside the sovereign territory of Ukraine. The images, captured in late August, depict Russian self-propelled artillery units moving in a convoy through the Ukrainian countryside and then preparing for action by establishing firing positions in the area of Krasnodon, Ukraine.
Dutch Brigadier General Nico Tak, director of the Comprehensive Crisis and Operations Management Centre (CCOMC), Allied Command Operations said the images confirmed what NATO and its Allies had been seeing for weeks from other sources.
"Over the past two weeks we have noted a significant escalation in both the level and sophistication of Russia's military interference in Ukraine," said Brigadier General Tak. "The satellite images released today provide additional evidence that Russian combat soldiers, equipped with sophisticated heavy weaponry, are operating inside Ukraine's sovereign territory," he said.
These latest images provide concrete examples of Russian activity inside Ukraine, but are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the overall scope of Russian troop and weapons movements.
"We have also detected large quantities of advanced weapons, including air defence systems, artillery, tanks, and armoured personnel carriers being transferred to separatist forces in Eastern Ukraine," said Brigadier General Tak. "The presence of these weapons along with substantial numbers of Russian combat troops inside Ukraine make the situation increasingly grave," he said.
Also released were images showing substantial activity inside Russia in areas adjacent to the border with Ukraine. NATO believes this activity is being conducted in direct support to forces operating inside Ukraine, and is part of a highly coordinated and destabilising strategy.
"Russia is reinforcing and resupplying separatist forces in a blatant attempt to change the momentum of the fighting, which is currently favouring the Ukrainian military," Brigadier General Tak said. "Russia's ultimate aim is to alleviate pressure on separatist fighters in order to prolong this conflict indefinitely, which would result in further tragedy for the people of Eastern Ukraine," he added.
The source of the images is an independent firm named Digital Globe. The images have not been altered or changed by NATO. Additional information has been added to identify locations, dates and equipment. DigitalGlobe images can be independently verified: http://www.digitalglobe.com
Release of Satellite Imagery – 28 August 2014
Image 1 shows Russian military units moving in a convoy formation with self-propelled artillery in the area of Krasnodon, Ukraine, well inside territory controlled by Russian separatists. The image was captured on 21 August 2014. There is confidence the equipment is Russian, since Ukrainian units have not yet penetrated this far into separatist controlled territory.
Image 2 shows Russian self-propelled artillery units set up in firing positions near Krasnodon, Ukraine. They are supported by logistical vehicles which are likely carrying extra ammunition and supplies. This configuration is exactly how trained military professionals would arrange their assets on the ground, indicating that these are not unskilled amateurs, but Russian soldiers. Russian artillery systems like these have recently shelled Ukrainian positions outside the city of Luhansk in conjunction with a separatist counteroffensive to attempt to break the Ukrainian siege of the city.
Image 5 shows a wider overview including the position of the self-propelled guns from image 4. Note the North indicator on this image, and remember that the guns are orientated in this location. It is clear that from this location, it would be impossible NOT to fire into Ukrainian territory. This is clearly NOT an exercise; these guns are being used to support separatist forces operating in the territory of Ukraine.


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Android has always been targeted more frequently with malware and spyware and is currently raking up a huge amount of problems. Google is expected to start using better algorithms and tighter security to make sure all apps are clean.
BadNews has been added to 32 Android apps and is malicious malware – the 32 apps didn't come with malware, as Google would have detected and denied the app, instead the developers added the malware on later updates.
The malware got in through an update process, where the update would happen with attached malware. Google is apparently incapable of noticing malware on the updates, although we hope they fix this problem.
While the apps aren't the most popular, they have successful gained about nine million downloads on the Google Play store. We are not sure how many people update or have kept the apps since then, so the number of people effected should be slightly lower.
Apps containing BadNews send information back to an unknown server, with sensitive information about handset phone and serial numbers. All 32 apps have already been pulled by Google and the malware should be destroyed from the phone.
Affected apps include English and Russian-language games, dictionaries, wallpapers and made it past Google Bouncer, the algorithm and malware hunter installed on the Google Play store to hunt for malicious content.
There are still many weaknesses in Android and we cannot see the big change happening any time soon, unless Google begins regulating content and reviewing it with strict rules, as Apple does with the iOS Apps Store.
Android Key Lime Pie may address some of these issues regarding security and malware, we suspect with the five year open source project coming to a close, Google will start licensing the operating system to partners.
This may allow Google to regulate content with more stricter rules, to keep malware off the system. For now though, we have to get used to clever hackers cracking Android's defence.


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The collections at Corpus, and relevant catalogues
For more information on Oxford University's catalogues and finding aids see our pages: SOLO
The collections at Corpus:
Modern (post-1830) collection
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The catalogues identified below offer various ways of identifying items from the library's holdings, including special collections (early printed books, manuscripts and archives). Anyone wishing to arrange an appointment to consult the special collections should endeavour to find as much information prior to contacting staff to arrange an appointment (please see the Visiting Readers section for more information). Library and Archives staff may be able to offer some research assistance, as time and other commitments allow, but are unable to take on detailed work.
A summary of the Library's printed collections can be found in:
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Corpus Collections
Corpus Library has approximately 60,000 modern books; these are catalogued and can be found on SOLO. Corpus Library also holds c. 100 periodical titles and these are also listed on SOLO. Many of these are available online to Oxford University members and the vast majority are also available as print copies at the Bodleian Libraries.
External readers are welcome to arrange appointments to consult items from the modern collection, provided that the item is not available in the Bodleian Library or a faculty or departmental library to which the reader has access. Readers are reminded that not all the Bodleian holdings are currently on SOLO; they should consult the catalogues in the Bodleian Reading Room and/or the Bodleian's pre-1920 catalogue, as appropriate, before concluding that an item is not available to them there. Any modern UK publication should be held by the Bodleian Libraries. In addition, the College's modern pamphlet collection contains a large number of off-prints; the parent item is often more easily available online or in print form.
Corpus Library has a pamphlet collection; many of these are off-prints, and the parent journal or book can often be found in the Bodleian Libraries.
Shadworth Hodgson Collections
Shadworth Hodgson was a student at Corpus, and an honorary Fellow of the College from 1882 to 1912. He bequeathed a large collection of works to Corpus Library. Some have been interfiled in the modern library sequence, while the early printed books are included with the rest of the College's rare books. The College's Shadworth Hodgson collection of 19th and early 20th century works on philosophy was housed at Oxford University's Philosophy Library between 1992 and 2012. These items, catalogued on SOLO, are now back in the College, but access is currently limited. Readers wishing to consult these texts should contact the Library to see if access is possible.
Early printed (pre-1830) collection
Through the generosity of the Founder and other donors, Library has up to 20,000 volumes printed before 1830. These include a fine collection of early editions of the classics, early works on science, a large collection of early Italian works from the bequest of Baron Coleraine, a large number of 16th, 17th and 18th century political, historical and theological tracts, and a good collection of works on medieval Latin, from the library of Sir Roger Mynors.
Some of these volumes are listed on SOLO, but the majority of the titles are not catalogued online.
Online aids for identifying the early printed books held by Corpus include:
• ESTC (English Short Title Catalogue). This provides extensive descriptions and holdings information for letterpress materials printed in Great Britain or any of its dependencies in any language-as well as for materials printed in English anywhere else in the world. Coverage is from the beginnings of print to 1800 including all recorded English monographs printed between 1475 and 1700, and the online version is updated daily (Oxford University members should search for 'ESTC' on SOLO).
• ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue). This database records nearly every item printed from movable type before 1501, but not material printed entirely from woodblocks or engraved plates. 29,777 editions are listed as at January 8th 2008, including some 16th-century items previously assigned incorrectly to the 15th century (Oxford University members should search for 'ISTC' on SOLO).
Print resources include:
Dennis Rhodes, A catalogue of incunabula in all the libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian
Pollard and Redgrave, A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640
Donald Wing, Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books...1641-1700
For further details, see also:
Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian: a guide by Paul Morgan
The manuscript collection has been built-up since the foundation of the College through donations, mostly by members of the College. Consequently, it covers a wide range of texts, bindings, art-work and provenances. Most of the rarer examples are known amongst scholars through specialist lists and catalogues.
Descriptive catalogues
Two descriptive catalogues of the College's medieval manuscripts were published in November 2011:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts of Corpus Christi College, Oxford by N. G. Wilson
Bishop Fox and the college's first President, John Claymond ensured that Corpus Library be well stocked with Greek printed books and manuscripts. He gave the library more than half the present collection of manuscripts as well as seven in Hebrew. Erasmus predicted a great future for the library and referred to the well stocked library in a letter to Claymond in 1519.
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts of Corpus Christi College, Oxford by R. M. Thomson
Corpus was intended to be an institution which would introduce Renaissance humanism to Oxford. Its manuscripts range from humanist items from the college's earliest days to groups of texts from the late sixteenth century onwards: John Dee's alchemical manuscripts, other medieval scientific material and many other titles from Old English to Catalan.
A third descriptive catalogue was published in 2015:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts of Corpus Christi College by P. E. Pormann.
All three volumes are available for purchase from Boydell & Brewer. Follow the links for more information: Greek Manuscripts, Western Manuscripts and Hebrew Manuscripts.
The Corpus manuscripts are also listed in: H.O. Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque oxoniensibus hodie adservantur (1852), v.2, but this should be used with caution (and the new descriptive catalogues used where appropriate). The College maintains a handlist of later additions to the manuscript collection, which include a few collections of papers of former members of the College.
Some Corpus manuscripts have been digitised as part of the Early Manuscripts at Oxford University project: Images of Corpus manuscripts. These images are now available via the Digital.Bodleian platform: Corpus images. Others are available through DIAMM, the Digital Image Archives of Medieval Music.
Corpus Christi College was founded in 1517 by Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, for twenty fellows and twenty scholars, principally from the counties and dioceses with which he had associations, e.g. owned land or had been bishop (Bath and Wells, Exeter, Durham, and Winchester). The number of places was increased following university reform in the 1850s.
The archives comprise administrative records of the college, its estates, and papers created by a few members. Records of the college proper begin with deeds of the site of the college 1513, accounts 1521, and decisions of the governing body 1748. Records of college estates include deeds, surveys, court rolls and maps, and date from the thirteenth century onwards. The admissions of fellows and scholars are recorded from 1517 but there was no official record of commoners until c.1850. The archives also holds records of the Junior Common Room, and various student clubs and societies. Before the late 19th century there is very little detailed information about individual members of the college.
For the history of the College Library, see the Library's History page; further information can also be found on the Exhibitions page.


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Dartmouth really has wireless everywhere, including the Dartmouth Skiway (left).
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Wired magazine ran a story on wireless at Dartmouth, which mentions the results of our 2001 study.
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|Father Salvo Cucchiara Watches Son Knead Vastedda
|The Still-Warm Ricotta in a Copper Pot To Collect the Whey
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|The Still-Warm Ricotta in a Copper Pot To Collect the Whey
This trip must have absolutely wonderful. I look forward to more stories. -- Emily McCoy
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Loved this, Patricia. I had to look up rennet, and I can only guess how they empty out the sheep's stomach.
Great post, Patricia! I can almost taste the cheese. :)
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Jenni, thanks for stopping by. I must admit that eating the still-warm ricotta was a highlight of the trip.
Seeing the making the cheese is great, but I loved that you got to taste it. Yum.
Can't wait to read the rest of your posts.
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PWSA UK is governed by a Board of Trustees which comprises parents of people with PWS and others, with a wide range of skills.
Chair: Danny Leslie
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Commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in April 2003, I have been a member of the Armed Forces for over 16 years. I have served in many locations around the world, having always had the support of my family. When Albert was born I felt unable to deliver the level of support my son and family required and was therefore very thankful of the understanding, help and support provided by PWSA UK. This led me to become a Trustee and, using the leadership and project management experience I have gained, as best I can assist PWSA UK to support those dealing with Prader-Willi Syndrome and ensure PWSA UK remains able to do so until such time that advances in understanding, treatment and care mean that charitable support is no longer required.
As a younger man I managed to follow my main sporting interests of Cricket, Rugby and Football but now that 'the knees' are no longer match fit this is limited to cheering on (from the sofa) my home teams of Tottenham Hotspur, Saracens and Middlesex. I also participate in 'a bit of' road cycling and have completed the 100 mile Ride London event in aid of PWSA UK.
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This led me to decide to get more involved in helping promote the work of PWSA in any way I could by becoming a Trustee 2016. My background is in education management and people development. I have been an executive coach for over 20 year and have run my own coaching business for the last 10 years in Japan and now the UK.
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I'm a university lecturer in electronic engineering and enjoy surfing and fell running on the odd occasion I get the chance.
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I first came across PWS in the early 1990's when a member of staff told me about his nephew who had the syndrome. This young man moved into a residential home I was general manager for, supposedly for short term (6 weeks), he stayed 6 months due to lack of suitable provision. In 1998, opened a specialist home for adults with PWS in East Sussex. Over 16 years, this grew to 5 residential homes and a supported living service, all specialist PWS. The company was sold to in January 2014 and I then joined the Trustee Board, a role which I thoroughly enjoy and which helps me to keep in touch with many of the people I have had the good fortune to meet over the years.
Ian Metcalf
Ian has been a member of the board of trustees for 5 years, and he has held the post of Secretary for the past 4 years. His daughter Eve is 13 years old and has PWS. Ian supports the charity in many ways and has even run the Virgin London Marathon on our behalf.
Catherine Carey
I'm very happy to have been accepted onto the trustee board of the PWSA.
My daughter, Rose, was diagnosed with PWS 10 years ago, when she was born. I remember looking down at her and feeling utterly lost, wondering if she would ever walk, talk or even open her eyes. Over the next ten years she surpassed every expectation we ever had of her and has blossomed into a happy, intelligent and thoroughly lovely young person.
My work background is in the media. I have worked in radio, TV and social media and I now work as a digital content producer for the BBC. I'm pleased to be able to use my skills in social media, editorial strategy and website management in my trustee work with the association.
Robin Chung
Hello - I'm Robin and I am delighted to put my name forward as a candidate trustee for the PWSA (UK).
My wife Emma and I are the proud parents of our five year old son Clive who has PWS and his cheeky little brother Max who is 10 months old.
I happen to be a doctor (cardiologist in 'training') and am currently undertaking my research doctorate at University College London. I am keen to help organise research trials in the UK for our PWS families. Though my specialty is hearts and not Prader-Willi syndrome, I am well versed in the governance and logistics maze of clinical research in the UK and hope to help PWS consultants across the country with trial initiatives.
I believe that there are many promising developments in PWS research on the horizon -- and that these will lead to tangible benefits for our children. However, I am also now more aware that social support and educational resources for the daily behavioural and life challenges inherent in PWS also need priority.
Tony Holland CBE
We are very proud to have Professor Tony Holland CBE, from the Cambridge Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Group as our Patron.
Tony Holland trained in Medicine at University College and University College Hospital, London, qualifying in 1973. After some years in General Medicine he trained in Psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry in London. From 1992 to 2002 he held a University Lecturer's post in the Section of Developmental Psychiatry in the University of Cambridge, and in 2002 was awarded the Health Foundation Chair in Learning Disability, establishing the Cambridge Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Group. This multidisciplinary group undertakes a broad range of research relevant to people with intellectual disabilities. His specific interests include the eating, behavioural and mental health problems associated with Prader Willi Syndrome; the relationship between Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease, and also clinical/legal issues relevant to the needs of people with intellectual disabilities. In 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and was awarded a CBE by the Queen in 2015.


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Shutdown Would Boot Visitors From Grand Canyon
The federal government is just hours away from potentially shutting down, and that means national parks could be closing too.
Visitors to the Grand Canyon could be affected in a number of ways. Starting Tuesday morning, people would be turned away at the gates to Grand Canyon National Park. The Grand Canyon Railway, which travels from Williams to the canyon, would not run at all.
Visitors already staying at one of the park's established campgrounds or lodges would be given 48 hours to leave, but spokeswoman Maureen Oltrogge explained those hiking or camping in the back country would be able to exit the park at their own pace.
"And that includes the people on the river, as well," Oltrogge said. "So, if they've already launched, they would be continuing their trip. Now, they wouldn't be able to trade out passengers as some of them do at Phantom Ranch. New people coming in would not be authorized."
Oltrogge added that most employees would be furloughed, but those deemed essential would stay on the job. That could include some rangers needed for the safety of visitors still in the park. The school, post office and clinic used by 2,000 government and vendor employees would also remain staffed.