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Pirates Aren't Always in the Form of Johnny DeppMonday, May 16th, 2011
Contrary to popular opinion, writers aren't writers because they have nothing better to do and are merely killing time until they end up at the cemetery. The majority of us who toil with the pen (and keyboard) need to earn off our labours, just like everyone else on the planet. If you ask a bricklayer if he/she would work for free rather than be paid, what do you think the answer would be? How about accountants, librarians, school teachers, electricians, farmers, architects, graphic designers, nurses, shopkeepers, janitors, clerical workers, street cleaners, and so on and so on?
Unless they're offering their services for charity, I suspect the answer would be a resounding NO. We all have to make a living. We all have bills to pay. And we all have to survive.
So why is it that some individuals out there seem to be under the impression that the product of our labours should be given away for free and without any form of compensation? If you wonder what I'm on about, I'm talking about pirates – and by pirates I don't mean Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean. I mean pirates who steal copyrighted content and upload it to websites so others can read it FOR FREE. We all know this has been going on with music, but how many of you are aware that authors are likewise having our work stolen and, consequently, the food taken out of our mouths?
Despite the existence of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, many authors such as myself have had the displeasure of discovering that our work has been pirated in the form of our copyrighted material being illegally copied and made available for free for download on the internet. It's all well and good that hugely successful (and wealthy) authors such as Neil Gaiman think it's just fine and dandy to have our work ripped off and not be paid for it, but hey, Neil can afford to be ripped off. The majority of us cannot. "You're not losing sales by having stuff out there," he says. Get real, Neil. Don't compare your international sales levels to that of the overwhelming majority of writers whose wallets really feel the pain when their work is pirated.
Contrary to what many people might believe, this form of theft isn't always a matter of scanning print books. These pirates have managed to bypass the digital security measures put in place by electronic publishers such as Amazon Kindle and do their copying that way. (Clearly a lot more work needs to be done on the part of Amazon and others to prevent this from happening.) I'm assuming that these pirates were interested enough in these books to buy them in the first place. So what's the motivation behind copying them and uploading them to be read for free? Isn't that what public libraries are for?
Frankly, I just don't understand what these book thieves are getting out of it. Have they nothing better to do? Do they not have a job or a family or a dog that needs to be taken for a walk? What's the point of this exercise? Are they serving a greater good? Not if the greater good is a crime, they're not. Is what they're doing any different to that of a shoplifter stealing a book from a bookshop? If a shoplifter is caught, he/she would be prosecuted for theft.
Theft is theft.
Unfortunately, it isn't only copyrighted works that are being pirated. A growing number of authors (many self-published) have been discovering that content they've written and posted on websites for free have been stolen and offered for sale on Amazon Kindle as electronic books. Talk about ballsy! But yes, there are opportunists out there stealing work that's already being offered for free, putting a different author's name on it, and then selling it for money. It's bad enough to be cheated out of money, but to be cheated out of getting credit for your own work as well? Talk about adding insult to injury!
Some of the file sharing sites that have uploads of copyrighted material work in conjunction with an organisation called the DMCA (apparently nothing to do with the governmental statute), therefore pirated material can be reported (and hopefully removed) by them. However, for those sites that don't have a relationship with this group, you're sort of shit out of luck, especially if you can't find anyone at the site to report the stolen content to (which is often the case, especially if they're outside the USA). Having said that, if the site collects a subscription fee from its users, you can report them to the financial services they employ, be it PayPal, MasterCard, etc, which may or may not result in the financial relationship being terminated (and therefore causing inconvenience to the site offering the pirated material). The point is, writers need to be vigilant and chase after these bastards themselves – and be prepared to make it a part of their regular work routine. Further to this, book publishers need to become pro-active about this issue, because they too, are losing money. The responsibility should not be borne entirely by the author.
For those of you out there who have no sympathy for writers and can't understand why we're bitching when our work is at least being read, let me pose the question again: Would YOU work for free?


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Though the various subspecies of Zonotrichia leucophrys differ in breeding sites and the dates of their arrival to breeding grounds, the basic system of breeding is very similar. The males are usually the first to arrive on the breeding grounds, and after the females have arrived it is only about one to three weeks before they make their first nests. Most pairs only produce one brood. This is done after an average of about 2 days from the time the cup-shaped nest was built (Morton 1997). The females incubate the eggs, and develop a brood patch during the nest construction to make this process more efficient. Incubation lasts about 12 days, throughout which the female is responsible for turning the eggs, as well as leaving during the day to forage for herself.
The male white-crowned sparrow finally begins to contribute to this effort once the eggs have hatched. He brings food, contributing more and more to feeding the young as they mature. But about halfway through their development (~day 5), his contribution steadily begins to decrease.
When first born, the young birds are naked except for a few down feathers along some tracks on their transparent pink body. Most of them fledge by the tenth day, and reach their adult weight by day 30-35.
Though not very common, brown-headed cowbirds have been known to be a brood parasite of the white-crowned sparrow. When this occurs, the cowbirds only lay about one egg per nest, and their young tend to be just as successful as those of the sparrow.


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It's not Christmas yet
The latest Minnesota budget forecast on Thursday was particularly rosy. State finance officials are predicting a surplus of more than $1 billion at the end of the current biennium. That's a nice change from the doom-and-gloom billion-dollar deficit predictions of a few years ago.
This is great news for school districts, who will get the last of the money – $246 million in delayed payments that the state borrowed from them during the deficit years. The state also intends to replenish $15 million taken from an airport account five years ago to balance the state's budget.
That leaves another $825 million that will undoubtedly be the subject of much discussion in the upcoming legislative session.
But those who are lining up with their hands out should realize it's not Christmas yet. The money will not be in the bank until the current budget ends in 2014. And $825 million will certainly not be enough to cover all the wish lists in the state.
Gov. Dayton said he is not going to consider new spending proposals until after the February budget forecast, about the time the next session starts.
The governor favors using $231 million to repeal the three poorly conceived business-to-business taxes, including a sales tax on farm equipment repairs, telecommunications supplies, and commercial warehousing services. There should have been a special session to repeal these this past fall, but DFLers wanted to know where the money would come from to replace them. Now we have the money, the taxes should go. Dayton would also target middle class tax relief, which would certainly be welcome around the state.
The Legislature should consider carefully what to do with the rest of the funds. There will be no shortage of ideas, and legislators should be ready to say no, unless someone can make a compelling argument for the new spending.
One group that is already putting in a bid for funding, and it is a pretty compelling bid, is the coalition of disability and senior care organizations that would like to see a five percent pay hike for the caregivers who serve the disabled and seniors. These workers have not had a pay hike in five years, and lord knows they are underpaid for the kind of work they do. The group estimates it would take $86 million to give them the raise, and it's hard to disagree with this proposal.


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Ebsco has released Series 3 and 4 of its 5-part American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection. This extends coverage from 1691 in Series 1 through 1865 in Series 4. All four of the available series are now accessible to UMass Lowell users on a trial basis, originally through the month of November 2011, and now extended through Nauary 20, 2012.
The AAS collections consist of the following four year ranges: 1691 – 1820, 1821 – 1837, 1838-1852, and 1853-1865. When complete there will be one more series added.
The AAS Historical Periodicals Collection Series 1: 1691-1820 presents 550 titles. Representing over two centuries of print culture and ranging from early works imported by the colonists to later titles published on American soil on the eve of the Revolution and during the early republic.
The (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection Series 2: 1821 – 1837 presents over 1000 titles that cover the Jacksonian Democracy era and includes agriculture, entertainment, history, literary criticism, and politics.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS): Series 3: 1838-1852 presents over 1,800 titles that reveal a rapidly growing young nation, where industrialization, the railroads, regional political differences, and life on the western frontier were daily realities. Subjects covered in the collection reach into every facet of American life, including science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women's fashion, family life, and religion.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS): Series 4: 1853-1865 presents over 1,100 titles that focuses on the Civil War but also includes a diverse record of the continuance of daily life for many Americans—both leading up to and during the war. News from the battlefront can be found, in addition to the usual breadth of subject matter found in previous collections that include science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women's fashion, family life, and religion.
The entire AAS Historical Periodicals Collection will consist of five series created from serials holdings belonging to one of the premier repositories in the United States, the American Antiquarian Society, and featuring about 6500 titles from the seventeenth through the late nineteenth century.
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By ELIZABETH BETTENDORF
Published May 23, 2007
ZEPHYRHILLS - Gary and Glendal Ward live in a yellow Sears Roebuck cottage built in 1930.
In the front yard garden, paths wind beneath the shade tree and Buddhist prayer flags flutter in the breeze like colorful quilt scraps.
It is a place of peace and utmost solitude, where creativity and conversation flow, where you are welcomed with a hug and an "aloha" and can be yourself for a few blissful hours.
Here is their story:
The Wards moved to Zephyrhills 11 years ago from Miami. They had come up for years to visit friends on the weekends and had fallen in love with the town for its rural beauty, friendliness and slower pace.
"We liked it because people don't cocoon here; you can know your neighbors as well as the people in City Hall. It's quiet and you can still see the stars at night, " says Glendal, 58, who works as a licensed massage therapist for a local chiropractor and also teaches a weekly study group on Mahayana Buddhism.
Finding a house to live in was easy.
"I was driving down the street and saw this house and knew this was the house Glendal would want, " explains Gary, who holds a master's degree in jazz and plays around the Tampa Bay area in the band Two Plus Two. He is also the band director at Sligh Elementary School in Tampa.
Late on a Wednesday afternoon, he played a Miles Davis tune on an old upright 1800s piano in his music room, which also serves as a recording studio.
When she was a teenager, Glendal worked organizing Beatles fan clubs, as well as special events in the Southeast. Tall, blond and willowy, she wears jeans, a T-shirt and an elegant bracelet made from wooden mala meditation beads.
She's an artist in her own right, trained in scrimshaw, a technique she once used to decorate mastodon tusks. She dances to Gary's music with the family's dog, a standard poodle named Bella Grace.
She's all about love, real love, something perceptible even to a visitor. Her voice mail recording instructs callers to take a deep breath and relax, and her e-mails always end with: "Sharing the best we have come to know, and that is love, please champion a better world."
The Ward house thrums with energy. It is a cozy, beautiful place, cast in mossy greens and earth tones, with swatches of bamboo fencing attached to the living room walls for texture. The house is decorated according to the principals of feng shui, the Chinese practice of arranging objects. The walls are vibrant with art created by the couple's grandson, Jacob Alexander, 7, as well as their adopted son, Tony Guerrero, and their daughter, Brice Bain.
Tony, who escaped Cuba on a raft in 1992, came to know the Wards as an adult. According to Glendal, they fell in love with him.
The Wards informally adopted him into their family one night over a bottle of wine.
And for anyone who thinks they are not a real family - think again.
"We all made a commitment a long time ago that we would always live close to one another, " Glendal says.
Now Tony, Brice and Jacob live as housemates one block away from Gary and Glendal. They share a business, Creative Minds, faux-painting the walls of houses with murals and textures that look like leather, striated wood or aged metal.
Their paintings on canvas are equally striking: In the living room of the Wards' home hangs Brice's multimedia piece with the three-dimensional face of the sun seeming to push through the center like a mask.
Tony's painting of Mother Earth pouring water from a pitcher while the tall palm trees of the tropics grow in her body is also amazing. He is also a singer and songwriter who loves to spend evenings with Gary playing music and writing songs.
"We really celebrate one another here, " explains Glendal, who is traveling with Tony to Nepal in November to study at the Kopan Monastery for a month.
Photos of the Wards' Buddhist teacher, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, are displayed throughout the house. The home also includes a meditation room where Glendal holds her study group, which typically attracts about 15 people, most of them local.
You can't help but want to visit the Wards' house. An orange sign on a fence beneath a trellis of jasmine says: "Heaven on a Sunday."
It should say "Every day."
"I couldn't have a better life, " Glendal says. "I love experiencing my kids and grandson on a daily basis. If I wasn't their mom, I'd still want to know them. They are compassionate beings and love us so beautifully that we feel it."
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Drove or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle under the influence Steven Kyle Vibeto, 41, 1101-65th St. NW, $750 fine, $225 court fee, $25 victim-witness fee, restitution to be determined, particpate in two months of alcohol monitoring, 10 days suspended for 360 days.
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April is national pet first aid awareness month, a time for pet guardians across the U.S. to focus on animal safety. In the wake of the recent disaster in Japan, which left many pets homeless or stranded, having a plan in place for a pet during a natural disaster is likely on the minds of dog and cat owners.
The Red Cross has outlined tips to guide pet parents during this month of awareness. According to the first aid organization, it's important to remember that animal safety is of utmost importance during the warmer months. Keep in mind that no animal should be left in the heat for too long, and it's never safe to leave a pet unattended in a vehicle.
Obese pets or dogs with short noses are at an increased risk during hot days. Pet owners should keep an eye out for heavy panting or a change in gum color, as these could be signs that an animal is overheating.
Having a vet implant a microchip in an animal or making sure they wear tags at all times is a good way to ensure their safety in the event of a natural disaster, according to NBC affiliate WDIV Detroit.


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Lessons Learned in Afghanistan: A Multi-national Military Mental Health Perspective
America has been at war for almost 10 years. Because of this, continuing missions in the Middle East require the support and cooperation of our allied North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces from around the world. In this paper we provide an overview of the mission at Kandahar Air Field (KAF) and the Multi-National Role 3 hospital located at KAF. Next, we explain the mental health capabilities and unique perspectives among our teammates from Canada, Great Britain, and the United States to include a discussion of the relevant cross-cultural differences between us. Within this framework we also provide an overview of the mental health clientele seen at KAF during the period of April 2009 through September 2009. Finally, we discuss the successes, limitations, and lessons learned during our deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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I was always interested in photography and got my first serious camera when I was about 18 years old—a 35mm, single-lens reflex Chinon with a compact body and three lenses that was a combination birthday/Christmas gift from my parents. I took to the craft immediately, enrolling in classes for it in college and winning a few awards in juried competitions, although I'm not sure why since I don't really have the patience, sense of timing or the gifted eye that's required to do it exceptionally well.
Still, as a hobby, and for a little while as a profession, it stuck.
In my early career as a journalist, I took pictures almost as often as I wrote, and it was useful skill to have when I was competing for jobs. My first job at a newspaper, just one year out of college, wasn't as a reporter, but as the darkroom technician. I spent my nights in a tiny black room winding other reporters' film onto developing spools, creating proof sheets and then huddling over trays of caustic chemicals the next morning hurriedly printing the editors' picks in order to meet the press deadline.
I loved the work, and continued doing it even after I became reporter. In fact, I lugged my Chinon around with me for several decades, taking pictures of everything from auto accidents and sports stars to corporate executives and B-list Hollywood celebrities.
Digital photography made film-based photography seem outdated five to six years ago, and I eventually bought a starter digital camera, and then the Nikon D-60 that I use now. It's a great camera, but it still feels awkward in my hands compared to the old Chinon. I'm getting better with it, though, learning its quirks and good qualities.
I kept the Chinon anyway, mostly because I couldn't bear to throw my old friend away. Then a few months ago, gripped by the thought of de-cluttering my basement, I donated it to Goodwill. I hope some kid bought it and learned how to use it, but I suspect it's sitting on a shelf collecting dust, like me and my silly memories.
As for photography…well, I believe that everybody ought to do it regularly because the act of making pictures can help you see the world instead of just looking at it.


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Israel Has New Government
Reshet Bet announced early Friday morning that the Likud and Habayit Hayehudi have resumed their talks, after a 12-hour disconnect, and reached a final agreement on a new government, which will be introduced later today, Friday.
The agreement was reached after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called up Habayit Hayehudi Chairman Naftali Bennett and asked him personally to overlook the slight of not receiving the title of Deputy Prime Minister. He told him that in the new government there will be no Deputy Prime Ministers at all.
Both Bennett and Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid responded curtly to a news item they heard over the radio on Thursday, that the Deputy positions, about which they had reached a verbal agreement with the Likud-Beiteinu negotiating team, were taken away.
Likud circles not particularly enamoured with the PM spread the rumor that it was Sara Netanyahu, Benjamin's wife, who insisted, at the last minute, on sticking it to her husband's new coalition partners.
The PM's circles denied the rumors, saying it was just another vicious attack on Sara Netanyahu, and her personal arch-enemy, Naftali Bennett.
Habayit Hayehudi circles said in response that it was not a reassuring way of ushering in a new coalition—killing unilaterally an item everybody had shaken hands on.
The Bennett people refused to attend the meeting Thursday evening in which the government deal was supposed to be finalized, and the first coalition crisis appeared to have erupted even before there was a coalition in place.
Netanyahu had to swallow a frog in apologizing to Bennett personally, and Bennett and Lapid in return swallowed the frogs of not becoming acting PMs when Bibi is away touring the world.
Now the fact that Sara's contribution effectively killed the position of Deputy PM, Netanyahu will not be able to dole out bites at this honor to senior Likudniks, such as MK Silvan Shalom, who won't receive a real portfolio. Thank you, Sara.
The Shas and United Torah Judaism factions are livid, obviously, arguing that if they're out of office, their constituency is going to be ignored. Well, not exactly ignored, more like enlisted and made to study Math and English in yeshiva.
MK Aryeh Deri, who was reinstated in the Shas Knesset list with the hope of increasing its size (they ended up with 11 – just like the Knesset before), was making the rounds all day Thursday, promising to be part of a fighting opposition, whose utmost goal would be to topple this government. A renowned Haredi leftists, who pushed his party into signing on to the Oslo Accords, Deri said he had no problem cooperating with Labor, Meretz, and the Arab lists, to bring down Netanyahu.
Unless he get a government seat sometime down the road.
Habayit Hayehudi will possess five portfolios in the new government, although those will be divided among only three ministers. So Naftali Bennett is now also Minister of Religious Services.
The 20 Likud MKs are competing over a mere 15 positions of power: seven ministerial roles, four deputy ministers, four heads of Knesset committees and the role of Speaker of the House. The portfolios of Homeland Security, Agriculture, Tourism and Absorption has been given to members of the Israel Beiteinu, while members of the Likud will take Interior, Transportation, Communications, Homeland Defense, and the Strategic Affairs Ministry.
A big improvement would be the appointment of former IDF chief of staff Moshe "Bogie" Yaalon as Defense Minister. Yaalon, whose boss at the time, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, opted not to renew his contract in 2005, because he did not trust the former to pursue zealously the evacuation of thousands of Gush Katif Jews. Mofaz appointed Dan Halutz to the job, and Halutz promptly bungled an invasion of Gaza and a war in Lebanon.
Beginning next week, probably on Monday, Israel's 33rd government—Netanyahu's third—will be sworn in, featuring 22 ministers, including the Prime Minister, and eight deputy ministers. The Speaker is expected to be the current Minister of Information and Diaspora, MK Yuli Edelstein.
In the almost-final compromise agreement reached Thursday, Netanyahu agreed to give up the education portfolio, which will go to Yesh Atid's MK Rabbi Shai Piron, Likud-Beiteinu will get Interior, and Habayit Hayehudi will head the Knesset Finance Committee.Yori Yanover
About the Author: Yori Yanover has been a working journalist since age 17, before he enlisted and worked for Ba'Machane Nachal. Since then he has worked for Israel Shelanu, the US supplement of Yedioth, JCN18.com, USAJewish.com, Lubavitch News Service, Arutz 7 (as DJ on the high seas), and the Grand Street News. He has published Dancing and Crying, a colorful and intimate portrait of the last two years in the life of the late Lubavitch Rebbe, (in Hebrew), and two fun books in English: The Cabalist's Daughter: A Novel of Practical Messianic Redemption, and How Would God REALLY Vote.
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It is either Netanyahu or the other guy. It does not say much for the pool of talent in Israel! Granted in the U.S. the shifting terms of leadership has not been the greatest over the last 50 years but at least the different leadership here helps to expose where the problems are! Isn't there some fresh leadership over there? Isn't there a younger person that believes in the rights of other peoples as much as his own and respects them and seeks peace? The Western point of view is that the leadership is seclusionist fight mongers? One can be tough minded, lead through integrity and still be peaceful and respectful. In the U.S. we would believe that same leadership promotes an agenda that does not represent a true democracy. And I know what you are thinking; if you bring in new talent you will be stepped on. And that is a true principle too; but it is the challenge to overcome for a future world of peace.
Israel leadership is like a father not wanting to hand the reins of a family business to a son because he knows the son is a screw up.
May this government be successful.


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Any Internet-browsing Arsenal fan will be bombarded with transfer rumors during every online sojourn this summer. Most will be false, and many of those will neglect the team's actual needs.
So where do the Gunners actually have to improve this summer?
While Arsenal are not quite as bad as some of the more pessimistic pundits would have you believe, their fourth-place finish—and struggle to get there—indicates that there is ample room for additions to the squad.
Let's look at four of the biggest areas that Arsene Wenger needs to look at.


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My motto is, "anyone other than Jefferson"!
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Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The following entry presents criticism of Coleridge and Wordsworth's poetry collection, Lyrical Ballads (1798). For further information on Samuel Taylor Coleridge see also, Rime of the Ancient Mariner Criticism and "Kubla Khan" Criticism.
Literary historians consider the Lyrical Ballads (1798) a seminal work in the ascent of Romanticism and a harbinger of trends in the English poetry that followed it. The poetic principles discussed by Wordsworth in the "Preface" to the 1800 edition of Lyrical Ballads constitute a key primary document of the Romantic era because they announce a revolution in critical notions about poetic language, poetic subject matter, and the role of the poet.
Biographical Information
At the time that Wordsworth and Coleridge were planning the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth had already published two works, Descriptive Sketches and An Evening Walk, in 1793. Coleridge left Oxford University without finishing his degree but had already published several works, including a play, The Fall of Robespierre (written with Robert Southey in 1794), and Poems on Various Subjects (1796). Coleridge, however, had no steady income and contemplated becoming a Unitarian minister when he unexpectedly received an annuity from Thomas and Josiah Wedgwood, enabling him to continue to work on his writing. Coleridge and Wordsworth had first met in Bristol in 1795 and maintained their correspondence over the next two years. Coleridge came to visit Wordsworth at Racedown in 1797, and the two discovered a powerful mutual admiration and rapport. Soon after Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy moved to Nether Stowey to be closer to Coleridge. Coleridge became Wordsworth's mentor, encouraging him and helping to shape his poetry. The two became inseparable companions. Their intellectual discussions and critiques of one another's poetry led to the idea of collaborating on a volume of poetry that became the Lyrical Ballads.
Textual History
The first edition of Lyrical Ballads was published anonymously in 1798. It contained four poems by Coleridge, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which opened the collection, with the remainder of the poems written by Wordsworth. This edition sold out in two years, and Wordsworth published a new edition, under his own name, in 1800. This second edition included the now-famous "Preface," as well as another volume of poems. Wordsworth published a third edition in 1802 with an enlarged "Preface," and a final edition in 1805.
Major Themes
In the "Advertisement" to the 1798 edition of Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth and Coleridge state that the poems in the collection were intended as a deliberate experiment in style and subject matter. Wordsworth elaborated on this idea in the "Preface" to the 1800 and 1802 editions which outline his main ideas of a new theory of poetry. Rejecting the classical notion that poetry should be about elevated subjects and should be composed in a formal style, Wordsworth instead championed more democratic themes—the lives of ordinary men and women, farmers, paupers, and the rural poor. In the "Preface" Wordsworth also emphasizes his commitment to writing in the ordinary language of people, not a highly crafted poetical one. True to traditional ballad form, the poems depict realistic characters in realistic situations, and so contain a strong narrative element. Wordsworth and Coleridge were also interested in presenting the psychology of the various characters in the Lyrical Ballads. The poems, in building sympathy for the disenfranchised characters they describe, also implicitly criticize England's Poor Laws, which made it necessary for people to lose all material possessions before they could receive any kind of financial assistance from the community. Wordsworth also discussed the role of poetry itself, which he viewed as an aid in keeping the individual "sensitive" in spite of the effects of growing alienation in the new industrial age. The poet, as Wordsworth points out, is not a distant observer or moralist, but rather "a man speaking to men," and the production of poetry is the result of "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings," recollected in tranquility, not the sum total of rhetorical art.
Critical Reception
Early critical reception of The Lyrical Ballads was mostly negative and at times even hostile. Reviewers cited uninteresting subject themes and the unreadability of The Ancient Mariner, with its archaic style and murky philosophical theme. Francis Jeffrey, one of the chief reviewers for the influential Edinburgh Review, was so offended by Wordsworth's flaunting of poetic convention in the Lyrical Ballads that he engaged in a long and vitriolic campaign against what he termed the "Lake School of Poetry." While this initial critical response impeded acceptance of the Lyrical Ballads and its authors, acknowledgment did come eventually. Other reviewers praised the earnestness and simplicity of the poems in Lyrical Ballads and their focus on the usually neglected subject of the rural poor. In the latter part of the nineteenth century, Victorian critics demonstrated a special interest in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner as a moral and philosophical puzzle, and Wordsworth and Coleridge already figured as preeminent English poets, the leaders of the first wave of Romanticism. Critical interest in the Lyrical Ballads has continued into the twentieth century, with scholars fully recognizing the role of the collection in bringing about new ideas regarding poetry and society. The language and style of the Lyrical Ballads remains a central focus of criticism, with such scholars as Marjorie Latta Barstow, W. J. B. Owen, and Stephen Maxfield Parrish probing Wordsworth's and Coleridge's experimental form. Mary Jacobus and Heather Glen, among others, have explored the handling of specific themes in the Lyrical Ballads, while Stephen Prickett and James H. Averill have addressed questions of unity in the collection as a whole. The interplay between natural and supernatural imagery in the individual poems has recently been studied by Roger N. Murray and Susan Eilenberg. Scholars have investigated some of the influences on the Lyrical Ballads as well, including those of Horace, the events of the French Revolution, and contemporary anti-Jacobin satire. Many critics have studied the collection in terms of Wordsworth's and Coleridge's artistic and intellectual development and have highlighted paradoxes and inconsistencies in their critical thinking as evidenced by the "Preface."
Principal Works
Descriptive Sketches (poetry) 1793
An Evening Walk: An Epistle in Verse (poetry) 1793
*Lyrical Ballads [with Samuel Taylor Coleridge] (poetry) 1798
Poems (poetry) 1807
The Excursion, Being a Portion of the Recluse (poetry) 1814
Poems (poetry) 1815
The White Doe of Rylstone; or, The Fate of the Nortons (poetry) 1815
Peter Bell: A Tale in Verse (poetry) 1819
The Waggoner (poetry) 1819
The River Duddon: A Series of Sonnets, Vaudracour and Julia, and Other Poems (poetry) 1820
Ecclesiastical Sketches (poetry) 1822
Memorials of a Tour on the Continent, 1820 (poetry) 1822
Yarrow Revisited and Other Poems (poetry) 1835
The Sonnets of William Wordsworth (poetry) 1838
†Poems, Chiefly of Early and Late Years; Including The Borderers (poetry and a play) 1842-54
‡The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet's Mind: Autobiographical Poem (poetry) 1850
The Recluse (unfinished poem) 1888
The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. 8 vols. to date (letters) 1967-
The Cornell Wordsworth. 19 vols. to date (poetry, prose, plays) 1975-
The Fall of Robespierre [with Robert Southey] (play) 1794
Poems on Various Subjects (poetry) 1796; revised as Poems, 1797
Ode on the Departing Year (poetry) 1797
Osorio (play) 1797; revised as Remorse, 1813
Fears in Solitude (poetry) 1798
*Lyrical Ballads [with William Wordsworth] (poetry) 1798
Poems (poetry) 1803
Christabel. Kubla Khan: A Vision. The Pains of Sleep (poetry) 1816
Biographia Literaria; or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions (essays) 1817
Sybelline Leaves (poetry) 1817
The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 7 vols. (poetry, plays, translation, and essays) 1853
Collected Letters. 6 vols. (letters) 1956-71
The Notebooks of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 3 vols. (notebooks) 1957-73
*Enlarged editions of Lyrical Ballads were published in 1801 and 1802. A final edition was published in 1805.
†The Borderers was written in 1795.
‡This work was written during the period of 1799-1805.
The Spectator (essay date 1890)
SOURCE: "Lyrical Ballads." The Spectator 64 (April 5, 1890): 479-80.
[In the following review, the anonymous author praises Edward Dowden's reprint edition of Lyrical Ballads, asserting that Wordsworth's literary influence has been more enduring than that of Coleridge.]
This reprint of the first edition of the joint production of Wordsworth and Coleridge is valuable, of course, more as setting up a visible monument of a great era in the history of English literature, than for its restoration of a few obsolete readings of some of the most remarkable poems in the English language. There is something gratifying in possessing and physically handling a...
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The Athenæum (essay date 1890)
SOURCE: "Lyrical Ballads." The Athenæum 95 (May 10, 1890): 599-600.
[In the following review, the anonymous author notes that Lyrical Ballads did not meet with the critical response it deserved when originally published and recommends a closer study of the poems to highlight their merit.]
This reprint should be received as a welcome gift by the poor scholar. It is not called by the much-abused name of "facsimile," but it possesses all the advantages which could attach to that unattainable ideal. The little book is simply a neat, well-edited reprint, following its original line for line and page for page. The chief virtue of a reprint is to be...
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Marjorie Latta Barstow (essay date 1917)
SOURCE: Barstow, Marjorie Latta. "The Lyrical Ballads." In Wordsworth's Theory of Poetic Diction, pp. 141-82. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1917.
[In the following excerpt, Barstow discusses Wordsworth's experimental use of the language of common individuals in Lyrical Ballads, noting that his attempt to reflect psychological states through diction was not successful.]
Although Wordsworth's theory of poetic diction had a sounder basis in literary tradition and in psychology than an ignorant world of letters was prepared to admit, his own application of it, in its first extreme form, was very limited in time and in extent. Only in the...
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Roger N. Murray (essay date 1967)
SOURCE: Murray, Roger N. "Paradox and Equivocation." In Wordsworth's Style: Figures and Themes in the "Lyrical Ballads" of 1800, pp. 11-24. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967.
[In the following excerpt, Murray explores Wordsworth's use of illusory imagery in the Lyrical Ballads of 1800, emphasizing that the poet employs this technique to make a connection between the real and supernatural realms.]
Every student of the English Romantic poets knows that Wordsworth's task in the Lyrical Ballads was "to give the charm of novelty to things of every day," as Coleridge puts it,1 and he also knows of Wordsworth's predilection for...
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Donald Davie (essay date 1969)
SOURCE: Davie, Donald. "Dionysus in Lyrical Ballads." In Wordsworth's Mind and Art, edited by A. W. Thomson, pp. 110-39. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1969.
[In the following essay, Davie discusses Wordsworth's emphasis on the pleasure of perception as the hallmark of his poetry, placing the poet's ideas in the context of classical and Romantic theories of composition.]
"I am myself," said Wordsworth, "one of the happiest of men; and no man who does not partake of that happiness, who lives a life of constant bustle, and whose felicity depends on the opinions of others, can possibly comprehend the best of my poems." It was...
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Stephen Maxfield Parrish (essay date 1973)
SOURCE: Parrish, Stephen Maxfield. "The Ballad as Pastoral." In The Art of the "Lyrical Ballads," pp. 149-87. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1973.
[In the following excerpt, Parrish maintains that in the Lyrical Ballads of 1798 and 1800, Wordsworth combined eighteenth-century traditions of the ballad and pastoral genres.]
One nearly forgotten episode in the history of Lyrical Ballads points up with wonderful irony the tensions of that unequal balance between poetry of the supernatural and poetry of common life: if Coleridge had been able to finish "Christabel" Wordsworth would never have written "Michael." The episode sprawled over...
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Stephen Prickett (essay date 1975)
SOURCE: Prickett, Stephen. "Unity and Diversity." In Wordsworth and Coleridge: The "Lyrical Ballads," pp. 22-50. London: Edward Arnold, 1975.
[In the following excerpt, Prickett highlights several key poems of the Lyrical Ballads as contributing to the unity of this collection.]
So much for the barebones story of the Lyrical Ballads. But what of the poems themselves? We have already seen how hard it was for contemporary readers and reviewers to grapple with the central paradox of this immodest collection of verses: that this diversity of themes and styles had a life and unity which depended on the very tensions of a tight-rope act in which the...
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Mary Jacobus (essay date 1976)
SOURCE: Jacobus, Mary. "'The Tragic Super-Tragic' and Salisbury Plain." In Tradition and Experiment in Wordsworth's "Lyrical Ballads" (1798), pp. 133-58. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976.
[In the following excerpt, Jacobus provides a detailed reading of Wordsworth's Salisbury Plain, noting that the poem is pivotal because it signals the poet's growing awareness of the realities of human suffering.]
Wordsworth's earliest attempts to portray suffering are clumsy and overstated, 'The tragic super-tragic', in contrast to the effective understatement of his later narrative poetry:
Then common death was none, common mishap, But...
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Heather Glen (essay date 1983)
SOURCE: Glen, Heather. "Morality through Experience: Lyrical Ballads 1798." In Vision and Disenchantment: Blake's "Songs" and Wordsworth's "Lyrical Ballads," pp. 224-59. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.
[In the following excerpt, Glen compares selected poems from the 1798 Lyrical Ballads with William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience.]
But since a certain inequality of situation is necessary, and the present inequality, apparently more than that necessity requires, I am only desirous that the shade of distinction should rather be relieved than darkened; that in the picture of human life, the poor should...
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Stephen Parrish (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: Parrish, Stephen. "'Leaping and lingering': Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads." In Coleridge's Imagination: Essays in Memory of Pete Laver, edited by Richard Gravil, Lucy Newlyn, and Nicholas Roe, pp. 102-16. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
[In the following essay, Parrish examines Coleridge's understanding of the ballad form, both as seen through his collaboration with Wordsworth in Lyrical Ballads and through his notion of the supernatural.]
One of the most colourful volumes of literary scholarship ever given to the world is a study of the working of Coleridge's imagination, 'an absorbing adventure...
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Susan Eilenberg (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: Eilenberg, Susan. "'Michael,' 'Christabel,' and the Poetry of Possession." Criticism XXX, no. 2 (1988): 205-224.
[In the following essay, Eilenberg examines the substitution of Wordsworth's "Michael" in place of Coleridge's "Christabel" as the last poem in the 1800 edition of Lyrical Ballads. The author then evaluates the interrelationship between "Michael" and "Christabel," as well as that of their authors.]
Literary history suggests a significant intertextual relation between two poems not ordinarily read together, Wordsworth's "Michael" and Coleridge's "Christabel." "Michael" was written during the autumn of...
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Patrick Campbell (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: Campbell, Patrick. "Lyrical Ballads: The Current of Opinion," and "Criticism in Context, 1797-98." In Wordsworth and Coleridge: "Lyrical Ballads," pp. 1-14, 15-34. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1991.
[In the following excerpt, Campbell provides an overview of critical reaction to Lyrical Ballads from earliest responses to the 1990s. Campbell then sketches the social and political context in which the collection was published and explores the philosophical aspects of the collaboration between Wordsworth and Coleridge.]
'Up to 1820 the name of Wordsworth was trampled under...
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Susan Eilenberg (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: Eilenberg, Susan. "The Haunted Language of the Lucy Poems." In Strange Power of Speech: Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Literary Possession, pp. 108-35. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
[In the following excerpt, Eilenberg focuses on Wordsworth's "Lucy" poems as they reflect his sense of loss and his relationship to nature and his own poetry.]
The economy of the Lucy poems involves neither property nor, in any obvious sense, possession. It figures no struggle for ground, no exorcism of previous inhabitants. For such loss as these poems record—emotional rather than financial or literary—there can be, it would seem, no recompense. The poems...
(The entire section is 11962 words.)
Thomas Pfau (essay date 1993)
SOURCE: Pfau, Thomas. "'Elementary Feelings' and 'Distorted Language': The Pragmatics of Culture in Wordsworth's 'Preface to Lyrical Ballads.'" New Literary History, no. 24 (1993): 125-46.
[In the following essay, Pfau provides a revisionist reading of the "Preface" to the Lyrical Ballads, looking past the traditional connotations of the Romantic verbiage that Wordsworth employs and finding "a landmark document in romantic cultural and social theory."]
Few texts of the romantic period are more firmly anchored in the curricular and pedagogical agenda of current romantic studies than Wordsworth's "Preface to Lyrical...
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Yu Liu (essay date 1996)
SOURCE: Liu, Yu. "Revaluating Revolution and Radicalness in the Lyrical Ballads." Studies in English Literature 36, no. 4 (autumn 1996): 747-61.
[In the following essay, Liu examines the influence of the French Revolution on Wordsworth's poetry in Lyrical Ballads, suggesting that he attempted to work out his personal and political response to revolutionary ideas through his poetry.]
Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads has been treated consistently in the past thirty years or so as both a consequence and an expression of deterministic history.1 In particular, the inspirational origin and the motivational impetus of that poetic project are...
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Jane Stabler (essay date 1998)
SOURCE: Stabler, Jane. "Guardians and Watchful Powers: Literary Satire and Lyrical Ballads in 1798." In 1798: The Year of the "Lyrical Ballads," edited by Richard Cronin, pp. 203-30. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1998.
[In the following essay, Stabler discusses Lyrical Ballads in the context of British satirical writings against the perceived threat of Jacobinism.]
An enhanced sense of the dynamics of satire in the Romantic period may modify our understanding of the early reception of Lyrical Ballads. For a long time Lyrical Ballads was accepted uncritically as one of the originary texts of Romanticism. Readers followed William Hazlitt's...
(The entire section is 9765 words.)
Scott McEathron (essay date 1999)
SOURCE: McEathron, Scott. "Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads, and the Problem of Peasant Poetry." Nineteenth-Century Literature 54, no. 1 (June 1999): 1-26.
[In the following essay, McEathron discusses Wordsworth's appropriation and reworking of the popular "peasant poetry" phenomenon for use in the Lyrical Ballads.]
One of the unwritten histories within Romanticism is that of the relationship between Wordsworth's rustic poetics and the so-called "peasant" and "working-class" poetry of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. That it remains unwritten is, in some ways, an indication that Wordsworth has continued to win the battle for...
(The entire section is 9116 words.)
Further Reading
Averill, James H. "The Shape of Lyrical Ballads (1798)." Philological Quarterly 60, no. 3 (summer 1981): 387-407.
Explores the ways in which Coleridge and Wordsworth attempted to shape the structure and themes of the 1798 Lyrical Ballads through the placement of individual poems within the collection.
Bate, Jonathan. "Wordsworth and the Naming of Places." Essays in Criticism 39, no. 3 (July 1989): 196-216.
Discusses the origin and thematic value of Wordsworth's use of specific locales in his poetry.
Benis, Toby R. "Martha Ray's Face: Life During Wartime in...
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Mal,What you say did cross my mind but the 100% British wheat statement came from the Hovis website at http://www.hovisbakery.co.uk/our-range/flour-mixes, which covers both baked goods and flours.Peter
Hovis and 100% British Wheat1. Why isnt Hovis made from 100% British wheat anymore?As a result of the worst UK harvest in over 35 years*, it is not currently possible to get sufficient supplies of the right quality wheat to meet all our needs. To ensure that we continue to make quality Hovis bread that tastes as good as it has always been, we have no choice but to supplement our supplies of British wheat from further afield.
Hovis has abandoned its 100% British wheat pledge after the UK's poor harvest left the company with "no choice" but to import from the EU.The bread brand said around a third of the wheat used in Hovis bread will be imported from the EU but it will still use around 660,000t of British wheat.
I'm guessing Paul is using Manitoba flour from Marriages Millers (who, btw, also supply Waitrose with their "Very Strong Canadian" white flour).
Paul it's a wonderful idea. I love challenges. I posted several and never got any responders except you. I hope folks will play along but generally speaking....folks dont want to work for things but would rather you just post up ur formula and methods.
Jackie, I don't question the veracity of your assumption in general...but then there are also the newcomers to this board who just started making their own pies, and only know a few flours and combinations so far. I have no idea what ingredient/process could result in the amazing stretching skills that Paul demonstrates.I have to totally rely on reading and trying what the experts have listed here to even end up in the ballpark of producing better quality pies. LOL! Actually, I feel more like I'm just pulling into the parking lot of the "Quality Pizza Ballpark"--but from reading here, already have made and tasted the best pizzas I have ever had!


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Ministry of Defence film locations
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- Ministry of Defence
- Part of:
- Ministry of Defence estate
- First published:
- 12 December 2012
- Last updated:
- 20 November 2013, see all updates
What MOD locations you can use for filming, how to apply to use them, and details about the MOD film library and the Defence Image Database.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is one of the UK's largest landowners with some 600,000 acres, consisting of some 4000 built and rural sites. There are more than 45,000 buildings (excluding housing), including barracks, bunkers, naval bases, historic buildings, hangars and warehouses. The rural estate includes areas of outstanding natural beauty such as woods, plains and lakes, many of which are untouched by modern buildings or features.
The MOD charges a commercial rate for the use of its locations in the same way as any other commercial location provider.
Using MOD film locations
Please bear in mind that defence is our core business and this takes priority though we will always endeavour to deal with your requests in a timely manner and will do our utmost to minimise delays.
You can help by giving us as much notice as possible when submitting requests, typically 10 working days minimum is required.
To apply to use a location, please use the application form:
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If the request contains any military content it will have to be cleared by our PR Department so please factor in some extra time for these types of requests. Depiction of actual MOD sites by name is not allowed.
If you have found a specific site or sites on the website that you are interested in visiting, please list them on the Location Application Form.
You can find a full list of photographs and descriptions of MOD film locations by region here. Each region's spread sheet will need to be saved to a folder before you can access the content.
Note: this information is currently held in the UK Government Web Archive.
You can browse the UK Government Web Archive by region below. However this is not a complete list of MOD film locations. The full list of locations is available via the link above.
- East
- East Midlands
- London
- North-east
- North-west
- South
- South-west
- Scotland
- Wales
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire
New film locations website
Landmarc Support Services, the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) strategic partner responsible for the management of its national training estate, has launched a new website showcasing estate available for filming and other events.
As of November 2013 the website contains some 60 sites from around the UK with 2300 images available to view, many of them new. Sites will continue to be added on a regular basis until the content of the old MOD film locations website has been fully migrated across. The new site allows searches to be made by region, activity or by image content and can be accessed via this link MOD event locations.
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MOD film library
The MOD has an extensive library of film material containing footage depicting most aspects of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Army. The library holds some 40 years worth of material. For details of this please access the British Defence Film Library.
Defence Image Database
There is also an image database which contains thousands of images contributed by Royal Navy, RAF, Army and MOD photographers. Please access the Defence Image Database.
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Published: 12 December 2012
Updated: 20 November 2013
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- First published.
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Bluebird wrote: I love the album ( By the way the first I got with My fave group)
Same here, this was the first Beatles album I ever bought. An old Parlophone record with the teal blue label and gatefold sleeve. It's in pretty bad shape these days though...played it to death. Then when it came out on cd, my copy developed some really bad mould, and most of the songs became unplayable. I've had a lot of bad luck with this album. But great songs, I love the album, 14 songs you get great value... with 14 good songs to play you can hardly call it 'weak' by any stretch. Even the 'weakest' track Mr Moonlight has a cool sound to it and great Lennon vocals.


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Eye Openers
InfoZone News Museum, Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library, 100 E. Abriendo Ave., is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.
Hose Co. No. 3 — Fire Museum, 116 Broadway Ave., is open by appointment only. There are artifacts and photographs, including the 1882 hand-pulled Orman Hose Co. hose cart. Admission is by donation. Call Gary Micheli, 821-1273, or Mark Pickerel, 564-2794, to schedule a tour or for more information.
Rocky Ford Historical Museum, 10005 Sycamore Ave., in Rocky Ford, is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays during the winter. Summer hours, May through August, the museum is open 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The museum can also be open for special tours by calling Curator Bill Hodges at 462-5524. For information, call the museum at 254-6737. Admission is free.
Pueblo Railway Museum, 132 B St., is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and other times by appointment. The Colorado & Wyoming GP7 locomotive, The Patriot, is now on display. For information or appointments, call 251-5024.
Beulah History Center, 8882 Grand Ave., in Beulah, is open from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and by appointment, call 485-3937.
Center for American Values, 101 S. Main St., Riverwalk Suite 100, is open to the public 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, and features a collection of photographic portraits and documentation of more than 140 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. For information, call 543-9502 or visit americanvaluescenter.org.
Mountain Park Environmental Center, 9112 Mountain Park Road, in Beulah is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and during events/programs, and features displays for children through adults on history and bioregion. Tours by appointment at 485-4444 or visit hikeandlearn.org.
Steelworks Museum of Industry and Culture, 215 Canal St., is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for ages 4-12 and free for children younger than 4 and museum members. Admission includes tours of the CF&I Mine Rescue Car No. 1. The museum's main exhibit is the Story of Steel: 1915-1936. There also are photographic displays of mills and mines owned by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co.; a medical display in the former company dispensary; and a company-store gift shop, carrying many CF&I-related items. For information, call 564-9086 or visit www.steelworks.us.
Gornick Slovenian Library and Museum and St. Mary's Genealogy Center, 211 E. Mesa Ave., is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday or by appointment. Free library/museum tours are available by calling 564-6779. Genealogy research is available through sacramental records of all churches in the Pueblo Diocese from the 1800s through 1957, and naturalization, census, cemetery and Internet-immigration records. There is a minimal research fee. For information, call 564-1539.
Lincoln Home, 2713 Grand Ave., is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and by appointment Saturday and Sunday.
The Gallery of the Spanish Peaks Arts Council (SPACe), 132 W. Ryus Ave., La Veta, is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, featuring original art by local artists. For information, call 719-742-3074 during regular hours.
Pueblo Art Guild and Gallery, 1500 N. Santa Fe Ave., Mineral Palace Park, is open from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, showing a variety of works by local artists. 543-2455 or www.puebloartguild.com.
Trinidad History Museum, 312 E. Main St., Trinidad, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, May 1 to Sept. 30. The complex consists of the Baca House, Bloom Mansion, Santa Fe Trail Museum, Heritage Gardens, book and gift shop, and a Tourist and State Byways Information Center located in El Corazon de Trinidad National Historic District. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors 65 and older, $3 for children 6-16, and free for children 5 and younger and History Colorado members. For information, call 719-846-7217 or visit www.historycolorado.org.
John W. Rawlings Heritage Center and Museum, 505 Bent Ave., Las Animas, is open from noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The museum and art gallery features early 1900s storefronts and artifacts — bank, candy shop, jewelry store and barbershop — and a display on former U.S. ambassador Llewellyn Thompson. For information or private tours, call 719-456-6066.
El Pueblo History Museum, 301 N. Union Ave., is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults and $4 for children ages 6-12, military and seniors. History Colorado members and children 5 and younger are free. Saturdays are Family Days with free admission for children younger than 12. Docent-led tours are available for 10 or more people by calling a week in advance. For information or to book a tour, call 583-0453.
Rosemount Museum, 419 W. 14th St., is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 545-5290.
Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center's gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 295-7200.
Buell Children's Museum's hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 295-7200.
Pueblo County Historical Society and Edward Broadhead Library , located in the Southeastern Colorado Heritage Center, 201 W. B St., is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Research library includes many books on Pueblo history, local school yearbooks, city directories and extensive photo collection. 543-6772.
Pueblo Zoo and White Discovery Room are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Call 561-1452 for hours or visit www.pueblozoo.org.
Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Memorial Airport, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and Saturday and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Tours: 948-9219.
Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo, 5200 Nature Center Road, featuring natural beauty, picnic areas, fishing, trails, bookstore, gift shop, Coyote Grille and Raptor Center exhibits. The Raptor Center's hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. For information, call 549-2414.
Fowler Historical Society, Fowler, is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Thursday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. New exhibits are shown every six months. For information, call 719-263-4046.
Southeastern Colorado Heritage Center and Museum, 201 W. B St., is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and military (with ID), $3 for children 6-12 and free for children 5 and younger and center members. The museum features an extensive saddle collection, the Carlile piano, railroad exhibit, Depression Era parlor and kitchen pictographs from western Pueblo county, Hispanic genealogy and more. Tours are available by calling 295-1517.
Koshare Indian Museum, 115 W. 18th St., La Junta, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. 719-384-4411.
Centennial High School Historical Museum, 2525 Mountview Ave., is open from 9 a.m. to noon Fridays, when school is in session. For information or to schedule a tour, call 545-2141 or 671-1852. The museum features clothing, annuals, photos and memorabilia. For information visit www.centenniallegacy.org.
Colorado State University-Pueblo Fine Art Gallery, 2200 Bonforte Blvd., Art/Music Building, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information, call 549-2835.
Colorado State University-Pueblo Observatory, 4028 W. 11th St., is open to the public at 30 minutes past sunset the third Tuesday of each month for viewing the sky. For information, call 549-2683.
Fremont Center for the Arts, 505 Macon Ave., Canon City, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday though Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. For information, call 275-2790.
Trinidad Area Arts Council, First Street Gallery, 150 E. First St., is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For information, call 719-846-1441.
A.R. Mitchell Museum & Gallery, 150 E. Main St., Trinidad, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. The museum displays three main categories of art; Western art, devotional art and historic photographs. Admission is $3 for adults and free for seniors and children. For information, call 719-846-4224.
Otero Museum, 218 Anderson St., La Junta, is open from 1 to 5 p.m. daily Monday through Saturday. Admission is free, but donations are accepted.
The Pueblo Chieftain invites local organizations to share photos and information about their recent events of community-wide interest. The free Community Corner feature appears in the Life section on Sundays.
Community Corner information forms are available at the newspaper's front desk, 825 W. Sixth St. Photos must be high-resolution and of good quality, with complete caption information; they may be posed or candid but should include no more than five individuals. Digital or computer photos should be emailed using the link above or directly to firstname.lastname@example.com. A maximum of four photos per event will be printed. The Chieftain reserves the right to determine if a photo is suitable for publication.
All photos and information must be submitted by noon Monday in order to appear the following Sunday. All photos and info forms must include at least one daytime contact phone number.


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Reconnecting isn't always easy to do
I've always been a firm believer in the positive benefits of spending time in nature. During my college years, I developed a masters thesis that was focused on developing outdoor challenge programs for troubled youth.
I implemented the program while working at a New York Division for Youth Center for troubled teens, wayward youth and delinquents. It was a secure facility, but most of the residents were there for minor offenses, such as shoplifting, delinquency or petty theft.
Many of the teens were under PINS petitions, which was often a reflection of poor parenting, rather than an actual "person in need of supervision."
The majority of residents were from urban areas including Rochester, Albany, Utica and Syracuse. They were the self-proclaimed "street smart crew." There were a few kids from the northern tier counties, and as expected, there was one particular boy who was always the target.
The urban crew referred to him as the Head Hillbilly. He happened to be a big, likeable fellow, sort of a gentle giant. Due to a severe hearing problem, he always wore hearing aids, and spoke with a notable speech impediment.
However, whenever I took the group on an outing, which was often, Pierce was the one everybody looked up to. He knew his way around the woods, and he was comfortable and confident in his element. He was a true leader.
Yet despite his advantage of size and bulk, he was always a pushover on the basketball court or the softball field. He was awkward and slow, and the hearing problems compounded his difficulty in achieving any type of athletic prowess. He couldn't hear when a teammate called for the ball or when they were passing it to him. He was beaned often, and embarrassed always. As a result, he was usually the last guy picked, and the first to be picked on.
His name was Pierce, but due to his hearing problem, he pronounced it as Beeerce, in sort of a long, low nasal moan. They mocked him often.
Throughout the fall semester, I took a select group of youth on regular outings. They earned a spot on a trip due to a combination of disciplinary accomplishment and scholastic achievement.
They hiked, fished, paddled and eventually they even got together to plan, organize and participate in an overnight camping experience. The overnight expedition was based at a private lean-to, which was located a few miles back from the nearest road.
For most of the group, it was the first time they had ever slept outdoors, and they were seriously frightened. No one would admit to it, but it was evident. Flashlights proved to be the most valuable commodity.
In a woodland setting, Pierce was at home. He was the star center of the team, as well as the coach. His leadership capabilities were evident. He never barked orders, he simply lead by example. He showed the others how to gather firewood, and how to kindle the evening's fire.
Following the overnight camping trip, he was more confident, and more popular than ever. The others looked up to him, rather than down on him. It was an immediate and unexpected juxtaposition of roles. He was now the leader.
Before my internship came to an end, I was fortunate to hook him up with a mentor, a local trapper who maintained a trap line along a small stream across the road from the facility. It took a lot of paperwork, and some serious arm-twisting on my part, but I was finally able to convince the facility director to allow Pierce to work the trapline, alone and unescourted.
Over the next few months, I would stop by the facility to visit with him regularly. He had new clothes and new sneakers, which were considered status symbols by the downstate gang.
He earned money as a trapper, and he learned responsibility. He was good in the woods, and the woods were good for him. He was the only resident allowed to leave campus unsupervised, and as far as anyone knew, he was the only resident to do so in the entire New York Division for Youth network.
When we eventually parted ways, I was convinced Pierce was well on his way. His time in the woods had changed him dramatically, and it had allowed him to achieve both the confidence and competence necessary to succeed.
His schoolwork improved too, as did his social skills. When I last visited the facility, he was truly the big man on campus.
As the years went by, I often wondered what became of him. I knew when juveniles returned home, the environment changed as drastically as their behavior and recidivism rates reflected that problem. However, I was confident Pierce was finally on the right course, he had finally hit his stride.
The years passed quickly, and yet I was never far removed from troubled youth. Although my college internship was just a faded memory, as a private guide I was regularly involved in providing character-building opportunities for young men.
I soon discovered, it was often more difficult to shape the character of privileged children than it was with the underprivileged.
In the mid 1980s, I took a position as a recreation program leader with the state Department of Corrections at Camp Gabriels.
Due to the nature of the facility, which had inmate crews working in the local communities, I was able to establish traveling athletic teams. I required the traveling "state team" players to maintain spotless disciplinary records since we often traveled to facilities with much higher security standards.
In addition, local college and community basketball teams would often come to play at the facility's gymnasium. Eventually, I established a state softball team, which competed in the local Black Fly Softball League. Of course, all of the Black Fly softball league games were played at the facility's ballfield.
In the spring of 1996, I brought the state softball team to play a game at a nearby medium security facility. Inter-facility competitions were always tough, as athletic pride runs deep, whether on the street or behind bars.
The teams played a close game, and as the game neared completion, a big, hulking figure approached our bench. His head was down as he leaned on the chain link fence separating the ball field from the prison yard.
From under the hood of his tattered old sweatshirt, a voice bellowed, "What's the matter Mr. H. Don't you say hello to your friends?"
The voice was a distant memory, but I couldn't place from where.
I replied sternly, "I usually say hello when I know who I'm speaking to."
The inmate lifted his hood and asked, almost pleadingly, "Don't you remember me? It's Pierce! You know me, Pierce. Pierce from the youth shelter! How you doing Mr. H? How you been?"
He was really excited to see me, but I wasn't nearly as enthusiastic.
I was crushed and saddened. For nearly 20 years, Pierce had been the gold standard for many of the troubled kids I worked with. I talked often about his accomplishments, and how he had worked his way up from the bottom of the pack to become a shining example of what could be accomplished.
In my talks, he was legend. Now, he was just another dirtbag inmate, on the opposite side of a security fence, and I couldn't even shake his hand.
Got game
The Adirondack Interpretive Center in Newcomb will host another lecture in their popular Sportsman's Series – which highlight the role sportsmen and women play in conservation and game management – this weekend.
The speaker for Saturday's event will be Dr. Russ Rider, a local physician from Long Lake. Dr. Rider, a native of Elizabethtown who grew up is an outdoor-oriented family will offer a presentation on trapping and furbearers at the Huntington Lodge in Newcomb.
Hunters and trappers were among our nation's initial preservationists, and they continue to offer a strong voice and important contributions as one of the Adirondack Park's major stakeholders.
Participants are welcome to share their stories, insights and experiences at fireside in the historic Huntington Lodge trophy room. The event is free and open to the public. There will be hot and cold beverages, chili and cornbread available at no charge.


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On We Will Be Fossils, She Bears frontman Stephen Pence spends a good deal of time considering his place in the universe, the concept of legacy and what it means to continue making music once those youthful dreams of rock 'n' roll glory begin to give way to harsher everyday realities.
"There's a moment in every musician's life where they realize they're probably not going to be U2, and that definitely happened with us — not that I wanted to be U2," Pence said with a laugh during a late December interview. "[The album] is about figuring out a path because not everybody is a statue. Most of us are mannequins. We're a glimpse of something. We're here, we're gone and that's it. But we still mean something."
Perhaps it's not surprising Pence chose to explore concepts of transition as the group was undergoing an evolution of its own. In 2011, just weeks before album recording sessions began, keyboardist Caitlin McGlade left the band. Rather than adding a new member Pence and Co. chose to soldier onward as a four-piece — a decision that forced the musicians to learn how to play with one another anew.
"It took us a while to figure out how to rebuild our band," said Pence, 27, who grew up in the Texas Hill Country and relocated to Ohio in 2007. "A lot of the early rough mixes just didn't feel quite right, but I never had a doubt it would get where we needed to go."
While the songs on We Will Be Fossils might explore heavier themes, the music itself tends to be weightless, shifting from melodic, guitar-driven dirges ("Fewer Cigarettes") to ragged indie-rock anthems like "Tracks in the Snow," a spiky tune that could rightly be described as She Bears' attempt to put a local (and louder) spin on LCD Soundsystem's "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down"
"It's kind of my Columbus-I-love-you-but-you're-always-bad-to-me song," Pence said. "There's a line at the end where it's like, 'I promise you when the weather warms up we'll cut the bottoms off our pants and we'll go outside.' So the whole thing is like, 'Yeah, it's frozen everywhere and awful and we can't do anything, but soon enough it's going to be over and everything will be fine again, and I know that.'"


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Small girl, big potential
About a month ago, Lily Zhang's seventh-grade history teacher at Jordan Middle School challenged her to a game of ping-pong.
Usually, it's the teacher who provides the student with an education. In this case, it was the other way around.
And the teacher quickly learned his lesson.
Zhang, 12, quickly disposed of Mr. LaSala in six games to 11, as about 25 people stood around the school's table and watched.
"I let him have a few points," a giggling Zhang said of her favorite teacher.
She might be young, and she might be small --- she's 5-feet tall and weighs just 81 pounds --- but many believe Zhang could be the "next big thing" in American table tennis.
"You don't get somebody like this every year, it's maybe every 10 years that you get somebody like this," said Doru Gheorghe, a former national team table tennis competitor in his native Romania and currently the coach of the USA Table Tennis national team. "We haven't had such a talented girl in a long time in the U.S. I have been here for about 11 years, and I haven't seen such talent."
Zhang is the national champion in both cadet (under 15) and junior (under 18) ranks and is among the top 10 players in the country overall, Gheorghe said. She also qualified for the senior national team in 2009.
He also speculated that the seventh grader was the youngest competitor at the World Table Tennis Championships this spring in Yokohama, Japan. Zhang was selected to join the five-person Team USA as a coach's choice. USA Table Tennis funded the top four athletes, with the fourth spot going to a coach's choice, usually an athlete with potential.
"It was a really good opportunity, and it was really cool because I got to watch all the really good players," Zhang said. "It was really fun to watch them because you can learn new things and you can meet new people."
Zhang, of Palo Alto, Calif., competed in the doubles, mixed doubles and singles competition. She and partner Ariel Hsing won their first match in doubles, and along with Timothy Wang, she won their first mixed doubles game as well.
Not bad for a kid who picked up the sport five years ago, at the ripe old age of 7.
"I thought I did pretty well, but it was my first adult international, so the arena was really big and I kind of wasn't used to it for my first match," Zhang said. "It got better. In singles, the first match I played was with Croatia, so I wasn't too used to it, but then in the end I got pretty comfortable playing, so I thought I did pretty well overall."
Gheorghe agreed.
"She did very well for the first time in such a big event," he said. "She was overexcited, OK. She was thrilled watching and seeing all those table tennis stars. Seeing all those players in flesh and blood was for her really exciting.
"She did really well, she was not scared at all playing at the table, but it was a different level than she has played before. These players are experienced and have played on national teams, but she was a 12-year-old playing on this level for the first time. But she did very well and was not scared at all."
Gheorghe said Zhang has been on his radar for about two or three years, but he didn't actually work with her until the recent world championships.
"We knew that she was coming," Gheorghe said.
Zhang quickly has made her presence known.
"She had a good touch for the ball, she can move the ball wherever she wants. It's a skill, good coordination and touch,'' he said. "This is something that you are born with. Some players compensate [for] it with a lot of work, but some are just born with this.
"She works hard,'' Gheorghe added. "It's not like she doesn't work, but she is so young and she is there."
Zhang has a few more weeks left of school before heading for a one-month trip to China, where she will train and play in some junior tournaments.
"They have more players there and they also practice a lot more than we do here in the U.S.," Zhang said.
After that she returns home and then heads to Canada for the North American Championships, all before heading back to the Bay Area and starting her eighth-grade year.
Her eventual goal is to compete in the Olympics, perhaps as early as the 2012 Games in London. Gheorghe said she has the potential to eventually be a top-20 player in the world and even an Olympic medalist. But he particularly focused on that one word: potential.
"She has real potential, but to succeed there are certain amount of hours and high level training and playing a lot of top level tournaments," he said. "It's like tennis, it takes time to participate in many high level events, to get used to other players, to improve yours skills, to get strong mentally, then you start winning. It takes many years to improve your skills."
Outside of the sport, Zhang tries to be a pretty typical preteen. She loves to read and hang out with her friends, and she really enjoys Mr. LaSala's history class.
For table tennis, Zhang works out about 18 hours per week, but she has the drive to succeed and willingly sacrifices her spare time to practice table tennis.
Gheorghe sees a future strong U.S. team with Zhang as the cornerstone, but at the same time, he realizes that a lot can change throughout her teenage years. He says Zhang has the family support and drive to succeed; now he just hopes she can continue her progression.
"I hope she is going to stay and follow this direction,'' Gheorghe said. "Like I said, the family environment is good, they support her, they follow the schedule; it's good. I hope it's going to stay the same."
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Chrös McDougall is a freelance contributor for teamusa.org. This story was not subject to the approval of the United States Olympic Committee or any National Governing Bodies.
Additional words from the sidelines:
Favorite Band/Music:
Pop and hip hop music. Ne-Yo, Justin Timberlake, or Ciara might be on her iPod today.
"Facebook and I have a phone. I don't go on facebook that often, maybe just once or twice a week I go on there for an hour, or a half hour to look at pictures or chat."
"I guess (China table tennis player) Zhang Yining, because she is my idol and she is really good and stuff, and I'd also like to meet Michael Phelps, because I think he is really good."
*Note, she met Zhang Yining at the 2009 World Championships and they took a picture together.
Favorite Olympic Sport:
Swimming, diving and gymnastics.
Favorite Olympic Moment:
"I like watching people get their medals because I know they must be really happy and I know they must have worked really hard to get them."