text: Welcome to The Foundation of Graduates in Early Childhood StudiesThe Foundation of Graduates in Early Childhood Studies was established in 2005 by the Association of Graduates in Early Childhood Studies to support work in the early childhood field in Australia. It encompasses the former Forest Hill Early Childhood Foundation ( established in 1995) and has a new component based on funds from the sale of Warrawong. The Foundation will continue the work of the Founders who were the Graduates' Association of the Kindergarten Training College in Melbourne. History of Forest HillIn 1926 the Founders established a Holiday Home in the countryside at Forest Hill for children from socially and economically deprived inner city suburbs. They came for nurture during a country holiday and to allow respite for their families. They played, climbed trees, milked cows, and fished in the creek, and enjoyed the space, the freedom and the care. In 1960 it became an emergency residential kindergarten. The Forest Hill Emergency Kindergarten was eventually closed and in 1991, the large property, now surrounded by suburban development, was sold by the Graduates' Association (now known as the Association of Graduates in Early Childhood Studies). Part of the income from the sale was used to establish the Forest Hill Early Childhood Foundation which is now incorporated in the new Foundation. Once a year the interest from the invested money is distributed as Grants to a wide range of early childhood services and projects in Australia. History of WarrawongIn 1937 Lieut-Col. Fred Davey donated his country property Ware, in Ringwood East, to the Graduates' Association of the former Kindergarten Training College in Melbourne. The property comprised an old homestead and 25 acres of land and was to be used as a Holiday Home for disadvantaged children from inner city Melbourne. Children were selected by a medical officer and their kindergarten teacher. The average stay at Ware was 3 weeks. Over the years, the programmes offered were adapted and changed to meet the social needs of the time and to keep current with the latest beliefs in early childhood development. Students, undertaking Kindergarten training, frequently spent their placement time in residence at Ware and many of the costs associated with the running of this Holiday Home were met through charitable donations from J .B Were and Son. This association continued through to the closure of the Service. With looming financial difficulties, staff shortages, changing social needs and Ware in need of renovation, the Kindergarten Graduates decided to sell the old home and most of the land and to develop a new centre for children on the remaining acres. In 1957, this new centre, Warrawong, was established as a modern, purpose built Centre designed as a Holiday Home for up to ten children. Later, local children also attended for sessions of Kindergarten and long Day Care. During the sixties change again occurred as the Centre began to offer Emergency Care for families in crisis situations but the financial problems for the Kindergarten Graduates Association continued. In 1973 further changes took place and from then, to the time of the closure of Warrawong and sale of the property, many innovative programmes were developed on the site. Davey House was established in partnership with Maroondah Hospital as a Paediatric Outreach Programme and Sage Cottage operated alongside Warrawong as an Occasional Care and 3 year old programme. Warrawong was considered a leader in the development of Early Childhood Programmes. It was managed and run by interested community members, parents and Graduate Kindergarten Teachers. The decision to close and sell the property in 2003 was difficult for the Graduates' Association but through the Warrawong fund being established from the proceeds, within The Foundation of Graduates in Early Childhood Studies, it is hoped that the vision of the early Kindergarten Graduates will continue. The fund will be used to support training and professional development in the early childhood field in Victoria. Advisory Committees and GrantsTwo Advisory Committees have been established by the Association; one to advise the Trustees on the distribution of funds linked to Forest Hill and one to advise on the distribution of funds linked to Warrawong. The Trustees of The Foundation of Graduates in Early Childhood Studies make distributions from both funds each year. |


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Reducing Anxiety in Trying Times
Most of us have typical concerns about things like our general health, making ends meet, and the well-being of our families. And these days, it feels as if the coronavirus pandemic has exponentially compounded them all. It goes without saying that we can be excused for being fretful. Yet for some of us, those worries have become a chronic preoccupation. This might be a sign of an anxiety disorder—a problem that is especially common among older adults.
How can we distinguish between normal concern and an anxiety disorder? The National Institute of Mental Health describes it this way:
"Anxiety is an uneasy feeling that something may harm you or a loved one. This feeling can be normal and sometimes helpful. If you're starting a new job or taking a test, it might make you more alert and ready for action. But sometimes anxiety can linger or become overwhelming. When it gets in the way of good health and peace of mind, it's called an anxiety disorder."
If you notice that a senior loved one is feeling anxious much of the time, encourage them to seek an evaluation. A medication review might be the first step; some medications can make us feel anxious. Anxiety also might be caused by an illness, even being the first noticeable symptom of a heart condition, hormonal disorder, inflammatory illness or neurological problem.
Often, it's not an illness that leads to anxiety, but the other way around. Anxiety disorders raise the level of stress hormones in the body, robbing older adults of healthy sleep, harming their relationships, and raising their risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, dementia, stroke, digestive problems, and even osteoporosis. The good news is that anxiety disorders are treatable. Treatments include:
- Psychotherapy — Cognitive behavioral therapy with a trained mental health professional can help your loved one understand the roots of their anxiety, and learn new thinking patterns to manage it. (Note: During this period of social distancing, many therapists are conducting online sessions with clients.)
- Medications — While medication shouldn't be the first choice of treatment for older patients, several classes of drugs can be effective.
- Lifestyle changes — Exercise, stress management techniques, meditation, getting more sleep, improving diet, and limiting alcohol and caffeine may all lower your loved one's feelings of anxiety.
What if your loved one resists getting treatment?
Dr. David Somers from the National Institute of Mental Health shared the following tips:
- Ask questions. Start by asking how your loved one is feeling. A common answer is, "I'm fine," Dr. Sommers says, so be prepared to follow up. You might ask whether they're sure, because you've noticed that they're withdrawn, sleeping a lot, or agitated, for example.
- Listen. Sometimes all your loved one needs is to be heard. Be mindful of interrupting and resist playing the role of a medical professional. Be aware of your body language, and be encouraging.
- Normalize their experience. Everyone has experienced some anxiety. Share with your loved one that there have been times you've been anxious and that you understand how difficult it can be. Recognizing their feelings is important. Be careful not to minimize them.
- Provide resources. Prepare a list of resources to offer your loved one. This might include the names and numbers of a physician, therapist, or community health clinic that they can reach out to if they're ready to talk to a professional.
- Follow up. This piece is important, Dr. Sommers says. Touch base with your loved one every day or two after your conversation to see how they're doing. Ask whether they've contacted a professional for help, and encourage them to do so if they haven't.
Source: IlluminAge with information from the National Institute of Mental Health
The information in this article is not intended to replace the advice of your healthcare provider.

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The Egyptologists
by Jimmy Dunn
The real exploration of Egypt came with the French invasion under Napoleon. Along with his army, he bought along a number of scholars, who conducted surveys throughout Egypt. These men were not only Egypt's earliest modern explorers, but were probably more interested in documenting their findings then the next generation of explorers and adventurers, who seem to have put their greatest efforts into the collection, and sell, of Egyptian antiquities. It was these predecessors of modern Egyptology that stripped many of Egypt's fine antiquities, carrying them off to European as well as American Museums. In fact, the real age of Egyptology did not begin until the key to Egypt's written language was deciphered by Champollion, and not until Maspero and his contemporaries did Egyptology begin to settle into the realm of scholarly work. Real Egyptology probably began with Petrie, who's excavation methods were closer to modern methods then any of his predecessors (or contemporaries).
Of course, the following list is by no means complete. Obviously there are thousands of working Egyptologists today, not to mention those of the past. However, we will continue to update this list as more information becomes available. Yet this is a fairly complete list from the standpoint of past and present important figures in Egyptology.
See also:
- A Brief History of Early Travelers to Egypt (Part One)
- A Brief History of Early Travelers to Egypt (Part Two)
- A Brief History of Early Travelers to Egypt (Part Three)
Andraos, Boutros
Boutros Andraos was a Luxor resident who, with his neighbor Shenouda Macarios, received permission in 1900 from Howard Carter to excavate KV 42 (the tomb of Hatshepsut Meryet-Ra). They had been promised a share of the contents, but little was found.
Arnold, Diete
Dieter Arnold is a modern Egyptologist and architect, still living, who carried out excavations at Tarif, Deir el-Bahari and Dahshur for the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo. Most of his research has focused on Egypt's Middle Kingdom pyramids, and on pyramid construction. Currently he is directing the excavations in Lisht and Dahshur under the sponsorship of the American Archeological expedition from New York's Metropolitan Museum.
Ayrton, Edward Russell
Edward Russell Ayrton was an English archaeologist funded by Theodore Davis from 1905-1908 while he worked in the Valley of the Kings.
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista (1778 - 1823)
Belzoni, an Italian, was the strong man of Egyptology, who worked in as a circus strongman in London prior to his explorations in Egypt. He was an imposing man with a height of about two meters (6ft, 6in). He was an adventurer and self taught archaeologist who possibly studied hydraulics, and who ended up working for the Egyptian vice regent, Muhammad Ali. He directed excavations, often using crude methods. However, he is credited with discovering the previously unknown upper entrance of Khafre's pyramid at Giza. He also documented and collected antiquities.
Borchardt, Ludwig (1863 - 1938)
A German Egyptologist and architect, Borchardt became famous for his excavations in Abusir, Abu Ghurab and Amarna (where he discovered the famous bust of Nefertiti). He made an outstanding contribution to the understanding of the architecture of the pyramid complex and founded the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo, as well as the Swiss Institute for Egyptian Archaeology and Architecture in Cairo.
Brugsch, Emile Charles Adalbert (1842 - 1930)
A German Egyptologist, he became an assistant in the Khedive's School of Egyptology in Cairo where he worked between 1870 and 1879. Later, he became an assistant to Mariette, and an assistant conservator at the Bulaq Museum in Cairo. He later was promoted to Keeper. He worked on Mariettee's behalf at Saqqara, where he discovered the pyramid Texts in 1881, and was also responsible for clearing the Deir el-Bahari cache in the same year. With two other Boulak Museum assistants, Brugsch went straightaway to the site, claimed it for the Antiquities Service and proceeded to have the cache-tomb hurriedly cleared of its some forty royal and anonymous coffined mummies, during forty-eight hours over a six-day period He was a skilled lithographer and photographer. Unfortunately, he may also have surreptitiously sold museum objects, but to his credit, this may have been done to keep the museum afloat. Before his death, he was made a Bey and Pasha by the Egyptian government.
Budge, Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis (1857 - 1934)
An Englishman, Budge studied Egyptology under Samuel Birch at the British Museum between 1870 and 1878. He later studied at Christ's College at Cambridge. He went to work for the British Museum after graduation in 1883, and between 1894 and 1924, was a Keeper in the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities. He excavated at Aswan, Gebel Barkal, Meroe, Semna and other Nubian sites. Budge was known as a prolific author with over 140 titles to his credit, some of which continue to be printed.
Bucher, Paul
Paul Bucher was a French Egyptologist who copied and published texts from the walls of KV 34 (Thutmes III) and KV 35 (Amenhetep II).
Burton, Harry
A British photographer born in Lincolnshire, though a resident of Florence, Harry Burton worked from 1914 onward for the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Egyptian Expedition and for Howard Carter in 1922 as the photographer in KV 62. Prior to that he worked for Theodore Davis in the Valley of the Kings. The hundreds of glass negatives he took during he course of the Tutankhamun clearance provide an unparalleled body of reference and are among the finest archaeological photographs ever made.
Burton, James
Born in London in 1788 to James Haliburton (who changed his name to Burton) and Elizabeth Westly, James Burton was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received his B.A. in 1810 and M.A. in 1815. Between 1815 and 1822 Burton worked for the architect Sir John Soane and traveled in Italy with his secretary, Charles Humphreys, where he met Egyptologists Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, Edward William Lane, and Sir William Gell.
In 1822 Burton accepted an invitation from Pasha Mohammed Ali to work as a mineralogist in a search for coal with the Geological Survey of Egypt. Burton had absolutely no mineralogical knowledge, however, and left the Geological Survey in 1824. He turned his attention to the ancient monuments of Egypt. In 1825, he traveled south on the Nile making his way from Cairo to Abu Simbel. En route, Burton spent several months in ancient Thebes. He excavated at Madinat Habu and Karnak and in several of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. It was during these months that he first entered KV 5 and sketched a plan of its initial chambers.
Between 1825 and 1828, Burton published a volume of hieroglyphic inscriptions. Little is known of Burton's whereabouts between 1825 and 1834, but on Christmas Day in 1835 he returned home to England with animals, servants and slaves, including his wife, Andreana, a Greek slave girl who had been purchased for him in his earlier years in Egypt. Shortly thereafter, his family disowned him.
Burton is perhaps best known for his drawings and plans of ancient Egyptian monuments, which are valuable because they can be used to compare the condition of the archaeological sites in the early nineteenth century and today. In addition, throughout his years in Egypt, Burton collected Egyptian antiquities, most of which were auctioned off at Sotheby's in 1836 to repay his debts. The only item of his collection which was not auctioned was a mummy and coffin, now in the Liverpool Museum. James Burton died in Edinburgh in 1862, and was buried with the epitaph "a zealous investigator in Egypt of its language and antiquities."
Bruce, James
A British traveler who arrived in Egypt in 1768, James Bruce visited the Valley of the Kings and partly cleared KV 11, which is still sometimes known as "Bruce's Tomb
Howard Carter is probably the most famous Egyptologist we know of because of his discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, and the resulting media frenzy. However, he worked on many other excavations. He was a British Egyptologist, who began his career as a draftsman and artist, documenting work and excavations at a number of locations in Egypt, including of course, the Valley of the Kings.
Caviglia, Giovanni Battista (1770 - 1845)
An early explorer in Egypt, Caviglia was a temperamental, uneducated Italian who spent his early life as a sea captain. Nevertheless, he found his true calling in Egyptology, at a time when perhaps adventurous men were more suited to the profession than today's scholars. He was employed by various European collectors and work with a number of early explorers, including personalities such as Henry Salt. Salt paid Caviglia to excavate the Sphinx, but apparently the two men had a falling out after Caviglia spent most of his time looking for mummy pits. He is noted at the first explorer to carry out major excavations at Giza, and specifically investigated the Davison Chamber in the Great Pyramid, hoping to find a secret room. Apparently Caviglia was a very religious man who felt the Pyramid's held mystic secrets.
Champollion, Jean-Francois (1790 - 1832)
The world might never have heard of Champollion were it not for the Rosetta Stone. He was the intellect who broke the mysterious code of hieroglyphics, and because of this, is often recognized as the founder of
Egyptology. In addition to his work with the Rosetta Stone, he visited Egypt and studied the monuments and collected a wide range of documentation. he also authored a series of scholarly works on Egyptian history, religion and language. See also Champollion's Notes.
Ciccarello, Mark
An American Egyptologist, Mark Ciccarello worked with John Romer on the clearing of KV 4 (Rameses XI).
D'Athanasi, Giovanni (1798 - 1854)
A Greek adventurer and collector of Egyptian artifacts, D'Athanasi originally came to Egypt in order to work for his father, a merchant. He was employed by Henry Salt and later, John Barker to collect antiquities, and managed to build up a sizable collection himself. He later disposed of this collection in three sales at Sotheby's in London. Unfortunately, he apparently used these funds to become a picture dealer in London, at which he did poorly, and died in poverty.
Daressy, Georges
A French Egyptologist, Georges Daressy cleared and published KV 6 (Rameses IX), KV 9 (Rameses V and VI), and KV 38 (Thutmes I).
Dodson, Aidan
A current British Egyptologist, Dodson read Egyptian archaeology at Durham, Liverpool and Cambridge Universities. he received his Ph.d. in 1995. He has lectured in England, Egypt, Canada and the United states, and is currently working on a scientific publication of the coffins and canopic equipment from the Tomb of Tutankhamun. His books include Egyptian Rock Cut Tombs, The Canopic Equipment of the Kings of Egypt and Monarchs of the Nile.
Edwards, Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen (1909 - 1996)
Edwards was one of the better known Egyptologists during his day. He was British, and in fact worked at the British Museum for many years. Considered an important authority on the Egyptian pyramid, his book, The Pyramids of Egypt, was one of the standards on the topic, and went through a number of editions and translations into other languages.
Emery, Walter Brian (1903 - 1971)
Emery, a British Egyptolog is t and archaeolog ist, is best known for his work in Nubia, where he made a name for himself. He also worked in the early dynastic period necropolis at Saqqara.
Fakhry, Ahmad (1905 - 1973)
Fakhry was an Egyptian archaeologist who worked in the Western desert of Egypt, and also in the necropolis at Dahshur.
Ferlini, Giuseppe (1800 - 1870)
Even though Ferlini was born in Bologna, he managed to become the Surgeon Major to the Egyptian army around 1830. He served in the Sudan, and upon retiring in 1834, excavated at Meroe with Antonio Stefani. His finds were later sold, and remain at the museums in Munich and Berlin.
Firth, Cecil Mallaby (1878 - 1931) A British Egyptologist, Firth played a major role in archaeological work in Nubia, and later in the early dynastic period necropolis in Saqqara, and specifically in the Djoser complex.
Goneim, Muhammad Zakaria (1905 - 1959)
An Egyptian archaeologist, Goneim is best known for his work on and discovery of Sekhemkhet's pyramid at Saqqara. Unfortunately, after establishing his worthiness on that complex, he was falsely accused of steeling and smuggling an artifact. These accusations were proven false by his good friend, Jean-Philippe Laucer, but not in time to prevent Goneim from committing suicide over the matter.
Hassan, Selim (1886 - 1961)
Many of the younger Egyptian Archaeologist owe thanks to Hassan, because he basically developed the discipline of Egyptology at the University of Cairo. His work focused on archaeological excavations in the necropolis at Giza, though he apparently worked elsewhere, including, for example, Abu Rawash. he later published the results of his work in a ten volume study.
Hawass, Zahi
Hawass is currently one of the most famous Egyptologists in the world, credited with considerable work at Giza, as well as the Western Oasis. An Egyptian, he has been greatly involved in work carried out around the Great Pyramid of Giza. He also discovered and worked in the necropolis of the artists who worked on those pyramids. In 2001, he was named as the eighth National Geographic Explorer in Residence. In the first months of 2002, he was named as the chairman of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), which oversees all artifacts and monuments in Egypt under the authority of the Ministry of Culture.
Hay, Robert
Robert Hay was born in Berwickshire, Scotland in 1799. Navy service brought him to Alexandria in 1818 and this visit, coupled with reading Belzoni's works, inspired him to return to Egypt and travel. For ten years beginning in 1824, Hay explored Egypt, making sketches and watercolors of sites. He often traveled with other artists, including Joseph Bonomi and Edward Lane. He sailed up the Nile to Abu Simbel, stopping at sites along the way to document them and make plaster casts of reliefs.
The area that impressed Hay most was ancient Thebes and he spent time in the Valley of the Kings. During his stay there he lived in the tomb of Rameses IV (KV 2) while his artist friends stayed in the tomb of Rameses VI (KV 9). During this time, he made watercolors of tomb interiors. In 1828 Hay married Kalitza Psaraki, a former slave taken from her homeland of Crete to Egypt by the Turks. She accompanied Hay during the rest of his exploration in Egypt.
The 1840 publication of his lithographs of Cairo was not popular, but the images are of great value to Egyptologists today. There is a 47-volume set of unpublished books at the British Museum Library of Hay's notes and drawings. He gave the artifacts and plaster casts he collected to the British Museum. Robert Hay died in East Lothian in 1863.
Hornung, Erik
A Swiss Egyptologist, Erik Hornung specializes in the study of royal funerary texts. He has published scenes and texts from KV 1 (Rameses VII), KV 2 (Rameses IV), and KV 17 (Sety I).
Jequier, Gustave (1868 - 1946)
Jequier was a Swiss Egyptologist who specialized in ancient Egyptian art and architecture. He participated in archaeological research at a number of locations, most notable of which was his excavations in South Saqqara.
Jones, Owen
Owen Jones was a British architect who published several accounts of his travels in Egypt.
Lane, Edward William
A British Arabist, Edward William Lane's Description of Egypt (written between 1825 and 1828, but published in 2000) covers Theban monuments in great detail.
Lauer, Jean-Philippe (1902 - 2001)
Lauer was a French architect and archaeologists who was already working in Egypt around the age of 18. He was almost exclusively involved with research at Saqqara, particularly at the complex of Djoser, where he first went to work for Firth and Quibell. He was considered to be the the foremost expert on pyramid construction techniques and methods. Some of his work at Saqqara focused on reconstructing, theoretically, many of the buildings in the Djoser complex. He lived to be about 99 years old, and spent 70 of those years in the pyramid field at Saqqara.
Leblanc, Christian
Christian Leblanc is a French Egyptologist clearing and stabilizing KV 7 (Rameses II).
Leclant, Jean
A modern, living French Egyptologist and professor at the Serbonne in Pairs, Leclant specializes in history, philology and archaeology. His focus is mostly on the cultural legacy of ancient Egypt through the Greco-Roman period. While much of his work is concentrated on the Sudan (Nubia), he is also very actively connected with the documentation and editing of the pyramid text.
Legrain, Georges (1865 - 1917)
A French Egyptologist, originally studied under under Paul Pierret and Eugene Revillout at the Louvre. He was a member of the French Institute in Cairo between 1892 and 1894, when he was excavating at Aswan, Kom Ombo and el- Amarna. He became the Inspecteur-dessinateur of the Service des Antiquites in 1894, and continued working at Kom Ombo and also at Gebel el-Silsila and Dahshur. In 1895, he undertook conservation work in Karnak. In fact, the first archaeological excavations really started at Karnak with the work of George Legrain in the court known as of the hiding-place, where were hidden more than 800 statues of all periods and which count among the most beautiful objects found in Egypt. These statues had been hidden in Antiquity, and are now in the Egyptian Antiquities Museum in Caior. He was later appointed as the Chief Inspector of Antiquities in Luxor. Upon his death, he was replaced by Maurice Pillet in Luxor.
Mark Lehner, an American Egyptologist who continues today to work at Giza, is one of the modern living legends of Egyptology. and in the past has worked closely with Zahi Hawass. He directed the Sphinx and Isis Temple project from 1979 to 1983, and since 1984, had directed the Giza Plateau Mapping Project. He has developed computerized reconstruction's of the sphinx and the Giza plateau, as well as doing important work on the G 1a pyramid in Khufu's complex. Both he, and Hawass, were highly visible in the debate that raged, and sometimes continues to raise its ugly head, over the age of the Sphinx and the construction of the pyramids. Of course, both Lehner and Hawass argued the side of traditional Egyptology, maintaining that the Sphinx dates to the 4th Dynasty and was not built thousands of years earlier, and that there was nothing supernatural or alien about the construction of the great pyramids at Giza. Perhaps Lehner's voice is louder on the subject than many other Egyptologists, for he originally came to Egypt with the other camp, as a follower of Edgar Cayce (the Sleeping Prophet). Cayce, a psychic, maintained that the Atlantians had buried an advanced library of information between the paws of the Sphinx. After spending time examining the monuments of Egypt, he rejected Casey's radical views and began studying traditional Egyptology. Lehner is the author of The Complete Pyramids of Egypt, as well as many other references, and is considered a leading modern authority on Egypt's pyramid complexes.
Lepsius, Karl Richard (1810 - 1884)
Lepsius was a German Egyptologist who did important surveys of Egyptian monuments, including the pyramids, and is considered by many to be perhaps one of the most important Egyptologists of all times. Lepsius was born in Namburg-am-Sale in 1810 and earned his doctorate in Berlin in 1833. He founded the study of Egyptology at the University of Berlin, and was also heavily involved in the development of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin. Between 1842 and 1845, he led the famous Prussian expedition to Egypt and Nubia. This work, sponsored by King Wilhelm IV of Prussia worked as far south in the Sudan as Khartoum and Sennar, as well as visiting the Fayoum and the Sinai. He published this information in his work, published in 12 volumes called Denkmaler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien. This work perhaps constitutes the greatest Egyptological study published thus far. Collecting was also a mandate of the Expedition, and with the enthusiastic approval of Muhammed Ali, some 15,000 objects were shipped back to augment the growing Egyptian collection in Berlin.
Loret, Victor Clement Georges Philippe (1859 - 1946)
If anyone ever looked the part of a professor, it was Loret. Born in Baris, he studied with Mapero at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes and the College de France. He was a member of the French Archaeological Institute in Cairo and worked at the royal and private tombs at Thebes. He founded the school of Egyptology at the University of Lyons, where he was a Reader between 1886 and 1929. He also founded the Antiquities service Journal. In 1897, he became the Director General of the Egyptian Antiquities Service, and served in that position until 1899. While director, he apparently conducted important excavations in the Valley of the Kings. He also worked at Saqqara.
Lucas, Alfred (1867-1945)
Born in Mancheser England, Alfred Lucas was a Chemist for the Egyptian Antiquities Service between 1923 and 1932. For nine seasons he worked closely with Howard Carter in the consolidation of Tutankhamun's burial equipment and in analyzing the various materials brought to light in the tomb. His work was instrumental in the preservation of the Tutankhamun collection. Without conservation, Carter estimated that barely 10 per cent of the tomb's content would have reached Cairo in a state fit for exhibition. Thanks to Lucas' work, barely .25 per cent of the objects were lost. As well as drawing upon his skills at preservation, Carter also relied heavily on Lucas for his forensic talents in his reconstruction of the ancient robberies of the Tomb.
Mace, Arthur Cruttenden (1874-1928)
Arthur Mace was a former student and distant cousin of Flinders Petrie, for whom he dug at Dendera, Hiw and Abydos. After working with George A. Reisner at Giza and Naga el-Deir, Mace joined the Metropolitan Museum in 1901 as Assistant Curator of Egyptian Art. Mace's sound common sense and practical skills were invaluable to Howard Carter during the Tutankhamun Excavation, and he helped co-author the first volume of "The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen. In 1924 Mace's health failed, and he left Egypt for good.
Mariette, Francois Auguste Ferdinand Pasha (1821 - 1881)
Mariette was a French Egyptologist who is often credited as the founder of modern archaeological excavations and preservation of Egyptian monuments. Yet he spent his early life as a teacher of French and drawing in Stratford, England. He began studying Egyptology at about the age of 21. He led several dozen archaeological excavations throughout Egypt and Nubia, paving the way for the founding of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo. Interestingly, he also participated in writing the libretto for the opera Aida, by Verdi.
Marciniak, Marek
A Polish Egyptologist, Marek Marciniak published scenes and texts in KV11 (Rameses III).
Martin, Geoffrey Thorndike (1934 -)
Educated at the University College of London and the Corpus Christi College and Christ's College at Cambridge, Martin received his doctorate in 1969. At Christ's College, he was a Lady Wallis Budge Research Fellow, and later was a lecturer in Egyptology at UCL. His excavations include Buhen, Sudan in 1963 and from 1964, in Saqqara. Since 1998, he has worked with Nicholas Reeves in the Valley of the Kings, and he worked in 1969 and 1980 doing epigraphic work and excavation in the royal wadi at el- Amarna.
Maspero, Gaston Camille Charles (1846 - 1916)
Maspero began studying Egyptology at the early age of 14. Though a French Egyptologist born in Paris, Maspero was named as the director of the first Egyptian Antiquities Museum, which was located in Bulaq (a part of Cairo). He also edited a series of standard works on Egyptology, including a four volume, comprehensive catalog of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. He was a longtime director of the Egyptian Antiquities Service, the forerunner of the modern Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). Prior to this elevation in his carrier, he directed the French archaeological mission in Egypt, which later became the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo.
Montet, Pierre (1885 - 1966)
Pierre Montet was a student of Victor Loret at the University of Lyons, who apparently did as much Egyptological work outside of Egypt as within. He excavated at Byblos, Lebannon between 1921 and 1924. There, he discovered the tombs of local rulers who were contemporary with the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. Between 1929 and 1939, he excavated at Tanis, finding the royal necropolis of the 21st and 22nd Dynasties. He also excavated at Abu Rawash. He later became Professor of Egyptology at the University of Strasbourg.
Morgan, Jacques Jean Marie de (1857 - 1924)
A French archaeologist and geologist, de Morgan studied at the Pair School of Mines and in his early carrier, became a prospector in various parts of the world. He became Director General of the French Service des Antiquities in 1892, where he remained until 1897. He focused on prehistoric Egypt, though he also prepared an archaeological map of the Saqqara necropolis, and conducted excavations in Dahshur, Saqqara and also Kom Ombo.
Naville, Henri Edouard (1844 - 1926)
Few Egyptologists seem to have a religious background, but Naville was both a Swiss Egyptologist and a Bible scholar. He studied under Lepsius and was considered to be one of the leading Egyptologists around the beginning of the 1900s. He conducted excavations in the east delta, at Abydos and particularly in the area of Deir el-Bahari on the West Bank at Luxor (ancient Thebes).
Newberry, Percy Edward (1869-1949)
Newberry, a professor of Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, served on the Tutankhamun excavation team for several seasons. His specialty was actually the botanical specimens form the tomb, upon which he would briefly report in the second volume of "The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen". His wife also helped by mending a number of the textiles found in the tomb.
Passalacqua, Giuseppe (1797 - 1865)
Born in Trieste, Italy, Passalacque originally came to Egypt in order to trade for horses, but ended up recognizing the potential of antiquities and turned to digging. His collection was refused by the Louvre, because of the outrageous price he was asking, and was later sold to the Berlin Museum, where he became the curator in 1827.
Perring, John Shae (1813 - 1869)
Many Egyptologists, as can be seen from these short biographies, were trained in several disciplines. Many were also architects. Perring, a British Egyptologist, was also and engineer, who mostly applied his skills to the investigation of Egyptian Pyramids.
Petrie, William Matthew Flinders (1853 - 1942)
Petrie is one of the most famous Egyptologists of all times. He is considered by many to be the founder of modern Egyptologists. Known as the "Father of Pot Shards", because he learned to extract considerable amounts of information from what other's might see merely as refuge. Yet, Petrie had no formal education and was self taught in the areas that he worked. He worked at dozens of sites in Egypt, devoting himself to the organization and methodology of archaeological investigation. His work at the pyramids in Giza set the standard for later research in the area, but he did a vast amount of other important work in Egypt.
Piankoff, Alexandre
Alexandre Piankoff was born in St. Petersburg in 1897. He became interested in Egyptology as a boy after seeing a museum collection from ancient Egypt. His academic work in classics, Egyptian philology, and languages was interrupted by World War I, but after the war he studied in Berlin, at the Sorbonne, and at the University of Paris. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Paris in 1930.
After World War II, Piankoff traveled to Cairo where he worked for the French Institute, the Bollingen Foundation, and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, specializing in Egyptian philology and religion. He translated many religious texts. His best-known work was at Thebes. He documented the tomb of Rameses V and VI (KV 9) and studied the wall reliefs in the tomb of Tutankhamen (KV 62).
Piankoff died in Brussels in 1966.
Pococke, Richard
A British traveller, Richard Pococke recorded many Egyptian sites. He produced one of the first modern (albeit highly stylized) maps of the Valley of the Kings.
Quibell, James Edward (1867 - 1935)
Quibell, a British Egyptologist, graduated from Christ Church at Oxford. He worked with Petrie in Egypt at various locations, including Koptos, Naqada and Ballas, the Ramesseum and Hierakonpolis. He also assisted Cecil Firth in his excavations in Saqqara. Between 1899 and 1904, he also served as the Chief Inspector of antiquities for the Delta and Middle Egypt (Howard Carter's, who was Chief Inspector at Luxor was his opposite). Later, between 1904 and 1905, he was appointed as the Chief Inspector at Saqqara. Between 1914 and 1923, he was a Keeper in the Cairo Museum, and served as director of excavations at the Step Pyramid between 1931 and 1935.
Reeves, Nicholas
A well known living Egyptologist, Reeves is a former curator in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum. He is an expert in the field of tomb robbery and the history of exploration in the Valley of the Kings. Curator of Egyptian and Classical Art, Eton College, Windsor. He is also the Egyptological adviser to the Freud Museum in London and the Myers Museum at Eton College. He was previously the curator of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities, British Museum, London until 1991. He is a prolific writer with books that include Valley of the Kings: the Decline of the Royal Necropolis, Akhenaten, Egypt's False Prophet, the Compete Tutankhamun, Howard Carter before Tutankhamun and Ancient Egypt: The Great Discoveries. He has also written a children's book called Into the Mummy's Tomb. He is currently the Director of the Amarna Royal Tombs Project in the Valley of the Kings, but has done previous field work in Saqqara, Quseir el-Amarna and at Ashmunein.
Redford, Donald B. (1934 - )
Redford received his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto, and seemingly is the only Canadians within our list. He was a lecturer at Brown University, an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and became a full professor at Pennsylvania State University. He functioned as the director of excavations of the University of Toronto and State University of New York, Binghampton working at the Temple of Osiris at Karnak. He was also the director for the Akhenaten Temple Project of the University of Pennsylvania, and the director of the East Karnak excavations. Finally, he was the Director of excavations at Mendes and the Epigrapher of the Theban Tomb Survey, which is apparently ongoing.
Reisner, George Andrew (1867 - 1942)
An American Egyptologist and archaeologist, Reisner worked at Harvard University and led American excavations to both Egypt and the Sudan (Nubia). His work at the pyramid necropolises in ancient Nubia are instrumental to our understanding of those structures, and he also worked in Giza.
Roeder, Gunther (1881 - 1966)
Roeder was a German Egyptologist educated at Jena and at Berlin under Adolf Erman, receiving his doctorate in 1904. He first worked as an Egyptologist at the Berlin Museum. He went to work for the Egyptian Antiquities Service in 1907 and worked in Nubia copying the inscriptions at Debod, Kalabsha and Dakka. He cataloged these at the Cairo Museum. He became the Director of the Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim in 1915, and directed work at Hermopolis for the museum between 1929 and 1939.
Romer, John
A British artist and television presenter, John Romer has written extensively on the history of the Valley of the Kings and worked in KV 4 (Rameses XI).
Rose, John
A British Egyptologist, John Rose partially cleared KV 39.
Salt, Henry
Henry Salt is best known in the field of Egyptology for his efforts at collecting antiquities. He was born in Lichfield, England in 1780, the son of a local doctor, and trained as a painter of portraits, studying at the Royal Academy under Farington and Hoppner. A tour of the East between 1802 and 1806, accompanying the collector George Annesley, Viscount of Valentia, was his first introduction to Egypt. After a government mission to Abyssinia from 1809 to 1811, he was appointed British Consul-General to Egypt, arriving there in 1816 and serving in this post until his death from dysentery in 1827, three years after his wifes demise from cholera. Salt was buried in the garden of his residence in Alexandria, which subsequently became a European cemetery.
During his tenure as Consul-General, he sponsored many excavations in Egypt and Nubia, acquiring many valuable antiquities for the British Museum, as well as amassing his own collection. Through the services of Giovanni dAthanasi and Giovanni Belzoni, he procured several important monuments from Thebes. At the urging of the Swiss Orientalist Burckhardt, Salt hired Belzoni to remove a colossal granite bust of Rameses II known as the Young Memnon from the Ramesseum in 1816, which Salt presented to the British Museum the following year. Over the next two decades, the British Museum purchased many artifacts from Salts collections, including some of the larger works of Egyptian sculpture in their galleries. Other museums benefited from his activities, including that of Sir John Soane which purchased the alabaster sarcophagus of Sety I, discovered by Belzoni. The Louvre acquired Salts second collection in 1826, including the sarcophagus box of Rameses III.
Salt operated at a time when interest in Egypt and its antiquities was reaching a high level in Europe and when the desire to acquire objects for national collections as well as private ones was aided by a lax attitude towards antiquities on the part of Muhammad Alis government. Rivalry between the representatives of European colonial powers resulted in the unofficial division of the country into private zones for exploitation, especially so with the competition between Salts agents and those of the French consul-general Drovetti. On the heels of this wholesale frenzy of acquisition followed the efforts of scholarly expeditions such as a those of Champollion, Lepsius, Wilkinson, Hay and others in the 1820s through 1840s to record the monuments remaining in Egypt. In fairness, Salt also made use of his drafting skills to record monuments. His attempts at scholarly pursuits, however, were not taken seriously by his contemporaries. Few of his drawings have survived or have been published.
Sicard, Claude
A French priest, Claude Sicard recorded many monuments in Egypt while there as a missionary, and was the first European to describe Philae, Elephantine, and Kom Ombo.
Stadelmann, Rainer
A modern, living, German Egyptologist and a former director of the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo, Stadelmann has conducted archaeological excavations at various sites in Egypt. He has been particularly active at the pyramid field in Dahshur, and is considered to be one of the most important contemporary experts on the Egyptian pyramids.
Verner, Miroslav
A modern, living Egyptologist, Verner directed the Czech Institute of Egyptology for seventeen years, and apparently continues to be an Egyptology professor at Charles University in Prague. He often serves as a guest professor at the universities of Vienna and Hamburg, and since 1976, has led the Czech excavations in the pyramid field of Abusir. He is also the author of The Pyramids, one of the leading modern references on Pyramids throughout Egypt.
Vyse, Richard William Howard (1784 - 1853)
Vyse was a British military officer and researcher who worked with Perring and made important contributions to research, though apparently his methods were sometimes crude. He used gunpowder to blast his way into Menkaure's pyramid at Giza, and also blasted out the back end of the Great Sphinx. However, he is also noted for clearing the lower entrance to the pyramid of Khafre (but again with explosives, blasting apart the granite barrier plugs.
Kent Weeks is one of the top guns of current Egyptology, alongside names such as Lehner and Hawass, among others. He is a professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo and Director of the Theban Mapping Project. He is also credited with discovering KV 5, the tomb of the sons of Ramesses II in theValley of the Kings, and is the author of numerous books, including


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I don't know any person on the planet who wouldn't want a smart remote. You've just got to check out the Harmony Elite which basically talks to all smart devices in your home and can control them like magic. Now that's one smart device.
2. Multi-Device Keyboard
This is one of my very favorites. The K780 Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard can control your computer, iPad and your smart phone all while having a spot to put them both. For everyone who has their phone right next to them when they are on their computer or iPad, this one is for you. Having a keyboard that you can type on your iPhone and iPad at the same time, just could be life changing!
3. Home Connection Camera
This little adorable camera is called Circle Home Camera and it's the perfect gift for working parents, parents who travel a lot, and parents in the military. Download the app and get the portable, chargeable Circle for two-way talk and listen, live view, smart filtering, playback and daily summaries... So even when you're not at home, you can feel like you are!
If you have a gamer at home like I do, then they know the importance of having the right tools to help enhance their game play. With so many accessories to choose from you can find all in the Logitech Gaming Gear section. The most important ones being keyboards, headsets and gaming mice. Since my daughter is getting older and really into gaming we will definitely have a Logitech Prodigy Gaming Headset and the Logitech Prodigy Gaming Keyboard under our tree this year. Shhh!
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This little POP Home Switch is the most handy new tool to make your smart home more convenient. With the simple touch of a button, everyone in the home (even young children) can control smart lighting, music and more! Each POP switch can control three custom commands, you can also get them in different colors for each kid's rooms. How fun is that? That's the power of the POP!
No matter what your digital needs are this holiday season, you can find it with Logitech products. Happy holidays!
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DOMA Ruling Could Mean Green Cards for Gay Immigrants
If the Court overturns the law, gay couples may be eligible for green cards.
March 27, 2013— -- The issue of whether the federal government's definition of marriage should expand to include gay couples that's currently making its way through the U.S. Supreme Court is particularly poignant for immigrant couples like Santiago Ortiz and Pablo Garcia. The ruling could mean a lifetime together or the constant fear of separation.
Ortiz, a Puerto Rican-American who was born in New York, and Garcia, a Venezuelan native, fell in love a quarter century ago and married in Connecticut in May 2011. The couple wanted to live together, especially since Ortiz is HIV-positive and they were unsure how long he might have. So Garcia got a six-month tourist visa in the late 1980s and was able to renew it for one year.
But the federal government doesn't recognize the two men as relatives, meaning Garcia cannot get a green card as Ortiz's husband. Unable to renew the visa again and ineligible for a green card, the couple made the decision to have Garcia stay in the country without papers, and he has lived that way for more than 20 years.
See Also: How Will Same-Sex Couples Fare Under Immigration Reform?
Heterosexual couples who marry simply file a petition to allow their immigrant spouse to remain in the country. However, the Defense of Marriage Act, which currently defines marriage as between one man and one woman, complicates the issue. It denies federal benefits to same-sex couples, and as federal law, it trumps recognition of gay marriage by individual states like Connecticut.
That could all change, however.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments today that challenge the constitutionality of DOMA. The case, United States v. Windsor, questions whether Congress can pass laws that treat married same-sex couples differently than opposite-sex couples. While the case doesn't consider the constitutionality of gay marriage itself, a ruling in favor of DOMA's opponents could mean benefits for gay couples, including the right to remain in the country through a green card.
The U.S. government actually opposes DOMA on the grounds that it violates the equal protection clause of the Constitution. But since it is still the law, the administration is charged with enforcing it. There have been some victories, if not concrete protections, for same-sex couples, though.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said last fall that the department will recognize gay spouses as being the same as heterosexual spouses when weighing whether to deport someone. But it's not the same as full equality. And it doesn't change the undocumented status of many same-sex couples.
Living an undocumented life has been particularly difficult for Garcia, because it means he cannot return to Venezuela to see family, including his ailing mother.
"I love New York City; it's my adopted city," Garcia said in Spanish. "But my life has been without travel, without work."
But last week, circumstances drastically improved for the couple. Garcia learned that he has been granted deferred action, which will give him temporary legal status and the ability to apply for work authorization. He was also recently added to the lease for the apartment the two share.
"Those small things make us happy," Ortiz said.
Immigration Equality, a marriage-equality advocacy group, has filed its own suit challenging DOMA. Ortiz and Garcia are two of the plaintiffs. That challenge is on hold, however, pending a ruling on the current DOMA case.
Steve Ralls, a spokesman for the organization, estimates that there are about 36,000 gay couples like Ortiz and Garcia, where one or both people in the relationship are not citizens or legal residents. There is no good estimate on how many people within that figure are undocumented.
"We believe that, if the High Court finds DOMA unconstitutional, that couples like Pablo and Santiago will be immediately eligible to petition for all federal benefits including immigration status," Ralls said, "and Immigration Equality is prepared on the day that ruling comes to begin asking for green cards on behalf of families."
"It has been a long, long struggle to survive like this as a couple," Garcia said. "I am very proud, very, very proud. Through my life and our lives, I've realized it's important to say what you are, like, 'This is me.'"


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In a basement lab on Brigham Young Univ.'s campus, mechanical engineering professor Julie Crockett analyzes water as it bounces like a ball and rolls down a ramp.
This phenomenon occurs because Crockett and her colleague Dan Maynes have created a sloped channel that is super-hydrophobic, or a surface that is extremely difficult to wet. In layman's terms, it's the most extreme form of water proof.
Engineers like Crockett and Maynes have spent decades studying super-hydrophobic surfaces because of the plethora of real-life applications. And while some of this research has resulted in commercial products that keep shoes dry or prevent oil from building up on bolts, the duo of BYU professors are uncovering characteristics aimed at large-scale solutions for society.
Their recent study on the subject, published in academic journal Physics of Fluids, finds surfaces with a pattern of microscopic ridges or posts, combined with a hydrophobic coating, produces an even higher level of water resistance–depending on how the water hits the surface.
"Our research is geared toward helping to create the ideal super-hydrophobic surface," Crockett said. "By characterizing the specific properties of these different surfaces, we can better pinpoint which types of surfaces are most advantageous for each application."
Their work is critical because the growing list of applications for super-hydrophobic surfaces is extremely diverse:
Solar panels that don't get dirty or can self-clean when water rolls off of them
Showers, tubs or toilets you don't want hard water spots to mark
Bio-medical devices, such as the interior of tubes or syringes that deliver fluids to patients
Hulls of ships, exterior of torpedoes or submarines
Airplane wings that will resist wingtip icing in cold humid conditions
But where Crockett and Maynes' research is really headed is toward cleaner and more efficient energy generation. Nearly every power plant across the country creates energy by burning coal or natural gas to create steam that expands and rotates a turbine. Once that has happened, the steam needs to be condensed back into a liquid state to be cycled back through.
If power plant condensers can be built with optimal super-hydrophobic surfaces, that process can be sped up in significant ways, saving time and lowering costs to generate power.
"If you have these surfaces, the fluid isn't attracted to the condenser wall, and as soon as the steam starts condensing to a liquid, it just rolls right off," Crockett said. "And so you can very, very quickly and efficiently condense a lot of gas."
The super-hydrophobic surfaces the researchers are testing in the lab fall into one of two categories: surfaces with micro posts or surfaces with ribs and cavities one tenth the size of a human hair. (See images of each to the right.)
To create these micro-structured surfaces, the professors use a process similar to photo film development that etches patterns onto CD-sized wafers. The researchers then add a thin water-resistant film to the surfaces, such as Teflon, and use ultra-high-speed cameras to document the way water interacts when dropped, jetted or boiled on them.
They're finding slight alterations in the width of the ribs and cavities, or the angles of the rib walls are significantly changing the water responses. All of this examination is providing a clearer picture of why super-hydrophobic surfaces do what they do.
"People know about these surfaces, but why they cause droplets or jets to behave the way they do is not particularly well known," Crockett said. "If you don't know why the phenomena are occurring, it may or may not actually be beneficial to you."
Source: Brigham Young Univ.


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These guidelines apply to all ClubFootball courses at public or private venues, and are reviewed prior to the start of every season to ensure they are based on the most up-to-date information. For clarification on the following policies or if you have any other questions regarding our adverse weather and pollution policies please click here to contact us.
Session Cancellation Notices
To ensure that all parents have quick access to decisions on weather & pollution-related information, notice of cancellations will be posted on our official Weixin/WeChat account.
Please note that due to the unreliable nature and frequency of delays when sending large numbers of SMS's, we will no longer be sending SMS's to inform of cancellations due to weather. On days when pollution is likely to force a cancellation, please make sure you check the club's Weixin/WeChat account 'WGQXJuniors' for updates, check the AQI reading yourself (at http://iphone.bjair.info). Please make sure the reading displayed at the time you check is the correct one - the 07:00am reading is listed as the 07:00am reading but is generally uploaded at around 07:10am!
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Sessions will only be cancelled due to bad weather in the following instances:-
- When heavy rain or snow makes the pitch dangerous and/or unplayable.
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Course Type | Limit | Time of Reading |
Midweek skills courses | 200 | 13:00 pm |
Weekend sessions starting before 12:00 pm | 200 | 07:00 am |
Weekend sessions starting after 12:00 pm | 200 | 11:00 am |
Junior league training sessions | 200 | 2hrs before session time |
Junior league matches - BIJFL Junior league matches - HIJFL | 200 | 07:00 am 06:00 am |
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On a cloudless Sunday afternoon in April, a 100-year-old woman named Ida Keeling laced up her mustard yellow sneakers and took to the track at the Fieldston School in the Bronx. Her arrival was met without fanfare. In fact, no one in the stands seemed to notice her at all.
It is possible the spectators were distracted by the girls' soccer game taking place on the field. Or perhaps they were simply unaware that Ms. Keeling is a reigning national champion.
When she runs, Ms. Keeling occupies a lane all her own. She has held several track-and-field records since she began racing in her late 60s, and she still has the fastest time for American women ages 95 to 99 in the 60-meter dash:29.86 seconds. In the week to come, she plans to compete in a 100-meter event at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, where she hopes to establish a new standard for women over 100 years old.
"You see so many older people just sitting around — well, that's not me," said Ms. Keeling, who is barely 4-foot-6 and weighs 83 pounds. "Time marches on, but I keep going."
Ms. Keeling was not always such an accomplished runner. As a child growing up in Harlem, she preferred riding bikes or jumping rope. With Title IX half a century away, there were few opportunities for girls, let alone black girls, to play organized sports. When she did run, it was always to race, never to exercise.
"I was pretty fast as a girl," she said. "What makes me faster now is that everyone else slowed down."
When the Depression hit, Ms. Keeling's athletic inclinations receded into memory, supplanted by a series of jobs washing windows and babysitting for neighbors. Her family, who for years lived in cramped quarters in the back of her father's grocery, was forced into even more humbling circumstances when the store went out of business and her father began peddling fruits and vegetables from a pushcart for a living.
"I learned to stand on my own two feet during the Depression," she said. "It taught you to do what you had to do without anyone doing it for you."
Ms. Keeling's resilience only deepened with time. After her husband died of a heart attack at 42, she was left to raise their four children on her own. She moved the family into a one-bedroom apartment in a Harlem housing project and took up work sewing in a factory, all the while contending with the abuses and indignities endured by black women in mid-20th-century America. As the civil rights movement took shape, Ms. Keeling became an active demonstrator, shuttling her children to Malcolm X speeches and boarding a predawn bus for the 1963 March on Washington.
"I always understood from mother that you die on your feet rather than live on your knees," said her daughter Shelley Keeling.
Over time, that resolve was gravely tested. While serving overseas in the Navy, Ms. Keeling's older son, Donald, developed a crippling drug addiction that he struggled to shed even after returning home to Harlem. His habit ensnared his younger brother, Charles, who had served in the Army. Ms. Keeling watched in horror as both boys, barrel-chested charmers who friends joked looked like superheroes, withdrew into the world of drugs.
In 1978, Ms. Keeling received a call from the police informing her that Donald had been hanged. Around two years later, the phone rang again: Charles was dead — beaten in the street with a baseball bat. Both killings were suspected to be drug-related; neither was ever solved.
"I've never felt a pain so deep," Ms. Keeling recalled, her voice lowering to a whisper. "I couldn't make sense of any of it and things began to fall apart."
As Ms. Keeling fell into a deep depression, her health began to falter. Her blood pressure shot up, along with her heart rate. The image of her once-vital mother in such despair shook the younger Ms. Keeling. A lifelong track-and-field athlete whose trophies fill an entire room of her apartment, she intervened with the means of healing most familiar to her: running.
"It was trial by fire," recalled Shelley Keeling, 64, who has coached track and field at Fieldston for 21 years. "Based on where she was emotionally, it just had to be."
After some coaxing from her daughter, Ms. Keeling, then 67, registered for a five-kilometer race through Brooklyn. It had been decades since she had last gone running. The two women took off together, but the younger Ms. Keeling soon darted to the front of the pack as her mother drifted far behind. After a suspenseful respite, she was relieved to see her mother scamper across the finish line, barely out of breath.
"Good Lord, I thought that race was never going to end, but afterwards I felt free," Ms. Keeling recalled. "I just threw off all of the bad memories, the aggravation, the stress."
So began the sunset career of Ida Keeling, at a time when most of her peers were settling in for a future of seated yoga or abandoning athletics altogether. In the decades since, she has traveled across the world for competitions. She often races alone, the only contestant in her age group.
"Now I'm just chasing myself — there's no one else to compete with," she said. "It's wonderful, but it feels a little crazy."
Running gives Ms. Keeling a sense of serenity, she said. Her sinewy arms urge her body forward, each stride stronger than the last as she picks up momentum. Though she has developed arthritis and occasionally relies on a cane while walking, Ms. Keeling betrays none of her ailments as she runs.
To maintain her health, Ms. Keeling adheres to a stringent regimen of diet ("I eat for nutrition, not for taste") and exercise ("I've got to get my hour in every day"). On a recent afternoon, Shelley Keeling led her mother through a routine that included push-ups, wall sits, shoulder presses and sprints back and forth on the balcony of her apartment in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. Ms. Keeling lives alone and says that self-sufficiency is a key to her longevity.
"I don't beg nobody for nothing," she said. "I wash, cook, iron, scrub, clean, mop and shop."
Ms. Keeling eschews food products with preservatives, favoring fresh grains and produce, along with limited portions of meat. Desserts are rarities, and a tablespoon of cod-liver oil supplements breakfast most mornings. Despite her exceptional discipline, Ms. Keeling allows herself one indulgence. "This is putting gas in the car," she said before downing a tall shot of Hennessy.
There are days when Ms. Keeling battles a surge of arthritis or a hint of melancholy. "I never want to go backwards," she said. "I'm a forward type of person."
As she navigated the track at Fieldston, a nasty cramp shot up her right leg, hobbling her gait. For a moment she seemed to hesitate as she let out a deep sigh and slowed her pace. But then Ms. Keeling dispensed with the pain the only way she knew how. She ran through it.
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"Thoughtful National Academy documents have no impact when ideology is the rule of the land."
-- Andrew D. Leavitt, Science, Feb 25, 2011, letter to the editor
"Thoughtful National Academy documents have no impact when ideology is the rule of the land."
-- Andrew D. Leavitt, Science, Feb 25, 2011, letter to the editor
"What political parties do we support?" Sax asked.
"I don't know. The usual array I guess."
"No party gets much support. Whatever works, you know."
Sax knew. That was the old tech position, held ever since scientists had become a class in society, a priest caste almost, intervening between the people and their power. They were apolitical, supposedly, like civil servants-empiricists, who only wanted things managed in a rational scientific style, the greatest good for the greatest number, which ought to be fairly simple to arrange, if people were not so trapped in emotions, religions, governments, and other mass delusional systems of that sort.
The standard scientist politics, in other words. Sax had once tried to explain this outlook to Desmond, causing his friend for some reason to laugh prodigiously, even though it made perfect sense. Well, it was a bit naive, therefore a bit comical, he supposed; and like a lot of funny things, it could be that it was hilarious right up to the moment it turned horrible. Because it was an attitude that had kept scientists from going at politics in any useful way for centuries now; and dismal centuries they had been.
-- Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars
"Members of the fanatic group are taught to have a common hatred, a single foe, a devil."
-- Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Let's face it - the whole man-made global warming movement has been thoroughly discredited, and is in the final stages of its lifecycle.I honestly don't know how anyone reaches such a conclusion, except that they must only read web sites that agree with their preconceived notions and avoid all discussions of the science. Because the truth is that there is absolutely no doubt in scientific circles about the reality of a human influence on climate, for anyone who reads science journals or follows science journalism, and this is getting stronger all the time (and has been for at least two decades now).
To this day, I can't stop laughing at some of the replies to, "Make up a prequel for a famous movie." The responses included "Young Yeller," "Flirts With Wolves," "Conceived on the Fourth of October," "Mr. Smith MapQuests Washington," "There Goes Private Ryan—I Hope He'll Be O.K.," and my personal favorite, "We're Running Low on Mohicans."
"Abstinence works," said Governor Perry during a televised interview with Evan Smith of The Texas Tribune.
"But we have the third highest teen pregnancy rate among all states in the country," Smith responded.
"It works," insisted Perry.
"Can you give me a statistic suggesting it works?" asked Smith.
"I'm just going to tell you from my own personal life. Abstinence works," said Perry, doggedly.
…he recalled something that Kuhn had written about Priestley – that a scientist who continued to resist after his whole profession had been converted to a new paradigm might be perfectly logical and reasonable, but had ipso facto ceased to be a scientist.
-- Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars, p. 147
While we're certainly not close to the end of science – so many profound mysteries remain – we should be prepared to work harder for what we learn next. All the low-hanging facts have been found.Lehrer writes primarily about medicine and neuroscience, and certainly we're unlikely to discover a new component of a cell or even of the brain. But that's a very short-sighted point of view.


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If you are starting to give serious consideration to setting up your own business one of the issues you will need to consider is the type of business structure that best fits your planned business activity.
How risky is your business?
All business activity involves a certain degree of risk. Many of these risks can be covered by taking out an insurance policy. But some risks carry a degree of personal involvement that cannot be insured against. For example, your bank may agree to a business loan but only if you agree to a charge against your home or some other form of personal guarantee.
What are the main business structures?
The simplest form of business structure is to set up as a self-employed person, otherwise called a sole trader.
Any profits you make are subject to Income Tax and National Insurance.
Any business debts you incur are personal to you and therefore your business creditors may have access to your personal assets to clear any amounts the business cannot afford to pay.
Because of this personal risk, self-employment is not suitable for higher risk enterprises.
Self-employment is also not the most tax efficient structure if your business profits are taxed at the higher rates of Income Tax. If this is likely, a limited company structure may be a better option.
If two or more people want to set up a business together they will need to form a partnership. A basic partnership, as with a self-employed person, is taxed on the basis of each partner's share of annual taxable profits and subject to Income Tax. Similarly, liability is unlimited as for a self-employed person.
However, there is a specialised form of partnership called a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) which does protect partners' personal assets from claims by partnership creditors.
A Limited Company
If there are business risks or if a business is planning to make significant profits, a limited company is probably the best option. For two reasons:
- Company profits are presently taxed at 19% – this compares with Income Tax rates that can be as high as 45% (regional variations may apply).
- Limited company creditors can only claim against company assets in order to clear their bills unless the directors offer a personal guarantee.
Planning is the key
The best choice for your intended business will rest on the type and scale of your intended activity and an assessment of any commercial risks involved.
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Cyfrin Launches Smart Contract Auditing Services to Secure Web3 Space
Cyfrin is the latest company to enter the top tier of smart contract auditors in the emerging Web3 industry. The company comprises highly-skilled auditing experts on a mission to secure DeFi and blockchain-based applications. This sector has lost over $3.8 billion to security vulnerabilities in 2022 alone. Cyfrin aims to change this narrative by providing cutting-edge auditing tools.
One of Cyfrin's standout features is that it thrives on finding as many bugs as possible and optimal solutions to help developers improve their codebases and test suites. The company's growing suite of advanced auditing instruments includes:
Smart Contract Audits
Cyfrin auditors work closely with project developers to help them every step of the way. During a smart contract audit, they inspect every code line, identifying loopholes and bugs. Moreover, they suggest fixes to secure the smart contract and ensure the project launches with minimum vulnerability risk.
Code Reviews
Developers can always apply for code reviews from Cyfrin to determine whether they are building the code in the right direction and with the correct tech stack. This service enables them to correct mistakes and figure out if their code is cost-effective. Additionally, the company allows them to understand what to expect from a complete security audit.
Fuzz Testing
The fuzz test is another top auditing service from Cyfrin. Some developers may know it as an invariant test, which implies quickly finding high-severity issues. The company's expert auditors perform this test before manually reviewing the code. This service helps save time and money, and Cyfrin believes it is the new floor for security in Web3.
About Cyfrin
Cyfrin launched in early 2023 as a response to the increasing number of projects launching in Web3 without proper audits. The company plans to secure this space and make it a more transparent and lucrative environment for everyone.
The Cyfrin team comprises professional auditors and engineers with extensive experience in DeFi and blockchain:
- Patrick Collins – The company's CEO is a seasoned software engineer boasting the most watched Solidity education video(s) of all time.
- Hans – The #1 Ranked Auditor as of Writing on Code4rena
- Alex – An ex-Chainlink Labs Engineer who has deployed code in charge of $5B+ in DeFi
- 0Kage – A Code4rena Top Finisher and Experienced FinTech Engineer
- Carlos – A Code4rena Top Finisher & Expert Solidity Engineer
- Gio – An expert Solidity Engineer, auditor, and original Cyfrin
Besides its rapidly expanding suite of auditing tools, Cyfrin seeks to play an educational role in Web3. The company believes there need to be more learning materials and support for developers launching projects in DeFi and blockchain. Therefore, it plans to give them a better understanding of how crucial smart contract audits are for the industry's present and future.
You can learn more about Cyfrin at these links: Website | Twitter | GitHub | LinkedIn | YouTube
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With this poster we've combined one of William Morris's classic designs The Strawberry Thief and a radical quote by him in a perfect marriage of his two passions: art and activism. A British artist, poet, novelist, and ardent socialist, Morris is best known as the 19th century's most celebrated textile designer, responsible for the some of the most recognisable textile patterns from the century. He was a radical in both his art and politics, refusing to follow the consensus. Disillusioned by the Victorian era's focus on dehumanising industrial systems that produced poor-quality, 'unnatural' objects, Morris championed a principle of handmade production, establishing the British Arts and Crafts Movement. Aware of the deep divisions in contemporary society, he declared himself a socialist, and in 1884 he helped set up a new group called the Socialist League, making frequent street-corner speeches and using his fame and artwork to further these objectives.


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