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The main innovative aspects worth underlying for the HydroEurope Project are:
1) A set of pedagogic resources. HydroEurope will create the first and only set of pedagogic resources dedicated to the development of flood resilience approach. The resources will be integrated within an innovative pedagogic approach (problem oriented – collaborative engineering) fully integrated at the Master level by the different partner institutions. In recent years, through the collaboration within the FP7 CORFU Project and now in the FP7 PEARL project, the members of the consortium have developed a Flood Resilience Index that aids the evaluation of building and infrastructure resilience capacity within urban settlements under flooding events. This methodology is currently already applied in megalopolis like Beijing, Taipei, Dhaka, Mumbai as well as European cities like Hamburg, Barcelona and Nice. The creation of a Flood Resilience Index sets a milestone in the engineering domain especially following the tremendous natural disasters of Fukushima in Japan (tsunami) and in the department of Vendée in France (cyclone Xynthia). Through the HydroEurope strategic partnership project, the consortium will develop a unique set of pedagogic resources and an innovative training method based on the concept of collaborative engineering (ICT tools).
2) An innovative pedagogic approach based on the collaborative engineering concept. The HydroEurope Project is based and developed on the close partnership between the academia and the professional sector (businesses and public services). Differently from other theory-based Masters programmes, HydroEurope proposes a collaborative and innovative educational approach equipping participants with a combination of the necessary in-depth academic theoretical concepts and with an intensive practice approach and operational analysis of concrete case studies of various European catchments located in the project partner countries. The pedagogic approach is based on the team work with an international distribution of the team mates within the different participating institutions.
3) The development and use of a Collaborative Engineering Platform. This tool is a unique web-based platform that will be developed and benefit from the knowledge and experience of the consortium members already applied in similar approaches during the last ten years. This unique environment will benefit from the most advanced technologies and the most advanced modeling tools provided by research and industrial partners. The objective is to set up a unique numerical environment that gathers the most advanced modeling tools and allows all participants to be exposed to such technologies. The platform is dedicated to serve as main work tool for all course participants throughout the three-month duration of the training module: during the first two and a half months participants are based at their host university and work remotely collaborating with their peers through the platform. A final and intensive two-week phase reunites all participants at one location where they finally conclude their work project. This unique collaborative working platform groups all modeling tools developed by world leading enterprises and research institutes (e.g. EDF, Suez Environment, DHI, DHI-WASY...) allowing participants to put their skills and competences into practice. The Collaborative Engineering education methodology was invented by the consortium and obtained numerous international rewards and nowadays is used by more than 3000 engineers worldwide as part of their education programme as well as within the framework of intensive programmes in Asia (HydroAsia in South Korea) and in South America (HydroLatinAmerica).
4) The validation of study credits. The new pedagogic resources and the collaborative platform will be used and implemented as a compulsory part within the master curricula of each participating institution and the relevant ECTS study credits will be validated by the partner institutions.
5) An international dimension integrated in existing actions. The resilience approach developed by the members of the consortium is now adopted by the United Nations within the Integrated Flood Management Programme managed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in charge of all flood related issues worldwide.
6) The composition of the consortium. This is also an innovative aspect as the consortium partnership is based on master courses where the topic of Flood risk management strategy and resilience is integrated as a compulsory module. All partners have long and deep experience in water engineering and in pedagogic innovation.
7) Emphasis towards employability. HydroEurope aims to strengthen the capacities of young and skilful engineers equipping them with hands-on modeling abilities of real case studies.
HydroEurope is a Strategic Partnership under Erasmus+
The partners of the HydroEurope Project are:
- UNS, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France
- BTU, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus Senftenberg, Germany
- UPC, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
- NU, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
- WUT, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
- VUB, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Each partner has a pivotal role in the project as each contributes with its experience and competence to develop the pedagogic resources and the collaborative platform:
- UNS will ensure the general coordination of the project and contribute to the technical support. In partnership with City of Niceand various stackholders, UNS will provide the data set dedicated on the Var river and produce pedagogic resources for this specific study case. The expertise of UNS will be mobilized on urban flooding processes simulation and on the methodology for flood resilience characterization following the approach developed within the FP7 CORFU Project.
- BTU will develop pedagogic resources on the numerical modelling methods and tools that may apply for flood risk management strategies. These resources will be integrated within the collaborative platform and will be used by the course participants.
- UPC will develop pedagogic resources (course material, exercises and data sets) dedicated to urban flooding processes and assessment of floods on urban functions and services. These resources will be integrated within the collaborative platform and will be used by the course participants.
- NU will contribute to the project by developing pedagogic resources focused on deterministic hydrological modeling (Modeling systems like SHETRAN). This aspect represents a new approach that could offer alternatives for decision support system and real time systems dedicated to risk management. These resources will be integrated within the collaborative platform and will be used by the course participants.
- WUT will focus their development on pedagogic resources for groundwater modeling methods and tools. The ground water issue is becoming nowadays a major problem in many European locations and is frequently associated to a high vulnerability. The use of groundwater resources for water supply represents a major issue for numerous European municipalities. The produced resources will be integrated within the collaborative platform and will be used by the course participants.
- VUB will develop resources hydrological modeling and on flood propagation in urban environment. These resources will be integrated within the collaborative platform and will be used by the course participants.
The six partners constitute a unique consortium with complementary experience and knowledge which has been already demonstrated within the EuroAquae Joint Master Degree since 2004. The innovative approach of the consortium is made by the uniqueness of the experience of each participant and its combination in one unified vision. The approach has been highly welcome by industrial partners who are recognizing this innovative method as a major way to improve skills and competences of young engineers.
In addition to the HEIs, industrial partners are also associated to the Project. As already mentioned they provide technical support through the collaborative engineering environment but also during the online collaboration and through return of experience (ROE) with the various approaches and modeling methods.


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Following closely on the heels of Rwandan genocidaire Callixte Mbarushimana's arrest, and the announcement that Sudanese President al-Bashir could face an arrest warrant, is news of the capture of Radovan Karadzic. The former Bosnian Serb leader will face charges that include:
Eleven counts of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and other atrocities
Charged over shelling Sarajevo during the city's siege, in which some 12,000 civilians died
Allegedly organised the massacre of up to 8,000 Bosniak men and youths in Srebrenica
Targeted Bosniak and Croat political leaders, intellectuals and professionals
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But sometime you find that there are some users dont complies with the policy, maybe a previous IT create them or miss type or miss configuration of your mail server, so you want to know these accounts.
In my Powershell script I will search for all users with email address dont match the following policy
Firstletter of Firstname DOT firstname.lastname@example.com
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#clear the screen cls #Get a list and some details for all the users in my active directory #I used the filter userAccountControl to get a list of the active /Enabled users account #I dont want the result to include any disabled users $alluserdetails=Get-ADUser -Properties Givenname,sn,sAmaccountname,mail,displayname,userAccountControl -Filter{userAccountControl -ne 514} | select Givenname,sn,sAmaccountname,mail,displayname,userAccountControl foreach ($useraccount in $alluserdetails){ # What I will do is : # - Read each user account and take the First Letter of his First name # - Add a DOT "." # - Add the full last name + including the domain name # Each user in my AD should have an Email address that match this policy $surname=$useraccount.sn $firstname=$useraccount.Givenname.get_Chars(0) $newemailaddress=($firstname+"."+$surname+"@domain.com").ToLower() # I will compare between the current Email address the user have with the one that complies with the policy #if the $newemailaddress (the correct Email) do not equal $useraccount.mail (the one he had) # Powershell will right the output #its possible to change this Email, but first you need to know what Email service you are using and how to modify it by PS if ($newemailaddress -notlike $useraccount.mail){ Write-Host $useraccount.displayname } }
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The two dialogues which appear in this book took place three years after a series of thirteen similar dialogues between Krishnamurti and David Bohm, which appeared in the book "The Ending of Time." The starting point for the discussions is the question: "What is the future of humanity?" This question is by now of vital concern to everyone, because modern science and technology are clearly seen to have opened up immense possibilities of destruction. It soon became clear as they talked that the ultimate origin of this situation is in the generally confused mentality of mankind, which has not changed basically in this respect throughout the whole of recorded history and probably for much longer than this. Evidently, it was essential to inquire deeply into the root of this difficulty if there is ever to be a possibility that humanity will be diverted from its present very dangerous course. Download the pdf book here (147 pages):
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|NANCY EPPES12 CHISUM, b. January 22, 1822, Tennessee; d. January 06, 1869, TX, Fannin Co., USA.
|JAMES THOMAS CHISUM, b. September 25, 1827; d. March 12, 1908, Artesia, NM.
|THOMAS JEFFERSON CHISUM, b. Abt. 1830; d. Abt. 1866.
Notes for THOMAS JEFFERSON CHISUM:
Never married. Jeff served in the Civil War out of Lamar Co. TX.
In Lamar Co., TX census of 1860 a mulatto family lives next door to
Jefferson Chisum. The mother Sarah Chisum was listed as a domestic and
her six children were Levi, Harrison, Martha, Clinton and Thomas . No
other Chisums lived nearby. Marilyn Lynch , Sayer OK says she has not
yet been able to establish if these were Jeff's children.
Lillie Casy wrote of Cow John and Jeff: " He (Cow John) always felt a
responsibility for the rest of his brothers and his first thoughts we re
their welfare. His devotion to his brother Jeff, who was afflicted with
epilepsy, was particularly affectionate. Everywhere he went, he managed
it so that Jeff should be well cared for when not under his watchful eye."
Mr. Neville wrote a column for the Paris newspapers in the 1930's and
40's and perhaps longer. Wright Press of Paris, Texas published two
volumes of Mr. Nevill's columns (Backward Glances) which revolved a round
the pioneer days.
The edition dated 11 Dec. 1931 reads: "In a paper published about this
time (Feb. 1859) there are some advertisements that would be deemed odd
at least if published today in the newspapers. One is by Turner B .
Edmondson, long a prominent Paris citizen and once an early-day may or of
Paris, who some years later was shot and killed by a young man whom he
had whipped in a fit of temper. Mr. Edmondson advertises the Traveler's
Inn, a hotel in Paris and
states that he is prepared to care for the traveling public in as good
style as any hotel in the state, at the foot of the advertisement is :
P. S. No humbugs or bedbugs entertained at this establishment."
Jeff's killing of Turner Edmundson is lightly touched in "First Church of
Paris," which included Edmundson and his wife as making a donation of
land for the Shady Grove Camp Ground to a Methodist congregation.
"...Edmundson, by the way was a rough, big character of a man who
provoked Jeff Chisum's wrath in 1863. During an argument over a boundary
line, he beat
Claiborne Chisum's son fiercely. When Jeff recovered, he went to town
with his shotgun and killed the former Paris Mayor. Chisum was acquitted
of the murder charges. Paris was quickly erasing that sleepy-town image."
Note by Marilyn Lynch/Sayer OK(Ask Skip Steely about Jeff shooting at his
|ALEXANDER CHISUM, b. Abt. 1830, TN, USA.
|PITSER MILLER CHISUM, b. February 28, 1834, TN, USA; d. January 02, 1910, Paris, TX, Lamar Co., USA.
|ROBERT CHISUM, b. Abt. 1836.
Notes for ROBERT CHISUM:
Died young (other researchers credit this son to Cynthia)
|COW JOHN JOHN SIMPSON CHISUM, b. August 17, 1827, Hardeman Co., TN; d. December 23, 1884, Eureka Springs, Carroll Co., Arkansas.
Notes for COW JOHN JOHN SIMPSON CHISUM:
John Simpson CHISUM was never married.
John Simpson CHISUM, the reputed "cattle king of America" for a number of years, and who was involved in the "Lincoln County Wars" in New Mexico in 1878-79.
John never married, but it has been said that he had three children by Jensie, a Negro slave.
Her children were:
Harriett, b.1855
Meady b. 1857, d. 1949, m. John D. Jones in 1875 and they had children:
Eugie who m. a Thomas.
I have been told by (Marilyn Lynch) that none of the evidence points to John being the father of Jensie's children, though her descendants graciously claim him. According to legend John left Jensie in Bonham in the 1860' s when he moved to Concho. Jensie's descendants lived in or near Ft . Worth, TX and were tracked down by Mrs. Clarke for inclusion in the John Chisum book.(Source Marilyn Lynch, Sayer, OK.
It is difficult to write about Cow John considering the numerous publications already done and the movie " CHISUM' which starred John
Wayne. Marilyn relates she will try to hit the high points only in the following narrative:
From Wright Press of Paris, TX is"John Chisum" by Mary W. Clarke. Critiqued as "not the perfect book on Cow John but a good overview based on what others have written." In 1986 Dr. Harwood Hinton of the University of Arizona, said to be the supreme expert on these lines, was working on a book that should be the best book on Cow John Chisum. Skipper Steely will be covering Chisums in an upcoming book.
John spent the first thirteen years of his life on his grandfather's plantation in Hardeman Co., TN. Then he came to Lamar Co., TX with his
family in 1835.
The Lois Horton book reports that John undertook his first business venture while the family lived on Mud Creek. He hauled water from the stream and sold it in the town of Paris. "The Chisholm Trail and Other Routes" says John ran for county clerk of Lamar Co. when he was about twenty-eight years old. He was defeated, but ran a second time two years later and was elected.
The Horton Book continued: "In 1854 he resigned his post as county clerk of Lamar Co. and entered the cattle business with S. K. Fowler. With ranch headquarters in Denton Co., TX the partnership prospered under Chisum's management on a ten year profit sharing contract and became the largest cattle outfit in that part of Texas prior to the Civil War." It would be presumed that John had heard of the fertile cattle country from his father Claiborne who fought there in 1841.
The ranch was located on Clear Creek, west of Buck Creek, in the northeast part of Denton Co. about two miles south of the Cooke Co., T X
line and about six miles east of the line of West Co.
Insert by Marilyn Lynch: (see Charlotte Chisum section for a letter Cow John wrote concerning the difficulties he encountered in Denton Co.)
A section of an unknown and apparently quite old book (perhaps written in the 1930's) was passed on to Marilyn Lynch. Chapter 7 is "John Simpson and His Kin." "He died on Dec 22, 1884 with a chronic malignant disease of the throat and is buried in Paris, Texas, beside his father. He was an Odd Fellow and was buried according to their rituals and a monument was erected." At the time of the writing of this the author said a railroad had been built, running near the hillock on which Cow John and his parents are buried.
Cow John had a ranch about three miles northwest of Bolivar in Denton Co., TX which he began in 1854 he moved to Concho Co., TX on the Concho River. "In Dec. 1866, he took his first herd of cattle across the Pecos at Horsehead Crossing and wintered within six miles of Charles Goodnight during the winters of 1866 and 1867 and he and Goodnight had a co-operative arrangement for six years.
The Goodnight he speaks of is the famous cattleman of the Texas Panhandle.
At the Bolivar ranch John Chisum had unique methods of handling cattle. During the Civil War he had an arrangement with the Confederate Government, to deliver cattle to Shreveport and other places where they might need them. He himself was a homeguard and his cowboys ranged from Fort Worth to the Red River; they were always well armed and helped to protect the white settlers from the Indians.
"The Chisholm Trail and Other Routes" speaks of Bolivar ranch: "..the ranch house is on the crest of a hill and the terrain slopes gently to the west, south and east. The long ridge falls gently to the south and from the ranch house a watcher could spot a redskin half a mile away. Its location was a natural defence against the Indians. Grass was free and all John Chisum needed was enough land for house, garden and feed stuff for a few horses for ready use, water was a necessity and well diggers were few. Finally, he found a man that was anxious to make a trip overland to California. Chisum offered to pay his way over the Overland Trail if he would dig all the wells; the offer was accepted.
John Chisum ruled as an overlord with his retainers. The cattle multiplied, grass was rank and water was fine and there were no rivals. Water and grass were free as the air. There were no fences and few neighbors and each ranch was a feudal manor.
Nineteen years earlier in 1841, John B. Denton, the Captain who had led John's father Claiborne against the Indians and was killed during a battle, had been wrapped in a blanket and placed in a coffin less grave by his men in the southwest part of the present county. When Cow John's cowboys found this grave, John sent for his uncle Ben Bourland. They excavated the body and moved it to the Chisum ranch where it rested until 1901 when the remains were moved to the public square in Denton. Thus a father was witness to the first burial, his son to the second and the third burial surely had at least one Chisum in attendance since it was performed by a committee of pioneers.
" John Chisum drove herds to Shreveport and Little Rock. In going to Little Rock he crossed the Red River northwest of Sherman into Indian Territory and traveled the Red River parallel until he reached Arkansas."
John Chisum was not the founder of the old Chisholm trail which ran through Indian Territory into Kansas. The founder of that trail was Jesse Chisholm, the son of Ignatius Chisholm and a Cherokee maid (Rogers) and is not related to the Chisums we have here.
"The Chisholm Trail and Other Routes continues: " John Chisum's cowboys were about the best and most effective defense squadron that could be called upon in time of danger. Each cowboy was armed with his rifle, six shooter, plenty of ammunition, and could ride like a centaur. Above all, he knew Indians better than the Indians knew themselves...was in itself a frontier battalion that kept the settlers protected to the east of that line that ran from Gainesville to Fort Worth.
While there was no marked trail from Bolivar to Shreveport, John Chisum followed the well-watered, well-grassed route through the counties of Denton, Grayson, Collin, Hunt, Fannin, Upshur, etc. into Mansfield, Shreveport and other headquarters.
There were few trading posts near Bolivar, and John S. Chisum was forced to keep supplies on hand for a large force of cowboys and all their needs...forced to maintain and keep at his ranch a rather full supply incident to a frontier store....John Chisum had two accomplishments that are little known. He was a good fiddler and a good shoemaker."
The Hinton book reads:' In 1873 he moved to his ranch and located at South Springs, five miles south of Roswell, NM and it was here he became the Cattle King of the Southwest with a territory that reached from the Texas line to the mountains of Old Lincoln. Here he reigned as a feudal lord . He was forced, for protection, to employ many fighting men and in the year 1878 was dragged into the Lincoln County War...On the Concho the cattle had a small state to over which to range and in New Mexico he had a territory of over one Hundred miles square and it was truthfully said that his cattle grazed on a thousand hills. In the West he was known as "Honorable John Chisum," but the plow and the rail road and the oncoming small ranchers all forced the grazing territory into private ownership.
John Chisum took his brothers, Pitser, James and Jefferson into new Mexico with him, settling in 1873 near Roswell, NM
Sally the daughter of James, made the trip in the early seventies via San Angelo, Horsehead Crossing and up the Pecos River to keep house for Uncle John."
The following is from a book written by Lillie Casey, whose guardian was James Chisum. Her father apparently a close friend of Cow John's and he took her and her mother under his wing, signing a quit claim deed over to her for some land bordering his South Spring River Ranch in eastern New Mexico.
Marilyn Lynch, received this as a chapter of a book, but without a title page.
"Uncle John was a great lover of flowers...Roses were his especial favorites and he had literally hundreds of them...About twenty feet east of the main house (called The Long House) was a camp house for the cowboys and about fifty feet south of this was a large single-room building that might be used for any purpose the occasion might require. Its chief use when I knew the place was as a dance hall...Uncle John and Uncle Pitzer were both good fiddlers."
There was an irrigation ditch running near the house. "Solid ground was left in the middle of one for an island, to which Uncle Pitzer , for some reason, gave the Biblical name of the Isle of Patmos. It was on this island that the three Chisum brothers planted three weeping willow trees...Each tree was named for one of the brothers, and their being together was a symbol of brotherly feeling for one another. It was a similar feeling which grew so united that they finally grew together."
"The Chisholm Trail and Other Routes" goes into some detail on Cow John's partnership with Charles Goodnight. "The agreement lasted for three years...The result of which was that the Chisum cattle territory covered a strip fifty miles wide west and east and 180 miles long, making a territory larger than the state of New Jersey..In 1873 John S. Chisum moved his ranch to South Spring on the Pecos River, about five miles southeast of the present town of Roswell, NM. (previously he headquartered for six years at Bosque Grande, about forty miles from the town of Lincoln.) The ranch reached the dignity of a feudal estate. Here he built a rather spacious ranch house, planted shade and fruit trees. It was a combination of an English manor and a Spanish hacienda...Some of Chisum's cowboys had been trained on three ranches, the one near Bolivar in Denton Co., TX the Conch o Ranch and the ranch at Bosque Grande. Each ranch was located in the Indian
country, and on the front line of the frontier. Indians were always a menace.
The Chisum brand was the "rail," a streak from shoulder to thigh, one deemed impossible to alter. Instead of notching the dewlap of the ear, John split the ear itself, causing a portion to dangle. This they called a "Jinglebob."
It is said Cow John referred to himself as Jinglebob John and Boss of the Jinglebob.
"The Chisholm Trail and Other Routes" states: " Men with small herds of cattle, nesters, had entered into New Mexico and settled in the Chisum Territory, mostly west of the Pecos River. Grass and water were free...The small cattlemen claimed that Chisum was trying to crowd them out and the Chisum men claimed that the small herds were mavericking his cattle. The killing of the Englishman, Tunstall in Feb . 1878 was the powder magazine that started the Lincoln County War . The indications are still that Chisum acted on the defensive throughout. While his cowboys were armed and ready for battle, his was largely a campaign of defense. He was not the leader of the faction, but was an ally of the McSween faction. The Lincoln County War ran its course. Billy the Kid was finally slain by Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico on July 14,1881."
The Horton book says of New Mexico, "New settlers arrived who wanted to farm and fence off their lands. The cattlemen who had leased some of the land and used the other land free were angered at this, settlers and their fences, but the farmers were determined as the the cattlemen that they were going to remain in that area. Both sides hired guns. Cow John...hired Billy the Kid whose real name was William H. Bonney, born in New York City in 1859 . Billy the Kid was a cruel cattle thief, who boasted of twenty killings before he was twenty years old. Belated Cow John realized his mistake in hiring him and he enlisted the aid of Sheriff Pat Garrett to help fire him. Billy called on his Mexican sweetheart, and was leaving when Sheriff Garrett and Cow John waylaid and killed him.
It is difficult to judge by today's standards what truly happened in the Lincoln County War. Apparently the only land John actually owned was the Bolivar Ranch in Denton Co.,TX and the ranch grounds in New Mexico..The Concho Co. Ranch where he stayed for three years and the Bosque Grande ranch on the Pecos River near Roswell were based mostly on the doctrine of free grass and free range. Legally, only the home range was titled,the other land was not his.
Billy the Kid. whose reputation was well known at the time. But the times were also different and Cow John was a self-made man and a strong survivor.
The Casey book takes the following view:' ..the difficulties and persecutions he underwent in New Mexico at the hands of those who were
jealous or envious of his prosperity and who used their power and influence to drag this cattle king of the Pecos Valley from his throne..."
John stayed on at South Springs until the summer of 1884. He had a large growth on his neck. Lillie Casey wrote:'He suffered no pain, but the growth was so large and uncomfortable on the left side of his neck that he had to let his right shoulder sag down and incline his head that way . He suffered more from it in his mind, because both his father and his grandfather had died from the same trouble, and he was inclined to feel sure his was to be a similar fate..."
He wrote the following letter to his niece Sallie Robert, dated 30 Aug, 1884.
"Dear Niece, I came here about the 16th instead, and on the 24th I had a operation performed on my throat or jaw where the rising was on my jaw. Some ten months ago this last spring it began to grow, but was not sore but had a hard solid lump and it grew very fast and very large to one side and was still growing very fast so I had it cut off . It was about the size of a beef's kidney...and I can leave for home in a week.
Your Paw and Willie had just left here before I got in, so I did not get to see them. I was told he was going to Arizona, but I got a letter
yesterday from Anderson who came here with me. He went back home and he wrote me from Jim Lains and said James was at Lain's branding cattle. From that I suppose he has changed his notion and was going on the Pecos, but I only judge from his being at Lain's. Robert is at the Ranch looking after matters while I am gone. I regretted to leave home but compelled to have this pet cut out. The doctors say if it had not been cut out it would have killed me in about six months more. He says it was the enlargement of the glands. My best wishes with regards to all, Yours as Ever, John S. Chisum."
John did not return home. He made it only back as far as Las Vegas , NM and had to return to Kansas City. From there he wrote what was probably his last letter.
"Kansas City, Sept 18/24. Miss. Lillie Casey. Mr Dear Lillie, I would have written you long ago but was so weak and poorly and it gave me so much pain to write I would put it off...It was a very delicate operation ...I came through all safe but was very weak from loss of blood , have lost a water bucket full and was kept under the influence of chloroform for one hour...I got to Las Vegas and by that time another tumor had made its appearance and was growing very fast and gave me great pain...doctor thought it best not to cut it out until he could put my system in shape for another would not form...He says he cut this without first cleansing the system...so I am taking medicine by the wholesale and applying the battery twice a day but as yet no change in the tumor. It is about as large as the one I had cut...I am not in good fix for courting the girls as I cannot speak above a whisper...Don't write me as I'm liable to go East. Yours as Ever, John S . Chisum."
John traveled to Eureka Springs, AR to take a course of baths and treatments that might prepare him for another operation. He sent for James to come and stay with him. Lillie Casey wrote: " For a time he seemed to improve at Eureka Springs but in the middle of December he grew rapidly worse. On the 20th of Dec. he died, and in fulfillment of a promise, his body was taken by his brother to Paris, TX and buried in the Chisum lot there on Christmas Day, 1884." He was sixty years old at his death.
The South Spring Ranch became the property of James Chisum and his children, Mrs. Sallie Roberts and her son, Walter and William. The ranch holdings were known at the Jinglebob Company. Pitzer Chisum had sold his share to James at the time of his marriage.
At some point John had put control of the property into the hands of his brother Pitzer by means of a $ 100,000 note. Though Pitzer had sold a share to James and lived on a share he retained, he still held the note at the time of Cow John's death.
A loan from M. J. Farris of Kentucky in the amount of $64,000 was obtained for the running of the ranch. Lillie Casey said of this: "About the same time Uncle Pitzer determined to return to Paris, TX. So he sold out his place to the Jinglebob Company, and in addition, he holds to M. J. Farris the $100,000 note of John Chisum. I do not know the amount Farris paid him but I suppose it was a mere fraction of the face value...M. J. Farris came into control of the situation by virtue of his bank's holding an indebtedness of the Jinglebob Company for approximately $164,000 with perhaps a considerable amount of interest..."
The ranch was lost to the bank of Farris.
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Burried: Paris, Lamar Co., Texas.
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Laura died young
|MARY SUSAN CHISUM, b. Abt. 1844; d. 1859.
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Mary Susan never married
|WILLIAM CHARLES CHISUM, b. October 30, 1849, TX; d. April 16, 1874.
|ROBERT CLAIBORNE CHISUM, b. May 10, 1858; d. November 15, 1933.
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Friday, June 18, 2010
Before and after
new Grandma Robyn and Bear on the walking track:
Lake Joanna on a misty winter morning:
and the rotunda
and this is now [ when you click on the link click through to the 2nd and 3rd pictures. ]
14 comments:
- Trish said...
Oh how sad and senseless. What a beautiful place it was. I hope that it can be rebuilt.
- 10:15 pm
And when the damage is repaired, maybe the coucil could install a set of good ol' fashioned stocks, so the community could express their opinion of vandals...
- 10:43 pm
- Ozjane said...
I reckon they should be apprenticed to tradesmen to put it all back with no respite till it is done.
Rotten little so and so's
I ached when I heard it on the news.
Why oh why are we abolishing a good smack on the back of the leg or the rear to small children to teach them that right and wrong have painful consequences.
The consequences for those who do not learn at home are far far worse.
- 11:02 pm
- Caprifool said...
That's just horrible! I like Marcie's idea.
- 5:32 am
- Lizzie said...
I saw it on the news the other night, breaks your heart doesn't it? Boot camp! We need something to bring some decency and respect back to the younger generation...!
- 7:52 am
- Doris Sturm said...
That is terrible...some poeple are so hateful they just can't stand it to see something pretty and undisturbed...it happens here a lot too, maybe not quite to that extend, but I see slats missing from the bridge (torn out and broken) and someone overturned an entire wooden picnic tabel with the attached benches, turned it upside down and burned it in the azalea bushes in the park...there is no respect and pride left in this world...I'm so sorry! Pretty soon we won't be able to have anything nice unless it's bolted down and locked up.
- 8:49 am
- Lynne said...
I don't know what to say; what goes through the mind of these people? I agree with Marcie!
- 9:19 am
- catsmum said...
the report just says 'a fountain was knocked over' ... said fountain was a beautiful huge old late victorian work of art, now destroyed by morons
- 9:32 am
- Nadie said...
Oh no! When I started reading I thought this was a post about the lake having been drained for the upgrades. Such a senseless waste, even if they build another rotunda and fountain they could never replace what has been destroyed :( Have to wonder what they get out of it.
- 2:01 pm
- Alwen said...
Oof. And was alcohol involved? News reports here often include that little detail.
What a shame.
- 10:27 am
- Donna Lee said...
That's horrendous. I'm with Marcie. A stint in the stocks might be in order.
- 10:39 am
- Alice said...
How can you bear it? And do you know what will probably be even harder to bear? The 'wrap over the knuckles' or other paltry punishment that the culprits will receive.
- 1:26 pm
- Alice said...
How can you bear it? And do you know what will probably be even harder to bear? The 'wrap over the knuckles' or other paltry punishment that the culprits will receive.
- 1:26 pm
- Nadie said...
Such a shame that the lake they chose to drive into had already been drained.
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Writing an effective artist statement
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This course focuses on the practical and business skills needed to support and sustain a working professional artist. It addresses specific demands outside of working in the studio and making art. In addition to examining current trends and transitions in the field, students will develop traditional presentation materials, which are central to applying to most opportunities. This includes writing artist statements and cover letters. The Instructor draws from her experience as a professional/exhibiting artist, curator and owner of an artist marketing business to help shape each student's package to present him or her in the best possible light.
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that's a lot of macaroons! Beautiful colors!
I want to bring my wedding journal along to any showers I might have for guests to sign!
Absolutely lovely!
Just beautiful!
My sister made gorgeous macarons for my bridal luncheon and we had many leftover, so I used them around my wedding cake the next day on separate little vintage cake plates.
Don't worry, I am taking note sis :)
When making bridal shower invitations, less is more. With simplicity comes more beauty thus we have here a great invitation!
Best of luck for your future post, these all will be surely awesome like this one. herpromiserings


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TV preview: Robert Webb takes us on a nostalgia trip with Ten Things I Hate About 1987 and Angels Of Mercy concludes with another emotionally compelling episode in tonight's TV picks.
Ten things I Hate About 1987, Channel 5, 10pm
The nostalgia-trip clip show may be a rather tired genre but Robert Webb is always one of the more agreeable hand-holders – friendly and sarcastic in just the right measures. If you can't remember, 1987 was the year that brought us novelty socks, puffball skirts and Bruno Brookes.
Angels Of Mercy, BBC2, 8pm
In the final part of this series following Liverpool's chaplains, those attached to Alder Hey Children's Hospital recall the youngsters who didn't survive surgery. Meanwhile at Everton FC, Harry Ross helps out a retired legend and buries the ashes of a lifelong fan.
Escape From The World's Most Dangerous Place, BBC3, 9pmTwenty-one-year-old model and cockney sparrow Samira is the latest British youngster travelling to an unsettled region to 'rediscover their roots'. She arrived in London as a toddler from Somalia via an Ethiopian refugee camp and is as shocked as you'd expect when she spends time in a desperate, crowded camp similar to the one her abandoned mother lived in for two years. Scarlett Johansson's smooth tones add a faintly incongruous Hollywood sheen as narrator.
Foxes Live: Wild In The City, Channel 4, 8pm
A natural history programme showing us a fox's eye view of the city would probably be a quietly fascinating affair were it on the BBC. On C4, it's an over-involved interactive 'event' involving CCTV, hi-tech GPS, an audience 'fox census' and viewer-generated smartphone content. It continues nightly throughout the week, in a bid to establish once and for all whether the nocturnal creatures are urban pests or misunderstood fur balls. Where's Attenborough when you need him?
Sons Of Guns, Discovery, 10pm
A second series following the 'don't try this at home' goings-on inside Louisiana gun-maker Red Jacket Firearms. This time around, owner Will Hayden builds some exploding arrows for champion US archer Chris Brackett and attempts to combine an AK-47 with a sniper rifle. In short: not a man to get on the wrong side of.
Film Choice: GoldenEye, ITV2, 9pm
Just when we'd written off 007 as a tired old joke, this sexy reboot kicked Bond towards the 21st century. Armed with risqué quips and a full chest of hair, Pierce Brosnan's suave special agent isn't the real star – that's the film itself. An explosive bundle of old-school fun complete with car chases through Monaco, a megalomaniac and a megalomaniac's lair, this sees Bond on a mission to capture a Soviet space ray device thing with the potential to destroy Earth – natch.


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If you network, you will certainly hear the phrase "a good referral for me is…" more than once. Networking is, after all, a way to help other businesses to succeed and to be helped in the process. I rarely bring referrals up in my own networking, as I prefer to allow leads to grow naturally [...]
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Sladjana Endt was born in Serbia, lived in Germany, Botswana, Dubai, Australia….Graduated Structural engineer and Artist.
Perfect combination!
"I am signing my paintings as Sladja.
Biggest inspirations for my Art are my kids.
I've lived in different countries, experienced different cultures and met some nice people.
I love, live and always have something to say.
Best way to express myself is through my Art.
I paint my stories on canvas, paper, wood, glass ….
Never have an empty canvas in my studio.
My Art reminds people of love, happiness and little things that make us smile.
Everything is possible on canvas."


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Flickr photo by ifindkarmaSome people go for lamb, but I'm a ham kinda' gal. Skin cracklings just scream, "Easter!" to me somehow. That and a deep fried creme egg and I'm done for the day.
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I'm drooling and I really don't know which way to go with this ham conundrum, but I'll certainly figure it out before Sunday.
Simply Recipes also offers some great ham tips I'd never thought about before such as; those spiral hams make for easy cutting but are a recipe for dryness.
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Monday, 5 August 2013
Candy Winner and CHA :)
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Wonderful photos Bex's! looks like you had the best time ever, glad you had fun ;)ReplyDelete
Love, Mel. xxx
You had a great time I see-superReplyDelete
congrats to candy winners
hugs Tamara
It looks like you had a fabulous time! And I may be slightly jealous about the meeting Tim Holtz thing, lol.ReplyDelete
Congrats to the winners, and gorgeous foto's Becky.ReplyDelete
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Wow Becky, thank you soooo much for sharing what looked like an absolutely awesome experience - chuffed to bits that you had a fabulous time while you were there, you deserve it - hugs Jo xReplyDelete
Fab piccy's hun. So lovely to see all you guys, it looks like the most fun. Next time.... :)ReplyDelete
Oh and how lovely for Tim to meet you hehe xxx
Looks like you had a blast Becky, hopefully next time I will get to come with you too.ReplyDelete
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oh, Bex, you are such a lucky lady. It must have been so much fun to be a part of this. You have earned it with all your hard work, hun! Thanks for sharing, So fun to se what was going on;) Hugs, Elizabeth xxReplyDelete
Wow Looks like so much Fun and great to catch up with everyone in person and see the live projects! Thanks for the Photos!ReplyDelete
Looks like soooo much fun!!! So glad you had the experience :) Congratulations also to the winners, and thank you for letting me play, Becky ♥ReplyDelete
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OOh my gosh, these are such FUN pics!! Thank you so much for sharing them all .. I smiled all the way through looking at these! I'm so happy that you had a blast here in Vegas and if you ever head back here again .. I'd love to see you once more! :) Even if it was a short visit at the hotel .. I am soooo happy that I got to meet you!! All of you! :) And lol about your accent .. I mentioned that to my hubby .. that I thought your accent and Alby's accent were just soooo BEAUTIFUL! I could listen to you both talk all day .. I love it! :)
Sending you big hugs!
Hi Becky.... you may have started tipsy but I was beyond by the time we parted ways that night. What a gift it was to meet you in Vegas and I am delighted that after a few years of knowing you online, I can now say I have met you!! I pray we meet again, and be sure to bring your uncle, he was a BLAST too!!!ReplyDelete
Now that looks like some serious fun! :-) So glad you had a wonderful time, you totally deserve that. You've worked so hard to get where you are, and you've gone through so much sadness and dealt with so many sorrows in the last 1.5 year, so it's great seeing you smiling in the pictures and reading that you thoroughly enjoyed yourself. Hugz, SandyReplyDelete
Loved reading a snippet of your CHA journey hun. Looks like it was wicked fun! You fit right into that legendary lineup hunny. Your DI skills are legendary, so it's fab that someone's brought them to Tim Holtz' attention. Fingers crossed he sits up and takes notice! You rock those inks chicka. Anyway, glad you're home safely and I'm enjoying catching up on your latest makes. Been caught up with kiddos on Winter hols and family visits. Not much crafting of late. Big hugs, Wends xxxReplyDelete
Hi Thank you for sharing your super pictures it sounded like the best time ever !!! ;0)ReplyDelete
Wow this looks AMAZING. xxxReplyDelete
Wow how lucky are you honey and thank you for letting us all have a sneak peek at your trip. I sounds and looks like it was a once in a lifetime gig and you met so many wonderful people, even my DT co ordinator Rina!ReplyDelete
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Yo! Dollar Tree is kinda dope you'll. Who knew? I guess I really am adulting now because instead of going out, I would rather walk through the dollar store and catch some deals. Last week my son and I were at our local Dollar Tree and we lost our little minds and purchased a bunch of stuff we probably don't need because guess what, it was all a dollar. Of course, while there I made my way to the makeup aisle not expecting to see anything and I ended up with these three Milani Gel Powder Eyeshadow. I purchased two of the Denim Blue shade and one gorgeous purple.
Milani Bella Eyes Gel Powder Eyeshadow in Bella Navy (Satin Matte) and Bella Violet (Shimmer)
If you find these at your local dollar store snatch them up because they are gorgeous. Keep in mind, these will look a lot better and last longer over a primer but alone they are still pretty good and will definitely serve you well if you want to add a bit of color to your makeup wardrobe without spending too much.


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Vegan DinnerMarch 29, 2008 at 7:56 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Tags: pie, potatoes, rhubarb, rutabaga, strawberry, sushi, tempeh
I had such a great time last night! I was back at my sister Karen's house, after spending a few days at home with my parents. My cousin Lauren was here also, and we all decided to cook a really good dinner. Fortunately I had brought some cookbooks with me, and we decided to make the Spicy Tempeh Nori Rolls from Veganomicon! I was so excited, because I'd been waiting to try that when I could cook for more people than just Scott and myself. We made both the regular recipe and the variation with the Asian Tempeh-Pear Salad, and we all agreed that we much preferred the variation.
I also made oven-fried purple potatoes, rutabaga, sweet orange peppers, and onions (with olive oil, sea salt, and pepper). I had never realized how hard it is to split open a rutabaga– I think I ended up getting the knife stuck half-way through, and I pried the rutabaga open with my bare hands!!
My cousin Lauren made a really delicious main course: black bean cakes (beans, cumin, tomato paste, and corn flake crumbs) and portobello mushrooms, topped with a vegan sun-dried tomato cream sauce (from La Dolce Vegan, but we added mustard powder). We also had extra grated soy mozzarella to sprinkle on top. It was delicious!!
My sister Karen made a luscious strawberry-rhubarb pie, drizzled with chocolate sauce. It was so incredible!!! And it looked really easy to make, too. She used a store-bought frozen spelt pie crust (vegan), and then just sliced up the strawberries, rhubarb, and added sugar and flour. It did turn out sort of runny, so I think if I were to make it I'd use a little more cornstarch instead of the flour. She made the chocolate sauce by melting a vegan chocolate bar with some Earth Balance. It was delicious! And we topped the whole meal off with some Sierra Nevada pale ale.
I was so happy that they all were so willing to cook a vegan meal with me; it was so much fun! Karen eats meat, and so does her boyfriend Matt, but Karen's roommate is vegetarian, and Lauren is "locatarian." She describes it as a combination of locavore (only buying meat/produce from local farmers at farmer's markets or directly from the farms), and freeitarian– vegetarian except for when you're someone else's guest and they feed you meat.
I think the funniest quote of the whole evening was Karen's boyfriend, Matt, arguing that soy milk is a deceptive term: it should be called soy juice! "Find me a nipple on a bean," he argued!
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It's time to get wet and wild and have a blast with the kids this summer.
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Media Advisory: Free SF State lecture series focuses on presidential elections
A free annual public lecture series and course at San Francisco State University will focus on the presidential elections, exploring how campaigns work and such campaign issues as the economy and foreign policy. "The 2008 Presidential Election: Issues and Analysis" (BSS 275) will consist of panel presentations by SF State faculty and class discussions. There will be a community event on November 4, when the class will watch the election returns on television with real-time analysis provided by SF State political science experts.
Offered through the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, the lectures are free and open to the public on a drop-in basis. Students and members of the public can enroll in the course for two units of academic credit. Further registration details at: http://www.cel.sfsu.edu/openuniversity/register.cfm
Wednesdays, 7:15 to 8:55 p.m. Aug. 27 through Dec. 10
Jack Adams Hall, Cesar Chavez Student Center, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave. (at 19th Ave.), San Francisco
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Press wishing to attend should RSVP to Elaine Bible at (415) 405-3606
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Aug. 27, The Democratic Convention Coverage. The Electoral College and the 2008 Election Primaries
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Sept. 17, The Economy and the Environment
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Economic Hoo-Haw, Or: Hoo-Haw Economique
Telegraph – The single market and Gallic delusions
In a bid to be elected to office for the first time in his life, Dominique de Villepin has espoused the doctrine of "economic patriotism".
Oh lord.
Economic patriotism may gain votes in a nation neurotically prone to see its self-inflicted decline as part of a vast Anglo-Saxon plot. But the thwarting of competition is bad for consumers, who end up paying more; for companies, which are deprived of the incentive to sharpen their performance; and, despite pious invocation of the French "social model", for job creation.
He'll just be harming those minority immigrants he cares so much about and denies so vehemently are setting fire to the Peugot round the block.
The prime minister is leading his country down a blind alley. At the European level, he and his imitators should be pursued by the commission. At home, it is Mr Sarkozy's job to prevent him from ever holding elected office.


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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Who knew I was a compulsive blogger trapped in a teacher's body? What on earth am I going to do now that school's out tomorrow? I know: GARDEN! Woohoo! Here's the Frenchboro Community Garden. Garden tilled: Check. Fence up: Check. Second fence up to ensure deer cannot catapult over it: check. Gate up: Check. Plots sectioned off: Check. Signs made and posted: Check. Seeds in school plot: um...sort of. Carrots: check. Lettuce: check. Radishes: check. Various squashes: check. It was a bit of a free for all as kids began planting willy-nilly in their family plots, coming back and saying things like, "Ms. Finn, how do we know where we planted the seeds?" and "Ms. Finn, I planted the seeds right here!" (All together, in a hole, right next to the sign went pumpkins, lettuce and who knows what else.) I thought the whole 'modeling' before hand in our school plot was going to be enough. SO, a note to parents...whatever comes up in your family plot may be conceived as a bona fide miracle. It was a joy to hear that after school Myron, Bradley, and their whole family were down digging away in the dirt and planting all sorts of goodies. I made Doug go down and take photos as I took a nap after school! He was posting the sign he had painted himself for the garden. I was so proud of the cute little flower that he made! If not for him, a lot of my 'brainchildren' would not ever come to fruition as I am tiny and weak and cannot fix machinery or build anything besides a lopsided birdhouse. He said, "Honey, I don't mind doing the building of the fence, but I'm not a big weeder." I still think I get the easy end.
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Field Day Fun
Ever participated in the buoy toss or the lobster trap run? If not, you're obviously from 'away'. Field day in Frenchboro was yesterday and we all gathered at the ball field for the afternoon festivities. Kristi brought a watermelon and Becky supplied the water cooler, buoys supplied by Ski and Marissa, rope and traps by Nate and Katie, we had a lot in store. Back to back linked arm races, obstacle course, dizzy bat, sponge race, tug of war, and of course the water balloon toss. We ended up with a rousing round of kickball. Man, can that Mikey boot a ball...we know where Myron and Bradley get it! Thanks to all for helping and to the kids for being so great and fun.
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Obstacle Course
Here's Cadin tackling the obstacle course like a champ.
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Field Day Video
Dizzy Bat was one of the funniest activities of the day. I had to 'demonstrate' the technique. I have a hard time staying upright after spinning around once, let alone five times. The kids were much better at it, though Tyler, as you'll see, was a little unsure of where he was supposed to run!
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Garden Update
The fence is up! What a great group we've got at Frenchboro School. Due to the massive amounts of rain recently, we had a bit of a swimming pool and for some reason, perhaps because they were all wearing Muck boots...the kids could NOT stay away from that mud pit in the middle of the garden. Though they were supposed to be on either fence duty, rock duty, or wire duty...it was like a magnetic attraction. Thank goodness for those boots! The few kids who didn't have rubber boots on...Johnny, Elijah and Amber, managed to stay relatively clear of the mud, though Mr. Finn had to explain to Johnny that his Crocs weren't really 'waterproof' since they had holes in them. "Johnny, that's like saying you're bathing suit's waterproof." Gravedigger was fired up and took a few runs thanks to Brody, so now almost all of the garden is tilled. In the next few days the deer fencing will go up above the wire fencing, zip-tied to rebar, for a cheap, temporary setup that's easy to remove. Up next: seed planting...finally!
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Garden Signs
This afternoon, we took the signs that Mr. Finn had made and the students painted them for all the folks who've signed up for a plot at the community garden. We were shy one sign, but the kids did a great job and I think all the families and community members will enjoy the result. There was some confusion with the whole, "don't mix the paint" but all in all it was a successful venture and we're looking forward to seeing the signs down in the garden.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Meet Dr. Rob
Doug has known Rob Gorski since college and they've kept in touch over the years. Rob is an emergency room doctor in New York City. He's been practicing medicine there since he finished school. Rob came to visit us when we were teaching in Alaska, a rare treat, since Nobody wanted to fly all the way out there for a visit. He did a lot of lecturing, showed medical pictures, let the kids experiment with some of the tools of the trade, and hopefully inspired the next generation to pursue medicine. When we moved here to Frenchboro, Rob was keen to come to the beautiful island and see the sights, meet the kids, and share some of his knowledge. Here he is going through the 'welcome line', an old school tradition where all the kids line up to introduce themselves to newcomers.
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Here are our doctors in training. The scrubs may take some growing into, but Cadin's got the hang of the sling!
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Station 1: Surgery
The first station that the kids, ahem, doctors, got to experience was surgery. In Alaska, we actually used a fetal seal to dissect when Dr. Rob came to visit, but alas, having no fetal seals handy, we used what I think was left over material for outdoor tablecloths. Close enough. In order to do surgery, though, the docs had to dress appropriately, right down to the snazzy face masks, swine flu watch out, these even have splash guards to protect your eyes! The doctors used sutures and needle drivers, but it was harder than it looked!
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Station 2: Medical
At this station we got to experiment with instruments like stethoscopes and otoscopes. Who knew it was so hairy inside our ear canal? Dr. Rob refers to the deposits of wax as "potatoes". Now that's a medical term for ya. The potatoes are scooped out with a little tool that looks like a little dental pic. I didn't get my potatoes checked, but most of the kids did and they got to ahve a look, too. It was fascinating to hear all the different sounds our hearts make. Some fast, some slow, some with a deep resonance, and others a higher pitch. The specialized clamps were also very amazing...a whole different sort of tool box than we're used to.
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Station 3: Orthopedics AKA Casting
No, we haven't had a sudden surge in accidents here at the school...this is station 3, Casting. Dr. Rob showed us the bones of the arm, drawn on Brody in marker, and a typical break for a young person. Several students got to experience casts that are very similar to ones you would get in the Emergency Room where he works. The cast was a little thinner, so it would be easier to cut through. After the casts dried, we even got to sign them!
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Here are the walking wounded of Frenchboro School! Thanks to Dr. Rob for all his generosity, information and time. We hope he returns again soon.
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More Positives
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Pin Hole Positives
I don't know about you all, but I think these are some of the most stunning pictures I've ever seen children take. They have this ancient quality to them that really makes them unusual. Enjoy.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Quotable Quotes: Austin
Can you tell by this photo that a lot of hilarious things come out of Austin's mouth? Early on, during Halloween, we were introduced to the traditions of Frenchboro. This is unquestionably one of the best places in the country to be a child on Halloween. As we loaded into the back of the haunted hayride trailer, Austin pats the haybale next to himself. "Sit here, Ms. Finn!" So, I sat on the bale right beside him. "The haunted hayride is SO scary," he said. Then, very seriously, he turned to me, "Last year, I oopsey-daisy peed myself." Another time, we're all sitting in class and Austin, out of nowhere says in a dreamy way, "I love Judge Judy." It was one of those, "Did I say that out loud?" times. When we built our wetu shelter, the traditional Wampanoag Indian dwelling, in our classroom, as soon as it was complete, Austin piped up with, "I call livin' in it!" Like he was calling the front seat. So funny. Just recently, he rushed in, saying, "Mr. Finn, your head's just gonna pop off when you hear this news."
"Holy crud." Austin...every day.
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Photo Negatives
So, from what I understand, here is how it works: Take a box to use as your pinhole camera, seal all the edges with black tape to ensure that no light will come in. Cut out a small square in the front of the box. Take a small square of flat metal that is flexible, like aluminum, and make a very tiny hole using a needle. Ms. Cotty uses accupuncture needles. Sandpaper the rough edges of the hole and clean it out with the needle to make sure the edges are perfect, then measure the hole (you'll need a magnifier of some sort) and write what part of a millimeter it is (i. e. '.4'). seal the metal square into the hole with black tape. Take your camera into the darkroom to 'load' it with photo paper, then seal the top with more tape, so that now the only entry point for light will be the tiny hole. Put a piece of tape over the hole before leaving the dark room, but leave a folded edge to grab, since this is your shutter. Depending on the weather and the size of your hole, the exposure time will vary tremendously. Don't even ask me about the complicated math that is involved here...consult a chart. It's important to keep the camera still, in fact, if you hold it while exposing the film, the slight movements of your body will make it fuzzy, so just place it on the ground or on a level place facing your subject. It will give quite peripheral view, so stand behind it. Pull the shutter and time your exposure to whatever time you have determined. Is this where F-stops come in? I've no idea, but it sounds good. Close the shutter, and run immediately to the dark room. No, you needn't do that, but that's how I felt...like I had a present on Christmas morning (that I couldn't open unless I was in the bathroom with the lights off....maybe a glow-in-the-dark present?) So, then you've got the baths. You heard me. You've gotta bathe your picture, not once, but four times. The first bath is to expose the image, the second I'm not sure, but it is water and vinegar and I think just sort of rinses it a bit, and the third fixes the image, while the last cleans it. Then! You can turn on the lights, but it needs one more bath in fresh water. Then you hang it to dry. Now, you're thinking....Wow! that's a lot of work to get a photo. Guess what? You're STILL NOT DONE! You have a negative. Now you've got to make a positive. Go back into the dark room with your dry negative. Place it in a frame next to another piece of photo paper and expose to what I'll call the 'positive light machine'. We exposed it to this light for 8 seconds, but it depends the negative. Don't ask, again, I've no idea. Then back to the baths. I'm telling you, these are the cleanest babies ever. After the four baths and then the clean water rinse. NOW, you have your photo!! Our 8th grader, Lance is way into this process. He was Ms. Cotty's assistant, staying late after school, coming early. He helped Mr. Finn and myself develop ours and they came out great. Future photographer in the making. Here's a photo of the negatives hanging to dry...more to come!
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Pin Hole Cameras
Ms. Cotty is here this week working on pin hole cameras with the students. The cameras were already made during a previous session, so this week we get to go out and put the cameras to work, taking photos around town. As we headed down to the town dock to get some views of the boats in the harbor, we saw that Brody and Saylor's ducks were sitting on their eggs, tucked inside one of Zach's lobster traps. Brody and Saylor thought this would be an ideal subject for their pin hole camera photos. The other students spread out over the dock, sizing up where to place their cameras. Suddenly, shrieks filled the air as the rabid ducks charged Brody and Saylor, out for blood, apparently. "Ahhhhh!" The kids came running and the ducks waddled after them, quacking furiously. But, once the kids were suitably away from the nest of eggs, the ducks changed their tune. They instantly went from mad to friendly and, "Wack, wack wack," came over, hoping for a snack. When every student was done with their first round of photos, we headed back to school, our cameras holding newly captured images (hopefully!). Ms. Cotty will be showing the kids how to develop the images in chemical baths. We'll have finshed products to share soon, so stay tuned!
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Share Time
In Alaska, we never knew what strange manner of "share" was going to enter the classroom. One time it was a live seagull that a kid had tied to his wrist. Another was a frozen baby seal. I thought those days were over when I moved to Maine. I was apparently wrong. This poor frog entered the classroom, eyes almost popping out of it's head. And it doesn't end at school. The other day a couple of my students showed up at my house with a gigantic whale bone they found on the beach. I can just hear the parents saying, "Take that over to the teacher's house, they'll love it!" Of course, they're right.
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January 20, 2009
My Echino Pig skirt
15 comments:
- Melanie O said...
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- January 20, 2009 at 7:22 AM
- Pretty Ditty said...
I drafted the skirt pattern by following the instructions on how to draft an A-line skirt in the Sew What! Skirt book. I love that book.
I edited my post and included that info.
Thanks Melanie.
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Love the skirt.
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Today, AJC columnist Furman Bisher welcomes Tom Glavine home with a big wet kiss on the buttocks. Furman is amazed — more than that, he's flummoxed — by the selfless Tom Glavine, who agreed this week to pitch for less in Atlanta:
What he did was something I've never heard any baseball player do before. He said he wasn't sure he was worth what the New York Mets were offering.
His projected salary, I should say. It was there. All he had to do was take it, a $13 million option to pitch another season on Long Island.
So in the end it was take a $5 million cut in pay to live and pitch where his home and heart are.
What Bisher doesn't seem to understand is that, while Glavine is pitching for less, he's not pitching for that much less. The Mets gave him a $3 million buyout. He signed an $8 million deal with Atlanta. So he's pitching for $11 million in 2008, $2 million less than he would have earned with New York. Not $5 million less.
Glavine, for his part, says the reason he was willing to take less money is because, well, I'll let him tell you:
"I wasn't sure I was worth 13 million," Glavine said. "I'm not a No. 1 starter any more. I didn't have the feeling that I could go out and pitch like a $13 million guy anymore."
See, making $13 million made Glavine uncomfortable. That's a lot of pressure. $11 million is much less of a burden.
Bisher thinks Glavine's admission is the greatest thing he's ever heard. Seriously, he's giddy.
This is utter violation of the athlete's code. You don't get such honesty in this day and age of the agent and his pawn.
Bisher goes on to say that Glavine is going to be lights out in Atlanta and that the reason he sucked down the stretch in New York was, well, it was all mental. He was home sick.
I put nothing into Glavine's rocky wind-up in New York: three blown starts, including one tormented one. His mind was at work on other matters. He knew he was pitching his way out of a Mets uniform, and his head was getting mixed signals.
Now all the disturbing doubts are gone, and here is a man with a freedom of mind. He's home again. He drives to Turner Field to an old familiar parking space. Walks into home, not the visitors clubhouse, greets old pals and familiar faces. That should add years to his happiness and his ERA.
First of all, I've got news for you, Bish. Matt Diaz has Glavine's parking space now and he told me the other day that he's not giving it up for nobody. He said if Glavine wants his space back, he's going to have to take it.
And "years to his happiness and ERA?" Well, I guess we'll never know since Glavine only signed a one-year deal, right Bish?
Yes, the contract is only for one year. With Glavine's well-ordered lifestyle, his deep faith, and the ease with which he delivers his 82-mph fastball, change of pace and slider, his trim body should be good for two or three more seasons.
Well, it's hard to argue with that logic. Glavine does look pretty smooth throwing those 82-mph fastballs. But if you think that's impressive, Bish, you should see just how casually I loft my 68-mph cheese. You want deep faith? I was a freaking alter boy! And if you're looking for a guy who's willing to accept a contract for less than $13 million a year, hey, I'm your man. I'll pitch for $5 million right now! Sign me up!


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The images above display each of the many panels that make up this unique music composition software. Together the panels make up a most exciting and flexible workspace for musical creativity. How the composer will use the Opusmodus interface with its many features and possibilities will always be a matter of experiment and personal choice.
One of the objectives around the design of Opusmodus is to respond to the many and various approaches composers have to make in particular projects and circumstances. Opusmodus interface is multi-faceted and has already proved it can deal with very exacting musical situations from the highly conceptual and experimental to the pragmatic needs of a commissioned work.
OMN is designed as a scripting language for musical events. It's not about sounds themselves, it is about their control and organisation in a musical composition. As a linear script rather than a graphic stave, musical events can be transformed, extended, reorganised by powerful computer algorithms. The truly original aspect of OMN is that it has been designed to speak directly to traditional musical notation. Everything written in OMN script can be rendered instantly to notation and to a performance simulation.
As the OMN language is laid out and explored we'll see just how fully the language of music staff notation is mirrored. This is not just in the standard elements of rhythms, pitch and dynamics but in the vast library of musical attributes that cover the way pitches and rhythms are performed by different instruments and voices. So musical notation is always there. Whatever you write an instant 'snippet' can be rendered to view alongside your script.
((s a4 d5 fs4 d5 g4 d5)
(s a4 d5 fs4 d5 g4 d5)
(s a4 d5 cs5 b4 a4 g4)
(s fs4 d4 e4 c4 e d4))
((e e5 3e g5 bb4 g4 e a4)
(3e a5 c4 a4 e bb4 3e g5 bb4 g4)
(s a4 c6 c6 a5 a5 f5)
(s f5 d5 d5 c5 d5 bb5))
((s d5f5b5 f e5g5c6 e f5a5d6 s g5b5e6 f5a5d6 e5g5c6 d5f5b5)
(e c5e5a5 c5e5a5 q d5f5b5 marc)
(s d5f5b5 e5g5c6 f5a5d6 g5b5e6 e f5a5d6 s e5g5c6 d5f5b5)
(e c5e5a5 c5e5a5 q d5f5b5 marc))
((t cs5 pp< bs4 < cs5 < dn5 mp> cs5 > bn4 > gs4 > es4 pp -s fermata)
(t gs4 fss4 gs4 an4 gs4 fss4 en4 cs4 -s fermata))
((q d4f4bb4d5 f< leg c4eb4a4c5 < leg bb3d4g4bb4 < leg e c4eb4a4c5 < leg
d4f4ab4d5 ff> leg) (q f4ab4d5f5 > leg e4g4bb4e5 > leg h fs4a4d5 mf)
(q c4ds4a4 p< leg bb3e4g4 < leg b3d4fs4 f leg e3g3cs4 > leg)
(h d3fs3d4 pp))
(-t. x d6 pp> stacc+arco 3s f4 > leg e5 > leg fs6 ppp -t. x cs4 p
t. eb5 < leg x e4 ppp)
((e bb4 p> leg s fs5 stacc fs5 stacc+pizz - b3 acc+arco+harm c4 pp
c4 stacc+pizz - a5 p> arco+leg d6 stacc cs5 acc+leg gs4 stacc -)
(s cs5 pp stacc+pizz a5 acc+leg+arco gs4 stacc -e -s gs4 p> stacc+ten
a5 acc d6 stacc eb4 pp ten+pizz))
(q c4 kgliss b5 kgliss c4 kgliss q c5 kgliss q cs4 kgliss b5 kgliss
c4 kgliss cs5)
The function CIRCLE-PITCH-PLOT returns a geometrical representation of relationships among the 12 pitch classes of the chromatic scale in pitch class space and provides an easy way to identify certain patterns and similarities between harmonic structures.
((0 2 4 6 8 10) (1 3 5 7 9 11))
(6-32 6-7)
The function CIRCLE-RHYTHM-PLOT returns a polygonal representation of music rhythms and is ideal tool for measuring individual rhythmic patterns and combination of them.
((e q e q q) (-e e q e q e))
((1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0)
(1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0)
(1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0)
(1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0))
Generate a graph that show the relationship between two sets of the data provided in sequences. The input must be of the form
((x0 y0) (x1 y1) ...)or list containing such sublists, i.e. (((x0 y0) …) ((x0 y0) …))) or a list of two reals and a keyword naming a point style, e.g.
(x0 y0 :square).
The points are drawn as circles. :point-radius lets you control the size of the circles. If 0, the points will not be drawn. If :join-points is T, the points (whether visible or not) will be connected with line segments. The :style keyword argument may be either :axis or :fill.
(spiral 10 10 0.01 1500)
Generate a graph from the data provided in sequences. Sequences in this case are series of note lengths.
Positive values on the y-axis indicate sounding note lengths, whereas negative values denote rest lengths. Values are positioned along the x-axis according to their position in the sequence.
Generate a graph from the data provided in sequences of pitch data. The value of each item in a sequence is plotted as a y-coordinate.
(ambitus-chord 13
(gen-chord 150 2 3 4 12
(vector-to-pitch '(c2 c5)
(gen-white-noise 100))))
Generate a graph from the data provided in sequences of velocity data. Each value in a sequence is plotted on the y-coordinate, increasing in velocity from ppppp to fffff.
Items are plotted along the x-axis sequentially, by their position in the series.
Generate a graph from the data provided in sequences of OMN format data. This function graphs pitches ascending from the axis and lengths descending from the axis. Rest length values are denoted by hollow points and the absence of a corresponding pitch value.
Sequences may be either a single sequence of real numbers, or a series of such sequences. Each number in a sequence represents a y-coordinate. Numbers are positioned along the x axis according to their position in the sequence.
(gen-accumulate (rnd 200 :low -1.0 :high 1.0)
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