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Pupil Planner
All students are issued with a pupil planner at the beginning of the academic year.
It is the point of daily contact between home and school. It contains general day to day information including the pupil's timetable as well as the Pupil Promise and Home/School Agreement.
The planner is used to convey messages between home and school.
Form tutors will check the planner every week and parents/carers are asked to do likewise. Look for opportunities to praise children following notification of merits and commendations.
The Pupil Promise (2017–18)
I will:
- Promise to reflect the St. Mary's Values, based on the teachings of Christ.
- Attend school regularly and on time, properly equipped and in full school uniform.
- Take pride in my work, both school work and homework – and always make sure it is the best I can do.
- Help keep our school environment pleasant, clean and tidy.
- Respect all staff and other adults at all times.
- Treat all other pupils with politeness, courtesy and respect.
- Treat School property with respect. I will return all textbooks and library books promptly when requested.
- Abide by the Student ICT Acceptable Use Policy as published on the school website
The Home/School Agreement (2016–17)
Schools must have a written 'home/school agreement'. This is for all pupils and parents, not just new pupils.
The School, we will:
❏ Contact parents if there is a persistent and serious problem with attendance, punctuality, behaviour on school transport, uniform or equipment.
❏ Let parents know about any concerns or problems which affect their child's work or behaviour.
❏ Send home assessments in November and March and an annual summative record.
❏ Set, mark and monitor homework and classwork regularly.
❏ Arrange Parents' Evenings during which progress will be discussed with individual subject teachers by appointment.
❏ Keep parents informed about school activities, special events, policies and notices through regular letters, newsletters, the stmarysmenston.org website, Show My Homework, social media.
(School Representative's Signature)
The Parent(s)/Guardian(s), I will:
❏ Ensure that my child goes to school regularly, on time and properly equipped.
❏ Try to inform the school about any concerns or problems that might affect my child's work or behaviour.
❏ Support the school's policies, guidelines and sanctions for behaviour and uniform.
❏ Support my child in homework and other opportunities for home learning.
❏ Whenever possible, attend Parents' Evenings and discussions about my child's progress.
❏ Give permission for my son/daughter to take part in extra-curricular activities and fixtures.
❏ Provide emergency contact name and numbers for school use.
❏ Grant permission for photographs/videos of my child to be used in printed and electronic publicity materials generated by St Mary's.
❏ Be aware of the responsibilities of my child using the school computer network and their abidance of the ICT Acceptable Use Policy.
❏ Accept responsibility for any valuable items including phones and iPods which my son/daughter chooses to bring to school.
❏ I understand St. Mary's Charging policy for School property lost, defaced or damaged by my child. I agree to comply with the policy.
(Parent or Carer's Signature)
It is essential that you take your planner, with the emergency contact details completed, to any out-of-school extra-curricular activity.
Emergency Contact Details
(Telephone number)
Emergency Closure of the School Procedures
In the exceptional circumstances that the school is forced to close during the school day, parents/guardians will receive a 'Connect-Ed' text message to inform them of this. A message will also be posted on the school website stmarysmenston.org
School buses will be called for, although the time of their arrival cannot be determined in advance. In order to allow a safe journey home for all pupils, parents/guardians are asked to indicate the preferred travel arrangements in such conditions.
(Please tick as appropriate)
❏ Parent/guardian will collect pupil from school
❏ Pupil to travel home on the school bus
❏ Pupil to walk home/make own way home
❏ Pupil to travel home with another pupil's parent
❏ Other (please state below)
(Parent or Carer's Signature)


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The last human on earth has been imagined into existence by everyone from Mary Shelley to the curious minds at Yahoo! Answers. But how about using modern digital effects to visually conjure the scenario?
That was the challenge facing director Damien Steck and the team of digital artists behind "Parasite Choi," a film depicting "the last fight of the last human being," according to its opening credits. From their perches in ten different countries, more than 15 artists collaborated to finish the surreal film in time to premiere it last week in Barcelona, for the 2012 OFFF Festival. And how does the end look? Surprisingly oily.
WATCH "Parasite Choi":

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These new fragrances are perfect for moving into the new spring season, offering something slightly brighter and fresher than the previous 'Daisy' scent (which could become a bit too heavy when worn alone.) 'Daisy Delight' contains notes of apple, freesia, iris, people, cedarwood and sandlewood, providing a juicy base that lightens to leave a muskier scent. 'Daisy Eau So Fresh' is perfect for spring days, containing notes of blood orange, pink pepper, white tea, violet, raspberry, apricot and amber - rather like a fruit salad in a bottle!
The cap design of 'Daisy' has become synonymous with Marc Jacob's fragrances, and these two new bottles don't disappoint. Containing bright and bold shades of pink, magenta and turquoise, these look amazing on any dressing table and almost justify the splurge alone. If I had to vote for the best bottle design of any fragrance in the history of perfumery, these would be way up there. If you're a fan of 'Daisy' fragrances already, then I guarantee you'll love these new additions; if you're new to the franchise, then 'Daisy Delight' is a great introduction to a collection that will just keep growing and growing.
Marc Jacob's 'Daisy Delight' fragrances will be available this February, priced £48.00 for the 50ml 'Daisy Delight' and £52.00 for the 75ml 'Daisy Delight Eau So Fresh.'


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December: what a stressful time to be a high school senior! Colleges and universities are releasing their Early Decision acceptance decisions, midterms and finals are either here or very close, and the last weeks of the semester before "senioritis" sets in is crunch time. My own high school senior, and her college-bound friends, are really feeling the tension of the pre-holiday season. Late nights tweaking college application essays and studying for tests, along with anxious, restless sleep leads to daytime drowsiness. Driving to school and after school activities, for relatively new teenage drivers, can and often is impacted by sleepiness. Indeed, a new study found that one third of teens report driving while drowsy.
Both of my teenagers complain of being sleep deprived. While both have fun at their extracurricular activities, neither participate in time-intensive club/team sports. Imagine how much busier teens' schedules are when their daytime hours are chewed up by varsity team practices and games…it's no wonder that Liberty Mutual Insurance worked with SADD to commission research regarding the rates and effects of teens driving while drowsy. This study revealed that 56% of licensed teenagers admit to having driven when they felt too tired to drive their best, 32% of teenagers admit to driving drowsy at least sometimes, and most frightening of all, nearly one in ten teens admit to having fallen asleep at the wheel while driving. Terrifying. How can we, as parents, help our teenager be responsible and avoid teens driving while drowsy?
Perhaps we need to heighten our own awareness of the dangers of teens driving when they're too tired. "Drowsiness impairs performance and reaction time," says William Horrey, PhD., principal research scientist at the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. "When our brains are tired, our attention, judgement, and ability to act are greatly impacted…particularly if there's inclement weather of a critical situation requiring quick response. The situation [is] exacerbated when the driver is a teenager without much experience."
Teens driving while drowsy can be averted, in part, when parents incorporate the importance of staying alert while behind the wheel as part of overall safe driving practices. Dr. Gene Beresin, Executive Director of the Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds at Massachusetts General Hospital, points out that teens don't always have the awareness or confidence to tell teachers and friends when they're stretched too thin, feeling overextended and tired. "Parents should have routine conversations with their teens beginning with open-ended questions to gauge the teen's perspective on why they may be prone to drowsy driving. One good path …for parents is…to ensure [their teens] get enough sleep before early morning activities and have a ride home if staying out late."
How parents can help prevent teens from drowsy driving:
When it comes to changing teens' behaviors on the road, it's essential for parents to realize the important role that they play. Liberty Mutual and SADD offer the following tips:
1. Be flexible. The aforementioned study also reveals that 56% of teens have taken measures to wake up (while continuing to stay behind the wheel).
- My take: Tactics such as opening the window for cold air may help for a little while, but we should talk to our teenagers, acknowledge their busy schedules and help them adjust their schedules rather than consistently driving while they're tired.
2. Call for a ride. 34% of teenagers have called for a ride instead of driving when they're too tired. Teach teens to call for a ride and research options in advance if they feel they're at risk of falling asleep.
- My take: This is a great start, but of course, 100% would be better! Teach teenagers to call for a ride and that there is no shame in that. My teens both use Uber, which has been a real boon.
3. Set expectations. Parents and their teen drivers should use the Teen Driving Contract from Liberty Mutual Insurance and SADD as a discussion guide (and conversation starter).
- My take: Consider this contract a tool to help facilitate open-ended conversations about risks teens may take behind the wheel while drowsy or distracted. It's also great for parents and teenagers to uphold their own family's driving rules.
Teenagers driving while drowsy could be cause for alarm, especially considering that even us adults don't always recognize signs of our own sleepiness. Open discussion about the importance of remaining alert while on the road goes a long way towards fostering both driving safety, and positive relationships between parent and teen.
For more information, visit www.libertymutual.com/teendriving.
Disclosure: The Vacation Gals travel blog is a paid member of the Liberty Mutual Ambassador Program.


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South Korean woman jailed in Germany for exorcism death
A court in Frankfurt this week sentenced a 44-year-old woman to six years in prison for her role in an exorcism that led to the death of her 41-year-old South Korean cousin.
The trial, according to this report, also involved four other South Korean nationals who were all related to the female victim, including her 16-year-old son. They were suspected of killing the woman during a two-hour-long process purportedly seeking to cast out a demon.
The four defendants received suspended sentences of between 18 months and two years. The sentences for deadly bodily harm in Germany usually range from three to 15 years. Suspended sentences are only handed out if there are strong mitigating circumstances.
The state prosecutor did not request the maximum sentence, saying that in spite of the violence of the victim's death, the defendants had intended to "help for religious reasons".
The jailed woman and her victim were identified here as Doean K and Seonhwa P.
The court was told that the five attempted to perform the exorcism in a Frankfurt hotel room on December 5, 2015 because they believed Seonhwa P had been "possessed by demons" after she allegedly began talking to herself and lashing out for no apparent reason.
They held her down, beat her and put a cloth and a clothes hanger in her mouth to keep her quiet. This lead to the woman suffocating.
The five defendants, the victim and another cousin of theirs had traveled to Frankfurt six weeks before the deadly incident in order to open an export/import business. The victim was discovered on the day of the attack after the family contacted a cleric from a Korean-Christian church, who called an ambulance and the police to the scene.
They are believed to practice a form of Christianity with influences from an ancient Asian shamanist religion, which is based on the belief that spirits play a powerful role in the world.
The trial made it clear that the defendants believed in the existence of demons and the possibility of exorcising them. According to German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau, the 16-year-old son of the victim said his younger brother was frequently beaten so as to dispel such perceived spirits.
Hat tip: Trevor Blake
4 responses to "South Korean woman jailed in Germany for exorcism death"
If you want to kill people it is best to go live where it is legal!!!! Religious Half-wit!!!
What's the harm of religion? Oh, I don't know.
This is all very well but the important question is 'did they get the demons out of the woman'? Did the autopsy reveal the presence of demons in the body or merely traces of them having been there? If this therapy truly works it should be the standard treatment. In fact it may deter demons from even entering a person in the first place if they knew they would get the crap beaten out of them.
Thanks for this. Next time I see someone talking to themselves or "lashing out", I will know how to ensure they get "cured".
"They held her down, beat her and put a cloth and a clothes hanger in her mouth to keep her quiet. This lead to the woman suffocating."
As to the 'sentences', I thought Germany was better than this having given us people like Geothe and other incredibly bright thinkers and scientists.


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500,000 students set to resume classes after 2-wk Spring break
Nearly 500,000 students will resume their classes on Monday, after the two-week spring holidays, reports Al-Jarida daily. Ministry of Education's Assistant Undersecretary for Public Education Dr Khalid Al-Rashid has affirmed that all schools are ready for the beginning of the second term. He said the Public Education Department held many meetings with officials of the educational districts to follow up issues concerning the administrative and educational staff in schools to guarantee smooth flow of work procedures. He confirmed the ministry will provide the required books for the second term and they will be distributed to the students on Monday.
Meanwhile, Director General of the Capital Educational District Naji Al-Zamel highlighted the important role played by parents in the educational process which is not limited only to the school. He asked them to cooperate with the administration of the schools and teachers to ensure a better future for students. In addition, directors of Farwaniya Mubarak educational districts Badriya Al-Khaldi and Talq Al-Heim also confirmed the readiness of all their departments for the beginning of the second term.
Al-Khaldi added that all departments of Farwaniya Educational District will work towards removing any obstacle to serve the students and improve their educational levels, while Al-Heim asserted the educational supervision departments in Mubarak Al- Kabeer are working with the Educational Affairs Department to fill the gaps and make the required transfers while taking into consideration what is beneficial for the work flow.
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."
"Envy comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had."


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martes, 23 de septiembre de 2014
Model from the tomb of Nebehptre
Mentuhotep II
From Deir el-Bahari, Egypt
11th Dynasty, around 2000 BC
11th Dynasty, around 2000 BC
The baking processThis model showing the baking process was placed in the tomb of King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II (2055-2004 BC) to ensure that he would be provided with bread for eternity. The model is essentially schematic, showing the stages of bread-making rather than a real bakery. It is particularly interesting to learn that kings of this period felt that they needed to be equipped with these objects - not only officials and more ordinary people.
Bread was the staple food of ancient Egypt. It was of such importance in everyday life that several hieroglyphic signs are of different types of loaf, and the symbol for 'offering' is a loaf of bread on a mat. It was included in the offerings made to sustain the deceased in the Afterlife, whether he was a humble farmer or a king.
The first stage of making bread was to grind the grain (barley or emmer) between a grinding stone and a saddle quern. This grinding wore down the millstones, making the flour very gritty. This grit, and other impurities such as sand, were responsible for many dental problems due to excessive wear to the teeth. The flour was sieved to remove the larger impurities, and then made into dough before being shaped into loaves which were baked in circular ovens.
S. Quirke and A.J. Spencer, The British Museum book of anc (London, The British Museum Press, 1992)
Painted wooden model
Painted wooden model showing bakers at work
From Asyut, EgyptBread making was part of the day to day provisioning of palaces, ordinary households, temples and tombs. Models placed inside tombs were intended to capture the most characteristic elements of the process in order that it be continued throughout eternity. The bread making model from the tomb of king Nebhetepres Mentuhotep II, also in The British Museum, shows four component operations: grinding, sifting, kneading and baking. It also shows the production of bread on an industrial scale.
12th Dynasty, around 1900 BC
12th Dynasty, around 1900 BC
This model is much more modest. It shows only kneading and baking, but the process is still recognizable. The small number of figures is balanced by the details incorporated into the modelling. The faces of the men are carefully painted, with intent expressions. The muscles on the chest of the rear figure show the effort that he is putting in to the kneading, which has caused flour to pour off the front of his work station. The foremost figure shields his face against the heat produced when he pokes the fire with a metal prod. The fire is cleverly shown using stacks of polygonal shapes, painted a fiery red.
W. Seipel, Ägypten: Götter, Gräber und di (Linz, 1980)
M. Stead, Egyptian life (London, The British Museum Press, 1986)
C.A.R. Andrews, Egyptian mummies (London, The British Museum Press, 1984)
lunes, 22 de septiembre de 2014
domingo, 21 de septiembre de 2014
Ceremonial sickle
facsimile: Nebatón tomb
b.c.), ca. 1928
Charles K. Wilkinson, Graphic Section, Egyptian Expedition of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tempera on paper; H. 39 in. (99 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1930 (30.4.57)
This scene, copied from a wall in a New Kingdom tomb, shows some of the activities that might have taken place on a private estate. In the center of the top register, men gather grapes, which are being processed into wine in the register below. At the far right is a two-story house with date palms growing in its courtyard. In the bottom register, cattle are being branded at the far left, while a kneeling scribe records the various proceedings.
Charles K. Wilkinson, Graphic Section, Egyptian Expedition of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tempera on paper; H. 39 in. (99 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1930 (30.4.57)
This scene, copied from a wall in a New Kingdom tomb, shows some of the activities that might have taken place on a private estate. In the center of the top register, men gather grapes, which are being processed into wine in the register below. At the far right is a two-story house with date palms growing in its courtyard. In the bottom register, cattle are being branded at the far left, while a kneeling scribe records the various proceedings.
Writing board of an apprentice scribe
Writing board of an apprentice scribe, Dynasty XI or earlier (ca. 2030 b.c.)
Egyptian; Provenance unknown
Whitewashed wood and ink; H. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm)
Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1928 (28.9.5)
Statue of Merit
statuette of a woman
Silver; H. 9 1/2 in. (24 cm)
Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 (30.8.93)
The cartouches of Necho II embossed on the upper arms, as well as the slight smile and heavy breast, date this nude figure to Dynasty 26. Her elongated limbs and bobbed wig, however, betray an interest in Old Kingdom art frequently noted in Dynasties 25 and 26. The woman is cast in solid silver, with her wig and jewelry made separately. Silver statuettes are extremely rare, and this figure was probably dedicated in a temple or placed in the tomb of a member of the royal family.
Met Museum.
These three deities make up the Osirian triad from the great myth in Egyptian funerary religion. Horus, the young boy in the center, was the son of Osiris. His uncle Seth tried to kill him in order to become king of the gods, but Horus was saved by the magical skill and cunning of his mother, Isis. Nepthysis, Horus' aunt, aided her sister in his escape. Because both goddesses were magicians, they were excellent protectors of the vulnerable mummy. Small faience triads, such as this one, were generally placed on the lower torso of the deceased.
Met Museum
These three deities make up the Osirian triad from the great myth in Egyptian funerary religion. Horus, the young boy in the center, was the son of Osiris. His uncle Seth tried to kill him in order to become king of the gods, but Horus was saved by the magical skill and cunning of his mother, Isis. Nepthysis, Horus' aunt, aided her sister in his escape. Because both goddesses were magicians, they were excellent protectors of the vulnerable mummy. Small faience triads, such as this one, were generally placed on the lower torso of the deceased.
Met Museum
The lid of a casket of Tutankhamun
sábado, 20 de septiembre de 2014
shrine of Tutankhamun
reief. Cairo Museum
earring. Wadi Gabbanat el Qurud
Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III
Met Museum.
source_ metmuseum.org
Canopic Jar of Maruta
Canopic Jar of Maruta
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III
Medium: Limestone, blue paste
Dimensions: H. jar 31 cm (12 3/16 in); h. jar with lid 40 cm (15 3/4 in)
viernes, 19 de septiembre de 2014
Luxor ,relief
Material: Quartzite
Provenance: Memphis, Egypt
Nedjem ("sweet one") sits on a cushion, his body covered with a robe, his knees bent so that they are almost level with his chin, his feet flat on the ground, and his arms crossed over his knees. The outline of his figure suggests a block, hence the term, "block statue." He has a small beard, full wig, and sandals. Between his legs is a smaller figure, which represents the god Ptah-Tatenen, a form of the Memphite god, Ptah, who was believed to be not only the creator god but also the land from which all was created. Ptah-Tatenen wears, on top of his wig, a crown composed of two feathers and a sun disk. He is wrapped as a mummy and holds a scepter. The hieroglyphic inscription in sunk relief on Nedjem's back pillar tells us that he was the "King's Scribe, Great Steward, King's Messenger to every foreign land, and Overseer of the Granaries of the Western Border."
The statue was placed in the Temple of Ptah in ancient Memphis to represent Nedjem for eternity. There is much evidence that lets us know that Nedjem is from Memphis. First, and most important, an Egyptologist found records of an excavation in ancient Memphis which took place about 1840. The discovery of this statue of Nedjem is recorded in this report. Also, the quartzite of Nedjem's statue is a stone found particularly in the Memphis area.
During the American Civil War, a Yankee sea captain trading in the Mediterranean docked at Alexandria, Egypt, with a half-empty ship. He bought the statue of Nedjem, along with some others, to serve as ballast. As the ship neared the American coast, it was captured by Confederate forces and escorted to New Orleans, where its cargo, including Nedjem, was taken to the Customs House. After the war, the statue was taken to Boston, where it stayed in a garden for years. Eventually, it entered the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In 1975, it was sold to The University of Memphis, together with 43 other Egyptian antiquities. Today, these artifacts form the core of the permanent collection of the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology.
Inv. no.: 1981.1.20
Model granary
Model Granary
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XII (c. 1938-1759 B.C.E.)
Painted plaster, wood
El Bersheh
Inv. no.: 1981.1.11
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XII (c. 1938-1759 B.C.E.)
Painted plaster, wood
El Bersheh
Inv. no.: 1981.1.11
miércoles, 17 de septiembre de 2014
Universal Brotherhood Path – March 1900
EGYPT AND THE EGYPTIAN DYNASTIES: XI — Alexander WilderRameses the Great. — Meneptah. — The Libyan Invasion. — The Revolt.
The reign of Rameses lasted about seventy years. He had at first shared the throne with his father, in consideration of his descent on the mother's side from the royal lineage of Ra, the eponymous ancestor of the kings who were recognized as legitimate and of divine authority. When the death of Sethi left him with undivided power, he continued to pursue the former course of action. Egypt was then the umpire of the nations, and the conquests of Rameses enabled him to add the title of "Victorious" to his official designations. He had extended his dominion into the territory of the Khitans, in the north, chastized the Libyans and their auxiliaries in the west, and subjugated numerous Ethiopian tribes in the south. Multitudes of captives had been brought home in the various campaigns and placed in laborious employments in different parts of the country. They had been carefully distributed in groups widely separated from one another, thus obliterating their national identity and preventing dangerous combinations. The extensive public works, the temples, quarries and mines, were provided with laborers, and every department of administration conducted with energy.
Yet, despite the "hard bondage" which was imputed to the Egyptian servitude, there was great care to provide for the physical wants of the laborers. They were held strictly to their work under the truncheons of vigorous overseers; they were not bought and sold as chattels; and they enjoyed many privileges like those of the peasantry. Multitudes of them preferred the "flesh-pots" and the abundance of food that they enjoyed in Egypt more than the blessings and attractions of an ideal liberty. It would seem that with all the drawbacks of their servile condition, the captives in Egypt were treated with a mildness that was not often found in other countries.
It is not to be supposed, however, that all ranks and classes of prisoners were consigned to like conditions of servitude. They were often placed according to their ability and mental qualities in positions of responsibility. Indeed, it has always been possible for men in the East to rise from humble, and even from servile, employments to become officials of rank, counsellors of state, commanders of troops, and there are examples in which they actually seized imperial power.
With these additions to the population, it has been estimated that more than a third of the families of Egypt were descendants of Asiatic colonists. In the eastern canton of the Lowlands they were most numerous. Language, manners, and even religion, the hardest of all to change its forms, were modified, and the Egyptian vernacular gave place more or less distinctly to Semitic terms and forms of speech. Even the members of the literary class, the priests and scribes, conformed to the new fashions of the time. Many were eager to forsake the temples for service in the armies and civil employments. Pen-ta-ur, the private secretary of Amun-em-ant, the Royal Librarian, was an example. He was perhaps the most brilliant, but he was only one among a multitude of others.
In vain did the old teachers endeavor to arrest the progress of the tide that was now sweeping away the former customs and notions. The new modes of pronunciation of words, and the interlarding of speech with foreign expressions, and such as were in use among the alien and mongrel population of Northern Egypt, gave them abundant opportunity for sharp criticism, which they freely bestowed. An example of this appears in a letter from a preceptor to his former pupil. "Thy piece of writing is a cargo of high-flown phrases," he declares. "Their meaning may serve as a reward for those who seek to ascertain what it is." "I know thee," the veteran instructor continues; "it matters little what utterances flow over thy tongue, for thy compositions are very confused. Thou comest to me with a covering of ill-uttered representations, a cargo of blunders. Thou tearest the words to tatters; thou dost not take pains to find their force."
He concludes his diatribe with equal severity "I have struck out the end of thy composition, and I return thy description. What thy words contain has remained on my lips. It is a confused medley when one hears it. An uneducated person would not understand it. Your utterance is like that of a man from the Lowlands, speaking with a man from the Elephantina. But as a Scribe of the King thou art like the water employed to fertilize the land."
In ancient times, the glory of the parent consisted in a multitude of children. In this respect Rameses II. was truly great among kings. It may also be added that he was a tender and affectionate father. The temple of Abydos has preserved the names and effigies of sixty sons and fifty-nine daughters; other records enumerate a hundred and ten sons. He had three wives; the first, Isi-nefer, the favorite, called also Nefer-ari-Amun, Mien-Mut, and the daughter of the Khitan king, who became the Queen in his later years. By them he had twenty-three sons and eleven daughters.
Six sons accompanied him in the war against the king of Khita, and took part in the battle of Kadesh. Khamus, the son of Queen Isi-nefer, was the best beloved, and was associated with him in the government for many years. He took great pains to revive the religious observances in the northern cities, which had fallen into abeyance under the Hyksos and Theban rule. The worship of Apis had almost ceased, but he restored it to its former activity. He held the positions of High Priest of Ptah at Memphis, Governor of Thebes and General Superintendent of Public Worship. In these capacities he made the preparations and regulations for the Festival of the Thirtieth Year. His zeal for religion and the Sacred learning won for him great praise, but his indifference to political matters was distasteful to his father, who foresaw the eminent peril awaiting the Dynasty. Khamus died in the fifty-fifth year of the reign of Rameses, and Meneptah, his oldest surviving brother, became the colleague of his father. The monuments have also preserved the names of the royal princesses Benat-Anat, Meriamen, Neb-taui and Meri. It has been conjectured that Benat-Anat, who was the favorite daughter, was the daughter of the Khitan wife; she was afterward herself a queen, but no more is known.
The astronomic knowledge indicated by some of the inscriptions of this reign was quite considerable. On the ceiling of the Rameseum at Gurnah was an astronomical projection of the heavens, perhaps representing the horoscope of the king. In the accompanying description the dog-star is mentioned as rising in the morning just before sunrise at the beginning of the year. This indicated that the true length of the year was known, and it is certain that the priests of Egypt reckoned it almost exactly the same as modern scientists.
A cloud often comes over the heart as the individual passes from the activities of mature life into the shadow of advanced age. Many who had been loved are no more among the living, and what is more sorrowful, those for whom we have cared and labored repay with cold ingratitude. For it is not that which has been bestowed that promotes warmth of sentiment in the many, but rather what is expected.
Such was the final experience of Rameses the Great. His active life had been employed to sustain his dynasty and maintain the prosperity of Egypt. He was domestic and even uxorious, and he was warmly devoted to his children. But those of them who had, by reason of their superior age, been his most familiar companions, had died, and the others harassed him by their bickerings and jealousies. His was a cheerless old age.
The records do not treat of this, but the evidences at our hand have a speech of their own. Rameses at the death of his father had been eloquent in word and act to display his filial piety. With him it was religion, and the Tomb of Sethi in the valley of Bab-el Molokh was a gorgeous palace hewn out of the rock and painted with all the decorations that could have been seen in the actual abodes of kings. It was a monument of splendor and affection.
No such manifestation was exhibited in regard to Rameses himself. "The tomb of Rameses is an insignificant structure," Brugsch-Bey remarks, "and it is seldom visited by travelers in the Nile Valley, who scarcely imagine that the great Sesostris of Greek legend can have found a resting place in these mean chambers."
Of such a character was the last memorial of the Grand Monarque of Egypt, whose glory had shone over the countries and whose honorary statues that were set up during his lifetime had reached the dimensions of a colossus — so huge that modern mechanical skill has shrunk from the attempt to remove them. Can it have been indifference or the bitter feeling of a disappointed expectation that occasioned this conspicuous neglect? Perhaps the priests of Amun-Ra had held over his body the Grand Assize of the Dead, and declared him not deserving of funeral honors. For Rameses had not heeded their pretensions of superior right to kings, but, like Jeroboam of Israel, had set up a distinct priesthood of his own.
The god Thoth and Sufekh (goddess of History) writing the name of Rameses II. on the fruit of the Persea (Relief from the Rameseum) at Thebes.
More likely, however, a crisis had occurred in the affairs of Egypt that required the new monarch's attention in other directions. The Nineteenth Dynasty, itself an offshoot from the lineage of King Nub and Apapi, had never been regarded with favor, but the prodigious energy and statecraft of Sethi and Rameses had defeated any effort for its overthrow. Each of them had forestalled it further by placing the Crown-Prince upon the throne as a royal colleague, leaving no opportunity for dispute in the succession.
Mene-Ptah, or Ptah-Men was the thirteenth son of Rameses II. His elder brothers had died during the lifetime of their father — nobler and braver men whom he had survived. He inherited the false and objectionable characteristics of his predecessors, but not their genius or virtues. "He was neither a soldier nor administrator," says Lenormant, contrasting him with Sethi and Rameses II., "but a man whose whole mind turned on sorcery and magic." This, however, is a misconception arising from an improper rendering of a term in the Bible. (1) He was pusillanimous and vacillating, and like cowardly persons generally, an oppressor and treacherous.
He came to the throne at an inauspicious period. Egypt was no longer an arbiter of the nations. The vassal and tributary countries had cast off the yoke imposed by Thothmes III. and Sethi. The Khitans, a "Turanian" people had, after a long contest with Rameses II. with indefinite results, induced him to consent to a friendly alliance in place of suzerainty. In the severe famines which about this time scourged the countries of the Levant the necessity to buy grain in Egypt for sustenance operated to preserve friendly relations. Wheat was shipped in abundance to the Khitans and peaceful intercourse was maintained with the principalities of Syria and Palestine.
At the west, however, there was a state of affairs widely different. There were frequent incursions from Libya and the northern sea-coast into the fertile lowlands of Egypt till the inhabitants feared to cultivate the land. One might sow and another reap. The weakness of the court of Tanis gave rise to general dissatisfaction, and the native princes were at strife with one another.
Advantage was taken of these conditions to form a confederacy of several nations with the purpose of conquering new homes in Northern Egypt. This alliance is described in the inscription as consisting of peoples from "all the countries north of the great sea," The whole number of invaders has been estimated at not less than forty thousand, and they brought their wives and children with them with the purpose of settling in Egypt. The chiefs had their thrones and the other paraphernalia of their rank; and the troops were armed with bows and arrows and with swords of bronze and copper. There were also a number of war-cars and a large force of cavalry.
They advanced as far as Heliopolis, sweeping over the Delta like a swarm of locusts. The frontier towns were destroyed and the whole country was ravaged. "The like had never been seen, even in the times of the kings of Lower Egypt, when the pestilence (meaning the Hyksos rulers) was in the land and the kings of Upper Egypt were not able to drive it out." The whole region was desolated, the fields were overrun and wasted, the cities pillaged, and even harbors were destroyed. The invading force was finally concentrated in the nome or canton of Prosopis, threatening both the ancient capitals, Memphis and Heliopolis.
The terror which was created was abject. "All the kings of Upper Egypt sat in their entrenchments, and the kings of Lower Egypt were confined inside their cities, shut in by earthworks and wholly cut off by the warriors from communication outside; for they had no hired soldiers."
At this point the Libyan king offered terms. He demanded a treaty as liberal in its conditions as the one between Egypt and the Khitans, and likewise wheat for his people and a cession of land to colonize. It was plain that not only the realm of Lower Egypt was in peril, but the fate of the Nineteenth Dynasty was itself in the balance.
Perhaps such a proposition to King Sethi would have been answered by an attack without further parley. But another Meneptah was on the throne of Egypt, and had not an army at his command. The princes of Upper Egypt refused their assistance, the king temporized and acted on the defensive, meanwhile he sent recruiting agents into Asia to collect an army of mercenaries. When all had been made ready, he assembled his princes and generals, and gave them their orders to prepare for battle, declaring his purpose to lead in the fray.
His courage, however, failed him. When the time for action drew on, he excused himself on the pretext of a dream or vision in which Ptah had commanded him to remain in Memphis, and let his troops march out against the enemy. The battle took place on the third day of Epiphi, the eighteenth of May. The enemy hesitated to begin the charge, and the Egyptian forces attacked them with the war-cars and infantry. "Amun-Ra was with them, and Nubti (Seth or Typhon) extended his hand to help them." The battle lasted six hours, when the Libyans were routed and fled. "Not a man of them was left remaining," is the boastful language of the inscription. "The hired soldiers of his Holiness were employed for six hours in the slaughter."
The Libyan king, when all was lost, turned and fled away, leaving his queen and family to the mercy of the conquerors. Meneptah in the inscription declares that "the miserable king of the Libyans stood full of fear and fled like a woman." Yet he had commanded his men till the fortune of the day had turned against them, while the bragging Egyptian was cowering inside the walls of Memphis.
The victorious soldiers hurried to the plunder of the forsaken camp, and then set fire to the tents of skin and furniture. The catalogue of the battle enumerated among the killed 6,365 that were uncircumcised, and 2,370 circumcised; also 9,376 prisoners.
The generals did not follow up the enemy and the king hastened to disband the foreign troops. They might, if retained in service, become as dangerous to him as the Libyans themselves.
Such was the great battle of Prosopis. Once more Lower Egypt rejoiced at a deliverance from invaders, which enabled the inhabitants to follow their pursuits in peace. The officials of the royal court vied with each other in fulsome praises of the king, and the inscription afterward placed on the inner walls of the Great Temple of Thebes, (2) sets forth the invasion and victory with the exaggeration so common in oriental verbiage. "I made Egypt once more safe for the traveler," the king is made to say; "I gave breath to those in the cities."
The subsequent history of the reign of Meneptah does not exempt it from imputation of being inglorious. The principal redeeming feature was the brilliant array of writers continuing from the time of Rameses that adorned the royal court. The monuments preserve no record worthy of mention, It appears, however, that Meneptah sought to follow the example of Horemhebi, the successor of Khuenaten, and make friends with the priests of Thebes. The absence of the royal court in Northern Egypt for so many years had enabled them to enlarge their power to actual rivalship with the throne itself, as the power of the Bishops of Rome in later times became overpowering, by the removal of the imperial capital to Constantinople. The account is given by Manetho, and preserved in a treatise imputed to Flavius Josephus.
"This king (3) desired to become a beholder of the gods like Horus, one of those who had reigned before him. (4) The meaning of this statement is that Meneptah, copying the example of Horemhebi of the Eighteenth Dynasty, sought initiation into the Secret Rites, thus to become a theates, epoptes or ephoros, a witness and student of the higher knowledge. This would bring him into close fraternal relations with the priest of Thebes. He applied accordingly to Amenophis, the prophet of the Temple, who imposed the condition that he should "clear the country of lepers and the other impure population." He evidently meant the alien colonists and their descendants, whom the kings had introduced into Egypt as captives in their military expeditions and dispersed over the country. It was the practice, we notice in the inscriptions of the monuments, to designate all persons of other nations "vile."
Manetho states that the king accordingly collected eighty thousand of these persons and set them at work in the quarries in the region east of the Nile. Some of them were priests, probably those who belonged to the temples of Rameses II. The prophet who had counselled this measure foresaw the result of the harsh treatment, that it would bring calamity upon Egypt, and committed suicide. This filled the king with consternation, and he resolved upon a change of policy toward his unfortunate subjects. He set apart the city of Avaris or Pelusium, which had been evacuated by the Hyksos kings, a city which had been from the first sacred to the god Seth. Here they were permitted to make their residence. After they had been there for a sufficient time they determined to set up for themselves, and placed a priest from Heliopolis named Osar-siph in command. He changed his name to Moses or Mo-u-ses. He promulgated an enactment forbidding them any longer to worship the gods of Egypt, or to pay regard to the sacred animals, but to use them for food and in sacrificing. He likewise directed them to build again the walls around the city and put them in readiness for war. He also sent ambassadors to Jerusalem, to the Hyksos princes, asking their help, and promising to yield up to them the city of Avaris, and aid them to recover their former dominion. They accepted his invitation and invaded Egypt with a force of two hundred thousand men.
Meneptah was filled with dismay. He hastened to assemble the Egyptian troops, and removed the sacred animals to the royal residence. His son Sethi, a lad of five years old, was sent to a place of safety, and he took his place at the head of his army of three hundred thousand warriors. He did not venture to fight when the enemy advanced to meet him, but retreated to Memphis. Then, taking the Apis and other sacred animals, he retreated with his army and the multitude of Egyptians into Ethiopia. Here he became the guest of the under-king and lived there in exile thirteen years. An army of Ethiopians was sent to guard the frontier. The usual account is given of misrule, oppression and flagrant impiety on the part of the invaders from Palestine. They are described as making themselves more obnoxious than the former Hyksos rulers. They burned cities and villages, it is affirmed, and likewise destroyed the statues of the gods, killed the sacred animals for food that were revered by the Egyptians, and compelled the priests and prophets to do this, after which they were expelled from the country. At the end of the thirteen years predicted by the prophet, the Ethiopian army entered Egypt, bringing the king and crown-prince, and drove the invaders into Palestine.
The later years of the reign of Meneptah afford us little interest. He designated his son Sethi as Crown Prince of Egypt, and there were no further military achievements. Nevertheless there was much dissatisfaction, and other aspirers to the throne were watching their opportunity. A period of confusion was approaching, when the throne should become a shuttlecock for ambitious chieftains to play with, till the man should arise to bring order from the chaos, establish anew the sovereign power, and give Egypt another term of greatness.
1. The Hebrew word translated "magicians" in the Pentateuch is hartumi, which the Greek text in Genesis renders exegetes, or interpreter. Parkhurst supposes them to be hierogram-mateis or Scribes of the temple and court. The priests of Tanis seem to have been called hartots or Khartots. But the term "magic" anciently implied all manner of learning, and nothing objectionable.
2. The high priest of this temple was named Loi, or Levi. This name and several others of this period have a striking Semitic flavor. Benat-Anat, the princess, has already been noticed; her sister was Meriamen, or Miriam, and in the quarry at Silsilis is a record of Phineas, a man of superior rank. Other examples may be cited.
3. Josephus gives the name of the monarch as Amunophis. In the Chronicle of Manetho it is rendered Amunenephthes, which, though read sometimes as Amunophis, is Meneptah.
4. This sentence is quoted from a little work entitled, "Josephus Against Apion." The writer affects to deny the existence of the kings Horus and Meneptah, whom he calls Amunophis, and rails at the conceit of "beholding the gods," whom he sets forth as being simply the ox, goat, crocodile and baboon. So gross ignoring of religious matters and historic persons indicates either a reprehensible disregard of truth, or else that the work thus ascribed to Josephus is not a genuine production, but only an irresponsible forgery.
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Adapted from Borchardt: Painted statue of a servant grinding grain. Wood. Length: 0.285 m.
From Dahshur 1894/95. The knees and toes are touching the ground. The body is slightly bent backwards and the hands are placed on the upper grinding stone. The ears are covered by a short wig.
Colouring: Hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, pupils - black, eyes - white, apron - yellow.
Tooley (p. 10) notes that this figure is unusual in that such millers are normally female.
Adapted from Borchardt: Painted statue of a servant grinding grain. Wood. Length: 0.285 m.
From Dahshur 1894/95. The knees and toes are touching the ground. The body is slightly bent backwards and the hands are placed on the upper grinding stone. The ears are covered by a short wig.
Colouring: Hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, pupils - black, eyes - white, apron - yellow.
Tooley (p. 10) notes that this figure is unusual in that such millers are normally female.
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The poster presented today describes the results of an AAV gene therapy construct selection study conducted in a well-characterized mouse model of Pompe disease. The study evaluated both AAV8 and AAV9 capsid serotypes, paired with novel promoter elements designed to target GAA expression in a range of tissues, including skeletal and cardiac muscle, the nervous system and the liver. The study included a range of doses and utilized a broad battery of biochemical and immunological assays. Of the six vectors evaluated, an AAV8 vector with a novel hybrid promoter was selected as the clinical development candidate, AT982. This vector was confirmed to provide GAA expression and activity in target tissues, improved muscle pathology and a favorable immunogenicity profile.
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- Around 70,000 women married U.S. soldiers during the Second World War
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When Margaret Boyle took an American to be her husband in 1943, she was one of 70,000 British wartime women won over by their wealth and charm.
With their pay five times that of a British Tommy, and all the glamour of Hollywood around them, the servicemen proved irresistible to the many young ladies who became GI Brides.
They were offered free passage by the U.S. Army to start a new life on the other side of the Atlantic.
But many found the American dream was not what they expected as the reality of life in the States set in once their husbands were out of uniform.
War effort: Margaret, right, worked as a typist for the US Army at their Mayfair headquarters
The brides, who endured shocking treatment at the hands of U.S. officials before their journeys over, found themselves accused of 'stealing' the men in the hometowns they came to, and often discovered the truth about their husbands, some of whom were cheating on them even as they sailed over.
Their plight, which is only now beginning to emerge as the women involved approach old age, has been documented in a new book, GI Brides, by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi – whose grandmother was a bride herself.
Margaret, the daughter of a British Army Major, was working as a typist for the US Army in London when she met her husband-to-be, Captain Lawrence Rambo, on Christmas Day 1942.
Charming: Captain Lawrence Rambo, pictured here before the war, took Margaret in with his charm and education
Lonely and on the rebound from a relationship with another American soldier, Margaret was drawn in by Lawrence's easy Southern drawl, impeccable manners and love of literature.
His family were land-owners in Georgia, and Margaret, already pregnant, dreamed of a world over the sea filled with the glamour of Gone With The Wind.
But by 1946 she was fleeing back across the Atlantic, with two children in tow and a third on the way after the comprehensive collapse of her life abroad.
She had been forced to leave after a combination of drink and dishonesty had eaten away at their hopeful marriage.
The problems had began even before he left Britain, when it emerged that Lawrence had a habit of leaving bills unpaid.
The rent on his London flat, as well as tabs at a string of restaurants, had not been settled before he left the country.
And unlike many, he was not sent home clothed in glory, but discharged after he had been caught stealing from the Red Cross.
He had abused the organisation's service of cashing cheques for servicemen by claiming from them despite having nothing in his account.
He was court marshaled and sent home after his lies caught up with him, and went back with a personal condemnation from General Eisenhower ringing in his ears, and his wife soon to follow.
The young couple moved around the southern countryside as Lawrence picked up jobs and repeatedly lost them due to his bad timekeeping and drunkenness at work.
He left Margaret with nothing to live on, and she became so desperate that she was forced to pick her husband's pocket after he had passed out just to have enough money to feed his young children.
Escape: Margaret is pictured here escaping from America with her two children in 1946. She was pregnant with a third at the time, and would soon be pursued by Lawrence, who tried to win her back
He eventually became abusive, which led to Maragret, by now pregnant for a third time, stealing Lawrence's severance pay from the Army in order to buy passage back to her family home in Ireland for her and her children.
Although he followed her home in an attempt to win her back, Margaret easily found the strength to refuse him when he showed up at her mother's house drunk again.
He returned to America and never got in touch with his family again, while Margaret remarried after meeting Patrick Denby, who agreed to adopt all three of her children, and gave the impression they were his.
She was then able to forget her short-lived marriage overseas, which she hid from the world until after her second husband had died and she felt able to share her story.
Deep South: Margaret lived for a time with Lawrence's family in their house in Georgia (pictured)
Back home: Margaret, pictured with two of her children after she had fled, raised the children herself until she remarried
She was not alone in her disappointment, though her story is one of the most extreme examples of the troubles faced by GI Brides.
Lyn Patrino fell for an Italian American, Ben, because of his integrity standing up for black fellow soldiers who were being discriminated against.
She was cautious about going to America, but was convinced by her mother, who ordered her back to a holding site for war brides where US officials would carry out embarrassing medical exams on the new wives before granting them passage to their new homes.
American dream: Lyn Patrino marries Italian American Ben (left). She is pictured (right) with her son. The reality of American life was not what she was expecting
But Lyn began to clash with her parents-in-law almost before she met them. Ben, who lived with his family in California, had been persuaded not to go to New York to meet Lyn off the boat because the train fare would be a waste of money.
Their cultures clashed immediately, with Mrs Patrino put off by her British outspokenness, and Lyn unused to American customs and strong Italian cooking.
The conflict became too much and the couple were forced to leave their family home with no prospects.
Enduring love: Although Lyn, pictured here in later life with Ben, found it difficult to adjust to her new life in America, their marriage survived
Lyn fell desperately ill with Polio, which affected her life profoundly, but found support in her previously hated mother-in-law, who helped her come through the disease and eventually forged a lasting friendship.
Rae Brewer joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in the war, when she was just 17, which enabled her to meet Raymond Wessell, a former coal-miner from Pittsburg, who convinced her to marry him through sheer persistence.
She was forced to stay home while he went to fight in the D-Day landings, after which Raymond was sent back home to America.
When she received instructions to follow, Rae was distraught at the thought of emigrating, but was told by her mother that she belonged with her husband and must go.
Signed up: Rae, pictured here during the war, was a member of the ATS
Rae, a Londoner, was shocked to find that her new home-town was so small that she had to make a special request for the train to stop there on her way home.
But soon after arriving, she realised that her new small-town existence was the least of her worries when rumours reach her that her husband is sleeping with other women.
She then discovered that his reputation as a womaniser is an open secret, and that he was even seeing an old girlfriend while she was on her way over.
Short-lived bliss: Raymond, right, seemed charming to Rae, but was later revealed to be a serial womaniser
Finding it impossible to live with his infidelity, Rae ran away and divorced him, finding herself a new, faithful husband to continue her American life alongside.
Nuala Calvi, who is Maragret Denby's granddaughter, compiled the stories after researching her own history and attending a War Brides' conference in New York.
She told MailOnline: 'My grandma wasn't alone in finding out her husband wasn't necessarily who she thought he was.
Told at last: Margaret Denby, pictured right in later life, kept her story secret until shortly before she died last year. Her granddaughter, Nuala Calvi, took down her story and those of other war brides so they would not be forgotten
'Many of the marriages lasted and were happy – but for many women there were a lot of adjustments to be made when they first arrived and saw the men in their civvies for the first time.
'They looked very different – even in the context of their home life, their family and their real job they didn't look as heroic as they did in their army uniforms.
'When I went to the War Brides conference, every single one of them their husband has now died.
'They're free now to talk about what it was really like when the GI Brides went to America in a way they weren't, even five or ten years ago.
'I think that's why now is a good time to tell these stories. It's the last chance to tell these stories as these women are all in their late eighties and nineties and my grandmother died last year – it's really important to capture these stories while there's still time.'
- GI Brides: The wartime girls who crossed the Atlantic for love, by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi, is published by Harper (£7.99)
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Mixed-anion oxyfluorides (i.e., FeO xF 2-x) are an appealing alternative to pure fluorides as high-capacity cathodes in lithium batteries, with enhanced cyclability via oxygen substitution. Yet, it is still unclear how the mixed anions impact the local phase transformation and structural stability of oxyfluorides during cycling due to the complexity of electrochemical reactions, involving both lithium intercalation and conversion. Herein, we investigated the local chemical and structural ordering in FeO 0.7F 1.3 at length scales spanning from single particles to the bulk electrode, via a combination of electron spectrum-imaging, magnetization, electrochemistry, and synchrotron X-ray measurements. The FeO 0.7F 1.3 nanoparticles retain a FeF 2-like rutile structure but chemically heterogeneous, with an F-rich core covered by thin O-rich shell. Upon lithiation the O-rich rutile phase is transformed into Li—Fe—O(—F) rocksalt that has high lattice coherency with converted metallic Fe, a feature that may facilitate the local electron and ion transport. The O-rich rocksalt is highly stable over lithiation/delithiation and thus advantageous to maintain the integrity of the particle, and due to its predominant distribution on the surface, it is expected to prevent the catalytic interaction of Fe with electrolyte. Our findings of the structural origin of cycling stability in oxyfluoridesmore »
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From the 'Strange Bedfellows' Department: Herman Rowland, Sr., who chairs the California-based Jelly Belly Candy Company, is far from 'all candy, all the time': He loves to restore history military vehicles, including tanks, and has a private museum to show them off near the company's Fairfield, CA headquarters.
But a tragic accident there recently may have given him reason to stop allowing visitors to the museum – formally known as "The Tank Barn" – to get up close and real personal with some of his hardware, particularly his tanks.
One of them ran over and killed a man there last summer. The resulting 'wrongful death' civil suit against Rowland and his daughter, company CEO Lisa Brasher, says that when the tank driven by Lisa's husband, Dwayne Brasher, killed Kevin Wright, that negligent act not only orphaned Wright's two daughters, it also took away his family's bread-winner.
Brasher was maneuvering a World War II-era M5 tank at the time.
That 16.5 ton machine is said to be a particularly difficult object to maneuver, not least because the driver's visibility is limited.
Tank crew training stretched – even in the midst of World War II, when it was important that replacement personnel and equipment be readied in short order – over weeks, many weeks, in some instances, as crews moved from one type training terrain to another, perhaps more than 100 miles from the previous one.
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My name is Latricia Wilson. I was born in Gary, Indiana but currently reside in Memphis, Tennessee. I am 25 years old and a student at Tennessee Technology Center. Just a few years ago I wasn't sure if I would be able to achieve any higher education or vocational training because my high school denied me a standard diploma despite the fact that I had completed all of my courses.
I was denied a proper diploma because I had failed to pass the math section of a new end of year test by a few points.
The Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program Achievement Tests (TCAP), now called the Gateway Exam (PDF), are part of the state's assessment program. The high-stakes exit exam I took is part of a growing trend around the country leaving thousands of students without diplomas.
Prior to graduating high school, my career goals were to be a hairstylist and television makeup artist. After being denied a standard high school diploma in 2002 for failing to pass the TCAP math section, I was denied entry into all beauty schools even though I was on the technical/vocational path in high school and had taken cosmetology classes during my high school career. I was also denied entry into other Memphis technical and community colleges and universities.
I struggled as an adult to make a living wage to support myself. I worked as a waitress for years, took on double shifts and was just barely able to pay my rent. I was getting further away from my career goals and sinking deeper into poverty and debt. Eventually, I was evicted from my apartment. I've truly experienced how difficult it is to be an independent adult without a valid high school diploma. But I decided to do something about it, and started a quest to regain my rightful degree.
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I was one of many students denied a high school diploma for failure to pass the TCAP tests in 2002. I had a mild learning disability in math, which made passing those TCAP sections difficult. I was enrolled in math resource classes from the ninth grade, and instructed at a slightly lower grade level than my classmates. Despite this, I was repeatedly administered the TCAP on a higher grade level than the one at which I was taught. As a result, I was unable to pass the math section by the end of senior year.


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