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Upper Yarra Valley Historical Society
Upper Yarra Historical Society was established in 1966 by local residents with "the aim of fostering a historical interest in and knowledge of the Yarra Valley firstly, and that of wider Melbourne and Victoria secondly [1] .
Now called the Upper Yarra Valley Historical Society (UYVHS).
A dedicated group of volunteers continues to maintain the museum and its collection. The UYVHS Committee, the elected governing body, meets on the 4th Thursday of the month. All UYVHS members are invited to attend monthly meetings as well as the Annual General Meeting (May). New UYVHS members are welcome; induction programs for new members are conducted as needed. Volunteer members are also welcome; there are a variety of tasks and involvement opportunities to suit a range of interests.
The core role of the historical society in its early years was to manage the collection. Over time, this role has been extended to the maintenance and management of the railway precinct including the heritage buildings used to house the collection. " The two are inextricably connected by virtue of their focus on the region's history and heritage, by the Society's home in the Museum, while their tasks are made harder by the dire need for improved preservation, access and infrastucture, and almost complete lack of income to care for their large collection" [1 p10].
An approach was made to then Gembrook MP Tammy Labarto and Yarra Ranges Council (YRC) staff in October 2010 to discuss the future of the Upper Yarra Museum given the urgency of the required preservation work.
This report (below) was tabled to brief councillors on the development of the Upper Yarra Museum, the condition of the facilties and the status of UYVHS. Specifically, the report raises issues relating to land ownership, buildings and grounds, collections and the capacity of the Upper Yarra Valley Historical Society (UYVHS) to manage this asset and provides recommendations to support the UYVHS endeavours.
11-06-28 – Council report Item Upper Yarra Historical Museums v2
Membership Form
UYVHS Membership appl form May 2013-2
Rules for the Upper Yarra Valley Historical Society
Under section 46 of the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012, these Rules are taken to constitute the terms of a contract between the Association and its members.
UYVHS Model Rules (FINAL) for an Inc. Assoc 2013
Upper Yarra Museum today
Volunteers open the Museum Wednesdays and Sundays for visitors (and at other times as the needs arise). During opening times, volunteers will carry out tasks such as revamping exhibitions, managing and cataloguing the collection (paper and non paper-based)maintaining the grounds and facilities, participating in special programs and hosting visitors and tours.
Volunteer members are also invited to participate in collection management and exhibition installation tasks on Thursdays. This is an opportunity to engage in new interest areas and to develop skills while the facility is (usually) closed to the general public. While UYVHS financial membership has trebled in recent years, the number of active volunteers has remained largely static.
Training and induction are provided. We also invite members of the immediate and broader communities to come along to share their memories and "Tell your Stories", to research family histories or just to add new information to our repository of material and knowledge.
The Upper Yarra Valley Historical Society is a Not-for-Profit Incorporated Association with Deductible Gift Recipient status. It has 'professional' affiliations with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, the Association of Eastern Historical Societies. Museums Australia (Victoria) and the Yarra Ranges Heritage Network.
- Upper Yarra Community Enterprise Ltd, Woodchop, $3,000, 2013
- Upper Yarra Community Enterprise Ltd, Reburbish collection, $5,000. 2013
- Shire Yarra Ranges, Powelltown Tramway Centenary; Festivals and Events Grants $3,000, 2013
- Shire Yarra Ranges,Crank-up; Festival and Events Grants, $8,000, 2013
- Community Safety Grant, State Government, $10,000, 2012
- Upper Yarra Community Enterprise Ltd,, Woodchop, $3,000, 2012
- Shire Yarra Ranges, Crank-up; Festival and Events Grants, $10,000, 2012
- Community Support Grant, Master plan funding to develop the Yarra Junction Community and Cultural Precinct, State Government, $30,000, 2012
- Heritage Victoria for restoration of 1888 station, Community Development Grant; State Government, $90,000, 2012
- Upper Yarra Community Enterprise Ltd, Restoration Projects: $15,000, 2012
- Museum Australia, Victoria [MAVIC] fixtures and lighting station, $2500, 2012
- VicForests Community Support Program, $1,000, 2011
- National Library of Australia, Significance Assessment of Collection, Federal Grant, $4,400, 2011
- Volunteer Grants, Federal Grant, $3,350, 2011
- Upper Yarra Community Enterprise Ltd, Crankup 2010: $1,800, 2010
- VicForests Community Support Program, $2,000, 2010
- National Library of Australia, Preservation of Collection, Federal Grant, $5,000, 2005
- National Library of Australia, Preservation Assessment of Collection, Federal Grant, $5,000, 2004
- Yarra Ranges Shire for maintenance, grounds and collection, $10,000, 2012
- Yarra Ranges Shire for maintenance, grounds and collection, $10,000, 2011
- Yarra Ranges Shire, reblocking station, $20,000, 2011
- VicForests Partnership over 3 years, $1,000 pa, total $3,000, 2012
- Ward Funding Cr Chris Templer, for bus hire, printing, step repair, signs, $1,950, 2011
- Ward Funding Cr Chris Templer, for Gravel and signs, $1,000, 2010
- Ward Funding Cr Monika Keane, Upper Yarra Water huts, $2,000, 2008
- Upper Yarra Shire, member represented on UYVHS and provided yearly support $6,000, up to 1994
Donations and Sponsorship
Community support listed under Events
Collection Policy 2010
Statement of purposes of the Society and Museum are:
- To develop and manage a publicly accessible resource of historical artefacts, photographs, documents, and records which are of particular relevance to the Upper Yarra Valley area.
- To encourage community engagement with the Museum through public events and an online presence.
- To encourage further research into the history of the Upper Yarra Valley.
- To develop an appreciation of the historic value of the Museum buildings. [4]
(See also UYVHS Rules for extended list of purposes)
UpperYarra_Collection_Policy_2010 [4]
Upper Yarra Museum Donor Form 2012
Upper Yarra Museum is a Place of Deposit for The Public Records Office
Places of Deposit (PODs) are community facilities that the Minister for the Arts appoints to care for those public records not considered part of the state's archives but of local historical interest. As well as being cared for in a POD these records are made available for research by group members and the general public.[2]
History of The Upper Yarra Historical Society
Original driver, George Coggin [employed by M.M.B.W] gathered support for an Historical Society and early meetings were held at Green Gables These meetings also included Mr and Mrs Frank Kurka [ Proprietors of Green Gables Chalet] and Stan Cooper [Cr, President, Tourist Development Authority 1968) who became the first Society president]. Other prominent participants in establishing the Historical Society included Syd Halbish, Marj Wilson, Lindsay Harris, Earle Parkinson, Don and Ben Parkinson, Fred Pickersgill and Norm Golding.
A public meeting was organised and more members joined the society so the meetings were transferred to Yarra Junction. After the closure of the Lilydale to Warburton rail line in 1965, the Shire of Upper Yarra arranged with the railway department for the headquarters of the UYHS to be established at the station. Dedicated members started the process of gathering the collection and setting up the museum to house the items being donated.
"Their efforts were directed towards collecting historical objects and records from the district, creating affiliations with like minded and other community organisations, arranging speakers, history tours and raising funds" [1]
Significance Assessment
The Report was prepared for Upper Yarra Museum by Emma Russell, History @Work, using a Community Heritage Grant from the Federal Government in 2011. A Significance Assessment was sought to provide UYVHS with information 'about the value and meaning in their collection.' This information has contributed to improved labelling, organisation, exhibiting, promotion and forward planning. (See Page 4, Statement of Purpose in the report below for further explanations of benefits).
Significance Assessment Report – UYM – April 2012 [1]
Executive summary
"The Museum's collection is historically significant for its representation of the wider story of timber milling in the region and in Victoria, the social and industrial history of the Upper Yarra region, and the evolution of a gold mining settlement into a thriving township, a dormitory suburb of metropolitan Melbourne and a semi-rural area. The collection has research significance to be found within its engineering blueprints and some components of its archival and photographic collection, while the original railway buildings that form the heritage precinct are representative of an important early 20th century railway station."[1]
Conservation Management Study 2011
Conservation Management Study of the Yarra Junction Railway Precinct 2011 prepared by Trevor Westmore, Urban Design and Heritage Conservation.
"The precinct is of local significance to the Yarra Ranges Shire and the general region. lt has possible State significance as the transfer junction of construction timber from the Powelltown narrow gauge line for use across the state" [5] p 15-17
Conservation Management plan 2011 Trevor Westmore Sm [5]
Conservation Survey of UYVHS Collection 2004
The Report was prepared for UYVHS by Artifact Conservation, Kyneton, using a Community Heritage Grant, National library of Australia, Federal Government Grant in 2004.
The aim of the report was 2 fold:
- To assess the display and storage of cultural historic material
- To appraise the physical and chemical condition of the photographic and paper based collection
Conclusions from the 40 page report: [6]
- All buildings had sub standard display and storage facilities which are harmful to the collection
- Most items showed a need for hands on conservation to arrest the present and on-going deterioation of the collection.
- Lack of label identification or provenance of the collection
- lack of detailed cataloguing records and no archival or historic research room.


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I and Mr.D don't celebrate Valentine's day…but it's fun to see how the stores, restaurant, and all of the surrounding dressed up for the occasion. So Mr.D asked me to go for a dinner after office hours that Friday, and off we went to Senayan City. We chose to have our dinner at JJ Royal Bistro, which has been known as one of the hip restaurant to go to right now.
JJ Royal bistro is an elegant restaurant and bar that managed by Foodie Habit Group, the same group that produce Gulaku and JJ Royal coffee. JJ Royal Bistro is located at the ground floor of Senayan City. JJ Royal was decorated with distinctive eclectic manga inspired interior design, colorful walls, chairs, and lights. Not to mention there's a lot of paintings of a Chinese girl. Here at JJ Royal we can choose from a variety of delicious traditional Indonesian dishes as well as Western dishes.
Since this is our first visit, we don't want to order too many foods considering we still kinda blind with the portion size. So straight to the main course…
Mr. D picked Spicy Crispy Chicken Burger (85k) – deep fried breaded chicken breast, melted cheese, lettuce, tomato, mushroom, caramelized onion, mayonnaise, homemade toasted sesame bun, served with pomme frites or side salad. I like how they served the burger. It was plated on a wooden cutting board with the burger placed in the middle, the fries on the left and the other condiments was on the other side. So basically we can choose on our own which condiments we want to put in the burger. How about the taste???? Yummmm…..crispy crunchy and savory chicken, like it a lot!
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By the way, Mr.D unexpectedly gave me a lil' heart shaped chocolate covered with purple lace fabric, such a sweet gesture. Thanks so much dear…
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Competition - Win a Photoshoot for Your Dog !
I recently had a pretty full day of photography at a stables where as well as ten wonderful horses I also got to photograph six gorgeous dogs ! A very busy day but great fun and here's a few of my doggy favourites :
In the past I've shot dogs as a small part of family sessions, this was the first time I'd spent a longer period photographing just the dogs and I enjoyed it so much I've decided to run a Facebook competition for a free shoot.
It's really easy to enter, all you need to do is follow this link http://bit.ly/10zuFSD and submit your favourite photo of your dog before midnight on Wednesday 15th May. Then ask all your friends to get voting for you from Thursday 16th and the winner is the dog with the most votes on 23rd May.
The lucky winner will receive a free mid-week photosession in a location of their choice (travelling charges will apply if this is more than 15 miles from my home) and their three favourite images available as digital downloads from an online gallery.
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Not everyone gets a best friend to come see them before they leave the country for at least 6 months. Well, I guess that sounds pretty "best-friend-ish" actually, but I still think he's pretty much as good as they get. Heck, he did come to see me in Korea. Anyone this he's going to come to the Middle East? haha. Enjoy some pictures of the straight up Tennessee sights we took in - gun range, demolition derby, etc...
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text: Grand Saline salutes its history and largest business (salt mining) with the Salt Palace. Yes, those walls that look like plain ol' stone are actually mined salt chunks! Odds are, if you live in the United States, the salt on your table was mined in Van Zandt County. To learn more about the history of the salt industry in Grand Saline go to the Cities and Communities page.


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Council meetings are held the second Wednesday of every month from September through May at the Gruening Middle School Library.
Our next meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 12th, 2018.
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BBC asks if football really can make a difference
December 12, 2009
With this week's release of Clint Eastwood's film Invictus, many are wondering if football really does have the impact to be a 'force for good in Africa' as it seems to have had in 1995 apartheid South Africa. The BBC conducted a survey in which they included two historical examples in which football has had an impact on the political, military, and government agencies in Africa and then asked for readers opinions on the importance of the sport.
Here are four responses from individuals in various African nations.
"Football, like anything else, can be a focre for good or ill.Off the pitch, its influence to a large exent is positive.In Liberia for instance ,during the civil war when the nation had nothing to look up to,people like George Weah and his team mates through football gave his compatriots the invaluable gift of HOPE for the future.Something to cheer and live for.In Ghana a good performance of the national teams as happened in Egypt 2009, and Germany 2006 helps in calming the political space,
Kojo, Accra , Ghana"
"Yes I believe in Africa Football can change Africa. The most important feature with football is its ability to bring people together because of one cause. Africa has many tribes and ethnicities but with football all this is put aside and people celebrate as one. This has been witnessed in Uganda. Its also through football that resources in the dark continent can be discovered and utilized.
kagga Louis, Kampala Uganda"
"Football is the only language that Cameroonians speak in unison. This is a complex country of about 245 ethnic groups, each with its own language and culture. Plus, politics has polarised Cameroonians to the extent that some citizens canot bear to see their fellow country men eye ball to eye ball. But when it comes to football, we are one: enemies become friends. The government is so much aware of this that it can seize advantage of a football mach and raise fuel prices without any qualms.
Austin achunkwe, Buea, Cameroon"
"Football can't change africa for better neither can 8s improve any segment on the continent.since 1930 we heard of football history we having seen d impact football had made cuz we only know of millionaries footballers n having seen any estates of these highly paid soccer legeed.we cheer them everyday but they r not willing 2 give 2 their respective country.footbal had only change our mind from stress and an unhappy spirit.we don't ve an academy of sport in africa.football made us 2 b happy
Jefferson G Togba, Monrovia, Liberia"
The Coke Coast
November 19, 2009
Historically, the countries of West Africa have fallen victim to exploitation from international explorers, colonizers, or businessmen, wanting everything from goods to slaves. And now, little seems to have changed as the countries of West Africa, most notably Guinea-Bissau, begin their fight against a new industry: cocaine, an industry with a global price tag of $70-billion.
South American drug cartels are now using West Africa as a stop over for drugs on their way to Europe after finding it difficult to find direct routes. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that an average $7 billion worth of cocaine has been trafficked through this region of the world since 2005, more than the country's GDP.
And the country of Guinea-Bissau seems to be the main target for drug traffickers.
In an interview with TIME in Bissau in 2007, a high-ranking West African military officer who asked not to be named said Guinea-Bissau's government and military allowed drug traffickers to operate "not because of a lack of resources but a lack of political will."
Earlier this year the president was murdered in a coup, leaving the country in a power vacuum that seems to fueling the lucrative cocaine industry.
"Rivalries over control of narcotics trafficking may be at the heart of the schism between military and the presidency," said Jonas Horner, Africa Associate of the Eurasia Group in Washington in a statement also published in the same TIME's article.
The U.N. launched a $50-million effort this year to train and outfit West African police, beginning with Sierra Leone, but in an article by the Los Angeles Times, Rudolfo Landeros, the senior police advisor to the U.N. in Sierra Leone, said,
"You're never going to stop the drug flow through West Africa. But we have to take a stand somewhere…."
And according to one U.N. report he might be right.
"West Africa has everything criminals need: resources, a strategic location, weak governance, and an endless source of foot soldiers who see few viable alternatives to a life of crime."
And as Al- Jazeera English points out, even if the drug traffickers are arrested or convicted there is nowhere to put them.
"The country's only jail was destroyed during the civil war about 10 years ago and an official from the justice ministry takes Al Jazeera to a run-down house that now serves as a prison. About 20 men live here in cramped, filthy conditions, sharing a single toilet and sleeping on the dirty floors. The house is in the centre of Bissau, with very little security, so escapes are common."
While little of the drug actually stays in the country, it is already having far reaching effects for the community.
The Global Post states,
"The consequences stretch as well to the slums of Guinea-Bissau, where crack-fueled prostitution is driving a new AIDS epidemic in a region where even basic health care is beyond the reach of many — and where young people turning to the drug trade become the unwitting soldiers of organized crime."


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Make it Modern Events presents its inaugural modern quilting retreat in Reno, Nevada, June 9-12, 2016.
We have two fabulous modern quilters who will guide you through two days of classes, be available for additional help, discussions, and fun each evening at the sewing salon, and present a trunk show on Sunday morning.
So who are our two great instructors, you ask? Christina Cameli and Libs Elliott! If you were unable to get into their respective classes at QuiltCon West, this will be your next and best chance to learn from the experts!
TICKET PRICE: Early-Bird pricing for Make It Modern - Reno is $425.00 per person, or $400 per person for groups of 5 or more. Early-Bird pricing ends April 20, 2016 at which point the ticket price will increase to $450.00. Cost may be split into two payments with a $25.00 handling fee.
Retreat Schedule
Check in at the Peppermill Resort (early check in is available).
Enjoy the resort.
Cocktails and appetizers from 5 - 7p.m. Meet new friends and socialize. Instructors Libs and Christina will be in attendance.
We will split up into two groups. Each group will sew all day with one of the two instructors, either Christina or Libs, and finish with a class show and tell.
07:00am - 09:00am Breakfast
09:00am - 12:00pm Class
12:00pm - 01:30pm Lunch
01:30pm - 04:30pm Class
04:30pm - 05:00pm Show and Tell
At 5:00pm, we will open the walls between the two classrooms and enjoy an evening of creativity as a group.
05:00pm - 10:00pm Sewing Salon
On Saturday, the groups will swap instructors, and repeat Friday's schedule.
Continue with your projects and sew with friends. Christina and Libs will be available to answer questions and may do a little sewing themselves!
07:00am - 12:00pm Sewing Salon
09:00am - 10:30am Libs / Christina Trunk Show and Presentation
At noon, the event will end. We may linger to enjoy the resort, or make our way home.
Peppermill Resort Spa Casino:
The Peppermill offers full resort services, from heated pools, spa, exercise room and classes, eight on-site restaurants, a vibrant night-life, and, of course, a casino for those who choose to gamble.
Traveling to Reno:
Reno Tahoe International is the nearest airport. Contact us if you would like driving directions from your home or another airport. Peppermill Resort offers free shuttle-service to and from the airport (contact the resort for schedule), and free parking should you decide to drive.
Breakfast and lunch are included for Friday and Saturday.
Room Block:
Make It Modern Events has negotiated fantastic rates for this event block. Prices range from $75.00 per night to $135.00. Options are:
Peppermill North/West Room: $75.00 per night
Peppermill Tower Room: $105.00 per night
Peppermill Tuscany Tower Suite: $135.00 per night
The resort fee has been waived for this event. Each room will receive $60.00 in hotel coupons, free wi-fi throughout the hotel and sleeping rooms, use of health club, pool, valet, EV charging stations and complimentary live entertainment in the Terrace Lounge.
You may share any room with another "retreat-er" or bring your family. The room block is limited. To avoid paying market rate for your room, please book early!


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The research was developed via intense computational growth simulations that generated a complex surface warping, leading to a varied typology of fissures, protrusions, crevices and ridges. These formations were materialised in form of casts with concrete composites that included marble and cork powder, defining a diverse gradient of smooth and rough textural conditions.
The building project focused on the design of a contemporary grotto for biological growth that promotes a special sense of intimacy through its acoustic qualities in the landscape. The overall 3-dimensionality and depth of the surface with its tectonic conglobulation is conceived in relation to the aesthetics of marble (pure) and cork (impure).
The grotto is subdivided in panels that integrate a multitude of surface geometries. The linear striation of vertical patterns on the top and centre of the panels promotes the irrigation of water in lower areas where the depth of crevices and protrusions enhances the absorption and retention of moisture. The morphological coagulating of matter defines ideal spaces for liverworts to proliferate, while encouraging the absorption of sound in the intimate areas of the building.


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Hubert Sumlin To Rejoin The Codetalkers Tonight
Last year, a few days into the Allman Brothers Band Beacon Theatre run, Howlin' Wolf prot Hubert Sumlin guested with the ABB and then carpooled with Derek Trucks out to Mexicali Blues in Teaneck, NJ to join the Codetalkers for a few songs. Tonight Sumlin will be back at Mexicali with the Codetalkers, this time as a billed performer (as has happened on a few occasions). The Beacon run opens this evening, and it remains to be seen whether any of the Brothers will make the trek over but the Codetalkers performance should be satisfying in its own right.


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'Power Ranger' Ricardo Medina Jr. Denies Killing His Roommate With a Sword
Former Power Ranger star Ricardo Medina Jr. denied killing his roommate with a sword at his arraignment on Friday (September 30), according to People.
The 36-year-old actor pleaded not guilty to one count of murder in the 2015 death of his roommate Josh Sutter.
Ricardo and Josh were reportedly in an argument and when Ricardo retreated to his bedroom, Josh forced his way inside. Ricardo retaliated by stabbing him once in the abdomen.
Ricardo was arrested after the crime but was let go after claiming self-defense. He was re-arrested in early 2016 after new evidence showed he was lying.
If convinced, Ricardo faces up to 26 years to life in prison.


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This morning as I sat down to write this blog, a parable came to mind I read a few years ago. I am not sure who wrote this parable, but I appreciate its message. I remember the first time I read it, I felt a great kinship with the "cracked pot."
The Parable of the Cracked Pot
(Author Unknown)
"A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on one end of the pole he carried across the back of his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream, the cracked pot arrived only half full. This went on every day for two years, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots of water to his master's house.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishment and saw itself as perfectly suited for the purpose for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its imperfection and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived as bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself and I want to apologize to you."
"Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?"
"For the past two years, I have been able to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your master's house. Because of my flaws you have to work without getting the full value of your efforts," the pot said.
The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and out of compassion he said, "As we return to the master's house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path." Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the wildflowers on the side of the path. The pot felt cheered.
But at the end of the trail, the pot still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and again it apologized for its failure. The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I knew about your flaw and took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you've watered them for me. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table. If you were not just the way you are, he would not have such beauty to grace his house."
I appreciate the message shared that what we may perceive as imperfections can actually be invaluable tools our Master, Jesus Christ, can use to bless the life of another. Sometimes I get caught up in feelings of discouragement. I feel bad because I am not everything I perceive I am "supposed" to be. When those moments come, I realize I must take a step back and allow the Savior to define who I am. Often my discouragement is self-imposed because I forget to look to the purposes of Jesus Christ and ask Him what role He desires me to fulfill.
Come What May and Love It
My good friend Cate atBella Love Letters made this for me. Isn't she talented!?! I love it!
I recently had a friend do a project for my niece (it's honestly the cutest/coolest/hippest thing to ever grace a nursery wall - ask me and I will show you :) ). I decided to think of a quote I wanted to put up on my own wall and have my friend Cate make it all fancy. After thinking on it - I decided on "Come What May, and Love It."
I love General Conference talks. If we are being honest - most times it is easier for me to read/study them, than it is to read/study the scriptures. One of my most favorite talks EVER was given by Joseph B. Wirthlin and is entitled, "Come What May, and Love it." I really loved Elder Wirthlin - he was so funny and such a cute old guy :) And when I found out he played football when he was younger and I liked him even more! I would highly recommend this talk - and if you don't want to read the talk - watch this brief clip that summarizes it :
I have thought a lot lately about how much influence we have over our own happiness. Situations can be forced upon us, but our reaction is always our choice. No one forces you to be happy or sad or any emotion, really. Those times when life-induced emotions seem to be too much to handle are when you can rely on the Savior to stand by your side and help you find happiness.
Often times, people can struggle with loving the present, because they are too caught up in the past. They want to return to something idyllic that has come and gone, whether that be high school, or college, or a past relationship or even living at home and having a mom cook you delicious food :) I think we could all do well to remember that what was has already happened, and there is no way of changing it. However, we can (and should) make sure to learn all we can from past experiences. For example, instead of mourning yet another failed relationship (womp womp I'm not married), we can be happy that we had the chance to feel and give love, an experience that is both instructive and beautiful.
One of my own greatest struggles is "looking beyond the mark." I am naturally inclined to want to plan out my life, as I think many of us are. This inclination will sometimes lead to me over thinking and over extending the rest of my life in a career, at a location, in a relationship far beyond what is happening right now.
Why can't I be happy with what is happening right now? I think it is good to have hope in the future, but not to be so caught up in that hope that you forget the blessings of today.
So! Here are some things that I do that I think help me to apply this principle in my life:
1) Show and feel gratitude for what is happening in my life right now. I live in a beautiful, BEAUTIFUL area of the country. Most mornings when I go out to my car to travel to work, I thank God that I am blessed to live in such a beautiful place. I think it's a good way to start my day and keeps me more grounded and able to handle any situation. I am grateful to be, and I am grateful to be here.
2) Laugh. Elder Wirthlin even talks about this one too. Let me tell you a story - I was at a meeting in Seattle the other week around University Village. As I was coming out of an elevator, some very good looking brown men who also happened to play football started talking to me. Have to admit - not mad about it. So here I was, feeling so great and happy about life. And then when I was pulling out of my parking space in that crazy parking garage, a pillar literally jumped into the middle of the road and hit my side view mirror. And all I could do was laugh. And laugh hard. I even remember thinking, "God - thanks for making sure I was so happy before that happened so I could just laugh it off instead of getting upset." We need to be able to laugh at things that are funny. And many of the situations that make us upset (like ripping off a side view mirror) also happen to be inherently funny. So let them be funny.
3) Go to the temple. When we go to the temple (or I would also suggest meditation for those who cannot go to LDS temples) we are unworried about the cares of the present, because we feel happiness in who we are. We know we are children of God. We know that God loves us. We know that God wants us to be happy. So why spend any more time being unhappy than we need to :)
Well! I am sure that there are many more things that you are doing that help you to love life. I would love to hear if you have suggestions. I know that the most essential part of loving life and being happy is relying on the Savior and abiding by the commandments. I hope that you can all find some way to LOVE your life today! Love you too much!
The times that try men's souls
A few weeks ago a friend shared a quote with me. The quote is by Thomas Paine and was written in an article called, "The Crisis," during the American Revolutionary War. While it may seem appropriate to share this weekend in honor of Memorial Day, it is actually something that has been on my mind for weeks now.
Paine said: "THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated."
Of course, Paine speaks of the price of freedom. However, the man who shared this quote with me spoke of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and I have since found that this quote is applicable in many different aspects of life.
"These are the times that try men's souls."
Have you felt your soul being tried?
Recently, I have struggled to feel adequate and a few weeks ago I found myself lower than I had ever felt before. I have always loved going to church. Since I was a little girl, I looked forward to Sunday but a few weeks ago for the first time ever I didn't feel like going and I almost didn't. But I went and as I sat there I felt the overwhelming love of God. I couldn't stop crying as I realized that my soul was being tried.
We may ask why God allows us to pass through hard things. Why does he let us feel depressed or lonely? Even the Savior himself asked if it was possible to accomplish the atonement without going through so much pain. But it wasn't. The pain was part of the necessary experience.
You see, this passing through hard things is part of what we signed up for before coming to this earth and I believe that we knew then what we were getting ourselves into. We knew then that "the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." We knew that "what we obtain too cheap, we esteem too light" and we understood that "it is dearness only that gives every thing its value."
But here we are and we go through extremely hard things. Really crappy things and it hurts. Sometimes it doesn't seem to make sense. We are doing the best we can. We are good people and sometimes it seems that just when we've gotten back on our feet we get knocked down again.
It is in these moments that we must remember that "heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods."
At a time, I believe we understood this price perfectly and that is why we agreed to Heavenly Father's plan.
So if you are waiting for a blessing that doesn't seem to be coming or if your path back to Heavenly Father seems thorn-ridden or rocky, don't give up.
Believe that for the difficulty of the path, there is a greater blessing in store. Just as hiking to a higher point is more difficult but offers a better view from the top, so it will be with you.
Trust that Heavenly Father wants to bless you with the righteous desires of your heart but he also wants you to appreciate those blessings once they come.
This weekend we honor those soldiers who fought to give us that liberty when it wasn't easy. Each Sunday we remember the sacrifice of a Savior who paid the ultimate price so that we can be eternally happy. Each day may we try to remember that the best things in life don't come free. They never have. But those blessings do come to those who pay the price and keep the faith.
When I left on my mission I took a picture on my Macbook like the picture directly to the left. It was in essence saying goodbye to a stage of life and hello to a new place of learning and growth. This is a picture of me today, saying goodbye to the city of Chicago.
It has been two years full of growth, it has stretched my faith, and I feel it has made my family grow stronger. The lessons learned are so numerous, but the main lesson we have come away learning is that when we are obedient to God's will He will never
leave us.
I know that God hears our prayers, that He has a personal plan for everyone. We came to Chicago because of a still-small voice that whispered it was the right place for our family. I believe that God sent us here, to this exact location, to meet exact people, to learn exact things, and to experience something integral to whom we need to become in this life. Through obedience to His will we found strength and unity as a family. By keeping the commandments of God we were kept safe, fortified, and happy amongst sacrifice.
We are not going far, just an hour away, but it will be a world away from this Chicago life. I look forward to the future, understanding that no matter where our family lives we will still be the same people, living the same commandments, and following the same God. I know that He will never leave us.
Much Love,
I Will Never Leave You
My baby sister is getting married this week. Eeek! We have had a busy last few weeks, and this next week will be even busier. One of the things I have done, along with my other sister, to prepare, is practice singing a song that we will sing at the wedding luncheon. The song is called "I Will Never Leave You" and is from the musical Sideshow, which is about siamese twin sisters. It has been a tradition in our family to sing this song at wedding luncheons. My youngest sister and I sang it at our other sister's wedding, and my sisters sang it at mine. I've loved the song for many years because my sisters truly are my best friends, so the sentiment in it is very real to me. They have always been there for me. But this time as I've been practicing, it's taken on a new meaning. I began to look at it from the perspective of how the Lord never leaves us alone--in times of happiness, nor in times of sorrow. He is always near.
The chorus of the song goes like this:
"I will never leave you.
I will never go away.
We were meant to share each moment.
Beside you is where I will stay.
Ever more and always, we'll be one, though we're two.
For I will never leave you."
When I look at this song from a different perspective, I can just imagine that this is what the Lord would say to each one of us if we would listen. He will never leave us. In fact, he says just that in the scriptures (See John 14:18). He desires that we become one with Him (See John 17:20-25) and that we one day join Him where He is. I know that to be true. He is with us always.
The 2nd verse of the song says:
"When the day is filled with shadows
That stretch into the night,
I am filled with your sweet comfort,
Like morning fills with light."
There have been many times in my life when this has been true for me. I have felt alone, abandoned, heartbroken, etc., and, having sought divine comfort, I have received it. The light has returned.
Now, the other important thing to consider is whether or not we would say these things to our Savior. Can I honestly say that I will never leave Him? That I will never go away? That I long to be one with Him? That I desire to join Him where He is? We know where the Savior stands, but where do we stand?
One of my favorite stories in the New Testament takes place after Jesus has given the sermon of the Bread of Life. After He boldly proclaimed that He was the Bread of Life, many of His disciples "walked no more with Him." How sad that must have been to Him. He alone really understood what these people were missing out on. And so, in what I am sure must have been akin to despair, the Savior asked the twelve, "Will ye also go away?" Simon Peter, who had already had his doubts, and who would again have them, said, "Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life." (John 6:66-68)
I stand with Simon Peter. I have not always been as stalwart and faithful as I should have been. I have made mistakes. And I'm sure I will make them again in the future. But I do know that Jesus Christ has the words of eternal life. I know that He is "the way, the truth, and the life." (John 14:6) I know that if we choose to follow Him, and to never leave Him, our sorrows can be swept away and our joy can be made more glorious. I choose to stay with Him.
Love, Shannon
See above for the link to the original Broadway cast recording of "I Will Never Leave You." For some reason it won't let me upload the actual video on here...
Why We Choose to Serve
Yesterday was the last day I'll see my youngest brother for the next two years. Why, you ask? Because he's chosen to spend two years of his life serving as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Our only communication these next two years will be weekly emails and phone calls twice per year – on Mother's Day and Christmas.
As I've talked with many not of the LDS faith about my brother's missionary opportunity, questions have surfaced about why we as members of the LDS faith serve missions and fully consecrate 18 months or 2 years of our lives to serve. To answer this question, I would like to pose a series of "What if" questions to those seeking to understand why we choose to serve…
What if you believed that we – all of us here on this earth – were spiritually created by a Supreme Being? And what if you believed we lived with Him before we came to earth. In addition, what if you believed our ultimate goal as children of God, the Supreme Being, was to return and live with Him again, and what if you believed that doing so would bring us the greatest joy imaginable?
What if you realized that while many people around you didn't believe in God, they too were created by Him and would one day experience the greatest joy by living with Him again? Would you feel the need to share this message with those around you if you believed that no matter how happy they seem right now, their greatest joy will come from returning and living with God again?
I think the answer to the above question is yes, you would feel the need to share this message. I believe this is the case because everyday my life is touched by people of many different faiths and ideologies who want me to be truly happy. I believe the world is full of genuinely good people. And I believe that the vast majority (if not all) of you reading this blog post would absolutely say, "If I believed these things to be true, I would share this message because I want those around me to have joy."
We as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that what I've shared above is true. We are spirit children of God. We came to earth to receive bodies and to learn to walk by faith. Our greatest joy will come from living with God again. It is through Jesus Christ that this is all possible. For this reason, we choose to serve missions.
We choose to serve because we believe that you are our spiritual brother or sister, and we want you to feel our Heavenly Father's love. We choose to serve because we know that life here on earth can be dark and sad, and that true light and hope come through Jesus Christ. We choose to serve because we know that through service we can better understand the Master Servant, Jesus Christ, who's life and love we seek to emulate. We choose to serve because we recognize that all our strength and blessings come from God, and we can make nothing of ourselves without Him. We choose to serve because we believe that is what God would want us to do.
I am grateful for those of all faiths who have shared their beliefs with me. I am thankful for these courageous individuals who open up and invite me to experience the happiness they've found.
The next time an LDS missionary knocks on your door, I hope you'll realize they are there because they love you. They wouldn't give years of theirs lives to share this message if they didn't love you. They wouldn't go without seeing their family for many, many months if they didn't believe that the message they are sharing would benefit your family for eternity and bring you the greatest joy imaginable.
For these reasons, and so many others, we choose to serve.
p.s. Watch this great video and you can learn from missionaries in their own words why they choose serve.
"Swallowed in the Sea"
One of my favorite bands is Coldplay. One of my favorite songs is "Swallowed in the Sea". I only mention this to tell you why I became fascinated with how many times in the scriptures the phrase "swallowed" shows up. And not just the time when Jonah is swallowed by a whale.
My favorite description is when the scriptures speak of the will of the Son being swallowed up in the will of the Father. (Mosiah 15:7) A talk given by Neal A. Maxwell (found here) teaches that by fully consecrating our lives to the Savior, our will can be "swallowed up" in His. The word consecrate means to make sacred. We make our lives sacred when we become more like the Savior by allowing His will to become our will. And this will continue our whole Until we reach a point where our will is His will, or our will has been "swallowed up."
At different times in my life, I have decided to become more "consecrated." Especially when I was younger, the conversation I had with God usually went along these lines, "Well- I want to do what you want me to do. So, I guess just clue me into what that is. And I'll just sit here being fully consecrated because if I am only going to be about your will, then I don't really have to do anything other than say "Thy will be done" right? Right." :) However! That is not how these things work. I love this quote from Elder Maxwell's talk that highlights how NOT to go about giving our will to God.
"Consecration ... is not shoulder-shrugging acceptance, but, instead, shoulder-squaring to better bear the yoke."
When we are consecrated, we aren't deciding to just "go with the flow." We are deciding that we are willing, and ready, and prepared to do God's will, whatever that might be.
I don't know of any better way to end this than with one of my best number one favorite Maxwell quotes (which is saying a lot, I love most everything that man ever said).
"In conclusion, the submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we "give," brothers and sisters, are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us. However, when you and I finally submit ourselves, by letting our individual wills be swallowed up in God's will, then we are really giving something to Him! It is the only possession which is truly ours to give! Consecration thus constitutes the only unconditional surrender which is also a total victory!"
I personally will continue to try and daily, hourly, (by the minute!) make decisions that will choose God's will above my own. I hope that we can all decide to more fully allow our will to be swallowed up in the will of the Father. Thanks for being my friend and reading this- love you too much!
Invisible Mom
I should start by saying I'm not a mother. I do have a mother (arguably the greatest mom of all-time) and two wonderful grandmothers. Some of my best friends are terrific mothers and my life has been impacted by many other "mothers." Whether you honor a birthmother or an adopted mother of any variety, today is the day to remember mothers everywhere because in reality, we are all here because of a woman.
Motherhood has been called "the highest, holiest service ... assumed by mankind." In no other capacity does one sacrifice so much without asking for anything in return. A mom's wage comes in the form of pure joy as they watch their children grow up and make positive contributions to society but that joy comes after years of unacknowledged service and small seemingly invisible successes.
Jeffrey R. Holland spoke directly to young mothers in his April 1997 General Conference address:
"The work of a mother is hard, too often unheralded work. The young years are often those when either husband or wife—or both—may still be in school or in those earliest and leanest stages of developing the husband's breadwinning capacities. Finances fluctuate daily between low and nonexistent. The apartment is usually decorated in one of two smart designs—Deseret Industries provincial or early Mother Hubbard. The car, if there is one, runs on smooth tires and an empty tank. But with night feedings and night teethings, often the greatest challenge of all for a young mother is simply fatigue. Through these years, mothers go longer on less sleep and give more to others with less personal renewal for themselves than any other group I know at any other time in life. It is not surprising when the shadows under their eyes sometimes vaguely resemble the state of Rhode Island."
When we are little girls we idolize our own mothers. We think they are the most beautiful girls in the world (I still think my mom is), not even noticing the bags under their eyes. We follow them all around the house and want to do the same things they do. Then the teenage years strike and all of the sudden we begin talking back and rolling our eyes. We don't want to tell our moms anything and we don't want them to tell us anything either. On the back cover of her book, "I am a Mother," Jane Clayson Johnson says, "Every little girl knows that mothers matter." I think this is so true but when we're little girls we don't think to say thank you. Our "following mom around all day" was supposed to let her know we thought she was the best thing ever and before we realize that it might be nice to actually tell her how great we think she is the teenage fog sets in.
A few years ago I was a counselor for EFY and each week I had the opportunity to teach girls ages 14-18 about the importance of motherhood. I wanted them to appreciate their moms more and I wanted them to actually want to be mothers because while it may be a thankless job at times, it is "the highest, holiest service ... assumed by mankind." There is a story that I would always share with them at the end of my class that I think illustrates really well the importance of motherhood.
The Invisible Mother by Mary Lynn Plaisance:
"It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm on the phone and ask to be taken to the store.
Inside I'm thinking, 'Can't you see I'm on the phone?'
Obviously not; no one can see if I'm on the phone, or cooking, or sweeping the floor, or even standing on my head in the corner, because no one can see me at all.
I'm invisible - The invisible Mom.
Some days I am only a pair of hands, nothing more.
"Can you fix this? Can you tie this? Can you open this?"
Some days I'm not a pair of hands; I'm not even a human being. I'm a clock to ask, 'What time is it?'
I'm a satellite guide to answer, 'What number is the Disney Channel?'
I'm a car to order, 'Right around 5:30, please.'
I was certain that these were the hands that once held books and the eyes that studied history and the mind that graduated summa cum laude - but now they had disappeared into the peanut butter, never to be seen again. She's going, she's going, she's gone!
One night, a group of us were having dinner, celebrating the return of a friend from England. Janice had just gotten back from a fabulous trip, and she was going on and on about the hotel she stayed in. I was sitting there, looking around at the others all put together so well.
It was hard not to compare and feel sorry for myself. I was feeling pretty pathetic, when Janice turned to me with a beautifully wrapped package, and said, 'I brought you this.' It was a book on the great cathedrals of Europe. I wasn't exactly sure why she'd given it to me until I read her inscription:
'To Charlotte, with admiration for the greatness of what you are building when no one sees.'
In the days ahead I would read - no, devour - the book. And I would discover what would become for me, four life-changing truths, after which I could pattern my work:
· No one can say who built the great cathedrals - we have no record of their names.
· These builders gave their whole lives for a work they would never see finished.
· They made great sacrifices and expected no credit.
· The passion of their building was fueled by their faith that the eyes of God saw everything.
A legendary story in the book told of a rich man who came to visit the cathedral while it was being built, and he saw a workman carving a tiny bird on the inside of a beam. He was puzzled and asked the man, 'Why are you spending so much time carving that bird into a beam that will be covered by the roof? No one will ever see it.'
And the workman replied, 'Because God sees.'
I closed the book, feeling the missing piece fall into place. It was almost as if I heard God whispering to me, 'I see you, Charlotte. I see the sacrifices you make every day, even when no one around you does. No act of kindness you've done, no sequin you've sewn on, no cupcake you've baked, is too small for me to notice and smile over. You are building a great cathedral, but you can't see right now what it will become.'
At times, my invisibility feels like an affliction. But it is not a disease that is erasing my life. It is the cure for the disease of my own self-centeredness. It is the antidote to my strong, stubborn pride.
I keep the right perspective when I see myself as a great builder. As one of the people who show up at a job that they will never see finished, to work on something that their name will never be on. The writer of the book went so far as to say that no cathedrals could ever be built in our lifetime because there are so few people willing to sacrifice to that degree.
When I really think about it, I don't want my son to tell the friend he's bringing home from college for Thanksgiving, 'My Mom gets up at 4 in the morning and bakes homemade pies, and then she hand bastes a turkey for three hours and presses all the linens for the table.' That would mean I'd built a shrine or a monument to myself. I just want him to want to come home. And then, if there is anything more to say to his friend, to add, 'You're gonna love it there.'
As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot be seen if we're doing it right. And one day, it is very possible that the world will marvel, not only at what we have built, but at the beauty that has been added to the world by the sacrifices of invisible women."
One of the things I love most about my mother is how much values her role as a mother, even if many of the things she has done for her children have gone seemingly unnoticed. I don't know how but she seems to completely "get it." She understands her role and why it is so important and she does it so well. I don't think this is something that just happened on June 12, 1989 when I was born and she suddenly became a mother at the tender age of 24. I think she had been preparing herself for years, just as one would prepare for any kind of important occupation.
She is a mother in every sense of the word and she loves it. She would do anything for her children and I think God knew he could count on her. She hasn't let Him down and she has never let me down. I know I don't say thank you enough so to my mama and to mothers everywhere, thank you for all you do when you think no one is watching. Thank you for showing up to every event you think is important in our lives, thank you for loving us even after we rolled our eyes and talked back. Thank you for teaching us by example and for quietly showing us how to be disciples of Jesus Christ. We thank God for you every day but sometimes we just forget to tell you personally...so thank you and 'Happy Mother's Day!'
Recently I returned from a long trip, coming home I felt a changed person. This was not a humanitarian trip or by any means meant to be a life- changing excursion, it was just me and my family away from the normal day to day. I am amazed at the perspective it brought to change my living circumstances and to have time to be in a different environment. In many ways our trip was a recharge, but in other ways it was a returning to self.
I didn't know I had ever left. Myself that is. Yet in the hustle and bustle of city life, of which I have become accustomed, I found that I had stopped smiling at strangers, saying "Hi" to neighbors, helping before someone asks (instead of avoidance).
While away I found that I can be patient and calm in the busiest of cities, and just because others around me aren't calm (Chicago) doesn't mean I need to forgo that virtue. I found that things that are "cool" are actually just really lame and immature, true happiness is not found in trends but in who we are becoming.
My husband made fun of me that I looked like Julia Roberts and was having an "Eat, Pray, Love" moment but the flowing skirt and wide brim hat aside, I did come away more in-touch with what matters. Returning home felt awkward, it felt like I had uncovered Chicago, like a celebrity on Diane Sawyer, there was nothing more to hide or put up with.
One of my favorite verses in the bible is one that deals with the prodigal son. It says "and then he came to himself", it doesn't say he was enlightened away from himself but seems to imply that true enlightenment is a returning to oneself, to something we already know deep within our souls. Part of this return to myself I believe encompasses people who matter in my life, bringing old friends back and seeing the value in staying true to our deepest self while expanding and moving forward.
The entire plan of our creation is to return to that God who sent us, and the ability to return rests solely on our relationship with Jesus Christ. It is only through the atonement of Jesus Christ that man and woman can return to God.
This idea of returning isn't new, I bet somewhere in your own soul you also feel and believe one day we will return to where we came from, or that we will return to those we have lost through death. Returning is a part of living, and we do it over and over and over again. The Lord tells us "Return unto me and I will return unto you" Malachi 3:7. It is in that process we are found.
Much Love,
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13 October 2012 Drama, Romance, War 100 mins
It's the late 1950s, and in an affluent and quietly respectable part of Buenos Aires, young Sulamit Löwenstein strikes up a friendship with her next-door neighbour Friedrich over the whereabouts of her family dog. She is the daughter of German-Jewish immigrants to Argentina, he is the son of a senior SS officer, a tragic political legacy from whose shadow both characters struggle to escape over the next three decades. Following the teenaged Friedrich to Germany, Sulamit finds him caught up in the radical politics of late-1960s student life; and she's forced to make important decisions about her attitude to her homeland when Friedrich returns to Argentina to join the fight against the military junta.
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The Hodson Trust extends its 56-year partnership with Johns Hopkins
The Hodson Trust continued its longstanding support of the Johns Hopkins University in 2014 with a $2,500,000 grant to support the Hodson Trust Scholarship Endowment and the Hodson/Abeloff Young Investigator in Oncology program, which benefits cancer research. This is the latest show of the Trust's 56-year commitment to academic excellence at Johns Hopkins and brings their cumulative financial contribution to more than $81.7 million.
Another prominent program the Trust helped to establish is the Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA), which began in 1993. PURA offers Hopkins undergraduates opportunities to conduct hands-on research, enhancing their learning experience and helping them develop important investigative skills. Last year, 43 students received awards and embarked on projects as far ranging as a human stem cell model for studying genetic mutations in inherited neurodevelopmental disease, a study of the relationship between tempo and auditory object encoding, and a reconstruction and study of the Ming Dynasty two-stage rocket.
The university celebrated the Trust's partnership on December 4 at the Hodson Scholars Luncheon, an annual event that gives Hodson scholarship recipients the chance to express their appreciation and Hodson trustees to offer their congratulations. President Ronald Daniels, Vice Provost for Admissions and Financial Aid David Phillips, and two members of the Class of 2015, Nicole Cade-Ferreira and Athanasia Livas, all gave remarks. One hundred forty-six students are receiving support from the Trust during the 2014-2015 academic year.


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Keep up weed beet control – BS
8 June 2001
Keep up weed beet control – BS
By Andrew Swallow
LATER drilling may mean that weed beet is less of a problem than last year, but growers must not be tempted to ease back on control, says British Sugar.
"It is a menace that is difficult to contain," warns BSs Simon Fisher. "If you leave some bolters, the problem will get worse."
Last year BSs crop survey revealed 64% of fields had a weed beet problem, continuing a dramatic rise in area affected over the past five years.
Plants shed about 1500 seeds, so leaving even one bolter per square metre is storing up trouble. At a density of 8 bolters/m2, yield loss hits 50% in a dry year.
"Even in a wet year, the yield loss is still significant and it does not take long to reach that level of infestation, just a couple of rotations," warns Mr Fisher.
Institute of Arable Crop Research Brooms Barns Mike May says tractor hoeing in the beet crop should be a standard treatment for those with weed beet problems.
"Typically it will give 70% control and should ideally start when the largest weed beet have two true leaves.
"After this stage, plant stems can bend around blades and survive."
Control of bolted stems is the next stage. Where numbers of weed beet are low, 100-1000/ha (40-400/acre) pull them, says Mr May.
"If the plants have not started to set seed, then pull them up, break the stem close to roots and drop them in the field to save time," he says.
Where seed has set, it must be removed from the field, but it is better not to let it get to that stage, he adds.
"In most cases it is better to walk fields twice before the weed beet set seed than trying to walk only once, but having to carry plants off.
At 1000-10,000/ha (400-4000/acre), weed wiping with glyphosate is the preferred option and likely to be 90% effective if carried out properly, says Mr May.
Really high populations, over 10,000/ha (4,000/acre) should be cut, he advises.
- Surfer to tackle weed beet growth, FARMERS WEEKLY, 17 November, 2000
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As a reminder, my teams are as follows:
Easy – Team Manly Pink
*Dan Hibiki, Street Fighter series, Marvel versus Capcom 2
*Kirby, Nintendo, Super Smash Bros. Melee
*Luigi, Nintendo, Luigi's Mansion (equipment: flashlight, Poltergust 3000, Game Boy Horror)
Medium – Team Unfair Advantage
*Seta Soujirou, Rurouni Kenshin, post Kyoto
*Snake, Metal Gear Series, post Sons of Liberty (equipment: tranq gun, cardboard box, cigarettes)
*Zhuge Liang, styled Kongming, Dynasty Warriors series, circa Battle of Chi Bi (starting stats and weapon, no extra equipment)
Hard – Team Pyrrhic Victory
*Alexander Anderson, Hellsing, post anime debut
*Legato Bluesummers, Trigun, right before he snuffs it in the anime
*Xelloss, Slayers Try, post series
And as a bonus, I will also discuss the changes each team has for all three challenges.
– Easy: The Live-Action Anime Musical –
Easy Challenge – This year, the planners behind last year's New Year Con have beefed up security, but at the expense of the entertainment budget. The troupe they planned to bring in for the debut of the LAAM (the Live-Action Anime Musical) was more than they could afford, and since it's been hyped that it will be the first LAAM at NYC, you and your teammates have been requested to fill in. You may choose to do any anime that isn't already a musical (which is the majority of them).
I sigh when I hear our task. "Figures that I pick the one team that has no anime characters in it. Although, technically, Street Fighter is an anime…" I turn to Kirby. "Hey, Kirby, can you disguise yourself as somebody whose powers you absorb?"
Kirby thinks about a moment, then gestures to Luigi, who with great reluctance submits to being eaten and then spat back out. One stock animated transformation sequence later, Kirby is wearing a miniature version of Luigi's overalls and hat, and looking adorable beyond belief.
I scratch the back of my head. "Well, this might work as a parody."
One round of frantic volunteer recruiting, soundtrack buying, and last minute rehearsing later, the audience is laughing their way through "Street Fighter: The Musical". (Dan, of course, plays himself.)
Of course, given that none of my team has much musical talent or dance their way out of a paper bag, a good percentage of the laughter is AT them rather than WITH, but overall I think I can pull off something halfway entertaining, at least.
Final verdict: A squeak-by win.
(Bonus: Team Unfair Advantage)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms would make for perfect musical material, as we could use the original text for poetic inspiration. Of course, since I don't want to spoil the plot to Kongming I pick out something early in the timeline to present, and rely on his classical Chinese education to compose the soundtrack. Soujirou proves to be a surprising natural at this whole acting business, although since he lacks stage experience he does occasionally break character–but he looks so cute doing it that he's forgiven. Solid Snake exudes pure cool no matter what I throw at him, and he carries his scenes with ease.
Final verdict: Resounding success. This would actually be the best team to handle the task, IMHO.
(Bonus: Team Pyhrric Victory)
Um. Hahaha. My only chance at pulling this off would be to convince Xelloss that humiliating Father Anderson and Legato onstage would be worth the effort it'd take for him to get things working.
Even so, I think even I'd get in on the betting pool of when things would go to hell and the entire place go up in a Benny Hill-esque chase sequence. My only hope is that the other teams can help contain the chaos that ensues.
Final verdict: Bonus mission…failed. But it'd be funny to watch in retrospect.
– Medium Mission: T-t-t-time Paradox –
Medium Challenge – You have received a summons to a group meeting of all the challenge entrants. The meeting shall take place in Colorado, and will consist of a whitewater rafting trip. You can choose to summon your team beforehand for the travel there, or you can wait and
summon your team once there. Due to the quantum mechanics of the summon device, your success or failure will affect or be affected by other challenge entrants failures or successes. As you and your team journey down the river, you hear an explosion, and once you and your team reach where the rocks have blocked the river, you'll journey over a waterfall where… "You and your three teammates, on a routine New Year's Challenge, get caught by the greatest time window ever known. Hastened by the rapids, it'll transport you over a thousand feet below, to the Land of the Lost (lost, lost lost), to the Land of the Lost (lost, lost lost)." You'll be living in the Rick, Will, and Holly Marshall era of the Land of the Lost in terms of foes, terrain, and puzzles to solve, but with the modern understanding of dinosaurs (á la Jurassic Park). You'll enter just after the moons have aligned, so unless you've got great puzzle solvers on your team, you're going to have to wait it out 3 years for the time-travel pylon to get you out of there. You will not be in the Land of the Lost with the Marshalls, the Porters, or any other challenge entrant.
(I'm not really sure what you mean by the first half of the challenge, so I'm just going to summarize for that section.)
I sleep through most of the flight to Colorado and the drive out to the Middle of Nowhere (Snake, gentleman that he is, took the wheel; it helped that no one else knew how to drive) – I needed the rest and I didn't want to spend that time psyching myself out about white-water rafting.
"At least I don't have to save the world or anything…" I mutter as I suit up and climb into the raft.
"Come on! This looks like fun!" Soujirou says, all smiles.
"This is most definitely not fun!" I remember screaming as we plummet down, down down…
When I come to at last, Soujirou has just about worn a grove into the floor with his pacing, and even Kongming displays an expression of open concern.
"You may have a concussion," Snake tells me, indicating that I should stay put. "I've looked around the area – we've landed in some kind of cave. As long as we can find food and water we should wait for the rescue team to find us."
"And what if they don't?" I ask in return. "I'm not that fragile. Just give me a minute and I'll be fine."
Except in the next few hours, I was about to find out just how overprotective of me my team was.
Final Verdict: Once again, Team Unfair Advantage lives up to its name. Snake's got the experience defeating clever puzzles, Soujirou's got the speed to defeat any trap, and Kongming has the smarts to outthink just about anybody. Easy victory.
(Bonus: Team Manly Pink)
Uh…well, we can bungle our way through the puzzles bit by bit, I suppose. Poor Kirby's probably going to end up as the designated trap tester, because there's nobody else on the team team who could survive that kind of punishment. And we'd better hope those dinosaurs are easy to spook, because other than Kirby our firepower's kind weak.
If all else fails there's the Deus Ex Machina, right?
Final Verdict: More likely than not, we'll be stuck in the past for the whole three years.
(Bonus: Team Pyhrric Victory)
Who needs puzzle solving skills when you can just blast your way through everything? If my team doesn't kill each other first, they'll cut a swathe of destruction that ends up driving the dinosaurs to extinction. But they may end up having so much fun that they don't want to go home…
Final Verdict: If all else fails, there's always Xelloss. Sucks owing him another one, but why else would he keep coming back year after year?
– Hard Mission: Attack of the Hate Virus –
Hard Challenge – On New Year's Day, a meteor crashed to earth. This is not out of the ordinary, however what was on it is. Some interstellar spores came down with it, and these spores are highly contagious. Infected sentient lifeforms first show a glowing red hue over their entire body as a sign of infection. Next, comes an overwhelming urge to attack and maim others, but not kill them, and shows no sign of preference for the victim to be infected or uninfected. Upon uninfected individuals coming into contact with an infected individual, infection is almost instantaneous. Infected individuals retain their speech and reasoning capabilities, and have shown abilities to wait for the right time to rush a barricade. The spores themselves are extremely resistant to heat, radiation, and pressure as they've survived a star going supernova to send the meteor our direction. Alloys similar to electrum can contain the spores and shield individuals. You and your team will find out about the crash, and the crazy happenings within 12-24 hours of the event, and it will be up to you to deal with it. Partial wins to those who can contain contamination so that a cure may eventually be found. Full wins will go to those who can, after containment is done, can figure out a way to cure the infected souls.
The one good thing about this disaster, I muse as the world goes to hell in a handbasket, is that a virused Team Pyrric victory wouldn't cause that much more collateral damage than a healthy one. (Xelloss, as a mazoku, would probably be immune anyway; ditto Father Anderson, who is a regenerator. One wonders what effect Legato's arm attachment would have on his immune system, but since he's not one to let people get close to him I don't have to worry too much.)
"Why do I keep picking these guys again?" I mutter, feeling the onset of the world's worst headache.
"Because you like us that much?" Xelloss suggests.
"Ellipses, man. So many freaking ellipses."
Since Team Pyrric Victory's approach to a problem is "kill them all, let God (or whoever) sort things out", their idea of containment won't be a welcome one unless things get to the point of having to resort to such drastic measures. And since I don't have any people with medicinal expertise on my team, all they can do is hold back the contagion until somebody else is a cure.
Final Verdict: Partial Victory, if you count everybody who has the virus is probably dead (or worse) to be a point in the win column.
(Bonus: Team Manly Pink)
Um…I don't think I even need to describe how much this team would suck (pun intended). And I'd better hope and pray that Kirby is immune to the hate virus, because losing my only major firepower would suck even worse.
Although, now that I think about it, maybe Kirby can absorb the powers of a micobiologist…
Final Verdict: It'd take a miracle to pull it off. I think we could at least contain the infection.
(Bonus: Team Unfair Advantage)
Containment is, once again, cake, as long as my team stays careful (Snake has the extra advantage of his nanotech, but without a cure to start with he might still be vulnerable). Curing the disease…not so much, unless Kongming can get caught up to the modern advances of medicine fast enough.
Final Verdict: Another partial victory.


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What should you get to start making with electronics? Maker.io recently published a good list. While I agree with much of it, I'd make some changes. So here, then, is my suggestions for setting up a starter lab, as well as ideas for upgrading later. Basic setup Electronics needs power. A reasonably good bench power … Continue reading My maker starter lab setup suggestions
Feather M0 Express supersizing
NOTE: This is based on the 2.x branch of circuitpython and doesn't yet work on the lastest from the master branch. In my last post I described how I hacked a 2Mbyte SPI flash onto a Trinket M0 to give it the memory space for CircutiPython of one of the M0 Express boards. This time … Continue reading Feather M0 Express supersizing
Trinket M0 Express Hack
Introduction I am a huge fan of the SAMD21 boards that Adafruit is producing. What a huge step up from the ATMEGA328 or 2560. 48MHz, 32 bit ARM Cortex-M0+, and loads of flash and ram. I have several of these boards and am dabbling with CircuitPython (I finally a compelling reason to learn Python!). I … Continue reading Trinket M0 Express Hack
SmartHome: Node Hardware
Nodes are the metaphorical eyes, ears, and hands of the smarthome system. There will be many of them in a home. Even in my modest apartment I will probably have about a dozen. So they need to be unobtrusive, reliable, and fairly inexpensive. I went through several progressively more refined prototypes, first in the form … Continue reading SmartHome: Node Hardware
Smarthome: Introduction
Almost a year ago a friend and I started playing with the idea of building a smart home control system. Before getting too far I ended up back in Canada and the friendship dissolved, as they do. I, however, continued evolving my ideas and I now have what I think is a solid design of … Continue reading Smarthome: Introduction
Typechecking in GoLisp
GoLisp now provides basic, and optional, type checking for the arguments and return values of user defined functions. Additionally, primtive functions also have type checking on arguments, as appropriate. For example: (typedef fname arg-type... [-> return-type]) This is similar to defining a function: fname is the name of a function that will be defined later … Continue reading Typechecking in GoLisp
Code Contracts in GoLisp
I was having a look at Microsoft's Code Contract library for C#. As usual my attitude was "if I want to understand something, I'll implement it". So I spent an evening and wrote code contract support for (and in) GoLisp. Some benefits of code contracts Improved testing: Contracts do verification on every invocation of a … Continue reading Code Contracts in GoLisp
My first Arduino shield
Arduino Uno is a nice, simple platform to hack on but has limited IO. The Arduino Mega2560 has a ton of IO but is bigger and more expensive. However, you're not stuck with an Arduino as it comes off the shelf. One really nice thing about the Arduino platform in general is the ability to … Continue reading My first Arduino shield
PWM control of LEDs
Pulse Width Modulation is a technique to vary the duty cycle of a signal while keeping it's frequency constant. For example: This turns out to be a very handy thing to be able to do. So much so that it's a basic feature in most, if not all, MCUs. LED brightness The most basic use … Continue reading PWM control of LEDs
Analog to digital
By now I'd controlled an LED and read a digital input. The next step was to read analog values. The STM32F407 on the Disco board has 3 analog to digital convertors (ADCs), which can be used to read from 19 different sources: 16 external sources, two internal sources, and the battery voltage. I just used … Continue reading Analog to digital