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Dr. Francisco Fernandez-Lima receives a NSF CAREER Award
We have just been notified that our own professor Francisco Fernandez-Lima has been awarded a NSF Career Award. The project is entitled: "CAREER: Development of Gas-phase, Post-ionization Structural Tools for the Study of DNA-protein Complexes," This is indeed an achievement. Congratulations to Professor Fernandez-Lima
Robert Bergman wins Wolf Prize in Chemistry
Organometallic chemist honored for his efforts to activate carbon-hydrogen bonds. Robert Bergman has won the 2017 Wolf Prize in Chemistry. Bergman is the Gerald E.K. Branch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. The prize is given out by the Israel-based Wolf Foundation to honor achievements in medicine, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and the arts. Professor Bergman was also the Ph.D. mentor of our own Konstantinos Kavallieratos.
Deadlines Rapidly Approaching
The nuclear scholarships and fellowship applications; the homeland security internship; postdoc opportunities,and several others become due within the next 2 to 4 weeks. Please click on this news item or on the "opportunities tab" on the yellow band on this web page to find out more.
Apply Now - The Zaida C. Morales-Martinez and Howard E. Moore Chemistry Award
It's that time for chemistry students to submit their applications for the Zaida C. Morales-Martinez and Howard E. Moore Chemistry Award. The deadline for submission is March 6, 2017. Please click above for more details.
Two Chemistry Students Recognized "Worlds Ahead"
Two chemistry students, Michael Perez and Robert Wood are being recognized as Worlds Ahead Students. Both students are dual majors: Michael in Biology and Chemistry; Robert in Psychology and Chemistry. Congratulations!
Biochemistry graduate student mentored by Chemistry/BSI faculty wins prestigious UGS Provost Award
Congratulations to Haixiang Yu, student in the Biochemistry Ph.D. Program, for winning the UGS Provost Award for Graduate Student Outstanding Paper or Manuscript in STEM. Haixiang's faculty mentor is BSI researcher Dr. Yi Xiao. Chemistry and Biochemistry students were well represented among the awardees at the Graduate Student Appreciation Week 2017
2017 SISH M+M Scholarships awarded to undergraduates in Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy
Abigail Sundberg and Natalie Smith will receive the Zaida Morales-Martinez & Howard E. Moore Scholarship Award on Thursday, May 4, from 4-6pm at the MARC Pavilion.
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Lecturing at UM
Richard Schrock, 2005 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, will be lecturing at the University of Miami. The lecture is entitled "Ever More Surprises and Useful Organic Reactions Involving Olefin Metathesis by Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts" Please click on this news item for details. All are invited.
Call for Abstracts
The 6th annual IFRI Symposium will take place on May 9 and May 10th. This year's symposium coincides with the 20th anniversary of the formation of the Institute, and we look forward to continuing the excellent tradition of engaging keynote speakers, workshops, and presentations covering a wide range of topics in forensic science. Deadline for Submission of Abstract is April 14, 2017.
Biochemistry graduate lands prestigious fellowship at NIH
Worlds Ahead biochemistry Ph.D. graduate Jill Beaver has been awarded an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Provost Kenneth Furton uses his forensic expertise at New York City's Guggenheim Museum
Provost Kenneth Furton uses his forensic expertise in scent detection for contemporary art exhibit at New York City's Guggenheim Museum.
Students Win Poster Awards at FAME
FIU students Alexander Bolufer and Anthony Castellanos from Dr Francisco Fernandez-Lima research group obtained the Second place for Poster presentations during the FAME 2017 meeting, held in Tarpon Springs, FL.
Cotton Based Material Could Yield Much Faster Chemical Screening
Researchers from Florida International University recently detailed a potentially revolutionary new method to test for the presence chemicals with the help of widely available cotton fabric.
Scientists develop new tool to assess oil spills
"The new analytical development will increase the number of molecules that can be examined six-fold, giving scientists a more detailed look into the chemical changes crude oil undergoes in a spill," said Paolo Benigni, Ph.D. candidate in FIU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and lead author of the study. "This work opens the door to answering complex chemical questions about how molecules change in the environment."
Dr. Kevin O'Shea awarded grant from the National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation hereby awards a grant to Florida International University for support of the project entitled," Collaborative Research: Adsorption and Photochemical Transformations of Arsenic and Selenium Species by Natural Organic Matter-Coated Magnetic Nano-sized Iron Oxide Particles," under the direction of Dr. O'Shea. The award is expected to total $258,377.
DNA becomes primary target in fight against glioblastoma
By exploiting a brain tumor's own biology, researchers at FIU's Biomolecular Sciences Institute (BSI) are hoping to destroy glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer with no known cure.
Jose Almirall takes Center Stage
FIU Chemistry Professor and Director of the International Forensic Science Institute talks about fire investigations and standardization in forensic science. This interview is featured the ACS Publication "Central Science" and is in collaboration with Chemical and Engineering News.
International Forensic Research Institute receives Center Grant from NSF
This project, entitled "Phase I IUCRC Florida International University: Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science (CARFS)," There are 5 universities involved (GW, TAMU, Northeastern, and U. of South Alabama are the other 4). FIU is the lead institution and Jose Almirall will serve as the Center Director. Congratulations to Jose and his IFRI colleagues including Bruce McCord, Tony deCaprio, Yi Xiao, Ken Furton and the rest of IFRI.
FIU's IFRI Leads the Way in Fighting The Opioid Epidemic
Florida International University Researchers hope to pinpoint where heroin comes from and help stop the opioid crisis. The chemical structure of the drug provides clues to the manufacturing process used to turn opium poppies to heroin, an opioid that killed nearly 13,000 users in the United States in 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The efforts of the FIU Center was featured in a Miami Herald Article and the most recent edition of FIU News.
Zaida Morales-Martinez, Recognized by the Amercan Chemical Society
Zaida Morales Martinez, Professor Emeritus at FIU Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been named the 2017 Recipient of the ACS Stanley C. Israel Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences. The award will be presented at the 2017 Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society which will be held in Charlotte North Carolina on November 7 - 11, 2017. This is indeed an honor. Congratulations Zaida!
Congratulations to Professor Yuk-Ching Tse-Dinh.
The NIH has renewed her R01 grant entitled: "Control of DNA Topology". This project is focused on understanding the structure, mechanism, interactions and regulation of bacterial topoisomerase I, a validated target for discovery of novel antibacterial compounds. The proposed work is of timely relevance for the development of new antibacterial therapy to combat the global health problem of multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens.
Congratulations to Drs. Kevin O'Shea and Bruce McCord
Chemistry professor Kevin O'Shea is the recipient of the 2017 Faculty Convocation Award for Excellence in Advising and Mentoring. Professor Bruce McCord received the Faculty Award for Research and Creative Activities. Congratulations to both!
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for 3D Views of Biological Molecules
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing a new way to construct precise three-dimensional images of biological molecules, potentially leading to, a revolution in how scientists study the inner workings of cells.
Arsenic research lab lands a top journal cover, again
When research led by one of the doctoral students in his lab recently landed the cover of a top journal in chemistry and toxicology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Professor Barry Rosen likened it to a golfer getting a hole in one. "Most researchers go an entire career without a cover," he said. Barry P. Rosen is a Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Dr. Abuzar Kabir to serve as Guest Editor
Fabric Phase Sorptive Extraction (FPSE), developed by Drs. Kabir and Furton, has continued to enjoy worldwide popularity as a new generation, green analytical and bioanalytical sample preparation technique. Today, Separations, a renowned Switzerland based open access journal, has announced to publish a Special Issue of the journal on "ADVANCES IN FABRIC PHASE SORPTIVE EXTRACTION". Dr. Kabir will serve as the Guest Editor of the Specia
Doctoral Student Wants to make Nuclear Energy Renewable
Radiochemistry Ph.D. student Ingrid Lehman-Andino and two of FIU's nuclear chemistry professors are working on a solution. The researchers believe the U.S. could lessen the impact of climate change by producing nuclear power with smaller amounts of reused, short-lived radioactive waste that is less toxic than what is used now.


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Thick mascarpone cheese mixed with honey makes a luscious topping for poached cherries. You can serve the dessert either warm or cold. We love it both ways. Plus: More Dessert Recipes and Tips
How to Make It
In a medium stainless-steel saucepan, combine the wine, sugar, and orange zest. Bring to a simmer over moderately high heat. Add the cherries and bring back to a simmer. Reduce the heat and simmer, partially covered, until the cherries are just tender, about 5 minutes. Pour into a glass or stainless-steel bowl so the cherries don't overcook.
In a small bowl, combine the mascarpone with the honey. Remove the strip of orange zest from the cherries. Serve the warm cherries and syrup in bowls or stemmed glasses, topped with a large dollop of the mascarpone cream.
• The warm cherries and poaching liquid are great alone—without the mascarpone cream—or with whipped cream.
• Serve the mascarpone cream with cut up fresh fruit or mixed berries instead of with the poached cherries.
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Review Body: Awesome recipe. I used sour cherries I harvested from my tree this September. I also used the left over red wines I had in the cupboard. I also am a ketogenic eater so I used sugar free sweetener. PERFECT and low carbs in half cup of those rich cherries only 11 grams net carbs (if I a calculated correctly). Great as a treat on a rare occasion!
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A/N: Hey guys thanks for the reviews, I won't be able to update again until next Saturday because of vacation, so I decided to update now.
DISCLAIMER: I would if I could, but I can't.
"Beep, Beep, Beep." Sounded the alarm clock at 6:30.
"Junior, get up. It's time for work." Kris said.
"Fine." Junior said with an attitude. It was Monday, his first day back since his accident.
They made breakfast, and Junior left for work, and Kris left with Kailey to go to Raintree.
When Kris went to Matt and Gillian who know lived in a house really close to Raintree with their 6 month old son, Michael.
"Hey Kris." Gillian said as she answered the door.
"Hey Kris, um I can't really watch Kailey anymore after this month. I'm going back to night school, and I'm working at a little boutique at the mall, so I'm taking Michael to a day care in the city, it's a really good day care, from what I read on the internet. You should take Kailey there, too. It's only 10 minutes from here." Gillian said to Kris.
"I'll look into it, thanks Gillian." Kris replied.
'That's a good idea, night school.' Kris thought all throughout the day
When she got home that night, she talked about it with Junior, and he thought night school would be great for Kris.
"But, it might be really expensive though." Kris said as she expressed her feelings with Junior.
"Kris we have plenty of money, you don't need to worry."
'Aww, he can be so sweet.' Kris thought.
"Okay, I'm going to do it. I'm going to go to night school."
"Good for you Kris." Junior said to her.
The next day, Kris told Gillian about deciding to go to night school, too. They talked about what classes they should take.
"Hey Kris." Jean said as she walked up to Kris.
"Hey Jean, guess what, I'm going to go to night school." Kris exclaimed.
"Kris, that's great!" Jean said with enthusiasm.
Kris did her usual work out on Wildfire, and then she picked up Kailey, and went to sign up for classes. Kris picked most of the same classes Gillian picked. When she was signing up, she knew she was doing the right thing.
A/N: Sorry it's so short, I think I have a slight case of writer's block, and I have a really bad headache. Reviews. I love reviews. Encouragement. I will write on Saturday, after vaction.


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August 2016: Michael Roth on the Importance of the Humanities and Liberal Arts
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, the president of Weslyan University highlights the versatile analytical and critical thinking skills taught by humanities disciplines and their importance to individual and societal success in the twenty-first century: "A strictly utilitarian education produces graduates who will conform to the status quo, but in our period of extraordinary change, the status quo almost immediately becomes obsolete. . . . Liberal learning in the American tradition isn't only training; it is an invitation to think for oneself-and to act in concert with others to face serious challenges and create far-reaching opportunities."
May 2016: Core Humanities Assessment Report
The results are in! For the past two years we have been assessing how well the CH courses are teaching the Student Learning Outcomes for each course and for the program as a whole. Data gathered through both direct and indirect assessment methods (including student surveys) show that the courses are meeting their objectives and that they help students to develop the knowledge and skills described in the SLOs. Significantly, students who completed 80 percent or more of the coursework assigned in their CH classes did better on the SLOs than those who completed less than 80 percent.
April 2016: Distinguished Teaching Assistant Awards
Congratulations to our new Distinguished Teaching Assistants for 2016-17: Ben Engel (English), Shelby Grauberger (World Languages and Literatures), Landon Lutrick (English), and Peter Picetti (English). We look forward to working with you all in the coming academic year.
February 2016: Core Humanities Essay Prize Winners
Beginning with the 2015 annual essay prize, the Core Humanities Program will begin awarding one prize for the best essay written in each CH course as well as an overall winner for the best essay written in all courses (chosen from the winners in each course). The 2015 essay prize winners were: Shawn Robb (CH 201), Ian Nesbitt (CH 202 and overall essay prize winner), and Alonzo Vasquez (CH 203).
November 2015: New Core Humanities Course
Starting in Fall 2016, the Core Humanities Program will offer a new course, CH 212: Science, Technology, and Society in the Modern Era, which will satisfy Core Objective 9 (Science, Technology, and Society) of the Silver Core Curriculum. Students will be able to take either CH 202 or CH 212, but not both. Many thanks to Dr. Barbara Walker (History) for developing this course and helping to prepare other faculty in the program to teach it.


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GWG and Call of the Wild "Did Jesus Exist" commentary thread
GWG and Call of the Wild "Did Jesus Exist" commentary thread
The fact (or actually the assertion) that "virtually all scholars who write on the subject believe Jesus existed" is irrelevant.
1. There is no support provided for the claim.
2. Most secular scholars don't even bother with the subject, thus almost ALL those who do write on the subject are employees of religious institutions and are occupationally obligated (or else they would get fired) not to go against the prevailing beliefs of the believers who pay their salaries. Almost ALL who write on the subject have an inherent conflict of interest. There is a sizable camp of those who do not think he existed, (and some don't even think Paul really existed).
Insufferable know-it-all. It is objectively immoral to kill innocent babies. Please stick to the guilty babies.
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14-02-2015, 04:48 PM (This post was last modified: 02-07-2017 08:44 PM by goodwithoutgod.)
RE: GWG and Call of the Wild "Did Jesus Exist" commentary thread
(14-02-2015 04:33 PM)Bucky Ball Wrote: The fact (or actually the assertion) that "virtually all scholars who write on the subject believe Jesus existed" is irrelevant.
Very true, I also like how news stories are promulgated to say, "major university study proves jesus!" or some such nonsense, then when you research the story, big surprise, it is done by some all christian fundamentalist nonsense "university" that has 4 PHDs on staff who must toe the company line because they signed an agreement that they believe in jesus. Disingenuous misinformation at its best.
speaking of the debate, did you see this part? (my points in bold)
First off, Matthew doesn't give a count of how many men were resurrected from their graves in his account. lol, come on COTW, that can't truly be the way you convince yourself of this.. So it isn't as if there was a Resident Evil or The Walking Dead thing going on...Matthew said "many holy people who had died came to life"...but how many is many? 5? 7? We just don't know. Doesn't matter how you wave your hands in front of your eyes, and try to do a twister impression to reword what the bible clearly says...it could have been ONE corpse walking about and that would have been noteworthy enough to have caused a reaction.. Second, Matthew's account doesn't tell us who these people were. Suppose they were people that lived hundreds of years earlier...do you think anyone would have recognized resurrected men that they never met while they were living? No. I can't stop laughing about this assertion..really? did you reread this? What the fuck does it matter if it is a "fresh" corpse or a skeletonized zombie? If they could recognize the corpse or not? it was a fucking WALKING CORPSE Third, the narrative states that the men was resurrected and went into the city of Jerusalem (holy city)...Jerusalem was a predominantly Jewish population so it should come as to no surprise that there are no non-Jewish sources since it occurred in a Jewish city to Jewish people. There are no sources PERIOD to establish this zombie invasion at the time with the single exception of the laughable fictional gospels. Think about that. You can't point to one scripture and say that is fact, and wave aside all of the plethora of inconvenient obvious fictional ones under the guise of parables and say, oh, that was just an allegory written to create a message....no...if you remove all of the parables, allegorical writings, interpolations and pseudepigrapha from the bible, not much would be left...
"Belief is so often the death of reason" - Qyburn, Game of Thrones
"The Christian community continues to exist because the conclusions of the critical study of the Bible are largely withheld from them." -Hans Conzelmann (1915-1989)
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Newt Gingrich said today in a statement that he will not be dropping out of the Republican race for the nomination, even in the wake of Rick Santorum's decision to end his campaign for the nomination. "Rick," the statement said, "has waged a remarkable campaign. His success is a testament to his tenacity and the power of conservative principles." He continued:
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Gingrich may be staying in because he reportedly has significant campaign debt. He has held secret meetings with Mitt Romney with regard to dropping out.


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JUSTIN MARTYR, one of the earliest and ablest Christian apologists, was born about too at Flavia Neapolis (anc. Sichem), now Nablus, in Palestinian Syria (Samaria). His parents, He describes the course of his religious development in the introduction to the dialogue with the Jew Trypho, in which he relates how chance intercourse with an aged stranger brought him to know the truth. Though this narrative is a mixture of truth and fiction, it may be said with certainty that a thorough study of the philosophy of Peripatetics and Pythagoreans, Stoics and Platonists, brought home to Justin the conviction that true knowledge was not to be found in them. On the other hand, he came to look upon the Old Testament prophets as approved by their antiquity, sanctity, mystery and prophecies to be interpreters of the truth. To this, as he tells us in another place (Apol. if. 12), must be added the deep impression produced upon him by the life and death of Christ. His conversion apparently took place at Ephesus; there, at any rate, he places his decisive interview with the old man, and there he had those discussions with Jews and converts to Judaism, the results of which he in later years set down in his Dialogue. After his conversion he retained his philosopher's cloak (Euseb., Hist. Eccl. iv. 11. 8), the distinctive badge of the wandering professional teacher of philosophy, and went about from place to place discussing the truths of Christianity in the hope of bringing educated Pagans, as he himself had been brought, through philosophy to Christ. In Rome he made a fairly long stay, giving lectures in a class-room of his own, though not without opposition from his fellow-teachers. Among his opponents was the Cynic Crescentius (Apol. ii. 13). Eusebius (Hist. Eccl. iv. 16. 7-8) concludes somewhat hastily, from the statement of Justin and his disciple Tatian (Orat. ad Graec. 19), that the accusation of Justin before the authorities, which led to his death, was due to Crescentius. But we know, from the undoubtedly genuine Acta SS Justini et sociorum, that Justin suffered the death of a martyr under the prefect Rusticus between 163 and 167. To form an opinion of Justin as a Christian and theologian, we must turn to his Apology and to the Dialogue with the Jew Trypho, for the authenticity of all other extant works attributed to him is disputed with good reason. The Apology—it is more correct to speak of one Apology than of two, for the second is only a continuation of the first, and dependent upon it--was written in Rome about 150. In the first part Justin defends his fellow-believers against the charge of atheism and hostility to the state. He then draws a positive demonstration of the truth of his religion from the effects of the new faith, and especially from the excellence of its moral teaching, and concludes with a comparison of Christian and Pagan doctrines, in which the latter are set down with naive confidence as the work of demons. As the main support of his proof of the truth of Christianity appears his detailed demonstration that the prophecies of the old dispensation, which are older than the Pagan poets and philosophers, have found their fulfilment in Christianity. A third part shows, from the practices of their religious worship, that the Christians had in truth dedicated themselves to God. The whole closes with an appeal to the princes, with a reference to the edict issued by Hadrian in favour of the Christians. In the so-called Second Apology, Justin takes occasion from the trial of a Christian recently held in Rome to argue that the innocence of the Christians was proved by the very persecutions. Even as a Christian Justin always remained a philosopher. By his conscious recognition of the Greek philosophy as a preparation for the truths of the Christian religion, he appears as the first and most distinguished in the long list of those who have endeavoured to reconcile Christian with non-Christian culture. Christianity consists for him in the doctrines, guaranteed by the manifestation of the Logos in the person of Christ, of God, righteousness and immortality, truths which have been to a certain extent foreshadowed in the monotheistic religious philosophies. In this process the conviction of the reconciliation of the sinner with God, of the salvation of the world and the individual through Christ, fell into the background before the vindication of supernatural truths intellectually conceived. Thus Justin may give the impression of having rationalized Christianity, and of not having given it its full JUTE, a vegetable fibre now occupying a position in the manu- value as a religion of salvation. It must not, however, be forgotten that Justin is here speaking as the apologist of Christianity to an educated Pagan public, on whose philosophical view of life he had to base his arguments, and from whom he could not expect an intimate comprehension of the religious position of Christians. That he himself had a thorough comprehension of it he showed in the Dialogue with the Jew Trypho. Here, where he had to deal with the Judaism that believed in a Messiah, he was far better able to do justice to Christianity as a revelation; and so we find that the arguments of this work are much more completely in harmony with primitive Christian theology than those of the Apology. He also displays in this work a consider-able knowledge of the Rabbinical writings and a skilful polemical method which was surpassed by none of the later anti-Jewish writers. Justin is a most valuable authority for the life of the Christian Church in the middle of the and century. While we have else-where no connected account of this, Justin's Apology contains a few paragraphs (61 seq.), which give a vivid description of the public worship of the Church and its method of celebrating the sacraments (Baptism and the Eucharist). And from this it is clear that though, as a theologian, Justin wished to go his own way, as a believing Christian he was ready to make his standpoint that of the Church and its baptismal confession of faith. His works are also of great value for the history of the New Testament writings. He knows of no canon of the New Testament, i.e. no fixed and inclusive collection of the apostolic writings. His sources for the teachings of Jesus are the " Memoirs of the Apostles," by which are probably to be under-stood the Synoptic Gospels (without the Gospel according to St John), which, according to his account, were read along with the prophetic writings at the public services. From his writings we derive the impression of an amiable personality, who is honestly at pains to arrive at an understanding with his opponents. As a theologian, he is of wide sympathies; as a writer, he is often diffuse and somewhat dull. There are not many traces of any particular literary influence of his writings upon the Christian Church, and this need not surprise us. The Church as a whole took but little interest in apologetics and polemics, nay, had at times even an instinctive feeling that in these controversies that which she held holy might easily suffer loss. Thus Justin's writings were not much read, and at the present time both the Apology and the Dialogue are preserved in but a single MS. (cod. Paris, 450, A.D. 1364). The fibre is obtained from two species of Corchorus (nat. ord. Tiliaceae), C. capsularis and C. olitorius, the products of both being so essentially alike that neither in commerce nor agriculture is any distinction made between them. These and various other species of Corchorus are natives of Bengal, where they have been cultivated from very remote times for economic purposes, although there is reason to believe that the cultivation did not originate in the northern parts of India. The two species cultivated for jute fibre are in all respects very similar to each other, except in their fructification and the relatively greater size attained by C. capsularis. They are annual plants from 5 to 10 ft. high, with a cylindrical stalk as thick as a man's finger, and hardly branching except near the top. The light-green leaves are from 4 to 5 in. long by 12 in. broad above the base, and taper upward into a fine point; the edges are serrated; the two lower teeth are drawn out into bristle-like points. The small whitish-yellow flowers are produced in clusters of two or three opposite the leaves. The capsules or seed-pods in the case of C. capsularis are globular, rough and wrinkled, while in C. olitorius they are slender, quill-like cylinders (about 2 in. long), a very marked distinction, as may be noted from fig. 1, in which a and b show the capsules of C. capsularis and C. olitorius respectively. Fig. 2 represents a flowering top of C. olitorius. Both species are cultivated in India, not only on account of their fibre, but also for the sake of their leaves, which are there extensively used as a pot-herb. The use of C. olitorius for the latter purpose dates from very ancient times, it if may be identified, as some suppose, with the mallows (715r?) mentioned in Job xxx. 4; hence the name Jew's mallow. It is certain that the Greeks used this plant as a pot-herb; and by many other nations around the shores of the Mediterranean this use of it was, and is still, common. Throughout Bengal the name by which the plants when used as edible vegetables are recognized is nalila; when on the other hand they are spoken of as fibre-producers it is generally under the name pat. The cultivation of C. capsularis is most prevalent in central and eastern Bengal, while in the neighbourhood of Calcutta, where, however, the area under cultivation is limited, C. olitorius is principally grown. The fibre known as China jute or Tien-tsin jute is the product of another plant, Abutilon Avicennae, a member of the Mallow family. Cultivation and Cropping.—Attempts have been made to grow the jute plant in America, Egypt, Africa and other places, but up to the present the fibre has proved much inferior to that obtained from plants grown in India. Here the cultivation of the plant extends from the Hugli through eastern and northern Bengal. The successful cultivation of the plant demands a hot, moist climate, with a fair amount of rain. Too much rain at the beginning of the season is detrimental to the growth, while a very dry season is disastrous. The climate of eastern and northern Bengal appears to be ideal for the growth of the plant. The quality of the fibre and the produce per acre depend in a measure on the preparation of the soil. The ground should be ploughed about four times and all weeds removed. The seed is then sown broadcast as in the case of flax. It is only within quite recent years that any attention has been paid to the selection of the seed. The following extract from Capital (Jan. 17, 1907) indicates the new interest taken in it. " Jute seed experiments are being continued and the report for 1906 has been issued. The object of these experiments is, of course, to obtain a better class of jute seed by growing plants, especially for no other purpose than to obtain their seed. The agricultural department has about 300 maunds (25,000 lb) of selected seed for distribution this year. The selling price is to be Rs. 10 per maund. The agricultural department of the government of Bengal are now fully alive to the importance of fostering the jute industry by showing conclusively that attention to scientific agriculture will make two maunds of jute grow where only one maund grew before. Let them go on (as they will) till all the ryots are thoroughly indoctrinated into the new system." The time of sowing extends from the middle of March to the middle of June, while the reaping, which depends upon the time of sowing and upon the weather, is performed from the end of June to the middle of October. The crop is said to be readyfor gathering when the flowers appear; if gathered before, the fibre is weak, while if left until the seed is ripe, the fibre is stronger, but is coarser and lacks the characteristic lustre. The fibre is separated from the stalks by a process of retting similar to that for flax and hemp. In certain districts of Bengal it is the practice to stack the crop for a few days previous to retting in order to allow the leaves to dry and to drop off the stalks. It is stated that the colour of the fibre is darkened if the leaves are allowed to remain on during the process of retting. It is also thought that the drying of the plants before retting facilitates the separation of the fibre. Any simple operation which improves the colour of the fibre or shortens the operation of retting is worthy of consideration. The benefits to be derived from the above process, however, cannot be great, for the bundles are usually taken direct to the pools and streams. The period necessary for the completion of the retting process varies according to the temperature and to the properties of the water, and may occupy from two days to a month. After the first few days of immersion the stalks are examined daily to test the progress of the retting. When the fibres are easily separated from the stalk, the operation is complete and the bundles should be withdrawn. The following description of the retting of jute is taken from Royle's Fibrous Plants of India: " The proper point being attained, the native operator, standing up to his middle in water, takes as many of the sticks in his hands as he can grasp, and removing a small portion of the bark from the ends next the roots, and grasping them together, he strips off the whole with a little management from end to end, without breaking either stem or fibre. Having prepared a certain quantity into this half state, he next proceeds to wash off : this is done by taking a large handful; swinging it round his head he dashes it repeatedly against the surface of the water, drawing it through towards him, so as to wash off the impurities; then, with a dexterous throw he fans it out on the surface of the water and carefully picks off all remaining black spots. It is now wrung out so as to remove as much water as possible, and then hung up on lines prepared on the spot, to dry in the sun." The separated fibre is then made up into bundles ready for sending to one of the jute presses. The jute is carefully sorted into different qualities, and then each lot is subjected to an enormous hydraulic pressure from which it emerges in the shape of the well-known bales, each weighing 400 lb. The crop naturally depends upon the quality of the soil, and upon the attention which the fibre has received in its various stages; the yield per acre varies in different districts. Three bales per acre, or 1200 lb is termed a t00% crop, but the usual quantity obtained is about 2.6 bales per acre. Sometimes the crop is stated in lakhs of 100,000 bales each. The crop in 1906 reached nearly 9,000,000 bales,. and in 1907 nearly 10,000,000 was reached. The following particulars were issued on the 19th of September 1906 by Messrs. W. F. Souter & Co., Dundee:— Actual Estimated yield Estimated ' Shipment to Europe. Shipment to America. Supplies to Out-turn total Indian mills Jute. Cuttings. Jute. Cuttings. Year. acreage. equal bales crop. and local total crop. 3o per acre). Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. consumption. Bales. 1901—1st 2,216,500 94%= 6,250,000 Final 2,249,000 96%= 6,500,000 3,528,691 54,427 295,921 426,331 3,100,000= 7,405,370 1902—1st 2,200,000 8o%= 5,280,000 Final 2,200,000 8o%= 5,280,000 2,773,621 39,019 230,415 207,999 2,600,000= 5,851,054 1903—1st 2,100,000 85%= 5,400,000 Final 2,250,000 93; /s = 6,500,000 3,161,791 59,562 329,048 236,959 3,650,x= 7,437,360 1904—1st 2,700,000 872 %= 7,100,000 Final 2,850,000 85 %= 7,400,000 2,939,940 44,002 253,882 290,854 3,475,782 = 7,004,460 1905--1st 3,163,500 87%= 8,250,000 Final 3,145,000 87 %= 8,200,000) Outlying 200,000 j 3,483,315 63,118 347,974 245,044 4,018,523 = 8,233,358 Madras 75 684 1906—1st 3,271,400 87%= 8,713,000 Outlying 67,000 Madras 1oo,000 Final 3,336,400 8,736,220 (Outlying districts and Madras, say 250,000 bales additional) Estimated consumption of jute 1906–1907. Bales per annum. 1,250,000 • 20,000 ^ 25,000 475,E 120,000 750,000 262,000 62,500 180,000 Holland 25,000 Spain 90,000 Italy 160,000 3,419,500 bales In America . 600,000 600,000 In India Mills 3,900,000 Local 500,000 4,400,000 " 8,419,500 bales Statistics of consumption of jute, rejections and cuttings. 1894. 1904. 1906. Consumption. Bales. Bales. Bales. United Kingdom . . 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,295, 1 Continent I,Ioo,000 1,800,000 2,124,500 America 500,000 500,000 600,000 Indian mills . . 1,500,000 2,900,000 3,900,000 1 Local Indian consumption . 500,000 500,000 500,000 Total jute crop consumption 4,800,000 6,900,000 8,419,500 A number of experiments in jute cultivation were made during 1906, and the report showed that very encouraging results were obtained from land manured with cow-dung. If more scientific attention be given to the cultivation it is quite possible that what is now considered as t00% yield may be exceeded. Characteristics.—The characters by which qualities of jute are judged are colour, lustre, softness, strength, length, firmness, uniformity and absence of roots. The best qualities are of a clear whitish-yellow colour, with a fine silky lustre, soft and smooth to the touch, and fine, long and uniform in fibre. When the fibre is intended for goods in the natural colour it is essential that it should be of a light shade and uniform, but if intended for yarns which are to be dyed a dark shade, the colour is not so important. The cultivated plant yields a fibre with a length of from 6 to to ft., but in exceptional cases it has been known to reach 14 or 15 ft. in length. The fibre is decidedly inferior to flax and hemp in strength and tenacity; and, owing to a peculiarity in its microscopic structure, by which the walls of the separate cells composing the fibre vary much in thickness at different points, the single strands of fibre are of unequal strength. Recently prepared fibre is always stronger, more lustrous, softer and whiter than such as has been stored for some time—age and exposure rendering it brown in colour and harsh and brittle in quality. Jute, indeed, is much more woody in texture than either flax or hemp, a circumstance which may be easily demonstrated by its .behaviour under appropriate re-agents; and to that fact is due the change in colour and character it undergoes on exposure to the air. The fibre bleaches with facility, up to a certain point, sufficient to enable it to take brilliant and delicate shades of dye colour, but it is with great difficulty brought to a pure white by bleaching. A very striking and remarkable fact, which has much practical interest, is its highly hygroscopic nature. While in a dry position and atmosphere it may not possess more than 6% of moisture, under damp conditions it will absorb as much as 23 %. Sir G. Watt, in his Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, mentions the following eleven varieties of jute fibre: Serajganji, Narainganji, Desi, Deora, Uttariya, Deswal, Bakrabadi, Bhatial, I{arimginji, Mirganji and Jungipuri. There are several other varieties of minor importance. The first four form the four classes into which the commercial fibre is divided, and they are commonly known as Serajgunge, Naraingunge, Daisee and Dowrah. Serajgunge is a soft fibre, but it is superior in colour, which ranges fromwhite to grey. Naraingunge is a strong fibre, possesses good spinning qualities, and is very suitable for good warp yarns. Its colour, which is not so high as Serajgunge, begins with a cream shade and approaches red at the roots. All the better class yarns are spun from these two kinds. Daisee is similar to Serajgunge in softness, is of good quality and of great length; its drawback is the low colour, and hence it is not so suitable for using in natural colour. It is, however, a valuable fibre for carpet yarns, especially for dark yarns. Dowrah is a strong, harsh and low quality fibre, and is used principally for heavy wefts. Each class is subdivided according to the quality and colour of the material, and each class receives a distinctive mark called a baler's mark. Thus, the finest fibres may be divided as follows: Superfine first marks. Extra fine first marks 1st, 2nd and 3rd numbers. Superior first marks ,, IP Standard " " ,, Good ,, Ordinary , ,, ,, Good second ,, ,, Ordinary ,, The lower qualities are, naturally, divided into fewer varieties. Each baler has his own marks, the fibres of which are guaranteed equal in equality to some standard mark. It would be impossible to give a list of the different marks, for there are hundreds, and new marks are constantly being added. A list of all the principal marks is issued in book form by the Calcutta Jute Baler's association. The relative prices of the different classes depend upon the crop, upon the demand and upon the quality of the fibre; in 1905 the prices of Daisee jute and First Marks were practically the same, although the former is always considered inferior to the latter. It does not follow that a large crop of jute will result in low prices, for the year 1906–1907 was not only a record one for crops, but also for prices. R. F. C. grade has been as high as £40 per ton, while its lowest recorded price is £12. Similarly the price for First Marks reached £29, 15s. in 1906 as compared with £9, 5s. per ton in 1897. The following table shows a few well-known grades with the average prices during December for the years 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906. Class. Dec. 1903. Dec. 1904. Dec. 1905. Dec. 1906. First marks . £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 0 16 0 0 19 15 0 27 15 0 12 15 Black S C C .. Ii 2 6 14 5 0 17 15 0 20 15 0 Red S C C . .. 12 0 0 14 17 6 18 15 0 23 15 0 Native rejections. 8 2 6 — 14 10 0 15 17 6 S 4 group . . — — 25 10 0 38 0 0 — R F block D group — — 36 0 0 R F circle D group 14 10 0 16 15 0 21 10 0 — R F D group . 11 15 0 14 2 6 17 12 6 22 0 0 NBgreenD. . 14 5 0 — 21 0 0 32 0 0 Heart T 4 . . 14 12 6 17 10 0 22 10 0 34 0 0 HeartT5. 14 12 6 17 10 0 21 0 0 31 0 0 Daisee 2 12 17 6 — 18 15 0 25 10 0 Daisee assortment 12 10 0 14 17 6 18 5 0 — Mixed cuttings . 4 5 0 — Io 0 0 10 0 0 Jute Manufacture.—Long before jute came to occupy a prominent place amongst the textile fibres of Europe, it formed In Europe Scotland England Ireland France Belgium . Germany Austria and Bohemia Norway and Sweden Russia .. the raw material of a large and important industry throughout the regions of Eastern Bengal. The Hindu population made the material up into cordage, paper and cloth, the chief use of the latter being in the manufacture of gunny bags. Indeed, up to 1830-1840 there was little or no competition with hand labour for this class of material. The process of weaving gunnies for bags and other coarse articles by these hand-loom weavers has been described as follows: " Seven sticks or chattee weaving-posts, called tang pares or warp, are fixed upon the ground, occupying the length equal to the measure of the piece to be woven, and a sufficient number of twine or thread is wound on them as warp called lang. The warp is taken up and removed to the weaving machine. Two pieces of wood are placed at two ends, which are tied to the ohari and okher or roller; they are made fast to the khoti. The belut or treadle is put into the warp; next to that is the sarsul; a thin piece of wood is laid upon the warp, called chupari or regulator. There is no sley used in this, nor is a shuttle necessary; in the room of the latter a stick covered with thread. called singa is thrown into the warp as woof, which is beaten in by a piece of plank called beyno, and as the cloth is woven it is wound up to the roller. Next to this is a piece of wood called khetone, which is used for smoothing and regulating the woof ; a stick is fastened to the warp to keep the wocf straight." Gunny cloth is woven of numerous qualities, according to the purpose to which it is devoted. Some kinds are made close and dense in texture, for carrying such seed as poppy or rape and sugar; others less close are used for rice, pulses, and seeds of like size, and coarser and opener kinds again are woven for the outer cover of packages and for the sails of country boats. There is a thin close-woven cloth made and used as garments among the females of the aboriginal tribes near the foot of the Himalayas, and in various localities a cloth of pure jute or of jute mixed with cotton is used as a sheet to sleep on, as well as for wearing purposes. To indicate the variety of uses to which jute is applied, the following quotation may be cited from the official report of Hem Chunder Kerr as applying to Midnapur. " The articles manufactured from jute are principally (I) gunny bags; (2) string, rope and cord; (3) ham pa, a net-like bag for carrying wood or hay on bullocks; (4) chat, a strip of stuff for tying bales of cotton or cloth; (5) dola, a swing on which infants are rocked to sleep; (6) shika, a kind of hanging shelf for little earthen pots, &c.; (7) dulina, a floor-cloth; (8) beera, a small circular stand for wooden plates used particularly in poojahs; (9) painter's brush and brush for white-washing; (to) ghunsi, a waist-band worn next to the skin; (I I) gochh-dari, a hair-band worn by women; (12) mukbar, a net bag used as muzzle for cattle; (13) parchula, false hair worn by players; (14) rakhi-bandhan, a slender arm-band worn at the Rakhi-poornima festival; and (15) dhup, small incense sticks burned at poojahs." The fibre began to receive attention in Great Britain towards the close of the 18th century, and early in the 19th century it was spun into yarn and woven into cloth in the town of Abingdon. It is claimed that this was the first British town to manufacture the material. For years small quantities of jute were imported into Great Britain and other European countries and into America, but it was not until the year 1832 that the fibre may be said to have made any great impression in Great Britain. The first really practical experiments with the fibre were made in this year in Chapelshade Works, Dundee, and these experiments proved to be the foundation of an enormous industry. It is interesting to note that the site of Chapelshade Works was in 1907 cleared for the erection of a large new technical college. In common with practically all new industries progress was slow for a time, but once the value of the fibre and the cloth produced from it had become known the development was more rapid. The pioneers of the work were confronted with many difficulties; most people condemned the fibre and the cloth, many warps were discarded as unfit for weaving, and any attempt to mix the fibre with flax, tow or hemp was considered a form of deception. The real cause of most of these objections was the fact that suitable machinery and methods of treatment had not been developed for preparing yarns from this useful fibre. Warden in his Linen Trade says: " For years after its introduction the principal spinners refused to have anything to do with jute, and cloth made of it long retained a tainted reputation. Indeed, it was not until Mr. Rowan got the Dutch government, about 1838, to substitute jute yarns for those made from flax in the manufacture of the coffee bagging for their East Indian possessions, that the jute trade in Dundee got aproper start. That fortunate circumstance gave an impulse to the spinning of the fibre which it never lost, and since that period its progress has been truly astonishing." The demand for this class of bagging, which is made from fine hessian yarns, is still great. These fine Rio hessian yarns form an important branch of the Dundee trade, and in some weeks during 1906 as many as boo bales were despatched to Brazil, besides numerous quantities to other parts of the world. For many years Great Britain was the only European country engaged in the manufacture of jute, the great seat being Dundee. Gradually, however, the trade began to extend, and now almost every European country is partly engaged in the trade. The success of the mechanical method of spinning and weaving of jute in Dundee and district led to the introduction of textile machinery into and around Calcutta. The first mill to be run there by power was started in 1854, while by 1872 three others had been established. In the next ten years no fewer than sixteen new mills were erected and equipped with modern machinery from Great Britain, while in 1907 there were thirty-nine mills engaged in the industry. The expansion of the Indian power trade may be gathered from the following particulars of the number of looms and spindles from 1892 to 1906. In one or two cases the number of spindles is obtained approximately by reckoning twenty spindles per loom, which is about the average for the Indian mills. Year. Looms. Spindles. 1892-3 8,479 177,732 1893-4 9,082 189,144 1894-5 9,504 197,673 1895-6 10,071 212,595 1896-7 12,276 254,610 1897-8 12,737 271,363 1898-9 13,323 277,398 1899-1900 14,021 293,218 1900-01 15,242 315,264 1901—02 16,059 329,300 1902-03 17,091 350,120 1904' 19,901 398,0202 19051 21,318 426,3601 19061 26,799 _ 520,9802 The Calcutta looms are engaged for the most part with a few varieties of the commoner classes of jute fabrics, but the success in this direction has been really remarkable. Dundee, on the other hand, turns out not only the commoner classes of fabrics, but a very large variety of other fabrics. Amongst these may be mentioned the following: Hessian, bagging, tarpaulin, sacking, scrims, Brussels carpets, Wilton carpets, imitation Brussels, and several other types of carpets, rugs and matting, in addition to a large variety of fabrics of which jute forms a part. Calcutta has certainly taken a large part of the trade which Dundee held in its former days, but the continually increasing demands for jute fabrics for new purposes have enabled Dundee to enter new markets and so to take part in the prosperity of the trade. The development of the trade with countries outside India from 1828 to 1906 may be seen by the following figures of exports: II,800 cwt. 67,483 117,047 234,055 439,850 710,826 969,724 2,628,II0 4,858,162 5,362,267 7,274,000 8,223,859 10,372,991 12,084,292 11,959,189 13,693,090 1 End of calendar year, the remainder being taken to the 31st of March, the end of financial year. 2 Approximate number of spindles. Average per year from 1828 to 1833-34 " 1832-33 1837-38 1838-39 " 1842-43 1843-44 ,, 1847-48 1848-49 ,, 1852-53 11 1857-58 1862-63 1867-68 1872-73. 1877-78 1853-54 " 1858-59 " 1863-64 " 1868-69 " 1873-74 " 1878-79 " 1882-83 1883-84 ,, 1887-88 1888-89 ,, 1892-93 1897-98 1898-99 ,, 1902-03 1903-04 ,, 1905-06 1893-94 " The subjoined table shows the extent of the trade from an agricultural, as well as from a manufacturing, point of view. The difference between the production and the exports represents the native consumption, for very little jute is sent overland. The figures are taken to the 31st of March, the end of the Indian financial year. Year. Acres under Production Exports by cultivation. in cwt. sea in cwt. 1893 2,181,334 20,419,000 10,537,512 1894 2,230,570 17,863,000 8,690,133 1895 2,275,335 21,944,400 12,976,791 1896 2,248,593 19,825,000 12,266,781 1897 2,215,105 20,418,000 11,464,356 1898 2,159,908 24,425,000 15,023,325 1899 1,690,739 19,050,000 9,864,545 1900 2,070,668 19,329,000 9,725,245 1901 2,102,236 23,307,000 12,414,552 1902 2,278,205 26,564,000 14,755,115 1903 2,142,700 23,489,000 13,036,486 1904 2,275,050 25,861,000 13,721,447 1905 2,899,700 26,429,000 12,875,312 1906 3,181,600 29,945,000 14,5$1,307 Manufacture.—In their general features the spinning and weaving of jute fabrics do not differ essentially as to machinery and processes from those employed in the manufacture of hemp and heavy flax goods. Owing, however, to the woody and brittle nature of the fibre, it has to undergo a preliminary treatment peculiar to itself. The pioneers of the jute industry, who did not understand this necessity, or rather who did not know how the woody and brittle character of the fibre could be remedied, were greatly perplexed by the difficulties they had to encounter, the fibre spinning badly into a hard, rough and hairy yarn owing to the splitting and breaking of the fibre. This peculiarity of jute, coupled also with the fact that the machinery on which it was first spun, although quite suitable for the stronger and more elastic fibres for which it was designed, required certain modifications to suit it to the weaker jute, was the cause of many annoyances and failures in the early days of the trade. The first process in the manufacture of jute is termed batching. Batch setting is the first part of this operation; it consists of selecting the different kinds or qualities of jute for any predetermined kind of yarn. The number of bales for a batch seldom exceeds twelve, in-deed it is generally about six, and of these there may be three, four or even more varieties or marks. The " streaks " 1 or " heads " of jute as they come from the bale are in a hard condition in consequence of having been subjected to a high hydraulic pressure during baling; it 1s therefore necessary to soften them before any further process is entered. The streaks are sometimes partly softened or crushed by means of a steam hammer during the process of opening the bale, then taken to the " strikers-up " where the different varieties are selected and hung on pins, and then taken to the jute softening machine. The more general practice, however, is to employ what is termed a " bale opener," or " jute crusher." The essential parts of one type of bale opener are three specially shaped rollers, the peripheries of which contain a number of small knobs. Two of these rollers are supported in the same horizontal plane of the framework, while the third or top roller is kept in close contact by means of weights and springs acting on each end of the arbor. Another type of machine termed the three pair roller jute opener is illustrated in fig. 3. The layers from the different bales are laid upon the feed cloth which carries them up to the rollers, between which the layers are crushed and partly separated. The proximity of the weighted roller or rollers to the fixed ones depends upon the ' Also in the forms " streek," " strick " or " strike," as in Chaucer, Cant. Tales, Prologue 676, where the Pardoner's hair is compared with a " strike of flax." The term is also used of a handful of hemp or other fibre, and is one of the many technical applications of " strike " or " streak," which etymologically are cognate words.thickness of material passing through the machine. The fibre is delivered by what is called the delivery cloth, and the hatcher usually selects small streaks of about z lb to 2 lb weight each and passes them on to the attendant or feeder of the softening machine. These small streaks are now laid as regularly as possible upon the feed-cloth of the softening machine, a general view of which is shown in fig. 4. The fibre passes between a series of fluted rollers, each pair of which is kept in contact by spiral springs as shown in the figure. The standard number of pairs is sixty-three, but different lengths obtain. There is also a difference in the structure of the F1c. 3.-Jute Opener. (The three machines shown in this article are made by Urquhart, Lindsay & Co., Ltd., Dundee.) flutes, some being straight, and others spiral, and each pair may or may not contain the same number of flutes. The springs allow the top rollers of each pair to rise as the material passes through the machine. Advantage is taken of this slight upward and downward movement of the top rollers to automatically regulate the flow of water and oil upon the material. The apparatus for this function is placed immediately over the 11th and 12th rollers of the softening machine and an idea of its construction may be gathered from fig. 5. In many cases the water and oil are applied by less automatic, but equally effective, means. The main object is to see that the liquids are distributed evenly while the fibre is passing through, and to stop the supply when the machine stops or when no fibre is passing. The uniform moistening of the fibre in this machine facilitates the subsequent operations, indeed the introduction of this preliminary process (originally by hand) constituted the first important step in the practical solution of the difficulties of jute spinning. The relative quantities of oil and water depend upon the quality of the batch. Sometimes both whale and mineral oils are used, but in most cases the whale oil is omitted. About 1 to 14 gallons of oil is the usual amount given per bale of 400 lb of jute, while the quantity of water per bale varies from 3 to 7 gallons. The delivery attendants remove the streaks, give them a twist to facilitate future handling, and place t Fs . 4.-Jute Softening Machine. them on what are termed jute barrows. The streaks are now handed over to the cutters who cut off the roots, and finally the material is allowed to remain for twelve to twenty-four hours to allow the mixture of oil and water to thoroughly spread over the fibre. When the moisture has spread sufficiently, the material is taken to the " breaker card," the first machine in the preparing department. A certain weight of jute, termed a " dollop," is laid upon the feed cloth for each revolution of the latter. The fibre, which should be arranged on the sheet as evenly as possible, is carried up by the feed cloth and passes between the feed roller and the shell on to the large cylinder. This cylinder, which has a high surface speed, carries part of the fibre towards the workers and strippers; the surface speed of the workers being much slower than that of the cylinder. The pins in the two rollers oppose each other, those of the workers being " back-set," and this arrangement, combined with the relative angle of the pins, and the difference in the surface speeds of the two rollers, results in part of the fibre' being broken and carried round by the worker towards the stripper. This, as its name implies, strips the fibre off the worker, and carries it round to the cylinder. The pins of the stripper and cylinder point in the same direction, but since the surface speed of the cylinder is much greater than the surface speed of the stripper, it follows that the fibre is combed between the two, and that part is carried forward by the cylinder to be reworked. The strippers and workers are in pairs, of which there may be two or more. After passing the last pair of workers and strippers the fibre is carried forward towards the doffing roller, the pins of which are back-set, and the fibre is removed from the cylinder by the doffer, from which it passes between the drawing and pressing rollers into the conductor, and finally between the delivery and pressing rollers into the sliver can. It may be mentioned that more or less breaking takes place between each pair of rollers, the pins of which are opposed, and that combing and drawing out obtains between those rollers with pins pointing in the same direction. The ratio of the surface speeds of the drawing roller and the feed roller is termed the draft: surface speed of drawing roller =draft. surface speed of feed roller In this machine the draft is usually about thirteen. The sliver from the can of the breaker card may be wound into balls, or it may be taken direct to the finisher card. In the latter method from eight to fifteen cans are placed behind the feed rollers, and all the slivers from these cans are united before they emerge from the machine. The main difference between a breaker card and a finisher card is that the latter is fitted with finer pins, that it contains two doffing rollers, and that it usually possesses a greater number of pairs of workers and strippers—a full circular finisher card having four sets. After the fibre has been thoroughly carded by the above machines, the cans containing the sliver from the finisher card are taken to the first drawing frame. A very common method is to let four slivers run into one sliver at the first drawing, then two slivers from the first drawing are run into one sliver at the second drawing frame. There are several types of drawing frames, e.g. push-bar or slide, rotary, spiral, ring, open-link or chain, the spiral being generally used for the second drawing. All, however, perform the same function, viz., combing out the fibres and thus laying them parallel, and in addition drawing out the sliver. The designation of the machine indicates the particular method in which the gill pins are moved. These pins are much finer than those of the breaker and finisher cards, consequently the fibres are more thoroughly separated. The draft in the first drawing varies from three to five, while that in the second drawing is usually five to seven. It is easy to see that a certain amount of draft, or drawing out of the sliver, is necessary, otherwise the various doublings would cause the sliver to emerge thicker and thicker from each machine. The doublings play a very important part in the appearance of the ultimate rove and yarn, for the chief reason for doubling threads or slivers is to minimize irregularities of thickness and of colour in the material. In an ordinary case, the total doublings in jute from the breaker card to the end of the second drawing is ninety-six: 12 X 4 X 2 = 96; and if the slivers were made thinner and more of them used the ultimate result would naturally be improved. The final preparing process is that of roving. In thk operation there is no doubling of the slivers, but each sliver passes separately through the machine, from the can to the spindle, is dr wn out to about eight times its length, and receives a small amount of twist to strengthen it, in order that it may be successfully wound upon the roving bobbin by the flyer. The chief piece of mechanism in the roving frame is the gearing known as the " differential motion." It works in conjunction with the disk and scroll, the cones, or the expanding pulley, to impart an intermittingly variable speed to the bobbin (each layer of the bobbin has its own particular speed which is constant for the full traverse, but each change of direction of the builder is accompanied by a quick change of speed to the bobbin). It is essential that the bobbin should have such a motion.; because the delivery of the sliver and the speed of the flyer are constant for a given size of rove, whereas the layers of rove on the bobbin increase in length as the bobbin fills. In the jute roving frame the bobbin is termed the follower," because its revolutions per minute are fewer than those of the flyer. Each layer of rove increases the diameter of the material on the bobbin shank; hence, at the beginning of each layer, the speed of the bobbin must be increased, and kept at this increased speed for the whole traverse from top to bottom or vice versa. Let R = the revolutions per second of the flyer; r = the revolutions per second of the bobbin; d = the diameter of bobbin shaft plus the material; L = the length of sliver delivered per second; then (R — r) d . it = L. In the above expression R, it and L are constant, therefore as d increases the term (R—r) must decrease; this can happen only when r is increased, that is, when the bobbin revolves quicker. It is easy to see from the above expression that if the bobbin were the " leader its speed would have to decrease as it filled. The builder, which receives its motion from the disk and scroll, from the cones, or from the expanding pulley, has also an intermittingly variable speed. It begins at a maximum speed when the bobbin is empty, is constant for each layer, but decreases as the bobbin fills. The rove yarn is now ready for the spinning frame, where a further draft of about eight is given. The principles of jute spinning are similar to those of dry spinning for flax. For very heavy jute yarns the spinning frame is not used—the desired amount of twist being given at the roving frame. The count of jute yarn is based upon the weight in pounds of 14,400 yds., such length receiving the name of ' spyndle." The finest yarns weigh 21 lb to 3 lb per spyndle, but the commonest kinds are 7 Ib, 8 lb, 9 lb and lo lb per spyndle. The sizes rise in pounds up to about 20 lb, then by 2 lb up to about 5o lb per spyndle, with much larger jumps above this weight. It is not uncommon to find 200 lb to 300 lb rove yarn, while the weight occasionally reaches 450 lb per spyndle. The different sizes of yarn are extensively used in a large variety of fabrics, sometimes alone, sometimes in conjunction with other fibres, e.g. with worsted in the various kinds of carpets, with cotton in tapestries and household cloths, with line and tow yarns for the same fabrics and for paddings, &c., and with wool for horse clothing. The yarns are capable of being dyed brilliant colours, but, unfortunately, the colours are not very, fast to light. The fibre can also be prepared to imitate human hair with remarkable closeness, and advantage of this is largely taken in making stage wigs. For detailed information regarding jute, the cloths made from it and the machinery used, see the following works: Watts's Dictionary of the Economic Products of India; Royle's Fibrous Plants of India; Sharp's Flax, Tow and Jute Spinning; Leggatt's Jute Spinning; Woodhouse and Milne's Jute and Linen Weaving; and Woodhouse and Milne's Textile Design: Pure and Applied. (T. Wo.) JtTERBOG, or GITERBOG, a town of Germany in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, on the Nuthe, 39 M. S.W. of Berlin, at the junction of the main lines of railway from Berlin to Dresden and Leipzig. Pop. (1900), 7407. The town is surrounded by a medieval wall, with three gateways, and contains two Protestant churches, of which that of St Nicholas (14th century) is remarkable for its three fine aisles. There are also a Roman Catholic church, an old town-hall and a modern school. Jiiterbog carries on weaving and spinning both of flax and wool, and trades in the produce of those manufactures and in cattle. Vines are cultivated in the neighbourhood. Juterbog belonged in the later middle ages to the archbishopric of Magdeburg, passing to electoral Saxony in 1648, and to Prussia in 1815. It was here that a treaty over the succession to the duchy of Julich was made in March 1611 between Saxony and Brandenburg, and here in November 1644 the Swedes defeated the Imperialists. Two miles S.W. of the town is the battlefield of Dennewitz where the Prussians defeated the French on the 6th of September 1813.End of Article: JUSTIN MARTYR
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Buying a guitar: Beginner's guide to buying a Spanish guitar.
I had always wanted to play Spanish Classical guitar. I had fallen in love with Spanish Classical on listening to "Concierto de Aranjuez" by Joaquín Rodrigo and many others. I had found the right academy. I paid my money up-front for the classes. I had my timetable. Now there was only one thing left to do before the first lesson on Tuesday.
I had to find the guitar! I didn't know where to begin.
Which one to choose?
I had been given as a gift for my 15th birthday. This was the guitar that I had played around with for about three weeks. I had bought a beginners' method for learning the guitar from a local bookstore and drove everybody mad in my home before admitting defeat and rendering it lifeless, laying it to rest under my bed. Several months later, it was ceremoniously moved into the attic. I told myself this was just a temporary measure. I whispered to it, as I closed the trapdoor to the attic, that I wouldn't forget it. I promised that I wouldn't leave it to rot up there forever. I lied.
45 years ago...
As you might imagine, this was all quite a long while ago. My personal situation is naturally very different to when I was 15, (some 45 years later!). Now I have time to attend Spanish Classical guitar classes with a great teacher. I can dedicate time to practising scales and to preparing for the next lessons. I even participate in performances organised by the local education department of my small Spanish village in Andalucía.
But not before I went through the daunting process of choosing the guitar which was going to get me to where I am today.
Five useful tips on buying a Spanish Classical Guitar
As a complete beginner I had no idea where to start. Here is what I learned through my personal experience.
* 1 - Decide which style of music you want to play
Basically, you will have the choice of three basic instruments: Spanish guitar, Acoustic (for use with plectrum) and a Solid Electric Guitar.
Many beginners enjoy starting off their guitar playing on an acoustic guitar. This is suitable for country, western, folk music, ballads and accompanying singing. This considered a good guitar for beginners.
The solid electric is for use with amplifiers and speakers. This is suitable for pop, rock, rock and roll, heavy rock heavy metal etc.
If you have decided your passion is for Spanish classical music then logically you will choose the Spanish guitar.
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* 2 - Stick to your budget
A decent Spanish classical guitar for beginners can be picked up for between 100-150 euros.
The basic idea you must have is to invest in a half-decent instrument at the moment. If you decide to take your music further, you will be able to purchase a better guitar. If this were the case, then you will be able to sell your first guitar second-hand…(Think about looking after it well in order to be able to sell it well in the future if necessary)
* 3 - Find a guitar-playing friend / or a store recommended by a friend who plays
There comes a point when you really can't do this alone. You will need help. If you are already a guitar player then you need to read no further. If you are complete beginner as I was, the best advice I can give is to take along a friend who already plays the guitar to help you buy your guitar. Do not go into a store 'cold' and ask for a guitar, unless it is a store that has been recommended. An unethical owner or assistant will see you coming and perhaps try to sell you what you don't need. The basic idea you must have is to invest in a half-decent instrument at the moment. If you decide to take your music further, then you can always buy a better quality guitar.
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* 4 - Check the tuning and the tone
Even if you can't play the guitar yet, you should try the feel of the guitar in the shop. This is where your guitar-playing friend will be of great use. Guitars need to be tuned constantly, so a guitar in a shop will almost certainly be out of tune. Get your friend to tune the guitar, (easy when you know how!) or if there is no friend, ask the assistant to tune the guitar for you so you can hear the 'tone'. If the sound or the 'tone' falls flat quickly then you need to find another guitar. You would want the tone to linger and sing, not fall flat or be 'woody'.
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* 5 - Check the action
When playing the guitar, one hand plucks or strums the strings near the sound hole, while the other hand presses the string on the fingerboard, behind the fret. This process is called "action". 'High action' or 'low action' then refers to how high or how low the strings are above the fingerbaord. If too high then the giutar will be very painful and difficult to play. If too low the strings will be almost touching the fingerbaord, which is not suitable either. According to Dan Morgan in "Guitar" (Corgi Books, 1978) the optimum height of the strings should be 1/4 inch above the fingerboard.
Constancy and Consistency
You have done the easy part. Now comes the hard work of organising your practice; timetabling your practice and sticking to your timetable. There is nothing like consistency and balance in all things in life. The same goes for guitar playing.
In my experience, I have learned over the few years I have been learning, that even when I feel I have very little time for practice, I need to find only half and hour per day. At the very least, I aim at practising basic scales, which although can seem very boring, really to help when moving on to more complex pieces.
If you can find enjoyment in practising, then you may last the course and find a true vocation in your guitar playing. Enjoy your lovely instrument and delight your friends and family with your new skills!
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What a fitting time to be reading this. I have been taught to play classical guitar as a child. I took about 5 years of piano lessons, learning to read music, and then when I got my first guitar it was a nylon string classical. Perfect size for an 11 year old. It was a "Harmony" guitar. I had the gift for learning quickly. So I hope you have success in choosing- Yamaha is the most popular brand, followed by Cordoba, and Ibanez. If you check my hubpages, you will see we have a lot in common when it comes to favorite guitar music. Enjoy your instrument. Hope that I can follow you too.


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This week is my university's Fall Reading Week, a period of five business-free business days that is supposed to provide time for students to catch up on reading (doy) and homework and all the really fun stuff, but is in fact proving to be a time of Unexpected Self-Exploration.
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- Eat lunch out with friends and meet new people
- Attend a yoga class
- Grocery shop totally on my own for the very first time (I'M LATE TO THIS PARTY OKAY)
- Try legendary Korean skin care products for the first time at a little Asian makeup store I've always meant to visit
- Buy a weird but oddly comfy half-hoodie thing 70% off from Simon's
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So I made this meatless meatball recipe I saw on The Coveteur a little while back and first of all: GOOD LAWD this took forever. Three-and-a-half hours from the cooking of the lentils to the sliding of the baking pan into the oven. It was arduous, not gonna lie. And required a lot of stirring. But HOT DAMN it actually turned out better than I expected!
I overboiled the lentils when I was bringing the water to a boil, but we'll ignore that and say I FOR ONCE "did not" overboil something I was cooking.
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