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The Buildings of Malone: The School for the Deaf
Posted by thedarwinexception on April 2, 2007
Another remnant of the past in the form of abandoned and dilapidated buildings that litter the Malone area is the complex now referred to as "Harrison Green" – the site of one of the shining accomplishments in Malone's past – the Institute for the Deaf. Comprised of several large buildings that used to house deaf students from all over the East Coast, the buildings are now up for auction by the city and there are hopes of turning the complex into an art institute.
The buildings have a wonderful and storied history – realized by H. C. Rider in the latter days of the 19th century.
Born in Esperance, Schoharie County, NY, in 1832, Henry Closson Rider epitomizes the zealot with a burning desire to correct a wrong. His zeal concerned the education of deaf mutes and the improvement of the quality of their lives.
He was the son of Lewis and Seville Rider. His father was a successful business man and at one time Assemblyman from the 3rd district of Oneida County. His mother died in his infancy and four years later he lost his hearing as a result of scarlet fever.
From 1846 to 1855, Rider studied at the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in New York City where he was able to take advantage of what was then the most advanced course of study open to deaf mutes. His high intelligence placed him at the head of his class and upon graduation, brought him many honors, one of which was 15 volumes of Washington Irving's works bound in sheepskin.
After leaving school he worked in his father's tannery business in Florence, Oneida County, New York, later becoming a partner in the business known as Lewis Rider & Son.
In 157 Mr. Rider married Helen A. Chandler, also deaf and a graduate of the New York Institution. Seven children were born to them, one of whom, Edward Cornish Rider, was destined to become as zealous in the field of education for the deaf as his father. The home of the young couple at Mexico, New York soon became known throughout the country as a place where doors were always open to the deaf.
Mr. Rider's deep involvement in the welfare of the deaf made him a leader in the field. He was the first secretary of the "Empire State Association of Deaf Mutes" which was for a long time the most powerful organization of its kind in the country. He became its president and held that position for sixteen years. At the organization of the National Convention of Deaf Mutes at Cincinnati in 1880 he was chosen vice president.
In 1872 Mr. Rider founded the "Deaf Mute Journal" which became the leading paper for the deaf in the United States. In 1879, the Journal was sold to the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.
While publishing this paper, Mr. Rider became aware of the fact that the education of deaf mutes in New York State was being neglected and in 1879 he made an unsuccessful attempt to establish an institution for the education of the deaf at Albany, New York.
It was his affiliation with the Mutual Life Insurance Company for Deaf Mutes which brought him to Northern New York State where he learned that there were at least 40 deaf mutes of school age residing in the Counties of Franklin, Clinton, St. Lawrence and Warren who were not receiving a formal education. He determined that he would establish a school in Malone and with this goal in mind, gave up his business enterprises and devoted his time and energies to its creation
It was not an easy task and Mr. rider faced many difficulties and frustration. However, none seemed to exist in Malone, where a public meeting concerning the organization of a school for the deaf was held at the Methodist Church. In presenting the need for and the resulting benefits from such a school, he was helped by Dr. Thomas Gallaudet, a well known educator from New York City, who was married to the niece of one of Malone's prominent citizens, Dr. Calvin Skinner. Dr. Gallaudet had given valuable aid in organizing other such institutions, and lent his support to Mr. Rider. The meeting was well attended and the project met with the complete support of influential men and women of the area – seventeen of whom became known as life members of the school because they contributed financially to its founding: Malachi H. Barry, Elizabeth Clarkson, Fredericka Clarkson, Samuel Greeno, George W. Hale, Frank T. Heath, Howard D. King, Hon. Darius W. Lawrence, Nelson J. Lyon, Morton S. Parmalee, Nelson W. Porter, Calvin Skinner, Bryon J. Soper, Hon. William C. Stevens, Hon, Horace A. Taylor, Mary K. Wead and William A. Wheeler.
Before the school could be founded, the consent of the State Board of Charities was required by law. Mr. Rider, his son Edward (who had agreed to take time off from his medical studies in order to help his father fulfill his ambition) and Dr. Gallaudet journeyed to Albany to obtain this consent. Before long they realized that the majority of the board members were totally against giving the necessary consent because they felt that there were already enough schools for the deaf in New York State. Dr. Galaudet became convinced that nothing more could be accomplished and left for New York. However, the father and son were determined to carry on and the day before they were to meet with the board, Mr. Rider sent his son to Rhinebeck to ask the famous railroad baron and politician John O'Brien for political assistance. Mr. O'Brien hurried to Albany and the next morning when the question came up for consideration, unexpectedly there appeared the state treasurer, the attorney general, the secretary of state and others (all ex-officio members of the State Board of Charities) and "the determined opposition to the necessary consent disappeared like mist on a summers day." Thus, in 1884, the Northern New York Institution for Deaf Mutes at Malone came into being.
The state would pay $250.00 annually for each pupil designated by the state Superintendent of Public Instruction and the counties would pay $300.00 a year for each pupil within their limits who was sent to the school. These amounts would cover all expenses – board, tuition, transportation and, when necessary, clothing. Private students were accepted at $600.00 annually. This amount covered all expenses except clothing.
The schools first location was in a large wooden structure on the North side of East Main Street known as the Rounds building. Its staff of three was headed by H. C. Rider, Superintendent, E. C. Rider, teacher, and Helen Rider, matron. It's pupils numbered twelve and the first public exhibition by the pupils was given at the Howard Opera House in early June of 1885.
As enrollment increased, other buildings were rented. However, there were disadvantages in carrying on scattered activities and in the spring of 1887 plans were made by the Board of Trustees for the purchase of a site and the erection of a school building. A bill was introduced in the State Legislature which resulted in the appropriation of $60,000.00 and in 1890 the school moved to its new building with an enrollment of 80 and a teaching staff of five.
Feeling that the school was now well established, Edward Rider decided to return to college. But members of the board urged him to remain because "something had to be done to restore discipline among the older male pupils." He agreed and what was to be a few years of help to his father extended to 48 years of dedicated service to the school, including his own term of Superintendent beginning in 1896 upon the retirement of his father.
The school made great strides in growth and over the years as its enrollment grew, new buildings were erected – Kindergarten, Annex, Rider Hall, Gilbert Hall, Badger Hall, a laundry, greenhouse and lodge and finally in 1938, Ransom Hall. Included in the complex was a 40 acre farm which had its own dairy and poultry house, and grew most of the fruit and vegetables used by the school.
In 1929 one hundred twenty nine pupils were enrolled – these children came from 23 different counties and all, except 2 private pupils and 4 county pupils, were maintained by the state. Edward Rider continued to maintain high standards and progressive methods for teaching of his students until his death in 1932. At that time his son Darrel W. Rider became the third generation of Rider men to dedicate themselves to the Institute and the education of deaf mutes.
During the meeting of the Board of Trustees at which Darrel Rider was elected superintendent, another event occurred. The name of the school – Northern New York Institute for Deaf Mutes – was changed to Northern New York School for the Deaf. Thus, from the time of H. C. Rider to D. W. Rider, the words institution, dumb and then mute were found to be no longer relevant when speaking of the school at Malone. This change was due in no small part to the Rider's themselves and their extensive work in educating both the deaf and the public at large.
The school began to show signs of decline in 1936. This is the first year that enrollment rates began to decline – a trend that continued until 1941, when "drastic steps" were taken at the time of the school's opening in September. Salaries had been decreased, the staff had been reduced and four buildings had been closed. Mr. Rider felt that this cut in expenses would allow the school to avoid a deficit.
Enrollment continued to drop and during the year of 1943, seventy three students attended the school.
The Malone Evening Telegram of June 3, 1943 contains an account of the graduation exercises held in the auditorium of the school. Two boys and a girl were graduated. This was to be the last graduation exercise at the school. The Northern New York School for the Deaf did not open in September of 1943.
Darrel Rider was appointed custodian of the complex and remained in that position until it became part of the campus of Clarkson College in 1946. Mr. Rider died in March, 1947. Sometimes after Clarkson left the building in 1951, the buildings were taken over by the Department of Mental Hygiene and an extensive renovation program was begun, The intention was to use the facilities as a geriatric center in connection with the St. Lawrence State Hospital. However, this plan did not materialize.
In 1957 the buildings plus 41.34 acres of land were deeded to the Board of education of the Village School District of the town of Malone for $5,000.00. The deed is dated July 30, 1957 and is signed by Paul Hoch, Commissioner of Mental Hygiene.
The buildings were used for a while as Harrison Elementary School, then as the School's Administrative Offices, but now sit empty. A part of the Franklin Academy Campus and North Franklin Educational Center are located on what was once the farmland of the School for the Deaf.
Contemporary photographs of the school by Johndan Johnson-Eilola. Thanks to Johndon for allowing me to include them. Please go HERE for some more of his wonderful pictures of the school as it appears now.
25 Responses to "The Buildings of Malone: The School for the Deaf"
April 2, 2007 at 11:22 pm
What is the source of this?
Did you write this yourself?
If so, you missed your calling as
a historian.
April 3, 2007 at 11:23 am
Despite giving up on Malone, the Gallaudets (father, mother, and sons) were an influential force in America for the education of the hearing-impaired:
Thomas Gallaudet (June 3, 1822 – August 27, 1902), an American Episcopal priest, was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His father, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, was the renowned pioneer of deaf education in the United States.
After graduating from Trinity College in Hartford, Gallaudet accepted a teaching position in the New York Institution for Deaf-mutes, where he met and married Elizabeth Budd, who, like Gallaudet's mother Sophia, was deaf.
In 1856, Amos Kendall, a wealthy business man …donated two acres of his estate in northeast Washington, D.C. to establish housing and a school for 12 deaf and six blind students [later] … called the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind. From such modest beginnings evolved Gallaudet, a prestigious University of international importance.
Edward Miner Gallaudet—son of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, founder of the first school for deaf students in the United States—became the new school's first superintendent. Gallaudet's deaf mother, Sophia Fowler Gallaudet, who was the widow of the Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, became the school's matron.
President Gallaudet presided over the first commencement in June, 1869 when three young men received diplomas for having completed the entire four-year course of studies. Their diplomas were signed by President Ulysses S. Grant and to this day the diplomas of all Gallaudet graduates are signed by the current U.S. President.
April 3, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Kim, you show all the hallmarks of a popular historian. You're diligent, know how to research, and best of all, you can write for a lay audience and do it well. Plus, you've got a wicked sense of humour that could provide quite the icing on the historical cake.
I hereby suggest – nay, command! – that you start forthwith on a popular history of … errmmm, not Malone, that wouldn't sell … how about New York State? Or Vermont? Or anything?
May 16, 2007 at 7:12 pm
I am the Granddaughter of Darrel Rider. I never knew him because he died when my father was just 4 years old. Darrel was only 44 years old when he died of an ulcer. It is the opinion of his sons that the stress of the decline of the school was too much for him. I did have a wonderful relationship with his wife, my Grandma, Marcia Becker Rider. She lived in the turquoise?? teal??house near the buidings on College Ave. It now has a Cityscape painted on the garage. When I knew the house, it was white with a picket fence, a nice bay window and sunporch. Marcia died in 1980. She was a great lady.
I grew up in Malone in the 80s, and have great memories of the town and the people. (I agree with your opinions that now it has growing problems. I do know quite a few NICE DECENT people in Malone still!) Anyways, I enjoyed reading your article which included some of my family history.
May 10, 2010 at 5:25 pm
I am the daughter of Lynton Chandler Rider (deaf son of Edward Chandler Rider) My father passed away in 1986. He spoke of a Marcia as a very nice person that he thought highly of. I never met any of my relatives on my dad's side. He was 46 before he married my mom, therefore, he was an older parent. His brothers and parents passed away before I was born. Your grandmother was still alive but we never went back to Malone to visit her. One of my daughters loves history and has been asking about my heritage. I would love to hear more and perhaps we could fly back to see where my dad lived.
- May 10, 2010 at 5:25 pm
May 23, 2007 at 3:25 pm
I am a decent of Laurinda Winslow Thompson who was Grace (Ella) Winslow Rider. Her father was James Harvey Winslow, (Laurinda Brother). So Amy I guess you and I are related (distantly). I am very happy to see this article about the School and to rread a little about some of my family history. Thank-You for the nice article.
May 27, 2007 at 6:24 pm
why did you choose to right this story
May 28, 2007 at 8:11 am
i mow the ground at this site it was work i called for. i went to school there and had great thought about thooose days still.the mayor talked about the old mills st mill and had nothing done but blocked off so we now know he is not going through with that why run on aplate form using that .that was he,s words
May 28, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Thank you for this great compilation of information regarding the deaf school. My grandparents and many of their friends attended this school. Their names were Moses Lamitie and Marie Rose Chenail. Are there any records of the names of students enrolled at the school? Do you have any other resources that I can access regarding the school? Also, are there any plans for the historical preservation of this property?
June 18, 2007 at 11:32 am
Last fall I wrote an article in regards to these beautiful buildings that hold so many memories and history. I live across the street and look out on the old school and it's majesty every day. Sometimes, the way the sun shines on it, it stands erect and glistens with beauty and I recall the joy it brought to many. Other times,when my family and I take a walk by there lately, I see the dilapidated ruins of what once held so much and feel it's sagging roof and boarded windows are begging to relay a story… before it's too late! The once beautiful curved moldings are beginning to fall on the ground and the long columns are now filled with debris and broken windows. I have taken many a photo there just to capture the beauty of it's architecture-before it is no longer. While I never went to the Harrison School or have no ancesters who went to the School For The Deaf,I, too, have a past there. I graduated from Nursing School there in 1981 and also met my husband of twenty five years there. I have spoken to many people who also have some history with these buildings either themselves, or relatives, including my husband, who went to the Harrison school and apparently even has ancestors who went to the School For The Deaf. Every one of them had a story to tell about the good memories and the bad. People get excited talking about what it could become and what it once was…that tells me, that there is hope for it's future and I just wish I could hear that the possibility is there!
The whole point of my writing this is simply because I want to know what is to become of these buildings that holds so many memories and history? It is not just one, but at least five with a parking lot, large grounds and so much beauty and it is slowly crumbling! I would love to see something done to preserve it but have yet to hear anything. My letter-to-the editor last fall was sent at a time of voting in our town, so got no response what-so-ever. I will not give up though…I see it every day and it is such a shame that such a large bunch of buildings decompose daily! Surely, there must be something someone could do with it. I know it would have to involve a lot of money, but if money is to be had for other places of history, this one should be included.
I would appreciate anyone else who is interested to let me hear from them as well.I am truly curious. Thanks.
July 6, 2008 at 5:05 am
Thank You for letting me see the Harrison School Pics as it did back in the days when it was first built. I am one of 4 sons and 2 daughters of Walter W. Stone who for many years did and enjoyed trying to keep up the beauty of the buildings. When i lived there in my younger years it was the best place to grow up. Where else could you have so many playgrounds and area's to run and play. My family had lived in the building called the Annex. I'm not sure when they built the addition, it was a small building compared to the others. I can remember sitting with my father in the summer time just before the sun would set we would sit on a bench in front of our home and watch the chimney swallows dive into the chimney while the darkness covered the area. Of course this is just one memory that i carry during the 16 years that i lived at the Harrison School. Once again the pics were just amazing how beautiful that school was at one time. I just receantly went for a walk with my two dogs and i walked through the arcade (that is the area where the children walked from building to building) usually, to the buildings Gillbert Hall, Badger Hall, Ransom Hall. I could not hold back the tears while looking at all the beauty of the sculpure and art work that they put into these buildings, and to think it's just going to hell. What a waist! What a waist!
September 1, 2008 at 9:39 pm
I am so glad and thank you for sharing the Pictures of the Harrison School. My mother had attended that school as a student I would say about 1928 her name was Frances Donar. My mother had married and had 2 children and my brother and I had no hearing problems. I have always wanted to see the place where mom had went to school. i also had a cousin who also attended the school His name was Fredrick Recore. They were from West Chazy N.Y. They have passed away. My mother would tell me she did not like the school she said there was alot of abuse. Why I do not know. I would like more history on this school. I am very interested with school. I would also like to see pics of the inside of the school. It is too bad to let the buildings of the school go to ruin. I hope some information could be shared to me about the school Thank you.
September 5, 2008 at 2:36 pm
My father Greg Shortal grew up in Malone and is visiting this weekend from V.A. He brought a postcard that my mother found from an antique store in Port Smith Mass dated 1907 with a picture on the front of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, Malone New York….It is even addressed to a Lady by the Name of Aurra Bille Hodge……in New York City…It was mailed from Whippleville New York….He is telling me now of all the memories he has from going to school (7th & 8th grade) Harrison School…..What a blast for him reading all these articles….I typed in the school name and found this webiste…Please respond to firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any commnents…He can even remember his teachers names……Would lvoe to hear from all…..
October 22, 2008 at 11:27 am
Born and raised in this area it was such a surprise to see the school in such ruin. Reading the report on the activities of the school and the names of the people involed was very interesting as I was able to recognize several names. I hope something good will come of it in the future. BJY
October 30, 2008 at 10:15 pm
My mother had went to that school as about 10 yrs old about 1929 and told me alot of stories about the school. I think the school should be restored. It is a ashame to see beautiful school buildings go to ruin.
April 17, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Hi, I would like the list of people that went to this school for the blind I am very interested on who went to this school. ty
June 29, 2009 at 9:20 am
I born malone ny 1972, but went elem school when i was hearing impaired. Later so far when i was teenage, i never knew had deaf school in malone new york. when i was young went used there building college they let me used there computer for resume. later so far i found out newspaper fews year ago they want set up deaf school in malone but gov. and federal rufused budget plans. So far i found out it deaf school it freak me out! it lovely when i went there touch in building. it sad me not want tore down ! i wish Strike to save building to rebuild for history ! i told many of people friends of mine deafs school nyssd trojans Rome in facebook they were SHOCKED ! they motives looked at the picture i put website of malone deaf school History ! thank for your listen me have good days further ! I am deaf Hearing Impared ! EJB P.S. Sorry i am not good english lang. write I'm using ASL strong lang. thank
February 5, 2010 at 12:41 am
Like for me my vision a good about Malone School for the Deaf and Hope for Empire Association of the Deaf and my suggestion E.A.D could buy a campus the buildings with 41.43 acres of land and What is for call Apartment for Deaf live there then Why dont.
I think be a nice of it.Because easy to go fishing and hunting and travel too.More fun.
March 18, 2010 at 1:00 pm
More Fun in Event too.I think a good for E.A.D Board would consider about it.
Oh, I pray the Lord will make them decision for good reason about Malone School for the Deaf become Empire Association of the Deaf could own them someday and will call Empire Association of the Deaf for Apartments.
- March 18, 2010 at 1:00 pm
July 22, 2010 at 9:52 am
Thank you for writing this article. I recently photographed the buildings, too. Their conditions have further deteriorated. It is a shame they been allowed to fall into such disrepair. I spent 1st and 2nd grades there when it was Harrison Elementary. We were some of the last classes.
March 22, 2011 at 12:41 pm
what if a bunch of people got together to rasie money to fix up the school.
June 1, 2011 at 3:20 am
i do believe at one point in time it was also used as north country community college.(if you already mentioned this i apologize for missing it) and its sad to see the soory state its in due to the decay of time…and the total lack of discipline of the kids living in malone. going and vandalizing it


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"Climate change is a reality, and the consequences for human health are being realized and will only worsen without decisive action," said Dr. Linda Rosenstock, dean of the UCLA School of Public Health. "The School of Public Health convened many of the top thinkers and researchers in the world to launch a public dialogue on the effects that climate change will have on human health and what can be done."
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Forecasts also indicate that climate change will affect water distribution worldwide, making dry places drier and wet places wetter. Flooding increases the risk of water contamination, tainting fish and shellfish supplies for human consumption. Changes in precipitation patterns and in the onset of winter and spring seasons are also expected to alter the geographic distribution of plants and insects. These effects, combined with other human activities, such as deforestation, logging and road-building, can dramatically alter the range and severity of outbreaks of existing infectious diseases like West Nile virus and malaria and result in the emergence of new infectious agents that threaten human health.
Nathan Wolfe, professor of epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health, discussed how the school is playing a lead role in developing the technology and establishing the infrastructure to monitor and prevent the spread of infectious diseases worldwide. He also provided examples of how human activity has resulted in the emergence of new infectious diseases in Africa and discussed current efforts to monitor and prevent the spread of future outbreaks.
Dr. Gina Solomon, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, urged the public health community to focus on the increased tracking of human diseases, the monitoring of harmful algal blooms that could threaten beach and shellfish safety, and the enhanced identification of geographic areas that are vulnerable to water quantity and quality problems.
"Just as Californians know what to do in the event of an earthquake, people now need to learn what to do to prepare for global warming," she said.
Solomon outlined a number of actions that would not only offset the impact of climate change but also protect human health, such as increasing water-use efficiency; limiting development in areas like wetlands or areas that are vulnerable to fires, floods and landslides; creating nature reserves designed to accommodate future climate changes and migrations of plants and animals; reducing the impact of urban heat island syndrome; and using permeable pavements so that storm water runoff can be used to recharge groundwater systems.
Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, outlined strategies being developed by the state of California to reduce global warming emissions in response to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. The Air Resources Board is pursuing 37 early actions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that range from developing a low-carbon fuel standard and creating systems that track refrigerants to developing guidance and protocols to help local governments reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
The summit also included a discussion by J.R. DeShazo, UCLA professor of public policy and social research, regarding the role that California's current efforts to reduce the impact of climate change are likely to play in the development of federal regulation.
Hilary Godwin, professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Environmental Health Sciences said: "We would like people to gain a realistic understanding of the challenges California will face as a result of climate change and a concrete sense of how we can work together to lessen the resulting human suffering. By engaging the general public and scientific community in these discussions, our goal is to empower the individuals attending this summit with an understanding of what they can personally do to benefit human health and the environment."
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Short-term forecasting of daily reference evapotranspiration using the Hargreaves–Samani model and temperature forecasts
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Luo, Y.; Chang, X.; Peng, S.; Khan, S.; Wang, W.; Zheng, Q.; Cai, Xueliang. 2014. Short-term forecasting of daily reference evapotranspiration using the Hargreaves–Samani model and temperature forecasts. Agricultural Water Management, 136:42-51. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2014.01.006
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Accurate daily reference evapotranspiration (ET0) forecasting is necessary for real-time irrigation forecasting. We proposed a method for short-term forecasting of ET0 using the locally calibrated Hargreaves–Samani model and temperature forecasts. Daily meteorological data from four stations in China for the period 2001–2013 were collected to calibrate and validate the Hargreaves–Samani (HS) model against the Penman–Monteith (PM) model, and the temperature forecasts for a 7-day horizonin 2012–2013 were collected and entered into the calibrated HS model to forecast the ET0. The pro-posed method was tested through comparisons between ET0 forecasts and ET0calculated from observed meteorological data and the PM model. The correlation coefficients between observed and forecasted temperatures for all stations were all greater than 0.94, and the accuracy of the minimum temperature forecast (error within ±2 C) ranged from 60.48% to 76.29% and the accuracy of the maximum tempera-ture forecast ranged from 50.18% to 62.94%. The accuracy of the ET0 forecast (error within ±1.5 mm day-1) ranged from 77.43% to 90.81%, the average values of the mean absolute error ranged from 0.64 to1.02 mm day-1, the average values of the root mean square error ranged from 0.87 to 1.36 mm day-1,and the average values of the correlation coefficient ranged from 0.64 to 0.86. The sources of errors were the error in the temperature forecasts and the fact that the effects of wind speed and relative humidity were not considered in the HS model. The applications illustrated that the proposed method could provide daily ET0forecasts with a certain degree of accuracy for real-time irrigation forecasts.
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Atheism and leadership
A major hurdle for atheist leaders and the atheist movement as a whole, is the apathy of most atheists when it comes to promoting atheism (see: Atheism and apathy).
Numerous atheists have declared that the "atheist movement is dead" or that it is dying (see: Decline of the atheist movement)[1]
In addition, the leadership status of prominent atheists/agnostics in the secular community at this present juncture is increasingly transient due to:
1. Atheist infighting (see: Atheist factions). See also: Atheism and women and Atheism and sexism and Western atheism and race
A recent example of the dissension within the atheist community is Richard Dawkins' loss of influence in the atheist community post subsequent to the Elevatorgate controversy (see: Richard Dawkins' loss of influence). Another example of internal dissension affecting an atheist leader is Paul Kurtz, the father of secular humanism, who left no significant legacy after he was stripped his leadership position.[2]
2. New Atheism failing (see also:Richard Dawkins' loss of influence)
3. The decline of liberal media market share (more difficult to be a celebrity atheist)
4. A loss of confidence within the atheist community. Currently, there is low morale within much of the atheist movement.(See: Decline of the atheist movement and Loss of confidence within the atheist population).
The British academic and agnostic Eric Kaufmann recently wrote, "Worldwide, the march of religion can probably only be reversed by a renewed, self-aware secularism. Today, it appears exhausted and lacking in confidence."[3]
5. The decline of global atheism (see: Global atheism statistics).
6. The secularization rate being zero in former areas of influence such as Protestant Europe and France. (see: Decline of atheism and Atheist factions).[4]
7. Fiscal mismanagement is common within atheist organizations (see: Atheist nonprofit scandals). Recently, there has been a significant decline in the donations to major atheist organizations (see: Atheist organizations and fundraising)
- 1 Sexual assault allegations against David Silverman and Lawrence Krauss in 2018
- 2 Atheist PZ Myers on the atheist movement and leadership/other positions
- 3 The current lack of a leading spokesperson for atheism in the Western World
- 4 Prominent atheists admitting that fellow prominent atheists are arrogant
- 5 Token efforts to extend racial minorities leadership positions in atheist organizations
- 6 Atheist leaders and misogyny
- 7 David Silverman, former president of American Atheists, fired due to sexual assault allegations
- 8 Many atheists see atheist leaders and an oxymoron
- 9 Chinese communist leaders are panicking about the rapid growth of Christianity
- 10 Atheist leaders and immoral relationships
- 11 See also
- 12 External links
- 13 Notes
Sexual assault allegations against David Silverman and Lawrence Krauss in 2018
See also: Atheism and sexism
David Silverman served as the President of the American Atheists organization. [5] In 2018, Silverman was fired due to allegations of financial conflicts and sexual assault.[6] Silverman, through his lawyer, denies any wrongdoing and indicates he has never had a non-consensual sexual encounter.[7] In his book, Fighting God, Silverman indicates that he is a "proud feminist."[8] In 2018, the atheist Lawrence Krauss also faced sexual assault allegations.[9]
Atheist PZ Myers on the atheist movement and leadership/other positions
See also: Atheist cults and Atheism and groupthink
In 2018, the atheist PZ Myers wrote:
|I noticed the "troubling turn" about 8 years ago, as more and more atheists began to rally around two themes: the Glorious Leaders who were fonts of inarguable Reason & Logic, and a definition of atheism that exempted them from all social responsibility or ethical obligation.[10][11]
PZ Myers said about the atheist Seth Andrews:
| Here is another problem though with the atheist movement. That we tend to inflate people beyond their capacity.
So Seth Andrews, he's got really good voice. OK, I will admit that. Ah, his position ought to be, you know, reading out transcripts of things that people more qualified, more intelligent than he is have written out. Ah, but no, he's now an atheist thought leader and I have heard anything from him that I have found particularly thoughtful.[12]
The current lack of a leading spokesperson for atheism in the Western World
See also: Decline of militant atheism in the West
In his 2004 book The Real Face of Atheism, the Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias wrote, "Atheism has never lacked a spokesperson".[13]
New Atheism is a form of militant atheism in terms of its rhetoric. Since the new atheist Richard Dawkins ' book The God Delusion in 2006, Dawkins' has been the face of atheism in the Western World. Post the Elevatorgate incident in July 2011, Dawkins had a major loss of influence however (see: Richard Dawkins' loss of influence).
Theo Hobson wrote in The Spectator in 2013:
| The atheist spring that began just over a decade ago is over, thank God. Richard Dawkins is now seen by many, even many non-believers, as a joke figure...
Atheism is still with us. But the movement that threatened to form has petered out. Crucially, atheism's younger advocates are reluctant to compete for the role of Dawkins's disciple. They are more likely to bemoan the new atheist approach and call for large injections of nuance. A good example is the pop-philosopher Julian Baggini. He is a stalwart atheist who likes a bit of a scrap with believers, but he's also able to admit that religion has its virtues, that humanism needs to learn from it. For example, he has observed that a sense of gratitude is problematically lacking in secular culture, and suggested that humanists should consider ritual practices such as fasting.[15]
YouTube atheist Thunderfoot said about the atheist movement after Reason Rally 2016 had a very low turnout:
|I'm not sure there is anything in this movement worth saving. Hitchens is dead. Dawkins simply doesn't have the energy for this sort of thing anymore. Harris went his own way. And Dennett just kind of blended into the background. So what do you think when the largest gathering of the nonreligious in history pulls in... I don't know. Maybe 2,000 people. Is there anything worth saving?[16]
In addition, in recent times, there have been some notable instances of atheists being reluctant to debate (see: Atheism and cowardice and Atheism and debate).
Prominent atheists admitting that fellow prominent atheists are arrogant
See also: Atheism and arrogance and Atheist movement
John W. Loftus, one of the more prominent atheists in the atheist community, cites John Draper (a Canadian atheist blogger), saying about prominent atheist PZ Myers: "According to PZ you either agree with him or you are the scum of the earth. If anyone is giving atheists a bad reputation it's PZ - he shows no tolerance or respect for anyone other than himself."[17]
PZ Myers wrote: "But see, this is why the atheist movement can't have leaders. The ones we've got, informally, all seem to think they're like gods and popes, infallible and unquestionable, and that normal, healthy, productive criticism within the movement is all a conspiracy to dethrone them."[18]
Cultish characteristics of the New Atheism movement
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Token efforts to extend racial minorities leadership positions in atheist organizations
On October 9, 2014, the atheist Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson declared:
|Despite frequent tokenistic calls for "diversity" within the "movement," there are virtually no people of color in executive management positions in any of the major secular, atheist, or Humanist organizations —notable exceptions being Debbie Goddard of Center for Inquiry and Maggie Ardiente of American Humanist Association. People of color are constantly bombarded with claims of separatism, reverse discrimination, and "self-segregation" when they point to the absence of social justice, anti-racist community organizing, coalition-building, and visibility among secular organizations. After the Washington Post article, the vitriol and denialism among the "We are All Africans" white atheists was off the chain. This illustrates yet again that sticking a few of us on conference panels or secular boards is nothing but cheap appeasement.[19]
Racial minority atheists vs. prominent, white atheist lead organizations
See also: Western atheism and race
Atheist Sikivu Hutchinson wrote:
| The recent merger of the secular organization Center for Inquiry (CFI) and the Richard Dawkins Foundation (RDF) has been dubbed atheism's supergroup moment. Acknowledging the two organizations' outsized presence in the atheist world, Religion News Service acidly declared it a "royal wedding". The partnership, which gives Richard Dawkins a seat on the CFI board, smacks of a vindication of Dawkins' toxic, reactionary brand of damn-all-them-culturally-backward-Western-values-hating- Muslims New Atheism. As one of the most prominent global secular organizations, CFI's all-white board looks right at home with RDF's lily white board and staff.
Meanwhile, atheists and humanists of color have been going against the white grain to address issues that much of organized atheism and humanism are resistant if not outright hostile to.[20]
The secular humanist document Human Manifesto II, which was written in 1973 by Paul Kurtz and Edwin H. Wilson, decried racism and it declared:
|The beginnings of police states, even in democratic societies, widespread government espionage, and other abuses of power by military, political, and industrial elites, and the continuance of unyielding racism, all present a different and difficult social outlook. In various societies, the demands of women and minority groups for equal rights effectively challenge our generation.[21]
Atheist leaders and misogyny
See also: Atheism and women and Atheism and sexism
James Randi is a leader within the atheist community. Brian Thompson, former James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) Outreach Coordinator, wrote:
| But I no longer identify with this community of benevolent know-it-alls, because not all of them are the best folks in the world. In fact, a good percentage of the top ten worst humans I've ever met are prominent members of the skeptics' club. They're dishonest, mean-spirited, narcissistic, misogynistic. Pick a personality flaw, and I can probably point you to someone who epitomizes it. And that person has probably had a speaking slot at a major skeptical conference.
I grew particularly disgusted with the boys' club attitude I saw among skeptical leaders and luminaries. The kind of attitude that's dismissive of women, sexually predatory, and downright gross. When I first started going to skeptical conferences as a fresh-faced know-it-all, I started hearing things about people I once admired. Then I started seeing things myself. Then I got a job with the JREF, and the pattern continued.[22]
David Silverman, former president of American Atheists, fired due to sexual assault allegations
See also: Atheist nonprofit scandals and Atheist feminism and Atheist hypocrisy
David Silverman served as the President of the American Atheists organization. [23] Silverman was fired due to allegations of financial conflicts and sexual assault.[24] Silverman, through his lawyer, denies any wrong doing and indicates he has never had a non-consensual sexual encounter.[25]
In his book, Fighting God, Silverman indicates that he is a "proud feminist".[26]
Concerning Silverman's scandals and subsequent firing, atheist and feminist PZ Myers said, "It's a terrible day for organized atheism."[27] Myers spent $1200 for a lifetime membership with American Atheists because he was impressed by the way Silverman went after the "anti-feminist" atheists.[28] See also: Decline of the atheist movement
American Atheist replacement of David Silverman. Commentary by atheist Ed Brayton
See also: Atheism and sexism and Western atheism and race
When David Siverman was replaced by Nick Fish who is also a white male, the atheist Ed Brayton wrote:
| In the wake of the firing of David Silverman after allegations of sexual and financial misconduct, American Atheists has named Nick Fish, formerly the national program director for the group, as the new president to replace him. I find this news to be quite disappointing and it has nothing to do with Fish personally.
...I'm disappointed that they didn't take the opportunity to appoint a woman to lead the group. Especially in the wake of Silverman's actions that led to his downfall, I think that would have sent a very important message. More than that, it would have helped bring a perspective that is far too often ignored, dismissed and even denigrated within the broad atheist community.
We need more women in positions of leadership, and more minorities as well. We need to stop being a community led mostly by old white men like me.[29]
Many atheists see atheist leaders and an oxymoron
A significant portion of atheists believe an atheist movement and atheist leadership is pointless. In short, they see no point to organized atheism or organized religion.
The atheist François Tremblay pointed out that atheists: are not a coherent/concerted group, atheism has no proof and evidence for its claim that there is no God and that atheism is not an inspiring ideology. As a result of these attributes of atheism and the atheist population, Tremblay indicated that endeavoring to rally atheists is like trying to herd cats.[30]
Chinese communist leaders are panicking about the rapid growth of Christianity
Communist China has the world's largest atheist population and China's atheist leaders are panicking about the explosive growth of Christianity in their country.[31]
Currently, global atheism is in decline in terms of its adherents and global market share and the decline of atheism is China is expected to play a major role in terms of 21st global desecularization (see: East Asia and global desecularization).
Atheist leaders and immoral relationships
See also: Atheism, polyamory and other immoral relationships and Atheism and women and Atheism and rape
On June 14, 2012, an article entitled Atheist leaders and immoral relationships declared:
| The website Submitted to a Candid World is written by an agnostic and the website was praised by the prominent atheist PZ Myers in the past.
On April 20, 2012 an article appeared in Submitted to a Candid World which declared:
'Several of my close friends — coincidentally, all extremely intelligent, math/science oriented, and leaders in the freethought/rationality/atheist communities — find themselves practicing and promoting an arrangement they term "polyamory." Essentially, this describes a post-jealousy, highly rationalized state where participants date each other, and several others simultaneously...
In the ideal polyamorous relationship, one man is seriously "dating" several women, each of whom is in turn dating several men.'[33]
The article Atheist leaders and immoral relationships further declares:
| Several leaders of the "freethought"/atheist community are practicing and promoting polyamory. This is not going to help the poor reputation that atheism already has among the public. The Mormons promoted bigamy for a while and later retracted their position due to the public outrage.
Of course, atheist leaders engaging in and promoting practices such as polyamory is one of the many reasons why atheism has such a bad reputation in the world.[34]
See also
External links
A number of articles have been written about the poor leadership skills within the atheist community and its contributory effect on the decline of atheism:
- Richard Dawkins: Insightful secular strategist or an insincere book peddler? (Richard Dawkins is an agnostic/weak atheist)
- ↑
- The "Atheism Movement:" Dead or Alive?, Freethought Blogs
- Atheist activist Seth Andrews keeps seeing reports on social media and the media that the atheist movement is dying, Examining Atheism
- Atheist Aron Ra indicates the atheist movement is dead. Now that that Aron Ra has surrendered...., Examining Atheism
- The Day the Atheist Movement Died by Jack Vance at Atheist Revolution
- Jennifer McCreight on Twitter about the Elevatorgate scandal destroying the atheist movement, Jen McCreight, Twitter
- ↑ Paul Kurtz: Another atheist failure who left no legacy
- ↑ Shall the religious inherit the earth
- ↑ Brendan O'Neill, The Telegraph, How atheists became the most colossally smug and annoying people on the planet, August 14th, 2013
- ↑ http://www.atheists.org/about/Board_of_Directors
- ↑ This Firebrand Atheist Was Just Fired After Allegations Of Financial Conflicts And Sexual Assault
- ↑ American Atheists President David Silverman Fired After Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Christian Post, 2018
- ↑ David Silverman was a "Proud Feminist"
- ↑
- Lawrence Krauss Faces Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct, Buzzfeed, 2018
- Facing Sexual Harassment Allegations, Physicist Lawrence Krauss Will Not Appear At Several Events - Buzzfeed, 2018
- When Lawrence Krauss was inappropriate with me, atheist Christina Rad
- More Organizations Cut Ties With Physicist Lawrence Krauss
- ↑ Get out of my head, Eiynah! by PZ Myers
- ↑ A shambolic atheist community faces some tough choices by Denyse O'Leary
- ↑ Seth Andrews Gaslights His Critics: w/ PZ Myers & Kristi Winters
- ↑ The Real Face of Atheism by Ravi Zacharias, page 23 (paperback)
- ↑ Atheism is pretentious and cowardly by Dr. Theo Hobson
- ↑ Richard Dawkins has lost: meet the new new atheists by Theo Hobson
- ↑ Even atheists bash 'Reason Rally'
- ↑ Can PZ Myers Change His Ways? Should He? By John W. Loftus at 7/30/2012
- ↑ The delicate ego of Mr Michael Shermer by PZ Myers, 16 January 2013
- ↑ Atheism and social justice: Sikivu Hutchinson on the first People of Color Beyond Faith conference, Chris Stedman, Religious Service News, Oct 9, 2014
- ↑ #AtheismSoWhite: Atheists of Color Rock Social Justice by Sikivu Hutchinson
- ↑ Humanist Manifesto II
- ↑ Myers, P. Z. (March 31, 2014). "When will this situation improve?". Freethoughtblogs.com/Pharyngula.
- ↑ http://www.atheists.org/about/Board_of_Directors
- ↑ This Firebrand Atheist Was Just Fired After Allegations Of Financial Conflicts And Sexual Assault
- ↑ American Atheists President David Silverman Fired After Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Christian Post, 2018
- ↑ David Silverman was a "Proud Feminist"
- ↑ David Silverman fired from American Atheists by PZ Myers
- ↑ David Silverman was a "Proud Feminist"
- ↑ Nick Fish is New Leader of American Atheists, Ed Brayton, 2018
- ↑ Herding Cats: Why Atheism Must Lose by François Tremblay
- ↑ China's atheist leaders and intellectuals are panicking about the rapid growth of Christianity in China
- ↑ The Making of an Atheist: How Immorality Leads to Unbelief By James Spiegel, page 72, Moody Publishers, 2010
- ↑ Atheist leaders and immoral relationships
- ↑ Atheist leaders and immoral relationships


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NEW BEASY 2016 Fatigue & Crack Growth Simulation Software release
BEASY is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the BEASY Fatigue & Crack Growth software. The primary benefits of this new release are that it provides a further enhancement of the software's automatic crack growth capabilities and major improvements in the over simulation times. For typical models, the remeshing time has been reduced by between 40% and 80%.
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Designing an ICCP System for the Hull of an Arctic Ice-Breaking Vessel
An interesting article was published in a recent issue of the NACE Materials Performance magazine.
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BEASY attended NACE Corrosion March 2015
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BEASY Attend NACE Corrosion 2015
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We welcome you to come and visit us at booth 404 to find out more about the capabilities of BEASY products, or how BEASY can help with your particular application. Alternatively to make an appointment to meet Tom Curtin at the conference, or to obtain further information, please click here or contact us
BEASY participated in a very busy NACE Corrosion Conference in San Antonio last month. We were active in the conference program and exhibition hall, highlighting corrosion modeling services and software. It was good to see many friends and interested engineers visiting us at our booth. There were a number of papers presented during the Technical Program which featured some engineering projects carried out by the BEASY engineering services team and by customers. Details of the papers presented can be found here
Guy Bishop presented a paper entitled "Recent Signature Modelling Studies To Predict The Impact Of Hull Openings And ICCP System Anode Failure" at the recent MARELEC 2013 conference in Hamburg, Germany, July 16th-19th 2013.
The study used computer modelling to assess the robustness and sensitivity of the vessel ICCP system to the impact of anode failures, damage, coating degradation, hull opening and appendages etc. Of particular interest was the corrosion related electric and magnetic signatures. The study used some recent developments contained in the latest release of the BEASY Corrosion Defence modelling software. The results demonstrate how a computational modelling approach is one of the most effective tools for the design of corrosion control systems and optimization of ship electric and magnetic signatures.
To view the paper, please click here; or for more defence-related papers, please click here
Boundary Element Crack Growth Analysis Of A Riveted Fuselage Skin
Sharon Mellings, Robert Adey. CM BEASY Ltd. Roberto Citarella. University of Salerno
Sharon Mellings recently presented a paper on some recent developments to improve the modelling of cracks in aircraft structures. Generally aircraft structures are highly complex structures involving complex load paths, however cracks are often localised features involving just a few of the structural components. One particular location for damage is near to riveted connections where localised forces can lead to fatigue damage problems. These areas can be where stiffening ribs are attached to the aircraft skin, where two or more skin sections are overlapped or where holes in the skin are covered by additional doubler panels.
The paper presented a model which can be used to predict the crack growth path and residual strength of the structure. The simulation technology was tested by applying it to a large scale structure consisting of a number of panels stiffened by ribs and stringers. Virtual Testing of the structure was performed to predict the structural failure due to crack growth and the estimated fatigue life of the structure.
NEW BEASY 2013 Corrosion Software Release
BEASY have released new versions of its Corrosion modeling software which provide a great number of new and advanced
features that will enable engineers improve CP system performance and provide deeper design insight. The new release not only incorporates improvements and enhancements to the core BEASY Corrosion & CP software but also to BEASY GiD and the BEASY ICCP Optimisation tools. To find out more ....BEASY Corrosion Release Highlights
BEASY have also released a new version of its corrosion related electric and magnetic signature prediction software. To find out more ....BEASY Corrosion Defence Highlights
NACE Corrosion Conference 2013 Orlando USA
BEASY will be again attending the NACE Corrosion Conference in Orlando, Fl which will be held from March 17-21, 2013. We will be active in both the conference program and exhibition hall showing our corrosion modeling services and software.
More ...BEASY at NACE Corrosion 2013
Aluminium Alloy Corrosion of Aircraft Structures: Modelling and Simulation
BEASY have contributed to a new book on the modelling and simulation of corrosion in aircraft structures. The book is based on the research and development performed as part of the SICOM project which included Aircraft Manufacturers Airbus and EADS, BEASY and a consortium of university research centres
More ...Aluminium Alloy Corrosion Of Aircraft Structures
Coatings and Corrosion Technical Workshop
BEASY recently presented at the Lloyds Maritime Academy technical workshop on Corrosion & Coatings in London. Dr Bob Adey gave a presentation on the role of computer modelling in the design and monitoring of corrosion control systems.
Marine Corrosion Forum (MCF), London, 2012
John Baynham presented results of investigations into resistance to ground of various anodes and groups of anodes. He compared resistance values determined using analytic and approximate formulae and using simulation.
More ...Marine Corrosion Forum (MCF), London, 2012
Oil and Gas Pipeline CP&AC/DC Interference Mitigation Seminar. China
Dr Bob Adey of BEASY was recently invited as one of the experts to present at the Oil and Gas Pipeline CP&AC/DC Interference Mitigation Seminar held in Langfang City Hebei Province China.
More ...Oil and Gas Pipeline CP&AC/DC Interference Mitigation Seminar
Corrosion Simulation
Click here to see BEASY's recent Corrosion Simulation newsletter articles
Fracture Simulation
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I need to get in shape. About two weeks I decided that I should start exercising and started doing a little workout I found on Pinterest. I thought about posting about when I started, thinking that if I did I'd feel a bit of pressure to keep it going. I think the idea would still work, but alas, I didn't post about it. Really I should take before photos and update about it. Maybe that'd make me stick with it? I don't know, but I hope something will. I lack motivation something awful.
Anyway, I've been thinking about Christmas presents lately...kind of. I think I know what I want to do for Anna, but I'm not completely sure yet. Generally I make presents the girls I see at my grandma Pistole's house along with my sister-in-law and mother-in-law. The last couple of years that I've done it the presents haven't really been all that useful. First I made small notebooks and magnets, then it was hot chocolate on a stick. I fear that the hot chocolate was a fail because all of the ones I had weren't very good and wouldn't melt correctly...but they sure were cute! I have an idea of what I'm going to do this year. It's a bit different and not everyone would be getting it. That sounds rude, but I have something else in mind for Miles' momma (I'm thinking maybe a new paper carrying bag or something with pictures of all of her grandchildren) and something else for my grandma. I'm not going to say what it is, because 2/3 of the readers that I at least think I have would be getting one. The problem is that I'm not sure if I'll be able to execute it correctly, so I'm attempting to make one for myself first then deciding from there. Hopefully I can make it work because I'd like one.
That whole paragraph is just stupid since it's so vague.
Well, I should be working on pictures right now. It's hard to get them done, you know? On a regular day I have the photo folder and Photoshop open and I get about two pictures done in an hour. It's sad that that's not even a joke. It seriously takes me that long. Anna generally hates to be put down, so I hold her on my lap for most of the time. She usually takes a pretty good afternoon nap, but that's when I get my shower and wash a couple dishes and maybe move around laundry. So, by the time I'm ready to get to work she wakes up. Also, the times Miles plays with Anna are usually when I can get a few done without being too interrupted...and wouldn't you know it, Miles hasn't been feeling great the last couple of days so that time has been erased. I guess it doesn't help that I'm currently working on three different sessions. I try to do a few from each session every day, but it's difficult.
Today Miles went in at 6am and is working until 7ish. I'm planning on vacuuming today. Sadly, vacuuming is an event around here. Seriously, it's a big deal. Our carpet is somewhere between red and maroon so EVERYTHING shows and Anna is at the wonderful stage of eating everything she finds on the floor. The problem is that she is afraid of the vacuum. So, I have to hold her while vacuuming...20 pounds gets heavy after a while. I'm excited about it, though. I like to have clean floors.
Now it's almost time to get Anna down for a nap and do some work. Here's to hoping for a long nap!
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The weekend was spent in assembly. Assembling shelves to be precise. I finally found some that were sized appropriately, but not too industrial looking. I was rather surprised at how small so many of the cubed bookcases on the market are. I needed something that the bead bins would fit in. Fit without tipping or hanging over the edge or otherwise upending to spill all over the floor. Spilled beads are not fun.
Anyway, the shelves went together very easily, instructions that made sense and no tools required. I put the casters on just in case I want to rearrange things, though I think these shelves will mostly stay where they are. Still, it's good to have options.
Similar to the fabric stash (coming to a future post near you!) I can now see everything, which makes using it so much easier. All the choices are in plain view; easy to get to. After such a long hiatus, the creative mojo is stirring. I am sure this will be the place for lovely things to happen.


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In my ongoing quest to get out more frequently in the new city, on Wednesday I headed out to the Horseshoe Tavern. While I've rarely been one to try and buy tickets at the door, my trek was fruitful and I got in in without any troubles. Although, not getting a physical ticket kinda sucked because there was nothing to add to the collection.
Hospitality was the opener. Wikipedia says they are a trio from Brooklyn, can't remember if they were a foursome live though. They played some a number of tracks from their new self-titled album, calling out "Argonauts", "Julie" and "Friends of Friends". The last of which they announced having a video for — checking out YouTube, it stars Maeby from Arrested Development!
I found they got stronger as the set went on. Not sure if it was just me warming up to them or perhaps they slipped into sings they were more familiar with. Overall, they were decent and I'll definitely make sure to give a listen to their album.
After a short wait, Tennis took the stage. I'd only recently discovered Tennis after seeing them on Ryan's Rdio page but was looking forward to seeing checking them out. They kinda have an indie lounge sound, a great 60s free-spirit/retro-pop sort of vibe. I thought this was really accentuated when Alaina Moore danced, her movement punctuated by the sway of her shoulders. That said, the sound was pretty bad to start — some ear-splitting feedback in the first few tracks and, later, her mic actually shorting out during a song.
Tennis grew out of husband-and-wife Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore buying a sailboat and taking an eight-month voyage along the Atlantic coastline, deciding to document the trip through song that turned into the album Cape Dory. I really enjoyed Riley's work on guitar, not necessarily the best technically ever but played with an intensity that reminded me of some of my favourite all-time live guitar performances by a guy backing Veda Hille and at a Controller.Controller show.
If Tennis' first album is (literally) all about yacht-rock, their latest album, Young & Old, is more about hanging out in woods and is made up of tracks like "Deep in the Woods". I think my favourite track, both of the night and in general, was "Origins".
While the focus of the band is clearly Riley and Moore — and how could it not be, in a husband and wife team — I enjoyed their backing bassist (sometime keyboardist). He seemed to me like Where's Waldo's hipper but more uncomfortable cousin. Reading through some reviews of the band, Riley and Moore also seem to possess a great blend of not talking themselves or internet buzz too serious while still being pretty sincere about their musicianship.
They played a couple new tracks, "Petition" standing out as the stronger of the two live. I found that Tennis tracks that really emphasized the refrain seemed the strongest, both received and delivered, and certainly "Petition" was that. It was also one of just a couple tracks that Moore only sang on, instead of also playing keyboard. Overall, I didn't think Tennis had the best stage presence but in a larger venue could see Moore connecting with the crowd better when getting out from behind the keyboard.
All in all, I was pretty happy to have gotten out to see another show. Live music twice a month seems a good goal to aim for and so February was a great success, even if took a Leap Year to make it possible.


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The achievements of your MLM weblog relies on visitors. Lots of it. How else are you going to present individuals to who you are, what and who you know, and what you do?
It is a fact that the longer individuals spend a while on your website, simply clicking through to study additional content, the greater opportunity you will have to earn cash from your MLM weblog. The more individuals that study your website, the higher your sales alterations will be. So improving your MLM weblog visitors should be your primary aim.
There is an art to improving MLM Blog visitors. I have written more about it here.
Today, I am going to discuss how to improve MLM weblog visitors in 7 simple actions. Believe me, it is easy, once you get the hang of it.
Increase MLM Blog Traffic In 7 Simple Steps
Step # 1: Define Your Target Market
Your target industry is the individuals you know are looking for what you have to offer. Once you define your target industry, the rest of the actions to improve MLM weblog visitors will fall into place. If you do not do this first, you will flounder in all that you do in your company. You will lose cash.
Resist the enticement to be too general in the desires of getting a larger piece of your industry. That is like capturing 10 principal points in unique guidelines instead of seeking just one deceased center of the mark–expensive and risky.
Try to explain your target industry with as much details as you can, depending on your knowledge of your products or services. This will be the most essential that you can do to improve MLM weblog visitors.
Your target industry is the individuals who are most likely to buy from you. They are the ones who are most likely to associate with you in your primary MLM company. When you define your target industry, you will assurance a rise in your MLM weblog visitors.
Step # 2: Solve People's Problems
Google operates on look for. Many individuals sit down at the front side of their computer every day looking for the remedy to the issues they have. For example, I have explored for everything from how cure a allergy from baby dribble to how to build a hen house. (Strange, I know. But that was returning in the day, when I was a be house more mom.) So your own when you sit down to create a publish on your MLM weblog is to offer a remedy.
What are the primary issues Online System Promoters face? Usually, it is how to get more brings for their MLM company. In order for you to offer a fix for your issue, you need to become an professional at getting brings yourself. When you become an professional, you can discuss the achievements and problems on your MLM weblog. Believe me, individuals will begin to pay attention. They will come returning efforts and again, if you continue to offer useful material. This will improve MLM weblog visitors.
Another issue Online System Promoters experience is what resources to use to get their home-based System Promotion company off the ground. Tools could range from academic products to anything that will make simpler their life. Fixing people's issues is a great way to improve MLM weblog visitors.
Step #3: Do Keyword and key phrase Research/Implement SEO
It's a pity that there are so many individuals who create useful material that just rests there. Like a a set of car important factors invisible in a cabinet where no one can discover it. Improving your publish with seo skills will certainly improve MLM Blog visitors.
Use free resources like the Search search engines Keyword and key phrase Device to discover exact coordinate words that will target a specific viewers. Only use words that are explored by at least 1000 individuals or more. Be sure to take benefits of lengthy lasting keywords and words that have less competitors. These will allow you a better possibility of getting rated on the first web page of Search search engines. Getting rated on the first web page of Search search engines will certainly improve MLM weblog visitors.
Step # 4: Write MLM Blog Content on a Reliable Basis
Search search engines and writing a blog solutions really like it when a site is regularly modified. Publishing useful, clean material that is appropriate will improve your google look for motor outcomes positioning positions. Being found on the webpage of Search search engines for the keyword you target will bring you clean site visitors. This will certainly improve your MLM weblog visitors.
It is ideal to create a new publish to your website at least every other day or a couple content per weeks time. Be cautious, however, about doing numerous content in one day. Too many can aware the Search search engines. They may see you as using auto-blogging software and indicate your website as junk. Bombarding is not a best part. You would be better off posting one piece of material every day than posting 7 pieces of material one day per weeks time. To avoid this take benefits of the publish arranging option for each publish of your WordPress weblog.
Step # 5: Do a YouTube Video
Do you have iphone or a camcorder? Then capture a easy one minute movie about your short article. Talk temporarily about what it is. Then at the end of it clip, direct your audiences to your website. There they can study the entire publish. This is a pretty easy way to advertise your website. The key is to just do it and not think about capturing the perfect movie. Just give useful details and create eye capturing titles! That is it! This will provide a increase of visitors to your MLM Software blog.
Step # 6: Post in Forums
Be involved in the group by posting in boards. Only publish useful details. Never ever publish junk on a group forum. Post clean, exciting material and responses. You advertise your website by putting a link to it in your trademark. However, do not just hurry to publish in any group forum. For example, if you are in MLM, do not go posting in a group forum about the change of life. If you are in MLM, publish in a group forum related to this industry. It is just unproductive. Right think?
One System Promotion group forum I can suggest is BetterNetworker.com. There is so much to learn from reading others' content in this group forum. By posting in boards you get back-links. These are are excellent for position and getting quality MLM visitors.
Step # 7: Called ping and Distribute Content
Getting public press back-links is something Search search engines is seeing as essential for positions.
There are many sites out there in which you can ping content right after you've released them on your website. Generally, pinging means that you are allowing google know that you have modified your website. The new publish is ready to be listed and listed. Pinging solutions then list any new weblog records, thus getting visitors or visitors to them.
Personally, when I create a new publish or create new material like videos clip, I always use pingomatic.com and have used bulkping.com as well. I have had excellent outcomes with both. One factor that I want to point out about bulkping.com is that you can also sumbit your RSS nourish. Pinging and posting your blog's RSS nourish will certainly improve MLM weblog visitors.
As for submitting, the best sites for this are Onlywire and TribePro. These sites offer public press social bookmarking all at once! At a shrub of a key, you can have your material on over 50 public bookmark management and social networking sites. Using an computerized process like Onlywire and TribePro will save so plenty of your energy and effort. Doing this individually will take hours! Why not improve MLM weblog visitors the easy way by using these computerized services?
Bonus Step: Publish to MLM Blog Directories
There are many weblog internet directories out there. The ones I like to use are technorati, blogarama, bloghub, and blogcatalog. To discover more, simply look for on Search search engines "blog directories". Always be sure to create eye capturing headings and weblog explanations so that individuals are more fascinated to see what your website is about. By posting your sites to weblog internet directories you will absolutely improve MLM weblog visitors.
All you need to do is follow these 7 easy improve MLM weblog visitors tips, and you will begin to see plenty of visitors to your MLM weblog. Soon, the lengthy anticipated achievements you have been seeking will be yours! Just do these regularly, and you will begin to see the results!


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Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search and Google Print) is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition, and stored in its digital database. Books are provided either by publishers and authors, through the Google Books Partner Program, or by Google's library partners, through the Library Project.[1] Additionally, Google has partnered with a number of magazine publishers to digitize their archives.
The service was formerly known as 'Google Print' when it was introduced at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2004. The Google Books Library Project, which scans works in the collections library partners and adds them to the digital inventory, was announced in December 2004.
The Google Books initiative has been hailed for its potential to offer unprecedented access to what may become the largest online body of human knowledge and promoting the democratization of knowledge. But it has also been criticized for potential copyright violations,[2][3] and lack of editing to correct the thousands of errors introduced into the scanned texts by the OCR process.
As of April 2013, the number of scanned books was over 30 million, but the scanning process has slowed down in USA academic libraries.[4][5] Google estimated in 2010 that there were about 130 million unique books in the world, and stated that it intended to scan all of them by the end of the decade.[6]
Google has digitized books from libraries and publishers, and has created a searchable catalog of many more titles. Some of the books are fully searchable (those in the public domain or with publisher permission), some have "snippet view" (searchable, but not fully viewable), and some just have publication information about the book. Search results also link places where hard copies of the book may be found.
Older books that are fully searchable can often be downloaded in full in pdf, or viewed in plain text (see the upper right corner of the screen while browsing book pages).
Here is a link to the advanced search window of Google.Books:


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City on a Hill Health Clinic provides free medical care for minor injuries or illnesses for those without insurance. Care is given by qualified, volunteer, medical staff. The weekly clinic is open on Tuesday evenings.
Patients should call ahead for an appointment.(Phone Hours are: Mondays from 9a - 5p or Tuesday 10a - 5p) Feel free to leave a message during off hours. There may be a delay in returning your call, but someone will call you as soon as possible.
The Clinic is a ministry of City on a Hill and financially supported by:
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI
- Community Foundation of Holland/Zeeland Area
- MI Department of Community Health
- Greater Ottawa County United Way
- and many individuals, churches, and area businesses.
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Adopt A Highway ProgramThe Public Works Road Maintenance department is a proud sponsor of the Adopt A Highway program. Please join our quest to continue to keep our Pinal County roads clean. Having a successful Adopt A Highway program helps our Pinal County Road Maintenance crews. It prevents spending time on picking up trash from our highways and allowing more time to repair and maintain the highways. Thank you!
All required and detailed information is located below. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact our Adopt A Highway Coordinator. Phone: 520-866-6515 Fax: 520-866-6899Email: email@example.com
Adopt A Highway ApplicationIf you would like to join our program please fill out our online form. It will begin the process identifying details:
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