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Programs & Events
Dark Sky Park Program Coordinator
Call 231.427.1001
Welcome to the Headlands International Dark Sky Park! The grounds, trails, and viewing areas at Headlands are open 24 hours a day, every day. Visitors are welcome to stay out through the night for dark-sky viewing opportunities, but camping is not permitted. Units like tents and campers are not allowed in the park. The Headlands is not intended as an overnight sleeping destination but instead is designed as a place to stay awake and view the stars. You may bring blankets, sleeping bags, chairs, food, beverages, etc. When packing, keep in mind that temperatures are typically 10 degrees lower than expected due to our proximity to the lake shore.
To protect the darkness of the park, please use red-filtered flashlights during your visit to the Headlands. Learn more here.
Our programs take place rain or shine, and no reservations are required unless otherwise noted.
Please save some time during your visit to stop by our "Out of This World" Gift Shop!
The Observatory is limited to park staff and researchers. Visuals when the Observatory is open are projected onto the big screen monitors on the main level. Professional star-gazers and astronomers are available on site to enhance your viewing experience during scheduled observing nights.
While the grounds, trails, viewing areas and restrooms at Headlands are always open and freely accessible, the Waterfront Event Center is only open to the public during scheduled programming and gift shop hours. The Waterfront Event Center at the Headlands is available for private rental.
To stay up-to-date on news and events at the Headlands International Dark Sky Park, register for email blasts by contacting firstname.lastname@example.com and be sure to follow our Facebook page for more news and photos.
Fridays throughout the summer, starting July 1 (and unless there is a formal program scheduled) join us at the shoreline viewing area with your favorite team of family and friends for Starlight Trivia, designed to test and delight your knowledge of the stars! In the event of inclement weather, Starlight Trivia will take place at the Heritage Village Pavilion, across the street from Headlands main entrance. There are prizes to win, star names to learn, and plenty of fun to be had!
Remaining Starlight Trivia dates are July 29; and Aug. 5, 19, 26, and trivia will conclude with one last hoorah on Sept. 2.
Excitement is building as Earth rolls toward the thickest part of Summer's fairest Meteor Shower the Perseids next week, and at Headlands, we're gearing up for another spectacular evening! If you've been following our social media, then you know we are under construction on a wonderful new event center and observatory, and you also know that this means parking is confined to the Headlands entrance for all events, so here's what we're planning for the Perseids:
- Our formal program for the Perseids will take place Friday, August 12 at 9 pm under the festival tent near the Headlands entrance. This means you get to park your car and stay close to where the action is! The program will include the history, science, mythology, and story connected to the Perseid Meteor Shower. Note that sunset on August 12 is at 8:53 pm, and astronomical twilight (the time it takes for skies to get truly dark) extends until 10:52 pm ~ so basically from 9 to 10 pm it will still be light out, and we will do our program during this time. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS YEAR THE MOON IS A FACTOR IN HOW DRAMATIC THE PERSEIDS WILL BE: The waxing gibbous will Moon rise in the east at 4:15 pm, so we will have Luna to contend with all night long.
- Starting at 10 pm, community members and businesses that have chosen to participate in our Lights Out Challenge will turn off their lights for an hour, and we will conduct our sky quality measurements to see which of the competing communities gets darkest. The Mackinac Bridge lights will be turned off during the competition, to add to the mystery of the night! Note that the participating communities are St. Ignace to the north of the Straits competing with Mackinaw City to the south, and Petoskey on the south side of Little Traverse Bay competing with Harbor Springs to the north. We wish good luck and starshine to everyone who participates!
- Following our program, guests to Headlands can choose one of three viewing places for the meteor shower, each of which will be staffed with folks that can answer questions and guide you through the night:
– The Heritage Village Field, where we have hoisted our festival tent near the parking area. Facilities include porta potty. There is no walking required to view from this area. The thickest part of the Milky Way is obstructed by the treeline to the southwest, but the view to northeast where the constellation Perseus rises is in full view. You do not need to look at Perseus to see the shower because the meteors can fall anywhere through the sky (and that's the beauty of it!).
– Headlands shoreline viewing area, which is accessed by one mile walk from parking area to shoreline. The route is mostly paved and then becomes flat gravel before you arrive at the 1/4 mile of rugged Lake Michigan shoreline for viewing. From here you can see the thickest part of the Milky Way to the southwest, and views to the east are buffered by the forest. Facilities include a porta potty and this is a no white light zone, meaning red filter flashlights only.
– The Headlands Guest House, accessible by the same one mile walk you follow to get to the shoreline area, with a left turn toward the house when you get to the shore. Views are north, west, and south, with the view to the north and east buffered by trees. Facilities include indoor restrooms. This building will close to the public at midnight and it is also in our no white light zone, so red filter flashlights only though the Moon will provide plenty of natural light for those who are comfortable with it!
Bring snacks and something comfortable to sit on. Be tidy. Be polite. Bring all of your wishes!
If you have questions about any or all of this, please call us at 231-348-1713 and keep checking back here for more information, and share your photos. Protecting the night sky takes all of us, and we love to celebrate it with everyone who comes out to join us!
Our scheduled Perseid Meteor Shower Program gets underway at 9 p.m. at the Headlands Guest House, and by 10 p.m. folks all over Northern Michigan are turning off their lights to join us in celebrating natural darkness and to count the falling stars!
Please arrive by 8:30 p.m. to catch sunset at the Guest House (and to get parked and settled in). Our program gets under way from 9 to 10 p.m., after which the Lights Out Challenge occurs in the surrounding communities (from 10 to 11 p.m.)
You can take part! Lights Out Across the Bay and Lights Out Across the Straits Challenges set for Aug. 12, 2016 during the Perseid Meteor Shower
About Lights OUT!
The Northwest Michigan region enjoys the unique and prestigious distinction of being home to one of the first 10 International Dark Sky Parks in the world at Emmet County's Headlands park property.
That means all of Northern Michigan revels in the beauty created by protection of the night sky, and Emmet County continues its work toward protecting this resource through its annual Lights Out Challenge! This year, the fourth annual Lights Out Across the Bay and Lights Out Across the Straits challenges will take place on Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, from 10 to 11 p.m. During that timeframe, residents, businesses and visitors in the cross-water communities of Petoskey and Harbor Springs, and Mackinaw City and St. Ignace, will compete with one-another to achieve greater darkness over their towns.
"We're asking everyone to shut their lights off for one hour and take the opportunity to reconnect with the sky above," said Headlands Dark Sky Park Program Director Mary Stewart Adams.
The event is timed to coincide with the active Perseid Meteor Shower on Aug. 12, one of the most popular meteor showers of the year. Participants can show their support by signing a Lights Out Pledge and posting their support in residence windows or at the entrance to business locations. Pledge forms are available on the County web site, www.MIdarkskypark.org and at area Chambers of Commerce in the four communities.
"Signing the pledge means you agree to turn out your outdoor lights and inhibit any indoor light from spilling outside for one hour, from 10 to 11 p.m., on Friday, August 12," said Adams. "It's free, it's full of fun good will, it saves money, and provides a great way to get to know your neighbors. Getting in touch with the night sky stirs something almost intangible in the human being – that place in each of us where we have a deep longing for wonder."
How will it work?
Step one: Prior to the event, designated Emmet County staff will measure the sky quality, using a Sky Quality Meter that registers darkness levels, in St. Ignace and in Mackinaw City, and Petoskey and Harbor Springs.
Step two: Between now and the event, area residents, business owners and visitors will pledge to turn out the lights and plan for an evening in the dark!
Step three: On August 12, between 10 and 11 p.m. turn out your lights across Little Traverse Bay and the Straits of Mackinac!
The winning community from each pair of towns will receive media recognition and an award from Emmet County.
Once again, the Mackinac Bridge Authority will participate in the Straits challenge by turning off the cable lighting on the Mighty Mac, and the Michigan Department of Transportation is getting involved as well! "The motivating intent behind this event is to raise awareness about the effective use of light at night. The more participation we have, the more we can effect positive change in the way we steward the vanishing natural resource of the night sky," said Adams.
"The beauty of our natural northern Michigan surroundings is a fundamental reason why tourists choose to visit the Straits area, and why residents choose to live here," said Bob Sweeney, Executive Secretary of the Mackinac Bridge Authority. "While many people come north to see the Mackinac Bridge lit, we're happy that our participation in the Lights Out Challenge helps improve the terrific views of our night sky."
The communities that achieve greater darkness will be announced in the week following the event.
The Lights Out initiative, led by Emmet County, includes the combined efforts of the Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce, Harbor Springs Area Chamber of Commerce, the City of Harbor Springs, the City of Petoskey, Bay View Association, the Mayors and Village Managers of St. Ignace and Mackinaw City, Mackinaw City Village Council Members, Visitors' Bureaus, and Downtown Development Authorities, as well as the Mackinac Bridge Authority and the Michigan Department of Transportation.
"Truly it takes the entire community to protect the vast and inspiring resource of the deep, dark night sky that we enjoy in Northwest Michigan," Adams said. "This voluntary, awareness-raising event shines the light on the unique ways Emmet County informs our community, region and state about the importance of protecting the night sky."
If you have questions about the Lights Out Challenge, call Adams at (231) 348-1713 or email email@example.com.
About the Perseids: What to expect in 2016
The Perseid Meteor Shower is indeed one of the most popular during the year because of the rate of meteors it produces and in 2016, despite the light of waxing gibbous Moon, astronomers are predicting a potential outburst of meteors, due to the orbital influence of Jupiter. This could potentially double the normal rates of meteors seen, though viewers should note that this is a prediction and not a guaranteed forecast, Adams noted. The Lights Out Challenge and Northern Michigan's naturally dark skies attract thousands during the peak days of the shower. Here's what to expect if you are planning to view the Perseids this year:
The meteor shower is most active when the constellation Perseus is highest overhead, which is after midnight local time, though there will be plenty of potential activity before that time. The shower peaks between Aug. 11 and 13; our event is scheduled for Friday night, Aug. 12. Sunset Aug. 12 is at 8:53 pm, with astronomical twilight extending until 10:52 p.m., after which time the only natural light in the sky will be from the Moon and stars.
Meteors can be seen in any region of the sky. The constellation Perseus, which lends its name to this shower, will be visible rising in the northeast along the Milky Way, following in the wake of the constellation Cassiopeia. The parent comet of the Perseid Meteor Shower is Swift-Tuttle, discovered independently by Msrs Swift and Tuttle in July of 1862.
Adams also noted the story of Perseus from ancient Greek mythology and it's tie to this annual meteor shower: "Perseus is a son of Zeus, who transformed himself into a shower of golden stars and rained down upon the mortal princess Danae when he spied her confined to a vault in the Earth where her father had hidden her after the oracle predicted she would have a son that would slay him. Perseus went on to slay the Medusa and free Andromeda, and the meteor shower that comes from his region of the sky was believed by the ancients to be his gift of strength to humanity as the daylight hours begin to wane toward autumn."
Our efforts were recently featured by the International Dark Sky Association to help support other communities in raising awareness about night skies~click here for that article, and follow us on Facebook for the latest up-to-date announcements. Help your community win the challenge, turn out the lights and count your lucky stars!
Fridays throughout the summer, starting July 1 (and unless there is a formal program scheduled) join us at the shoreline viewing area with your favorite team of family and friends for Starlight Trivia, designed to test and delight your knowledge of the stars! In the event of inclement weather, Starlight Trivia will take place at the Heritage Village Pavilion, across the street from Headlands main entrance. There are prizes to win, star names to learn, and plenty of fun to be had!
Remaining Starlight Trivia dates are July 29; and Aug. 5, 19, 26, and trivia will conclude with one last hoorah on Sept. 2.
Fridays throughout the summer, starting July 1 (and unless there is a formal program scheduled) join us at the shoreline viewing area with your favorite team of family and friends for Starlight Trivia, designed to test and delight your knowledge of the stars! In the event of inclement weather, Starlight Trivia will take place at the Heritage Village Pavilion, across the street from Headlands main entrance. There are prizes to win, star names to learn, and plenty of fun to be had!
Remaining Starlight Trivia dates are July 29; and Aug. 5, 19, 26, and trivia will conclude with one last hoorah on Sept. 2.
Fridays throughout the summer, starting July 1 (and unless there is a formal program scheduled) join us at the shoreline viewing area with your favorite team of family and friends for Starlight Trivia, designed to test and delight your knowledge of the stars! In the event of inclement weather, Starlight Trivia will take place at the Heritage Village Pavilion, across the street from Headlands main entrance. There are prizes to win, star names to learn, and plenty of fun to be had!
Remaining Starlight Trivia dates are July 29; and Aug. 5, 19, 26, and trivia will conclude with one last hoorah on Sept. 2.
Harvest Moon is the Full Moon closest to Equinox each year, and the Headlands International Dark Sky Park in Mackinaw City is planning a dance to celebrate the change of the season.
The Harvest Moon Dance will take place Saturday night, Sept. 17, under the festival tent with live music featuring the Jill Jack Band, of Detroit. Jill and her players will set the mood with their performance beginning at 7:30 p.m., followed by sunset at 7:47 p.m. and Harvest Moon rising at 8:30 p.m. The program is free and no reservations are necessary, but come early to get your spot on the dance floor. The program is scheduled until 10 p.m. The Jill Jack Band is known for entertaining with strong audience connection and their high-energy rock and blues that can segue into original folk ballads, demonstrating why Jill has won numerous Detroit Music Awards, including 2015's Outstanding American Songwriter Award.
While most evenings visitors to the park must walk a mile in to the dark sky viewing area along the shoreline, on this evening a tent will be placed near the Headlands entrance.
"Jill is an exceptional talent," said Mary Stewart Adams, Headlands Dark Sky Park Program Director, quoting from a recent Detroit Free Press article which reported that "her voice can soar like opera and smoke like the blues … one of the strongest voices in Detroit, or in the country for that matter."
"Harvest Moon is all about celebrating the bounty of the seasons and the work of cultivating a healthy harmony in our lives and the things we must tend, " added Adams. "Of all the Moon's phases, Full Moon is like the release point, when everything we're gathering up in the cycle is let go, so the natural world can have its turn. When it comes to Harvest Moon, we dance, to celebrate everything that goes into a success and challenge of getting to a harmonious experience of nature and its seasons."
And what a season it's been at the Headlands. With construction of the new Waterfront Event Center still restricting parking on site at Headlands, guests all season long have trekked one mile through the woods to the shoreline viewing area where falling stars, the Milky Way, and the elusive Northern Lights have held imaginations with wonder, Adams noted.
"I'm particularly looking forward to this event because it's a great way to show our gratitude for the goodwill of everyone who came out this season," said Adams. "We welcomed thousands and thousands of guests to the Headlands; it's been another amazing summer under the night sky in Emmet County."
Dare the dark at the Headlands Challenge on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016!
The spookiest time of year can be the most beautiful, too! Emmet County will host the eighth annual Headlands Challenge event at the Headlands International Dark Sky Park in Mackinaw City, on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 8 to 10 pm, during which time guests are dared to walk the 1-mile, dimly lighted path from the Headlands entrance to the Guest House, or take the unlit woods route – shorter, but darker, and not for the faint of heart. Both end at the Guest House, where you can find your fortune and hear seasonal storytelling under the stars. Light (and limited) refreshments will also be part of this free, family-friendly event that was the first dark sky event ever held on the Headlands property.
It all started one stormy October when we joined night sky enthusiasts around the world to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo first using a telescope to look at the night sky. Rather than just rely on telescopes, here at Headlands we used the spooky mood of the season and storytelling to celebrate the night, and won commendation for our efforts from the International Astronomers Union Office of Astronomy Development.
The fun continues every year at this time, and has developed to include trick-or-treating at Heritage Village, just across the road from the Headlands entrance, from 6 to 8 p.m. and the haunted McGulpin Point Lighthouse, open until 11 p.m. All events are free and open to the public, with no RSVP required. Trolley service between Heritage Village and the lighthouse will be provided at no charge, beginning at 6 p.m. at Heritage Village, where parking will be available. The trolley will not service the Headlands, as the Challenge is strictly a walking event.
"Our free monthly Dark Sky Park programs are intended to get area residents and visitors out into the dark to observe the amazing night sky we have protected over Emmet County and Northern Michigan," said Mary Stewart Adams, Dark Sky Park Program Director at the Headlands. "The Headlands Challenge is an especially fun event because it really celebrates the natural mood of the season, which is the cross quarter time of moving from greater daylight to greater darkness." Sunset on Oct. 29 is at 6:30 p.m., and this night will be especially dark because the Moon is hidden from view, wending its way toward new phase after the event. This means the evening will be deep and dark, Adams noted. Wagons/strollers are suggested for those walking with young children along the 1-mile road.
See you there, if you dare!
In addition to the Headlands Challenge, Emmet County is also hosting special trick-or-treating hours at McGulpin Point Lighthouse, which is located a short distance from the Headlands. McGulpin Point will be decorated in a Wizard of Oz theme with special hours of 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Oct. 29; and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 30-31.
For further information on Headlands Challenge, contact Mary Stewart Adams, Headlands Program Director at 231-348-1713, or Beth Anne Eckerle, Emmet County Director of Communications and Web Development, at (231) 348-1704 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The three park properties are located about 2 miles west of downtown Mackinaw City.
The Headlands: 15675 Headlands Road, Mackinaw City, MI www.MIdarkskypark.org
McGulpin Point: 500 Headlands Road, Mackinaw City, MI www.mcgulpinpoint.org
Heritage Village: 1425 W. Central Ave., Mackinaw City, MI (use Headlands Road entrance) www.mackinawhistory.org
Lantern walking through November woods at Headlands
We know it's still football season under the big stadium lights of fall, but it's also the peak of the lion's meteor shower and you're invited to join us under the dark of night at Headlands for a beautiful experience under the starry skies.
Program Director Mary Stewart Adams will meet guests at the Headlands entrance and give a guided tour through the beautiful moonlit woods to the viewing area at the shoreline, to catch the falling stars and hear further tales of the night. This is a one mile walk in the woods, and guests are invited to bring lanterns, to coincide with seasonal traditions of taking lantern walks into dark November nights. Please be prepared with walking shoes and layers of warm clothes. The Leonid Meteor Shower peaks overhead at this time, as earth travels through the wake of starry stuff left in the trail of the Comet Temple-Tuttle.
"The Leonid is a really variable meteor shower," said Adams, "but it's also one of the most historically significant, because it gave rise to the science and study of meteor showers when it caused an incredible outburst in the early 1800s. And it's November, when tradition holds that taking a walk by lantern light is done to celebrate the strength of inner light despite the challenge of growing, outer darkness."
The Moon will be Full just a few days prior to the peak of the Leonid Meteor Shower, and while that can diminish views of the less bright meteors, there is still the promise of beautiful stargazing. Orion will be solidly over the horizon in the east, chasing the star cluster of the Pleiades across the sky, and the Andromeda Galaxy will be seen spiraling directly overhead. In addition to providing star maps and a guided walking tour by lantern light, we'll have our telescopes out for peering deeper into the night while we wait for wishing stars to fall through the sky! Participants should dress for low temperatures. "These colder nights make for some great stargazing because there's less haze in the atmosphere, and the dark seems to be more velvety and richer" said Adams.
The radiant of the Leonid Meteor Shower is in the sickle, or head region of the mighty Lion
The last New Moon of 2016 occurs during the sacred season of dark and quiet that bridges the old year to the new, traditionally known as the 12 Days of Christmas, allowing for unique contemplation of where we've been, and where we're going! You're invited to contemplate this passage of time in the old growth forest of Headlands, and to participate in engaging storytelling of the night sky. The stars of the season have lent themselves to many cultural tales and traditions, some of which will be shared both indoors and out, especially since these 12 days correspond to the 12 months of the year, and these to the 12 constellations of the zodiac. In addition to snowshoe hiking through the woods, guests can participate in making a workbook/journal designed to allow for contemplation of life experience relative to the stars.
"Winter stargazing can be deeply satisfying, because the cool air makes the night crisp and clear," said Mary Stewart Adams, Program Director for the Headlands International Dark Sky Park.
Program happens rain, snow or shine! If we can't take to the trails with our snowshoes, then we'll hike the woods and enjoy the quiet outdoors with tales of the night sky.
Limited number of snowshoes available by reservation, but it is best to bring your own. (231) 348-1713 to reserve a pair.


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5 Long Distance Piano Games
This winter, you've probably taught a record number of phone, Skype, or Facetime piano lessons. I love the way technology helps us not feel like we have to offer makeup lessons! But of course, there are some things that are difficult to do long distance, so you might find yourself with a little extra lesson time and wonder what kind of fun games you can play long distance!
"Let's do our snowman matching note name game!" you might say, and then, "Uh, nevermind. I guess you don't have those cards at your house."
Or you might say,
"Hey let's play a duet together!" but then realize that there is a time delay in any phone, Skype or Facetime conversation.
So, here are 5 long distance piano games that you CAN play with your students over the phone, on Facetime or via Skype:
5 Long Distance Piano Games
1. Barely Bingo
Student: A new piece of music (like Happy, Happy Birthday), a pencil
Teacher: The same piece of music as the pupil
To Play:
Okay, the object of Bingo is to get 4 in a row, right? So the object here is have the student yell "Bingo!" when he or she finds 4 of the objects that you call out. Tell the student that you are going to say a music term out loud and that you want him to to circle all of those things in his music. "If you can find 4 of these objects in your music, circle them and say 'Bingo!'"
Suggested terms:
Sharp, flat, dynamics, bar lines, C's, D's, E's, steps, skips, repeated notes
2. Where's Waldo?
Student: A piece of music (like The Booger Song which your student can buy and print from his house)
Teacher: The same piece of music
To Play:
Explain: "Okay, look at your music and pick only one note in your music. That's going to be your Waldo. I'll ask you a bunch of Yes or No questions and try to figure out exactly where your Waldo is."
Then, carefully choose which questions to ask such that it encourages the student to really think about their music.
Suggested questions:
Is the note on the 1st beat of the measure?
Is the note on the 2nd beat of the measure? (etc.)
Is the note underneath a dynamic symbol?
Is the note in the bass clef?
Is the note in the treble clef?
Is the note a half note?
Is the note a quarter note?
Is the note in m. 17?
Final Question: IS THE NOTE A D? etc.
3. Playbacks
A piano for both teacher and student
To Play:
This works just like any playback activity, except that you have to keep in mind that the student will be slightly delayed when the play it back. However, they'll probably think they are right in time, so don't worry so much about them playing right after you.
Tell the student you are going to play something on the piano that they can't see. Give them the starting note or hand position. Then play it and ask them to play it back exactly as you played it to them.
4. Questions and Answers
A piano for the teacher and student
To Play:
In the same vein of playbacks, play a short phrase that asks a question (don't end on tonic) and ask them to play back an answer (and tell them to end on tonic). Depending on the level of the student, you can teach them about parallel and contrasting phrases or even ask them to ask you questions and you play answers.
5. Flashcard Frenzy (Facetime or Skype)
Teacher: Flashcards (note names, key signatures, triads, etc.) and a stopwatch
To Play:
Hold up flashcards in front of the camera and time the student to see how long they take for a given number of flashcards. Then, repeat the same flashcards and ask the student to try to beat their time.
6. Rhythm Explorations
I know I said there were only 5 games, but I thought I'd mention that it's really easy to use Rhythm Menagerie and Rhythm Manipulations on the phone. Of course, you can't count and clap with them, but why not have them do it for you? You can have them do their meowing page (in unit 3), their monkey sounds page (in unit 4), their hopping page (in unit 4), their knees and toes page (unit 5), etc. You get the idea.
Teacher and Student: A page or two from Rhythm Menagerie or Rhythm Manipulations
If they already have the page, you are ready to go, but if you don't , just scan the page and send it to them before their lesson. Or take a screen shot when you have it pulled up on your computer (Mac: press and hold command, shift, 3) (PC: Alt + printscreen, then paste it in an email).
What other long distance piano games and activities can you play with your student? I'd love to hear about them in the comments section!
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Ok... here was my first issue. I was using PHP Storm and I went to edit a PHP file. Got a PHP error. The file ends with <?php and not sure which... either a tab or a few spaces. I found the error was because PHP Storm was removing these characters at the end of the file. They are necessary as it connects within another file. Any editor that manipulates code with no explanation is worthless. Of all things, an IDE shouldn't be manipulating text (warnings and code-completion are fine).
So I tried Eclipse. Worked fine as far as not altering code. But there's no word wrap??!! What? Who wants to scroll horizontally in order to see the rest of longer lines? Even good ol' basic Notepad has a word wrap. Yea, I know, there's plugins for it. But every one I've found says it creates an issue with line numbers not being correct or is only avail until 'Luna' (no edition for Mars). And that's no good either. When I come across an error on line #..., I want to be able to find it instantly.
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Another fix would be if there is such a thing as a word wrap plugin for Eclipse V Mars 1.0) that doesn't result in incorrect line numbers.
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New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) A 19th century painting by renowned artist Raja Ravi Varma was brought to life through the medium of a flash mob here recently.
Organised in the busy Select City Walk in South Delhi, the flash mob saw a group of performers dressed in 19th century costumes casually converge in the central atrium of the mall and break into a dance.
They recreated Varma's 'Portrait of a Family' where the artist captures a South Indian family in their finest attire.
Kiran Nadar, Chairperson of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art here, said the idea behind the flash mob was to make art more accessible to the public through its dissemination in an entertaining way.
"In India, we have a fondness for song and dance, and what better way to connect and engage with the public (than a flash mob) to raise awareness of India's great art heritage," Nadar told PTI.
According to her, the collector base in India is "very small" compared to countries like China, resulting in inadequate visibility of and dialogue around modern and contemporary Indian art.
"Art and art related activities are still not a regular part of people lives. There is still a gap in the dissemination of knowledge to people," she said.
With outreach initiatives such as the flash mob, Nadar wants to bridge this gap so that art is no longer seen as just for the elite but a layman could also strive to stay connected with it.
The flash mob leveraged the entertainment value of the performance, surprising the visitors at the mall with a choreographed jig that combined traditional classical forms, break-dancing and modern dance set to South Indian fusion music.
The performers were wearing saris along with temple jewellery, gajras, dhotis and turbans -- all draped in styles from centuries ago.
The final pose saw the dancers assemble in the same form as the Raja Ravi Varma painting 'Portrait of a Family'. It was done in order to recreate it in real life, and also to mark the opening of a new exhibition at KNMA which featured his celebrated works.
"By using an unusual, quirky and one of a kind activity like the flash mob, we wanted to treat the public to a visual spectacle to help peak interest in art.
"We wanted people to pick up their phones and google 'Raja Ravi Varma' and 'Indian art'," Nadar said.
Although the museum does not have any immediate plans for another flash mob, it is currently hosting an exhibition on the works of Jamgarh Singh Shyam that is scheduled to continue till January 12.
The collection has been curated by Jyotindra Jain and Roobina Karode. PTI TRS MG MG


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Those who travel around New Zealand on a self drive itinerary often want to keep in touch with the folks back home. This is a summary of the current state of high speed internet access in New Zealand.
The NZ broadband usage data released today shows the number of New Zealand households, businesses, schools and hospitals connected to Ultra Fast Fibre broadband (UFB) has increased by 12 per cent in the past three months. This means that uptake in UFB is now at 33.3 per cent in UFB enabled areas of New Zealand.
Communications Minister Simon Bridges, said: "It's encouraging to see that strong demand for UFB is continuing, as connectivity continues to improve across New Zealand. "The first phase of the UFB roll-out is nearing completion with 73.8 per cent of the fibre broadband build in the allocated areas completed.
The objective is to make UFB available to more than 84 per cent of New Zealanders by the end of 2024.
Ultrafast fibre broadband can reach peak speeds of more than 1000 megabits per second and the number of users able to connect to UFB increased by 41,441 this quarter, bringing the total number of users to date at 1,103,874. Meanwhile the price gap between fibre broadband connections and the older ADSL and VDSL connection types is closing and ultra fast fibre plans typically now cost the same as the slower copper plans.
The ambition to make UFB widely available in New Zealand was first announced by the government in 2009 and is expected to reach 80% of the population by 2020. Now it's been confirmed by Minister for Communications Simon Bridges that the reach of the expanded network will be between 84-85% by 2024.
So you can look forward to enjoying your favorite Netflix drama series when traveling around New Zealand, although you should be aware that Netflix and their competitors often don't make the same content available as that in the US.
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SXSW kicks off in Austin, Texas this Saturday, March 14th, and is promising to be a massive event for talent, media, sponsors, industry types and those who want to be on the cutting edge of pop culture.
And for the eight consecutive year, there will be an impressive comedy presence, with a tremendous line up and expected drop ins, pop ins and secret guests yet to be announced.
We talked with SXSW comedy producer Charlie Sotelo about the festival and what separates it from all the others. "One of the things that differentiates SXSW Comedy from other festivals is that we have the world's biggest interactive festival and a major film festival happening concurrently, so we have these amazing things happen," he said. What he's referring to is the cross over possibilities and drop ins that inevitably result from three major festivals happening in the same space in overlapping time frames. "We're able to get these great acts just from the association with film, and then every year there's an event that comes in for film and of course they're going to do stand-up comedy. Like this year, that's kind of how the Judd Apatow thing happened, he's here with Trainwreck and Amy Schumer and they're like' hey, can we jump on a show?' And that's pretty nice."
Charlie also told us that their super secret guest, who is promised to be a "big comedy legend" will perform in a 100 seater for the Super Secret Show, and will also appear on Big Jay Oakerson's What's Your Fucking Deal.
The surprises are one of the things that make SXSW special. Like last year for example, when Grumpy Cat showed up and asked (through her owners) to be introduced to Seth Meyers, and on the way to the elevators, they ran into Marc Cuban and Jay Z right before bumping into Shaquille O'Neal. That kind of celebrity intermingling also allows for SXSW podcasts to have the greatest guests.
But for Sotelo, what really makes SXSW special is getting to help incredibly talented people get recognized on a larger stage. Audiences may come to see the big stars in the line-up but they leave talking about the people whose names they didn't know when they arrived in Austin. "So many great things have happened for comedians here at SXSW, because you're in an environment so rich with other talent, with media and with sponsors. People get hooked up with brands and networks every year," Sotelo said, "and as a programmer, that really makes you proud."
This year's line-up includes performances by Adam Cayton-Holland, Al Madrigal, Allen Strickland Williams, Amy Schumer, Andrew Orvedahl, Andrew Santino, Ari Shaffir, Ben Roy, Beth Stelling, Bill Burr, Bob Saget, Brent Morin, Brooks Wheelan, Chris D'Elia, Dan Harmon, Dave Ross, Doug Benson, Eliot Glazer, Eric Andre, Erin Whitehead, Glenn Wool, Horatio Sanz, Iliza Schlesinger, Jake Weisman, James Adomian, Big Jay Oakerson, Jay Pharoah, Jeffrey Ross, Joe DeRosa, Jon Huck, Judd Apatow, Katie Dippold, Lauren Lapkus, Liza Treyger, Mary Holland, Matt Besser, Matt Braunger, Matt Walsh, Mark Normand, Mike O'Brien, Nate Bargatze, Nick Kroll, Nick Thune, Pat Bishop, Paul Virzi, Rachel Feinstein, Rick Glassman, Ron Funches, Sasheer Zamata, Scott Aukerman, Shannon O'Neill, Stephanie Allynne, Tim Robinson, Todd Glass, Vanessa Bayer, W. Kamau Bell, Wyatt Cenac and others.
Plus Doug Benson's Doug Loves Movies and Doug Interrupts, Roast Battle, The Super Secret Show, Comedy Bang Bang, the Cast of Undateable, and more.
Get badges and info at SXSW.com. The comedy shows at the festival start this Saturday, March 14th and run through Tuesday March 17th, with four addition shows running form Wednesday March 18th, through Saturday March 21st, one per day.


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"Nia & the Numbers Game is such a straight forward book! As an adult I enjoyed reading it and will recommend it to all my family and friends who are raising daughters. I wish this had been available for me to give to my daughter." – Maggie Harper
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Published on Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities and especially Memory Care and Alzheimers Units have an option now for helping prevent broken hips should a resident fall. Medical Update's course for CEU's on "How to Prevent Falls" has a section on how a research facility for Alzheimer's care used entire body padding to keep Alzheimer's resident's moving safely on their wandering patterns up and down the halls. Medical Update's new Falls course will mention this new technique and give follow up information on how facilities caring for the elderly are finding this cushion type air bag helpful. Earn your CEU's while you keep up with this latest invention.
Allentown Company Invents Air Bags for Your Hips
Hip fractures are a huge problem in the United States. Each year, one in three Americans over the age 65 falls, resulting in 300,000 hip fractures annually. A quarter of them will die within a year as a result of their injuries. Another quarter will never live independently again. The direct and long-term care costs of hip fractures is estimated at tens of billions of dollars annually.
And so, even before Lakatos finished his first round of fundraising, he found himself facing a very unusual kind of challenge for the head of an incipient startup: He would have to make the biggest speech of his life.
TEDMED, the health and medicine edition of the popular TED — technology, entertainment and design — conference, extended him an invitation to give a talk.
"It was terrifying," Lakatos said.
Backstage, he anxiously recited his speech, which before committing to memory, he had fine-tuned over the course of countless rewrites and edits. Finally, his name was called; it was his turn to step before the spotlight and cameras.
He began with an anecdote about a California automobile driver who survived a 150-foot fall off a cliff.
"She was able to walk away from that car accident because of air bags that protected her in the hundred milliseconds before she needed them," he told the audience. Then he asked, "Why do we have to be in the cage of an automobile to have the same level of protection?"
That was September 2014, eight years after the Christmas party where Lakatos met Philadelphia trauma surgeon Robert Buckman and their company, ActiveProtective, began to take shape. Lakatos and Buckman, who worked with Lakatos' wife, struck up a conversation, and Buckman told him about his dream of creating a wearable hip air bag.
Lakatos was then working in sales for a software company, but he had previously helped launch two startups, including one that he sold, and he was immediately intrigued by Buckman's concept.
The next year, Buckman launched ActiveProtective with Lakatos' input. And in the years that followed, Lakatos, an engineer, devoted more and more time to the project, helping design prototypes and to file for patents. He quit his job and joined ActiveProtective full time in 2012, becoming the company's CEO.
By then, his grandfather was well into his 10th decade and because of a degenerative visual impairment was at high risk of a hip injury. He recalled his grandfather telling him in his Hungarian accent: "Drew, I need it. Get this thing done."
One of the first backers of ActiveProtective was Sacha Levy of New York, a member of the New York Angels investor group. He said he looks for ideas that are emotionally fulfilling, intellectually stimulating and financially rewarding, and the wearable hip air bag was all three.
"I rarely get a chance to invest in something as an angel that, if it works, will save tens of thousands of lives a year," he said.
As an orthopedic surgeon at St. Luke's University Health Network, Dr. Jennifer Banzhof is all too familiar with the hazards of falling and hip fractures. Women, who are prone to osteoporosis, are particularly vulnerable, as is anyone who takes medications that impair balance.
"It's a big deal, especially as baby boomers are aging," she said.
During his TEDMED talk, Lakatos explained how wearable hip air bags would work. The bags would be contained in a belt worn over clothing. Clipping the two ends of the belt together would activate motion sensors — the same technology now common in cellphones — that could differentiate between a fall and normal movement such as sitting. And in the case of a fall, the air bags would deploy from the belt. The wearer's sides and rear would be protected within 60 milliseconds by a 2-inch-thick air cushion.
So powerful is the TED brand, which has been promulgated by the TED Radio Hour on National Public Radio, that Lakatos' TEDMED invitation was enough to propel ActiveProtective through its first round of fundraising.
That round, along with a second round that has just closed, has brought in more than $2 million, according to Lakatos.
Also among the backers is Joel D. Gilley, president of Promus Financial in Allentown. Like Levy, Gilley too liked the idea of pumping his money into something that could help others.
"Whenever you invest, you hope for a financial return, and I certainly do," he explained. "But the more I heard about this opportunity from Drew, the more excited [I became] about being part of something transformative."
Lakatos runs ActiveProtective from a downtown Allentown office space provided by Gilley. In addition to Lakatos, the company has four employees, all of whom work remotely.
Also collaborating on the project are about a dozen other people who work for the three companies — an air bag manufacturer, a software developer and an industrial designer — with whom ActiveProtective is partnering.
Lakatos said he would like to base as much of the company's operations in the Lehigh Valley as possible — for example, final assembly, packaging, shipping and customer support. The prospect of homegrown jobs was an extra selling point for Gilley.
The belts are due to undergo extensive testing over the next year in preparation for the start of sales in 2017, according to Lakatos.
Sadly, however, that won't come soon enough to help Lakatos' grandfather. He died at the age of 97 this year, two weeks after falling and fracturing his hip.
"It infuriates me because these things are so preventable," Lakatos said.
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Audi has announced that it will be building a battery-electric SUV from 2018.
The model will be badged as the Q6, and will take heavy influence from Audi's e-tron quattro concept that was revealed at the Frankfurt motor show last year.
The carmaker has confirmed that the new model will use three electric motors and a quick charging, high‑capacity battery to "offer a maximum of sportiness, driving dynamics and efficiency". It is claimed to be capable of eeking out more than 500 kilometres (311 miles) from a single charge.
The Q6 will be built from 2018 at Audi's Brussels production plant. Its batteries will also be created in-house at this location.
In order to make space for the new SUV, production of the Audi A1 is being moved from Brussels to Seat's facility in Martorell in Spain. Audi chair Rupert Stadler said of the move: "The new model distribution will enhance our production efficiency and strengthen all of the sites involved. It will allow us to utilise further synergies within the Volkswagen Group and to bundle key competencies".
No more details have been revealed, but Audi's promise that the e-tron quattro concept provides a clear glimpse means we can expect some traits to be carried over. Greg Kable looks over that car in more detail below.
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When the e-tron quattro concept was revealed at the 2015 Frankfurt motor show, Luca de Meo, Audi's sales and marketing boss, told Autocar that the electric model will "cost about the same as a well-specced Audi A6". That suggests it will appear at a price point of at least £60k.


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When you think of a desert, you may picture mirages, sand dunes and, above all, unrelenting sunshine creating sweltering temperatures. If so, you may need to update your fantasies to include snow, ice and bitterly cold daytime temperatures. About one third of the world's land surface is covered by deserts, and while many of them are indeed hot, some are bitterly cold. Take, for example, the landmass of Antarctica, which besides being the coldest desert in the world is also the coldest place in earth. Other deserts are hot in summer but cold in winter. In China, the Taklamakan desert temperature in summer can be 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius), but in winter it falls to 25F (-4C).
Each of the world's eight cold deserts hosts its own flora and fauna. To live in the desert environment, plants must be drought-resistant. Animals must be able to conserve water, so they are generally small, because large animals lose too much water through their skins to make desert living possible.
What Is It About a Cold Desert That Makes Survival Difficult?
Deserts are dry. The most often cited desert definition is that it is a place that receives less that 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rainfall annually, but some scientists consider twice that amount of rainfall to qualify a region as a desert. According to the latter definition, the Great Basin of North America, which includes parts of Utah, Nevada, Oregon, California, Wyoming and Idaho, qualifies as a cold desert. Some cold deserts are really dry, though. The Atacama desert, the driest desert on Earth, receives only 0.004 in (0.01 cm) of rain every year. That's hardly enough to even measure.
Besides being dry, deserts are also windy, and that increases the evaporation rate. Moreover, because the air lacks moisture, more ultraviolet sunlight reaches the ground than in other locations. Both these factors create challenging conditions for plant and animal life. The truth about a cold desert is that, even though temperatures may not be excessively hot, dehydrating conditions make survival difficult.
Plants of the Cold Deserts
Grasses are the most common vegetation in cold deserts. They tend to grow in clumps known as bunchgrass. Shrubs and brush plants also cover the terrain, such as the sagebrush common in the Great Basin. One of the most interesting, welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis), is a unique two-leaved shrub that grows in the Namib Desert in southeastern Africa. It produces colorful cones and grows to heights between 1/2 and 2 meters.
Trees are few, but they do exist. A type of acacia, known as camel thorn (Acacia erioloba) grows in the Gobi desert, and the saxaul tree (Haloxylon ammodendron), a small and bushy tree, grows in the Turkestan desert. Pistachio trees (Pistacia vera) are common in the Iranian desert, and tamarugo trees (Prosopis tamarugo), which produce an edible fruit, grow in the Atacama. Cactus species aren't as common in the cold deserts as they are in the hot ones, but the giant cardon cactus (Pachycereus pringlei) also grows in the Atacama.
Animals of the Cold Deserts
The largest animals you're likely to find in cold deserts are gazelles and anteopes, which inhabit the Gobi, Turkestan and Taklamakan deserts; llamas, which live in the Atacama; and bighorn sheep, which inhabit the deserts of the Great Basin. Wolves and snow leopards roam the hills and plains of the Gobi desert, and you might also come the odd camel or jackal in the Taklamakan and Namib deserts.
Smaller mammals are more abundant than larger ones and include moles, jerboa, weasels, gerbils, hedgehogs, pocket mice, armadillos and jackrabbits. Reptile life includes many species of lizards, which inhabit many cold deserts. Sidewinders and vipers aren't as common as they are in hot deserts, but they do live in the Namib desert. No hot desert would be complete without scorpions, but the only cold desert in which they are common is the Iranian desert.
Birds that inhabit the cold deserts primarily include hawks and eagles, although the Antarctic region is home to several species of penguins.
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Solitaire Lodge, on the shores of Lake Tarawera near Rotorua, is one New Zealand's original luxury lodges. It is also a fabulous place to use as a base for a fly fishing stay, with options available almost all year round.
The position is commanding, with a wide view across Lake Tarawera and the volcanic mountains beyond. The area is dotted with gorgeous lakes and laced with trout-bearing rivers, so there are options to fish all year round – this central North Island area is one of the few places in New Zealand with great winter fishing.
In summer there are countless places to cast a line, from serious wilderness fishing adventures in the nearby national park to less demanding lake-based fishing from a boat. There are also excellent mountain bike trails, hot springs, hiking and some fabulous heli-sightseeing to places like Mt Tarawera and volcanically-active White Island – Whakaari.
Accommodation is in a range of luxury suites – each with a lake view and beautiful amenities. Your stay includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and pre-dinner drinks each day, and there is a good range of on-site activities including kayaks, motorised dinghies and fishing gear. There are also a number of geothermal attractions nearby with steaming geysers, relaxing hot pools, brightly coloured thermal lakes and bubbling mud pools, all within a short drive.
- the 6 Executive Suites provide a delightful stay in a 33 sq metre room, with separate sitting area, balcony overlooking the lake, and outdoor bath on the balcony
- the tastefully decorated Tarawera Suite is, at 70 sq metres, a substantial split-level room, including a generous sleeping space (super-king or twin), a separate sitting area and private balcony
- the Villa Suite, at 100 sq metres, is even larger, with a downstairs Master bedroom, en-suite, kitchenette, dining and living areas. The second bedroom is upstairs, with a private bathroom. Each bedroom can be a Super-King or twin configuration, in total sleeping up to 4 adults or a family of 4
- the beautiful Solitaire Suite is in a separate building, providing luxurious privacy in a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom space with lounge area and private sundeck
- the accommodation has been recently refurbished in a refreshing, contemporary style
The Main Lodge:
- a large central lounge opens out to wide views over Lake Tarawera
- choose to dine in your suite if you wish, or join other guests in the dining room
- the cuisine showcases beautiful local ingredients and regional wines, offering you a taste of the surrounding countryside. All meals are included in the tariff including a sumptuous 5-course dinner
- spa treatments are available in-house
- a private jetty gives guests access to the lake from the lodge grounds. Motorised dinghies are available for you to explore with
The Fishing:
- over 30 rivers and 4 lakes are available to fish, depending on the time of year; excellent guides are available at any time of year
- rainbow trout are fished all year and brown trout from October to May
- the upper tributaries of the rivers are open to fish from October to April, but the lower tributaries and lakes are open all year round. Raft, boat and heli fishing are also available
- join a catamaran from the lodge jetty and head out for a day's fishing on Lake Tarawera. This is a good day out for novice fishers, and those who already know exactly what they're doing
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Esther 6:1 lies right at the literary centre of this story, and the narrative unfolds on either side of this verse in a chiasmic structure. Chiasm (meaning 'X' in Greek) was a very common story-telling device in Hebrew literature, where the story follows an A-B-C-D-C-B-A kind of pattern (or an 'X' shape, if you can visualize it). Let me illustrate:
A1. The King's great Feast (1:1-12)
..B1. Esther made Queen, with feasting (2:1-17)
....C1. The King's decree to destroy the Jews (3:1-15)
......D1. The King offers Esther up to half his kingdom (5:3)
........E1. Esther's 1st banquet (5:5-8)
..........F1. Haman plots to murder Mordecai (5:9-14)
............G. The King can't sleep (6:12)
..........F2. Haman forced to honor Mordecai (6:4-14)
........E2. Esther's 2nd banquet (7:1-2)
......D2. The King offers Esther up to half his kingdom (7:3)
....C2. The King's decree to save the Jews (8:1-14)
..B2. Mordecai royally honored, with feasting (9:15-17)
A2. The Feast of Purim (9:18-32)
So that's pretty tidy, but there's more going on here, I think, than just fitting the story into a nice neat pattern. Usually in a Hebrew Chiasm, the key idea of the story is found at the centre of the chiasm, in this case at point "G": the King can't sleep. This is the turning point for Esther and her people. Chapter 5 ended with the ominous sounds of Haman building his gallows; Chapter 6 opens with this insomniac king. A chance sleepless night, but it leads to him asking for the records to be read (a little bedtime reading, I guess) and, coincidentally, he comes across the record of Mordecai's hitherto unrewarded good deed, back in chapter 2. Haman (again coincidentally) enters at just that moment and, thinking the King's talking about himself, tells him to lavish riches and royalty on the "man the King delights to honor." Little does he know the King was talking about Mordecai. So begins the slow, somewhat comic, totally unexpected ascent out of the utter despair of 5:14. And the story, as I've said, will reverse the fortunes of God's people, step for step all the way back up.
And here's where I'm going with all this: it seemed like a random sleepless night for King Ahasuerus, and yet, when you step back, and see how his insomnia fits in to this bigger, orderly scheme, you realize that it was no coincidence at all; nor was Haman's random entrance at the moment the record books were being read; nor was Mordecai's "chance" uncovering of a plot to kill Ahasuerus back in chapter 2. All these events, it turns out, happened "for such a time as this" (4:14). There is an order to God's activity in this story that is invisible until you step back to see it all laid out, but when you do it's beautiful and compelling, even at times comical.
It leaves me wondering about the 1001 apparently random coincidences that happen to me day in and day out, and how seldom, really, I notice God's overarching "chiasm" to the events—that is to say, I seldom stop to wonder if this chance occurrence isn't God doing or saying something really important right now. I usually just slog on, going about my business unawares. I posted earlier about how careful we need to be not to name God before he's ready to reveal himself. I think the author of Esther would also say, "Yeah, but when he does reveal himself, you'll see: there are no accidents with God.
The Girl Queen, the Captive Conqueror: A Devotional Commentary on the Book of Esther (6:1-10)
Esther 6:1 lies right at the literary centre of this story, and the narrative unfolds on either side of this verse in a chiasmic structure. Chiasm (meaning 'X' in Greek) was a very common story-telling device in Hebrew literature, where the story follows an A-B-C-D-C-B-A kind of pattern (or an 'X' shape, if you can visualize it). Let me illustrate:
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Bailey, Sir Joseph (1783-1858)
First baronet. He was the son of John Bailey of Wakefield and nephew to Richard Crawshay (d.1810), the "Iron King" of Cyfarthfa iron works. He walked from Yorkshire to Merthyr to join his uncle's business and learned the trade well. He inherited a quarter share of the Cyfarthfa business from Richard Crawshay on the latter's death. Wishing to go into business on his own he sold his share of the Cyfarthfa works in 1813 for £20,000 and embarked on iron works at Nantyglo, (which was conducted by the Bailey family until passing into the hands of a company in 1870); assisted by his brother Crawshay Bailey he also took over the Beaufort ironworks. He purchased estates in Brecknock, Radnorshire, Herefordshire and Glamorgan, including the Glanusk estate where he commissioned a fine new mansion by architect Robert Lugar and retired to the life of a landed gentleman, leaving his brother to manage the ironworks. He married (1) Maria Latham, 1810, by whom 9 children before her death in 1827 and (2) Mary Ann Hopper, who outlived him. He was created a baronet 1852 and was M.P. for Worcester City, then Breconshire 1847-1858. He died in 1858, his grandson succeeding to the baronetcy.
[Poole, p.97; Jones p. 166; Haslam; DWB; (See also entry for Craiglas)]
Bailey, Joseph (1812 - 1850)
Son of the first Sir Joseph Bailey. M.P. for Sudbury, later for Herefordshire; married Elizabeth Mary, dau. of William Congreve Russell, 1839, by whom 7 children. Father of second baronet. [G.R.]
[Poole, p. 97]
Bailey, Joseph Russell (1840-1906)
Second baronet; created Lord Glanusk, January 1899. Grandson of the first Sir Joseph Bailey, bart. (above); son of Joseph Bailey (1812-1850). Born at Leamington 1840; spent early years at Penmyarth, near Crickhowell; educated Harrow and Oxford; married Mary Anne, dau. of Henry Lucas M.D. of Glanyrafon, Crickhowell, 1861; succeeded to the baronetcy and Glanusk estates on the death of his grandfather in 1858, becoming the second Sir Joseph Bailey. Became a J.P.; High Sheriff of Breconshire, 1864; Chairman of Crickhowell Board of Guardians for many years; M.P. for Hereford 1865-1885, until he lost his seat upon the division of the county; won the seat of Hereford City, but lost again in 1892, when he retired from Parliament; restored St. John's Church, Tretower; succeeded Lord Tredegar as Lord Lieutenant for Breconshire in 1875; elected Chairman of Quarter Sessions, 1883; elected County Councillor for Llangattock division, 1888; Chairman of Breconshire County Council for many years; gained peerage 1899; died January 1906. [G.R.]
[Poole, p.97; Owen; Jones III, p.166]
Baker, John (d.1544/5)
The first Sheriff of the new county of Radnorshire. John Baker was a Presteigne man living in High Street and owning other properties in the town. He married Katherine the daughter of John Bradshaw the Elder, also of Presteigne, who also became Sheriff. Baker served as a Forester in the Lordship of Radnor, and as MP for the county from 1541 until his death in 1544/5. He was Sheriff from November 1540 until the following November.
Ballance, Mrs. Susan (b.1933)
Breconshire. Daughter of Captain Nevill Garnons Williams, last Lord lieutenant of Breconshire (d. 1983). Married to Major Christopher Ballance. Lives at Abercamlais. President, Brecon golf and angling clubs. High Sheriff of Powys 1994. (Claims descent from Sir Thomas de Boulogne, a Norman who settled the Usk valley in the wake of Bernard de Neufmarché.)
[Brecon and Radnor Express 5 May 1994]
Banks, Richard William (fl. 1876)
Of Ridgebourne, Kington. Was awarded allotments of land at the South end of Llandrindod Common in the Inclosure Award and was thus involved in the development of the new town of Llandrindod Wells. A Howey innkeeper built houses on the site, and a new inn which was called the Ridgebourne Arms in Banks' honour. Banks was also on the Council of the Llandrindod College when it was started in 1876. (This was advertised as "a Proprietary School for the sons of Gentlemen.")
Barnard, Eric
Oufitter, Llandrindod Wells. Commanding Officer of the Llandrindod Wells Home Guard Unit during the years of its activity.
[CAO R/X/39/14a; R/X/63]
Barnes, Wally (1920-1975)
Footballer (b Brecon 16 January 1920; d London 4 September 1975). 22 international caps for Wales (1948-1955). Qualified to play for Wales by virtue of being born in Brecon, where his father was stationed with the Army. Left back (circa 1930s-1955) for: Hampshire Schools XI; Pink's Athletic; Gosport; HAA Regimental Royal Artillery; Portsmouth Gas Co; Portsmouth (amateur); Hampshire County XI; Southampton (amateur); and Arsenal. Managed Wales for the Austria tour, 1954. Retired in 1955, and joined the BBC sports staff. Later Barnes moved to South Africa. On returning to the UK, he rejoined the BBC.
[Davies & Garland]
Bastock, Archie Middleship (1869-1954)
Footballer (b Brecon 1869; d Eastleigh, Hampshire 13 October 1954). 1 international cap for Wales 1892. Centre forward (circa 1880s-1890s) for: Singers FC (Coventry); Smethwick; Birmingham St George; Shrewsbury Town; West Bromwich Albion; Burton Swifts; and Eastleigh.
[Davies & Garland]
Battle Abbey, Sussex
Connection with Mid-Wales: at the time of the conquest of Brycheiniog by Bernard of Neufmarché and his knights in the 11th-12th centuries, tithes and lands were given to the Abbey. (See also Brecon Cathedral). [G.R.]
[Walker, Medieval Wales]
893: Buttington: An army of Danish Vikings which first came to Britain in 892 went on a major march up the Thames and the Severn, but at Buttington near Welshpool they were besieged and hemmed in by an Anglo-Welsh force. They managed to break out and return to base in England but with heavy losses.
1039: Rhyd y Groes: Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, ruler of Gwynedd and Powys, defeated a Mercian army at Rhyd y Groes on the Severn, a ford in the neighbourhood of Welshpool. The leader, Edwin, brother of Earl Leofric of Mercia, was killed.
1059: Glasbury: Gruffydd ap Llywelyn defeated Bishop Leofgar of Hereford and the sheriff and militia of Herefordshire in the valley of the Machawy, above Glasbury on 16 June; the bishop and sheriff were killed. The raid was a reprisal for the sacking of Hereford by Gruffydd in 1055.
1093: Brecon: During Easter week (17-23 April) Rhys ap Tewdwr, ruler of Deheubarth, who had been called up to help defend Brycheiniog against the Normans, was defeated and killed near where the Honddu falls into the Usk by "the Normans who were living in Brycheiniog". His death cleared the way for the Norman conquest of Brycheiniog and of south Wales.
1136: Crickhowell: During the Welsh recovery which followed the death of Henry I of England, Richard fitz Gilbert, lord of Ceredigion, was ambushed and killed on his way from Abergavenny to Brecon, at Coed Grwyne, by the Welsh of Gwent. Apparently he refused an escort.
1162: Llandinam: Owain Gwynedd defeated Hywel ab Ieuaf of Arwystli; Hywel had taken Owain's castle of Tafolwern in Cyfeiliog and Owain drove him out and pursued him to Llandinam.
1187: Gwern y Figyn: Owain Fychan, who ruled lands between Northern and Southern Powys, was killed at Gwern y Figyn near his castle of Carreg Hofa in a "treacherous night attack", by Gwenwynwyn and Cadwallon, the sons of Owain Cyfeiliog.
1196: Radnor: "The Lord Rhys" of Deheubarth defeated the marcher lords Roger Mortimer of Wigmore and Hugh de Say of Richard's Castle when they came to defend Radnor: 40 knights and many others killed. This was Rhys' last campaign; he died the next year, aged 65.
1198: Painscastle: Gwenwynwyn of Southern Powys made his bid for leadership of the Welsh and besieged Painscastle with an army which included men from other regions: Geoffrey fitz Peter, the justiciar, came with an army to relieve the castle and utterly defeated the Welsh, 13 August. Ended Gwenwynwyn's chances of dominance.
1257: Llywelyn ap Gruffydd of Gwynedd defeated Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn of southern Powys, John Fitzalan, lord of Oswestry and Clun, and John Le Strange the elder in a battle somewhere between Aberriw and Montgomery.
1263: Aber-miwl: John le Strange the younger, constable of Montgomery, returning from a raid in Ceri and Cydewain soon after Easter, was caught by the local Welsh at the barn of Aber-miwl and defeated.
1266: On 15 May Roger Mortimer was heavily defeated when he attempted to recover Brycheiniog from Welsh control (it had been taken by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in his campaign of 1262): narrowly escaped with his life.
1282: Builth: Death of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd and prince of Wales. Having sent most of his force to Brecon on 11 December he was caught with just a few retainers on the River Irfon by an English contingent and killed by one Stephen Frankton who "knew not what he did". His head was sent to Edward I at Rhuddlan; his body was buried by the monks of Abbey Cwm-hir.
1294: Builth Castle: During the rebellion of Madog ap Llywelyn of 1294-5 Builth castle was under siege for 6 weeks (the garrison was 3 light and 3 heavy cavalry, 20 crossbowmen and 40 archers). It took John Giffard 5 attempts to break through and relieve it before succeeding in mid-November.
1295: Maes Madog: Madog ap Llywelyn moved into Cydewain, presumably looking for support: defeated by the king's commander, the earl of Warwick, in a night attack in open country at Maes Madog, 3 miles west of Welshpool, on 5 March. This effectively ended the rebellion. 1402: Pilleth: Owain Glyn Dwr defeated an English army at Bryn Glas near Pilleth on 22 June when the Welsh archers in the English force changed sides. Edmund Mortimer was captured.
1644: Welshpool: At dawn 5 August Thomas Myddleton and his parliamentarian army swooped on Welshpool, taking a large haul of prisoners, horses and plunder, they soon withdrew across the border as they were not strong enough to attack the neighbouring Powis castle and its royalist garrison.
1644: Newtown: A royalist powder convoy was attacked and captured near Newtown in early September during a raid carried out by Thomas Myddleton's parliamentarian army.
1644: Montgomery: Montgomery castle was occupied by Thomas Myddleton's parliamentarian army, after having removed Lord Herbert, the ineffectual and ageing royalist commander. The royalists sent troops from Shrewsbury and Chester to besiege the castle; and the greatest engagement in Wales during the English Civil War ensued, parliament's army emerging victorious. [G.R.]
Baugh, Robert (c.1748-1832)
Born at Llanymynech, Montgomeryshire, he was a renowned musician and engraver, his most famous work being the map of North Wales published by John Evans of Llwynygroes in 1795. He also won a medal from the Society of Arts in 1809 for his map of Shropshire. He was well known as a pious, merry and unassuming man and served as parish clerk of Llanymynych.
Baxter, George Robert Wythen (1815-1854)
The son of George Trotman Baxter of Hereford. The younger George lived at the Upper Bryn in Llanllwchaiarn parish and was a campaigner against the iniquities of the Poor Laws, publishing a book entitled The Book of the Bastiles ("bastiles" being workhouses).


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It's that time of the year when developers and advanced users look forward to the beta builds of Google's latest Android release. After Android Pie, Google is going to release Android Q later this year, but traditionally grants early access to some users through its beta developer previews. This year, Google has some new plans that will certainly make a lot of people in the Android ecosystem extremely happy.
Google originally limited Android beta releases to its Pixel and Nexus smartphones, which would make it mandatory for developers to own one of Google's own smartphones to test out the new OS before its full release. However, last year things changed when Google allowed non-Pixel phones to its beta programme.
For Android Pie beta programme, brands like Essential, Nokia, OnePlus, Oppo, Sony, Vivo and Xiaomi were chosen and their select phones were a part of the early beta tests of unreleased Android P at the time. According to Iliyan Malchev, a Google employee who is working on Project Treble, Google is going to allow more brands to get compatible smartphones on the Android Q beta programme.
It's not clear yet on which other brands and smartphones will be allowed on the Android Q beta programme, more details will be revealed in May at Google's I/O 2019 conference, where Google traditionally showcases beta developer previews of its upcoming flagship Android update.
According to XDA Developer's Mishaal Rahman, who found a bug tracker for Android Q Beta, Google's Android Q Beta Issue Tracker has a default date filter of March 11. This means reports from the general public made after the said date will be listed and also confirms the imminent announcement of Android Q Beta.
Since there was no word on March 11 or even 12, Android Police is reporting that the Android Q Beta releases on Wednesday, March 13. Mark your calendars if you wish to test the early builds of the unreleased OS.
But it's also worth noting that early beta releases are extremely unstable and it is advised against flashing it on primary devices. Interested folks can side-load the beta version of Android Q upon release on their secondary devices. But if you hate to risk dealing with a malfunctioning device, stay put till May this year or end of the year when fully stable Android Q rolls out.
Until then, you can keep guessing what Google will call its new Android version. We'll get you started with our best guess, which is Quesito. Not many options out there, so you can throw your guess.