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How to toast without getting (too) toasted
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The proverbial "eat, drink, and be merry," isn't so simple when it comes to alcohol consumption because of all the conflicting information about alcohol and health. Here's a straightforward guide to what alcohol does to the body.
Alcohol and the digestive system
Your body treats alcohol like an unwanted invasion, that's why it's called an "intoxicant." On a molecular level, your body is essentially attacking and deconstructing the alcohol. So the body sends enzymes called alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) to combat the intruder. Men make this class of enzymes more quickly than women. Because of this, women often metabolize alcohol more slowly than men.
Regardless of gender, one thing that slows down the body's absorption of alcohol is drinking on a full stomach. When the belly is full of food, alcohol stays in the stomach instead of moving to the small intestine, where it is more quickly absorbed.
Genetics, along with gender, influence the production of ADH, including alcohol metabolism, and even the risk of developing alcoholism. Moving forward, companies like 23andMe will begin offering health data linked to known genetic causes.
Another thing you can do is change what you mix your cocktails with — alcohol mixed with carbonated beverages creates extra pressure in your stomach, and this can cause it to be absorbed faster.
Alcohol and the nervous system
Alcohol depresses the system by interfering with chemical neurotransmitter signals, in particular, Gamma-Aminobutryric Acid (GABA). As alcohol depresses the system, communication between your brain cells becomes increasingly impaired. So if you've ever said the phrase, "What was I thinking last night?" now you know why your brain didn't respond the way it normally would. In this situation, the best plan is to either drink less so that your body and brain can have productive conversations or to minimize drinking so that you are in the safety of your own home with trusted friends, or practice the buddy system with a friend who is not drinking who will help you stay in line when out on the town.
Alcohol and the endocrine system
Alcohol inhibits the functioning of this system, which is responsible for growth, maintaining metabolism and moods. Alcohol can affect the functions of the glands that release hormones, and the tissues where the hormones are sent. This can cause weakening of the bones, decreased production of testosterone and acne.
Is alcohol good for you?
You've probably read some of the studies that suggest alcohol comes in peace and offers healthful benefits for the body. Chemicals such as flavonoids and resveratrol in red wine help relax the body, which lowers blood pressure (which is why the medical community has said one glass a day is fine), there's been debate about whether this is actually beneficial because often one drink leads to another. Too much alcohol can slow down the heart, which can decrease the amount of nutrients and oxygen you receive, and cause liver damage over the longer term.
Studies also show that people who regularly and moderately imbibe live longer. However, sociologists say drinking is often a social activity, and more human companionship, not alcohol, may be the more direct cause of longevity.
Here are a few tips to imbibe with balance
- If you consume large amounts of alcohol, eat beforehand. It may also be helpful to find out when, where, and why you are drinking the most and make a plan to cut back alcohol consumption.
- Moderate heavy drinking to more reasonable amounts (when possible). Reason will depend on the individual, but a standard equation is one drink per hour. This means going out without pre-gaming.
- Avoid mixing alcohol with carbonation or caffeine, as the body best processes one of these at a time.
- Plan a mocktail party, or at least get one buddy to commit to being sober with you on an outing.
- Focus on choosing a balanced diet that helps the body's systems function at their most ideal levels. Adding a healthy practice is easier than trying to eliminate an unhealthy one cold turkey.


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Yeah, I don't know what's up with the weird headline of my blog entry - my brain is fried today and I couldn't come up with anything.
Lately I have been stressed with a capital "S." My job, which I truly love, has been a little crazy and I'm starting to feel its effects, both emotionally and physically.
Yesterday I noticed that my insatiable appetite for all things chocolate had suddenly begun to wane. WHOA!! This is warning sign that something in my life is just not right. Chocolate is an integral part of my everyday life and when I turn it down, I know something is amiss.
Then last night although I was exhausted I tossed and turned all night. The thoughts in my head simply would not turn off no matter how hard I tried. Even my beloved sleep prescription of hot chocolate and an awesomely bad cheesy movie didn't even do the trick. Sigh…
Today I'm irritable, worn out and just plain tired. I've been doing fairly with my eating habits (incorporating margarine into my diet whenever I can, of course!) and I've been working out in the morning before work.
To help combat my stress I'm thinking I will now try taking up yoga, which is rumored to help reduce stress by calming the body and mind. I'll keep you updated as to how it goes.
It's almost Friday everybody – hang in there!
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Panthers head into play-offs on seven-match winning streak
PLYMOUTH, N.H. – The Plymouth State University women's volleyball team wrapped up the regular season with two more victories Saturday afternoon at Foley Gymnasium, posting 3-0 decisions over the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Salem State University.
The Panthers, 19-10 overall, will take a seven-match winning streak into the Little East Conference Tournament. PSU downed UMD (11-18) in the first match, 25-11, 25-22 and 25-14, to clinch second place in the LEC with a 6-1 mark and the second seed in next week's LEC Tournament. PSU finished the day with a 25-11, 25-14, 25-17 non-conference verdict over Salem State (6-24).
After a first-round bye on Tuesday, Plymouth State will host an LEC semifinal match Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. at Foley Gymnasium.
Foley Gymnasium, at Plymouth, N.H. – Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016
Plymouth State 3, UMass Dartmouth 0 (25-11, 25-22, 25-14)
UMass Dartmouth 3, Salem State 0 (25-11, 25-21, 25-18)
Plymouth State 3, Salem State 0 (25-11, 25-14, 25-17)
PSU 19-10 (6-1 LEC); UMass Dartmouth 11-18 (0-7 LEC); Salem State 6-24 (1-5 MASCAC)
* Junior Claire Sporer (Medford, Ore.) and senior Brianna Wojtas (Salem, N.H.) led the Panthers with 12 and 11 kills respectively, with Sporer recording a .400 attack percentage and Wojtas hitting at a .353 clip and adding three aces. Senior Dani Tabor (Seattle, Wash.) chipped in with nine kills and a .333 attack pct.
* Junior setter Megan Bailey (Canterbury, N.H.) recorded 33 assists, matching a season-high for a four-set match.
* Junior libero Brenna Peruch (Cave Creek, Ariz.) led the team with 10 digs.
* PSU jumped out to a big lead in the first set and never looked back, powering to a 25-11 score. The Corsairs came back strong and provided a solid challenge for PSU in the second set, taking an early lead and staying within a couple points either way. It was 19-all when the Panthers went on a run on the serving of Wojtas, and held on for the 25-22 win.
* UMD again took an early lead in the third set, but PSU came back strong and went on a streak that gave them a comfortable lead before closing out the visitors, 25-14.
* PSU used a balanced attack in the second match of the day, resting some of the starters and getting playing time for many of the reserves. Tabor was the team's top hitter with seven kills, while sophomore Jill Tiner (Salem, N.H.) contributed five kills.
* PSU made 13 services aces, led by seniors Rachel Morrissey (Salem, N.H.) and Mikki Taffe (Sandown, N.H.) with three each.
* Bailey made 18 set assists in the first two sets, while freshman Shannon Howland (Delmar, N.Y.) collected five assists in the third set.
* PSU honored its six seniors and their families prior to the match – Wojtas, Tabor, Morrissey, Taffe, Kayla Wyland (Melrose, Mass.) and Hannah Hyatt (Andover, Conn.)
* PSU also supported Dig Pink and Breast Cancer Awareness for the match, will all three teams wearing pink shirts in warmups and PSU donning pink jerseys for its matches.
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Today is day 25 of the 31 Day Challenge. The challenge was to create nails inspired by fashion. Fashion is an opinion, just as most anything else in this world. So, my nails for today were inspired by my fashion.
I wear T-shirts, and the majority of them are black. I'm happy that way, even if it may not look "pretty." I am myself. I do not follow others. I do not care what others think of me. I am a pretty content person when it comes to being myself. Others can wear clothes suiting their style, just as I will, mine.
I used a black striper to freehand the half moons (paper reinforcements weren't as deep as I wanted), then filled the rest in black (I used Wet n Wild- Black Crème). I then mixed a tiny bit of grey polish (Pure Ice- Kiss Me Here) with the black polish to create a super dark grey/lighter black color, and then used a brush to line the half moon to create a collar (I know- you can't really see it… but it is there!).
I didn't take much time on this today because I simply wasn't in the mood. I also used that horrid top coat that likes to bubble (still trying to use it up…)
Now, I need to tell you something that may interrupt posting on my blog (it probably won't, though)- My 8gb SD card for my camera decided to stop storing files at 200 pictures. After a while of me struggling to find a solution, I decided to delete some pictures, and then tried to take a picture to see if it saved… it didn't. I can't find any solutions on the computer, and don't know what to do. I does save pictures on the camera's internal memory, but then requires me to use the chord to transfer them onto the computer, then immediately delete them off of my camera, because it doesn't store many (maybe 10). I doubt any of you have ever had this problem, but I would appreciate any suggestions you may have.
Tomorrow's nails will be inspired by a pattern. See you then…. hopefully.


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The paperback book may never die, but it never hurts having a digital back-up of your physical goods either. If your library is split between Kindle ebooks and shelves full of dusty tomes, Amazon has just revealed software that lets you easily digitise traditional books, turning them into Kindle-compatible eBooks.
Though you'll have to do the page-scanning donkey work manually, the simply titled Kindle Convert will work with practically any modern scanner, provided it can produce .jpeg, .tiff or .pdf target files with 300-600 DPI, and supports 24-bit depth for colour or 8-bit for grayscale or black and white pages.
Currently limited to U.S. customers (with an introductory price of $19 leading to a $49 regular price tag), the outputted files offer the complete set of Kindle ebook features, including Whispersync, furthest page read bookmarks and cloud backups. Text recognition means that the scanned pages aren't merely "flat", but interactive in the same way as Kindle books are too, offering long-press definitions and searchable indexing.
While it's not exactly practical to scan every book you own just for the sake of having a Kindle back-up, those looking to preserve out-of-print texts or share the cost of a pricey academic textbook without having to take it in turns to read may find it useful. [Ebook Reader via TechCrunch]


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Well how did that week fly past so quick? One blink and then it's all been and gone again.
This week my mum gave me something precious of my dad's. She'd asked me ages ago if there was something of dad's that I'd like to have. Not an easy question to answer when what you really want is for everything to go back to how it was. Then as I was helping Little Bun with her maths homework last weekend, I remembered how I learnt to add numbers up to 15 so quickly. That led me to thinking about how dad had taught me to play crib on the old cribbage board that had been his grandparents.
We used to play a lot just the two of us. Another good memory to add to all of those that keep on popping up now and again. All I can remember of the game is counting up how many cards I'd have that added up to 15. Then as if by magic, on Tuesday my mum turns up with the crib board she'd found for me. Perfect timing in harmony with my memories. Now I just need to re-learn the rules so I can play the game with each of the Bun's and keep a tradition going as we were going to get dad to teach them when they were old enough.
After the work-a-day of the week Friday came not a minute too soon. A friend named Friday my respite day, which I pretty much guess it is. I sorted life stuff out first. Then I cuddled Pixie our rabbit and stared at the sky for a bit and watched the birds fly overhead while Alfie and the hens huddled round my feet. Bliss.
Next I decided a spot of happy shopping was needed. Cheery candles, yarn for wristwarmers and a few more annuals for winter reading by the fire all came back with me.
The purple and green yarn is planned to becomes wristwarmers for Little Bun. I chose her favourite shade of purple and set to click click click with my needles late last night.
First thing this morning something else with her in mind came in the posties van. Being a lover of all things purple, I knew she'd want something made from this wonderful purple and blue sheeting when I spied it on ebay. My head's thinking all manner of things from dresses to curtains. Not sure yet what it'll become, but I'm sure I'll know soon enough.
After the fabric excitement we were rushing off to Miss Rosey's school for her to help at the Open Morning. Little Bun had a look around herself as she'll be off to high school too next year. For Miss Rosey it was just a top morning with her new mates in the DT room. By the end of the morning she'd made an excellent red plastic clock in the shape of a cockerel's head. Little Bun, Mr and I had a good wander round, but spent far too much time sampling all the homemade biscuits by the kitchen. I wrapped quite a few in a napkin for later as I had the munchies bad.
When we got home I wanted a bit of sewing time, but couldn't settle to anything. I tried a dress out on Bell Bun, but it just wasn't working out right today. Instead I went for fabric chopping.
I've had another quilt in mind. Something simple, but slightly more advanced for me. I also made myself go back to the fabrics I haven't looked at for a while now. I needed to work with something completely different for this one I decided.
The plan is to make a flag shaped quilt which I found in Jane Brockett's quilty book. Instead of using white (for no other reason than I don't have any and I wanted to get going today) I decided some spots and ditsy florals as a contrast might work.
Now the fabric is chopped, I just need to make the triangles and plan where they're going and then off we go stitching it together on the machine. How I wish I didn't keep starting yet more things when there is so much looking at me saying do me first please.


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This chat occurred Feb 3/4 2013 and is now archived here.
Caroline Bowen PhD CPSP, whose Speech-Language Therapy dot com website is well known to #SLPeeps worldwide, also runs the eight thousand strong discussion group called phonologicaltherapy. The emphasis in both of these online resources is EBP in children's speech sound disorders: articulation disorders, phonological disorders, and childhood apraxia of speech. A relative newcomer to Twitter, Caroline signed on as @speech_woman (met Speechwoman yet?) in February 2012 when she was writing about Life Online for her Webwords column in @SpeechPathAust's Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology. One year on, she bravely steps up to the plate to take part in our first #SLPchat for 2013, "phonologicaltherapy meets Twitter".
We think this is perfect symmetry, since our first ever #slpchat, in December 2010, was on Cycles for phonology and we've just passed our two year anniversary (how time flies!). We're thrilled that Caroline has agreed to join us. We'll also be merging the North American and Australian chats into one chat only on Sunday, February 3rd, at 6 pm EST (New York/Toronto) which is also Monday, February 4th, at 10 am AEST (Sydney). We hope you'll join us for the chat. Here is what you can expect:
Question 1: What are your top 5 resources for child speech assessment and intervention?
What inspires your intervention sessions? Share the 'must have' and 'must read' SSD materials, equipment, sources and resources that you use or refer to all the time. These might include particular journal articles, books, manuals, games and activities, reinforcers and rewards, professional listservs, discussion groups and other social media, websites and more.
Question 2: Articulation Disorders: How do you assess articulation disorders, and which treatment approach, or approaches do you use?
What is your assessment tool of choice? Do you implement traditional articulation therapy, a variation of it, or some other approach?
Question 3: Phonological Disorder: How do you assess phonological disorder, and which treatment approach, or approaches do you use?
What is your assessment tool of choice? In intervention, do you use any, some or all of the following, Core Vocabulary Therapy, Cycles Therapy (Patterns Intervention), Imagery Therapy, Metaphon, Minimal Pair Therapies, Parents and Children Together (PACT), or Phoneme Awareness Therapy or some other approach? Are you an eclectic practitioner who uses a mix-n-match approach – do tell!
Question 4: Target Selection: In the process of Target Selection for Phonological Intervention which of the available approaches do you employ?
How do you decide what to work on first…second…third…? Are you a fan of traditional or newer selection criteria, do you combine them, and have you implemented a complexity approach to choosing therapy targets? How was it for you?
Explore the links above as preparation for this chat. Take the time to discover leads to interesting and useful journal articles.
Bowen C. (2012). Webwords 44: Life online. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 14(3), 149-152.


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April Mark's Finest Paper Blog Hop- Day 4- Garden Fairies and coffee filter sweet peas tutorial
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Your sweet peas are awesome!!! Thank you for the easy to follow tutorial. (I think I can follow it and I am terrible with directions) The colours, the pretty lace, the embossing and the patterned paper are all perfect!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing! :)
Lovely Marilynn. Thanks for the tut on making those pretty flowers.ReplyDelete
lovely tutorial...thanx.ReplyDelete
MariLynn, your card is beautiful.....but how in the world can I thank you for the wonderful tutorial??!! I have company coming for dinner, and have to go out late this morning, but I'm gonna find time to do this!! WOW! Thanks, GF!!ReplyDelete
I love your beautifully hand-crafted sweet peas, MariLynn!! Thanks for the tutorial!! They look stunning with your gorgeous butterfly!!ReplyDelete
Lovely looking card!!! Nice tutorial also!!!! VERY pretty!ReplyDelete
Marilynn- Gorgeous card and a great tutorial!ReplyDelete
Cool idea, I really enjoyed your card and the technique. Thanks for the tips and tricks.ReplyDelete
Love your beautiful card and the tutorial. May have to try those sweet peas!! Thanks!!ReplyDelete
Great tutorial on those lovely buds, and what a sweet card creation!ReplyDelete
What a fun week this has been. All of your projects have been so delightful. It was such a pleasure being a Guest Designer amongst all of you talented ladies.
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These flowers are amazing MariLynn, and your tutorial so clear! Beautiful card too :-)ReplyDelete
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We are very grateful for the considerable support and encouragement that we have received from many parts of the church for our work in forming the Sodality and establishing ourselves as a community of priests. We are especially grateful when this encouragement and advice comes from those who hold different theological positions to us. This is mutual flourishing at its best.
We now have a bank account. As you can imagine there are a number of expenses associated with running a group such as this. There are membership fees. However, this is by way of an appeal to those who do not wish to join formally but are glad that we exist.
We would be grateful for any donations small or large to help us establish ourselves.
Benefactors will be remembered at Mass regularly and in the prayers of Sodalists.
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I recently had the opportunity to travel to Barcelona, Spain on a work trip taking event photos. Barcelona was an amazing trip in many ways, including an amazing amount work but also such an adventure being in a foreign country and seeing new sights. Worked with an top-notch team of people and interacted with some great clients throughout their event. I hope to share a few scenic photos over the next little while as I have time to pull out a few photos I took for myself while there.
This specific photo was from the first morning in city when I was asked to walk around the nearby locations and gather some scenic photos of the locale for the attendees. Rough assignment, right? After being awake for 36 hours straight due to a restless passenger next to me on the transatlantic flight, getting up at 6am didn't sound all that enticing. Still, I'm glad I was able to get out and see some of the sights right off. I did end up walking 5 to 6 miles that morning which was a bit taxing considering I'd end up being on my feet for the rest of the day and evening!
The morning sun was beautiful and the marina provided some interesting foreground elements along with the gull I waited to fly into the scene. Traveling to new places is always so interesting, usually providing unique scenery, architecture and beauty. But sometimes finding something familiar in a coastline and a bit of nature is exactly what the soul requires.
Christmas on Salt Lake City Temple Square
It's that Christmas time of year again, so I made my way up the day after Thanksgiving to get the first looks at the lights on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. I've captured these lights for 6 or 7 years straight, mostly for fun and sometimes to share with the Mormon Newsroom to potentially use in their news releases. It's always fun, and much warmer this year than in years past.Read More»
Utah Lake Sunset, Again
I never consider myself a landscape photographer. In fact most often I don't consider myself a photographer, rather a guy that really enjoys trying to be a photographer. This is especially true of landscapes. I enjoy a beautiful photo, and whenever I get a chance I will snap a sunset or scenic view when I'm out and about when my camera.Read More»
Flyover at Night
Taken on the way home from vacation. I believe this is Utah Valley. Handheld at ISO 25,600. one of those cool moments I barely caught as I hurried to get my camera out of the bag at my feet. I used to always love the aisle seat when I flew, now it's window every time for moments like these.
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Today my wife and I took a drive through the Alpine Loop during the Free National Parks day to enjoy the fall colors. The colors most definitely did not disappoint!
While I had intended of course to bring along my camera, I somehow forgot it and was stuck with only my iPhone as my option. Though the iPhone isn't bad, it doesn't compare to a full frame dSLR. Still, make due with what you have, right? I decided to give the new Panorama function a try. Though I wish it would give you the option to move up and down to fill in and give more vertical resolution, I was very impressed with the results. The stitching is excellent and the exposure across the frame was good if you pick your angle and lighting well. As you pan if you move too far up and down, the guide warns you to shift to get things right.
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"STOP DAD. Don't eat that yet. I need to take a picture!"
My poor dad had his burger raised in mid-air, eyes closed -- but before he could sink his teeth into that perfect, first bite, I stopped him, rustled up his fries to make them look more "natural" and proceeded to take pictures of every angle of the burger. The poor man was hungry. Sorry dad, but I couldn't let that perfectly toasted sesame bun pass me by...
Photo credit: Erica Barry
My name is Erica, I am a teenage food blogger, and I am addicted to photographing beautiful food.
My parents sigh in relief when I leave my DSLR on the kitchen table when we go out to eat. In my defense, I'm not the only one. Thousands of other people love to get snap-happy with their soup course. The New York Times even wrote an article about how some restaurants are banning people from taking pictures of their meal.
Photo credit: Erica Barry
I am not nearly as annoying as (some) of the people mentioned in that article (although my dining companions may disagree). I can proudly say I have never used flash, never stood on a chair and never used a "gorillapod" in a restaurant to get a good shot of my dish. Heck, I don't even know what a gorillapod is.
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Alas, I'm a food photographer. What can I do? I can't walk past a perfectly puffed popover without taking a shot. I feel like every bread basket in the world is modeling for me. Cupcakes just look so good through Instagram's Amaro filter. Temptation is everywhere.
Same goes for writing. I write about food. I like to talk about things like the length of linguine noodles, the consistency of tapioca and the oatmeal-to-raisin ratio in a cookie. How many words do I need to describe the astringent taste of wasabi? How can I transform the first, luscious spoonful of homemade dulce de leche into a sentence? How in the world do I even begin to communicate the bliss of the first bite of a Slutty Brownie? (A slutty brownie is a chocolate chip cookie/brownie/Oreo hybrid.)
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This leads me to my ultimate point. I can't go through a meal without analyzing it from top-to-bottom. It's not romantic; it's just what I do. I like to compare and contrast the flavors, talk about the plating, and snap a few shots. Sometimes, people insist that I put my camera down and just enjoy my meal. But I look at each meal as inspiration -- I want to remember it. How would I ever find my favorite little cream puff place in New York if I hadn't snapped a picture? How can I recreate my favorite fried rice if I don't know whether it had leeks or onions in it?
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Every meal is an opportunity for inspiration. So for now, I'm going to continue to haul my infamous DSLR (or at least my iPhone camera) to family brunches, Thanksgiving dinners and even quick fro-yo runs. I will continue to ramble about heirloom tomatoes, cake flour and truffle oil. After all, it's all in a day's work for a teenage food blogger.


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Sunday, November 11, 2012
MotU 200X McDonalds Happy Meal Panthor
I don't know why I didn't get these before When they were first released but luckily I got a set off evilBay for about $18 WITH shipping. Panthor here is the first for the week showcasing the whole set.
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Books in Scientia – The Unfinished FilesPosted: March 16, 2015 Filed under: Books in Scientia Leave a comment
This is a post about a few of the books I started reading with the intention to review here, but I never finished.
Titles and authors
Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World by Nick Lane
Poisoned Planet by Julian Cribb
The Joy of Chemistry by Cathy Cobb and Monty Fetterolf
How far did I get?
OtMtMtW: half way-ish, maybe just under
PP: about three-quarters of the way
TJoC: not quite halfway
Why didn't I finish it?
OtMtMtW: It just didn't hold my interest. The narrative component of the book was weak, and it had a very textbook-y feel about it a lot of the time.
PP: There are too many false analogies, giant leaps of faith, baseless assertions and misinformation to make this book worthwhile. I wrote 2 pages of notes about all of the wrongness. I also managed to rack up a $180 library fine thanks to this book (long story) but that in no way clouded my judgement.
TJoC: This book was pitched at a level too far below my interest and expertise.
Any redeeming qualities?
OtMtMtW: It's clearly taken a lot of research to write and the information appeared to be sound. It would be a good reference material or starting point from which to really deep-dive into any of the topics covered.
PP: The premise is interesting and seems like something worth writing a book on – why aren't we doing a whole lot about looking into the effects of industrial chemicals and by-products?
TJoC: I think it would be great for someone with an interest in chemistry who had never done it above a high school level. There are a lot of decent experiments in there that can be done with household items. It was just too basic for someone with a chemistry degree and 10 years of professional chemistry experience.
Books in Scientia – The Science of Ice CreamPosted: January 31, 2015 Filed under: Books in Scientia Leave a comment
Title and author
The Science of Ice Cream by Chris Clarke
What's it about?
Ice cream. In particular, the scientific aspects of the aforementioned frozen confection. A good title's a descriptive title eh.
What are the good bits?
I learned a lot of new things about ice cream. The hands-down best thing I learned about was Dondurma, which is a Turkish ice cream that is chewy! The first chapter is an interesting history of modern ice cream. The detail included about the characterisation and properties of ice cream was both extensive and fascinating.
What are the not-so-good bits?
This book is not intended to assist the home cook and has little to offer in this area. It is very much focused on industrial scale ice cream production. There are a few try-this-at-home experiments in the back but they seemed at bit 'meh' to me (although I am a somewhat experienced home ice cream cook. In fact, I've renamed the ice cream I make at home to "nice cream" because it's pretty effing good OK.
Also, not the fault of the book or author, but my chemophobia alarm sounded loudly when in the chapter discussing ingredients, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose was described as being longer routinely included in ice cream because of "it's perception as a chemical". This is after a long list of other chemical stabilisers including carageenans, pectin and xanthan. LARGE SIGH TO YOU ICE CREAM MANUFACTURERS.
What does it say on p89 line 11?
"Tacos are a type of sandwich product consisting of a semi-circular shaped wafer that contains icecream and sauce (Figure 5.4b)"
Who should read it?
People who would like to find out more about how ice cream is manufactured, and the macro and micro physical properties of different iced products. Those with a strong interest in rheology, microscopy and composite materials may also find much of the content quite satisfying.
How good is it?
It's pretty good for a book with a decent amount of physics in it. I do like ice cream.
3 round bottom flasks out of 5
Books in Scientia – Much Ado About (Practically) NothingPosted: August 20, 2014 Filed under: Books in Scientia Leave a comment
Title and author
Much Ado About Practically Nothing by David Fisher
What's it about?
Nobel gases, the group 18(VIII) elements. What you will not find in this book is any information on the most often quoted uses of noble gases, cooling and lighting. The author focuses on isotope geochemistry for dating of rocks, meteorites and whatnot.
What are the good bits?
I'm a little bit ashamed to say that even as a chemist (who should know better), I thought the noble gases were a teensy bit boring and this book might be too. It wasn't! And it's proper good, not just good because I thought it was going to be bad and then it wasn't.
What are the not-so-good bits?
There are a couple of places where in my opinion, the author is overly critical on a personal level, of other scientists. It left me feeling a bit awkward and uncomfortable.
What does it say on p54 line 14?
"I heard Bohr lecture once. Or rather I saw him lecture; I heard very little and understood absolutely nothing. His head was bowed and turned almost obsessively to the blackboard, on which he wrote tiny, barely legible mathematical symbols, and he whispered to the blackboard in a thick Danish accent."
My 3rd year thermodynamics lecturer must have seen Bohr lecture too, and modelled his lecturing style on the Dane…
Who should read it?
I'd recommend the reader to be literate in a little chemistry and/or physics or they may become lost in the science, which primarily deals with isotopes.
How good is it?
It's good, a different perspective on an old topic and a worthwhile read if you happen to come across it.
3.5 mortar and pestles out of 5
Books in Scientia – Newton and the CounterfeiterPosted: June 12, 2014 Filed under: Books in Scientia Leave a comment
Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist by Tom Levenson
What's it about?
The little known latter part of Isaac Newton's career, when he was warden of the Royal Mint in London. Chiefly responsible for transforming the currency and eliminating coin clippers and counterfeiters, Newton goes after notorious 'coyner' William Chaloner (and – ***spoiler alert***- totally nails that mofo).
What are the good bits?
Levenson is a very effective storyteller, using evocative language and ye oldey timey wordseys to transport the reader back to late 17th/early 18th century London. It's also nice to read something about Newton which does not have to do with apples or calculus (not that I have anything against either of those things… except calculus).
What are the not-so-good bits?
It can be difficult to tell with historical non-fiction which parts are true truth and which parts are creative license and I found myself wondering this along the way. Best to not think about it and just enjoy the ripper story.
What does it say on p220 line 27?
"Chaloner had always brandished his skills as a weapon. His mastery of the theory and practice of coining was the foundation of published claims that he could better the Warden."
Chaloner, you dastardly fellow. You can't fool Newton. Your comeuppance will come up… ance.
Who should read it?
Those who would like to learn how to do the coyning and the clipping and then go back in a time machine and make loads and loads of dollahz in 17th century England.
How good is it?
It's good indeed. I liked it and it wasn't even about chemistry!
4 watchglasses out of 5
Books in Scientia – Cathedrals of SciencePosted: May 25, 2014 Filed under: Books in Scientia Leave a comment
Title and author
Cathedrals of Science by Patrick Coffey
What's it about?
A history of modern chemistry spanning the late 1800s through to the 1940s. The focus is on the personalities of some of the influential chemists of the time, as well as their scientific achievements. The main 'character' is Gilbert Lewis, American physical chemist and arguably the best chemist to never win the Nobel Prize.
What are the good bits?
The last few pages are particularly gripping and almost murder mystery-esque. The exploration of the character and personal quirks of many of these chemists (especially Lewis) is quite engaging. It reminds us that these giants of modern chemistry, whose names we use every day, were real people with real flaws as well as brilliance.
What are the not-so-good bits?
I found the book a little hard to get into at first. Beginning with acids and bases, it's not the most thrilling of chemistry topics to me and I didn't really warm to Nernst and Arrhenius as the first chemists we come across in the narrative.
What does it say on p303 line 19?
On Lewis resigning from the National Academy of Sciences: "This petulant resignation must have discouraged many of his supporters, and the American Nobel nominations for Lewis fell off after 1934." Yet another entry in the long list of reasons why Lewis never won the Nobel. Sounds like if he wasn't such a copper nanotube things might have turned out differently for him.
Who should read it?
Those who want to find out more about the foundations of modern chemistry, with a focus on the personalities of people who contributed significantly to it.
How good is it?
Reasonably good, a worthwhile read.
3.5 bunsen burners out of 5
Books in Scientia – Periodic KingdomPosted: April 14, 2014 Filed under: Books in Scientia 2 Comments
Title and author
The Periodic Kingdom by Peter Atkins
What's it about?
Good question… it's about the periodic table. The book is written as though the periodic table is a continent, a new land to be discovered and explored. Atkins plays the role of the anthropologist, describing its trends and intricacies as a scholar who has lived amongst the native tribes, learned their way of life, their history and their governance, and is sharing this knowledge with the reader.
What are the good bits?
Atkins has a unique writing style (that simply infuriated me when battling through his enormous eponymous physical chemistry textbook) which is quite well suited to this interesting premise.
What are the not-so-good bits?
A couple of parts of the book are out of date, in particular mention of the elements joliotium and hahnium. Although the uncertainty surrounding the names of these elements is acknowledged in the text, other names ended up being chosen after the book was published. From what I could find on the all-knowing internets, there were no further editions after the 1995 original to update these details.
Atkins also referred to carbon as the 'King of Mediocrity' to which I raise a hearty objection. Or maybe he was being facetious…
What does it say on p147 line 8?
For this part of my reviews I usually choose a page at random, but for this book there was a particular quote from the epilog [sic… WTF is this by the way, isn't Atkins British? He should know better] I wanted to use.
"The real world is a jumble of awesome complexity and immeasurable charm. Even the inanimate, inorganic world of rocks and stone, rivers and ocean, air and wind is a boundless wonder. Add to that the ingredient of life and the wonder is multiplied almost beyond imagination. Yet all this wonder springs from about one hundred components that are strung together, mixed, compacted, and linked, as letters are linked to form a literature"
FUCK. YEAH. Chemists, this is our "mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam". Why isn't this quote famous? The whole freaking world is made of elements. Just elements. That is it. And those elements are OURS. Why are people scared of them? They are amazing. The world is made of elements and they are amazing and it is amazing. The end.
Who should read it?
Despite its clear and easy to understand explanations of the trends of the periodic table, I doubt this would interest those without a chemistry background or a significant interest in the technicalities of the periodic table. I'd be interested to know who Atkins imagined the audience for this book would be.
How good is it?
It's good, but slightly dated, and the style is something of an acquired taste I presume.
3 squeezy solvent wash bottles out of 5
Books in Scientia – Molecules of MurderPosted: March 3, 2014 Filed under: Books in Scientia Leave a comment
Title and author
Molecules of Murder: Criminal Molecules and Classic Cases by John Emsley
What's it about?
A number of case studies of murders carried out with natural and synthetic poisons. Major cases covered range from recent (Alexander Litvinenko, 2006), to well over a century old (Thomas Bartlett, 1886).
What are the good bits?
Many of the cases in this book will be familiar to readers, poisoning murders are quite rare so they often receive a lot of media coverage. However, Emsley covers the cases in a surprising level of detail, and I certainly learned new things even about the cases I'd read about before.
There is also a nice glossary with chemical terms and structures which I suspect would be very helpful for the non-chemist reader, though I confess I did not need to use this more than once or twice. Apart from the technical terms, the book is written in very clear language.
What are the not-so-good bits?
There's nothing that's not good about this book. It was interesting and informative, but it didn't get me all fired up and passionate about chemistry like some other pop-chem books have.
What does it say on p193 line 19?
"the consultant instructed that the blood and urine samples should be urgent sent for analysis…this was not carried out…and when the mistake was realised, they covered it up by saying that…the results had come back negative"
Emsley recounts an error made by hospital staff in one of the murder cases. It brought to mind the case of Annie Dookhan, the chemist who was recently jailed for altering and falsifying forensic drug analyses. I wonder if any murders were missed or falsely confirmed due to her tampering?
Who should read it?
Those interested poisonings, toxicology or even crime fiction fans who might want a little foray into real crime.
How good is it?
Reasonably. Not the most exciting book you'll ever read, despite the number of murders, but interesting and a worthwhile read nonetheless.
3.5 funnels out of 5


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Peter Monsen was born 8 April 1830 in Svendstrup, Langeland, Denmark. It was a little village about two miles from Kerser, a harbor town on the west coast of Denmark. His home was a long, one-story adobe house with a thatched straw roof. His family appears in the 1840 census records for the Taarnborg District of Svendstrup: Lars Mogensen age 35 and his wife Christine Jensdatter (Jensen) were living in Svendstrup City in February 1840 with the following children: Ane Christine Mogensen age 13, Peder Mogensen age 10, Rasmus Mogensen age seven, Caroline Mogensen age four. Lars' mother is a widow at this time and living with him: Karen Johansdatter (Johansen) age 66. His parents were farmers who did not own their own farms, but rented them. Peter spent his young manhood, as was the custom, on the adjoining farms as a hireling.
Peter and his people belonged to the Lutheran Church and were devoutly religious. On 9 March 1853, Peter was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He, in turn, baptized his father Lars, his mother Christine, his sister Hansine, and Dorthea Marie Christensen (Nielsen), whom Peter was to marry. His family was among the first to embrace the Mormon faith in Denmark. At the end of that year, Peter's family left their home in Denmark to move to Zion. Listed on page 588 Afgangsliste (Departure List) in 1853, town of Taarnborg, island of Langeland, 1841-58: Lars Mogensen, his wife Kristine Jensen, and their four children: Caroline 19, Jens 10, Hansine 13, and Hanne Catherine left for Copenhagen 24 December 1853. Mogens Enke (Lars' mother), age 74, went also. After they arrived in St. Louis, Missouri, Lars died of cholera on 6 April 1854. Peter's mother, Christine, a sister Caroline, and a brother Jens (James Willard Munson), arrived safely in Utah. However, Peter's grandmother, Karen Johansen (Nielsen), and two sisters, Hansine and Hanna Catherine all died of cholera on the way across the plains.
Peter remained in Denmark to be married. The Taarnborg Church records (page 330), show Ungkarl (young bachelor) Peder Mogensen 23 years old and Pegen (unmarried girl) Dorthe Marie Christensen 18 years old, were married in the Taarnborg Church on 8 January 1854.
Those present were Christian Nielsen (Dorthe's father) og (and) Lars Mogensen (Peder's father). "Begge er Mormoner." (Both are Mormons) Dorthea's family is listed in the 1840 census records for the Taarnborg District of Svendstrup City as family #108: Christen Nielsen age 43 and wife Ane Andersdatter (Andersen) age 41, their daughter Dorthe Marie Christensen age five. At this time they had four servants or friends living with them. Dorthea's parents were wealthy and they offered her all of the riches they possessed if she would not join the church. She was their only daughter, and they didn't want her to leave them to come to Zion. But no material offer could dissuade Dorthea and Peter from doing what God intended them to do. They left Svendstrup for Copenhagen, bound for Utah, and with them was their one-year-old son, Christian Nielsen Mogensen. They left Svendstrup on 24 November 1855 as recorded in Landsarkivet, Jagtveg 10-1-20-39 (Archives in Copenhagen).
On 29 November 1855 they left Copenhagen and set sail for Liverpool on 6 December 1855 in a wooden sailing ship named "The John J. Boyd," bound for America. There were 508 people on the boat and 437 of them were Scandinavian saints. The vessel was not equipped for so many people, and crowded conditions prevailed. Tiers of bunks were all around the vessel, and they ate upon the same boxes that were used to sit upon. The captain of the ship was very domineering, and when severe storms arose he forbade the saints to sing or pray or hold services. President Canute Petersen was appointed to take charge of this group of saints and he instructed them to carry on secretly, which they did. Never did they lose their faith. In addition to the terrible storms, fire broke out in the captain's cabin. No great excitement prevailed as the saints had faith that God would preserve their lives. As they proceeded on their journey, they ran across a disabled ship and picked up 50 sailors. They proved to be a great help to the ship, as the regular sailors were near exhaustion because the journey proved to be much longer than had been contemplated. The water supply ran very low and was vile. Sickness broke out and around 50 adults and children died, among them Peter's 16-month-old son, Christian. They were heartbroken to see the sailors lower their darling baby into the great ocean. These trials helped to prepare them for the rigors of pioneer life that they would meet in the future. After a voyage of 11 weeks and three days, the saints landed in America on 1 March 1856. They arrived in St. Louis, where they remained for several months finding work to do.
This group of saints began their journey across the plains on 26 June 1856. There were 60 wagons in this company with two yolk of oxen to each wagon and from six to eight persons in each wagon. President Petersen was again called to be their captain with sub-captains under him for each 10 wagons. The oxen were very unruly and would get overheated, so that many of them died. They stampeded one day and killed a man. No one traveled on Sunday, and they held services in the day and evening. Other evenings they would sing the songs of Zion, and occasionally they would dance. They arrived in Salt Lake City on 16 September 1856. On the entire trip they saw very few people outside their own company; no houses were along the way except one government station at Fort Laramie. After arriving here, Peter planned on locating in Weber or Cache County. At this time word came of Johnson's Army who were said to be on their way to wipe out the Mormons. Peter Monsen was enrolled with the saints who enlisted as soldiers. They went up Echo Canyon, where they prepared to defend the saints against the army. Among other things, large boulders were quarried on pivots in preparation to roll down the canyon as the army came through. The army came, but not in war. In many ways they proved beneficial to the saints. After the army came to the valley, Peter worked at Camp Floyd. There he made adobes with which to build houses for the soldiers camped there.
In 1858 he was called to Sanpete County, and they moved to Ephriam and then to Mt. Pleasant the following year. They lived in the fort there, as did all the other people. This was the year the first school settlement was built. It was a one-room house (about 16' x 25'), which served as a school house, a social center, and a building for religious services. It was called the second ward school house. The desks were a double arrangement (about 2' wide on either side) sloping to the center, with split log benches on both sides. The students faced each other. Four such desks constituted the furniture. A blackboard made from planned lumber hung on the wall. Roaring wood fires provided the heat, from the large fireplaces at each end of the room. There were few textbooks. The meager educational opportunities came from dedicated men and women within the community who had been fortunate to have had some education in the countries where they had previously lived. Peter was one of the first to serve on the school board of trustees. He helped in the building of the school house which was built with donated public labor and materials. He knew well the struggles for education with little or no money to pay the costs. It took about 20 years for new church buildings to be built, and a new and commodious school with modern benches and desks, and with comfortable heading systems as well as with books and supplies.
About 1863, Peter Monsen entered into polygamy and married his second wife, Annie Christena Christensen. She had been born in Copenhagen 8 October 1848. Soon after her family had been converted to Mormonism, they made arrangements to come to America. They set sail on Christmas eve, 24 December 1853, on a ship called the "Benjamin-Adams." The ship carried mainly Scandinavians. Curiously, this was the same date that the Lars Mogensen family sailed-possibly on the same ship. On their journey to Salt Lake, there was much sickness in the camps of the saints. Annie Christena's father became ill and passed away on 5 April 1854. Exactly six months later, the surviving family entered the Salt Lake Valley. Within a few months, her mother had remarried. Annie Christena was only seven at the time. In March 1859, they moved to Mt. Pleasant. When Annie Christena was 16, she left her home and went to work for Peter and Dorthea. This was to escape the attentions of her stepfather. She later became Peter's plural wife, even though she was 18 years younger than he. She became the mother of 13 children.
Annie was strong and well, while Dorthea was ill much of her life. Thus, Annie Christena went into the fields to help with the crops, while Dorthea remained at home to watch the children and to do the work in the home. Those who knew the two families say that a great love existed between the two women. It was said that Peter was a fair and just man, who ruled with gentleness and love, with harmony always prevailing.
In March 1864 Peter was called to go to Circleville with Annie, along with Mads Madsen and his second wife, and colonize the area. They left home with each a yoke of oxen and a wagon, arriving in Circleville about April 1. They proceeded at once to build log homes in which to live. They built houses from timber which was not far away, but since no shingles or lumber was available, they were necessarily satisfied with a dirt roof as well as a dirt floor. The soil there was very fertile, and they proceeded to break up the land and to plant enough grain to raise 1,000 bushels of wheat. There were no threshing
machines then, so the grain was threshed by trampling their oxen over it. When the grain from the first layer was thoroughly tramped out of the straw, chaff and fine material still remained which had to be separated from the grain. They cleared the ground, and when the wind was favorable they used a small hand scoop to cast the grain out against the wind, thereby separating it from the chaff. When this was done, they took what they could haul in their wagons, leaving the remainder for those who stayed behind. They returned home to Mt. Pleasant in November of the same year. The immigrant who later occupied their cabin was killed by the Indians.
After returning to Mt. Pleasant and when it was considered safe, Peter was among the first to build a home outside the fort. It was a two-room structure 28' long with two large beams along the top, placed in a half-roof shape to carry the weight of the dirt which answered the purpose of shingles. There was also a dirt floor. Aside from building this house and the log cabin in Circleville, he later built each of his wives a house of adobe. Dorthea's home, the larger, consisted of a living room, a kitchen, a dining room, and a bedroom. The upstairs remained unfinished, but was used for bedrooms. Annie Christena's home had a large kitchen, which served as a living room and a dining room as well, and a large bedroom with a clothes closet in it. The upper floor had all bedrooms. The walls were at least 1½" thick, and served to insulate the homes. Peter drew his lot in the southwest of the city, and remained there.
Peter was always ready and willing to answer calls made upon him from the church or the state. He was called to be a minute man during the Black Hawk Indian War in 1865. He was a public-spirited man, devoting much of his time to civic duties as well as to his religious duties. This was all done without pay, but knowing it was for the betterment and uplifting of mankind. His heart and soul was always in the gospel, he was a counselor to Bishop Seely for many years. He was a ward teacher all of his life, and served as head teacher for many years. He was always a member of the ward choir, and the happiest time of his life was when he gathered his many children around him and the sang together the songs of Zion. He had an organ in his parlor, and upon it were two statuettes of Brigham Young and Joseph Smith. He loved singing, and taught his children the love of music. The Monsen daughters were singers and were often in demand at the pioneer socials. Annie and Olevia sang alto, Nora and Esther sang soprano in double duets. All of the girls participated with their father in the ward choir. Life in the Peter Monsen home was a happy one and a busy one. Peter also served in the city counsel for two terms, and was a member of the school and irrigation boards. As previously mentioned, he took part in the building of the fort to protect the early settlers of the valley. He also assisted in the laying out of the towns and farms.
The first steam sawmill brought to Mt. Pleasant was by Peter Y. Jensen and was placed in Cedar Creek Canyon. Before it could be placed, a road had to be constructed. Peter was the supervisor of the road construction. He also assisted in the leveling of the hill where the Manti Temple now stands. After this, a sawmill called the Temple Sawmill was placed in the Twin Creek Canyon, where lumber was sawed to be used in the construction of the temple. The work was carried on in winter and summer (men donated their work with few exceptions). Peter supervised the work in the wintertime. The depth of the snow was at times seven feet, and prevented the use of oxen or horses to drag the timber from the mountainside. The trees were felled and cut into certain lengths. With hand spikes and such appliances as were necessary, they slid the logs from the hillside to the bottom of the canyon. From there they were hauled to the mill upon bobsleds—all home made. The lumber from the mill was hauled to Manti by team, all done with donated work in which Peter participated. When the Snow Academy was built, he furnished teams (at no pay) to haul brick from Mt. Pleasant to Ephriam.
Peter's occupation was always that of a good farmer. He had studied agriculture and had been a farmer in the old country, so he took great pride in his farm and in his methods of farming. He taught his children these skills. The girls learned from both father and mother that when the food was harvested, it must be carefully preserved and cared for. They entered into the tromping of hay, picking of potatoes, keeping of the garden, and the milking of cows. They also learned to cook and sew from their two mothers (both of whom entered into the training of the children). They learned to spin, to card wool, and to weave. Their hands were also busy with beautiful hand work and crocheted pieces. True pioneer life meant hard work, thrift, industry, and also sharing in the dangers of the pioneer life.
Nothing was easy in those days. The children remember Dorthea's homemade sausages. They learned the art of cleaning the animal's intestines and soaking them in brine, scraping them on the breadboard, and then again soaking them in brine. The cleaned intestines were then placed over a cow horn, and the sausage was carefully worked down until the sack was packed tightly. Sometimes, they ground the pork sausage and placed the skin around the spout of the grinder. The skin would fill up as the meat ground through. If any air bubbles appeared, a darning needle was used to poke them out and force the meat in tightly. The sausages were then smoked or put into a weak brine to cure, as were the hams, shoulders, etc. of pork. There was a lot of work involved when a pig was killed. All of the fat was cut off and sliced into small pieces, or ground up and fried just long enough to process it. The whitest part was then stored in jars and placed in the pantry for use in pies and cakes. Other grease was saved for frying food. It was a hard day's work to "render" lard, and all of the children learned the process. You couldn't just go to the store to purchase a can of shortening then. The meat from the head of the pig was ground and seasoned and put into a pan. It was pressed flat by putting heavy flat irons (which were used to iron clothes) on top, weighing the meat down and pressing it hard. It was considered a real delicacy, sliced and eaten cold. The pastries and cinnamon buns were also a thing to remember, for on baking day every youngster in the neighborhood went home with a big, hot bun filled with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins. The big drippers filled with homemade bread, each holding 6 to 8 loaves, were familiar sights in their homes. The Danish recipe for dumplings and chicken soup, has now been passed down to the great granddaughters.The children went barefoot as long as the ground was free of snow. But when shoes were needed, Peter furnished his children with wooden shoes that he made. He had learned the craft in his native land, and brought with him some of the tools needed for making them. He would go to Cedar Hills after loads of wood. After loading it he would find a pitch pine tree, just to suit his fancy, for the stick best suited for wooden shoes. After he finished the wooden shoes, his wife shined them nicely with soot she gathered from the fireplace. The children of Peter were the only ones with wooden shoes, and they were nice shoes. The only objection the children had to them was that they couldn't run as fast with them on as they could when they were barefoot.
During the United Order, Peter was captain of the men who worked in what was called the Old and South Field. He was, however, one of the first to withdraw from the Order. His family was deeply concerned about it, and some of the neighbors went so far as to say that he was on the way to apostasy. Peter felt that he had given it a fair trial. One day on his rounds in the fields where men were engaged in irrigating, he arrived at a piece of his own land where a man was supposed to be irrigating it. Peter found the water all going down a dead furrow of summer fallowed land, with no man in sight. After searching around, he found the man sound asleep in the shade of the willows. When he asked the man how the water was going, he answered, "I suppose it's running to the west," which was the slope of the land. That, in addition to many other similar conditions, drew disgust from Peter to the extent that he left the Order.
When the polygamy crusade was on, the U.S. Marshalls had a warrant of arrest for all polygamists. It was just at harvest time, and Peter came to the lumber camp with a proposition to his son to go down to do the harvesting so that he could do the work there at the camp. The harvesting was done under very difficult conditions. Occasionally, Peter would come like a thief in the night to see how they were getting along. The grain was too ripe, dry and brittle, and some had to be soaked in water to use for bands to bind the grain. They had to handle it carefully to avoid waste. They did what was necessary to be done during the balance of the summer and the fall. Peter was in hiding most of this time. The marshalls would come to the house under cover of the night and search through the house for him.
On 9 April 1888, just two weeks after the birth of her 13th child, Esther, the young and beautiful mother, Annie Christena, was struck with puerperal sepsis (childhood fever). The dreaded infection took her life at the age of 40. The burden of a big family must have weighed heavily upon the young shoulders of the children, as they had to share the responsibilities even more so now. Dutifully and lovingly, Dorthea, the other mother, gathered these little motherless children around her, comforting them, teaching them, and being a true mother to them. She was affectionately known to them as "Tante". Esther has said of her "If ever there was an angel mother, it was Mother Dorthea." The family then adjusted to a new way of life.
Life in Mt. Pleasant was beginning to take on the airs of a thriving community. Beside the new school and churches, the Wasatch Academy became part of the community buildings. A brick kiln was producing lovely pink brick, and some of the up-and-coming members of the community were building elegant two-story homes. Little groups, who especially enjoyed associating together because of likeness in their nationality, would meet in each other's homes for parties and dinners. Celebrations were always great days for the people of Mt. Pleasant. Not only was the 4th of July an event, but the 24th of July was also celebrated as the day the pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley. Usually, there was a parade led by a brass band. The parade was usually followed by a program recalling the early pioneer struggles. In the afternoon, there was a dance for the children. In the evening, there was a dance for the adults.
During those days, the only source of supplies was through the wagon trains that came from Salt Lake City bringing their necessities. The men of the community would exchange grain for a supply of flour for their winter's use. The supply wagons always brought back yard goods for the pioneer mother to make up into clothing for her children. Esther well remembers her father bringing her a piece of blue material, while he always brought some pink material for Olevia when they were small girls.
In the winter of 1897, on the 8th of January, Peter was called to go on a mission to Denmark, his native land. He was the oldest missionary in the field—67 years of age. He enjoyed excellent health, and was able to keep in shape and do all that was required of a missionary. He was gladly received by the people, and made many friends. The people were surprised that a man of his age could sing so beautifully. He visited the birthplace of his first wife while he was in Denmark, and was received very kindly by her people. They called all of the neighbors in to see this stranger who had returned to the old homestead after 42 years of absence in America. He served 1½ years in the mission field.
After Peter's return from his mission, he proceeded to care for his small farm. As in the past he had a few livestock to care for. He continued to do so until he was physically unable. His wife Dorthea died on 10 November 1912. The children all helped care for him. In March 1915, Olevia or "Levie" (one of his favorite children, it had been said) moved in with him and brought her three children. Her husband, Joseph Johansen, had been called on a mission. She worked hard caring for her family and for her father's needs. It was a good arrangement for all of them. During this time, Olevia's oldest child, Etta, passed her important 8th birthday. They all drove to Manti in Peter's shiny, black, horse-drawn buggy with bright red wheels. Etta was baptized in the Manti Temple. After Joseph's two year mission was over, they all continued to live with Peter for yet another year while they were building a new home. They continued their close association, as did the complete family, until his death.
Birthdays has always been treated as something special for the Peter Monsen family. There was a spot on the pantry shelf where the members of the family put their savings in anticipation of the next birthday. The child having a birthday party could always expect one fine gift from the family. As the girls grew up, sometimes the gift was sheets, linen, dishes or some coveted item. There was always a special birthday dinner, and Father Peter was the central figure at these gatherings. The whole town was invited to his 90th birthday party. He had such a large family, and so many friends, it had to be held in a rented hall. His daughter, Nora, made one of her famous sponge cakes. The cake had to be beaten in a certain way, for a certain length of time, and it turned out as a work of art with the 90 candles ablazing on the top. The tables were set the full length of the hall to accommodate the number of well-wishers who came. His last birthday party was his 94th. He stood in the doorway at Annie's home and said, "I may not be here too many other birthdays, but I'm going to sing you a song." He counseled, "I hope and pray that you will continue with your birthday parties when I am gone, for it will keep you close together."
Peter Monsen died just two months before his 95th birthday, on 9 February 1924. On his death bed he sang "I Know That My Redeemer Lives." He was buried 12 February 1924, in the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery by his two good wives. He was among the noblest of all creation. He was careful in the use of language, as well as saying ought against his neighbors. He never spoke profanity, nor spoke untruthfully. He and his wives were outstanding citizens, and devout Latter-day Saints. We can justly and proudly refer to them and their accomplishments with pride and admiration, and be thankful that we are of the lineage of such people. They unselfishly moved about in duty's call, complying with one of God's first commandments: multiply and replenish the earth. Under humble circumstances, they reared a large family which would seem impossible today. Peter at no time owned more than 40 acres of land, upon which 16 children were reared to maturity with five others dying in childhood. Despite the privations as would we considered today, or perhaps because of the manner in which they lived, the children grew to man and womanhood with clean, strong bodies, and pure minds instilled with honesty, truth and honor. Peace, harmony, and love were characteristic in the family. That same feeling prevails among their posterity.
Children of Peter Monsen & Dorthea Nielsen:
Stena & J.C. Madsen 7 children
Sena & Peter Peterson 2 children
Joseph & Anneta Neilsen 3 children
Dorthea & George Christensen 3 children
James & Mary Ann Poulsen 10 children
Lena & Andrew Jensen 11 children
36 children
Died in childhood: Christian, Peter
Children of Peter Monsen & Annie Christensen:
Amelia & ; Thomas Kirby 10 children
Sophia & Hans Poulsen 4 children
Annie & Erick Ericksen 8 children
Josie & Peter Anderson 6 children
John & ; Annie Blake 5 children
Christie & Marinus Beck 11 children
Nora & Gilbert Beckstrom 7 children
Peter and; Kate Gillman 11 children
Olevia and; Joseph Johansen 7 children
Esther & Albin Merlin Anderson 6 children
74 children
Died in childhood: Peter, Tina, Mary
Peter Monsen's children and grandchildren totaled 110. His descendants on the 100th anniversary of his leaving Denmark totaled 679.
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Peter Monsen (Mogensen) as Remembered by His Son, James
Peter Monsen (Mogensen) as Remembered by His Son, James
|Peter Monsen (Mogensen)
The first steam sawmill brought to Mt. Pleasant was by Peter Y. Jensen, and placed in Cedar Creek Canyon. But before it could be placed, a road had to be constructed. Father was the supervisor.
Father assisted in the leveling of the hill where the Manti Temple now stands, after which a sawmill, called the Temple Sawmill, was placed in Twin Creek Canyon, where lumber was sawed to be used in the construction of the Temple. The work was carried on winter and summer. Men donating their work, with few exceptions, who were paid temple-scrip, with which they could buy such commodities as were donated by the people.
Under my observation, father supervised the work in winter time.
The use of oxen or horses to drag the timber from the mountainside was prevented by the depth of the snow, which was at times seven feet. The trees were felled and cut into certain lengths. With hand spikes and such appliances as were necessary, they slid the logs from the hillside to the bottom of the canyon; from whence they were hauled to the mill upon bobsleds, all home made. The lumber from the mill was hauled to Manti by team, all donation work in which father participated,
When the Snow Academy was built, he furnished teams, with no pay, to haul brick from Mt. Pleasant to Ephraim.
On or about 1863, he and Mads Madsen were called by the church to go to Circleville as colonizers. I heard father say they left home with each a yoke of oxen and a wagon, arriving in Circleville about April 1st. They proceeded at once to build log houses in which to live. They had with them their second wives, my mother and Mads' first wife being left at home to care as best they could for what little they had.
The timber from which they built their homes was not far away; since there were no shingles or lumber available, they were necessarily satisfied with a dirt roof as well as a dirt floor.
The soil there was very fertile. They broke up and planted enough ground to raise 1000 bushels of wheat. there being no threshing machines then, the grain was threshed by tramping their oxen over it. When the grain from the first layer spread out was thoroughly tramped out of the straw, there still remained chaf and fine material which had to be separated from the grain. So they cleared the ground and when the wind was favorable, with a small hand scoop they cast the grain out against the wind , thereby separating it from the chaff. When this was done, they took what they could haul in their wagons, leaving the rest to be distributed among those remaining, returning home to Mt. Pleasant in November of the same year.
Father was among the first to build a home outside the Fort. It was a two-room structure twenty-eight feet long, with large beams along the top placed in half roof shape, to carry the dirt which answered the purpose of shingles. There was also a dirt floor. Aside from that, he built three other homes.
He was in the city council two terms and councilor to Bishop Seely several years. He was ready and on hand to serve in any capacity where unto he was called.
During the United Order, he was captain of the men who worked in what is called the Old and South Field. However, he was one of the first to withdraw from the Order. I well remember how deeply concerned mother was about it. Some of the neighbors went so far as to say that he was on the way to apostasy.
One day in his hounds in the field where men were engaged in irrigating, he arrived at a piece of his own land where a man was supposed to be irrigating, he found the water all going down a dead furrow of summer fallowed land, and no man in sight. After searching around, he found the man sound asleep in the shade of the willows, and when he asked how the water was going, he answered, "I suppose it's running to the west.", which was the slope of the land. That, associated with many similar conditions, drew disgust from my father, to the extent that he withdrew from the order, but not until it had been given a fair trial.
At the age of sixty-six, he went on a mission in Denmark;being gone about twenty months.
After his return he proceeded to care for his small farm as in the past, and continued to do so until physically unable. He had a few livestock to care for until he died at the age of ninety three past.


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The star attraction at this year's "Tankfest" at the newly extended Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, is the Tortoise. It is one of the heaviest tanks ever built and the only example of the Second World War's "super-heavies" developed by the German, Russian, US and British armies still in running order.
The emphasis for this year's Tankfest, says Richard Smith, the museum's director, is the evolution of tactics, equipment, technology and the enemy threat. The choice of the Tortoise to lead the parade of vehicles, as well as being a huge technical challenge (the museum's Tortoise last ran in 1947), and, at an estimated ten gallons to the mile, almost as large a fuel bill, is particularly apt since it highlights the tank's future relevance


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Today is a significant day for the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities today marked a major milestone in their partnership to digitize historic U.S. newspapers and make them widely available to the public on the Internet. During an event held at the Newseum, Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress, announced that the Chronicling America website—a free, national, searchable database of historic American newspaper pages published between 1880 and 1922—recently posted its millionth page. Congrats to both the LOC and NEH.


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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – just one of the many rap performers appearing at this weekend's 'Art Of Rap Music Festival' in Irvine. In 1997, the group won a Grammy for the hit 'Tha Crossroads'.
Fun facts about Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Source: Lymelight Media)
Graced with a quick and sometimes sung delivery, along with a unique sense of melody, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony burst out of Cleveland, Ohio in the mid-'90s with a pair of massive hits ("Thuggish Ruggish Bone" and "Tha Crossroads") along with a great first album, as well as a successful follow-up, and then quickly unraveled. Mainstream interest dropped off toward the tail end of the '90s, but the group, which underwent a series of lineup changes, continued to release new material via mixtapes and albums throughout the 2000s.
N.W.A's Eazy-E signed the group — initially comprised of Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone, Flesh-N-Bone, Layzie Bone, and Bizzy Bone — to Ruthless Records. The debut release from Bone was an EP, Creepin on ah Come Up (1994). The EP boasted "Thuggish Ruggish Bone," a conventional G-funk song with an unconventional array of Bone Thug rappers that became an overnight summer anthem, especially throughout the Midwest. The single crossed into the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 22.
Amid the fervor, the group immediately reentered the studio and emerged with a remarkable album, E 1999 Eternal (1995). The album topped the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and spawned a pair of popular singles, "1st of the Month" and "Tha Crossroads," the latter a dedication to the deceased Eazy-E and a Grammy Award recipient. As was in vogue at the time, the group members subsequently pursued respective solo careers and also a Mo Thugs Family spinoff group; none of these ventures rivaled the proper Bone projects.
At this point, the onetime cohesive group, which specialized in interwoven, harmonious singing as well as rapping, became conflicted and the group members failed to collaborate well. However, their second album, Art of War (1997) — an ambitious double-disc package — was very successful. Not only did it top the same Billboard charts as E 1999 Eternal, but lead single "Look into My Eyes" went Top Five on the Hot 100. Within a year of release, it was certified quadruple platinum for over four million units sold in the U.S.
A second round of solo albums sold poorly, and Bone quickly slid off the mainstream radar. Occasional reunions, such as 2000's BTNHResurrection and 2002's Thug World Order, produced some moments of glory, but these were few and far between. Thug Stories, released in 2006 on Koch, placed the group — at the time, a trio minus Bizzy — in the Top 30 of the Billboard 200. Bone then signed to Swizz Beatz's Interscope-affiliated Full Surface boutique label, where they issued 2007's Strength & Loyalty. A major-label budget allowed for guest spots from the Game, Mariah Carey, Akon, Bow Wow, and Twista, and the set eventually sold over 500,000 copies, earning gold certification. Bizzy returned for 2010's Uni5: The World's Enemy. The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200. A handful of dates excepted, Bizzy was absent from the album's promotional tour. He returned for the 2013 release Art of War: WWIII, but this time Krayzie and Wish Bone were out of the group, with both working on solo careers.
The Art Of Rap will feature two stages and over 25 artists per date featuring a who's who of the history of rap & hip-hop. The events will be a full festival experience featuring break-dancers, live graffiti artists, vendors, an interactive festival area and so much more.
The 'Art Of Rap Music Festival' taking place Saturday, July 18th at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine.
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12 Fallacies in Contemporary Adaptation Theory
- There is such a thing as contemporary adaptation theory.
- Differences between literary and cinematic texts are rooted in essential properties of their respective media.
- Literary texts are verbal, films visual.
- Novels are better than films.
- Novels deal in concepts, films in percepts.
- Novels create more complex characters than movies because they offer more immediate and complete access to characters' psychological states.
- Cinema's visual specification usurps its audience's imagination.
- Fidelity is the most appropriate criterion to use in analyzing adaptations.
- Source texts are more original than adaptations.
- Adaptations are adapting exactly one text apiece.
- Adaptations are inter texts, their precursor texts simply texts.
- Adaptation study is a marginal enterprise.
Leading Questions from 5 Collections on Adaptation
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- Does the movie in question betray its literary source?
- Does a given adaptation seek to establish itself as a transcription or an interpretation of its source?
- Does the film depart from its literary source because of new cultural or historical contexts it addresses?
- If the movie transcends its original literary source, does that source, however fairly eclipsed by the movie, deserve closer consideration as interesting in its own right?
- Is it possible for a film to recreate what might be assumed to be specifically literary aspects of its source that challenge medium-specific models of adaptation by indicating unexpected resources the cinema brings to matters once thought the exclusive province of literature?
- Is the movie as well as its source subject to cultural and historical contextualization?
- What questions about different kinds of fidelity do adaptations of other sorts of texts than canonical literary works raise?
- How do television adaptations challenge assumptions about the formal and institutional differences between verbal and audio-visual texts that might be overlooked in discussions that restricted themselves to literature and cinema?
- How do adaptations based on non-literary or non-fictional sourcetexts similarly enlarge the range of adaptation studies by revealing the parochialism of theories that restrict their examples to films based on fictional texts?
- How are models of adaptation that assume the primacy of literary texts challenged by the phenomenon of novelizations based on cinematic sourcetexts?
- How must models of adaptation be modified to account for movies that demonstrably draw on other sources than their putative sourcetexts, some of them perhaps even more important in determining its textual strategies?
- When films self-consciously raise questions about their own status as adaptation, what general implications do they offer adaptation studies?
- What implications do characteristic features frequently found in adaptations carry for more general theories of intertextuality?
- How do concepts commonly treated by adaptation theorists as universal change when they cross national and cultural borders?
- How must models of adaptation change to accommodate novels that formally and economically usurp the place traditionally accorded movies?


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We are so lightly here.
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In love we disappear
You tried, in your way, to be free. Thank you. Now go join that great gig in the sky. So I wrote a year ago, when Lenny left us. However, the legend lives on - listen for example to How the Light Gets In.
'We Love Leonard Cohen' celebrated his 81st Birthday, and then, for his 82nd and final birthday, Leonard gave us a present. "You Want It Darker" is the title track to last album, his 14th studio album in his 49-year recording career. (See also Leonard Cohen Makes it Darker.)
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Perhaps that's all any of us can do, if we really want to convey anything meaningful and durable and useful to others: tell our own story, as honestly as we can, and let others find resonance, perspective, understanding, ideas to explore, personal insight, hints, appreciation of what not to do, and why - Dave Pollard, http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2010/06/07/going-in-circles/
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed - Jonathan Swift
A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on - Mark Twain
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession - Albert Camus
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