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Annie Lyons is Completely Fine (with the term ‘Uplit’)

Back in the mists of time shortly after my first book, Not Quite Perfect hit the Kindle top ten bestsellers (ah, those halcyon days), I wrote a blog about genres and how I was never really satisfied in my quest to define the kind of books I write. You can read the full post here: (My name is Annie Lyons and I write down words for people to read)

At the end of this article I concluded that Not Quite Perfect was, ‘a Chick Lit-Contemporary Romance-Women’s Fiction book or as I like to think of it, some words I wrote down about two sisters’ lives with a little bit of romance, quite a lot of humour and some tear-inducing sadness.’

Now I like words as much as the next writer but even I could see that I needed something snappier; a punchy little word or phrase to summarise a book, which can make you howl with laughter one minute and reach for the tissues the next.

Please don’t misunderstand me here. I’m not denigrating the terms ‘chick-lit’ or ‘romance’ or ‘women’s fiction.’ These work well for lots of authors and have worked for me too. It doesn’t matter how readers find your books and if these genres have brought them to my stories, I’m grateful.

It’s just that personally, I find these genres a bit limiting and not entirely accurate in defining what I write.

For one thing, it sounds as if I’m writing exclusively for women. Which I’m not. I have been approached by lots of men (not in that way), who have expressed genuine surprise at how much they’ve enjoyed my stories. Nearly all of them go on to say that they wouldn’t have normally picked up my books. Whether we like it or not, the terms ‘romance’ and ‘women’s fiction’ inevitably put men off. I’ve also encountered men who’ve asked if I write, ‘chick-lit’ in voices which belittled and dismissed my writing achievements out of hand. Don’t worry. I just asked them how many books they’d written and order was restored. You get the point though.

Gender politics aside, I struggle with the all-inclusive term, ‘romance’. There’s an element of romance in my stories, as there are in many books, but this isn’t the driving force. I write about parents, children, families and friendships; I write about grief, anger, divorce, dementia and secrets; I write about singing, cake, community, kindness and dogs called Alan. I want to make you laugh and I want to make you cry (sorry about that). I want to explore what makes us happy, what makes us human and reassure you that the world is a good place. There’s darkness but there’s also light. As Leonard Cohen succinctly put it,

So I am over the moon that there’s a new, gender-neutral genre (try saying that quickly) on the block and to my mind it sums up these subjects perfectly. It’s a shiny beacon of hope in the form of, ‘Uplit’.

‘Uplit’, I hear you cry? Yeah, okay, maybe it’s not perfect. It might make you think of those upside-down lampshades from the late nineties. Or as Matt Haig (whose books are often placed under this umbrella) pointed out on Twitter, as an anagram of ‘tulip’ but then, who doesn’t love a tulip?

Regardless of the awkwardness of the word, I’m delighted with the definition. These are books which have kindness at their core, which deal with sadness and devastation but which also offer hope and seek to find the good which still exists (it does, trust me) in our communities.

For me, this underpins everything I was trying to say when I wrote ‘The Choir on Hope Street,’ and ‘The Happiness List’. They are both set on the same street and tell different stories of communities pulling together, of unexpected kindness and friendship and the hope this can bring.

It makes me think of that image of the house in the film, ‘Up’, containing the bereaved elderly man and the little boy as it’s lifted by hundreds of balloons. There’s sadness in this moment but also joy and a soaring hope.

In the end, readers need signposts to find the books they love and if ‘Uplit’ is the one that brings them to my stories, I am completely fine with that.

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  1. Annie Lyons…you are very funny! I found your website via a search for “uplit”… a term which has only recently floated into my awareness. I love this article – so many laugh out loud moments. I’m an aspiring fiction author and I have struggled to fit my books into a genre…until now. So thanks for posting this as I could relate so much to your story.

    I was so inspired by your humour I just brought The Happiness List for my Kindle. I will be sure to let you know the number of LPM’s (laughs per minute) I experience while reading. Thanks for the joy!

    Hugs and smiles, Kathryn

    1. Thank you, Kathryn – your message has absolutely made my day! I am so glad that the post has inspired you and I have told my children that I am now officially funny but they don’t look convinced (they are my harshest critics!). I wish you luck for your writing and very much hope you enjoy The Happiness List. x

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Nifty Prediction : Nifty may look for 11085 | Trade with in second half

Daily Forecast – Share Market – September 12th, 2019

Nifty may look for 11085 | Trade with in second half

Venus with Sun is controlling the day and well supported by Mars, Jupiter and Mercury. Sun is enjoying in own sign and house, that’s why giving support to automobile, infrastructure, cement, ancillary of automobile, similarly, strength of lagna lord of India’s horoscope is with strength, enjoying neech bhang yog. But involved in Planetary war with Mercury, which is indicating that Mercury is enjoying better position in war and benefit of own house of share market.

I again believe that lord of the house will support share market. Advantage will be for banking and financial institutes also.

Petroleum, gold, ornaments, foreign issues (may give some impact), electrical and electronics, agriculture and related segments may also show some movements. Issues related to automobile may be giving impact on government, but I don’t feel any support from government will come, because they are bit strong, although actions related to business may be pressurising government, for solving the issues, ministers related to the department or finance must look in depth of the seriousness of slow-down. Concrete planning and executions may help fast recovery.

For example, Foreign lands lord is in the shadow of ruler of the land. Which is not supporting them to give proper funding in the market. FIIs have already withdrawn majority of funds. They are always looking for GDP growth and other economic issues.

I feel Nifty may look for 11085 levels or so. Coming day may show some volatility. Selling on upper levels will not be surprising.

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My granddaughter is all grown up.

Today is my darling granddaughter Tamsyn’s 19th birthday. What a very special person she is, and it doesn’t seem that long ago that she was just a tiny princess.

She’s always loved to dance, and has made us all so proud of her through the years.

She is full of fun, and loves to goof around.

She loves dressing up, and as you can see, is a whole lot of fun to be with.

Her pics on Facebook always make me smile.

She can play the ‘Femme Fatale’ with panache.

This is what she does after Sunday lunch.

She has challenged me to do this on a few occasions. Does she think I’m crazy?

Maybe this would be easier, but I’m not going to even try.

She’s grown up so fast, and passed her driving test this week. That’s no mean feat in Johannesburg.

What an elegant young lady she’s become.

Happy birthday, Tamsyn. May all your dreams come true, and be sure to always keep that wonderful smile.

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  1. I am so glad that Oscar and Olivia visited you so I could read this post Sylvia. I have missed to many over the past few months and am very grateful for Marcy for visiting with the Orples, so I can catch up. 😀

    Your granddaughter is gorgeous. Just like her granny. Great shots of a very talented little lady. 😀 ♥

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  3. A happy belated birthday to her … and cheers to the proud grandmother for featuring her through the years. Although she’s another example of of the beauty gene that is stuck in your family, I see much happiness on her face. … and hooray for her love for dance!

  4. Happy Birthday to Tamsyn. She has a wonderful smile indeed, and in the last photo, her eyes are smiling as well. Dance, dress-up, drive, entertain. She sounds like a girl of many talents with a humble heart. Thanks for sharing your family with us 🙂

  5. I’ll add my best wishes for a happy birthday to the long list. What a fabulous grandmother she has to elicit so many birthday greetings from all over the globe!

  6. bon anniversaire! happy b’day to your pretty and talented Scorpio gal… dunno what she wants to do from now on, but I could bet she’ll make it everywhere… 🙂 my very best, health, joy and happiness! ❤

    • I know! It does look painful, doesn’t it. I guess it was just perseverance and a little bit further every time. I won’t be trying it though. “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” as the saying goes. 🙂

  7. Happy birthday, Tamsyn 🙂
    What a flexible and bendy granddaughter you have, Sylvia! I certainly couldn’t have achieved any of those gymnastic feats, even at 19 — in fact, never, from my earliest childhood. I can touch my toes still and, on a good day, can lay my hands flat on the floor in front of my feet during forward bends.

    • She did start very young, and never ceases to amaze me with what she can do. 🙂 I can touch my toes, and balance on one leg. I haven’t tried the flat hand on the floor thing. Don’t want to fall on my face. 😯

      • Before I started doing Qi Gong exercises every day, I could barely get my hands past mid-calf! Three years of these exercises have made a tremendous difference to my suppleness, and to my inner calm!

  8. What a poised young lady ! Happy Birthday to Tamsyn your fun loving granddaughter … taking after her Grandma in so many ways I suspect 🙂

  9. So beautiful and so adorable too. Should be so proud of for you and for everybody in the family. I wish all the best for her life, Blessing and happiness, Thank you, love, nia

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I am a U.S. citizen working in South Korea. I would like to visit China in August, but my ARC card will have expired by that time. I will be in Vietnam in March. What is the best way to obtain a Chinese visa if my ARC card has less than 6 months left on it?

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You can't apply for China visa in Vietnam, a single entry visa is valid for 3 months, when you travel to China in August, your visa obtained in Vietnam has expired. Please apply for a visa about one month in advance of your intended date of entry into China, and do not apply 3 months earlier than your intended date of entry into China.

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Wellness Wednesday – Know when to be gentle!

This mornings mood boost provided by a new flavor of iced coffee – pistachio! 😍

Normally my mood boosts come in the form of endorphins from a workout… but today I couldn’t even muster the energy to get out of bed. I’m dealing with some intense emotions and I just wanted to sleep (or try…), and even though working out usually helps my mood, today I chose to be gentle and focus on resting.

Wellness includes knowing when not to push – knowing when to be gentle with yourself. Took me waaaay too long to grasp that, but I’m better for it!

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Agroinvestor magazine summing up the results of the year for the agricultural sector

Agroinvestor magazine published an analytical article summarizing the results of investment projects in 2019. article According to the publication, the cost of 25 largest of them amounted to 415 billion rubles. If we compare the size of investments with previous years, we can see obvious progress: more and more funds are attracted to agriculture, which cannot but please the domestic consumer.

The large-scale report, supported by figures and facts, covers the whole agricultural sector and investments made by the most serious players in the market. Much attention is paid to ECO-Culture holding, its ongoing and future projects, prospects, and plans.

The section of the article devoted to greenhouse facilities is what readers might find particularly interesting. According to the magazine, during 2019 the investments into this sector have sharply decreased in comparison with 2017-18 years. This was mainly caused by the cancellation of state compensation for construction expenditures. Right now, there are only major players on the market, including ECO-Culture company.

The largest investment target in the sphere of greenhouse production was the new complex to be built not in Russia but in Kazakhstan. ECO-Culture is going to invest about 1.1 billion rubles in this enterprise. The company intends to fully implement the project in 5 years. Zhanna Yeronina, the Head of Marketing Department, notes that thanks to the support of local Kazakhstani authorities, the investment climate in the country is very favorable, however, in the following stages of construction there still may be fundraising difficulties.

As for domestic projects, the construction of Podmoskoviye, Tulsky, and Kavkaz greenhouse complexes is scheduled for the coming years.

The full text of the article is available on the Agroinvestor magazine website.


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Live jams, a 6-hour playlist, and popsicles did the trick

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Mackenzie, Curriculum Developer and Teacher Trainer & Chris, Journalist

sum-up of the wedding vibe: A loving and personal group effort a decade in the making.

Planned Budget: $20,000

Actual Budget: $21,000

Number of Guests: 130

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Where we allocated the most funds:

Catering. There is so much amazing food in NYC and we wanted to serve our guests a meal that we would be excited to eat on a night out. Since I frequently travel abroad for work to places that do not traditionally serve fresh produce or where veggies are not safe to eat (I work primarily in crisis and conflict-affected areas without clean water), Chris and I have developed a tradition of eating tacos with as many colorful, fresh fixings as possible on my first night back from a long trip. Enlisting our favorite Mexican taco place in the city to cater therefore couldn’t have been more appropriate.

The folks at Tacombi were so kind and accommodating, helping us craft a killer menu, putting together batch specialty cocktails from ingredients we provided, and modifying their usual service routine to keep our rental costs down. That said, it was still our biggest investment. We’re not big fans of cake, so we kept the fresh vibe going by serving local fruit popsicles from People’s Pops for dessert. We absolutely loved the food (yes, I managed to eat a meal and two popsicles!) and we are still getting compliments.

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Where we allocated the least funds:

The music, flowers, and stationery. From the get-go, we knew we wanted to include all those things, but also acknowledged that doing them the easy (vendor) way was going to blow our budget very quickly.

We didn’t hire a DJ, which saved on funds, but we definitely allocated a lot of time to crafting perfect playlists for before the ceremony, and during the cocktail hour, dinner, and the reception. Chris and I are known among our friends as insatiable music lovers and when we realized we would end up telling a DJ exactly what to play and when to play it on our wedding day, we figured we could just do the music ourselves instead. Chris did an amazing job collecting and sequencing each song individually for all six hours of the night, and everything that played resonated with various points in our life together.

Knowing we wanted the day to feel simple and low-key, we deliberated over whether or not we needed to enlist the help of a florist to get flowers on the tables and in my hands to walk down the aisle. After reading many an APW post about DIY flowers and asking those around us for ideas, my NYC-based family offered up their kitchen for a flower-arranging evening of cocktails and takeout the Thursday before the wedding. We ordered the flowers in bulk (totaling about $250) and set out cutting and putting stems together in what ended up being one of my most fond memories of the weekend. That relaxed time spent working together with family was really special.

As for stationery, I happened upon a big online printing coupon in my inbox right around the time we chose our date, and we made sure to take advantage of it! One of Chris’s childhood friends, a graphic designer, kindly offered to design a save the date and invitation for us, and printing them online cost us a total of $40. We saved lots by going with the standard, free envelopes that came with the printing and opting for online RSVPs (which worked like a charm!). We also nixed programs and created place cards ourselves on printable DIY business card paper.

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What was totally worth it:

Making the best choices for us, but keeping the experiences of our friends and families in mind, too. We figured that, even though we were investing time and funds in our wedding day, we didn’t want to expect the same of our guests. I know this approach can be controversial (it’s supposed to be our time to do what we want, right?), but we were really proud to plan a day that was a reflection of us and our love, while also being fun and low-key for everyone there.

When looking for venues, we had three criteria. We wanted an area that was important to our relationship, had the industrial, no-frills aesthetic we envisioned for the day, and would be easy for most of our guests to get to. Hosting the ceremony and reception at the incredible Greenpoint Loft in the city where we’ve made our home, and where so many of our loved ones are located, was perfect. Those few who don’t live in the New York area were able to stay with friends or in Airbnbs close to the venue.

We have great friends and siblings that we wanted to include in the ceremony, so we ended up having a rather large wedding party. But before we asked anyone, we researched ways we could ensure that the cost of being a groomsman/bridesmaid would be as low as possible. In the end, the groomsmen rented suits online, which was nerve-racking (for me) but ended up great. They wore their own shoes and we gifted them ties and tie clips. The bridesmaids wore custom pleated skirts I ordered on Etsy and white crepe camisoles, for a total of just $65! We finished off the outfits with satin sashes made from ribbon I found on sale in NYC’s Garment District.

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What was totally not worth it:

Cutting corners with staffing. While we enlisted lots of help for the details of the wedding, we decided to forgo the cost of hiring help for setup and breakdown. We’d planned on our catering staff and coordinator putting everything together, and realized a little too late that the logistics of making the day happen were more intensive than we’d bargained for. Things like transporting all the homemade décor and prepurchased beverages in and out of the venue, hanging lights, putting up signs, and lighting candles were all doable, but they took attention away from actually coordinating the people in the wedding. Ultimately, this made it more stressful for everyone involved. Though it all worked out in the end, I wish we had asked our friends for help, or bitten the bullet and paid for a few more hands rather than leaving many tasks to few people in order to save a couple hundred dollars.

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A few things that helped us along the way:

We utilized the amazing talents of our friends and families, and it paid off in a big way. I was nervous to ask for help at first, since I didn’t want to impose on people’s busy schedules. However, I’m so glad we did. Involving those we love in creating the day made every part of the process fun and personal.

In addition to the friend-designed stationery, the table numbers were created by my father, and the repurposed wine bottles we used as water pitchers were collected and stripped of their labels by friends on a sunny spring afternoon. (The bottles were also used by two of those friends at their wedding a few months later!) A bridesmaid and a groomsman, both very patient, helped us saw tiny toy animals in half, which Chris and I spent a weekend gluing and spray-painting to create gold magnetic place card holders. On the day itself, another dear friend officiated a ceremony full of jokes, memories, and vows that Chris and I designed. For the first dance, a groomsman (a fellow alumnus of our a cappella group) played and sang our favorite song, with a bonus saxophone solo from our officiant.

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My best practical advice for my planning self:

Set priorities and then chill. When planning, we were very clear about our overall priorities and stuck to them. However, we weren’t as good at setting priorities for the actual wedding day. I knew things weren’t going to go a hundred percent right, but because we hadn’t determined what issues we would try to fix (if they arose) and which we’d let slide, every little thing that went awry felt like a big deal to me. That made it hard for me to enjoy everything around me and be in the moment. Looking back, I wish I’d thought more about getting the photos we really wanted (we missed some key family and detail shots that I’m still bummed about) than where the signs were placed (who cares?) or how much beer we had left (that’s why we had bartenders!). I eventually hit my groove and stopped caring about those things, but it wasn’t until a few hours into the night. Were I to plan it over again, I’d make a list of our top priorities for the day, communicate those priorities to everyone involved in making it happen, and then let go and focus on having fun from the get-go.

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Favorite thing about the wedding:

Across the board, we were thrilled with the musical choices we made for the day. Forgoing the DJ was the right choice for us—instead, our self-made playlists were full of songs that were fun and important to us. Some were sappy love songs we’ve enjoyed together, others were songs we’d sung together in our college a cappella years, and in between were tons of songs we wanted to belt with our friends on the dance floor. Our first dance song, Tom Waits’s “Picture in a Frame,” was particularly special—Tom Waits is one of the first artists Chris and I bonded over, and hearing it sung and played so beautifully by two of our oldest friends felt like the perfect way to honor our past together and celebrate our future. Of all the memories of the day, that first dance is the one that can still get me teary.
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I was proud to wear heirlooms from both Chris’s and my families: a garter that has been worn by three generations of women in my family, and my engagement ring, which originally belonged to Chris’s great-grandmother in Romania. These tokens were tangible and humbling reminders of the good fortune, love, and efforts of so many that went into our wedding day.

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Stretching Your Innovation Dollar Series: An Inside Look at a Water Utility Run Accelerator Program feat. Selwyn Rose (United Utilities)

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How can water utilities help move the dial in developing new water technologies and solutions? We’ve all heard of accelerator programmes, but how can they be applied to water utilities? In this episode, we take a deep dive to answer these questions.

In this episode, we chat with Selwyn Rose, Innovation Strategy Manager for United Utilities.

This is the fourth and final episode in a series on Stretching Your Innovation Dollar, where we explore how water utilities can partner with, co-create with and empower innovators both from within their organisations and externally.

Selwyn is part of the team that runs Innovation Lab, a 3-month accelerator program that aims to bring new and groundbreaking water industry technology to market. Selwyn walks us through how the Innovation Lab works and what some of the incredible outcomes have been, not just for United Utilities but for the industry as a whole.

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Selwyn is the Innovation Strategy Manager for United Utilities. Based in the UK, Selwyn is responsible for the development and implementation of United Utilities innovation strategy, governance of their innovation programme and working with senior stakeholders across the organisation to identify strategic business challenges & finding breakthrough technology solutions to invest in.

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  • 5:42 Our sector, like lots of infrastructure sectors, we work in these long asset planning cycles. So in water, every five years is our big price-controlled, price review sort of investment pattern pace. Five years for me seemed like an insanely long amount of time. At Vodafone, five weeks was a long time, right. You come to water and suddenly it’s five years you’re planning, but we can do stuff now. So let’s crack on.
  • 7:02 So probably the biggest thing we’d be recognised for is our flagship programme which is the innovation lab. So our innovation lab is essentially an accelerator programme. We set themes. So we set topic areas that we’re interested in exploring. They’re different every time. We then go out to the marketplace and we scout internationally. We’ve had companies from all over the globe in our programme before.
  • 9:39 We were very unsure of how it would be received. This is a water and wastewater company doing something that you would normally expect the Vodafone’s and the Fintech sector and those in the retail sectors to be doing. So it was a leap.

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Choral singing is a collaborative activity and the Arab Choral Network is a tool for broadening and connecting our community of singers, conductors, and audiences in the Middle East and North Africa regions. The Arab Choral Network aims to serve three groups: Choirs of the Arab region, choral singers, and audiences.

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A few Asian churches participated and made their contributions in the early stages of the modern ecumenical movement. Strong statements made by delegates from China and India at the Edinburgh World Mission Conference in 1910 and from India at the first Faith and Order Conference in Lausanne in 1927 have become part of the records of modern ecumenical history. Asia is also the region where the churches founded by western mission societies were the first to claim their autonomy and for some of them to enter into organic unity, e.g. the formation of the Church of South India in 1947. At the foundation of the WCC in 1948 Asia was the region of what is now called the global south that was best represented. It is also Asia where the first regional ecumenical organization was founded in 1957, the East Asia Christian Conference, forerunner of the current Christian Conference of Asia (CCA). The number of WCC member churches is now 74 representing over 60 million Christians.

The Asia region of the WCC stretches from Afghanistan on the western edge to Japan and North Korea far up in the north-east, Mongolia in the north and Timor Lorosa'e down in the south-east. Sub-regions known as Asia Minor and Central Asia are not part of it. On the other hand, as a result of the participation of the churches from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in the ecumenical movement in the region, churches in these countries are part of the Asian ecumenical network. The WCC member churches in these two countries are members of the CCA. Most countries in Asia have a national council of churches or national Christian council or similar body and in most countries there is also an evangelical alliance or fellowship. In South Asia the councils of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have formed the South Asia Council of Churches (SACC).  Another sub-regional entity of Asia is the Mekong sub-region (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar) where the ecumenical movement has had a long history of involvement in humanitarian assistance, inter-church aid and development. In 2006 the Laos Evangelical Church was the first church from the former Indochina region, which remained closed for decades under communist rule to become a member of the WCC.

With the exception of the Philippines and Timor Lorosa'e and to some extent South Korea, Christianity is a minority religion in all Asian countries. In some countries, e.g. Japan, Mongolia, Thailand the Christian community is a tiny minority of less than 1%. Yet there has also been an uninterrupted presence of the church in Asia since the apostolic times, notably in Kerala, South India, where according to the tradition Christianity was introduced and churches were founded by the Apostle St Thomas. And in recent years there has been remarkable church growth in China, Laos, Nepal, Vietnam and other places.

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  • Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC, Roman Catholic)
  • Evangelical Fellowship of Asia.

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On Tap 5/30

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• To Be Taught, If Fortunate – by Becky Chambers

If some scifi stories are more fiction than science, To Be Taught, If Fortunate is probably more science than… well, a comparable amount of both science and fiction. An group of explorers travel somewhere no ‘man has ever been: an extrasolar system. What they find here is beyond their wildest dreams, but it’s what they left behind that may provide the biggest surprise at all. For what are people if not curious, and what would happen should that curiosity fade?

• The Bayern Agenda – by Dan Moren

The Bayern Agenda is the second Galactic Cold War book, and the first through Angry Robot who kindly sent me a copy. At about the quarter mark right now and it reads like a pretty standard military scifi thriller, but there’s still a ways to go.

• Eden – by Tim Lebbon

Eden is an eco-supernatural thriller about a future where the world has succumbed to climate change and global warming. In a last-ditch effort to combat this, the world established several Virigin Zones that were returned to nature. Jenn and her father are part of a team that race across these wildernesses, but this time they might’ve gone too far. Eden is the oldest and wildest of the Zones, and who knows what may lurk within?

• People of the Rainforest – by John Hemming

People of the Rainforest is my lone nonfiction read of the year, regarding the Villas Boas brothers and their exploration of the Amazon jungle basin. As with all nonfiction titles, this one boasts an incredibly long name, which I neither can remember nor repeat.

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• Age of Empyre – by Michael J. Sullivan

The sixth and final book in the Legends of the First Empire series, now we find out what two consecutive cliffhangers have set in motion. And whether or not Suri is the Heir of Novron. Or… right?

It’s been a scifi heavy month for me. Which is a wee bit odd, as I think it’s fantasy month everywhere else. But sometimes that’s how things go.

Obviously the world’s still not in its best place, but that seems the norm nowadays, sadly. Hopefully we get it together here soon. Otherwise, my little corner of nowhere’s been pretty quiet. Still sick, but it ain’t COVID, so that’s good. But it’s been stirring up lately with my allergies and my anxiety and reflux and everything, so it’s been tough to figure what I have, exactly. But it’ll get better. Anyway what’s everyone else reading? Anything I need to get to? Let me know!

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  1. it reads like a pretty standard military scifi thriller,

    You say that like it’s bad thing 😉 I like Mil-SF, as long as the gun porn is kept down to an acceptable (for me) amount. I allow 3 technical breakdowns of guns but after that, it’s gratuitous…

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    1. It’s not, if the story’s good and the action is… actiony. This is kinda lagging along at the moment. Besides, I like a nice mix of science with my fiction; if one or the other is too high or low, it throws the whole balance off 😂

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  2. How do you manage to read four books at once? I’d never finish anything if I did that, lol. Hope you feel better soon, and I’m glad to hear you don’t have COVID😁

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    1. Well, I’ve kinda stopped the Bayern Agenda, I’m just not ready to admit it to myself yet. Then the nonfiction one can’t hold my attention for very long; they’ve never been able to. So, it’s really only two 😅🤣

  3. Multi-readinf is something I keep doing quietly 😅 especially when there’s a non-fiction in the mix! Some of those have been on my TBR for a while – I guess I’ll wait for your reviews to see if I should bump them up or not 😉

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TUSD Culturally Relevant classes found noncompliant

tusd-chicano-history-in-picturesToday the Arizona Department of Education sent a notice of noncompliance to the Tucson Unified School District stating that one or more of its classes are in violation of A.R.S. §15-112. If the District is not in compliance with A.R.S. § 15-112 by March 4, 2015, ADE will determine whether to withhold 10 percent of the monthly apportionment of state aid that would otherwise be due to the district until the violations are corrected.

A review of the class materials clearly showed a lack of rigor and balance.

The ADE’s finding comes after the courses’ developer, Dr. Augustine Romero admitted that the classes that had been found to violate State law were in fact, back in the District. Romero made the admission while being confronted by former Mexican American Studies teachers at the National Association of Multi-Cultural Educators conference in Oro Valley, Arizona earlier this year.

According to sources in the District, Governing Board president Adelita Grijalva is expected to claim that the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is simply retaliating for the Ninth Circuit’s decision that the State’s request for intervention in the District’s desegregation case was denied. However, the State was simply denied standing because the issue was not ripe, now that the finding has been made by the ADE, the State could return to court because federal Judge David Bury has ordered in the past that the classes must comply with state law.

Federal Judge Wallace Tashima found that the state law which prevents racially and ethnically divisive classes to be constitutional.

Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal said in a statement released today: “During my tenure as Superintendent, I have been closely monitoring the status of the Tucson Unified School District’s culturally relevant curricula to ensure that all TUSD students, regardless of their race or ethnic background, have access to a high quality education.

“After a thorough review of materials from TUSD’s culturally relevant courses, I find that the district has failed to meet several provisions of the 2012 Settlement Agreement and is once again in clear violation of A.R.S. §15-112. Furthermore, I am deeply concerned by the fact that the noncompliance appears to extend beyond classes taught from the Mexican American perspective and now also includes classes taught from the African American perspective.

“ADE staff has worked tirelessly to provide guidance and feedback as quickly as possible throughout the process so that district officials would have the resources needed to keep all culturally relevant courses in compliance with the law. This process has been made challenging by the fact that the district has failed to fully respond to several requests for information and has been inconsistent in its application of materials that have been provided.

“In issuing this finding before classes resume, I am hopeful that the district will take immediate action to comply with the law.”

The District has ignored the concerns of the community and the ADE, hoping that the ADE did not have the political will to challenge their disregard for the law.

As noted in the finding, Administrative law Judge Lewis Kowal found the Mexican American Studies classes to be in violation of the law after reviewing 7000 pieces of evidence and 4 days of testimony from parents, teachers, administrators, and education experts.

Since then, the proponents of the classes have generated highly questionable data and claimed that it showed that the students taking the classes performed better than students who did not take the classes. However, that data has been discredited and the resulting research has been dismissed.

Latest news: TUSD’s relationships “deteriorated markedly”

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This Notice of Noncompliance is issued pursuant to A.R.S. § 15-112 and the Settlement Agreement reached In the Matter of Tucson Unified School District No. 1 (No. 1lF-002- ADE). For the reasons described below, there is reasonable cause to believe that Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) is in violation of the referenced Settlement Agreement, in that it has one or more courses or classes that violate A.R S. § 15-112(A)(l), (2) and (4).

Furthermore, TUSD has failed to provide complete information to ADE regarding its revision to its curricula for culturally relevant English, United States History and United States Government classes. Substantial portions of the information that TUSD has provided are incomplete and internally inconsistent. Notably, while TUSD’s original violations related to classes taught from the Mexican American perspective, it now appears that some TUSD classes taught from the African American perspective also violate the law. If TUSD does not act to correct the violations described below by March 4, 2015, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Arizona Department of Education (ADE or Department), will determine whether to withhold ten per cent of the monthly apportionment of state aid that would otherwise be due to TUSD until such violations are corrected.

On December 27, 2011, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Lewis D. Kowal issued a decision in matter No. 1lF-002-ADE concluding that TUSD’s Mexican American Studies (MAS) program “had one or more courses or classes that violate[d]” A.R.S. § 15-112. Before the Department took action to withhold TUSD’s state aid, pursuant to A.R.S. § 15- l 12(B), TUSD adopted a resolution addressing its violations of that statute. TUSD further agreed to eliminate MAS curricula in elementary and high school classes. Finally, it agreed to implement revised English language arts and social studies curricula that meet state standards, address the needs of its diverse student body and that would not violate state law. (See TUSD Board Resolution dated January 10, 2012; TUSD letter to ADE dated January 23, 2012; ADE letter to TUSD dated January 31, 2012 Jointly referred to as the Settlement Agreement).) More specifically, TUSD agreed to make its revised Social Studies curriculum available to the Department during the 2012-13 school year on a schedule to be determined jointly by TUSD and ADE. However, TUSD did not establish such a timeline and did not submit any curricula to the Department for review until May 2013.

ADE-TUSD Communication Regarding Compliance

TUSD failed to comply with provisions of the Settlement Agreement that required work to begin in the 2012-13 school year to revise its English language arts, United States History and United States Government classes to comply with state law and meet the needs of its Hispanic students. It did not provide any curricula for ADE to review until May 2013.

Since that time, ADE has engaged in an extensive dialogue with TUSD regarding its compliance with state law and the Settlement Agreement, as well as use of state standards for development and implementation of curricula. ADE has, on multiple occasions, requested that TUSD provide it with curricula, curriculum maps, lesson plans, instructional materials, descriptions of how materials are to be used in class, student assignments, quizzes, assessments, bell schedules for the culturally relevant classes, teacher assignments, and student enrollment information. (See November 1, 2013 ADE letter to TUSD; November 24, 2013 ADE email to TUSD; February 5, 2014 ADE letter to TUSD; March 5, 2014 ADE letter to TUSD; September 30, 2014 ADE email to TUSD; November 20, 2014 ADE letter to TUSD.) ADE has visited culturally relevant classes for purposes of monitoring compliance with A.R.S. § 15-112 on several occasions. (Monitoring visits occurred on April 9, 2012, October 1, 2013, September 3, 2014, and December 1, 2014.) ADE has also offered to assist with professional development for teachers and administrators, at no cost to TUSD. (See September 19, 2014 ADE letter to TUSD; December 15, 2014 ADE letter to TUSD.)

TUSD has failed to respond fully to these requests for information, concerns expressed by ADE, and offers of assistance. Specifically, although TUSD has submitted drafts of curricula, these curricula have been deficient. Furthermore, many drafts of curricula are written in a fashion that would make them incomprehensible to teachers new to these classes or to parents of students who want to understand what their children are learning. ADE has described these deficiencies in detail, and has offered TUSD assistance in developing appropriate, culturally relevant curricula that meet state standards and are suitably rigorous for the stated grade. (See June 10, 2013 ADE Initial Observations and Feedback; February 5, 2014 ADE letter to TUSD; March 5, 2014 ADE letter to TUSD.) By way of example, TUSD’s original submission of curricula for ADE to review requested ADE review a substantial number of curricula on very short notice. In response, ADE devoted substantial staff resources to carefully review and detail its concerns about academic rigor, adherence to state standards and compliance with A.R.S. § 15-112. However, TUSD’s board approved the curricula, substantially in the original form. (See June 10, 2013 ADE Initial Observations and Feedback; July 12, 2013 ADE letter to TUSD.)

TUSD’s submission of materials has been equally problematic. It has submitted some lists of materials, but the lists are not in any particular order, are not consistent with the curricula or lesson plans that TUSD has submitted, and do not provide any information to teachers or parents regarding how particular materials will be used or for what pedagogical purposes. Furthermore, the lists of materials include many materials that were part of the program that the ALJ held violated A.R S. § 15-112. TUSD did not provide actual classroom materials, such as student assignments and assessments, and teacher lesson plans, until December of 2014.

TUSD’s failure to provide such information meant that ADE was unable to determine whether teachers are teaching to the curricula that TUSD has identified or teaching some other curricula in violation of state law.

ADE has also found that TUSD’s bell schedules and teacher assignment schedules are not necessarily consistent with each other. When ADE has conducted unannounced monitoring visits, it has found further inconsistencies among the schedules provided to it and teacher assignments.

Violation of A.R.S. § 15-112

TUSD’s failure to respond completely to ADE’s requests for information and materials raises many issues. First, it reveals a program in disarray, with insufficient support for teachers, inadequate teaching to students and little transparency for parents and community members. More importantly, the materials that TUSD has submitted indicate that several teachers appear to be teaching content that violates A.R.S. § 15-112, in violation of both the Settlement Agreement and state law. I reference here several examples of problematic content, along with a citation to the portion of the statute they appear to violate. This list is by way of example; other content also appears to violate state law.

Cholla Magnet, US History Culturally Relevant Mexican American Perspective (Corey Jones)

A. Rage Against the Machine “Take the Power Back” (A.R.S. § 15-112(A)(l))

Yeah, the movement’s in motion with mass militant poetry…

So called facts are fraud; They want us to allege and pledge; And bow down to their God; Lost in culture, the culture lost; Spun our minds and through time; Ignorance has taken over; Yo we gotta take the power back!; Bam! Here’s the plan; Mother**** Uncle Sam; Step back, I know who I am; Raise up your ear, I’ll drop the style and clear; It’s the beats and the lyrics they fear; The rage is relentless; We need a movement with quickness; You are the witness of change; And to counteract; We gotta take the power back

The teacher stands in front of the class; But the lesson plan he can’t recall; The student’s eyes don’t perceive the lies; Bouncing off every F****** wall; His composure is well kept; I guess he fears playing the fool; The complacent students sit and listen to some of that Bull**** that he learned in school

B. From a handout entitled “Black and White pp. 19-33:” Why was American slavery the most brutal in history? (A.R.S. § 15-112(A)(2))

C. List of CRC: Concepts: Hegemony, Social Reproduction Theory, Theory of Surplus Equality, Schooled by Social Class, Cultural Capital, Subordinate Group, Dominate Group, Colonization, Theory of Inequality of Language, Racial Justice Theory, Resistance Theory, Race, Racism, Strategic Conjuncture, Oppression, Fatalism, Privilege, Subtractive Schooling, Agency, Transformation, Resistance Dystopian Parody (A.R.S. § 15-112(A)(2))

Cholla Magnet, US History Culturally Relevant Mexican American Perspective (Marie Pina)

A. For your final analysis, write about 3 ideas in this document [Declaration of Independence] that are lies, hypocrisy, and break the social contract between new democracy these colonial leaders and the society they are representing. (A.R.S. § 15-l 12(A)(2))

B. Sample prompt for an essay which “offers your stance on the impact that European colonization had on the Natives of ‘The New World:”‘ Thesis: European colonization of “The New World” has a horrifying and negative effect on the Natives that had been there for thousands of years. (A.R.S. § 15-112(A)(2))

Cholla Magnet, English from Culturally Relevant African American Perspective (Andrew Walanski)
An Introduction to Hip Hop Presented by Master Teacher, KRS-One from http://www.krs-one.com/temple-of-hip-hop/

Hiphop Kulture = or, Hip Hop’s culture, is the name of our unique community; it is the name of our tribe. Hiphop Kulture is the manifested character, patterns, beliefs, sciences and arts of OUR collective consciousness; it is our reality and mental landscape. Hiphop Kulture is an international community of specialize urban people.

…Hip Hop is defined as the artistic response to oppression.

Those using the English language to describe Hip Hop while misspelling Hiphop and or Hip Hop as hip-hop are not only grammatically incorrect; they also undermine the importance of what Hiphop really is to Hiphoppas. They participate in Hip Hop’s enslavement by reducing our culture and way of life to a music genre and product to be bought and sold. Again, Hiphop is not a product to be bought and sold; it is the inalienable right of all Hiphoppas. Hip Hop is OUR name! 1 (A.R.S. § 15-112(A)(4))
Pueblo Magnet School, English from Culturally Relevant Mexican American Perspective, Junior and Senior class (Tiffany Mendibles)

Classroom rules include Lak’Ech and the four Texcatlipocas. (A.R.S. § 15- 112(A)(4)) Tucson Magnet High School, US History Culturally Relevant Mexican American Perspective (Alexandro Escamilla)

A. Classroom rules include a requirement that students stand to recite Lak’Ech and the four Texcatlipocas every day, and that all students memorize and understand the concepts contained within them.

B. Syllabus for United States History class includes substantial Mexican history, stating “In this class we will study the history and culture of Chicano, Mexicano and indigenous people throughout the United States and Mexico. This class is intended to get students to become critically conscious about the society that we live in and the history that has made it what it is today.” (A.R.S. § 15-112(A)(4))

The Superintendent, assisted by ADE, concludes that TUSD is not in compliance with the Settlement Agreement or A.R.S. § 15-112. It appears to have one or more classes that “(l) promote the overthrow of the United States government [;] (2) promote resentment toward a race or class of people [; or] (4) advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.” A.R.S. § 15-112. The Superintendent is thus prepared to reinstate the Order dated January 6, 2012, adopting the ALJ’s order of December 27, 2011, requiring ADE to withhold ten percent of TUSD’s state aid if TUSD does not come into compliance with state law and the Settlement Agreement by March 4, 2015.

In addition to the above violations, ADE is concerned that TUSD is not in compliance with state statutes and board policies that require board adoption of curriculum and materials after proper notice to the public. (See A.R.S. §15-34l (A)(l), (2); 15-721; 15-722 and TUSD Board Policy IJJ.) Finally, it appears that at least some classes at Cholla Magnet School are in violation of A.R.S. § 15-506, which requires that time be set aside each day for those who wish to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. (See Bell Work, United States History African American Perspective, Carlos Wong.)

TUSD should demonstrate compliance by taking the following actions:

A. Properly adopting curricula and materials that meet state standards and do not violate state law,

B. Removing objectionable material from the curriculum,

C. Showing ADE that all teachers are teaching properly approved curricula. (Attached as exhibit A to this letter is a list of information that ADE will accept as evidence of compliance.)

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Well We’re Living Here in Allentown (New Jersey, not Pennsylvania)

December 19, 2018

A few months ago, we bought a house in Allentown. No, not the Allentown in Pennsylvania made famous by coal and Billy Joel, but the one in New Jersey. Never heard of it? You’re not alone.

Like when I told people at work I was moving to Allentown, the response by many was, “Woah, that’s gonna be one hell of a commute!” To which I’d respond, “No, not Allentown, Pennsylvania – Allentown, New Jersey.” I soon realized it was better to preempt such a response by saying “Allentown…New Jersey, not Pennsylvania” and avoiding the confusion. Only, it would lead people to say, “I didn’t know there was an Allentown in New Jersey.”

For the many who are unfamiliar, Allentown is home to just over 1,800 people. It’s located at the northwest corner of Monmouth County, and very close to the borders of no less than four other counties: Mercer, Middlesex, Burlington, and Ocean. While it may seem like the geographic center of the Armpit of America, it’s actually 14 miles from that spot. But close enough.

Though located right off the Turnpike (Exit 7A) and very close to the large town of Hamilton, Allentown feels like a world apart from the rest of the state. It’s surrounded by woods, farmland, and creeks. One of the main roads to get out of town is literally a gravel path passing over each of those landscapes.

I also have to highlight Allentown’s Main Street, which looks like something from the past – all local businesses and not a single chain. No Starbucks, no McDonald’s, no Dunkin’ Donuts, no CVS. Given that the town was founded in 1706, historical buildings are all over the place, including an old church that now serves as the town library, and the old mill building, which currently houses a coffee shop and other boutique stores.

There’s also some unique attractions in town, like the combination bicycle/chocolate shop (for real), or the Pork Roll Store – a butcher shop specializing in New Jersey’s favorite spiced pork product. Incidentally, I wrote about this place way back in 2010 after seeing one of their vans on the road. Never would have imagined I’d be living up the street from it eight years later.

What’s also great about Allentown is that it’s near several other attractions that I either never knew existed, or never bothered to visit. For instance, there’s an Amish market (run by real Amish people!) in the town of Columbus. There’s the oddly named Assunpink Wildlife Management Area complete with a lake and gun/archery range. It’s also close to the Pine Barrens, home of the Jersey Devil…and pineys. And let’s not forget about Roosevelt, probably the weirdest town in New Jersey.

Given the small town charm, surrounding farmland, gun range, and even Amish people , this Allentown seems a hell of a lot more Pennsylvania-ish than the real one.

All told, I couldn’t be happier in my new town. But since nothing is in life is perfect, I’ll share my one complaint. Being close to the border with South Jersey, there’s one item on pizza shop menus and the like that irks me to no end. I hate to say it, but I’m now officially living in hoagie country…

The Most Surprising Thing I’ve Ever Seen in New Jersey

November 5, 2011

I thought I had seen it all.  I assumed I’d known everything there was to know about New Jersey.  I didn’t think there was anything else that could surprise me.

I was wrong.

So what’s with all the dramatics?  Well, I recently visited a part of the Armpit of America that I thought existed only in my nightmares.  No, not a Jersey City whorehouse.  Not a crack den in Camden either.  Not even Chris Christie’s private bathroom.  The place of horror was a farm auction.  In New Jersey.  About 20 minutes from cosmopolitan Princeton and at the confluence of three major highways.

The place is called the Camelot Horse auction, located in Cranbury, New Jersey.  Despite being surrounded by the Jersey Turnpike, Route 130, and Route 33, one arrives at the auction by traveling over a deteriorating road through a dark cornfield to get to a gravelly parking lot.  It’s still hard for me to believe that such a place could exist so close to the typical Jersey landscape of highways and strip malls.

I was invited to such a place by some friends who are just a tad more country than I am and certainly fit in better than I do.  After meeting up, we went inside an old barn to see the animals up for auction.  The barn was full of little stables, each holding a variety of horses, ponies, donkeys, sheep, and goats.  In another room were a bunch of cardboard boxes containing various smaller animals, like guinea pigs, rabbits, and pigeons.

Something tells me this guy ended up as someone's dinner that night.

But the main attraction of the farm auction was, appropriately enough, the auction room.  This section of the barn had bleachers along the walls, a big, rusty truck full of farm equipment, and a podium in the middle of the room for an Amish-looking auctioneer.  Adorned with a straw hat and a big, bushy beard, he presided over the bidding on items like shovels and feed buckets with the typical auctioneer gibberish. (more…)

State vs. State: Pennsylvania

February 9, 2010

After proving beyond any doubt how New Jersey is so much better than Delaware, I have my sights set on the Armpit of America’s western neighbor. While comparing Delaware to New Jersey was obviously pretty easy, proving that my state is better than Pennsylvania may be a little trickier. But let’s give it a try.

When one hears the word “Pennsylvania,” there are a few images that come to mind: the green patchwork of farmland, the quaint little towns, and the beautiful mountains and valleys. Well, newsflash: New Jersey has all these things too. Big deal, right? Well New Jersey is like one quarter the size of Pennsylvania, so all of our farmland, quaint towns, and mountains are all within an hour or so drive of each other. Compare that with the over 5 hours it takes to drive from one end of Pennsylvania to the other.

Which brings me to the next point. Just look at the two states on a map. New Jersey is shaped like a voluptuous woman, drawing you in like a siren. On top of that, the girlish figure of our state is all natural, for the most part. Aside from the northeastern border with New York, New Jersey’s boundaries are all formed by water. And how is Pennsylvania shaped? Like a boring rectangle with a misplaced wedge on top. What other state has a stupid wedge on top?? Only Pennsylvania.

They obviously didn't have enough room for Pennsylvania's official slogan: "Virtue, Liberty, Independence, and Stupid Wedges"

The story behind that odd wedge is yet another reason to make fun of the state. Originally, that sliver of land belonged to New York. Since it stretched all the way to Ohio, poor Pennsylvania didn’t have access to Lake Erie. So the crybaby people of that state did what they still do best: whine until they get their way. So they finally got their connection to the Great Lakes, but at the cost of having a misshapen wedge at the top of the state. (more…)


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When stars collide: Solving the 16-year mystery of the Blue Ring Nebula

Two stars merged, spewing out debris in opposite directions to form two glowing cones

Beautiful stellar object.
Enlarge / The Blue Ring Nebula was discovered by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, or GALEX, in 2004, but it took 16 years of observations with other telescopes, both on the ground and in space, to finally pin down its cause

It took 16 long years, but astronomers have finally solved the puzzle of the mysterious Blue Ring Nebula, according to a new paper published in Nature. First spotted in 2004, the star with an unusual ultraviolet ring appears to be the result of two stars merging, spewing out debris in opposite directions and forming two glowing cones. It appears to us as a blue ring because one of those cones points directly at Earth. That makes this the first observation of a rare stage of stellar evolution, just a few thousand years into the process, akin to capturing a baby's first steps.

The story begins with the so-called GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer) mission, an all-sky survey in the ultraviolet band of the electromagnetic spectrum that was in operation from 2003 to 2013. Caltech physicist Chris Martin was the PI for GALEX when his team spotted an unusual object: a large, faint blob of glowing gas with a star at its center. GALEX makes measurements in both the far UV and near UV bands, but while most objects GALEX observed showed up in both bands, the stunning blue ring around the star dubbed TYC 2597-735-1 only showed up in the far UV.

Intrigued, Martin decided to investigate further, confident that he and his team could come up with a viable explanation by the end of the year. He thought the Blue Ring Nebula was most likely a supernova remnant or perhaps a planetary nebula formed from the remains of a star roughly the size of our Sun, even though these typically emit light in multiple wavelengths outside the UV range. But it turned out to be a far knottier problem.

Martin and his team spent the next few years studying the nebula using as many different space and terrestrial telescopes as they could. They realized there were actually two rings, offset from the central part of the surrounding nebula—also consistent with it being a shock nebula. A perusal of archival data on the central star showed that there was excess emission in the infrared, suggesting the presence of a disk of dust absorbing the star's light and re-radiating it in the infrared.

"This was extremely surprising because this nebula looks like something that is created after a star has aged and stopped burning hydrogen and is maybe turning into a white dwarf, like a planetary nebula," said Martin during a virtual press conference. "But the circumstellar disk looked like something we would see in a young star."

The next step was to use the high-resolution spectrograph at the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii to search for evidence of a companion around the star. The team didn't find anything as massive as a star but caught hints of what might be a "hot Jupiter" planet near the central star. Although the evidence was ambiguous, "Our working hypothesis became that a hot Jupiter had spiraled into the star and created some sort of conflagration, which caused what we thought was a bipolar outflow," said Martin. "But it became impossible to come up with a scenario to explain all these [conflicting] observations, so after a few years, we went on to do other things, and the project lay dormant."

Back on the case

Fast forward to 2017, when Keri Hoadley joined Martin's team as a postdoctoral fellow. Hoadley took on the task of putting all the pieces of the puzzle together to explain this paradoxical object. She soon determined that the glow from the nebula resulted from hydrogen atoms becoming excited as the shock front formed, causing them to glow with visible light. Meanwhile, a reverse shockwave moved inward, causing hydrogen molecules (rather than atoms) to also become excited and glow in the ultraviolet regime. "We've seen other objects in the universe that emit these same molecules in the same way, and it wasn't our initial guess of what was exciting the molecules in this case," Hoadley said during the press conference.

As for the hot Jupiter working hypothesis, collaborative work with colleagues at the Habitable Zone Planet Finder on the Hobby-Eberly Telescope in Texas confirmed there was no compact object orbiting the star. "We didn't think we were seeing a planet there after all," Hoadley said, which pushed them to consider other alternatives.

Animation of the geometry of the Blue Ring Nebula. It is thought to be the product of two stars merging into one. The collision of the bodies ejected a cloud of hot debris into space. A disk of gas orbiting the larger star cut the cloud in half, creating two cones that are moving away from the star in opposite directions.

To help tie everything together, Hoadley et al. turned to theoretical physicist Brian Metzger of Columbia University, who agreed that the evidence didn't favor a star-planet collision since the nebula was moving too fast and had too much mass. He thought a stellar collision was the most likely explanation for the Blue Ring Nebula and that the unusual properties astronomers had observed were because they had caught the merger at precisely the right stage. Stellar evolution models confirmed that hypothesis.

So what really happened? Astronomers now believe that a few thousand years ago, a star about the size of our Sun had a smaller star orbiting around it. As it aged, the larger sun puffed up, bringing its outer layers ever-closer to its companion star. That smaller star siphoned debris off its bigger partner, forming a disk, but it was eventually consumed by the larger star. This merger then launched a cloud of debris into space.

That lovely blue ring is the outflow of all that debris, forming two cones that fan outward in opposite directions. From Earth's perspective, we see one cone head on, with the second rear-facing cone directly behind it. (See animation above.) According to Metzger, a likely mechanism for this biconical geometry is that the initial disk was created around the smaller star as it began spiraling into the bigger star.

But at the final plunge, so to speak, more material was ejected in all directions. That new material hit the initial disk, which essentially sliced it in two, redirecting all that ejected matter in a bipolar outflow. As the millennia passed, the expanding cloud of debris gradually cooled and formed molecules and dust, including hydrogen molecules that collided with the interstellar medium. This caused the hydrogen molecules to emit far-UV light, which eventually became bright enough for GALEX to spot it.

A “Rosetta Stone” for stellar evolution?

Hoadley admits that some team members were disappointed with the conclusions, since they had their heart set on a "planetary destruction scenario." A two-star collision seemed less interesting.

"But that's not true at all for this case," said Hoadley. "We're catching the Blue Ring Nebula and its central stellar merger remnant at a time where we have never seen an example of this before. Stellar mergers peak in brightness and then quickly fade because when a star merges with another star, it ejects a lot of mass, and this mass cools and condenses into dust and other molecules. That quickly blocks any view we have of what's happening at the core of where the merger happened."

With the Blue Ring Nebula, the merger hasn't just happened, but it remains "in a state where things are highly unstable and the whole system is still reeling from this event," she continued. "So it's this prime, beautiful system we can study to test our theories about the evolution of these systems, to explain the different stellar populations we see out there." And she and her colleagues have plenty of time in which to continue studying it. The Blue Ring Nebula is expected to last anywhere between 1,000 to tens of thousands of years.

That's why Metzger described the Blue Ring Nebula as a "Rosetta Stone" type of object, given that astronomers believe stellar mergers are actually quite common. "We sort of have an idea about how a single star evolves throughout its life, and mergers can have a dramatic impact on how stars evolve," he said during the press conference. Astronomers occasionally spot unusual types of stars and speculate that they could be the result of stellar mergers. "But we have no way to confirm that because by the time we see these stars, the equivalent Blue Ring Nebula of those mergers has long ago dissolved."

The next step is to hopefully find more such midpoint events, preferably involving stars with different solar masses. "By those different combinations of mergers, we might be able to further test our ideas about how diverse these outcomes on mergers are," said Metzger.

DOI: Nature, 2020. 10.1038/s41586-020-2893-5 (About DOIs).

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Why Do I Have a Leaking Roof?

The reasons for a leaking roof are numerous, and it takes bringing in a professional to determine the exact cause. An expert roofer will know where to look and narrows down the cause in a short amount of time. You can then decide whether to go ahead with the repairs. A few reasons you develop a roof leak are:

• Loose, broken, or missing roofing tiles and shingles
• Accidental nail holes from a faulty repair
• Worn surface materials from age
• Pooling water from a sagging roof
• Missing flashing
• Poorly installed skylights, satellite dishes, or solar panels, and more

How Long Does It Take to Fix Roof Leaks in Raleigh?

The amount of time required to fix roof leaks in Raleigh is dependent on the extent of the damage or wear. Some damage is so bad that it is senseless to repair simply. It may require a complete roof replacement. It will take a few days to complete a job that extensive. Other simple repairs can take as little as three or four hours from start to finish.

Should I Use a Licensed Roofing Contractor to Fix a Roof Leak?

It is an excellent idea to utilize a licensed roofing contractor if you have a roof leak. The main reason is to rely on their extensive knowledge. Our roofing contractor has been in the business a long time and can hunt down a roof leak in remarkably short time. Second, you want to feel they are professional and care about their work. Most carry plenty of insurance to protect your property if anything goes wrong.

If your Raleigh roof leaks, we want to know about it! We offer free estimates for any repairs that are needed to stop the leak and get your roofing in great shape.


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I made Taos Baker 2 on the potter’s wheel from stoneware clay.  First I throw the bowl of the casserole and create a galley where the lid will seat.  Then I throw the lid on the wheel to fit the diameter of the bowl.

When the two pieces are not quite leather hard, I trim them both and then make the handles for the bowl and the lid from twisted clay.  After I bisque fire Taos Baker 2, I glaze each piece.  I use my 4-part glaze application to decorate the outside of the casserole – cobalt blue, green, cream, and gold.  I glazed the inside cobalt blue with gold accents.  Then I fire to 2200 degrees.  Yes, you can bake in it!  Use it to serve as well.

Trimmed foot. 7″ Diameter 3.5″ High. 1 quart capacity

(Note:  When reheating leftovers from the fridge, allow the casserole to come to room temperature before placing in a pre-heated oven.  Or, place the cold casserole in a cold oven and warm the two up together.


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A Necklace of Stars

for participants
for carers

Arts Derbyshire is running a remote embroidery and creative writing project where participants receive weekly* one to one phone calls with artists ‘Arthur + Martha’. The artists will guide people through the process of creating beautiful embroidered stars or creative writing themed around lullabies, for free.

The embroidered stars will be brought together to create a quilt which will be exhibited alongside the creative writing and lullaby soundtrack around Derbyshire’s cultural venues in 2022.

A Necklace of Stars hopes to increase confidence and wellbeing, reduce loneliness, forge connections and re-ignite creativity.

If you are interested in taking part in this project (whether you have no experience or plenty), or know of someone who might enjoy getting involved, please contact Sally Roberts on 07395 904386 or email sallyartsderbyshire@gmail.com

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Spring in Boston

spring crocus Boston

The days that used to lie
curled up,
by penetrating frost,
bit by bit
stretch out
their limbs
now that winter’s past.

~ Sri Dharanidhara

from Vidyadhara’s Subhaashita Ratnakosha
Translated from the Sanskrit by Daniel HH Ingalls, Harvard University Press

The original verses were composed between the 8th and 10th century. Vidyadhara probably compiled these before the year 1100, when he had access to the library housed in the ancient monastery of Jagaddala.

spring crocus Boston
For scale, the height of the paving stone is about 2 inches above the soil.

spring crocus Boston

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  1. Love the composition on the first pic. Beautiful colors! I am trying to find a place where I can use adobe/some photo editing software – maybe kinkos or something? I reformatted my harddrive last year and cannot find my photoshop cd 😦 I really want to edit a pic of the boys to have the b/w with red effect.

    1. Thank you Sue.
      BTW, no Photoshopping – though I did crop the image.

      I do have an older copy of PS which I can send you when I return from bharat.

      Also, if you have a Mac, their iPhoto does most of the things that PS does. Don’t know if iPhoto is available for the PC. Check it out!

      it will be awesome to see the kids in b/w and selective coloring! Yaay! Giving me ideas for Meera! 🙂

      1. Oh I know there was no photoshopping on your pic 🙂 They look real! Thanks for the iphoto info – I do have a mac that I have not yet learned to use but I guess I will now atleast for this project. When are you going to Bharat? Have a great time – are the 2 Ms returning with you?

  2. Beautiful pictures, the flowers look so vibrant!

    Spring’s slowly coming to Long Island/NYC too, thankfully

    1. Thank you Saroj!
      yes, seems like it forever getting here; We still have cold rain and near freezing nights! but crocuses are out! These tough little champs!

      Enjoy the Spring!

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Each and every student of AIET figures amongst the best talents of the nation being admitted to this premier institute of ODISHA. Established in 2009, AIET has a tradition of imparting quality technical knowledge and ethical values to the students. No wonder AIET is ranked among top 10 engineering colleges of Odisha consistently over the last five years.

Our major focus and concern are our students. The institution strives to impart the best knowledge for promoting and pursuing multi disciplinary engineering education in the most disciplined manner.

The institute has an excellent track record of placements in past years and students of AIET have proved their mettle in industry, academics, and administration. This glory has been achieved due to the synergetic efforts of management, learned faculty, dedicated staff and sincere students over these years.

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