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True story: When I was four, my mother brought me to the children’s room of the Library and signed me up for my Library card. She told me to sign it using my best handwriting, because that’s what grown-up ladies got to do. Hence the stellar script in the picture above.
The Librarian behind the desk was very, very friendly, and talked to me about the books I had picked out, and how much I loved to read (and the fact that I refused to check out a book until I had read it cover to cover first). Before I left, she asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
“I want to be the lady who works behind the desk at the Library!” I answered. My second choice was to be Maleficent, but I left that part out.
So today, I just want to thank the Peabody Library for making that long-ago four-year-old’s dreams come true. And my thanks too each and every one of you, for making each day so memorable.
(And thanks to my Mom, who told me I could have all the books I wanted from the Library, and didn’t mind when I read every single one of them before leaving.)
This week, The Guardian published an article reporting that the city of Moscow had finally (finally) approved a monument to one of it’s most under-appreciated, and controversial, authors: the great Mikhail Bulgakov.
Bulgakov was born on May 15, 1891 in Kiev (then part of the Russian Empire, now the capital of Ukraine), and originally trained to be a doctor, a job he performed well until he nearly died of typhus was working as an army doctor during the Russian Civil War.
Following Stalin’s rise to power, Bulgakov was living in Moscow, eking out a living as a playwright. Though he always favored science fiction, and tended toward the weird in his writing, he was also a ruthless satirist, which earned him a good deal of criticism, including from Stalin himself, who alternatively condemned Bulgakov’s work and praised it. Truthfully, this wasn’t an uncommon tactic–Stalin may have been brutal and ruthless, but he was also demoniacally clever, and delighted in keeping those under his thumb guessing, often for years on end.
Stalin’s intervention meant that nothing Bulgakov wrote would ever be published or performed for the rest of his life. Haunted and heartbroken, Bulgakov began writing the book that would make him immortal. Inspired by his third wife, Yelena Shilovskaya, he began penning The Master and Margarita, a book about the arrival of the Devil in Moscow.
It is physically impossible to sum up this book properly in this space, but, essentially, there are two plotlines–one is the story of the Master, a writer who, after composing a novel about the interrogation of Christ by Pontius Pilate, casts his book into the stove and is eventually incarcerated in a lunatic asylum. His beloved, Margarita, decides to risk everything–life, limb, and soul–in a conspiracy with the Devil and his enormous talking cat, Behemoth. The second plotline is that of the Master’s book, which features Christ and Pilate locked in an eternal struggle over truth.
Every scene in the book is a thinly veiled critique of Stalin’s purges, described in a way that brings out the real, personal, emotional agony of this time, and emphasizing the near inhuman courage it took simply to get up and live your life everyday. Indeed, the Devil (who, in this book, goes by the name of Woland) isn’t the villain of this piece. His justice is perverted to be sure, but even he bewildered by the petty, inane levels of evil that persists in Moscow everywhere he looks. Though his meddling brings total chaos to the city, it also brings retribution is some of the most satisfying, heart-rending, and blood-chilling scenes you’ll read.
Despite all this, Master and Margarita is a funny book…pitch-black funny, admittedly–and it’s one of the most uplifting, redemptive, hopeful books you will ever read. It is also mind-bendingly bizarre, with a number of scenes feeling like a hallucinatory fever-dream of color and shadow. I have read this book five times in English, and once in Russia, and I’ve cried every time. I’ve also laughed. And told random strangers on the Commuter Rail to read the book before they did anything else with their lives….
When Bulgakov read the manuscript to his closest friends, they knew that even hinting about it to anyone in authority would get him killed. As a result, he hid it in his desk, editing it whenever an idea struck, until his death in 1940 of hereditary kidney disease (by which time, he had been working on the book for twelve years). It would remain unpublished for over 25 years, and even then, Bulgakov’s wife (the model for Margarita) wasn’t sure which edits were the ones Bulgakov wanted. As a result, both editions were printed, leading to any number of complications between people who decide to read the book. It wasn’t until 1973 that the book appeared in Russia, and it was only added to school curriculums in the late 1990’s.
There have been attempts to get a monument to Bulgakov around Patriarch’s Pond (near his house, and also a crucially important setting for Master and Margarita) for years and years. But Nikolai Golubev, the artist commissioned to create the memorial wants to include characters from the book in his art. “Life is short, art is long, Golubev is quoted as saying, “Bulgakov didn’t have children, his children are his books. We want to put up a monument to these works, which will outlast me and you.”
….And no one wants to put a statue of the Devil in Moscow.
Nor do they want a state of the primus stove, into which the Master threw his manuscript in a fit of despair. In an open letter to the author, this element was called “a symbol of devildom”…but the truth is, that is perhaps the most hopeful aspect of Bulgakov’s book. Because, as Woland reminds us “manuscripts don’t burn”. No matter how hard we humans try to quash each other’s voices, no matter how brutal is the world in which we live, Bulgakov’s book is a reminder that ideas live a life of their own, and that they endure long after we are dust…or statues. And even if, for now, Bulgakov’s memorial is only a likeness of the man himself, seated on a broken bench, it is a start. “Everything passes away,” Bulgakov wrote early in his career, “suffering,pain, blood, hunger,pestilence. The sword will pass away too, but the stars will remain when the shadows of our presence and our deeds have vanished from the Earth. There is no man who does not know that. Why, then, will we not turn our eyes toward the stars? Why?”
Good friends…they aren’t easy to find in this world. But good friends are often the ones who show you the sides of yourself that you didn’t know were there, and introduce you to books you might never have read.
Take, for example, an exchange between myself, and our fabulous Saturday Blogger, who goes by the name of Lady Pole. Unsurprisingly, books are involved in a fair bit of our conversations (and, one book in particular, if you haven’t noticed…). But after our discussions about genre fiction a few weeks back, Lady Pole, in all her splendidness, went and created a Pinterest board titled “Fantastic Fantasy“, showcasing the fantasy novels we’ve discussed here at the Free For All.*
When she first told me about this board, I was delighted, but also surprised. Because if you had asked me five minutes beforehand, I would have told you that I wasn’t a big reader of fantasy books at all.
But the longer I looked through the books on our list, the more I began to appreciate just how diverse the fantasy genre really and truly is. Up until Lady Pole’s intervention, I would have told you that fantasy novels were ones with dragons in them. Possibly warlocks. And unicorns. But that was about it.
In the interest of full disclosure, it appears that my definition was limited by the fact that I believe that magic, ghosts, fairies, leprechauns, necromancers, and pyromancy are all completely real–and there’s nothing wrong with this. But it did impede me from seeing all these great elements as part of an enormous and hugely varied genre that incorporates more than I had personally ever imagined. (Just a note: these things are real. Never let a leprechaun hear you say that you think they aren’t real).
So, with that in mind, I thought I’d offer us both a little primer of some of the “subgenres” of fantasy so that you and I could both become a little more familiar with all that fantasy has to offer, and really come to appreciate a genre that re-invents fiction on a daily basis. (We’re going in alphabetical order here, so as to be fair to all the dragons and leprechauns and unicorns)
Dark Fantasy: This subgenre walks a fine line between fantasy and horror, incorporating elements of both to make for a story that is intentionally frightening, unsettling, and generally creepy. Charles L. Grant, a pioneer of the dark fantasy genre, defined it as “a type of horror story in which humanity is threatened by forces beyond human understanding”, though it has also come to be associated with stories from “The Monsters’ Point of View”. Think H.P. Lovecraft, Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, and China Mieville’s Kraken.
High Fantasy: Here’s where the dragons and warlocks generally show up. High fantasy books are generally set in a completely different world from our own; worlds with their own rules and population, that generally tend to be pretty epic in their scope (Tolkien invented a language for his characters). These are the kind of books that tend to get the “Fantasy” stickers with the glowing unicorn on their spines. Think J.R.R. Tolkien, Terry Brooks, and C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia.
Historical Fantasy: Now this is a subgenre with subgenres, making it a bit of a tricky category to cover quickly. Very broadly speaking, these books tend to take place in a past full of magical/fantastical/paranormal elements. Sometime that can be a familiar past, like Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, or an alternative past, like Keith Roberts’ Pavane, which is set in a world where the Spanish Armada defeated the Elizabeth I. They can also deal with fairytales and folklore, as in Bill Willingham’s Peter and Max. Steampunk, which usually imagines a Victorian world where steam, rather than electricity, became the dominant source of power, also falls generally within this genre. Check out: Aurorarama by Jean-Christophe Valtat, Neil Gaimain’s Stardust, or V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic.
Urban Fantasy: Fantasy set in a city. Obviously. To be more specific, though, these books tend to resemble in many ways the noir detective stories of the mid-20th century: they frequently feature detectives, private eyes, or guns-for-hire who deal in the paranormal, and they often deal with the grittier side of life, and life in the city. Case in point: Mike Carey’s near-perfect Felix Castor series, P.N. Elrod’s Vampire Files, as well as Joseph Nasisse’s Eyes to See. Interestingly, urban fantasy is increasingly becoming a genre of heroines. Sometimes they find a hero along the way, and sometimes they don’t, but this subgenre is fast carving out a space for female heroines–and authors–to break all the rules, with some fantastic results. For examples, look for Adrian Phoenix’s Makers Song series, Kat Richardson’s Greywalker novels, and Chloe Neill’s super-terrific Chicagoland Vampire series.
It’s also really important to remember that these classifications are by no means hard and fast. George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones is as much high fantasy as it is historical fantasy. Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files are urban fantasy, but they can be shelved in mystery, as well. A vast number of steampunk books are shelved as romances, rather than fantasy at all. My hope here is to help you and me to realize that genres can be as vast and unpredictable and wonderful as the people who read them–and the friends who recommend more!
*This is also a great time to remind you to check out all our nifty Pinterest boards! You can click the link at the top of this page, or go right here!
As many of you lovely patrons know, I am a student of the First World War. Now, this is not a topic that is generally applicable to everyday life…unless you use a spork on a daily basis. Because they were first conceived of and developed by the American Army in 1917. The more you know.
What, you might ask, are bibliotherapists? They are, essentially, practitioners in the art of healing people through books. Bibliotherapy can take many forms. Some Churches hold reading circles; prisons offer classes in literature for inmates; nursing homes have book clubs for patients suffering from dementia. But at the heart of all these groups is essentially the same: to “put new life into us”.
Bibliotherapy has existed, in some form, since the time of the Ancient Greeks, who inscribed over the doors of the library at Thebes that this was a “‘healing place for the soul”. Freud used literature with his psychotherapy patients (though, admittedly, he was just as concerned with Hamlet’s psychological make-up as he was with his patients…). But bibliotherapy actually came into its own, and got its name, during the First World War.
Many military hospitals, particularly those in the US, were equipped with libraries, and doctors actually prescribed reading to their injured soldier-patients as part of their treatment. This practice was particularly used for shell-shocked patients (men who suffered from the condition we now call PTSD), whose minds were trapped by their memories. But there are records of doctors prescribing reading course of treatment for civilians, as well. The New Yorker describes a “literary clinic” that was run in 1916 out of a Church by a man named Bagster. I was particularly drawn to the description of a man who had “taken an overdose of war literature,” and required bibliotherapy to calm him down.
There is no cold hard science behind bibliotherapy, but each practitioner offers a similar ideology. According to the good Mr. Bagster, “A book may be a stimulant or a sedative or an irritant or a soporific. The point is that it must do something to you, and you ought to know what it is.” According to Régine Detambel, an award-winning author who consciously writes pieces to be used in bibliotherapy, “We are all beings of language…There’s a certain rapport between the text and the body that must be considered” she explained, “Books are caresses, in the strongest sense of the term!”
Shirley Jackson wrote in The Haunting of Hill House, “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.” And I think, at its heart, that bibliotherapy seeks to offer an antidote to that reality. For the men like those Bagster mentioned, who had read too much war literature–literature that describes in graphic detail the very real chaos, fear, and anger of the First World War–there was Jane Austen, whose work is not only light and fun, but marked by manners, rules, and justice.
Bibliotherapy also counters reality by offering empathy. Berthoud mentions a patient of who was struggling with being the single father of a baby. For him, there was To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel that features another single father, who has to navigate some of the most challenging issues a parent can face. George Eliot is said to have overcome her grief over her husband’s death by reading fiction with a young friend of hers…who later became her second husband.
Ultimately, bibliotherapy emphasizes one of the most basic purposes of fiction–to remind us that we are not alone, even when the world seems big and scary and overwhelming. To give us the chance to connect, not only with characters who can help us grow, or help us calm down, or help us learn, but to connect, as well, with other readers. I owe some of my favorite relationships in this world to books (many thanks, Jonathan Strange), and some of my favorite memories to the stories we shared.
So please know that, no matter how big the world may seem, and how sadder, the library is here to help. We can’t make it better out there, but we can offer a bit of an escape from the reality outside. We may not have answers, but we have shelves and shelves of books, filled with countless characters, who are all quite eager to let you know that you are not alone. We may not have answers, but we have books. And sometimes, that is enough.
The world we live in is confusing. At times it’s a beautiful, wondrous place filled with amazing books and infinite possibilities and other times…. Anyone who knows me will tell you that I’m enchanted by Paris. Certainly a part of that is dictated by the romance and myth that surrounds the city. Another part is because I’m an architecture, museum and art geek who loves to see what cities have to offer in that regard and Paris is like hitting the mother lode.
When I visited Paris a few years ago, I noticed there was something else that made Paris an amazing place: the people. My visit was punctuated by friendly, helpful and endearing individuals: the businessmen who helped and cheered me on as I figured out the door on the subway car (they don’t open automatically); the hotel concierge who never stopped giving me a warm, welcoming smile; the waitress who patiently taught me how to pronounce “chestnut” and a few other food words in French; the Disneyland Paris (don’t judge me) cast member who brightly exclaimed “Le magique du Disney!” as she retrieved something for me; the Eiffel Tower worker who gave me a wink and a salute as I tried to distance myself from a rowdy tourist group; the weary commuter who exchanged a compassionate glance with me while we were stuck on the Metro. None of them had to be even remotely as kind to me as they were, but they were and they showed me that they were denizens of a city housing compassionate individuals.
I’m not even remotely qualified to speak about the events that happened in Paris last weekend, or in other parts of the world over the past couple of weeks. Others who are arguably more qualified than I am have already written some impassioned pieces like this one and this one. There are hundreds more. The one that resonates with me the most is the Dalai Lama’s response as he insists that “we are one people,” but others may find resonance elsewhere.
My only hope is that the beleaguered commuters, the cheerful businessmen, friendly tourist-trap workers and everyone else in Paris be they natives, tourists or immigrants, finds their own peaceful way to navigate the “after.” My limited experience has shown me that Paris’s true strength is in its people, so here are a few selections that highlight that strength:
I started this book shortly before the events in Paris occurred. I wasn’t 100% sure I would be able to finish it and did take a break from it for a couple of days. Reading about the daily lives of the Montmartre neighborhood residents, whose lives, like those in every other neighborhood in Paris, have undoubtedly changed. But Sciolino drew me back in as she writes lovingly of the neighborhood, of its people, of its shops and traditions. She writes of the way life there is changing and of the anachronisms that remain. This book is more than a lively slice of life; it’s a love letter to the people of that neighborhood who have accepted Sciolino (an outsider) and embraced her into their way of life. I did finish this book and because the strength of the individuals and of the community as a whole was palpable, I was left with a resonating hope for Paris itself.
Longtime friends and native Parisians offer a modern, more authentic take on the Parisan style trends that float into the US. Using themselves as models, they show the reader how life, love, style and history are viewed by Parisians and they do so with wit, class, and a certain amount of self-deprecation that keeps this book down-to-earth, rather than becoming a lofty, wistful “maybe someday’ guide. Poignantly, they note that “The most famous Parisiennes are foreigners,” acknowledging “Yes, the Parisienne often comes from somewhere else. She wasn’t born in Paris, but she’s reborn there.” These four authors will help everyone who reads their book take a little bit of Paris with them everywhere.
It’s usually a safe bet that a study by Pulitzer Prize-winner David McCullough will be a worthwhile read. This work examines how Paris has left such an indelible mark on America and Americans, having opened her city streets to the literary, cultural, intellectual and scientific expats who brought the American pioneering spirit across the Atlantic and brought back a sense of culture and finesse. Elizabeth Blackwell, James Fenimore Cooper, George P. A. Healy, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark Twain and more sought refuge, knowledge, anonymity or camaraderie in the City of Light. McCullough demonstrates here how Paris has long been a place that opens its borders and is willing to share its treasures (both physical and intellectual) with the world.
There are many books that capture Paris in the 1920s when Sylvia Beach’s Shakespeare and Company was helping struggling artists and to attend a literary salon at Gertrude Stein’s 27 rue de Fleurus was the ambition of many young writers. But Hemingway’s account is deeply personal and has shaped the way many view Paris with his immortal, titular quote: “If you are luck enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” Hemingway can be petty and not everyone is fond of his sparse prose, but his impressions, particularly of the people are still memorable. Paris has begun purchasing the book en masse as an act of solidarity; according to the International Business Times, it’s temporarily sold out. In September, Booklist revisited the book noting that: “Indeed, Hemingway could be annoying, but he could also be poetic; such an articulate paean to Paris and the influential people he met there qualified A Moveable Feast as being worthy of rereading.”
The pseudonymous author of wildly popular and immensely clever Regency romance novels and a Shakespeare professor at Fordham University, decided to take a sabbatical and move her family to Paris. Highly recommended by fellow library blogger (also referred to pseudonymously as Arabella), this is another love letter to daily Parisian life as James discovers hidden museums, Parisian style triumphs and the joys of walking in the city. This book illuminates family life in Paris, highlighting the quirky and joyful moments of her time there.
There are so many more wonderful, loving memoirs, histories and stories about the strength of Paris and its people. I encourage you to seek them out or stop by the Library for recommendations. I will continue to read stories like this about Paris because they give me ample reason for hope. I hope to return to Paris sooner rather than later. I hope that the “after” Paris becomes stronger and more unified than the “before.” I hope that worldwide, we work at being more peaceful and compassionate. I hope that all of you, dear readers, stay safe and remain hopeful yourselves.
I think the above cartoon perfectly sums up my experience of reading (though there are generally more Cthulus in my reading experience, but anyways…). And for those of you whose heart and brain would like a bit of adventure this weekend, here are five of our newest arrivals to get you started!
The Master of the Prado: Any fans of the film Russian Arkare bound to enjoy this novelized-biography of Spain’s famous Prado Museum. Art historian and author Javier Sierra’s tale begins when he encounters a mysterious stranger in the museum who promises to reveal to him all the magnificent secrets of the galleries, the artists, and the paintings. At once an art history lesson, a charming sort of fairy tale of exploration, and a perfect guide for you arm chair tourists, this is the perfect book for a little weekend esacpe-y reading…
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories: My utter obsession with Sherlock Holmes aside, where else are you going to find stories by Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and P.G. Wodehouse in one place anywhere else? By far, one of the highlights of this collection (in my humble opinion) is James M. Barrie’s seldom-discussed “The Adventure of the Two Collaborators”, which Barrie sent as a joke to his buddy Conan Doyle, after a play they had written together turned into the biggest flop of the year on the London stage. In it, Doyle and Barrie confront the spectre of Holmes in a battle of wits that any Holmes aficionado is bound to appreciate.
Prince of Darkness: Despite its somewhat histrionic title, Shane White’s new biography brings a fascinating, and woefully overlooked story to light in this biography of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, purportedly the wealthiest man of color in the United States during the nineteenth century. Despite his obscure beginnings, possibly as a slave, Hamilton spent his life outsmarting a system that was designed to keep him invisible. He bought shares in railroads which he wasn’t allowed to ride, he attended social functions with people who had never spoken to a non-white person, and, at the height of his wealth, was worth the equivalent of $50 million in today’s currency. White also tackles the way that history has portrayed Hamilton and his race, offering a fascinating commentary on he ways in which we as a society judge–and color–success.
Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind: George Makari takes us back to the Enlightenment, just as the Industrial Revolution was gathering steam (hardy har), and as debates over the human mind were flourishing. The Enlightenment spoke of souls, of an inner spirit that moved people to do, and to think. But as machines began to change the world at a rapid pace, more people began thinking of the mind like a machine unto itself, with the ability to compute and rationalize and problem-solve. What, then, made up the mind? Makari’s study is ostensibly about ideas, but he carefully draws connections between those ideas and resultant changes in art, government, and society, that offers insight into the world that our minds have shaped.
Dark Corners: Ruth Rendell is a establishment in the world of English mysteries, and her prodigious imagination shows no signs of slowing down at all. In this weird tale of psychological suspense, Carl Martin inherits a house in an increasingly wealthy and hip London neighborhood, which he rents in a desperate attempt to raise some capital. But when his tenant implicates Carl in a suspicious death, and begins to blackmail him in ever-more creative and disturbing ways, the stage is set for a few shocking twists, and unforeseen betrayals that is sure to get under your skin. Stephen King has said that “No one surpasses Ruth Rendell when it comes to stories of obsession, instability, and malignant coincidence.” And, as we all know, if it’s good enough for Stephen King, it’s certainly good enough for me.
Enjoy, beloved patrons! And have a safe, happy weekend!
We’ve talked about about the National Book Awards here at the Free For All, and today, we are overjoyed to bring you the winners, (almost) live from the Cipriani in Manhattan….
(drum roll, please?)…..
Congratulations to Ta-Nehisi Coates, Adam Johnson, Robin Coste Lewis, and Neal Shusterman!!
Ta-Nehisi Coates has been having quite a banner year, strining together accolades and praise for his memoir Between the World and Me, including receiving a MacArthur ‘genius’ in September, which is awarded for “exceptional creativity, promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishment and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work”. His book is dedicated to his friend, Prince Jones, who was killed by a police officer in 2000, and whose death sits at the heart of this work of being black in America, and carrying the weight of history on one’s shoulders every single day.
Adam Johnson’s Fortune Smiles, which won the award for fiction, is another success from a writer who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Orphan Master’s Sonin 2012. As Publisher’s Weekly puts it, ““How do you follow a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel? For [Adam] Johnson, the answer is a story collection, and the tales are hefty and memorable. . . . Often funny, even when they’re wrenchingly sad, the stories provide one of the truest satisfactions of reading: the opportunity to sink into worlds we otherwise would know little or nothing about.” Interestingly, his book was actually not among the favorites to win the prize (that distinction apparently went to Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life and Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies).
Robin Coste Lewis took the award for poetry for her debut collection Voyage of the Sable Venus, which, sadly, NOBLE doesn’t have (yet!), but which deals with the perception of the black female figure in art, and in the world. In one poem, titled “Venus of Compton”, Lewis presents the title of works depicting black women through forty thousand years of human history in a manner that The New Yorkercalled “magical…All those women made into serviceable, mute paddles and spoons, missing their limbs and heads, are, by the miracle of verbal art, restored.” Just as memorable: Lewis dedicated the poem to “the legacy of black librarianship, and black librarians, worldwide” for opening up the world to her, once upon a time.
Last, but by no mean least, we have Neal Shusterman, whose novel Challenger Deep won the American Book Award for ‘young people’s literature’. His work focuses on a teen who is dealing with the onset of schizophrenia, and trying desperately to balance the worlds inside and outside his head. Booklist gave it a starred review, saying it is “Haunting, unforgettable, and life-affirming all at once”. What makes this particular book remarkable, though, is what a personal piece it is–Shusterman based his hero, Caleb, on his son, Brendan, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 16. Brendan illustrated this book, as well, making this book a beautiful and truly meaningful piece of collaboration.
Congratulations to all these marvelous National Book Award winners, and thank you for sharing your brilliance with us!
"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." ~Frederick Douglass


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Back in February, club members gathered early one morning at Riordan Mansion to clean, repair and update the N-scale diorama depicting the Riordan Lumber Mill. The diorama shows the layout of buildings in and around the lumber mill as it existed in the early 1900’s, just southwest of downtown Flagstaff.
From left, members Larry Gibbs, John Viggers, Dave Nash, Curtis Diebel and Joe Cluck put their creative talents to work refreshing the Riordan Lumber Mill diorama. Member Phil Scandura constructed a new model of the D.M. Riordan home based upon many photographs and consultation with local historians.
A view of the diorama within the room at Riordan Mansion:

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Set in the heart of Perigord Noir, Lou Picotal offers two double bedrooms, both with en-suite shower rooms/WC. The house is a restored stone cottage, situated in the beautiful Dordogne countryside, but just 3kms from the village of Meyrals, 12kms from the historic city of Sarlat and 8kms from Les Eyzies. Terrace, garden, private parking and beautiful views of the surrounding countryside. For guests there is a private dining area, TV and CD player, garden and terraces for you to sit and relax. An ideal spot for site seeing or... just relaxing. We will welcome you to our 'petit paradis' in the Perigord Noir.
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Airport: Bergerac or Brive: 43.5 mi
Railway: St Cyprien or Les Eyzies: 4.3 mi
A car or two wheels is required. 2.5 kms from Meyrals village (bar/restaurant) . 10 minutes from St Cyprien (all commerce and Dordogne). 1 hour from Bergerac, 1 hours from Perigueux. 15 minutes from Sarlat. Perfectly places to visit the sites and sights of the Dordogne and Vezere. 30 minutes only from Lascaux IV.

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A river in New Zealand has become the first in the world to be granted the same rights as a human being.
The local Maori tribe of Whanganui in the North Island has fought for the recognition of their river as an ancestor for 140 years.
Now the river – the third largest in New Zealand which flows 145km from the central North Island to the sea – will be given two guardians, one from the Maori tribes and one from the Crown.
"I know the initial inclination of some people will say it's pretty strange to give a natural resource a legal personality," said New Zealand's Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson after the river was given legal personhood by the country's parliament on Wednesday 15 March.
"But it's no stranger than family trusts, or companies or incorporated societies."
The river's staus means that there is now no legal distinction between harming the river and harming the Whanganui people.
News of the legal status being granted was greeted with tears and music by hundreds of tribal representatives in New Zealand's parliament.
"The reason we have taken this approach is because we consider the river an ancestor and always have," Gerrard Albert, the lead negotiator for the Whanganui iwi [tribe], told the Guardian.
"We have fought to find an approximation in law so that all others can understand that from our perspective treating the river as a living entity is the correct way to approach it, as in indivisible whole, instead of the traditional model for the last 100 years of treating it from a perspective of ownership and management."
The settlement brought to an end the country's longest-running litigation, the NZHerald reports.
It also included $80m (£65m) in financial redress and $30m (£25m) to a fund to improve the river's health.


2022 Singapore International Festival of Arts primed to be a winner
The first sneak peek of the programme for the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2022 (Sifa) was something that those who saw it will talk about for years to come.
In what looked like a gorgeous cosmic collision between tradition and the avant garde, the preview performance mounted on Tuesday night transfixed its select audience, and heralded the much-anticipated tenure of Sifa’s new festival director, Natalie Hennedige.
Hennedige is well-known for her aesthetically-progressive, multidisciplinary productions for Cake Theatre, of which she is founder and artistic director. But she has never been given a platform this large and prestigious before.
Tasked with programming a mix of local and foreign shows for the national festival, one that simultaneously acknowledges cutting-edge art practices and preserves Singapore’s customs and traditions, she has expertly spliced a broad range of artistic forms to bring something utterly fresh and new to the table.
Tan Boon Hui, executive director of Art House Limited (the festival organiser) said in a separate speech that the festival seeks “to embrace the intersectionality of global artistic practices… beyond the silos of physical vs digital, local vs global, Asian vs non-Asian, and accept that contemporary performance globally is informed and transformed by its encounters with other genres and creative disciplines”.
As if the festival wasn’t progressive enough, Hennedige has conceived an even more radical component of the festival called Sifa X, which offers “alternative”, “wilder”, “more eclectic” performance offerings at Goodman Arts Centre and Aliwal Arts Centre. The inaugural edition is helmed by SAtheCollective’s artistic director Andy Chia, who will create works that evoke oneirism, defined as “an abnormal state of consciousness in which dream-like illusions are experienced while awake”.
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Vail Daily column: Gardener’s checklist for May
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Spring provides a sense of relief and calmness for many of us nature lovers. It’s filled with many “firsts,” just like the joys of childhood. We get excited about the first blooms in the garden, the first sounds of birds chirping, and the first few days of being able to wear shorts and flip flops – or possibly even go barefoot! Gardening is a great way to nurture nature and bathe in the possibilities of what our gardens have to offer. Start planning now to enjoy your outdoor landscape to its fullest. Here’s a basic May checklist to get you started on the right foot.
• Begin pulling back extra mulch that was applied last fall and removing leaves to clean perennial beds.
• If you still have it, leave snow on spring-flowering bulbs; it protects them from the cold.
• As soon as your bulbs start popping up, it’s time to start using deer repellent. Enjoy your tulips this year!
• If the ground is workable (not frozen or too wet), try turning your soil. This will expose insect eggs to the effects of winter and the spring freeze/thaw cycle will help break apart heavy clods.
• After turning over the soil, mix in a couple inches of compost or well-aged manure to a depth of 6 inches.
• Find out what’s really in your soil, and even more important, what’s not in your soil. Stop by The Wildflower Farm and pick up a CSU Extension Soil Test Kit. Virtually all poor soil conditions can be overcome. Performing a soil test is the first step in determining a course of action.
• Apply a pre-emergent herbicide to lawns and gardens. You can also hand-pull or spot-treat weeds.
• Start considering pruning options for trees and shrubs.
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• Start seeds indoors for cold-tolerant annuals like stock and godetia as well as slower-growing annuals like vinca, verbena ageratum, lobelia, petunias, salvia, nicotiana and impatiens.
• Start tomato, pepper and eggplant seeds indoors. Speed up germination by using a heat mat.
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Melina Valsecia said her experience as an immigrant in Eagle County helped her understand the need for a new way of looking at how service providers engage with the growing Latino population, many of whom are first- or second-generation immigrants.

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Streets and Buildings of Santiago Chile
A busy city by all accounts and traffic is horrendous especially in the business center. Nevertheless Santiago is a charming city.
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Shot taken with a small point and shoot camera with 4 megapixel in 2004. Photoshop and On1softwares can really do a great job in enhancement.
Montpelier State House, Vermont-93E1862
Montpelier became the capital in 1808, when the first State House was built. Second State House , built in 1838 was destroyed by fire in 1857, similar to this third structure on the site completed in 1859.
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Downtown Woodstock where the Public Library and the Court House are located.
Woodstock Inn & Resort
There’s plenty to see and do in Front Royal. It is the northern gateway to the Shenandoah Valley and Shenandoah National Park,a city where one can enjoy all that the crown jewel of outdoor recreation and the Canoe Capital of Virginia has to offer: among other things spectacular caverns and more.
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WWE Greatest Royal Rumble which took place on April 27, 2018 at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia was the first Pay-Per-View event in the Kingdom as per the 10-year agreement between Saudi General Sports Authority and WWE. The Greatest Royal Rumble which featured the historic first-ever 50-Man Royal Rumble Match won by none other than Braun Strowman, remained witness to several records broken at the event.
With Superstars battling out each other inside the squared circle to add a historic achievement or two to their names, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia also saw some first time incidents that will go down in WWE history.
Let’s take a look at the following 11 records and trivias that the jaw-dropping 60,000 strong King Abdullah Sports City Stadium remained witness to, at WWE Greatest Royal Rumble.
11. Daniel Bryan And Kurt Angle Exchanged Blows For The First Time
Current WWE Monday Night RAW General Manager Kurt Angle and former SmackDown Live General Manager Daniel Bryan came to work together for the same wrestling company for the first time in spring 2017. Although at that time, both Angle and Bryan were expected never to compete in the ring ever, fate ultimately brought these two wrestling greats face to face at the first-ever 50-Man Greatest Royal Rumble Match in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Although these two men exchanged blows for the first time in a ring during Angle’s final minute or so before the 1996 Gold Medallist was eliminated by Elias, WWE made it sure not to over-expose and keep fans craving for more in what remains a dream match for the WWE Universe.

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This delicious Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad has all of your favorite autumn flavors. The Brussels are first roasted and then tossed in an orange lemon vinaigrette. You'll find sweet potatoes, toasted walnuts, mandarin oranges, and pomegranate all hiding in this healthy and delicious side dish. It would be perfect on your Thanksgiving or Christmas table and delicious all winter long.
10cupsshaved brussels sprouts, see notes
2cupsdiced sweet potatoes
1teaspoonbutter or ghee, olive oil for vegan
1mandarin orange, segments cut in half
Arils (seeds) of 1 pomegranate
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Juice of 1 mandarin orange
Juice of 1 lemon
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
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Here’s an overview of real estate activity in Los Angeles County in the fourth quarter, broken down in three categories:
Don’t call it a comeback, but the Los Angeles County office market posted strong gains in the fourth quarter of 2015 after a slight stumble during the previous period.
More than 1.4 million square feet of office space was leased up throughout the county last quarter, helping to drive the vacancy rate down to 15 percent, according to downtown L.A. real estate giant CBRE Group Inc.
“The decline is a positive sign after a slight uptick in the vacancy rate in (the third quarter),” CBRE research analysts Jill Luna and Maximilian Saia wrote in a recent report.
Indeed, the market absorbed way more than the 75,197 square feet that was added during the third quarter – which broke a seven-quarter streak of positive absorption.
In fact, New York marketing giant Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc. more than made up for the entire county’s loss in the third quarter when it signed off on an 11-year deal for 150,000 square feet in November.
The lease, estimated to be worth more than $70 million, was signed at the Plaza in Century City, at 1800 and 1840 Century Park East.
IPG, a publicly traded holding company, further illustrates the strong demand for office space in the Westside submarket, where the vacancy rate fell to 11.8 percent in the fourth quarter, according to CBRE.
Considering the flurry of recent activity on the Westside, it should come as no surprise that submarket absorbed the most space – 710,511 square feet – last quarter.
Though it was nowhere close to matching Westside’s heat, downtown Los Angeles continued to be another bright spot in the overall L.A. office market. Even though the vacancy rate there – 17.6 percent – remained higher than the overall market, it absorbed nearly 52,000 square feet in the fourth quarter.
Downtown law firm Munger Tolles & Olson, co-founded by L.A. billionaire Charlie Munger in 1962, played a key role in the quarter when it leased 152,306 square feet, according to CBRE.
Brad Brian, the firm’s co-managing partner, told the Business Journal last month that the move to 2 Cal at 350 S. Grand Ave. is scheduled for early next year. Its 375 employees will take up more than five floors there after it moves out of its current post at 355 S. Grand.
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Full Spectrum vs. Broad Spectrum
UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES
CBD Full Spectrum vs. Broad Spectrum vs. CBD Isolate
CBD, the cannabidiol from the hemp plant, is available in different types, It all comes down to the benefit you are hoping for, which of the three CBD products described in this text you use. The CBD can be extracted from the hemp in various ways as we all know, yeah let's get to business.
What is a full spectrum CBD?
According to the latest knowledge, there are more than 100 different ingredients in cannabis. These range from CBD (cannabidiol) to CBG (cannabigerol) to THC (tetrahydrocannabinol). Each of the individual cannabis ingredients works alone, but also via the entourage effect. The entourage effect says that the individual ingredients of a full spectrum CBD together have a more potent effect than alone.
Advantages of the full spectrum CBD oil
This dosage form of the CBD contains different amounts of all naturally occurring terpenes, flavonoids and cannabinoids from the cannabis plant. The entourage effect reinforces the individual effects. The human endocannabinoid system (ECS) is able to combine with all ingredients of the full spectrum CBD in an ideal way.
Disadvantage of the full spectrum CBD oil
Even though CBD has been officially removed from the list of doping agents by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency), extremely sensitive doping and drug tests can recognize the low proportion of THC. Athletes should therefore use CBD products whose THC content has been proven to be 0.0%. The reason THC is still on the list of banned substances.
What is a broad spectrum CBD?
The ingredients of a broad spectrum CBD are in most cases flavonoids, terpenes and many other cannabinoids. In contrast to the full-spectrum CBD oil, the broad-spectrum CBD contains, for example, hardly recognizable traces of the THC. Broad-spectrum CBD oils are often dark to golden yellow. The users of broad-spectrum CBD oils can partially benefit from the entourage effect.
Advantages of the broad spectrum CBD oil
The broad-spectrum CBD oils contain all the ingredients found in the cannabis plant - but practically no THC. On the one hand, you can take advantage of the entourage effect without having to worry about the effects of THC. Athletes who regularly go for drug tests and are afraid of a low level of THCs in the blood may be able to use broad-spectrum CBD oils.
Disadvantage of the broad spectrum CBD oil
Purists among CBD users consider broad-spectrum CBD oils to be incomplete due to the lack of THC.
What is CBD isolate (isolated CBD)?
Obtained, for example, through supercritical CO2 extraction, CBD isolate is very often used in medicine. The white, fine-grained CBD powder becomes isolated cannabidiol by means of several cleaning episodes. The end result is a crystalline powder with a CBD content of more than 99%. The CBD isolate is also called "CBD crystals". In the dosage form as CBD oil, the degree of purity naturally drops. The CBD isolate is often used by end consumers to produce their own CBD oils in the desired levels of purity. Because of their high purity, CBD isolates do not have the ability to have a broader effect thanks to the entourage effect. However, this can have other advantages. In an oil mixture, the CBD isolate appears in a very light gold color.
Benefits of CBD isolate
The particularly high degree of purity is the main plus point of CBD Isolate for many users. This allows you to decide for yourself whether you want to consume pure CBD or whether you want to "stretch" it over oils. Experts believe that the CBD isolate is absorbed by the body more quickly.
Disadvantages of CBD isolate
Both the full-spectrum CBD oil and the broad-spectrum CBD oil benefit from the entourage effect. Due to the lack of other ingredients, this is eliminated in the isolated CBD. Due to the complex manufacturing process, isolated CBD is also more expensive.
Difference between CBD Full Spectrum, Broad Spectrum and Isolate
So what exactly are the differences between a Full Spectrum, Broad Spectrum and an CBD isolate?
The following criteria can be used for better orientation:
Full Spectrum: This obviously includes CBD as well as other cannabinoids (including CBN, CBC and CBG, to name just a few), plant terpenes, flavonoids, vitamins, minerals & plant proteins, including <0.3% THC.
Broad Spectrum: Similar to Full Spectrum but further processed to remove traces of THC.
CBD isolate: Pure form of CBD, (99% CBD) with (0% THC).
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Havana LGBTQA Pride, 2013
One of the most encouraging changes I've witnessed in Cuba since 2010 is the improvement in LGBTQA rights. Where once queer Habaneros had to go through an elaborate series of switchbacks and meetups to find the friendly nightlife, it is now common to see same-sex couples holding hands, and a supporting character in 2012's Juan de los Muertos was trans*. The first Pride Parade happened in Havana in 2008, and the event has grown steadily each year. Of course, this being Cuba, there is no celebration without rhumba, dancing, and free contraception.

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The Inspector Alert™ Handheld Nuclear Radiation Monitor improves safety in laboratories and in the field through quick analysis and determination of radiation levels. The handheld monitor measures alpha, beta, gamma and x-radiation. Its safety-first calibration feature can eliminate exposure for personnel. The Inspector Alert quickly notifies first responders to the presence of harmful levels of nuclear radiation. Easy to read digital display shows a wide variety of readings: mR/hr, CPM, CPS, or µSv/hr.
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U.S. Intends to Lease Space for Energy Corporations to Store Oil Stockpile
The U.S. administration aims to lease out space for energy corporations to store oil in the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve, after a previous effort to buy hundreds of thousands of barrels for the emergency stockpile was suspended over a lack of funding, based on two people briefed on the matter.
The new plan could help the U.S. deal with a mounting excess of crude oil that risks overwhelming commercial storage tanks and sending world energy prices deeper into a tailspin as the coronavirus outbreak cuts fuel demand. It might be declared as soon as Wednesday, the sources stated.
The plan is a change of tack from the initial scheme, which might have had the Department of Energy (DOE) buy crude from domestic drillers utilizing federal funds.
U.S. President Trump ordered the DOE on March 13 to fill the reserve “to the top” to support oil producers suffering from the global oil price drop, and the initial solicitation asked for supply only from U.S. firms with fewer than 5,000 employees.
However, Congress didn’t approve funds for the buys, forcing the Energy Division last week to suspend the proposal.
The revised plan would help merchants and others as they attempt to ride out a precipitous plunge within the price of oil by storing crude for sale later as soon as the crisis is over.
The nation’s main commercial storage hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, is rapidly filling up.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has 77 million barrels of free capacity, rather less than the nation uses in four days. It presently holds around 635 million barrels of oil in salt caverns on the Texas and Louisiana shores.

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These fashion forward pants are the go to option for street inspired look. Features a wide waistband with drawstrings and tapered wide ankle cuffs. Extremly soft and thick enough to keep you warm on a cold day. Side slash pockets and a back right pocket.
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This keychain is made from beads and suede leather. Just the right size and texture for finding it in a bag or eye catching for a decorative zipper pull.
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Three dead after Wednesday morning crash on LA 182
HOUMA- An early morning crash on LA 182 left three people dead, according to Louisiana State Police.
Around 2:30 a.m. Troopers from the Louisiana State Troop C responded to a crash on LA 182 near Coteau Road involving three vehicles.
The crash occurred when a Honda Civic was driving westbound on LA 182 near Lucky’s Casino.
Three people were in the car, 29-year-old Christopher Rately of Abita Springs, 22-year-old Stephen Buck of Folsom and 31-year-old Rafael Fandino of Metairie.
For unknown reasons, the Civic crossed the centerline and struck a Ford truck going eastbound that was driven by 41-year-old Jessie Albritton of Houma.
After hitting the Ford, the Civic continued westbound in the eastbound lane and hit an 18 wheeler driven by 42-year-old Maurice James of West Memphis, AR.
The preliminary investigation found that all three occupants of the Civic were not wearing seat belts and were ejected from the car.
Troopers identified Fandino as the driver of the car.
They were pronounced dead at the scene by the Terrebonne Parish Coroner’s Office.
Albritton and James were wearing seat belts and sustained minor injuries.
Toxicology results are pending.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Last week brand new music written by five young people during lockdown was shared for the first time as part of The Future is Ours – an online arts festival celebrating youth creativity in 2020.
Since September, Finley, Sophia, Sophia C, Katie and Seyi have been taking part in New Tracks – an online music making project aimed at developing their songwriting and production skills, and supporting their emotional wellbeing and mental health in these challenging times.
The project is a partnership between Brighter Sound and 42nd Street, a young people’s mental health charity based in Manchester, who are also the organisers of The Future is Ours festival.
It’s something new for me. I got referred to 42nd Street in March, and then these creative sessions came along. I’m now taking opportunity after opportunity.
Supported by professional musicians and a mental health practitioner, the group met online weekly to collaborate and create new music using electronic production, digital effects and samples, and write lyrics inspired by their own thoughts and experiences.
I really enjoyed the collaborating side of it. I love that not everyone has the full picture, but with multiple eyes and ears, you can come up with something you wouldn’t have on your own.
Thanks to Young Manchester, who supported the project, the young people were loaned laptops to help them take part, which they will now be able to keep to continue their music making journeys and stay connected.
It feels so good to be involved in all this – you get to speak to so many people. I feel like a part of something. I’m feeling proud.
Reflecting on the project Lucy Wallace, Project Manager at Brighter Sound, said:
“Despite the fact they’ve not been able to meet in person, it’s been amazing to see how the group has collaborated and bonded over the last couple of months – learning new skills, making new friends and expressing themselves through music and creativity. It’s a huge achievement, and a great example of how music can connect, inspire and uplift us, especially in times of uncertainty.”


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Leave Yesterday Behind
Callie Chennault vaulted to fame on the nighttime soap Sumner Falls, but after a decade of playing the same role, she is ready for a new acting challenge. When Callie is attacked by a stalker on the streets of New York, she takes a leave of absence from the show and returns to her roots in Aurora, Louisiana, to heal both physically and emotionally and determine her next career move.
Former professional baseball pitcher Nick La Chappelle has also come to Aurora to lick his own wounds after a messy divorce. A Cy Young winner and one-time ESPN broadcaster, Nick longs for the quiet of a small town in order to write murder mysteries under a pen name.
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MacRae, Elmer Livingston, b. 1875 d. 1953
Active in New York, N.Y.; Cos Cob, Conn.
Collection size: 1.3 linear feet
Collection Summary: Papers kept by Elmer MacRae as treasurer of the 1913 Armory show, organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors.
Included are correspondence, policy files, sales records, notes on Boston and Chicago venues, financial records including sales lists, ledgers, receipts for works of art, cashier's receipts, operating expenses; meeting minutes and notes; inventories and indexes; printed material including a map, poster, postcards, catalogs, pamphlets and press clippings; and Armory show lapel buttons kept by Elmer MacRae from the 1913 Armory show; and two diaries by MacRae describing his activities with the Pastellists and the Association of American Painters and Sculptors.
Biographical/Historical Note: Elmer MacRae (1875-1953) was a painter and member of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, and treasurer of the 1913 Armory Show.
Lent for microfilming in 1988 then subsequently donated 2016 by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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- Microfilm reels 4131-4132 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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I recently made a trek to Barre, MA to Misty Brook Farm in search of raw milk. It is a charming farm complete with the sweet smell of grass, real live cows, chickens and of course amazingly loud guinea foul.
The Misty Brook Farm Store
The farm store is an itty-bitty shack that houses several freezers , coolers and fridges. The bulletin boards are littered with ads from customers looking for raw milk shares, in other words- other raw milk drinkers who travel from afar for its goodness. There is a raw milk group in Worcester where people take turns sharing the trek out to Barre and pick up at others homes.
Milk was clearly labeled with the dates of bottling. They have a variety of meats and dairy products including chicken beef, pork, even kielbasa. Upon inspection of the eggs my friend said,"It makes me so happy to see different color eggs!". We remarked on the varying sizes of the eggs and noted that the little ones would have probably thrown out by big commercial farms. I felt so privileged to be able to actually garner fresh dairy products. I purchased yogurt, milk, eggs and bones for my dogs.
We also stopped at a little place on the way for veggies, luscious strawberries, bread and cheese.
Inside the shop
Fruits of the day!
As demand grows for locally grown food many families are moving towards consuming raw milk as they believe it to be more nutrient rich and safer than traditional store bought milk. There is large debate on whether drinking raw milk is safe especially for children due to bacteria- I have to say, I drank it and I lived! I too was skeptical and I have to say a little afraid to give it to my baby. I did research and have found many instances where it is safer than milk in the store. It is tested more often and put under high scrutiny and there are more rules and regulations in place.
Sidney the dog guarding is precious calf.
Raw milk is taken from a cow fed on a grass diet, cooled to around 36-38 degrees and bottled. There is no pasteurization or additives. Misty Brook bottles theirs in large half gallon mason jars. A ton of information is out there and it's important to educate yourself before drinking raw milk as not all milk is created equal. Some of the sites I researched information on raw milk include:
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2 Layer PCBs are the maximum not unusualplace sort of PCB. Plus, 2 layer PCBs also are called double-sided PCBs due to the fact they've additives on each facets of the board.
The 2-layer pcb fabrication is via way of means of bonding layers of copper collectively with a dielectric fabric in among. And the dielectric fabric may be both an FR-forty two or an FR-44.
Furthermore, the copper on every facet can bring specific electric alerts, which makes them best for programs wherein excessive pace and/or dense packaging is necessary. 2 layer pcb also are the maximum low cost sort of PCB to manufacture.
How does a double-layer PCB work?
A 2 layer PCB works via way of means of having electric alerts routed among the 2 layers of copper. Interestingly, those alerts may be both virtual or analog. Plus, the dielectric fabric withinside the center of the board enables to hold those alerts from interfering with every other.
So how thick is a 2 layer PCB?
A 2 layer PCB may be everywhere from 0.010” to 0.060” thick. In addition, the thickness of the board will depend upon the dielectric fabric which you use and the dimensions of the additives set up at the board. Also, the thicker the board, the higher it's far at decreasing crosstalk among the sign traces.
2 layer board stack-up
It's clean that layer 1, or the pinnacle layer is a sign layer on the two layers PCB stack up. Both the pinnacle layer and the lowest layer are copper layers.
he 2-layer pcb has an internal layer which is likewise a copper layer. And that is wherein maximum of the vias get located. Plus, vias are the tiny little holes that join the pinnacle and backside layers collectively. More importantly, they permit for electric alerts to float from one layer to another.
The strong floor aircraft is to assist lessen noise in electric alerts. Therefore, we also can use it to offer an area for the electric alerts to go back. Besides that, it additionally enables to distribute warmness higher, and you may use it as a strength or floor layer.
The sign layers are the layers that bring the electric alerts. The 2 layer PCB has sign layers, one for the pinnacle and one for the lowest. Usually, the pinnacle layer that we use for the alerts that want to be routed at the outdoor of the board. While the lowest layer, you may use for the alerts that want to be routed at the internal of the board.
The strength layer we use to distribute strength to the specific elements of the board. Also, you may use it as a go back route for the floor alerts.
The prepreg layer is a skinny layer of dielectric fabric. And it is able to offer insulation among the copper layer. Besides, it is able to additionally offer assist for the copper layers. The dielectric steady of the prepreg layer is two. 2, that's decrease than the FR-408 dielectric steady.
Solder Masks Layer
The solder masks layer is a skinny layer of fabric that covers the uncovered copper. In addition, it is able to defend the copper from oxidation and corrosion.
The silkscreen layer is a skinny layer of fabric this is used to print the legends at the board. Also, you may use it to print the board's call and component numbers.
How do You Make a 2-layer PCB /double-sided Circuit Board?
To make a 2 layer PCB, you want first of all a substrate. And the maximum not unusualplace substrate is FR-4. Once you've got got your substrate, you want to feature the copper in layers.
The first layer you introduced is the sign layer. This is wherein it'll bring the electric alerts.
The 2d layer you introduced is the floor layer. And that is wherein the electric alerts will go back to it. Once you've got got your copper layers, you want to feature the prepreg layer.
The prepreg layer is an insulating fabric. As a result, It presents insulation among the layers.
After the prepreg layer, you want to feature the solder masks. The solder masks is a skinny layer of inexperienced or black plastic that enables to defend the copper from brief circuits and corrosion.
Finally, you want to feature the silkscreen. The silkscreen is a white or yellow printing at the PCB that suggests the call of the additives and their values.


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