New research suggests that Allied bombing raids during World War II reached the edge of space and temporarily weakened the ionosphere.
The find came about when researchers at the University of Reading analysed recordings made at the Radio Research Station at Ditton Park near Slough in England. The station took the “longest continuous set of ionospheric measurements in the world” with recordings taken from 1933-1996.
Researchers used measurements taken through 152 large Allied bombing raids from 1943-1945 rather than the Blitz. “This is because the blitz was ongoing from September 1940 to May 1941, which means the data would be harder to separate from other seasonal changes due to the sun that might affect the ionosphere.”
Other factors for using the data from Allied raids ad not the Blitz were the Luftwaffe planes not being able to carry bombs as heavy as the Allied forces, Allied raids being more intense, shorter and happening during daylight hours.
The ionosphere can be affected by certain big events: solar flares, volcanic eruptions—and the massive bombs dropped on Germany during World War II. Those bombings produced shockwaves strong enough to weaken the ionosphere right near the edge of space. https://t.co/zU2tm1LR7P
— Ars Technica (@arstechnica) September 30, 2018
The research showed the shockwaves from the bombs hitting the earth reached the ionosphere 1000km from the earth’s surface. It is believed the shockwaves heated the ionsphere, weakening it. The effects lasted around 24 hours.
The ionosphere is always changing for various reasons such as solar activity and thunderstorms. The ionosphere impacts radio communications, GPS and some radar.
Lead author of the study, Chris Scott, said, “The images of neighborhoods across Europe reduced to rubble due to wartime air raids are a lasting reminder of the destruction that can be caused by man-made explosions. But the impact of these bombs way up in the Earth’s atmosphere has never been realized until now. It is astonishing to see how the ripples caused by man-made explosions can affect the edge of space. Each raid released the energy of at least 300 lightning strikes. The sheer power involved has allowed us to quantify how events on the Earth’s surface can also affect the ionosphere.”
The research also explains why some aircraft were damaged by shockwaves even though they were flying at the recommended altitude to avoid them.


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Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi government on Tuesday announced a series of initiatives to boost growth and diversify the economy away from oil.
Among the new measures, include funding support for small and medium enterprises, creation of a Dh4billion fund to boost research and development (R&D) and incentives on electricity tariffs for industries.
“We in Abu Dhabi, have a clear vision to diversify the economy away from oil and as a result we put clear milestones and very clear steps to continue developing the sector and to have an economy shifting from oil to non-oil,” said Rashed Abdul Karim Al Beloushi, undersecretary of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development.
“We have a huge potential do to so and we are coming with eight new initiatives in close cooperation with the private sector. We want to encourage and attract ideas and smart people.”
Among the steps, the government would be taking to boost economy include incentives on electricity tariffs for industries, funding for small and medium enterprises, open data programme for investors and traders, improvement in ease of doing business with Tamm programme, development of tourism sector in the Western region of Abu Dhabi and funds to encourage research and development.
The government will also start instant licenses as well as issuing licenses in the technology sphere as new developments take place in the sector like autonomous driving, among others.
On open data programme, Al Beloushi said the government is working with the Abu Dhabi Data Authority to make data available for stakeholders in an efficient way be it data on inflation or rentals or any other thing.
“Open data programme is one of the most important factors for decision makers, be it a trader, or a politician or investor and would help in boosting investment. We want to adopt open data culture.”
New incentives on electricity tariffs were also announced by the government to reduce the operational cost of industries and increase their revenue.
The new measures form part of Dh50 billion Ghadan 21 programme that was announced byHis Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces last year to accelerate the development of emirate’s economy.
Abu Dhabi’s overall GDP (gross domestic product) in 2019 is expected to grow by 3 per cent at constant prices with non-oil growth projected at 3.9 per cent. For 2020, non-oil growth is forecast at 4.1 per cent, Al Balooshi recently told Gulf News.

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The Keith Dambrot era is officially underway as the Dukes land a talented transfer.
Memphis sophomore guard Craig Randall (6-foot-4, 173 pounds) announced today his intention to transfer to Duquesne. Randall will have to sit a year but will have two years of eligibility remaining.
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Randall was the Tigers’ leading bench scorer last season averaging 5.2 points per game. Randall was a point guard at high school in Youngstown, Ohio but Tubby Smith moved him to shooting guard last season. He was averaging double digits scoring well into December before going into a scoring slump that dropped his average down.
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This morning, the women of Cylance Pro Cycling previewed large sections of the Ronde van Vlaanderen course, covering the famed Eikenberg, Haaghoek, Wolvenberg,and Kanarieberg hill and pavé sectors. Known as the Tour of Flanders, the Ronde is the fifth round of the UCI Women's World Tour circuit taking place on April 2 in Belgium. Cyance Pro Cycling will bring a focused and prepared team to race this iconic classic.
This year's edition will take the women on a 153.3 kilometer lap which starts and finishes in Oudenaarde. On today’s recon ride the team focused on the pavé and hill sectors, including the potentially decisive Kanarieberg Hill which averages 7.7% for 1000m with a max elevation of 14%.
Rossella Ratto (ITA) had a strong race at Ronde van Vlaanderen last year is excited to return to the race in 2017. “I am personally looking forward to it, and hoping to get the same good day as last year’s race” says Rossella. “The race course changed a lot, with more technical sections following the muurs, and then the epic Kapelmuur. I think we have a really focused lion Sheyla, a strong Jasi, and a super professional Dani who has studied every kilometer of the course. Then we have Marta, ready to protect us as we were her daughters!”
After riding the course, Malgorzata Jasinkska (POL) says “it will be a long and hard race, but our asset is that we met the road well. I think the real race will start on the Kapelmuur. The last 3 muurs are very heavy, but we have a rugged and strong team.”
Joining Rossella and Jasi, will be Sheyla Guittieriez (ESP), Dani King (GBR), Marta Tagliaferro (ITA) and Joelle Numainville (CAN). The team is ready to race strong and calculated on Sunday.
If you aren’t lucky enough to join the fans in Belgium for this year’s edition, you’ll be able to watch the action from the 2017 edition of the Ronde Van Vlaanderen anywhere in the world! Thanks to Proximus and Flanders Classics, this year’s podium presentation as well as the final hour and thirty minutes of the race will be streamed live. Details below:
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Tenterfield Mayor calls for more police
The Mayor of Tenterfield Shire Council is calling for extra police resources to deal with a spike the number of in break-ins.
Toby Smith says the number of break-ins has been increasing with the warmer weather, with at least seven in one weekend alone.
He will raise the issue with New England police and state MP Richard Torbay at a Community Safety Precinct Committee meeting tomorrow.
Mayor Smith says the crime wave has businesses and residents worried.
"Well it's not a very good image for Tenterfield as a start, for someone wanting to come and set up a business in Tenterfield to have all these break and enters occur over a few weekends so that's not a good image," he said.
"The businesses that have been broken into are very concerned about it because it's not the first time that it's happened," he said.
Mayor Smith says he plans to ask for more police resources to deal with the problem.
"It's not really policing in Tenterfield, I have no problem with policing at all," he said.
"It's the spate of break and enters we've had in the town over the past few weekends and what we're probably going to do is see if there's any possibility of having an increase in police numbers of having 24 hour policing in Tenterfield," he said.
Meanwhile, Glen Innes police have also been busy dealing with a large number of break-ins.
There have been at least nine reported break and enters in the Glen Innes area in the past seven days.
The Glen Innes West Primary School has been broken into twice with offenders stealing stoves, fridges and electrical goods.
Glen Innes Public School was also broken into, doors and windows in classrooms were smashed and a fire extinguisher was used to cover the scene in white powder.
The Chapel Theatre has been broken into twice, in one case a fire extinguished was also sprayed across the theatre.
A youth centre, a church hall, a restaurant and several cars have also been broken into.
Police are seeking public assistance to identify the offenders, anyone with information should contact Glen Innes police or crime stoppers.


PSA will electrify global product lineup by 2025
PSA Group plans to bring electrified options to its full car and light-truck lineup by 2025, joining other automakers in pledging to widely deploy partial or fully electric powertrains to lower emissions, CEO Carlos Tavares.
PSA will offer 40 electrified models across its five brands — Peugeot, Citroen, Opel, Vauxhall and DS — worldwide by 2025, Tavares said.
“We want to become the most efficient carmaker … not the largest,” Tavares told the Automotive News World Congress here,
Overall, PSA, which is preparing to return to the U.S., will launch 124 new models across six regions worldwide over six years, Tavares said.
He declined to detail which brand PSA plans to market in the U.S. but said many future Opel models will be engineered to be compliant with U.S. regulations.
The first vehicle destined for the U.S. market is being developed in Europe by a team of U.S. engineers, he said. But he reiterated that PSA plans a phased entry into the U.S., beginning with mobility services and gathering data on American consumer preferences before it starts selling vehicles.
Tavares said 80 percent of the company’s vehicles will have the capability to navigate themselves under limited conditions by 2030, and 10 percent will have up to Level 4 and Level 5 autonomy.
PSA is “confident” it can turnaround GM’s former European operations, Tavares said, adding PSA plans to execute a similar strategy to restore profits at Opel as it did with PSA in recent years.
“The numbers I see by Opel and the numbers we were seeing from outside demonstrate that the Opel situation is very similar, if not the sale, as the PSA situation back in 2013,” Tavares said. “Opel is PSA 2013.”


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rare pair of mementos of the accession ceremony of the Showa Emperor 1928, one showing the Takamikura and the other a palace, both made of woven silk similar Jacard weavings, mounted in decorative paper frames with embossed Imperial Seal in gold leaf. They sight measure 5.25 x 6.5 inches in side frame opening, they are in good condition with some signs of damage to paper frames.
Cotton cloth with shibori (tie-dyeing) pattern which is hand-spun and natural indigo dyed. The motif is fundo, weight. In excellent condition. Late 19th to mid 20th century. L:186cm W:35cm
Boro futonji whose ground cloth as well as most of the mending patches are hand-spun and natural indigo dyed cotton. the first half of the 20th century. 97cm x 131cm
This kasuri fabric shows a dynamic vertical strip design on the indigo blue background. The "red" (rich brick orange) hue creates a just sufficient accent on the pattern. Strip patterns possess a timeless modern attractiveness (my personal favorite). There is a very subtle blue dye-like spot in one area (please see the image), otherwise it is desirable condition. Made from indigo dye cotton. Ca. late 1800 to early 1900s. 41"w 62"h
Boro futonji whose ground cloth is hand-spun cotton with stripes and the mending patches are hand-spun as well as machine-woven cotton.
Late 19th to mid 20th century. 102cm ｘ 166cm
A lovely true red (the site may show you in "orange-red" but it is a true crimson red) kimono for girl, depicted with 'Takara-bune' treasure ship (an auspicious symbol), two children riding on the ship, and many graceful cranes flying over, a dynamic, cheerful, and rare design, made from fine chirimen silk and fully lined with a red silk fabric, in exquisite condition (never been worn) Ca. Early to mid 1900s. 48"wide 52"long. Please contact us for a shipping fee and information.
Cotton Sekka shibori (board-clamp dyeing) cloth which has 16 pieces sewn together by machine in one long cloth. Sekka literally means "snow flower". The length of the each cloth ranges from 30cm to 74cm and the total length is about 8m30cm (30cm wide). In good condition except for some spotted stains in a few pieces. 20th century.
Asa (hemp) cloth with mending patches probably used when steaming rice for making sake (Japanese wine). It is used so that two mending patches and wear. 20th century. 83cm x 170cm
As each sakiori shows the "history" of its own environment, this sakiori obi possesses the beauty of color coordination as well as its elegant pattern. The brown hue you see is the mixture of red and black recycled yarns and the deep blue was created with black and several tones of blue/purple families. The white yarn also creates a rhythmical accent on the pattern. The obi is very well used and has a very gentle touch. The end-finish shows the earlier era of the production. Ca. early 1900s...
Cotton man's kimono with beautiful shibori pattern. Produced in Arimatsu Narumi region in Aichi prefecture where shibori textiles have been made from Edo period. In excellent condition except for some light stains in the white cotton cloth in the lower back. The second half of the 20th century. 134cm x 136cm
Lovely silk obi belt for the kimono from the Showa Period C.1950. Featuring paulownia leaf motif and chrysanthemums. Very art deco. Shown is 1/4 the total length. Total length is 200". Ask for shipping quote.
Exceptional art deco silk haori kimono worn over the kimono. Featuring camelias and an array of flowers it can be hung as art or worn for an elegant evening. Large size and in excellent condition; no stains or tears. Ask for shipping quote from our california warehouse.
Asa (hemp) woman's kimono with double ikat (kasuri) pattern and handwoven. It is commonly called "akaso kasuri" that has natural color ground and brown kasuri pattern. The akaso kasuri fabric is not woven these days. In excellent condition. The first half of the 20th century. 124cm x 140cm
Noragi, farm wear made of indigo dyed cotton with mending patches. The ground cloth is thick cotton and the dark blue sleeves and patched cloth are rather thin. All hand sewn and has nicely faded indigo color. In good condition. The first half of the 20th century. 121cm x 88cm
Bag made of hand-spun and natural indigo dyed cotton with check pattern. It is recycled from old cloth, kimono or futonji (bedding). It has thick cotton lining so that things inside can be protected from damages. In excellent condition except for a mending patch. 20th century. 42cm x 59cm
Three pieces of zokin (dustcloth) with sashiko (quilting). They have 4 to 5 layers of hand-spun and natural indigo dyed cotton cloth which are recycled from old kimono or futonji (bedding). The sashiko threads are cotton and asa (hemp). The shoulder belt (or back belt for a loom) is used for carrying something and made of recycled old cotton strips. 20th century. Zokin:33cm x 19cm Shoulder Belt:5.5cm x 49cm
A traditional “Tendo” (gods disguised as children) design cotton carpet made by Tatsumura Textile company in Kyoto. The cherubic infant motif is one of the typical auspicious pattern just like angels in the Western societies. This design pattern can be found various goods, such as tableware, tea cup, and kimonos.
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Rare item. A pair of heel covers made of hand-spun cotton. It has sashiko (quilting) with cotton thread. They are from Aomori prefecture in Tohoku district located in the northernmost of Honshu. It has wear and holes. Late 19th to mid 20th century.

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“In the Shadow of Fairview,” a one-hour documentary examining the history of Oregon’s largest institution, premiered on OPB Monday, December 14th, 2020.
Independence Northwest’s Board of Directors President Linda Gheer is among several high profile self-advocates and former Fairview residents featured in the film. OPB has done an extraordinary job capturing a very difficult chapter in our state’s history while also illuminating the exceptional efforts and vision of Oregonians with disabilities, their family members, and community advocates.
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It is necessary to be honest within a relationship. When you are not being totally honest with your partner, you’re only hurting your spouse. It’s not good to keep secrets about your feelings when they are injuring you. By being open, you can use build a better relationship. In the long term, honesty can benefit both of you. If you’re if she is not honest with the partner, your relationship will suffer and it will end.
Being honest in a romantic relationship is important meant for a number of reasons. When you are in a relationship, it is advisable to trust one another and be able to trust your partner. It will make your relationship last a long time. A productive partner definitely will appreciate your honesty, so you should be honest along with your partner as well. You’ll both be able to build trust in your relationships when you’re both wide open with each other.


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The first African American woman to fly an airplane and the first to earn an international pilot’s license.
Bessie Coleman, known to her fans as “Queen Bess,” grew up caring for her thirteen younger siblings on a small farm near Waxahachie, Texas. Coleman’s father left the family when Coleman was nine, and her mother supported the children by picking cotton and taking in laundry. Although at the top of her class, Coleman had to leave school at the end of eighth grade to work as a laundress. Finding domestic work humiliating, she left Texas in 1915 and went to live with her brother in Chicago, where she studied to be a manicurist.
During World War I (1914-1918), Coleman read accounts of brave aviators and decided that she wanted to become a pilot and open a flight school for African Americans. When no flight school in the United States would accept her as a student, she went to France. Coleman began her training at the École d’Aviation des Frères Caudron at at Le Crotoy in November, 1920. In June, 1921, she became the first black woman to receive a license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. She returned to Chicago in September, 1921, hoping to further her flight training, but again no flight school in the United States would accept her. Undaunted, she returned to France in February, 1922, and completed an advanced course. She sailed for the United States in August, ready to begin her aviation career.
Coleman flew in her first air show, the first public flight in the United States by an African American, in New York on September 3, 1922, and went on to perform in air shows across the country. She was offered a role in a motion picture, but when she found that it required her to dress in ragged clothing, she refused, believing the role would perpetuate a negative image of African Americans. After this episode, several of her backers withdrew their support of her.
Coleman began a lecture tour hoping to inspire young African Americans but found that the meager sums she collected from her audiences would not allow her to achieve her dream of opening a flight school. The chewing-gum manufacturer Edwin W. Beeman helped her purchase a plane in which to fly in a celebration sponsored by Jacksonville’s Negro Welfare League. On the day before the event, Coleman’s mechanic, William D. Wills, took her up so she could survey the area. Coleman sat in the back of the plane without wearing her seatbelt, so she could boost herself up to see out of the cockpit. A wrench left in the airplane jammed the controls, causing the plane to flip and go into a tailspin. Coleman was flung from the plane and plunged 2,000 feet to her death.
Haskins, Jim. Black Eagles: African Americans in Aviation. New York: Scholastic, 1995. A superb history of many of the greatest African American pilots and astronauts. Plantz, Connie. Bessie Coleman: First Black Woman Pilot. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow, 2001. A biography written for younger readers, with bibliographical references and an index. Rich, Doris. Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 1995. An excellent, in-depth biography of Coleman.
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This about the most ludicrous thing I have heard in a long while— how is this any measure of love and affection.? One Nigerian actor, Yomi Fabiyi says in a post that if your partner stands up from the bed immediately after sex, it means they never loved you.
It is very difficult if not outrightly hard to tell if the one person we are with loves us or not but limiting it to such outcomes will not sit well with a lot of people.
I am tempted to think that then one who licks your watermelon wet and kisses you till you’re cherry red loves you with no doubt then.
The actor continues to say that anyone who has sex with you but refuses to kiss you at any point neither loves you or ever did.
He goes ahead talk about how people should use others when love is in involved because the love of today’s world is no longer selfless.


[Resolved] Mahindra And Mahindra — xuv 500 - display some indicators and car will not start after this
Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, India
MuMuneerkaleemahmed on Mar 10, 2019
While running, three four indicators suddenly display in the dial and after that if car made to off, again it will not start. Some time when we start the vehicle the same indicators displayed and it will not start.. This was inform to india garage mysore city karnataka, they asked to tow the vehicle to garage this was done four five times.. But they are failed to identify the problem.. The problem is repeatedly happening.. Kindly look into this problem and relief my headache.. Thanks
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Vehicle had been towed to the service centre, the executives over there doesn’t know the problem, they’ll just restart some imobaliser, after doing that the vehicle starts, few days later the problem persist again, there are no efforts by the company to solve the problem even after the vehicle had been towed to the service centre for three times. The vehicle doesn’t start suddenly, which have to be then towed to the service centre, if this a kind of vehicles Mahindra in producing, it’s better to have no vehicle than having the Mahindra vehicle. I’m very much disoppointed with the Mahindra cars. We are afraid to taking our vehicle for long journeys, as we do not know when the vehicle doesn’t start. Hope the Mahindra customer care executives take this complaint seriously and resolve the problem as soon as possible.
[Mar 11, 2019] Mahindra And Mahindra customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
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Batiquitos Morning, Original Oil Painting
Original plein air painting by San Diego Artist, Ronald Lee Oliver.
Painted en plein air at Batiquitos Lagoon in San Diego County. Batiquitos is one of many tidewater lagoons designated as wildlife preserves along the Southern California coast. It is very peaceful and serene there, especially in the quiet early morning. On this day I painted with the San Diego Plein Air meetup group.
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It is so much fun to combine collage with watercolor. Tissue and rice paper can be painted any color you want and add texture and fun to all subjects.
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Alopecia is the medical term for hair loss and there are several common variations. Here at HT&RC, Dr. Arthur Gray uses the medical diagnostic approach to precisely determine the type of alopecia in each individual case as well as the most effective treatment or combination of advanced hair restoration techniques for each individual.
For the millions of men and women experiencing hair loss, a basic understanding of the various common types of alopecia can be very helpful when it's time to consider the cutting-edge technologies and modern hair restoration procedures available today. Fortunately, the days of having to accept hair loss as an inevitable fact of life are now behind us. HT&RC provides a wide range of surgical, non-surgical, and topical hair solutions for fostering healthy hair follicles and restoring hair.
The term androgenetic alopecia is more commonly known as pattern baldness. This is the most common type of hair loss in men, and affects about 50% of Caucasian men by age 50 and affects 3% of women between the ages of 20-29, and 29% of women from 70-89 years old. The male sex hormone testosterone is classified as an androgen and because the condition also depends on genetics, thus the term "androgenetic". Testosterone is the source of the derivative hormone DHT, dihydrotestosterone, which is the true culprit causing hair loss in those experiencing androgenetic alopecia. However, since genetics are also involved, the DHT only affects those follicles that are genetically predisposed to being sensitive to the DHT.
Men with androgenetic alopecia have hair follicles that are highly sensitive to DHT, which disrupts the follicles' natural growth cycle. This results is a much shortened anagen phase of the growth cycle which then results in shorter, thinner hair shafts which is a process called miniaturization. Hair loss tends to begin above the temples in a well-defined pattern, spreading over time with thinning also occurring at the crown. The progression of hair loss is well documented in the Hamilton-Norwood Scale.
The condition alopecia areata is characterized by hair falling out in patches, rather than the well-defined pattern baldness of androgenetic alopecia. The condition is an autoimmune disorder which causes the body's immune system to mistakenly attack the hair follicles. This is thought to be T-cell mediated peribulbar inflammation leading to the disruption of the normal hair cycle. Unlike the cicatricial alopecia, the alopecia areata does not lead to permanent destruction of hair follicles and permanent hair loss. Hair loss with Alopecia Areata can be rapid and unpredictable. The association of alopecia areata with thyroiditis and vitiligo suggests and autoimmune etiology to the disorder.
Scarring Alopecia (Cicatricial Alopecia)
This type of alopecia, also known as cicatricial alopecia, is caused by inflammation around the bulge of the hair follicle. The condition causes damage to hair roots and follicles are replaced by scar tissue. Balding areas differ from alopecia areata, appearing to be more ragged around the edges. Scarring alopecia may present symptoms such as itching, burning, and pain, and hair loss may progress quickly.
This condition is the answer to the frequently asked question "Is your hairstyle causing your hair loss?" As its name suggests traction alopecia is caused by repeated pulling on the hair. Tight buns, ponytails, and braids can all trigger traction alopecia especially if heat and chemicals are also used for hair styling. Hair loss along the hairline is the primary characteristic of traction alopecia. The first step to treatment is to refrain from any style which pulls at the hair and causes follicle stress.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneBloomsbury (U.K.), HC, © 1997, 223 pp, ISBN #0-7475-3269-9
Reviewed February 2000
This is the British edition of the popular children's book, which was renamed for US publication Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (I guess Americans don't believe in philosophy, or something). I've had this book recommended to me by several people, hearing it compared to books like Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea trilogy.
The story is this: Harry Potter is a boy in England whose parents are killed when he is an infant. In fact, his parents are wizards, and were killed by the evil wizard Voldemort, but Harry somehow reflexively vanquished Voldemort even thought he was a baby. Dumbledore, the head of the wizards' school Hogwarts, deposits Harry to grow up with his uncle, aunt, and cousin, the Dursleys. Harry's childhood among the "muggles" - the un-magicked folk - is miserable, as his foster-family can't stand unusualness, which seems to follow Harry around.
Finally, on his eleventh birthday, Harry learns the truth: That he's a wizard, and that he's nigh-legendary among other wizards. And, he's to enroll in the Hogwarts for his education for the next seven years. The remainder of the book involves Harry's trip to Hogwarts, the friends and enemies he makes there, and the year-long adventure he has during his first session at the school.
It's a charming book, perhaps a little less sophisticated than the Earthsea books, but still quite good. What makes it interesting is partly the peculiar British charm that the book has, and partly how Rowling structures Hogwarts and the magic the characters possess. She doesn't quite establish rules for magic, but she does establish a framework in which to think about magic: It requires hard study, much of which is tedious (The History of Magic, for instance, is one of Harry's classes). There are trading cards of great magicians, and a game - Quidditch - played on flying broomsticks. And broomsticks (and many other things) are commodities, which are bought and sold, and come in different models (the "Nimbus 2000", for instance). While not everyone can do magic (indeed, wizards live in a world largely hidden from us ordinary muggles), for those who can, it's a skill as well as a talent.
The book also evokes some of the problems and pleasures of school years, as we see Harry make new friends (particularly Ron Weasley, the next-to-youngest of a family of wizards, and Hermione Grangier, the class know-it-all), get involved in competition with other houses at the school, and grapple with his school work. Harry comes out of his childhood shell, and although his talents are not a panacea - indeed, being famous for an act he can barely remember makes him wonder if he can live up to his advance press - he does learn what he can do and gains confidence in himself.
Although clearly a children's book (and I did have a mild longing that a similar approach could be taken in a more adult story), it's still an entertaining book that should amuse everyone.
You can also read my review of the film adaptation of the book.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsBloomsbury (U.K.), HC, © 1998, 251 pp, ISBN #0-7475-3849-2
Reviewed April 2000
The sequel to Philosopher's Stone naturally can't quite rely on the same "gosh-wow" factor of the first book, since many of the cool elements of Harry Potter, his friends, and the magical school of Hogwarts have already been introduced. Okay, since this is a childrens book, some of them can be relied upon: Large sections of the first book are recapped in a manner rather different from the approach taken in adult novels, and parts of the book's structure exactly mirror the first book. For instance, the early segment of the book involves Harry being oppressed by his uncle and aunt, the Dursleys, who hate the fact that he's a wizard and wish he'd go away, since he upsets their view of the universe.
This segment actually points out the most basic problem with the whole book: That the adults in the story seem to be relatively foolish, not showing any more than the most basic imagination, and not really looking out for the kids in any meaningful way. You'd think some of the more benevolent teachers would recognize Harry's difficult situation (after all, they put him there!) and take a few unusual steps to alleviate the worst of it. But pretty much Harry is on his own. Presumably Rowling is trying to paint a picture that will be familiar to certain kinds of children - who don't trust adults, who have been conditioned by peer pressure not to 'tattle', or who just enjoy seeing kids solve real problems all by themselves - but it still rankles. (The blatant favoritism displayed by Professor Snape is particularly repellant. Even when I had a teacher I really disliked I never felt he was out to get me, I just figured we didn't get along.) It seems like a message could be at least subtly buried in there as well.
Beyond that, though, the story is about as good as the first book's. Harry needs help from his friend Ron Weasley to return to Hogwarts, and they need to dodge the 'help' of an imp named Dobby who wants to prevent Harry from returning in order to save his life. There's a new, self-important professor at the school, and a conspiracy afoot, since someone has opened the hidden "Chamber of Secrets" at the school and students are being paralyzed by mysterious means. A school legend suggests that the heir to one of the school's founders plans to destroy the school from within, and the question is: Who?
The book relies primarily on that mystery, though it throws in some magical hijinks, such as Ron's wand breaking and backfiring periodically (with disgusting results at one point, which presumably leaves some children paralyzed with laughter as Ron is belching up slugs - of the escargot variety, I mean). There are plenty of subjects, including two of Ron's siblings, the new professor, and Draco Malfoy, Harry's arch-rival at the school. Events are pushed closer to the edge than in the first book, and the ultimate resolution works pretty well, even explaining why Harry was best-suited to solve the problem (though not why the other professors hadn't picked up on some of the clues that he did).
Overall, it's not quite as good as its predecessor, mainly because it is a sequel, but it's perfectly charming all on its own.
You can also read my review of the film adaptation of the book.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanBloomsbury (U.K.), HC, © 1998, 317 pp, ISBN #0-7475-4215-5
Reviewed April 2000
The third book in the series has the most complicated plot to date. As usual, it opens with Harry winding up another miserable summer with the Dursleys, but this time a visiting aunt drives him over the edge, causing him to run away from home. He is soon picked up by the Knight Bus, after glimpsing a huge black dog which appeared to be watching him. The Bus takes him to a wizards' hotel where adult wizards are glad to find him safe, for the notorious prisoner Sirius Black has escaped from the escape-proof prison of Azkaban! And he may be out to kill Harry!
Harry meets up with his friends Ron and Hermione, and Hermione buys a new familiar, a cat named Crookshanks, who appears to have it in for Ron's lazy rat Scabbers. They head off to school on the Hogwarts Express, where they meet the new, rumpled-looking teacher of Defence Against the Dark Arts, Professor Lupin, and encounter a Dementor, a dark, ethereal creature which guards Azkaban, and which is one of a horde of such creatures searching for Sirius Black. Harry, it turns out, has an especially bad reaction to the Dementor, passing out for several minutes at the sight of it. They finally arrive at Hogwarts to find the Dementors guarding the entrances to the school.
At school, Harry is given a wondrous map of the institution, Hermione is taking more classes than physically possible - including ones scheduled at the same time - and the Gryffindor Quidditch team hopes to finally capture the Quidditch cup from Slytherin. The third-year students take Divination with Professor Trelawney (who predicts various dire things for our heroes), and find Lupin to be a terrific Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Meanwhile, Hagrid, Hogwarts' gamekeeper, begins teacher Care of Magical Creatures, which goes wrong in the very first lesson. It's business as usual, and yet everything seems to be going wrong one way or the other, culminating in a disastrous Quidditch match against Ravenclaw.
Prisoner doesn't quite have the same charming feeling of the first two books, and yet this makes sense because it appears to be a turning point in the series: Harry and company are starting to grow up, we learn more of the backstory involving Harry's parents, Dumbledore, Lupin and the testy Professor Snitch, and get more glimpses of how the wider world of wizardry operates. It's a more sophisticated book, and promises further sophistication in future installments.
What ultimately makes the book work is Lupin, who is the first accessible teacher to befriend Harry (McGonagall is a bit too stern, and Dumbledore too removed, to entirely fill this role), and whose background connects to many of the other plot elements. The mysteries in this book are kept a bit more tightly than in previous books, which makes it more rewarding to an adult reader, and the ultimate story of Sirius Black is both reasonable and satisfying, avoiding the obvious resolutions without seeming like it was pulled out of a hat. Rowling's skill as a storyteller, weaving the pieces of her story together, has advanced considerably in this book.
Overall, Prisoner is a book on a par with Philosopher's Stone, although it's a very different kind of book overall.
You can also read my review of the film adaptation of the book.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireBloomsbury (U.K.), HC, © 2000, 636 pp, ISBN #0-7475-4624-X
Reviewed August 2000
The book with the highest initial print run in the history of American book publishing does not disappoint: It's just as good as its predecessors. Okay, it's not the best book ever published; as with the rest of the series, it cops out on some of its potential and is, ultimately, a kids' book, not a sophisticated adult novel. But it's still great fun.
Harry is invited by his friends the Weasleys to attend the Quidditch World Cup, where he sees Quidditch as it's played by the professionals, as well as the largest gathering of wizards in his experience. The night after the match, however, a group of Death Eaters - former followers of Lord Voldemort - terrorize the crowd, and the Dark Mark - Voldemort's symbol - appears in the nearby forest. Similarly, Harry's scar has been hurting, and he's had a dream that the Dark Lord is trying to return to power.
Harry then begins his fourth year at Hogwarts, and the annual Quidditch series is cancelled in favor of the long-delayed Triwizard Tournament: Three champions are chosen by the Goblet of Fire to represent Hogwarts and two other schools. Representatives of the other two schools (which are implied to be in France and Germany) arrive. Only sixth-year and older students can compete in the potentially-dangerous tournament, but to his surprise, Harry's name is chosen as a fourth champion.
Classes commence as usual, and there are several new faces around the school: Aside from Madame Maxime and Professor Karkaroff and their champions Fleur Delacoeur and Krum from the other schools, are muckraking columnist Rita Skeeter, the new (and paranoid) Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Professor Moody, and Bagman and Crouch, representatives from the group which organized the Tournament.
Harry proves capable of matching the other champions in the tournament's tasks, and also starts to display his crush on his fellow Quidditch player Cho Chang when he needs to ask someone to the Yule Ball which honors the tournament's champions. Through it all, the question of who put Harry's name in the Goblet haunts Harry and his friends, and Rita Skeeter's nasty columns about Harry, Hermione and Hagrid don't help. Naturally, the rival Slitherin House members take best advantage to make fun of Harry.
Goblet is perfectly entertaining and features a much more complicated plot than the previous books. Rowling sets up clever bits early in the book that pay off at the end. And Harry, Ron and Hermione are starting to grow up and take more responsible roles in the wizarding community.
The climactic sequence is longer and darker than in the other books, and Harry faces his most desperate moment yet. It's carried off reasonably well, although when push comes to shove the bad guys behave somewhat stupidly and Harry is saved almost more by dumb luck than by anything else. One hopes that it's a foreshadow of things to come in future books, that Harry will be able to be a true hero later on.
As has been widely reported in the press, a "recurring character" dies in the book, although the identity of the doomed soul is ultimately disappointing, as Rowling misses a chance to create a real tragedy by killing someone we've really come to know and love; death in fiction should try to convey as much a sense of loss as possible, to really make the reader understand the magnitude of what's happened. On the other hand, I must credit Rowling with doing a reasonably good job given the choice she made.
The other problem with the book is that it ends with 30 or 40 pages of exposition explaining everything that was going on in the book. It's well-written, but it's still exposition. Rowling basically wrote herself into a corner in this way, since she couldn't easily reveal the truth a little bit at a time, so everything had to be explained at once. It actually works fairly well, but it is pretty easy to think, 5 pages into the exposition, "Hey! Nothing's really happening!"
Overall I'd rate this book better than Chamber of Secrets, but slightly below the other two books. Nonetheless, I await the next book eagerly!
As always, I'd recommend people buy the British editions of this book (and the others) from somewhere like Amazon UK, since they're both smaller and have much nicer cover art (as I've reproduced in miniature on this page).
You can also read my review of the film adaptation of the book.
Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixBloomsbury (U.K.), HC, © 2003, 766 pp, ISBN #0-7475-5100-6
Reviewed July 2003
It took three years, but J.K. Rowling finally came out with the fifth - and longest - of the Harry Potter series. Alas, it wasn't worth the wait, and is the weakest of the series.
A month after his ordeal at the end of Goblet of Fire, Harry is bored out of his mind living with his aunt, uncle and cousin, and cut off from any news of the goings-on in the wizarding world. Only when Harry is attacked by a couple of Dementors do wizards arrived to bring him back into the fold. He learns about The Order of the Phoenix, a group of wizards (consisting of many of his friends and mentors) dedicated to opposing Lord Voldemort. He also learns that Cornelius Fudge, head of the Ministry of Magic, doesn't believe Voldemort has returned, and that Dumbledore is making a power play for his job.
To this end, Fudge installs Professor Dolores Umbridge at Hogwarts to watch and report the goings-on there - and, ultimately, to effect changes to the benefit of Fudge and the Ministry. Harry is especially suspected by Umbridge, and he repeatedly runs afoul of her. Meanwhile he prepares for his OWL (Official Wizarding Level) exams at the end of the year, has disturbing dreams about a strange door he's trying to get through, hears nothing from Dumbledore about the Order's movements (or anything else), and starts his own clandestine Defence Against the Dark Arts class (since Umbridge's is so ineffectual).
The biggest problem with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is that it's far too long, and is badly in need of heavy editing. There are many extraneous and just plain boring sections of the book. For instance:
The book is also hampered by Harry basically behaving like something of an idiot throughout. To be fair, Rowling is clearly portraying Harry as being smack in the middle of his adolescent-rebellion years, but mostly this just makes him essentially unlikeable. He grouses and yells throughout the book (and it's worth noting that his peers generally don't do this), and rarely acts with much thought behind it. Typical of Harry's behavior, when he's first given a chance to ask questions of members of the Order, the question uppermost in my mind - "Why was I attacked by Dementors?" - isn't even on the list. All of this seemed like a pretty flimsy pretext for Harry to commit some even bigger blunders later on. (And Dumbledore is conveniently kept to the side of it all for hardly-believable reasons.)
Which brings me to the other big flaw in the book: Despite ample opportunities to do so, it seems like no one ever learns anything in this book. The mistakes Harry makes don't teach him anything (except maybe, "be less credulous"), they're just there to get him into tight spots. Of particular disappointment is Harry's ever-antagonistic relationship with Professor Snape: They don't like each other, and in this book we find out why Snape feels the way he does (not that it's particularly exciting). But given several tasty chances for Harry and Snape to evolve their relationship - not necessarily to become buddies, but to develop some respect for one another, or to take things in an unexpected direction - Rowling balks at every pass. It was tremendously frustrating, and in the end we're left with the status quo.
Alas, character development is proving to be as weak a point for Rowling as plotting. Ron is finally given the chance to evolve - he joins the Quidditch team - but his own triumphs take place off the page, as Harry is busy elsewhere at Ron's moment of truth. The germ of Harry developing into a leader - through his Defence Against the Dark Arts class - are pretty routine. Given that Rowling's created such rich basic personalities, it's sad to see them remaining essentially unchanged through the series.
Order does have its good scenes, mostly of the action and humor variety: Fred and George Weasley and their practical jokes are the focus of one of the book's best moments, in their defiance of Professor Umbridge's decrees. The OWL exams were intriguing in their layout, and I rather wish we'd seen a bit more of them - perhaps structuring a longer portion of the book around them. And then the climactic sequence of the book - in which Harry learns why he's been having strange dreams, and he and his friends must confront the latest challenge from Lord Voldemort - is one lengthy, extremely tense chase and battle, which is quite well done. (Alas, it's undercut by the next 30-or-so pages, which are primarily exposition.)
If Order can be said to be about anything, it's about friendship and comradeship in the face of despair and overwhelming odds - all of which Harry faces repeatedly throughout the novel. That Hermione, Ron and others stick with him despite his moody persona is itself basically touching, and there is the possibility that Harry will listen to their protestations in the future, after the outcome of this adventure. We shall see.
Ultimately, Order feels like it was a book necessary for Rowling to take some pieces on her chessboard and move them from here to over there, with a little romp in the middle. But it's not as creative, as fresh, or as wonder-inspiring as any of the earlier books. Despite some good moments, it feels like a big missed opportunity, a marking of time rather than a march of progress.
I can only hope that the next book will see a return to form - preferably a shorter form, more focused, and less frustrating.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceBloomsbury (U.K.), HC, © 2005, 607 pp, ISBN #0-7475-8108-8
Reviewed July 2005
The sixth volume of the Harry Potter series, let's get right to the synopsis:
Following the events of Phoenix, Harry returns to live with the Dursleys for the summer. But as Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters begin wreaking havoc on the wizarding (and Muggle) world, Dumbledore decides that Harry would be safer living with the Weasleys. However, first he brings Harry to recruit a former teacher, Professor Slughorn, to return to Hogwarts. Slughorn is a self-important, albeit reasonably friendly, fellow who "collects" students whom he sees as having a bright future, and therefore he treats Harry genially.
While preparing for the upcoming year, Harry, Ron and Hermione see Draco Malfoy in Diagon Alley. Harry suspects him of being not only up to no good, but of becoming a Death Eater in his father's place (a notion foreshadowed in the first chapter, in which Malfoy's mother meets with Professor Snape).
At Hogwarts, Dumbledore begins to have private meetings with Harry in which he shares memories of Lord Voldemort's early life, including a tainted memory of Slughorn's. Meanwhile Harry becomes increasingly obsessed with foiling Malfoy, despite a lack of hard evidence that he's really up to anything serious. Lastly, it turns out that Slughorn is the new potions teacher, while Snape has finally been given his wish of becoming the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.
On the bright side, Harry happens to acquire a copy of an old potions textbook with copious notes written in it improving on the text's instructions. The book is inscribed as being the property of "the half-blood prince", his true identity unknown. Harry aces potions tests with the help of the book, to the great frustration of Hermione. Harry also becomes the captain of the Quidditch team. Of a more mixed blessing is Ron's acquiring of a girlfriend, Lavender Brown, causing a deep rift between him and Hermione, as Ron and Hermione are clearly interested in each other. Meanwhile Harry's developing a crush of his own.
Prince is a better book than its predecessor, Order of the Phoenix, although that's damning it with faint praise. The book has a number of problems, but it's all-in-all more satisfying than its predecessor.
The problems: Although 150 pages shorter than Phoenix, Prince is still a very padded novel. For instance, the first chapter of the book is pointless - being an information-free encounter between a very minor character and a throwaway character - and the second is there only to reveal a detail about Snape's involvement with the Death Eaters, a detail which is later revealed in a different way, thus rendering this chapter redundant. Rowling also has a lamentable tendency to lapse into superfluous exposition and reflection on Harry's state of mind. She's fallen into a "tell them don't show them" habit, and stylistically she's just not a strong enough writer to get away with that.
I joked as I was reading the book that it could be called Harry Potter and the Half-Wit Plot, but it's not as bad as all that. Still, other than Prisoner of Azkaban, Rowling is not a strong plotter. Prince's plot at its best focuses on Harry's relationships with his friends, which are by far the best part of the book. The Dumbledore and Malfoy threads develop haphazardly: The early life of Voldemort is kind of interesting, but seems mostly irrelevant; more text that could have been edited out. The Malfoy thread proves pivotal to the end of the book, but Harry spend a lot of time spinning his wheels worrying about it without getting anywhere. Both threads have 90% of their development in the last 20% of the book.
As I said, Harry's social circle is the best part of the book, as he and his friends continue to go through their teenage years trying to figure out who they are, and how they fit into their world. Harry finds leading the Quidditch team to be frustrating in its challenges, and there's a sense that he's largely outgrown Quidditch. He, Ron and Hermione all act foolishly, but one would expect little else at this point in their lives given the circumstances.
The reason this is the best part is because this is where the fun is. Rowling's approach to writing intrigue and suspense has turned - over the last couple of books - to be just not much fun. The stakes the characters are playing for are so big that there's just little hope that there will be a happy ending short of actually ending the threat of Voldemort, which obviously won't happen in this volume. This is why Phoenix was just not much fun; the sense of wonder was lost.
Then there's the half-blood prince. This is a neat little story device, although not really one worthy of the book's title, as it's not a very significant factor in the book. Certainly not a necessary one, as Rowling could have had Harry impress Slughorn by simply being happy enough to not be taking potions from Snape that he's motivated enough to become a better student. Ultimately there are only two serious candidates for the identity of the prince, and I think Rowling chose the wrong one; there was little emotional impact to the revelation, and choosing the other figure would have lent some insight into one of the series' more mysterious significant characters.
(I found Hermione's objections to Harry's using the half-blood prince's notes perplexing. I guess she was just envious, although nothing stopped her or Ron from using the notes, and if they're genuinely valuable, isn't it in their best interests to learn the best that they can, regardless of whether the source is their instructor or not? This was a peculiar piece of moralizing which I just couldn't get behind.)
Prince climaxes with a big battle, a major tragedy (widely hinted at in the media), the (perhaps) surprising behavior of a major character (whose actions I suspect will be explained away by events earlier in this novel, although if that's so then I'll pronounce it lame), and another odd mystery presumably to be revealed in the seventh (and reportedly final) book. Rowling is pretty good at writing these sorts of climactic scenes, although a tragic ending to a third book in a row is not particularly welcome, and many details are left hanging when the book ends.
I think that Phoenix killed much of my enthusiasm for the series; what was once a promising story arc about Harry's coming-of-age in a strange and wonderful environment has become a nasty story of violence and revenge, and I don't think Rowling's writing skills are up to the task of telling such a tale. I think Prince would have been better served by cutting out the fat (of which there's a lot), and rethinking the Dumbledore/Malfoy threads to give them more immediacy, rather than just a year's worth of Harry spinning his wheels.
But mainly, I think the big problem is that Rowling's not able to maneuver the pieces of the story around in the ways she wants without losing sight of the fun and sense of wonder that made the first three books so enjoyable. It's become a rather dreary tale, and that's a real shame.
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According to a report from CLSA, the patent-licensing deal that was announced on Saturday between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and HTC Corp (TPE:2498) is positive for the Taiwan firm.
The two companies signed a 10-year deal that will extend to certain patents held by both. HTC Corp (TPE:2498) was the first Android smartphone maker sued by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) in March 2010, when it was the largest Android producer at that time. HTC will book a one-off payment in 4Q 2012 to shore up the royalties for devices shipped before this settlement. Ongoing royalty payments to Apple will also hurt HTC’s gross margin in 2013.
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While Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has struck a patent deal with Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), the deal with HTC marks the first time that Apple has settled with an Android phone maker. HTC said in a statement that its licensing payments to Apple would have “no material impact on the finances of the company”. Terms of the deal were not disclosed to public. However, analysts from CLSA believe that Apple retains the right to sue HTC if the Taiwan firm copies things outside of what is approved in this agreement.
Is HTC a threat to Apple?
The research firm believe one of the key reasons that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is willing to settle with HTC Corp (TPE:2498) is because HTC is no longer a major threat in the smartphone business. Sony overtook HTC to become the second-largest Android phone maker and the third-largest smartphone makers in 3Q12. Samsung Electronics, with a smartphone market share of 30% in Q3 2012, is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s key target of legal actions.
How Is Patent-Deal Positive To HTC?
Note that HTC’s devices were stopped by US customs in late May this year due to its legal disputes with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). This hurt HTC’s credibility at its carrier partners. The CLSA research firm view this settlement positive to HTC as its management can refocus on product development instead of compromising user experience in order to avoid Apple’s patents.
Despite ending its patent battle with HTC, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is still in a tussle with two tech giants, Samsung and Google’s Motorola Mobility.


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September 15, 2009
By NICK GRABBE
AMHERST - A group charged with redrawing the elementary school district lines now has a proposed map to present to parents and the School Committee.
The map would have students who live north of Amity/Main streets and west of the railroad tracks attend Wildwood School, while those living east of the tracks attend Fort River School and all others south of Amity/Main and west of the tracks attend Crocker Farm School.
The only exception would be an island of three apartment complexes near East Hadley Road. About 28 children living at The Boulders would attend Wildwood, while about 47 at Mill Valley Estates and Hollister Apartments would attend Fort River. Children living in the nearby houses would attend Crocker Farm.
The School Committee is scheduled to vote on the district maps Oct. 27, but before that, there will be two opportunities for public comment, tentatively scheduled at Mark's Meadow School Oct. 8 and at Crocker Farm Oct. 14, with bus transportation and child care provided.
The trigger for the redistricting is the closure of Mark's Meadow next fall. Most of its current students would go to Wildwood next year, except for those living on Leverett and East Leverett Roads, who would attend Fort River.
Another goal of the redistricting is to equalize the percentage of children from low-income homes, as defined by those receiving free and reduced-price lunches. Currently, Crocker Farm has 50.8 percent low-income students, Fort River 32.2 percent, Mark's Meadow 31.4 percent, and Wildwood 24.4 percent.
Under the proposal, the percentages would be: Crocker Farm, 34.8 percent; Fort River, 35.2 percent; Wildwood 32.3 percent. The apartment complexes, which have much higher percentages of low-income parents than single-family houses, were placed in schools other than Crocker Farm to help equalize these numbers.
When new demographic information becomes available Oct. 1, the numbers will be adjusted.
The island in the middle of the Crocker Farm district looks "bizarre" and could spark some parent comments, said School Committee member Irv Rhodes. But the rationale of equalizing low-income students "has a large amount of support on the School Committee and the community. The rationale is defensible and conforms with the values we have."
The school district should provide money for emergency transportation for parents who live in these apartment complexes who don't have cars and have to get to their children's schools, he said.
"Concentrated poverty is a bad thing," said School Committee member Steve Rivkin. He spoke highly of the new map, as did Douglas Slaughter and Maria Geryk, two other members of the redistricting group.
Under the proposed map, the number of children switching schools next year would be much higher at Crocker Farm and Wildwood than at Fort River.
My Goal in Blogging
I started this blog in May of 2008, shortly after my election to the School Committee, because I believed it was very important to both provide the community with an opportunity to share their thoughts with me about our schools and to provide me with an opportunity for me to ask questions and share my thoughts and reasoning. I have found the conversation generated on my blog to be extremely helpful to me in learning community views on many issues. I appreciate the many people who have taken the time to share their views. I believe it is critical to the quality of our public schools to have a public discussion of our community priorities, concerns and aspirations.


Cultivating Master Farmers participant Jason Watson has farmed for 15 years, and in that time, he’s also been a detasseler, insurance salesman, soil tester and seed producer.
The off-farm income sources allowed Jason to come back to his family’s farm straight out of college in 2005, around the same time as his cousin Adam Watson, a 2008 Cultivating Master Farmers alum. They work alongside their fathers on the four-family farm in Villa Grove, Ill.
“We’re now at the point in time in our operation where my dad and my uncle are beginning to phase out,” Jason says. “We’re continuing to grow our business. And when I talk about growing our business, it’s not always in the size of the operation, but in the profitability of the operation.”
At first, the cousins ran a soil diagnostic business when they came back to the farm. “It was a way for us to be on the farm, and a way for us to make some money,” Jason says.
The soil business has since closed as the cousins have focused on growing the profitability of other ventures, such as grain storage and growing seed for Channel. They’ve doubled seed sales since they came back to the farm.
“My grandpa and father always told me, it does no good farming new ground until you can farm the ground that you have as good as you can,” Jason says.
Jason and his wife, Erin Grace Watson, are both participating in the Cultivating Master Farmers program this year, engaging and learning from other young farmers as well as seasoned Master Farmers in the two-year mentorship program. Erin’s brother, Stephen Grace, is also a member of the program.
“I enjoy the program because even though I grew up as a farmer’s daughter and watched my mom be an amazing farmer’s wife, I am learning so much about what it means to be a farmer’s wife in today’s farming culture from the other ladies,” Erin says. “I am also lucky to go through the program with my brother.”
Cultivating Master Farmers is sponsored by Prairie Farmer, Growmark, Illinois Farm Bureau, Monsanto, Compeer Financial and Farm Credit of Illinois.
Erin, who works as the local director for YoungLives, and Jason married in August 2017. They just had their first child, a boy named Greyson Roger, in the midst of harvest. The two used to commute to the farm from Urbana, where Erin grew up, but now they’ve moved into a newly renovated home on the farm.
“This is our first harvest season at the house,” Erin says. “I’ve noticed a great difference in being closer during long hours and early mornings, and that’s been really helpful.”
“We put in a lot of hours being farmers, but just being able to swing by the house maybe as the bus is dropping the kids off, coming home for lunch, things like that — I really am looking forward to the family lifestyle created by living close to the farm,” Jason says.
Success through experimentation
Jason takes his grandfather’s advice seriously: Farm the ground you have as well as you can. For Jason, that means putting new technology to work to improve efficiency and profitability. The iPads in his combine cab today are a long way from the days when his job involved counting rows for the combine.
“We really use these iPads like crazy,” he says. “We have the ability to track and record things in ways that we’ve never had before. And we just try to do everything we can to make sense of that information.”
EFFICIENCY: With an iPad, Jason Watson looks at data such as soil type and hybrid placement, using the information to increase efficiency and profitability.
He plants trials of different varieties regularly, and in addition to using his combine to gather data to gauge their performance, he’s using drones and paid airplane flights with more expensive cameras.
“You’re never going to learn what works on your farm until you try it and have a good way of monitoring it,” Jason says. “We really like to understand what’s happening on every acre, and we’re leading that into variable-rate planting and possibly variable-rating our nitrogen fertilizer.”
He adds that this year, he’s growing soybeans at a lower density per field than he ever has.
“When I first started farming, we were probably planting over 160,000 plants per acre on soybeans. We’re under a 140,000 now, even planting some fields at a 120,000. We’re getting higher yields and saving a bit on seed cost,” he says.


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From the archive: Why We Advise Against Dog Parks
A fenced in place to run and play. Socialization. Convenience. Seems like good idea, right? As dog owners we have to look at every angle of the activities we decide to engage in. Consider these points:Not all dog owners are as diligent about supervision as we are. This means that while we are busy supervising our dogs to ensure a safe, fun, and successful experience, others may be sitting on the sidelines with their attention focused elsewhere.
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It’s the responsibility of every pit bull owner to ensure that our dogs are good breed ambassadors. Setting up an opportunity for failure at the dog park not only reflects on your own dog, it is seen as a reflection on ALL of our dogs. So what can you do instead, even if you don’t have a yard?Go for walks. The longer, the better. Add some nature trails and uphill climbs and you’re sure to burn off excess energy.
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