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Fri 20 Jul 2012
Way back in April of 2010 – the early days of indie or self-publishing – I did a post likening the NY Publishing Empire to a Castle and indies to rebels, storming the gates. I predicted that the castle walls would fall. It took a little over 2 years, but now it’s happened.
This week, Penguin’s parent company bought the self-publishing company,’Author Solutions.
What did Penguin’s CEO say about the acquistion of the company that has helped 150,000 authors self-publish?
In a conference call from Author Solutions headquarters in Bloomington, Ind., Penguin CEO John Makinson and ASI CEO Kevin Weiss hailed the acquisition as the “mainstreaming” of self-publishing and outlined a plan to “ develop a global strategy and quickly identify new opportunities,” according to Makinson.
The corporate bigwigs acknowledge all the free self-publishing companies like Smashwords and Lulu, but say that “Every writer has different needs,” and Makinson agreed, noting that self-publishing is “causing more people to think about writing as a career. There’s a new category of professional author that will be more attracted to the Author Solutions model rather than the free model.”
Author Solutions now has contracts with 6 publishers which will allow client/publishers to offer self-publishing services under their own brands. Penguin/Pearson think the Author Solutions acquisition has created a “new trade book publishing business model.”
Big, huge, mega thank yous to Smashwords. Indies alone could never have taken down the castle. I believe that the article and the honchos’ statements about Mark Coker’s not-so-little company, prove that Smashwords led the charge in taking down the castle walls so that all authors could enter. Penguin/Pearson want to do what Smashwords does – except they want to get paid for it. (Think about that. Money should always flow to the author.) Still, the big publisher acknowledged that Smashwords is a force in the industry and that Smashwords (over 5 billion words published) has skin in the game. Just a couple of years ago, the NY majors thought they owned the game.
If anyone needs further proof that the castle walls disappeared this week, I point out that Publisher’s Weekly, the insider source for all things publishing, titled their article: “Self-publishing Goes Big Time.”
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Editor's note: Several protests stemming at least in part from an anti-Islam film produced in the United States are unfolding outside U.S. embassies around the world. Friday's protests follow ones Tuesday at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, where attacks killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.
In Tunisia, protesters have scaled a U.S. Embassy gate and set fire to cars on the property, a journalist there says. In Egypt, the influential Muslim Brotherhood canceled nationwide protests planned for Friday, but a running battle between police and protesters in Cairo continued into its fourth day.
Follow the live blog below for all of the developments around the world.
[Updated at 3:04 p.m. ET] A ceremony at Maryland's Joint Base Andrews for the returned bodies of the four Americans killed at the Benghazi consulate has ended, and the caskets are being carried to hearses. See the 2:59 and 2:51 p.m. entries for remarks by President Barack Obama, who said the four laid down their lives "in service to us all."
[Updated at 2:59 p.m. ET] President Barack Obama, at a ceremony at Maryland's Joint Base Andrews for the returned bodies of the four Americans killed at the Benghazi consulate, added:
"The United States of America will never retreat from the world. We will never stop working for the dignity and freedom that every (person) deserves. ... That’s the essence of American leadership. ... That was their work in Benghazi, and that is the work we will carry on."
At the beginning and toward the end of his remarks, Obama cited the Bible's John 15:13: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Obama said the four killed Americans laid down their lives "in service to us all."
"Their sacrifice will never be forgotten," Obama said.
[Updated at 2:51 p.m. ET] President Barack Obama, at a ceremony for the returned bodies of the four Americans killed at the Benghazi consulate, is now eulogizing the four at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
Ambassador Chris Stevens, Obama said, "was everything America could want in an ambassador."
"Four Americans, four patriots. They loved this country. They chose to serve it, and served it well," Obama said. "They had a mission they believed in. They knew the danger, and they accepted it. They didn't simply embrace the American ideal, they lived it; they embodied it. The courage, the hope, and yes, the idealism - that fundamental American belief that we could leave this world a little better than before."
[Updated at 2:45 p.m. ET] At a ceremony for the returned bodies of the four Americans killed at the Benghazi consulate, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said:
"Today we bring home four Americans who gave their lives for our country and our values. To the families of our fallen colleagues, I offer our most heartfelt condolences and deepest gratitude."
She saluted Sean Smith, a computer expert, as someone known as "an expert on technology by colleagues in Pretoria, Baghdad, Montreal and The Hague."
She hailed ex-Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods as someone who protected diplomatic personnel since 2010 "in dangerous posts" around the world.
"He had the hands of a healer as well as the arms of a warrior, earning distinction as a registered nurse and certified paramedic," Clinton said of Woods.
Clinton also hailed the other ex-Navy SEAL, Glen Doherty. "He, too, died as he lived, serving his country and protecting his colleagues."
Clinton said Stevens, as a diplomat, "won friends for the United States in far-flung places.” She thanked his parents, who were at the ceremony, for the "gift" that Stevens was.
The ceremony was at a hangar at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
[Updated at 2:35 p.m. ET] The ceremony for the returned bodies of the four Americans killed at the Benghazi consulate has begun. A prayer is being offered. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will speak soon, followed by Obama.
[Updated at 2:31 p.m. ET] Marines at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland are removing from a plane the flag-draped caskets of four Americans killed in the consulate attack in Libya, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. The caskets will be placed at a hangar nearby, and President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will give remarks.
[Updated at 2:28 p.m. ET] We're awaiting a ceremony at which U.S. President Barack Obama will honor the arrival of the bodies of of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans killed in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Penetta have entered the hangar where the ceremony will take place at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
[Updated at 2:22 p.m. ET] Marines will take the caskets off a plane at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will give remarks. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will also be present, Pentagon spokesman George Little said.
People are seated at a facility on the base. The caskets will flank the podium from which Obama and Clinton will speak.
[Updated at 1:41 p.m. ET] Three people were killed and 28 wounded during protests outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunis on Friday, Tunisia state television reported.
[Updated at 1:23 p.m. ET] U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will join Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at this afternoon's "transfer of remains ceremony" marking the return of the remains of the four Americans killed this week in Benghazi, Libya.
Obama and Clinton will deliver brief remarks at the 2:15 p.m. ET ceremony at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
[Updated at 1:15 p.m. ET] Here is video from today's protests in Khartoum, Sudan:
[Updated at 12:23 p.m. ET] Nigerian military and police fired shots to disperse a crowd of protesters in the city of Jos, an eyewitness said.
About 2,000 people protesting the anti-Islamic film gathered at a central mosque, and security forces intervened when the crowd started moving toward the city center.
[Updated at 12:15 p.m. ET] Some protesters who scaled the gates of the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, reached a garden outside the building but have not breached the building itself, journalist Zeid Mhirsi reports.
Also, the thick, black smoke that we previously reported was near the Embassy is coming from burning vehicles on the Embassy grounds, Mhirsi reported.
Earlier, he reported that protesters took down a U.S. flag from a pole at the Embassy and replaced it with a black flag. Police were firing tear gas in an attempt to disperse them. (See 10:20 and 10:42 a.m. entries.) Hard-line Muslims known as Salafists were among the demonstrators, Mhirsi reported.
[Updated at 12:06 p.m. ET] Some Friday protests that hadn't yet been mentioned in this blog post:
– In Afghanistan, hundreds of demonstrators in the eastern Nangarhar province burned a U.S. flag and chanted "Death to America" and "We condemn the film." The demonstration lasted about an hour and ended peacefully, a local official said. The Afghan government has ordered an indefinite block of YouTube to prevent people there from watching the clips and staging violent protests.
– In Baghdad, Iraq, hundreds of followers of the radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr chanted "No to America, no to Israel."
– In Jerusalem, Palestinians marched from the al-Aqsa mosque toward the U.S. Consulate, but were prevented from reaching the mission by Israeli riot forces.
– In Syria, hundreds gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Damascus. Protesters waved placards that condemned the film and blamed the U.S. administration for allowing the production and broadcast of it, according to the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency.
– In Iran, the Islamic Propagation Coordination Council called for nationwide rallies Friday to protest the film and what it is calling a U.S.-backed plot against Muslims, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
[Updated at 11:57 a.m. ET] An update on Friday's protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan: Journalist Isma'il Kushkush says no protesters have been able to get inside the compound, and that police and security forces appear to have the situation under control.
Small fires are burning nearby. Kushkush said he believes protesters set tires ablaze. For more on the Khartoum protests, including one at the German Embassy there, see the 9:54 and 8:42 a.m. entries.
[Updated at 11:52 a.m. ET] Ninety-three protesters have been arrested in Egypt since Thursday night, Egyptian Interior Ministry spokesman Alaa Mahmoud said. Forty-eight officers have been injured, he added.
[Updated at 11:40 a.m. ET] Protesters in southern India have been arrested on suspicion of throwing rocks at the U.S. Consulate in Chennai, the city police commissioner said. As many as 200 protesters were demonstrating in front of the building, but the number arrested was not reported. There were no reported injuries.
[Updated at 10:57 a.m. ET] Video from Tunisia's capital shows thick, black smoke rising from an area near the U.S. Embassy. It's not clear what was on fire.
Protesters there had taken down a U.S. flag from the embassy property and replaced it with a black flag, journalist Zeid Mhirsi reported. Police fired tear gas at protesters as some of them climbed the property's walls.
[Updated at 10:42 a.m. ET] Protesters have taken down a U.S. flag from a pole at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, and replaced it with a black flag, journalist Zeid Mhirsi reports.
Earlier, Mhirsi reported protesters were climbing the building's gates, and police fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse them. (See 10:20 a.m. entry.) Hard-line Muslims known as Salafists were among the demonstrators, Mhirsi reported.
[Updated at 10:25 a.m. ET] A U.S. Marine Corps security team is being sent to help protect U.S. diplomatic installations in Yemen, including the Embassy in Saana, a senior U.S. official said, according to CNN's Barbara Starr.
Earlier today, Yemeni police opened fire to stop protesters from reaching the U.S. Embassy in Saana, witnesses said (see 7:31 a.m. entry).
The protection team is similar to the team of 50 Marines that was sent earlier this this week to Tripoli, Libya, in the wake of the attack in Benghazi.
[Updated at 10:20 a.m. ET] Protesters are climbing the gates of the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, and police have fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse them, journalist Zeid Mhirsi reports.
Some protesters, who are about 20 meters outside the U.S. Embassy gates, are throwing rocks at the police, Mhirsi says. He says
that some protesters are waving black flags as they attempt to vandalize the gates.
[Updated at 10:15 a.m. ET] U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to receive the remains of the U.S. diplomats killed in Libya at Andrews Air Force Base at 2 p.m. ET Friday.
[Updated at 10:13 a.m. ET] Add Tunisia to the list of Friday's protests. Hundreds of protesters have left Friday prayers and are heading to the U.S. Embassy in a neighborhood in Tunis, journalist Zeid Mhirsi reported. There is a strong Tunisian police presence in the area.
Hard-line Muslims known as Salafists were among the demonstrators, who were in pickup trucks and on foot.
[Updated at 9:54 a.m. ET] Ron Hawkins, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, said that because Friday is a non-work day, most of the staff and Embassy personnel are not there as protesters gather outside the building. As far as security goes, Marines are assigned there, and local police officers were sent there earlier Friday as a precautionary measure, Hawkins said.
Earlier Friday, a fire was set at the vacated German Embassy as protesters gathered there. The protest at the U.S. building so has been peaceful, journalist Isma'il Kamal Kushkush said (see 8:42 a.m. entry).
[Updated at 9:31 a.m. ET] More information from Khartoum, Sudan: Protesters have gathered outside the U.S. Embassy there, a journalist at the scene said. The demonstration is peaceful so far.
Earlier today, protesters in Khartoum set the German Embassy on fire and also rallied outside the nearby UK Embassy (see 8:42 a.m. entry). The German Embassy was vacated before the protests.
[Updated at 9:24 a.m. ET] Lebanon has joined the list of Friday protests. One person was killed by police in Tripoli, Lebanon, after a group of armed men stormed a KFC restaurant amid protests in the city, Lebanese security forces told CNN.
About 40 armed men were spotted among 3,000 protesters, officials said.
Gen. Bassam Ayoubi, of the Lebanese internal security forces, said a group of armed men stormed the KFC and asked people to leave. Ayoubi said that the armed men then set the KFC on fire, at which time police arrived and began to fire at the armed men, killing at least one of them. Twenty-five were injured, he said, but it wasn't clear which of the injured were on which side.
[Updated at 9:09 a.m. ET] The German Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, was vacated before the protest that reportedly has set the building on fire, the German Foreign Ministry said.
The German Foreign Ministry also said that the Sudanese ambassador to Germany has been called in to the German
Foreign Ministry in Berlin to discuss the situation in Khartoum.
Journalist Isma'il Kamal Kushkush told CNN about 30 minutes ago that the German Embassy in Khartoum was on fire after protests against the online anti-Islam video.
[Updated at 9 a.m. ET] An update on protests in Egypt, while we await more information about the burning German Embassy in Sudan:
Fifteen protesters have been injured in Egypt on Friday, according to Dr. Mohamed Sultan, a health ministry spokesman. Most of the injuries were related to inhaling tear gas or getting it into their eyes.
Two hundred twenty-four people have been injured this week in protests in Cairo, 11 of whom have been hospitalized, Sultan said.
On Friday, officers armed with shields and batons, backed by an armored personnel carrier, rushed a group of several hundred protesters shortly after dawn to quell a violent demonstration that had raged through the night in Cairo. After the rush, a smaller number of demonstrators regrouped near the U.S. Embassy across from police lines, and stones and tear-gas canisters once again crossed in the air. Police fired rubber bullets at protesters. The army began constructing a wall of concrete blocks about 10 feet high across the road leading to the embassy.
Hours later, in the afternoon, youths climbed the newly built wall and threw rocks at police, according to eyewitnesses. Security forces fired tear gas and used water cannons to hold off the rioters. But 100 to 200 hundred meters away in Tahrir Square, a few thousand protesters congregated peacefully.
[Updated at 8:42 a.m. ET] The German Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan was on fire Friday after protests against the online anti-Islam video, a journalist on the scene, Isma'il Kamal Kushkush, said. No embassy personnel were believed to be inside.
The UK Foreign Office also says protesters were demonstrating Friday outside its embassy, next to the German Embassy, in Khartoum.
[Updated at 8:35 a.m. ET] U.S. embassies aren't the only Western diplomatic posts facing protests on Friday. Protests have been reported outside the UK and German embassies in Khartoum, Sudan.
UK Foreign Office Spokesperson Mandy Heffield confirmed there is an ongoing demonstration outside the British Embassy in Khartoum. Sudanese police are on the scene, Heffield said.
Earlier, a journalist on the scene said thousands of protesters had marched on the German Embassy in Khartoum, and that a few protesters jumped onto the embassy grounds and pulled down the German flag. Riot police fired tear gas, causing the protesters to pull back, the journalist said.
[Updated at 8:30 a.m. ET] Thousands of protesters marched on the German Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, on Friday, as protests against a short online film mocking the Prophet Mohammed swept across the Muslim world, a journalist on the scene said.
A few demonstrators were able to jump into the embassy grounds and pull down the German flag, Isma'il Kamal Kushkush said. Riot police fired tear gas, causing the protesters to pull back. The German Embassy is next to the British Embassy, which did not seem to be the focus of the demonstration.
[Updated at 7:40 a.m. ET] Afghanistan saw its first anti-American protest over the film Friday, as hundreds of demonstrators burned a U.S. flag and chanted "Death to America" and "We condemn the film."
The demonstration in Nangarhar province lasted about an hour and ended peacefully, said Zia Abdulzai, a spokesman for the governor of the eastern province.
[Posted 7:31 a.m. ET] Yemeni police opened fire Friday to stop protesters from reaching the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, witnesses told CNN.
Meanwhile, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood canceled nationwide demonstrations Friday, except for one in Cairo's Tahrir Square against the controversial film about the Prophet Mohammed, the group said in a Twitter message.
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Per Aspera Ad Astra: Ginny felt the change as a great relief. Although they were still fighting, the Burrow gave them more space to breathe and the atmosphere was less oppressive than at Headquarters. They could go outside now and enjoy the summer sun. In contrast to the male Weasleys, Harry even seemed to like doing chores for Mrs Weasley in the garden, although she presumed that it was just for the sake of keeping himself from brooding. All in all, Ginny and Harry relaxed considerably.
Per Asperissima Ad Astra: Ginny felt the change as a great relief at first, but found out soon that Harry would not relax as easily. The Burrow gave them more space to breathe and the whole atmosphere was much less oppressive than Headquarters'; they could go outside, but Harry took the opportunity to shut himself off as much as he could, which infuriated Ginny. The ungrateful git should be glad to have some company!
So the big difference is that, in one version, Harry overcame and/or bottled up the feelings threatening to overwhelm him; in the other version, he did not. In the case where he ignored his pain, Ginny responded warmly. When he was overwhelmed by his pain, she responded by lashing out. But why?
I guess that's what we're waiting to see.
critmo Friday 29th July 2005 06:40
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I don't think that Harry ignored his pain in "Per Aspera", he simply found a way out.
"'You've lost all your family. You practically killed Sirius with your arrogance. Ron and Hermione went away rather than to spend their summer here with you, because they were afraid to be with you.'"
Even Snape, pensieve trick and all, never did such a good job tearing the last scraps of Harry's self-esteem to pieces. Are you going to follow through, though?
What's up with Ginny? Is she really so emotionally shallow to believe Harry should have paid her attention at the party when she couldn't be bothered to even acknowledge him on the way there?
"The little voice in Ginny's head giggled, while Harry stiffened, and the voice said, 'Oh, dear. Here we go again with Mr The-World's-so-Unfair-to-Me.' Ginny squealed with ostentatious delight." Little voice inside, eh? So is she being controlled by Voldie or Imperio'd? I honestly have a hard time understanding why she'd be so vicious with him otherwise.
Whether she's Imperio'd, controlled, channelling Narcissa, or just emotionally/chemically unbalanced, I cannot see Harry being able to trust her again for a loooooong time, if ever. Ginny employed the same sort of emotional abuse Harry's been subject to for most of his life by the Dursleys. She enjoyed it too. Is he supposed to just forget about that, to logically put aside the hurt if he finds out she didn't really mean it? Is a person really able to change their emotions, especially those at their deepest core, so easily? _No_ - simply not believable.
I have immensely enjoyed the skill you have shown in writing. I have seen you handle these two characters well. I look forward to seeing where you head with this.
critmo Friday 29th July 2005 06:37
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When you wrote "not believable", I was afraid you'd stop reading, but I'm glad to see that you have not! - Very thoughtful review, thanks a lot, but let me warn you that the fight goes both ways. Harry isn't just the victim here.
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Interviews by NameOral Histories
The nightclub columnist for the Dallas Times Herald in 1963, Safran was an acquaintance of Jack Ruby. Recorded April 21, 1995.
President Kennedy's press secretary, Salinger was en route to Japan with a group of Cabinet members at the time of the assassination. Recorded September 9, 1996.
An entertainer at the Theater Lounge in Dallas in 1963, Salos knew Jack Ruby and spent time with him at his club and apartment. As a result, he was interviewed by the FBI. Recorded July 20, 2004.
Dr. Kenneth Salyer
An internationally recognized pioneer in craniofacial surgery, Salyer is the founding chairman and director of the International Craniofacial Institute at Medical City Dallas Hospital. In 1963 Salyer was a first-year surgical resident at Parkland Memorial Hospital and participated in the treatment of President Kennedy in Trauma Room One. His personal memories of the president's head wound do not correspond with subsequently published autopsy photographs. Recorded April 11 and November 18, 2008.
Bob Ray Sanders
A respected longtime newspaper, radio and television journalist in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Sanders was attending high school at an African-American school in Fort Worth in 1963. On Thanksgiving Day that year, his marching band performed a memorial tribute to President Kennedy. Sanders was later an active supporter of the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Recorded September 6, 2006, September 19, 2007, June 11, 2008, and January 13, 2012.
Charles and Bonnie Sanders
The Sanders were seated at the head table for the luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22, 1963. Charles Sanders was then serving as the Democratic Party precinct chair for Mesquite, Texas, in Dallas County, and during the 1960 presidential election, Bonnie Sanders ran JFK's campaign office in Mesquite. Recorded December 11, 2009.
The wife of Judge Barefoot Sanders and a close friend of Judge Sarah T. Hughes, Sanders was with Hughes at the Trade Mart luncheon on November 22, 1963, and later traveled with her to Washington, D.C., for President Kennedy's funeral. A longtime community leader, Sanders was a civil rights and women's rights activist and was also involved in the peace movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Recorded January 31, 2006.
Judge Barefoot Sanders
A prominent member of the Democratic Party and a U.S. Attorney stationed in Dallas in 1963, Sanders played a key role in planning President Kennedy's visit to Dallas. He later was involved in the Warren Commission's investigations in Dallas. Recorded March 8, 1995, November 21, 1999, and May 19, 2004.
Sanders joined the Dallas Police Department in November 1973, retiring thirty-four years later as a homicide detective. Over the years he associated with many of the officers and detectives who worked the Kennedy investigation, particularly his mentor, the late Gus Rose. Recorded August 27, 2009.
An Oak Cliff resident in 1963, Sanders captured a color home movie of the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street, which she later donated to the Museum. Recorded August 27, 2009.
An African American community leader and longtime civil rights activist, Sanders was working at the Dallas YWCA at the time of the Kennedy assassination. Recorded October 13, 2010.
Saunders was the widow of the Rev. Louis Saunders, who performed the funeral services for Lee Harvey Oswald after a last-minute cancellation. Recorded July 2, 2001.
Dr. Kirk Savage
A professor of art history at the University of Pittsburgh, Savage is the author of Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape (2009). This lecture, on hero and victim monuments within the context of memorialization, was recorded during a public program at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Recorded October 8, 2009.
A driver with Continental Trailways in 1963, Savage drove the first White House press bus in the motorcade. Recorded November 18, 2003.
Lt. Donald Sawtelle
First lieutenant with the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division in 1963, Sawtelle commanded a "Death Watch" rotation at the White House prior to the president's funeral. He was later interviewed by William Manchester for the book The Death of a President (1967). Recorded October 24, 2012, and May 11, 2013.
Dr. Allan Saxe
A political science professor at the University of Texas at Arlington since 1965, Saxe has met every U.S. president since Harry Truman. Previously Saxe attended college with Abraham Zapruder's son, Henry. Recorded December 12, 2012.
A sophomore in high school in 1963, Schellenberg watched the motorcade pass and was close enough to Dealey Plaza to hear the shots fired. Recorded July 8, 1999.
The founder of Schepps Diary in Dallas, Schepps attended the Trade Mart luncheon on November 22, 1963, and later visited Jack Ruby in jail. An acquaintance of Ruby since the mid-1950s, Schepps manufactured the sign for the Carousel Club. Recorded January 13, 2009.
CBS's chief Washington correspondent and longtime news anchor, Schieffer in 1963 was a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and drove Marguerite Oswald to Dallas police headquarters that Friday afternoon. Recorded November 21, 2002.
A 10-year-old Dallas schoolgirl in 1963, Schlinger watched the motorcade pass by with her mother while her father attended the Trade Mart luncheon. Recorded July 5, 1995.
As a politically active college student, Schlosser served as a Missouri page during the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Since moving to Texas in the 1970s, she has been a school teacher and administrator. Recorded November 17, 2011.
In 1963, Schneider was a composition editor at the Amarillo Globe Times and Amarillo Daily News in Amarillo, Texas. Her memories were recorded by her granddaughter, Caitlyn Cathleen Lyle, and donated to the Museum in 2005. Recorded circa 2000.
Don and Marjorie Schnurr
Don Schnurr worked in the advertising department at The Dallas Morning News in 1963 and was with Jack Ruby at the time of the assassination. His wife, Marjorie, was a volunteer at the Trade Mart luncheon. Recorded March 15, 2010.
A reporter for the Dallas Times Herald, Schoellkopf was at the Texas Theatre when Oswald was arrested and helped cover the events of that weekend. Recorded June 11, 1996.
Best known as the co-founder of CNN and the Food Network, Schonfeld was an executive with United Press International (UPI) in 1963. He was involved in purchasing the rights to the Marie Muchmore and Orville Nix home movies of the Kennedy assassination. Recorded August 15, 2011.
Schrader served as Dallas city manager during the post-assassination years, a difficult time of transition. Recorded February 9, 1993.
Schwartz is chief film curator of the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York. This lecture on recurring themes in presidential campaign commercials (1952-2004) was recorded during a public program at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Recorded September 23, 2004.
The business partner of Abraham Zapruder, Schwartz was with Zapruder throughout that weekend and witnessed his contract with Life magazine. Recorded December 30, 1997.
Lt. Col. Walter Scott
As a captain in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, Scott was stationed in the U.S. Capitol rotunda the weekend of the Kennedy assassination and was assigned outside St. Matthew's Cathedral during the funeral. He was the officer standing closest to John F. Kennedy Jr. at the time of his famous salute. Recorded October 16, 2006.
Seale joined the U.S. Secret Service in 1959 and participated in President Kennedy's 1961 inauguration. Assigned to an Alabama field office in 1963, Seale was sent to Dallas following the assassination to assist with the local investigation. Recorded June 3, 2011.
A Fort Worth police officer in 1963, Sears worked the Kennedy motorcade route to the Hotel Texas on November 21. After the assassination, he guarded Lee Harvey Oswald's remains at Miller Funeral Home and later Oswald's grave at Rose Hill Cemetery. Recorded January 21, 2011.
The son of a prominent Dallas real estate developer, Seeligson saw the presidential motorcade on Main Street and heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza. The next day he traveled to New York City before departing on a three-month tour of Europe. During that trip, Seeligson tried to avoid mentioning that he was from Dallas. Recorded July 24, 2008.
Dr. Ira Seiler
A pediatric resident at Georgetown University Hospital in 1960, Seiler participated in the birth and treatment of John F. Kennedy, Jr. As a result, he was invited to sit on the platform for President Kennedy's inauguration. The letter Seiler wrote to Jackie Kennedy following the assassination was selected for publication in Dr. Ellen Fitzpatrick's book, Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation (2010). Recorded August 24, 2010.
Capt. Maury Seitz
A former U.S. Air Force captain who later served as a longtime captain for American Airlines, Seitz was co-pilot on numerous chartered flights that backed up Air Force One during the Kennedy presidency. Seitz met the Kennedy family and spent time with Caroline and John Jr. During the Cuban missile crisis, his plane carried a JFK decoy during a top-secret flight. Recorded February 13, 2002, March 7, 2008, July 15, 2009, and June 9, 2010.
The founder and president of Phoenix 1 Restoration and Construction, Ltd., Sellers provided pro bono restoration services on the John F. Kennedy Memorial in 2000. His recollections were recorded during a Museum public program. Recorded June 15, 2010.
On November 22, 1963, Seltzer took her six children to Dallas Love Field to see President Kennedy's arrival. Beginning in 1966, she and her husband, the late Dr. Holbrooke Seltzer, became prominent anti-Vietnam War activists in Dallas and participated in weekly silent protests in Dealey Plaza. Recorded January 10, 2006.
A Dallas native, Selzer served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic from 1990 to 1992. Recorded May 18, 2007, and March 5 and April 19, 2011.
A former state legislator and Dallas County commissioner, Semos was a member of a prominent local family and an acquaintance of Jack Ruby. In 1991, he vocally supported Oliver Stone's right to film JFK in Dealey Plaza and use the Texas School Book Depository building. Recorded February 9, 2001.
Shank is the widow of the late Harold Shank, who was Dallas city secretary in 1963. The Shanks were acquainted with Jack Ruby. Recorded April 17, 2008.
Marsha L. Sharp
Education specialist at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Sharp participated in a Sixth Floor Museum panel discussion on presidential education. Recorded April 13, 2012.
An Army presidential helicopter pilot from 1958 to 1973, Shaw flew with four U.S. presidents. On November 21, 1963, he took President and Mrs. Kennedy from the White House to Andrews Air Force Base for their trip to Texas. Recorded September 19, 2008, and August 21, 2009.
J. Gary Shaw
A prominent assassination researcher since the 1960s, Shaw is the author of Cover-Up (1976) and co-author with Dr. Charles Crenshaw of JFK: Conspiracy of Silence (1992). In the 1990s, he served as co-director of the JFK Assassination Information Center in Dallas. Recorded July 23, 2007.
Shaw was living in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite in 1963. Years later, she and her late husband, Bill Shaw, became close friends with eyewitnesses Bill and Gayle Newman. Shaw and Newman served together on the Mesquite City Council. Recorded April 27, 2013.
Shawver filmed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street and later formed the Dallas Cinema Associates with other amateur photographers. The group produced a compilation film titled President Kennedy's Final Hour, for which Shawver provided a narration track on a few rare copies. Recorded April 12, 2007.
A political reporter for the Dallas Times Herald, Shelton traveled with the presidential party throughout Texas and later covered the Jack Ruby trial. He donated his Kennedy-related personal papers to the Museum. Recorded February 23, 1998, and January 12, 2011.
Father Thomas Shepherd
A onetime recruiter with the NAACP, Father Shepherd later founded the civil rights organization, Awareness, Inc. While living in Kentucky in the mid-1960s, he participated in a march with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Recorded July 21, 2011.
A reporter for the Dallas Times Herald, Sherman was one of the first reporters on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building after the assassination. Recorded October 25, 1995.
An Academy Award-nominated documentarian, Sherman produced the film Zapruder and Stolley: Witness to an Assassination (2011) which premiered at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Recorded November 19, 2011.
Dr. Kenneth Shields
A longtime English professor at Southern Methodist University, Shields was one of the founders of the North Texas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He encountered Lee Harvey Oswald at a Dallas meeting shortly before the assassination. Recorded November 18, 2004.
A teacher at Lake Highlands Junior High in 1963, Shields heard a group of students cheer when the president's shooting was announced. Her call to a Dallas radio station reporting what she had witnessed brought national attention to her and her school. Recorded October 18, 2004.
Bert N. Shipp
Assistant news director and chief photographer at WFAA-TV in 1963, Shipp was at the Trade Mart luncheon and went to Parkland Memorial Hospital after the assassination. He remained very active in the local coverage that weekend. Recorded January 7, 1992, November 22, 1996, and October 23, 2003.
C. Judson Shook
Former director of public works for Dallas County, Shook played a crucial role in preserving the former Texas School Book Depository building by having the county purchase it. Recorded August 13, 1992.
Shorrock is an investigative journalist and author of Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing (2008). The son of missionaries, he visited Vietnam in 1963 and was living in Japan at the time of the assassination. Recorded May 21, 2010.
A longtime journalist, Sidey was the White House correspondent for Time magazine and had frequent contact with President Kennedy. He was traveling with the presidential party in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Recorded November 20, 1995, and November 21, 2003.
Thomas Sills, Jr.
Nine years old in 1963, Sills and his late father saw the Kennedy motorcade from the corner of Main and Houston streets. They were crossing Houston Street towards Dealey Plaza when the assassination took place. Currently a high school history teacher, Sills teaches an extended unit on the Kennedy assassination. Recorded June 30, 2008.
Rabbi Hillel Silverman
Silverman led Congregation Shearith Israel in Dallas during the 1950s and 1960s. He met Jack Ruby in 1958 following the death of Ruby's father and visited Ruby frequently during his incarceration and 1964 trial. Recorded June 28, 2006.
A thirty-year veteran of Voice of America radio in Washington, D.C., Silvey observed the Kennedy funeral procession on Pennsylvania Avenue on November 25, 1963. Recorded September 24, 2008.
Rose Marie Simmons
A lifelong Texan with a local heritage dating back many generations, Simmons was with her father and friends at Dallas Love Field on November 22, 1963, where she watched Air Force One arrive and shook President Kennedy's hand. Less than a month later, she received a letter from Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln. Recorded on December 12, 2002, August 5, 2008, and March 30, 2009.
Sixteen years old in 1963, Simmons saw President and Mrs. Kennedy at Love Field Airport. At the time, she worked part-time as a long distance switchboard operator and was occasionally disconnected because she was calling from Dallas. Recorded March 30, 2009.
Assistant managing editor at the Dallas Morning News in 1963, Simmons was present at the Trade Mart luncheon and supervised editorial content of the newspaper throughout that weekend. Recorded July 20, 1994.
Dr. Dennis M. Simon
A political science professor at Southern Methodist University, Simon was a founding member of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies. This Museum lecture on the history and cultural impact of the deaths of U.S. presidents while in office was recorded during a Library of Congress teacher institute. Recorded July 27, 2011.
The only female Associated Press reporter working in Texas in 1963, Simpson covered the events of that weekend at the Texas School Book Depository building and Dallas police headquarters. On Sunday morning, she was an eyewitness to the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Recorded April 11, 2005.
On November 22, 1963, the day of her wedding shower, Sims saw the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. Previously she had met Jack Ruby when he tried to convince her to audition at the Carousel Club. Recorded January 8, 2013.
A Dallas homicide detective in 1963, Sims was heavily involved in the investigation that weekend, and he served as one of Oswald's primary handlers on Friday and Saturday. After leaving the Trade Mart and Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 22, 1963, Sims gathered the three empty shells as evidence at the Texas School Book Depository and was then with Oswald during his first interrogations, police lineups, paraffin tests, and the famous midnight press conference. Recorded February 16, 2007.
Dr. S.P. Singh
An eighteen-year-old native of India, Singh was inspired by President Kennedy and asked to speak on behalf of his fellow college students following the assassination. After earning his PhD, Singh taught at Oxford University and is currently a professor at the School of International Studies in New Delhi. Recorded March 25, 2013.
An assassination researcher since the mid-1970s, Sinker examined evidentiary material at the National Archives and interviewed Kennedy advisor Dave Powers. In 1978, he served as an informal staff consultant to the House Select Committee on Assassinations. Recorded August 20, 2009.
A receptionist in Abraham Zapruder's office, Sitzman insisted Zapruder retrieve his camera to film the motorcade and then steadied him as he made his famous film of the assassination. Recorded June 29, 1993.
Jay and Erma Skaggs
Standing on the corner of Main and Houston streets, the Skaggs heard shots fired and remained in Dealey Plaza for over an hour after the assassination. Jay Skaggs photographed the motorcade and the aftermath in Dealey Plaza and donated his pictures to the Museum. Recorded March 13, 2002.
Harold T. Slack
A U.S. Marine stationed at the barracks at 8th and I Streets in Washington, D.C., Slack participated in the funeral services for President Kennedy. Recorded December 5, 2009.
As archivist for the City of Dallas, Slate manages the Dallas Police Department records relating to the Kennedy assassination. This lecture on the city archives was recorded during a Museum public program. Recorded March 7, 2007.
Lee R. Slaughter, Jr.
A longtime conservative business leader, Slaughter was an active supporter of Congressman Bruce Alger and served on the Dallas Citizens Council for twenty-five years. Slaughter saw the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue and enjoyed a brief verbal exchange with the president. Recorded August 5, 2010.
Sloan was a reporter for the Dallas Times Herald in 1963. In the 1990s, he wrote three books on the Kennedy assassination: JFK: The Last Dissenting Witness (1992, with eyewitness Jean Hill), The Other Assassin (1992), and JFK: Breaking the Silence (1993). Recorded July 31, 2001.
Jo Ann Sloan
Sloan saw the Kennedy motorcade at the corner of Harwood Street and Ross Avenue in downtown Dallas. Recorded May 24, 2010.
Recorded with her mother, Mrs. Thomas Suggs, Smith recalls their attendance at the Trade Mart luncheon. Recorded July 11, 1996.
Dr. Thomas H. Smith
A prominent figure in the Dallas history community since 1980, Smith served on the founding board of the Dallas County Historical Foundation. He later worked as project director and executive director of the Old Red Museum of Dallas County History and Culture. Recorded January 24, 2008.
Smith lived in Washington, D.C., at the time of the Kennedy assassination, and she moved to Dallas in 1964 against the advice of friends. She became a prominent local leader in the women's rights movement and remained active throughout the 1970s. Recorded September 10, 2008.
Gary N. Smith
The longtime president and executive director of Dallas Heritage Village, Smith was a sixth grader in Fort Worth in 1963. He was released early from school when the assassination took place. Recorded February 27, 2013.
A Kennedy volunteer in the 1960 presidential campaign, Smith was working for a conservative businessman in Dallas at the time of the assassination. In January 1964, he visited and photographed the president's burial site at Arlington National Cemetery. Recorded July 7, 2003.
A longtime conservative, Smith was social psychologist at the Dallas YMCA in 1963. He felt President Kennedy was unwelcome in Dallas and worried about his city's reputation after the assassination. Recorded November 9, 2010.
R. Ted Smith
An executive with IBM in 1963, Smith was acquainted with H.L. Hunt, H. Ross Perot, and other community leaders. Smith saw the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. Recorded April 19, 2013.
Thomas N. Smith
Fourteen years old in 1963, Smith saw the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. In 1964, he attended one day of the Jack Ruby trial. The letter he wrote to Jackie Kennedy on November 23, 1963, was later selected for publication in Dr. Ellen Fitzpatrick's book, Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation (2010). Recorded April 9, 2010.
Larry A. Sneed
A high school U.S. history teacher in Georgia for thirty-five years, Sneed became an assassination researcher in the early 1980s and recorded over sixty hours of interviews with eyewitnesses and law enforcement officials between 1987 and 1992. He published first-person narratives of those oral histories in the book No More Silence (1998). Recorded November 2, 2009.
Robert and Ellen Solender
Robert Solender was the head of the advertising department at the Dallas Times Herald in 1963. Ellen Solender was the vice president of the Dallas chapter of the League of Women Voters. Both of them attended the Adlai Stevenson event on U.N. Day and were at the Trade Mart luncheon on the day of the assassination. Recorded October 27, 2004.
Sparks was a trumpet player in the band at Eastern Hills High School in Fort Worth in 1963. His band performed "Hail to the Chief" for President Kennedy at the Hotel Texas breakfast on the morning of the assassination. Later, as a producer at WFAA-TV/Channel 8, he saved the station's original Kennedy assassination footage from being destroyed in the early 1980s. Recorded October 6, 2006.
In 1963, Spence was married to the late Sidney Pietzsch, a longtime PR consultant and speechwriter for Earle Cabell, mayor of Dallas (1961-64) and U.S. congressman (1965-73). Recorded September 8, 2004.
A German native who fled the Nazis and served in the U.S. Army during World War II, Spiegel filmed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. He later joined with other amateur photographers to form the Dallas Cinema Associates, which produced the compilation film, President Kennedy's Final Hour. Recorded February 21, 2011.
A high school student in Mabank, Texas, at the time of the assassination, Squire and her classmates were taken to the gymnasium for a prayer assembly before school was dismissed for the day. Recorded November 9, 2010.
In 1963, Standridge was a Dallas police patrol officer stationed at the Trade Mart luncheon. Recorded June 4, 1996.
Interviewed with his partner, Barbara Charles, Staples was part of the design team for The Sixth Floor Museum's permanent exhibition, "John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation." Recorded August 30, 1994.
A prominent community leader and member of the Dallas Citizens Council, Stemmons was the co-owner of the Dallas Trade Mart and helped plan the presidential luncheon. Recorded August 11, 1992.
Candace Reed Stern
Stern is a goddaughter of President Kennedy. Her late father, James A. Reed, and John F. Kennedy were longtime friends, having met in the South Pacific during World War II. Reed served as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury from 1962 to 1965. Recorded April 2, 2013.
An American painter, quilt maker and woodcarver, Stetzel specialized in naive or primitive art. Beginning in 1968, she responded to the Kennedy assassination by creating a series of seventy-one paintings that depict the life and death of President Kennedy. Recorded July 7, 2011.
George Stevens, Jr.
As chief of the United States Information Agency's motion picture division in the 1960s, Stevens produced the celebrated documentary John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums. As the first director of the American Film Institute, he was involved in the opening of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and has produced The Kennedy Center Honors since the program's inception. Recorded November 21 and 22, 2003.
A longtime Fort Worth attorney and political leader, Steves was locally involved in the Kennedy campaign during the 1960 presidential election. He attended the Hotel Texas breakfast on November 22, 1963, and was aware of the behind-the-scenes planning of the president's trip to Texas. Recorded March 25, 2011.
Stiles was in the eighth grade on November 22, 1963. While working as a jail guard and ambulance driver in the 1970s, he collected memorabilia and interacted with individuals involved in the assassination story, including Parkland Memorial Hospital nurse Doris Nelson. Recorded December 14, 2009.
William O. Stinson
Texas Gov. John Connally's administrative aide, Stinson was with Connally, who was wounded in the shooting, at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Stinson also worked with Lyndon Johnson for a lengthy period of time. Recorded January 27, 1993.
Dr. Kathleen Stokes
As a student nurse at Georgetown University Hospital, Stokes had several personal encounters with Kennedy family members, including President Kennedy, between 1960 and 1963. Recorded November 2, 2011.
Richard B. Stolley
The senior editorial advisor of Time, Inc., and the founding managing editor of People magazine, Stolley was the Los Angeles bureau chief for Life magazine in 1963. Immediately after the assassination, he traveled to Dallas and negotiated the magazine's purchase of the rights to the Abraham Zapruder film. Recorded November 22, 1996, November 21, 2003, October 15, 2008, and November 19, 2011.
A longtime Dallas reporter and sportscaster, Stone became interested in the assassination in the 1970s after meeting prominent researcher Mary Ferrell. He investigated and reported on the assassination throughout the 1970s and interviewed many key participants. Recorded April 6, 1993, and April 5, 2011.
In 1963, Stone was vice president of the W.O. Bankston automotive dealerships in Dallas. He attended the Trade Mart luncheon with Bankston, D.A. Henry Wade, and Judge Lew Sterrett. Following the assassination, Stone spent much of his weekend in the office of his friend, Dallas County Sheriff Bill Decker. Recorded August 15, 2008.
An Academy Award- and Emmy-nominated director, Stone produced a series of documentaries for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in the 1990s. In 2007, he wrote, produced and directed the documentary film Oswald's Ghost for the American Experience series on PBS. Recorded November 19, 2007.
Stoughton was the official White House photographer during the Kennedy presidency, and among his many photographs is the signature image of President Johnson taking the oath of office aboard Air Force One. Recorded May 29, 1998.
Stoughton was a cameraman and engineer at WBAP-TV in Fort Worth from 1949 to 1991. During the weekend of the assassination, he processed film in the studio for NBC News. Recorded September 14, 2011.
An advertising salesman and part-time photographer for a newspaper in Greenville, Texas, Strader captured images at Dallas Love Field, on Stemmons Freeway, and at Parkland Memorial Hospital. His photographs were widely distributed by the Associated Press. Recorded October 26, 2012.
Ambassador Robert Strauss
Former chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1973-76) and U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union (1991-92), Strauss was Gov. John Connally's Dallas representative for the planning of the presidential visit. A close family friend, he comforted Nellie Connally at Parkland Memorial Hospital while her wounded husband underwent surgery. Recorded May 24, 1996.
Jamie Kelly Strauss
Strauss was a desk clerk and switchboard operator at the Executive Inn in Dallas in 1963. Following the assassination, the Oswald family briefly stayed at the hotel for security reasons. Recorded June 9, 2011.
A sixth grader at the time of the assassination, Stricker later worked for Lee Harvey Oswald's brother, Robert, in the 1970s. Recorded September 21, 2012.
A physical scientist and wounds ballistics expert, Sturdivan worked with both the Warren Commission and the House Select Committee on Assassinations in analyzing ballistics evidence associated with Lee Harvey Oswald's rifle and the wounds of President Kennedy and Gov. Connally. Recorded on October 4, 1997.
Sugarek served in the Peace Corps in the Gambia from 1971 to 1973. After a career in corporate marketing, she returned as a Peace Corps administrator from 2002 to 2010. Sugarek participated in a Museum panel discussion to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps. Recorded March 5, 2011.
Dr. Wadi Suki
Suki joined the staff of Parkland Memorial Hospital in 1959. He was working at UT Southwestern Medical School on the day of the assassination and donated blood for Gov. John Connally. Recorded April 1, 2013.
An eyewitness to the assassination who can be seen in the Zapruder film, Summers was standing opposite the grassy knoll. Recorded March 7, 2002.
An Army mechanic from 1958 to 1974, Sumney serviced White House helicopters during the Kennedy years. He participated in a group interview with other Army personnel. Recorded September 19, 2008.
Sutherland's late father, Rusty Sutherland, was stopped downtown by Dallas police officers approximately thirty minutes after the Kennedy assassination because he matched the description of suspect Lee Harvey Oswald. Recorded May 24, 2010.
A Dallas-based reporter for Life magazine in 1963, Swank is credited with alerting magazine officials that local dress manufacturer Abraham Zapruder had captured the assassination on film. Recorded June 11, 1996.
Education specialist at the National Archives Southwest Region in Fort Worth, Sweeney participated in a Sixth Floor Museum panel discussion on presidential education. Recorded April 13, 2012.
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Guarantee Co. v. Mechanics Bank - 183 U.S. 402 (1902)
U.S. Supreme Court
Guarantee Co. v. Mechanics Bank, 183 U.S. 402 (1902)
Guarantee Company of North America v.
Mechanics Savings Bank and Trust Company
Argued April 23-24, 1901
Decided January 6, 1902
183 U.S. 402
Where a bond insuring a bank against such pecuniary loss as it might sustain by reason of the fraudulent acts of its teller contained a provision that the company would notify the insuring company on "becoming aware" of the teller's "being engaged in speculation or gambling," it is the duty of the bank to give such notice, when informed that the teller is speculating, although, while confessing the fact of speculating, he asserts that he has ceased to do so.
When the teller is in fact engaged in speculation and the bank is so informed, it cannot recover on such a bond for losses occurring through his fraudulent acts after the information is received when it has not notified the company of what it has heard or made any investigation, but has accepted the teller's assurance of present innocence as sufficient on the mere ground that it had confidence in his integrity.
When, at the time the teller's bond was renewed, the books of the bank showed that he was a defaulter in the sum of $19,600 understated liabilities, and of $3,765.44 abstracted from bills receivable, both of which could have been detected by the taking of a trial balance or a mere comparison between the books kept by him and the individual ledger kept by another person, and by a correct footing of the notes, the bank is open to the charge of laches, and a certificate that the accounts of the teller had been examined and verified is not truthful.
Where it is known to the president of the bank that the insuring company regards engagement in speculation as unfavorable to an employee's habits, and he is informed that the employ is speculating, a representation by the president that lie has not known or heard anything unfavorable to the employ's habits, past or present, or of any matters concerning him about which the president deems it advisable for the company to make inquiry, is a misrepresentation.
This was a bill in equity brought by the Mechanics' Savings Bank & Trust Company for the use of J. J. Pryor, assignee, against the Guarantee Company of North America for an accounting and for a decree for the amount alleged to be due
complainant on two bonds executed by the guarantee company to the bank, one insuring the latter corporation against such pecuniary loss as it might sustain by reason of the fraudulent acts of John Schardt, as teller and collector, and the other insuring the same corporation against pecuniary loss by reason of fraudulent acts committed by him in his office of cashier. On hearing, a decree was rendered against the guarantee company on both bonds, 68 F. 459, which was affirmed on appeal. 80 F. 766. The case was then brought to this Court by certiorari, and the decree of the circuit court of appeals was reversed, and the cause remanded, on the ground that the decree of the circuit court was not final. 173 U. S. 173 U.S. 582.
The guarantee company subsequently made an unsuccessful attempt to have the cause reopened for additional evidence alleged to have been discovered since the first decree. A final decree was rendered against the company, which, on appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, was modified and affirmed, 100 F. 559, and the present certiorari was then allowed.
The Mechanics' Savings Bank & Trust Company was a banking institution located at Nashville, Tennessee, with a capital of fifty thousand dollars. John Schardt was its teller from 1888 to January, 1893, when he was elected cashier, and remained such until his death on April 17 following. As teller and cashier, he embezzled more than $100,000 of the funds of the bank, beginning in 1890 and continuing until about the time of his death. In discovering the defalcation, the bank ascertained its insolvency, closed its doors, and made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
The Guarantee Company of North America was a company organized under the laws of the Dominion of Canada, and engaged in the business of guaranteeing pecuniary losses by the fraudulent acts of persons in positions of trust, and issued to the bank in 1888 a bond for the period of one year on Schardt as teller for $10,000, which was subsequently renewed
each year until January, 1893, when it issued a bond on Schardt as cashier for $20,000.
The defalcation of more than one hundred thousand dollars was occasioned by losses in speculation, and, just prior to Schardt's death, he assigned to the bank some property of slight value and about eighty thousand dollars of life insurance as indemnity. From these collaterals the bank realized the sum of $46,448.86, and for the remainder of the default the company was held liable to the extent of each bond. On the second appeal to the circuit court of appeals, that court found the default under the cashier's bond to have been some six thousand dollars less than as ascertained by the circuit court, and modified the decree accordingly.
The teller's bond was dated January 16, 1888, and described Schardt as the employee and the bank as the employer. It provided:
"Whereas the employee has been appointed in the service of the said employer, and has been assigned to the office or position of teller and collector, by the said employer, and application has been made to the Guarantee Company of North America for the grant by them of this bond;"
"And whereas the employer has delivered to the company a certain statement, and it being agreed and understood that such statement constitutes an essential part of the contract hereinafter expressed;"
"Now, therefore, in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars lawful money of the United States of America, to the said company, as a premium for the term of twelve months, ending on the 16th day of January, 1889 at 12 o'clock, noon, and in order to effect a continuance of the currency of this bond, a like premium hereafter to be paid to the said company, on or before the 16th day of January in each year, as a premium for the ensuing year, so long as the said employer may wish to continue this bond, and the said company shall consent to receive said premiums, it is hereby agreed that the company shall, within three months after proof satisfactory to the directors, make good and reimburse to the employer such pecuniary loss as the employer shall have sustained by the fraudulent acts
of the employee, in connection with the duties of his said office or position, or with any other duties assigned to him, by the employer in the said service, committed by him and discovered during the continuance of the currency of this bond, and within six months from the employee's ceasing to be in the said service."
"The following provisions are also to be observed and binding as a part of this bond:"
"The actual payment of the premium and its acceptance by this company, either for the issue or renewal of this bond, is essential to its currency, and a condition precedent to the right or claim hereunder."
"That this bond is issued and renewed on the express understanding that the employee has not within the knowledge of the said employer at any former period, either in this or other employment, been guilty of any default or serious dereliction of duty."
"That the employer shall observe or cause to be observed all due and customary supervision over the said employee for the prevention of default, and if the employer shall at any time during the currency of this bond condone any act or default on the part of the employee which would give the employer the right to claim hereunder, and shall continue the employee in his service, without notification to the company, the said company will not be responsible hereunto for any default which may occur subsequent to said act or default of said employee, so condoned."
"That the employer shall at once notify the company on his becoming aware of the said employee being engaged in speculation or gambling, or indulging in any disreputable or unlawful habits or pursuits."
"That there shall be an inspection or audit of the accounts or books of the employee on behalf of the employer at least once in every twelve months from the date of this bond."
"That the company shall be notified in writing of any act on the part of said employee which may involve a loss for which the company is responsible hereunder to the employer immediately or without unreasonable delay, after the occurrence of such act shall have come to the knowledge of the employer; and
upon the making of such a claim, this bond shall wholly cease and determine as regards any liability for any act of the employee committed subsequent to the making of such claim, and shall be surrendered to the company on the payment of all claims due hereunder."
"* * * *"
"That the company may cancel this bond at any time by notifying the employer and refunding the premium paid less a pro rata part thereof for the time said bond shall have been in force; but said cancellation shall not affect or impair the company's liability hereunder for any acts committed or discovered previous to such cancellation during the currency of this bond, and within three months after said cancellation."
"* * * *"
The statement referred to was signed by the then cashier, and delivered to the company before the bond was issued. It commenced with a communication from the managing director of the guarantee company, desiring answers to certain accompanying questions. These answers were given by the cashier, who also declared his answers and representations to be true, and that he was
"not aware of any matter or thing affecting the character or reputation of the applicant which should create any doubt as to his reliability or trustworthiness."
This bond was renewed each year up to January, 1893, and, in each year, before the bond was renewed, the company furnished the bank with a blank form to be filled out, and stating:
"It is necessary before the bond can be renewed that you obtain the certificate on the back hereof by your president or cashier, and on its return with remittance of the premium the renewal can be immediately effected."
The certificate on the back was filled up and signed by the cashier, and, among other things, stated that the accounts of said teller Schardt had been examined and verified by the finance committee of said bank, and the bond was not renewed in any year until this certificate had been made out and delivered to the company.
Before the cashier's bond was issued, the company "submitted for reply on behalf of the bank" certain questions, addressed to
the president, which, and the answers thereto by the president as such, are referred to in the bond as "employers' guarantee proposal No. 154,806." Among these questions and answers were the following:
"Q. 2. If a new employee, by whom was the applicant introduced, or how did he become known to you? If hitherto in continuous service, for how long, in what capacities, and has he uniformly performed his duties faithfully and satisfactorily?"
"A. Applicant began service in this bank six years ago as collector ___ cl'k, and has since been advanced to bank's teller and now cashier."
"Q. 3. Has he ever been in arrears or default in the bank's service, or, as far as you have heard, in any previous employment?"
"Q. 4. Have you known or heard anything unfavorable as to his habits or associations, past or present?"
"Q. ___. Or of any matters concerning him about which you deem it advisable for the company to make inquiry?"
"Q. 5. Is he to your knowledge pecuniarily embarrassed or insolvent? Or is he in any way indebted to the bank? ___."
"Q. 6. Is he now or about to be engaged in any other business or employment than in the bank's services?"
"Q. 7. Applicant's position or capacity for which this bond is required?"
"Q. 8. Amount of his salary or other emoluments, if any?"
"A. $2,000 per annum."
"Q. 9. Amount or bond hereby required, from what date to commence, and by whom premium will be paid?"
"A. $20,000 to date from Jan. 1, 1893. Premium payable by bank."
"Q. 10. What further security, if any, will be held or required from applicant?"
"A. None. Non."
"Q. 11. Have you hitherto held other security from applicant? If so, why discontinued or changed to this?"
"A. Formerly teller and general bookkeeper in this bank; elected cashier at annual meeting January 1, 1893."
"Q. 12. Has there been any fault in the bank by any employee in applicant's position?"
"Q. 13. When were applicant's books and accounts (including
cash, securities, and vouchers, if any) last examined, and by whom?"
"A. December 31, 1892, by finance committee (were they found correct) of bank, and found correct."
"Q. 14. In case of applicant handling cash or securities, how often will the same be examined and compared with the books, accounts, and vouchers, and by whom?"
"A. Not less than quarterly, and often monthly, by finance committee."
"Q. 15. In case of applicant acting as teller: (a) Will he be required to balance his cash daily, and report same to president or cashier? (b) And will a record of same be kept?"
"A. . . ."
"Q. 16. Will applicant handle funds or securities not subject to a routine check or periodical examination? If so, please describe their nature?"
"The above answers and representations are true to the best of my knowledge and belief."
The cashier's bond was then executed and delivered to the bank, and provided:
"Whereas, the said employee has been appointed cashier at Nashville, Tennessee, in the service of the said employer, and has been required to furnish security that he shall not be guilty of any fraudulent act in the performance of his duties in the said capacity, by which the said employer shall suffer pecuniary loss, and whereas the said company, in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars, now therefor paid for the term expiring January 1, 1894, and for the purposes of the renewal of this contract the sum or premiums of one hundred dollars, hereafter to be therefor paid to the said company, on or before the 1st day of January, 1894, and a like payment for each and every succeeding term of one year, so long as the said company shall consent to receive it, hath agreed upon the terms, and subject to the provisos and conditions hereinafter contained and indorsed thereon, hereby to become such security to the said employer:"
"Now therefore this bond witnesseth that the said employee, for and on his own behalf and the said company, fully relying on the truth of the statement and declaration contained in a certain document distinguished as employer's guarantee proposal No. 154, 806, dated the 10th day of Jan., 1893, and signed Lewis T. Baxter, president on behalf of the said employer, and
lodged with the said company at its office in Montreal, and on the strict performance and observance hereafter, by the said employer, of the contract thereby created, do hereby, respectively, severally, and jointly covenant with the said employer to reimburse unto the said employer or his or their representatives or assigns the amount of any loss not exceeding in the whole sum of twenty thousand dollars, which, during the currency of this bond, shall be sustained by the said employer by reason of any act of fraud committed by the said employee in connection with the duties of said appointment, and constituting embezzlement or larceny, such reimbursement to be made within three calendar months next after proof shall have been given to the satisfaction of the directors of the said company of the occurrence of such loss, and the proof thereof to include, if the company shall so require, an affidavit to be made or taken by the person for the time being entitled to the benefit of this guarantee, to the effect that he hath been actually defrauded by the said employee, and that he suffers absolute and ultimate loss thereby to the full amount claimed hereunder, and that the contract created as aforesaid hath been fully performed and observed on the part of the said employer."
"Provided always, that this bond and guarantee hereby granted or undertaken shall be subject and liable to the terms and conditions hereupon indorsed."
Among the terms and conditions referred to were these:
"This bond is granted upon the following express conditions:"
"1. Any misstatement of a material fact, in the declaration within mentioned, or in any claim made under this bond, will render this bond void from the beginning."
"2. That the said employer shall use all due and customary diligence in the supervision of said employee, for the prevention of default, and to that end shall cause an inspection or audit of his accounts to be made at least once within twelve months, and if the said employer shall at any time during the currency of this bond become aware of any act or default on the part of said employee which would constitute a claim hereunder, and shall continue said employee in his service without notification to the said company, the said company will not be responsible
hereunder for any loss or default which may occur subsequent to said act or default of said employee."
"3. That any written answers or statements made by or on behalf of said employer in regard to or in connection with the conduct, duties, accounts, or methods of supervision of the said employee delivered to the company, either prior to the issue of this bond or to any renewal thereof, or at any time during its currency, shall be held to be a warranty thereof, and form a basis of this guarantee or of its continuance."
"4. That the said employee has not, to the knowledge or belief of said employer, been guilty of any serious dereliction of duty, or default in this or any other service, or that his habits have been such as to incur said employer's censure, previous to the issue of this bond."
"5. The said employer shall, immediately, upon it becoming known to him or them that the said employee has been guilty of any act entitling the said employer to claim under this bond, notify the said company at its head office, and this bond shall become absolutely void, both as to existing and future liability, if the said employer shall neglect or omit to so notify the said company."
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"8. That in addition to the supervision to be exercised by the said employer as mentioned in the statement and declaration within referred to, the said company shall be afforded every reasonable facility to examine from time to time, as they may desire, for the purposes of this bond, the books, papers, and affairs of the said employer entrusted to the keeping and charge of the said employee."
It appeared from the evidence that Schardt defaulted as teller and collector from September 12, 1890, to January 1, 1893, in the sum of $78,819.24, subdivided as follows: from September 1, 1890, to January 16, 1891, $5,879.34; from January 16, 1891, to January 1, 1892, $22,290; from January 1, 1892, to January, 1893, $50,649.90, and as cashier, from January 16, 1893, to April 15, $22,964.17.
The principal books of the bank were: a general ledger, showing generally the accounts of the bank, including the account
in totals of the deposits made and checked out daily; a cash book, giving each day's business; a daily balance book, which was a summary of the general ledger; these three books were kept by Schardt, and an individual ledger, which showed in detail the deposit account of each individual depositor, and was kept by a clerk, who had no other duties, and was known as individual bookkeeper. The aggregate of the amounts due each depositor shown on the individual ledger and the totals due depositors on the general ledger and daily balance book should have agreed, but this they did not do, because, after the latter part of 1890, the general ledger and daily balance book did not correctly show the amount due to all depositors, although the individual ledger correctly gave the amount due to each depositor. Up to the latter part of 1890, trial balances were taken from the individual ledger every two weeks, or once a month, and entered in a trial balance book, and these balances were compared with the balances on the general ledger, and any differences settled and corrected, but at that time Schardt told the individual bookkeeper that it was not necessary to take off trial balances any longer, and thereafter none were taken off. Schardt, as teller, abstracted the funds of the bank, and understated on the general ledger the amount due to depositors by the amount he abstracted. The difference in the balances represented the shortage at the respective dates. The individual and general ledgers were out of balance January 16, 1891, $2,098; January 1, 1892, $19,600, and January 1, 1893, $69,700.
The leading expert accountant testified that he was employed to examine the books on April 15, 1893, and went to the bank on the morning of that day between eight and eight-thirty o'clock, and that, by four o'clock that afternoon, he had discovered that, while the daily balance book kept by Schardt showed less than $18,000 due depositors, the individual ledger from "A" to "I" (leaving "M" to "Z" to be examined) showed an indebtedness due depositors of in the neighborhood of $55,000. He reported at once that something was radically wrong, although it required considerable time subsequently to ascertain the exact condition of the bank.
Quarterly examinations of the bank's condition were made
by the finance committee, but the individual bookkeeper was not requested to furnish the total amount shown on the individual ledger to be due depositors. The committee "examined no book except the daily balance sheet, with which we compared the reports as made out by Schardt."
"Q. In what way could you tell that the amounts reported by Schardt were correct?"
"A. We only had his word for it and the reports that he made to us and the exhibit on the daily balance book."
"Q. In what way did you verify the statement on the book kept by Schardt, which would have shown and purported to show the amount due individual depositors?"
"A. We made no verification of it only in the manner in which I have stated."
"Q. Have you stated any manner in which you verified this particular account?"
"A. We took his word for it, which we had to do or go into an examination of all the books."
Schardt also abstracted proceeds of notes paid to him as teller. This shortage was not concealed on the books. The amount of notes in the bank did not equal the amount called for by the books by the amount abstracted.
January 1, 1892, the books showed a defalcation of $28,169.34, of which $19,600 was abstracted deposits, and $3,765.44 proceeds of notes collected and not accounted for. January 1, 1893, the books showed a defalcation of $78,819.24, of which $69,700 was abstracted deposits and $4,015.44 proceeds of notes collected.
The following evidence was also introduced:
Charles Sykes, who was the cashier of the bank from January, 1890, to January, 1893, testified:
"Q. 6. Did you at any time during that year receive information that John Schardt was speculating; if so, state when, how, and all the circumstances?"
"A. Yes, sir; I did receive such information. Sometime in the summer or fall of 1892 a gentleman by the name of Kyle came here from New York, representing Myers & Co. of New York. Kyle wanted me to become interested in the brokerage business, and represent Myers & Co. at this point. I told him that I did not like the idea because it would be purely a speculative business, and he
then said that that made no difference; that John Schardt our teller, was a part owner in a similar concern."
"Q. 7. Did you impart this knowledge to any one; if so, whom?"
"A. Yes, sir; I once told Mr. L. T. Baxter, the president of the bank, of the conversation."
"Q. 8. Did you say anything to Schardt about the matter?"
"A. Yes, sir; on the next day, I think I told Mr. Schardt of what Kyle had said."
"Q. 9. What did Schardt say to you in reply?"
"A. He admitted that he had at one time been interested in such a concern, but had sold his interest, and that he had speculated to some extent, but had made money on every transaction, and had seen the error of his way, and had ceased to do so any more."
"Q. 10. Did you impart this information received from Schardt to any one connected with the bank; if so, whom?"
"A. Yes, sir; I immediately told Mr. Baxter, the president of the bank, what Schardt had said."
"Q. 11. Did you receive any other information at any other time with reference to Schardt's speculating?"
"A. Yes, sir; some time thereafter I received an anonymous letter telling me that Schardt had been speculating."
"Q. 12. What did you do with it, and what became of it?"
"A. I showed it to Mr. L. T. Baxter, the president, and he said not to pay any attention to an anonymous letter, and I spoke to Schardt about it, and he said he thought he knew the author, and asked me to let him have the letter, and he would bring the party before me and make him acknowledge it was false."
"Q. 13. Did you give him the letter, and did he bring the party before you?"
"A. I gave him the letter, and asked him about it more than once, and he always replied that he was working on it."
"Q. 14. Did you tell Mr. Baxter of this conversation?"
"A. I think I did."
On cross-examination, the witness said there was litigation pending between him and the bank's assignee; that he signed several applications for the renewal of Schardt's bond as teller,
relying on the fact that the finance committee said his accounts were correct; that he did not remember that he recommended Schardt as his successor to Porter or Duncan, though he might have, and if Mr. Porter said that he did, he supposed he did. Mr. Porter testified that he asked Sykes about Schardt's ability; "there was no question as to his integrity."
J. M. Eatherly testified that he had been a director of the bank from its organization until its assignment, a member of the finance committee for several years prior to being elected president, and president from March 28 to April 17, 1893.
In answer to questions from complainant's counsel in respect of an interview with Schardt on the evening of April 15, 1893, he said:
"I told him that we had come out for the purpose of getting an explanation as to the discrepancies mentioned above. I told him we had found errors in his books. He said, 'Mr. Eatherly, my books are correct.' I told him that I did not see how he could reconcile the two things that we had found, the daily balance sheet showing something less than $18,000 due depositors, while the individual ledger, as far as had been examined by Mr. McEwan and Mr. Richardson, showed about $55,000 due depositors. He reiterated that his books were absolutely correct. I said, 'John, I cannot understand it that way.' I was satisfied there was an error somewhere. I asked Mr. Richardson if he wanted to ask him any question. He was silent a moment or two, and said, 'I don't know that I do.' He then turned to Mr. Schardt, and said: 'John, I am bound to say to you that you are a defaulter.' Mr. Schardt broke out into a cry, putting his hands over his face, and said: 'My God, it is true -- too true.' I said: 'John, compose yourself; we have come here for facts, and want facts.' I then asked him how much was his default, and he said about $40,000. I told him if the other individual ledger showed the same proportion of discrepancy that this one did that he was a defaulter to a much larger amount -- I would say to not less than $60,000 or $70,000. He said 'Mr. Eatherly, you are mistaken. It cannot be that much.' I then asked him how he had lost it, and he said, 'Speculating in New York, and you can get it all back.' He said
'you,' meaning the bank. I said, 'No, John, we can do no such thing; the laws of New York legalize this sort of trading, and we cannot recover it in that way.'"
On cross-examination, he testified:
"Q. 99. Did you ever hear of Schardt's speculating before January, 1893?"
"A. I think I did."
"Q. 99. Did you see the anonymous letter written with respect to his speculating?"
"A. I was a letter directed to Judge John Woodward. Judge Woodward brought that letter to the bank and showed it to me, and I asked permission to call Mr. Schardt up and show it to him, and he said that he was perfectly willing that I should do so. I at once called Mr. Schardt to where we were, and told him there was a communication I wanted him to read. He did so, and his remarks were: 'It is a lie, and I can prove it.' In this letter, it was stated that Mr. Schardt was a partner in a bucket shop. I told Mr. Schardt that it devolved on him to prove it false. I at once reported the contents of this letter to the president of the bank, Mr. Baxter. Mr. Schardt asked that I and Judge Woodward remain there for a few minutes. He went out and got Frank Searight and Dr. Barry. Judge Woodward, Mr. Baxter, and myself went into the rear of the bank building. Mr. Schardt and the other gentlemen came back, and Mr. Schardt says: 'Here are men who can tell you whether that is so or not.' I asked them if they knew why we had sent for them, and they said that Mr. Schardt had told them. Mr. Searight said some time before that Mr. Schardt, Dr. Barry, and himself had agreed to open a brokerage association. They objected very much to the term bucket shop. Each one was to put in a small amount -- $200, I think. Mr. Schardt, in a short time, became dissatisfied, and sold his interest to Frank Searight at a small loss. Subsequent to that, I went to Mr. Schardt's house to see him, having heard again that he was speculating. I told him what I had heard, and he said it was not so, that he did not own any stocks at all. I told him if he was he ought to quit that or quit the bank, and he said he had sold everything he had. I again heard that he was speculating, but from sources that I did not attach any importance to, as it all emanated from the same source as
the anonymous letter. I again approached him and he denied it."
"Q. 100. Was this just prior to the resignation of Judge Woodward as a member of the board?"
"A. I think it was."
"Q. 101. Do you know when he resigned?"
"A. His resignation bears date Feb. 17, 1893. Was placed before the board of directors and accepted March 25, 1893."
"Q. 102. Did Mr. Baxter, the president, ever say anything to you about Schardt speculating?"
"A. I don't think he ever did."
The general agent of the company at Nashville testified that Schardt's bond as cashier was cancelled through him on April 15, he having ascertained that Schardt had been speculating in futures; that he had not heard of any defalcation or wrongdoing on the part of any employee of the bank other than this, and that the company did not bond persons holding a fiduciary position, who speculated in futures, as they had found from experience that the risk was not safe.
There was evidence that Schardt had borne a good reputation for honesty, integrity, and industry, and of experts that, without trial balances from the individual ledger, the true condition of the bank could not be known, and that to verify accounts meant to apply some other test than the statements of those who kept them.
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JEFFREY BROWN: From the dangers of a war zone to the differences of culture, covering Iraq has been an especially difficult assignment for American journalists. One of the most successful has been Anthony Shadid, Middle East correspondent for the Washington Post who earned a Pulitzer Prize last year for his reports.
The 37-year-old Shadid is an Arab-American who grew up in Oklahoma and speaks Arabic fluently. With a decade of experience throughout the Middle East, his specialty has been getting beyond the guns and battles and into the homes and minds of Iraqis themselves. In his new book, "Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War," he's woven together many of their stories. We spoke recently at his mother's home outside Washington, where Shadid took time off from his reporting to write the book.
You write in the prologue that the only way to respond to what you are experiencing in Iraq was to "surrender to the ambiguities and simply tell stories." Tell me what you mean by that.
ANTHONY SHADID: The longer I was in Iraq, the less I understood it. And I think that was, you know, part of the process of being a reporter there. Getting to know the place better, I appreciated how complex it actually was.
JEFFREY BROWN: The less you understood it?
ANTHONY SHADID: The less I understood it, the more I realized I had to learn to get a sense of Iraq, get a sense of the story in some ways. And you know I think as a reporter I realized that just telling many stories rather than one story was the way to maybe appreciate it, that there wasn't a lot of black and white in Iraq; there was a lot of gray. There were conflicting sentiments.
JEFFREY BROWN: We heard a lot about journalists being embedded during this war with the military. It's almost as though you embedded yourself with the Iraqi people.
ANTHONY SHADID: You know, it was early on in the war I think, and I had made a decision before the invasion began to stay in Baghdad to try to get a sense of how a city was going to react to an invasion, a city under siege. And it was pretty early on in the war that people started talking a little bit more honestly than they might have before the invasion.
And it was actually something my editor saw as well, that there was a story to tell perhaps in what people were saying, just popular sentiments, and that popular sentiments might be more revealing than we thought they would be.
JEFFREY BROWN: Now, in telling the stories of these individuals, you write of Iraq as a -- what you call -- a brutalized society.
ANTHONY SHADID: The biggest surprise that I encountered was how brutalized Iraq actually was, that the country the Americans inherited wasn't a Tabula Rasa. It was a country that had gone through a brutal eight-year war with Iran, a million dead and wounded on both sides, had gone through a decade of sanctions, one of the century's worst dictatorships. This is all before the invasion, you know, and an occupation and an insurgency.
JEFFREY BROWN: One of the running stories that you tell in the book involves a girl named Amal who showed you her diary. Tell us about her.
ANTHONY SHADID: You know, I met her during the war. It was in the early days of the invasion, and I was trying to do a story about a family who had sent their son to fight with the Iraqi army and what it was like to send their son off. And so I met her mother and did the story. And I was always struck -- here was -- she was a widow with eight children, and I was really struck by just her story.
I soon learned that she, the young girl, she was 14 during the invasion, was keeping this diary and it was too early I think in the relationship to ask for it. And in fact I didn't ask for the diary until a year later after getting to know the family pretty well. I mean, it was her own diary, it was in her own words, and there were passages in the diary that I still -- I think no journalist could ever hope to capture in an interview because it is so -- it's so from the heart, it's so visceral in a way, and it's so shorn, you know, of any pretenses.
JEFFREY BROWN: Such as? I mean, give a -- give an example of something that struck you.
ANTHONY SHADID: Yeah, I remember she was trying to make sense of democracy. This is a 14-year-old girl, and she's --
JEFFREY BROWN: Trying to understand the idea of democracy?
ANTHONY SHADID: Trying to understand the idea of democracy. And she realizes that, you know, democracy to her is that people -- people who have money can afford satellites; people who don't, can't. And then she goes, "I guess this is a democratic choice, that you can get a satellite if you have money."
Just her watching what's going on in her apartment building, basically, that it's TVs and satellites and generators and, you know, very much the impact on day-to-day life on material conditions. And they were on the, you know, the wrong end of that often.
JEFFREY BROWN: And her views changed during the course of the time you got to read the diary.
ANTHONY SHADID: You saw her evolve. You saw her mind becoming more critical. You saw her understanding what Saddam's legacy was, her trying to understand democracy, her trying to make sense of the violence that was going on around her. And she was mad at everyone. She was mad at the insurgents for the violence. She was mad at the American military for not protecting her. She was made at her own government for being ineffective. And she asked this question over and over, you know: Why do so many people have to die?
JEFFREY BROWN: Another interesting character that you wrote about is named Dr. Fuad, a psychiatrist.
ANTHONY SHADID: He was a remarkable guy. You know, Dr. Fuad, I think was the kind of Iraqi that Americans had hoped to meet. I mean, here was a person who thought this was a liberation, who thought the Americans were going to bring a new country, a new future. And I stayed with him as the years -- that year passed, and then -- and even today. And it was, you know, it was remarkable to see how his sentiments changed, how he became frustrated and increasingly gloomy that, you know, that this new future never did arrive.
JEFFREY BROWN: So how hard was it to work over there as a journalist? You have stories about writing by candlelight sometimes.
ANTHONY SHADID: You know, the logistical challenges during the invasion were probably the toughest. There was a point where electricity went out and we were -- you know, we had to charge our computers with a car battery that we were able to hook up. We had one light that we were able to wire, and then we could either leave that on or brew coffee, and we often chose the dark.
JEFFREY BROWN: Tough choice.
ANTHONY SHADID: Yeah. (Laughs) We chose the dark and had coffee.
JEFFREY BROWN: Obviously, there are dangers involved?
ANTHONY SHADID: It's more and more difficult for us to get to cities that we used to cover. I was in Basra a few weeks ago, and it was the most scared I've ever been as a reporter. I mean, there's a situation there --
JEFFREY BROWN: Really? The most scared only a few weeks ago?
ANTHONY SHADID: Yeah. This was I guess in August and, you know, what's going on in Basra is that you have militias taking over the security forces. So, as you drive around the city, whenever you look at a police officer, you're wondering if he's there to protect you or to assassinate you.
JEFFREY BROWN: Now you had the advantage of speaking the language. How important was that?
ANTHONY SHADID: You know, it was important during the invasion because I could get off -- get out on my own, and that was critical. I mean, during the invasion, you had to worry about your government escort, your minder, the person the government required you to always be with. My minder was cooperative and he would let me go off on my own, but only with language could you go off on your own and hope to do work.
You know, in the aftermath, I found language most helpful in trying to, I guess, create a fuller portrait of what was going on. In a way, I think language added the background noise sometimes. It was the, you know, the choice of words, the sayings, how they fit into the bigger conversation.
JEFFREY BROWN: You know there is a continuing effort to win what we call the hearts and minds in the Arab world. As someone who's looked at the culture and written about it and told these kinds of stories, what do you think?
ANTHONY SHADID: They do see a deep, deep resentment for U.S. policy. And I think it's a resentment that's gone on for ten, 20, 30 years and it's not going to go away anytime soon. You know, I do worry that -- that attitudes are hardening, though, over the past few years. You know, I think that, you know, I've always been struck by how Arabs make a distinction between US policy and between Americans. And I'm never treated badly as an American, you know, because of the policies that my government might represent.
You know, I see that distinction less and less, though, as the years pass, and I do, I guess, I have a certain -- certain worry that that distinction may be being blurred the longer this kind of conflict, the longer this tension remains.
JEFFREY BROWN: All right. Anthony Shadid, thanks for letting us come talk to you.
ANTHONY SHADID: My pleasure.
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As per the organizers an anonymous bidder paid $610,000 in a charity auction for coffee date with Apple chief Tim Cook. The Tim Cook auction tied the record for highest winning bid at charity auction site Charitybuzz, according to a statement from the group and its partner, The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights.
As per the statement, the bid tied a record set by a 2013 Lamborghini Aventador Roadster auctioned in March 2013 for $610,000.“We’re truly amazed by the results of Tim Cook’s remarkable donation,” said Coppy Holzman, Charitybuzz chief executive and founder.
The coffee chat with Cook was limited to two guests, who would be subject to security screening and be responsible for their own travel and accommodations.
If you are one of those who do not want to take any chance with you are on the quality of your water supply then you should rely on any other name but ICEBERG Water. The water in their bottles is derived from the Arctic ice shelves that were formed 12 thousand years ago. Hence it is bereft of any modern industrial pollutant. On factual basis it has the lowest mineral content in any bottled water in the world. Gradually these ice shelves broke away and migrated southwards towards Canada. It is from the Canadian coastline, that they harvest the water from these icebergs before they melt and become one with sea.
Locals living in the area have been into the business of harvesting water from these icebergs for generations. It is believed that this water contains high healing properties. Now this gift of nature is available in the UK. Bottled in beautiful clear and frosted bottles with snowflakes pattern on them, they can be great for parties or as a gift to a health conscious friend. The 75 cl bottles can be purchased from leading suppliers in the UK like Hedonism Wines, Caviar House, or online at Lux Drinks. You will also find them at some of the best bars and restaurants in the UK like Nobu London and The Blue Bar at The Berkeley. ICEBERG Water is harvested from icebergs under license from the Canadian government. It is brought to the other side of the pond by sea freight. Some researches even say that water harvesting from icebergs will reduce the chances of the ocean levels from rising due to global warming by utilizing the water before it is lost into the ocean.
As the Platinum Cosmograph Daytona 2013 amazed everyone at the BaselWorld, it’s time for a 1963 Rolex Cosmograph Daytona to make its mark this time. Commemorating 50 years of the 20th century horology that Rolex created the new Cosmograph Daytona 2013, it has for the first time being produced in 950 platinum case and bracelet. True, that the 50th Anniversary Rolex Cosmograph Daytona is successor to a legend, but its most striking feature is it’s very attractively set dual tone – an ice blue dial contrasting with a chocolate brown paletted monobloc Cerachrom bezel.
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The third in the league after Edie Campbell and Julia Nobis is Danish model Freja Beha’s turn to pose for Saint Laurent’s next ad campaign, this is once again when the campaign is designed and shot by Hedi Slimane.
As per reports, Hedi Slimane had his heart set on the Danish top model for Saint Laurent’s latest campaign. The striking young Scandinavian is now posing for black-and-white photos shot by the French fashion house’s artistic director.
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If sources are to be believed, the top model also displays a series of accessories, including leather goods, from the brand’s pre-fall 2013 collection.
The jeweler known by his name Harry Winston, who had acquired Swatch Group earlier this year, has recently bought a new colorless flawless 101.73-carat diamond for a record $26.7 million at an auction in Geneva on Wednesday.
As per Christies, the first ever buyer of the new diamond, Harry Winston had the privilege of naming it and had decided to call it “Harry Legacy.” This is the diamond dealer’s first major purchase since it was snapped up by the world’s leading watchmaker for $1.0 billion in March.
According to Christies, the American Institute of Gemology has handed the Harry Legacy the top colorless grade “D” and the best clarity grade, “flawless”, which is characterized by its “absolute symmetry”. The diamond, sold at the auction by a diamond merchant, was 236 carats in the rough when it was extracted from the Jwaneng mine in Botswana, before it was meticulously sculpted for 21 months.
Wednesday’s sale marked the highest price ever paid for a flawless colorless diamond at auction, although Christie’s had hoped the new diamond the largest of its kind to ever go under the hammer would rake in $30 million. The Elizabeth Taylor Diamond, which is in the same D-color category but weighs in at only 33.19 carats, was meanwhile sold for $8.8 million on auction in New York in December 2011.
The official makeup artist for the Cannes Film Festival, L’Oréal Paris is going to set up an Eye & Nail Bar for festival goers inside the Hôtel Martinez during the event.
The L’Oréal Eye & Nail Bar is a must at this year’s Cannes Festival. If you really want to experiment you can go for an artistic manicure which is the latest trend and titivate your peepers as though they were the guests of honor at this year’s event.
The latest creations of L’Oréal Paris’s will be showcased here, especially the Ongles-à-Porter, inspired by backstage nail wear at fashion shows and designed by leading manicurist Tom Bachik.
There is a wide range of 50-odd shades of the Color Riche Le Vernis line to choose from as well as 2D and 3D stickers from the new Color Riche Le Nail Art line.
The windows to the soul will also be the highlight here with “butterfly eyes,” which is supposed to be another make-up trend this summer. You can also pick up from the variety of false lashes and eyeliners from the brand’s Mascara Faux Cils Papillon and Super Liner Silkissime lines for the perfect pair of eyes. This “beauty capsule” in the lobby of the Hotel Martinez will be open to the public from May 15-26.
A new collection of “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” is coming up by Antiquorum under the hammer next month at the Mandarin Oriental Geneva. There will be 613 modern and vintage timepieces which will be auctioned off which includes some rare and interesting pieces. The pick of the lot is the “Magnificent Royal Presentation Musical Fan With Concealed Watch, A Gift From Prince Ferdinand Of Saxe-Coburg And Gotha To Vicomte De Morais”. Created by Piguet & Capt, Geneva in 1810, the set consists of a “rare musical, gold, painted on enamel and pearl-set fan with concealed watch and visible rose-diamond-set balance, the fan painted in watercolor and gold.” It is estimated to fetch between $320,000 and $535,000.
The other interesting pick is the Patek Phillippe, Ref. 703, piece unique – “The Godess Of The Sun & The Moon”. One of the first enamel solar clock from the brand, it was first made in 1956. It was later handed over as the Dragon Gold Cup trophy in 1956. The electro-mechanical gilt-brass table clock made using polychrome cloisonné enamel panels depicting “birds and the goddess of the sun and moon, baguette sapphire-set dial”. This piece is estimated to earn between $65,000 and $85,000.
As per a recent Press Release by the brand, Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel has been awarded North America’s Leading Luxury Resort of 2012 by the World Travel Awards. This 28 year old Resort was the first of its kind along Coastal Orange County. The resort has a newly imagined vibe with updated services and spaces as it is perched atop the 150 foot bluff looking down on the spectacular Pacific Ocean.Situated in one of the poshest neighborhoods in the U.S.A this landmark of Southern Californian Luxury is located halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego. This sprawling resort offers 396 rooms and 29 suites with the most exclusive being the Ritz Carlton suite, that covers over 1,500 square feet includes a separate dining room with seating for 6 guests, access to the Ritz Carlton Club Lounge and an unbridled view of the coastline.
Laguna Niguel’s ocean-inspired spa was named amongst Condé Nast’s top 100 spas in the US for 2012. It features 12 treatment rooms all bathed in hues of aqua and beige setting a tone that matches the rhythm of the surf.
This Dana Point resort offers 6 restaurants that promise to please even the most discerning palate, enoSteak is an intimate steakhouse that uses only the best ingredients, Raya offers Pan Latin coastal cuisine and the oceanfront dining lounge 180blũ perched at 162 feet above salt creek beach, has a view that is matched only by the food served there. (more…)
As per news, Razar has created a custom-designed Star Wars: The Old Republic Razer Blade gaming laptop. The one of a kind laptop, meant as a free give away sports a matte, laser-etched aluminum gray chassis and a green back lighting that matches its “MMORPG logo”. Valued well over $15,000, the laptop will be lapped up by hard core fans even if it were put under the hammer!
It is reported that The Razer Blade is only 0.88 in. thin, less than half the thickness of traditional gaming laptops of comparable performance. Combined with an ultra-slim power supply, the entire system weighs less than seven pounds, less than half the weight of other gaming laptops, making it the lowest profile, lightest gaming laptop of its class. Along with the Razer Blade’s remarkable 17.3-in. high-definition display the machine’s solid-state drive (SSD) delivers data up to three times faster than traditional hard drives, allowing for blistering boot times. The most striking and innovative feature of the Razer Blade remains its multi-award-winning Switchblade UI. The unique integrated LCD display/multi-touch panel and 10 dynamic adaptive tactile keys put commands and control functions within fingertip reach.
“Circuit of the Americas” in Austin, Texas will witness the Penultimate Grand Prix of the 2012 season. This race will mark the long awaited return of Formula 1 to the United States taking place between the 16th and 18th of November. With just four races left the fight to the finish between Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso for the 2012 Championship title is going to a close one. As the official watch of Formula 1, Hublot has introduced a special limited edition piece to mark this momentous event in sporting history. Only 250 numbered pieces of the aptly named F1 King Power Austin have been made.
One of the unique features of the watch is the fact that they are directly inspired by Formula 1, such as the carbon and titanium bezel, a titanium case with a satin finish, featuring a perforated effect that brings to mind a high tech brake disk and a 30 minute timer at the 3 o’clock. The titanium casing of Hublot F1 King Power Austin is 48 mm in diameter and features 6 H-shaped screws. It has HUB4100 self-winding chronograph movement that winds the watch by arm movement and has a 42 hour power reserve, thus making it irresistible to F1 lovers. The strap of the watch is made from Hornback alligator leather, sewn onto black rubber, which ensures that the strap is long lasting and flexible. The red stitching along the strap blends beautifully with the color of the dial.
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The most important aspect of being a servant-leader is the commitment to work for the good of others. This can sometimes be hard to remember when your fellow club members are dragging their feet on a project, or being indecisive about a program. As you continue to develop into your leadership style keep this in mind: Trying to control people won’t bring out their best. Servant-leaders bring out the best in their colleagues by mentoring, engaging, inspiring, and empowering them. A servant-leader should make sure that everyone understands the club or organization’s mission and help members to understand their role in fulfilling it.
As you begin the new semester, be sure to take time to help your fellow club member get onto the same page as you. Be there with the tools that they’ll need to achieve the club goals, and remember that coaching, rather than controlling, is a great way to help develop your colleagues.
Opportunities for your club to become involved in community engagement are coming this semester, so stay tuned!
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|Highlights||April 22, 2004|
Tax repeal could cost universities millions
By KC McKenna
Amongst the budget issues facing Cleveland State University (the elimination of the hold harmless provision and funding lost to the Research Incentive), The Citizens for Tax Repeal, a group determined to eliminate the 1 percent sales tax increase imposed on Ohioans last year, could cost universities in Ohio millions in budget allocations in the next year.
The group, led by Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, suggests that spending in Ohio is out of control, and a repeal of the tax will put government spending back on track.
The maximum consequence that Cleveland State would face from the tax repeal would be $6.7 million, or nearly 10 percent of the subsidy that the university receives from the state.
As hard as Blackwell’s group is fighting for the repeal of the tax, an interest group, The Campaign to Protect Ohio’s Future is determined to end the effort for repeal.
Not only will Ohio’s universities lose millions, but according to the group, programs like Medicaid for low-income, working parents, 14 million meals delivered through food banks, child care and Head Start programs, and mental health care will all lose the necessary funding provided by the state to survive.
When the sales tax increase was implemented last year it created an 11 percent increase in the state’s budget, and according the Citizens For Tax Repeal Web site (www.repeal-thetax.com), with the help of the tax increase the state’s spending has grown more than 70 percent in the last 10 years; more than any other state in the nation and double that of inflation.
If the bill for the repeal of the sales tax, which is scheduled to expire in 2005, is introduced on the floor of the Ohio legislature, Citizens for Tax Repeal will have four months to pass the measure.
If the repeal fails to pass through the legislature in the allotted time, Blackwell’s group will have to collect 97,000 signatures to put the bill on the November 2004 ballot.
According to report filed by the Federation for Community Planning, an early repeal of the tax would cost the state $813.8 million, and if applied across the board, 93 percent of the cuts would come from the Department of Education, The Ohio Board of Regents, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and Youth Services.
With across the board cuts, The Ohio Board of Regent would lose 6.1 percent of its budget or $120.2 million. Those cuts would be absorbed by all of Ohio’s public colleges and universities.
The Federation of Community Planning’s Report also noted that cuts could also have an effect on public safety, especially in Ohio’s villages and townships that receive much of the funding for public safety programs from state tax dollars.
According to a poll conducted by the American Association for Retired Persons, 80 percent of Ohio voters are willing to pay more tax to maintain the level of human service funding now provided by the state.
Human service funding includes the area of rehabilitation and corrections, mental health, and job and family services.
Efforts to repeal the tax have stalled as of late with Blackwell’s group falling more than 2,000 signatures short of getting the issue on the ballot. The next step for the group is an attempt to have the bill introduced on the floor of the legislature, or recollect the 97,000 signatures needed to put the issue on the ballot for the 2004 election.
© 2004 The Cleveland Stater
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|It all seems a doll's world.
Yes it does! It is evident from the rising number of people adopting dollhouse as a hobby every year. Soon after the advent of internet, dollhouse supplies and kits became easily available which further hooked people to this leisure activity.
Dollhouse making is rather a passion not just limited to crafting a dollhouse but furnishing it too. Dollhouse making has a lot of dimensions to it. You will start as a novice and would eventually turn into a perfectionist. The charm of dollhouse is as such!
Initially your dollhouse is merely a miniature house occult within four walls, but gradually you will see it evolving into a real home, furnished with everything. Dollhouse making and collecting miniatures offers an unmatched pleasure to the collector. Moreover, you can choose miniatures based on what your pocket allows you. There are some who spend a fortune on dollhouse miniatures while others craft accessories from their very own hands or buy relatively inexpensive items. However, the level of pleasure remains the same.
Readymade dollhouses are undoubtedly beautiful, but making one on your own has its own fun. A lots of dollhouse kits available online is a nice thought to start with. One can choose from contemporary dollhouse kits to period style marvels like Victorian, Edwardian, Georgian etc. You can later choose furniture and accessories that go along with your period style dollhouse.
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30-piece photographic work
Slowly but steadily the Boatpeople are moving upstream. Bettina Flitner got individuals and groups for her procession against the current in her boat from burma. Manager and families as well as homeless.
Female and successful
12-piece work, 2011
12 sucessful women, who made their way to the top: The chief designer of Rolls Royce, Barbara Blume, the journalist Tissy Bruns or the biathlon athlete Kati Wilhelm. They are all idols for yong women and their life stories show, that it is worth to study.
This series of 12 portraits with text was made in commission of the"Kooperationsgemeinschaft Mammografie". Portraits of women
Bettina Flitner photographed 25 top women scientists in Germany and Switzerland. They are physicians und biologists, astronomists und chemists, medics and mathematicians.
50 Years Misereor
Since 1958 the catholic aid organsiation is helping more than 94.000 project worldwide. Misereor is working in 98 countries in Afrika, Asia and Latinamerica. Bettina Flitner has travelled through three continents and photographed the whole campaign for the 50th anniversary of Misereor. More
210-piece photographic work, 2001-2006
66 portraits of women in europe. The chief of state, the artist or the worlds best chess player. More
I am Proud to be a Nationalist
15-piece photographic work, 2000
They live on the fringes of Berlin. They wear combat boots, "white power"-jackets and shaved scalps. Bettina Flitner talked to them, observed and photographed them. What do they mean by "nationalistic?" And what could be their motives?
12-piece photographic work, 1992
Do you have an enemy? And if so, what would you do with him if you could do it without getting punished? This was the question Bettina Flitner asked random passers-by in the streets of Cologne and Berlin.
12-piece photographic work, 1994
Do you deserve a personal monument? And if yes, for what? For a few weeks in the spring of 1994, Bettina Flitner moved her studio to the rooms of the "Center for Self Help" of the Cologne suburb Chorweiler, which is considered a bad neighborhood.
12-piece photographic work, 1996
Did you ever lose your heart? And if yes, what were the consequences? As with her first two works "My Enemy" and "My Monument" Bettina Flitner has worked with random passers-by for this last part of her trilogy.
For the first time this report from Pattaya, the "largest open air brothel" of Thailand, shows not only the women who work as prostitutes but also their johns.
9-piece photographic work, 1992
People at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin more than half a century after the Olympic Games 1936. People who are no winners but rather everyday heroes. What is it they always wanted to be honored for?
10-piece photographic work, 1992
Cemetery of Friedenau Berlin, 16. Mai 1992. Marlene Dietrich is buried in Berlin, according to her last wish. The people of Berlin react diversely to the transportation and burial of the celebrity in her old hometown. The women of Marlene Dietrichs Generation tend the neighboring graves. What do they think about the burial of the returned celebrity in her birth city Berlin? More
15-piece photographic work, 1991
Albert-Schweitzer-Street 21 and 22 in Hoyerswerda. After the excesses of Germans against foreigners with whom they had been living wall to wall for years. What has really happened?
Report from No Man's Land
46-piece photographic work, 1989/90
Fall 1989. The Berlin Wall comes down. And suddenly they face each other, the people from the East and the West. In the no mans land of reunited Germany. For months Bettina Flitner wandered along Berlins border line and asked people: What do you feel now?
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: : I have a problem, black lines on my nails. The lines have been there for years. I have recently started to get them on other nails, what can I do? What does it mean? Can I get rid of them without going to a doctor thru herbs or something please?
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There is is a lot of information and debate about bicycle safety these days. Most of it, except for the helmet debate, is focused on protecting bicycles from external risks: cars. All good stuff to talk about. I've profiled my friend Johan's ordeal after he put his knee through a car that pulled in front of him.
Internal Safety Risks
Nevertheless, the recent experience of another friend of mine reminded me to stay focused on the internal risks as well. Her experience, in particular, may become more common as all of us start using our bikes for more than sport.
She did something a lot of us have done at one time or another. It looks harmless enough when you see it but it is a potentially harmful way to travel on a bike.
When she first did this, she said the pain was so bad it took over her entire consciousness for several minutes. She lay in shock right outside her office next to her bike. No one was around to help. When numbness finally kicked in, she was able to get up and then some co-workers finally found her and helped.
Just Steps From Work
She had just left her office and had only been riding for a few seconds. No other vehicles or people were involved. The thing that caused all this was her purse. She had hung it on her handlebars for a second. It somehow got caught between the front wheel and the fork and locked up the wheel. That threw her over the handlebars and plunged her elbow squarely into the pavement.
It's been 8 weeks since the accident. The surgery went well. The cast is off. She still has a metal band threaded under her skin that must be taken out in a few weeks. But, otherwise, she is fine.
Back in the Saddle
To her credit, she hasn't been the least bit shell-shocked by the incident. She is already riding again. Insanely, she started riding within a week of the accident. This is so not recommended since another crash could damage the repaired elbow. However, it demonstrates this stuff doesn't have to deter you from bicycle commuting.
Increasingly Common Site
Today, I saw a guy pedaling home from the grocery store with 3 bags swinging from his handlebars. He also had a U-Lock dangling over his back wheel. I tried to warn him about the danger but he didn't believe me. That inspired this post. Hopefully, this will help some folks avoid a lot of pain and hassle.
We hear about dramatic bike crashes and fatalities all the time but the mundane stuff is no less dangerous so it seems like a good cautionary tale to feature. Since I'm the one who introduced her to cycling I feel responsible that I didn't warn her about this so I'm venting that guilt by way of this caution to others.
While pushing for greater safety in our bicycle infrastructure, we've got to stay focused on the safety within. Sometimes, it's the little stuff that gets you.
I've heard similar stories about headphone wires falling out and snagging. If it swings or dangles it can snag. Watch out.
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Publication Date:Dec 01, 2006
Source:Harvard Business Review Case Discussion
Also Available in:
This HBR Case Study includes both the case and the commentary. For teaching purposes, this reprint is also available in two other versions: case study only, reprint R0612X, and commentary only, reprint R0612Z.
In the four years since Rob Miranda became CEO of Growing Places, a provider of on-site child care for companies in the Midwestern United States, he has been a font of ideas. For instance, he set up rooms where moms can breastfeed their babies during breaks in the workday and put Webcams in classrooms so that parents can "visit" their children from their desks. As a result of Rob's entrepreneurial vision and operational savvy, the company has achieved profitable growth. The problem is that Rob tends to stick his foot in his mouth. Evan Breyer, the company's founder and chairman, hopes that Rob will learn to avoid making verbal gaffes; he even gets Rob to see a coach. But while Evan is wrapping up a facility tour for a potential corporate sponsor of a scholarship program, Rob makes an insensitive remark about breastfeeding in front of the visitors--among them, a reporter. Not surprisingly, the local paper runs a scathing editorial the next day. Several days later, during a conference presentation on preschool curricula, he does it again with a comment implying that teachers are lazy and unprepared. The result is more bad press and a meaningful dip in stock price. It's beginning to look as though Rob is not going to change, and many board members are talking ouster. Should Evan try to persuade the board to hang on to Rob?
Commenting on this fictional case study in R0612A and R0612Z are Ronald A. Heifetz, a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; John H. Biggs, the former CEO of TIAA-CREF; Torie Clarke, a CNN analyst; and Roger Brown, a cofounder of Bright Horizons.
To appreciate the challenges that come with hiring an executive who generates profitable business ideas but who has poor communication and social skills.
Coaching; Emotional intelligence; Executive ability; Interpersonal skills; Management styles
- Industry: Child care services
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By Nicole Brewer, Molly Daly
ATLANTIC COUNTY, NJ (CBS) — From uprooted trees to tattered power lines, southern New Jersey bore the brunt of Friday night’s storm. And three days later, much of Atlantic County remains in the dark.
“I can take a shower, but I can’t cook. That’s the main thing,” said Kathy Kinery of Mays Landing.
Without power for a fan or fridge, Kinery’s neighbor Patrick Grace will spend most of his time on the porch. He even slept there overnight.
PHOTOS: Widespread Storm Damage
“It was, like, 89 degrees in the house, so I’m going to go out looking for a generator,” Grace said.
There’s no doubt it will help him power through the week. But for Gregory Jones, ingenuity and optimism go a long way.
“I’ve got coolers packed with ice; I’ve got my grill ready to go with propane. I’m doing good. It’s not a problem.”
At this point, 92,000 customers remain without power in South Jersey, and most of them live in Atlantic County.
Atlantic City Electric says its goal is to have the majority of its customers online by Wednesday.
In the meantime, Atlantic County has established a distribution point for ice and water at the Hamilton Mall along the Black Horse Pike in Mays Landing. They’ll be giving out a 40-pound bag of ice and a case of water – one per car.
Public Information Officer Linda Gilmore says the County has also set up four cooling stations.
“The cooling stations are different than shelters,” Gilmore points out. “The cooling stations provide air conditioning and water, so it’s relief from the heat. People can get out of this extreme heat for several hours.”
The cooling stations are located at Brigantine Community Center, Alder Avenue School in Egg Harbor Township, and at the City Halls in Linwood and Estell Manor.
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Since our inception Lakota Funds has disbursed over 880 loans, totaling over $6.7 million, resulting in the creation of 1,386 jobs and nearly 473 businesses on or near the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. We have provided training and services to over 1,600 artists and over 4,300 aspiring entrepreneurs. The Pine Ridge Reservation now has more local goods and services available for community residents than ever before.
From 2010 to date, over 650 people have completed financial literacy, homebuyers education and business planning courses at Lakota Funds. A total of $156,000 has been saved through our IDA matched savings program. In 2010, Lakota Funds’ Credit Builder Loan clients increased their credit score by an average of 18.5 points.
From 2010 to date, nearly 2,000 youth have completed financial literacy courses at Lakota Funds. In addition, Lakota Funds has provided youth financial literacy training to over 170 youth through partnerships with the Oglala Sioux Tribe Summer Youth Program, the GEAR-UP college readiness summer program, and reservation high schools.
Lakota Funds has touched the lives of thousands of Lakota people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. According to a study published by Small Business Economics, Lakota Funds succeeded in raising real per capita income of Shannon county residents consistently and significantly throughout the 1987–2006 study period.
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DERBYSHIRE: Second homes cash boost will benefit local people
Support for domestic abuse victims and a scheme helping vulnerable people get out and about are just two projects to benefit from council tax paid on second homes.
More than £1.5m will be generated across Amber Valley, Derbyshire Dales, High Peak and South Derbyshire over the next three years from the programme which sees people owning properties classed as second homes paying 90 per cent of the total council tax for them.
These four Derbyshire areas have been identified as being most affected by people owning second homes in Derbyshire.
When the rules on levying council tax on second homes were changed it 2004 Derbyshire County Council agreed that the areas most affected would receive 75 per cent of the additional income raised to be spent on enhancing housing and support for local vulnerable people.
The county council has now agreed the proposed programmes and projects with the four district and borough councils up until 2015.
Derbyshire Dales District Council, which received £214,000 from the fund this financial year will receive a further £300,000 for each of the next two years to fund a range of projects in the area which will support vulnerable people.
These include the Escape Project which helps vulnerable people to get involved in activities in their local communities including sport, leisure and volunteering and a project aimed at meeting the accommodation needs of people with disabilities.
The money will also go towards an Age Concern Derby and Derbyshire project aimed at providing independent housing and benefits advice and a scheme which supports and provides practical support to vulnerable people and households and to women escaping domestic violence.
High Peak Borough Council has already received £115,000 and will receive the same amount for each of the next two years to spend on projects including supporting young people who are faced with homelessness or in crisis, providing one-to-one support to help them find suitable accommodation and deal with other matters in their lives.
They will also fund a domestic abuse project in partnership with High Peak Women’s Aid, provide support to families in crisis and fund the Homeless Person Prevention Fund which makes small grant payments to people or families who are homeless or threatened with homelessness.
South Derbyshire District Council received £62,000 for 2012/13 and will receive the same amount for each of the next two years which it will spend on additional funding for disabled facilities grants, used to provide aids and adaptations in people’s homes.
In Amber Valley Borough Council £79,000 has been received and a further £80,000 for each of the next two years will be spent on projects including providing housing support and advice to local residents and funding aids and adaptations in people’s homes.
Derbyshire County Council Cabinet Member for Adult Care Councillor Charles Jones said: “The extra money generated from council tax on second homes is being put to very good use in all of the four areas.
“Really worthwhile projects are receiving funding which in turn is benefiting hundreds of local people, some of whom are very vulnerable and find the support they receive invaluable.”
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The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Indianapolis Museum of Art go head to head
Here's the most artistic reason the New Orleans Saints must smother the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. If they do, the Indianapolis Museum of Art will ship a prize landscape, "The Fifth Plague of Egypt," painted in 1800 by legendary English artist Joseph Mallord William Turner, to the New Orleans Museum of Art, where it will hang as a victory trophy for three months.
In the infinitesimally unlikely event that Peyton Manning and company carry the day, the New Orleans Museum of Art will pack up Claude Lorrain's treasured 1644 painting "Ideal View of Tivoli" for shipment to the IMA.
Internet art blogger Tyler Green, who specializes in the inner workings of museums, instigated the artsy bet between the two institutions after the Saints secured the NFC championship last week.
IMA director Maxwell Anderson first offered up a splashy abstraction inspired by skid marks at the Indianapolis 500 car race by Ingrid Calame (I confess, I didn't recognize the name). NOMA director John Bullard clearly took the honor of his city to heart, when he bet the loan of a precious $4 million portrait by universally renowned Impressionist Auguste Renoir. Anderson then offered a jeweled trophy cup by Jean-Valentine Morel (Didn't recognize that name either).
High-brow Internet trash talk ensued.
Anderson reportedly described the Renoir as a "sentimental blancmange by that 'China painter.'"
I looked up blancmange; it's a sweet almond-flavored pudding. The "China painter" dig refers to Renoir's teenage apprenticeship as a porcelain decorator.
As reported on Green's blog, Bullard responded: "I am amused that Renoir is too sweet for Indianapolis. Does this mean that those Indiana corn farmers have simpler tastes?"
Bullard went on to describe the chalice as an "over-elaborate Victorian tchotchke." He challenged Anderson to "get serious." Then he concluded by apologizing that "we have no farm scenes or portraits of football players to send you."
In a telephone conversation, Bullard said that, indeed, NOMA once displayed a splendid portrait of Peyton and Eli Manning as children by New Orleans master Henry Casselli, but the portrait is not part of the museum's permanent collection.
After wagering the IMA's Turner, Anderson proposed that, in the event of a Saints loss, NOMA would lend its 12-foot-tall portrait of Marie Antoinette by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Lebrun -- one of the museum's signature holdings. But Bullard said that "Marie is too large and fragile to travel" in order to satisfy the bet. He then consulted with his "Saints-frenzied curatorial staff," before selecting the Claude Lorrain.
"This great French artist is considered the father of landscape painting and was one of Turner's great inspirations," Bullard said by e-mail. "These two paintings would look splendid hanging together in New Orleans -- or miracle of miracles, in Indianapolis."
Anderson is similarly confident. "Obviously we wouldn't presume to place one of our greatest masterpieces on the road for three months, unless we were sure we wouldn't have to," he said.
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This year we are teaming up with the Wyoming Geological Association and the Society of Petroleum Engineers for two days
of talks and two days of field trips. June 1 is a field trip north of Casper, June 2 is a day of paleontology talks, June 3 is a day of
oil talks and June 4 is a field trip to eastern Wyoming.
Tuesdays, 6:30 PM - @ The Tate Geological Museum - Room 123
Tuesday Feb 5, 2013
"The Story of African Mammals"
with Russell J. Hawley
Tuesday March 12, 2013
"Dinosaur Hunting in Africa"
with JP Cavigelli
Tuesday April 30, 2013
"Geology and Wildlife of Central Africa"
with Kent Sundell
Final talk of Tate Africa series, Spring 2013:
Laramie author Larry Hayden-Wing presenting "In the Footprints of Elephants". This talk is based on Larry's adventures in Uganda with elephants in the early 1960's. He has written a book with the same title and will be selling and signing books
Tuesday evening May 14th 6:30 PM.
Free and open to the public
Join us for a Tate Museum Summer Dinosaur Dig in 2013
Information and registration are now available on the web site.
Click on the gray 'Activities' tab above, then scroll down to 'Tate Summer Digs' for all the info you need.
The book is here! Available now at the Tate Museum and other fine Wyoming retailers.
"Dee and the Mammoth" is a children's book written by Gene Gagliano of Buffalo, WY and illustrated by Zak Pullen of Casper. It is inspired by the discovery of Dee the Mammoth, but in this story, Dee is a little girl who tells a story about a mammoth through letters from her dad who is working on a mammoth dig. The book also includes a DVD which features an audio version of the book, and a doumentary film about the Tate Museum's Dee the Mammoth.
Ralph’s Books, 215 S. Montana Ave., Casper, WY 82609, 307-234-0308
Wind City Books, 152 S. Center St., Casper, WY 82601, 307-315-6003
Campbell County Rockpile Museum, 900 W. Second St., Gillette, WY, 82716-3405, 307-682-5723
Ft. Caspar Museum, 4001 Ft. Caspar Rd., Casper, WY, 82604, 307-235-8462
Nicolaysen Art Museum, 400 E. Collins Dr., Casper, WY, 82601, 307-235-5247
Dinosaur Journey, 550 Jurassic Ct., Fruita, CO 970-434-9814
Washakie Museum, 2200 Big Horn Ave., Worland, WY 307-347-4102
Wholesale orders can be made by visiting this site and downloading the form, then sending it to the Tate Museum at the address on the form. We also have five of Zak's original paintings for the book on display in the museum for a little while. Come in and see them. They are fantastic.
History of the Museum
The Tate Geological Museum was founded in 1980 through a gift from Marion and Inez Tate. It was originally designated as the Tate Earth Science Center and Mineralogical Museum. Because ‘geological' encompasses earth science, mineralogy and paleontology, the name was changed to the Tate Geological Museum in 2001.
Located on the Casper College campus, the museum is a great resource to the community. Many local schools and groups come to the museum to add to their students learning experience.
One of a minute number of geology and paleontology museums in Wyoming, the Tate houses a collection of over 3000 fossil and mineral specimens. Museum staff are always on hand to answer questions, help identify items visitors bring in, and make your visit to the museum an enjoyable experience. The Tate is certainly a great addition to anyone's list of 'must see sites' when traveling through Wyoming.
Deanna K. Schaff Tate Geological Museum Director | Weblink |
Deanna’s road to being Director of the Tate Museum is certainly not the one most traveled. The journey started with a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Education and for most of the time, with some extended side trips, she was a 7-12 mathematics and science teacher in eastern Colorado. After finishing a Masters Degree at the University of Wyoming, Deanna moved to Casper to manage the Math Learning Center and teach math. She then became a part time administrator as the Physical Science Division Chair and during this time was a member of the Tate Museum advisory board. Beginning in 2009 she became the interim Director of the Tate Museum and in June of 2010 was made the permanent director of the museum. Away from the museum most of her time is spent involved with her husband, Bob, two sons and five grandchildren.
Russell graduated from the University of Colorado in 1991 with a degree in fine art. His artwork has appeared in the America's Smithsonian anniversary traveling exhibition, in "Islands in the Cosmos: The Evolution of Life on Land" by Dr. Dale A. Russell, in "Oceans of Kansas" by Michael Everhart, and several issues of Prehistoric Times magazine. Aside from being the Tate Geological Museum's Educational Specialist, Russels also gives tours, writes articles for the museum newsletter, and produces illustrations for the museum displays.
J.P. is the Field Operations Specialist, Collections Manager and Prep Lab Manager for the museum. JP came to Casper in 2004 from Laramie. Before coming to the Tate, he worked on and off in paleontology for 14 years, doing field work as well as a two year post as the collections manager for the University of Wyoming Department of Geology and Geophysics. He has had the good fortune of having been invited to join international paleontological expeditions to Mongolia, Niger (twice), Tanzania (twice) and North Dakota. In his spare time JP collects fossils, watches birds and plays hockey.
Patti graduated from Texas Tech University in 2009 with a Master’s degree in Museum Science, with a focus on exhibits and collections. Her undergraduate degree in Anthropology is from Texas A&M University where she focused on the curation of archaeological collections. Patti has helped the museum update old exhibits and install new ones, most notably the Pleistocene exhibit, featuring Dee the Mammoth. In addition to her Tate Museum duties, Patti also works in conjunction with the Werner Wildlife Museum, also located on campus.
Dr. Kent Sundell
Tate Geological Museum Curator
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Geology allows Dr. Sundell to be outdoors and apply a broad knowledge of science (chemistry, physics, biology, math) towards a better understanding of our Earth. From the historical and esoteric (paleontology, plate tectonics, paleomagnetism, climate change) to the practical application of finding a high paying job (oil, gas, and mineral exploration, geophysics, geochemistry, geohydrology, environmental geology), geology makes life fun and mentally stimulating.
Melissa has been a student of Earth Science all her life. She joined the Tate Geological Museum crew in 1992 as a volunteer while going to school full time. She has worked her way up from being a volunteer, lab manager, geology instructor, and Director to Curator. Melissa loves to discover new things and promotes an appreciation for the natural world. She has a Master’s Degree in Geology with an emphasis in stratigraphy and paleoecology. She has worked in the field for 16 years with various institutions. Although she has a special fondness for sauropods, she delights in the study of any rock or fossil and shares that enthusiasm with her students and colleagues.
Volunteering at the Museum
Volunteers often represent a large portion of any museums work force. Here at the Tate Geological Museum, we offer a variety of activities for those that are interested in taking part.
Many of our current volunteers assist with display construction, helping out in the gift shop, giving tours, and also working in the fossil preparation lab--just to name a few. Come on up and see if the Tate might be the place for you.
All members to the Tate Museum receive the bi-monthly Tate Museum newsletter, Tate Museum Geological Times, and a membership gift card that is good for a 10% discount at the museum gift shop during their membership.
Members may sign-up on an individual or business basis
Tuesadys, 6:30 PM - @ The Tate geological Museum - Room 123
Tuesday Feb 5, 2013
"The Story of African Mammals"
with Russell J. Hawley
Tuesday March 12, 2013
"Dinosaur Hunting in Africa"
with JP Cavigelli
Tuesday April 9, 2013
"Geology and Wildlife of Central Africa"
with Kent Sundell
Free and open to the public
Info on the 2013 Summer Digs can be found by clicking the gray "Tate Summer Digs" tab below. We will be doing three Digs.
June 10-14, July 9-13 and the other September 9-13
The Annual Tate Conference is scheduled for June 1-4, 2013. Details including registration forms can be found under the gray "Annual Summer Conference" tab below.
We will be doing a pair of Member Only Digs in June. June 15th we will be taking a group to Como Bluff down near Medicine Bow to work on some Jurassic dinosaur bones. On June 22 we will be doing a Kids Dig closer to Casper. We are still working on the details but will hopefully go ammonite hunting. Members will receive an email from us announcing details as the dates get closer and we fill in the details. If you do not have an email address, please call us for details.
Saturday Club Advanced Schedule
$5.00 per person, ages 8 years old and older
10:30 am until 11:30 a.m, usually on the first Saturday of the month
January 5th, 2013: CyberLife
In this session we look at how computer programs, including John Conway’s "Life" and Richard Dawkin’s "The Blind Watchmaker" illustrate how simple sets of rules can lead to extremely complex designs, including patterns capable of reproducing themselves. Create your own Life form and see how long it survives!
February 2nd, 2013: Fossil Snakes and other Reptiles
We discuss the differences between reptiles and mammals, and show how reptiles are classified on the basis of the holes in their skulls. We also measure out the lengths of prehistoric reptiles on the sidewalk so that students can see how big they actually were.
March 2nd, 2013: Fossil Birds
We show how to calculate a bird’s aspect ratio, and discuss the relationship between a bird’s aspect ratio and its lifestyle. We measure the aspect ratios of some extinct species to see whether they were flapping woodland dwellers or efficient open air gliders.
April 6th, 2013: Water Dwellers - the Amphibians Who Left and Reptiles Who Returned
We discuss the adaptations that allowed the first amphibians to leave the water to pursue a life on land. We calculate the fineness ratio of various aquatic reptiles to see which were capable of sustained high-speed swimming in the open ocean.
May 4th, 2013: Segmentation and the Origin of Multicellular Life
We show how evolving life forms were able to use repetition of elements to more efficiently build bigger bodies, from the first multi-celled organisms to segmented trilobites. Students are shown how to draw trilobites, too.
Summer: No Saturday Club
September 7th, 2013: Swimmers/Weighing Dinosaurs
This month we learn about the fossil history of the most successful vertebrates ever – the fishes. Students are taught how fishes are divided into 3 major groups, and construct their own fish skeletons out of cardboard. We also use the principle of volumetric displacement on scale models of dinosaurs to determine how much the actual animal weighed in life.
October 5th, 2013: Geology Field Trip
In this session we take a trip to a local outcrop to hunt for real minerals or fossils!
November 2nd, 2013: Plate Tectonics
December 7th, 2013: Ornamental Dinosaurs
In this free Saturday Club, which is open to the public, we make our own dinosaur ornaments to liven up the holiday season!
Each year on the first Saturday of December, the Tate Museum hosts an open house, which features a variety of musuem activities. See this space in November for more info.
Tate Summer Digs
2013 Field Expeditions
We are offering three weeks of Field Expeditions in 2013:
June 10 though 14 (This trip is almost full)
July 9 through 13 (This trip is full)
September 9 through 13
The goals of Tate Geological Museum paleontology field trips are to offer fun educational experiences while building up the museum’s collections for display and/or research. The popular summer dinosaur digs will again be available for interested members of the public. Registration will be through the museum and CEU credit will be available upon request. The fee this year will be $800/person. This includes six nights of lodging, six dinners, five field lunches, four continental breakfasts at the hotel in Lusk, snacks and soft drinks/water, and all ground transportation from Casper. Click on the graphic below to see more details and to register for a dig.
2013 Field Expeditions
The goals of Tate Geological Museum paleontology field trips are to offer fun, educational experiences to the public while building up the museum’s collections for display and/or research. The popular summer dinosaur digs will again be available in the summer of 2013. Registration will be through the museum and CEU credit will be available upon request. The fee this year will be $800/person. This includes six nights of lodging, six dinners, five field lunches, four continental breakfasts at the hotel in Lusk (and still working out the details in Medicine Bow), snacks and soft drinks/water, and all ground transportation from Casper.
A non-refundable deposit of $400 per person is required upon registration to hold your place. The balance of the fee is due no later than 60 days prior to the start of the dig.
The minimum age for participation is 16 (16 and 17-year-olds must be accompanied by an adult participant.)
We will be doing three dig weeks this summer, the first dig on June 10-14, the second dig July 9-13 and the third dig September 9-13. Fossils collected remain property of the Tate Museum, although participants are usually allowed to bring home a few samples of bone. Additionally, a Tate Museum volunteer photographer typically documents the dig and shares photos with participants.
The first week we will be returning to the Morrison Formation at Como Bluff. The Tate Museum dug here back in the 1990’s and has since taken a hiatus. We are going back. There are several dinosaur sites on this ranch, and a microsite. The microsite will be a priority as will some of the dinosaur sites, but we have not yet decided which dinosaur sites. (For those who have been there in the 90’s, we will probably not work on the Nail site yet). We will stay in a hotel in either medicin Bow or Rock River.
The second and third digs will be at the Meadow Ranch in eastern Wyoming, digging in the late Cretaceous Lance Formation. We have been collecting on this ranch for seven years and still have a lot to do there. The primary plan of the two Lance Formation digs will be to continue exposing bones and collecting a hadrosaur skeleton at Merle's Site. We discovered this site in 2005, worked it a little that year and returned last year. We had hoped to collect some of the bones last year, but in the week we were there, we kept running into more bones, so very little was actually collected. This year we hope to find more bones and to collect most of the bones . There are other sites we may explore as well, including microsites (locally rich accumulations of small fossils), and we may find some time for prospecting. As a special treat, the second dig will be staying in Lusk during Lusk's annual festival, the Legend of Rawhide. The website there is not updated for 2013 yet, but you'll get the idea... the cost of Rawhide is NOT included in the cost of the dig. I personally think Rawhide is a wonderful small town America pageant.
Below are some photos from the 2012 dig at The Merle Site
Tate Museum Diggers discussing Life (or maybe the World Series) while digging up Merle’s bones. September 2012.
The Superheroine known as Dr. Jane overlooking Merle’s femur, pubis and other bones. Early in the dig, September 2012.
Merle's pubis bone exposed and ready to collect... or not... we found more bones around this bone as we were readying it for the plaster jacket, for example you can see a vertebrae beginning to be exposed just below the handle of the whisk broom. So it is still out there at The Merle Site. September 2012.
A series of articulated caudal vertebrae (toe bones) being exposed... these were found on the last day last year... they remain to be colletced in 2013. September 2012.
The trips are run by the museum’s field operations and prep lab manager, JP Cavigelli. JP’s expertise has led to his participation in numerous paleontological expeditions throughout the West as well as in Niger, Mongolia, and Tanzania. JP’s most recent project was leading the excavation and preparation of Lee Rex, the Tate Museum's Tyrannosaurus rex, currently being prepared by Tate volunteers.
Accommodations in Casper are included on the Sunday evening prior to the dig (Monday night for the second dig) and the Friday evening (Saturday evening for the second dig) after the dig at a Casper hotel. The hotel offers a free shuttle to and from Casper-Natrona County International Airport. Complimentary transportation to the museum before and after the dig can also be arranged. Accomodationsduring the week of the dig are included in the cost of the trip. The hotel in Lusk offers continental breakfast. The hotel’s indoor pool and hot tub are always welcome after a hard day in the field. All hotel accommodations are double occupancy. Roommates are assigned as necessary. Single occupancy, based on hotel availability, can be arranged at extra cost. Simple, delicious lunches in the field are provided daily, as are dinners each night. Cost is $800. Booze is not included in the cost of trips.
Attendees are required to sign a Medical Release Form. Please print this off and send it in with your registration form and payment. Checks should be made out to "Tate Museum" or "Tate Geological Museum"
(The following link is not updated for 2013... it still has 2012 info on it, but all the info for 2013 is included up above)
Come and take a guided tour of the museum. Find out about dinosaurs, minerals, gems and check out our fantastic exhibits.
A group tour makes a great field trip for any class. Be it at the end of a unit, or as an introductory look into what students will be studying in class, a tour of the Tate Geological Museum is a wonderful addition to any lesson plan. We have a wealth of specimens and fossil casts that students can handle and examine during their visit. Open access at the Fossil Preparation Lab window gives students a chance to see some of the "behind the scenes" operations you don't always get to see at every museum. If you'd like a more interactive visit to the museum, we also have scavenger hunt questionnaires for students to fill out, giving them a chance to get more involved with their museum visit.
If you can't make it to the museum for a tour we also have a selection of Teaching Trunks filled with a great variety of specimens, fossil casts, books, posters and many other resources that can be checked out for use in the classroom.
It is best to schedule your tour or classroom visit as far in advance as possible to ensure you get the day and time that best fits your schedule.
Not sure if you will be able to attend a tour at the museum? We can bring the museum to you! Tate staff members have made presentations to local classrooms and community groups, as well as accompanied classes on field trips. Museum staff arrive with a number of materials, from fossil casts to the real thing, and always have plenty of hands-on items to be passed around the room.
Call today to make your appointment!
(307) 268-2447 ~ (800) 442-2963, ext. 2447
The next Tate Fundraiser is scheduled for spring 2014.
Each trunk contains various specimens, activities, replicas, videos, books, resource materials and a teachers guide.
Funded by the Board of Cooperative Educational Services (B.O.C.E.S.) and Classroom Wyoming
These trunks are available for teachers in Wyoming to check out for use in the classroom. Contents are targeted to enhance 2nd & 4th grade curricula and outcome criteria; however, they can be used for any grade level. The trunks have been designed and created by a cooperative team of Tate Museum staff and Natrona County School District teachers.
Teaching trunks can be checked out for a two week period, which can be extended if the trunk does not have a waiting list.
Trunks are available to teachers free of charge.
To reserve a trunk for a two week period, please contact the Tate reception desk (307) 268-2447
The Tate Teaching Trunks can help the teacher in the classroom in many ways. Not only do they have hands on samples of various rocks, minerals and fossils, but each trunk also comes with a great selection of posters, books, videos and activities that make the teaching of various aspects of Earth Science fun and easy. The trunks are great for grades 1,2,3,4 and 6 to reach the goals set in the Earth Science requirements.
Rocks and Minerals [inside trunk]
Casper is a great place to learn about rocks and minerals. Investigate the properties: hardness, crystal shape, cleavage, color, magnetism, streak, acid reactions. Learn to sort and classify rocks. Find out about local sites.
General Geology and Economic Geology in Wyoming [inside trunk]
Activities about volcanoes, earthquakes, erosion, deposition and more are contained within this trunk. Students can also learn about oil, coal, gas, uranium, trona, bentonite and other resources that are important to Wyoming.
Dinosaurs [inside trunk]
Students can learn about the different kinds of dinosaurs, what environments they lived in and also where they lived. Teacher's guide includes many worksheets and there are also many hands on activities aimed primarily at 2nd graders.
Dee the Mammoth is an 11,600 year old Columbian Mammoth who lived in the American West during the Pleistocene, or Ice Age. 65 to 70 years old when he died, Dee is unique in both his advanced age and his completeness.
Dee was discovered in 2006 by a backhoe operator who was preparing an oil well pad site north of Glenrock, WY. The operator, Dee Zimmerscheid, knew that he had hit something big when several large white bones were churned up from under his machine. He called in his site supervisor, Bill Allen and together they decided that it was time to call in the land owners and the experts.
It was determined that the bones were from a mammoth and that more of the huge mammal was probably located below the surface. Dr. Kent Sundell recommended that the oil well be moved over about 100 feet and the oil companies that were involved agreed. Additionally, the Allemand/Byrd family who owned the land and thus the bones, generously donated the skeleton to the Tate Geological Museum.
During three of the next four summers, over 300 mammoth bones were recovered from the site. After recovery, the bones were transported to the museum lab to be cleaned and cataloged. Many of the bones were complete and identifiable, making the staff and volunteer’s jobs in the lab easier. The skeletons completeness enabled the the Black Hills Institute of Geologic Research to reassemble and mount the mammoth for display in the museum where it can be seen today.
The Pleistocene Exhibit, featuring Dee, informs visitors about Wyoming’s Pleistocene environment, introduces a few of Dee’s contemporaries and discusses the differences and similarities between mammoths, mastodons and elephants. Visitors can play the PSI (Pleisto-Scene Investigation) game to determine, on their own, how the mammoth died and follow the Timeline of Discovery for a quick view of the events leading up to and occurring after the skeleton’s discovery. Watch a video on mammoths or look at photos and home videos from the field as you learn about the life and times of Dee the Mammoth.
We have this cool time-lapse video provided to us by the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research
of them working on mounting Dee's bones in their warehouse in Hill City, South Dakota.
But wait... there's more... a few questions on the subject...
How much of the skeleton is real?
Not all of the bones on the mammoth are real. The lighter, yellowish colored bones on the skeleton, such as the left leg and foot, are casts or copies. It was necessary to make casts of several bones because the originals were never recovered. 84 of the bones mounted on the skeleton are casts. Of those 84, 62 are foot and toe bones. The remaining 22 cast bones are from the leg, ribs, vertebrae and tail. A few other key bones have been cast and painted to resemble the original bones including the pelvis, skull and both tusks. In these cases the actual bone was recovered, but it was too fragile to mount in the exhibit. We believe that Dee is the largest and most complete mounted Columbian mammoth in North America.
What are tusks made of?
Mammoth, mastodon and elephant tusks are made up of dentin, a basic component found in all teeth. The dentin in the growth layers can indicate what their diet was, how healthy they were, when they were weaned, and even the time of year that they died. Baby mammoths had tiny milk tusks that erupted at around 6 months of age. They measured approximately 5cm (2 in.) in length and were replaced with permanent tusks by the end of their first year.
Mammoth’s tusks grew continuously anywhere from 2.5 cm to15 cm (1 to 6 in) a year. Growth occurred in the tusk socket and as much as a quarter of the tusk was embedded there. This means that the oldest layers of dentin, formed when the mammoth was young, were toward the tips of the tusks.
How do tusks grow?
Tusks are made up of a series of "ivory cones" that spiraled as they grew, creating the distinctive twist. It has been suggested that this twist is what allowed the tusks to grow to massive lengths (up to 4.88 m or 16 ft.) without creating excessive torque on the spine and skull.
The cones (photo to right is looking into the base of a tusk) that make up the tusks have been compared to growth rings in trees. By studying the rings (photo to left) or cones, the approximate age of the mammoth can be determined. However, this method cannot be used to determine their exact age since the tips are often worn down or broken off, effectively erasing the early years.Annual and weekly growth lines can be seen in the tusks. Under high magnification even daily growth can be seen. The color of the growth lines indicates the rate at which the dentin was depos-ted. A lighter shade equals faster growth and darker lines indicate slower growth.
Why study elephants?
Much about extinct species can be learned by studying the habits and behaviors of their living relatives. While elephants are not direct descendants of mammoths or mastodons, they are related, and physically similar. Elephants, mammoths and mastodons are all members of the order Proboscidea (pro-boSIH-dee-a) which includes over 150 species that originated during the last 50 mil-lion years. Proboscidea is Latin in origin and means “nose” or “long flexible snout”. Today this order is represented by the two living elephant species Loxodonta africana (African elephant) and Elephas maximus (Asian elephant ).
Elephants are the closest living relatives to mammoths, and scientists can infer possible mammoth behavior and herd structure by observing elephants. Scientists are able to use the information that they gather from such behavioral studies to develop hypotheses about mammoth behavior. They then support their hypotheses with skeletal evidence from discoveries such as Dee, The Mammoth Site in South Dakota, and the Waco Mammoth Site in Texas. Dee’s skeleton helps to corroborate the theory that many bull mammoths were loners, just as many bull elephants are. By studying his remains they can further support the idea that the average Columbian mammoth life span did not extend much beyond 70 years.
Death of a Mammoth
No one can be 100% sure how Dee died. While there are several hypotheses, the most probable one is that he was ‘neutralized by natural causes’. Dee was an extremely old mammoth. He had severe arthritis in his lower back, odd growths on his bones, a bone tumor, and several other problems that would have made it difficult to walk, move and chew. (The medical term used for these bony growths or bone spurs is spondylopathy which is a type of reactive arthritis.)
Additionally, Dee was using his sixth and final set of teeth. (See Mammoth Teeth for more information) He used his last set for as long as he could, however they were worn down so far that it would have been impossible for him to eat enough food to stay healthy. Eventually, he would have starved to death.
Radiocarbon dating was used to determine the approximate date that Dee died, which was 11,600 (+/- 70) years ago. This dating method was developed in 1950 and is used world-wide to determine the age of organic-based materials. Organic materials are materials that were once alive, so radiocarbon dating methods can be used on, but are not limited to, wood, charcoal, seeds, plant materials, plant-based cloth, bone, ivory, shell and hide.
Radiocarbon dating measures two levels of carbon, carbon 12 (12C) and carbon 14 (14C), which is found in organic materials. 12C is a stable isotope, meaning that it remains at the same level after the organic material that produced the carbon in life stops producing it (i.e.: the animal died or the tree was cut down). 14C is not a stable isotope, it is radioactive or unstable, and will decay at a known rate. Scientists can determine the levels of 14C and 12C in a sample, and compare the proportion of the two carbons to a modern sample, which will give an approximate date of death. The date is given plus or minus (+/-) a variable number of years, allowing for possible uncertainties in the measurement.
Continental Production Company, Mountain West Energy, LLC, and Nerd Gas Company, LLC, along with Discovery Resources, LLC, Basic Energy Services and the Allemand family all made this ‘mammoth-sized’ exhibit possible. Based upon Dr. Sundell’s recommendation, the oil companies decided that it would be in the best interest of the community to move the location of the well to facilitate the mammoth dig. Both the oil companies and the community benefited from this historic event.
Through conscientious and community-minded decisions, these companies allowed the Tate Geological Museum and Casper College to step in, collect and preserve the specimen. It is also due to the forethought and cooperation of the Allemand family and their generosity in donating the mammoth bones that Dee the Mammoth is here on display at this museum.
The Dino Den is located in the front, northeast corner (opposite the gift shop) as you enter the museum. Created as a dinosaur discovery zone, it gives kids room to play and investigate on their own. The Dino Den features coloring, puzzles, a mineral ID game, fossil rubbings, touchable fossil casts and dino themed toys for all ages. Stop by to play and learn anytime!
Hall of Minerals
The Mineral Exhibits line the north wall of the museum and cover mineral types, diagnostic mineral features, silicates and non-silicates, Wyoming’s extractive resources and the state gemstone, Jade. Currently in the development stages, the extractive resources and mining in Wyoming cases will be receiving a face-lift to include more up to date mining practices as well as a brief review of the history of mining in Wyoming.
Walk Through Time
The Walk Through Time, located along the back (west) wall of the museum takes visitors back through time from the Holocene hunter and gatherers of North America right back to the formation of the earth. Along the way there are several drawers with touch samples which allow visitors to interact with the fossils as they move back through time. Be sure to look for the plant fossils, the T.rex tooth, and the trilobites along the way.
The Mesozoic Marine exhibit exposes the underwater world that existed here in Wyoming during much of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. Wyoming’s warm, tropical seaways were home to a plethora of marine animals and some plants, including ammonites, belemnites, star shaped crinoids, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs and hybodont sharks. Of particular interest (here at the Tate Museum, anyways) is the Sundance Plesiosaur (Tatenectes laramiensis), named for the founders of the museum Marion and Inez Tate.
Bones of Oomtar the mosasaur found near the town of Midwest, north of Casper are featured inthe Marine mesozoic display
Mesozoic marine display includes mosauaurs, sharks, ammonites and more
It was the time of the dinosaurs. The Mesozoic Era is usually better known by its three periods, the Triassic, the Jurassic and the Cretaceous. The Mesozoic Terrestrial area highlights the massive size of the dinosaurs as well as a few of the features that made some of them terrifying and so fascinating. Stand next to a Torvosaur leg, see how big an Apatosaurus foot really was, check out the size of an Allosaurus claw and have a face-off with Stan the T-rex!
Our Cretaceous Corner is currently under construction, but will soon feature several Cretaceous dinosaurs including our Hadrosaur, Dead Sheep 148, portions of Gret the Triceratops (the triceratops is the Wyoming state dinosaur) and other Cretaceous creatures.
The Mesozoic Aerial display introduces the pterosaurs that called Wyoming home. Jurassic pterosaur footprints have been discovered near Alcova Reservoir and models in the display have been reconstructed (to scale) from these footprints. These footprints also helped to solve the riddle of how pterosaurs walked when they were on the ground. Did they walk on two feet? On all four? Like a dog or a bat? Visit the Tate to find out the answer to this important question.
A cast of the skull of Stan the T rex is a popular item at the Tate.
A claw of Allosaurus
The Tate's pterosaur tracks display features tracks found at Alcova, 40 miles south of Casper, one of the best places in the world for pterosaur tracks.
Dead Sheep 148, our articulated partial hadrosaur skeleton.
Eocene of Wyoming
The Eocene Epoch had a warmer, wetter environment and large variety of animals flourished. The landscape was full of archaic mammals that were vastly different from mammals today. Conversely, the reptiles were amazingly similar to their modern counterparts. The Eocene display features a fossilized crab, turtles, fish, mammals, birds and feathers, crocodiles and alligators and plant pieces many of which were found in Wyoming. Learn about life after the dinosaurs, and find out for yourself how similar the Eocene reptiles were to modern reptiles.
The Tate's Eocene display features 50 million year old fossils mostly from Wyoming... fishes, birds, mammals, turtles, crocodiles, insects, leaves and more.
Oligocene/ White River of Wyoming
The Oligocene Epoch came after the Eocene. By this time dinosaurs had been extinct for about 30 million years, and mammals ruled the earth. The variety of fauna that lived during this time is well preserved in the White River Formation of Wyoming which is known for its preservation of mammals including oreodonts, titanotheres and predators such as the entelodont. See if you can find the skeleton of the three-toed horse and discover how different it is from the modern horse. How many differences can you find?
This portion of the Tate Museum's White River display features a titanothere skull, a smaller rhino skull and a death assemblage of 11 small oreodonts.
The White River Diorama features reconstructions of the saber-toothed Hoplophoneus attcking a hapless oreodont. Cretaures that lived in burrows can be seen "underground".
The prep lab is where the specimens are cleaned and made ready for exhibit in the museum gallery. Our prep lab is visible to the public via a sliding glass window, so you can see what we are working on and even ask questions.
One of our main projects in the prep lab these days is Dead Sheep 148, a hadrosaur skeleton found in 2005. This jacket (at right) contains a beautifully articulated pelvis region of the animal. We have been working on it on and off in the lab for a few years, with an interruption to clean the mammoth skull. As of this writing, (Jan 2011) we are doing the final touches on it to put it on display. (Dead Sheep 148 is named after a recently deceased ewe that was lying in the vicinity of the hadrosaur site. Her ear tag was number 148. Her two little lambs were hiding behind her, waiting for her to wake up... a sadly tragic scene. We reported them to the rancher, who raised the lambs before setting them out to join the herd).
The Tate Museum gift shop has items for everyone on your list. The gift shop carries Hell Pig and Dee the Mammoth t-shirts, books, videos, jewelry, t-shirts, dinosaur puppets, dinosaur, marine and mammal models, gems, wooden skeleton kits, cups, hats and more!
A Tate Museum Membership will afford you 10% off of every purchase at the Gift Shop!
Gift Shop Hours
Monday - Friday
9:00am - 500pm
10:00am - 4:00pm
The Casper College Geology Club is dedicated to helping students get out of their normal day to day grind by offering weekend field trips that include fossil collecting, hiking, caving, photography, snow shoeing, caving and cross country skiing. It is mainly composed of geology students but is open to any Casper College student that has a desire to get out and enjoy the outdoors.
The Geology Club meets every Friday at noon for an informal meeting to discuss various topics that concern trips and other activities that the club is planning or involved in. The Friday meetings are also a way for the club to catch up and hang out. The club also holds monthly meetings on the first Monday at noon of each month where we discuss and vote on activities associated with the club.
If you are interested in joining the club, come to one of our meetings and see what the club can do for you!
Casper College Geology Club members in Boulderchoke Cave outside Lander, WY
Adult long sleeve $17.99
Adult short sleeve $15.99
Youth short sleeve $11.99
Sweatshirts (hoodies) $22.99
The museum gift shop has a limited number of Dee the Mammoth bronze sculptures created exclusively for the Tate Museum by Chris Navarro. The 10 1/2 inch bronze sculpture, pictured above, is available for $1200.00. Two larger limited edition 24 inch sculptures are available for $9000.00 each, and can be ordered through our gift shop.
Where is the Tate Geological Museum? We are part of Casper College in Casper, Wyoming. The Casper College address is 125 College Drive, but that is the whole college. If you try to find use with google maps, you will end up a half mile away. We are actually on Lisco Drive, which is only a bit better. Casper College addreses have stumped Google. Additionally, our entrance road is not even on google maps. The following directions are based on the google maps version of '125 College Drive'. From the base of Casper College get onto Casper Mountain Road and go south (uphill). Go through the stoplight (wait for it to turn green), continue uphill (south), past the road to the right that leads into the college and then take the next road on the right. The Tate Museum is right in front of you, a bit to the right.
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Casper College would like to acknowledge the Blue Envelope Health Fund for generously donating two AEDs,
one of which is housed at the Tate Geological Museum while the other will be carried into the field at the dig site by the Tate's Paleontological Team.
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As the Khartoum regime continues its assault against the civilians of South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, more and more refugees are attempting the arduous trek into refugee camps in South Sudan and Ethiopia. The influx of refugees has escalated just as the rainy season has begun, making the delivery of additional supplies extremely difficult and expensive. Antonio Guterres, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, has urged donor nations to ease “the enormous humanitarian tragedy.” Meanwhile, Sudan President Omar al Bashir and South Sudan President Salva Kiir met in Addis Ababa, on the sidelines of the African Union summit, for a continuation of negotiations – no agreement has yet been reached on oil wealth sharing, final borders or other security concerns, and many believe the two countries will miss an August 2 deadline imposed by both the AU and UN for final status agreements. Outrageously, as Bashir continues his genocidal campaigns in Darfur and South Kordofan/Blue Nile and a violent crackdown against protestors in the capital, he has been nominated for a seat on the UN’s Human Rights Council. Take action with JWW here.
Congolese President Joseph Kabila and Rwandan President Paul Kagame met this Sunday on the sidelines of the African Union summit and agreed to the implementation and deployment of a neutral international force to combat the M23 rebellion, as well as other armed groups in eastern Congo. The proposal comes in the wake of mounting accusations against Rwanda – including in a UN Group of Experts report – charging that elements within its government and military are supporting and arming the M23 rebels. It’s unclear what the development of a new international force would accomplish – the largest international peacekeeping force in the world, known by its French acronym MONUSCO, is already deployed in Congo. The Congolese by and large consider it a partisan force that has failed in its primary mandate – to protect civilians. In addition, the negotiation of such a new force – to be established by the AU, UN and the regional body the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) – will likely take a significant amount of time to organize, fund and deploy. Meanwhile, the M23 rebels continue to hold their positions less than 30 miles from North Kivu’s capital, Goma, leaving more than 220,000 civilians displaced. The UN Security Council yesterday issued a condemnation of continued attacks by M23, which have also killed at least one UN peacekeeper.
Great news! Luis Moreno Ocampo, the International Criminal Court’s first Chief Prosecutor, will be accepting our 6th annual I Witness Award on November 14, 2012 (save the date!). As part of the program, he’ll be interviewed by John Prendergast. John Prendergast published an article today with a review of some of the major obstacles facing the apprehension and arrest of accused war criminals indicted by the ICC – including Omar al Bashir in Sudan and Bosco Ntaganda in Congo. Read it here.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Home prices rose in March from February in most major U.S. cities for the first time in seven months. The increase is the latest evidence of a slow recovery taking shape in the housing market.
Three of the weakest markets showed signs of improvement. Prices rose in Tampa and Miami. They were unchanged in Las Vegas.
The biggest month-to-month increases occurred in Phoenix, Seattle and Dallas. Prices dropped the most in Detroit, Chicago and Atlanta.
Rising prices in most cities add to other encouraging signs of a housing rebound. Sales are up, mortgage rates are at historic lows, builders are more confident and the economy is adding jobs.
Still, even though 12 of 20 cities showed gains, the weaker cities weighed on Case-Shiller's overall price index in March. The index edged down to its lowest level since the housing bubble burst.
At the same time, price declines have slowed, and a majority of markets are rising.
"This is relatively good news," said David Blitzer, chairman of S&P's index committee. "We just need to see it happen in more of the cities and for many months in a row."
In part, the increases reflect the start of the spring selling season. The month-to-month prices aren't adjusted for seasonal factors.
The S&P/Case-Shiller monthly index covers roughly half of U.S. homes. It measures prices compared with those in January 2000 and creates a three-month moving average. The March figures are the latest available.
Over the past 12 months, prices have dropped nationally. But the declines have slowed. The 20-city index was 2.6 percent lower in March than in the same month last year. That's better than the 3.5 percent year-over-year drop in February. And it's the smallest annual drop since December 2010
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Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Travel Awards
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Travel Awards Undergraduate students who have completed NSF-sponsored REU projects in the areas of ecology, evolution, restoration, or environmental science are encouraged to present their research at the ESA/SER Joint Meeting being held in San Jose, California. These students are also invited to apply for an NSF-funded travel award, which will support the participation of 20 competitively-selected REU participants at this meeting. Each successful travel award winner will be funded at a rate of $1,000 U.S. to help defray the total costs of round-trip airfare to the meeting, food and lodging, and ESA/SER abstract and registration fees. All applicants must have performed their research either through an REU Site, or through an REU supplement to a regular NSF grant. Students who will be initiating their REU research in summer 2007 must wait to apply for the summer 2008 meeting. Abstracts that address the meeting theme, “Ecology-based restoration in a changing world,” are especially encouraged, but submissions may be from any area of ecology; these abstracts must be submitted to ESA/SER by 1 March 2007 (for contributed orals and posters) or 1 June 2007 (for latebreaking posters) through the normal electronic abstract submission process. Please see the ESA Annual Meeting website at http://www.esa.org/sanjose/ for examples of the kinds of topics and presentations that are already planned for this ESA/SER Joint Meeting.
Click here to download a Microsoft Word document containing the application form for this travel award. Please fill out the application electronically; save the completed application file as ESA 2007 REU your name (e.g., ESA 2007 REU Val Smith.doc); and then e-mail the completed application file directly to Dr. Val H. Smith, University of Kansas , at firstname.lastname@example.org by June 30, 2007.. A short mentor's letter of recommendation, sent to this same e-mail address, is also required for each award applicant. Applicants must not send this travel award application to the ESA website, because they will not process it! These applications will be evaluated by an ad hoc ESA /REU Travel Award Review and Selection Committee, and competitively-chosen student applicants whose abstracts have been accepted by ESA /SER will be contacted independently by e-mail to confirm their intent to attend the ESA/SER Joint Meeting. Successful applicants will be contacted in early July 2007.
Interested applicants might also consider clicking the box on the meeting registration form to register as a potential student volunteer at the meeting. In return for providing a modest degree of help at the meeting (such as assisting with room lights), ESA will refund $135 U.S. in registration fees for each student volunteer chosen.
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Refinancing home loans explained on a whiteboard: The White House
The White House has used ‘whiteboard’ videos several times, to help bring economic issues in particular to life:
President Obama is urging Congress to take up his proposal to cut through the red tape that prevents so many homeowners from refinancing their mortgages and saving hundreds of dollars each month.
It has the potential to be a huge deal, so we want to make sure you have the facts — and get a chance to tell us what you think.
Take a minute to watch this video from Brian Deese — one of the President’s economic advisors — then, answer a few short questions to help guide our work on this issue.
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Young adults with disabilities transition to work roles
Five interns with Project SEARCH, a program for young adults with disabilities, gained valuable work experience over the past year at Parma Community General Hospital. From cleaning patient rooms and delivering specimens for the Cardiac Catheterization Lab to stocking medicines in the Pharmacy and selling coffee from the Healing Grounds mobile coffee cart, these students learned that there are many ways to serve the public in a community hospital.
Project SEARCH, a partnership between business, education and vocational rehabilitation, places young adults ages 18-21 in internships during their last year of high school. The program – which began in 1996 and has been replicated with private and public employers at over 140 sites in 42 states, as well as the United Kingdom and Australia – provides skills training and work experience for young adults with disabilities. Students experience immersion in the workplace and work toward a goal of competitive employment after graduation.
“We couldn't have asked for a better host business than Parma Hospital,” said Laura Crandall, Project SEARCH instructor for the Parma City School District. “They have welcomed Project SEARCH and have made us feel like part of the community. Thirteen different departments have hosted interns this year, allowing them to experience full inclusion in the workplace. Our interns learned numerous skills that will help them gain employment and they will never forget their experiences here at the hospital."
Nicole Caliendo of North Royalton was among the five interns who graduate June 1 after working at Parma Hospital since August 2010. Caliendo worked in both Medical Records and Radiology, handling a variety of duties such as scanning and delivering X-rays to Surgery, preparing mailings and filing.
“I really enjoyed being in Project Search,” said Caliendo. “It’s giving us experience for a job. Working in Parma Hospital is really nice. Everyone is friendly, and they love us.”
Andrea Sack, Parma Hospital’s director of Volunteer Services who serves as a liaison for Project SEARCH, said they have received very positive feedback on the success of this partnership.
“Our management team has welcomed our students into a variety of areas with the purpose of teaching them marketable skills,” Sack said. “Our goal is to provide access to hiring opportunities for our interns who are appropriate for internal job openings. They have been pleased with the response they have received from our staff, who value their contributions.”
Project SEARCH model is a collaborative partnership. The Ohio Rehabilitation Services Coalition funds the job coaching and development through United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of Greater Cleveland. The Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities provides continuing services upon graduation.
About Parma Community General Hospital: In 2011, Parma Hospital celebrates its 50th year of providing excellent, personalized care. The Hospital was founded by the six communities of Parma, Parma Heights, North Royalton, Seven Hills, Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights to meet a growing demand for hospital beds in the rapidly growing southwestern suburbs of Cleveland. Parma Hospital now has a medical staff of 500 members in more than 30 specialties, as well as 2,000 employees and 400 volunteers. The Hospital has been recognized as one of the 20 Best Community Hospitals in the country and has received national acclaim for its orthopedics quality, its cardiovascular outcomes and patient safety. The Joint Commission has accredited the Hospital’s Stroke Center and its Joint Camp orthopedic program. Outpatient facilities are located in Broadview Heights, North Royalton and Brooklyn. Its third Community Express Care clinic, joining those already established in Olmsted Falls and Independence, opens this summer in Parma Heights.
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Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Barofsky, Colombian drug lords, DOJ, DOT, drug cartels, Geithner, HSBC, money laundering, rescued by compliant officials, TARP, terrorism, too big to fail, too big to jail, too big to nail
via Neil Barofsky (former Inspector General of TARP) and New Republic:
Some perspective: HSBC sent more than $800 million in bulk cash from Mexico to the United States, a good chunk of which apparently represented proceeds from some of the most notorious Colombian drug cartels. As someone who tried the first narcotics money laundering case involving extradition from Colombia, let me assure you that this is a lot of money, the discovery of which usually generates vigorous prosecutions and lengthy prison sentences. And it wasn’t HSBC’s only dirty business: There were also hundreds of millions of more dollars of illegally disguised transactions with rogue nations such as Iran and Sudan.
Why no criminal charges? Why instead only some remedial measures and a “historical” fine that can be measured in weeks — not years — of earnings? It certainly wasn’t for lack of evidence. No, instead the government determined that HSBC is not only too big to fail, but also too big to jail. As the New York Times first reported, even though there were strong voices within DOJ pushing for criminal charges, the big banks’ best friends within the government (the Treasury Department, of course, and other unnamed regulators) were too fearful that an indictment could destabilize the global financial system. Yes, it’s 2008 all over again. In the name of systemic stability, a megabank again escapes accountability for its actions, rescued by compliant officials.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: China, exports, Geithner, Iran, Iran sanctions, oil imports, petroleum
The terms of the sanctions set arbitrarily by US govt. Could see this coming from the cheap seats.
And let’s just keep this little bit handy –
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A professor claimed bias based on his national origin. But the university fought back.
Michael Sanders was an assistant professor at Kettering University. Sanders applied for tenure in 2004 and 2005, but both times his applications were denied.
To make matters worse, the university informed him in March 2006 that his faculty appointment would end after the 2006-07 school year.
Sanders sued, claiming the university denied him tenure and terminated his employment based on his Iranian heritage.
The court rejected his claim. His evidence of discrimination was weak: None of the allegedly biased comments made about him by colleagues mentioned his Iranian descent. Also, the university offered plenty of evidence showing he was a bad candidate for tenure. Evidence showed he was repeatedly absent from classes he taught, skipped important topics and failed to submit completed student evaluations.
The university also showed Sanders had:
- Misrepresented the nature of a grant
- Wrongfully listed himself as the primary author of an article, and
- Misrepresented himself as a keynote speaker at a conference.
The court rejected the discrimination claim.
Cite: Sanders v. Kettering University.
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Category: Breaking News Published on Friday, 14 December 2012 09:48 Written by Crains Detroit Business
On the heels of Gov. Rick Snyder signing legislation making Michigan the 24th so-called "right-to-work" state in the country, Forbes reports its seventh annual ranking of the Best States for Business indicates the state is on the right track.
All but one (Colorado) of the top 10 states in Forbes' ranking have right-to-work laws on the books. Of the bottom 10 states, No. 46 Mississippi is the only right-to-work state.
Michigan is No. 47 in the ranking, which is based on six factors: costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, current economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life.
Thousands of angry union members descended on the Capitol in Lansing earlier this week to protest new limits on the financing of organized labor -- a stunning reversal for the home of the United Auto Workers. Critics of right-to-work laws argue they lower wages and weaken unions, while proponents say they attract businesses.
Michigan suffered the worst economic contraction in the nation over the past five years, as well as the largest net population loss, Forbes says.
Snyder makes his case for "Reinventing Michigan" in an op-ed for Forbes. He writes: "Michigan businesses will realize greater efficiency and higher potential profits while partnering with a world-class workforce that will be free to decide whether union membership is right for them."
Utah heads Forbes' list for a third straight year. Its economy has expanded 2.3 percent annually since 2006 – fifth best in the U.S – versus 0.5 percent for the nation as a whole. "We have a very fertile environment for entrepreneurs and business," Gov. Gary Herbert said.
The biggest gainer was Indiana, whose adoption of legislation that bars requiring workers to pay union dues as a condition of employment was a catalyst for Snyder calling for similar action in Michigan. Indiana's job outlook has also improved dramatically, Forbes says. A year ago, its five-year employment outlook was the worst in the U.S., but now it ranks in the top half of states, according to Moody's Analytics.
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“These are not the only people working on these issues”, the moderator emphasized at the beginning of the panel. In a packed ballroom hall, this panel attempted to talk about ways to genuinely engaged groups that are not traditionally engaged. The moderator had to emphasize that “hard-to-reach” was in quotes, as communities which might be hard for some people are everyday friends and neighbors for others. This reminder was very pertinent, as too often it is easy to take people as the voice of their community and movement, and the tactics which worked for some may not for others.
The first panelist, working with DREAMers, spoke to their victories, and continuing struggles (with President Obama deporting more immigrants in three years than Dubya in his entire term) and then showed a video about United We Dream and their community engagement.
The second panelist was from Planned Parenthood, and talked about how they defeated the personhood amendment in Mississippi, by accepting the religiousity of the voters (especially when voters had to “pray on it”). By utilizing the faith and values component, they were able to win in Mississippi while other conservative issues passed on the same ballot.
The other panelists talked about their campaigns with the Troy Davis case, the Trayvon Martin case and raising awareness of people who have been unjustly murdered by police and vigilantes.
The moderator opened up to the audience and let us connect the themes of the stories of the panelists. Different themes included unconventional political organizing, focusing on the community instead of a face and a leader, and the merging of online and offline organizing. A major focus was also increasing civic engagement through helping a community realize its own power.
Audience discussion also included how to convert from responding to a crisis to pushing for a better world, which was developed through the response which talked about the work which was done beforehand and developing email lists afterwards, which included being sensitive to how people came into contact with the organization and inviting them to join. Another response was to say that that you can’t push for better if the crisis is continuing to occur, such as high incarceration rates and the stop-and-frisk policies which need to be dealt with lest it continues that “the house is on fire”.
In the last round of questions, importance was place on targeting those decisionmakers who will help an organizaton get what it wants, and also how to target Obama “without electing Mitt Romney”. The biggest answer was that by targeting Obama the progressive movement will actually help the campaign because by getting the Administration to do what we want it will energize the demoralized base and get people out to vote, citing the strategies used to get Obama to support marriage equality.
There is much to connect with the last comment, because many people have been disillusioned to Obama the President,and much of what have been said in previous Netroots Nations by representatives of the Administration was to hold their feet to the fire and ensure their accountability to progressive policy. The panelists made it clear that by not being overcautious due to fears of a red November we will reelect a President of the caliber we need to make a better country and world, because a non-progressive Obama will make the voters stay home and usher in a Romney Administration.
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Crime Magazine is about true crime: organized crime, celebrity crime, serial killers, corruption, sex crimes, capital punishment, prisons, assassinations, justice issues, crime books, crime films and crime studies.
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida detective trying to crack a 53-year-old unsolved murder case will ask a Kansas judge for permission to exhume and extract DNA from the bodies of two notorious killers made famous in Truman Capote's 1966 true-crime novel, "In Cold Blood."
Sarasota County Sheriff Detective Kim McGath told Reuters she believes the two men convicted for the 1959 murder of Herbert Clutter, his wife and two children in Holcomb, Kansas, might be responsible for a similar killing one month later of a family in Osprey, Florida.
Capote's celebrated book about the Clutter case, written in a new style associated more with fiction than journalism, is often credited with spawning the nonfiction novel genre.
The case of the Florida family, the Walkers, has long stumped investigators. Cliff Walker and his wife and their two toddler children were shot to death in their home near Sarasota, Florida.
McGath, who spent four years reviewing half-century old investigative files on both the Clutter and Walker murders, said the exhumation of killers Richard Hickok and Perry Smith, who were executed in 1965, could provide key clues. Read More
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Soaring tuition costs, a weak labor market and a glut of recent graduates are upending the notion that M.B.A.s and other professional degrees are a sure ticket to financial success. WSJ's Ruth Simon reports on the News Hub. Photo: AP Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the the ... we ... use to mean big box now not so much ... with ... this on the site ... I ran much ... so I've I've been MBI ... and even then ... those a few years ago and it did mean big box that has been an ... tens and tens of dozens of knowledge here salary one did not hundreds of thousands of the white so aam ... what's happened ... what's happening is we have a combination of things going on there's been just a tremendous group in the number of people ... who have master's degrees in business in administration ... we have a weak economy and weak jobs still weak job market ... and higher to wish and costs and that's made getting in and be a ... lesson be sure thing many use to be ... and and also you can be saddled with some of the time and equity owners of the the the the guy and it did in your story says the sum of about seventy five thousand dollars in student loans and I was able to tell the savings ... and any out I'm any grand cigar ... and this morning I got an e mail from someone who's student loan debt ... it just makes apps and small ... while so what one other things that was a was the case with and with an MBA aam the isthe duddy masses want school you don't ... aam and and that was approved for a rigorous ranking all the schools ... it is still the case that with each other like Harvard Business School runs a unit of ten to fifteen business school the past with the Guinea get the war management is going to ... you know of of local college ... I think that how this but I was talking to one professor who said even some students from top programs ... could find it difficult in this market and when you talk to employers ... one of the things they say ... is it's the combination of the degree ... and your work experience that matters most now there are some employers that are going to say ... we want employees from you know we have a slight scent of schools we recruit for ... but it depends but they're looking at the whole package they wanna know you know where to eat your degree fit into ... what what you know in what you've done in the work for ... months ... now um what one of things to come ... here you're human you mention that that that that combination stuff ... one of things that used to be the case is about sixty percent of most top MBA programs used to that of the people graduating from and use to guide to either consulting management consulting my kid McKinsey in ... Boston something for investment banking ... from investment banking business is what use to be his lap of the problem well I think that the growth in the number of NBA is has far exceeded the ability of those firms to ... absorb the news the events recent graduates and I also think when people look at what's my paycheck can it be ... they look at the paycheck of these and Mia's who go to these ... in a high pain consulting firm charity's financial jobs ... and they're a lot of people within the A's who don't work there and ate their dinner and last ... attempt to Samsung has a lot more this story so I didn't want him to read it ... when you're a
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66 Days of Misery: Life Under Economic Blockade
On 5th of July, the opposition parties of India called for a nationwide shutdown, to protest against the federal government’s failure to check price rise, especially that of fuel.
Now, imagine this: A state shut down for, hold your breath, 66 days!!!
Sounds unbelievable? Well, it IS the truth.
On 12th of April this year, two Naga political groups (though, incredibly they call themselves ‘students groups’) called for the blockade on National Highway 39 (Imphal-Dimapur) and National Highway 53 (Imphal-Jiribam). The groups were protesting elections to the Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) in Manipur hills and Manipur government's decision to ban entry of Thuingaleng Muivah, the general secretary of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isaac-Muivah group) – the outfit fighting for separation from India for decades – into Manipur.
The blockade created a huge fuel shortage which, in turn, crippled the transport service. Petrol prices, shot up to Rs 160 a litre and auto and bus fares multiplied. Due to this, shooting of the video itself became an uphill task for Achungmei as she couldn’t travel. Because of power cuts, she couldn’t charge the batteries of her camera for days. Many a times, there was no food at home as the market was closed and sometimes there was no food because there was no cooking gas. While shooting, she was also treated with suspicion and disrespect by many as she was a Naga tribal. Even after the end of the blockade, her family, like thousands others, do not have cooking gas as cylinders are not available.
Tags: Economic Crisis , Misery , IndiaUnheard , Video Volunteers , Community Media , Achungmei Kamei , Manipur , NSCN , NSCN(IM) ANSAM , Naga Sudents Federation
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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Who's following orders?
In a classroom at Mt. St. Vincent's College in the Bronx, New York, Professor Rob Jacklowsky guides his class of sophomore and junior English majors through the intricacies of John Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn." Although this poem from the Romantic age of English literature may seem far removed from the day-to-day concerns of this ethnically diverse group of college students, Jacklowsky does everything but turn cartwheels to bring the piece alive for his students.
In Chicago, Jim Martin takes a break from poring over the complexities of tax returns at the Chicago regional office of the IRS for a moment of prayer and quiet reflection on an otherwise hectic day.
Out in suburban LaGrange Park, Illinois his wife, Pat, stops by the chapel of Nazareth Academy on her lunch hour. Pat, who is employed as assistant director of development for the coed Catholic high school, finds the brief stopover in the chapel "recharges her spiritual batteries" and gives her renewed energy for the rest of the workday.
Meanwhile, out on the jam-packed freeway that winds around San Jose, California, Kathy Herrington finds her blood pressure rising during her ten-mile morning commute. However, instead of muttering a few choice words as yet another driver cuts in front of her, Herrington takes a deep breath and says a little prayer for the errant driver. "The way people drive out here used to make me crazy," Herrington explains. "But not anymore. Now I just go with the flow."
So what do an East Coast college professor, a Midwestern couple, and a West Coast commuter have in common? All are associates-lay people formally affiliated with religious orders.
The associate process usually begins with a formation period of six months to a year in which the associate candidate is instructed in the history, traditions, ministries, and, most important, the charism of that particular religious congregation.
The charism is an intangible quality that is generally described as the special gifts, talents, or virtues that characterize a religious congregation. The charism of the Benedictines, for example, revolves around the virtues of hospitality and stability. The charism of the Dominicans is scholarship and a gift for preaching and teaching. And the charism of the Franciscans is joy in God's creation and a special identification with the poor. It is the responsibility of the religious congregation to use their charism for the benefit of the larger Christian community.
At the end of the formation period, the associate candidates participate in a "commitment ceremony" at the motherhouse or provincial house. The associates' commitments, which usually last one to three years, generally include a promise to meet with the other associates on a regular basis for prayer and faith-sharing and to try to bring the charism of the religious community into the associates' homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces.
A profile of the typical associate is that of a white, middle-class woman with some college education, who is between the ages of 45 and 60. However, a panoramic view of associates in the United States reveals that they come in a wide range of ages, occupations, and ethnic and educational backgrounds, as well as both genders. Most associates are Roman Catholic, but an increasing number of them are members of other Christian denominations, and even a few are non-Christians.
Let's look at the numbers
The growth of lay association with religious orders is fed by two current trends, according to Jean Sonnenberg, coordinator of the North American Conference of Religious and Associates and editor of the quarterly journal, The Associate.
First, Sonnenberg says there is a spiritual hunger among the laity that calls for "new and deeper expressions of lay spirituality." The associate movement is simply the latest development in the "explosive growth" of programs directed toward lay spirituality, including Bible-study classes, Marriage Encounter, and parish-based faith groups, such as small faith communities.
Second, in light of the continuing decline in the number of vocations to religious life, many congregations have embraced the associate movement as a way of maintaining a presence within the larger Christian community.
Sister Ellen O'Connell, director of associates for the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of New York, says that associates help "define who we are as Sisters of Charity. Our associates assist us in our mission and bring our charism into the larger world."
There is another, perhaps less obvious benefit for religious communities. Associates, simply by the fact that they base their spiritual development on the example and virtues of a religious community, indirectly pay a tremendous compliment to that religious community. As one nun says "The associates seem to value and see goodness in who we are (as religious) more than we see in ourselves."
While the number of vowed religious has declined since the late 1960s, the number of associates has soared dramatically. A survey conducted by Sister Rosemary Jeffries, R.S.M. in 1988 found that 357 women's orders and 32 men's orders in the United States had associate programs, with a total of about 6,000 male and female associates nationwide.
A 1994 survey of 381 communities of religious women conducted by Franciscan Sisters Louise Hembrecht and Paula Rae Rose found 14,500 associates affiliated with 223 women's religious communities. (Men's orders were not included in the Hembrecht-Rose study). Although the survey samples of the 1988 and 1994 studies were not identical, it appears that the number of associates in the United States increased by more than 250 percent in just six years.
For many people, an associate relationship can provide at least a partial solution to their spiritual quest.
"When you find a few kindred spirits," says Sonnenberg, "and you come together with them for prayer, faith-sharing, and, in some cases, assisting in ministry, you no longer feel alone on your spiritual journey. That is what becoming an associate is all about."
One aspect of being an associate that differs from becoming a member of a religious order is the "gender mixing" of associate programs. Although most men and women choose to affiliate with religious orders of their own gender, it is not unheard of for a man to associate himself with a women's religious order, or a woman to affiliate with a men's order.
The Congregation of Christian Brothers, formerly referred to as the Irish Christian Brothers, are a teaching order with about 2,000 vowed members worldwide, including about 350 brothers in the United States. Brother Jerry McCarthy, F.S.C., coordinator of associates for the Christian Brothers' Eastern Province, says his order currently has about 40 associates in five states on the East Coast, with another 30 associates in its Peru mission. And Christian Brother associates "are split right down the middle-50 percent are men and 50 percent are women."
Why would a woman want to become an associate of a men's religious order and vice versa? Because, McCarthy says, "They relate to the charism of the order, they believe in the mission and ministries of the order, and, most important, it just feels right for them."
Values by association
More than one person has given Rob Jacklowsky a quizzical look upon learning that not only is he a lay associate but an associate of a women's religious order.
Jacklowsky says that the mystery of his choosing to affiliate with a women's order evaporates "once people get to know the Sisters of Charity."
The Sisters of Charity of New York are spiritual descendants of both Saint Vincent de Paul of France, who believed in working directly with the poor, and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, who founded the Catholic school system in the United States.
Given the history of the order, it is not surprising that Jacklowsky feels right at home. As a professor at Mt. St. Vincent's College, which is run by the Sisters of Charity, Jacklowsky has a chance to function as teacher, friend, and mentor to students from a wide range of ethnic, economic, and social backgrounds among the 1,200-person student body.
The idea of becoming an associate was first suggested to Jacklowsky by Sister Anne Denise Brennan, S.C., a colleague of Jacklowsky's in the English department. Jacklowsky had long admired the personal interest Brennan seemed to take in the progress of each of her students.
"I consider her a mentor and a role model. She seems energized by her interaction with the students. She never comes across as bored or irritated with her teaching responsibilities. That's the spirit that I want to bring to my classroom, too," Jacklowsky explains.
In the fall of 1995 Jacklowsky began the formation process required of those who want to become associates. Jacklowsky read about the history, traditions, and charism of the order and met periodically with O'Connell to discuss and reflect on what he was learning.
On Dec. 8, 1996, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Jacklowsky went up to the motherhouse with half a dozen other associate candidates to make a one-year commitment to the Sisters of Charity. If all goes well, Jacklowsky anticipates renewing that commitment for a three-year period this Dec. 8.
Jacklowsky says becoming an associate is "one of the best things I've ever done. I've learned that living out the gospel values is not some wacky, radical idea, but a lifestyle that is being lived out on a daily basis by real, flesh-and-blood people. And some of the best of them are Sisters of Charity."
Ready for a change
In LaGrange Park, Illinois, about 15 miles from the hustle and bustle of downtown Chicago, six married couples and two nuns gather in Jim and Patricia Martin's living room for prayer, scripture reading, and faith-sharing.
The group gets together five or six times a year as part of the associate program of the Sisters of St. Joseph of LaGrange.
This particular associate group differs from some other C.S.J. (Congregation of St. Joseph) associate groups in that it consists entirely of married couples. Other C.S.J. associate groups, or "clusters" as they are usually called by their members, are exclusively female and consist primarily of single, widowed, or divorced women. There is one group of recent graduates of Nazareth Academy. There is even one group that consists solely of former members of the Sisters of St. Joseph.
"We didn't necessarily plan it that way," says Sister Jackie Schmitz, C.S.J., principal of Nazareth Academy and director of the associate program for the Sisters of St. Joseph. "I guess people just naturally gravitate to others with similar backgrounds and interests."
Although the lay membership of the groups may vary, all of the groups have one thing in common-they include at least one Sister of St. Joseph.
"That's the whole idea, isn't it?" associate member Jim Martin asks rhetorically. "We want to learn from them, we want to absorb their values, we want to make their charism a part of our lives. In short, we want to associate with them, while still living out our lives as laypeople."
The Sisters of St. Joseph of LaGrange are part of the larger extended family of Sisters of St. Joseph, which originated in France in the1650s as an active rather than a contemplative order. The first sisters came to the United States in 1836, and to the Chicago area in 1899, where they worked primarily as teachers.
Since Vatican II, the sisters have diversified into a number of different ministries, including outreach programs through a variety of social-service ministries. However, the Sisters of St. Joseph still own and operate their flagship school, Nazareth Academy.
It is the high school connection that formed the basis of the Martins' associate involvement. All three of the Martin children are current or former Nazareth students.
In early 1995 Pat and Jim were asked by the sisters to resurrect the associate program, which had been created in the 1970s but by the1990s had petered out.
"The sisters needed to know if there was any real interest out there for this kind of program," Pat says. In reactivating the program, "There was a mutual understanding that the associate program would have to be beneficial to both sides (the sisters and the associates) if it were to succeed."
Pat and Jim talked to a number of other couples, most of whom had children attending Nazareth Academy, and determined that "there was a definite interest in getting the associate program going again."
Today there are half a dozen C.S.J. associate groups meeting in the Chicago area. There is also a board of associates and religious that plans two or three combined group events each year. One of these events is the annual commitment ceremony on the weekend closest to the Feast of Saint Joseph, March 19, at which time both the associates and the religious renew their promises or vows.
Asked to reflect on her two years as an associate, Pat says, "Getting to know people, both sisters and the other couples, with whom you share so many values, has been wonderful." And because Jim and Pat participate as a couple, "Being an associate has strengthened our marriage. It's something we do together something we both believe in."
You can go home again
Kathy Herrington was not sure why she felt that something was missing in her life. On the surface it seemed that she was very blessed with a loving husband, three sons, and a beautiful home in the sun-kissed state of California.
Nevertheless, she felt a void. At first she didn't think it had anything to do with her spiritual life.
"I had been going to church every Sunday and teaching CCD. But I felt like I was just going through the motions," Herrington says. "One day just seemed to flow into the next, without much thought of God.
"I wanted my faith to be meaningful. I wanted it to affect the way I live my life. I was definitely ready for a change."
There had been a time in her life when God was the heart, soul, and essence of Herrington's existence. In 1958, as a 17-year-old high school senior, she decided to seek entrance to the congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (S.N.J.M.), the same nuns who had taught her in high school.
Even in 1958, the decision to enter the convent was the exception rather than the rule. Still, it wasn't greeted with gasps of amazement or cries of dismay, as might be the reaction of most teenagers and their parents today.
"There were 25 postulants (first-year religious) the year that I entered the convent," Herrington says. "And, believe it or not, the entrance classes that followed us in 1959 and 1960 were even larger." Those were banner years for religious life.
Herrington was in the convent from 1958 through the end of her novitiate in1960. She left, she says, not because she disliked religious life but for health reasons.
So Herrington left the convent, finished her education, and became a teacher. She married Bill Herrington in 1966 and they raised three sons.
"Unlike many who have left religious life," says Herrington, "I bear no hard feelings toward the sisters. In fact, I consider that period some of the best years of my life."
After reminiscing at a high school reunion, one nun said to her, "If you miss it so much, why don't you become an associate?"
Shortly after the reunion Herrington looked into the order's associate program and decided that she did, indeed, want to reaffiliate with her old order.
Herrington officially became an associate in 1989. She joined a group that has now grown to about 400 in the United States and Canada, including 80 associates in California. Since 1991 she has served on the associates' board of directors.
Herrington says, "Being an associate has empowered me. I have a serenity and confidence that I never had before. I am willing to take on tasks that previously would have seemed overwhelming," such as helping to form the Northern California chapter of the North American Conference of Associates and Religious. "I guess you could say that being an associate has truly helped me become the woman I was meant to be."
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Boundary Modifications in the Treatment of People with Dissociative Disorders: A Pilot Study
This article examines the prevalence and types of modifications to professional boundaries that occur in the treatment of people with dissociative disorders (DDs) and considers some of the implications of the findings. The study is based on the replies of 163 professionals to a 20-question survey. The survey compared the boundaries that each practitioner kept with patients/clients (P/Cs) who suffered DDs to their boundary practice with all of their other P/Cs (non-DDs). Boundaries were deemed modified when professionals treated their DDs P/Cs differently than their other P/Cs. Professionals' general boundaries were not examined. The results showed a marked tendency for the modification of professional boundaries when treating people with DDs. These results appeared to be independent of country or profession but were more pronounced among the more experienced professionals. Areas of greatest modifications were identified. The prevalence of these modifications points to their potential importance in understanding some features of DDs.
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Providence was downgraded by Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday, even as it seeks to repair its finances by overhauling an ailing pension system and extracting bigger voluntary payments from Brown University, according to Bloomberg News.
S&P lowered Providence’s credit rating to BBB, two steps from junk-bond status, from BBB+, citing the “ongoing fiscal pressure affecting the city,” and said the outlook is negative, meaning it could be cut further. The announcement follows recent steps by Mayor Angel Taveras and the city council to suspend cost-of-living pension increases for retirees and extract more cash from nonprofits.
“Though city management has taken numerous steps to enhance revenue and drastically cut or avoid expenditures in an attempt to restore structural balance, the city’s budget remains structurally imbalanced,” said Matthew Stephan, an S&P analyst, in a May 1 report. He said Providence’s rating could be lowered again if S&P believes the city will file for bankruptcy.
Rhode Island and its municipalities have struggled after the recession as the cost of benefits promised to public workers consumes an ever-growing proportion of their annual budgets. Central Falls, Rhode Island’s smallest city, entered bankruptcy in August while the state took fiscal control of East Providence in November following persistent deficits. Taveras, elected Providence mayor in 2010, said in February the state’s most-populous municipality was on the brink of insolvency.
Providence’s city council on Monday passed a measure that overhauls the $422.8 million pension system, cutting costs by almost $19 million a year largely by suspending cost-of-living increases that are as high as 6 percent for some retired public safety workers. While Taveras signed it into law, Paul Doughty, who leads the local firefighters union, called the measure “a huge mistake” that will be challenged in court.
A day later, Brown, the Ivy League school founded in 1764, said it will almost double the amount of payments in lieu of taxes it has been making to city since 2003, agreeing to contribute $31.5 million over 11 years.
The university was the third nonprofit based in the city to agree in recent months to either begin making voluntary payments or increase the amount, according to the mayor’s office.
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Cogent/Benger Productions Inc. has been producing high-profile network documentaries and specials since 1998. The company has a reputation for producing films destined for a wide public that explore major social issues.
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Dr. Derrick MacFabe from the University of Western Ontario and colleagues in Little Rock, Arkansas have released a study that could potentially lead to a blood test “to identify and screen ASD patients, or even those at risk of developing … Continue readingThe West End YMCA of Toronto celebrates 100th anniversary
The “West End Y” has been a community presence for one hundred years now. Watch this video celebrating the people and programs.Pariscience screens Autism Enigma
The Pariscience International Science Film Festival in Paris, France, has selected The Autism Enigma for competition and will screen the film for a general audience on October 6, 2012.
Premiered December 8, 2011
on CBC-TV’s The Nature Of Things With David Suzuki
Repeat CBC broadcast July 26, 2012
ARTE broadcasts: June 14, 2012 in France and Germany
Autism is the fastest rising developmental disorder in the industrialized world. Even accounting for better diagnosis, its numbers have increased by an astounding 600% in the last twenty years. Even more shocking is that science cannot say why.
Is it genetic or environmental? What is the role of clusters? Explore the scientists, family members and activists are saying about it.
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But believe it or not, kids notice.
Julie Hill learned just how much back in November 2008 when she watched a television news program about the effects of the economy for kids at Christmas.
“At a time when little kids are supposed to be excited, they feel bad,” said Hill.
Hill said watching the program led her to find a way to help children at South Central Middle School, where she works as administrative assistant.
Hill said she got together with volunteers and organized Santa Shop, a free gift shop where less fortunate children are able to shop for Christmas gifts for the adults in their lives.
The kids will be able to shop for gifts and have them wrapped by volunteers to take home to their loved ones Dec. 20 and 21.
South Central Middle School Assistant Principal Tia Hawkins said part of the joys of Santa Shop is seeing the delight of the participating children.
“Most of them are awestruck that they get the opportunity to pick from such a wide variety of items for something special for that adult in their life,” Hawkins said. “Once they realize they really get this opportunity they just can’t stop smiling.”
All of the gifts for Santa Shop are donated from local businesses, members of the community or purchased with monetary donations.
Hill said Santa Shop gladly accepts donations of gift cards or gift certificates for retail, restaurants and services and new or very gently used “smaller-than-a-breadbox” gifts for adults.
Items for women can include jewelry, bath items and scarves but there is a greater need for items for men. Gifts can include tools, cologne, hats and sunglasses.
Since the shopping is for adult gifts, no toys donations are needed and since there is limited storage space, no clothing is needed.
There also is a need for wrapping paper, gift bags and wrapping supplies Hill said.
Donations are accepted through Dec. 19 and may be dropped off during school hours at the front desk.
Hill said Santa Shop means just as much to the staff and volunteers as it does to the kids.
“It’s not Christmas until we’ve done this,” Hawkins said. “We all like to get involved. It’s so much fun. It’s amazing to see the looks on the kids’ faces.”
Information: (770) 606-5865.
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Posted by HM on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 10:51am.
Online Vs Traditional Dating
Innovations and technology has brought about many changes in day to day human life. More recently, and with the advent of the internet, communication amongst people from all over the world has drastically increased to levels unimaginable to the people of the early 20th century. One of the forms of online communication is online dating, i.e. using the internet to meet a person of interest. On the other hand, traditional dating, which has been done for ages, involves a more physically direct approach, to meeting people of interest. Although both traditional and online dating are similar in finding a good company, whether temporary or permanent, both have great differences in assuring security and eventually a trusted partner. Studies show that online dating is twice as responsible for heartbreaks and incidents related to such break-ups than traditional dating.
Though harmful if done recklessly, traditional dating is much safer.
As opposed to online dating, traditional dating offers a real live view of the person and guarantees a fit choice of your requirements. This kind of dating also ensures that the person we meet is someone who lives close by and therefore we can judge them by where a person lives and how they dress up, guaranteeing we are meeting someone up to our standards. Meeting in person also gives us a vivid view of one's personality, etiquette, manners and tone of voice.
A traditional date shows clear devotion because one spares his time throughout the date to come see you and take you on a date. Moreover, spending money on a person shows your affection and the effort you put into there would-be relationship. Factors such as timidness or a speaking disorder, for example a lisp, can prevent one from talking thoroughly with the partner on a traditional date, hence the observance of this attitude shows a graphic sense of attribute of the person.
Typically the people we meet in real life already have some kind of relationship to the real world., Whether it is having mutual friends, sharing an office building, or working out at the same gym, there is already a foundation of compatibility. There is also a mutual chemistry from the beginning, or at least a mutual attraction. However, once we are already on a date it is hard to get out if the person we are meeting does not match your interests, which results in time wasting and a feeling of guilt.
Online dating certainly has its benefits too; it overlooks a person's natural identity and connects the minds of two people who have similar interests. Not all online dating sites have a radius defining option and hence there is always a problem of falling in love with a person who lives miles away and hence, making the, other person, less judgmental about their housing status and finding someone outside their social circle.
In this busy world today not many people have the time to go on physical dates because of work, children and school hence online dating shows us a great way to keep in touch with the person of interest. People can engage in it whilst doing laundry, in office or even while using the toilet. Online dating does not show a person's true devotion to a person and as opposed to taking time out from their day, all one has to do is log on to their dating site from their mobile or tablet and stay online, replying at their own convenience. In contrast, dinner dates and spending money on someone who one is still getting to know, online dating is cost effective to chit chat through, and less time consuming. However, again this is an easier way out to someone less serious and non-devoted.
Online dating is a shy man's fortress therefore, it is much easier for one to relax and comfortably speak to another person through chatting. But that comfortable level also leads to comfortable lying. Since online dating is a most common portal for timid or insecure people. Wherefore, it has also become a medium for them to lie about their age, height, weight and sometimes even place false pictures of, their looks. Since online dating requires pictures today, people are more likely to put their best pose whether if it is old or is their twin-sister's.
Regardless, of anything although online chatting does not always offer people of similar statuses, education levels or social circles. But what online dating does give, is the opportunity to getting rid of someone easily if their interest does not match one's with no guilt or time wasting.
In conclusion from experience I have seen more heartbreaks online than in person. Online dating is only fun for temporary purposes and having someone instant to talk to. But eventually if things get serious that leads to traditional dating anyway. But over all traditional dating is much safer, and makes one more in control of the situation and more devoted. Regardless I also think that it does not matter whether it is online or traditional dating, in both cases one has to be good with words and true with the other and hence, one will find their true partner. Moreover, whatever kind of dating is chosen, one should always be sure not to give out personal information. No matter how many dates one has been on, or no matter how much chats one has had, a stranger remains a stranger.
- EssayCHECK - SraJMcGin, Monday, October 24, 2011 at 11:30am
Not "has brought" because the subject is plural = have brought
a good company? drop "a" = good company
fit choice of your requirements.= a fit choice for your requirements
guaranteeing we are meeting = guaranteeing that we are meeting
one spares his time = if you use "one spares time" it will not be gender-orientated
into their would-be relationship = their
In 4 places you use "their" referring to a person or one = these words are singular = his/her The singular words are: one, someone, somebody, person, everyone, everybody but plural might be: people, some, etc.
I noticed the word "hence" perhaps more times than you might like. Synonyms might be: for that reason, therefore, ergo, thus BUT I'd use a comma before it
someone who one is still getting to know = whom
Here is an incomplete sentence: "Since online dating is a most common portal for timid or insecure people."
Regardless, of anything although = misplaced comma = Regardless of anything, although
no comma in "false pictures of, their looks = false pictures of their looks
the opportunity to getting rid = after to you need an infinitive = to get rid
if things get serious that leads = comma = if things get serious, that leads
Regardless I also = Regardless, I also
traditional dating, in both cases = run-on sentence that can be avoided with a semicolon = traditional dating; in both cases...
how much chats = how much one chats OR how many chats
Because it's hard to see where the paragraphs are, and scanning up and down, I may have missed something, but the majority of errors are above. To be sure, you might wish to make all the corrections and repost for final proofreading, if you have time.
- EssayCHECK - HM, Monday, October 24, 2011 at 12:16pm
Thank you, Ill re-post it in a while.
Overall do you think it is an A essay?
It is spposed to be a comparison essay.
As a reader is it effective?
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Egypt commission says Mubarak watched uprising
- Associated Press
- January 2, 2013 - 7:55 AM
CAIRO - A member of an Egyptian fact-finding mission says former President Hosni Mubarak watched the uprising against him unfold through a live TV feed, a fact that could lead to the retrial of the 84-old ousted leader already serving a life sentence.
In his trial for the deaths of some 900 protesters during the uprising, Mubarak denied knowing the size of the protests or that violence was used against them. Mubarak was convicted in June of failing to prevent the deaths.
The finding came in a 700-page report on protester deaths the past two years, submitted Wednesday to President Mohammed Morsi, according to commission member Ahmed Ragheb.
Ragheb said the commission also established that security and military used live ammunition against protesters during and after the uprising, despite their repeated denials.
© 2013 Star Tribune
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We're a Canadian family of five, farming and home schooling. I'm nowhere near as regular a blogger as I used to be, and tend not to blog as much about our home schooling efforts as I used to.
"There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live."
James T. Adams
Family, books, food, organic farming, classical home education, books, gardening, journeys, music, books, thoughts, movies, and books.
Davy is in seventh grade, Daniel in eighth grade, and Laura in tenth grade
Email: farmschool at hmsinet dot com
"The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall, nations perish, civilizations grow old and die out; and, after an era of darkness, new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again, and yet live on, still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men’s hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead."
"Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing."
"Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend."
Sir Francis Bacon, "Essays"
"The chief aim of education is to show you, after you make a livelihood, how to enjoy living; and you can live longest and best and most rewardingly by attaining and preserving the happiness of learning."
Gilbert Highet, "The Immortal Profession: The Joys of Teaching and Learning"
"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment."
"I'd like to give you a piece of my mind."
"Oh, I couldn't take the last piece."
Ginger Rogers to Frances Mercer in "Vivacious Lady" (1938)
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."
Booker T. Washington
"Please accept my resignation. I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member."
Attributed to Groucho Marx in "The Groucho Letters" by Arthur Sheekman
"If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me."
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
"If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives, we feel all our hard work ain't been in vain for nothin'."
Jean Hagen as "Lina Lamont" in "Singin' in the Rain" (1952)
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Moran, who serves as a whip on the House Democrats' leadership team, is very controversial for his history of making anti-semitic remarks. In early March of 2003, he singled out Jews as the reason behind attempting to topple Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq: "If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq we would not be doing this," he [Moran] said at the event, organized by the Greater Reston Interfaith Peace Coalition, according the Reston Connection newspaper. "The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going, and I think they should."
Moran participated in a mock hearing held by Democrat members of the House Judiciary Committee to consider impeaching President Bush in which a witness testified that the United States toppled Saddam Hussein’s regime for Israel, that Israel should not be considered an ally, and that President Bush was doing the bidding of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Moran had asked the witness if the reason the United States went to war with Iraq was because it was a threat to Israel:
- "The session took an awkward turn when witness Ray McGovern, a former intelligence analyst, declared that the United States went to war in Iraq for oil, Israel and military bases craved by administration 'neocons' so 'the United States and Israel could dominate that part of the world.' He said that Israel should not be considered an ally and that Bush was doing the bidding of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "Israel is not allowed to be brought up in polite conversation," McGovern said. "The last time I did this, the previous director of Central Intelligence called me anti-Semitic." Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), who prompted the question by wondering whether the true war motive was Iraq's threat to Israel, thanked McGovern for his "candid answer."
Later in 2007, in an interview published in the September-October issue of Tikkun magazine, Moran said that a Jewish-American special interest group "has pushed this war from the beginning...They are so well organized, and their members are extraordinarily powerful -- most of them are quite wealthy -- they have been able to exert power."
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to defund ACORN, 345-75 on September 17, 2009. Seventy-five Democrats [Moran] stood with ACORN and voted no. This despite nationwide attention related to voter fraud and recent revelation of ACORN's ties to prostitution including child trafficking and defrauding the IRS.
- ↑ "White House, Democrats Rip Moran for Offending Jews," Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times, Mar. 12, 2003.
- ↑ Democrats Play House To Rally Against the War, Dana Milbank, Washington Post, June 17, 2005.
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091402171.html
- ↑ House votes to cut off funding, but 75 stand by ACORN, Washington Examiner, September 17, 2009
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CARACAS - A cable television channel critical of President Hugo Chávez was yanked from the air early yesterday for defying new government regulations requiring it to televise some of the socialist leader’s speeches.
Venezuelan cable and satellite TV providers stopped transmitting Radio Caracas Television, an anti-Chávez channel known as RCTV, after it did not broadcast Chávez’s speech Saturday to a rally of political supporters.
“They must comply with the law, and they cannot have a single channel that violates Venezuelan laws as part of their programming,’’ Diosdado Cabello, director of Venezuela’s state-run telecommunications agency, said Saturday.
The telecommunications agency “doesn’t have any authority to give the cable service providers this order,’’ RCTV said in a statement.
“The government is inappropriately pressuring them to make decisions beyond their responsibilities.’’
RCTV switched to cable in 2007 after the government refused to renew its license for regular airwaves. Chávez accused the station of plotting against him and supporting a failed 2002 coup.
Under the new rules, two dozen local cable channels, including RCTV, must carry government programming when officials deem it necessary, just as channels on the open airwaves already do.
Chávez regularly uses that legal power to force the country’s broadcast TV and radio stations to carry his marathon speeches, which can last up to seven hours.
The changes, decried by the opposition, journalism groups and viewers, come as Chávez is confronting domestic problems - including a recession, soaring inflation and electricity shortages.
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Posted 4:44 PM 1/30/2013 : Florence teachers train for school shooter scenario
FREMONT COUNTY - All of the teachers in the Fremont Re-2 school district are participating in training to know how to respond in the event of a school shooting.
Superintendent Rhonda Vendetti and Florence Police Chief Mike DeLaurentis orchestrated the training in response to the growing number of violent incidents at American schools.
In the coming weeks, officers from the Florence P.D., Fremont County Sheriffs Office and other nearby agencies will walk through each of the schools in the district to familiarize remarks with the layout of each building.
There will also be a mock drill held in which law enforcement and school employees will participate.
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NAIROBI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — The UN refugee agency said Wednesday a section of the Somali refugees living in Kenya have expressed willingness to return to Somalia as normalcy returns to southern part of the Horn of Africa nation.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it had been approached by 18 families living in Dadaaab’s Ifo 2 refugee camp in northern Kenya, expressing their interest to turn to Somalia and confirming their readiness to surrender their ration cards.
“This latter element is an important indicator of intent as it implies a willingness to voluntarily repatriate, as opposed to temporarily return,” UNHCR said in its Situation Report released in Nairobi.
Relief agencies working in Daadab attribute the movement to refugees crossing the border back to Somalia as that of refugees returning in search of work in Somalia as well as to check up on their farms and the assess the situation on the ground, especially as Al-Shaabab has ceded many towns and areas following the offensive by the AMISOM forces.
Some 77,000 Somalis have so far sought refuge in neighboring countries in 2012 while some 430 people were internally displaced while in November alone, another 5,400 were internally displaced, mainly in South Central Somalia, in particular from the coastal city of Kismayo.
The Horn of Africa nation is the most affected country within the Horn of Africa by the ongoing drought, widely regarded as the worst in 60 years.
Early this month, UNHCR also reported spontaneous returns of displaced people in the newly accessible areas of south-central Somalia, including some 2,000 people who returned to Kismayo in November and December 2012.
The UN refugee agency said together with two other organizations’ monitoring mission to the Liboi border point on Jan. 25 concluded that refugees both from Dadaab and from Nairobi were continuing to cross the border into Somalia.
“On average, two buses per day were arriving carrying refugees, one from Nairobi and one from Dadaab,” the UN agency said.
According to statistics collected by Refugee Consortium Kenya, 510 refugees crossed the border in the period Jan. 18 – 24, 378 arriving from Nairobi and 132 from Dadaab.
“The majority of the urban refugees were not registered with UNHCR. The Nairobi arrivals cited police harassment as the main cause for their decision to return,” UNHCR said.
In the same period, UNHCR said there was a move in the other direction, with 104 new refugees crossing into Kenya, claiming they were fleeing recruitment by Al-Shabaab in Middle Juba.
The Kenyan government in mid December 2012 stopped registration of refugees and asylum seekers mainly from Somalia in urban areas with immediate effect due to insecurity incidents across the country.
Acting Commissioner for Refugee Affairs Badu Saro Katelo also ordered officials to close down all registration centers in the urban areas, saying such exercise will be undertaken at the refugee camps in northern Kenya.
Katelo said all asylum seekers/refugees will be registered and hosted at the refugee camps and ordered all asylum seekers and refugees from Somalia to report to Dadaab refugee camps in northeast Kenya while asylum seekers from other countries should report to Kakuma refugee camp in northwest Kenya. However, on Jan. 23, High Court Judge David Majanja ordered the government to stop implementing its Dec. 18, 2012 order until the petition filed by the civil society is heard and determined.
Since the plan was announced, human rights organizations say the police in Nairobi have arbitrarily arrested hundreds of Somali nationals, most of whom have been released after paying hefty bribes.
Reports from airline companies and aid workers on the Kenya- Somali border near the Dadaab camps say that since December 2012 over 1,000 Somalis have returned to their country every week, either by air or over land.
Some told aid workers in Somalia they left because they feared a crackdown against Somali refugees in Kenya.
The East African nation is also hosting nearly half a million refugees from Somalia and has delayed their repatriation until the security situation in the country improves further.
UNHCR said the population of Kambioos (new camp) is slowly increasing, with a few families arriving from other camps every week.
“The 68 individuals arrived to Kambioos from Ifo 2, most of them citing insecurity in that camp as the reason for their relocation. Some Ifo 2 residents also moved to Dagahaley,” the refugee agency said.
However, violence and crime decreased markedly in Ifo 2 during the reporting period as police stepped up their presence in the camp, it said
Latest reports by UN indicate that there has been a gradual increase in the number of international aid workers operating in southern Somalia, following the withdrawal of Al-Shabaab from key towns.
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The Tcl/Tk Plugin is a browser plugin that allows you to run Tcl/Tk scripts in a Netscape or Mozilla browser window, similar to Java applets and Flash. The most recent version is 3.1.After installing the Tcl/Tk plugin, one can then write what became known as tclets, or small Tcl/Tk programs, in their html page and these would be passed on and interpreted by the plugin.The Tcl Plugin was designed during the early rage of browser plugins. Jeff Hobbs did the original Tcl plugin implementation following a visit to the Tcl group that was then at SunLabs, and Jacob Levy (part of that group) was the original implementer of the Tcl/Tk plugin. Laurent Demailly worked on the 2.0 implementation (first open source version). Work on the plugin was funded by Sun, during the 1990s (Scriptics did not continue the plugin development).By 2002, Microsoft had officially withdrawn support for the Netscape Plugin API, and the Tcl Plugin was languishing without updates. However, rumors of the plugin's death were greatly exaggerated. It continued to be maintained up through v8.0 of Tcl/Tk, for Netscape v3 and up, and Internet Explorer.ActiveState's Jeff Hobbs revived work on the plugin in 2003, revving it to Tcl 8.4. The plugin continues to work with both Mozilla 1.x, Firefox 1.x and IE 5.5+ on Windows. Currently the Tcl Plugin is very much alive.See Obtaining the TCL Plugin for how to get the plugin.
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Wild RoseTired of following patterns? Using a free-form, paperless curved machine piecing technique, really free yourself up by learning to produce pieced roses with no pattern. A diagram is provided for guidance, and instruction on how to work freely is emphasized. This workshop is geared for those who are interested in breaking away from patterns and being able to build textures in their quilts in a fast, free manner. No applique - all rotary cutting and machine curved piecing work. This technique is very applicable to individual variations in each student's own style.
Class Time: Six Hours
Kit Fee: None
Workshop Supply List:
Sewing machine and basic sewing kit
Cutting mat, rule and rotary cutter (students may wish to share)
FABRIC: at least 3 non-precious fabrics to practice technique with several dark and mid-range greens for leaves in a chosen rose color, a wide range of scraps of fabric from very light to very dark - as many variations as possible (at least 5).
To Book a Workshop: Please click here
(c) Lura Schwarz Smith, 2009
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A test flight of an F-35C is conducted in January. (Lockheed Martin)
WASHINGTON and MELBOURNE, Australia — The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been cleared to resume flight operations, six days after a crack discovered in the engine caused the fleet to be grounded.
Flights will resume Friday afternoon weather permitting, according to program officials.
“Following engineering analysis of the turbine blade which developed a crack, F-35 flight operations have been cleared to resume,” the Joint Program Office and Pratt & Whitney said in a joint statement, released late Thursday night.
“This decision concludes a cautionary flight suspension that began on Feb. 21 after a 0.6 inch crack was found on a 3rd stage turbine blade of a test aircraft at the Edwards Air Force Base F-35 Integrated Test Facility during a routine inspection. Comprehensive tests on the blade were conducted at the Pratt & Whitney facility in Middletown, Connecticut. The engine in question is part of the F-35 test aircraft fleet, and had been operated at extreme parameters in its mission to expand the F-35 flight envelope. Prolonged exposure to high levels of heat and other operational stressors on this specific engine were determined to be the cause of the crack.”
“No additional cracks or signs of similar engine stress were found during inspections of the remaining F135 inventory.”
“No engine redesign is required as a result of this event. Within the current DoD inventory, 17 F-35s are employed in test and development at Patuxent River Naval Air Station and Edwards Air Force Base; the remaining aircraft are assigned to Eglin Air Force Base and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, and comprise the initial F-35 training fleet.”
While DoD officials bring the fleet back online, the Pentagon announced a new deal worth $333,786,000 that will lay the path for an eventual deal on lot 8 of low rate initial production (LRIP). That money is part an advance acquisition contract designed to help Lockheed prepare for manufacturing the eighth batch of fighters.
“Lockheed Martin is pleased to be awarded long lead funding for the eighth F-35 Low Rate Initial Production contract, known as LRIP 8, by the Department of Defense,” Michael Rein, a Lockheed spokesman, wrote in an email. “This award provides our supplier base the stability needed to properly execute on our future production commitments. We will continue to drive down costs for these future aircraft as we have done on every previous LRIP contract.”
The optimistic tone was echoed 9,000 miles away, as Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith expressed confidence in the F-35 program during comments made this week at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon, southwest of Melbourne.
“I’ve always been confident that in the end, the Joint Strike Fighter project would get up, that it would be successful, and that’s because the entire weight of the United States is behind it,” he said. “I remain confident that the Joint Strike Fighter will get up, but the risks continue to be schedule and cost.”
However, Smith reiterated that he would not allow an air combat capability gap to occur between the retirement of Australia’s Hornet fighters and F-35A introduction around 2020.
Australia has a requirement for up to 100 Joint Strike Fighters but faces the dilemma of either stretching out the life of its aging legacy Hornet fleet beyond its planned withdrawal date at the end of the decade or making a further interim Super Hornet purchase from Boeing.
Steve O’Bryan, Lockheed Martin vice president of F-35 program integration and business development, told reporters at the show that he was confident Australia would remain in the program.
“There is no indication from the Australian leadership of a reduction in commitment,” he said.
Companies Push Back at Criticism
Despite a return to flight, there may be long-term consequences for the second grounding of the F-35 in a month.
Only a day after Smith reaffirmed his confidence in the F-35A, U.S. project head Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan told local press at Avalon that he thought Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney would perform better if they had more skin in the game.
“What I see Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney doing today is behaving as if they are getting ready to sell me the very last F-35 and the very last engine,” he told a media roundtable. “They are trying to squeeze every nickel out of that last F-35 and engine.”
Both Lockheed and Pratt moved quickly to push back against Bogdan’s assertions that they are not working as team players.
“Lockheed Martin is fully committed to delivering the F-35’s unprecedented 5th Generation capabilities to the men and women of our Armed Forces and those of our allies” Laura Siebert, Lockheed spokeswoman, wrote in a statement. “We are singularly focused on properly executing the F-35 development, production and sustainment tasks laid out in our various contracts. We do this in partnership with Lt. Gen. Bogdan and the entire JSF Program Office and strive daily to drive costs out of the program.
“We believe we are making significant progress in enhancing affordability of the jet as evidenced by the fact that we have reduced costs by 50 percent since the procurement of the first production aircraft; by outperforming U.S. government pricing estimates for the past contract lot buys; and by reducing labor costs by 14 percent between the 4th and 5th lot contracts. Going forward, we are confident the Low Rate Initial Production 6 and 7 contracts, currently under negotiation, will achieve even greater savings for the government and taxpayers,” according to the statement.
“Despite numerous cuts in the F-35 acquisition plan, Pratt & Whitney has maintained a long-term view and demonstrated our commitment by investing more than $50M dollars of our own funds and taking on risk ahead of contract schedule to prevent the program from experiencing delays,” Matthew Bates, the Pratt spokesman, wrote in an email.
Bates highlighted that the engine manufacturer offered to cover cost overruns for low rate initial production Lot 5 a year ahead of what the government had requested.
“We believe it is highly unusual for a contractor to take on this level of risk at such an early stage of a program,” Bates wrote. “We have also offered to assume more risk for sustainment cost through performance-based, fixed-priced provisions well ahead of plan. In addition, our investment has contributed to more than 40% of cost reduction since the delivery of our first production representative engine.
“We look forward to our continued dialogue with the Joint Program Office to further review the details of the F135 [engine] program, and to achieve alignment and further progress as the program moves ahead.”
It’s not the first time Bogdan has criticized the companies’ JSF performance. In September, Bogdan raised eyebrows when he called the relationship between Lockheed Martin and the JPO the “worst” he had ever seen — with a delegation of Lockheed officials sitting right in front of him.
Relations between Bogdan and the contractors seemed to warm during winter, especially in December, when an agreement was finalized to purchase a fifth batch of fighters, followed quickly by a preliminary agreement on a sixth batch weeks later.
But the second major grounding of the F-35 in the last month appears to have tested Bogdan’s patience. In January, the Marine Corps’ F-35B variant was grounded following an engine problem during a test flight. The source of that problem was later identified as an improperly crimped line in the fueldralic system, manufactured by subcontractor Stratoflex.
Last Friday, nine days after the F-35B resumed tests, the entire F-35 fleet was grounded when a crack was discovered in one of the blades in the Pratt-designed engine.
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What is the best community college in America? Ask a similar question about universities and you'll prompt a vigorous debate. Caltech and MIT would duke it out for engineering supremacy while Harvard and Princeton compete for maximum selectivity and prestige. Amherst is near the top of everyone's liberal-arts-college list, with Swarthmore close behind.
There will never be unanimous agreement about who's No. 1. But the fact that the question makes sense at all shows something important: In the four-year higher-education sector, we embrace the idea of excellence.
In the two-year sector, by contrast, the notion of "best" is largely absent from the public mind. That's because the dimensions we commonly use to distinguish four-year institutions, like admissions selectivity, endowment size, and research productivity, don't apply to two-year institutions, which are generally open-admissions, resource-poor, and focused on teaching. Since there's no national market for community-college admissions, commercial publishers haven't created rankings to feed consumer demand.
The absence of excellence in the common understanding of community colleges has a subtle but powerful effect on the sector. If people can't see greatness, they won't invest in it, which is one reason that many two-year institutions struggle to get by with pennies on the dollar given to well-known flagship research institutions. Community colleges and the students within them are the forgotten half of American higher education.
This week something important is happening to start changing all of that. The Aspen Institute is awarding the first annual Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, with the winner and up to three runners-up sharing in the $1-million prize fund. Selected by a group of experts from an initial pool of more than 1,200 colleges that was winnowed to 120 semifinalists on the basis of graduation, retention, and equity measures, the 10 finalists range from a 1,400-student technical college in the rural Great Plains to an enormous metropolitan institution in South Florida.
These colleges are so different that the idea of using common measures of excellence to judge them might seem strange. But as Aspen's evaluators conducted site visits and dug through reams of data on employment outcomes, teaching practices, and student learning, they noticed interesting similarities.
The best community colleges, they found, were unusually focused and intentional when it came to structuring the learning experience. Large or small, the top two-years didn't just offer courses and wait for students to sign up. Lake Area Technical Institute, in South Dakota, for example, has 27 technical programs, each with a defined curriculum. Sixty-six percent of its students graduate within three years, far above the sector norm.
Florida's Valencia College has, like most community colleges, struggled with freshman retention. So it overhauled its advising and orientation systems, and prohibited students from registering for classes after the beginning of the semester—the college's data showed that such students were highly likely to fail. Valencia also has strong ties to private industry and the four-year sector. Its laser technicians are snapped up by Northrop Grumman, and nearly a quarter of its students transfer to the selective University of Central Florida.
Transfer rates are particularly important for a sector that serves as a gateway to the baccalaureate degree for many first-generation college students. Simple graduation-rate measures give an incomplete picture of this success. Santa Barbara City College, in California, another finalist, graduates less than 40 percent of its students, but more than a quarter transfer. In a state that forces the majority of new public-college students to start in the two-year sector, this is crucial.
Fortunately, a number of efforts are under way to improve community-college performance data and thus our ability to recognize excellence. The Congressionally mandated Committee on Measures of Student Success, on which I served, recently approved recommendations to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan calling for improved measures of graduation rates, to include part-time students, transfers, and students enrolled in remedial education. This month the American Association of Community Colleges created a national accountability framework that will allow two-year institutions to publicly report information about their success.
These developments will soon be followed by the U.S. Department of Education's new gainful-employment regulations, which will calculate how much the graduates of thousands of community-college programs are earning in the job market. The nation is clearly moving into an era of greater information about community-college success.
And, inevitably, failure. There is no booby prize for community-college incompetence in the offing, but just as the best two-year institutions have been unfairly hidden from view, the worst have been shielded from competition and scrutiny by public subsidies, captive markets, and a lack of accountability.
A recent report written by Mark Schneider, a former commissioner of the government's National Center for Education Statistics, found that from 2005 to 2009, state and local governments gave nearly $3-billion to community colleges for the education of students who subsequently dropped out. The Aspen Prize finalist colleges are among the best at helping students graduate and transfer. Students and the public deserve to know which are the worst, too. Responsibility for excellence and failure go hand in hand.
Advancing the idea of community-college excellence will, one hopes, begin to scrub out the condescension that too often creeps into discussions of higher learning. When Shirley Tilghman, president of Princeton University, recently made the case for its lofty status with respect to accreditation, she offered by way of comparison a local two-year institution: "I have nothing in common with Mercer Community College," she declared. At the same time she acknowledged that Mercer "serves the student population it serves exceedingly well." When the chief lobbyist for the American Council on Education objected to common measures of student learning, he explained that no standard could equally apply to "Holyoke Community College, MIT, and the Sorbonne."
You can't miss the downward glance in these comparisons between the most and least well-known institutions—ha ha, seriously, who's even heard of Fill-in-the-Blank Community College? Perhaps it comes from insecurity born of the knowledge that even the most well-known universities have more in common with their local community colleges than they would like to admit—and wouldn't look good in a fair comparison.
After all, the measures of excellence that commonly drive comparisons among elite four-year institutions have little or nothing to do with the quality of education in the undergraduate classroom. That is precisely what the best community colleges are focused on every day. When it comes to taking all kinds of students from where they are when they enroll and moving them forward, comfortably famous universities might not measure up to the local community college—what's it called again?—down the road.
In that sense, the Aspen Prize is simply a first step toward a time when community colleges are fully included in the discussion of not just the best two-year colleges, but the best colleges overall.
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Saddle up for Constitution Day
Have you thought about how you will travel to Constitution Day 2012? This week in our continuing series on Montpelier’s September 22 Constitution Day celebration, we will talk about an interesting way to travel to the festivities: the Liberty Ride.
James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, not surprisingly, purportedly named his favorite horse Liberty. Madison regularly surveyed Montpelier on Liberty, who had “grown old in his service.” Like many of today’s pets, Liberty was quite spirited. Our research team supplied the following description:
“[Madison's] … favorite horse ‘Liberty’ … well deserved his name; not a gate which he could not open—nor, any outrage which cattle could commit—was not … ascribed to ‘Liberty’ Mr. Madison, in his humorous way, often repeated these amusing and generally false tales of his disused horse, but never curtailed his freedom.” [Mary Estelle Elizabeth Cutts Memoir II, [1849-1856], Cutts Family Collection of Papers of James and Dolley Madison, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.]
This year, a new event, the Liberty Ride, will take visitors on an 11-mile horseback and horse-drawn wagon ride to Montpelier’s Constitution Day celebration. The ride will begin at 10:00 a.m. at Oakland Heights Farm on Route 15 in Gordonsville, Virginia. Participants will meet at Oakland Heights at 7:00 a.m. The return trip will depart Montpelier at 1:00 p.m. The ride will take approximately two hours each way.
The Liberty Ride will have some special guests, too! James and Dolley will join the group in their carriage for the final part of the journey, leading riders to their beloved home. Also, Miss Rodeo Virginia 2012 Lindsey Harper, will mingle with riders throughout the day.
Liberty Ride tickets are $40 per entry (one horse and one rider or one wagon and two handlers) and $30 per wagon rider. Each ticket includes participation in the trail ride, a picnic lunch on the lawn of the Montpelier mansion, and a $5 discount on a future Montpelier visit. Individuals without horses may register as wagon passengers on a first come, first served basis. These openings are subject to wagon availability. Advance registration is required and may be completed on the Orange County Parks and Recreation website. Proceeds will benefit the Orange County Parks and Recreation and Montpelier.
What are you waiting for? Saddle up and we’ll see you at Constitution Day 2012!
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The question resurfaces: Should Montgomery County purchase Pepco's infrastructure and turn to public power options?
The issue re-emerged this summer as hundreds of thousands of area residents endured a record heat wave without power following the June 29 derecho storm.
Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner at the time revisited the idea of an option of a public power system, and on Thursday formally asked the county attorney, Marc Hansen, to review the idea. Hansen last year said the county would need special legislative permission.
Another storm this month left 65,000 without power in the Washington area, and county lawmakers have been fielding complaints from business owners of thousands of dollars in lost business, according to a Washington Examiner report.
“The county should have the right to determine for itself, subject to a referendum, whether public power is both economically practical and a better option for meeting the needs of Montgomery County businesses and residents,” Berliner said in a release on Thursday.
Last September Hansen said in a memo that the county would need the approval of the Maryland General Assembly in order to acquire Pepco’s infrastructure and an okay from the Maryland Public Service Commission before any new public power company could begin delivering service. Pepco would need to be paid “just compensation” at fair market value for its infrastructure.
“Public power doesn’t serve shareholders—it is solely responsible to its customers,” Berliner said in July following the 10-day power outage. “I think it is time for our state legislators to give Montgomery County the authority we need to explore public power through enabling legislation.”
A local chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in July said it wouldn’t support a publicly owned power option and that the idea wasn’t feasible.
What do you think? Is Berliner right in continuing to pursue the public power option?
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LinuxWorld: Locking doors, latching windows; Keep those pesky script-kiddies out of your systemDec 02, 1999, 18:16 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Joe Barr)
"The problem: Let's say you're the owner of a small business. You've put up a Website and an e-mail server so that you can attract and communicate with customers."
"Like so many others, you've found Linux and Apache to be the best combination of price and performance...."
"Then one day it happens: You come to work and find your server and desktop systems cracked and their drives erased. A third system on the LAN is fine because you shut it down before you left the day before. If you hadn't, it would probably be toast as well."
"Evil-hearted crackers? A mad genius trying to make a name for himself? Probably not. Probably nothing more than a script-kiddie with a few tools and nothing better to do on a school night."
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By Jennifer Corbett Dooren
The FDA says it has a vision to tackle its mountainous backlog of generic drug applications–but don’t expect an easy fix.
In announcing a plan today, FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach said officials hope to streamline the approval process and bring cheaper generic drugs to market faster. The plan (most of which was actually floated at an industry conference more than a year ago) includes initiatives such as leapfrogging applications for so-called first generics–or applications of drugs in which the brand-name drug just lost patent protection–to the front of the drug-review line. He’s also looking to adding more people to the agency’s drug approval staff.
But consider what the FDA is up against:
Last year, the agency received a record 800 applications – up from an average of 300 from 1999 to 2003. And the deluge only deepened a growing backlog of about 1,300 applications. (Though about half of those can’t be fully processed for various reasons, such as the patent on the brand name drug hasn’t expired.) Bottom line: generic drugs are supposed to be vetted within six months but the average review times average about 16 months.
The agency did approve a record 682 new generic applications during the 2007 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 — an increase of more than 150 over the previous year. And it has whittled average drug review times down from an average of 28 months in 1995. Gary Buelher, the director of FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs, hopes to hire additional drug reviewers once Congress completes work in the 2008 budget. “We get much more work each year than we are able to process,” he says.
The FDA proposed charging generic drug firms user fees just as it charges brand-name drug and medical device makers. But the proposal isn’t expected to make it into law this year. After initially giving the proposal a lukewarm response, the Generic Pharmaceutical Association said Thursday it’s entered into “good faith” negotiations with the FDA to create a user-fee program.
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Just trying to think back to my elementary school days. (This being so early and in Finland, all the books referred below were translations to Finnish.)
Little House on the Prairie, and the other Laura Ingalls books — read most of them except, oh the anger and the gnashing of teeth, one that the town library just didn’t have. Much discomfort followed before I leaped over that one, feeling guilty and slightly dirty. (To this day it feels like a minor crime to read a book series out of chronological order.)
Nancy Drew — Oh, blush. Read dozens of these. I have no idea if Nancy Drews are supposed to be reading for girls only; I didn’t care then, and after a certain touchy middle phase I’m now back in the land of not caring a whit for target audiences as long as what I read entertains me. As I recall them, the Nancy Drew adventures were pretty entertaining. Except that one time when there were four hours until the library-o-mobile would swing by, and I had a Drew to finish. A lesson learned early: there are bad ideas, there are disasters, and then there’s rushing a book. (A later philosophical addition: If you’re reading for pleasure, you’re really doing it wrong if you have to stress over it!)
Jules Verne — Read a lot of these; beautiful Finnish translations. (I’ve heard Verne has been badly served by clueless translations from the original French to English; that’s what I’ve heard.)
It’s funny how, when you’re young, you don’t notice some things. My theory is that when you’re young, you just don’t know enough to know how alien some things are supposed to be. Thus you just don’t notice whether a book is a hundred years old or written yesterday, or happens in the 1990s or the 1890s, unless it comes right out and slams your face in it. How’re you to know there’s no Wild West no more out there somewhere? If I wanted a hokey aphorism I could say that to an ignorant child there is no Time, but plenty of Place — and one place was somewhere behind Apollo, when there was a big plan for shooting people at the Moon with a cannon, or a steam elephant trudging through India. There was no Time, only Place, and that place was Away, and it started farther from your home door than you had ever went or could imagine going, c. 100 km or so it seemed. (Also: entirely too many capital-letter words.)
Possibly related: When you don’t know much about history, your ideas of where certain historical bits are tend to be a bit vague because you don’t have anything to anchor them with. Say the supposed deeds of Robin Hood — I’d guess most people would reason they’re medieval, and thus ah um erm somewhere between, like, 400 and 1400 maybe? I, however, having carefully chosen this example, can bump the Hood into place by remembering he was a supposed contemporary of Richard the Lion-Hearted, who was only a few generations after Hastings, which was 1066. That alone gives you an absolute lower limit for the date.
And the more you learn about history, the more you fill in the misty and empty spots, and get something that’s continuous and not a collection of vague glimpses: a view of history where there’s stuff happening everywhere all the time. (And it’s a really nice warm fuzzy feeling when you see how the pieces fit together.)
Three Investigators — Published under the brand of Alfred Hitchcock. Good stuff except for the creeping suspicion that Mr. Hitchcock just maybe wasn’t writing the books himself, with the peculiar arrangements of the covers and all, and surely such a thing was wrong. (At least I wasn’t energetic enough to start acting on my instinct that surely someone had to be told about this…)
Enid Blyton — Oh dear heavens. You could crush very small cars with the amount of Blyton I read. Some three or four times. And… well, I don’t think there’s a better definition of bliss than being twelve or so and deep in one of the Adventure series books.
Zorro — Probably were very formulaic adventure books; but I read them, oh I did. Come to think of it, I didn’t read Batman or Superman comics when young (no, I was a Marvel fanboy, and that was later), but what’s Zorro except a Batman of the past?
The Zorro books were a bit different since they weren’t from the town library but from the one my very rural elementary school had. That school library was just a big bookshelf-cabinet with a door and a lock: if any schoolchild wanted to borrow a book a teacher and some desultory scratching of who-loaned-what was necessary.
Come to think of it, this was in the nineties, but the books I remember from the school library were much older — seventies, sixties, older even; the relic that the Ministry of Education Guidelines forgot. For some reason I was very good in slipping into “ancient entertainments” like these.
Not that that stopped me from loaning a few automobile magazines from the library-o-mobile because all the other boys loaned them too; I leafed through them, couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about — or why there was something so mystically interesting in that bikini lady draped over the hood of that particular vehicle — and I returned them and forgot about that particular status symbol.
Then, some vague number of years later, there was this collective sigh that meant, “Oh, so that’s what that was all about!”
It’s funny that the series above all added together must come to a horrendous lot of books I’ve read, but for the most part I have no memory at all of what they contained. Plots, characters, striking scenes — all gone.
Makes me wonder if there would be shivers of recognition if I picked up one of the old ones.
Also makes me wonder why I can’t recall any Finnish books similar to those above that I read. (Well, there was one book from the school library that was a boys’ adventure from the thirties or something. All I can remember about it was that it was somehow weirdly restrained and felt like it assumed I knew or felt some big patriotic detail I really didn’t.)
I have a sneaking suspicion that my lack of Finnish input was, firstly, a question of volume: even including the cost of translation, there just are immensely more books in the Anglophone sphere than in the, er, the Fennophone one. And secondly, because most of the Finnish books available were eighties and nineties style and fashion, which I didn’t much like; the past and other wildly alien and romantic places were much better than photocopies of the grubby reality of the half-familiar present. (Really; the Finnish youth fare of the time — and of today, I suppose — seems to be for city kids, and to a country bumpkin like me that was the worst possible combination of familiar and alien.)
Besides, who wants to read about bullies and the dangers of drugs when you can have Diego de la Vega put on his mask and strike terror into the hearts of clumsy evildoers, or foil nefarious adults in a far-off valley because oops you snuck into the wrong plane with your posse of friends, or struggle with maple syrup, farming and harsh wild nature in some other corner of the endless disconnected Away?
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A majority of Americans support a U.S.-led military effort meant to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons, highlighting stark differences between the American public and President Obama on the issue, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll.
Fifty-one percent of Americans said they favor an attack on Iran, which is suspected of clandestinely pursuing nuclear arms and refuses to honestly engage with United Nations inspectors over the issue.
Just 36 percent of respondents opposed an attack, while 13 percent remain unsure, according to the poll, which was conducted using more than 1,000 adults nationwide between March 7 and 11.
Support for a U.S. military strike against Iran was stronger among Republicans, 66 percent of whom said they favored an attack. Forty percent of Democrats adopted the same stance.
The poll also found that a large number of Americans—most of them Republicans—back Israel’s right to strike Iran, despite President Obama’s repeated objections.
CBS News reports:
More respondents also say they think the U.S. should support Israel in the event the country undertakes its own military effort against Iran than those who say the U.S. should oppose it. According to the survey, 47 percent of Americans say the U.S. should support Israel in the event of an attack, while 42 percent say the U.S. should not get involved.
That question, too, was divided along partisan lines. Republicans overwhelmingly (72 percent) say they would want the U.S. to get involved, while Democrats (55 percent) and independents (44 percent) say the U.S. should not get involved.
Americans, however, are divided on Obama’s handling of the situation, with 39 percent disapproving of his push for increased diplomacy with Iran:
Americans are split on President Obama’s handling of the situation in Iran: 42 percent approve and 39 percent disapprove. Nineteen percent say they don’t know. Sixty-five percent of Republicans disapprove, and 63 percent of Democrats approve. Independents are divided, with 42 percent approving and 36 percent disapproving. Twenty-two percent of independents said they don’t know.
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As the Rwandan people have restored peace and civility in their land, they are banking on coffee to bring in much-needed revenue and a stable prosperity. Most coffee in the East African nation is grown and harvested by families or small cooperatives.
Today's Washington Post reports on Bourbon, a newly opened coffee shop in downtown D.C. -- the first U.S. outlet of a Rwandan coffee chain.
"If done right, it could be the platform to re-brand the country," says (Bourbon owner Arthur) Karuletwa, former chief executive and now a shareholder in the company. Coffee can "create awareness that there's recovery, there's trade, there's investment opportunities, there's tourism. There's life after death."
After opening three stores in Kigali, Rwanda, over the past three years, Bourbon expanded operations to Washington in July, taking over a converted Starbucks at 21st and L streets NW. The cafe is furnished with dark wood tables and red-leather-upholstered chairs; the walls are painted gold, moss green and burnt orange; woven baskets and traditional African motifs decorate the shelves and walls.
... Plans call for Bourbon to open a cafe in Boston at the end of the year, and later a New York location. Unlike the D.C. shop, those stores will offer on-site roasting and daily cuppings.
... "Rwanda is a very wanted origin," says Susie Spindler, executive director of the Alliance for Coffee Excellence, which runs the Cup of Excellence competition. She says coffee traders and roasters visiting Rwanda are discovering unusual flavor profiles they never knew existed.
"It mixes a lot of regular characteristics that you usually only find in one area," agrees Stacey Manley, Bourbon's barista. "Latin American coffees tend to be lighter-bodied and kind of nutty with cocoa. But you almost never find an earthy, really heavy-bodied Latin American coffee. Those are typically Indonesian characteristics. And in Indonesia, coffee is very rarely bright. So the weird thing about Rwandan coffee is it'll have all these different characteristics in one coffee."
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Originally Posted by jedimindcontrol
I don't want to take this thread off topic but I have always felt that the source unit can have a tremendous effect on overall sound quality. I have upgraded my player 3 times in the last 2 years and noticed a significant difference in SQ between each unit.
I do not buy into the need for high-priced wire and cables. And really, a good amplifier should not effect SQ at all. In theory, an amp should only be amplifying the source signal...not adding any noticeable sound characteristics, right? We all know this is rarely, if ever, the truth but it always makes me chuckle when I read a review of some mega-dollar amp and there is an endless amount of industry adjectives abut the "sound" of the amp...smooth, liquid, open, sweet, dynamic, detailed, airy, blah, blah, blah... sounds more like its coloring the overall sound not merely amplifying it!
IMO speakers will be the defining part of the equation in sound quality with source units and the preamp closely behind. And as always, everyones ears hear it all differently.
Off topic it is. IMHO, the speaker is the definitive component that determines your sound output, with the AMP closely behind due to its pairing with the speakers. The reason I say this is because all speakers have certain frequency and phase responses and impedance that peaks/troughs at different frequencies. And the ability of an amplifier to output the required current/voltages at those frequencies is crucial of the overall output.
For example, if the speaker has a huge impedance at 1500Hz and the amplifier's current output troughs at that frequency, then chances are your system's frequency response will take a nose dive around 1500Hz. This is why amplifier matching with speakers is the most crucial step in the sound system (and room treatment).
In terms of source unit, CD players with decent DAC should be outputting very similar quality analog signals if not identical. I am fairly confident in this because I am very familiar with the design process of the DAC used in those players. The biggest variant is the output stage inside the CD player after the DAC, which involves some sort of amplifications that could distort DAC outputs.
But vinyl is a different story because it is purely analog thus the signal path will see a lot of variants and the preamp is acting as first stage amplifier for the phono input. Otherwise preamp should be a simple switch (thus the move towards integrated amps). Just my $0.02.
BTW, OP, there's a pair of Primare I20 integrated amp and CD player on Audiogon for about $800 USD.
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Warning: Being a student athlete may be dangerous to your physical and mental health.
The school year is drawing to a close, and with it many spring sports seasons are ending or are in playoffs. But that hasn’t dimmed the light of attention being focused on youth sports lately.
Consider the recent story of Darien lacrosse coach Lisa Lindley. Until the Friday before Memorial Day, she was the revered leader of ’s girls lacrosse team. But on that day, in the middle of the FCIAC lax finals pitting Darien against Greenwich, , Caylee Waters. Pictures taken by a Hearst newspapers photographer show the coach grabbing Waters’ helmet and shouting in her face.
Shortly thereafter, Lindley was placed on administrative leave from her coaching position for this year, but it’s been reported that her suspension will not be a permanent one; in fact, according to the Darien Times Lindley will return next year as coach of the team.
I’m troubled that school administrators aren’t giving more extensive consideration before allowing her to take back the reins of the team, especially after suggest the incident was behavior not far out of the norm for this coach.
Student athletes, even at older teenage levels, are still kids. I know there are those who say, “We coddle our kids too much in Fairfield County. Not everyone deserves a trophy.”
All the same, everyone deserves to feel safe and not be verbally assaulted by an adult who is purportedly teaching you and directing you. These are teenagers, not professional athletes—whether they be girls or boys.
Surprisingly, some commenters did support this type of coaching, suggesting girl athletes will always feel second tier to boys, and a coach who yells is actually one who shows “real caring.” Sorry, but I wholeheartedly disagree—I think a yeller only makes someone feel belittled, lousy and less confident.
Of course, coaching incidents like this are not the norm, but they make for great headlines—as happened in had players burn third place trophies as some sort of punishing motivation for not ranking higher. Fairfield County is not the sole place where school and town athletics are competitive, or where parents heatedly yell at kids and umpires from the sidelines.
Now, too, there’s mounting buzz about health issues that crop up from sports injuries, predominantly concussions. It’s an issue being debated more and more at professional levels, considering how damaging a career’s worth of repeated injuries could potentially be.
After recent suicides of retired players reportedly suffering with lingering effects form past head injuries were anecdotally linked to progressive brain damage, the heat has increased—most recently when the family of former NFL player Junior Seau decided to donate his brain for head trauma research following Seau’s suicide last month.
Some big names are starting to take a more vocal stand against players starting young, especially in the more aggressive sports like football. Did you ever think you’d hear the names Tom Brady Sr. or Kurt Warner on the side of those advocating a harder look at the dangers of teen and youth football? Even the dad of leading quarterback Tom Brady would think twice about letting his son get into the game.
Here in Wilton where I live, there have been a sudden rash of recent injuries in the handful of child athletes I know—two concussions (one baseball, one soccer), one baseball to the eye, one potential broken wrist (also baseball)—and those are to kids not yet in high school.
What’s more, it’s not even football season.
We have to wonder about how much we’re pushing our kids, and pushing our kids to push themselves. I understand the camaraderie, the dedication and commitment they’re learning, and the amazing physical benefits of involvement in team sports.
I write this while watching my son at travel soccer practice. At the moment, they’re working on strategic passes to goal, and as center midfielder and occasional striker, he’s right now standing close to goal as the player his teammates will pass to for the score. I watch as a pass comes his way—directly at his head.
I feel the internal pull between soccer sideline mom and … just mom. Make the header! says the mom who wants her son to do well for his coach, for his teammates and for himself.
And what of the ‘just mom,’ who knows the lasting impact a swift moving ball can have when it does literally make impact. Please let him reflexively turn away!
Realistically, I know the majority of young athletes don’t get injured, and they’re not pushed past their physical limits. So too, of course, there are so many more wonderful coaches who motivate their young student athletes by building their self-esteem and infusing their character.
I hope those are the rules and that my children and yours don’t meet the exceptions.
I want my children to reap the healthy benefits of being active and part of a team. I hope being an athlete will give them opportunities to test themselves and to attain goals that outpace their self-expectations.
I just don’t think they need to be put in harm’s way or pushed too far in order to achieve those successes.
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The old curse "May you live in interesting times" is certainly coming true for most of us today. Global Warming is recognised as perhaps the greatest challenge to face not just this generation but potentially civilisation - so we need to get our act together.
The difficult part of course is how to best do this in a concerted way. As individuals we can do a lot, but at the same time, it is easy to feel like your efforts are going to waste: walk the kids to school and then be greeted by a cavalcade of 4WDs at the school gate; install energy saving light bulbs and then watch the neighbours install reverse cycle air-conditioning.
Individual action is critical but it needs to be supported by governments and by the business community as well. Most importantly, a price or penalties of some type need to be put on the production of greenhouse gas emissions. In our dollar driven world this is the most effective way to make everyone take responsibility.
In many parts of the world, including Australia with the introduction of a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in 2010, a price is being put on emissions and the Carbon Economy has become a reality. As with any major economic development there are winners & losers in this new regime. In particular, businesses need to understand where they currently sit in this new type of economy & what the potential opportunities and risks may be as the price on greenhouse gas emissions increases in the future.
Hopefully though, the end result of a carbon price will be that we, and future generations, will all be winners in terms of the sustainability of human life on the planet.
In 2006, having had extensive experience in the business world, including experience with carbon credit development and trading, and having realised that there was a vast gap between where business was and where it needed to be, the founders of Greenhouse Gas Solutions decided to establish a specialist carbon business consultancy.
Our mission is to help our clients navigate through the new dynamic carbon economy, reduce their greenhouse gas impact on the planet and, if possible, assist them to become more profitable via the use of carbon trading and other incentives.
We offer a complete & integrated suite of services to assist our clients in-cluding:
- Education and training services for all levels of organisations to
assist them under-stand and identify greenhouse issues and
opportunities for their business.
- Strategic planning advice including carbon cost and abatement cost projections.
- Marketing advice for companies who are taking action against Global
Warming and wish to establish their credentials in this area.
- Identification of funding opportunities and assistance with applications.
- Greenhouse Gas Assessments and design and implementation of action
plans to re-duce greenhouse gas emissions and improve other
- Creating value for clients by generating carbon credits from their products and services.
- Providing impartial advice on carbon offsets.
Why work with us?
We are specialists in the area of Greenhouse Gas opportunities and risks, and we focus on having the latest information on government schemes the regulatory environment, product solutions and carbon trading opportunities.
The experience and background of our directors and staff ensures that we understand com-mercial realities and can offer solutions for your business or organisation that are sustainable, workable and financially viable in both the short term & longer term.
Elizabeth’s career commenced at Clayton Utz law firm where she worked in the banking and financial services area for 10 years. During this time she was seconded to Macquarie Bank where she worked in the treasury & trade-able products area.
In 1995 she joined Macquarie Bank where she headed the compliance group and had senior management roles de-veloping and implementing new financial products and managing the operational and legal issues and risks of the business.
Elizabeth has degrees in Law and Commerce from the University of New South Wales.
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Mary Ann has over 15 years experience in Marketing and Strategic Business Development, working in senior man-agement roles with blue chip consumer goods companies Unilever, PepsiCo, Uncle Tobys and Philips Electronics.
In 2005 Mary Ann identified the opportunity and then intro-duced carbon trading to Philips Lighting internationally, also instigating Philips Australia's participation in the world's first carbon trading market, the New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme.
Mary Ann has an Honours degree in Politics from the Uni-versity of New England
If you think that we could help your organisation, or would like some further information, then just give us a call on 0413 622 152 or send an email to
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Visionary, entrepreneur, showman ... Steve Jobs lived an amazing life not only for his empire-building abilities, but for also being able to keep his private life, for the most part, private -- all in a very public world.
NBC Bay Area and tech reporter Scott Budman recalls his first one-on-one with Steve Jobs. And how not to use fancy lighting near an eMac.
I remember, as if it was yesterday, the first time I interviewed Steve Jobs, one-on-one, with no other crews in the room.
Of course, I also remember when Steve jobs got fired. I wasn't reporting back then, but knew of Apple, because it was cool, I was from the Bay Area, and some of my friends had Apple computers.
But back to the interview. I wondered if I'd get to experience the "Full Steve." You know: cocky, impatient, brilliant. The whole "reality distortion field" thing. I wasn't disappointed.
We set a chair a few feet in front of the new iMac for classrooms (eMac). Then we hit the top of the machine with a bright light with a red gel on it. The photographer shooting the story was pleased with the look.
Then Jobs walked in. Not pleased.
"Why do I have to sit AWAY from the iMac? I want to touch it." And, after another glance, "Why is it RED?? The computer is WHITE! What's going on here???"
We quickly did away with the set up, lights, and chair. Practically trembling, 99 percent sure I'd already blown the interview (not to mention all the good will built up with the Apple PR team to actually get the interview), I attached a wireless mic to Jobs' black turtleneck. We were silent for a bit, him checking the time, me thinking law school might have actually made more sense, when I had a last-ditch idea: "Steve, how about you just show me around the new computer?"
That did it.
Jobs spent the next 30 minutes (we were given five) walking around the iMac, touching it, showing off every nook and cranny of it. He was wonderful. He even sat down to talk strategy, and how the iMac would usher in all sorts of easy computing for its fans. I came away with a new appreciation of Jobs that day.
I thought back to the day when Jobs left Apple. And, years later, when I was living outside Apple's Cupertino headquarters on a day when times seemed so bad, a competitor flew a plane overhead with a phone number so laid-off Apple employees could call for work. It was during that time that Dell CEO Michael Dell famously suggested Apple sell the company and move on. Several hundreds of billions of dollars later, Michael Dell is still in business, but his products are dwarfed by Apple's -- and Steve Jobs.
Jobs himself has often told reporters that leaving Apple the first time was the best thing that ever happened to him. Did he become humble and meek? No, thank goodness.
But on the day he came back, I remember him sketching out what Apple was selling at the time, crossing it all out, and replacing it with just four boxes, to represent the categories Apple was going to focus on -- and eventually dominate.
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I credit one of the more perceptive priest journalists and philosophers Fr. Richard John Neuhaus with the discovery that most of the corpses on display have bullet holes in the base of their skulls, so the corpses have been unduly appropriated. Body Worlds gets most of its cadavers from China where a bullet in the back of a head is the speediest way of execution. The “plastinated” ghastly recreations using real bodies were put together by German scientists. There: you’re not completely surprised to hear that, are you?
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
TomRoeser.com on Body Worlds
I hated this exhibit. Now I know why. From TomRoeser.com,
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"Math Wiz" Tournament
The Rifle Branch Library will host a Math Wiz tournament on Saturday, December 3, from 1-3 p.m. All middle schoolers are invited to join us in the large Community Room upstairs to play this exciting card game.
Have you tried Math Wiz yet? There's still time to learn before the tournament! Join us at the Rifle Branch Library after school every Wednesday, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. for the Math Wiz Club (at the same time as Wii Wednesdays). Playing Math Wiz is a fun way to make math easier and quicker, while keeping your mind sharp and developing confidence in your mental math ability. Whether you're a dedicated mathlete or you're just waiting for your next turn with the Wii, come solve puzzles and earn points with us at the Math Wiz Club.
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|» P.A.T.H. Finders » Photo Album
Photography of Ancestral Towns & Villages
Sadly, Standa won't be planning another photo tour anytime soon. For several years he had traveled to towns and villages for clients who could not be here themselves. During this time he photographed more than 680 towns and villages. Only a small portion of these were places that we consigned him to. The others were simply places he found interesting, and these will be featured in the months and years to come, as a tribute to Standa's love of his native land. These will be updated as time permits, and many of his photos will be featured in an annual cycle of seasonal images. High resolution copies (printed or digital) may be purchased upon request.
Prague, like other capital cities of Europe, is well know for it's hundreds of man made spires and a veritable trove of architectural wonders. Not as well known, but perhaps equally impressive, is the inspiration for much of this, which can be found in various natural and man made landscapes, both the products of a magnificent God and an industrious people. Thus, this section of the "Photo Album" contains pictures on the theme "Nature & Other Wonders".
As truly extraordinary symbols of wealth and power, castles and churches represented the height of science and technology at the time they were built. While at different times of war and peace their functions differed accordingly, A close examination is like a window into the past, where we can witness the ebb and flow of history. Not to be confused with the palaces and chateaus from later times, castles represent the harsh reality of the middle ages. Even more so, ancient Rotunda's and early Romanesque churches, which withstood countless times of war, now stand the test of time, some more defiant than others, but each as a symbol of towering aspirations.
If there is any truth to the expression, "a picture is worth a thousand words", then here is the evidence. Let these pictures speak for themselves about the masters who crafted such lasting expressions in stone, wood, mortar, clay, textile (lace), oil and ink. Indeed, if you visit just about any town, and wander through the cobbled alley ways, there is no telling what your camera will find, or what stories those images will later conjure... To the patient observer, and sincere searcher, a further reward awaits inside the many galleries, old book stores, and museums.
People are everywhere. In case you haven't already noticed, it's not easy to find places where you won't see them. Although we are rather averse to crowds, there is never enough time in life to spend in the company of those people we call family and friends. One of my daughter's story books, "Lu and Swamp Ghost", makes the case that "you're not poor if you have family and at least one good friend". Thus, this page is dedicated to a few of the many people we are blessed to know.
For the moment this will be the final page in our Photo Album. In many ways it encompasses all the previous pages, since quite often Events Happen, wherever there are mysterious Castles, wonderous Nature, playful Art & Architecture, and lots of loving People. So here you will find, as the culmination of all the above, some of the Events we were fortunate to capture.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo School of Management and the Foundation for Accounting Education of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) are collaborating to introduce minority high school students to career opportunities in the accounting profession during a five-day program.
Approximately 30 students from area schools are expected to attend the fifth annual Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession (COAP) program, taking place June 27 through July 1.
The program will feature a comprehensive series of breakout sessions designed to provide participants with insights into all the components of an accounting education and career. Sessions will be held in the UB School of Management.
A number of area accounting firms will give presentations on campus, and students will make off-site visits to Lumsden & McCormick, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Rich Products, where they will take company tours and speak with accounting representatives from those firms.
A session entitled “The Accounting Profession: 360 Degrees of Possibilities,” led by Daniel Tirone ’81, CPA, partner, Downing & Tirone, will feature a panel of accounting professionals.
Alicia Alexander ’05, CPA, senior associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers, will introduce the students to accounting concepts and will present a “Build Your Own Business” seminar, followed by group work sessions and student business presentations before a panel of judges. Several UB accounting faculty and staff members will lead sessions as well.
The program also will include a wide variety of professional development opportunities, including a business lunch called “Putting Your Best Fork Forward,” which will feature etiquette tips for working meals; a “dress for success” session; a “speed-meeting” event; a résumé-writing workshop; and sessions on job-search strategies, interviewing techniques, public speaking and ethics.
This year’s program will conclude with a banquet for students and their parents at 6 p.m. on July 1 at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo Hotel. Karen Stanley Fleming, former director of urban affairs for the City of Buffalo, will serve as keynote speaker at the event.
“The goal of the program is to increase awareness of the many opportunities that an accounting education and career can provide,” says Ann Burstein Cohen, associate professor of accounting in the UB School of Management.
Cohen worked with NYSSCPA to organize the event. “It is our hope that if minority students realize early on that the accounting profession has a variety of interesting opportunities, we can increase the number of candidates who enter the field,” she adds.
NYSSCPA represents 28,000 CPAs and is the oldest state accounting organization in the nation. Incorporated in 1897, the society is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to establish and maintain high standards of integrity, honor and character among certified public accountants. The Buffalo Chapter, with nearly 1,500 members, encompasses Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming counties. To learn more about the society, visit www.nysscpa.org.
The UB School of Management is recognized for its emphasis on real-world learning, community and economic impact, and the global perspective of its faculty, students and alumni. The school also has been ranked by Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, U.S. News & World Report and The Wall Street Journal for the quality of its programs and the return on investment it provides its graduates. For more information about the UB School of Management, visit mgt.buffalo.edu.
The University at Buffalo is a premier research-intensive public university, a flagship institution in the State University of New York system and its largest and most comprehensive campus. UB’s more than 28,000 students pursue their academic interests through more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs. Founded in 1846, the University at Buffalo is a member of the Association of American Universities.
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401(k) matches vary considerably from company to company. Vanguard administered more than 200 different 401(k) match formulas ranging from less than 1 percent to over 10 percent of pay in 2009, according to a new analysis of 600 Vanguard retirement accounts with 1.3 million eligible employees. How soon you become eligible for the match and how much you need to save to get the full match also play a role in how prepared you will be for retirement. Here is how to tell if your employer’s 401(k) match is competitive.
Match eligibility. Only about half (51 percent) of Vanguard 401(k) plans allow new employees to immediately begin saving in the 401(k) plan. Other employers require between 1 and 3 months (25 percent) or even an entire year of service (15 percent) before workers are allowed to make 401(k) contributions. The waiting periods are even longer to qualify for the 401(k) match. Just 40 percent of employers immediately begin matching worker 401(k) contributions. Over a quarter (28 percent) of companies require workers to have a year on the job before they will provide a 401(k) match.
Match amount. Another way to evaluate your 401(k) plan is by the maximum possible match you could potentially earn. The median 401(k) plan promises a maximum match of 3 percent of pay, with just over a third (36 percent) of 401(k) plans matching this exact amount. Two-thirds of 401(k) plans match between 3 and 6 percent of pay.
Savings required to get the full match. Getting the 401(k) match typically requires you to save a certain amount. The median 401(k) plan requires workers to save 6 percent of pay to receive the full 401(k) match. Two-thirds of plans require participants to contribute between 4 and 7 percent of their pay to receive the maximum matching contribution.
Match formula. The 401(k) match formula can be particularly important to people who are only able to save a small amount annually for retirement. Three quarters of companies use a fixed match formula such as 50 cents for each dollar the employee contributes up to 6 percent of pay. An employee paid $50,000 annually at a company using this formula would need to save $3,000 to get the maximum possible match of $1,500. Some 22 percent of companies used this exact match formula in 2009, which was the most common of any type of 401(k) match.
Another 17 percent of 401(k) plans use tiered match formulas, such as $1 for each $1 the employee contributes on the first 3 percent of pay and then 50 cents per $1 saved on the next 2 percent of pay. A worker with a $50,000 salary would only need to save $1,500 to achieve the same $1,500 match using this formula. And if that worker saves $2,500 he would get the maximum possible match of $2,000.
About 8 percent of plans have a dollar cap, such as $2,000, after which the company stops matching. A few plans also have variable formulas based on factors such as age or job tenure.
Non-matching contributions. Some companies make non-matching contributions to employee accounts, typically through profit-sharing or employee stock ownership plans. Employees don’t need to save to receive these contributions, but they are typically required to spend a certain number of months or even years with the same employer before earning them. Three quarters of companies vary the amount of non-matching contributions by age or job tenure. Only a quarter of employers provide all participants the same percentage of pay. The median non-matching contribution is 3.9 percent of pay and the top 9 percent of companies contribute 10 percent of pay or more.
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You might know the famous testing pyramid established by Mike Cohn, one of the founders of the Scrum Alliance. This pyramid has been used and modified a bunch of times. Now is my turn to fill up the pyramid!
The testing pyramid
For those who aren’t familiar with the testing pyramid (or who don’t remember), the principle is as follows:
The bottom tier has to be automated the most: it gives the best ROI as unit tests can be easily written by developers and gives them an immediate feedback. The more automated unit tests, the stronger will be the foundation.
The middle tier is more difficult to automate than the foundation and tests at this level will be focused on business-facing tests. These functional tests will give an answer to the question “are we building the right thing”. It will ensure functionalities match the requirements.
The top tier will the least automated tests because this level is usually composed of UI tests that are expensive to write or maintain and that often require human control (over visual aspects for instance).
What the pyramid misses
I think the pyramid is very useful and test teams can gain efficiency if they follow its principle. However, something is missing…
Tests in this multi-layer system are being executed by different people, and all these tests are of different nature. This introduces one more difficulty: there is no aggregated vision of all these different tests. For instance, it is hard to get a complete picture of acceptance and GUI tests.
As a result, teams can leave “testing holes” within their application: software areas that are not covered by any tests and it is more likely that bugs will slip through the net of your testing in these areas!
However it is almost impossible to reach 100% test coverage of the software. So how to assess risks related to these “testing holes” in order to decide which tests should be added?
We suggest 2 ways of doing this assessment in order to have the right focus for additional tests.
1. Focus on regression risk
The point is to compare the current version of the software you have to test with the previous one. This comparison will allow you to identify changes where regression risks are higher.
Mixing this information with test coverage clearly identifies regression risks that have not been covered by any test.
As a picture is worth a thousand words, let me show you that new principle:
2. Add business perspectives
Even with a focus on untested changes this could still be too large when you haven’t yet got a high proportion of automated test. So in addition, we recommend adding a business perspective: drill-down to untested changes by features or software functional areas. So you can focus your additional testing activities where bugs should be avoided in order of priority.
Ok, but what do we do when we don’t have a high number of automated tests?
Let’s jump to the top of the pyramid, this is where you will need to have more manual tests if your coverage by automated tests is weak. In such a situation you won’t have enough time to execute all the manual tests
every time. You will have to select relevant tests and execute them depending on their priorities and on what has not been tested at lower levels.
Combining changes, coverage and business perspectives, not only will you optimize the time you spend on testing by balancing automated and manual tests, but you will also focus on relevant tests (and thus avoid losing time with useless tests) and ensure you covered the risks in the application.
Adding test footprints
During testing, Kalistick’s agent can record all the execution paths through your application. This is not about record/replay but linking test cases and code so that when changes are made in a release, relevant test cases to cover the corresponding regressions risks can be identified.
As you can imagine, the technology is self-learning. The more tests you execute, the better the software is going to know yours and be able to help you to build more efficient regression test strategy.
The goal of this technology is double:
- Optimizing test efficiency by selecting relevant tests for a test campaign and avoid losing time with useless tests which aren’t testing changed modules
- Ensuring that all risks are covered, even indirect risks dues to indirect impacts of certain changes (mainly regressions thus)
On your way to reach the right balance of automated and manual tests at each level of the pyramid this technology will help you improve your software testing efficiency.
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Friday, November 03, 2006
Passengers boarding a CTA Route # 52 Kedzie / California Avenue bus. Corner of Archer and Kedzie Avenues. Chicago Illinois USA. November 1989.
Seen here on a cloudy and cold Saturday afternoon in November of 1989, are passengers boarding a southbound Kedzie Avenue bus at Archer Avenue. This transit coach is a 1985 bus from a company called M.A.N wich was located in the Country formerly known as West Germany. These buses were very Box like and plain in design, and were referred to by many local bus enthusiasts as "Bricks". Immediately behind the bus waiting shelter is a White Castle restaurant, whose aroma of Hamburgers and Onions were quiete Pungent on this overcast Chicago day.
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Art Quilting 101: Design Basics »
InstructionsI did one cutting triangles and squares but didn't like the result so I used some of my discharged linen that I had embroidered and did these using some of the techniques from the class. Now I want to do Winken, Blinken.
Type of item: Functional
Style: Casual, Funky
discharged linen, muslin, embroidery floss and a batik fabric
What was your inspiration?
the discharged linen and the class
What are you most proud of?
I'm pleased with the embroidery on one and the way the other one went together..
What advice would you give someone starting this project?
Watch the videos. I've learned a lot even though this project is nothing like what she's teaching. The techniques I've learned from her along with what I already know have been so helpful.
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Making Disciples Today: Christianity Today's New Global Gospel Project
Ongoing controversies over the nature of the Atonement (substitutionary or Christus Victor?), the historical Adam (creation or evolution?), the afterlife (heaven and hell or universalism?), the nature of the authority of Scripture ("inerrant" or "infallible" or "trustworthy"?)—among other debates—show how relevant doctrine remains. But the debates also reveal how confused many Christians are about the basic truths of the faith, a confusion that will worsen if we don't respond to two pressing realities.
First is an increasingly post-Christian world. The rich ideas contained in words like creation and fall, judgment and forgiveness, grace and obedience, crucifixion and resurrection, church, final judgment, and Trinity are little known to most people. In fact, many outside and inside the church are either hostile to traditional Christian teachings or mix belief systems, religious and not, to create their own.
Second is the challenge of internet technology. Secular and pluralistic worldviews were prevalent before the Internet, of course, but now every idea and worldview, every philosophy and religion is a click away. We are electronic neighbors with atheists and theists, Hindus and Muslims, terrorists and pacifists, secularists and agnostics, New Agers and rationalists. Every idea imaginable is now at the fingertips of every Christian who has internet access. The average Christian toys with an unprecedented range of ideas today, arguably more ideas and worldviews than did Augustine, Calvin, Cranmer, and Wesley. Needless to say, encounters with our electronic neighbors are both fascinating and bewildering.
Add to this the ongoing need to grow "to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" (Eph. 4:13, ESV), so that we might more fully love God and neighbor. It's clear as ever that we need a deeper grounding in Scripture and the great teachings of the faith. We believe this is the crucial challenge of the 21st century; without being grounded in the gospel, we simply cannot live it out for long.
J. I. Packer and Gary Parrett recently completed Grounded in the Gospel, a fresh argument for teaching the faith (traditionally known as catechesis). As Packer put it, "Ongoing learning is part of the calling of the church. It has to be taught in all churches at all times." Recovering an emphasis on careful, lifelong instruction in faith "will be totally uphill all the way. We shall be challenging the dominant trends in our culture, and it won't be easy."
With this issue of Christianity Today, we embark afresh on such an enterprise. We are calling it the Global Gospel Project (GGP), resources for a full-orbed discipleship of heart, mind, soul, and strength.
To date, nearly all catechisms have been written with one tradition or another in mind—Reformed or Baptist or Catholic and so on. Given the realities of contemporary worldwide evangelicalism, we also need discipleship resources that embrace a broad, centrist, and historic understanding of the faith, one that recognizes the gifts of our various traditions yet focuses on the gospel message and mission we share. Our mission to spread the gospel in word and deed can only be strengthened as we understand and grow together in what is core to that gospel.
The GGP resources will not replace the catechisms of our different traditions; it will not be able to drill deeply in the unique teachings of these traditions, which bring such richness to worldwide Christianity. But the GGP does have seven emphases that will, we believe, help it contribute to all churches:
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Driving.ca’s roundup of slightly strange or off-beat auto news stories.
Security video helps Tel Aviv woman in fight over parking ticket
We think we have it bad with aggressive parking enforcement in some of Canada’s big cities. But at least our officers won’t typically tow your car away and ticket you for a violation that didn’t exist when you parked there.
That’s what happened to Tel Aviv resident Hila Ben Baruch when she parked on a city street not far from her home. When she returned to her car, not only was it gone, but a handicapped sign had been painted on the spot where it had been parked. The city then hit her with over $300 in fines.
She called the city to dispute the fines, but was dismissed as a liar by the lovely municipal employee on the other end of the phone. Surely, she must have noticed the large wheelchair symbol on the space that she had been parking in for roughly a year. No?
But here’s where it gets interesting: it turns out city workers had painted the sign under her parked car, then later towed it away – and, as Ben Baruch discovered, the entire incident had been documented by a nearby security camera!
Ben Baruch posted the clip on Facebook, where it quickly went viral – prompting the city to issue an apology and refund the fines.
The video itself is, in a word, breathtaking:
Automated driving technology, demonstrated
We’ve all been curious to see what it’s like behind the wheel of an automated (or, as some might say, “driverless”) car. So here you go, courtesy of wired.com. It’s a video of a ride in a Volkswagen Passat, outfitted with self-driving technology by Continental.
Seems like a simple concept. But we’re still not quite ready to give up the wheel to a computer. Remember HAL 9000?
Watch a Saab 9-3 explode, in slow motion
You don’t usually get to do this type of thing for school. But if that school happens to be the National Film and Television School, and you’re studying special and visual effects, well, then it starts to make a bit more sense that you might blow up a car.
So here’s what a bunch of students came up with for a pyrotechnics course, taught by none other than Richard Conway, whose film credits include Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and 28 Days Later (2002). They blew up a car – a Saab 9-3 convertible, specifically – and filmed it as it burned. It’s quite a remarkable experience watching the whole thing play out, especially when they re-play it in slow motion.
Good work, class! A-pluses all around!
Corvette would-be thieves can’t drive stick
Imagine you and your buddy are carjackers. You’re all set to steal a car – you’ve got your guns, your balaclavas, your whatever.
So when a guy pulls up in a shiny sports coupe, your first instinct is to say, “Awesome! I want that one!”
There’s just one problem: it’s got a manual transmission. And you can’t drive manual!
This actually happened to driver Randolph Bean of Orlando, Florida recently. When the thieves realized they couldn’t drive his 2002 Corvette, they asked for instructions – because what else is a carjacker to do in such a situation?
“They apparently couldn’t start it. I had to tell him four different times to push in the clutch, because it’s a standard transmission,” Bean said.
“My first thought was ‘I guess we don’t have driver’s ed in school anymore because no one knows how to drive a stick.’ And my second thing was, don’t shoot me because you can’t start the car, I’m trying to help you out here. Thankfully they didn’t.”
They ended up stealing Bean’s phone, wallet and keys instead. You know, the easy stuff.
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What's the Latest Development?
In an intriguing combination of technologies, UK-based Plastic Logic has teamed up with Intel and the Human Media Lab at Queen's University in Canada to create the PaperTab, which combines tablet technology with the behaviors of paper. The lightweight, flexible device feels like a sheet of paper but is actually a high-resolution touchscreen display powered by a processor that Intel describes as "a significant advance in its efforts to explore disruptive user experiences." It was unveiled at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
What's the Big Idea?
Plastic Logic CEO Indro Mukerjee says the PaperTab "allow[s] a natural human interaction with electronic paper, being lighter, thinner and more robust compared with today's standard glass-based displays." On a single PaperTab, a user can navigate through documents by bending one side of the display as if to turn the page. Unlike traditional tablets, which contain multiple apps, each PaperTab represents a single app, and multiple PaperTabs on the same desk communicate in different ways depending on their proximity to each other, "providing a seamless experience across all apps as if they were physical computer windows."
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com
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"I'll endeavor to continue the momentum of the campaign and support the people of Afghanistan as they seize the opportunity for a brighter future."
Dunford has a reputation among Marines as a thoughtful, calm leader, with more than 22 months under his belt of commanding troops in Iraq.
These changes come amid debate about impending budget cuts that some say would have grave consequences for the military unless Congress acts to avert them by the start of next month.
Sequestration is a series of automatic, across-the-board cuts to government agencies, totaling $1.2 trillion over 10 years. The cuts would be split 50-50 between defense and domestic discretionary spending.
More than $500 billion would be cut from the Defense Department and other national security agencies, with the rest coming from domestic programs, like national parks, federal courts, the FBI, food inspections and housing aid.
Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has been a harsh critic of the cuts.
"For those of you who have ever seen 'Blazing Saddles,'" he said in a recent speech at Georgetown University, there "is the scene of the sheriff putting the gun to his head in order to establish law and order. That is sequestration."
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Switzerland has reinforced its opposition to unilateral sanctions imposed on Iran outside the framework of the United Nations. The assertion comes in defiance of such unilateral sanctions imposed by Israel, the United States (U.S.) and the European Union (EU).
Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter has said in Moscow his country will never back sanctions, imposed by any alliance, outside the U.N. Security Council framework. “As a rule, we don’t support such sanctions”, said Mr. Burkhalter after talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
Not being a member of the European Union (EU), Switzerland is not bound by the decisions of the 27-nation grouping, which has recently imposed fresh curbs, including a ban on Iranian gas imports. Last month, Swiss President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf slammed unilateral Western sanctions against Iran by calling them “unacceptable”.
She stressed that Switzerland would continue its economic engagement with Iran within the framework of U.N. decisions.
Switzerland is a major global centre for oil trading, and is host to an office of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).
Pro-Israel organisations have viciously attacked Bern after a disclosure in September that Vitol — a Switzerland-based company — had traded in millions of barrels of Iranian oil. Josh Block, a former Clinton administration official and until recently the CEO of The Israel Project, a Washington based pro-Israel organisation, told The Jerusalem Post: “It is truly shameful that the Swiss government continues to help Iran evade EU sanctions as the regime in Tehran continues its march toward nuclear weapons, denies the Holocaust, threatens its neighbours and oppresses its people.”
An AFP report citing local media said western economic sanctions have hit around six million patients in Iran, because of the difficulties in importing medicine.
Fatemeh Hashemi, head of the Charity Foundation For Special Diseases (CFFSD), said though there is no explicit ban on importing medicines and medical equipment, the imposition of banking sanctions has “severely affected” import of medicines required for treating complex illnesses.
“We feel the shortage primarily for cancer and multiple sclerosis drugs. Of course, Thalassemia and dialysis patients are also the targets of these hardships”, she was quoted as saying.
“The price of domestically produced drugs has increased 15 to 20 per cent during the past three months, and that of imported supplements by 20 to 80 per cent”, pharmacist Mohammad Hossein Hariri recently told the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA).
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I was at the Mercer Gallery in Harrogate last week, which is currently showing an exhibition of photographs from Rwanda tea plantations (sponsored by local tea company Taylors). Many of the pictures were beautiful and interesting, but the exhibition troubled me. The problem is mostly the inevitable othering of the sociological gaze, and it plays out in a particularly interesting way here. In the background of the exhibition is the conceit that we can gain access to the lived experience of southern Rwandans (encompassing the intimate details of home life and expanding to the consequences of the genocide) by tracing the process of tea production (which utterly dominates the economy). This idea is not so uncommon, and is appealing and on the face of it kind-of Marxist, but the more I think about it the more problematic it seems.
The problem is the way in which this kind of implicit sociology makes a move towards a premature totalization. The sequence of photographs conjure up a production process, and the society it is embedded within, as a closed and fixed whole, something which can be encompassed, and explained, by the exhibition. The exhibition provides its own metonym for this process in a picture of the cyprus trees growing at the edge of one of the tea plantations, viewed from the factory yard in which the cyprus wood is stacked up prior to being used to fuel the drying and fermenting of the tea: the whole production process is represented as an organic whole which grows its own preconditions from the soil. The falsity of this closure is particular visible in this exhibition, which wouldn’t exist without the funding that derives from the profit Taylors makes selling the tea grown in this area around the world.
This premature totalization separates us from Rwandan tea production in two ways. One is by suggesting that we are unimplicated in it, except perhaps to the extent we choose to involve ourselves philanthropically; the world market of course renders that false. The other way this presentation separates us from Rwandan tea growers is perhaps a bit more subtle, but perhaps also more harmful. This system of social production is something we tend to only see when we are being shown other societies, which works to make the systematic nature of production in our own societies invisible. As I walked around the Mercer Gallery, I imagined a ghost exhibit on the same walls, a series of photographs purporting to explain to us the UK through the interlinked economic process of call centers and mobile phone shops.
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Editor's note: Kevin Powell is an activist, public speaker and author or editor of 11 books, including "Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, and the Ghost of Dr. King: Blogs and Essays." E-mail him at email@example.com, or follow him on Twitter @kevin_powell. Join him for a live chat on Twitter from 12:30-1 p.m. ET on Tuesday @CNNOpinion about his column.
(CNN) -- My cousin Aaron abruptly typed me the news while we were texting back and forth about other matters: a Kansas City Chiefs football player killed his girlfriend, then went to the team's practice facility and committed suicide in front of his head coach and general manager. Left behind was the couple's 3-month-old daughter, who was in another room when her mother was shot multiple times. Like so many Americans, we were stunned.
We would learn later that player was Jovan Belcher, 25-year-old starting linebacker for the Chiefs, a man and an athlete spoken of in the highest regard by everyone from his high school teammates and coaches to his fellow professional football players. They, too, were stunned.
Indeed, what would lead a man who, by all accounts, loved family, friends and football and had overcome great odds to make the National Football League as an undrafted pick out of the University of Maine to take such shocking actions? A man raised by a single mother, he had achieved so much in such a short period that he had widely been considered a great role model for what could be done through hard work, grit and determination.
Since the killing and suicide are so fresh, so recent, we do not really know what might have driven Belcher to such extreme and horrific actions.
But the knee-jerk reactions have been rampant on the social networks. "Coward" is a term being used to describe Belcher. But that is too easy, far too simplistic, and name-calling never solves a problem.
Belcher was a man living in the supersized macho world of football, a world in which many of us American males reside, be it football or not. Too many of us have been taught manhood in a way that is not healthy. Be tough, men do not cry, man up -- these are the things I've heard my entire life, and I now cringe when I hear this relayed to boys or younger men by teachers, coaches, fathers, mentors and leaders.
Or we use derogatory and sexist or homophobic words to describe men or boys who do not meet the "normal" of what a male is supposed to be. Some of these male authority figures mean well, or are simply repeating what they were socialized to be or to do, and do not realize that they are unwittingly teaching that manhood has little room to express hurt, disappointment and sorrow.
Yes, they had been arguing, Belcher and his girlfriend, but in my work as an activist, including around gender violence prevention, I've seen the tragic pattern across our nation of men who, in the heat of rage, have killed their girlfriends, wives or lovers, as if they had no other vocabulary or emotion to deal with the disagreement or the break-up.
We cannot forget Kasandra Perkins in this story. Because when men behave in this manner, it also says, bluntly, that the life of a woman is of no value whatsoever. Just the fact that much of the media has focused on Belcher and barely mentions Perkins by name speaks to this truth.
In the late 1990s, after achieving some level of success from my years on MTV's "The Real World" and as a feature writer for Quincy Jones' Vibe magazine, I descended into a dark period that included excessive drinking, painful bouts with anxiety, stress and depression, and, yes, I thought often of committing suicide.
I had been fired from Vibe. I had a terrible time coping with life back then, and I kept much of it to myself because we live in a world where men are not encouraged to express the hurts we feel.
That is the problem for so many of us. We do not talk about much of anything, except sports, women and sex. Everything else is routinely ignored. Or repressed. Until we explode.
What eventually helped me get through those dark years, years that too were riddled with violence -- toward myself, toward others -- in various forms, was a renewed commitment to my spiritual foundation, a return to therapy in a very serious and consistent way, and surrounding myself with people, including men, who were willing and able to give me the safe space to talk about anything and everything.
For the past several years, I have privately advised and counseled several professional and amateur athletes, and entertainers, all men, all grappling with very warped definitions of manhood. The recurring theme over and over is fear of expressing themselves fully, fear of letting others down, fear of not being the tough and rugged men they were told they had to be. And on the inside so many of them are damaged as a result. The very definition of manhood they've embraced is more an emotional prison than anything else.
This is probably why the one scene that is locked in for me is of Belcher thanking his coach and general manager for what they did for him. Then walking away and shooting himself in the head.
We must struggle, harder than ever, as men, as boys, as a nation, to reach the point where a heart-to-heart conversation is the first and only option, not a gun, not gun violence. The lives of Jovan Belcher and Kasandra Perkins will have been in vain completely if we do not go deeper within ourselves to teach and show our sons, our husbands, our boyfriends, our fathers, our men and boys, that there is another way.
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Even Bono is worried about the fiscal cliff.
The lead singer of Irish band U2 says spending cuts that hit in January would devastate programs to help the world’s poor, leading to more than 60,000 deaths.
“There’s real jeopardy,” Bono said Wednesday at a discussion at the World Bank with bank President Jim Yong Kim. “I’m still terrified of people wrestling the wheel of this mad lorry that they’re driving off the cliff.”
Sequestration — a package of automatic spending cuts set in motion last year — would slash funding for U.S. programs grouped in the federal budget as “international affairs” by 8.2%, or $4.7 billion, in the current fiscal year. Bono said that includes about $2 billion from anti-poverty programs, such as treatment for HIV/AIDS, on which he focuses at his anti-poverty advocacy group, ONE.
“We know there’s going to be cuts,” he said. “We understand that. But not cuts that cost lives.”
Real Time Economics offers exclusive news, analysis and commentary on the economy, Federal Reserve policy and economics. The Wall Street Journal’s Phil Izzo is the lead editor, with contributions from other Journal reporters and editors. Send news items, comments and questions to email@example.com.
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Graham Reid gets a lesson in comparative religion from reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff.
Jimmy Cliff - who cuts such classic reggae singles as The Harder They Come, Many Rivers To Cross and You Can Get It If You Really Want It back in the 60s and 70s - says he has always been an outsider.
He was keen to collaborate with other artists and experiment with different genres, whereas most reggae artists remained in a closed world. And in the context of Rastafarian-dominated reggae culture he was also a Christian who converted to Islam then explored other religions ... and he has some rather outsider views on faith.
"In my life, being an African descendant man cut off from my roots," he says from his home in Jamaica, "I was always searching to find my roots. Early on I discovered that it's not to be found in Christianity so I dived into Islam and it was not to be found there. I looked into Judaism and Buddhism and all of them, but it was not to be found.
"They were classrooms I went through to learn what I need to know about me.
"The truth is that all of these religions started from Africa. The three monotheistic religions - Christianity, Judaism and Islam - all came from Abraham, he was a champion, and go right back into Egypt, which is North Africa.
"The word 'Catholic' means 'cat' and 'holy', and the 'holy cat' is the sphinx in ancient Egypt. So all the answers point back to ancient Egypt or below the Sahara."
Cliff - who comes to the Taranaki Womad in March - is on rather more sure ground when speaking about reggae and how his new album, Rebirth, his first album in eight years and recorded with producer Tim Armstrong of Californian punk band Rancid, continues his line of socio-political reggae.
The album includes a dub-kissed cover of the Clash's Guns of Brixton - "one of those songs that will always be relevant if things don't change for the better" - alongside originals which are autobiographical (Reggae Music), political (Children's Bread) nod to the soul-punk crossover (Outsider) and are wrapped in a classic ska-reggae style which sounds beamed in from his early 70s.
"Tim was inspired as a punk by reggae, so for him it was a great thing for us to work together, and for me it was inspiring to be with someone who understands reggae and who I have inspired.
"Reggae inspired punk because it was into social and political issues of the day and it's the same thing punk expressed, the talk of anti-establishment. A rebel stance indeed.
"On the new album I am still carrying the torch of social and political consciousness in a song like Children's Bread and many songs. That is not something I try to do, it is just a part of me."
Cliff's early career was entwined with that of producer Leslie Kong - who died in 1971 - whom he not only convinced to start a label but even gave it a name: Beverley, after Cliff's song of the same name.
"I got him started when I was 14 and so from that time we developed a confidence in each other. We had a chemistry and when you find that you should stick by it. He had a whole lot of ideas and was very inspirational and he was somebody you could bounce off. I don't really have that now, but a producer I can bounce off is Tim Armstrong."
Cliff, who achieved global fame as the rebel star of the film Harder They Come in 1972, says although he has only done a few films since, he likes the idea of putting himself into another character, and he uses the downtime on a filmset to write songs.
"I always like to collaborate, put things together from different genres of music and perform in different genres," Cliff says. "In not staying with the traditional I was an outsider, but that's not a bad thing because ... you see your thumb?
"You have five fingers on one hand but the thumb is very far from the other four. But if you want to write, the thumb is necessary, if you want to ball your fist, the thumb is necessary. You cannot do much without the thumb. So that's not a bad thing, being an outsider."
Who: Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff
Where: Womad Taranaki, March 15 -17
Essential albums: The Harder They Come soundtrack (1972); Unlimited (1973); Special (1982); Rebirth (2012)
- TimeOutBy Graham Reid Email Graham
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The St. Louis City streets department has closed Park Rd., a cut-off between Union and Lindell near Forest Park, to through traffic in an effort to improve pedestrian access to Forest Park.
Streets director Todd Waelterman says cars that used the road to avoid the stoplight at Union and Lindell were often traveling at a high rate of speed, making it difficult for pedestrians to cross. The closure will require drivers to use the stoplight, which includes crosswalks and pedestrian signals.
A city worker clears a sidewalk of ice and slush on Market Street in St. Louis on Feb. 1, 2011. Some city side streets which remain badly iced over will begin to be treated with a salt and sand mixture today. (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
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Speaking of outdated technology, I found a note to myself from a couple of weeks ago about a Z-80 machine and a 486 computer that are still in use on a daily basis. McRat generously posted them in the Community Cafe on the Ubuntu forums, in reply to a rather worn-out question: What’s the oldest computer you’re still using?
That question is (inadvertently?) resurrected every month or so, but McRat’s replies might take the trophy just for being still in use. It’s one thing to say you have Babbage’s analytical engine in your garage, but if it’s not actually being used, then … well, then it’s not actually being used.
The photos were fun too, and I’ll repost them here for the benefit of the people who aren’t members of the forum, and won’t otherwise be able to see them.
Not bad for machines that are still used on a daily basis. If I can get that much work out of the Pentiums I own, I’ll call myself very lucky indeed.
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When a sentence of prison time is imposed on a parent, many times the children of those parents feel they are also being punished.
This is especially true at Christmastime, when children can really feel the separation while their parent is in prison. About 75 percent of women in prison are mothers, and one in every 43 children has a parent in prison. This holiday season, more than 1.7 million children will spend Christmas separated from their incarcerated mom or dad.
This separation can strain relationships between children and their parents, and put additional stresses on the caregivers of the children. Children aren’t able to share with their parents stories from their day in school or worries about spending Christmas alone or in an unfamiliar setting.
Little Angel Rae is just one of the many children who knows that his mom can’t be with him this year for Christmas, leaving him feeling lonely – especially when he sees other families spending time together celebrating the season. It’s during these emotional times that Angel Rae wonders if his mom even remembers him.
Angel Rae’s worries are very common for children who have a parent incarcerated, and that’s where Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program comes in. Angel Tree connects incarcerated parents with their children by delivering Christmas gifts on behalf of the parent through the local church. Last year nearly 400,000 children received Christmas presents, and the program has a goal of presenting gifts to 475,000 children this year. A Christmas gift from a parent shows children like Angel Rae that they are loved – not forgotten.
To make an even larger impact, every donation of $12.58 will help provide a gift for two children, thanks to a matching grant program. Through the Angel Tree program, local volunteers select gifts especially for children in need of a tangible reminder of the love of a parent.
Help a child this holiday season – by giving them an unforgettable Christmas filled with joy and hope. Children like Angel Rae will know that they’re loved, and be less lonely during Christmas thanks to your generosity.
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Brahms: The Complete Chamber Music
CDS44331/42 12CDs Boxed set (at a special price)
Movement 1: Allegro appassionato
Movement 2: Andante un poco adagio
Movement 3: Allegretto grazioso
Movement 4: Vivace
The violin versions are rarely heard, but the viola sonatas have become cornerstones of that instrument’s repertoire, just as the original forms have for the repertoire of the clarinet. Brahms was effectively establishing a new genre, since before they appeared there were virtually no important duo sonatas for viola and piano (there is an unfinished sonata by Glinka), though Schumann and Joachim had used the viola for a number of lyric pieces. While in the Op 114 Trio his viola part was virtually the same as its clarinet original, merely transposing some passages downward to come within the viola’s compass, in the Op 120 sonatas the recasting of the part went a good deal further. Brahms entirely rewrote some figurations, added double-stopping, and sometimes extended the melodic line at places where the clarinet part was silent. Subtly and unobtrusively, he accommodated the music to the different expressive character of the viola.
These sonatas embody his compositional technique in its ultimate taut, essentialized, yet marvellously flexible manner. It had long been Brahms’s habit to compose some of his most significant works in contrasting pairs (indeed, we could see the Quintet and Trio as such a pair); and the two members of Op 120 make a fascinating study in contrasts. No 1 in F minor has something of the turbulent passion which that key always evoked in Brahms, and is the more orthodox in form. No 2 in E flat major is a fantasia-like conception in three movements, none of them really slow. Within these broad confines the works display a kaleidoscopic range of colour and motion, and a propensity for mercurial shifts of harmony and texture. Indeed, they are prime examples of that ‘economy, yet richness’ which Arnold Schoenberg said was one of the qualities he most admired in Brahms.
The opening Allegro appassionato of the Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1 manages to convey an impression of gravity and tensile strength without compromising the predominantly lyrical nature of its ideas, which are typified by the yearning, wide-spanned melody that follows the brief piano introduction. The recapitulation features characteristically Brahmsian cross-rhythms, but the coda brings an ending in the major mode, though one touched with a sense of quiet resignation. The remaining three movements are all in the major, but with subtle shadings that distil emotional complexity into relatively few and seemingly simple notes. The exquisite slow movement, Andante un poco adagio, is a still, entranced nocturnal song in A flat, just touched into motion by the viola’s melancholy, rhapsodic turning figures and the slow descending arpeggios of the piano. The following intermezzo, Allegretto grazioso, also in A flat, is in the manner of an Austrian Ländler or country waltz, though developed with extraordinary contrapuntal skill. The waltz tune is in fact an amiable transformation of the opening theme of the sonata’s first movement. The peasant vigour developed in its second strain expands to boisterousness in the Vivace finale, a bracing and sometimes pawky major-key rondo with a chuckling main theme, and a pealing, bell-like figure of three repeated notes, heard in both instruments, that enlivens the whole movement.
from notes by Malcolm MacDonald © 2007
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Hi! I am trying to work this pattern, and I'm in a bit over my head. I get stuck at Row 6 in this pattern because I don't understand how to purl together from two needles onto one.
Here is the pattern excerpt:
Row 6: Hold the needle at the top of the work in your left hand. Fold the bottom needle up towards you. The smooth stockinette side should be on the outside of the work.
P the first stitch on the the "top" needle tog with the first st on the "bottom" needle. You will end up with just one st on your right needle.
Does this mean I'm to fold the work I've done together in half, and then purl from the bottom needle into the top needle?
I've really no idea how this works out! Can someone sort of explain to me how to do this? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Tag Results for "Dropout"
Hispanics, who represent about 60 percent of New Mexico's student population, have one of the highest high school dropout rates. "The future of our state depends in large part on what happens with our young students," Diane Torres-Velasquez, the director of the Latino Education Task Force, told Efe. continue reading »
A growing body of research indicates that increasing the minimum school-leaving age to 18 not only increases high-school graduation rates but also significantly improves the life outcomes of students who otherwise would have become dropouts, according to an article in the winter 2013 Issues in Science and Technology. continue reading »
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One of the things I was looking forward to most in college was studying abroad. I had heard about it in high school and knew that if I spent a little extra time working, applied for scholarships and took out a few extra loans, I’d too, be able to travel to a new country to study. It really is one of the great things about college. Here are some top study abroad destinations, some destinations to avoid and also some tips on what not to do while abroad.
According to the annual Open Doors Report (produced with support from the U.S. Department of State), more than 273,000 American students studied abroad during the 2010/2011 school year. The top 10 most popular destinations for American students were:
- United Kingdom
- Costa Rica
What type of experience are you looking for?
Michigan State University has one of the country’s largest study abroad programs. With over 260 programs and 60 countries on all continents (yes, even Antarctica) to choose from, the choice is all yours! You’ll first want to decide what type of experience you’re looking for — faculty-led or co-sponsored; year long, semester long, spring break or month-long? Do you want to visit four or five countries in a short semester during the spring or summer months with a faculty member as your guide, or would you prefer to be enrolled in a university for one traditional semester and travel on your own during holiday?
Check with your campus’ study abroad office for an extended list of destinations. Here’s a tip: you can apply for MSU’s study abroad program as a Non-MSU student.
You might want to avoid these places
We all know that there are unstable places in the world today, and you should do your best to research the places you’d like to visit before you leave the U.S. Travel.State.Gov is a service of the Bureau of Consular Affairs and lists up-to-date information on travel warnings around the world. According to the site, “Travel Warnings are issued when long-term, protracted conditions that make a country dangerous or unstable lead the State Department to recommend that Americans avoid or consider the risk of travel to that country.” Some current listings:
Women traveling to countries such as Egypt should be conscious of traditional conservative dress and may want to purchase scarfs to wrap hair in, and long shirts and dresses to keep arms and legs covered.
If you’re still worried about what might happen while away, check out the University of Illinois Study Abroad Office as they offer up “Top Ten Myths About Studying Abroad.”
What not to do while abroad
In order to get the most out of your experience you’ll have to exit your comfort zone and learn to fit in with the locals while you’re there. How do you do that? For starters, don’t be scared to learn a few staples in the local language to get around. “Hi, how are you?”, “Where is the bathroom?” or “Thank you, have a good day,” are good starters. Even in the most broken French, a smile and a hello will mean that you’re trying.
Don’t be afraid to try new foods, even ones that look like they’re still alive. On a trip to Edinburgh, a particularly cute local recommended I try haggis (I’m going to go ahead and let you Google that) while in a pub — what kind of a tourist would I be if I had said no? The verdict? It wasn’t something I’d eat again, but I survived and have a good story to share!
Also, don’t spend your weekends camped in your room studying. Yes, it’s called study abroad for a reason, but the real education comes from outside of the classroom. So, grab a friend or classmate, take a bus trip to a town you’ve never heard of (Stroke-upon-Trent, anyone?) and walk through the town until you come across a game of cricket. Sit and enjoy the view.
Where are you hoping to study abroad to in the next few years?
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The Globe and Mail
has conducted a sweet profile on the Silo City honeybees, which can be viewed here
. Writer Lisa Rochon recently explored some of Buffalo's architecturally significant structures, including the Frank Lloyd Wright's Gardener's Cottage
, and the grain silos and elevators of Silo City, but was surprisingly taken with an entirely different effort - the relocation of a colony of bees from an abandoned office building to a state-of-the-art metallic hive (shown here on BRO
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Walking through the magnificent city of silos, keen to discuss ways that artists might be enticed to come work here, [Rick] Smith expresses his commitment to regenerating the site through small, meaningful gestures. "What better way to start than with beehives? You don't need 400 master plans. This is small, but it works."
That's one of the greatest things about places like Silo City and Larkinville (as Rick so righteously points out). Whether it's the small incremental steps are an all-out growth spurt, we are seeing progress on many levels. Silo City will experience organic growth, and will not need all of the legendarily (and often times useless) Master Plans, many of which never see the light of day. Small grassroots partnership projects like 'Elevator B' create a national buzz and inspire additional initiatives to unfold purely through passion - in this case the passionate parties are University at Buffalo and a rogue developer who is determined to buck the trend of appealing to the 'powers that be'.
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The assessment should be co-chaired by DOE and DoD. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, and other major stakeholders in NNSA operations should be consulted, as needed.
The assessment chairs should report to OMB and the National Security Council (NSC) staff in four major phases as follows:
- Identify Structure (by March 2, 2009): Specify lead offices within each Department and NNSA, the approach to the assessment, the organizations to be involved (including outside advisors), the structure of the assessment (including subgroups and review panels), and the timeline for completing the assessment.
- Provide Study Outline (by May 8, 2009): Identify the alternatives to be assessed, key assumptions, proposed structure of the final report, significant issues involved in a transfer (including statutory or regulatory changes), and data and analysis that will be required to complete the study.
- Brief Emerging Results (by August 7, 2009): Brief OMB and NSC on the emerging results of the study, including recommended courses of action.
- Submit Final Report (by September 30, 2009): Submit to OMB a written final report including discussion of significant issues, alternatives considered, an assessment of their advantages and disadvantages including budget implications, and recommendations for a path forward.
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|Posted by hj on September 07, 2001 at 23:11:23:|
|In response to Re: Broken Toilet Flange|
After nine years, the original plumber's liability is long over. Assuming it is a plastic collar, the pipe in the floor has to be vertical in order for the flange to sit level with the floor. There is nothing unique about setting a flange on concrete or any other material. It is all the same.
: : Our home which is 9 years old is on a slab and the downstairs toilet started leaking water between the base and the floor on the right side of the toilet. When the toilet was removed we discovered the flange which was very flimsy plastic was set a 1/2 inch higher off the floor on one side than the other. It was on the side where the flange was too high, that the leak had started. Also on this side the flange had cracked. So we needed to replace the flange. Also since the hole was so close to the wall, the plumber recommended a 10 inch rough in toilet. The flimsy original flange was replaced with a metal flange. And a new toilet was installed. The plumber was terrific and now everything is working fine. Here is my dilemma....the original plumbers did a negligent job in installing the original flange. They refuse to admit any negligence. Can you give me any advice on reference materials on what type of flanges to install in cement and how they should be installed?
: It may be a possibility that the floor isn't level and while the original plumbers maybe should have maybe shimmed the high side unless it was really off in which case maybe they should have waited for the tile guy to level the floor, but the floor being off level when building isn't the plumber's fault, it's the tile guy's. At least that's my opinion.
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According to new research from national lender Abbey, it is now actually cheaper for potential first time buyers in the UK to purchase a property than to continue renting. The only exception to this is in London, where it would still work out more expensive to get a first time buyer mortgage than it would be to remain a tenant.
The research found that 1.61 million Britons were looking to buy in areas outside of London, and based on today's first time buyer mortgage rates, the people surveyed would save £624 each or a collective £1 billion over the next 12 months if they did decide to buy a place of their own. Unfortunately for those based in the capital looking to get onto the property ladder, the fact that house prices are still at a premium means that they would actually be £466.19 worse off per month by choosing to buy rather than rent.
For the potential first time buyers outside London, the average monthly rent comes to £434. First time buyer mortgages, as they stand in the market today, would cost an average of £382 per month if taken out with a 25 per cent deposit - a saving of £52 per month. Of course if you are able to put more upfront capital into your property in the form of a larger deposit, your savings could be even greater.
Across the UK, typical first time buyer properties (new-build flats and terraced houses) now cost an average of £92,861, a decrease of 9 per cent from last year. Therefore, if you were looking to take advantage of these lower prices, you would need an average deposit of £23,215 (or 25 per cent) for a first time buyer mortgage. It's particularly good news for potential first time buyers living in Wales, where you would make an average monthly saving of £90.91. This is followed by the North West (£87.43) and Yorkshire (£77.06). Buying a place in East Anglia as opposed to renting would save you a fairly disappointing £2.59 per month.
As the mortgage market is so competitive, many lenders will offer you free valuation and legal fees with first time buyer mortgages, so you should make sure that you shop around to see who can offer you the best deal. If you have a deposit totaling 25 per cent or more of the value of the property you wish to buy, you are hot property for mortgage providers, so if you don't have sufficient savings yet but you want to buy a place, get started as soon as possible. Consider an ISA for tax-free savings or a savings account where you have limited access to your money, as these types of saving usually yield the highest returns.
To find out more about first time buyer mortgages, and talk to an experienced adviser from the SimplyFinance network about your options for getting a mortgage, simply fill out our short first time buyer form and an adviser will be in touch shortly.
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1. Prices and Production
After eight straight days of decline, oil settled on Friday at $69.87, the lowest close since early October. The 11 percent drop since December 1st was attributed to a strengthening dollar and rising US fuel inventories. Global oil production increased by 200,000 b/d last month with the increase apparently going to China which continues to report spectacular increases in industrial production and oil refining.
Beijing announced that it will continue its stimulus and lending polices for another year, but with somewhat tighter controls. Outside observers continue to say that China’s economic policies cannot last long without an improbable increase in exports.
Opposition protests against the Iranian government resumed last week. U.S. Defense Secretary Gates and EU leaders both expect the international community to impose “significant additional sanctions” on Tehran for failure to negotiate over nuclear enrichment. In the past, the Iranians have threatened to reduce oil exports as retaliation for increased sanctions.
The IEA continues optimistic about economic recovery and now expects the demand for oil to increase by 1.5 million b/d next year, 130,000 b/d more than their previous estimate.
2. Baghdad’s Second Auction
The two-day auction which concluded on Saturday awarded international oil companies development rights to seven more oil fields. As these are among the few remaining easy-to-produce fields in the world, if all goes well, development of these fields could double Iraqi production within a few years. When combined with the awards made during the last auction, the Iraqis are talking about producing 12 million b/d by 2016 which would make them the world’s largest producer. A former Iraqi oil minster told an industry conference that he believed 6 million b/d was more realistic.
Many are skeptical that such production levels will ever be achieved, considering the propensity towards violence in the country and the many serious ongoing political disagreements. Last week a series of coordinated bombings in Baghdad, which killed 120 and wounded over 500, were attributed to renewed al Qaida activity. National Elections are coming up in March and there is no end in sight to the disputes with the Kurds. A national oil law has yet to be passed so there is no legal basis for the award of contracts or distribution of revenue.
To keep the awards politically palatable in Iraq, the Oil Ministry was unusually stingy in the terms of the contracts – initially allowing the winners a fee of some $2 a barrel for any new oil that they produced. In the second auction this seems to have been modified to around $5-6 a barrel, still way below the return normally expected by international oil companies for their time and efforts. Shell, however, was reported to have accepted a fee of a $1.39 a barrel for developing a field that is expected to produce 1.8 million b/d. Giving the shrinking prospects for access to new oil and the fierce competition, negotiating leverage has clearly shifted to the owners of new oil fields.
Perhaps the most interesting result of the auction was the national diversity of the companies that received awards and that little oil was awarded to US oil companies. These included Russia, China, Norway, Malaysia, Angola, France and the UK. Chinese oil companies, which have lower labor costs and a willingness to accept more risks than other countries, have secured three contracts with the Iraqi’s. Some fields remain too risky for anybody. The field right next to and possibly under Baghdad’s religious hot bed of Sadr City received no bids.
3. Climate Change
There is as yet little solid news from the climate summit at Copenhagen. A 100,000 person demonstration outside the meeting on Saturday resulted in 1000 arrests. The conventional wisdom remains that so long as the US Senate considers the threat of possible job losses from emissions controls higher than the dangers of global warming, there will be no meaningful worldwide agreement.
On the second day of the Copenhagen meeting, the World Meteorological Organization released a new analysis showing that the sustained global warming trend shows no signs of ending despite local and temporary fluctuations. This assessment is in general agreement with independent estimates made by the National Climate Data Center and NASA in the US.
Perhaps the most significant development of the week will turn out to be the finding by the EPA in the US that carbon dioxide emissions are a dangerous pollutant. This move, which has already been confirmed by the Supreme Court and is unlikely to be overturned by the Congress, gives the administration considerable leeway to set carbon emission standards without the need for legislation. How far the administration will press this authority likely hinges on the outcome of the legislation currently being debated in the Senate.
4. The IEA’s Peak
Fatih Birol, the chief economist for the International Energy Agency (IEA), has now said if no big new discoveries are made and that if oil demand continues to grow, “the output of conventional oil will peak in 2020.” For those who have been following the discussions within the peak oil community and who suspect that world oil production has likely peaked already or will peak soon, this is not a revelation. Coming from a senior official of the IEA, however, the statement underscores a major shift of sentiment regarding peak oil among policy makers.
Until the release of their annual world energy assessment in November 2008, the IEA was adamant that world oil production could continue to grow for the foreseeable future. After the IEA finished analyzing historical production trends in 800 oilfields and realized that fields in decline were losing production at the rate of up to 8.6 percent a year, there was a major shift in thinking. By November 2009, the Agency was saying that conventional oil production would start dropping before 2030, but assumed that continued growth would come from non-conventional sources such as tar sands.
We now have a specific and indeed much closer date from the IEA – 2020. While this is 10 or more years later than most in the peak oil community believe that the actual peak will, in hindsight, turn out to occur, it represents some kind of a turning point in official thinking. It also modestly increases the possibility that governments will soon acknowledge the fact of peak oil and will start actions to mitigate the consequences.
Quote of the Week
“The current schism between the old and new energy industries—wherein the green evangelists mock the traditional fuels and the oil and gas crowd reciprocate—should end. This transformation also could be led by policymakers who admit there is no silver bullet in our common effort to build a low-carbon future.”
-- Joe Stanislaw, CEO of JA Stanislaw Group LLC
- As world leaders gather in Copenhagen to pursue a reasonable set of targets to cap greenhouse gases, there is a growing realization that the US Senate’s cap-and-trade bill designed to address climate change is doomed… Against this backdrop, another idea is gaining momentum, one that seems even more improbable: a carbon tax. A Hart Research poll found that voters prefer a carbon tax to cap-and-trade by a 2-to-1 margin (12/12, #17)
- According to the IEA, non-OPEC producers, accounting for about 60 percent of the global total, will provide 51.6 million b/d in 2010, or 265,000 b/d less than previously anticipated. Projections for non-OPEC supply through to 2014 were boosted as higher investment restores delayed projects. (12/11, #3)
- Colombia's crude oil output in November rose to an average 725,000 b/d vs. 624,000 b/d 12 months ago, Mines and Energy Minister Martinez said Thursday. He expects the country's output may rise to 1.2 million barrels a day in the "medium term." (12/11, #12)
- The Libyan government, hit by budget constraints and by current market conditions, has announced a delay, from 2012 to 2017, in its previously released plans to raise its oil output capacity to 3 million b/d. (12/9, #15)
- Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil company, plans to drill 45 to 50 oil exploration wells next year, the company’s vice president for exploration said. (12/7, #9)
- Nigeria’s amnesty program has increased the country's oil production as daily output recently averaged between 2.4 and 2.45 million barrels. (12/8, #10)
- Chinese companies have proposed investing $50 billion to buy 6 billion barrels of Nigerian oil reserves, the African nation's presidential adviser on energy said Tuesday. (12/9, #16)
- Mexico has taken out a $1bn insurance policy against oil prices falling next year, a clear signal that commodities producers remain wary about the threat of a double-dip recession. The world’s sixth largest oil producer said on Tuesday that it had hedged all its oil exports for 2010, by buying protection against oil prices falling below $57 a barrel. (12/9, #17)
- Over the past 20 years, oil functioned as a type of life jacket for Mexico's economy. It hid economic distortions, allowing governments to postpone needed structural reform as it financed the status quo. Mexico was able to float along, buoyed by billions of dollars of oil revenue, without having to swim more quickly than its competitors in the sea of emerging markets. But now that oil production at Pemex, the state-owned oil monopoly, is plummeting, the country faces some hard truths that the oil bonanza obscured. (12/9, #18)
- The US Interior Department approved, with conditions, Shell Oil's plan to drill three exploratory wells in Alaska's Chukchi Sea. Shell paid $2.1 billion in 2008 for leases in the Chukchi Sea when the Bush administration opened up 30 million acres (12 million hectares) in the unexplored area for drilling. (12/8, #15)
- A spill of 1,095 barrels of crude oil mixed with water from a BP pipeline in Alaska was due to a rupture caused by a buildup of ice within the line, BP and the local environmental authorities said Thursday. (12/10, #11)
- In the Gulf of Mexico, so far this year there have been 12 discoveries in at least 1,000 feet of water, representing some 1.35 billion barrels of oil equivalent, the most found there in a single year since 2002, according to Wood Mackenzie, an industry consulting firm.(12/8, #14).
- Chevron said Thursday its 2010 capital budget will be $21.6 billion, 5% lower than its 2009 budget. (12/11, #20)
- Transocean and Diamond Offshore Drilling, the world’s biggest deepwater oil drillers, may face a drop in rig-rental revenue because of a glut of vessels that can operate in oceans two miles (3.2 kilometers) deep. (12/8, #6)
- IHS-Cambridge Energy Research Associates’ third-quarter capital-cost index showed a 6-month decline of 4%. IHS CERA said the decline resulted from lower levels of upstream oil and gas activity, which pulled down costs of drilling rigs and yards and fabrication. (12/9, #5)
- US drilling activity increased by 20 rotary rigs to 1,161 units working this week, compared with 1,790 during the comparable week in 2008 and to the peak figure of 2032 rigs in September 2008. (12/12, #14)
- An organization of natural gas exporting countries informally known as the Gas OPEC has elected a Russian as its first secretary general, underscoring the oversize role the country is likely to have in the group that it helped found a year ago. (12/10, #3)…The group, which controls nearly 70% of the world's proven gas reserves, is facing the first global drop in gas demand, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) expecting supply capacity to exceed demand for most of the next decade. (12/9, #7)
- Saudi Arabia's raw gas production is seen exceeding 13 billion standard cubic feet a day by 2020, from about 8.8 billion cubic feet a day now and 1.65 billion in 1981. (12/9, #14)
- El Paso Corp. plans to push ahead with $4.1 billion in spending next year on natural-gas pipelines and exploration, even though its earnings have plunged with natural-gas prices. The Houston company told sometimes-skeptical analysts Thursday that its spending will pay off by 2012. (12/11, #18)
- The head of the American Petroleum Institute on Friday said the industry group was shedding 40 employees, or 15%, from its work force as part of a modernization of its advocacy efforts. (12/12, #13)
- As the US Congress and Commodity Futures Trading Commission consider tighter regulation of derivatives trading, a new study suggests excessive speculation wasn’t to blame for a record-breaking surge in oil prices in first-half 2008. (12/9, #11)
- Pakistan’s government is offering economic aid and political changes for Baluchistan, the province in the southwest where insurgents have attacked oil and gas installations, pipelines and security forces in recent years. The Baluch group of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, a tribal leader killed by security forces in 2006, says it is fighting for the rights of local people, including royalties from the minerals and fuels discovered in the region. (12/10, #8)
- China’s crude-oil processing volume reached a record in November, driven by economic recovery. Refining volume climbed 21 percent from a year earlier. A $586 billion stimulus package, record bank lending and incentives for purchases of cars and home appliances are supporting industrial production and boosting fuel consumption. (12/11, #14)
- The rebound in the Chinese economy accelerated again in November with industrial production rising by a larger-than-expected 19.1 per cent compared with the year before. The increase in factory output came after a 16.1 per cent rise in October and represented the fastest pace of growth in industrial production since June 2007. (12/11, #15)
- China has unveiled new energy intensity targets and aims to have 15 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. Beijing is presently building the world's biggest wind power project. Paradoxically, new coal-fired power plants, with 13.6 million kilowatts of capacity, will be added by 2020 in Jiuquan to back up the new wind project. (12/11, #17)
- China is driving ahead with an ambitious program to expand its atomic energy capacity over the next decade, raising questions about its ability to find the uranium it will need, at home or abroad. (12/11, #22)
- China aims to deepen energy ties with Central Asian states seeking new markets for their oil, gas and uranium, an official said on Thursday, ahead of a visit to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan by Chinese President Hu Jintao. (12/10, #9)
- Chinese car manufacturers expect car sales and output to top 13 million for the full year, the Xinhua News Agency reported. China has never produced more than 10 million cars in one year before. Sales in China are set to storm ahead next year too - though the growth rate is set to slip back to a more measured 10-15% from 40-50% growth in 2009. (12/7, #16)
- A $60 million project to extract geothermal energy from the hot bedrock deep beneath Basel, Switzerland, was shut down permanently after a government study determined that earthquakes generated by the project were likely to do millions of dollars in damage each year. The findings are a serious blow to the hopes of environmentalists, entrepreneurs and investors who believe that advanced geothermal energy could substantially cut the world’s use of emissions-causing fossil fuels. (12/12, #18)
- Uranium miners rushing to meet future nuclear fuel demand face a tough slog against government red tape, project-specific problems, and the hangover of years of underinvestment. The limited growth in mined supply is a legacy of the 1990s, when plunging prices froze most exploration and development. (12/12, #19)
- The head of American Electric Power Co., the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in the US, said advances in technology would allow the company to eliminate the emissions from its coal-fired power plants by 2025. (12/9, #25)
- Several recent studies of US coal supplies suggest that much that we think we know about coal is wrong. If these studies are correct, the argument for investing in "clean coal" becomes tenuous on economic grounds alone. These studies call into question the one "fact" that both pro-coal and anti-coal lobbies have taken for granted: that the US has a virtually limitless supply of cheap coal. (12/11, #21)
- Scientists at Stanford University reported on Monday they have successfully turned paper coated with ink made of silver and carbon nanomaterials into a "paper battery" that holds promise for new types of lightweight, high-performance energy storage. (12/11, #24)
- General Electric Co. won a $1.4 billion contract to supply turbines and services for an Oregon wind farm that would be bigger than any completed so far and supply a tenth of Southern California Edison’s renewable energy. (12/10, #13)
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Head Massage has been practised in India for centuries and it is only fairly recently (within the last 50 years) that we have been able to enjoy its benefits here but, as with so many other complementary therapies, it is rapidly becoming well known and more widespread.
The fact that Indian Head Massage (IHM) can be given to a person fully clothed whilst sitting in a chair means that it is quite easy to give in many situations. IHM is one of the few complementary therapies that is perfect for taking into the workplace where it can provide wonderful relief for staff - particularly those who sit at computers all day.
In a more therapeutic setting, oils can be used if desired, which may enhance the treatment.
What are the acknowledged benefits of Indian Head Massage?
Stress reliefDeep relaxationSinus problemsStimulatingHeadache & migraine reliefNeck & shoulder relaxation - helps relieve the muscular stresses often held in these areasImproves circulation to the scalp and thus helps the health of the hair
The massage to the head has a powerful effect on the nervous system which helps to balance all body systems.
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Delayed Opening of Kennecott Visitor Center
Due to lingering snow conditions and frozen water supply lines, the park has postponed the opening of the Kennecott Visitor Center until June 1. Even though the visitor center is closed, Kennecott MInes NHL and local businesses are open. More »
Mt Drum Patrol
May 24, 2011
Ranger Evan Olson and two NPS volunteers just returned from a mountaineering patrol on the southwest ridge of Mt Drum. The patrol made it to about 10,000 ft before being turned back by bad weather.
Mountaineering patrols are conducted to gain familiarity with the climbing route, to assess human impacts to alpine areas, and to contact park visitors. Two groups of park visitors were contacted on this patrol.
The patrol encountered challenging weather conditions throughout the climb with bad visibility and high winds. The southwest ridge had numerous crevasses right along the ridge crest which made route finding more challenging.
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Two herds of bison, the largest land mammal in North America, roam Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve. A mature bull, at 6 feet in height and 10 feet in length, can weigh more than a ton.
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Michigan's public defense system under review
A state commission has begun work to ensure that everyone who is accused of a crime in Michigan gets an adequate legal defense.
Michigan allows every county to handle its own public defender system.
The system is frequently cited as one of the worst in the country.
That’s because some counties do a good job of ensuring that even people who cannot pay get a good lawyer. Other counties are more haphazard.
There are also no training standards for public defenders.
Retired Judge James Fischer chairs the commission.
“I think you would be hard-pressed to find anyone who would argue that there are no problems with the system, that it’s working perfectly fine for everyone. I’m pretty certain that’s not going to be anyone’s position," said Fischer.
The commission’s first step was to approve a set of questions for every county to answer on how it assigns and pays public defenders.
One of the common complaints is that public defenders must take on too many cases to earn a living.
Peter Cunningham is with the Michigan Campaign for Justice.
“We need to come up with an improved system for public defense in Michigan. There needs to be more accountability – a statewide structure for holding counties accountable for how public defense is delivered, if not a statewide system,” said Cunningham.
Governor Rick Snyder gave the commission until July of next year to come up with a set of recommendations – including a way to pay for a better public defender system.
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Something to 'Wine' About
By Rabbi Pinchas Winston
G-d told Moshe, "Speak to the Children of Israel, and tell them about
when a man's wife ... (Bamidbar 5:11-12)
The next words of this posuk are, "and deceives him," which of course
begin the section dealing with the 'Sotah' -- the Suspected
Adulteress. The fact that this mitzvah literally pops up out of
nowhere, after the counting and responsibility of the Levites implies
a strong conceptual connection between the two. Thus, rather than
focus on the negative here, we are going to discuss the positive.
The Midrash writes:
The generations are only redeemed in the merit of the righteous women
of the generation, as it says, "He remembers His kindness and faith
for the House of Israel ..." (Tehillim 95:9). It doesn't say,
'Children of Israel,' but, 'House of Israel' ... (Midrash Zuta Rus
And, how true it has been. After Chava got it wrong in the Garden of
Eden, she got it right through Sarah, Avraham's wife. It was Sarah
who saw the potential spiritual damage Yishmael could cause Yitzchak,
and pleaded with Avraham to send him away. He did, but only after G-d
put His foot, so-to-speak, down next to Sarah's.
Perhaps one of the most fateful corners the Jewish people have ever
turned was under the guidance of Rivkah, Sarah's successor. It was
Rivkah who brilliantly engineered the coup-de-grace which snatched
the blessings out of the evil hands of Eisav and onto the head of
Ya'akov. Of course, it would never have worked had Divine Providence
not been with her as well.
And, in her wake came Rachel and Leah. Again, it was the husband,
Ya'akov Avinu, who took a back seat to the machinations of righteous
women who were bent on contributing to and building up the Jewish
Later, in Egypt, says Rebi Akiva, it was in the merit of the
righteous women of that generation that we left Egypt (Shemos Rabbah
1:12). It was they he worked so hard to propagate the Jewish people
in spite of the harshness of Paroah's decrees, and how bleak the
Jewish future looked. And, of course, we cannot forget little Miriam,
who risked her life to watch out for her brother -- baby Moshe -- and
future redeemer of the Jewish people.
And, last week, on Shavuos, we read about Rus, the great grandmother
of Dovid HaMelech. Did she know, as she stood there on the border of
Eretz Yisroel and Moav, how much of world history depended upon her
decision to remain Jewish? Did she know, as she watched her sister
Oprah turn HER back and forsake her mother-in-law, Naomi, how
critical it was for the future and final redemption of the Jewish
people, that she not do the same thing?
To think that the entire future of the Jewish people hung in mid-air
over the heads of two women out there in the middle of no-man's-land,
with no one watching, save for the Master of the Universe and His
entire Heavenly Court!
What does the name 'Rus' mean? Rebi Yochanan said: She merited that
Dovid should descend from her who would sing (shirayuhu) songs and
praises to The Holy One, Blessed is He. (Brochos 7b)
Well, it's not exactly a tight fit. There is a 'raish' and 'vav' in
the word 'shirayuhu,' as there is in 'Rus,' but the Talmud has made
better connections before. However, the letter connection is really
secondary, for, Rebi Yochanan is really focussing on the thematic
connection between Rus and redemption, which can apply to all women
It was the Levi'im who sang those songs and praises of Dovid HaMelech
for The Holy One, Blessed is He, on the steps of the Temple and as
part of the sacrificial service. And, as we have pointed out on
numerous occasions, it was Dovid's descendant, Chizkiah HaMelech's
LACK OF songs and praises for The Holy One, Blessed is He that
stopped him short of being that Moshiach and ushering in that Final
Redemption (Sanhedrin 94a).
In fact, the concept of 'Malchus' in Kabbalah is feminine, as
embodied in the day of Shabbos, which is considered feminine. The
king may be male, and his power may be quite masculine, but, the
defining role of 'Malchus' is clearly feminine, and that is to bind
together all the factors of any kingdom, be it on a family level or a
national level, into one, perfect, cohesive unit.
And, though song and praise not only results in harmony, more
importantly, harmony results in song and praise. This we saw in the
'Song of the Sea,' when the Jewish people were lifted into a
spiritual state by the miraculous splitting of the sea that resulted
in 'Shirah' -- song of the soul -- and the ultimate connection to
G-d, the goal of the Levi'im as well.
More than it is for a man, it is a woman's unique ability to put
aside the trappings of the physical world, and be self-sacrificing
for the unity of herself, her family, her community, and the world.
This is why it was the men, and not the women, who fell prey to the
seduction of the golden calf and its worshippers. In this tremendous
ability, she resembles the Levi'im and the entire purpose of the
Thus, when a woman acts immodestly, or worst, adulterously, then she
has not only violated halachah, she has violated her raison d'EAtre.
Thus, she is brought to the Temple, which resembles the 'kosher home'
she is supposed to build, and is dealt with by the Kohanim, with whom
she is supposed to share a spiritual affiliation.
Thus it is:
The generations are only redeemed in the merit of the righteous women
of the generation.
For it is the women of any society that possess the key to re-unite
the Jewish people with their Father-in-Heaven, through modesty,
devotion, and loyalty, to G-d, to their families, and perhaps, most
important of all, to themselves.
G-d told Moshe, "When either a man or a woman vows to become a nazir,
abstaining in honor of G-d, he must abstain from wine ... (Bamidbar
As Rashi points, wine is the bad guy. The Nazir is someone who just
happened to be passing through the Temple when an episode of Sotah
was taking place, which, he knew came to be because of wine. As the
expression goes, "When wine goes in, secrets go out," and that can
even include allowing oneself to be intimate with forbidden people,
After all, it was wine that got Noach into the trouble in which he
found himself (Bereishis 10:21), which cost him the opportunity to
have more children. And why stop there? Says the Talmud:
Rav Chisda said in the name of Rav Ukva (according to some, Mar Ukva)
who said in the name of Rebi Zakkai: The Holy One, Blessed is He,
said to Noach, "You should not have imitated Adam HaRishon, who was
damaged by wine." This is similar to the opinion that says that the
tree from which Adam HaRishon ate was a vine, as it says in a brisa:
Rebi Meir says that the tree from which Adam HaRishon ate was a vine,
for, nothing brings a person to confusion more than wine. (Sanhedrin
('Incidentally,' this interesting piece of Talmud is at the bottom of
folio page '70,' the numerical of the Hebrew word for wine.)
Thus, wine seems to be the primordial bad guy, which would help us to
understand why it is used for so many mitzvos, such as Kiddush, or,
making the blessing at a Bris, or, when 'bentching' after a meal. We
are, in using wine for 'Kos shel Brochah' (Cup of Blessing), trying
to help wine get back on the right track. Maybe that is why using
sweet wine for Kiddush is such an issue.
On the same page, but higher up, the Talmud records:
Rav Chanan said: Wine was only created to comfort the mourners and to
give reward to the evil in This World ... It reddens their faces in
This World, but, whitens their faces in the World-to-Come ...
Yet, in all fairness to wine, we have the following:
Anyone who becomes settled through wine has the knowledge (da'as) of
his Creator ... has the knowledge (da'as) of the Seventy Elders; wine
was given with seventy letters (Rashi: the gematria of yai'in -- wine
-- is 70), and the mystery (of Torah) was given with seventy letters
(sod -- mystery -- also equals 70). When wine goes in, secrets go
out. (Eiruvin 65a)
Talk about extremes!
Perhaps the following Talmudic account explains the variance of
opinions regarding this primeval beverage:
Why are the words of Torah compared to three liquids: water, wine and
milk? ... This is to teach you that, just as these three liquids are
best be kept in ordinary utensils, such as wood or earthenware, so
too is the Torah best contained by those who possess a humble spirit.
The daughter of Caesar once said to Rebi Yehoshua ben Chananyah,
"Such an ugly vessel and such glorious wisdom!"
He told her, "My daughter, in what does the king, your father keep
his best wine?"
"In earthenware containers," she answered him.
"The commoners keep their wine in earthenware containers," He told
her, "Shall your father do so also?"
"In what should they be kept?" she asked him innocently.
"You who are wealthy," Rebi Yehoshua remarked, "should keep it in
silver or gold containers!"
She told her father, who then commanded that all his wine be kept in
containers of silver and gold. Consequently it became sour, and when
the Caesar was informed of this, he asked his daughter, "Who told you
to do this?"
"Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananyah," she told him.
The king sent for Rebi Yehoshua ben Chananyah, and asked him, "Why
did you give her such advice?"
"This was the answer to her question." (Ta'anis 7a)
So, it seems that the issue is not so much the wine, but who is doing
the imbibing. And, the Arizal is 'Aitz Chaim' explains why.
Before the chet of Adam HaRishon, the world was perfect. Well, almost
perfect, for, there remained one place within creation where evil was
still possible: the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Even the meat
that Adam HaRishon ate (that's right, Adam HaRishon ate MEAT in the
Garden of Eden; Sanhedrin 59b), came to him from Heaven, symbolic of
its Heavenly purity and perfection.
However, wine, Adam had to strain for himself. This was indicative of
the level of involvement necessary of Adam to become a partner with
G-d in bringing creation to the final stage of perfection. It also
made wine representative of the only substance in physical creation
still subject to the light of 'Gevuros,' which is the basis of
'hester panim,' the 'hiding of G-d's face.'
And, not only does the 'light' of Gevuros 'mask' the light of G-d,
but, in doing so, it makes possible free-will and the potential to
sin. 'Straining' the wine of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
(like the binding of Yitzchak -- Gevuros -- by Avraham -- Chesed) was
symbolic of 'taming' the light of 'Gevuros,' of 'sweetening' it,
which is what we do every time we abstain from sin. Doing so is the
basis of one's reward in the World-to-Come.
Continued next d'var Torah ...
(Continuation of SHABBOS DAY)
The entire period he is a nazir he must eat nothing made from [fruit
of the] vine, from the kernels or even the husk. (Bamidbar 6:4)
Thus, when rather than subdue the force of Gevuros, Adam was subdued
by it, not only did he not perfect the last remaining imperfections
within creation, but, he even reversed the perfection of such things
as meat. Hence, as a result, just as we were expected to strain our
own wine prior to the sin, so, too, are we expected to prepare our
own meat (through ritual slaughter and salting), as part of the
'sweetening' process of the light of Gevuros. Thus explains the
Arizal and the Leshem Shevo v'Achlamah.
Back to the Nazir. The Sotah was a victim of Gevuros. She may have
had too much wine to drink, which may have led to a loosening of her
standard of modesty, but ultimately, it was the Gevuros -- that
negative force within creation that we may refer to as the yetzer
hara -- that overcame her and her partner in immorality and their
sense of right, which brought them to do wrong.
In Kabbalah, they are called 'Chitzonios' (Externalities) or
'K'lipos' (Peels), to make it clear that they are as far away from
the center of holiness as something can get. They are what 'hounded'
Adam HaRishon, says the Leshem, after he began to intellectually
'investigate' the evil potential of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and
Evil. They changed his way of thinking, putrefied his thoughts, and
made eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, against the
will of G-d, an inevitability.
They do the same to us every time we are in the vicinity of sin.
This is why, explains the Nefesh HaChaim, the adulteress woman is the
symbol of heretical thinking. In Eichah (Lamentations), which we read
on Tisha B'Av, that infamous day of national mourning, Yirmiyahu
compares the exiled Jewish people to a woman of ill-repute, because
they entertained ways of thinking and beliefs foreign to Torah.
The Nazir could easily be any clear-thinking, G-d-fearing individual
who happened to be in a position to watch the self-destruction of
someone who has sinned against G-d. The wine itself can be the symbol
of the power within creation to seduce a man into immoral behavior,
and thus, a strong reminder of the necessity of what the 'Mesilos
Yesharim' refers to as 'watchfulness' against sin.
Abstaining from wine in the physical sense is outlined in this week's
parshah. However, conceptually-speaking, it is the process by which
one analyzes his life -- does a 'Cheshbon HaNefesh,' a
'Soul-Accounting' -- to determine his own spiritual vulnerabilities
-- the areas in life where he has opened himself up to the power of
Gevuros, Chitzonios, and K'lipos.
Only when one has spiritually fortified himself in an environment of
holiness can the damaging effects of wine be neutralized. (According
to the B'nei Yissachar, Noach did not even drink enough to become
drunk! He mistakenly drank in an unholy environment, which made him
vulnerable to the Chitzonios.) It is to such an environment that
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananyah referred when answering the Caesar's
If we only understood how true all of this is, and how, by not taking
this message to heart, we have allowed ourselves at this late stage
of history to become 'victims' of the force of Gevuros, and unwitting
pawns in the hands of the Chitzonios. We would do well to become
'nazirim,' if not in physical actuality (without the Temple, we do
not make such vows), at least conceptually.
History And Beyond: Part One
As a result of questions I have received, both in writing and during
lecture tours, the following will be a mini-series that will focus on
what we know about the end of history, and beyond.
Most people have heard of the 'After-Life.' As this simple but
descriptive term implies, history as we know may not be all that
there is, and, that whatever may follow is probably very different
from what we are used to experiencing now.
Of course, from a Torah perspective, it is obvious: there is 'Olam
HaZeh' -- 'This World' -- and 'Olam HaBah' -- the 'World-to-Come' --
two VERY different periods of history. In fact, according to the
rabbis, This World is likened to a 'corridor,' and, the World-to-Come
is compared to the 'main event' (Pirkei Avos 4:16).
However, as we will discuss, b"H, the transition from This World to
the Next World is not sudden, like the flicking of switch. Rather,
there are transitional periods, each acting as part of an elevation
process and spiritual threshold to ready us for the ultimate union
with G-d Himself, as much as is possible -- the purpose of all of
existence. All of it.
Six Sefiros, Six Days, Six Millennia
The first thing to know, which flies in the face of science, and
which creates a sense of urgency is that history will only last six
For six thousand years the world will exist, and for one [thousand
years] it will be destroyed. (Sanhedrin 97a)
That is, history as we know it, which we call 'This World.' And,
even though there is an opinion that disregards this Talmudic dictum,
it is universally accepted by all other commentators of note, and, is
considered fact by Kabbalah, which is where it counts the most.
This is because the six millennia are based upon the six days of
creation, which is hinted to in the following posuk:
For one thousand years in Your [G-d's] eyes are but a day that has
passed. (Tehillim 90:4)
-- which, in turn, are spiritually rooted in the six Sefiros: Chesed,
Gevurah, Tifferes, Netzach, Hod, and Yesod:
.. This is why so much time must transpire from the time of creation
until the time of the tikun (i.e., Moshiach's coming): all the forces
of Gevuros are rooted in the six Sefiros -- Chesed, Gevurah,
Tifferes, Netzach, Hod, Yesod -- which are the six days of creation
and also the six thousand years of history that the world will
exist. And within them (the six Sefiros) are the roots of all that
will happen from the six days of creation until the Final Tikun ...
We find that all that transpires is the result of the sparks from the
time of Tohu ... (Drushei Olam HaTohu 2:151b)
This is why events happen in history as they do, when they do. Just
like physical DNA determines so much of our direction in life, so,
too, does spiritual DNA bias the direction of history for that
particular millennium. 'Chesed' gave men long lives for the first
one-thousand years, though they didn't deserve it; 'Gevurah' brought
Divine justice down hard on mankind in the second millennium, and,
'Tifferes' made Torah possible in the third millennium, etc.
We are now in the year 5761 from creation (2001 CE), 239 years until
Year 6000, and the end of 'Olam HaZeh,' or, 'This World.' This
represents slightly less than four percent of all of history as we
are used to it. However, though this information in and of itself may
not create any sense of urgency, as we will find out next week, b"H,
a lot is meant to happen within this remaining thin slice of time,
part of which is already affecting the direction of events around the
world, and, particularly for the Jewish people.
Have a great Shabbos,
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Most general remodelers have received requests for projects to make life easier for elderly or disabled clients. But Louis Tenenbaum has turned such jobs into the focus for his Potomoc, Md., company, Access Remodeling. In fact, he has created a new career for himself: an independent living strategist.
Tenenbaum works with homeowners to determine what barriers to independent living may exist in their homes and how to remove those barriers.
"I help people decide about home modifications and equipment that facilitate independent living," Tenenbaum says.
"This work takes into account the individual's health, ability and mobility, caregiver availability and ability, the condition of the existing home, and the budget. This is much more than the average contractor knows about."
In a workshop at the recent NAHB convention in Atlanta, Tenenbaum suggested that remodelers work closely with occupational therapists and other health-care and elder-care professionals to determine exactly what clients need to stay in their own homes. "When people are forced to move, they lose their independence. The people are not the problem; the house is the problem, and lost independence is the result."
Bob Benson heads up the insurance reconstruction and barrier-free modification division of Fairway Construction Co. (Southfield, Mich.). Like Tenenbaum, he receives many of his referrals through occupational therapists, nurses and hospitals. He includes health-care professionals in the planning stages; it's essential that he has a clear understanding of the physical limitations the client will be facing.
"I have to find out if a stroke victim will regain use of his left hand," he explains. "If not, I have to design for right-hand use only."
Benson prides himself on quick turnarounds for requests for modifications. But sometimes, once he visits the home, he recommends the client consider moving because of insurmountable problems in the floorplan.
"If the stairway in a two-story home is too narrow for a chair lift or the customer doesn't want one, I might suggestion they look at living in a ranch-style house," Benson says. "Sometimes the house is just too small to allow for the modifications they need."
Benson takes pride in customer satisfaction, but he admits this niche in remodeling sometimes makes it tough to get positive feedback. Because of the unfortunate circumstances that necessitate the project in the first place, it's hard for clients to get excited about the changes in their homes. And a salesperson has to be sensitive to that.
"You can't go in with a high-pressure approach," he says. "These people have been through a traumatic change. Sometimes they're bitter, especially accident victims. On three different occasions, I've had clients tell me, 'What's the point? I still can't walk.' That's very tough to deal with."
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(PRWEB) June 18, 2012
To most of us, Amazon's winning streak may seem unbeatable. An April article in the Chicago Tribune boasts that stellar quarterly results are even helping to convince skeptics that Amazon’s bout of intense spending is about to pay off. Starting as a scrapping company in 1994 , they weathered the dot-com bust of 2000 to emerge as a dominant player on the internet. Their ability to persevere, early online experience, and brand recognition are among the main factors that created the unstoppable momentum to propel them to become an e-commerce magnate. Though it may seem like everything the Amazon machine touches turns to e-gold, is Amazon becoming the victim of its own girth?
Some of Amazon's renowned products and services include its retail offering, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Payments and the Kindle. But have you ever heard of AmazonFresh, Pinzon, Amazon Shorts, Amapedia, or Amazon Vine? Perhaps in an effort to meet investor expectations after flirting with losses in previous quarters, Amazon is growing in almost every direction imaginable from grocery to publishing. However, this very foray into so many side projects could be exactly what is detracting from their core business and prominent products. For example, at about 1%, Amazon's razor thin margins are possibly forcing drastic attempts to preserve profit, as exemplified by its recent public embarrassment by draconian working conditions at its US warehouses. Furthermore, according to Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing , the Amazon marketplace is infested by automated software programs, otherwise known as bots, that feud over prices to profit off of selling books for as little as one cent. Meanwhile, customers lost confidence in Amazon Web Services business after a widespread failure in 2011 adversely affected thousands of businesses online, its biggest Payments competitor, PayPal, continues to dominate online and mobile payments , and the Kindle Fire has "cooled with consumers" according to a prominent research report.
Amazon has most recently entered the lucrative Business-to-Business (B2B) equipment and supplies marketplace with Amazon Supply. The advantage of this space is that products are priced relatively high, and margins are significantly higher. They may hope to compete with brick and mortar shops as well as already established B2B services including eBay, ThomasNet, The Daily Sales Exchange, and BuyerZone.
Some services, such as BuyerZone, claim that they will find the right vendors for buyers based on a brief summary of what the buyer is looking for. However, all too often buyers find themselves deluged by responses that may feel like borderline spam and do not find what they are looking for. On the other hand, websites such as ThomasNet offer listing and search services that enable buyers to find suppliers based on a category or search term. They seem to believe that based on brand recognition, suppliers will recoup advertising spend by displaying profiles on the website for thousands of dollars a year.
The Daily Sales Exchange takes a hybrid approach. Vendors sign up with the DSE and are able to setup a storefront to market and sell their inventory wholesale. Buyers are encouraged to contact suppliers through the website in order to receive product help and custom quotes. The DSE does not charge a commission from these vendors or markup products. They are betting that they will be able to drive buyers to the DSE's online equipment and supplies marketplace based on product education and transparent pricing, in turn promoting vendor subscriptions. Although they are relatively new, we are keeping an eye on The Daily Sales Exchange as a contender in the B2B equipment and supplies marketplace.
Oddly enough, the biggest player in the market for Amazon to contend with, is eBay. eBay is active in categories from industrial supply to construction, provides sellers with their own storefronts, and enables transaction processing through its sister company, PayPal. Although eBay charges a commission of $25 + 1%, up to $250 , (As opposed to Amazon's commission of 6 to 25%) , suppliers are eager to create storefronts due to eBay's strong brand and metrics.
Amazon probably has a long way to go before it is able to dominate the B2B equipment and supplies marketplace as it has done in retail. Although they may not be as agile or focused as scrapping start-ups operating in the space, the sheer size of their R&D budget affords them the opportunity to experiment with features, sometimes similar to existing marketplaces, picking and choosing between what works and what doesn't. Additionally, they have the leverage to snap up smaller companies that show promise within a market that is potentially worth $129 billion dollars. While Amazon may be getting too big for its britches, that isn't stopping them from a seemingly unbridled expansion into any territory that could shoulder strap profit margins.
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Narrated 'Aisha:In the lifetime of the Prophet the sun eclipsed and the Prophet (p.b.u.h) stood up to offer the prayer with the people and recited a long recitation, then he performed a prolonged bowing, and then lifted his head and recited a prolonged recitation which was shorter than the first. Then he performed a prolonged bowing which was shorter than the first and then lifted his head and performed two prostrations. He then stood up for the second Raka and offered it like the first. Then he stood up and said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of someone's life or death but they are two signs amongst the signs of Allah which He shows to His worshipers. So whenever you see them, make haste for the prayer."
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Your post makes my point. We must not allow ourselves the luxury of limiting the value of Okomfo Anokye's dealings with the creator to one post. In so doing we run the risk of becoming unwitting participants in the colonisation of our religions. We have to learn to stop selling ourselves short and begin to beat the drum of self-worth
The presence of Sikadwa Kofi at Manhyia is too much evidence to resign this giant of an African Godman to one post. The evidence that lives in Awukugua must not be allowed to collect historical dust. In fact, our schools and universities MUST study Okomfo Anokye. We MUST build a religion around this Godman whose unique deeds are there for all to see. We cannot assign him just one post on Ghanaweb.
It is ironic that a religion and tourist industry have been built around the Jewish Godman called Jesus while we are only too happy to remove Okomfo Anokye from school curriculum. A close look will reveal that most of the achievements of Jesus had been performed by other Godmen before he was born. Okomfo Anokye's achievements are unique to him and him only.
The Ashanti nation must take the lead in transforming this unique historical figure before the misguided christians who rule Ghana consign Okomfo Anokye to historical wilderness and academic exile.
Long Live Okomfo Anokye and Asanteman!! Long Live Ghana!!!
Agreed, Okomfo Anokye was a fascinating man and he must be studied.
For those who are interested Dr. A.A Antwi wrote a great book on the lives of Okomfo Anokye and Osei Tutu.
The most fascinating thing I learned from Dr. Antwi's book was that Okomfo Anokye worshipped the Creator directly and not through the gods. Although he did create gods, he never served them matter of fact he put other priests in charge of them. I wonder why? Did he do that to fulfill the selfish desires of man?
All in all Okomfo Anokye was a revolutionary, he attempted to turn right side up the environment he was living. Life from the Akan perspective is to fulfill our destiny, Okomfo Anokye created a foundation that would allow us to do so.
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Frances Hashimoto, a Little Tokyo business and civic leader whose Los Angeles company popularized the Japanese-style treat known as mochi ice cream, has died.
She was 69.
Hashimoto died of lung cancer on Sunday at her Pasadena home, her husband, Joel Friedman, said Wednesday.
"She was an angel on earth," he said. "She always gave and gave and gave to the Japanese community."
Hashimoto was born in a World War II internment camp in Poston, Ariz.
In 1970, she took over Mikawaya, a confectionary business operated by her family in downtown's Little Tokyo area since 1910.
Under her direction, the business expanded from a single shop into a $13 million-a-year business.
The company popularized mochi ice cream, an ice cream ball wrapped in a layer of rice cake.
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Jeremiah 22:21, “I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, ‘I will not hear.”
Eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear are everywhere nowadays. They are no longer isolated incidents, but an epidemic of global proportions. On every street corner, in every home, in every church, you will find those who have chosen of their own volition not to hear the voice of the eternal Father.
Our prosperity has made us dull and hard of hearing, and on those occasions when God’s voice penetrates the haze of opulence, we shut it out, chase it away like some unwanted and unwelcome vagabond intent on destroying our mood, and shattering the earthly contentment we’ve so meticulously fashioned for ourselves.
With our lips we say we want to hear God speak, we want to hear His voice, but in our hearts we know it is a lie. When God speaks, when it is His voice carried upon the winds to the four corners of the earth, trumpeted like booming thunder, it is offensive, and most, even those calling themselves His own, turn their heads in dismay.
We hear the voice, but the words trouble us. The words are not what we want to hear, they are not what we would like them to be, for they are not words of blessing and prosperity, of easy life and cheap salvation, but rather they are words of judgment and trial, of tribulation and heartache, of tested faith and spiritual endurance. We want God, but on our terms, we want Him to speak, but only the words that comfort the flesh, the words that tell us we’re okay, that we will thrive, that we will prosper, that we will be blessed and embraced by friend and foe alike. Truth shatters illusion every time, and the illusion is cracked and crumbling.
We desire God to speak, only if He will say what we want Him to say. If His words offend, then we turn to the peddlers, to the priests who teach for pay, and the prophets who divine for money, who ease our burdened conscience with the increasingly evident lies that no harm shall come upon us, for the Lord is still among us.
Today’s Christian does not want to hear the true voice of God. He only pretends he wants it. Most would rather hear the word peace, even if it were a lie, than hear the word judgment even if it were the truth.
God has been handed an eviction notice in regards to His own house, and yet we still have the temerity to say He is among us. We have told Him to His face that we will not hear, even though He speaks, for His words burn and convict and compel a decision on our part. The times wherein we choose to trust God are quickly coming to an end, and very soon we will be forced to trust God. For those who have not experienced trust in the heavenly Father during those days when they had a choice, having to do so, and having no other choice in the matter will be a frightening experience indeed. Trust in God is nurtured; it is grown organically, and cannot be practiced suddenly, like the flipping of a light switch.
We would rather experience raucous laughter than groaning and tears; we would rather spend our time doing one of a hundred futile and worthless things than bend our knee in prayer. We are a proud people, and the idea of humbling ourselves before the eternal God of all, of submitting to His will even if it were to the detriment of the flesh, is both foreign and offensive to our sensibilities.
We have become that which He despises, we practice that which He condemns, yet we don’t even blush when we puff our chests out proudly and say, ‘the Lord is with us.’
We chose not to hear His voice in our prosperity; we chose to reject the cross in lieu of the easy chair. We rejected and despised the messengers who preached repentance, transformation, regeneration, rebirth, and lovingly embraced those who with wolfish grins told us all that was needed was to wave a hand in the air and write a check.
As the old adage goes, the times they are changing. Our season of prosperity is swiftly coming to its end, like the last few minutes of dusk until the night covers all. We will not hear His voice in our prosperity. Will we perhaps hear his voice in our poverty?
With love in Christ,
Michael Boldea Jr.
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When Henry received a request from Arcadia Publishing asking if she knew of a local author who could put together a book on Doraville’s history, she looked no further than Kelley.
“She asked me if I would be interested and I thought ‘Why not?’,” said Kelley. “It was an accident, I happened to be at the right place at the right time.”
On Sept. 22, Kelley will participate in a book signing for “Images of America: Doraville” at the Doraville Library, 3748 Central Ave. at 7 p.m.
The book, one in a series of many focused on small towns, boasts more than 200 vintage images and memories of early-day Doraville families and the city’s historic milestones and gives a glimpse into present-day Doraville as well, according to a news release.
“People are funny about letting loose of their family pictures,” said Kelley, who experienced initial resistance from residents. “But people who realized the value of it started putting me in touch with their friends and they had a comfort level. Pretty soon people were coming out of the woodwork to tell me about their family with pictures.”
Kelley said Arcadia’s main mission is to preserve small town America’s history with the book series.
During his time visiting with residents and gathering information on the town’s history, Kelley said what he discovered about Doraville was how together the community was 50 to 70 years ago.
“It was like Mayberry … good old folk, hometown people helping people,” he said. “Everybody knew everybody’s business here in Doraville. It changed dramatically over the years and today you don’t have that sense of family that was once here … and so once I got digging I found out really cool things.”
A few of those facts were that back in the ‘70s, there was a disastrous tank farm fire that burned for several days. Also, the city was home to astronaut John Casper, who attended high school in Chamblee; the McDonald’s on Buford Highway was the first one built in Georgia in 1961 and one of the first two stores built by Home Depot in the state was in Doraville, the other in Decatur.
“Once you go into that niche of time you found out some interesting things about the city,” said Kelley. “It gave a whole new perspective of the city to help recall what it was like back then. It made me feel more like a part of the community even though I have not lived it, but just knowing about it made me appreciate it more.”
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Elmhurst's Immaculate Conception High School plans to become the latest area high school to convert its athletic fields to artificial turf, joining Elmhurst neighbor York High School and Glenbard East High School in Lombard in abandoning natural grass.
"We start digging April 15," said IC's athletic director, Tom Schergen.
The $2.1 million project, funded by private donations, will convert both the existing football and baseball areas at Plunkett Field on the west side of West Avenue at Alexander Boulevard to synthetic surfaces. Plans also call for a new pedestrian entrance on West Avenue. The property is just south of the Metra and Union Pacific train tracks.
The conversion will put IC in company with York, which converted its football stadium and track to artificial surfaces in 2009, and Glenbard East, which opened its synthetic field in August.
Artificial surfaces can extend use of the fields, allowing for more games, more practices and reduced maintenance costs. But the additional use can be an issue for neighbors, especially if it comes with more lights and sound systems.
That was the case at York, where neighbors complained about light spilling from the field into their homes, late-night use of full-field lighting by cleaning crews, and overuse and high volume of the stadium sound system.
But in the fall of 2010, Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205, which includes York, reached agreement with neighbors to limit after-dark use of the field and the sound system and to retrofit lighting to limit light spilling beyond the field. The retrofitting was completed in the spring of 2011.
"We have not received any complaints here since the lights were modified," said Nathaniel Warner, Elmhurst zoning and planning administrator. "Things have gone well."
A small sampling of neighbors confirmed that. "The field doesn't bother me — lights or activity," said Estelle Worthem, 89, whose home in the 300 block of Hillside Avenue is separated from the stadium by a single set of railroad tracks.
Glenbard Principal Josh Chambers said the school's field had lights before it was converted to an artificial surface and neighbors at a pre-installation meeting didn't bring it up.
"We've really not had any issues," Chambers said. He added that the only call the school has received about lights came recently from a neighbor apparently concerned about the Lombard Park District's use of lights on the field for an adult flag football league that ran through November.
Schergen said the IC project doesn't include lights, although lights would extend the use of the field, especially in late fall and early spring. Adding them could be expensive, beginning with the cost for ComEd to bring three-phase power to the field.
A couple of neighbors had other issues.
"My biggest concern is that they handle any drainage problems," said Michelle Milazzo, who lives on Alexander across from the field. "There are so few night games, lights wouldn't be a problem."
"It's not really an issue for me," agreed Chris Kopec, of the 100 block of South West. Kopec has children at IC, but none involved in football.
In any case, Schergen said IC hopes to have a town hall meeting with neighbors soon. "We want to make sure neighbors are on board with our plan."
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Waters is the target of a House Ethics Committee inquiry into allegations that she attempted to facilitate federal bailout financing and do special favors for a bank when her husband had stock in the company worth about $200,000.
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12:15 pm in consciences, Family, georgetown law school, honest dialogue, income women, misogyny, moral objection, planned parenthood, Pro Life/Choice, sen bernie sanders, target, waging a war by Rachel Alexander
The Democrats’ War on Women
By: Rachel Alexander
Democrats are scrambling to raise emotionally-laden issues this year in order to trick voters into supporting Obama’s reelection. Since they know they cannot win through an honest dialogue on the issues, they have resorted to appealing to people’s emotions in order to sway them. Democrats used race-baiting to create outrage over the Trayvon Martin shooting. They hope to make people feel guilty about the shooting, regardless of how farfetched their version of the incident is, so voters will choose to vote for Obama to assuage their consciences.
A second emotional ploy the left this year is fabricating a “War on Women” in order to stir up emotions about misogyny.” Although we live in the most liberated country in the world, where 98% of American women have used birth control, and 1.3 million abortions occur annually, Democrats claim Republicans are waging a War on Women accessing these services. This could not be further from the truth. Women already have access to free or very low cost birth control. Planned Parenthood provides birth control free to low-income women, and Wal-Mart and Target offer birth control for $4/month. The left hyped up Georgetown Law School student Sandra Fluke’s testimony to Congress, where she complained that the Catholic-affiliated university did not offer birth control, forcing her to spend over $3000 out of pocket to afford it. Her testimony was such a farce that she has been ridiculed endlessly ever since.
Far left Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) identified the Blunt Amendment as part of the right’s War on Women. He called it a “horrendous amendment” and declared, “We are not going back to the days when women could not have full access to birth control. “ What does the Blunt Amendment actually do? It allows employers and insurance companies to refuse to provide contraceptives if they have a moral objection. The Catholic Church opposes the use of birth control, so many organizations affiliated with the Catholic Church, such as Georgetown University, do not want to be required to provide it. The ramifications of this amendment would be that any woman affected would need to go to Wal-Mart and pay $4/month instead for birth control, or to clinics like Planned Parenthood where they could obtain it for free if they were poor. Since this is already as cheap as getting it through an insurance company or employer, there is virtually no difference. The same goes for other health services such as HIV/AIDS screenings and prenatal care for single mothers, which can all be obtained free or at low cost from women’s clinics. Sanders’ claim that the Blunt Amendment would eliminate women’s full access to birth control is false and meant to stir up emotions.
The left insists that this insignificant difference is a “War on Women” that must be stopped by infringing upon the religious freedom of others. The left has wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars of our money fighting the Blunt Amendment in Congress this year to make sure employers and insurance companies are continued to be forced to provide contraception.
Republican-led legislation to stop taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood is also labeled as a War on Women. The truth is there are plenty of other low-income clinics that receive government funding available to women. Planned Parenthood’s primary business is providing abortions; it is the biggest abortion provider in the country. The Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funds from being used for abortions. Women do not need Planned Parenthood for their healthcare. Planned Parenthood does not even provide mammograms, but refers women elsewhere, since its actual business is abortions.
The real War on Women is coming from Democrats against conservative women and unborn women. More unborn girls are aborted every year than boys. Conservative women are under attack by the left for making lifestyle decisions the left does not approve of. Mitt Romney’s college-educated wife Ann was ridiculed by left wing talking head Hilary Rosen for being a stay-at-home mom. “What you have,” she said on Anderson Cooper 360, “is Mitt Romney running around the country saying: ‘Well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues. And when I listen to my wife, that’s what I’m hearing.’ Guess what? His wife has actually never worked a day in her life. She’s never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of, how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school, and how do we — why we worry about their future.” This is the same kind of attack Democrats have been making towards conservative women for years. In 1992, Hillary Clinton condescendingly said about women who stay at home, “I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession which I entered before my husband was in public life.”
Women’s rights used to be about the right to work in a chosen profession or stay at home. Now the left has reversed it into criticizing women who choose to stay at home, suddenly deciding that the choice is misogynist. The left’s turnabout on women’s rights, also responsible for normalizing abortion, has resulted in an even more atrocious War against Women. China’s “one-child policy” penalizes pregnancy with forced abortions and sterilizations, as more girl babies are aborted than boys. Former mothers are committing suicide after being forced to abort their babies. But the left would rather make up stories about Republicans discriminating against women than focus on the worst wars against women taking place overseas.
Historically, Republicans fought for women’s rights, not Democrats. Over Democrat opposition, Republicans got the 19th Amendment passed, giving women the right to vote. So it comes as no surprise that Democrats are still waging a War on Women. The only difference is that in today’s era they have decided that not all women are created equal; some must be treated worse than others.
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