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The Ohio Center for the Book @ Cleveland Public Library is dedicated to promoting and celebrating books, reading, literacy, and libraries to Ohio's citizens and the book community at large. The Ohio Center for the Book @ Cleveland Public Library also maintains a growing collection of fiction and non-fiction books written by Ohio authors. This circulating collection is housed in the Literature Department at the Cleveland Public Library.
Starting in 1984, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress began to establish affiliate centers in the 50 states. Today, there is a State Center for the Book in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These Center for the Book affiliates carry out the national Center's mission in their local areas, sponsor programs that highlight their area's literary heritage and call attention to the importance of books, reading, literacy and libraries.
In 1997, the Ohio Center for the Book was established at the State Library of Ohio to promote Ohio's book culture and literary heritage. On November 14, 2003, the Ohio Center for the Book was inaugurated at the Cleveland Public Library by James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress.
Ohio Center for the Book @ Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114
Email us: OhioCenterForTheBook@cpl.org
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MIAMI – Paul Skidmore's office is shuttered, his job gone, his 18-month job search fruitless and his unemployment benefits exhausted. So at 63, he plans to file this week for Social Security benefits, three years earlier than planned.
"All I want to do is work," said Skidmore, of Finksburg, Md., who was an insurance claims adjuster for 37 years before his company downsized and closed his office last year. "And nobody will hire me."
It is one of the most striking fallouts from the bad economy: Social Security is facing its first-ever shortfall this year as a wave of people like Skidmore opt to collect payments before their full retirement age. Adding to the strain on the trust are reduced tax collections sapped by the country's historic unemployment — still at 9.5 percent.
More people filed for Social Security in 2009 — 2.74 million — than any year in history, and there was a marked increase in the number receiving reduced benefits because they filed ahead of their full retirement age. The increase came as the full Social Security retirement age rose last year from 65 to 66.
Nearly 72 percent of men who filed opted for early benefits in 2009, up from 58 percent the previous year. More women also filed — 74.7 percent in 2009 compared with 64.2 percent the previous year.
Jason Fichtner, an associate commissioner at the Social Security Administration, said the weak economy has led more people who lost their jobs to retire early. However, it also has forced some people hard-hit by the recession and in need of a bigger paycheck to push back retirement and stay in the work force longer.
"But we're seeing more people taking early benefits than staying in the workforce longer," Fichtner said.
Like Skidmore, 63-year-old Jan Gissel of Tustin, Calif., also was forced into retirement early. She turned to unemployment benefits when her technical support business failed and filed for Social Security last September. Together, the checks are keeping her afloat.
"I knew I had to have an income from somewhere, and my business wasn't giving it to me," she said. "I just went online and, boom, three weeks later I had the check."
Gissel wants to continue working but still hasn't found a job. Although she didn't expect to be cashing Social Security checks so soon, she's grateful for the support it has provided.
"I needed it way earlier than I thought," she said.
In the annual report of the Social Security program released Thursday, the trustees said that pension and disability payments will exceed revenues for this year and 2011, reflecting the deep recession.
The report forecast that the program would return to the black in 2012 through 2014, but that benefit payments will again exceed tax collections in 2015. For every year after 2015, the report projects that Social Security will be paying out more than it receives in tax collections as 78 million baby boomers begin retiring.
The trustees did not focus on the growth of early retirees in their report, as they don't expect the early retirees to significantly drain funds over the long-term. Early opt-ins receive smaller monthly checks so that they aren't projected to receive any more money over a lifetime than they would if they had waited to collect Social Security until their full retirement age.
People entitled to full benefits at 66 would receive 75 percent of their check if they began collecting four years early. Conversely, if they waited until they turned 70, collecting four years late, they would earn 32 percent more.
They would receive the decreased — or increased — percentages for the rest of their life.
"From the trustees' perspective it's a wash, because they calculate you'll get the same total benefit," said Maria Freese, director of government relations and policy at the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
Freese added, though, that beneficiaries generally only opt in early because they have to.
"When you retire early, you are taking a hit in your monthly check, and most people don't do that voluntarily," she said. "They either do that because they aren't healthy enough to keep working or because they lost their job."
Nora Lopez, 62, of Hialeah, Fla., retired from her job as an elementary school teacher last year and began collecting Social Security. She did so, in part, because of health problems. When her school district offered teachers the option of keeping their health insurance coverage until they qualified for Medicare at 65, she decided she could get by on her pension and Social Security.
"I wanted to work as long as I could," she said. "But it was hard for me to do that."
For some, it's simply a matter of doing the math that prompts them to cash in early. Jack Dixon, 63, of Naples, Fla., stopped working full-time in April as a trolley driver and tour guide, cutting back to one day a week. He decided to do it after his wife figured out they'd be able to get by even with the reduced Social Security benefit.
"Why should I go out there to the hustle and bustle and stress and all the stuff that's related to work if I don't have to?" he asked.
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Northridge CA Orthodontia Treatment
The main focus of orthodontia is based on straightening teeth for cosmetic and functional purposes. When children loose their teeth, their adult teeth can often grow in at odd angles that can cause future problems. Orthodontic treatment is effective to help straighten teeth, correct problems with over and under bites, close the gaps between teeth and align lips and teeth properly with braces.
Benefits of Orthodontics
A beautiful confident smile could be the difference between nailing that job interview, giving a great first impression on a date, or simply brightening friend or family member's day! The best part about orthodontics is it can help bring out the natural beauty of your smile while still keep the important characteristics of your teeth that make you, you! These days there are various types of cosmetic treatments available, and your orthodontist is there to help get you receive your ideal smile that looks healthy and will last forever!
Types of Braces
These days in Northridge CA there are various types of braces that are customized to suit the clients needs and financial budget.
- Traditional metal-wired braces - are made of stainless steel, with combination with titanium. These are the most widely used. These include conventional braces, which require ties to hold the archwire in place. The newer self-tying (or self-litigating) brackets might be therapeutic due to reduced friction between the wire and the slot of the bracket.
- "Clear" braces - are a more cosmetic option opposed to traditional metal braces, because they blend in more with the natural color of the teeth by having a hidden appearance. The brackets are usually made of ceramic or plastic materials and have the same function as traditional metal brackets. Clear elastic ties and white metal ties are available to be used with these clear braces to help keep the appliances less conspicuous. The disadvantages are, they may have a higher friction and tend to be more brittle than metal braces. This results in making it difficult for the removal process at the end of the treatment.
- Gold-plated stainless steel braces - are often specialized for patients allergic to nickel, or chosen because some prefer “the look” of gold rather than traditional silver-colored braces.
- Lingual braces - are SureSmile QT® Incognito Braces custom made to latch onto the backside of the teeth making them “invisible”. In other words, lingual braces are a cosmetic alternative to those who do not wish their braces to be seen.
- Titanium braces - are braces which resemble stainless steel, but are lighter, more expensive, and just as strong. People with allergies to the nickel in steel often choose titanium braces as the alternative to gold braces.
Treatment Time & Cost
The cost is dependent upon the length of time it takes to complete the treatment. Each treatment time varies person to person based on the severity of their conditions that need correcting. Luckily, with advanced state-of-the-art technology, treatment times have been shorten by months at a time! The typical treatment plan, with the right Orthodontist, is usually one to two years. But in server cases, it has been know to go as long as six years. Also, according to the client's personal choice in the style of his/her braces, from traditional to completely invisible, the cost will vary.
According to Orthodontist in Northridge CA, braces may not be suitable for every patient. Therefore, after doctor inspects the teeth visually and consults with the patient to determine if braces are appropriate, a follow up appointment is set up. During this appointment records are taken with X-Rays, molds, and impressions of the teeth are made. These records are analyzed to determine the proper course of action for each individual.
The use of digital models are increasing in the orthodontic industry by creating a 3-D digital model of the patient's arches. This model is produced by laser-scanning plaster models created using dental impressions.
Approximately 2 weeks before the braces are applied, spacers are inserted to spread apart back teeth to allow enough space for the bands.
Teeth needing to be braced will have an adhesive applied to help the cement bond to the surface of the tooth. In most cases the teeth will be banded and then brackets will be added. A bracket will be applied with dental cement, and then cured with light until hardened.
An archwire is then threaded between the brackets and affixed with elastic or metal ligatures. Now elastics are available in a wide variety of colors to add fun and style. Brackets with hooks can be placed to affix the elastic to. Every one or two months, archwires are adjusted and tightened to achieve the desired results and help shift the teeth into the correct position. Finally, after the teeth are fully adjusted, the orthodontist takes off the colored rubber bands keeping the wire in place.
RetainersRetainers help keep the teeth in the correct position after the braces have been removed. They are important especially after the first few months because the teeth are likely to shift within that time frame
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The Social Work department is the first line of contact for families who are new to Geneva Centre for Autism. As the first point of contact, the Social Work team provides information and facilitates community connections for families, and completes the intake process for children under 18 years of age. The Social Work team provides ongoing support to families by helping families to navigate services and connect to resources, facilitating groups and workshops for parents and caregivers, and providing support and advocacy.
Welcome to Services for Parents
Looking for great books and DVDs on Autism Spectrum Disorders?
Become a Supporting Member of Geneva Centre for Autism and enjoy the benefits of accessing great collection of books and DVDs from our Lending Library.
You will also have access by appointments to our Reference Library, one of the most extensive collections of Autism resources in Canada.
For more information, please click on Become a Supportng Member.
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How many times have you have heard a knock at your front door, and when you opened it you were greeted by two neatly dressed young men who ease their way into your house? They explain that they are from the Church of Jesus Christ, and they wish to "share their testimony" with you. In a short time you will learn how the ancient inhabitants got to America, and how Christ appeared to them after His resurrection. They will tell you that this world is suffering from denominationalism, and ask if you think there needs to be unity in Christianity. They will then tell you how God selected a pure young man by the name of Joseph Smith to be His spokesman, or Prophet, for our age. They will tell you how God told Smith to "restore" the church that had fallen into apostasy -- including the restoration of the offices of apostles and prophets -- and this restoration was to be aided by the Book of Mormon.
These men are from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with imposing headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Most people refer to this group as "the Mormon church," but this is not how they prefer to be recognized.
They do accept the term "Mormonism" to describe the combination of doctrine, culture and lifestyle that is unique to their group.
The largest of American-born cults, Mormonism has grown with exceeding speed to a worldwide membership of over 11 million people -- yet it began in America in 1830 with just six members. This series of articles is not intended to be an "attack" upon Mormons, but rather an attempt to obey the command of 1 John 4:1, "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world."
In order to understand Mormon doctrines, and how they affect the lives of their adherents, we must first give some thought to the men who started their church and how they "revealed" their "special revelations" from God. I will not be quoting from the enemies of the LDS church, for I realize they would not accurately represent them. However, I will be quoting from official Mormon books, tracts, and their Web site as well as from several historical documents that can be seen in libraries and courthouses today. I claim no originality for any of the material in this series. I have kept notes on the Mormon cult for over 30 years, and after all of this time it is sometimes hard to distinguish my notes from some of the sources I have used over the years.
The Truth About Mormonism, the largest of all American cults, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) has grown to a worldwide membership of over 11 million people -- yet it began in 1830 with just six members. This sixteen page booklet contains two sermon outlines on this cult (PDF file size: 264k).
Also, you can listen to David Padfield and Mormon elder Paul Meade debate the "Inspiration of the Book of Mormon." This debate on Mormonism is available as an MP3 file from this Web site.
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Chick-fil-A, which has always put its money where its mouth is by refusing to open on Sundays, could soon be easing the company’s firm anti-gay stance that was the center of a national controversy this past summer.
According to a Chicago-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy group, the company has agreed to cease donations to right-wing groups that oppose same-sex marriage.
In a Wednesday press release, the Civil Rights Agenda (TCRA) cites Chicago Alderman Proco “Joe” Moreno as confirming that Chick-fil-A officials declared in an internal document that the company “will treat every person equally, regardless of sexual orientation.”
TCRA reportedly served as an advisor to the alderman as he negotiated these concessions with Chick-fil-A executives, although details of exactly what those negotiations entailed remain unclear.
“We are very pleased with this outcome and thank Alderman Moreno for his work on this issue,” Anthony Martinez, executive director of TCRA, said in the statement. “I think the most substantive part of this outcome is that Chick-fil-A has ceased donating to organizations that promote discrimination, specifically against LGBT civil rights.”
The fast-food chain’s internal memo, which is titled, “Chick-fil-A: Who We Are,” reportedly states that they will “treat every person with honor, dignity and respect-regardless of their beliefs, race, creed, sexual orientation and gender.”
Among those to praise the document was Rick Garcia, policy advisor for TCRA, though he noted his organization still hoped the company would adopt an anti-discrimination policy at the corporate level.
TCRA’s statement appears to confirm earlier published reports which indicated that Chick-fil-A might be reconsidering their LGBT stance.
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The recent backlash against the Atlanta-based fast food chain was sparked by Dan Cathy’s remarks in a July 16 interview with the Baptist Press. Cathy, the son of company founder S. Truett Cathy, about the restaurant group’s “support of the traditional family,” Dan Cathy said, “Well, guilty as charged.”
Cathy went on to note, “We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that…we know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles.”
Yet even before the national controversy, students at colleges and universities have been among the most vocal critics of Chick-fil-A’s well-reported donations to anti-gay groups. Campus Pride, a non-profit LGBT college student advocacy organization, announced on Thursday morning that it was suspending its “5 Simple Facts About Chick-fil-A” campaign, which informed students about the company’s anti-LGBT connections.
“At the end of the day,” said Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director of Campus Pride, “this is not about politics for Campus Pride, this is about dignity, respect and the campus safety of all students at colleges and universities, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.”
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A light green or purple bean that is similar to a common green bean except that it is flatter in shape and broader in dimension. Very similar to a traditional string bean or green bean, the Italian Flat Bean can be substituted in almost any recipe using string or green beans. Italian Flat Beans can be eaten raw as a side dish or added as an ingredient to casseroles and other vegetable dishes. Do not overcook the Italian Flat Bean since it may cause the beans to become soft and quite mushy. Italian Flat Beans may also be referred to as Romano beans, snap beans or simply Italian Green Beans.
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Browsing page 1 of new words for January 9, 2012
- large, muscular, and strongly built.
John is built like a brick shit-house.
- See more words with the same meaning: muscular.
- Overly developed to an almost ridiculous extreme.
"Is she well built? She certainly is! She's built like a brick shit-house."
(A "shit-house" or "outhouse" is little more than a privacy screen and therefore is customarily constructed out of scrap lumber and designed to be just sturdy enough to stand up to the wind and rain. An outhouse made of bricks would have been better constructed than the home it stood beside.)
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Why the US must leave Iraq. The logic displayed in this NYTimes article--that the government is a puppet of the US occupier, and therefore must be resisted at the cost of the civilian population--means that until the occupation ends, that punishing dynamic will continue to be played out. Linda
"Theirs is a world of ruined buildings, damaged mosques, streets pitted by mortar shells, uncollected trash and so little electricity that many people have abandoned using refrigerators altogether.
"The contrast with Shiite neighborhoods is sharp. Markets there are in full swing, community projects are under way, and while electricity is scarce throughout the city, there is less trouble finding fuel for generators in those areas. When the government cannot provide services, civilian arms of the Shiite militias step in to try to fill the gap.
"But in Adhamiya, a community with a Sunni majority, any semblance of normal life vanished more than a year ago. Its only hospital, Al Numan, is so short of basic items like gauze and cotton pads that when mortar attacks hit the community last fall, the doctors broadcast appeals for supplies over local mosque loudspeakers.
"Here, as in so much of Baghdad, the sectarian divide makes itself felt in its own deadly and destructive ways. Far more than in Shiite areas, sectarian hatred has shredded whatever remained of community life and created a cycle of violence that pits Sunni against Sunni as well as Sunni against Shiite.
"Anyone who works with the government, whether Shiite or Sunni, is an enemy in the eyes of the Sunni insurgents, who carry out attack after attack against people they view as collaborators. While that chiefly makes targets of the Shiite-dominated Iraqi Army and the police, the militants also kill fellow Sunnis from government ministries who come to repair water and electrical lines in Sunni neighborhoods.
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Towns and cities that accommodate cyclists have always seemed more human and approachable to me. Davis, California comes to mind. Portland, Oregon is bike friendly and Minneapolis, Minnesota (when it's not bone-chllingly cold) is another good example. To me, it's a hopeful sign when people move outside the norm in our petroleum-fueled society and take transportation issues into their own hands (and industriously pedaling feet).
As Noah Feldman notes in Bloomberg world, Beijing used to be a cyclist's paradise where bikes dominated the travel landscape. It was a less a case of intelligent city planning than pure necessity, as the economy of the region hadn't reached the explosive growth the prevails today and bicycles, for many, were the only affordable mode of transportation. Sadly, streets packed with bicycles have become a quaint memory as poor air quality and an massive influx of automobiles have transformed Beijing from cyclist paradise to nightmare.
Of recent experiences in the city, Feldman said:
When I went to rent a bike upon my arrival in Beijing last week, people looked at me as though I were mad. As I tooled around the old neighborhoods near the Forbidden City, I was often the only nonmotorized thing in sight. There were bike lanes, all right, but they were populated only by motorbikers and the occasional fellow intrepid Westerner. On the back streets, I saw a few older Chinese cyclists, wearing expressions of thorough disgust. Meanwhile, Boston, like lots of other U.S. cities, has become a reasonable place to bicycle. I still wouldn’t recommend it to the faint of heart, but as long as you bike defensively, you feel like a member of a forward-looking tribe of change agents.Initiatives are being launched in towns and cities around the world to encourage biking, but Beijing offers a clear example of what happens when automobiles trump bikes.
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How dog bites, business financing and bankruptcy can affect your bottom line.
What a difference a lawyer makes! Personal injury, money to loan and more in "Mind your own Business."
If your finances are controlling you - and not the other way around - you need these tips!
Westfield Valencia Town Center introduces the newest members to their growing vendor list!
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That poor, pathetic, defenseless little dot is called a period. It is the abandoned child of writers who cannot bear to shut up. The New York Times has a whole stable of them.
"COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Survivors of the gigantic undersea earthquake on Sunday that swallowed coastlines from Indonesia to Africa -- which officials now describe as one of the worst national disasters in recent history -- recovered bodies on Tuesday, hurriedly arranged for mass burials and searched for tens of thousands of the missing in countries thousands of miles apart."
That was the lead paragraph in a Timesman's dispatch from Southeast Asia a year ago: one sentence, 53 words, 13 prepositional phrases, one unpronounceable adverb. Readers of the Times were as swamped as the victims in Colombo.
First, a disclaimer: Nothing is intrinsically wrong with a long sentence. Every professional writer has written thousands of lucid ones. What prompts today's cranky column is the portmanteau sentence in which a writer tries to pack everything. Clauses, phrases and unnecessary modifiers hang out like so many socks. Must everything be said at once?
Last March a Times critic reviewed a biography of John Adams. He wrote:
"In this urbane, gracefully written biography, James Grant wages the kind of tough, uphill battle that his tough-minded subject would appreciate, acknowledging Adams' weaknesses and character flaws, appraising his political blunders coolly but in the end leaving the reader with a richer appreciation of the Adams that Abigail and Jefferson saw, a man of firm principles who, for most of his very long life, labored tirelessly for the country-in-the-making whose future he never doubted, even when those around him wavered and trembled."
Last year the Times' man in London wrote about a summer concert series in the Royal Albert Hall. He noted that critic Andrew Porter had called it "the world's greatest music festival." Then he plunged into syntactic goo:
"Eight years into the regime of Mr. Porter's former assistant critic at The New Yorker, Nicholas Kenyon, and with the completion of a 10-year renovation of the hall and five straight nights of what looked on paper to be quite remarkable concerts were enough to lure one visitor abroad."
The subject of that lousy sentence, I believe, was "eight years." The predicate, I guess, was probably "were enough."
In the swamps of verbosity, the Times has plenty of soppy company. The New Yorker last month let its readers stumble over 11 commas in a single paragraph about Washington's Great Leak:
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The Best CS Graduates Can Even Write "Hello World"
I've just been reading some fascinating articles. This guy writes a post of which I would describe about the first third as fascinating, correct, vital insight for its target audience (young developers). The rest of the post is interesting too. He mentions some interesting information, such as the allegation lots of programmer job applicants can't actually program. Is it true? Let me tell you a story:
I started my career in 2004 in a graduate job at one of Australia's largest IT outsourcers. It was a great place to work. In the interview (aimed, obviously, at people soon to graduate a computer science degree) they asked me "What is your favourite language?"
I said "C".
They handed me a sheet of paper and said "Can you write 'Hello World' in C?"
I got a little shock. Oooh, code! So I proceeded to write it. As it was the simplest possible programming assignment I tried hard to get the #import statements right since, hey, there's not much more in the program.
"Umm, I'm not 100% sure on this but it's something like this" I commented as I wrote "#import stdio.h / #import string.h".
They said "Don't worry too much about that bit" and I went on to write the one line main procedure.
Apparently I passed the test or whatever because I was offered the job.
You might think that's not exactly a challenging test to put potential employees through, however I can tell you that whilst working there I found the employees to be of high callibre. Not that I want to be the judge of programming skill, they were all better than me anyway, but you're probably now thinking they weren't very competent there but the fact was actually the opposite.
Now a couple of years after that interview Chris, the technical guy that interviewed me, and I were having a chat and I joked around about the interview and the challenging programming question. "Oh", Chris said, "did we ask you that? That question was for the really good people."
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Cuba has released nine detained political dissidents, including Marta Beatriz Roque, but continues to hold another 17 activists.
The nine were released on Saturday, a day after being rounded up in Cuba's latest move against the island's political opposition.
Roque, a 60-year-old economist, is president of the Assembly for the Promotion of Civil Society (APCS), which had organised a protest in front of the French embassy on Friday to demand the release of political prisoners from Cuban jails.
Many of those detained on Friday were leading figures in the group.
Call for protests
Pallid and visibly fatigued, Roque remained defiant and called for more protests against the government.
"The way is the street and we are going to use the streets across the country," Roque told foreign reporters in her Havana home.
Opposition groups "are waiting for a new order to launch on to the streets to demand the liberty of our imprisoned brothers", she said.
Activists had organised a protest
outside the French embassy
Another 17 people detained on Friday remained in government hands, including such prominent dissidents as Rene Gomez Manzano and Felix Bonne Carcaces, said APCS spokesman Angel Polanco.
The group organised the protest outside the French embassy, they said, because the dissidents had been excluded from joining the embassy's 14 July Bastille Day celebrations.
Meanwhile, Cuban government officials were invited to the events, symbolising the recent normalisation of relations between the two governments.
On Saturday, Francoise Hostalier, a French human rights advocate, encouraged Paris to press Cuba to free the remaining jailed dissidents.
"France is directly involved in these detentions," she said.
Vladimiro Roca, member of the opposition group Todos Unidos, said the government was nervous about the increasing disquiet among the Cuban people over the weak economy, power outages and food shortages before the country's 26 July national day festival.
Tensions in Cuba are growing
ahead of a national holiday
"The social tension is climbing. The government is tense, even more so because the main ceremony on 26 July - the day of the National Revolution - will be in Havana," said Roca.
The roundup of dissidents was the second this month.
About 30 people were arrested in Havana on 13 July during a demonstration commemorating the drowning death in 1994 of 41 people who were trying to flee Cuba by boat. Six of the 30 are still behind bars, dissident sources said.
The roundups were the largest sweep since 2003, when the government jailed 75 members of the opposition.
Washington condemned the
crackdown on the dissidents
Roque, founder of the APCS and the only woman among the 75 imprisoned, was sentenced at the time to 20 years in jail.
She was released for health reasons one year ago, suffering from diabetes, hypertension and partial paralysis of the face. She also spent three years in jail between 1997 and 2000.
Elizardo Sanchez, president of the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation, called the arrests on Friday "absolutely arbitrary" and a "flagrant violation of human rights".
Washington also condemned the crackdown.
"Their only crime was attempting to exercise their basic human rights and freedoms," said Adam Ereli, the State Department's deputy spokesman.
"We call on the Cuban government to end this deplorable repression and immediately free all of those arrested. We urge other countries to join us in condemning these acts," Ereli added.
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...the Feds have had to take over the pension obligations of one of Chicago’s oldest nonprofits.The good news is that the nonprofit in question actually has pension obligations. Many of its fellows don’t.
(And no, it’s not a coincidence that this is also one of the relatively few nonprofits whose employees are represented by a union. Amazing what collective bargaining can produce!)
This is a terrible time for nonprofits to face additional financial obligations, like those involved in making sure people who’ve given their lives to the agency are able to retire with the dignity of adequate resources. But it’s also a terrible time to put people on the street without such resources.
As it is written: nonprofits exist to serve poor people, not create them. Every nonprofit serious about surviving must also make itself serious about the post-work survival of its employees. If you’re a Board chair, put “Create a Task Force on Pensions” on the agenda of your very next meeting. If you’re a Board member, volunteer to chair the said task force. If you’re an Executive Director, point out this item to your Board chair. Don’t wait; it’s already pretty late in the day.
You can, of course, NOT do this; but then don’t be surprised if sooner or later a union organizer comes to call. Nonprofits, like other businesses, can either treat their employees well voluntarily, or be compelled to do so. The choice is yours.
Kelly Kleiman, who blogs as The Nonprofiteer, is a lawyer and freelance journalist whose reportage and essays about the arts, philanthropy and women’s issues have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor and other dailies; in magazines including In These Times and Chicago Philanthropy; and on websites including Aislesay.com and Artscope.net.
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Let us analyze one by one as to what the probable and top reasons could be:
• First and foremost thing to start with is to choose URLs that are keyword driven, so that users land exactly on your website when they type those keywords!
• The first best thing would be to check if your website has been listed in the search engines or not. This can be checked by typing out the website URL in the search engines and checking out if the result is showing your website as a result or not. It should ideally show a result of your own website, thereby proving that your site is actually listed.
• Getting search engine visibility takes time. It does not happen just like that. You need to spend more of your time and effort on it, just like it takes time to build up a new business and establish it. Though the results are not SO long to be seen, still it done need to have some time for itself too, to get established and familiar for the search engines. Give it more of time and consideration and hard work, and am sure it’ll pay off. So don’t be lazy start off right away
• Another essential thing to be noticed is to have more of written and relevant content in your website. Now this does not mean you just fill your website with keywords, just for the sake of getting listed in search engines. You must write articles in such a way that are meaningful, relevant to your website at the same time uses important keywords that your visitors might search for in search engines.
• Title tag title tag title tag!!! Get this phrase embedded in your brain! The area in the HTML pages that asks for page title is where you must include keyword or keyword phrases, in order to get attention of the search engines.
• Next thing would be to include ALT tags to the images in the website. This also helps in the images in your website to participate and contribute its share to search engine optimization.
• How popular is your website among the search engines? This is the next question that you must be asking yourself. Popularity of a website increases with more of quality inbound links. The more other websites would link to your website, the more your website’s popularity increases among the net, thereby the search engines. This is done by link building, wherein you submit your website links to other quality and related websites, in order to develop site popularity.
• Finally create a business blog and update your current key services, products or any value added information which can help your business as well as your visitor. This can boost your search engine visibility and traffic
Well as I already said, there are many other things that might be one of the reasons hindering your website from coming anywhere near the top search results. But these are few of the important reasons.
With these tips, don’t be no-where in search engines, you are Now-here, get noticed!! Keep going!!
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For the second, he decided to go on his own, blogged about the writing experience as he did it, and built a small but devoted following of a few hundred readers.
Then came Wool, a sci-fi adventure about a future world in which humans live in an underground silo, faced with the prospect of certain death from the toxic winds if they ever go outside — until one of them survives.
The 58-page novelette took on a life of its own. Last October, word of mouth caught on and sales picked up. Howey quickly added four more stories to the Wool series. Sales skyrocketed.
This year, Howey found himself selling 50,000 of his stories a month, and he has been earning a six-figure income or close to it every 30 days, though he notes the business has its ups and downs with many lean times before finding success.
Two months ago, director Ridley Scott optioned it for a movie, and Random House is publishing the hardcover edition in the United Kingdom next year.
“We’re in the position where we’re turning down offers here in the States,” he said. “Self-publishing has become a position of power, not a position of last resort.”
His success proves a theory he had about the self-publishing phenomenon even before the success of Wool. “With self-publishing you don’t waste your time trying to get published, which can take years of query letters and agenting, and all this stuff,” said Howey, who will be teaching a three-day workshop Wednesday-Friday on the science fiction novelette during the Miami Book Fair International. “You go straight to the real gatekeepers, which are the readers. If they respond favorably and you have sales, you can leverage that into a writing career. If they don’t, you write the next thing. Either way you’re not spending your time trying to get published, you’re spending your time writing the next work.”
A large part of the shift in the balance of power comes as a result of e-books and the ease of self-publishing.
“Because of the world wide web, we have a distribution system we didn’t have before. Today you can find an audience immediately online,” said Chris Kenneally, the director of author relations at the Copyright Clearance Center, who will be moderating a panel on self-publishing at the Miami Book Fair International
That, he said, has big publishing houses eyeing the trend warily. “What is dramatic about the self-publishing revolution,” he said, “is it kind of levels the playing field.”
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos saw what was happening long before others took it seriously.
“I predict we will surpass paperback sales sometime in the next nine to 12 months. Sometime after that, we’ll surpass the combination of paperback and hardcover,” he told USA Today.
That was in 2010.
By the time of his quote in July of that year, e-books had already surpassed hardcover sales on the site. For every 100 hard covers sold, Amazon sold 180 digital books.
For all of 2011, BookStats estimated that trade publisher e-book revenues were $1.97 billion, or about 16 percent of the total trade industry . Adult fiction e-book sales more than doubled over the previous year, making up 31 percent of the category’s total.
Sales are still climbing. The January 2012 monthly StatShot reported almost $100 million in adult e-book sales, a 49.4 percent increase over the same period a year earlier. The number of self-published books produced annually in the U.S. has nearly tripled, growing 287 percent since 2006, with 235,625 print and e-titles released in 201, according to a new analysis of data from the research firm Bowker announced in October.
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New Programs Target People On Financial Fringe
New Programs Target People On Financial Fringe
May 15, 2002
The Philadelphia Inquirer
by Jeff Gelles
John Caskey has spent a career studying the financial habits of the poor, so it was fitting that he set the stage yesterday for a discussion of two new and practical programs designed to bring lower-income consumers back from the financial fringe.
Both are in the start-up phase, but both have shown great promise in other cities that have tried them. The prospect of bringing them here drew 80 people from community and financial institutions to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia to hear how they work.
One is "America Saves," which began two years ago as "Cleveland Saves" and will get some sort of local name here, too. It's a mix of financial education and "social marketing" - something akin to a public-health campaign - designed to promote financial literacy along with the benefits of building even a very small nest egg. The other, "Get Checking," aims at helping people on the fringe get access to mainstream bank accounts and learn how to manage them. Its special target is those closed out of checking accounts because they've mishandled them before, who can get a second chance if they pass a short course on the nitty-gritty of bank accounts.
Both programs start from a premise highlighted by Caskey's research: Though we're all at risk of financial setbacks and even outright frauds, the poor suffer them much more than the rest of us, and have a tougher time recovering.
But both go a step beyond the usual answers, and turn to something that many low-income people are skeptical of: encouraging them to save, and to manage their money with accounts in banks and credit unions.
Caskey, a Swarthmore College economist, says low-income consumers face a Catch-22. They need financial services, but they often pay more for less. So they struggle that much harder to keep their families afloat, and are swamped by waters the rest of us could navigate.
A great many things cost more if you're poor, from groceries to insurance to credit. And a fundamental problem - which effectively raises the price of everything else - is the cost of cashing checks and paying bills without a bank account.
So what's the answer? About five years ago, Caskey and Stephen Brobeck, executive director of the Consumer Federation of America, began talking about the importance of understanding low-income consumers and developing a new approach that emphasized something other than keeping them barely afloat.
Their talks, and Brobeck's discussions with others who shared his concerns, led to a Ford Foundation grant, and the development of America Saves' first pilot, Cleveland Saves.
Brobeck says poorer consumers face "a deadly combination of pessimism and marketplace temptation": They don't believe they can build wealth - wealth is about as foreign a term as they can imagine. At the same time, they're constantly tempted by offers of credit and by the things money, or credit, can buy.
In two years, Cleveland Saves has begun turning that around. About 2,000 people have attended its workshops, and 80 percent have taken the next step: enrolling in a program that provides financial coaching and helps them develop a plan. The ultimate goal is regular, automatic savings.
Similar programs have been started in several other cities, and Brobeck was here yesterday - at a conference aptly titled "Building Wealth, Not Debt" - to encourage Philadelphia's fledgling effort, spearheaded by the conference's cosponsor, the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley.
Patty Hasson, president of the nonprofit counseling agency, says her hope is to bring banks, community groups, labor organizations and others into a broad-based coalition behind a social goal that will help everyone. The more people save, even in small amounts, the more they're able to avoid personal disasters that have broader social impact.
If your car breaks down and you have money in the bank to cover a repair, you don't have to miss work, your son can get to the doctor, and you have one less reason to miss a conference at your daughter's school.
Encouraging low-income people to save is no panacea. Caskey mentions increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit and enacting national health insurance as two other valuable policy prescriptions. But Caskey's not holding his breath till those things happen, and neither am I.
Meanwhile, there's no reason to keep people on the financial fringe if programs like America Saves can help.
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Attn: America Saves Campaign
1620 Eye St NW, Suite 200
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My favorite medieval-ish reenactment organization, the Society for Creative Anachronism, has just moved into the Facebook age. And the conversation threads are pretty mesmerizing — especially a recent one on "the most interesting or most peculiar period food you've tried in the Society." For the uninitiated, the SCA puts on a lot of events that involve everything from dancing to sword-fighting (or stick fighting — whatever), and often these events include a "Feast" where the chefs attempt to recreate authentic medieval food. Which is the source of the goofy song you see above, about the horrors of trying to eat at an SCA Feast.
It's also why people in the SCA have eaten some seriously terrifying dishes. Here are just a smattering of the answers on Facebook: stuffed hamsters, squirrel pie, "rat on a stick," doormouse, camel, "fish jello," lampreys, reindeer, emu, "fish newtons," chihuahua (I'm having a hard time believing this one), and "blood soup."
Yep, the middle ages. Not such a good time for rodents, apparently. What's the most interesting or peculiar food you've ever eaten at a holiday dinner? It doesn't need to be a medieval reenactment dinner — any festive eating occasion will do.
Check out the SCA on Facebook, and get medieval.
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It looks like our friends at DHS are about to make travel easier and safer again.
DHS has apparently decided to extend their “trusted traveler” program, Global Entry. They’re planning to extend it to travelers from Saudi Arabia.
Participants in the program have to present their passports and fingerprints on entry. After doing so, they’re allowed to bypass normal customs procedures and checks when entering the US. Once registered in the program, the status is good for 5 years.
Now, don’t jump to conclusions. Just because over 75% (15 of 19) of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudis doesn’t mean anything. Why shouldn’t we give them special entry privileges at customs?
And what does it matter that only a relative handful of other nations meet program requirements have to do with anything? Just because even close allies like France and Germany aren’t currently members of the program doesn’t mean Saudi Arabia shouldn’t be.
Perhaps I should just shut up now, before my ability to be sarcastic escapes me and I start saying what I really think.
In the words Han Solo: “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
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Camley Street Natural park is an urban nature reserve run by the London Wildlife Trust. The site was formerly a coal drops, where coal from railway wagons was dropped into coal merchants' yards for them to deliver to their customers by cart. It is now another of the area's beauty spots.
The visitor can wander through the two acres on a path through the foliage. There is a pond to explore, and a visitor centre offers interpretation. Birds, butterflies, amphibians and a wide range of plant life can be seen here.
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Tuesday, March 12 from 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Teens ages 13 - 18 ONLY are invited to join our new Teen Advisory Board and have a say in the materials we order for teens, the teen programs we offer, and much more at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library! Participation in the Teen Advisory Board counts as service hours and snacks will be served provided by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library. Join us for our meeting - led by Youth Services Librarian Anne Crawford - and get involved!
Tuesday, March 12 @ 6:30 pm
From native and Spanish colonial artifacts, to digital and video art of today, La Florida celebrates 500 years of Florida art. Join Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens Chief Curator, Holly Keris, for this fascinating presentation. This program is made possible by FOCUS Cummer and the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library.
Tuesdays, March 5, 12, 19, & 26 from 10 am-2 pm Wednesdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27 from 10 am-2 pm
Fridays, March 8, 15, & 22 from 10 am-2 pm
Saturdays, March 9 & 23 from 10 am-2 pm
The AARP Tax-Aide program offers FREE one-on-one counseling to help individuals prepare basic tax forms, including the 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ and other standard schedules. The FREE counseling is available to all low to middle income tax payers, regardless of age. No advance registration is needed, people will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Individuals must bring a photo ID, last year's tax return, and all relevant tax information with them.
Tuesday, March 12 @ 3 pm
Visit the tech graveyard in Teen Lounge to find disassembled devices ready for a new life. Glue guns will be provided. All you need to do is bring your imagination. Also, create text messages from found words and mail them to a friend. Stamps and envelopes will be provided. LOL!
Tuesday, March 12 @ 4 pm
Everyone is invited to attend these FREE 1-hour legal classes that will be held every Tuesday at 4:00 pm at the Southeast Branch through April 23rd. All classes are presented by St. Johns Legal Aid Staff.
Tuesday, March 12 @ 6 pm
Learn how to solder small electronics with Mr. Aaron from the Palm Coast Radio Shack. This is a "Maker Spaces" program that encourages teenagers to explore new mediums and use their imaginations. Teens aged 13 and up will be invited to participate and use the soldering iron under supervision. Tweens are welcome to attend as observers.
Tuesday, March 12 @ 6 pm
Friends of the Bartram Trail Branch Library are invited to attend the January meeting, held at 6 pm in the Manatee Room. Prospective Friends are invited to attend and learn more about who the Friends are and what it is they do.
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Search engine promotion is a way to raise our website ranking and to earn more and more profit. Search engine promotion use search engine optimization technique. Search engine promotion business is done in supervision of SEO person. A search engine marketing agency should have good knowledge of SEO.
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By Evan Carmichael on February 22nd, 2011
In support of http://www.myboldmove.ca, a new website created by TELUS and BlackBerry I’ve created a list of my favourite 7 Boldest Entrepreneur Moves of All Time. These are from entrepreneurs who risked everything to take their shot at success and, against all odds, they made it. You can also win $25,000 by reading this post… details below!
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Bold Move #7 Milton Hershey Doesn’t Give Up
Milton Hershey was the founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company. He was not only one of the 20th Century’s most successful entrepreneurs but also one of the country’s most generous philanthropists. Today, The Hershey Company continues to reign as the world’s largest chocolate company with more than 13,000 employees and over $5 billion in sales.
At the age of 19, against his parents’ wishes, Hershey decided to move to Philadelphia in order to start up his own caramel company. The business was never able to generate a profit and was forced to close six years later. Hershey refused to give up. He traveled throughout Denver, New York, Chicago and New Orleans trying to find fortune but each time he was unsuccessful. He returned home at age 28 with no money and was seen as a disgrace by his family.
But he still refused to give up. He started a new business with a former employee of his and moved from making caramels to chocolate. After 10 years of failure, Hershey finally hit on a winning business. His company expanded year after year and if he had listened to his friends and family through those 10 years of failure we would never have known the Hershey Chocolate bar.
Bold Move #6: Ted Turner Decides To Be Successful
Ted Turner is the founder of CNN and Turner Broadcasting System. He owns the Atlanta Braves, gave $1 billion to the United Nations, and currently has a net worth of $1.9 billion.
Turner had a lot of bad luck growing up. He was a ‘C’ student at school, got expelled from University, had his parents divorce, got divorced by his wife, and had his sister develop terminal lupus. He went to work for his father’s outdoor advertising company when his father then killed himself because he couldn’t pay off the company’s debts. Ted Turner, at the age of 24 took over the company, restored it to profitability and began building his empire. He had all the odds stacked against him but he was determined to be a success.
According to Turner: “All my life people have said that I wasn’t going to make it… I’ve never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn’t have the right attitude, didn’t give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn’t prepared and didn’t have the whole program worked out.”
Bold Move #5: George Lucas Challenges Traditional Business Models
George Lucas is one of the film industry’s most financially successful independent directors and producers with an estimated net worth of $3 billion. He is best known for his Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies.
When Lucas’ first movies didn’t give a financial return on investment he found it difficult to find support for his latest idea, a movie called Star Wars. To get the movie into production he waived his up-front fee as a director and agreed to own the licensing rights so he could profit from any toys, t-shirts, and other products that came from the movie. At the time movie studios didn’t see licensing rights as valuable so they agreed. The money he made from the licensing rights allowed him to finance the sequels himself and built his fortune.
According to Lucas: “My first six years in the business were hopeless. There are a lot of times when you sit and you say ‘Why am I doing this? I’ll never make it. It’s just not going to happen. I should go out and get a real job and try to survive’. I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public. Right or wrong this is my movie, this is my decision, and this is my creative vision, and if people don’t like it, they don’t have to see it.”
Bold Move #4: Anita Roddick Is Forced To Survive
Anita Roddick was the founder of The Body Shop, a cosmetics company known for its environmental and ethical best practices. In 2006 she sold the company to L’Oréal.for £652.3 million.
When she got married Roddick and her husband, Gordon, set up a small eight room hotel to support their family. Then her husband decided he wanted to fulfill his lifelong dream of riding a horse from Buenos Aires, Argentina to New York City. In order to support her family while her husband was gone she started The Body Shop. The bank rejected her $8,000 loan request so she got the money from a local gas station owner to get the business up and running while looking after her two children on her own.
According to Roddick: “For myself, I needed to earn money, to look after the kids while my husband was traveling for two years across South America… I started The Body Shop in 1976 simply to create a livelihood for myself and my two daughters, while my husband, Gordon, was trekking across the Americas. I had no training or experience and my only business acumen was Gordon’s advice to take sales of £300 a week. Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that’s exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.”
Bold Move #3: A.P. Giannini Bets On The Little Guy
Amadeo Peter Giannini revolutionized the banking world by providing services to “the little guy.” Giannini passed away in 1949 at the age of 79. By that time, the bank he had founded, the Bank of America, had become the largest bank in the world, with more than 525 branches in over 300 cities.
Before A.P. Giannini you could only get a loan if you already had some money. Hardworking immigrants like his parents didn’t qualify and Giannini wanted to change the system. He set up his bank across the street from a popular bank and began making loans to people other banks wouldn’t give a chance.
When a massive earthquake hit San Francisco in 1906, all the banks in the city closed down to assess their damage. People couldn’t get access to their funds at the time they needed it the most. The earthquake demolished Giannini’s bank but he opened up shop by setting up a desk using two barrels and a plank of wood across them. He would lend money to people based on a handshake to help them rebuild their lives. He also went on to fund entrepreneurs like Walt Disney who nobody believed in and projects like the Golden Gate Bridge that were considered too crazy to invest in.
Bold Move #2: Guy Laliberté Risks It All In Los Angeles
Fellow Canadian Guy Laliberté is the founder of Cirque du Soleil, a circus entertainment company whose shows have been seen by almost 100 million people worldwide. In 2006, Laliberté was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and his current net worth is over $2.5 billion.
After a couple of years of marginal success, Laliberté decided to risk everything to perform at the Los Angeles Arts Festival. Booked as the opening act, the performance was going to be watched by many big names, including high-profile Hollywood celebrities.
According to Laliberté: “It was live or die in L.A. And we bet everything on one night. By the end of the show we had standing ovations. The day after, tickets were selling like crazy. I bet everything on that one night. If we failed, there was no cash for gas to come home.”
Bold Move #1: Walt Disney Does The Impossible
Walt Disney was a film producer, animator, and entertainer. He created films with iconic characters like Mickey Mouse, won 22 Academy Awards, and established the Disney theme parks. Today the Walt Disney Company has revenues of over $35 billion per year.
At a young age, Walt Disney had some modest success with animated short films when he decided to do the boldest move ever in his industry: Make a full-length animated feature film. It had never been done before, let alone in colour and with music. His competitors, associates, and even his wife thought he would never make it. Originally budgeted at $500,000, the project had gone over budget by half a million dollars in its early stages. Disney was forced to act out the film’s story in front of bankers in order to secure the additional loans he needed to finish it. In the end, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs went on to earn four times the box office of any other film when it was released.
According to Disney: “Somehow I can’t believe there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C’s. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy and the greatest of these is Confidence.”
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What’s your boldest move? Which famous entrepreneur bold move would you add to your list? As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts if you leave a comment below!
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Listening to some faculty talk, you’d think that fraternities and sororities at Augustana are a deadly concoction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Mardi Gras, Las Vegas, and Carnival, whipped up in a blender and chugged through a fire hose from a second story beer bong. Yet, we all know of greek organizations – at Augustana and elsewhere – that make important contributions to the local community and the development of their members. Thankfully, we don’t have to settle for dueling anecdotes. We have plenty of data on students in Augustana’s greek organizations that allow us to test this clash of narratives. So, since I’m on a bit of a mythbuster’s kick lately . . . let’s see what we can find out.
When the entering class of 2008 arrived at Augustana, little did they know that they would be studied like no class before. They provided data three times as a part of the Wabash National Study (beginning of freshman year, end of freshman year, and end of senior year). They were also the first class to complete the new senior survey in the spring of 2012.
From the data gathered at the end of the freshmen year (spring, 2009), we found one set of troubling results among first year greek members. Freshmen who joined greek organizations reported larger increases than their independent (non-greek member) peers on three items during the first year.
- The number of times in a week that they drank alcohol
- The number of times in a week that they had five or more alcoholic drinks
- The number of days in the week that they felt sleep deprived
In addition, greek members, on average, earned a lower spring GPA – even after accounting for students’ incoming ACT score and academic motivation. Unsurprisingly, being male exacerbated each of these differences, while being female minimized them. Interestingly, despite these potentially negative effects, greek membership did not decrease the likelihood of retention, probably because students don’t join greek organizations until the spring term, and the primary driver of persistence or withdrawal – academic performance – has already culled the herd during the previous winter and fall terms.
Fast-forward to the end of the senior year. At this point, what initially seemed a more negative picture becomes more complicated. While greek members’ average GPA still trail that of non-greek members, the gap noted in the spring of the first year has shrunk by about 25%. Again, being female mitigates further, likely making the difference in average GPA between female greek and non-greek members insignificant.
However, in numerous cases greek students’ scores on several senior survey items suggests that this experience provided some important benefits. On average, greek members’ responded more positively (defined by differences that proved statistically significant) to these statements:
- My co-curricular experiences provided numerous opportunities to interact with students who differed from me in race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or social/political values.
- My co-curricular involvement helped me build a network of healthy lasting friendships.
- My co-curricular involvement helped me develop a better understanding of my leadership skills.
- I felt a strong sense of belonging on campus.
- The college emphasized an atmosphere of ethnic and cross-cultural understanding.
- Augustana faculty and staff welcomed student input on institutional policy and handbook decisions.
- If you could relieve your college decision would you choose Augustana again?
Taken together, these findings spell out much of the good and the bad of greek life. On one hand, during the first year it appears that some behaviors emerge among greeks that could – and sometimes do – negatively impact students’ success. On the other hand, by the time this group of students graduates, at least one of those deficits has been legitimately reduced, and the educational efforts of the college – particularly on the co-curricular side – appear to have produced a series of benefits that match our own educational intentions.
Of course, one important question – and a longstanding one – is how we might eliminate the bad without losing the good. Our student affairs staff continually works to counter the impact of pledging on student success, even in the face of stiff pushback from many greek members and alumni. Might there be a role for faculty to play in this endeavor? Probably. Does that role include railing against a stereotype of greeks that actually perpetuates a stereotype of faculty among students and, in so doing undermines the very trust necessary to influence students’ behavior outside of class? Probably not.
But the question that jumps out at me is slightly different. While it’s great to see graduating seniors from greek organizations respond so positively to all of these questions, should we actually be celebrating this? What is it about NOT belonging to greek organizations that produces systematically lower scores on so many important markers of the college experience we are trying to deliver? For example, I’m not comfortable with finding that the greek members’ sense of belonging on campus score was more than half a point higher than non-greek members (4.26 vs. 3.71); not because I begrudge greek organizations, but because I’m not sure I see a compelling reason for greek membership on our campus to produce such a stark difference.
It’s easy to point to anecdotes of the college experience at its best; and we have many wonderful tales of students – greek and non-greek – who have changed fundamentally during their four years at Augustana. But as I look at these findings, my concern tends toward the students who experience less than our best. I’d be curious to figure out what we might do to minimize, or even eliminate, the statistically significant differences between greek and non-greek members across all of these senior survey experience questions.
Answers? You wanted answers? Oh, grasshopper . . .
Have a great Homecoming week – and let’s not leave anyone on the outside looking in.
Make it a good day,
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Corning provides various levels of education starting with our Preschools/Daycare on up to Higher Education. Our K-12 schools offer learning experiences that meet the needs of all types of learners. We have a low teacher to student ratio in our classrooms. Ninety five percent of our students complete some form of post-secondary education. The students can take a variety of elective classes that continue to promote life-long learners. There are numerous higher education choices for students within a 40 mile radius from Corning.
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Director of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano is in Afghanistan to discuss border security to help protect that nation from militants and drug smugglers. I say, the Afghan border better never be more secure than our own borders here in the United States of America while our troops are there. Otherwise, we have a situation where we will bbe securing the border of another country better than our own. Just another incredible outrage from the administration. Imagine, HOMELAND security actually working, for years, to secure the Afghan border while leaving our own wide border open.
KABUL, Afghanistan—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan today at approximately 7:42 a.m. AFT along with six additional DHS customs and border security officials who will join DHS personnel already deployed in the region to provide civilian assistance to local security officials.
While in Afghanistan, Secretary Napolitano will meet with senior U.S. and Afghan officials—including Afghan ministers as well as border security experts from DHS and other civilians from across the U.S. government—to discuss progress being made in securing the region. She will also spend New Year’s Eve with the military men and women serving their country on the front lines to combat terrorism and bring peace and stability to the region.
“For several years, the Department of Homeland Security has been contributing personnel to help bolster security in Afghanistan,” said Secretary Napolitano. “In the last twelve months, DHS has expanded its effort here in support of President Obama’s policy of civilian engagement. Today, I arrived in Kabul with six additional border security and customs officers who will join our ongoing efforts to advise and assist our Afghan counterparts on customs and border control. It is an honor to meet with our dedicated military and civilian men and women who are helping to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan, and I thank them for their continued efforts and sacrifices here to make the American homeland safer and more secure.”
Following her departure from Afghanistan, Secretary Napolitano will continue to Qatar on Jan. 2; Israel on Jan. 3-5; and Belgium on Jan. 5-6 to meet with her counterparts and discuss international efforts to ensure the security of our global aviation and supply chain systems against threats of terrorism and transnational crime, while facilitating the flow of legitimate travel and commerce. More details will be provided once they are finalized.
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Avoid Repetition When Scavenging
Keep the setting fresh and moving without sinking into a repetition of events. Raiding a gas station or grocery store for supplies will be fun and suspenseful the first few times, but after that the players will have a pretty good idea what to expect and begin to lose interest.
The best way to keep them from getting bored is to make sure there’s never such a thing as “just another store” when they need to scavenge for supplies. Mix up weather, terrain, the state of the building and other threats, from a pack of wild dogs to structural damage threatening to dump part of the first floor into the basement. If each looting encounter differs enough, everyone will maintain interest.
Gloss over unimportant scavenging and only focus on the events if they directly matter to the adventure at hand or would be otherwise unique and different from the norm. If you know there are no zombies, bandits, or other threats inside the gas station, there’s really no sense role-playing through the encounter. Just summarize what they got from the looting and move on with the adventure to keep pacing and excitement high.
Unless the PCs are orphans with the personalities of dead fish, they’ll likely have family and friends they’re worried about. In the beginning of the game during character creation, ask every player to list 4-6 people they consider important family or friends. This gives characters a great chance to connect to each other, and provides plenty of adventure hook opportunities.
Are Safe Zones Safe?
Safe havens, safe zones – whatever they wish to be called – the enemy free areas are often either a destination or stop over point the group deals with at some point. Use these for adventure opportunities.
Other survivors can generate interesting encounters. They might take offense at the player group heading for “their rightful sanctuary.” They might also be trying to loot the same store for needed supplies.
Give the safe zone a limited capacity. Perhaps the safe haven has just enough supplies for X amount of people. What will the PCs do about any extra NPCs in their group there isn’t room for?
Also worth considering is if this safe zone is already occupied by other unsavory or intolerant types unwilling to let the group join them, despite there being enough room or supplies.
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Pope Benedict XVI received the members of the community of the Venerable English College on Monday. The meeting was the culmination of a year-long celebration marking the 650th anniversary of the of the founding of an English and Welsh Hospice on the site occupied by the College. Please find the complete text of Pope Benedict’s address to the community of the Venerable English College, below. Listen:
Dear Brother Bishops,
Students and Staff of the Venerable English College,
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you today to the Apostolic Palace, the House of Peter. I greet my Venerable brother, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, a former Rector of the College, and I thank Archbishop Vincent Nichols for his kind words, spoken on behalf of all present. I too look back with great thanksgiving in my heart to the days that I spent in your country in September 2010. Indeed, I was pleased to see some of you at Oscott College on that occasion, and I pray that the Lord will continue to call forth many saintly vocations to the priesthood and the religious life from your homeland.
Through God’s grace, the Catholic community of England and Wales is blessed with a long tradition of zeal for the faith and loyalty to the Apostolic See. At much the same time as your Saxon forebears were building the Schola Saxonum, establishing a presence in Rome close to the tomb of Peter, Saint Boniface was at work evangelizing the peoples of Germany. So as a former priest and Archbishop of the See of Munich and Freising, which owes its foundation to that great English missionary, I am conscious that my spiritual ancestry is linked with yours. Earlier still, of course, my predecessor Pope Gregory the Great was moved to send Augustine of Canterbury to your shores, to plant the seeds of Christian faith on Anglo-Saxon soil. The fruits of that missionary endeavour are only too evident in the six-hundred-and-fifty-year history of faith and martyrdom that distinguishes the English Hospice of Saint Thomas à Becket and the Venerable English College that grew out of it.
Potius hodie quam cras, as Saint Ralph Sherwin said when asked to take the missionary oath, “rather today than tomorrow”. These words aptly convey his burning desire to keep the flame of faith alive in England, at whatever personal cost. Those who have truly encountered Christ are unable to keep silent about him. As Saint Peter himself said to the elders and scribes of Jerusalem, “we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20). Saint Boniface, Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Saint Francis Xavier, whose feast we keep today, and so many other missionary saints show us how a deep love for the Lord calls forth a deep desire to bring others to know him. You too, as you follow in the footsteps of the College Martyrs, are the men God has chosen to spread the message of the Gospel today, in England and Wales, in Canada, in Scandinavia. Your forebears faced a real possibility of martyrdom, and it is right and just that you venerate the glorious memory of those forty-four alumni of your College who shed their blood for Christ. You are called to imitate their love for the Lord and their zeal to make him known, potius hodie quam cras. The consequences, the fruits, you may confidently entrust into God’s hands.
Your first task, then, is to come to know Christ yourselves, and the time you spend in seminary provides you with a privileged opportunity to do so. Learn to pray daily, especially in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, listening attentively to the word of God and allowing heart to speak to heart, as Blessed John Henry Newman would say. Remember the two disciples from the first chapter of Saint John’s Gospel, who followed Jesus and asked to know where he was staying, and, like them, respond eagerly to his invitation to “come and see” (1:37-39). Allow the fascination of his person to capture your imagination and warm your heart. He has chosen you to be his friends, not his servants, and he invites you to share in his priestly work of bringing about the salvation of the world. Place yourselves completely at his disposal and allow him to form you for whatever task it may be that he has in mind for you.
You have heard much talk about the new evangelization, the proclamation of Christ in those parts of the world where the Gospel has already been preached, but where to a greater or lesser degree the embers of faith have grown cold and now need to be fanned once more into a flame. Your College motto speaks of Christ’s desire to bring fire to the earth, and your mission is to serve as his instruments in the work of rekindling the faith in your respective homelands. Fire in sacred Scripture frequently serves to indicate the divine presence, whether it be the burning bush from which God revealed his name to Moses, the pillar of fire that guided the people of Israel on their journey from slavery to freedom, or the tongues of fire that descended upon the Apostles at Pentecost, enabling them to go forth in the power of the Spirit to proclaim the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Just as a small fire can set a whole forest ablaze (cf. Jas 3:5), so the faithful testimony of a few can release the purifying and transforming power of God’s love so that it spreads like wildfire throughout a community or a nation. Like the martyrs of England and Wales, then, let your hearts burn with love for Christ, for the Church and for the Mass.
When I visited the United Kingdom, I saw for myself that there is a great spiritual hunger among the people. Bring them the true nourishment that comes from knowing, loving and serving Christ. Speak the truth of the Gospel to them with love. Offer them the living water of the Christian faith and point them towards the bread of life, so that their hunger and thirst may be satisfied. Above all, however, let the light of Christ shine through you by living lives of holiness, following in the footsteps of the many great saints of England and Wales, the holy men and women who bore witness to God’s love, even at the cost of their lives. The College to which you belong, the neighbourhood in which you live and study, the tradition of faith and Christian witness that has formed you: all these are hallowed by the presence of many saints. Make it your aspiration to be counted among their number.
Please be assured of an affectionate remembrance in my prayers for yourselves and for all the alumni of the Venerable English College. I make my own the greeting so often heard on the lips of a great friend and neighbour of the College, Saint Philip Neri, Salvete, flores martyrum! Commending you, and all to whom the Lord sends you, to the loving intercession of Our Lady of Walsingham, I gladly impart my Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of peace and joy in the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you.
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Pit bull lovers came out in force Tuesday to oppose a county commissioner's effort to get the breed banned in Broward.
They rallied in front of the Governmental Center, holding signs saying "Don't Bully Pitbulls" and "Don't Kill My Best Friend."
They sent emails by the hundreds.
They took their message to the skies, hiring a plane to fly around Broward with a banner opposing the ban.
After hearing dozens make emotional pleas against a ban, County Commissioner Barbara Sharief agreed to withdraw her proposal and work with experts to help keep neighborhoods safe from all dangerous dogs.
Another item brought forward by Sharief — a law imposing a $500 fine for teaching a dog to fight — will come back at a later date for a vote. Commissioners also agreed to vote later on a plan to fine owners $300 for not getting their dogs vaccinated or licensed.
One woman fought tears while talking about the pit bull that "stole her heart." Another man said the breed has helped him get over the trauma of being sexually abused as a child. "You can't take that way from me," he said.
Hollywood resident Randa Kunde was one of the few to speak in favor of a ban, telling the commission her husband was bitten by a neighborhood pit bull two years ago while trying to protect the couple's terrier.
"It only takes one child to have their face bit and they're scarred for life," Kunde said.
Florida law forbids cities and counties from banning specific dog breeds.
Sharief initially said she wanted the state to allow each city and county to decide if they wanted to ban American pit bull terriers, American Staffordfshire terriers and Staffordshire bull terriers. Sharief said she was concerned about "unprovoked" pit bull attacks on people and other dogs, many of which go unreported.
Marni Bellavia, who works for the Humane Society of Broward testing the temperament of dogs put up for adoption, spoke against the ban.
"Any dog can bite," she said. "It doesn't matter what the breed is. We are against discriminating against any one breed. At the end of the day, it's discrimination any way you slice it."
Diane Rattner, a Fort Lauderdale resident who owns a pit bull named Yogi, warned a ban would lead to the unnecessary death of countless dogs.
"My dog can't speak, but I can," she said. "My dog's not a fighter, but I am. My dog can't vote, but I can."
Miami-Dade County banned the breed in 1989 before the state prohibited the practice of banning specific breeds.
"This is not Dade County and we don't want to become Dade County," said Don Anthony, spokesman for the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida.
"It's the owner who creates the problem and who should suffer the consequences," he said.
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Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves UK hospital
LONDON — A 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls' education has been released from a Birmingham hospital to live with her family, doctors said Friday.
Photographs and a video released by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham showed Malala Yousufzai hugging nurses, waving and smiling shyly. Her steps seemed tentative as she walked down the hospital corridor talking to nurses, but hospital officials say she is strong and recovering well.
Malala will live with her parents and two brothers in the UK while she continues to receive treatment, but will be admitted again in the next month for another round of surgery to rebuild her skull.
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October 26, 2012
Last week, the nation got lucky when investigators foiled a terrorism attempt. Police arrested Quazi Nafis, a 21-year-old Bangladeshi who entered the U.S. on a student visa. Nafis, who has ties to al Qaeda, allegedly plotted to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Building in crowded Lower Manhattan. Hundreds could have been killed or injured.
His visa allowed Nafis to attend Southeast Missouri State University. Although SMSU is a legitimate academic institution---unlike others involved in various scams --- and Nafis’ paper work was in order, the State Department’s folly in issuing visas to foreign nationals from countries known to have terrorist leanings cannot be overstated.
Memories are short. Among those who received visas when they never should have been allowed to enter the country are dozens of jihadists including Mohammed Atta and four other 9/11 murders, 1997 New York subway bomber Lafi Khalil, four of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers, 1993 New York landmark-bombing conspirator Fadil Abdelgani, convicted Times Square bomb plotter Faisal Shahzad and U.S. Capitol bomb plotter Amine El Khalifi. Moroccan El Khalifi, whose tourist visa expired in 1999, went unnoticed for 12 years before he was arrested in February, blocks from the Capitol building, putting on a suicide bombing vest.
The federal government offers more than 25 different categories of non-immigrant visas. Included on the list are visas for fiancées, professional athletes, doctors and students. Most have sub-categories for spouses and children which brings the net total of available visas to greater than 50.
Virtually all of them should be eliminated or severely restricted. Even the tourist visa, while serving as the vehicle which allows foreign visitors to spend billions, also gives the unscrupulous an opportunity to overstay and wreak havoc. Overstayers including tourists account for about 40 percent of the nation’s alien population. The United States has no entry-exit plan to track foreign visitors so the risk of staying beyond a visa’s expiration date is minimal.
Last year GOP House Homeland Security Chairwoman Candice Miller reported a federal backlog of more than 750,000 unvetted visa overstay records. Once inside the United States, terrorists like Nafis, Atta, et al easily blend into society and operate with impunity.
In Nafis’ case, the Departments of State and Homeland Security pointed fingers at each other. The State Department has its own database for vetting visa applications known as the Consular Lookout and Support System (CLASS). Nafis was not among the 39 million records maintained in the CLASS system that lists foreigners who should not be granted a visa.
Upon arrival, DHS assumed the responsibility for monitoring Nafis’ movements through the Student and Exchange Visitor Exchange System.
Blame massive federal ineptitude and a politically correct refusal to get serious about who enters the United States. Even when warned in advance, State can’t get it right. CLASS came under heavy questioning in 2009 when “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab’s father alerted the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria that his son was dangerous. A federal court convicted Abdulmutallab of attempted weapons of mass destruction use on a Northwest Airlines flight that, if successful, would have killed 289 people.
Assuming the political will existed, student visas would be one of the easiest to restrict. Obviously, there is no compelling reason for a Bangladeshi to attend a Missouri college---especially to study cyber security. But to SMSU administrators, Nafis’ application had a special appeal. As an out of state student, he paid nearly twice the instate tuition fee, $11,600 versus $6,600. SMSU has more than 1,000 foreign-born students including 44 others from Bangladesh and 100 Saudis who pay the higher fees.
When trying to fathom the whys and wherefores of U.S. immigration policy, following the money will more often than not provide the disappointing answers. Money comes first; Americans’ safety a distant second.
Joe Guzzardi is a Californians for Population Stabilization Senior Writing Fellow whose columns have been syndicated since 1986. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Yes, I know that the last video was the last post about Estonia, but we can't pass by this one. This guy on the photo above is Estonian premier minister, the man who as Russian mass media states started this bronze soldier story. And this is
a shaman from Siberia. As Russian newspaper "Tvoy Den" states he was very revolted with the whole story, so he decided to chant day and night using his magical tricks to "kill the evil spirit in Estonian prime minister".
These days property prices in Russia hit new highs and they suffer greatly from lack of the property to feed this demand fully, so they build, build and build. But how do they build? It's no secret that all the
construction sites in Russia packed with foreign workers from even more poor ex-Soviet countries, who charge less and often don't have visas or work permits. And these pics show how do they build modern Russia.
Do you know a German philosopher Immanuel Kant? He left in easternmost part of Germany in the city called Konigsberg. Today this city is not called Konigsberg any more, it is Kaliningrad now, the most westernmost city of Russia and the things so are already for 60 years. After the WW2 this region came under the Soviet rule, together with so-much-discussed Estonia and other Baltic Countries. These countries are now independent, cutting the only on-ground roads and railroads leading to Kaliningrad, so now the city and the area
around it is fully cut off from the Russian mainland but still stays the part of Russian Federation even it is separated so much from it. You can see Kaliningrad as a leftmost red dot on this map of Western Russia. Here we have 23 pairs of photos of Kaliningrad from kng750.kanet.ru showing the city before the Russian rule and World War 2 in distant 1939 and nowadays, year 2005. You can make your own conclusions on how the WW2 affected the city, and how Russian rule affected it too.
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by Ben Rockwood
DevOps may be a new term, but it's not a new idea. in this session we'll deconstruct it into its three transformation phases, look back at the often referenced but rarely explained history that influences it, and see how it is a catalyst that is changing the craft of system administration.
We've come a long way since introducing new ideas in server automation and deployment, and also in creating a culture of collaboration between the traditional silos in organizations. But how does this impact the traditional sysadmin world? Are we all a DevOps now? Does a DevOps person = sysadmin 2.0? Will DevOps put us out of a job? I will give a brief overview of how culture, workflow, and behavior have evolved. After evaluating the past and the present, I will tallk about the future, identifying technical gaps in monitoring, packaging, and data collection and identifying emerging human, organizational evolutions.
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The Inn at Bath is located in Bath, Maine, in the heart of the town's Historic Disctrict.
Our mid-1800s Greek Revival home offers eight beautiful and spacious rooms for guests. Each room is uniquely decorated, with luxurious amenities and private bathrooms. Guest rooms offer a selection of king, queen, double or twin beds, as well as sofa/daybeds for accomodating an extra guest. All of our rooms are outfitted with airconditioning, cable TV, DVD players, telephons, and wireless internet.
The Inn at Bath welcomes children five years or older, as well as dogs in certain rooms.
Also, one of our room offerings, the "Garden Room," is fully accessible and built to ADA specifications, including an outdoor entrance ramp.
Visit us at The Inn at Bath, One of the Finest and Most Romantic Inns in Maine.
Bath & Inn History
The city of Bath has a great and extensive history that is tied with the arrival of English navigator, George Weymouth, in the Kennebec River in 1605. Around 200 years later in the 1840s, the Inn at Bath was built in the midst of the city's shipbuilding boom, where it continues to sit in the heart of Bath's residential Historic District. It wasn't until around the winter of 1989 that the home was converted into a bed and breakfast.
For a more detailed history of Bath and the Inn, please visit the "Bath & Inn History" page of our website.
Things to Do
Innkeeper, Elizabeth Knowlton, has put together of list of "Things To Do" in the local area. She will be happy to help you draft an itinerary for your visit.
Elizabeth is very knowledgeable about Bath, the surrounding areas, as well as their history, and is willing to share with you what makes Bath a special place.
Below is an abbrievated list of activities and local attractions excerpted from Elizabeth's list, of which a good number is only a walks distance from the Inn. For more information and to view a more descriptive list, please visit the "Things To Do" page of the Inn at Bath website.
- Reid State Park
- Popham State Park
- Pepham Beach
- Maine Fall Foliage
- Maine Maritime Museum
- Architecture of Bath's Historic District
- The Chocolate Church Performing Arts Center
- Main State Music Theatre
- Costal Main Botanical Gardens
- Lighthouse Water tour on the Kinnebec River
- Up the Creek Canoe and Kayak Rental
- Seaspray Kayaking
- Bath Country Club Golf Course
- Sunday River (ski)
- Sugarloaf (ski)
- Camden Snow Bowl (ski)
- Lost Valley (ski)
- Halcyon Yarn
- Shelter Institute
"Editors' Pick" 2001 Yankee Magazine's Travel Guide to New England Described by Fodor's as "...convenient and comfortable..."
Recommended by"House Beautiful" as The place to stay in Bath, Maine and one of the quality inns in the midcoast region.
Described by Lonely Planet as "Bath's most splendid B&B".
“Thank you for making our first visit to a bed and breakfast in Maine a wonderful and memorable experience. Our accommodations were like a small private hideaway. Your warmth and friendliness made us feel comfortable.” Jim and Joan Frederick, Perkasie, PA
Elizabeth Knowlton, The Innkeeper
Elizabeth Knowlton became the innkeeper of The Inn at Bath in July of 2004.
She graduated from the University of New Hampshire, and went on to graduate from Antioch with a Masters of Education. Elizabeth became a Child and Family Therapist in the school department in Maine, before mobing to Buenos Aires with her husband. She has travelled to many magnificent places, such as Machu Pichu and the Galapagos.
After a few more moves, Elizabeth settled back in Maine, when after a few years she was approached by Nick Bayard, who was selling The Inn at Bath. Elizabeth was able to fulfill her dream as an innkeeper, which she continues to love till this very day!
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'Dr. Who' celebrates 50 years in Rockland
ROCKLAND - Doctor Who is turning 50 years old this year and the Rockland Public Library, in association with BBC Home Entertainment, will celebrate the 50th Anniversary with two special screenings on February 14 and February 21. The first screening will be of "The Sun Makers" with Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor Who, and the second screening will be of "Blink" featuring David Tennant as the tenth incarnation of the famed character. Both screenings will take place at 6:30 p.m.
According to the Guiness World Records, Doctor Who is the longest running science fiction show in television history as well as a British cultural phenomenon. The show features a time traveling alien with two hearts, known only as "The Doctor." Now in his eleventh regeneration, the Doctor travels the universe with a succession of (mostly) earthly companions in the TARDIS - a sentient, time-space vehicle disguised to look exactly like a blue British Police Call Box circa 1963, the year that the series premiered. The Rockland Public Library, in association with BBC Home Entertainment, will be screening two episodes featuring Tom Baker and David Tennant - two of the most popular Doctors in the series.
"The Sun Makers" takes place far in the distant future - Earth has become uninhabitable, forcing mankind to colonize first Mars, and then Pluto. No longer the coldest body in the Solar System, Pluto is now warmed by a series of artificial suns, but access to the sunlight is limited to a select few, while the majority of the citizens of the vast Megropolis cities are being overworked and overtaxed by the ruling elite. When the TARDIS lands on Pluto, the Doctor (Tom Baker), Leela and K-9 discover that the human race has been moved off Earth to do the bidding of the "Company," a ruthless intergalactic conglomerate. It is up to the Doctor to uncover the secret of the Company's head, the "Collector." Robert Holmes wrote this satire after experiencing a frustrating audit by the Inland Revenue services - Britain's version of our IRS. The episode features splendidly over-the-top theatrical performances from Richard Leech and Henry Woolf as the ultra-capitalist villains, and Tom Baker is in fine form as the Doctor. Screened by permission of BBC Home Entertainment.
"Blink" has been voted to be the second best Doctor Who story in the show's long history and one of the most ingenious time travel tales ever filmed. When Sally Sparrow enters an old abandoned mansion to take photographs, things are not exactly what they seem...or are they? Can the Doctor (David Tennant) help her find out? Steven Moffat's Blink won two BAFTA Awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, as well as science fiction's prestigious Hugo Award. In addition, actress Carey Mulligan won the Constellation Award for Best Female Performance in a Science Fiction Television Episode. Screened by permission of BBC Home Entertainment.This screening will feature a post-film discussion with Bill Halpin and Saskia Huising.
These screenings are part of a continuing Thursday evening series of literary, film and musical offerings sponsored by the Rockland Public Library and The Friends of the Rockland Public Library. Admission is free, and special accommodations for persons with disabilities can be made with 48 hours notice.
For more information, contact the Rockland Public Library at 594-0310.
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Amy Finkel, Director
We humans love our pets. A lot. We love them so much that when they die the grieving process can become overwhelming. Over the last ten years the number of companies and funeral homes offering pet memorialization services, products, and bereavement literature have ballooned.
Meg came across the following in-development documentary on pet loss. The film, Furever, has got chops so we’re throwing its director, Amy Finkel, a Death Ref bone.
Ok. Enough with the bad metaphors and puns.
The Death Reference Desk has been running dead pet stories for a long time and we are more than happy to add this one to the list.
Two words: Freeze Drying.
Furever is a documentary exploration of pet preservation, or, the processes by which a deceased pet is professionally conserved. I have shot forty hours of footage of one technique, freeze-drying, which produces disarmingly lifelike results. This seemingly bizarre practice offers a unique perspective on mortality, grief, and mourning. The concepts investigated in Furever will disarm anyone who might want to dismiss the subjects as mere oddball caricatures. Furever contributes to the dialogue on death and grief, bewildering aspects of the human condition, begun by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, dovetailing with the growing trend toward pet anthropomorphism, and the anguish that befalls the owners of deceased pets. Many dismiss or judge pet preservationists for being “unbalanced,” yet the assorted rituals in place for deceased human loved ones, while precious to those who practice them, often seem odd or unusual to outsiders.
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Swimming in Superior
If you're lucky, you can take a dip along Minnesota's North Shore — no wetsuit required.
© Beth Gauper
Swimmers play at the mouth of the Gooseberry River.
Remember all those summers when you looked longingly at Lake Superior, wishing you could swim in it for more than a minute
without going numb? The summer of 2012 wasn't one of them.
Non-stop, beastly hot temperatures mellowed the waters of the big lake, turning it into the world's largest swimming
Water-surface temperatures pushed 75 degrees on the notoriously cold stretch between Duluth and Grand Marais. That's the
in a century and 20 degrees higher than normal for mid-summer.
Air temperatures climbed to 90 along the lake, and few homes have air conditioners, so locals and tourists alike took the plunge.
So when you can, seize the moment and swim in Superior. Here's a guide to the best spots.
First, a few words about safety.
Bring water shoes to protect your feet from pebbles. Avoid walking on submerged shoreline rocks, which can be extremely slippery.
Check for rip currents, especially along Park Point in Duluth (look for a red flag).
Don't swim out too far, and make sure a buddy is nearby.
Watch for fast currents in rivers, especially after a heavy rain.
Check depths before you jump from cliffs or over waterfalls, and never dive.
Okay? Now go for it!
Lake Superior in Duluth-Superior
You can swim anywhere along the 10-mile sandbar that creates the Twin Ports' harbor.
The Minnesota side is known as Park Point, and the entire beach is public, though access is limited by private properties.
The closest beach to Canal Park is on the other side of the Aerial Lift Bridge. But the main swimming area is three miles farther at Park Point Recreation Area, which includes a beach house, playgrounds, soccer fields, volleyball courts and picnic areas.
© Beth Gauper
Off Duluth's Park Point Recreation Area, swimmers linger into early evening.
Just beyond that, the Park Point Trail starts from Sky Harbor Airport. It's two miles through pine forest and sand dunes to the Superior harbor entry, where there's a curving beach full of driftwood along the breakwater.
For more about Park Point and Wisconsin Point, see Dunes of Duluth.
In Canal Park, you might see young people jumping off the ruins of a building in the water just off the Lakewalk. That's
Harvey's Mausoleum, built in 1919 to store sand and gravel for an outer breakwater the city never approved.
Not far away, a better bet for cooling off are a couple of shallow coves just off the Lakewalk near Fitger's. You also can swim off Leif Erikson Park, the 42nd Avenue Park and at the mouth of the Lester River.
The locals' favorite is Brighton Beach in Kitchi Gammi Park, on the east edge of town at 63rd Avenue. It has a
half-mile of cobblestone beaches and flat, smooth rhyolite ledges that are perfect for lounging in the sun.
Be careful when you go into the water, however; the rocks along the shore are very slippery, and you're likely to
For more photos about swimming in Duluth, see our Facebook album.
© Debra Gagner
In Duluth's Lester Park, there's a swimming hole on the Lester River.
Swimming holes in Duluth
From Superior Street after 60th Avenue, turn onto Occidental Boulevard, which turns into Seven Bridges Road and follows Amity Creek as it plunges toward the Lester River in Lester Park.
Near the first bridge is The Deeps, where cliff jumpers launch themselves into a pool at the base of a waterfall. Don't do that; it's dangerous.
Instead, go up to the shallower spot just below the sixth bridge. Here, Amity Creek tumbles into a pool, then down a slide into another pool that has a little gravel beach.
Off Superior Street at 61st Avenue, there's a lovely little swimming hole at the foot of a small waterfall on the Lester River in Lester Park. You can even sit on top of the waterfall, for a Jacuzzi effect.
On Skyline Parkway on the east end of Enger Park,
Twin Ponds is a traditional swimming hole for children or anyone who prefers warm water.
Locals recommend other favorites on Perfect Duluth Day.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency lists beaches included in its Beach Monitoring Program, which checks for bacteria levels and issues
North Shore rivers
Since the shoreline is so rocky, the mouths of rivers are your best bets.
Along Scenic 61, the slow route to Two Harbors, you can stop to swim at the mouth of the French River or, on calm days, off Stony Point, where surfers ride the waves after storms.
In Two Harbors,
Burlington Bay adjoins the municipal campground and has some real sand, a rarity on the North Shore.
Beyond Two Harbors, everyone's favorite place to wade — and now swim — is Gooseberry Falls State Park.
When water flow is low, you can swim in pools at the bottoms of falls.
Cobblestone beaches line the river's mouth on Lake Superior. Just above, the point is a great picnic spot.
It's another 6½ miles to Split Rock State Park. You'll have to pay a fee to get in, but there's a lovely cove below
From here, it's five miles to the mouth of the Beaver River, just east of Beaver Bay. This also is a popular agate-hunting spot.
© Beth Gauper
Swimmers wade near the mouth of the Temperance River, named because it has no (sand) bar.
Then it's 7½ miles to Tettegouche State Park, where there are pools along the High Falls Trail on the Baptism River.
There's also a nice swimming hole near the cabin the park rents at the top of Illgen Falls, reached from Minnesota 1. Young people jump over the falls, but it's much safer to walk upstream to the swimming hole there.
It's another 20 miles to Temperance River State Park. Just north of the highway, a lot of people slide down the river and into a pool.
There always danger from rocks, but this river is especially unsafe when water is high and the current is fast —in
recent years, several people have slipped on rocks along the hiking trail, been carried away and drowned.
It's another 23½ miles to Good Harbor Bay/Cutface Creek Wayside just west of Grand Marais. You can swim off this cobblestone beach and also look for rare Thomsonite.
For more, see Beaches of the North Shore.
Near Silver Bay and Tettegouche State Park, Lax Lake Resort has a beach on Lax Lake.
If you're lucky enough to get one of Tettegouche's Mic Mac cabins on Mic Mac Lake,
you'll have a lovely place to swim. Cabin B is right on the lake. (You don't need to rent a cabin to swim, but it's a 1¾-mile
Near Tofte, The U.S. Forest services lists 10 swimming lakes in the Tofte Ranger District around Sawbill Road/County Road 2. Sawbill Lake is one of them, and also an entry point to Boundary Waters lakes.
Near Grand Marais, Devil Track Resort has a beach on Devil Track Lake.
For more, see our North Shore stories.
Last updated on May 12, 2013
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Pursuing a graduate degree overseas is an incredibly enriching experience, but it also comes with many challenges. However, you can prepare for your experience abroad by maintaining an awareness of the possible issues and problems you may encounter.
What is most important is that you keep a positive, open attitude, and a balanced, realistic overview of what you can accomplish.
Be prepared: Challenges to expect when studying abroad
The admission process in your host country may differ vastly from the system you're accustomed to in the United States. You may not get the same level of support and advice from admissions offices and faculty. You may also face challenges that wouldn't arise in the States, such as demonstrating the equivalency of your previous studies or your mastery of the local language.
"I got into four schools and it was not possible to go ahead of time to tour them," says Dan Brown, a U.S. national who received a Masters in Public Communication and Public Relations from the University of Westminster in England. "So I had to make a decision based on their websites and brochures." You may not have the time or money to see your campus before the start of your program. However, just because you can't visit in person doesn't mean you can't visit at all.
Adapting to different ways of living is a great challenge, but it provides the opportunity to gain a tremendous amount of knowledge both in and outside of the classroom, and to become a much more worldly, well-rounded individual. Keep in mind the program and university themselves will have their own distinct culture—and that school cultures may also differ throughout your host country.
When you are planning your graduate school budget, remember to look not only at the cost of tuition, but also at the costs of travel and living. In addition to understanding local prices, it's also important to account for currency fluctuations as much as possible in your budgeting. If you've saved in U.S. dollars and suddenly the local currency appreciates, your budget will be squeezed.
Being away from family and friends is perhaps one of the hardest aspects of being abroad. You will have the opportunity to make new friends, but it does take time to build a strong network of connections.
Whether it's your best friend or your favorite café, there probably will be a few things you miss about home. "Homesickness is definitely a problem," says Edward Basse, a U.S. student who received a Masters in Philippine Studies from the University of Philippines. "Everyday I missed my family, my friends, and especially, the place I call my homeland. I overcame this by having friends send me token and kitsch items from back home, having friends visit, and watching a lot of U.S. TV shows."
Staying up-to-date with friends and family is often difficult, but fortunately there are many ways to keep in touch.
If you don't speak the language of your host country, you may have great difficulty carrying out your daily life. There are many ways to prepare for the linguistic challenges ahead. It is quite nerve-wracking at first, but it does get easier over time.
Adapting to new approaches to your field is one of the most enriching aspects of studying abroad. Initially, you may feel behind your classmates if the philosophy, terminology, and methods are significantly different from those in the States. This may be of great concern for students who work in team-based projects.
"The differences in pedagogy can be both a challenge and a selling point for a graduate program. While it can take some time to get used to a style of teaching and learning that is different from the U.S. style, making the effort is worth it in the end," says a U.S. national who received a Masters in Development Management and Public Policy from Georgetown University in Washington, DC and the Universidad Nacional San Martín in Argentina. "I've found that while a U.S. style learning tends to be much more practical, Argentine education on the other hand tends to be much more theoretical. The interaction between the two can be quite fruitful as they compliment each other's shortcomings."
Your chances of finding paid work while you're studying abroad may be difficult. Your visa may not permit you to work for money. In order to gauge your employability, understand the limitations of your visa and follow up with your university's career center (if they have one). Make sure to research the limitations prior to your arrival in your host country to take full advantage of your work options. "I was under the impression that my visa wouldn't allow me to work in the United Kingdom during my studies," says Janette Hendrix, a U.S. student who received a Masters in Comparative Literature from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. "It was only after visiting the United States and returning that I was informed by customs that this was not the case. By that point my studies were nearly finished."
If you pursue a degree in another country, your degree may not be recognized by employers or universities (if you plan to seek a higher degree later) in the United States. Be especially conscientious of degrees, leading to licensure, that are required to practice in certain fields, such as law, teaching, social work, and medicine.
Some U.S. scholarships are not applicable to overseas degrees. Schools that don't charge tuition or fees may not have a way to process scholarship funds, while the scholarship-granting organization may be required to remit scholarship awards to an institution, rather than to you personally. This Catch-22 is something to be aware of in your financial planning for school.
"My biggest challenge was that all the connections made during my masters program did not carry over to when I came home," says Ash Shepard, a U.S. student who received a Masters in Environment and Development from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Keep in mind that your network of contacts may not be as accessible when you return to the States.
It is quite easy to idealize a place prior to arriving, and fall into something akin to the Voyager or Paris syndrome shortly after arrival. The reality of the place often does not live up to its representation in film, literature, and popular culture, or you have much more trouble fitting into your new location than you ever expected.
Your higher education experiences in the States will not be the same as your experiences abroad, and make sure to factor in the differences when applying for schools. For example, if you are thinking about pursuing a degree in the United Kingdom, bear in mind that there often is less coursework, class time, and grade inflation than in U.S. schools. "The grading system in the United Kingdom is notoriously difficult compared to the United States," notes Pema Domingo-Barker, a British-American who received a masters from the University of the Arts London. "For example, a C is more like a U.S. B+ and an A or better is a near perfect assignment. This was mentioned by the administration and professors before the program started, and every semester, just to clear everything up because of lots of past problems!"
Bear in mind that the research expectations, faculty advising, writing guidelines, and academic policies for a thesis or dissertation can vary considerably by university, and even more so by country. Especially if you are typically geared to a hands-on approach, check to see if your final project can take the form of a non-textual medium. Some graduate programs are fairly conservative and do not permit students to replace their masters dissertation or thesis with a more practice-based project.
If you are attending a university abroad, the minimal number of resources and services available may surprise you. For example, the library hours or the opportunities for practical experience and career transitioning may seem limited in comparison to U.S. schools.
"Culture shock upon return was the hardest because after two years of living the international student experience, nobody wanted to hear about it," says Nicole Merrill, the U.S. student who received a masters in Denmark. "While it's a typical reaction, it's hard to readjust when a two-year period of so much excitement and learning comes to an end."
Some of the hardest challenges take place upon return. You may be surprised how quickly or how much you adapted to the culture of the country in which you were studying. It is often more difficult learning how to re-adjust to life back home. However, you may mitigate the effects of reverse culture shock by applying many of the skills and strategies you use abroad.
The challenges of pursuing a degree abroad may seem daunting, but the benefits more often than not outweigh these challenges. Solid research and preparation in advance can ensure a great experience when you arrive in your chosen destination.
Also, be sure to visit your prospective universities' websites.
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Cretinism or Evilution? No. 3
More Out of Context Quotations of French Scientists
Old, Out of Context Quotations from French Scientists
Concerning the quotation with which this section began, let's repeat it here:
"Evolutionism is a fairy tale for grown-ups. This theory has helped nothing in the progress of science. It is useless."
- Prof. Louis Bounoure (Former President of the Biological Society of Strasbourg and Director of the Strasbourg Zoological Museum, later Director of Research at the French National Centre of Scientific Research), as quoted in The Advocate, Thursday 8 March 1984, p. 17. (p. 5 of The Revised Quote Book)
Since the Revised Quote Book stated that "Prof. Bounoure" had served as the "Director of Research" at the "French National Centre of Scientific Research" I wrote the Center [The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique = The National Center for Scientific Research]. I asked them about the exact origin of the quotation and received the following reply, dated March 3, 1995 (translated by professional French translator, Jacques Benbassat, with some minor editing and paragraphs re-arranged in an easier to follow order):
Dear Mr. Babinski,
The new director general of the CNRS [i.e., the National Center for Scientific Research in France], Mr. Guy Aubert, has given me your letter of December 6, 1994, in which you requested several points of information concerning the quotations by French scientists, concerning the theory of evolution.
Here is the information I was able to gather:
The beginning of the quotation, "Evolution is a fairy tale for adults" is not from Bounoure but from Jean Rostand, a much more famous French biologist (he was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the French Academy). The precise quotation is as follows: "Transformism is a fairy tale for adults." (Age Nouveau, [a French periodical] February 1959, p. 12). But Rostand has also written that "Transformism may be considered as accepted, and no scientist, no philosopher, no longer discusses [questions - ED.] the fact of evolution." (L'Evolution des Especes [i.e., The Evolution of the Species], Hachette, p. 190). Jean Rostand was ... an atheist.
The [end] of the quotation of Professor Bounoure to which you allude is taken from his book, Determinism and Finality, edited by Flammarion, 1957, p. 79. The precise quotation is the following: "That, by this, evolutionism would appear as a theory without value, is confirmed also pragmatically. A theory must not be required to be true, said Mr. H. Poincare, more or less, it must be required to be useable. Indeed, none of the progress made in biology depends even slightly on a theory, the principles of which [i.e., of how evolution occurs -- ED.] are nevertheless filling every year volumes of books, periodicals, and congresses with their discussions and their disagreements."
[Obviously, Bounoure was expressing his distaste at those in his day who argued over the "principles" of evolution, "how" it took place, whether via Lamarckian or Darwinian "evolutionism." Bounoure probably thought that such "principles" were not worth all the "discussions and disagreements" since they were not well understood, were yet to be discovered, and perhaps might not be discovered, i.e., if supernatural intervention into the evolutionary process was accepted. Bounoure was a theist. He also probably thought that more practical scientific investigations needed to be pursued and less "discussions and disagreements." - ED.]
As far as we know, Louis Bounoure never served as ["Director" nor was even] a member of the CNRS. He was a professor of biology at the University of Strasbourg. Bounoure was a Christian but did not affirm that Genesis was to be taken to the letter. He expressed his ideas in his work. He is clearly "finalist" and against all contingent visions of evolution. ["Finalism" is a philosophical term related to a belief in ultimate purpose or design behind everything, including, in this case, the evolution of the cosmos and of life. - ED.] He bases his views, among other things, on the existence of elements that are pre-adapted for their future functions.
[In my letter to the CNRS I also asked whether the quotation might not have originated with another French scientist, "Paul Lemoine," to whom the televangelist James D. Kennedy has incorrectly attributed the quotation. And here was the answer they gave to that question. -- ED.]
As far as Paul Lemoine is concerned, he is indeed a "famous French scientist" since he was the director of the National Museum of Natural History. In the Encyclopedie Francaise [French Encyclopedia, circa 1950s], volume 5, he wrote the following: "It results from this explanation that the theory of evolution is not exact ... Evolution is a kind of dogma which its own priests no longer believe, but which they uphold for the people. It is necessary to have the courage to state this if only so that men of a future generation may orient their research into a different direction." And this quotation often circulates among anti-evolutionist groups.
Paul Lemoine was an atheist, and he was against the theory of evolution because he felt it was not a good explanation of the origin of living beings and by showing its limits risked to discredit materialism. Although this point was not very clear we believe that when he spoke of "the theory of evolution" he was actually addressing the explanation of specifically [how] evolution [occurred] and not the [more general idea] of evolution itself.
The problem [of the origin of the quotation] apparently stems from the confusion in the discourse of these three scientists between the fact of evolution and the explanation of this fact. None were creationists but they all felt that the explanations given for the understanding of evolution were insufficient, even totally inexact.
This is the information that I am able to give you. if you would like to have more details, you could write to Jean Staune, Institut de Paleontologie Humaine, 1 rue Rene Panhard - 75013 Paris. This institute is associated with our own: The National Center of Scientific Research.
Very truly yours,
Marie-Antoinette de Lumley
Since writing this section on quotations from French scientists, I have browsed the TALK.ORIGINS section of the Internet and seen a creationist incorrectly attribute the quotation, "Evolution is a fairy-tale for adults," to "Pierre P. Grasse," the French biologist whom I mentioned earlier and who wrote that evolution was a "fact!"
Some of the responses to a French scientist stating "Evolution is a fairy-tale..." included Jeff Shallit's: "The French have had a bug up their a-- about Darwin since the Origin of Species was published. I think it's a case of the NIH (Not Invented Here) syndrome. I know at least two college educated French people who could not even recognize Darwin's name. Perhaps even today Darwin continues to get short shrift in France. Anyway, the claim that 'evolution is a fairy-tale' is nice, but where's the evidence for a competing theory? We in TALK.ORIGINS have been waiting years for that evidence."
Speaking of science education in European countries, Omni (Sept. 1987) published a letter by a Mr. Fabio Femino of Messina, Italy, who said that "The doctrine of creation has been taught in Italy's public schools -- by law -- since 1929, displacing the theory of evolution." [Note: Italy remains one third Catholic, one third communist, and one third apathetic toward Catholicism and communism. -- ED.] Mr. Femino continued, "There are no Italian popular science books in bookshops. Popular science magazines are almost unknown. Astrology and witchcraft, however, are spreading fast." [So, teaching creationism to the youth is no cure for either communism or the occult! -- ED.]
And, as apartheid South Africa has taught us, teaching creationism in public schools and churches for a hundred years can also go hand in hand with racism. In fact, some of Carl Sagan's episodes of his popular science program, COSMOS, were banned from being shown on public television in South Africa strictly because they dealt with evolution.
Another correspondent on TALK.ORIGINS, Alan Filipski, added, "The validity of the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection does not depend on a quote by anyone, Nobel prize winner or Pope. There are a number of scientists (e.g. Fred Hoyle) who have done great work and also hold eccentric opinions on certain scientific matters. So what? Quotations are not facts about the natural world. Science progresses despite (and sometimes because of) eccentric individuals, but no individual's opinions are revered as facts. The process [of scientific investigation] retains the true and discards the false."
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“I think it’s very exciting for us to have a contemporary Native American culture be portrayed in the ‘Twilight’ movies. I think it’s done amazing things.”
“That’s the beauty of these characters who happen to be Native American. These characters are so multi-layered and multi-dimensional, it’s about their struggle and it’s about who they are as people and their essence, as opposed to primarily falling into these stereotypes of what people think Native Americans are. And that really hasn’t been done very much.”
She doesn’t think it’s fair to say that mainstream movie-goers are only interested in American Indian characters if they are supernatural heroes.
“They haven’t had enough exposure to Native American characters to say ‘I’m only interested if they change into wolves,’ and I think that’s too bad,” she said. “I think there are wonderful stories, and it’s an incredibly important part of our history as a country. And they’re just not told because there’s so little presence in mainstream America.”
From what I've seen and read, the werewolves don't do much except rush to Jacob's defense and attack vampires. Do the movies show anything of the Quileutes' government, business, education, social programs, or religion that isn't fabricated? Not that I'm aware of.
That's because the Twilight movies have reiterated decades of Indians stereotyped as magical shamans and shapeshifters. And more subtly, decades of Indians as secondary characters and sidekicks--antagonists rather than protagonists. If you're looking for a movie that stars Indians and portrays them as real human beings, try Dances with Wolves or Smoke Signals. Because the Twilight Saga isn't it.
Who's an Indian, again
Unless I'm mistaken, Jones is only a tiny bit Chickasaw and Choctaw. That puts her in the same position as everyone else I've criticized. Twilight's non-Native actors:
1) You're enrolled in a federally recognized tribe. That trumps any amount of "Indian blood" you may have. Indeed, a tribe may enroll someone who's pure white or black by "blood."
2) You have a significant amount of "Indian blood"--at least 1/4 and preferably 1/2 or more. Which happens to be the minimum amount required by most tribes. When you get down to the Johnny Depp level--1/8 or less--you're talking about a single great-grandparent who probably had no influence on your life. That makes you a non-Indian with a small amount of Indian blood, not an Indian.
3) You grew up or live in a Native community that accepts you as one of their own. I'm talking about a real Native town, village, or reservation, not a made-up community such as "Hollywood Indians in Los Angeles." A place where you've learned enough of the culture and history to fit in with the others.
As far as I know, everyone listed above fails these tests, including Jones. Therefore, I consider them all non-Indians with a small amount of Indian blood, not Indians. When I say I want Native actors in Native roles, I mean people who meet these criteria, not people like Depp, Lautner, or Jones.
For more on Breaking Dawn, see Gyasi Ross on Breaking Dawn and Truth vs. Twilight.
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It's not like we haven't seen it before. Two years ago we caught a Bellevue company dumping trash and recycling into the same truck before heading for the landfill. Is it still happening?
Dale Gubbels from First Star Fiber in Omaha handles a lot of the service contracts with sanitation companies around the metro and allowed us to camp out for a while to see which companies showed up.
Our GPS device and monitoring provided by: csinationwide.com
In a little over an hour trucks from Abe's, Dale's and Papillion Sanitation arrived. We also monitored a small company, Gretna Sanitation and a large company - Deffenbaugh.
Gretna Sanitation President Ken Harpenau insists he wouldn't be able to attract new business if they didn't offer the service. "When people call about becoming a new customer it's the first question they ask, if we offer recycling," said Harpenau.
They do offer the service and don't charge for it. We saw Ken's truck at the First Star plant later that afternoon.
For Deffenbaugh, the company that has the City of Omaha contract, we used a GPS device provided by Complete Security Investigations. It indicated that the container we used ended up at the recycling center before ending up on a train heading through Wyoming.
While touring First Star Fiber, Gubbels was skeptical that we would find any companies behaving like the one we caught on camera two years ago. "We're paying them $10 per ton for the material which is closer to the landfill so it's less fuel and they have to pay $22 to dump waste out there. It wouldn't make sense," said Gubbels.
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Check out the new 'Salmo Saxtilis' fly rods designed by Ken Abrames in the stripermoon store.
To embrace our predatory spirit is to face reality as dictated by nature and to grow with true knowledge of what we are in the light of this fact.
Many misanthropic groups of people are trying with great determination and resources to abolish fishing from our country and other parts of the world. They have had many successes in their campaign. Often these gains have not been noticed as efforts against fishing because they have been hidden as environmental protections of vast tracts of marshland or the banning of non-commercial fishing from wildlife sanctuary areas. Fishing is being portrayed as harmful to the environment in such a way that it is not identified as a political goal but rather as an obvious harmful environmental practice. Groups such as PETA have the purpose and resources to wage a campaign to eliminate non-commercial fishing from our culture by portraying it as inhumane and are attempting to transform the perception of fishing in the larger culture from being viewed as a benign practice that has a historical philanthropic purpose to an abusive practice with no legitimate human aim that must no longer be accepted in an enlightened civilized culture.
People love to fish and they want to catch fish. Fishing is a natural expression of our predatory spirit that human beings enjoy doing very much. Many people do not want to view themselves intellectually as predatory, yet if faced with a life and death situation will find the skills to become good hunters very quickly. If they don't accept this root of their nature, then they and those who are depending on them to survive will not remain on the earth long enough to tell their tale. Hunting and gathering are hard wired into our arch-typical will to survive. Human beings are predators and very good ones. This is a fact of life that is often dismissed as no longer a necessary part of what it means to be a highly evolved spiritual being or even a 'nice' ordinary civilized being. That is a cultural delusion and is a denial of a major aspect of our true nature. To embrace our predatory spirit is to face reality as dictated by nature and to grow with true knowledge of what we are in the light of this fact. To deny it for cultural/social acceptance is to live in a state of dysfunction as it relates to our historical survival as a species in a world that is structured to function through the ingestion of food that is alive. We do eat other beings to live whether they are plant or animal and that is the simple fact of existence here on earth. If we don't eat, we die.
Fishing is a predatory act. To view it as a sport does not in any way alter the fact that it is predatory behavior and at its core it always will be. Fishing is the act of hunting fish. How we do that and how well we do it determines our success as predators or, i.e., fishermen. Coming into awareness of this truth without disguising and redefining it to appear as something else more acceptable to cultural norms will remove confusion and replace it with clarity instead of political correctness. Animal rights people are predators too although they are in denial of this and disregard the fact that the plants and other food sources that they consider acceptable to eat are in their own right living beings with a non-animal survival awareness that enables them to flourish and propagate and feed on other forms of life. Some plants even prey on animal life and it is their nature to do this to survive. There are no helpless victims in nature, only prey and predator. The word victim has to do with human cultural values projected onto nature and judged according to our own self-image. We do not want to face death and seeing it happen to other beings reminds us of its inevitability and our own mortality. This truth can be quite upsetting to some people and rather than face it they will try to redefine natural law as it relates to the human being as a predator and pretend that to kill and eat is wrong when in fact it is correct according to nature. This is the root of the animal rights movement. Nature is unmoved by this projection and the law of life is: living beings eat other living beings to stay alive. The only thing that will alter this absolute law of survival here on earth is the death of the planet itself. We are predators because that is the way nature made us. We are not sheep and if we try to embrace and enforce herbivore values on a predatory species, (human beings), we are simply deluding ourselves.
All predators develop routines to help them be efficient hunters. Lions hunt with a particular method that works for them better than the way a leopard hunts or a tiger hunts. Human beings have the ability to notice the routines of both predators and their prey. This may be unique to our species but I honestly don't think so. Still, it is a remarkable ability that has helped us survive over a long history on this earth. We can understand fish and their routines because we are also predators and can see quite clearly the results of the fish's efforts to feed. They know what they are doing and when we know what they are doing, then it becomes obvious to us what we should do to catch them. That's fishing.
It is quite simple: fish are predators and do act in ways that keep them alive and healthy, well fed, and perhaps even contented. Their routines, if seen as intelligent predatory behavior of the species as a whole, are what a fisherman has to learn how to see clearly or perhaps unclearly in order to catch fish. This awareness leads a serious fisherman to the conclusion that even single fish must be viewed from the perspective that it also can act with the same intelligent behavior that the species as a whole exhibit. This kind of thinking allows the fisherman who nurtures it within himself to become a better fisherman through unbiased observation of the striper's behavior as it is seen in relation to its survival on the planet, irregardless of man's placement of it in relation to himself on an intelligence or spiritual scale. Predators don't survive very long through becoming dependent on handouts or by uncontrolled aggressive behavior; they must develop and practice efficient and productive hunting routines to survive. Our intelligence comes into play by using this awareness of their routines to anticipate and evaluate fishing possibilities based on the fish's need to survive. Learning to understand the fish's routines for survival is the fundamental knowledge that all fisherman need to acquire in order for them to become better fishermen. A good fisherman must be a hunter who has an understanding and acceptance of his own predatory nature and the predatory nature of his prey.
To be a predator is at the root of what it means to be human as defined by nature. We are more than predators but unless we embrace this earthly root of our nature as fundamental, then we cannot ever see ourselves clearly but will always be vulnerable to the definitions of those who would re-define all human qualities and attributes into a form that is modeled on the re-definer's emotional image and likeness of themselves. I don't like that because it sounds an awful lot like someone is playing god with their ideas and wants to rule my life. We must become more aware of the dangers to fishing that many of these groups pose. I want my grandchildren to be able to fish without having a moral crisis or breaking a law. If there is a legacy for us to leave our descendents it should be not be a world filled with "No Fishing" signs because we hid our heads in the sand.
I just want them to be able to go fishing in peace like I was able to.© 2001
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For Immediate Release
Washington, DC, December 21, 2009
-- Cybercrime TV is inviting experts to address 600 policy makers at the International School Safety Convention in Denver, Colorado, April 22-23, 2010, as part of a special session on cyber threats faced by schools, students, teachers, and parents.
The program chair for the session is Andy Purdy, former U.S. Department of Homeland Security cyber head, and founder of Cybercrime TV. High-definition television highlights of the proceedings will be distributed to media outlets worldwide. Cybercrime TV will also produce with participating speakers print materials and interactive presentations.
Purdy expects topics to include cyber security, cyber bullying, sexting, illegal file sharing, online predators, privacy issues, and potential threats to "middle-mile" broadband projects that connect schools to community responders. Purdy is particularly interested in announcements about new initiatives that can impact legislation and national investment in securing schools.
Purdy's invitation extends to book authors, filmmakers, documentary producers, researchers, lawmakers, community leaders, and technology developers.
Participants can use the website, Cybercrime.TV, to prepare for the convention and build a community of interest around their themes. The site offers registered members a variety of online tools for collaborating on video and multimedia presentations, as well as private workspaces for connecting with convention attendees.
The International School Safety Convention will take up 12 meeting spaces on the Denver campus of Johnson & Wales University College of Business. The 2-day event is being organized by international school safety leader Michael Dorn for the Denver-based groups, School Safety Partners and the Foundation for the Prevention of School Violence.
Attendees will be primarily high-level decision makers responsible for major school safety funding, business leaders interested in public-private partnerships, and members of the school construction community.
Within the convention, the main feature will be the innovative World Congress on School Safety, which will include Purdy's session on school cyber threats. The fast pace of the agenda is designed to optimize group problem-solving.
Speakers will have a brief period of time in the Jared Polis Auditorium to present their views before a review panel and the general assembly, followed by questions and answers. They will then proceed to an adjoining conference room to continue their discussions with members of the media and other attendees.
In addition, speakers may take part in presentations covering all aspects of school safety prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery, scheduled in 2 more conference spaces .
The convention will be immediately followed by a 30-day television distribution window, during which broadcast video will be distributed to journalists, television news producers, and online and mobile news video providers at more than 25,000 news organizations on all continents.
Experts interested in participating in Purdy's school cyber threats session are welcome to register at Cybercrime.TV and provide a brief profile.
# # #
For Immediate Release
Former DHS Cyber Head Creates Cybercrime.TV
Washington, DC, November 27, 2009
-- Former DHS cyber head Andy Purdy launched Cybercrime.TV today, an online development site for producers, directors, writers, experts, and others joining him in launching a television network that focuses on cyber criminals and those who enable them.
"Cybercrime.TV is an online network for television people and computer people to work together," said Purdy.
The website provides tools to develop new projects and showcase them for production financing through Purdy and his associates. Membership is free, and members can upload videos and proposals, create groups, create forums, publish papers and articles, announce events, and publicize their programs.
Cybercrime.TV, as a television network, will focus on all aspects of cybercrime in the form of news and talk shows, specials, movies, and original series.
Topics of greatest interest to Purdy include cybersecurity, cyber terrorism, cyberstalking, encryption, financial crime, financial espionage, hackers, identity theft, information assurance, information warfare, Internet fraud, Internet privacy, Internet safety, malware, money laundering, network security, online predators, phishing, pirated software, social engineering, spamming, spoofing, spyware, and viruses.
Purdy is also interested in new exciting technologies that address cyber risk.
A frequent speaker at international conferences on cybersecurity, Purdy often points out that there is no adequate framework for collaboration between governments and the private sector against cybercrime.
Purdy's vision is to now engage the public with awareness-raising television programming brought about through online collaboration. Today's launch of Cybercrime.TV is the first step in that direction.
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Conyngham Student Center 570-408-3232 (T) 570-408-4907 (F) Email
Since personal growth is often the result of our interaction with others...
you will find that a residential experience is ideal for improving interpersonal skills. Over 91% of past participants told us that they improved their ability to get along with others.
"For every one thing I learned inside the classroom, I learned something outside of it. I learned to get along with other people."(J.M.,'87)
In the late afternoons, you will practice group interaction and problem solving as part of a discussion group.
The evening activities, designed to encourage additional interaction, can range from cooking class to aerobics to volleyball.
Our cultural activities and trips provide you with opportunities to learn as part of a group. These may include attending plays, concerts, and trips to Philadelphia, New York, or Washington, D.C.
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CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval today participated in a ceremony in the old Assembly chambers in the state Capitol to swear in 58 new citizens representing countries from Bulgaria to New Zealand.
The new citizens range in age from 18 to 85 and are from 27 different countries.
It was the 4th annual Nevada Day naturalization ceremony sponsored by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
In his remarks, Sandoval talked about Nevada’s admission into the union in 1864 to help ensure President Lincoln would be elected to a second term.
“Lincoln himself said, and I quote: ‘The struggle of today is not altogether for today. It is for a vast future also.’ You, all of you, are now part of that future,” Sandoval said.
“Many rights and privileges come with citizenship, but so do many responsibilities,” he said. “And the greatest responsibility of them all is to see the story through. To contribute to the vast future of our nation.
“I know that each and every one of you are up to that challenge,” Sandoval said.
USCIS Reno Field Director Monica Toro administered the Oath of Allegiance to the new citizens. Peter Barton, administrator of the Nevada Division of Museums and History, also made remarks.
Gov. Brian Sandoval says the 58 new citizens are now part of America’s future:
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Dr. Marc Garneau stepped into history as Canada's first astronaut. In 2013 he entered the race for leader of Canada's Liberal Party in an ultimate quest to serve as chief executive: The Prime Minister of Canada.
Dr.Marc Garneau has a wealth of experience as a former astronaut,retired military officer, engineer and as a seasoned Member of Parliament for the Quebec province district of Westmount- Ville Marie and who has served as critic for Industry , Science and Technology, Natural Resources, and House Leader of the aforementioned Liberal Party.
Garneau served as a chancellor for Carleton University in Ottawa and was head of the Canadian Space Agency from 2001 - 2006.
He is a member of The Order of Canada, is a decorated member of the Canadian Forces, has received a doctorate of Philosophy, a bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics along with a doctorate in Electrical Engineering.
A recent article in Maclean's magazine positions him as the leadership candidate in the Liberal party most likely to threaten the proposed coronation of Justin Trudeau.
In related news Garneau recently spoke with the Canadian University Press about his "raison d'être" and strategies he intends to employ in order to snatch the golden ring in the cacophonous circus that surrounds those who would be kings (or queens as that may be).
In the interests of fairness and transparency in reporting; similar but not identical versions of this questionaire have also been sent to Martha Hall-Findlay and Mr Trudeau and as always when we receive their responses we will publish them in full and verbatim.
If you ere elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada later this year what would you consider to be the most important legislation that the Liberal party thinks should be passed into law and why those particular issues?
The economy is my priority and my legislative agenda would be consistent with this priority.
My four point economic plan involves:
1) Improving our productivity and innovation record by providing for investors to nurture Canadian ideas and entrepreneurs, such as removing the capitol gains tax on investment in Canadian start-ups and opening the doors fully to competition in telecommunications.
2) Investing in workplace skills by cutting payroll taxes for small and medium size companies that provide training to their employees.
3) Integrating skilled new Canadians into the workforce by extending the Canada Student Loans
program to let the new Canadians complete the necessary steps to get their credentials recognized, including co-op terms and internships and,
4) Tackling our unacceptably high youth unemployment rate by providing incentives to hire young Canadians, ensuring we have a competitive skilled workforce for the future.
Many reporters and politicians of all parties seem to feel the Idle No More crisis has come into being as a result of passage of a recent omnibus bill in Parliament. These types of omnibus
legislation's are proving to be very unpopular with the Canadian public. If you were to become
Leader of the Liberal Party what would you do to make the legislative process more clear and transparent?
Omnibus bills are problematic because their scope is too wide and reasonable limits should be placed on their use.When a government party abuses it's power by proposing unrelated measures in a single omnibus bill, it deprives parliamentarians of their right to debate these various measures.and to express their opinions on each of them by way of a vote.
This way of doing things also gives Canadians less opportunity to share their opinions about the bill-whether favorable or unfavorable-and thus weakens our democracy.
Omnibus bills can play a significant role in the Westminster parliamentary system, but only when they are used to amend many laws that have a single purpose, or at the very least, a limited number of objectives.The Conservative government has abused it's power by introducing several omnibus bills covering dozens of unrelated topics.
I believe the appropriate way forward on this issue is for the Standing Committee procedure and House Affairs to determine what reasonable limits should be placed on omnibus legislation.
Do you feel that lobbies may have had a part in the Federal government's purchase of the F-35 fighter jets?If you were elected Leader of the Liberal Party would you enact legislation to reduce the political influence of lobbies and do you feel that all military contracts should be offered a public tender?
In my view the military procurement process requires an open competition based on a clearly stated set of requirements. The F-35 procurement was a fiasco that must not be repeated,
The government has failed to tell us what mission capabilities it expects from the CF-18 replacement. It has failed to hold an open competition in order to select the best aircraft possible based on performance,cost, availability and industrial benefits.
Perhaps even more deeply troubling is the fact that the Harper government does not accept any responsibility for this fiasco, nor does it believe it is accountable in any way. There is no other word for this but hypocrisy.
It has been reportedthat the federal government is currently monitoring the internet activity of many Canadians who are not terrorists or breaking any laws of any type. What do you think that the Canadian government's should be concerning Internet privacy for it's citizens?
I opposed Bill C-30, Vic Teow's Internet Surveillance legislation. It went too far. Additionally, his comments saying anyone who opposed C-30 was "standing with the child pornographers" were abhorrent and showed his contempt for Canadians.
We must strike a balance between privacy and security. Canadians have a right to privacy and the government has a duty to uphold the law and protect Canadians from threats to our security.
If you were elected Leader of the Liberal Party how do you feel you could empower, educate and retrain citizens living below the poverty line so that they may be enabled to join or rejoin the country's workforce?
I have entered this race because I want to build a better Canada- a Canada where all Canadians have an opportunity to succeed, to have rewarding, stable jobs, the opportunity to give our kids a quality education no matter where we live, and a society that is open, tolerant and accepting.
At the core of that vision is a stronger economy where we are on the leading edge of discovery.
An economy in which our companies, our scientists and our universities are pushing the boundaries of innovation in every way: in the arts, in developing new technologies, in improving environmental stability or energy efficiency .
Through innovation, creativity and leadership we can build the progressive society that we all seek. As Leader, as Prime Minister my economic strategy would focus on four structural challenges to our economy:
1) Improving our productivity and innovation record,
2) Addressing investment in workplace skills,
3) Ensuring skilled, New Canadians are properly integrated into the workforce, And,
4) Tackling our unacceptably high youth unemployment rate.
Addressing these four challenges will make Canada's economy work for all Canadians., particularly groups that are sadly over-represented among those struggling economically, including young and New Canadians.
While the concept of social design is for the most part progressive; many feel that politician's should return to simply representing the will of the majority of the population.
If you were elected Leader how would you employ this idea into practice?
I have heard the frustration of Canadians with a system that elects Members of Parliament
and governments when more than 60% of the population votes against them. Canadians want a system that is more reflective of the will of the people.
If elected, my proposal would be to reform Canada's electoral system by changing our voting process to a preferential ballot or a ranked ballot.
Used by many other nations, as well as the Leadership races for the Liberal Party of Canada, the federal NDP, and the Conservative Party of Canada, a preferential ballot better reflects the will of the people.
Using a ranked ballot, Canadians would no longer tick only one box indicating their first and only choice. Rather, they would rank their choices and tick not only their first choice but also their second, third, fourth and etc. choices.
If no candidate wins more than 50% when the first choice votes are tallied, the bottom candidate is dropped and his or her second choice votes are allocated to those who remain.
The process continues until one candidate has achieved at least 50% plus one from that riding.
The preferential ballot fundamentally addresses the challenge of vote splitting. Parliament will better reflect the real preferences of it's people.
If you were elected as the Prime Minister with a majority of seats in Parliament what law would be the first on your agenda?
My priority is the economy. My legislation would reflect my economic plan as outlined in this interview.
Could you elaborate on your concept of a new four point economic plan for Canada's western provinces and territories?
If we do not engage more fully with China,India, Singapore,Vietnam and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region, our economy will stagnate. Seeking out and re-orienting Canada's economy
is and must be a national imperative.
My four-point plan represents a new national economic strategy. It calls for:
1) Embracing trade and attracting foreign investment by creating clear, concrete and transparent foreign investment rules to give markets certainty.
2) Investing in transportation infrastructure to ensure more reliable and efficient rail service and diversify shipping routes to get our grain, oil, and manufacturing goods to market.
3) Protecting our environment through science and evidence based research so we can facilitate development in the interest of both communities and businesses.
4) Partnering with our Aboriginal communities with respect in mutual interest in the full understanding that our national success is tied to their success.
Without environmental sustainability or Aboriginal cooperation, any plan will lack the moral authority to move forward.Without adequate investment in transportation infrastructure, without open investment, without open trade, the doors to Canadian opportunity will remain closed.
How do you feel your work with NASA and as Administrator of The Canadian Space Agency
may have uniquely prepared you as Leader of The Liberal Party and ultimately as Prime Minister?
As President of The Canadian Space Agency, I was responsible for Canada's space program.
I managed $300 million per year in taxpayer funds and oversaw the work of 700 people in a high risk business. That is just one example of my track record of performance. On the space shuttle, you've got to trust your team- your life is in their hands- and know how to find common ground. I try to bring that with me when I am in the House of Commons.
What is your opinion of the on-going crisis in the middle east,Syria and what is quickly shaping up to become an impending crisis in Mali?
The cases in Syria and Mali are quite different but beg the question of what Canada's role in the world should be.Following ten years of conflict in Afghanistan, we must be aware of the impact of this heroic effort from our men and women in uniform and ensure that any Canadian involvement abroad recognizes that sacrifice as well as our international obligations. The key to future foreign involvement rests with the government insuring that the Canadian people
are made aware of the case for action and that it is discussed openly and without bias in the House of Commons. Only then can we say we have done our due diligence at home before risking the lives of Canadian soldiers again.
As Canada's first astronaut could you tell us what it is like to have been in space and how it may have impacted you personally?
I have been around the world more than 400 times and spent over 640 hours in space. Seeing the Earth from above hammers home how we are in this together.There are no political boundaries, no country borders visible from above. It especially made me realize how important it is to protect the environment, because pollution doesn't only affect the country where it is created. We need to work together with all countries to take the necessary steps to protect the environment, because ultimamatly all we've got now
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Where the truth really lies: who knows anymore?
In the science fiction film The Matrix, all-powerful machines transform the planet into a huge computer simulation where humans exist only in a dream world. Among the few sentient "free" people left fighting the machines is Cypher, who abandons the struggle following a revelation: he actually prefers the simulation to reality.
"I know this steak doesn't exist," he says. "I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realise?" He chews the steak ostentatiously and sighs. "Ignorance is bliss."
We all too often actively collude in the deception on the grounds that the version of events that has been curated for us is preferable to the truth.
Over the past few weeks it seems as though this dystopian future has come early and Cypher would fit right in. Whether it's Beyonce lip-synching the national anthem at the presidential inauguration, British shops selling beefburgers laced with horse meat, or Lance Armstrong doping his way into the record books, what you see, taste or hear is not necessarily what you get.
Lance Armstrong confesses to drug cheating to talkshow host Oprah Winfrey. Photo: AP
These moments of deception go beyond sport and showbusiness. They are emblematic of a culture where marketing trumps substance, cynicism triumphs over sincerity, and what is fake is openly and actively promoted over what is true.
Authenticity and transparency, it turns out, are just two options among many. Worse still, we all too often actively collude in the deception on the grounds that the version of events that has been curated for us is preferable to the truth.
These examples, it should be stressed, are not equivalent. Beyonce mimed to the sound of her own pre-recorded voice; Armstrong broke the law, lied about it and then choreographed his confession; British consumers were given contaminated meat courtesy of foreign farmers, pliant retailers and lax regulations.
Nor are any, individually, the source of moral panic, not while there's bombing in Mali and civil war in Syria. These incidences may have left many upset - but none dead. Even the health implications of the burger scare should be put into perspective. Worse things have long made their way into the food chain with nary an outcry - as Eric Schlosser pointed out in 2001, in Fast Food Nation: "There's shit in the meat".
Not all deceptions are equal; but they are all deceptions nonetheless. Indeed the only things they have in common are their brazen duplicity, contempt for the public, and the erosion in trust they engender.
Take Beyonce. Lip-synching is apparently common at big events, particularly when it's cold, as that can harshly affect the voice. She recorded the anthem days earlier (a safety track is routine for inaugurations) and used it because she arrived too late to rehearse with the Marine Corps band. The recording of her voice was then married to the recording of the band. What's the big deal?
Well, it makes a difference. If it was as much of an honour to be performing at the inauguration as Beyonce claimed, she might have found time to rehearse at least once. Moreover, the essence of a live performance is the understanding that the audience is experiencing the event in real time and anything can happen. It is that combination of synchronicity, spontaneity and frailty that gives live performances their edge - it's the one take that matters.
"It's always hard for a guitar player to play when it's cold because your hands sort of stiffen up and you know nerves tend to do that to you anyway," said James Taylor, who played live at the inauguration. "So I was very relieved to have gotten to it without any major train wrecks." Beyonce's talent is beyond doubt; what we'll never see is her ability to rise to that particular occasion.
"The synthetic perfection of faux-live performance may enjoy an appealing gloss," argued the Wall Street Journal's Eric Felten after the 2009 inauguration. "But you can say the same thing about supermarket apples - and we know how good they taste. One of the main challenges of the organic food movement has been to get people to see past the scuffs and dents and blemishes of honest produce, to focus on authentic flavours."
But all of this would have been insignificant if we'd been told beforehand rather than having to find out. Instead on the Capitol steps the band members pretended to play, the director pretended to conduct, Beyonce pretended to sing, and everybody involved pretended they didn't know for several days. Lip-synching may not be a crime, but the cover-up was definitely heinous.
So while too much can be made of it - it's not a metaphor for how we got into Iraq or, as some conservatives claimed, Obama's record - it is more troubling how nonchalantly some shrugged it off. And there is considerable danger in making light of it. For these skills are transferable.
Clem Whitaker, the co-founder of America's first political consulting firm, once said there are two ways to interest the average American in a political campaign: put on a fight or a show. "So if you can't fight, put on a show! And if you put on a good show, Mr and Mrs America will turn out to see it".
Civil rights leader and cable TV host Al Sharpton hailed her miming as "the patriotic thing to do"; Anderson Cooper of CNN, whose catchphrase is "keeping 'em honest", said: "It is Beyonce's world and we are just living in it."
Our expectations are so lowered that we reckon on being lied to and those in power reckon on lying to us. The only issue left is how much they can get away with it. "At the end of the day does the audience really care if they get a good show?" Bertram van Munster, executive producer of The Amazing Race, last week told USA Today in reference to docusoaps.
But they should, lest indifference and scepticism become our default positions. When beefburgers may or may not contain beef, and all feats - sporting, musical or otherwise - are discounted for doping and lip-synchs, we should be concerned.
When Beyonce sings at the Superbowl next month, we'll wonder. The next inauguration we'll wonder. Words we thought we understood - "live", "beef", "world record" - become depleted of meaning. What we see is no longer what we get, but what we're given and what we know is only what we're told. Ignorance may be blissful, but it's still ignorance.
- Guardian News & Media
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London, July 13: A German court’s ban on circumcising baby boys has provoked a rare show of unity between Jews, Muslims and Christians who see it as a threat to religious freedom, the Daily Mail reported Friday.
Doctors have also warned it could increase health risks by forcing the practice underground.
European rabbis meeting in Berlin Thursday promised to defy the ruling by a court in Cologne city last month.
They plan further talks with Muslim and Christian leaders in Stuttgart next week to see how they can fight the ban together in that country, the newspaper said.
The ban is a new example of creeping prejudice in European law against non-Christians, after a Swiss ban on minarets, French and Belgian bans on Islamic veils in public, and an attempted Dutch ban on halal meat, said chief rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt.
He said outlawing circumcision was the “worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust”.
The Cologne court took action after police were alerted by a doctor who treated a Muslim boy for bleeding after he underwent circumcision.
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Public Art in Viðey Island - Tuesday 31 July, 7.30 p.m.
Tuesday July 31st, art history student Heiðar Kári Rannversson will lead a guided tour about public art around the island. The Imagine Peace Tower is a work of art conceived by the legendary artist, musician and peace advocate Yoko Ono as a beacon to world peace. The work is in the form of a wishing well from which a strong and tall tower of light emerges.
The words IMAGINE PEACE are inscribed on the well in 24 world languages. The out-door sculpture Milestones by the US sculptor Richard Serra is placed on the west part of Viðey. Serra who is one of the most influential sculptors of the post-war era, made this work as a gift to the Icelandic people at Reykjavík Arts Festival in 1990. The work comprises nine pairs of pillars of columnar basalt, which “frame” certain landmarks and destinations. Each pair of pillars is so placed that one stands nine metres above sea level, and the other ten metres. The pillar which stands lower is four metres long, and the other three metres, so the tops of the pillars are level. The distance between each pair of pillars is defined by the varying gradient of the ground where they stand.
Tuesdays are longer than other days of the week in Viðey. Two extra trips are added to the schedule at 18:15 and 19:15 and Viðeyjarstofa Café is open longer. This makes it possible for guests in Viðey to enjoy a lovely dinner at the Café, have a pleasant walk around the island, and enjoy delightful refreshments afterwards in the evening sun. The guided tour is in Icelandic and it is free of charge. It starts at 19:30 by Viðeyjarstofa and takes about an hour and a half. Ferry goes back to Skarfabakki at 22:00 Roundtrip to Viðey ISK 1000.- for adults and ISK 500.- for children 7- 16 years.
The tour will take place in Icelandic. For information on ferry schedules and fee.
Printed of the web Reykjvik Art Museum, www.reykjvikartmuseum.is 22.58.2013
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January 15, 2013, 7:22 PM — A couple of reports suggest that Amazon may be building a new data center in its East region.
The Washington Business Journal cites unnamed sources who say that a new data center being built in Loudoun County, Virginia, has AWS as its anchor tenant.
Data Center Knowledge reports that a 200,000-square-foot data center could go live later this year with an additional 150,000-square-foot data center planned for completion in 2014.
Source: IntelFreePress via Flickr
As Data Center Knowledge and others have noted, the AWS East region seems to be the most popular for AWS but also the most prone to outages.
After an outage in October, GigaOm's Barb Darrow pointed out a few reasons why companies continue to gravitate to the east. One is that it's AWS's oldest facility and like it or not switching applications to a new region isn't always easy. That means businesses that started out there out of necessity now may not be game for the heavy lifting of moving.
Darrow also points out that the East region tends to be the first to get new services and it's the cheapest.
A new East Coast data center could take some of the load off the existing facilities and might be less prone to outages given that Amazon will presumably be using newer data center designs in the new facility.
Amazon did not reply to a request for comment about whether it is behind the new facilities being built in Northern Virginia.
Read more of Nancy Gohring's "To the Cloud" blog and follow the latest IT news at ITworld. Follow Nancy on Twitter at @ngohring. For the latest IT news, analysis and how-tos, follow ITworld on Twitter and Facebook.
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Almost every Christian I meet believes in something a bit different.
Is there an official set of things you are supposed to believe in order to be considered a Christian? If so, who decides what goes on that list list and what doesn't?
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Christianity is not a single group, it is a diverse set of beliefs. Even though it originated with the teachings of Jesus back 2000 years ago, difference sects/denominations have their own sets of rules and "official" teachings and many individuals determine the rules for themselves. There is no global trademark owner of "Christian" so you can call whatever it is you believe Christian and though other Christians may disagree and not form a church group with you, in the end God is the only arbiter of that, and he tends to not send rulings via email.
Some churches, like the Catholic church, have a large body of teachings they consider "official" and will hassle you more or less officially if you deviate from them/teach deviations from them. Other churches stress personal interpretation of the Bible and therefore don't have official teachings (though often have unofficial ones, that you may be ostracized from deviating from).
There are certain sets of belief that large swaths of these groups consider to be normative. For example, many mainline churches consider the Apostle's Creed to be the minimal acceptable set of Christian beliefs. Outside that, they'd say that you're using the brand name, but probably inappropriately. But even the creeds like this leave a whole lot out; it's a couple of paragraphs compared to a whole belief system.
This is augmented by a lot of folks not really having any rigorous thought process behind their own personal theology - when asked a question they just come up with an analogy that sounds good to them at the time, whether their church would say, upon sober review, that it was accurate or not. So if you ask a variety of folks self-identifying as Christians about stuff, you are likely to get a variety of answers - there will be more consensus closer to core matters of the faith, and from people who belong to a church that has a stronger stance on having a corpus of official teaching, but in the end it's a big batch of folks with a big set of beliefs, guided by a lot of group and personal history.
As a result this SE says "hey, if you self identify as a Christian, you're in scope here," even though some of those groups don't fit into some of the traditional creed sorts of definitions, because in the end no one knows for sure who was right till we get to heaven...
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Seems Mervyn King, current governor of the Bank of England, thinks that Greece, a currency user, is in the same position wrt government "debt" as the USA, a currency issuer.
Drudge linked to a UK Telegraph article here. Excerpt:
"America, and many other large economies including the UK, share some of the same problems as Greece with its public finances: Every country around the world is in a similar position, even the United States; the world’s largest economy has a very large fiscal deficit. And one of the concerns in financial markets is clearly – how will this enormous stock of public debt be reduced over the next few years?Hey, Merv, how about by changing policy to simply redeem the Treasury Securities and let the current bondholders retain their balances in a a bank account instead? That certainly would reduce the stock of "debt"! It continues:
"And it’s very important that governments, both here and elsewhere, get to grips with this problem, have a clear approach and a very clear and credible approach to reducing the size of those deficits over, in our case, the lifetime of this parliament, in order to convince markets that they should be willing to continue to finance the very large sums of money that will be needed to be raised from financial markets over the next few years, at reasonable interest rates."Merv, you're the head of a Central Bank, your job is to set the interest rates. Interest rates will neither be "reasonable" or not, they will be where you set them.
This type of commentary from a central banker is very discouraging. He shows little understanding of the true authorities of his civil service position, and correspondingly he is ignorant of the range of actions he can take that perhaps would be in the better interest of the broad population of citizens he is supposed to be working for. Can we get some qualified people in these positions for a change?
The author identifies himself as the economics editor of the Telegraph, he writes:
"It isn’t often one has the opportunity to get such a blunt and straightforward insight into the thoughts of one of the world’s leading economic players. Most of this stuff usually stays behind closed doors, so it’s worth taking note of."It isn't often one gets the opportunity to witness such butt-kissing of a public official by a supposed editor/journalist. Maybe that is what is necessary these days to gain journalistic access to these public "servants".
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WRI’s business case studies go deeper into some of the most promising projects represented in the Digital Dividend Clearinghouse, providing detailed description and analysis of each business model, the market segment in which it operates, its successes and challenges, potential replicability and scalability. If possible, the study also documents the social impact of the venture.
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In a country where 200 million people are engaged in farming or related activities, ITC is developing its internationally competitive agricultural business by empowering, not eliminating, the independent small farmer. The company is setting up of a network of Internet-connected kiosks, known as e-Choupals, through which farmers can receive all the information, products and services they need to enhance their farming productivity and receive a fair price for their harvest. Through the choupal, ITC sources the farmer’s produce directly, reducing its procurement and transaction costs. Currently ITC has set up 4300 e-Choupals covering six states and 25,000 villages. By 2010, the e-Choupal network plans to cover over 100,000 villages, representing one sixth of rural India, and create more than 10 million e-farmers.
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT (Chapters 1 through 182)
CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
HOME RULE PROCEDURES
Hearings before charter commission; reports of commission
Section 9. (a) Within forty-five days after its election, the charter commission shall hold a public hearing.
(b) Within sixteen months after its election, the charter commission shall prepare a preliminary report including the text of the charter or charter revision which the commission intends shall be submitted to the voters and any explanatory information the commission deems desirable, shall cause such report to be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the city or town, shall provide sufficient copies of the preliminary report to the city or town clerk to permit its distribution to each registered voter requesting the same, and shall furnish two copies to the attorney general and two copies to the department of housing and community development. Within four weeks after such publication, the commission shall hold one or more public hearings upon the report. Within four weeks after his receipt of the report, the attorney general shall furnish the commission with a written opinion setting forth any conflict between the proposed charter or charter revision and the constitution and laws of the commonwealth. A copy of the opinion shall at the same time be furnished to the department of housing and community development.
(c) Within eighteen months after its election, the charter commission shall submit to the city council or board of selectmen its final report, which shall include the full text and an explanation of the proposed new charter or charter revision, such comments as the commission deems desirable, an indication of the major differences between the current and proposed charters, and a statement of not more than one thousand words by the commission minority, if any, provided such statement is filed with the chairman of the commission within forty-eight hours after the commission’s vote approving such report. A copy of said final report shall also be submitted to the department of housing and community development and to the attorney general.
(d) All public hearings before a charter commission shall be held within the city or town at such time and place as may be specified in a notice published at least ten days prior to the hearing in a newspaper having general circulation in the city or town, but hearings may be adjourned from time to time without further published notice.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
It mustn’t be business as usual
It is vital that the new government controls the country’s ports and trade
A SOOTY new shadow has been cast over Somalia’s port city of Kismayo since the militias of the violent Islamist movement, the Shabab, were chased out two months ago. Piled up all over the quay and at the entrances to the city, which is the economic hub of southern Somalia, are dark towers of sacks that locals are calling “skyscrapers of charcoal”.
For the past seven months the UN has banned the export of the black stuff. Its trade was an economic mainstay of the Shabab when it controlled Kismayo, earning as much as $50m a year in the taxes levied by the militia, according to the UN. The charcoal business has in any case devastated Somalia’s mangrove forests. During the embargo, the kilns kept burning and a vast stockpile was amassed. Since the end of September, when Kenyan forces under the banner of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) took control of the city, local pressure to lift the ban has grown.
The question of what to do with the charcoal, perhaps worth $40m, could affect the fate of Somalia’s new government. Somali businessmen, who want to load the sacks onto waiting ships and sell them in the Gulf states, argue that “you can’t turn charcoal back into trees”. Others say the traders will turn back to Shabab if they cannot sell their wares. Indeed, quite a few of them still support the Islamists anyway.
Somalia’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a civil-rights man whose election has prompted hopeful talk of a “Somali spring”, is trying to stop the export. He wants time to put in place and bolster new port authorities to channel revenues back to the central bank that was emptied by the outgone corrupt regime. If the new man cannot extend his writ to Somalia’s second city and his opponents get fresh funds, his government will lose authority almost before its reign has begun.
With a coastline of 2,500km (1,553 miles) enwrapping the Horn of Africa, any effective Somali government needs to control its ports, which served as entry points for the weapons and contraband that sustained both the warlords and the Shabab. Under their rule, Kismayo traders bought sugar, which was smuggled into northern Kenya, and sold charcoal. But this lucrative contraband trade was shut down by an international blockade of the port during the battle with the Shabab.
Influential Kenyans now want to reopen it. Kenya’s intervention in Somalia has been fostered by two prominent ethnic-Somali Kenyans, Farah Maalim Mohamed, now deputy speaker of Kenya’s parliament, and Mohamed Yusuf Haji, Kenya’s defence minister. Their allies in Somalia’s Ogadeni clan ran the Ras Kamboni militia that played a big part in pushing out the Shabab. The militia’s leader, Ahmed Mohamed Islaan (known as “Madobe”), now expects his pay-off with charcoal, cash and control of a new semi-autonomous state to be called Jubaland. “Promises have been made,” says a diplomat in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. A dozen ships laden with charcoal have already sailed, according to sources in Kismayo’s port.
At present the port is run by a chaotic security committee on which Kenyans, Ethiopians and several competing Somali clan factions all joust. A presidential delegation from Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, up the coast from Kismayo, was turned away when it tried to visit. At a recent meeting of the UN Security Council, Kenya, along with other governments from the region, argued in vain for the arms and charcoal embargoes to be lifted.
The two main taps that have fed corruption in Somalia have been smuggling and foreign aid. For the first time in many years an administration in Mogadishu seems willing to let foreign donors have a measure of joint control over spending. The new government also wants America and Britain, which have paid for much of Amisom’s war on the Shabab, to use their influence to restrain the charcoal-trading Kenyans. “If they’re going to allow it all to go back to business as usual,” says a member of Somalia’s fragile new government, “what have they done all this for?”
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Visions of Trains
SLIDE SHOW: Train Photos with Pinhole Camera by Brandon Dole
I’ve carried two clear memories of trains with me from the years I spent growing up in Walpole, New Hampshire. In one of them, I’m 12 years old, crouched along a gravel embankment with a couple of boys from North Walpole, waiting for a northbound freight to come over the Bellows Falls trestle and flatten smooth a penny that we’ve laid on a track above us.
What we’re doing feels illicit, dangerous, charges the air. The train explodes across the trestle; the engine thunders; the wheels screech, metal grinding metal–the penny will end up thin and shiny and hot to the touch. But what I remember is the machinery–awesome and more terrifying than anything I’d ever seen so close.
In the second memory, 10 years later, it’s November, nighttime. My hometown girlfriend and I have broken up, and I’ve driven her across the Connecticut River to catch the Amtrak Montrealer out of the little station at Bellows Falls. On my way back home, still not believing it could really be over, I hear the long train whistle over on the Vermont side, at Westminster. I glance across the black water and see the lights of the passenger cars streaming southward through the darkness, and then disappearing. And I suddenly know, with aching certainty: It’s over.
What interests me now is how clear and utterly different those two memories are–and how varied are the places that trains can hold in the imagination. For everyone from blues singers to model-railroad builders, trains have always meant something deeper than transportation. Editors at Trains magazine estimate that 175,000 “railfans” across the country today stalk and photograph and collect trains, the way serious birders do birds. There are some 24,000 railfan videos on YouTube.
Among railroad buffs, no one has captured what trains have meant to the Northeastern landscape better than Jim Shaughnessy. I’ve been looking at The Call of Trains, a recently published showcase of Shaughnessy’s photographs from the 1940s through the mid-1980s (text by Jeff Brouws; W.W. Norton, $65). His work documents the end of the steam era and the emergence of diesel, primarily in New England and upstate New York. To call them train photos doesn’t do them justice. By including station masters and freight yards, passenger depots, rusting bridges, lonely farmland, and gritty downtown crossings, Shaughnessy–unlike photographers before him–puts trains in their place. His artful black-and-white images capture not only moments along the rails, but an emotional sense of fading landscape and industry.
I’m tempted to say that the book’s subject makes for wonderful nostalgia. The classic steam engines recall rail’s golden heyday, and the sleek, shiny diesels appear as harbingers of a modern future: wistful notions, as the rail industry in this region has been in decline for decades. To pick just a couple of examples, only 2 percent of the freight traveling through Connecticut today moves by train, according to one 2002 study; the once-bustling White River Junction, Vermont, depot, near where I live now, sees just one Amtrak passenger train each way per day, and its freight yard is so quiet that it’s no longer even staffed.
But the subject of Jim Shaughnessy’s book couldn’t be timelier or more relevant. Last summer, the governors of the six New England states announced a sweeping vision for an improved and expanded regional high-speed and intercity rail network. From linking North and South stations in Boston to expanding the Downeaster line to Brunswick, Maine, and from restoring double track and replacing bridges in New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield to creating a western Vermont corridor connecting Burlington and Rutland with New York City, this broad plan sets a goal of doubling the region’s train ridership by the year 2030. The governors have carefully crafted the plan’s scope and language to qualify for a chunk of the $8 billion designated for high-speed rail in the Obama stimulus package. And their application has been tailored to appeal to the increased emphasis on rail in the anticipated re-authorization of the federal transportation act known as SAFETEA-LU.
Public supporters of the plan ranged from Massachusetts senators John Kerry and (before his death in August) Ted Kennedy down to state lawmakers and some 40 organizations in the New England Rail Coalition. As David McCluskey, a state representative from Connecticut, put it, “With climate change, and with the high cost of gas, and with the fact that we can no longer build ourselves out of congestion, I think people are starting to realize that rail can be a solution.”
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Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valor.
And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof.
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
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Ouellet, who had come to talk about the church in the Americas, apparently had little interest in discussing anything else, especially himself. The resignation of Benedict XVI has only reinforced the reticence of the pope's potential successors. In the Vatican, even a whiff of self-aggrandizement is tantamount to sacrilege, explicit politicking is a surefire way to leave the conclave as a cardinal and the non-campaign campaign is an institution in its own right.
Becoming pope is the antithesis of an American political campaign. Nobody campaigns to be pope - at least not openly.
"Campaigning?" Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, D.C., said in an interview Sunday in Rome. "If it were to happen I think that it probably wouldn't be all that well received. It's sort of 'Come on. Get with it, you are out of step. That isn't the way we do this.' "
Monday marks the beginning of the unofficial race to choose the 266th pope, as cardinals hold a series of closed-door gatherings, eventually leading to the conclave from which the next pontiff will emerge. The talks will include much more than logistics. The cardinals will mull the major challenges facing the church but also get to know each other. The 115 electors in attendance will listen with a discerning ear to their colleagues' ideas - and to their ability to inspire.
"The election is not understood in the same framework as the political elections in the United States," said Wuerl, who noted that here, the Holy Spirit is believed to play a primary role. He said that between the formal speeches of the prelates, there would be an extended "coffee break" during which they would get a better sense for each other's personalities and problems. "But now that you've met someone and he tells you - you know, in my country this is the issue we are facing - now when he speaks you have a human being to connect to the idea," Wuerl said, adding that he would like the next pope to have "pastoral experience enough to say, 'Look, I know what I'm talking about because I've done it.' "
In 2005, few cardinals needed to get to know Benedict, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. As the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and one of the Vatican's powerhouses, he worked closely with Pope John Paul II and often received cardinals on their visits to Rome.
When John Paul died, it was Ratzinger who served as the dean of the College of Cardinals, overseeing the general assembly meetings. And it was Ratzinger who delivered the homily at John Paul's funeral. The address galvanized support for Ratzinger, who, after four ballots and within 24 hours of the Sistine Chapel doors closing, emerged on the balcony as Benedict XVI.
But Benedict's resignation deprived his would-be successors a public platform on which to shine.
The closest thing to a prime speaking spot was handed out last month to the eloquent Italian Gianfranco Ravasi, a papal contender and head of the pontifical council for culture who preached to Benedict and the other church leaders during Lenten spiritual exercises. (The pope called the remarks beautiful. One member of the Roman Curia - the Vatican bureaucracy - called them "long.") An active Twitter user with more than 40,000 followers, Ravasi quoted from the Book of Matthew on Feb. 26: "And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." Two days later he thanked his followers and added, "I take my leave of you for a few days." Since then, nothing.
At a press conference a few hours before Benedict's official retirement Thursday, a trio of American cardinals talked to the English-speaking press in an auditorium at the Pontifical North American College. Among them was Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston, considered, along with New York's Timothy Dolan, the most plausible of the distant long-shot Americans.
O'Malley said that he had been preparing for his first conclave - "one of the most important things" in his life - by praying and researching. "I've tried to read as much about the other cardinals using the Internet a lot," he said, adding that his reading list had included the daily profiles of potential candidates by John L. Allen Jr., a leading Vatican expert at the National Catholic Reporter.
"Some of them have been helpful," O'Malley joked, an apparent reference to Allen identifying him as the most likely American candidate.
Vatican officials have rolled their eyes at remarks made by Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana. In a recent interview with the British Telegraph, Turkson ruminated on the significance of possibly becoming the first black pope. "If I was elected pope it would signal a lot of [personal] change," he said. "Very big change in a lot of regards."
False modesty, strategic blandness and keeping one's head down are of course not unique to papal elections. Hillary Rodham Clinton has in the past proven herself uniquely successful at non-campaigning campaigning. (It's the-out-in-the-open part that's been less successful.) Howard Wolfson, the communications director of Clinton's 2008 campaign, said he saw some parallels between Clinton's tactics in her presidential bid and those of the aspiring cardinals.
"When then-Senator Clinton was asked whether she was thinking of running for president, she would often say, 'I've got more than enough to say grace over as it is,' " he said. "Sounds like a line that might work particularly well under these circumstances."
The Catholic Church has considerably more experience with the art of the clandestine campaign, which for nearly 1,500 years has been a necessity as much as a strategy.
Back - way, way back - in 499, a Roman synod banned papal electors from promising votes to a future candidate while the current pope was in power. Even attending meetings where such votes were pursued became verboten. The ban was codified a few decades later when the Roman Senate objected to Felix IV instructing electors to name his archdeacon, Boniface, as his successor. The body passed a formal edict forbidding talk of a pope's successor while he lived.
The rules have since been relaxed. "I would imagine each of us has some kind of a list of primary candidates and then others secondary and tertiary," Cardinal Francis George of Chicago told reporters last week. "That's what shapes often the smaller, more intimate conversation. 'What do you know about this candidate, and can you tell me how he would react to this? What sort of person is he? What's the personality?' "
Often that happens over a plate of pasta or a glass of wine or, as Cardinal Edward Egan, the former archbishop of New York, put it, over "cafe and biscotti."
Egan had just entered the North American College with the former Washington archbishop Theodore McCarrick and Dolan. As the three prelates, dressed in black with white collars, waited for the elevator upstairs, Dolan quickly deferred a question about what he expected from the upcoming week to his elders, who are both older than 80 and as such cannot enter the conclave.
"These are the two veterans who have been through it before - tell him what this week's like," Dolan said.
"Cardinal Dolan is going to be praying all the time," Egan said mischievously, "but with more intensity than ever before, and he is going to be smiling the whole time through."
The elevator arrived and Dolan excused himself. "I've got to get on a phone call," he said. Egan and McCarrick stayed back to chat. As Egan continued to talk about the "beautiful week" ahead, Dolan looked on uneasily from behind the closing elevator doors.
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Radio Regen: A History
When the idea of radio regen first emerged in 1998, even its founders Phil Korbel and Cathy Brooks weren’t aware of the full potential of what community radio could offer. The initial concept was simply an organisation offering radio training to the unemployed.
At the time Phil had been working as a radio producer for the BBC since 1985 and was running the independent production company Peterloo Productions with Cathy. As a long-time environmental and social activist, however, he was dreaming of other things.
“I was earning a fair living but my ideas were changing about what was important. One of things I’ve always wanted to do is to combine my professional skills with something that actually does some good,” Phil says. He kicked around ideas like radio in schools and looked at how it was used as a development tool around the world. These thoughts crystallised after it was suggested by Manchester City Council that he should try putting radio to work in Manchester’s ‘regeneration’ areas.
Regenerating Urban Communities
After spending 1998 firming up the concept and authoring a European Social Fund bid, Radio Regen was officially incorporated as a non-profit organisation in April 1999. A partnership with Manchester College of Arts & Technology (MANCAT), now The Manchester College, was cemented at that time, which lasts to this day. Thanks to a Manchester Evening News story and endorsement by actress Clare McGlinn of The Cops and Coronation Street, there was no shortage of applicants for the first year-long BTEC radio training course.
“The big change happened about a week into the first proper training course in May 1999,” says Phil. “We were sat with our first 25 trainees and they started saying to us, ‘Do you know what this could do on my street and in my area?’ We started to wake up to what radio could do on a neighbourhood level.”
Until then, the concept had been purely about boosting self-esteem and employment opportunities. “The idea was that if you make a radio show you increase your communication and IT skills, creativity and your problem-solving abilities, all of which are useful for virtually any job.” It was through these initial modest aims that Radio Regen realised it had stumbled across something with much greater potential – the possibility of helping regenerate whole communities as well as helping individuals within them.
Restricted Service Licences
Back then, temporary Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) were the only ones available. In 1999 and 2000 Radio Regen ran two month-long city centre music stations - City Centre Life FM and Radiosonic – with City Life magazine, giving trainees a chance to put their new skills into practice.
Both were inspired by Phil’s love of alternative music (he produced and presented GMR’s Meltdown show in the 1980s). Daytimes were fronted by names like Terry Christian, Steve Toon, Paul Graham and Andy Woods to keep the ‘quality’ up. The trainees did all the production and appeared in various on-air supporting roles. The evenings celebrated Manchester music with the likes of MC Tunes, 808 State, Jah Wobble, Jon Da Silva, Dave Haslam and Mr Scruff.
In a flurry of fun and games, both stations broadcast live from the Northern Quarter’s Oxfam Originals clothing store. Highlights included a chicken with a microphone, a visit from the Lord Mayor and Keep Off The Grass, a silent radio party in a park where the public were encouraged to bring ghettoblasters, don headphones and all tune-in simultaneously.
Each city centre station was followed by a series of 72-hour community broadcasts from libraries, community centres and social clubs in Manchester’s less prosperous areas – Radio Moston, Radio Openshaw, Radio Longsight and Wythenshawe FM. Trainees also gained real-life radio experience on stations such as Over To You FM for the launch of the Local Strategic Partnership; a three-day transmission during the inauguration of The Lowry arts centre; and Chipping FM, a temporary station set up in rural Lancashire to provide support during the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
The Communications Act
The exuberance of 30-day music celebrations like Radiosonic and City Centre Life FM is history for now, because the serious business of full-time community stations is now a reality. The seed for these permanent frequencies was sown during regional roadshows held by the government to discuss The Communications Act, the legislation that rolled together telecommunications, IT and the broadcast media under the new regulator OFCOM as of December 2003.
Phil was among members of the North West media at the Manchester consultation. “I asked, ‘What about community radio?’ The civil servant in charge said, ‘what is community radio?’ and I explained. Next thing representatives of Granada TV and Jazz FM piped up saying it was a fantastic idea that could help them broaden the range of their recruits without being a threat. This was probably one of the first times that community radio really came up on the Government’s radar in the context of that Bill.”
Later, discussions between the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the Radio Authority made it clear that the Government was considering introducing this third tier of broadcasting alongside the BBC and commercial radio. “I was one of the people to suggest to the Radio Authority’s head that they should test it out first. Thus came the idea of doing long temporary licences and the Access Radio Pilot Scheme was born.”
Access Radio Pilot Stations
The Radio Authority received 200 applications to run non-profit stations – 15 were awarded one year licenses with Radio Regen winning two, ALL FM and WFM. The pilots all went on air in 2002, with the period of the scheme later being extended for a further year until 31 December 2004. The Authority commissioned ex-Arts Council boss and academic Anthony Everitt to produce an independent report, New Voices, on the 15 pilots. It concluded that community radio would be “the most important new cultural development in the UK for many years”.
Among others who gained licences were Cross Rhythms, aimed at Stoke’s Christian community; Hackney’s Sound Radio which sees itself as a local World Service; Angel Radio for Hampshire’s over-60s; Desi Radio aimed at Southall’s Punjabi population; and Radio Faza for Nottingham’s Muslim community.
Not all the other pilots share Radio Regen’s vision of community radio as a regeneration tool, but Phil maintains that anything else would be wasteful. “It is a strong personal conviction that the scarce resource of frequencies should only be put at the disposal of the most disadvantaged communities. It would also be disastrous if single-interest communities got stations at the expense of the broader community. We should go for umbrella stations that incorporate old people, young people, ethnic communities, different religions and every sort of music. As there are not enough wavelengths to go round, you have to look at broad-based partnerships that represent a large swathe of the community because there will most likely only be one station per area.”
For now, WFM and ALL FM continue to be overseen by Radio Regen, but the aim is for ownership to be transferred to residents and managed by local steering groups. “It is not our aim to run a station or stations, we’re here to enable the residents to do that for themselves,” says Phil.
Radio Regen started 2004 by hosting the Community FM conference at Manchester Airport’s Radisson SAS Hotel as the first step towards establishing itself as a national centre for expertise in community radio. The conference brought in the North West Development Agency into the field as sponsors, and all parties will eye its success as a marker for the future.
Article: Sarah Champion, January 2004
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Mario Batali famously said that there is no such thing as Italian food – there are only the diverse regional cuisines of Italy. I believe the same idea applies to the wines of Spain. Spanish wine? No such thing.
The many regions are so different and the wines, grapes and styles so diverse that it is impossible to say very much about them as a group. They are best understood individually.
Something for Everyone
This is a great advantage for wine enthusiasts who are seeking diversity. And it is an advantage for Spain’s producers too just now because their wines are seen to be good values and at time when value is so important.
Diversity and value mean that Spain can offer something for everyone and indeed sales of Spanish table wines are up 3.7 percent in the last year (same as the overall market), rising at an annual rate of 9.4 percent in the last quarter according to Nielsen Scantrak data.
The Diversity Challenge
But diversity is also a challenge because it means that you need to be both a winemaker and an educator. Spain’s regions and grape varieties are unfamiliar to many wine enthusiasts and to engage them you need to inform them. How do you establish a market identity for such a diverse group of wines? It’s a real problem and I decided to look closer at how Spain’s wine establishment is trying to solve it.
What image or images do current marketing campaigns project of the wines of Spain and how do they compare with other national or regional advertising efforts? Raphaela Haessler and Lily Chiang, two of my students, volunteered to help me find out. I loaded them up with a stack of wine and lifestyle publications (Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Wine & Spirits, Bon Appétit, and Gourmet among them) and asked them to prepare a comparative analysis of the advertising they found. Here, in part, is what they had to say.
The ads portrayed Spanish wines as new, different, fresh, and lively. In contrast, the French seemed outdated, austere, cold, and inaccessible. The Spanish ads had bright but earthy colors connoting Southern Spain, late summer and late evening parties; whereas Italy’s romantic black and white photos and France’s monotone or beige imagery did not pop out as much to the reader. The French, Italians, and even Americans based their advertising off of their reputation, family, and tradition. The Spanish, on the other hand, focused more on moments of joy and lightheartedness. While the traditional wine producers said “you should buy our wines” the Spanish message was “anyone’s invited to our party.”
I think this is a great message for the current economic climate. Wine enthusiasts don’t want to simply trade down because wine is a lifestyle product and trading down means accepting a lower self-image for many buyers. They would rather “trade over” to a different lifestyle that is more fun and relaxed (and, incidentally, less expensive to support).
Reputation versus Lifestyle
Reputation and tradition are still powerful marketing tools, to be sure, but the lifestyle message is potent in today’s market
The Spanish wine ads also highlighted the wine’s uniqueness and diversity with the national wine slogan being “far from ordinary” (and the national tourism slogan being “Smile, you’re in Spain.”) The ads mention that there is great variety and something for every taste.
Something for every taste — yes! And every wallet, too, I suppose. Good to see the diversity advantage being exploited. But there are two sides to diversity when it comes to wine.
The ads promoted a specific state of mind, but what they were lacking was a sense of place. While one ad had historical sights of the country, there were no images of vineyards, cellars, or even winemakers. There was also a lack of refinement. Most of the other advertisements presented wine as a cultured, luxurious form of leisure, or at least a family endeavor resting on tradition. In contrast, Spain’s ads came across as youthful, energetic, social, yet naïve and flippant.
Faceless and Placeless
As you can see, Lily and Raphaela really reacted quite strongly to the lack of terroir in the Spanish wine advertisements. The association with a fun Spanish lifestyle is a plus in their view, but compared with other marketing schemes Spain was surprisingly faceless and placeless. That’s the diversity challenge.
So what is my bottom line of Spain’s wine identity? First it is important to acknowledge the limitations of this study — these conclusions are based on a snapshot of Spanish wine marketing at the present moment in a small number of important publications. A more detailed analysis over a longer time frame might produced different conclusions.
I think that the current campaign is right for the times, but incomplete as an overall stragegy. I hope Spain’s wine marketing gurus are prepared a follow up program that will educate and inform about the particular wines and regions (or an orchestrated set of private marketing campaigns by the major producers and distributors to accomplish the same thing). It is important to drop the second shoe and not leave well enough alone.
That’s the message that Australian producers have learned the hard way. Their inexpensive Shiraz wines were so successful that they let them become Brand Australia. Now that they have fallen from favor, the job of re-branding Australian wine in terms of its fabulous regions is very hard. Spain should start now on this project and not wait until the fun lifestyle fad fades.
Thanks (and a bottle of Las Rocas Garnacha from Calatayud) to Raphaela and Lily for their research assistance on this project.
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Sussex (New Brunswick)
The town’s population is just over 4,000 residents, and the general area is home to some 35,000 people. It’s a quiet, friendly area, where people on the street smile and say “Hi”, even if by chance they don’t know one another.
Sussex has a great Drive-in Theatre that is open each weekend during the summer and early fall, (weather permittting). And speaking of fall, each September Sussex is host to the annual “Atlantic International Balloon Fiesta”, where as many as 30 Hot Air Balloons fill the skies.
Called kissing bridges, Kings County has 16 covered bridges, but Sussex has 8 of those within 10 minutes of downtown, making it the “Covered Bridge Capital of Atlantic Canada”. The Kings County Covered Bridge Festival is held here each July, but if you visit during the tourist season, stop at one of the Tourist Information Centres to pick-up a map showing all the local Covered Bridges, and bring your camera.
Sussex is nicknamed Dairytown and is known as the “Dairy Center of the Maritimes”; the reason is obvious when you look in any direction. Farms dot the landscape of SusseSussex Farmx and its outlying areas, and there are even some operating within the town’s boundaries. It’s not uncommon to see tractors and other farm equipment traveling in town or on local roads, especially during fall harvest or haying seasons. Sussex really is an agricultural center, besides the poultry and dairy farms, pastures of cattle, sheep and horses, a livestock auction is held in town every Wednesday, and it's even home to the NB Agriculture Museum.
Overlooking Sussex, Dairytown Products Limited turns New Brunswick milk into award-winning butter, and also operates “Mrs. Dunsters”, a bakery famous for its donuts. Just east of town in the community of Penobsquis the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan operates an underground salt and potash mine. A mine may not seem to have much in common with farming, but potash is a key ingredient in fertilizer.
Sussex is the main shopping center for eastern half of Kings County. It has 2 small shopping malls, one downtown and second in a growing retail area in the western end of town; featuring 2 grocery stores, 2 drug stores, a new Wal-Mart store - plus various other clothing, book and electronic stores. Sussex also has 3 full-service car dealerships, 2 large building Main Street at Broad Street, Sussex, NBsupply outlets, numerous fast food restaurants, and several banks. Despite it’s continuing growth, Sussex and the surrounding communities have maintained their country-charm.
The Sussex Downtown Business District is lined with small shops, restaurants and offices, while other parts of Main Street feature businesses such as insurance agencies and beauty salons set in attractive older buildings. Sussex has the best of both worlds, the convenience of the city and the friendliness of the country. And if for some reason a resident can’t find an item or service in town… the cities of Saint John, Moncton and Fredericton, are each only about an hour drive away.
It's probably because Sussex is a dairy community and has been famous for its dairy products for over 150 years, but it only seems natural that ice cream is part of it's history. Since the days of the former Sussex Cheese and Butter Ltd., travelers have taken the time to stop for some great local ice cream. Today, the tradition continues as Sussex has several nice Ice Cream Parlours to choose from.
Camp Sussex, (which is now the Sussex Industrial Park), housed Camp Sussex Mural - Sussex, NBand trained most of the army personnel who were dispatched overseas during the Second World War. The 8th Hussars Regiment is headquartered here and hundreds of veterans return each year to see the town that they called home during training. There is a Military Museum in the Sussex Train Station with lots of history about the part Camp Sussex played, and as part of the Sussex Mural Project, a mural commemorating Camp Sussex has been painted downtown.
Whether you are visiting Sussex for many of it’s unique features or just stopping for the night on your way through, there are several nice motels, inns, and comfy bed & breakfasts to accommodate you. If you have a RV or if summer camping is your preference, there are 4 full-service campgrounds within 15 minutes of town.
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II officially re-opened the renovated Sussex Elementary School when she visited Sussex in 2002. Several of the individual local communities, for example Sussex Corner, Apohaqui and Norton each have their own Elementary Schools, but junior and high school students from these areas are bused to Sussex to attend the Sussex Middle School or the Sussex Regional High School. Local Elementary Schools educate children starting from Kindergarden through Grade 5, the Middle School teaches Grade 6, 7 and 8, and High School Grades 9 to 12. Local Schools feature various sports teams and activities, the High School for example, is host to the “Dairytown Classic”, a great Basketball Tournament that is held annually and attracts teams from all over the province.
Apohaqui - The village of Apohaqui (pronounced Ap-o-hawk) is about a 5 minute drive west of Sussex by either Route 121 or Riverview Drive.Apohaqui Decades ago Apohaqui was a very busy community, especially in the early 1900’s when the Jones Mill was in operation, but now the pace has slowed compared to its neighbor Sussex. The quiet village straddles the Kennebecasis River, and has nice little streets with new homes nestled next to older ones. The Apohaqui Train Station has been moved to Sussex as part of the New Brunswick Agricultural Museum, but trains still pass thru several times a day, as they have for years. Apohaqui is home to the Atlantic Transport Training Academy, a tractor-trailer and heavy equipment training school that prides itself in putting safe and professional operators behind the wheel.
Lower Millstream isMillstream Covered Bridge definitely a agricultural community, every direction you look… farms fill the landscape. Maritime Sod Ltd. has a sod farm and Brookfield Tree Nurseries operates a greenhouse in this area. On the other side of Berwick, towards the Head of Millstream you’ll find more country homes, family farms, also Millstream Golf Club & Campground. Millstream has another of the Sussex area’s covered bridges.
Norton - The Village of Norton is about 10 minutes west of Sussex via the 4 lane highway, but like several of the small communities along the railway in Kings County, Norton gives no hint to its previous busy history. This quiet little village was once where trains crossed the Kennebecasis River heading north thru Belleisle Creek to Cody’s, across the Washademoak Lake and then onto Chipman and Minto.
Norton has some beautiful older homes, churches and it's own Elementary School. Farms surround the community, there are small stores, a nice bank, a call centre and residents are very friendly. A recent fossil discovery west of Norton is believed to be the oldest known fossil forest in Canada. Norton is also home to Country Music Artist Chris Cummings.
Penobsquis (pronounced pen-ob-skwis) is to the east of Sussex on Route 114. Penobsquis has lots of beautiful farmland, but also several other points of interest, such as the Plumweseep PCS Mine - Penobsquis, NBCovered Bridge or the cement sculptures at Animal Land Park (seasonal). Also, the Potash Company of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS) is easily Penobsquis’s most prominent feature. The mine-site can be seen for miles and PCS directly employs hundreds of local people, boosting the Sussex economy. Recent test drilling around the Penobsquis mine has led to a substantial natural gas find, so far enough to supply the needs of the mine’s mill. Exploration continues, and talk of a Natural Gas Energy Park has been suggested, should large enough reserves be found. Beside mining, campgrounds and farming there are several other interesting businesses in the area. Avon Valley Ltd. has a wholesale greenhouse in Penobsquis, Cardwell Farms has a composting facility, and Weeks Construction operates a large quarry.
Fundy Park signFundy National Park - Leaving Sussex it's not necessary to travel through Penobsquis to reach Fundy National Park, (using exit #211 from the 4-lane highway is actually faster and shorter), but the eastern exit to/from Penobsquisis is also connected to the road to the famous Fundy National Park and the Village of Alma, and if you enjoy a slower pace... it's a nice little detour. While in the Park take the time to explore a few of the footpaths or plan a round of Golf at the unique 9-hole course. The 1st Tee is incredible.
Smith Creek, Newtown & Knightville – This quiet valley northeast of Sussex via Route 890, is a mix of rural homes and farmland, where it’s common to see cattle in pastures on both sides of the road at once. Oldfield Covered Bridge While traveling east on this winding country road you can continue on Route 890 towards Smith Creek and Newtown, or turn right onto the Knightville Road to go to Knightville. Either way, these 2 roads run parallel along the valley where you can often look across from one to the other. They are joined at several points by smaller, usually dirt roads. One of these roads is the Oldfield Road, which is home to the famous Oldfield Covered Bridge. This bridge was featured on the 1992 Canadian Quarter representing the Province of New Brunswick, and was part of a twelve coin collection celebrating Canada’s 125 Birthday.
Sussex Corner – For a visitor, if you miss the signs it might be hard to tell where Sussex ends and the Village of Sussex Corner begins. Sussex Corner shares a lot in common with Sussex… Main Street, Trout Creek, a Nature Trail and even the 4-lane highway that passes around the 2 communities. Sussex Corner, NBYou could easily travel from one to the other without noticing the boundary, but Sussex Corner has a pleasant personality all its own. Sussex Corner has subtle differences, like the maple trees uniformly planted along Main Street’s green-belted sidewalks, or the ratio of homes to businesses is different… Sussex Corner is more residential. "The Corner" is like a smaller version of Sussex, small stores and service stations substitute for shopping malls and the skating rink is outdoors (and weather permitting, usually busy). The village motto says it all: “A quiet corner in a busy world”.
Flower Pot Rock - Fundy Trail ParkwayEast of Sussex Corner via the Newline Road is the route to the Village of St. Martins and also the breathtaking Fundy Trail Parkway (open spring, summer and fall). From Sussex Corner, it's about a 40 minute drive to St. Martins and another 10 to the Parkway, but it's worth the trip. You can cruise through in your own vehicle or walk along the well-built paths and then take the Shuttle Bus back to one of the many parking lots. The Parkway has only it's first phase complete, so you'll have to plan for the drive back to Sussex when you're finished enjoying the spectacular Bay of Fundy views. Phase 2 of the Parkway is expected to start in the next few years, and will eventually connect directly with Fundy National Park.
Dutch Valley & Waterford – While most of the Sussex area is hill or valley, Dutch Valley and Waterford probably have the most pronounced landscape. East of Sussex Corner, Dutch Valley is overlooked by a Dutch Valley - Sussex Cornersteep rock face that runs intermittently for several miles to Waterford. Dutch Valley consists mostly of farms, a few small subdivisions and some homes which date back to the 1800's. Continuing 5 to 10 minutes past Dutch Valley towards Waterford is the Poley Mountain Ski Hill. Poley has a nice lodge, great trails and continues to make yearly improvements. Poley has lots of snowmaking equipment, so as long as it's cold, chances are the friendly staff at Poley will be making snow.
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Weber State University dancers have been learning about the business end of art. In addition to dance classes and rehearsals, the students are discovering what it takes to produce a professional dance concert in a major city — San Francisco.
When Amanda Sowerby, associate professor of dance, decided on the project, San Francisco was a natural place to turn. She had danced professionally in the Bay Area for 10 years, after receiving her master’s degree in modern dance from the University of Utah and her bachelor’s degree from the California Institute of the Arts.
The Kickstarter experience
Donations » To follow the Utah dance students project or to make a donation, visit kickstarter.com and search for “Weber State University.”
Performance » To find out more about the Dance Mission Theater performance in San Francisco on May 24-26, visit www.dancemission.com.
Local concert » See the Weber State Dance Company’s spring performance at 7:30 p.m. on April 4-6, at the Browning Center’s Allred Theatre, 1901 University Circle, WSU campus, Ogden. Tickets, $9-$12, at 801-626-7000 or at weberstatetickets.com.
"I really wanted to give the kids this opportunity," Sowerby said. "And I felt comfortable taking the students to a city I knew and had strong professional connections in."
To self-produce their concert at the Dance Mission Theater, they’ll need to raise $4,000 in the next 30 days. They’re relying on Kickstarter.com, the fundraising website that’s become increasingly popular for small arts organizations and musicians.
On its website, Kickstarter describes itself as "46 people based in a tenement building in New York City’s Lower East Side" who fund creative projects. It works on the same principal as blogs, Twitter and Facebook, by aiming to turn social-media traffic into financial pledges and donations.
Since Kickstarter campaigns are based on an "all or nothing" funding model, all funds are returned to donors if the WSU project doesn’t reach its 30-day goal by March 14, Sowerby said.
WSU doesn’t offer classes in grant writing, arts budgeting or nonprofit management for dancers, so Sowerby is teaching students about those subjects on their own time.
"I got a BFA and MFA in dance and never learned anything about the business aspect," she said. "I don’t want my students to be in the position I was when I got out of school and suddenly realized I needed certain information to survive."
Before their trip to the Bay Area, dancers will perform in the Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival, the American College Dance Festival and the school’s spring dance concert on April 4-6.
"I wanted to give our kids an opportunity to perform in a more professional venue," Sowerby said. "I wanted to give them the chance to learn about producing, touring and performing in a professional venue."
So if the 24 dancers, and one theater production student, can raise enough money, they’ll have one tech week and three performances in San Francisco — a concert that will help them better understand the business of art.
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Michonne or Maggie? Race, Gender, and Rape on The Walking Dead TV Series
The Walking Dead TV series exists in a universe apart and separate from the comic book. Season Three's storyline with The Governor has reinforced this fact. However, both of these stories are a version of "The Walking Dead." As such, they provide an example of what Culture Studies types call "intertextuality." Here, the comic book and TV series reference each other, while also signaling to other examples of storytelling in the zombie genre.
[For example, the TV series character named "Milton" is a clear allusion to Dr. Logan's character in George Romero's classic film Day of the Dead and his "pet" zombie Bub.]
As I wrote about here, The Walking Dead TV series has little to no interest in developing its African-American characters. The graphic novel has several black male characters who are integral to the story, and are not sideshow stand-ins that are included because of a sense of multicultural political correct noblesse oblige. By contrast, the AMC series has (the now dead) "T-Dog"--a character that was a glorified black man servant chauffeur to the white characters, a black gollum mute with few lines, who lived only to serve and protect the other survivors.
Michonne, a fan favorite, and a richly developed, full, interesting, and challenging character in the graphic novel, was first introduced as a black caretaker and best friend/magical negro to Andrea on the TV series.
There, this iconic character is a black pit bull warrior, unfeeling, laconic, and damaged. Michonne, has a few more lines of dialogue than T-Dog; but she is dangerously close to being a two-dimensional figure whose only plot purpose is only to serve as a weapon to be unhinged at the command of Rick, the leader of the intrepid group of zombie apocalypse survivors.
In future episodes, I would suggest that it will be even more clear that Michonne is only a slightly more under control version of the X-Men's Wolverine for Rick. Wolverine was Weapon X; Michonne is a Samurai sword wielding loyal negress.
Glenn is the Asian fix it man, former pizza delivery man, and loyal friend of the white men in the party. Glenn is a post apocalyptic version of the model minority myth. Glenn is not a full "Hop Sing"; however, he is very close to that archetype.
To point. For two seasons, he remains "feminized"--"sneaky, evasive, and stealthy"--until being forced into "manhood" by Merle's interrogation in the most recent episode "When the Dead Come Knocking." Glenn's loyalty to Rick, and the system of white male patriarchal authority he embodies in the show, was symbolically "rewarded" by the former's sexual union with Maggie, a white woman.
In The Walking Dead universe, upward racial mobility would seem to have its "perks."
The Walking Dead TV series is ultimately a story about how white male authority is enduring in a world populated by the undead. As a premise, this is a fine, interesting, and potentially fascinating framework for genre storytelling (I wonder how many viewers understand that this is the not so subtle subtext of the series?).
As further proof of the continuing dominance of white masculinity in a world where the dead now walk the Earth, this season's villain has also surrendered to the white racial frame, where The Governor, who was originally Hispanic in the graphic novel, has been rewritten as a white character.
I can accept that The Walking Dead TV series occupies its own universe and narrative space. I can also accept that people of color are peripheral in this universe, and as such, the roles played by them will be different than the vision offered by the graphic novel. But, I am less forgiving of how a character such as Michonne has been robbed of her power and complexity. My claim is a challenging and provocative one: if you love a character and respect them, then you, the author/creator, must at times let bad things happen to your beloved creation.
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The growth of online activity has brought with it several challenges in the arenas of privacy, security and identity management. Federated Identity Architectures aim to mitigate the risks, costs and complexities within each of these arenas. Domain specific requirements have evolved two frameworks to address these issues for their respective domains. Liberty Alliance is a project and a Federated Identity Framework that specifically targets requirements within the commercial sector, while Shibboleth was founded with the intent of providing resource sharing for higher education. -- Users, who are often members of both domains, are still left with multiple identities to manage across these federations, some of which exist only due to their technology limitations. These identities are exposed to multiple identity providers, limiting their privacy. -- This project investigates these two architectures, identifying their profiles, protocols and bindings and establishes what would be required for their core components, the Service Provider and the Identity Provider, to communicate across different frameworks. -- We show how having these frameworks based upon the same parent specification provides common communication patterns that can be leveraged to provide desired functionality through the addition of message translation at strategic locations within the architectures.
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Although few seem to mention it, not everyone experiences Christmas joy during the holiday season.
A story in The Compass, diocesan newspaper in Green Bay, Wis., highlights how the Christmas season can be a difficult time for those who have recently, or even not so recently, experienced the death of someone close to them.
During a seminar on coping with grief during Christmas a Catholic cemetery administrator noted that the holidays are “filled with reminders of loved ones gone before us.” He stressed the importance of taking time to grieve.
“Do not attempt to block or ignore it, as this is not healthy for you or others around you who are suffering as well,” he said.
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Like the cover of a book, the title of a play should attract attention and represent its subject. John Patrick Shanley's new off-Broadway work "Defiance" would have been more faithful to its subject if it were titled "Accountability," but that's not likely to have sold many tickets.
Set in 1971 at Camp Lejeune, N.C., this morality tale unfolds through a series of metaphor-heavy events: racial incidents among young marines on the base, the arrival of a zealous Lutheran chaplain, career-building but morally compromising assignments for a young black captain, marital infidelity by a dedicated lieutenant-colonel and its discovery by his devoted wife.
Shanley, whose award-winning "Doubt" is still on the boards on Broadway, wants us to hear echoes of antiwar Vietnam, Clinton's big mistake, the Clarence Thomas hearings, and Iraq, to explore why men seek power, exercise power, run from power, and/or refuse to acknowledge the existence of a higher power. The wife, skillfully portrayed by Margaret Colin, becomes the vehicle for the playwright's opinion on the source of all this bad behavior. She finally rejects the idea that power trumps accountability, suggesting that it is not age, race, or status that is the best indicator of who will accept responsibility for their actions, but instead, it may be gender.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. - There's a new push to get people with criminal backgrounds needed jobs in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls region. As a condition of their parole, former convicts need to find work.
The national unemployment rate is 7.9 percent. Here in New York, it's a point higher at 8.9 percent. In our region, it's a bit lower, at 8.4 percent.
The Erie County Center for Employment Opportunities, a local non-profit, says too many people are walking through their doors unemployed and with a criminal record. The organization says 66 percent of former convicts here are unemployed.
"If an individual can't make a taco or stock a shelf, then, what can they do?" asked Jeffrey Conrad, the CEO of the organization, "Those are the jobs that this population can not only maintain, but they can do that pretty well."
The center is targeting the Walden Galleria this holiday shopping season to fill positions with former convicts. The mall has hundreds of seasonal jobs available.
Conrad says at least 10 employers are allowing people with criminal backgrounds to work shifts at the mall.
But, there's a problem.
The center says many can't get to the mall to work late or early morning shifts because of a lack of public transportation. So the center wants NFTA to expand its bus hours in the area.
"Until there is an actual demand, we're not in the position to get buses on the street that are going to run empty with the hope that someone may ride those buses," said Doug Hartmayer, the director of public affairs for the NFTA.
Conrad says he disagrees with this "assertion," citing that the NFTA has reported an overall increase in ridership.
"I've actually had to deny two people because the bus system that they had doesn't drive out here later," said Andrew Jezior, a manager at Bar Louie, which is a restaurant at the Galleria.
The center is trying to place people like 23-year-old Terrance, who's trying to repair his life. He served five years in prison for robbing a teacher. He's on probation and unemployed.
"I must rely on the metro and things associated, family, friends and it's kind of tough out here," he said.
The center says that it doesn't help any convicted sex offenders or arsonists. It says it rarely will help any convicted murderers and that the public is not in danger when former convicts are in public places.
"We have people who have been convicted of crimes working in every industry," said Conrad.
Experts say that recidivism rates for people with criminal backgrounds is reduced when people on parole have jobs. The center gets some funding from the state.
Assemblymember Dennis Gabryszak, who serves Cheektowaga, told us he can understand how some people might feel uncomfortable about former convicts getting certain jobs, but that in the end, the decision rests with the employers.
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The Peoples Improv Theater uses the techniques, exercises, and games of the improv performer to heighten the skills of attorneys. The course focuses on the attorney as a performer, the power of verbal and non-verbal communication, the ability to deal with the unexpected, listen actively, communicate effectively, and speak in public under stress with extreme confidence.
Is the course accredited?
Yes! Improv(ed) Legal Skills is a 3-Credit New York State approved Continuing Legal Education course, complete with written materials that detail a brief history of improv, the parallel between improv skills and attorney skills, and take-away group and solo exercises.
What is it like?
Our class is a safe, team environment where participants are lead as a group through simple improv warm-ups, exercises, and games that highlight skills that are essential to performers and attorneys alike. After each exercise, the group engages in a dialogue that helps connect the skill to the specific reality of the participating attorneys.
Improv(ed) Legal Skills breaks the mold of traditional lecture/power-point/note-taking CLE, and re-introduces attorneys to a learning style that is interactive, entertaining, and fun. We believe that by challenging the traditional-style of learning, our participants retain more of the information and can easily access the lessons for use in practice.
Who is it for?
IMPROV CLE is taught in a transitional, live-classroom format, and is valuable for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys.
Newly Admitted Attorneys – IMPROV CLE offers an arena to practice trial skills, negotiation techniques, and their individualized team building efforts without the fear of a client’s life, liberty or money at risk.
Experienced Attorneys – IMPROV CLE is an opportunity for experienced lawyers to exercise and sharpen their skills to give them an edge over the competition while improving innovative leadership skills.
Areas of Law –Each skill set has its own meaning and application to different areas of law. Non-verbal communication skills can serve both the trial attorney and the negotiator. Persuasion techniques are fundamental in both contract drafting and client interactions. The unique value found in our CLE is the interactivity and group dialogue dynamic. This allows for a platform of self-directed learning where we explore and strengthen the specific skill, and then discuss how we can and will implement the skill into our specific area of law.
While this course is open and available to all areas of law, some of the areas of advancement for former students are litigation, negotiation, deposition, persuasive writing, contract, and client management. Some of the highlights of our course focus on presentation, public speaking, verbal and non-verbal communication, listening, trust, and frustration management.
Where is it taught?
We can teach the CLE in Manhattan either at our theater located at 123 E. 24th Street, or at our training facility Simple Studios at 134 West 29th Street. If you book us to teach your firm, we can accommodate for on site training.
Improv(ed) Legal Skills accommodates any group over 6 people, however we also conduct individual registration ongoing group classes at our learning facilities year round.
Who teaches Improv(ed) Legal Skills?
Improv(ed) Legal Skills is taught by Tommy Galan, Director of Corporate Programming at The Peoples Improv Theater. Tommy is a performer with over 20 years of experience, as well as an attorney in good standing with the New York State Bar Association. After a decade of practicing law, Tommy returned full-time to his passion for performance and sharing the benefits of improvisation. Tommy has successfully handled over 3000 legal cases and maintains an undefeated appellate record. He is also an award-winning performer whose work has been featured at the New York Comedy Festival sponsored by Comedy Central, The Chicago SketchFest, The Toronto Sketch Festival, Los Angeles Comedy Festival, and Montreal Sketch Comedy Festival. He performs regularly in New York City.
How much does it cost?
For information regarding individual cost, group rates, and a copy of our financial aid policy, please send an e-mail to tommy@ThePIT-NYC.com.
How can I schedule a CLE for my firm?
If you are interested in scheduling a CLE workshop for your firm, feel free to contact Tommy Galan, Director of Corporate Programming at Tommy@ThePIT-NYC.com
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Organic Valley, the nation's largest name-brand marketer of organic eggs, is being accused of misleading consumers about the living conditions of its California hens, and for violating federal organic standards, according to a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The bombshell was dropped by the California-based organic watchdog group Cornucopia Institute, which says the hens at the Petaluma Egg Farm were confined in screened "porches" and not allowed to forage naturally in pastures with direct sunlight.
"The federal organic standards clearly state that 'year-round access for all animals to the outdoors' is a requirement," says Mark Kastel, Senior Farm Policy Analyst with the group in a release on their website.
The Cornucopia Institute has filed a legal complaint with the USDA over the matter. The current dust-up may be prompted by the USDA's National Organic Standards Board meeting scheduled for the end of April, where the board is expected to address whether "porches" meet the definition of access to the outdoors.
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Editor's note: Sally Koslow is the author of "Slouching Toward Adulthood: Observations from the Not-So-Empty Nest" (Viking)
(CNN) -- Dear baby boomer parents,
It's time to talk. After people my age were done growing our hair long, wearing our bell bottoms and protesting the Vietnam War, we got jobs, mortgages, high cholesterol and bunions. Many of us also educated children -- often at colleges that would never have admitted us -- and groomed our kids to expect and accept only the best, never dreaming that they'd graduate into an economy that would crush even some of the brightest.
Plenty of our children have gotten the short straw.
Some 53% of people younger than 25 are unemployed or underemployed. Many have been crippled by indecision, picking a direction, reversing it, spinning the dial again, and flying two stars to the right, straight on till morning before they return to live with us again.
There is more, however, to their generational wandering and inertia than pure economics.
Boomers' fury at the very idea that we have to age sends a subliminal message that there will always be time for our kids to get another degree or to surf another couch, to break up with one more partner or employer, and to wait around to reproduce, while ignoring the reality that opportunities will evaporate.
If parents aren't old -- and who among us doesn't feel 35? -- then for adultescents, the years must be standing still. If we're not old, with our titanium joints and botox, how can we expect our kids to grow up? If we're not old, our offspring, whose complete childhoods we archive in our hearts with four-color illustrations and footnotes, must remain big babies.
Boomers have established the 2.0 model for self-involvement, enhanced by boasting about our most prized assets, our kids, whose attention we crave, and who all too often exist on a broad plain of entitlement that we've hired gardeners to maintain if we're not hoeing and mowing ourselves. In this devil of a job market, many young adults now exist in a cloud of overconfidence with an illusion of endless time.
Parenthood requires constant renegotiation, which is where boomers often bomb. We remain overinvolved in adultescents' lives, another twist on not wanting to get old. It's painful for us to recognize that biology's imperative is for youngsters to manage without parents, and that many life lessons must be learned alone. We can't teach kids how to learn to meet deadlines, get along with people and deal with rejection. These are solo projects.
On the motherhood spectrum, I've always felt laid-back. After my two sons got college diplomas, each one moved to the opposite coast. Roots and wings, I thought. That's the ticket. But as a son became engaged to marry, I felt an unfamiliar panic. I realized it came from wondering if I'd done enough to prep my child for the rest of life. Did he have a full tool kit to evolve into the world's most caring, contended man? Had I done my job to see that he was?
Tough nuts if he wasn't, because the statute of limitations on micromanaging that process was running out. Was I ready to let go? No. But I'm trying.
I worry deeply about peers who won't cop to this new job description, although I recognize that it's harder for parents to let go if adultescents lead lives that appear much the same as 10 years ago, possibly even sleeping in their old bed. Nonetheless, it's up to us to allow adult children to determine their fates.
Once kids graduate from college, it's time to collectively peel off the bumper stickers and remind ourselves the ultimate goal as parents is to stop trying to vaccinate our children against every conceivable catastrophe. The best and most lasting gift we can offer our children is the chance to develop independence so that one day they can teach their own kids to do the same.
This means boomers acting like tough coaches, not fairy godparents with an indefatigable ability to solve problems and limitless credit cards: 59% of people 18 to 39 who are not students receive some financial aid from parents. Mothers and fathers should start early, or at least earlier, to give kids a crash course in the DIY drudgery -- from tax prep to turkey trussing -- that doesn't make it onto school applications and resumes. These are the tasks our country undervalues.
And when young adults return to live at home, we need to establish rules as well as time frames for how long stays will last, along with encouraging kids to expand job searches and perhaps take any position until dream jobs come along.
Parents need to step back for adult children to step forward. With the time we gain by not being a concierge to kids' lives, we can address the brain drain and social tragedy resulting from countless well-educated young adults lingering jobless, especially those who graduated in the dog years of 2007 and 2008. These adultescents aren't damaged goods. They just look that way to employers, who when they do have a job to fill, prefer a more freshly graduated model.
Forcing ourselves to back off is no harder than what we expect of our children, whose journeys, I hope, lead them on a path to lasting fulfillment and calling home, often, so that both generations can say "I love you."
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The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Sally Koslow.
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Newest Review: ... Ticket (Shakespeare's Birthplace, Hall's Croft, Nash's House and New Place) is £12.50 for adults, £8 for children and £11.50 for ... more
Here we go round the Mulberry Tree
Nash's House & New Place (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Member Name: arnoldhenryrufus
Nash's House & New Place (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Advantages: A wonderful historic building and well preserved .
Disadvantages: Cannot totally cater to disabilities
~~Nash House and New Place~~
I love old historic buildings and I drag my poor husband around with me at every opportunity; he deserves a medal as I know he does not hold the same love for history and buildings as I do. On our two day stay in Stratford we decided to visit the five houses belonging to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and Nash House and New Place is one of them.
Let us start with a little bit of information about the building itself; like all the five houses it was built from locally quarried stone at Wilmcote and it was the grey-blue variety of lias stone. The oak timber frame was taken from the woodlands in the ancient Forest of Arden. The houses were early prefabricated buildings, as carpenters would carve out the wooden frames which would then be put together on site. The craftsmanship from these times were magnificent considering the knowledge they had then and they still stand proud today 500 years later, I wonder if some of our modern buildings will stand the same test of time.
The earliest reference to Nash House I could find was dated 1540, so I know it was built before then, the Tudor style residence is remarkable to look at and it always amazes me how it has stood up to all the elements and wars that this country has seen in its lifetime.
Shakespeare bought the property as a retreat to get away from the hustle and bustle of London and the stresses of the theatre work there. He lived here for the last 18 years of his life in New Place which joined Nash House. Looking at an artist's impression the two homes would have stood side by side and shared the lovely gardens. Shakespeare passed away here on his 52nd birthday in April 1616 at New Place; it is also believed that a few years later his wife Anne spent her last days there too.
His grand-daughter Elizabeth Hall lived here with her first husband Thomas Nash and after his death she remarried her second husband John Barnard. After Elizabeth's death in 1670 the house returned to the ownership of the Clopton family; they made some considerable alterations and opened the house up to the public for viewing. Sadly nearly a century later and it is now owned by the rather eccentric Reverend Francis Gastrell, who took an axe to the Mulberry Tree, which was believed to have been planted by Shakespeare himself; this caused unrest amongst the locals. Gastrell was sick and tired of all the tourists, but the town's folk were so incensed by what he did they smashed all the windows in the house. After this and the high tax bills he received for the house, he decided to pull New Place down to the ground; this incensed the local people of Stratford even more and they drove him out of the town banning him and his namesakes from ever returning to Stratford again.
The house is now owned by the trust and has been decorated to show how it would have looked in the Jacobean times; it does house some beautiful carved furniture and paintings.
The original New Place foundations are still there, but they now have a beautiful garden planted around them, they even have some Mulberry trees, one being a direct descendent of the original Mulberry Tree which Shakespeare planted, or so they say.
Our tour bus dropped us off right outside the house and straight away I was taking pictures. Firstly I took on e of the large Tudor style building which was the Falcon pub, then the church (The Guild Chapel) and finally as we went round the corner it was posing for pictures at the front of the house. I was really excited and looking forward to going inside with my camera ready to build up memories for my holiday album.
The outside of the house has colourful hanging baskets and tubs all in full bloom, making the Tudor style building with its black and white beamed frontage and leaded windows stand out.
I entered the building full of excitement and whilst my darling husband showed them our tickets I got my camera out to take a photo of a lovely fireplace; before I got the chance to press the button I was told that I could not take photo's; so very disappointed I put my camera away and we moved on in to the next room. This room had a large oak table with two benches either side, it looked very heavy and typical of the period which they have dressed the house in. There is a guide there who gives you a brief history of Nash house, New Place and the gardens; this takes around 10-15 minutes to complete and you are then left on your own to explore the house and gardens. At the end of the parlour there was a small room, the estate used this room for children to sit at a small table and draw etc.
Upstairs in the house was not dressed, but it was used to display an exhibition which showed some display cabinets with antiques displayed, these included some boxes and trinkets allegedly made from the original Mulberry Tree that Shakespeare had planted. I don't know if it was because I was disappointed in not being allowed to take photo's (even with my flash off), but I didn't seem to enjoy this house as much as the others. I do wish they would allow photographs, even if they made you pay a small charge, I would still be happy to pay for the privilege; I also purchase a guide book whenever I visit a period house, the one here cost £3.95 but it did cover all five homes so you only needed to buy one.
We left the house and explored the gardens, the first one we came to was straight outside the door, it was the garden that was planted around the foundations of the demolished house New Place, there were signs where bits of the old foundations are left exposed; from here you are lead into another garden called the Knot Garden, which was created around 1919-1920 and it is set into four sections which are referred to as knots; they grow herbs and flowers in each knot. At the centre is a small water feature; it all looks very colourful and pretty. You can go forward from here through a trellis-work tunnel which leads you through a turnstile and into the Great Garden. This is a very large garden like a small park really and this is open to the public and free to enter. It is said that it has the daughter and grand-daughter Mulberry trees descended from the original one which Shakespeare planted. Each of the trees has a plaque telling you about them; also as you walk around this garden you come across some modern artwork depicting Shakespeare's plays. Although I am not always a great fan of modern artwork I did find these fascinating and rather attractive in a strange kind of way. This is where we ended our visit; there was a little tea-room next to the gift shop, but we didn't partake in either, we just enjoyed the gardens and went outside to take a quick look at the lovely church I noticed on the way in.
~~How To Get There~~
We used the City-sightseeing bus to get us here as this took away the worry of parking and also the long walking from the town, as I am not as fit as I was. If you do decide to go by car then you will have to use one of the few car parks that Stratford offer, then you either catch the tour bus like we did, or walk through the town and over to Chapel Street for Nash House; there is disabled parking close by in Sheep Street. Wheelchair use is limited within the house, and you have to go out of the house and around the street, to get to the Great Garden. The nearest car park is the multi story car park off Rother Street.
~~Opening times for 2009~~
November to March - it is open 1100hrs to 1600hrs daily.
Summer months and Half term in February - open between 1000hrs and 1700hrs daily.
~~Prices for 2010~~
For the Town houses tickets (these allow you entry to the 3 houses inside the town, Shakespeare's birthplace, Nash House and New place and Halls Croft.
Adult - £12.50
Children (ages 5-16yrs) - £8.00
Family Ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children) - £33.50
A multi ticket for all five houses is
Adult - £19.00
Children - £12.00
Family - £49.00
Concession - £17.00
This is really worthwhile but you may wish to consider the bus tour as the ticket will only cost you £5.50 more on the adult price and you will get driven to all of the houses, so no hassle trying to park etc.
You can buy the guide book at any of the houses in one of four languages, English, French, German or Japanese all are prices at £3.95, you can even buy these on line prior to your visit and you can get your tickets as well.
The Shakespeare multi tickets also give you free entry into the Shakespeare Found exhibition where you will get to see a true image of William Shakespeare which has been discovered and has been proven authentic.
Although I didn't enjoy it as much as some of the other properties I am glad I have seen it, but the highlight of the visit for me had to be the beautiful gardens, if we had a longer visit here I would of happily taken a picnic and sat and enjoyed the beauty and the atmosphere of these gardens. The Great Garden especially, you can imagine the peace and tranquillity such a garden would have bought to Shakespeare after the busy life he led as a playwright in the City of London. I would most definitely recommend it for a visit, but if I do return I will have to plan my stay a little better, giving myself a little more time to savour the moment. If you decide to visit the houses I would make this one the first that you visit, leaving the better ones to the end; I feel that you will appreciate it more if you do it that way.
Thank you for reading
Summary: A wonderful historic building and well preserved .
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Shootings In Newtown, Conn.
Mon December 24, 2012
Toy Donations Pour Into Newtown For The Holidays
Originally published on Mon December 24, 2012 11:48 am
The Monday after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., toys and stuffed animals began arriving by the truckload. Ten days later, the gymnasium at Edmond Town Hall in the center of Newtown is full of them.
"When I realized that it was getting so large, I thought that we should get this to the children before the holidays," says Ann Benore, a caseworker for Newtown Social Services.
Benore has organized this toy giveaway for all Newtown children and families. There's a special collection for students of Sandy Hook Elementary School who survived the massacre. She says they've received more than 60,000 stuffed animals and thousands more toys.
The community was turned upside down after the 20 first-graders and six adults were killed. Now, residents are struggling to find a way to still enjoy the spirit of the season.
All toys were first examined by local police; there's a group of officers standing at the back of the gym. Children ooh and ahh as they enter — and are handed bags. They walk through and choose cuddly bears or games, or both.
In one area, volunteers show youngsters how to make Christmas ornaments. Brittany Noonan, 17, traveled here from the other end of the state to help out.
"I see a lot of toys and lot of happy little kids," she says.
In another area, teacher Christina Morse Scala helps residents draw, paint and create sculpture with donated art supplies.
"It allows them to express without having to use words. It gives them an opportunity to reflect, bring them to a safe place," she says.
Parents in Newtown say they're having a hard time figuring out how to handle the holidays. At a shop down the road called Everything Newtown, co-owner Teri Brunlli says her family will find a way to celebrate this year.
"I have four kids at home. I think it's important to celebrate. The kids need to feel safe, and I think the only way to do that is to give them something that's normal again," she says. "We can't just stop. We have to take the next step forward."
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A county-wide effort to curb drunk and drugged driving during the holidays resulted in thousands of arrests, officials announced.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department says the 2012/13 "Avoid the 100" DUI campaign—named for the number of law enforcement agencies that take part—resulted in a "significant" number of arrests, at more than 2,000.
According to the department, from 12:01 a.m. Friday, December 14 through midnight Tuesday, January 1, officers arrested 2,168 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
During last year's operation in 2011/12—which was actually two days shorter in length—2,433 DUI arrests occurred, LASD reported.
The arrests were all part of the special holiday Avoid the 100 campaign, in which enforcement efforts included: 72 DUI/driver’s license checkpoints, 153 local DUI saturation patrols and 25 DUI warrant/probation sweeps—all between Dec. 14 and Jan. 1. The CHP also deployed all available officers during two Maximum Enforcement Periods—Christmas and New Years Weekends.
In 2010, more than 10,000 people were killed nationwide in motor vehicle alcohol or drug-related crashes and in California 791 people died on state’s streets and highways. In Los Angeles County, there were 157 individuals killed.
Funding for the Avoid the 100 DUI campaign is provided through state and federal grants.
The group's next major crackdown on drunken and drugged driving will occur on Super Bowl Sunday, and again on St. Patrick's Day, the sheriff's department said.
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There is a battle under way right now. In this battle there are three things to watch.
What is a dollar?
To different people and groups it is different things.
To the average American the dollar is a unit of measure for trade and the denomination of debt owed. To the Chinese the dollar is a mandatory middleman for international trade and a mandatory store of value for the excess wealth China receives from trading with the West. To bankers the dollar is the denominator of contracts holding others in debt to the bank.
There is a particular meme spreading right now that a very large mountain of contracts denominated in US dollars is somehow SUPPORT for the US dollar. As one example, I quote the latest Prudent Squirrel newsletter:
There is no clear alternative to the USD system at present. China, Russia, Brazil, India are taking steps to diversify their foreign exchange, but the amounts involved are a few tens of $billions, and nothing compared to the USD footprint world wide which I previously estimated at $2200 trillion for all USD stocks, bonds, contracts world wide, not to mention that all important commodities are still priced in USD – sort of like the US having its own private world wide ‘comex’ in everything from money markets to commodity markets to you name it.
That's $2.2 Quadrillion in contracts denominated in US dollars! That is not wealth. That is one entity holding a contract that INDENTURES another entity or individual.
The question I want to ask is does this mountain of contracts lend de facto SUPPORT to a continued dollar regime? Or is it the fatal FLAW of the regime?
Chris Laird seems to think that the usage demand of the dollar as a middleman for international trade must somehow be weighed against contracts of debt held by the banks. And if the debt weighs more than the net usage demand, then the dollar must continue on as the reserve currency.
But as I said, the dollar is different things to different people.
And my thesis is that the dollar's Achilles' heel is that it must perform TOO MANY functions. The dollar's fatal flaw is that if any one function fails, they all fail.
Think about the mountain of contracts held by the banks. Compare this mountain to a bag of groceries. If the price of a bag of groceries goes from $20 to $100, the entire mountain of contracts (derivatives) collapses and the banks go bust.
Now think about global usage demand. This is a funny thing. Intuitively you would think that if the price of oil rises it will hurt the dollar. But in fact the opposite happens. As the price of oil climbs, all the world must buy more dollars to get the same amount of oil!
This creates demand for dollars which keeps the dollar strong. But here's the Catch 22. The rising price of oil also raises the price of a bag of groceries. This puts downward pressure on the value of the dollar. All those banks holding contracts denominated in dollars lose value when the price of a bag of groceries goes up.
So the dollar's interconnectedness in the global marketplace combined with its reliance on performing too many functions creates a very unstable environment for survival (of the dollar).
If all of a sudden dollars were not needed to pay for the rising price of oil, there would not be the usage demand to counterbalance the rising price of everything else. And this is why a few tens of billions in usage by the BRIC countries is a DEADLY threat to the $2.2 Quadrillion in derivative contracts.
What is gold? What functions does it perform?
To different people and groups it is different things.
But not for long. Soon it will perform its one and only function, wealth reserve par excellence!
But for now, to those bankers who sit precariously on a mountain of contracts denominated in dollars, gold is a tool used to lie to the people about wealth. There are a couple problems though. Most of the people being lied to have no wealth to preserve. And those that do are starting to see through the lie.
One more thing. In order to lie through gold, they must have a fractional reserve of gold from which to pay physical gold to those that see through the lie. For the last 10 years that gold has been provided by Gordon Brown and the central bankers. But now things have changed. Now the central bankers are net BUYERS of gold.
The lie is coming to an end.
During the last century many things have come and gone. Wars, nations, leaders, parties, ideas, ideals, blood was shed, promises broken, much chaos. But one thing has been steady. The evolution of gold!
First we had a regime of fixed gold prices ($20, $35, $42) and all the while the dollar printing exploded! Then we had the regime of semi-fixed gold prices from 1971 to 2001, and dollar printing exploded even more! Finally we had a decade of "controlled demolition" or controlled gold price inflation, as gold tripled in value at the same time as oil rose SIX times in price and the US dollar printing EXPLODED like never before!
So what is next in the steady evolution of gold? It is free gold pricing and the recognition of its one and only function, wealth reserve par excellence! This is next!
What to watch for? Watch for when gold starts to outrun oil to the upside. So far over the last 10 years gold is up 3 times and oil is up 6 times. When gold outperforms oil it will mean that the process has shifted into high gear.
What about oil?
Do we have an energy crisis on our hands? Did we have an energy crisis in 1973?
How can we possibly know?
Certainly a monetary crisis and an energy crisis are not mutually exclusive. They can happen at the same time. But what we know for sure is that monetary manipulation distorts free market pricing mechanisms, causes massive malinvestment, and masks the reality of whether or not we are facing a true resource crisis.
In just one year we have seen the WILD fluctuation of the price of oil from $147 to $30. At $147 per barrel the producers and anyone holding oil should have been jumping out of their seats to sell, yet we were told there was a shortage. At $30, we were told that demand was low. Buyers should have been jumping out of their seats to buy! So why all the confusion?
Can we really know the true availability of resources while prices are so distorted by currency fluctuations in our fiat system? No, we can only speculate.
No disrespect to my favorite active Peakist! As I have said before, I am agnostic when it comes to this subject. And yes, Hugo, I did read your post.
So how will we know when the end is near? When Helicopter Ben comes under attack for being too tight with the printing press, the end is near. When helicopter drops are not enough to satisfy the beast, the end is near. When the US borrows more in one week than it did in an entire year seven years prior, the end is near. When scorched earth self-preservation tactics, in-your-face theft of public funds, and outright corruption is done in broad daylight without fear of reprisal, the end is near. This is what to watch for. Please let me know in the comment section if and when you happen to see any of these signs. We all need to be on the lookout!
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called the nation’s persistently high numbers of unemployed, just under 13 million in July, a “moral failure” in its annual Labor Day statement. Noting the millions out of work or underemployed and the millions more who have relinquished hope of finding a job, the bishops wrote, “The sad fact is that over 46 million people live in poverty, and, most disturbingly, over 16 million children grow up poor in our nation.”
Released on Aug. 13, the statement, “Placing Work and Workers at the Center of Economic Life,” scolded political candidates and elected officials, noting that their “relative silence...on the moral imperative to resist and overcome poverty is both ominous and disheartening.”
“The depth of poverty in the U.S. is really shocking and probably the worst it has been in my adult life,” said Sharon Daly, former director of the Domestic Social Development Office at the U.S.C.C.B. “I think it’s wonderful that the bishops’ statement calls attention to this and links it to lack of jobs—decent jobs with wages that can support a family and offer benefits—because that is the single most important factor. It points out that the economy should be designed and judged by its impact on working and poor people, as well as the common good.”
The bishops singled out the “unique and essential responsibility” of labor unions in economic renewal and noted their indispensable role as agents of solidarity and subsidiarity, but warned that “some union actions can contribute to excessive polarization and intense partisanship, can pursue positions that conflict with the common good, or can focus on just narrow self-interests.”
Daly said she was surprised that labor unions were the only social institution called to account by the bishops. “It’s not the teachers’ union or the firefighter or police unions that have caused this incredible economic crash worldwide,” she said. “If the bishops’ statement is going to single out unions as contributing to the problem, it’s very unfair if they don’t also mention mortgage companies, investment bankers and broker-dealers.” These groups, Daly pointed out, committed fraud and abuse and contributed to the bankruptcy of cities and towns that invested pension plans with such firms. “The bishops complain of unions pursuing narrow self interest and ignoring the common good,” she said, “but none of these other major organizations are working toward” the common good.
Daly said that the church ought to reach out to the labor movements and ask them what they think could be done for workers. “In some places the church has resisted union efforts, so sometimes the relationship is strained,” she said. “But what Catholic teaching says we should do is reach out to those who are struggling and see what we can do together.”
Alex Mikulich, a research fellow at the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University, New Orleans, agreed that the bishops’ statement is, at its core, a positive document. “It rightly calls for the establishment of economic justice and ending barriers to employment and a living wage,” he said. “It rightly calls both dominant national political parties to address workers’ rights, joblessness and poverty.”
But “the document largely lacks significant practical challenge to lay Catholics to pay a price for economic and racial justice,” he said.
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This post courtesy of Anne Taylor-Vaisey:
From the October 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine:
D. M. Studdert, M. M. Mello, and T. A. Brennan.
Financial Conflicts of Interest in Physicians' Relationships with the Pharmaceutical Industry Self-Regulation in the Shadow of Federal Prosecution. New England Journal of Medicine October 28 2004;351(18):1891-1900.
The past two years have witnessed extraordinary regulatory ferment in the area of conflicts of interest involving physicians, especially conflicts arising in relationships with the pharmaceutical industry. Professional regulatory bodies, the pharmaceutical industry, and the government have all decided that physicians and drug manufacturers need stronger advice about appropriate relationships. In 2002, three leading professional organizations the American Medical Association,1 the American College of Physicians,2 and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education3 issued or revamped guidelines regarding physicians' interactions with drug companies. In July 2002, acting through its trade association, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the industry adopted a broad code of conduct for its constituencies.4 In April 2003, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services released a set of guidelines with which manufacturers were urged to comply in order to guard against the risk of liability.
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Next meeting of Central Virginia History Researchers: Thursday, April 5, 4 PM, at the Jefferson Library
Gayle will tell us about seven persons of color born in Charlottesville/Albemarle between 1862 and 1882 who went on to become physicians. She is exploring their local roots as well as their professional careers. One of the doctors married a woman from Newaygo, Michigan (she says, Check it out on a map!). Gayle is also interested in knowing if and how their stories should be made available to others.
Bob will talk about his work on the Tinsley family of Louisa County. He will use Wilson and Marcia Tinsley, owned by two different Green Springs residents, as an example of an ‘abroad’ marriage and a springboard to using historical sources to understand the nature and extent of such marriages in central Virginia. He has asked members of the Tinsley family to come to the meeting to share their photographs and stories.
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Destitute North Korea accepts, then rejects, flood aid from South
SEOUL (REUTERS) - Impoverished North Korea rejected South Korea's offer of emergency food and medicines to help recover from devastating summer floods, two days after accepting what would have been the first shipment of government aid from Seoul in two years.
Wealthy South Korea said last week in an unusually grim assessment of the North's grain harvest that crop production for the year probably dropped more than 10 percent due to flooding and a drought.
North Korea rejected help from the South, saying, "That type of support is not needed", an official at the South Korean Unification Ministry said on Tuesday. North Korea has a record of flip-flopping on international agreements, especially on deals reached in so-called six-party talks to halt its nuclear weapons programme.
The South's offer came after the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme said last month it would send a first batch of emergency food aid to North Korea.
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Genesis Chapter 38 |
1About that time Judah left his brothers and camped near a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah. 2There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and cohabited with her. 3She conceived and bore a son, and he named him Er. 4She conceived again and bore a son, and named him Onan. 5Once again she bore a son, and named him Shelah; he was at Chezib when she bore him.
6Judah got a wife for Er his first-born; her name was Tamar. 7But Er, Judah’s first-born, was displeasing to the Lord, and the Lord took his life. 8Then Judah said to Onan, “Join with your brother’s wife and do your duty by her as a brother-in-law, and provide offspring for your brother.” 9But Onan, knowing that the seed would not count as his, let it go to waste whenever he joined with his brother’s wife, so as not to provide offspring for his brother. 10What he did was displeasing to the Lord, and He took his life also. 11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Stay as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up”—for he thought, “He too might die like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
12A long time afterward, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. When his period of mourning was over, Judah went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, together with his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13And Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is coming up to Timnah for the sheepshearing.” 14So she took off her widow’s garb, covered her face with a veil, and, wrapping herself up, sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, yet she had not been given to him as wife. 15When Judah saw her, he took her for a harlot; for she had covered her face. 16So he turned aside to her by the road and said, “Here, let me sleep with you”—for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. “What,” she asked, “will you pay for sleeping with me?” 17He replied, “I will send a kid from my flock.” But she said, “You must leave a pledge until you have sent it.” 18And he said, “What pledge shall I give you?” She replied, “Your seal and cord, and the staff which you carry.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she conceived by him. 19Then she went on her way. She took off her veil and again put on her widow’s garb.
20Judah sent the kid by his friend the Adullamite, to redeem the pledge from the woman; but he could not find her. 21He inquired of the people of that town, “Where is the cult prostitute, the one at Enaim, by the road?” But they said, “There has been no prostitute here.” 22So he returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her; moreover, the townspeople said: There has been no prostitute here.” 23Judah said, “Let her keep them, lest we become a laughingstock. I did send her this kid, but you did not find her.”
24About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has played the harlot; in fact, she is with child by harlotry.” “Bring her out,” said Judah, “and let her be burned.” 25As she was being brought out, she sent this message to her father-in-law, “I am with child by the man to whom these belong.” And she added, “Examine these: whose seal and cord and staff are these?” 26Judah recognized them, and said, “She is more in the right than I, inasmuch as I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he was not intimate with her again.
27When the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb! 28While she was in labor, one of them put out his hand, and the midwife tied a crimson thread on that hand, to signify: This one came out first. 29But just then he drew back his hand, and out came his brother; and she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” So he was named Perez. 30Afterward his brother came out, on whose hand was the crimson thread; he was named Zerah.
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The Art of Fine Gardening
Many contemplate gardening by itself as an art form. Along with the art of fine gardening is just that, an art. Fine gardening might mean distinct things to different individuals, but it means a lot more than just coming up having a garden to me. It embodies all which is gorgeous and elegant in gardening and combines them to produce a garden which is the culmination of every thing you dream of.
The pleasure you gain from fine gardening might come not merely from the garden you developed but from the long stretches of time that you spend sketching and planning the garden itself, from the very 1st moment you might have a seed of an concept, to the moment you plant the last flower, and location the last sapling. Every thing that you simply want, every little thing that you can be, ought to shine by means of when a person else 1st steps into this kingdom of fine gardening, where anyone can sit quietly and ponder on the finer things in life surrounded by peace and serenity.
As such, a water feature that ideally makes a continuously soothing gurgle, with a quaint stepping-type of waterfall-cum-pond, placed on gorgeous slabs of flat rock with just a touch of moss growing on it. A stunning water lily or lotus to offer that contrast in color, and maybe a fine fish or two. A couple of ferns and leafy rain-forest sort plants set about the pond, and you’re pretty considerably done with this phase of your fine gardening.
And then, imagine having a huge tree standing in a corner of the garden, with a luscious velvety dark brown trunk that you simply can just about span along with your arms, burgeoning with rich, bright green leaves overflowing onto the ground in wanton abandon. But then once more, this might not always be realistic. So you might settle instead for some saplings now which will eventually fulfill your dreams.
Since green is what you might be going for at the moment, you’d desire to see about laying a delightful shady lawn which you can immerse your bare feet into when taking a turn about your garden.
If you might be a fan of Zen gardens, but have a leaning towards colors and a lot of plants, you would like to include this aspect into your fine gardening efforts by setting a path, made out of natural rough hewn stone, coursing in a leisurely manner by way of the garden.
And to wrap every thing up, you can have a little alcove that gives the occasional visitor a wide-angle view of the complete garden tucked away in a corner of the garden. It’s complete with a sun shade, along with a low-lying bench with several plump cushions placed haphazardly around, and all of it surrounded by a wealth of arresting flowers.
Some distance off, you’d go about putting in location several boulders which are attractive in appearance and color to the eye, surrounded maybe by a few flowers.
And amidst all this wonderful beauty you would savor the fruits of your fine gardening efforts and emit a sigh of extreme joy and satisfaction. For what much more is there to gardening, than the art of fine gardening.
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VanderCook seeks to ensure that all individuals feel safe from harassment, and are able to interact with all constituents of the academic community without fear or concern.
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A complaint may be made if anyone feels victimized in any of the above ways and has not been successful (or comfortable) addressing the situation directly with the other party or parties. A formal grievance form for candidates can be found on the VanderCook website and may be submitted to the appropriate dean. A formal complaint may also be made in person to a designated Title IX coordinator and/or the appropriate dean. Faculty and staff should make a formal complaint to the president. The complaintant must sign any formal complaints and grievances.
No one should remain silent when confronted with any situation that is perceived as harassment, but should communicate with someone they trust, even if a formal complaint is not being filed at that time.
It is incumbent upon the college to investigate and determine appropriate steps to end harassment. A formal or informal process, as outlined in the College Catalog, may be followed. Such steps may include directions for cessation of contact between the involved parties, required counseling, loss of scholarship or work study, a formal letter of warning, loss of VanderCook employment/apprenticeship, suspension or expulsion from school, issuance of restraining order(s), or other actions deemed necessary after consultation with appropriate authorities.
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Alice in Wonderland cupcakes
Anna Maria Roche from Planet Cake
Alice and me. Alice in Wonderland that is. It’s enough to get a girl excited for today I’m making Alice in Wonderland cupcakes with Planet Cake who hold regular classes in cake and cupcake decorating. I’d heard of the classes and seen many gorgeous results including my buddy’s Christie’s Easter cupcakes. This class would be their first Alice in Wonderland cupcakes class and they were designed by Anna Maria Roche. Mother of two boys Roche is originally from Austria where she learnt her trade as a pastry chef but whilst Austria is known for cakes, it is not known for cake decorating in this style. When she moved here in 1991, they had to make their own ready to roll icing (RTR icing aka fondant) and cake decorating wasn’t anywhere near as prolific as it is now. As for me, I was just happy to be able to learn some more cupcake decorating tips!
My Alice in Wonderland cupcakes…
What can I say…I see things in technicolour!
We take a peek at the designs we’re doing today and I already spot a few favourites. We’re making an Alice down the rabbit hole,a teapot, a mushroom, a misleading sign, Mad Hatter’s hat, a cheshire cat, a clock and a rabbit. We’d be making two of each designs and the purely doing the decoration. The cupcakes are made by an external bakery for Planet Cake as all of the time needed to complete all of the designs. I was excited, I was only a novice cupcake decorator and skill levels at this class varied from first timers like me to a someone who was on her seventh Planet Cake class!
Two of us share a large stainless steel workbench and in the corner are our sets with the tools of the trade. We are given a plastic ruler, a frilling tool, a turntable, a small paring knife, a small offset palette knife, a vinyl sheet and a small rectangle of acrylic much like an overhead projector sheet, a sifter of cornflour, a pizza cutter and a small rolling pin.
Ganaching the cupcakes-the one on the left has been smoothed over and the rest have a rough application of ganache
The first thing we do is ganache the tops of the vanilla cupcakes. This is to give them flavour and keep them moist as well as allow for a smooth surface for the ready to roll fondant. We first rough ice them and then using our palette knife dipped in hot water and gently tapped on a chux, we smooth it over so that the icing reaches the edge of the cupcake cup to create a perfect dome. If a cupcake has overflowed slightly, trim the cupcake with the paring knife.
Slicing off any overhanging cake to give a smooth rounded surface
Icing the board using the transparency film
We then ice a 16 inch board with fondant by rolling it out. This is for later once the cupcakes are finished and we will adhere them to the board using ganache and then place them on the board to transport home in a box (and it’s a large box, I caught a cab home!). We go through how to mix fondant colours – don’t worry I’ll go through this later, they’re great tips . All of the fondant that we use today has already been coloured for us. Interestingly, Planet Cake use slightly different formulas for the RTR icing during Summer and Winter as it needs to be slightly firmer during the Summer heat and slightly softer during the cold Winter months.
My what bright colours you have!
My bench mate Katherine and I team up to cut out the fondant colours to top our cupcakes. Luckily we both want bright, vivid shades and we do bright purple, green, blue, fuchsia, orange and green as well as leaving two for our white clock.
We then break for lunch which consists of salads and wraps as well as juice and there are cakes, tea, coffee and water that we can help ourselves to during the day.
Making the hat brim
We then learn how to make the teapot and the rabbit. Anna Maria then she shows us how to make the Mad Hatter’s hat brim using a pasta cutter which helps to achieve an even level of thinness and she makes the body of the hat using an acrylic smoothing tool. Our next one is the toadstool and after that is my favourite: Alice falling down the rabbit hole (which I promise I’ll show you how to make step by step, it’s so brilliant!).
Shaping the hat using acrylic smoothing tools
Brushing the wood grain effect on the signs
We’re then showed how to make the signs which are made using a dry brush and brown liquid colouring (ensure that you stipple it first to avoid too much colouring on the brush) and then a rather detailed cheshire cat whose stripes are made using a pasta maker.
Cheshire cat smile
Painting the gold rim around the clock
My favourite bit is next and that is the painting and we paint the edge of the clock gold, draw numbers on the clock, the shoes on Alice and the text on the signs. Before we know it, it’s 4:30pm our creations are finished and everyone’s look fantastic without exception!
Everyone’s completed cupcakes
The Top 10 tips for cupcake decorating:
And I did promise you that I’d share the top 10 tips I learnt from the day so here goes!
1. If you’re kneading a lot of fondant (over 500grams or 1 pound) use your shoulders and body weight to do this and stand over the fondant. As a shorty (155cms tall, petite is such a nicer term for it ) I was given a stool and it helped enormously. It also helped me roll the fondant evenly.
2. French rolling pins are all very pretty but they’re not ideal for rolling large amounts of fondant. A regular one where the body spins is best as it does most of the work for you. Press down the fondant into a square shape and then roll 6 times in one direction and then turn it 90 degrees and roll it another 6 times until you make a square. Keep doing this until the desired thickness is required.
Press down to flatten fondant before rolling
3. To roll fondant ready for use, you want to knead it in order to get one surface (on the table) as smooth-the other surface can have lines. You will of course use the smooth surface on top. Use a shaker of cornflour to ensure that the fondant doesn’t stick to the table. If it does, use a paring knife quickly and carefully under the fondant to undercut it.
4. To colour fondant, first pinch off a golf ball sized roll of fondant. Take a fingernail sized amount of colouring gel (they use Wilton gel) and wearing disposable gloves knead it into this ball. It will still be glossy with gel on the outside but you can store this colour ball and use it for later. Pinch off a small amount from the colour ball and knead it into a larger amount of white fondant. Knead it like dough (in circles) and then slice it in half-you can see that there are streaks throughout it. Then re-knead it and cut again and repeat until there are no more streaks inside.
Kneading the colour ball into the white fondant
Slicing the fondant in the centre revealing the streak patterns from kneading
5. Make coloured fondant 1-2 days days before you need to use it as it will fade or use it straight away. Purples are particularly susceptible to fading as are some pale pinks (which can turn white).
The teapot on the right was made previously and has faded slightly whereas the one of the left was freshly shaped and slightly glossy
6. Always work fondant in your hands if you are modelling so that it gets slightly warm. It is much easier to adhere it to other parts of fondant (eg. the teapot spout to the body) and it should be slightly glossy when it is ready.
Making the pear shape: make use of the natural groove in your palms-the ball end will be in the centre of your palm while the thinner tapered end will be closer to your wrist.
Place a perfectly round ball of fondant in thegroove and roll
Which will produce a pear shaped piece of fondant
7. If you are modelling figures with fondant always start with a perfectly round ball with no cracks or lines. A very common modelling technique is the one we used for the rabbit which produces a teardrop. This is where fondant is rolled between the grooves of your palm back and forth to produce the teardrop shape.
Covering fondant between uses
8. Cover fondant when not in use as it dries very quickly. You can use vinyl tarp for this – it doesn’t need to be anything special.
9. If you are decorating large quantities of cupcakes, the best way to measure fondant is to make a sausage shape, cut one slice off and weigh it and if it is correct, slice off pieces in the same size to avoid individual weighing.
10. Essential bits of equipment are: plastic ruler, a frilling tool (although some use a toothpick which is quite fiddly but would do the job), a small paring knife, a small offset palette knife, a vinyl sheet and a small rectangle of acrylic much like what overhead projector sheet, a sifter of cornflour, a pizza cutter and a small rolling pin.
Even though I thought I knew a bit about cupcake decorating, I found that I learnt a lot. It was also very inspirational and motivational and I came out out there wanting to buy paints, gold dust and more fondant to create even more cupcakes ( much to Mr NQN’s dismay when he sees the bill for cake decorating supplies!).
Alice Falling Down The Rabbit Hole Cupcakes
And I did promise you some Alice in Wonderland Cupcakes didn’t I? Here is a step by step tutorial for making the fabulous Alice falling down the rabbit hole cupcake.
1. Make the layers of the skirt. Using a chrysanthemum cutter cut two white discs and one blue disc. Using a frilling tool, frill the edges by rocking back and forth with the blunter end of the frilling tool. This can also be achieved using a toothpick.
2. Roll out a small sausage in a flesh coloured fondant (about 7 cms in length)
3. Pinch both ends to make feet. Cut in the centre. You have two legs! We were all absolutely floored by the adorable doll legs
4. Place a large black disc of fondant on top of an iced cupcake using a little water on a small paintbrush to fix it. Place frilled blue disc first using a small amount of water.
5. Add both white frilled discs and adhere with a little water.
6. Poke two holes quite deep with the frilling tool to insert the legs.
7. And pop the legs in! Paint the feet back to simulate shoes.
And eat eagerly knowing that you have 19 other cupcakes to devour
NQN attended the Alice in Wonderland Cupcake Class as a guest of Planet Cake.
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Dawn News is a Pakistani first English News TV channel based in Karachi, democratic for live latest news, updates, discussion and much more. firmly rooted in a tradition of integrity, reliability and trust, the Dawn Media Network has launched Dawn News live, Pakistan’s leading news and current affairs television channel. Dawn News test transmission occurred on May 25, 2007, and the channel went live on July 23, 2007. Dawn News Test Transmission was launched by former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf. Dawn News live presents up-to-the-minute news bulletin, insightful political analysis, programs ranging from social issues to health and technology. This Dawn NEWS online channel is backed by Pakistan’s leading newspaper, covering National and International news and broadcasting exact and accurate information about what is happening around us. Dawn News live has covered major events including Lal Masjid operation, lawyers’ movement, military operations in tribal areas and 2008 general elections. Dawn New live transmission is watched in all cities of Pakistan and has also access to rural areas. This channel has correspondence with several satellite TV channels including; BBC World, Sky News, ABC News and Al-Jazeera. With the increase in public demand, Dawn News live channel decided to launch a separate Urdu news channel to get valuable feedback from the viewers. So, on May 15, 2010, Dawn News converted into an Urdu news channel after successful test transmission of four hours a day. The popular programmes of this channel are Khabrain, News Night with Talat, Mast Mornings with Maira, A Taste of Fusion, The First Blast and Maximum Masala. The few competitors of Dawn News live are Express 24/7, AAJ TV, ARY News, Dunya News, Express News, Geo News and PTV News. You can also watch Dawn News live online.
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Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Commons statement on the CSCE Summit from the 7th December 1994.
The Prime Minister (Mr. John Major) I represented the United Kingdom at the summit
meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-
The meeting adopted the Budapest summit declaration; and separate declarations on the 50th Anniversary of the termination of world war II, and on Baltic issues. It also adopted 10 decisions on different aspects of the CSCE's work.
These decisions embraced strengthening the CSCE; regional issues; further development
of the capabilities of the CSCE in conflict prevention and crisis management; code
of conduct on politico-
Copies of all of these documents will be placed in the Library of the House.
The CSCE is no longer just a conference. Its role has widened since the end of the
Cold War. Under the Budapest decision on "Strengthening the CSCE", its title will
change from 1 January 1995 to "The Organisation for Security and Co-
Among its other decisions, the summit:
At a separate ceremony in Budapest on 5 December, Ukraine acceded to the non-
In the margins of the conference, I had discussions with many of the CSCE heads of Government, including the Presidents of the Czech Republic, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine and the United States; the German Federal Chancellor; and the Prime Ministers of Hungary, Norway and Turkey.
The future development of the North Atlantic Alliance was one of the subjects mentioned in many speeches to the conference, and also during my bilateral meetings. It was a point of particular concern to the Russian delegation. I explained to President Yeltsin that our aim, which was widely supported by our partners in NATO and the European Union, was to extend to the east the prosperity and stability which members of the European Union and NATO now enjoy. That was why both organisations were developing their links with the countries of central and eastern Europe. NATO had commissioned a study of the principles of enlargement, but had taken no decisions yet on which countries might join the organisation or when. It was very important for NATO to build up its relationship with Russia, and we therefore hoped that the Russian Government would soon sign their agreement with NATO on the "Partnership for Peace" programme. It was common ground that there should be no new dividing line across Europe. The dominant political issue at the summit was the conflict in Bosnia. CSCE decisions are adopted by consensus, and because of differences of view between certain participants, a draft declaration on Bosnia was not adopted. However, the chairman of the conference spoke for many delegations in issuing, in his personal capacity, a call on all warring parties in Bosnia, and particularly in Bihac, to end the fighting, declare a ceasefire and allow free access of humanitarian assistance throughout Bosnia. My right hon. Friend, the Foreign Secretary, will be making a statement separately to the House on Bosnia, taking account of discussions during the Budapest summit.
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A lacework tale woven of gossamer and grace, "Man on the Train" finds repose in life's ephemera: the mutual respect of the fearless; a lover's constancy and casual familiarity. The more attuned you are to such intangibles the more enriching your experience of this wonderful film.
Superficially the French production (English subtitles) appears quite bound up in the ordinary.
Little more than a record of the events leading up to and following a heist, it records the chance encounter of a retired school teacher and a bank robber.
But within this unadorned context it resonates with the poetic subtleties that shimmer on the surface of being.
Written by Claude Klotz and directed by Patrice Leconte, "Man on the Train" derives this resonance from the delicate unfolding of the metaphorical lotus that is the heart of the gunman Milan (Johnny Hallyday) in response to a spontaneously identical event in Manesquier (Jean Rochefort).
Manesquier, a retired teacher of poetry, has spent his entire life in the same house in the same quiet town doing the same things year after year. But he is neither a dullard nor a recluse.
In life, as in the poetry within which he immerses himself, Manesquier's attentive aesthetic derives an unbounded universe of expressiveness from experiential simplicities. His is a rich life.
But he has never been a bold man. Until now.
In four days time he will undergo some potentially dire form of surgery and he is transformed by this confrontation with mortality.
He does not panic, however; he is never less than elegant, sublimely reflective, sweetly bemused.
Through a chance encounter he meets Milan, who, in this quiet town, can find no lodging though he too has an important engagement in four days.
Apparently the opposite of Manesquier, whereas the lover of poetry surrounds himself with books, very old, leather-bound tomes of infinite cultivation, Milan's world is one of guns, many guns.
Whereas Manesquier is voluble Milan is the epitome of reticence.
Whereas Milan exists in a world of calculated aggressiveness and deadly gunplay, Manesquier occupies a world of fantasy and make believe.
The poet pretends he's a gun-totin' marshal fixin' to bring law and order to Dodge City while Milan, in an unguarded moment, reveals he is merciless.
In a marvelous scene reinforcing this play of opposites the director, Leconte, allows the connoisseur of refinement to illumine the qualitative essence of bedroom slippers to a man who has never worn any.
Having done so, a bond is established through a magnanimous gesture involving these seemingly innocuous footwear. In this singular brilliant moment, poetry has ceased to be constrained by the page upon which it is written; it has embraced the criminal in its evanescent form: an act of kindness.
It is not long until Milan's poetic nature manifests, but through glimmers of that which has touched his soul; never so clumsily as in verse. Hereafter the film abounds in myriad forms of poetry: visual, conceptual, emotional.
Milan's getaway driver, a hooded, taciturn thug, utters but one sentence per day at precisely 10 a.m. Hardly arbitrary, these sintered filigrees of philosophical insight dash past with the impassioned radiance of ruby-throated hummingbirds.
Another member of the gang, a crumpled, unkempt lout consumed by alcoholism, has temporarily eschewed his Bacchanalian impulse for the sake of the caper.
Meeting Milan in the local art museum he proceeds to extemporize on the aesthetic merits of the various watercolorists on display. Clearly he too is a man transported by beauty, a man whose interior is as poetic as his exterior is base.
In Viviane, Manesquier's beloved inamorata, poetry further reveals the fluidity of its composition. Though mature her physical beauty is unquestionably poetic in nature; she incarnates grace.
Further, her soul and heart one, she is not disturbed by Milan's intemperate intrusions into her relationship with Manesquier. Rather, there is a poetic resilience to her character; her responses to the gunman's brusqueness flow with the honeyed impenetrability of mercury.
Finally, there is poetic justice. As we have come to know these men, to observe their individual transitions, we find ourselves distraught at what may become of them.
Will Manesquier survive the knife, Milan, the gun?
And should they survive, now that Manesquier has become physically emboldened will he make real the caprices of his soul?
Can Milan find enduring respite in the world of refinement and grace to which he has been introduced?
It will matter to you because of the quality of the film, the actors and the story.
To watch "Man on the Train" is to appreciate why, despite the never-ending flow of brightly colored irrelevancies that pass through the multiplex, film is still considered an art form.
Celluloid memories: Another absolutely delightful subtitled French film concerning an intimate male relationship, "The Two of Us" (1968) is directed by Claude Berri and stars Michel Simon and Alain Cohen. It is a simple story of a young Jewish boy sent to the countryside to survive the Nazi occupation of Paris and how the boy's presence changes the life of the curmudgeonly old anti-Semite to whom he is entrusted. For something completely different have a go at the American film "My Dinner with Andre" (1981) directed by a Frenchman, Louis Malle. You should know that my mother kept looking at her watch during the course of the film. Perhaps you should also know the entire film is a record of a conversation between Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory that takes place in a restaurant booth.
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For today's Geo Quiz -- a game of Tejo anyone? Tejo is a game with roots in a central state of Colombia.
We want you to name the place. That's no easy assignment -- there are 32 states or departments in the South American nation.
But the one we're looking for has several distinctions. It's nicknamed the "Land of Freedom" -- because it was the site of fierce battles during the fight for independence from Spain.
And it's nestled in the Andes of Colombia's Cordillera Oriental. And last but not least, it's home to Colombia's national sport. Tejo is nothing like cricket or soccer or baseball.
Think flying horseshoes that pop like firecrackers when they hit their mark. We'll explain how the game is played in just over a minute.
The rules and the name of this Colombian state that borders Venezuela are coming up...
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Posted: Jan 18, 2013 5:35 PM by Connie Tran, KSBY News
Updated: Jan 18, 2013 9:07 PM
The second amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms, but not everyone can walk out of a store with a gun. KSBY wanted to see what the process was for an average person with a clean record to walk into a store and purchase a firearm.
Background checks are a recent controversial topic. It is a process meant to screen and scan a person, to make sure they are capable of owning a firearm.
"Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" asked Atascadero's Uncle Ed's Outfitters Co-owner and Operator Jacob Zaluksy.
That question, along with dozens more, get asked out loud, everything a customer walks into his store with interest to buy a gun.
Zalusky said, "you have to go through this process, do your waiting period in the state of California, and allow us to double check and make sure you haven't done anything."
That process is a lengthy and multi-step one. To begin, one has to show proof of U.S. Citizenship via identification. They also require proof of California residency for over 90 days. After that, Zalusky puts you through a state mandated written test.
"This shows you understand the basic safety and handling capabilities of a weapon," he said.
The gun which the customer would like to purchase, will then get checked off of the California Certified List.
After that, the paperwork begins. An extensive federal and state document must be filled out, which checks one's background. It asks if someone has been convicted of a felony, if they are a drug-user, or if they have ever been deemed mentally unstable.
Zalusky said, "if you have any types of misdemeanors, felonies, drug possessions, anything that would basically have a stipulation through the court order that says you are not allowed to possess, own, or be on the premises of a gun, then that would deny you."
But some, like President Obama say this process may still not be enough. As it now stands, the National Instant Criminal Background Check database in which all the information one provides during the gun purchase, is missing millions of names of people who can't legally own guns.\
After 240 hours, or approxiamtely 10 days, the federal and state government will either delay, deny, or approve one's request to buy a gun. Even after that, Zalusky said, if a customer gets cleared to purchase a gun, they have to go through another test to prove that they know how to safely handle and lock up a gun.
Despite what some may say is a flawed background check system, Zalusky said he does what he can to comb out the bad apples.
"90-percent to 100-percent of my customers are law abiding citizens. The people that can fall into that 10-percent, are those that are denied, and who we do not allow to purchase weapons," said Zalusky.
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"I had strong interests in computer and how business worked," says Adam. "With a major in management information systems, I'm able to focus on both areas and understand the application of computers and technology within a business setting."
With the help of his professors, Adam feels he's gained a strong foundation for his education and career.
"You truly get to know your teachers. And my faculty adviser helped me navigate through my college career, making sure I graduated on time and giving me advice on ways to use my degree."
Adam believes that if a student is having trouble deciding between a computer science degree and a pure management and business-related degree, he ought to consider management information systems. "It's a great blend and may be just what they're looking for."
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June 18 2013 Latest news:
Monday, October 8, 2012
Chancellor George Osborne has revealed how the government plans to freeze council tax for the third year in a row.
But critics have said such a move will not help local councils struggling to find ways to avoid making cuts to vital services.
At the Conservative conference in Birmingham, Mr Osborne announced that, for the third year in a row, councils which freeze their share of the council tax will get a grant from the government in return.
Suffolk County Council has already announced there will be a tax freeze in it’s share and our reporters are asking other councils in the region what their intentions are, which will be revealed in tomorrow’s newspapers.
But local government chiefs have already raised concerns about the proposals, warning it is taking power away from councils.
Responding to the proposal to extend the council tax freeze, chairman of the Local Government Association Sir Merrick Cockell said: “Any help for councils is a good thing, but we have to be clear that this is a short-term offer. It doesn’t address the huge long-term pressures councils are facing including bigger cuts than any other part of the public sector and an immediate and growing crisis in funding care for the elderly. Councils could now have to budget for a further future shortfall.
“It is only right that councils take a longer-term view on budget planning and that decisions on the level of council tax are made by councillors who will then rightly be held to account through the ballot box.
“Councils care for the elderly, look after vulnerable children and collect the bins from our streets and in order to carry on doing this effectively local authorities need local discretion to consider the long-term interests of their residents before deciding if they will take up this government offer.”
• What do you think of the proposed council tax freeze? Take part in our poll and leave your comments below.
Naturists are to be banned from a nationally-renowned Norfolk beach following complaints about anti-social behaviour committed in the area.
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Fisher v. Perkins - 122 U.S. 522 (1887)
U.S. Supreme Court
Fisher v. Perkins, 122 U.S. 522 (1887)
Fisher v. Perkins
Submitted April 20, 1857
Decided May 27, 1887
122 U.S. 522
This Court has no power to review a judgment of the Superior Court of the Kentucky unless it appears not only that the judgment is one of the class in which the statute of that state provides that the judgment
of that court may be final, but also that an application was made within proper time for an appeal to the Court of Appeals, and that the application was refused by the Superior Court.
This is a writ of error to the Superior Court of the State of Kentucky for the review of a judgment of that court, and the defendant, although uniting with the plaintiff in submitting the case for hearing on its merits, has moved to dismiss the writ for want of jurisdiction because the Superior Court is not the highest court of the state in which a decision in the suit could be had. The record shows a suit by W. H. Perkins against James H. Fisher in the Circuit Court of Daviess County for the recovery of money, and a judgment therein for Fisher. Afterwards this judgment was reversed by the Court of Appeals of the state and the cause remanded for further proceedings. When the case got back to the circuit court, additional pleadings were filed and a trial had which resulted in a judgment in favor of Perkins for less than $1,000. From this judgment Fisher appealed to the Court of Appeals. Before this appeal was decided, the Superior Court of the state was organized, and the case was transferred, in due course of law, to that court for decision.
Those parts of the act establishing the Superior Court which relate to the appellate jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals for the review of its judgments are as follows:
"§ 5. The Court of Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction over the final orders and judgments of the Superior Court in all cases except the following:"
"1. Those for fines or for the recovery of money or personal property where the amount of the fine, or the value in controversy, is less than one thousand dollars, exclusive of interest and costs; 2. those where the judgment of the lower court had been affirmed by the Superior Court without a dissenting vote. But if, in any case coming within either of the above exceptions, any two of the judges of the Superior Court shall certify that, in their opinion, the question involved is novel, and is one of sufficient importance, the party against whom the decision was rendered shall be entitled to take the same by appeal to the Court of Appeals as in other cases. "
"§ 6. If an appeal shall be taken to the Court of Appeals of which the Superior Court has jurisdiction, or if taken to the Superior Court when the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction, it shall not be dismissed, but shall be transferred to the court having jurisdiction."
"§ 7. All appeals from the Superior Court to the Court of Appeals shall be prayed and granted in the Superior Court. But no appeal shall be granted after six months from the time the right to appeal first accrued unless the party applying therefor was a defendant in the original action, and an infant not under coverture, or of unsound mind, or a prisoner who did not appear by his attorney, in which cases an appeal may be granted to such parties on their representatives within twelve months after their death, or the removal of their disabilities, whichever may first occur."
Acts 1881, p. 113.
The judgment of the circuit court was affirmed by the Superior Court "without a dissenting vote," and for the review of that judgment of affirmance this writ of error was brought, no application having been previously made to the Superior Court for the allowance of an appeal to the Court of Appeals.
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California Attorney General (and candidate for governor) Jerry Brown sued Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac today for blocking Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs. There’s a good chance that Fannie and Freddie’s legal costs from defending this suit will add up to more than they ever stood to lose from the clean-energy programs, but here we are. The town of Babylon, N.Y., has also been threatening to sue over the same issue, but Brown was quicker.
Todd Woody reports at the New York Times’ Green blog:
The suit alleges that the [actions of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates Fannie and Freddie] violated California law, which authorizes PACE programs, and are “severely hampering California’s efforts to assist thousands of California homeowners to reduce their energy and water use, help drive the state’s green economy, and create significant numbers of skilled, stable and well-paying jobs.”
“The actions of these government-sponsored, shareholder-owned private corporations have placed California’s PACE programs — and the hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus money supporting them — at immediate risk while benefiting their own pecuniary interests,” the suit states.
The housing agency said it would mount an aggressive defense. “In keeping with our safety and soundness obligations, the Federal Housing Finance Agency will defend vigorously its actions that aim to protect taxpayers, lenders, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” Edward DeMarco, the agency’s acting director, said in a statement.
“Homeowners should not be placed at risk by programs that alter lien priorities and fail to operate with sound underwriting guidelines and consumer protections,” he said. “Mortgage holders should not be forced to absorb new credit risks after they have already purchased or guaranteed a mortgage.”
The suit’s most novel allegation is that the agency violated federal environmental law by not conducting a review of the potential environmental impact of restricting PACE programs.
“F.H.F.A. has effectively precluded PACE programs in California and deprived California and its citizens of the associated residential energy and water efficiency and renewable energy benefits, thereby significantly impacting the human environment, without completing the required environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act,” the suit states.
After Fannie and Freddie warned lenders away from PACE, many municipalities froze their PACE programs. But on Tuesday, Sonoma County, Calif., voted to reopen its Energy Independence PACE program, and Missouri’s governor signed PACE-enabling legislation (joining at least 22 other states). Clearly many people have confidence that this model will survive once the Fannie/Freddie dispute gets resolved.
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INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR, KERGAN EDWARDS-STOUT
Award-winning director and Huffington Post contributor, Kergan Edwards-Stout, who was honored by the Human Rights Campaign as a “2011 Father of the Year”, recently published his debut novel, Songs for the New Depression. The novel has received much critical acclaim and was short-listed for the Independent Literary Awards.
Q: What inspired you to write Songs for the New Depression?
A: Over 12 years ago, out of the blue, a line popped into my head: “James Baldwin once wrote that Americans lack a sense of doom, yet here I stand.” At the time, I didn’t know where that line came from, who was speaking it, or what it would become, but that line stuck with me, eventually becoming the first line of the novel.
Q: Were you familiar with James Baldwin’s work?
A: I’d read Giovanni’s Room many years ago, and that concept, that Americans lack a sense of doom, really resonated. I really wanted to try to capture that moment in time, before the new HIV drugs came along, with all of that raw humor, love, friendship, sex, and danger. Too often, the temptation is to write about such times in sepia tones, but I really wanted to try to capture that moment as vividly as I could.
Q: Your lead character, Gabriel Travers, knows he’s going to die, and is looking back at the choices he has made. Are his experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own life?
A: His journey is entirely fictional, but when I hear his voice in my head, it sounds a lot like my partner Shane Sawick, who died in 1995. He was witty, cynical, passionate, but also had his insecurities and self-doubt. I wanted to honor him, as well as friends who died during that time, and tried to do that with this book. It’s filled with a lot of the love, laughter, and sex that seemed to be so prevalent in those years.
Q: Gabriel makes many mistakes on his journey. What is he hoping to accomplish?
A: Like so many of us, Gabriel really wants to better himself, but doesn’t know how. Growing up, he wasn’t given the tools he needed, and when you don’t feel loved, it’s easy to make mistakes in pursuit of affection. When he realizes that he is dying, however, he is forced to confront his past, in particular a horrific event that happened in his youth and shaped his future choices. Learning to love and accept himself, flaws and all, is what he attempts to do. And I think that is why he and the book resonates with women. That kind of quest and the epic love story really appeal to women, as well as gay men.
Q: Your novel is broken into three distinct sections. What lead you to take that approach?
A: I felt like this story, Gabe’s discovery of himself, was really about peeling back the layers, finally revealing what is at his core and makes him act the way that he does. I like the way we first meet him, in 1995, facing death and trying to make amends. It then skips back 10 years, to when he’s in his 20’s, living that hedonistic L.A. life, and we seeing him making his mistakes. Then it jumps back another 10 years, finally revealing his high school self, his more naïve nature, and the moment which would inform everything that came after. Plus, if I’d told the story linearly, and the readers knew what he’d faced right away, much of the drama would have been gone.
Q: Given the events Gabe experiences in high school, how do you feel about all of the recent news about the bullying of LGBT youth?
A: Clearly, it is terrible. But I also believe that many of the campaigns trying to alleviate the problem are missing the point. We can never get rid of bullies. There will always be another. So the question becomes, what can we do about those who suffer at their hands? What tools can we give them? How do we make sure they have every chance to overcome their ordeal and blossom into well-functioning adults? It is our duty to help them not be defined by that moment.
Q: Where does the title, Songs for the New Depression, come from?
A: It’s the title of Bette Midler’s third album, released in 1976. Gabe is one of her biggest fans, and that album resonates thematically throughout the book.
Q: Who are your favorite writers?
A: Michael Cunningham is wonderful, and Armistead Maupin, who wrote the Tales of the City series, is just brilliant. I love his ability to quickly draw you in, sketch out the characters, and involve you emotionally. He is great at balancing the tender moments with much-needed humor, and I try to do the same with my writing. I’m not a fan of so much of what passes as literary fiction these days. Most of it seems over-written and is hard for me to connect with.
Q: Do you have a specific writing style?
A: I try to serve the story, in whatever way I think fits best. I’ve written light, funny things, as well as darker, moodier work. Songs for the New Depression walks a balance between comedy and tragedy, which is very challenging.
Q: What did you do before you started writing?
A: I’ve always loved writing, but when I was younger, I got my degree from UCLA in Theatre, focused on acting and directing, and did a lot of production work in film and television. Writing became more of a passion when I realized what a bad actor I was! (laughing) But I have some great stories from those days. I cast and directed Jack Black in his first college productions, one of which went on to perform at the Kennedy Center. I also directed Eric Close, of TV’s long-running Without a Trace, in his first professional production.
Q: What made you leave entertainment?
A: As much fun as all of that was, I wasn’t being fulfilled emotionally. I came to a point where I realized that I needed something more rewarding in my life, and I took a job at AIDS Project Los Angeles. I’d been a longtime volunteer, and ended up working there for four years, running an AIDS intervention program. Little did I know then how much that decision would ultimately change my life.
Q: Is that where you met your then-partner?
A: Yes—Shane was the coordinator of the Southern California AIDS Hotline. We were together for two years before he died, and that experience of fully loving and caring for another really readjusted me. Until then, I’d been pretty self-obsessed. Without that personal awakening, of being a caregiver for another, I don’t think I would’ve been a very good parent, partner—or even a decent writer.
Q: So, you mentioned you’re a parent. How did that come about?
A: My partner Russ and I have two amazing boys, Mason and Marcus, who bring us a lot of joy. Mason was adopted privately at birth, and Marcus came to us at age two, through fost-adopt. Mason is now 12 and terrific at sports, and Marcus is 9, and will likely end up on a stage somewhere.
Q: Do you have another project in the works?
A: I’m currently writing a memoir, based on an incident which made me question every single aspect of my life, called Never Turn Your Back on the Tide.
Q: Do you have any advice for other writers?
A: Absolutely—find your own voice. When I was in college, I worked closely with playwright Michael Sargent, whose writing was so good, so tinged with anger, that I thought to myself “I can’t write like him—I’ll never be a writer.” What I didn’t realize, though, is that I didn’t have to write like him to be a writer. You have to reach inside yourself and discover your own unique voice. And for me, that only came with age and life experience.
Songs for the New Depression is available now at BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon, and fine booksellers everywhere.
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Of the larger wilderness tracts in Colorado, the West Elk is perhaps the least well known. Nevertheless, the visitor is offered scenic vistas of dark volcanic breccia worn into spires, towers, stone walls and castle-like formations of immense size. Long valleys and sun-dappled aspen forested slopes offer unique scenic beauty to the intrepid hiker. The West Elk wilderness is particularly well suited for alpine backpacking, as it offers unspoiled scenery, long ascending trails, and with no fourteeners, freedom from crowds.
The northern portions of the wilderness contains the twin peaks, East and West Beckwith mountains, and the Anthracite Range. Further in, the rugged West Elk Mountains’ long ridges radiate out from the center and are in turn separated by forested alpine valleys.
The fifth largest wilderness in Colorado, the West Elk wilderness is located in the Gunnison National Forest. near the town of Gunnison, Colorado.
Visiting the West Elk Wilderness
From Gunnison, the West Elk Wilderness can be accessed via forest service roads that join state highway 135, such as Ohio Creek Road (USFS-730). Access to the northern side is via Cnty-Rd-12 from Crested Butte, also known as Kebler Pass Road.
The best times to visit the West Elk wilderness is in the summer and fall. The aspen forests turn color in late September into mid October. For more hiking tips, typical weather in Colorado and other visitor information, visit our Colorado Backpacking Guide.
Stormy Pass – The Mill Castle Trail offers the best views of the “castle” formation that can be seen (albeit from a distance) when travelling on Ohio Creek Road. Both USFS 727 and 728 offer access to one end of the trail. Access to USFS-727 and 728 is available from Ohio Creek Road. To hike the entire trail, leave a parked vehicle at one of the trail heads.
Lost Lake - A short hike from Lost Lake Campground, Lost Lake and nearby Dollar Lake are two small alpine lakes located at the foot of scenic twelve thousand foot East Beckwith Mountain. Take County Rd. 12 from Crested Butte over Kebler Pass to County Road 706 to reach the campground and the trailhead. See map here.
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Arguments over who, where, how and what of evaluation
In federal court this week, the government and defense skirmished over the mechanics of evaluating the competency to stand trial of Jared Loughner, the suspect in January's high-profile shooting rampage in Arizona. This skirmish is likely to be the first of many involving Loughner's psychiatric state, a central issue in the case.
Who should conduct the evaluation?
- Government: Bureau of Prisons staff should conduct the evaluation.
- Defense: Outside mental health experts are more likely to be impartial.
- Court ruling: Bureau of Prisons will evaluate the defendant.
Where should the evaluation take place?
- Government: Loughner should be evaluated at the federal Bureau of Prisons facility in Springfield, Missouri, a medical referral center with specialized forensic resources. In a memo, the chief of psychiatry for the Bureau of Prisons, Dr. Donald Lewis, said Springfield was the best facility for a competency evaluation, because it "has medical staff available for neurology and other organic testing, and has far more forensic staff and full-time psychiatrists available to provide round-the-clock assistance," according to an AP news brief.
- Defense: Loughner should not be moved from his current federal prison housing in Tucson. He is "seriously ill," and moving him to Missouri could worsen his state and restrict his lawyers’ access, thereby impeding their efforts to gain his trust. The defense has also expressed concern that this move will facilitate prison officials' collecting and releasing private information to prosecutors.
- Court ruling: Loughner will be sent to the federal prison in Springfield.
How should the evaluation be conducted?
U.S. District Judge Larry Burns ordered that the evaluation will be videotaped and that the videos will be provided to both prosecutors and defense attorneys. It was not clear from news reports whether one side requested the videotaping, or whether the judge introduced this idea on his own.
What should the evaluation address?
One tricky area in assessing the competency of a defendant who may later plead insanity is that an incompetent defendant may make incriminating or otherwise unwise statements about the crime itself. In a competency assessment, evaluators have a duty not to probe into the defendant's mental state at the time of the offense, leaving that inquiry until the defendant is certified as competent and enters a plea of insanity. If a defendant blurts out information about the motivations for the offense, these should not be included in a written report on competency.
Loughner's attorneys expressed concern that with prison staff at the helm, a competency inquiry might expand into a review of Loughner's sanity. The federal court judge ruled that the scope of the exam must be limited to whether the defendant is competent to stand trial, not whether he was sane at the time of the shooting. However, the videotaping of the evaluation may make this difficult to achieve in practice, increasing the risk that information pertaining to Loughner's state of mind at the time of the crime will be prematurely revealed to prosecutors.
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A voting machine malfunction caused a ruckus in 1962 - Almanac Nov. 10, 2012
Today is the 315th day of 2012. There are 51 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1938, Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on her CBS radio program.
Actor-comedian Sinbad is 56. Actress Mackenzie Phillips is 53. Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan is 44.
The sun sets 4:47 p.m. today, rises 6:44 a.m. Sunday.
The moon sets 2:33 p.m. today, rises 3:54 a.m. Sunday. It is four days after the last quarter.
100 years ago today
1912: Hot wheels: "Easton may get another new industry as the result of a visit to this city by J. Worth Carnahan, C.F. Flary and F.C. Park, directors of the Bernaton Spring Wheel Company, of Washington, D.C. The company manufactures automobile and truck wheels of steel construction and applicable to any make or weight of cars and either pneumatic or solid tires. The wheel, which is a patented article, has been successfully tried out in many parts of the country. The visitors stated that they were greatly impressed with the many advantages of Easton as a manufacturing city and would be interested to establish the plant in Easton if a suitable site may be procured. The visitors came in an automobile equipped with the wheels and, while in Allentown, did better than a mile a minute on the fairgrounds track."
50 years ago today
1962: Splitting the vote: "Talk about split ballots ... When election board members went to tally the results of the Montville Township committee race, they found one machine was stuck halfway between the numbers 152 and 153 for Republican Albert W. Witty. Democratic challengers called it half a vote and said it couldn't be counted. Republicans said the machine wanted to register 153 but got stuck. The board of elections in this Morris County community went into a huddle and gave the vote to Witty. This gave Witty 1,050 votes — the same as his Democratic opponent, John R. Matyskiel. Now Matyskiel is filing for a recount."
25 years ago today
1987: Footprints in the snow: "If it hadn't snowed in Bethlehem on Nov. 20, 1937, the Lafayette football team might not have gone undefeated that year. To this day, Charles Scofield, who played right tackle, thanks Mother Nature for the Leopard's final victory of their memorable 8-0 season. Although time has turned his hair white it has not faded his memory of that exciting game against Lafayette's traditional foe — Lehigh University. Scofield distinctly recalls how the snow on the field at Taylor Stadium enabled officials to see that George Ellstrom of Lehigh stepped — an inch, maybe two — out of bounds when he ran 35 yards across the Lafayette goal line." Said Scofield, "If they hadn't seen his footprint in the snow and disqualified the touchdown it would have been a different season because we only scored 6 points."
Quote of the day
"Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?" — Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (1891-1951)
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President Obama speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore on May 17. The trip followed a visit by the company's president to Capitol Hill to testify in support of the Keystone XL pipeline. The White House says Obama's speech had nothing to do with Keystone, but environmental groups have been frustrated with his stance on the issue.
Prison is a tough place, but Congress made an exception nearly 30 years ago, giving terminally ill inmates and prisoners with extraordinary family circumstances an early way out. It's called compassionate release.
But a recent investigation found that many federal inmates actually die while their requests drift through the system.
NPR continues its conversations about The Race Card Project, where NPR Host/Special Correspondent Michele Norris asks people to send in six-word stories about race and culture. The submissions are personal, provocative and often quite candid.
Credit Ian Harrowell, Christine Austin, Manish Arora / Harvard School of Public Health
This model of a molar shows color-coded barium banding patterns that reveal weaning age.
Credit Alyson Hurt, Adam Cole / NPR / Christine Austin / Westmead Centre for Oral Health
Top: Lines on a 100,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth mark the passage of time. Bottom: The distribution of barium shows dietary transition: low barium before birth (1), high barium during breast-feeding (2) and falling barium as the Neanderthal transitions to a mixed diet (3).
Our closest relatives, chimpanzees and gorillas, breast-feed their offspring for several years. Some baby orangutans nurse until they are 7 years old.
But modern humans wean much earlier. In preindustrial societies, babies stop nursing after about two years. Which raises the question: How did we get that way? When did we make the evolutionary shift from ape-like parenting, to the short breast-feeding period of humans?
After five marathon sessions debating 150 proposed amendments, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a landmark rewriting of the nation's immigration laws this week — and the bill emerged largely intact.
Three Republicans voted with the panel's 10 Democrats on Tuesday night to forward the bill to the full Senate. That strong showing followed a wrenching choice for Democrats on the committee: whether to risk shattering support for the bill by amending it to recognize equal rights for same-sex couples.
Public opinion about the scandals plaguing the Obama administration is decidedly mixed.
Republicans believe that the trio of controversies — concerning Benghazi, the IRS, and the Justice Department snooping on media phone records — are evidence enough that President Obama is either running a government motivated by partisan politics, or is badly out of touch.
Democrats, however, are proving to be much more forgiving.
For the first time, the U.S. government has acknowledged killing four American citizens in lethal drone strikes far outside traditional battlefields, confirming information that had been widely known but has only recently been unclassified under orders of the president.
What is the case against Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershberger really about? It depends on whom you ask.
To hear the prosecution, it's about licensing, not raw milk: Hershberger, a dairy farmer hailing from the town of Loganville, is on trial this week for operating without three licenses. He's also accused of continuing to sell raw milk to members of his private club after he was ordered not to.
If convicted, the father of 10 faces more than a year in jail and more than $10,000 in fines.
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The fourth part of my craft room organisation is about storing buttons, washi tapes and dies.
When I have organised things in my craft room I tend to organise them by colour rather than style or brand, but when it comes to organising buttons, I keep them organised into 2 types. First set are the buttons I bought from Sew Sweet and the second set are all the other buttons.
I used Ikea Rajtan spice jars to store the buttons and ended up with 10 jars. 5 jars with the buttons from Sew Sweet and 5 jars with buttons from other brands. I chose to keep them this way so that I know which buttons are from Sew Sweet.
To store the jars, I used 2 Ikea Bygel baskets and they are attached to the side of one of my units.
Under the lower basket is where I store my washi tape.
I use a wooden rod that is hooked on to the underside of the basket using Ikea Bygel hooks.
The washi tape simply just fit onto the rod. It's really easy to get the tape on and off.
I then just used another Bygel hook to add my Sew Easy twine which are clipped together on a binder ring.
I chose to store them in a binder format rather than CD cases as I wanted something small in size to store them and I wasn't sure how long the CD cases would last.
So when it came to the binder, I chose to make one. I used two Bind it all covers which measured 7.5 x 5 inches and covered them using Papermania's Birdsong papers.
I created a label using a Spellbinder Nestabilities label one die and used the Echo Park Summer Days paper and some Papermania foam alphabet stickers.
To secure the dies, I used some kraft card cut to 7.5 x 5 and some magnets to hold the dies securely. Then I just added a label to the page with the name of the die.
Making the binder using binder rings enables me to just add more dies when I need to, so it is not too bulky at the moment but can be added to when needed and can always make more binders if necessary.
So that's a little bit more on how I organise and store things in my craft room.
Next week's craft room organisation is on kids craft organisation.
See you soon.
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August 12, 2004
It's after dinner; everyone else has turned out their kerosene lamps and has gone to bed. I'll stay up a little longer, and since I have a tent large enough to fit a small table (along with my mattress and a couple cases of clothing and papers on the floor), I can write to you for a little while. I have one lamp on the table fueled by kerosene, the other a headlamp powered by batteries. They give plenty of light to see the keyboard inside my tent on this windy, moonless night. The sky's full of bright stars and the cloudy glow of our galaxy, the Milky Way. I stayed outside for a while to see if I could catch any of the meteor showers (the Perseid showers, I think they're called), which are prevalent around this time every year. About 15 minutes ago, I saw a really nice one - about a dozen meteors all at once, visible for a split second.
Our activities today involved final sieving of the sediment from Site 15, and covering Site CL1-1. From the photo above, you can tell that we had quite a large crew at Site 15. In the one below, we placed sediment and then plastic sheets over some remaining finds in the bottom of the CL1-1 excavation, protecting those finds for more work at the site next season.
Since tomorrow is our last full day of excavation, let's sit back for a moment and sum up what we know about the handaxe-makers of Olorgesailie. What do we know about the lives of the Acheulean toolmakers?
We've hit some of the main points in earlier dispatches. We're sure they lived in small groups that moved around the landscapes of the southern Kenya rift valley. They probably didn't trade, or at least exchange large pieces of stone, with distant groups. Instead, they generally used very local rocks and carried a few pieces of stone from sources several tens of kilometers away into the Olorgesailie region.
These groups probably consisted of several families, but we don't have any direct evidence about the makeup of these families. The hominins were quite knowledgeable about the qualities of the rocks on which they depended for making tools. But rather than using different kinds of rock to produce different kinds of tools, they turned nearly every type of rock they found into handaxes, including rocks that are really pretty difficult to knap. Still, they used the very best quality rocks most often.
We have good evidence that the Olorgesailie hominins liked meat and marrow. Butchery of animals (including zebras, small antelopes, and elephants) left a strong mark in the archeological record of this region. This year, though, we may have finally found clues to the fact that the diet of these early humans included plants broken open or pulverized by using anvils and hammerstones. We think this occurred near water or wetlands, which we see evidence of at Site 15 and CL1-1. Later on, we'll test whether the anvils may have plant or animal proteins and residues preserved in the microscopic nooks and crannies of the rock surfaces.
Early humans made Acheulean tools for hundreds of thousands of years at Olorgesailie. While a handaxe is pretty simple equipment, these toolmakers were able to adapt to dramatic environmental change, which typified the rift valley of southern Kenya over the past million years or so. We now have a glimpse of the brow and braincase of one of these individuals. She or he was small in size. Was this individual powerful enough to make the largest handaxes, or were there also bigger individuals in the population? We don't know yet; only further discoveries will tell.
We know that they lived a lot in the highlands, since that's where all the source rocks were. If the high ground was home, it helps explain why early human fossils are so rare at Olorgesailie. In any case, they apparently knew that hanging out near water in the lowlands at night was not a very good life option. Frequent travel up and down the volcanic ridges connecting the highlands to the lake basin seems to explain why so many handaxes were left in these transition zones.
Olorgesailie keeps offering up new evidence - and its share of mysteries. We certainly wish to learn more about these early humans. Sometimes, it seems that the ancestors of this era, so long ago, are visible to our eyes for little more than a split second.
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