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Georgia Humanities Council president Jamil Zainaldin and New Georgia Encyclopedia managing editor Kelly Caudle accepted the Schwartz Prize on behalf of the Council. Zainaldin and Caudle were accompanied by CRDL co-director Toby Graham, who accepted the award on behalf of the Digital Library of Georgia and his co-direct... |
The Georgia Humanities Council (georgiahumanities.org) is a statewide nonprofit organization working to ensure that humanities and culture remain an integral part of the lives of all Georgians. The Council serves the state of Georgia through its grant program and projects, and increases awareness about the history, sto... |
The New Georgia Encyclopedia (georgiaencyclopedia.org) is a project of the Georgia Humanities Council in partnership with the University of Georgia Press, the University System of Georgia/GALILEO, and the Office of the Governor. This comprehensive and authoritative resource features articles and images on the history, ... |
The Digital Library of Georgia is a GALILEO initiative based at the University of Georgia Libraries that collaborates with libraries, archives, museums, and other institutions of education and culture around the state. |
The Civil Rights Digital Library is hosted at the Digital Library of Georgia and was developed through a collaborative partnership involving the Georgia Humanities Council (through the New Georgia Encyclopedia), the University System of Georgia/GALILEO, the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Collection of the U... |
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Four men have been charged with murder after human remains were found in Gippsland by police investigating the disappearance of Lakes Entrance man Bradley Lyons. |
Four men have been charged with murder after human remains were found in Gippsland in March. |
The discovery was made by police investigating the disappearance and murder of Lakes Entrance man Bradley Lyons. |
Men aged 21, 22 and 53 were charged with murder. |
In April, a fourth man was charged with murder, false imprisonment, kidnapping, aggravated home invasion, and intentionally and recklessly cause serious injury. |
The 25-year-old from Lake Tyers Beach was set to face Bairnsdale Magistrates’ Court on April 4. |
Remains were found in remote country in Fairy Dell near Bruthen after two of the men were arrested by missing persons squad detectives on March 14. |
Mr Lyons, 30, disappeared on December 11 last year after arriving home from work. |
The missing persons squad and detectives from Bairnsdale CIU had been investigating the case intensively before yesterday’s breakthrough. |
A message in a bottle from 1886! What could it possibly be? |
Notes and queries Do postal services get paid for delivering mail from abroad? |
Do postal services get paid for delivering mail from abroad? |
The Toxic Lure of "Guns and Butter" |
The current political brawl over next year's budget is highly significant. With Democrats in a House majority for the first time in eight years, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and most other party leaders continue to support even more largesse for the Pentagon. But many progressive congress-members are challenging the wisdom of ... |
An ostensible solution is on the horizon. More funds for domestic programs could be a quid pro quo for the military increases. In other words: more guns and more butter. |
"Guns and butter" is a phrase that gained wide currency during escalation of the Vietnam War in the mid-1960s. Then, as now, many Democrats made political peace with vast increases in military spending on the theory that social programs at home could also gain strength. |
It was a contention that Martin Luther King Jr. emphatically rejected. "When a nation becomes obsessed with the guns of war, social programs must inevitably suffer," he pointed out. "We can talk about guns and butter all we want to, but when the guns are there with all of its emphasis, you don't even get good oleo [mar... |
But today many Democrats in Congress evade such facts of life. They want to proceed as though continuing to bestow humongous budgets on the Pentagon is compatible with fortifying the kind of domestic spending that they claim to fervently desire. |
Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill have reflexively promoted militarism that is out of step with the party's base. In early 2018, after President Trump called for a huge 11 percent increase over two years for the already-bloated military budget, Pelosi declared in an email to House Democrats: "In our negotiations, Cong... |
What set the stage for the latest funding battle in the House was a Budget Committee vote that approved the new measure with the $17 billion military boost. It squeaked through the committee on April 3 with a surprising pivotal "yes" vote from Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who is now among the lawmakers pushing to amend... |
As Common Dreams reported last week, progressives in the House "are demanding boosts in domestic social spending in line with the Pentagon's budget increase." But raising domestic spending in tandem with military spending is no solution, any more than spewing vastly more carcinogenic poisons into the environment would ... |
Rep. Ro Khanna and Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Pramila Jayapal, who both voted against the budget bill in committee, have said they won't vote for it on the House floor. In Khanna's words, "You can't oppose endless wars and then vote to fund them." Jayapal said: "We need to prioritize our communities, not... |
The New York Times described the intra-party disagreement as "an ideological gap between upstart progressives flexing their muscles and more moderate members clinging to their Republican-leaning seats." But that description bypassed how the most powerful commitment to escalation of military spending comes from Democrat... |
Sen. Bernie Sanders' staff director, Warren Gunnels, responded cogently days ago when he tweeted: "How can we keep giving more money to the Pentagon than it needs when 40 million live in poverty, 34 million have no health insurance, half of older Americans have no retirement savings, and 140 million can't afford basic ... |
Yet most top Democrats keep promoting the guns-and-butter fantasy while aiding and abetting what Dr. King called "the madness of militarism." |
Memphis rapper James Baker, better known as BlocBoy JB, is wanted on gun and drug charges, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office says. |
Deputies at the Shelby County Sheriff's Office are searching for Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB who is accused of drug, gun and theft charges, according to a tweet from the sheriff's office. |
The 22-year-old rapper's real name is James Baker. He is best known for collaborating with Canadian rapper Drake on the hit song "Look Alive" in 2018. Baker is also suing the makers of "Fortnite," accusing the popular video game of using his "Shoot" dance without his permission. |
He faces charges of possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon and theft. Deputies did not release information about the circumstances that led to the charges. |
Anyone who may know where Baker might be is asked to contact the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. |
Daniel Radcliffe has been hanging out around town, “arm in arm” with a transvestite named Our Lady J, and is apparently “fascinated by the drag culture.” Economist Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini “was mobbed by a swarm of young women” the other day while giving a seminar on the economy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rih... |
At Jay McInerney’s book party at ‘21’ Club, Brooke Shields deftly avoided reporters’ inquiries about Kiefer Sutherland’s head-butting incident. Bill Clinton accidentally wandered into ambassador John L. Loeb Jr.’s cocktail reception at the Metropolitan Club. Caroline Kennedy smiled for some Japanese tourists’ snapshots... |
Larry Poston, of Waverly Inn and Pastis fame, has joined forces with Johnny Swet, of Freemans and Balthazar, to open a new restaurant on West Ninth called Hotel Griffou, named after the building’s original 1870 inn that was frequented by Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, and Mae West. The Lohan clan (minus Lindsay) is prett... |
Keenum’s first game as a Denver Bronco can be deemed successful after a 329-yard, three-touchdown performance. Granted, he also threw three interceptions in Week 1, but the upcoming matchup against a suspect Raiders secondary could lead to juicy statistics in Week 2. With both Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders look... |
You can call this a hunch for Week 2, but after the performance that Jay Ajayi put on in Week 1, I can see Doug Pederson throwing a curveball and giving more snaps to Clement here. With only 13 snaps in Week 1, Clement will be on fresh legs and if the Bucs’ offense shows up yet again, Clement could be a sneaky play in ... |
Yes, the Cowboys’ offense looked completely inept in Week 1, so why would I be suggesting a receiver from this offense as a play for Week 2? Simply put, it’s due to the matchup. Cowboys-Giants games, especially on Sunday nights, are typically back and forth affairs. Also, you may not have known, but Beasley quietly hau... |
With Delanie Walker now done for the year, Jonnu Smith now steps into the coveted role as tight end for the Titans. Smith is a player that the Titans’ coaching staff has been high on for quite some time, now they get their chance to see what he has. In a home matchup against the Texans in Week 2, things are looking pos... |
Sure, the Dolphins looked halfway competent on offense in Week 1, but that was against a Titans defense that is just not very good at the moment. Now going on the road to play the Jets in Week 2, I see the Dolphins laying an egg in this game. The Jets’ defense isn’t terrible; it can get after the quarterback and force ... |
A Bush spokesman says that the former president uses wheel chair, causing his arm to fall 'on the lower waist' during photo ops. |
HOUSTON – Allegations that former President George H.W. Bush inappropriately touched seven women involve potential crimes punishable by fines or jail time, if they had been prosecuted. |
All but one of the cases is ineligible under state laws that limit when a prosecution can begin after an alleged crime, and several lawyers interviewed said that it would be difficult to win a conviction against Bush, who has vascular parkinsonism, a rare syndrome that mimics Parkinson’s disease. |
There’s no indication prosecutors are planning to pursue a case against Bush. Jordana Grolnick, an actress who alleged that Bush groped her behind last year as his wife, Barbara, stood nearby, told the Associated Press that she has no plans to report the 41st president to authorities. That appears to be the only incide... |
The incidents occurred in three states over a decade. In all of the cases, the women say Bush touched their buttocks as they stood next to him to take photos. All three states have laws against touching someone without their consent. |
Six more women have come forward since then, including Roslyn Corrigan, who told Time magazine Monday that Bush groped her as they took a photo in 2003, when Corrigan was 16, during an event in The Woodlands, a Houston suburb. Broadway actress Megan Elizabeth Lewis also told NJ.com that Bush groped her at the performan... |
Four of the incidents are reported to have occurred in Texas. Shook said that under Texas law, touching someone’s buttocks over the person’s clothing would most likely be grounds for a misdemeanor assault charge, with only a $500 fine and no jail time. |
And in Pennsylvania, where a retired newspaper journalist has accused Bush of touching her during an event in Erie, the state’s law against indecent assault could apply, said Richard Settgast, an adjunct law professor at Penn State University. |
Bush, who served as president from 1989 to 1993, is a beloved figure in both Texas and Maine, the two states where he lives. Two days after the first woman accused Bush of misconduct, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner tweeted that Bush was “a statesman and role model to me.” Days later, Bush joined his son, former Preside... |
Well, here is your chance -- budding film directors step forward! Everyone can watch your videos here -- both on China.org.cn and across the Internet. Through your camera lens people can see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos about their interests and experiences, and discover the quirky and unusual in ... |
The producers of used videos will be awarded a gift. |
The winning families of the "Olympic Families Tour Beijing" contest tour the Forbidden City in Beijing on August 8, 2007. |
LIVERPOOL will be forced to SACK Brendan Rodgers if things don't improve, says Kop legend Steve Nicol. |
The Reds were dumped out of the Champions League last night after drawing 1-1 with Swiss club Basel. |
Rodgers' side took five points from six games in Group B, only managing to win once - against Ludogorets at home - in Europe's elite competition. |
And Liverpool have slumped to ninth in the Premier League as they've failed to build on last year's second-place finish after the sale of Luis Suarez in the summer to Barcelona. |
"If things don't change then ultimately Brendan will pay the price. I don’t think they will have any other option [but to sack Rodgers]," Nicol told talkSPORT. |
"We are not even halfway through the season yet and I’m guessing most people don’t expect Liverpool to get into the top four. |
“The biggest surprise is how bad the performances are. The result against Basel was a complete disaster on so many levels. |
"The performance level, the fact they are out of the Champions League and the fact they now go into the Europa League, which is going to do nothing but harm them in the Premier League." |
The Anfield club had a major overhaul in the summer, bringing in nine new players, however only two of those - Dejan Lovren and Rickie Lambert - started last night. |
And Nicol worries for the club's direction. |
He added: “You really wonder where this team is going. He has tried to add to the squad to make it better and somehow it has turned the other way. |
"It is a team that is completely rudderless. |
“If you watched the game against Basel and the game against Sunderland, they don’t look to have any imagination going forward, and defensively they look at odds. |
Travellers could be in for a headache at Winnipeg’s James Richardson International Airport if workers decide to strike. |
The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE) has given Winnipeg Airports Authority a 72-hour strike notice. |
The airport says it continues to mediate with the UCTE in hopes of avoiding a labour disruption. |
WAA says union positions at the airport have increased since the new terminal opened in October 2011. |
Contingency plans are in place to avoid any significant disruption to operations to travellers, the airport says. |
Excellent! These are the kinds of things I want to see downtown. |
I would have loved to have gone to this event but I didn't know it was happening! I always seem to read about them the next morning on the news. |
Thousands of people moseyed along Bernard Avenue in downtown Kelowna Thursday night, perusing dozens of local artists' work. |
Did anyone see where this was advertised? I obviously missed the ad.....but thousands didn't so that's a good thing! We need so much more of this - and I'll try to keep my eyes better peeled for news of them. |
Did Castanet advertise it or was it on the radio? I work downtown and am on Bernard every day but I didn't even see any posters about it either - did any of you? I must need an eye exam or something because thousands of people knew about it so it must have been advertised somewhere! |
Never heard of it either. Castanet does kind of a poor job announcing these types of events. And I visit Castanet's home page multiple times a day. |
Thanks for posting these clues that I totally missed! I don't frequent the City webpage but I'll pop in now that I see they have an events calendar......have no excuse why I missed the Castanet story - that type of thing usually catches my eye! |
I am a downtown merchant . I would like to see how they claim those figures. I have been outside my store most evenings and pedestrian traffic is way down once you past Pandora. The inner core is against deteriorating but the lakeside continues to prosper. This is just another marketing ploy. Why does Festivals Kelowna... |
jobman wrote: I am a downtown merchant . I would like to see how they claim those figures. I have been outside my store most evenings and pedestrian traffic is way down once you past Pandora. The inner core is against deteriorating but the lakeside continues to prosper. This is just another marketing ploy. Why does Fes... |
Renata Mills, executive director of host organization Festivals Kelowna, has been hosting events in the city for 20 years, and she says she's seen a recent positive shift downtown. |
“Every night now, I'm seeing more and more people coming downtown, which is a really cool vibe, the whole downtown has shifted,” Mills said. |
Oh please doctor change my prescription to what you are giving Renata Mills. Thanks doc, all I see is rainbows and sunny days now. |
yes It is easy how they claim those figures.... by counting one side of peoples walking and counting them again when they walk back the other side of Bernard... With her Salary and her luxury office..... Festivals need more of your tax money ????? |
It will be two stories, as opposed to the three-story building originally slated for construction north of the the Percy Beard Track, with efficiency as its main goal. Don’t expect a slide or a bowling alley a-la Clemson here. |
It will house a locker room, meeting rooms, a weight room, player dining, coaches offices and player hang-out areas. As the renderings currently stand, the new complex will bump the team’s indoor practice facility, making it much easier for players to move to and from practice. As it stands now, players have to make a ... |
The building will try and blend in with the campus’ existing brick architecture, but it will also feature large glass panels in front to create a prominent entrance. |
Construction is expected to begin in late 2019 or early 2020, after McKethan Stadium is demolished. |
The new baseball stadium, meanwhile, is scheduled for construction beginning later this year. The goal is to have it ready in time for the 2020 season. That would make next season the team’s last at McKethan, which was built in 1988. |
The new ballpark is estimated to cost $50 million and will look very different from its predecessor, starting with proximity. The lowest seats will be almost at eye-level with the players, whereas McKethan’s seats begin about 10 feet above the field. |
The new park will have a capacity of 10,000, with 5,000 chairback seats (no bleachers) compared to 2,408 in the current stadium. It will feature two decks of seats behind home plate as well as shade structures above the top deck. |
The remaining fans can sit in the grass or stand along the foul lines or the outfield while enjoying a 360-degree concourse that allows fans to walk around the field and see the game from different vantage points while enjoying new, unspecified food options. |
The stadium, which is yet to be named, will be constructed near Florida’s softball and lacrosse stadiums on the southwest corner of the campus. That 13.63 acres is still used as part of UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), but the UAA is giving that program $3 million to invest in research and new f... |
The new stadium will also include an adjacent practice infield to be used for other activities during games. There will also be improved player facilities like a locker room, lounge and batting cages. Florida’s dugout will be relocated from the first base side to the third base side. |
The park is being designed by Populous, the architecture firm responsible for, among others, Yankee Stadium and Marlins Park. |
The softball renovations are the least expensive of the group at $11 million, but they’re also the quickest. Construction will start after this season and should be finished in time for next season. Changes for fans include an open concourse, overhead shade structures and full chair-back seating. The renovations will a... |
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