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France unveils smartphone emergency app
PARIS (AP) — The French government has created an emergency alert application intended to send swift warnings to smartphone users in the event of a bombing, shooting or other disaster.
The app, developed after last year's bloody attacks on Paris, is being released Wednesday ahead of the European Championship soccer tournament starting June 10.
Available in English and French, the app can be configured to release a smartphone alert if an attack occurs nearby. Officials demonstrating the app showed a smartphone screen turning crimson along with the words "ALERT," a brief description of what was happening and advice on how to react.
Initially configured to alert only armed attacks and bombings, French officials eventually plan to update the app so that it can flag industrial accidents, floods and other emergencies.
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Dr. Christine Colón (Ph.D. University of California at Davis) specializes in nineteenth-century English literature, but occasionally she branches out to explore other authors such as Dorothy L. Sayers or contemporary topics such as singleness in the evangelical church. Her teaching interests also include Women Writers, Latin American Literature, and Methods of Teaching English. Professionally, Dr. Colón has recently spent a good deal of time at the Wade Center (here at Wheaton College) researching Dorothy L. Sayers, and she is beginning a project on postsecular studies and the 19th c. novel. She has also been busy retooling her Jane Austen course for Wheaton's new General Education curriculum. In addition, she is committed to helping our students become excellent secondary school teachers; she spends a significant amount of time supervising and mentoring student teachers. She also frequently directs the English Department’s summer program in England.
Ph.D., English, 2000
M.A., English, 1994
Biola University
B.A. summa cum laude, English, 1990
19th century British Literature
Feminist Theory and Research
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Women Writers Association
Conference on Christianity and Literature
Dorothy L. Sayers Society
The Jane Austen Society of North America
Midwest Victorian Studies Association
National Council of Teachers of English
The Unacceptable Alternative Lifestyle
A quick perusal of religious websites for singles confirms my experience, that people who defy the sexually active lifestyle while single find their own sense of liberation and purpose. “Celibacy can be a radical testimony to God’s love and provision,” summarizes one articulate voice, Christine Colon, associate professor of English at Wheaton College, “because it reminds us that our ultimate fulfillment has to be union with God . . . there are always going to be these longings unfulfilled here on earth.” Other online chastity advocates include websites like Notes from the Sisterhood of Perpetual Singleness and Celibrate, which aims to replace negative stereotypes of celibacy with positive testimonials and examples...
Dr. Christine Colón Talks with Christianity Today
Does true love wait, and wait, and wait some more? Christine Colón and Bonnie Field, friends at Biola University in the '80s, did not begin to think seriously about singleness until their 30s, when they realized this marriage thing wasn't happening. Frustrated by several churches where marriage and family life were framed as spiritually optimal, both women turned to each other and to other singles for constructive ways to interpret their singleness beyond, "Just hold on, he [or she] will come along soon." Thankfully, the book borne of Colón and Field's experience does more than vent. Singled Out: Why Celibacy Must Be Reinvented in Today's Church (Brazos) looks at common assumptions about marriage in popular culture and the church, critiquing the latter from taking too many cues from the former.
Exploring the 'Radical Ordinary': Charles Dickens's Theology in Little Dorrit
Dickens Symposium, Boston, MA, July 2017
Exploring the 'Radical Ordinary': A Postsecular Appraisal of Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey
NAVSA, Florence, Italy, May 2017
Surviving Religious Abuse in Childhood: Charles Dickens's Reworking of Esther Summerson into Arthur Clennam and Amy Dorrit
NAVSA, Phoenix, AZ, November 2016
From Agnes to Helen: Anne Brontë's Exploration of the Virtuous Heroine
Northeast MLA, Hartford, CT, March 2016
Defending Tennyson: Dorothy L. Sayers and the Art of Charitable Reading
Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature, Belton, TX, October 2015
Patricia Rozema and Whit Stillman Respond to Jane Austen
Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture: Faith and Film, Waco, TX, October 2014
The Conflict between Stage and Page in Joanna Baillie’s "Plays on the Passions"
International Conference on Romanticism, Minneapolis, MN, September 2014
Translating Morality from Literature to Film: The Problem of Jane Austen’s "Mansfield Park"
Midwestern Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature, Wheaton College, March 2014
The Necessity of the Body in Joanna Baillie’s Plays on the Passions
North American Society for the Study of Romanticism, Boston University, August 2013
Wrestling with their Father’s Faith: Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Respond to Patrick Brontë’s Christianity
Midwest Victorian Studies Association Conference, Cleveland, OH, April 2013
Ugly Austen: Exploring the ‘Realism’ of Roger Michell’s Persuasion and Joe Wright’s "Pride & Prejudice."
Lecture for the English Department, Roberts Wesleyan College, March 2013
Singleness and Identity: Living Life Abundantly
Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester NY, March 2013
Searching for the ‘rare exceptions’: Anne Brontë and the Role of the Orphan in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Religion and Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century Conference, Wheaton College, October 2012
Honoring God in Community: Singles and the Church
T3 Talks, Biola University, October 2012
Caring for the Orphans: The Question of Pure Religion in Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.
The Hospitable Text: New Approaches to Religion and Literature Conference, London Notre Dame Centre, UK, July 2011
ENGL 105 - Literature of the Modern World
ENGL 201 - Non-Western Literature: Latin American Literature
ENGL 216 - 17th-20th Century British Literature
ENGL 226 - Topical Seminar: Shakespeare
ENGL 201/285 – Topics in Global Literature
ENG 324 – Methods of Teaching English
ENGL 348 – Jane Austen
ENGL 355 – Romanticism
ENGL 361 - Victorian Literature
ENGL 375 - Women Writers
ENGL 433 - Varied Literary Topics: Modern British Drama
ENGW 103 - Writing Effective Prose (4 hrs.)
ENGW 381 - Advanced Writing
I am fascinated by the inability of most feminist literary critics to address the empowering role Christianity plays in the lives of many British women writers. They tend to see the history of women writers as one in which women are continually fighting against a repressive, patriarchal status quo (often represented by established religion), and they tend to focus on writers who rebel overtly against the status quo, ignoring anyone who is too "conservative." They also tend to create what Margaret Ezell calls an "evolutionary narrative" of women's writing, in which women writers become more empowered as British society moves away from its traditional religious roots.
In my research, I question those assumptions by exploring the works of Christian women writers who were extremely popular in their own day but who have been almost entirely ignored by feminist critics. Rather than taking their "conservative" values for granted, I look at how their faith influences their works and how, in many cases, it was what actually empowered them to publish their works.
My interests, then, are twofold: I want to help recover the works of these Christian women writers who have been ignored by mainstream feminist critics, and I desire to help create a new conception of the history of British women writers that is no longer based on this "evolutionary narrative" but instead considers how, throughout history, women writers have had to re-negotiate issues of power as religious, political, and social ideas have shifted.
Wrestling with their Father’s Faith: Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Respond to Patrick Brontë’s Christianity, “Perplext in Faith”: Essays on Victorian Beliefs and Doubts
Christine A. Colón, 2014
Exploring the Transformative Power of Literature: Jane Austen, Joanna Baillie, and the Aesthetics of Moral Reform, Elegance, Harmony, Propriety: Jane Austen and Aesthetics
Dorothy L. Sayers and the Theology of Gender, Christianity and the Detective Story
Detachment is a Rare Virtue: Dorothy L. Sayers and the Construction of Female Identity, Persona and Paradox: Issues of Identity for C. S. Lewis, His Friends and Associates
Singled Out: Why Celibacy Must Be Reinvented in Today's Church
Six Gothic Dramas (De Monfort / Orra / The Dream / The Family Legend / The Panthom / Whitchcraft)
Jane Austen and the Arts: Elegance, Propriety, and Harmony
Joanna Baillie and the Art of Moral Influence (Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature)
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Useful papers written by Australian Workplace Lawyers for reference and review:
Employment Contracts: The Fundamentals
by Rob Stevenson | 6 July 2018
Paper Employment Contracts: The Fundamentals Excerpt You may have heard of the terms “common law contract”, “modern award”, “EBA”, “collective agreement”, “enterprise agreement”, “National Employment Standards” to name a few. You may have also heard of Fair Work...
Contracting Traps for the Unwary
by Rob Stevenson | 22 February 2016
Thinking of engaging contractors or working as a contractor? All contractors should operate through a company with an A.C.N. (Australian Company Number). An A.B.N. (Australian Business Number) is not the same thing. Sole traders, partnerships and most trusts are...
Finding causes of action outside the WorkCover jurisdiction for those hurt by bullying and harassment
Paper "It's life Jim but not as we know it" Finding causes of action outside the WorkCover jurisdiction for those hurt by bullying and harassment Exert "What legal options does an employee have if they feel that they are being bullied or harassed in the workplace?...
Performance Managment & Ending Employment
by Rob Stevenson | 29 November 2013
Paper "How much procedural fairness is enough?" Performance Managment & Ending Employment Exert "It is important to provide employees with procedural fairness in deciding whether to terminate their employment because: It’s the right thing to do, reflects management...
Breach of Workplace Rights & Adverse Action 2013
Paper "Still a Worker's Paradise?" Breach of Workplace Rights & Adverse Action 2013 Exert "Taking effect from 1 July 2009, the ability for a claimant to bring a claim of breach of workplace rights (also known as an adverse action claim) under the general protections...
Navigation the Minefields: Harassment in the Workplace
by Rob Stevenson | 24 August 2012
Paper "Navigation the Minefields" Harassment in the Workplace Exert "What legal options does an employee have if they feel that they are being bullied or harassed in the workplace? In years gone by, the answer would probably have been “not very many” but this...
The Plaintiff’s New Black: Adverse Action
Paper "The Plaintiff's New Black" Adverse Action Exert "Taking effect from 1 July 2009, the workplace rights, or “adverse action” provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 represent a significant new weapon for people with workplace grievances. Together with the reduction...
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Yara closes acquisition of fertilizer complex in Brazil
World Fertilizer, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 10:00
Yara International ASA has announced that it has closed its acquisition of the Vale Cubatão Fertilizantes complex, strengthening its integrated position in Brazil.
The President and CEO of Yara International, Svein Tore Holsether, said: “This acquisition marks the start of an exciting new phase in Brazil for Yara as the acquisition brings nitrogen production assets into our growing portfolio in Brazil, strengthening and growing our integrated position within both industrial and fertilizer.”
The Cubatão asset is a nitrogen and phosphate complex with an annual production capacity of approximately 200 kilotons of ammonia, 500 kilotons of nitrates and 700 kilotons of phosphate fertilizer. The complex employs approximately 1015 permanent employees, as well as 970 contracted employees.
According to the statement, the transaction has a value of US$255 million, with the operating capital value subject to post-closing adjustment.
Yara consolidated the acquired business effective 15 May 2018, including possible goodwill, and measured all identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition-date fair values.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldfertilizer.com/project-news/16052018/yara-closes-acquisition-of-fertilizer-complex-in-brazil/
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Berbatov display impresses Ferguson
Champions League Betting A great night for the English sides with Man Utd seeing off Celtic 3-0, while Arsenal beat Fenerbahce 5-2 on the road. See all the betting here.
Sir Alex Ferguson has lavished praise on striker Dimitar Berbatov, claiming the Bulgarian is on the verge of living up to his £30.75million price tag.
Berbatov scored his second successive Champions League brace in United’s 3-0 win over Celtic on Tuesday, and Ferguson singled out Berbatov for special praise.
”Dimitar produced some fantastic pieces of football,” said Ferguson. ”The players are starting to understand what type of player he is a bit more now.
”I always feel he produces passes that mean something. Three or four of them were absolutely superb and overall he has five goals for us already, so he is making a terrific contribution.”
In-form striker Wayne Rooney also got his name on the scoresheet scoring his ninth goal in seven games for club and country, and Ferguson believes Rooney will soon emulate Cristiano Ronaldo as a contended for the coveted Balon D’Or.
”Wayne is capable of getting to that level,” said Ferguson. ”Both him and Cristiano were teenagers when they came to us but their progress has been fantastic.
”The only reason we are not talking about Wayne at the same level as Cristiano is the fact one of them scored 42 goals last season. That is why Cristiano should win the Balon D’Or. If Wayne can get to that sort of level, he is there.”
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Gov. Tony Evers is headed to Japan in September for his first trade mission.
Older Americans In The Workforce
Research shows more Americans are working past the age of 65. With older Americans working past traditional retirement age, we speak with an analyst about their role in the workplace and the economy.
EPA To Review Chemical Following Husky Refinery Explosion
It’s been more than a year since the Husky Refinery explosion rocked the community of Superior, Wisconsin. The Duluth City Council passed a resolution this week asking the EPA to evaluate a toxic chemical used by the facility. We talk with the mayor of Superior to learn what this means for the future of the refinery.
Northern Wisconsin 'CHEESEHEAD' Study Covers A Lot Of Ground And Air
The CHEESEHEAD study taking place in northern Wisconsin aims to provide a better understanding of how the Earth's surface affects the atmosphere and vice versa.
Pelicans, once a rare sight in Wisconsin, are continuing to expand their range in Wisconsin and across the Great Lakes region as a whole, according to a new study.
President Trump, Twitter, And Political Rhetoric
President Trump recently tweeted a reference to several first-term Congresswomen, telling them to go back to the countries "from which they came." We discuss the reaction to the tweets and look at how political rhetoric is changing now that more of it is taking place on social media.
Somali Women In Green Bay Detail Immigrant Experience In New Book
For the last two years, the United ReSisters of Green Bay have been highlighting the city's growing Somali population. A new book from twelve of the city's Somali women highlights the immigrant experience. We talk with two of the authors about finding a home in Wisconsin.
Man Who Kidnapped Jayme Closs Moved Out Of Wisconsin
A man who admitted to kidnapping Jayme Closs and killing her parents has been moved to a facility outside of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin temperatures are expected to break the National Weather Service heat index scale by the end of the century if climate change is not addressed.
Recognizing that housing instability can lead to a host of other issues, especially related to health, researchers and community groups will gather in Eau Claire Wednesday and Thursday for the conference to renew the discussion about affordable housing.
Pocan Visits Florida Child Detention Center
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan says he wants to know more about why it's costing $750 per day to hold migrant children at a privately-owned Miami detention facility following a Monday visit to the center to observe conditions there.
Complaint: Man Drove Car Into Police Officer, Who Shot Through Windshield
Police say 55-year-old Dan W. Willison drove his car into an officer and was shot before leading police on a 100 mph chase.
Selig Still Convinced Miller Park Built In The Perfect Location
Bud Selig, the long-serving commissioner of Major League Baseball, says people can be critical, but Miller Park was built exactly where it should be — in the heart of Milwaukee — and it ended up being one of the greatest ballparks in baseball.
What's Changed Since Net Neutrality Repeal A Year Ago
It’s been about a year since regulations enforcing net neutrality were repealed. These regulations were intended to ensure that internet service providers like Verizon and AT&T act like public utilities, treating all internet traffic equally. We look at what’s changed in the year since the rules were lifted.
ICE Raids Begin In Select U.S. Cities
Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids targeted up to 10 U.S. cities over the weekend to remove nearly 2,000 families in the country illegally. But only a few arrests were made. We turn to a political scientist for analysis on the political and social sentiment surrounding this news.
Effort To Transform Wisconsin Rapids Site Into Community Hub Gets $3M Boost In State Budget
A $3 million grant included in the state budget will help advance an effort to turn a vacant building in Wisconsin Rapids into a community hub.
We Energies Holds Off On Solar Surcharge
We Energies has agreed to give up a surcharge it wanted customers with solar rooftop panels to pay for their use of the electrical grid on days when the sun wasn't shining.
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Business Bulletin
Updated Aug. 24, 2000 2:35 am ET
RETRO FOOTWEAR is hot among budding fashionistas heading back to school.
"Mary Janes," the round-toed, black shoe with a strap and buckle are hot. So are updated variations such as a thick-soled "Mary Jane Wedge" which is a big seller among preteens at a Payless ShoeSource store in Santa Monica, Calif. "Clogs are in again," says Walter Beahn, manager of Kid's Barn, an independent in West Newton, Mass.
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8 Clever Relationship Hacks Happy Couples Use (And You Should, Too)
denise ngo
Loosen up. Sometimes even the most serious moments can be fun ones.
Every now and then we browse Metafilter, a huge community question board, to stave off our boredom. When we came across a board titled What Clever Relationship Hacks Have You Come Up With?, we couldn't help but be grateful that we learned some relationship advice in the process of passing the afternoon hours.
To clarify, by "relationship hacks," the original poster meant clever or unconventional ways to maintain healthy romantic relationships. Since the forum received so much feedback, we've narrowed down eight of the funniest and presumably wisest relationship advice from real life couples from around the web.
RELATED: If You Do These 10 Things, Your Relationship Will Go The Distance
1. If you and your partner are indecisive about where to eat or what movie to watch, play the "5-3-1" game.
One person names five choices, the other vetoes two of them, and then the first person eliminates the remaining two. Ta-dah! No more, "Where you do want to eat?" "I don't care, what do you want to do?" Q and A.
2. The person who cooks shouldn't do the dishes.
It's only fair!
3. Every cohabiting couple needs a separate room with a door that shuts, and maybe even locks.
You can use this room for napping, reading, listening to music, wrapping presents, having private phone conversations, or sulking.
4. Thank each other for everything.
It's not necessary to get effusive when someone takes out the garbage, but it's nice to show and be shown appreciation for even the most everyday obligations.
RELATED: 47 Essential Pieces Of Relationship Advice For Strong Women Who Refuse To Settle
5. Don't tell your partner that they're wrong about insignificant things.
For instance, if your guy says that Steven Spielberg directed Star Wars, laugh a little on the inside, but don't tease him for not knowing it was George Lucas. And for the love of God, do not correct each other's grammar in public.
6. Let it go when someone admits fault, especially if it's for something minor.
One couple suggested that you play, "FailDance" where the person who was wrong has to perform a song-and-dance routine after apologizing. In doing so, you replace the resentment and "I told you so's" with a silly moment the two of you can share.
7. Think before you speak.
Whenever a difficult conversation keeps you from phrasing your thoughts coherently, ask your partner to give you a moment instead of trying to fill up the silence in the air, with whatever it is you have to say. Saying the wrong thing is much worse than an awkward break in the conversation.
8. Play the "He's Not an Jerk" game.
Whenever you feel angry at each other, imagine that you're a novelist (or a movie writer) assigned to write a story in which the jerk is the protagonist. That way, you'll have to rethink things from your partner's point-of-view and make them sympathetic to readers and viewers. Oh look at that, now you're seeing your partner's point of view better, too. What a great game!
RELATED: 6 Common Pieces Of Relationship Advice That Are 100% B.S.
Denise Ngo is a freelance web writer/editor who specializes in pop culture, fashion, science, faith and relationship writing. She is the Managing Editor of Lovelyish.com and a writer for PopSci.com. Follow her on Twitter @ngodenise.
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Five Brazil World Cup stadium tech facts
The Brazilian government acquired 27 robots from US company IRobot for $7.2m which are able to detect bombs and explosives, as well as other risk activities in and around the venues. The equipment, which has been used to detect explosives in Afghanistan and Iraq, will also be deployed in the Olympic Games in 2016.
All World Cup venues are also equipped with a vast amount of surveillance cameras - for example, the Arena Fonte Nova in Bahia has 227 cameras that capture images in high definition, scattered across all sectors of the venues, including strategic areas inside and outside the stadia. The cameras can recognize and store data of up to 400 faces per second.
Caption by: Angelica Mari
2. Goal line technology
Goal line technology will be in place for the first time at a World Cup to support match officials. Some 14 high-speed cameras, seven per goal, will be in place at each of the 12 World Cup stadiums to determine if an attempt on goal has crossed the line or not.
The cameras provided by German firm GoalControl then send data to a central image processing computer system that tracks the ball’s position to determine whether it has crossed the line or not. When the goal is confirmed, a signal is sent to the referee’s watches.
3. LED panels
The external lighting of stadia is a striking feature of the World Cup 2014: the Arena Corinthians, where the tournament's opening ceremony will take place, will feature one of the biggest LED panels in the world, 170 meters long and 20 meters tall, with 34 thousand LEDs, implemented in partnership with Osram. The feature, until now inexistent in Brazil, will display videos, information and adverts, as well as match highlights during the events.
4. Access control
The turnstiles at World Cup venues in Brazil will feature high definition cameras, which validate tickets in real time through a TCP/IP protocol to identify ticket holder details and seat location. Another feature, requested by FIFA, which can be used in the event of an emergency, allows the bars to be lowered automatically. The turnstiles integrate technology by firms including Wolpac, BWA and Skidata and are expected to process 30 fans per minute on average and the majority were already in place in the Confederations Cup.
5. Mobile boost
Despite being able to implement Wi-fi across only half the World Cup host venues, the Brazilian telcos managed to ramp up the conventional 2G, 3G and 4G networks through extra equipment inside the stadium. However, at the Arena Corinthians in São Paulo, the capacity is for 12,000 simultaneous data connections - and the World Cup opening stadium has more than 48,000 seats.
As the World Cup kicks off, we list five technology projects rolled out across the venues that will be hosting the tournament in Brazil over the next month.
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Johnson heading back to nationals
Jacy Johnson is making a return trip to the National Junior High Finals Rodeo starting June 18 in Lebanon, TN.
Johnson, a soon to be freshman at Whitehall High School, will be competing in both pole bending and the rifle shooting competition.
"I'm really excited," she said about a return trip after competing last year.
Johnson finished first out of 17 in the rifle event at the Montana State Rodeo in Townsend. She said it was the first time she had competed in the event and smiled when noting she had not practiced very much.
"It was really fun," she said.
Johnson finished second in pole...
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Liverpool manager Klopp charged with misconduct for derby celebration
File photo of Jurgen Klopp. Photograph:( Reuters )
Reuters New Delhi, Delhi, India Dec 03, 2018, 10.15 PM (IST)
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has been charged with misconduct for his behaviour in Sunday`s 1-0 Merseyside derby victory over Everton in the Premier League, England's Football Association said on Monday.
The German ran on to the pitch in wild celebration of Divock Origi`s 96th-minute winner at Anfield and later apologised to his Everton counterpart Marco Silva.
Victory took unbeaten Liverpool to 36 points and two points behind leaders Manchester City.
"Klopp has been charged with misconduct relating to his behaviour in the 96th minute of the game between Liverpool and Everton yesterday," the FA said in a statement.
He has until 1800GMT on Thursday to respond to the charge.
Meanwhile, Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has been granted additional time to respond to charges of misconduct in relation to alleged breaches of its betting rules.
The charge relates to the period of January 2018 and Sturridge had been previously asked to respond on Nov. 20. The FA said on Monday it had extended the 29-year-old England international`s deadline to 1800GMT on Feb. 11 next year.
FA rules prohibit players and coaches from betting on any football activity or providing non-public information to any other person that is then used for betting.
Former Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton, who served a 13-month ban for betting offences when he was a Burnley player, had urged the FA to alter their "zero-tolerance" approach to gambling in soccer after Sturridge was charged.
World Cup winner Trevor Bayliss to coach IPL's Hyderabad team after Ashes
AS Roma sign defender Gianluca Mancini from Atalanta
Nightmare start for Rory McIlroy after eight in British Open
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Legislators challenge Arizona’s moral progress
by Ed Boks, Former executive director | Mar 9, 2016 | In The News
Mahatma Gandhi said it best, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” The same can be said of the states in a nation.
In fact, the greatness and moral progress of all 50 states can be traced through the years by the consistent strengthening of state laws against animal cruelty to include felony provisions. This moral and legal progress has been based on the growing understanding of the link between animal cruelty and violence against humans.
Today, academic journals and textbooks in child welfare, human-animal studies, sociology, child development, criminology, psychology, social work, veterinary medicine, and many other disciplines accept the incontrovertible link between animal abuse, domestic violence, child maltreatment and elder abuse.
Understanding this link, the FBI now requires local law enforcement to track and report animal cruelty the same way homicide, arson and assault are tracked – as a Group A felony.
So, why would any Arizona legislator want to turn back the clock on progress that has taken decades to achieve? Why would any legislator want to strip any animal of any protection provided by the law?
Why would Arizona legislators David Gowan and Brenda Barton work behind closed doors with corporate agriculture lobbyists to craft a bill (HB 2330) designed to repeal the few protections millions of animals have in Arizona?
HB 2330 is not an isolated attempt to repeal Arizona’s animal cruelty laws. Last year enough Arizona legislators supported a similar bill (HB 2150) that it would have been the law of the land today except for Governor Ducey’s veto.
Fortunately, this year’s coup against animal welfare may have died in the Agriculture, Water and Lands Committee when they wisely chose to not agendize HB 2330.
However, the bill could still be resurrected by the House Appropriations Committee this year or introduced in another permutation next year. Animal advocates must remain vigilant in a state where politicians seem strangely determined to weaken animal-cruelty laws.
Apart from some Arizona legislators, animal abuse is widely recognized and understood by law enforcement, public health officials and decent human beings everywhere to be part of a continuum of violence with serious implications for multiple victims and society as a whole.
While Gandhi drew our attention to the societal ramifications of how we treat animals, Immanuel Kant provided some insight into how we should judge politicians who deliberately put animals in harm’s way. “He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” This maxim serves as a reliable gauge for assessing the character of politicians who have the power to impact how animals, and people, are treated on a massive scale.
Sponsors and supporters of last year’s HB 2150 and this year’s HB 2330 have telegraphed their agenda to reverse Arizona’s moral progress by revoking protections animals in Arizona have benefited from for decades. They have exposed their intent to put the welfare of millions of animals at risk without any corresponding benefit or legitimate justification. They need to know this is not going unnoticed.
Refer to my Feb. 17 column, “Lawmakers target animals again” (available online) to understand the risk of cruelty that HB 2330 posed for millions of animals.
Special Announcement: The Low-Cost Gelding Clinic, sponsored by the Yavapai Humane Society, Prescott Animal Hospital and National Equine Resource Network on Saturday, April 30, at the YHS Equine Center, 3731 North Road 1 West, Chino Valley is being postponed to a date yet to be determined. Watch this weekly column for updates or call 760-419-2462 for more information.
Ed Boks is the executive director of the Yavapai Humane Society. He can be reached at eboks@d2f.e36.myftpupload.com or by calling 928-445-2666, ext. 101.
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Romanian is one of the five European Latin languages along with Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Romanian is the official national language of Romania and Moldova….and it’s fairly easy to learn!
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If you are interested in the preparatory course for learning Romanian you must apply either for a higher education programme and specify that you want to undergo a preparatory year first or directly for the preparatory year. Make sure you apply in due time – it is advised to start the application process in August, given the fact that the academic year starts the first week of October.
The following universities organise the preparatory year for Romanian language learning (as listed on Ministry of National Education website).
Public Higher Education Institutions:
1. University of Bacău
2. ”Politehnica” University of Bucharest
3. University of Bucharest
4. ”1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia
5. ”Transilvania” University of Braşov
6. ”Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca
7. ”Ovidius” University of Constanţa
8. University of Craiova
9. ”Dunărea de Jos” University of Galaţi
10. ”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi
11. University of Oradea
12. University of Piteşti
13. Oil and Gas University of Ploieşti
14. ”Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu
15. ”Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava
16. West University of Timişoara
17. ”Valahia” University of Târgovişte
18. ”Constantin Brâncuşi” University of Târgu-Jiu
19. Technical University of Cluj – Napoca
20. Bucharest University of Economic Studies
21. Petru Maior University of Tirgu Mures
Private Higher Education Institutions:
22. "Dimitrie Cantemir" University of Bucharest
23. "Spiru Haret" University of Bucharest
24. Romanian-American University of Bucharest
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You may choose to study Romanian in your country of origin. Currently, the Romanian Language Institute (ILR) manages 49 functional Romanian language lectures at various universities in Europe, North America, the Caucasus, Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. By accessing the interactive map on the ILR website, you will discover details about their whereabouts.
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Searching for the Grand Paris
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What is the reasoning for the Grand Paris? What does the transformation of the relationship between Paris and its suburbs imply? “Searching for the Grand Paris” is an original MOOC featuring accounts from residents, association representatives, experts, and researchers. It also contains archival footage and documents, as well as a comparative analysis of Brussels, London, and other French cities. The MOOC combines historical and comparative approaches with a discussion of controversial topics. It also reflects upon the notion of scale and questions what is at stake in the implementation of the Grand Paris. It discusses the evolution of Paris and its region, as well as issues such as ethnic and social segregation, economic growth, safety, the environment, housing, transportation, city construction, education, and culture. “Searching for the Grand Paris” is not exclusively directed towards universities. It is free and for the general public. This dynamic, even lively, MOOC was made in collaboration with students from the University of Science Po (Paris Institute of Political Studies), along with many other contributors. TEACHER : Patrick Le Galès (politist and sociologist) PREREQUISITE There is no required prerequisite for this course. PLAN DU COURS Session 1: Metropolization and Economic Growth Session 2: Population and Migration Session 3: Housing and Construction Session 4: Transportation and Mobility Session 5: Law enforcement and Environment Session 6: Culture and Education EVALUATION This MOOC offers a final MCQ. PEDAGOGICAL TEAM Héloïse Thibault, Valentine Quinio, Judith Lienhard, Ninon Beillard, Juliette Guichardet, Odile Gaultier-Voituriez, Miyuki Tsuchiya, Maxime Crépel, Pôle Audiovisuel Sciences Po TERMS OF USE All rights reserved PARTNERS Mairie de Paris | Ecole urbaine de SciencesPo Paris | Grand Public
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"Searching for the Grand Paris"
"How can the Grand Paris be defined?"
-The Grand Paris is the fact that today, Paris is becoming its suburbs,
and the suburbs are becoming Paris.
It represents both a process and a few simple objects.
By process, I mean that the Grand Paris represents the broadening of Paris
and, at the same time, a mental change of scale.
Meaning that today, everyone talks of the Grand Paris
as something which allows people, when they mention the Parisian region,
when they live in the suburbs, they finally can say that they are Parisians.
This translates into two objects.
The Grand Paris metropolis, an institutional object,
which roughly gathers the municipalities of the 4 central departments:
Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne,
plus a few municipalities around.
It also refers to the metro, the Grand Paris Express,
which is a belt metro that will connect all the towns in this second ring,
in this first ring of departments.
Today, there are 2 million inhabitants in Paris,
7 million inhabitants in the Grand Paris
and 12 million inhabitants in the Île-de-France.
But people often think that the Grand Paris represents
10-12 million inhabitants.
If we analyze figures after the Second World War until today,
the size of Paris' population almost doubled,
going from 6 to 12 million inhabitants, the Grand Paris.
All of this had to be arranged.
There has been the RERs, new cities, all the priority zoning areas.
The suburbs have changed and today, we must make sure
the skin of Paris fits the size of its new body.
This is the first process.
The second process is something we have seen coming
in every major city around the world as of the middle of the 90s.
It is a process of governance transformation
which refers to how power relationships evolve
between the heart of the global cities, the state, on the one side,
and the region where they are located, on the other side.
Regarding the state, a renegotiation of the powers of these cities
so that they can benefit from more intervention capacities
for their public policies.
In each of these major global cities, there is also a reassessment
of the power relationship between the city center
and the great region which surrounds it.
"What are the major steps of this metropolization process?"
The creation of the Grand Paris in its whole, metropolis, metro, etc.,
I would say that the first symbolic action started in October 2001,
when Bertrand Delanoë invited all the suburban mayors surrounding Paris
to come and discuss the Paris-suburbs relationships.
For the first time, there was a political dialogue
between Paris and its suburbs.
In 2004-2005, there has been a major collective process of reflection
to check the state of the Parisian region
and it was added in the agenda that Paris was falling behind,
whereas it was ahead, regarding the labor market,
the capacities of its metro, the quality of its traffic.
An issue was raised: was Paris falling asleep ? Was Paris behind ?
When Nicolas Sarkozy was elected in 2007,
he decided to initiate a great idea competition
which gathered many architects from all around the world.
Beyond these architects, it has been a major brainstorming moment,
even within the population, to know in which kind of metropolis they lived.
Between 2007 and 2010, there has been a great turbulence in the region
with elected members getting closer together,
leading to the Paris Métropole study confederation
which institutionalizes this rapprochement between elected members.
It will also lead to the Grand Paris law
which sets up the creation of the Grand Paris Express metro
after a major public debate that made this metro possible.
The institutional issue was also firmly written in the agenda.
This institutional issue was solved in 2014 with the MAPTAM law
which creates, for 2016, the Grand Paris metropolis.
All of this will coincide at the beginning of the 2020s.
Around 2020, 2024, 2027, the metropolis will be fully effective,
with the first municipal elections in 2020,
during which the metropolis will be an actual issue in the political agenda.
In 2024, 2027, the first metros will be delivered.
In 2024, there will be the Olympics,
the first major global event to be hosted by the Grand Paris.
Over the 10 years to come, this process will mature.
"What are the issues for the populations?"
The main issue is the movement represented by the Grand Paris idea.
The idea that we will all become Parisians,
or that Parisians will come to our city,
or a discussion to know who is impacted by this transformation.
For the inhabitants of the Grand Paris,
the Grand Paris can be materialized by a metro
but it is also the indistinct idea,
because they do not really know to what this feeling can be connected,
that there is a massive change, a change in scale:
"We will all become Grand Parisians."
Or, at least, "all our territories will become Grand Parisian."
Their issue is to know, when their territory will become Grand Parisian,
if they will stay or be kicked out.
This is a major issue for the whole Parisian suburbs.
If we consider the Grand Paris Express example,
especially if we look at how the inhabitants
react to the Grand Paris Express, they have mixed feelings.
The inhabitants say that it is very good for their territory
because it will enable people from Paris to come and see them
and it will enable them to go and see their neighbors or Paris more easily.
At the same time, they say that if it brings Paris to their door,
the Parisian high prices will also come along,
so they, or their children, will be kicked out.
There is a great fear and a big dream at the same time.
They think that what is going on
can really benefit their territory,
so it is positive for them if they can remain in this territory,
but it can also be very negative for them if they are kicked out.
This is a decisive issue for the future.
It will be decisive regarding the feeling they will have or not
of being a part of the political process.
They have the feeling that they are not part of the negotiations.
At the moment, they do not really know what to think about it.
They wait and see if the elected members and the property developers
will invite them to the table.
I have the feeling that if the elected members and the property developers
do not do so, they will come nevertheless
in a more radical or less controllable way than it should
if they were actually invited in a democratic process
to build the metropolis.
At the moment, the metropolitan project is not built with the inhabitants.
It is being built among elected members, with experts.
But if we want this project to last, we must make room for the inhabitants,
because, eventually, inhabitants, associations, economic actors,
will make this project sustainable in fine.
"How can we combine economic attractiveness and social justice?"
We could think that it is contradictory. Quite often, it is in global cities,
especially if you follow Saskia Sassen's works who said that, in global cities,
we have the most globalized, profitable and productive service activities.
It leads to an hourglass-type of society
with the richest people in the global city centers,
those who work in these activities,
the poorest, those who directly work for these people,
and all of the middle-class is excluded.
This leads to the collapse of the justice model,
of the spatial and social balance model
on which the major Western metropolises have been built.
This is not what is going on in Paris.
Or, at least, Paris has not been built based on this model.
It is an industrial global city.
When we consider the two main economic capitals of Europe,
there is London, the financial capital, and Paris, the industrial capital.
What do we have in Paris? Start-ups, researchers,
counsel and engineering companies who provide project management assistance
for industrial economic partners throughout Europe.
In the case of Paris, there is no contradiction
between the attractiveness of the metropolis and territorial equality.
For the metropolis to be attractive,
it must find an urban economic and social development model
in which everyone has a place.
It goes through public services,
making sure that education and health can be accessible
even when someone earns 1 200 euros each month,
in the center or near the center of the metropolis.
For Paris to have an economic attractiveness and productivity,
it must make room in its social and urban organization for everyone,
because Paris needs every category of the population to be productive.
In some way, we can see that in the way the city is organized.
Today, Paris, the Grand Paris, the Grand Paris metropolis,
compared to all the other Western metropolises,
has the highest number of social housings in its perimeter.
There are around 30% of social housings in the Grand Paris metropolis.
This is unique for one of the 4 or 5 biggest global cities in the world.
To what extent this new city we are creating
can leave some space for everyone?
It would be misleading to think that by selecting the population,
by creating a city for the so-called creative classes,
Paris will become even more productive.
Because in an industrial economy,
even for the new industry or for the new economy,
everyone is needed.
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Santhi Parva
MAHABHARATA, BOOK 12: SANTI PARVA
LXXXII Bhishma said, This that I have told thee constitutes the first means. Listen now, O Bharata to the second means.
That man who seeks to advance the interests of the king should always be protected by the king. If a person, O Yudhishthira, that is paid or unpaid, comes to thee for telling thee of the damage done to thy treasury when its resources are being embezzled by a minister, thou shouldst grant him an audience in private and protect him also from the impeached minister. The ministers guilty of peculation seek, O Bharata, to slay such informants. They who plunder the royal treasury combine together for opposing the person who seeks to protect it, and if the latter be left unprotected, he is sure to be ruined. In this connection also an old story is cited of what the sage Kalakavrikshiya had said unto the king of Kosala. It hath been heard by us that once on a time the sage Kalakavrikshiya came to Kshemadarsin who had ascended the throne of the kingdom of Kosala. Desirous of examining the conduct of all the officers of Kshemadarsin, the sage, with a crow kept within a cage in his hand, repeatedly travelled through every part of that king's dominions. And he spoke unto all the men and said, Study, ye the corvine science. The crows tell me the present, the past, and the future' Proclaiming this in the kingdom, the sage, accompanied by a large number of men, began to observe the misdeeds of all the officers of the king.
Having ascertained all the affairs in respect of that kingdom, and having learnt that all the officers appointed by the king were guilty of malversation, the sage, with his crow, came to see the king. Of rigid vows, he said unto the king, I know everything about thy kingdom' Arrived at the presence of the king, he said unto his minister adorned with the insignia of his office that he had been informed by his crow that the minister had done such a misdeed in such a place, and that such and such persons know that he had plundered the royal treasury. My crow tells me this. Admit or prove the falsehood of the accusation quickly' The sage then proclaimed the names of other officers who had similarly been guilty of embezzlement, adding, My crow never says anything that is false' Thus accused and injured by the sage, all the officers of the king, O thou of Kuru's race, united together and pierced his crow, while the sage slept, at night. Beholding his crow pierced with a shaft within the cage, the regenerate Rishi, repairing to Kshemadarsin in the morning said unto him, O king, I seek thy protection. Thou art all-powerful and thou art the master of the lives and wealth of all. If I receive thy command I can then say what is for thy good.
Grieved on account of thee whom I regard as a friend have come to thee, impelled by my devotion and ready to serve thee with my whole heart. Thou art being robbed of thy wealth, I have come to thee for disclosing it without showing any consideration for the robbers. Like a driver that urges a good steed, I have come hither for awakening thee whom I regard as a friend. A friend who is alive to his own interests and desirous of his own prosperity and aggrandisement, should forgive a friend that intrudes himself forcibly, impelled by devotion and wrath, for doing what is beneficial' The king replied unto him, saying, Why should I not bear anything thou wilt say, since I am not blind to what is for my good? I grant thee permission, O regenerate one! Tell me what thou pleasest, I shall certainly obey the instructions thou wilt give me, O Brahman' The sage said, Ascertaining the merits and faults of thy servants, as also the: dangers thou incurrest at their hands, I have come to thee, impelled by my devotion, for representing everything to thee. The teachers of mankind have of old declared what the curses are, O king, of those that serve others. The lot of those that serve the king is very painful and wretched. He who has any connection with kings is to have connection with snakes of virulent poison.
Kings have many friends as also many enemies. They that serve kings have to fear all of them. Every moment, again, they have fear from the king himself, O monarch. A person serving the king cannot with impunity be guilty of heedlessness in doing the king's work. Indeed, a servant who desires to win prosperity should never display heedlessness in the discharge of his duties. His heedlessness may move the king to wrath, and such wrath may bring down destruction on the servant. Carefully learning how to behave himself, one should sit in the presence of the king as he should in the presence of a blazing fire. Prepared to lay down life itself at every moment, one should serve the king attentively, for the king is all-powerful and master of the lives and the wealth of all, and therefore, like unto a snake of virulent poison. He should always fear to indulge in evil speeches before the king, or to sit cheerlessly or in irreverent postures, or to wait in attitudes of disrespect or to walk disdainfully or display insolent gestures and disrespectful motions of the limbs. If the king becomes gratified, he can shower prosperity like god.
If he becomes enraged, he can consume to the very roots like a blazing fire. This, O king, was said by Yama. Its truth is seen in the affairs of the world. I shall now acting according to these precepts do that which would enhance thy prosperity. Friends like ourselves can give unto friends like thee the aid of their intelligence in seasons of peril. This crow of mine, O king, has been slain for doing thy business. I cannot, however, blame thee for this. Thou art not loved by those that have slain this bird. Ascertain who are thy friends and who thy foes. Do everything thyself without surrendering thy intelligence to others.
They who are on thy establishment are all peculators. They do not desire the good of thy subjects. I have incurred their hostility. Conspiring with those servants that have constant access to thee they covet the kingdom after thee by compassing thy destruction. Their plans, however, do not succeed in consequence of unforeseen circumstances. Through fear of those men, O king, I shall leave this kingdom for some other asylum. I have no worldly desire, yet those persons of deceitful intentions have shot this shaft at my crow, and have, O lord, despatched the bird to Yama's abode. I have seen this, O king, with eyes whose vision has been improved by penances. With the assistance of this single crow I have crossed this kingdom of thine that is like a river abounding with alligators and sharks and crocodiles and whales. Indeed, with the assistance of that bird, I have passed through thy dominions like unto a Himalayan valley, impenetrable and inaccessible in consequence of trunks of fallen trees and scattered rocks and thorny shrubs and lions and tigers and other beasts of prey.
The learned say that a region inaccessible in consequence of gloom can be passed through with the aid of a light, and a river that is unfordable can be crossed by means of a boat. No means, however, exist for penetrating or passing through the labyrinth of kingly affairs. Thy kingdom is like an inaccessible forest enveloped with gloom. Thou that art the lord of it canst not trust it. How then can I? Good and evil are regarded here in the same light. Residence here cannot, therefore, be safe. Here a person of righteous deeds meets with death, while one of unrighteous deeds incurs no danger. According to the requirements of justice, a person of unrighteous deeds should be slain but never one who is righteous in his acts. It is not proper, therefore, for one to stay in this kingdom long.
A man of sense should leave this country soon. There is a river, O king, of the name of Sita. Boats sink in it. This thy kingdom is like that river. An all-destructive net seems to have been cast around it. Thou art like the fall that awaits collectors of honey, or like attractive food containing poison. Thy nature now resembles that of dishonest men and not that of the good. Thou art like a pit, O king, abounding with snakes of virulent poison. Thou resemblest, O king, a river full of sweet water but exceedingly difficult of access, With steep banks overgrown with Kariras and thorny canes. Thou art like a swan in the midst of dogs, vultures and jackals.
Grassy parasites, deriving their sustenance from a mighty tree, swell into luxuriant growth, and at last covering the tree itself overshadow it completely. A forest conflagration sets in, and catching those grassy plants first, consumes the lordly tree with them. Thy ministers, O king, resemble those grassy parasites of which I speak. Do thou check and correct them. They have been nourished by thee. But conspiring against thee, they are destroying thy prosperity. Concealing from thee the faults of thy servants, I am living in thy abode in constant dread of danger, even like a person living in a room with a snake within it or like the lover of a hero's wife. My object is to ascertain the behaviour of the king who is my fellow-lodger. I wish to know whether the king has his passions under control, whether his servants are obedient to him, whether he is loved by them, and whether he loves his subjects. For the object of ascertaining all these points, O best of kings, I have come to thee.
Like food to a hungry person, thou hast become dear to me. I dislike thy ministers, however, as a person whose thirst has been slaked dislikes drink. They have found fault with me because I seek thy good. I have no doubt that there is no other cause for that hostility of theirs to me. I do not cherish any hostile intentions towards them. I am engaged in only marking their faults. As one should fear a wounded snake, every one should fear a foe of wicked heart The king said, Reside in my palace, O Brahmana! I shall always treat thee with respect and honour, and always worship thee. They that will dislike thee shall not dwell with me.
Do thou thyself do what should be done next unto those persons of whom thou hast spoken. Do thou see, O holy one, that the rod of chastisement is wielded properly and that everything is done well in my kingdom. Reflecting upon everything, do thou guide me in such a way that I may obtain prosperity' The sage said, Shutting thy eyes in the first instance to this offence of theirs viz, the slaughter of the crow, do thou weaken them one by one. Prove their faults then and strike them one after another. When many persons become guilty of the same offence, they can, by acting together, soften the very points of thorns. Lest thy ministers being suspected, act against thee and disclose thy secret counsels, I advise thee to proceed with such caution. As regards ourselves, we are Brahmanas, naturally compassionate and unwilling to give pain to any one. We desire thy good as also the good of others, even as we wish the good of ourselves. I speak of myself, O king!
I am thy friend. I am known as the sage Kalakavrikshiya. I always adhere to truth. Thy sire regarded me lovingly as his friend. When distress overtook this kingdom during the region of thy sire, O king, I performed many penances for driving it off, abandoning every other business. From my affection for thee I say this unto thee so that thou mayst not again commit the fault of reposing confidence on undeserving persons. Thou hast obtained a kingdom without trouble. Reflect upon everything connected with its weal and woe. Thou hast ministers in thy kingdom. But why, O king, shouldst thou be guilty of heedlessness'
After this, the king of Kosala took a minister from the Kshatriya order, and appointed that bull among Brahmanas viz, the sage Kalakavrikshiya as his Purohita. After these changes had been effected, the king of Kosala subjugated the whole earth and acquired great fame. The sage Kalakavrikshiya worshipped the gods in many grand sacrifices performed for the king. Having listened to his beneficial counsels, the king of Kosala conquered the whole earth and conducted himself in every respect as the sage directed
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Steve is a second generation AFE member following in his father Dick Bellemore’s footsteps. Steve has been a member of AFE Granite State Chapter 140 for the last 10 years. Steve has served as a board member at large, Vice President and currently as President for the past 5 years. Steve is also the VP of Flames for the Manchester flames youth hockey and has been a head coach with the Flames for the past 6 years.
Steve attended The Petersons School in 2007 for Fireman classes getting his Second Class fireman License and then going back and receiving his First Class Fireman license in 2008.
Steve was a Power Plant Mechanic for BAE Systems, Inc., managing the boiler and chiller operations at three sites in southern NH. In 2017 Steve took a job as Project Coordinator at BAE Systems working with Project PM’s overseeing construction fit-up projects at the southern NH sites.
BAE Systems is the largest defense manufacturing/testing facilities in southern New Hampshire. Steve has been employed with BAE for 19 years, with a total of 23 years in the building and maintenance fields.
Steve has a 1st Class Fireman license with the State of Massachusetts, and holds Certified Professional Maintenance Manager (CPMM) certification through AFE.
Steve lives in Merrimack, NH with his wife Kristin, and his two children Cameron and Morgan.
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Synthetic biology research programme involves a wide range of projects
The Academy of Finland will fund the Synthetic Biology Research Programme (FinSynBio) with a total of EUR 9 million. In all five individual projects and six consortia are funded within the programme. Two of the projects will be carried out in cooperation with the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT). The programme subcommittee decided on the funding at its meeting on 4 June 2013.
Synthetic biology is a new, internationally vigorously developing multidisciplinary research field, which integrates, for example, biosciences and physical-chemical and technical sciences with a view to tailoring and building new biological components (e.g. biocatalysts or genetic circuits) and assembling them in a controlled way into biological devices and production systems (cells).
Synthetic biology and its applications also involve a number of societal and ethical questions that should be investigated at an early stage. Synthetic biology provides an excellent example of how both the problem setting and the objectives have changed with the progress of technology.
The objective of the FinSynBio programme is to integrate Finnish-based researchers into an internationally competitive scientific community that would exceed a critical mass and that would actively work to develop synthetic biology and apply the research knowledge from the community. International cooperation and further promotion of emerging international networks through active researcher mobility, for instance, is an integral part of the programme.
Consortia (listed by name of principal investigator):
Tero Aittokallio (University of Helsinki): Synthetic controllability of biological networks through understanding and engineering their control elements. The overall aim of the project is to better understand the fundamental principles of controllability of large complex biological networks and to apply these control principles in order to predict how to best engineer regulatory networks. The concept will be verified in two metabolic use case applications that address two grand challenges: improving sustainable fuel production and multi-targeted anticancer therapeutics.
Eva-Mari Aro (University of Turku): Design and engineering of synthetic hybrid photo-electro organisms. The project will investigate a newly emerging field, microbial electrosynthesis (MES), which relies on the capability of certain microbes for direct electron capture from, for example, solar cells, to be used in their metabolism for the production of carbon-based biofuels. The project will construct novel synthetic hybrid photo-electro-organisms (PEOs) and aim at completely novel and efficient production organisms, which utilise carbon dioxide as a carbon source and use efficient electron capture (MES) supplemented with light as required synthesis of desired products such as fuels and chemicals.
Matti Karp (Tampere University of Technology): Focused proteomic analysis of cell factories. The project will introduce novel methodology for quantification of functional proteome of the cell factory (chassis + added bioparts). The toolset contains an easily genome-engineerable chassis, quantitative monitoring tools of cell factory and computational approaches for system design and analysis. It can be used in a high-throughput manner and universally exploited in cell-based production approaches. The method allows for an efficient design and optimisation of the chassis for any kinds of synthetic biology applications in the future. As a proof-of-concept, the developed toolset will be used to implement a cell factory that efficiently converts lignocellulose to biofuel alkanes.
Markus Linder (Aalto University): Synthetic genetic circuits for programming the structure of material. Biotechnology processes are being developed today with a view to producing components for materials, such as proteins or other functional molecules. Synthetic biology methods are also developed to help find suitable methods for the production of such components. The project will apply these methods but also aim at taking the system one step further. The aim is not only to produce components but also to use designed genetic circuits from synthetic biology with a view to making the production time-dependent to achieve higher order structures.
Arto Urtti (University of Helsinki): Bioactive protein synthesis in vitro with cell-free platform. The project will investigate and develop a cell-free platform for protein expression and testing. The platform will be used to develop new approaches for targeting of pharmaceutical proteins and exploration of biosynthetic routes. The project involves collaboration with India.
Pia Vuorela (Åbo Akademi University): Fabricating bacterial biofilms via artificial nano(bio)components. The project is researching bacterial biofilms, which are substrate-attached 3D bacterial communities. The project is the first synthetic biology endeavour aiming at fabricating artificial biofilms from nano(bio)components to advance biofilm functionality and open up new application possibilities, while addressing ethical, societal and communicative issues associated with synthetic biology.
Individual projects:
Matti Häyry (University of Helsinki): Synthetic biology and ethics. The project will study ethical questions of synthetic biology. The work will begin by informal interviews with scientists in the field in Finland and continue with the analysis and assessment of international academic literature on the topic. Research in the field holds future promises for drugs for malaria, cures for cancer and biofuels that will solve global energy problems. In cooperation with other scientists, the project will formulate rules that make the ethical progress of synthetic biology possible.
Tarja Knuuttila (University of Helsinki): Biological knowledge through modelling and engineering: Epistemological and social aspects of synthetic biology. The project will investigate various epistemological and social aspects of the research practice of synthetic biology through theoretical and empirical studies in collaboration with synthetic biology laboratories in Finland and abroad. A particular focus will be on the interdisciplinary and basic science dimensions of synthetic biology. The project will also study the relationship between modelling and experimentation, and the public understanding of synthetic biology. It will develop theoretical and practical resources with a view to better understanding the various characteristics of synthetic biology. It will also foster public understanding of synthetic biology by providing a realistic understanding of its potential benefits and risks. One result of the project will be a book on synthetic biology intended for a broader Finnish audience. The project will also promote collaboration between researchers from natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities.
Minna Poranen (University of Helsinki): Prokaryotic virus as a tool for synthetic biology. The aim of Poranen’s project is to use viral parts with a view to developing synthetic bacterial cells. The new functions introduced into bacteria will allow for efficient production of, for instance, antiviral compounds that are based on RNA. Another aim is to get new insights into virus assembly processes. The project is a cross-disciplinary effort and combines biochemical, computational and molecular virology approaches.
Lloyd Ruddock (University of Oulu): Protein-based drugs, such as insulin, are used by millions of people every day. While they are very effective, they are also difficult and costly to produce. One issue relates to modifications that occur in proteins after they are made, including structure stabilising bridges, called disulphide bonds and the addition of specific sugars, known as N-glycosylation. Protein production in the bacteria E. coli is by far the quickest and cheapest method of protein production, but it is limited by the lack of routes to make disulphide bonds or N-glycosylation. This project is to make second generation E. coli strains that are able to efficiently make disulphide bonds and N-glycosylation in proteins and then secrete the correctly folded and active protein out of the cell. These would dramatically reduce the cost of production of protein based drugs, while at the same time increasing the quality by avoiding other modifications that can occur in currently used production systems.
Laura Ruohonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland): Control of in vivo polymerisation by synthetic biology approaches. The advancement of molecular biology tools, metabolic engineering and the recent rise of synthetic biology have demonstrated the feasibility of biotechnology to find alternative way for efficient and safe production of fuels, chemicals and materials. The focus of the project is to combine synthetic biology and bioprocess engineering approaches for establishing and improving in vivo production pathways for high molecular weight bio-based polymers in bacteria and yeast. The improvements of the production pathways will be achieved by parallel approaches: the use of synthetic biology tools, genome-scale metabolic models and bioprocess development. The research involves collaboration with India.
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This is adopted English translations of Iissiidiology. Fundamentals. Volume 1
Self-Consciousness is the realizational Principle of SSS- Entity. This Principle provides with information the capabilities of Cosmic Beings. Self-Consciousness is structured by Levels. Focus Dynamics is the basic tool for cognition of Levels of Self-Consciousness. Our conceptions about the speed of synthesis are subjective and wrong. Our assessments are associated with biochemistry of our bodies.
1.0260 Let me repeat one more time for a better understanding: Self-Consciousness is not the Form we perceive whose focal Configuration provides manifestation of a certain combination of information fragments (SFUURMM-Forms) in a resonational point of Space-Time, but rather a universal realization Principle of an SSS-Entity[1] that informationally provides a specific ability of any modeled-by-It Collective Cosmic Entity of a simultaneous subjective perception as a Form of the SSS-Entity’s infinite Existence — as «itself» (through lower Forms of «its» creative expression) or as «Itself» (through higher Forms of Its possible manifestations in the Macrocosmos). The focal Configurations of one of these Forms of creative self-perception that are potentially possible for each of You (as Form-Creators of USCF!), where a certain spectrum of Your creative Interests that structure the simultaneous multipolarization of Your USCF can become maximally stabilized, determine the Self-Consciousness Level on which You will be able to be subjectively manifested (identify yourself) through a corresponding Self-Consciousness Form — both on the most primitive and on the Highest Level of the Cosmic Intelligence’s Focus Dynamics.
[1] See details about realization of the ССС-Entity in Chapter IV.
1.0261 If there can be any other subjective «structural elements» of Self-Consciousness in addition to information combinations, these would be different-qualitative Levels that serve as the main basis for the formation of subjective dimensional resopasons and diapasons of Space-Time in the Form-Creators’ Focus Dynamics, that is, of that which we commonly call «the outer reality.» Any Level of Self-Consciousness is first of all characterized by the degree in which Form-Creators subjectively perceive «Themselves» as an integral part of the Whole («of All-That-Exists»): SFUURMM-Forms of lower-quality (in our diapason — lower-frequency) manifestation Levels allow Form-Creators to know Themselves through a deep and discrete psycho-mental experience of individual Self-Consciousnesses Forms, while SFUURMM-Forms of more synthesized (higher-frequency) Levels allow Them to perceive «Themselves» and the outer reality from much more integral and universal positions, providing the Form-Creators with more objective means and possibilities for a deep analysis of simultaneous mutual influence of a great number of cause-and-effect interconnections between any participants of events, relations, and phenomena.
1.0262 Therefore, the main instrument whose development and universalization allows us to at least somehow particularly feel and figuratively imagine that there are different-qualitative Levels of Self-Consciousness in the Macrocosmos is the Focus Dynamics subdivided in its slloogrentness into an infinite set of kinds characterized by narrowly-specific, most closely combined interconnections between rezomiral Focuses and resonant (to them) information Configurations that form the Levels of Creative Activity of a Self-Consciousness. When we consider the Focus Dynamics as a natural result of the inertial process of inter-Qualitative Synthesis, we find out that the focus «reprojection» of Form-Creators from some focal Configurations into other ones initiated by the eglleroliftive Impulse provides a certain speed of fixation (formation) of energoinformational interconnections between different-qualitative Focuses (Form-Creators) within the structure of every Self-Consciousness Form, that is, the speed of a synthetic process. Here, «the Synthesis speed» means the subjective difference between relative quantities of heterogeneous fragments of Information, owing to which there is a resonational reflection of the general focal Configuration of one Self-Consciousness Form in each «point» of Space-Time for one rotational shift of the information space of Self-Consciousness.
1.0263 You must remember that any our «present» subjective Conceptions of inertia in synthetic processes, or those of speed in the inter-Qualitative Synthesis, are not objective to any extent but represent just a certain conditionality which we need for a sequential description of different-qualitative intermediate states in Energy-Plasma in whose Form-Systems we perceive ourselves «in a personalized way» at the current stage of our development. I must note that our hypothetical subjective parameters of speed in synthetic processes depend very much on individual possibilities (in Information processing) inherent in the focal Configurations of the Form-Creators that provide the manifestation mechanism of a particular Self-Consciousness Form.
1.0264 The speed of biochemical reactions in the organism serves as such a limitation to the Form-Creators of biological analogs of NUU-VVU-Form-Types, because all processes of thinking, feeling, and any psycho-mental processing of Information, as well as the Perception system activity (sense organs and thinking), are based on a sequence of biochemical interactions. The Form-Creators of our brain can use only 4-6% of its potential now. In contrast, in more favorable versions of our «future,» where we are still focused in biological analogs of NUU-VVU-Form-Types, we will be able to increase this parameter due to a purposeful stimulation of individual areas of the brain, as well as because SFUURMM-Forms of low-frequency Levels (lower Levels of the first two IISSIIDI-Centers) become considerably less active in the Form-Creators’ Focus Dynamics of our Self-Consciousnesses Forms.
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Residents voice concerns over flooding issues
By JIMMY GALVAN jimmy.galvan@baycitytribune.com
Two Bay City residents voiced their disapproval over the city’s handling of drainage issues and flooding of neighborhoods during Thursday’s city council meeting.
Jerry Schmidt and Otis Justice both spoke out to council members during the public comments portion of Thursday’s meeting. Both were seeking answers as to why the city continues to flood during recent rain events in the city.
Two weeks ago, a tropical disturbance in the Gulf brought more than 10 inches of rain to Matagorda County and flooded several neighborhoods in the city’s limits.
“We have already flooded for the second time this year,” Schmidt said. “The latest is already our third flood this year. I would love to sit down with someone in the drainage department. This needs to be fixed.”
Justice spoke to council about the “disgust and disrespect” over the flooding in the city and the communities.
“Our loved ones are being exposed to environmental hazards with each flooding event in the city,” Justice said. “This is more than a life-changing event for some of us. It is difficult to determine the impact these flooding events are having on our citizens.
“We look to each and every one of your (city council members) to go out and protect our homes 365 days of each year,” Justice said. “This is taxing on us financial and mentally and all we can do is sit and cry with each drop of rain that floods our homes. We have to part with cherished memories and take them to the curb with each devastating flood. We want and need these flooding events to come to an end.”
Justice said the city’s drainage systems are full of debris that makes dealing with high amounts of rain more difficult since the drains are filled with items stopping the proper drainage.
“When I worked for the city, everyone used to say ‘well, that is just Bay City,’” Justice said. “It had a negative connotation meaning that was just the way it is here. They are right, this is Bay City and we can no longer accept the status quo anymore. I am not interested in what other cities are doing. We demand better and will accept nothing less than from our leaders and elected officials. This is Bay City and we deserve that.”
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Mediation is the key
POSTED: Saturday, October 31, 2009
Question: I am a retired senior citizen living in a quiet residential neighborhood. I enjoy passing time playing piano in the afternoons. I am respectful of my neighbors and do not play after 6 p.m. Occasionally I give lessons to neighborhood children, but these never go beyond 5:30 p.m. In the past my neighbor has complained about noise, and I responded by closing my windows while playing. Apparently that did not work as now my neighbor is threatening to file a complaint with the city if I continue to play my piano. Am I allowed to play my piano in my own home during the afternoon? I cannot afford a lawyer and do not want to have to spend money to protect myself from my neighbor's complaint. The piano is not electric and has no amplification. It is not especially loud, but even so, I do not even use the piano pedals so as to keep the sound low. This neighbor has me so upset I have stopped playing and miss the enjoyment of my music. Can you let me know if I am breaking any laws? Can my neighbor make a complaint so I need a lawyer?
Answer: Just playing a piano during the daytime as you describe it would not appear to constitute unreasonable noise (determined by such factors as the time of day and volume).
But it's not possible to give an answer without more information, according to the Honolulu Police Department.
Tell your neighbor to call police, recommends HPD spokesman Maj. Clayton Kau.
That way, the officer who responds can speak to both of you and possibly assist in resolving the problem, he said.
The officer also can check to see whether the noise from your piano playing is either acceptable or too loud, Kau said.
If you prefer not to get police involved, and if your neighbor is willing, a good alternative is to take the dispute to the Mediation Center of the Pacific.
“;It sounds like an issue appropriate for mediation,”; said Tracey Wiltgen, executive director of the nonprofit organization.
“;We provide mediation services for a broad variety ... of issues,”; she said. “;Disputes between neighbors is one of them.”;
In fact, the Mediation Center started out as the Neighborhood Justice Center, focusing on neighborhood disputes, many of them involving noise.
Although not every dispute is resolved, “;A large percentage of people are able to reach agreement,”; Wiltgen said.
But participants need to be willing “;to understand where the other person is coming from,”; then “;to come up with solutions that everybody can live with,”; she said.
Otherwise, if people come in with the idea that there's only one possible outcome, such as you not playing the piano at all, it would be difficult to reach a resolution acceptable to both sides.
If you think mediation would work, contact the Mediation Center — call 521-6767 or go online at http://www.mediatehawaii.org for information.
You'll be asked to provide your neighbor's name and telephone number or address. Someone from the center would then contact your neighbor to see whether he is willing to participate in mediation, explaining the process.
Participation is strictly voluntary.
Mediation is confidential, Wiltgen said, and the parties involved are “;not required to reach an agreement. It's an opportunity to sit down and talk in a safe, private setting with impartial people who are the mediators, to be able to share their view of the situation, to listen to the other person's view, then to brainstorm ideas that could possibly work for both of them.”;
If, at any time, either side does not feel comfortable or feel it's not productive, they have a right to close it down.
Even if the two sides aren't able to reach a written agreement, “;if it can help them start talking or at least start thinking of the issue, oftentimes, later on, they'll be able to reach an agreement,”; Wiltgen said. “;At least it opens the door for communication.”;
Most cases involve just one three-hour session, held at the Mediation Center's offices in the Dole Cannery Office Building in Iwilei.
Cost is assessed to both parties on a sliding scale based on household income, ranging from no cost to $175. Most clientele pay $50.
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Australia’s leading independent racing platform, Racenet, acquired by News Corp Ltd subsidiary
Buchanan is pleased to announce that it has advised the founding shareholders of Australia’s leading online racing news platform, Racenet, on their successful sale to a wholly owned subsidiary of ASX listed News Corp Ltd (ASX:NWS). The transaction, which was subject to ACCC clearance, completed on 30 November, 2018.
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News Corp’s acquisition of Racenet builds on its existing investment strategy into Australian racing content and follows its recent acquisition of punters.com.au.
Buchanan’s team was led by Director, Scott Buchanan and Senior Lawyer, Aimee Pomogacs. News Corp Ltd was represented by Allens.
Scott Buchanan stated: “We were delighted to have acted for the Racenet shareholders in the successful execution of their exit strategy. By leveraging our expertise in commercial and intellectual property law we continue to punch above our weight in supporting complex transactions in lower-middle market M&A.”
Racenet’s CEO, Damon Robbins, stated: “The Buchanan team has been a great fit for our business. Buchanan has cemented its place as Racenet’s trusted advisors and assuredly guided the business and its founding shareholders in the execution of our most important transaction, the sale of Racenet to one of the world’s largest international media organisations.”
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Belfast’s social enterprises and co-operatives in the spotlight
Belfast’s Social Enterprise and Cooperative sector was in the spotlight today as Belfast City Council and WorkWest hosted ‘Social in the City’ at the Catalyst Fintech Hub on Donegall Square.
The celebratory event brought the three year Go Social programme to a close, with delegates hearing from two past participants - successful local social enterprises Angel Eyes NI and USEL – and Alan Mahon, founder of craft beer company Brewgooder, whose mission it is to provide clean water for 1 million people by donating 100% of its profits to clean water charities.
Addressing the event, Deputy Chairperson of Belfast City Council’s City Growth and Regeneration Committee Councillor Carole Howard said: “I’d like to congratulate our delivery agents Workwest and all 90 participants who have completed our Go Social programme over the last three years.
“To date, 44 social enterprises and cooperatives have been created, generating 82 new jobs and securing over half a million pounds in funding. I’m delighted that two of our participants Angel Eyes and Usel are joining us to share their journey and successes following completion of the Go Social programme. Our community plan, the Belfast Agenda puts growing the economy at the heart of everything we do – and it’s only with the commitment, talent and energy of our people, so amply demonstrated here today, that we’ll succeed.”
Belfast based social enterprise Usel has grown over the last five years to incorporate five social enterprises, including a recycling centre employing 50 people. Usel now supports 1,200 people with disabilities each year, and has become a leading driver of NI’s circular economy, creating £15 of social value for every £1 invested. Innovative local charity Angel Eyes supports parents of visually impaired children. They’ve created a new VR app ‘Sight Loss Virtual Reality Application’ for mobile devices to help parents and professionals better understand the challenges partial sight brings.
For more information on how Belfast City Council is supporting businesses, social enterprises and co-operatives, go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/cityforbusiness
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Tag: ISIS
Raqqa Civilian Killings by the U.S. Military 89% Unreported
In its involvement in the Middle East, the United States military has been responsible for the deaths of many civilians. Likewise, coalitions that it has led, funded, or aided have caused the collateral deaths of many children and other defenseless citizens in hospitals in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and other countries in the region. But now, a recent Amnesty report suggests the United States reported just over one-tenth of the civilian casualties in Raqqa, Syria.
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Opinion April 25, 2019 April 25, 2019
Politicians are Afraid of Acknowledging Christian Persecution
Romy Haber | @romyjournalist
Sunday’s bombings in Sri Lanka marked the country’s deadliest violence in a decade, leaving more than 320 dead and more than 500 injured. The terrorist attack targeted Christians, a religious minority in the country, on one of Christianity’s holiest days: Easter. Two local Islamist radical groups were allegedly involved: National Thowheeth Jama’ath and Jammiyathul Millathu Ibrahim.
Yet, despite Christians being the clear victims of the attacks, mainstream media and politicians around the world have decided to focus on the perpetrators rather than those that lost their lives.
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Filed under: antisemitism, christchurch, Christianity, christians, Easter, ISIS, Islam, Islamophobia, muslims, new zealand, radical islam, religious persecution, Sri Lanka, terror attacks, Terrorism
Essays, Opinion March 24, 2018 March 24, 2018
Islamic State Attacks French Supermarket, Showing A Failure For Gun Control
By Michael McCosker | France
On Friday in the small French town of Trèbes, a lone gunmen hijacked a car, injured sixteen, and killed three. The 26-year-old Islamic extremist took hostages in a supermarket in the southern French tourist town. After a few hours-long standoff, the police did manage to storm the supermarket and kill the terrorist. 1
One of the hostages was police officer Col. Arnaud Beltrame, who willingly exchanged himself for one of the hostages, and provided crucial information by leaving his cellphone in a call with the hostage negotiators. 1 Through the phone call, police heard gunshots going off inside of the supermarket, and stormed the supermarket.
Immediately after the event, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The man is identified as Redouane Lakdim, and he also told his hostages that he was fighting on behalf of the Islamic State. Lakdim, while in the supermarket with his hostages, demanded the release of Salah Abdeslam, the suspect that may be responsibly for the attack in Paris that left 130 dead. 2 His short-lived rampage started in the nearby medieval town of Carcassonne, which was a 15-minute drive from Trèbes. Another unnamed individual was arrested in connection with the shootings. Lakdim is Moroccan born, and currently, there is no knowledge of how he obtained his weapon, nor when Ladkim came to become radicalized. 1
This horrific tragedy comes at a time when most of America is focused on a debate banning all, or limited amounts, of firearms and who can purchase them. However, this attack is a prime example of how mass murdering psychopaths will obtain firearms regardless of the laws. France has some very strict gun laws, and every single one of their laws was broken in this rampage.3 No, gun control does not protect innocent people, instead, it gets people killed. In order to prevent people from dying, allow them to protect themselves.
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Filed under: France, French attack, French supermarket shooting, gun control, Gun regulations, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamic State attack, Trebes
News January 30, 2018 March 1, 2018
The Number of U.S. Airstrikes Skyrocket, Along with Civilian Casualties
By Vaughn Hoisington | UNITED STATES
Donald Trump has become the new “Drone King.”
Since President Trump has been in office, more U.S. led air strikes have been performed than ever before. Afghanistan received twice as many air strikes in 2017, as it did the previous year, and Yemen was struck more in 2017 than the entirety of the four previous years.
The increased amount of strikes is an outcome of Trump relaxing Obama-era drone strike restrictions, and U.S. military commanders being granted complete authorization to make complex decisions pertaining to military operations.
Drone Strikes are nowhere near perfect, due to civilian casualties. It has been reported that the number of civilian casualties is only getting worse, with a 50% increase in civilian casualties occurring in Afghanistan as a result of strikes.
During the 29 months that Obama was leading the United States Military in the war against ISIS, the nonprofit aerial warfare monitoring organization, Airwars, estimated that there were anywhere between 2298-3398 civilian deaths as a result of U.S. led coalition air strikes in Iraq and Syria.
Under Trump’s leadership, that record was broken within a year. The minimum number of civilian casualties from Iraq and Syria rose to 3,749, as of January 30.
For comparison, Iraq Body Count has determined that the number of civilians killed by ISIS in Iraq alone from the beginning of 2014 to February of 2017 was about 26,667.
Image from Newsweek.
Filed under: civilian, civilian deaths, civilian deaths under Trump, donald, donald trump, Drone, drone king, Drones under Obama, Drones under Trump, dronestrikes, interventionism, ISIS, Middle East, noninterventionism, obama, Trump, Trump drone, Trump drone king, Trump dronestrikes
Sudan Meal Project and Politicians Betray You the Same Way
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It’s Time to Replace the Electoral College
Are People Too Blind to Know Their Government is Lying to Them?
Arvin Vohra Will Pardon Snowden and Ulbricht of Victimless Crimes as President
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Exits 44, 45 & 46: South Portland,
Cape Elizabeth & Portland
Welcome to South Portland, Cape Elizabeth & Portland
The largest city in the state, Portland offers visitors some of the state’s richest cultural offerings, along with some of its best shopping and serious opportunities to eat (Bon Appétit magazine named Portland Restaurant City of the Year in 2018). Highlights for tourists include the islands in Casco Bay, the Old Port and the Arts District. Across the Casco Bay Bridge are the communities of South Portland and Cape Elizabeth, each with historic lighthouses: Spring Point Ledge Light and Bug Light in South Portland and Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth at historic Fort Williams. If you need to hit a shopping mall, the Maine Mall in South Portland, home to Maine’s only Apple store, is it.
1. Portland Sea Dogs
Portland Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field. Photo courtesy of the Portland Sea Dogs
Join the locals at a Portland Sea Dogs game. The Double A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox has sent many a player up to the big leagues, including Jon Lester and Dustin Pedroia. Hadlock Field at 271 Park Ave. in Portland features a small version of Fenway Park’s famous Green Monster and a lighthouse that rises above the fence whenever a Sea Dogs player hits a homer. Also, good fries, no bad seats, cheap tickets and a decent lobster roll. Eastern League games continue through Labor Day weekend.(207–879–9500; portlandseadogs.com)
2. Portland Museum of Art
The Portland Museum of Art’s extensive collection ranges from Andy Warhol and Winslow Homer (tons of Homer) to Louise Nevelson and Claude Monet. Summer exhibits include In the Vanguard: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1950–1969 about the rural Maine experimental school’s impact on the counterculture, and a new show, The Expansion of Cubism, 1911–1920. There’s also a show focusing on new acquisitions. Bargain alert if traveling with young people; thanks to the Susie Konkel Pass, everyone age 21 and younger can visit the PMA for free. Visits on Friday nights, 4–8 p.m. are free for everyone. Otherwise, general admission is $18 with separate ticketing for films. The PMA is at 7 Congress Square in Portland. (portlandmuseum.org)
3. Cirque du Soleil: Crystal
The famous acrobatic circus is in town for seven shows (matinees and evenings from Aug. 7–11 at the Cross Insurance Arena in downtown Portland. And this time, the Cirque du Soleil is on ice. The lead character, Crystal, travels through a surreal world that defies the laws of gravity—on skates. ($38 & up; crossarenaportland.com)
4. Sunsets on the Point
Thompson’s Point is host to a lot of summer activities, from its summer concert series along the Fore River in Portland (this month’s shows include Guster for two nights) to regular Maker’s Markets. But every Thursday from 4 p.m. through sunset, this free event includes food trucks, beer, wine, cocktails and lawn games. Weather contingent. Dogs allowed. GPS yourself to 11 Thompson’s Point, Portland (right off I-95). Contact neighbors@thompsonpointmaine.com for more information. (thompsonspointmaine.com/summer-sunsets)
5. Bayside Bowl’s Rooftop Fun
Bayside Bowl’s Rooftop. Photo by Taylor Roberge
Portland might not have a lot of skyscrapers, but it does have a fantastic spot to hang out of a roof on a summer night: Bayside Bowl, where you can eat tacos from a permanently parked food truck, admire sunset over Back Cove, listen to live music, with bands like Johnny Cremains and Big Daddy Kane, or on select nights, watch a movie. The Rooftop Film Series runs through September but flag these dates for August. Isle of Dogs on Aug. 7, Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse on Aug. 14, Free Solo on Aug. 21, and Spike Lee’s Blackkklansman on Aug. 28. Admission is free, so grab a taco and a beer and enjoy the movie. (baysidebowl.com)
6. Maine Food for Thought Food Tour
Maine Food for Thought Food Tour. Photo by Heidi Kirn
Portland is jammed with great restaurants, many serving seriously local foods. In recent years foodie tours have sprung up to showcase the trend. If you’ve only got a few hours and want to get an insider’s look at Maine’s local food movement, you won’t find a better option than this tour, oriented around sustainability and connections to local farm and fisheries. For $79 the signature tour will take you to six stops where you’ll spend three hours learning about Maine food systems while sampling its potatoes, shellfish and among other things, the best pesto ever. Tours in August typically run Tuesday through Friday with a couple of Saturday bookings as well. (207–619–2075; mainefoodforthought.com)
7. Sunset Wine Sail on Casco Bay
Set sail on a 74-foot sailboat, the Frances, for a cruise around Casco Bay with sommelier Erica Archer. There are multiple cruises on Saturdays and Sundays at midday and in the sunset hours throughout the month, focusing on different varietals and regions, including the Mediterranean, sparkling wines, Italian wines, the Loire Valley and pinot noir. Meet at Maine State Pier, 56 Commercial St., Portland. (winewiseevents.com)
8. Portland Head Light
Commissioned by President George Washington and built in 1791, Portland Head Light is located on a rocky headland in Cape Elizabeth’s Fort Williams Park. This landmark lighthouse is one of the most visited and photographed in the world and includes the Museum at Portland Head Light, which features lighthouse lenses and a variety of interpretative displays. Also onsite is a seasonal gift shop that sells Maine tourist stuff. The museum and gift shop are open daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., from Memorial Day to Oct. 31. The fort is located at 1000 Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth. (Museum admission is $2 for adults, $1 for ages 6–18; 207–799–2661; portlandheadlight.com)
9. Spring Point Ledge Light
Spring Point Ledge Light
Spring Point Ledge Light in South Portland is the only caisson-style lighthouse in the United States that is accessible by land and one of the few lighthouses in Maine that is regularly open for tours. It’s staffed by volunteers who open the lighthouse for tours many Saturdays, Sundays and Tuesdays between Memorial Day and Labor Day ($5 per person). It’s a bit of a scramble—not handicapped accessible—requiring sturdy shoes as you traverse a 950-foot-long granite breakwater that juts into the harbor from historic Fort Preble. Due to the steepness of the ladders, children under 51 inches won’t be allowed up into the tower. To visit the lighthouse off Fort Road, don’t be surprised that you drive through the Southern Maine Community College campus. (springpointlight.org)
10. Casco Bay Lines
Casco Bay Lines
To really get away from it all, there’s nothing like a trip on Casco Bay Lines’ ferries to one of the seven island stops in the bay. If you’ve only got part of a day, take the 17-minute ferry to Peak’s Island, visit the Fifth Maine Museum or the world’s only Umbrella Cover Museum, and take in the view while savoring an ice cream cone at Down Front. For an authentic glimpse of Maine island life, take the nearly five-hour Mailboat Run, stopping at five islands along the way. Or go full-on touristy and take a round-trip narrated tour to Bailey’s Island, which includes a two-hour layover. Pack a picnic or take advantage of docking at Cook’s Lobster & Ale House. The ferry station is at 56 Commercial St., Portland. (cascobaylines.com)
Exit 7: Kittery, York, the Berwicks & Ogunquit
Exit 19: Wells & Sanford
Exit 25: Kennebunk & Kennebunkport
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A Twist Of Noir 046 - Alan Griffiths
GUTTED - ALAN GRIFFITHS
He was a big fucker.
Richie had a mental picture of a grey haired, 'Just Take the Money and Go!' type, as he stuck the gun through the window.
But he was late thirties, going on forty; a big angry fucker.
"Hand over the takings," Richie said, a nervous waver in his voice. "Do it fucking now." The gun wobbled in his hand and he steadied it by putting his left hand over his right wrist.
There was no shelter and he had been soaked by the rain within minutes. Turning up the collar of his cheap sports jacket, useless against the weather, he took a last drag on his cigarette before flicking the butt away. Had something gone wrong? It was now forty five minutes past the meeting time and the last two pints of Dutch courage had worked through his system. Should he risk a crafty piss? He stamped his feet on the ground to ease the numbness and felt a vibration in his trouser pocket as the text arrived.
Three words on the rain spattered screen: WE ARE ON.
No chance of that piss now. Inside his jacket pocket his right hand gripped the butt of the pistol. It wasn't real. A replica but looked the business. He pulled a baseball cap from his pocket and tugged it onto his head, the peak down low.
Richie had known Andy on and off for years; dragged up together on the same local authority estate. Three years between them. Andy, the eldest, at twenty. Richie, the baby-faced disciple.
Cars were Richie's gig, from the age of fourteen, when he had boosted his first Ford. Since then he'd been in and out of young offender's units, mainly for taking and driving away offences. Andy, smarter, as he told him at every opportunity, had recently done a spell inside.
Richie was broke and Andy, a hopeless gambler, always needed cash. The get-rich-quick plan: Stick-up a London black cab, the drivers always loaded with cash after sixteen hour shifts. Spin the driver a yarn about picking up another punter on the way to a party and lure him off the main road, away from nosey CCTV cameras. Pull the job and have it away with the cash.
"Point the replica in their face. Yell at them and watch them shit a brick," Andy had said. "Easy pickings, my son."
A diesel engine broke the silence and headlights cut through the rain, illuminating the slick road as a cab pulled around the corner. Richie, the tension building, hoped to fuck he wouldn't piss himself, as the driver pulled the window down.
"Hand over the takings. Do it fucking now."
As he clocked the driver, Richie saw that there were two bodies in the rear seats; Andy alongside another guy. The stranger's eyes locked on Richie and for a long moment they looked at each other until Richie pulled his gaze away, "C'mon, hand over the fucking cash or you'll get it."
The driver looked a grizzled son of a bitch. Close cropped hair, dark eyes and heavy salt and pepper stubble. He didn't look scared, just grinned, showing bad teeth and flicked the rear door locks on. "I like to shoot, weekends at the gun club," he said. "You need a real gun, sonny, not a fucking pop-gun." He moved quickly, grabbing Richie by both wrists and yanked him hard up against the door. Richie froze; he could do nothing about the grip on his wrists and as he bounced off the metalwork felt fingers at his throat.
Glass broke inside the cab, raised voices and curses as the cab rocked violently. The grip on Richie's throat weakened and suddenly he was falling in a heap, the fake gun clattering to the ground. Scrambling to his feet, Richie could see that the glass between driver and passenger compartment had been smashed. The stranger had his arms around the cabbie, both of them grappling. Andy, watching white-faced. Suddenly, the driver screamed, his hands coming up to his face. The stranger, a blade in his hand had cut the driver across the right side of his face, blood now flowing freely through the cabbie's fingers.
"Out," the stranger said, "Open the doors and get the fuck out." The door mechanism released and the driver was pushed out onto the road. As Richie inched round the front of the cab, the stranger had the blade at the cabbie's neck. "Where's the fucking money? The money?"
Andy took the hint and, avoiding Richie's confused look, ducked back inside and began to search.
The cabbie, bloody hands still cupped to his head, moaned and groaned. "Shut it," said the stranger.
"Ya cunt. You've cut half my fucking ear off."
"Shut it. Or I'll cut the other one off as well." The stranger pointed towards Richie. "Fuck's sake, mate, get the passenger door open and search for the dough. It's in there somewhere."
Inside, Richie grabbed hold of Andy. "What the fuck's occurring here and who's the nutter with the chiv?"
"That's Spencer," Andy said. "I met him inside. It was his idea to rip off the taxi but I left his name out of it."
"Why?"
"Didn't want to scare you off."
Richie swore but his words were drowned out.
"I've got it," Andy shouted triumphantly, a small black case in his hand. Outside, Andy rested against the bonnet, zipped the case open and pulled out a fistful of notes. "Sweet, the fucker's loaded. Fucking loaded, my son."
Spencer turned his head and the driver took his chance and pulled Spencer sharply forward by the lapels and head-butted him. Spencer's nose broke, blood and snot spurting, as the two of them went down, arms and legs flailing. The cabbie getting the better of it, on top of Spencer, throwing punches. Andy, the first to react, aimed kicks at the driver, catching him in the back and side. Richie, adrenaline-pumped, screamed and jumped into the bundle, as the two of them wrestled the cabbie off Spencer.
Richie took a punch to the face and fell backwards. The driver turned towards Andy, roaring, blood and phlegm flying. Spencer then entered the game again, swinging a low punch to the cabbie's gut, pulling his fist back, following up with another and another. With a surprised look on his face, the driver's mouth formed a silent, bloody O, then his knees crumpled and he died on the cold, wet tarmac. Spencer; stood over him, blood dripping from the blade in his fist.
"Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!" Andy screamed, hands up to his ashen face, staring at the lifeless body. "Nooo!"
"Shut the fuck up!" Spencer hit Andy, back-handed, knocking him to the ground beside Richie. "Get on your feet. We need to get the fuck out of here." Spencer's battered face a mask of blood, both eyes beginning to swell and bruise above his flattened nose. "Now!"
Richie really did piss himself, as the sobs racked his body and his bladder opened.
They drove away in the cab, Spencer behind the wheel. The pair of them had watched from the back seats, the air stinking of fear and stale piss, as Spencer pulled the body clear of the cab and dumped it in the gutter. Like old rubbish.
Spencer drove across the city, crossing the river and pulling up on waste ground bordering the water's edge. There was a petrol can in the boot and they watched again in silence as Spencer doused the interior and turned the cab into a ball of flames with a flick of a match.
Halfway across the waste ground, Spencer stopped to launch the bloody knife into the murky water with a straight-arm throw. "You two are coming with me. I know a squat where we can crash while I work out what the fuck to do next."
"Shouldn't we split up?" Andy said, big-eyed, shitting a brick. "Go in different directions like?"
"No fucking way," said Spencer, spittle on his busted lips. He pointed at them with a blood-stained finger. "I need to keep my eyes on you two. You're a liability." He spat blood and phlegm onto the ground, narrowed his puffy eyes. "A real fucking close eye."
BIO: Alan Griffiths lives in London, England. He has a keen interest in reading Crime Fiction, particularly Noir. His first short piece of fiction, Rat Fink, was published on AToN in 2008, which made him a very happy man.
Labels: Alan Griffiths
Noir equals screwed--never truer than here.
Alan Griffiths said...
Much appreciate your comment Al.
Also, thanks to Christopher for all his encouragement.
Best Wishes to all.
Paul Brazill said...
Alan, a great, painful story.
A Twist Of Noir 047 - Sandra Seamans
A Twist Of Noir 045 - Keith Rawson
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Sex Stories: Week in Review, 10/4/13
by Kait Scalisi | Oct 4, 2013 | News
Sexual Health Rankings™ presents Sex Stories, a weekly roundup of sexual health news from around the country.
Lesbian Florida Teen to Accept Plea in Underage Sex Case (Daily News)
Nineteen year old Kaitlyn Hunt accepted a plea deal that includes jail time and house arrests but does not require her to register as sex offender. Hunt is accused of having sex with an underage girlfriend.
Doctor Sues to Regain License after Sex Abuse Charges Dropped (Chicago Tribune)
A Chicago doctor accused of several sex crimes is suing the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to remove the suspension of his medical license. The suspension came after the doctor did not comply with a requirement to see patients only with a chaperone present. All charges were dismissed in August.
‘Porn and Pizza’: Gay Rights Club Hosts Event for Sexual Health (International Business Times)
University of South Carolina students recently used porn as a medium to discuss health sexual practices. The event, titled ‘Porn and Pizza,’ was hosted by the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Straight Alliance and involved watching movie clips, interactive games, and a detailed discussion on the different views of sexual health.
Obamacare Cuts Costs of Sexual Healthcare with Co-pay Elimination (Healthcare Finance News)
This week’s opening of the Health Insurance Marketplace means millions more Americans have access to key sexual healthcare. Low-cost insurance plans and the removal of co-pays for services like HIV screening, birth control, and pregnancy care mean tens of millions of individuals can receive the guidance and care they need.
Cocaine May Make People More Susceptible to HIV (CBS News)
A new study shows that cocaine lowers the defenses of some immune system cells to HIV infection. Though other studies have linked cocaine use with a higher risk of contracting HIV, this one showed how a cell not normally infected by HIV can be weakened by the drug. Implications of the study include watching patients with histories of substance abuse more closely.
The Silent Infection (Missoula Independent)
Public health officials in Montana are warning residents about the states alarming increase in gonorrhea and chlamydia rates. Part of the rise is due to increased testing on American Indian reservations; however, this factor does not explain the entire increase implying that rates are still rising overall.
New Nebraska Family Alliance Attacks Transgender Student Athletes (Think Progress)
Two prominent Nebraska social conservative groups have come together to form the Nebraska Family Alliance. First on their agenda is to block a policy that would allow transgender students to participate equally in school athletics. The Alliance bases its argument on safety and financial concerns.
Azusa Pacific University Students Rally Behind Embattled Transgender Professor (NBC Southern California)
Students at a Christian university are supporting a theology professor who was asked to step down after coming out as transgender. While the professor’s lawyer argues that he did not violate any policies, students are focusing on his merits as a teacher.
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Ask Doctor Bush
Here's a thing I did for Internet Sexuality Information Services (ISIS) for their Sex Tech Conference held recently in San Francisco. It was a series of cartoons of "Dr. Bush, the Abstinence Doctor," being asked questions from kids confused by the bullshit abstinence-only sex education they have been receiving in school. Some abstinence-only education actually tells kids things like that they have a higher risk of cancer if they have an abortion, and that condoms will not protect you from AIDS.
The twist to the slide show is that the audience gets to text-message their own punchlines and watch them automatically appear in the word balloon! Don't ask me how it works, but it opens up funny possibilities. Look at some of the ones they came up with.
Does abortion really have side effects?
Huckabee getting elected.
Will using condoms affect my health?
It certainly affects the right side.
(I don't really get that one.)
Do condoms work?
If only my dad wore one!
The cartoons were supposed to be projected onto the side of San Francisco's Flood Building. Hopefully next time it won't be rained out. Hey, maybe I oughta do that for my Election Nite Party in November! Details to be announced.
posted by Lloyd Dangle at 8:19 PM 1 Comments
More Controversy
Boing-Boing has a pretty funny discussion about Airborne, the "fake cold remedy." A couple posters are Dangle fans! They understand that the cartoons themselves cure colds, not the stuff inside the box. Uh-oh, did I say that? See, I can't stop deceiving!
To me the funniest comment, after fifty in a row slamming Airborne for its worthless placebo, was this one:
I always thought Emergen-C worked better! I love that stuff.
And one guy/gal points us to an eye-opening study that says that Vitamin C doesn't work either. Why don't those guys sue Vitamin C? Talk about systematic deception!
Over at Stupidtom dot com, stupid tom gives those Airborne-haters an earful. And one poster even sympathizes with me:
jerrster, on March 9th, 2008 at 8:07 am Said:
…the cartoonist Lloyd Dangle (Trouble Town) who did the illustration for the Airborne box will be hurt financially I’m sure…kill all the lawyers!
Actually, the lawsuit won't hurt me financially at all. It'll help. Just consider, that prostitute that ex-governor Spitzer hired charged him $5000 for sex before the scandal. Now she can charge a million! Deceptive cartooning works the same way.
Floaty and Leafy Tackle the North Pacific Gyre
The first I heard about the North Pacific Gyre was from my cartoonist, editor, and pal Pete Friedrich, who used to drive a 1970 Impala, but has since gone enviro in a big way and reduced his carbon footprint to half that of a chipmunk's. He's also the one who taught me that cooking with a Teflon pan on high heat can kill your canary, which I never do anymore.
What's the Pacific Gyre? It's an enormous mass of plastic debris the size of texas that is trapped at the center of the circular Pacific Ocean currents. Plastic, as we know, never goes away, but it does break down into smaller bits eventually. Those bite-sized pieces are consumed by jellyfish, birds, and other creatures who partially digest them and return it to the water as plastic poop. So the Gyre is a soup, not only of bottles and tampon applicators, but also tiny, microscopic bits of plastic that permeate the entire habitat and food chain.
Pete made a comic book about it, so I have to believe him. And it's funny and charming and well-written. It's suitable for kids and will turn them into environmentalists. Of course, after the way the way we've left things they'll have to be. Get a copy here here.
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Airborne Controversy Brings Prime Time Exposure!
As you might have heard, the big controversy here last week was that our greatest client ever, Airborne, was sued for false advertising and settled for $23 million. The complaint argued, among other things, that my highly scientific and suggestive pictures of germs and sneezing humans on the box deceived a whole class of honest, hard-working people into believing that Airborne cures colds.
The story has gotten a lot of play––my cartoons are on the news everywhere––even in a tongue-in-cheek segment on the Colbert Report. New York Magazine wrote a snarky piece under the headline: Sickos Behind Marketing Airborne Lied To Us All. But, with the exception of a few, the tone of the coverage was that of indignant, torch-carrying righteousness, matched with glee over the settlement and Airborne's long overdue comeuppance. Plus, Airborne agreed to refund customers for up to six boxes, which is almost as good as Bush's stimulus package.
"Airborne is basically an overpriced, run-of-the-mill vitamin pill that's been cleverly, but deceptively, marketed," snarled one critic. Funny, I thought it was pretty commonly accepted that vitamin C, the main ingredient in Airborne, is a natural cold-fighter. The once popular natural cold remedy Echinacea, another ingredient, was debunked recently by the New York Times, causing sales of the plant extract to plummet, but then re-bunked by the same newspaper.
Remember when margarine was supposed to be healthier than artery-clogging butter, but then it turned out to be trans-fat that stops your heart in half the time and makes lab rats sprout with tumors? Eggs were bad now they're good but muffins are bad. And as many anonymous posters to this blog know painfully well, the ointments, patches, and devices purported to enlarge penises don't work. No wonder they're so angry! How do those companies get away with it? The answer, I'll bet, is that they don't haul in the kind of bucks that Airborne does, making it unattractive to the lawyers.
As to Airborne being overpriced, as one of my anonymous posters explained, it's only expensive because Dangle was so overpaid for the cartoons. Yeah, right.
So what will happen to Airborne? Will it lose its customers and go down the tubes? Will the school teacher have to go back to teaching in the California public schools? Brandweek says no:
Airborne's false advertising claim will probably be quickly forgotten, asserted Laura Ries, partner of branding consultancy Ries & Ries, Great Neck, N.Y."As a brand, Airborne has a lot of trust with consumers," she said. "It has been immensely successful with its marketing and packaging. Strong brands tend to survive and consumers are willing to forgive."
But will America forgive my deceptive cartoonery?
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Nathan Miller Plays the Grinch, and Perry Yates Gets Lost in the Weeds
The Republican three-man majority on the Watauga County Commission voted tonight to dissolve the board of the Department of Social Services (DSS) and to seize the power for themselves of hiring and firing the DSS director, just ahead of current director Jim Atkinson’s planned retirement early in 2014.
Nathan Miller gets his way ... again.
Meanwhile, fellow Republican Perry Yates got wrapped around the axle of his own visible desire to appear moderate. He wanted to change Mr. Miller’s motion to allow the current Board of Directors of DSS to remain in place as a board that “continues to run DSS,” even after Mr. Miller pointed out to him that the DSS Board does not run the department. Their only duty is the hiring and firing of the director. So Yates ended up voting for Mr. Miller’s bare-knuckles takeover of the department while continuing to express vague longings that the current board – all wonderful people, to be sure, cooed Mr. Yates – be kept on in some undefined and totally unstatutory “advisory” capacity.
Perhaps they could come in once a week and water the houseplants.
No one spoke at the public hearing in favor of Mr. Miller’s resolution. No one. Several spoke eloquently and knowledgeably about how the DSS Board has functioned without politics and independently for at least 40 years. Mr. Miller’s resolution, by placing the County Commish in the driver’s seat, inevitably injects politics into the investigation of child abuse and a host of other societal ills.
One speaker against Mr. Miller’s resolution, who described herself as a Christian, a licensed social worker, and a Republican, said, “I hope you don’t do this thing .... This opens the door for corruption .... What if DSS needs to investigate a family member of a county commissioner down the road? ... This opens up all sorts of ethical and legal issues for the continued independence of the department.”
Another speaker asked, “Why has this even come up ... sticking your hand into a department run by professionals?”
Chairman Miller, visibly feeling the heat and noticeably more combative because of it, answered, I’m the one that asked for this. I serve as a county commissioner on the DSS board. This has nothing to do with staff or the current director. This is a county department. We don’t have separate boards for other county agencies that hire and fire directors of those agencies or departments. We [county commission] can’t hire or fire the director, and if you as citizens have complaints against the director, we can’t do anything about it. But as county commissioners, you can fire us in the next election. My motion is for future problems that might arise. Our elected board of commissioners should answer to the people and take the future heat for any director of DSS.
Current DSS Director Jim Atkinson replied that the county commission already has total – complete – control over the department’s budget. “What more do you want?”
Commissioner John Welch, one of the two Democrats on the commission, asked rhetorically, “How many directors of DSS have we had in the last 40 years? Two. Who selected them? The board of DSS. Mr. Miller has made reference to the problems that arose when another board – the School Board – chose a Superintendent who later had to be fired. Who chose that Superintendent? I’ll tell you. It was five elected officials.” At which the crowd in the commissioner’s boardroom erupted in laughter and applause. The laughter was at Chairman Miller's expense. The applause was all for John Welch. Meanwhile, the pen that Chairman Miller was holding, had it been a small animal, would have died at that moment from his white-knuckled grip.
Commissioner Billy Kennedy, the other Democrat on the commission, said, “We already have control through the budget. I don’t know why we’re doing this, rather than for someone’s top-down...” --but he didn’t finish that thought. Every person in the audience likely finished it for him: “Rather than for someone’s top-down management style.”
Mr. Miller is a man who likes power and intends to have it.
The vote was 3-2, and the DSS Board is dissolved. We’re sure those knowledgeable and dedicated people will all want to hang around while Mr. County Attorney tries to draft some language for what an “advisory board” with zero power might do while Mr. Miller steers the department his own way.
Posted by J.W. Williamson at 5/21/2013 08:46:00 PM
Labels: Billy Kennedy, John Welch, Nathan Miller, Perry Yates, Watauga County Commission
The Welch family did themselves proud last night. Mrs. Welch spoke eloquently in praise of non-profits, which our Republican commissioners want to defund, and Mr Welch certainly skewered Mr Miller with his comment.
Marshall said...
I am always amazed at the extreme damage a few power hungry people can do when the rest of us sit by and let them.
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J.W. Williamson was the founding editor in 1972 of the Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, which he edited until July of 2000. He has taught college classes in Appalachian history, cultural politics, and literature, and he has lectured widely on the pop-culture history of "Appalachia" in the American consciousness. His books include Interviewing Appalachia, Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films, and Hillbillyland: What the Mountains Did to the Movies and What the Movies Did to the Mountains. He has won the Thomas Wolfe Award given by the Western North Carolina Historical Society, the Laurel Leaves Award given by the Appalachian Consortium, a special Weatherford Award given by Berea College, and the Cratis Williams-James Brown Award given by the Appalachian Studies Association.
The views expressed on WataugaWatch are solely those of J.W. Williamson or individual contributors and are not necessarily shared nor endorsed by the Watauga County Democratic Party nor by any other adults of sound mind in this or any other universe.
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Archie Sharp chasing WBO super-featherweight champ Jamel Herring
Published On Wednesday, May 29, 2019By British Boxing News
Related Tags: Archie Sharp, Jamel Herring, Herring Vs Sharp, Masayuki Ito
Archie Sharp urges new WBO champ Jamel Herring to keep his word
Welling's Archie Sharp (15-0) is keeping his fingers firmly crossed that Jamel Herring (20-2) keeps to his word and grants him a voluntary defence of the WBO world super-featherweight title he won over the weekend.
The 33-year-old American upset the odds by comfortably outpointing the champion Masayuki Ito (25-2-1) in Kissimmee and the radar of 'Sharpshooter' Archie is now firmly fixed on the new WBO ruler.
In the wake of Herring's fine win, Sharp tweeted the resident of Cincinnati to congratulate him and state his readiness for a tilt at his newly won title.
Daniel Dubois vs Nathan Gorman fight time, date, TV channel, undercard, schedule, venue, betting odds and live stream details
"Basically, we have got a mutual friend and he said before he boxed Ito - with him being ranked 12th and me 10th - that if he won the WBO title he would look to give me the opportunity to fight for it," revealed the WBO European champion.
"He said this to my pal and I think he also mentioned it on a podcast.
"He has won it now, so I messaged him and hopefully he will keep his word. We will just have to wait and see. I know he will be waiting on the WBO to see if he can have a voluntary fight."
Sharp, who has relatively low mileage on his professional clock with a record of 15-0, insists he will happily jump into world title combat after his next assignment, which comes at the O2 Arena on July 13.
"One hundred per cent. For that fight I know I am ready to go.
"It was a great fight he just had and he boxed very well. Ito is a great fighter to beat and I think he underestimated Jamel Herring, who had more hunger and that is what won him the fight.
"I would like to get that fight on for sure and it is one that myself and my team are comfortable with.
"He is very humble and a very nice fella, which is why I didn't want to disrespect the man, so as soon as he won I congratulated him. It would just be great to get in the ring and box such a fighter to prove to everyone that I am at that level.
"I won't underestimate my opponent on July 13 and the only reason I am saying all this is because it is there to be pushed and I want to jump on it before the others do.
"Of course, we've still got a job to do at the O2. I am in camp now for that and as soon as it is done I will be back in training ready to go again."
Super-featherweight starlet Sharp, with his eyes now fixed on a shot at the top, was perhaps understandably less enthused than most over the prospect of the Commonwealth title showdown between Zelfa Barrett and his previous opponent Lyon Woodstock, which is set for Leeds on June 15.
"Do you know what, I am not too sure and don't know who is going to win. If pushed I think Barrett will and will outbox Woodstock.
"I am not overly fussed though, if this fight comes off for me against Herring, these boys aren't even worth talking about for me because I will be pushing for a world title and I don't think they are at that level."
Tickets for ‘Heavy Duty’ featuring Daniel Dubois v Nathan Gorman for the vacant British Heavyweight Title, plus Olympic silver medallist Joe Joyce are on sale now. The show also features British Middleweight Champion Liam Williams, super flyweight sensation Sunny Edwards and super featherweight contender Archie Sharp. Also returning after an impressive debut is Kent bantamweight Dennis McCann. Hamza Sheeraz, Mark Chamberlain, Jake Pettitt, Mickey Burke Jr and Florian Marku add to an exciting line up and tickets are available via AXS.com, Eventim and Ticketmaster
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Gary J. Bassell, Ph.D. joined the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine in 2005, where he is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Cell Biology http://cellbio.emory.edu. Prior to moving Emory, Dr. Bassell was a member of the faculty at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in the Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology (1995-1998) and subsequently in the Department of Neuroscience and Rose Kennedy Center for Mental Retardation (1998-2005). Read More
Gary received his Ph.D. in Cell Biology from the University of Massachusetts Medical School where he did thesis research in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Singer. He then went on to do postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Dr. Kenneth Kosik at the Center for Neurological Diseases of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bassell’s laboratory at Emory has major interests to elucidate basic mechanisms of neuronal mRNA regulation and synapse development, and to understand neurological disease mechanisms that result from impairments in mRNA regulation, including fragile x syndrome and spinal muscular atrophy. More recently his lab has been active in the development of therapeutic strategies for fragile x syndrome. Dr. Bassell has over fifteen years of experience as a principal investigator to direct NIH-funded studies, mentor trainees and publish high impact and highly cited manuscripts on various topics related to neuronal mRNA biology in health and disease. He has received several awards, including the Basal O-Connor Scholar Award from the March of Dimes Foundation (1996), the Dana Foundation Award in Brain Imaging (2004), a Trailblazer Award from Autism Speaks Foundation (2011) and a NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award (2013). Dr. Bassell has served on numerous study sections, review panels and advisory committees for the NIH and private research foundations. For over ten years, Dr. Bassell served as director of microscopy cores and was part of the leadership team that formed Integrated Cellular Imaging. Since 2012, Dr. Bassell has been director of the Laboratory of Translational Cell Biology (LTCB), an Emory School of Medicine supported initiative, whose objectives are to establish Emory patient stem cell derived models of neurologic diseases, characterize disease mechanisms at the cellular level, and conduct high content microscopy-based drug screening. Read Less
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My overall research focuses on understanding the central nervous system (CNS) associated molecular and behavioral pathology in repeat expansion disorders such as Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1) and Fragile X syndrome. My current project involves using a novel AAV based mice model to characterize how dysregulation of specific RNA processing events is linked to molecular, cellular, and behavioral phenotypes observed in DM1. This will advance the end goal of identify potential genetic, small molecule and pharmacological therapeutic interventions to rescue DM1 associated CNS phenotypes.
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My research centers around elucidating the neural mechanisms underlying inhibitory brain circuits in the disease state, specifically by characterizing two different mouse models of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1). Enhancement of inhibitory pathways of the brain naturally lead to the familiar quiescent states of anesthesia and sleep; however in DM1 patients, these states are negatively altered with deleterious effects. DM1 is a neuromuscular, neurodegenerative, and multisystemic disease with many of its central nervous system symptoms, such as emergence and recovery from anesthesia and hypersomnia under-researched. My research in Dr. Bassell’s lab examines how sequestration of Muscle blind like protein 2 (MBNL2), an RNA-binding protein which loses its function in DM1, alters the expression of specific inhibitory receptors. These receptors play a role in delayed emergence and recovery from anesthesia and increased sleep phenotypes observed in DM1.
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3q29 deletion is a recurrent copy number variant and is the highest known genetic risk factor for schizophrenia. However, the molecular basis for this risk has not been identified and is a major unanswered question. The goal of my research is to characterize the neuronal consequences of 3q29 deletion using both a mouse model and human cells. My primary focus is the generation of neurons from patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells for morphological and signaling pathway analysis. These studies will help us to better understand the cellular and molecular consequences of this genetic variant and may also provide important insights into the molecular basis of schizophrenia.
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This document is the charter for the CGNS Steering Committee, a public forum made up of international representatives from government and private industry, responsible for the development, evolution, support, and promotion of the CGNS (CFD General Notation System) standard . It provides background information on the CGNS project; describes the mission and responsibilities of the committee, and its organization; and presents the principles used for distribution and modification of the CGNS standard and software.
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The complete CGNS Steering Committee Charter in HTML form is also available for installation on a local system. This is a gzip'ed tar file (13K, 62K gunzip'ed), and may be downloaded by clicking on the link while holding down the shift key, assuming your browser supports this capability. A dialogue box will appear for you to specify the directory and file name. To unpack the contents, do
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Burnaby was home to the fourth-largest
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10% of Burnaby’s recent immigrants
were unemployed in 2015, significantly higher than their Canadian born counterparts (6.5%).
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spoke English only as their mother tongue, notably lower (14%) than Metro Vancouver’s regional level of 54.0%.
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arrived under the economic class, similar to Metro Vancouver’s regional levels (63%).
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50% of Burnaby's total population - that's 115,145 people.
were between the ages of 15 and 44 when arriving Canada.
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Blessings - a Memorial Day to Remember
Ryan and I have been friends for more than fifteen years, through all sorts of evolutions, of which my becoming a pilot is only one of the latest. We've both been through a lot and are quite different people now, living quite different lives, than when we first met in college. One thing that we've always shared, though, is an interest in anything motorized. When I had the opportunity to get a few tickets to the Indy 500 on Memorial Day weekend, I knew who to call.
"Man-cation." That's what Ryan called the plan we sketched together over the last six weeks. It was ambitious, but it worked out pretty much as planned, beginning with his arrival by airline into DC and a subway ride to the stop near our house on Thursday night. He helped pack and make final arrangements while I did some work on Friday morning, then we headed to the airport and took off toward the west.
In the week leading up to our trip, the forecast had been gloomy for the entire time we planned to be traveling. I warned Ryan that "no-go" decisions could be made for any leg of our trip, but the warning wasn't needed for the start of our trip. We had beautiful, smooth air as we headed across the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia.
We flew out from under the overcast layer as we crossed into Ohio. Flying low over a lake, we caught sight of the airport (I10) and circled for a landing to the southwest. We were higher than a normal traffic pattern because we hadn't seen the airport until late. If there's one thing I know how to do with the Tiger, though, it's how to make it come DOWN. Full flaps, power off, a hard slip, and we circled down for a smooth landing. There was no taxiway, but there were tie-downs in the grass alongside the runway. We taxied onto the grass, parked, and shut down the engine. There was only silence. The airport was unattended -- not even a trash can, as we would later learn. We unpacked the plane and set up our tent in time to enjoy the sunset.
We carried our cooking supplies through the woods and set up our camp kitchen by the water of the lake. We didn't let the "NO SWIMMING" sign ruin out mood ("Signs, signs, everywhere signs, [mess]ing up the scenery, breaking my mind....") and instead just cooked our steak kebabs, hot dogs, and beans on a camp stove next to a small fire. It was a great evening and a perfect opportunity for a couple of old friends to catch up on each other. The only fly in the ointment was that it was a 15-minute walk, round trip, back to the plane, and we had forgotten numerous small but essential items. My memory is fuzzy, but I may have walked that trip at least fifteen times for silverware, propane, a knife, etc., etc., etc.
We slept well, next to the plane, and in the morning prepared breakfast at our make-shift kitchen.
After our breakfast, heavy on protein, we packed up the plane and took off into a gentle morning sky. With the canopy open, we kept our airspeed slow and flew west only a thousand feet above the rolling hills of Ohio.
It was beautiful, so I said it: "Ohio's beautiful!" In unison, we both said, "Who knew?" Ohio might be one of the best kept secrets of our broad country.
This year's crops have started to come up, but the plants are only inches high, so the fields appear from the sky to be only dirt. Moisture in the soil creates a dappling effect in the sunshine. Ryan compared the visual effect to the coat of a hyena.
We landed at a small airport south of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and picked up an inexpensive rental car for a short drive to one of the must-see destinations for aviation buffs.
We had only a half day, but we did the best we could and saw hundreds of cool and/or historic airplanes. I had seen the Enola Gay, the airplane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Annex. I didn't even know the name of it's "sister" ship, Bockscar, that dropped a similar bomb on Nagasaki.
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Ryan's Favorite Airplane
The Twin Mustang
My Favorite Airplane
A B-36, the Plane Ryan's Grandfather Worked On
The Schnoz
The museum closed before we had our fill, which means we'll have to go back sometime. With several hours before dark, and time to kill, we headed to nearby sacred ground.
For a place so significant to the history of aviation, where the Wright brothers first perfected controlled flight, Huffman Prairie was a bit underwhelming. Everyone knows about Kitty Hawk, where they first achieved powered flight. It was at Huffman Prairie, however, that they figured out how to make an airplane controllable. I guess it can only be what it is -- a big field with nothing to crash into.
We stopped for groceries after Huffman Prairie and took off toward the settling sun for a short flight southwest. Passing west of Cincinnati, we followed the wide Ohio River downstream.
Banking right, over the boundary into Indiana, we circled a low ridge and landed at a grass strip known as Lee Bottom Airport.
We were greeted by Rich and Ginger Davidson, who own and operate Lee Bottom. Both avid pilots, they run the airport purely as a labor of love, with only a tip jar on the porch to help defray costs. Their website actually mentions that the airport takes half of their incomes to maintain.
The quality of the turf runway was top notch, and it was a beautiful place to camp.
With their uber-friendly cat assisting (or interfering, depending on your perspective), we pitched our tents and set up our camp stove on a picnic table.
Rich and Ginger came out and we talked of all things aviation until the small hours of the morning before going to bed. We awoke to a thick fog that screened nearby hills from view. We weren't in any rush to leave, which was a good thing because the visibility wasn't good enough to fly.
We made breakfast as the fog cleared, then packed the plane with our tent and equipment. After saying goodbye to Rich and Ginger, we taxied to the end of the runway, performed a runup check, and accelerated down the runway. We lifted off as I waved a final goodbye.
A short while later, we were given vectors by air traffic control to fly over the approach end of Runway 5 Right at Indianapolis International. A few miles later and we dodged banner-towing planes to enter the traffic pattern at Eagle Creek Airport in Indianapolis.
After two wonderful days of traveling, camping, and site-seeing, we had arrived in Indianapolis for our ultimate destination: the Indy 500!
A taxi dropped our bags at the hotel, then we made our way to the Brickyard to see the race.
The cars flew by our seats at over 220 mph, faster than my airplane! It must be frustrating to go that fast and not be able to get off the ground! Oh, the futility!
There was a fantastic crash right in front of our seats, but fortunately there were no serious injuries.
We wandered around the track after the race with my friend (and old flight instructor) Rich and his friend, Jake, then headed off to find dinner.
The next morning, Ryan left for an airline flight back to Boston -- a motorcycle track was waiting for him and his bike. Rich and I headed for the Tiger to fly back home. A large storm system was covering the southern half of the eastern United States, however, and thunderstorms were forming and dissipating all around Indianapolis. We waited, went for lunch, watched the weather. We considered departing IFR, but with embedded thunderstorms popping up all over, we preferred to be in control of our flight path. In the end, we decided to stay VFR and head for an airport 40 miles northwest of Indianapolis. That wasn't the direction we needed to go, but by hopping from airport to airport, we zig-zagged our way around rain showers until we were north of the storm system, then skirted the edge of it as we headed east. After landing in West Virginia for fuel, we ducked back under the overcast and crossed the mountains for an uneventful landing back in Gaithersburg.
This was one epic vacation, or man-cation, and I won't soon forget it. Hanging and reconnecting with Ryan was priceless, and the trip back with Rich was a successful effort at weather navigation.
Sometimes owning an airplane makes sense for a variety of different reasons. Other times, a little affirmation goes a long way. A few days after our trip, I got an email from Ryan that will carry me through at least another year. He wrote:
Not sure if I made this clear or not, but you blessed the ever living pants off me with that trip in your plane(!)... Holy crap. How cool was that! Hurray fer my buddy with the plane :)
This is just so you don't ever feel bad about owning it and enjoying it. Hurray fer being blessed!
Ryan Leach said...
What a fabulous time.
Craig Gomulka said...
hi, came across your blog due to the mention of it in UCAP podcast. Really enjoyed this story, particularly since it is inspiring me to check out a few of these airports. I'm flying out of PJC north of Pittsburgh, PA. Thanks for the great post. Craig
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Promotion, The : Promotion DVD
Seann William Scott and John C Reilly star in the quirky off-beat comedy ‘The Promotion’ which will be released by High Fliers on retail DVD on April 23rd.
Both actors will have a high profile in UK cinemas around the DVD’s release date. Seann William Scott, currently starring in ‘Goon’, will be seen again in the Spring when he reprises his role for the final film in the hugely successful ‘American Pie’ franchise while John C Reilly will be starring with Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris and Ben Kingsley in ‘The Dictator’ which opens in May.
‘The Promotion’ was written and directed by Steven Conrad who was also the screenwriter for ‘The Pursuit Of Happiness’ and ‘The Weather Man’.
Living the American Dream, happily married Doug Stauber’s professional ambitions are about to be realised when his boss at the Chicago supermarket chain where he works assures him he's a shoo-in to manage a new neighbourhood store.
However, enter rival Richard Wehlner. He wants the job too, has a better CV than Doug, has a wife and a daughter and is regarded by seemingly everybody as an all-round terrific guy.
How should Doug react to this challenge? Should he regard Richard as a friend, a colleague, a competitor or an enemy?
Richard, it seems, has demons and a past but with the help of motivational tapes he’s determined to succeed.
Soon their professional rivalry explodes as the two men fight it out in corporate and psychological tests to determine who gets the dream promotion to supermarket store manager! A clear case of two guys, one job and no rules!
‘The Promotion’ has a run time of 86 minutes, a ‘15’ certificate and an rrp of £12.99.
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The Clear Springs Packing and Distribution facility has the unique ability to store produce for a period up to six weeks using any of our 38 Controlled Atmosphere Chambers, each with a six-pallet storage capacity.
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CERN › CMS Experiment › HCAL upgrades its photodetectors
HCAL upgrades its photodetectors
The Outer HCAL Readout Module
One of the HO teams standing on the CMS vacuum tank during the replacement of readout modules
The central hadron calorimeter (HCAL) of CMS consists of the barrel (HB), the endcap (HE), and the outer (HO) regions. The HO consists of one or two scintillator layers and uses the metal of the magnet system as an absorber.
So far, the HO has been using hybrid photodetectors (HPD) to detect the scintillation light produced when a hadron hits the HCAL. When the HO was initially proposed, this technology was the only viable solution for operation inside magnetic fields. Since then, a new type of photo-sensor has emerged: the Silicon Photomultiplier or SiPM. It offers a higher photon-detection efficiency and signal gain. Changing from HPD to SiPM will significantly improve the performance of the HO.
The upgrade to SiPMs follows a minimally invasive approach in which the HPD and its circuit board will be replaced by a SiPM card-pack. The SiPM card-pack generates and regulates the SiPM bias locally, monitors the SiPM currents, and actively stabilises the SiPM temperature with a Peltier cooler. While this approach minimises the investment in new hardware and reduces the risk of failure by reusing established technologies, it also introduces some complexity in the upgrade logistics. First, the HO readout modules (RM) have to be extracted from the detector. This is followed by the replacement of the HPD and a one-week quality check of the full RM. Finally, the RM has to be re-installed on the detector.
Although this procedure might seem straightforward, it involves a delicate stream of actions when one considers the compactness of the detector and the LS1 schedule. The most critical place is the centremost of the five barrel wheels where all services for the inner sub-detectors run. The HO readout boxes (RBX) are located behind the ECAL and muon systems services which have to be temporarily removed for the HO work. However, more than two years of planning together with the involved groups has been paying off and so far the HO work has been progressing smoothly. By now, most of the HPD readout modules are removed from the detector and have been refurbished. At the same time, the installation of SiPM readout modules is 58% complete. The remaining installation work is scheduled to take place in January and March 2014.
With more than half of the HO equipped with SiPMs, the commissioning of the new readout has commenced and is now in full swing. All of the 1386 installed channels were tested and are functioning well. This outstanding result is the reward for an extensive burn-in campaign and thorough quality control from the production of the electronics to the installation on the detector. The new systems perform so well that a cosmic trigger using only the HO, something unthinkable with the old HPD system, could be established. This new possibility to collect muon data independent of global runs proves very valuable in the calibration of HO.
2013-12-19, by Benjamin Lutz
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MIKE ROWE BRINGS ORIGINAL SERIES TO CNN
Series To Launch this Fall
For more than a decade, Mike Rowe has been nationally known as the “dirtiest man on TV,” as host and the executive producer of the Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs (2005 2012). He traveled to all 50 states and completed 300 different jobs, transforming cable television into a landscape of swamps, sewers, ice roads, coal mines, and oil derricks. He initiated a hands on way to pay tribute to a nation of unsung heroes, conclusively demonstrating that fun and hard work are two sides of the same coin and confirmed the value of delayed gratification, sacrifice, hard work, good humor and optimism. He is now on a brand new mission and he will bringthat mission to CNN beginning this fall.
“For more than ten years, Mike has been one of the nation’s most unique storytellers, celebrating the values of work in America. Examining issues through the prism of Mike’s experiences and passions is the perfect fit for our CNN audience. We are thrilled to have him here,” said Amy Entelis, senior vice president of talent and content development for CNN Worldwide.
Rowe’s new series Somebody’s Gotta Do It, brings viewers face to face with Nike Air Zoom Vomero 11 818099-004 Men Black White Orange 2017 Malaysia and women who march to the beat of a different drum. In each episode, Rowe visits unique individuals and joins them in their respective undertakings, paying tribute to innovators, do gooders, entrepreneurs, collectors, fanatics people who simply have to do it. This show is about passion, purpose, and occasionally, hobbies that get a little out of hand.
“Of all the networks I spoke with, no one talked about a commitment to unscripted content and point of view programming with more passion than CNN. This is where Somebody Gotta Do It belongs,” said Rowe.
In 2008 Rowe launched mikeroweWORKS, a campaign designed to reinvigorate the skilled trades. He’s since written extensively about the country’s relationship with work, the widening skills gap, offshore manufacturing, infrastructure decline, and currency devaluation. Senate Commerce Committee about the importance of changing perceptions and stereotypes around blue collar work.
Today, Rowe runs the mikeroweWORKS Foundation which awards scholarships to students pursuing a career in the skilled trades. He is closely associated with the Future Farmers of America, Skills USA, and the Boy Scouts of America, who recently honored him as a Distinguished Eagle Scout. Forbes has identified him as one of the country’s Air Jordan 10 Rio 310805-019 Men Grey Blue Malaysia Online Most Trustworthy Celebrities.
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AboutCNN Originals Series and CNN Worldwide:
CNN develops, commissions and acquires original content for television through strategic partnerships with production companies. Amy Entelis, senior vice president of talent and content development, oversees the content acquisition strategy, and Vinnie Malhotra, senior vice of development and acquisitions, works directly with producers and filmmakers to develop original projects.
CNN Worldwide is a portfolio of two dozen news and information services across cable, satellite, radio, wireless devices and the Internet in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Domestically, CNN reaches more individuals on television, the web and mobile devices than any other cable TV news organization in the United States; internationally, CNN is the most widely distributed news channel reaching more than 271 million households abroad; and CNN Digital is a top network for online news, mobile news and social media. Additionally, CNN Newsource is the world’s most extensively utilized news service partnering with hundreds of local and international news organizations around the world.
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Virtual or computer mediated networking allows users to contact and develop ties with individuals via Internet methods, including, but not limited to Web pages, email, chat rooms and online communities. There already exist many women’s organizations with specialized websites geared towards supporting entrepreneurs and professionals. Two prominent examples are Working Women’s Network and Women’s Forum. Through such means, women business owners can look to others for social, support, strategic, supply and learning purposes (Wood 1999).
Virtual networking offers businesswomen many advantages over traditional face-to-face networking, and this perhaps explains their proliferation worldwide (Travers et al, 1997). Firstly, virtual means ofnetworking provide instant access to individuals on a global basis, and are available 24 hours a day (Knouse and Webb 2001). This means that women with domestic or other responsibilities are provided with greater flexibility in how and when they develop and maintain networks. Whilst asynchronous, computer mediated communication approximates real time interaction, allowing for fast, convenient communications at low costs (Sproull and Kiesler, 1991). Additionally, virtual communities can provide access to a very large number of diverse others and network maintenance is substantially easier and less costly than face-to-face interaction (Lind, 1999).
Because of the benefits of virtual networking, several commentators have suggested that businesswomen use them to access “larger numbers of same sex and same race contacts, thus increasing the similarity or homophily of the network” (Knouse and Webb, 2001: 227). But, as argued above, homophily is not a desired trait in the networks of the nontraditional female entrepreneur. There is no reason why these women should not utilize Internet groups as a way of overcoming the challenges of cross-sex networking. Indeed, the features of virtual networks – the anonymous, decontextualized, ephemeral, asynchronous communication – appear to present to nontraditional women a convenient means of overcoming problems associated with their gender. Below, the very small, but growing body of studies that offer empirical support for this suggestion are reviewed.
Almost twenty years ago, Sproull and Kiesler (1991: 13) predicted that new technological ways of working would have equalizing effects, allowing people to “cross barriers of space, time and social category to share expertise, opinions and ideas”. This is because “when communication lacks the dynamic personal information of face-to-face communication or even of telephone communication, people focus their attention more on the words in the message than on each other. Communicators feel a greater sense of anonymity and detect less individuality in others. They feel less empathy, less guilt, less concern over how they compare with others and are less influenced by social conventions” (ibid: 40). In particular, the removal of nonverbal cues and the ephemerality and plainness of text-speak reduces people’s fears of appearing foolish or inferior to others and increases self-confidence. In face-to – face interaction, high-status people (often men) tend to dominate group discussions (Carli 2006), but research shows that online interaction gives peripheral individuals a voice, allowing them more of a chance to contribute equally (Sproull and Kiesler, 1991).
Martin and Wright (2005) argue that the internet-based technology is a “great equalizer” which allows women nontraditional entrepreneurs to compete on a level playing field with their male counterparts. Their discussions with ten women operating small ICT firms revealed a great degree of appreciation for a technology that allowed its users to appear ‘invisible’. The women respondents were said to be able to run high technology firms regardless of the usual barriers of gender because “people don’t realize you’re women and take you more seriously – they judge you as a business no as an individual” (Martin and Wright, 2005: 170). For example, women were more easily able to find suppliers for key services using internet based methods, and links that began as virtual contacts, over time became stronger, face – to-face interaction. As one respondent (a software developer) to that study stated, “In space no-one can hear you scream? In cyberspace no-one can tell if you’re male or female – you are another web presence” (ibid: 172).
Popular tomes on communication like John Gray’s Men are from Mars, Women are From Venus or Deborah Tannen’s You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation maintain that women and men have distinctive communication styles that create barriers ofunderstanding between them. The anonymity and fact that communication does not take place in real time may allow virtual networkers to experiment with different forms of self-representation. Thomson (2006a;
2006b) argues both men and women use gender typical language patterns when interacting with networks partners of the same sex, and this flexibility smoothes communication. Additionally, in lab-based and real-life experiments, Thomson (2006a) found that when discussing gendered topics, participants accommodated to an expected language style in order to gain acceptance or approval. There was a higher frequency of female preferential features (e. g. personal features, emotion, question asking, agreement, apology, compliment, self-derogatory statements, solidarity with others) in discussions about female stereotypical topics and a higher frequency of male-typed features in discussions about male stereotypical topics (directives, disagreement, insult, adjectives, statements emphasizing differences between group members). Thus, women appear ‘male’ when discussing male-typed topics with male network partners in online environments. This is because when gender markers are hidden, the topic of conversation, rather than individual gender, becomes the salient group norm. This finding may explain why women in male-dominated companies communicate with colleagues via email to a significantly greater extent than do men (Lind 2001; Brosnan 2006).
O’Brien (1999) too argues that online interactions offer individuals the opportunity to dislocate gender from its corporeal markers. In the absence of embodied characteristics, the effects of social categories of difference (sex, race, social status) on interaction are effectively erased. Thus, cyberspace allows people to cross the boundaries conventionally imposed by bodily physicality. By disguising their gender online, women business owners can conduct business activity in ways typically associated with male assertiveness, without paying the penalties that social psychologists predict in face-to-face interaction. Lind’s (1999) comparison of mixed sex virtual and face-to-face work groups showed that women were more satisfied with the virtual work group, and perceived levels of cohesion, support and inclusiveness to be higher. Lind attributed these findings to the more equal group participation facilitated by the lack of nonverbal cues and structure of the virtual workgroups. Cohen and Ellis (2008) also found evidence of more equal participation of women and men postgraduates in virtual learning environments.
Finally, and from a more practical point of view, forging virtual associations allows women who may be juggling domestic responsibilities the opportunity to build networks in their own time (Blisson and Kaur Rana, 2001). Researchers have suggested that women business owners suffer a ‘network deficit’ because the demands of motherhood and other caring duties deprives them of the time to build social capital (Munch, McPherson et al. 1997). This problem is exacerbated in the case of the non-traditional entrepreneur because business owners operated in male-typed sectors work significantly longer weekly hours than business owners in female-typed sectors (Sappleton, 2009).
In spite of the promise of virtual networking, others have argued that the belief that gender is invisible online is a myth because the language that users employ is itself gendered. Herring (1996) cites “netiquette”, or the accepted norms of online conduct as an example demonstrating this. Beliefs about the proper way to communicate online are founded on systems of values and expectations that vary from individual to individual, “yet it is typically the most powerful or dominant group whose values take on a normative status” (Herring, 1996: 115). Thus, the default guidelines for netiquette in mixed-sex online communities encourage male-typed behaviours (candor, debate, freedom from rules and imposition), and discourage and devalue female-typed behaviours (politeness, consideration for others, support and helpful advice). Herring concludes that these partially incompatible systems of values regarding online conduct and expectations of others exaggerates gender differences, provokes male-female conflicts, and has implications for how comfortable women feel in mainstream electronic forums.
Others (Wellman, Salaaf et al. 1996) have argued that online invisibility is undermined by intrinsic cues to social identity (for example usernames, servers, email addresses, signatures and so on) or gendered language styles. Brosnan (2006) suggests that although email messages purport to dissociate the sender from her identity, the content of emails remain gendered. He argues that, because of sex-role socializaton, women respond to the facelessness of email by attempting to reproduce the socio-emotional elements of face-to-face interaction. Thus, women’s emails are more polite than men’s are; they are more supportive and affect-laden they make greater use of emoticons. On the other hand, men’s emails are efficient, short, and concise. In making recommendations to female users in male-dominated organisations, Brosnan suggests that they should refuse to have an email account, and keep emails to male colleagues short and concise (“an average of 5 to 13 words is normal” (Brosnan, 2006: 266) but that female-to-female email communication should remain unaltered.
The last decade has seen an unprecedented growth in the number ofwomen-owned firms operating in typically male industry locations. Like all entrepreneurs, these women must include networking as part of their regular business activities if their organizations are to thrive. Indeed, a proliferation of women’s business networks has paralleled the growth in nontraditional enterprises. The popularity of all-female social networks at both the organizational and extra-organizational level can be accounted for by the principle of homophily, as well as women’s historical exclusion from ‘old boys’ networks’ (Fisher 2004). However, this chapter has contended that while these networks fulfill important expressive roles, the instrumental function ofwomen-only networks may be less successful. Because there are relatively few women in prominent roles in nontraditional industries, face-to-face networks may not include a critical mass of women who can provide much-needed information, resources and gateways to powerful others (Knouse and Webb, 2001). The alternative course of action – forging links with male colleagues and counterparts – might be similarly unproductive because of gender stereotyping. The result may be that women nontraditional business owners are locked into a damned-if-they-do- damned-if-they-don’t situation – termed here the segregation/stereotyping bind.
This chapter has considered ways in which virtual networking might aid nontraditional women business owners in overcoming this bind to build collaborative working relations with all-important male ties. A review of the literature suggests that online networking gives nontraditional women entrepreneurs more power over self-representation and “gendered language”, thereby enabling relationships to develop that might otherwise have been stunted because of gender stereotyping. In particular, the anonymity of computer-based networking offers the greatest potential to empower women who are in a minority in their field. As the markers of gender are weakened, true competences and abilities can be recognized, independent of position or appearance (Sproull and Kiesler, 1991). Additionally, the flexibility and convenience of this media may assist women in establishing connections with prestigious or powerful others in their own time.
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The Staggering Administrative Bloat of Universities
This chart is from a recent state audit report of Janet Napolitano's office at the University of California, an audit I already wrote about here.
Obviously Napolitano's office is particularly bad as compared to peers, but she has 1667 staff and spends over a half billion (billion with a B) just on the office of the President! This is not in any way shape or form the total administrative size of the system - each university has its own administrative staff, for example. This is just her central office. This is a staggering number. It equates to every student in the system paying over $2500 a year just for the central headquarters staff that they will never see, this is before the first dollar is spent on their individual campus -- or God forbid -- on teaching or academics. To my mind this is way more of a scandal than her hiding a money reserve in various accounts.
This begins to get at a conflict I keep expecting to happen, but doesn't. Time and time again, particularly in places like California, we find examples where agencies that are supposed to be serving the public are in fact diverting much of their resources to maintain the staffing levels, salaries, and rich benefits and pensions of their employees. For years I have expected some sort of civil war on the Left, where Progressives figure out that providing things they care about (e.g. education, parks) is being limited by the huge resources that are being diverted to government employees. Just look at the chart above -- California Democrats have twisted themselves into knots trying to find an incremental $50 or $100 million of funding for the California public university system, and here it is -- I can see an easy $400 million one could easily pull out of Napolitano's office. Unfortunately, government employees and their unions are a big force in electing Democrats, and so they are reluctant to challenge these folks. It is a classic example of "do you care about the things you say you value or do you care about power" and so far in places like California the answer has been "power."
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Hal_10000:
Higher education -- and I say this as one who works in it -- is rapidly becoming an Administration with sidelines in teaching and research.
J_W_W:
I came to the conclusion decades ago that Democrats only cared about power and were always lying about helping people.
Richard Harrington:
It's the core element of the liberal ethos - tax and spend. It doesn't really matter where the money comes from, as long as it comes from the evil rich people. And, it doesn't really matter where it goes, as long as it is to the "right" people. It's for kids!
Shane:
When is it not about power? I posit ... never.
Dana Ledyard:
I'm wondering if similar data is available for offices at other public universities perhaps more comparable to the UC system (based on the general top 5 public rankings, maybe Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina?) I 100% agree that these figures look insanely bloated. But I'm not sure if the Cal state or Florida systems are the right comparisons so would love to see some more data points if they are out there.
Sam P:
I suspect the University of California system is the top university system in the country. How many university systems are there anyway? For example, the Michigan Association of State Universities (University of Michigan is a member) sounds more like a trade organization than anything like the University of California. The State University of New York is definitely one, but I'd rank it closer to California State University than University of California.
Note that the State University System of Florida Board of Governors is rather new, created in 2002. It sounds like an interesting political story of how it came into existence. There was a previous organization, the Florida Board of Regents which was abolished in 2001, the Board of Governors was not its direct successor.
Fred Chittenden:
What's missing bubbling to the surface in this analysis of adminstrative political bigotry against conservatives is how most of those determining admissions to undergrad and, more importantly, post-grad programs is highly concentrated in the politically bigoted left who treat conservative applicants (particularly in post-grad programs) like the same racially bigoted Democrats treated blacks in the not so distant past.
One only needs to look at the questions asked by these schools for admissions to post-graduate program to figure out how the questions can be heavily tilted to left wing applicants. They replaced any hint of questions of political bigotry against skin color with obsfucated questions that may expose applicants religious, conservative, and individual responsibility beliefs so the burrOcrats may admit leftish applicants, due to their political bigotry against anything conservative...
Fine print -- this is all about pushing those with post grad education to be stronger left wing nonsense... Never mind that most of these folks have little to no experience earning a living in Main Street. Where did the President of the UC system come from? She held a hard left burrOcratic position under Obama as head of Homeland Security -- which set up an immigration system that leaked millions of illegals every year, costing taxpayers billions in welfare costs...
That's incredible. Out of $655 million a year, she can't come up with security for a talk...
slocum:
Willie Brown went off the reservation a few years ago and criticized the power and cost unionized public employees as a Democrat. But he did so from a safe, elder-statesman perch, and it didn't go anywhere.
DirtyJobsGuy:
I kept up good contact with my department faculty for years after I left grad school. Periodically we'd have lunch when I stopped by. The conversation always turned to administrative overhead. The number of faculty was pretty much the same with the same two department secretaries who really ran the show. Now as an engineering department we had some big labs but these were fully funded by outside contracts. The great increase was in administration including new deans, vice deans, directors of this and that and more. The Princeton's and Harvards set the nominal price scale which all other first rate schools followed. This allowed administrators to increase their numbers and pay. Now without Harvard's endowment you needed to sell full price seats to foreigners. The high list price was advantageous. I've heard the student brokers get 10-15% commission and if you figure a 5-10% wiggle room, you have foreigners paying up front at least 80% of list price.
Nehemiah:
"For years I have expected some sort of civil war on the Left, where
Progressives figure out that providing things they care about (e.g.
education, parks) is being limited by the huge resources that are being
diverted to government employees."
This would happen except the recipients of the diverted funds make huge political contributions to Progressive politicians. They can always get more money from taxpayers.
jguy1957:
This is theft pure and simple of the tax payer and the college student (and his parent who pays). It is clear that these universities are progressive heavens and a boon to the Democrat coffers. Unfortunately this is a road that will end as people cannot afford it and will not continue to send their children to places that are "too radical" for learning. This is why Democrats want free college but there is never mention of these costs. Foreign monies are flooding in for Islamic centers and teachings on campuses, and Foreign Students over American Students. Overall this will lead to a crises in Academia that will hurt Universities much in the next few years.
Petercat:
That's a lot of money to pay a babysitting service.
SamWah:
All that union money goes into gummint JOBS. Say no more, say no more.
DerKase:
I used to work in the George Mason Univ. (part of the Virginia university system) Office of the Provost from 1999-2002. GMU once prided itself on having a lean overhead. At the time, there were only 3 people with the words "vice president" in their job title and 5 people with the word "provost" in their job title. The subject of admin bloat came up in about 2010 and I checked the GMU web site. In about 8 years, the number of vice presidents had grown to 21 and the number of provosts had grown to 15. I am hesitant to look again.
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Biden for Retirement
Posted on Apr 8, 2019 by John Henry Williams
Welcome to the invisible primary — the middle-school cafeteria of democracy. It’s the magical and horrific time before an actual election where things are actually pretty straightforward and candidates’ secrets are exposed. It’s so notorious that being able to withstand the gossip is the first true litmus test for any potential presidential candidate because, if you can survive, you’re more likely to win a general election.
Most political pundits lambast the season of infighting as divisive and weakening to the party; yet to do so ignores the very nature of gossip. At the center of all gossip is a kernel of truth that everyone wants to know, and, in democracy, fascination becomes civic duty. The rest of 2019 will be dominated by talk and intrigue about one political candidate or another, despite pleas for politicians to do less campaigning and more governing. So as they say in the cafeteria, if you can’t beat them, join them.
The viciousness of the season can certainly go too far, but often, pleas for mercy come from nervous political players. Look no further than Joe Biden and MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski. “And Democrats and those on the left who want to tweet me today and go nuts and get all woke, you’re eating your young,” Brzezinski said. “You’re eating those who can beat President Donald Trump. You’re killing the very people who have been pushing women ahead.”
Biden is the first of a host of potential Democratic presidential candidates that will get criticized in The Catalyst in the upcoming year, and it’s his own damn fault. Brzezinski jumped to Biden’s defense after multiple women accused Biden of inappropriate touching. The first accusation, by Lucy Flores of the Nevada State Legislature, was met with shocking indifference by large swaths of the Democratic party, a party that claims to support survivors yet has had no reckoning for Bill Clinton, or for Hillary Clinton, who notoriously attacked and shamed Bill Clinton’s victims.
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Amy Lappos, a former congressional aide, also recently accused Biden of inappropriate touching and behavior toward her. This second announcement has begun to shake Democrats’ confidence in Biden, but he still has ardent defenders.
The defense is generally that Biden is just an overly kind and touchy man who just didn’t understand his harm. The accusations carry with them the weight of many YouTube montages of Biden massaging the shoulders of younger and older women, kissing heads, and generally being overly “loving” (as the Washington Post put it). There are also instances of Biden using similar body language toward men, but it’s not a large jump to say he should probably just be respecting everybody’s space.
Current accusations about Biden conjure up his past, specifically the confirmation hearing of Clarence Thomas and testimony of Anita Hill. Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual assault in a situation quite reminiscent of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, and was reviled for it. Biden was the chair of the judiciary committee at the time, and thus has to bear a large brunt of responsibility for how the meetings ran. Politicians on both sides of the aisle impugned Hill’s character, and Biden refused to allow several of Hill’s corroborating witnesses to testify. Biden has apologized for how the events of the hearing transpired, and while he has stopped short of taking responsibility, he wishes he could have done more for her.
But Biden’s past doesn’t stop there. He, like other Democrats at the time, championed the 1994 crime bill, citing the popular “super-predator” trope that largely referred to young Black men. He gave an impassioned plea to lock them up for the sake of his daughter, wife, etc., and to top it all off, he’s consistently joined segregationist Strom Thurmond to push for drug war policies.
He has since apologized for this. In a Senate reelection campaign, he opposed mandatory bussing programs largely at the behest of a white-flight suburban constituency. Biden has not apologized for this. He voted to gut welfare as a “sensible” Democrat. More recently, Biden is known for marveling at how “clean” and “well-spoken” Barack Obama was as a Black candidate.
Ideologically, Biden is a rank-and-file centrist Democrat. He voted to make it harder to declare bankruptcy because of student loans, voted to deregulate the financial markets, and was a proponent of the Iraq war. His hawkish remarks have hardly toned down — he’s an accomplice to Obama’s foreign interventionism and hardly mentions Palestinians when speaking of Israel — and he introduced what is largely viewed as the prototype of the Patriot Act. Many of Biden’s top donors are members of the financial industry. He notably said “give me a break” to millennials as he thinks we don’t have much to complain about, and he has been back and forth on immigration.
The news isn’t all bad. Biden seems to be fairly electable, often appealing to the “wide middle” that seems to be missing in much political discourse. He has a specific appeal to lower-educated and rural white people that could prove handy against Donald Trump. Biden also has strong establishment support, and is an experienced candidate that has legislative and executive experience.
All that makes him pretty strong by the numbers — but by far his most powerful asset is his bluntness. In the 2012 presidential election, it was almost a delight to watch Biden smugly and dismissively crap all over Paul Ryan, and that might be just the energy needed to counter the bombastic Trump on a debate stage. If Trump supporters are looking for hyped-up machismo, Biden just might be able to out-muscle Trump.
The progressive take on Biden isn’t a great one, though the establishment and the polls love him. It’s hard to imagine that a candidate with his history could be successful, but a household name like his has proven time and again that as much as millennials may see these issues as sticking points, there are large swaths of voters that will not.
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How to Play Video Games With Your Kids
"Samantha Fisher was having a very bad day. So when her then-9-year-old son, Lukas, asked her if she wanted to learn to play Minecraft, she almost said no. Skipping the game’s tutorial, Lukas patiently taught his grumpy mother how to build a digital house. Then Lukas got up and walked away. Samantha was a little…
On Sept. 30 I had the honor of being the Keynote Speaker at Challenge Success's annual conference. The topic was "Media Rules: Healthy Connections in the Digital Age". It was a vibrant and energetic conference, at which my talk was followed by dramatic vignettes acted out by students and lively discussion where I was…
NAIS 2016 Featured 3 Hour Workshop – Taming the Tech Effect: Rethink and Reboot the Integration of Technology at Your School
Technology and our schools adaptation is constantly changing and its hard to know if we are doing too much, too little, and 'the right stuff'. I was joined by Erin McCloskey, from Phillips Academy, and together we hit the refresh button in this workshop, with new insights the current massive impact of technology on education…
Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children
"Excessive use of computer games among young people in China appears to be taking an alarming turn and may have particular relevance for American parents whose children spend many hours a day focused on electronic screens. The documentary “Web Junkie,” to be shown next Monday on PBS, highlights the tragic effects on teenagers who become…
Videos at Parents.com
View a list of videos on parents.com related to tech and children What to Consider Before Handing Your Child a Smartphone How Tech Impacts Your Child's Creativity Setting Limits on Technology Must-Knows On Tech and Child Development: Take Fewer Photos!
MSNBC Morning Joe – The parent-child ‘tech rift’
Dr. Nancy Snyderman and Catherine Steiner-Adair join to discuss the gap in technology use between kids and their parents.Duration: 7:53 Read the full article at: http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/the-parent-child-tech-rift-76275267692
What’s it to You? How Americans Feel About Life Tangled Up in the Web
Dr. Steiner-Adair joins PBS News Hour’s Jeffrey Brown to talk about social and emotional challenges of the Digital Age and the need to “outsmart our smartphones” to be savvy users. Excerpt: “…One of the good trends I see happening more and more in the schools I work in is that schools are doing more intentional…
Resisting the Siren Call of the Screen
New York Times Books of the Times reviewer Dwight Garner lauds The Big Disconnect as an essential cheat sheet for parents. “I will never forget the experience of reading Ms. Steiner-Adair’s book…Her summary of what to say to your kids … is so good, so State of the Union-like, that I took a photo of…
How Internet Porn is Rewiring our Brains
"Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s new film Don Jon is the story of a man whose porn habit has left him unable to relate to real women. He's not the only one, reports Nisha Lilia Diu"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/10441027/How-porn-is-rewiring-our-brains.html Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Don Jon, a movie 'about how we connect with each other'
Tech is Wonderful, Cool — and You Have to Pay Attention as Parents
In a 20-minute Podcast, Dr. Steiner-Adair talks about parenting in the digital age. “It’s wonderful. Kids can have friends around the world. That is so cool. I am not anti-tech. You have to pay attention as grown-ups, as parents, and for our children to how we are relating to these devices and to each other.”http://yourteenmag.com/2013/10/podcast-catherine-steiner-adair-on-parenting-in-the-digital-age/
Finding Family Connections Without a Search Engine
Dr. Steiner-Adair's research and "the candid responses from children — particularly teens — about their feelings when faced with technology dilemmas are eye-opening," in The Big Disconnect, says reviewer Brooke Lefferts of the Associated Press. Excerpt: Steiner-Adair offers startling statistics on how much kids are using technology and calls the fast takeover of tech a…
The Best Nonfiction of 2013
The Wall Street Journal names The Big Disconnect in its top ten picks for nonfiction in 2013. “This riveting piece of journalism disguised as a self-help tome chronicles how new technology has disrupted family life. Parents pacify infants with iPhones, toddlers play violent games and pre-teens are sexting. The book offers no easy answers but…
Courting Disaster: Boys sexting more, missing more social/emotional cues
NBC TODAY features The Big Disconnect and Dr. Steiner-Adair to launch a discussion of the ways boys use sexting “to connect,” but how it disconnects them from social/emotional learning essential for healthy development. Excerpt: Parents are being confronted by the new “hookup culture” surrounding sexting, and how boys are courting their partners in more directly…
Parents: Say No to Screens: PW Talks with Catherine Steiner-Adair
In a Q&A interview, Dr. Steiner-Adair discusses how the Internet and new technology are transforming American households--and child development Excerpt: How worried should we be? Very worried. But just as parents can say no to TV, they can say no to screens—except for homework. There is absolutely no reason that 8-year-olds need smartphones. Parents must…
What do Our Kids See When They Watch Us on Tech?
Dr. Steiner-Adair's call to action for parents to model healthy habits in their tech use makes The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age "an important guide" to parenting in our tech-driven culture.
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Awards for The Hyning Estate
VisitEngland 5 Star Self-catering
All the national assessing bodies (VisitEngland*, VisitScotland, Visit Wales and the AA) now assess hotels and guest accommodation (including B&Bs) to the same criteria and award one to five stars. The star ratings reflect the overall quality of the experience. When choosing your accommodation look for the Quality Rose, the official marque of the Enjoy England national tourist board rating scheme.
Additional information on this classification scheme is available here.
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A Green Tourism award shows that a business has been independently assessed and certified, so you can choose the greenest option with confidence. Businesses which meet Green Tourism standards receive a Bronze, Silver, or Gold award based on their level of sustainability. Green Tourism is validated by ICRT on behalf of VisitEngland, VisitWales, VisitScotland and Northern Ireland Tourism. Additional information on this certification scheme can be found here.
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Self-assessed Accessibility Information provides a list of available facilities and services, highlighted as being of key importance by disabled people. Along with Access Statements, which provide a fuller written description of accessibility, it can help people with access needs make an informed choice as to whether accommodation, attractions, food & drink or shopping establishments meet their needs.
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The Carriage House has been designed for those staying with someone with low mobility and The Old Forge is also on ground level.
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University of Virginia Health System Academic Division
About University of Virginia Health System Academic Division
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Design of a dynamometer car
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Amelia Earhart, in Wheeling, says women should fight in next war
“Amelia Earhart, in Wheeling, Says Women Should Fight in Next War,” Wheeling Intelligencer,” July 1934
Telegram, 1928 June 20, Boston, Mass., to Amelia Earhart, London
“Ben,” cablegram to Amelia Earhart, congratulations, stamped June 20, 1928. ID in finding aid: I.f.20.d
Letter, ca. 1928, Southampton, to Amelia Earhart
“Betty,” from the South Western Hotel in Southampton, letter to Amelia Earhart, ca. 1928. ID in finding aid: I.f.20.h
Telegram, 1928 June 18, London, to Amelia Earhart
“Bryson,” telegraph [to Amelia Earhart?], regarding American engagements, stamped June 18, 1928. ID in finding aid: I.f.20.j
Oceaanvlucht van 'Lady Lindy'
“De Oceaanvlucht Van ‘Lady Lindy,’” unidentified source, ca. 1932
Oceaanvlucht van Amelia Earhart
“De Oceaanvlucht Van Amelia Earhart. Na Haar Aankomst in Ierland.,” unidentified source, ca. 1932 [includes photos]
Telegram, 1928 June 19, Little Falls, N.J., to Miss Amelia Earhart, Southampton
“Dicko,” cablegram to Amelia Earhart, congratulations, June 19, 1928. ID in finding aid: I.f.20.o
Telegram, 1928 June 20, New York, to Amelia Earhart, London
“George and Marion,” cablegram to Amelia Earhart, congratulations, June 20, 1928
Telegram, 1937 Feb. 17, Lae, NG, to Putnam, San Francisco
“Grair” telegram to George Palmer Putnam, “Pleased place qualified WASP engineers your disposal. Lae Field ideal whence operate own Electra,” February 17, 1937
Letter, 1928 June 18, Washington, D.C., to Amelia Earhart
“Kellogg” typed letter to Amelia Earhart, congratulations, June 18, 1928
May fly to Australia, Mrs. Amelia Putnam plans not completed
“May Fly to Australia, Mrs. Amelia Putnam Plans Not Completed,” The Argus, Melbourne, Victoria, December 16, 1936 [photocopy of transcript]
Mevrouw Earhart gaat winkelen
“Mevrouw Earhart Gaat Winkelen,” and “Behoed!” (includes poem about Earhart), unidentified source, ca. 1932 [includes photo]
“Mildred,” cablegram to Amelia Earhart, congratulations, June 20, 1928. ID in finding aid: I.f.20.gg
Mrs. Putnam may visit capitals here
“Mrs. Putnam May Visit Capitals Here,” Herald, Melbourne, Victoria, March 13, 1937. “Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, the American airwoman, may fly along the east coast of Australia…on her projected flight round the world.” “Many Fine Flights,”...
On education and careers
“On Education and Careers,” Speech by Amelia Earhart at Purdue University’s first annual career conference, ca. 1935 [9 pages] “Mrs. Woodhouse apologized last evening for ending her talk on “Why Women Fail in Business.” I shall begin mine today...
On what a pilot eats
“On what a pilot eats,” ca. 1935-1937 [2 pages] “A question I’m asked frequently concerns what a pilot eats on long flights. This aspect of “aeronautical housekeeping” particularly interests women…” Earhart discusses using her ice pick for...
Outline of early 99 history
“Outline of Early 99 History,” as given by Ruth Nichols, written in 1938 [A history of the 99s or Ninety-Nines organization, which was formed in 1929; Earhart was elected the first president in 1931 and held the position for 2 years and started the...
Telegram, 1932 May 20, Harbour Grace, Nfld., to G.P. Putnam, New York
“Parkes” telegram to George Palmer Putnam from Newfoundland, “A.E. took off 7:12 NFLD D.S.T. Perfect performance all wires and reports received,” May 20, 1932
Plane experts meet to draft safe air rule
“Plane Experts Meet to Draft Safe Air Rules,” Washington Post, August 16, 1934
Letter, 1928 May 20, Boston, Mass., to E.S. Earhart, Los Angeles, Calif.
“Popping Off” Letters to Earhart’s Parents, 1928. Letter, Amelia Earhart to her father Edwin S. Earhart, “Hooray for the last grand adventure – I wish I had won, but it was worthwhile anyway,” May 20, 1928
Letter, 1928 May 20, Boston, Mass., to Mrs. E.S. Earhart, Medford, Mass.
“Popping Off” Letters to Earhart’s Parents, 1928. Letter, Amelia Earhart to her mother Amy Otis Earhart, “Even tho I have lost – the adventure was worthwhile,” May 20, 1928
Telegram, 1928 June 21, Chicago, Ill., to Amelia Earhart, London
“Sarah and Harry,” cablegram to Amelia Earhart, congratulations, June 21, 1928
Telegram, 1928 June 19, Boston, to Amelia Earhart, Southampton
“Simken,” [George Palmer Putnam], cablegram to Amelia Earhart, “Happy holiday,” June 19, 1928
Telegram, circa 1928, to Amelia Earhart
“Simkin” [George Palmer Putnam] handwritten telegraph to Amelia Earhart, writing an account of the flight, ca. 1928
Speed review
“Speed Review,” September 1935 “Early morning is the best time. Even the air seems to have dew on it. It’s sweet and heavy and smooth and a plane can bite into it ….” [According to GPP, Earhart wrote this after she and Paul Mantz went up in her...
Telegram, 1932 May 22, New York, to Amelia Earhart, Croydon
“Stefansson” cablegram to Amelia Earhart, congratulations, May 22, 1932
Air Navigation Enactment of Johore
“The Air Navigation Enactment of Johore,” dated June 12, 1937
Telegram, 1928 June 19, to Earhart, London
“Tootie,” telegraph to Amelia Earhart, congratulations, June 19, 1928
Telegram, 1928 June 20, Brookline, Mass., to Amelia Earhart, London
“Torneys,” cablegram to Amelia Earhart, congratulations, June 20, 1928
Telegram, 1928 June 19, London, to Miss Amelia Earhart, Southampton
“Uncle Clarence,” telegraph to Amelia Earhart, set up meeting, stamped June 19, 1928. ID in finding aid: I.f.20.e
Letter, 1937 Dec. 6, New York, to Harcourt Brace & Co., New York, NY
“Women and News” Broadcast: Letter, Helen Gugenheim to Harcourt, Brace & Co., December 6, 1937; “Women and News” Broadcast: Transcript, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), “Women and News,” November 26, 1937, announcement of the publication of...
Biochemistry holiday newsletter, 1967
Purdue University Biochemistry Department newsletter; cover letter by Bernard Axelrod
Purdue University veterinary medical update, 1989, v. 14, no. 2 (March)
Aluminum anodizing wastewater treatment and reuse
Influence of geographical surroundings upon civilization
Extension Bulletin, no. 101 (Jan. 1922)
Plant Pathology Conference February 22, 1951
Virus Strains, Relationships, and Acquired Immunity.
Extension Mimeo 4H, no. 593 (no date)
Evaluation of plastic trickling filter media
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Metal recovery from waste acids
Analysis of wastewaters from high-btu coal gasification plants
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Emergency response to a major agricultural chemical warehouse fire
Treatability studies on heavy metal removal in selected inorganic chemical industries
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Treatment of brewery wastewaters by biological treatment
Effect of change of temperature upon the coefficient of friction of a soft cast iron brake shoe
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Inspection of iron and steel
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Characteristics and effects of cattle feedlot runoff
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Lopez centre of France v Clermont battle
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Camille Lopez sits out Saturday's match against England © Getty Images
France fly-half Camille Lopez has been at the centre of a club v country tug-of-war with Clermont winning the battle.
Lopez injured his knee in last Sunday's win over Italy and was substituted at half-time. The original prognosis predicted Lopez would be a doubt for the match against England but he was in full training with France on Wednesday. All the signs pointed towards him retaining his spot at fly-half.
But Lopez has previous with knee injuries having had surgery on his cruciate ligament in 2013. To France coach Philippe Saint-Andre's frustration, Lopez's potential involvement in Saturday's match against England was questioned by Clermont which led to his withdrawal.
"At the end of Wednesday, Clermont's medical staff decreed that Camille needs to rest for four to six weeks," Saint-Andre said on Thursday. "He had trained without any problems. We spoke to Camille at the end of the day and then he had doubts. I need players who have no doubts. Camille didn't have any on Wednesday morning. Then he had some and he was worried on Wednesday evening.
"Clermont considered he needed rest. The Clermont doctor [made his decision] without examining him, just from the X-ray images we sent him because we are transparent with the clubs. So Camille is returning to Lyon to see the specialist who operated on him. I want only players who are 100 per cent in their head. They have to be ready for what is there for us at Twickenham."
Later on Thursday Clermont responded to Saint-Andre's comments with sporting director Jean-Marc Lhermet telling RMC: "It's not the reality," he said. "The clubs have no power of the national teams. If France want to play a player, whether the club likes it or not, the player will play.
"I don't understand his position. The medical staff at Clermont don't decide anything over whether a player plays for France or not. The club's medical staff don't decide a thing. Camille is injured, that's why he isn't playing. I don't understand this position. Camille is injured and that's why he's not keeping him.
"We had a lot of trouble getting access to Camille Lopez's medical file. We've only received a few shots yesterday, but we'd been trying since Monday to find out what our player was suffering from. It's surprising because we've been trying since Monday to find out what state our player is in. There was a form of obstruction to give us the scans taken by the French medical staff."
With Lopez absent, Plisson starts on Saturday against England with Remi Tales on the bench. For Plisson, he has been handed an unexpected chance to shine and he is keen to prove his ability to the watching coaches.
"We could see at training sessions that Camille was supposed to start the game, but we switched positions a lot at training so that doesn't change anything for me," Plisson said. "I have to prove to the coaches they were not wrong picking me."
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The Navajo Jewelry Background
The Navajo Nation, also known as the Diné Nation, is the largest Native American tribe in the Southwest. They originated as a semi-nomadic population of hunters and gatherers who traded with Pueblo tribes and Spanish explorers.
Jewelry, beads and other adornments are an integral part of the cultural heritage of the Navajo. Elaborate ornamentation has long been considered a sign of wealth within their community: the bigger and more elaborate a piece of jewelry was, the more respect the wearer commanded.
Common features of Navajo jewelry include silver, large stones and organic shapes. While the Zuni are renowned for animal-shaped fetishes, the Navajo focus on the innate beauty of Southwest rocks and minerals. Stones can be rough, polished or carved into geometric shapes.
In pre-Colonial times, the Navajo gained much of their precious metal jewelry through conquest. After settling in the Southwestern Unites States, they bartered handcrafted turquoise and shell beads for silver necklaces made by Mexican and Spanish craftsmen.
The style of Navajo jewelry changed in the late 19th century, when Atsidi Sani (Old Smith) learned the art of silversmithing from a man nicknamed the "Thin Mexican." Atsidi Sani passed his knowledge of the craft down to his children and taught other villagers. Refined silver was difficult to obtain, so the resourceful Navajo silversmiths melted down tableware and coins to use as raw material for their jewelry. Many modern Navajo rings, bracelets and necklaces retain a rustic, handcrafted look consistent with these early pieces.
By the turn of the century, the Navajo had developed a reputation for their metalsmithing and lapidary skills. Early Navajo jewelry makers developed a unique style that merged Mexican iconography and techniques with indigenous folklore.
Concho belt buckles, buttons, and squash blossom necklaces that feature a series of stonework flowers surrounding a crescent-shaped pendant are among the silver jewelry pieces associated with the tribe. According to museum curator Dr. Jennifer McLerran, the blooms of the squash blossom necklace were originally modeled after pomegranate flower decorations on clothing worn by nineteenth century Spaniards. The horseshoe-shaped centerpiece of the necklace resembles the naja, a Spanish good luck talisman.
Navajo artisans make use of stone casting and forge soldering techniques that join two silver forms together to form a single piece. Artisans are so skilled that it is often difficult to detect seams in the silver. Stones used vary from coral and opal to turquoise, a material considered sacred by Navajo tribes because of a legend in which it rained from the heavens.
The Navajo were the first indigenous people of the Southwest to work in silver. Thus, you're likely to find a wide range of options when purchasing Navajo jewelry. Whether you opt for a ring with sterling silver and bezel-set turquoise clusters modeled after the late nineteenth century style or a non-traditional modern interpretation with fine silver and exotic stones, know that each handcrafted piece is rich with history.
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Another “terrorist”? Russian FSB kidnaps, tortures Crimean Tatar to obtain false “confession”
Parlamov, the Crimean Tatar who was abducted and tortured by the FSB (left) with his lawyer Kurbedinov (right) after the forensic examination to document the torture. Photo: Krymr.com
2017/09/16 - 09:02 • Crimea, Political prisoners
For Ukraine watchers, the kidnapping of Renat Parlamov, a Crimean Tatar living in occupied Crimea, on 13 September felt all too familiar – at least 15 Crimean Tatars went missing and 9 were killed in the illegally annexed peninsula since 2014. His relatives tried to unsuccessfully find out his whereabouts, after which they found Parlamov in the capital of Crimea, Simferopol, with marks of torture. He was forced to sign a false testimony, which gives rise to fears that the FSB will try to accuse the young man of “terrorism,” like 19 Crimean Muslims before him.
Early morning September 13, unknown people in masks and FSB attire broke into the house where local merchant Renat Parlamov, a young father of four children, was living together with his wife and her parents. Without showing their ID and conducting a protocol of detention and confiscation, they announced they were searching for drugs and weapons, they took away his laptop, tablet, and a Muslim book, after which they took Parlamov away from Nyzhniohirsk, a town in north-east Crimea, in an unknown direction.
Trying to find out where Paralamov is and what happened to him, his relatives, lawyers, and activists appealed to all the police and FSB all day long, but they were told that no one had detained such a person. Only on 14 September were they informed by the FSB that Renat was released on the afternoon of the previous day in Simferopol, 75 kilometers from his town of residence, and that the next day, he supposedly voluntarily returned to the Simferopol office of the service himself to give “additional evidence.” However, his relatives were not given a chance to talk to the missing man, and his lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, who set out for Simferopol to find the abducted Crimean Tatar, but was denied entry to the FSB building.
By evening, Paralamov called home from someone else’s phone. He asked to pick him up at the Simferopol bus station because he couldn’t move.
His relatives found a man who was severely beaten and almost unconscious.
Refat Chubarov, Head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, writes that the young man’s relatives and friends are confident that if they hadn’t made so much noise about the abduction, with multiple video recording and live broadcasts, Parlamov would be dead, as it had happened with other Crimean Tatars.
In a video by Krym.Realii, Parlamov tells the story of his torture. According to him, he was tied up, put a bag over his head, beaten, injected with unknown substances, had his jaw displaced, and was electrocuted through his buttocks. And he, unable to withstand torture, signed everything that was demanded of him, giving false testimonies about himself and his friends. Now he retracts those testimonies.
On September 15, the victim underwent a forensic examination. However, as the lawyer Emil Kurbedinov told, the expert was not very zealous. After hearing the complaints, the expert rewrote them and indicated that there really are bruises on Paralamov’s body.
After this, Renat’s relatives went to the FSB building for a meeting with Viktor Paladin, the head of the Russian FSB in occupied Crimea, whom Parlamov’s mother wanted to confront about the abduction and torture her son was subjected to. They were met by a man who the Crimean Tatars identified as one of the abductors. Ignoring the demand of lawyer Kurbedinov to identify himself, the man retreated, and after a while, all of them and Kurbedinov were detained for holding an “unsanctioned rally,” being released several hours later without any charges.
Renat Parlamov in his shop. Photo: fb/Bint Ummah
Another “Crimean Tatar terrorist” for the FSB?
“Renat. A Muslim. Yesterday he met his brother from the Hajj, and is raising 4 small underage children, earning a living by trading at the market. […] He gave an interview on the importance of fasting during Ramadan and how to combine it with work. He didn’t talk about separatism, or ISIS, not even about the Russian authorities. He hasn’t had any convictions, or criminal history, past or present. Didn’t call for, didn’t conduct, didn’t spread, didn’t store anything which would be violent or threatening to anybody.
Please meet him, he is a “terrorist.”
Why? Just because.
Now any MUSLIM could be called THIS way today, and even convicted,” Bint Ummah, one of Renat’s Crimean Tatar friends, wrote on facebook.
At present, at least 19 Crimean Muslims, most of them ethnic Crimean Tatars, are being illegally imprisoned by the Russian occupation authorities, who accuse them of terrorism, without proof. Recently, Russia slapped a 15-year sentence on a Crimean Tatar construction worker and father of three for a kitchen talk recorded by a snope, which concerned general topics and where there was not a word about terrorism.
Crimean Muslims persecuted on fictitious charges of “terrorism.” Screenshot from the #LetMyPeopleGo video explainer
As well, on 11 September 2017, Russia sentenced Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz to 8 years in prison, with no proof of any crime. The Crimean Tatars in general, and their representative Mejlis in particular, have been staunch opponents of Russia’s occupation of their native Crimean peninsula. In September 2016, Russia banned the Mejlis, flouting the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples. Mejlis leaders Mustafa Dzhemilev and Refat Chubarov have been banned from entering their homeland.
Although Renat Parlamov did not tell about the nature of the testimony he was tortured into giving, it is likely that its topic was terrorism. It is, unfortunately, also likely that the young man will be accused of terrorism, as before, without any evidence.
By portraying Crimean Tatars as terrorists, the Russian occupation authorities not only demonize the inconvenient ethnic group opposed to the illegal annexation of their homeland, they also drive up ethnic tensions, making the Russian population of Crimea fear the indigenous people who had received the chance to return to their homeland, from which they were expelled by Stalin, only with the fall of the Soviet Union. All this can be seen as a campaign to drive the Crimean Tatars, who already fear FSB reprisals, out to mainland Ukraine, essentially, into a second deportation.
Overall, there are at least 44 Ukrainians imprisoned by Russia on political motives. The LetMyPeopleGo campaign advocates for the release of all the illegally jailed Ukrainians. The most well-known of the unjustly imprisoned Ukrainians is Oleg Sentsov, a filmmaker who also protested against the occupation of his native Crimea. Recently, the FSB abducted a Ukrainian teenager from the territory of Belarus and is also holding under the accusations of terrorism.
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My homily for this past weekend, talking about financial prudence in general and about the financial health of the parish specifically.
I'm including my notes from the homily for those who aren't in a position to listen to it. (Caveat: these are just the notes I worked from; they are not a perfect transcription of what I said in the recording.)
Two weeks ago I preached to you about Prudence.
If you missed it you can find it on my blog.
Prudence is not a bad thing.
It's the queen of the virtues
I cannot be just or loving or even courageous without prudence
Prudence is the virtue that tells me what to do *in this specific situation*
Today Jesus talks about it by name:
"The master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.
For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light."
This brings up a hard truth:
That often Christians—probably because we're called to be "in the world but not of the world"—don't really keep our shop in good order.
People think:
"I'm a good person. I pray. I go to church every Sunday. Well, most Sundays at least. That's what God wants, right?" And not worry about anything else.
"I don't really need to worry about picking up after myself or taking good care of things because surely there's someone at the parish who does those things."
"The church has a lot of money. They have to right? Look at all the buildings they have."
Or very commonly
"I'm not really a business type person. I don't really understand parish finances. Those end-of-the-year things are too complex. I'll let the pros care about that stuff."
And so we can't really be surprised when churches are run substantially less well—less prudently—than comparable businesses.
Now let's admit: Churches and Christian people can bring this on ourselves.
Sometimes we do imprudent things because as Christians we don't want to blunt and honest and we worry about ever looking like the bad guy. We are great at making bad business decisions because we want to be nice.
Very real.
Also, being a Christian institution requires Christian faith and love. So we're never going to be trying to amass a huge nest egg at the cost of helping people now (not faith) nor are we going to be cutthroat in business (not love)
Finally, we have to admit, and church leaders have to be foremost in this, we are not always good at being transparent with the people in the pews about where we're at, what we're facing down the road, and what we need to do.
Sometimes that's because financial stuff actually is quite complex.
Sometimes it's because we're like "Look, I was ordained to preach the gospel. And people come to Mass to hear about Jesus, not money stuff. This isn't my job."
Sometimes it's because priests assume the more you talk about money the more likely you are to turn people off to it—or the Faith in general—because they feel browbeat.
All of the these are at least partially true.
But as the Roman playwright said "There is nothing that is human that is alien to me," so too I as a priest must say "There is nothing that matters to my parish that should be below my priestly dignity to talk about."
Besides, ⅓ of the parables are about money.
Every seventh verse in Luke deals with material possessions or the lack thereof.
So the answer—as the children of the world already know—is not talk about financials more, it's to talk about financials with great courage and transparency.
And here is the transparent, honest, unvarnished truth
St. Wenceslaus parish, every year is just barely making it, and many years is not making it, and is eating into what little savings it has.
Last 3 years, income of an average of 1.14 M
But spent an average of 1.26 M
That's an average of $120,000 in the red every year.
The only reason we still have lights on and A/C running are because we've gotten generous bequests and memorials in people's will and some other unrestricted donations.
So thank God that Fr. Townsend for a decade has preached about the importance of leaving the church in your will. And if you haven't done that yet, prayerfully consider it.
But you can't run a parish on people passing away.
And besides, that's not consistent.
In 2015 we received $111K in donations, bequests, and memorials.
But in 2014 we only received $21K.
A less than a 1/5 of 2015's.
The finance council has calculated that if our current income and expenses continue as they are, we are going to be running a yearly deficit of 150-200K per year.
If that's true, we'd be $1 million on the hole by 2021.
You might remember that the the last time St. W had a big financial crisis was around 2004-2005.
Do you remember what the debt was then?
It was $300K.
Only ⅓ of where we could be in 5 years.
I was warned on Friday that this homily might see weird to preach on Saturday night when there would be a lot of Bishop Neumann students and families here, all ready for homecoming dance.
I didn't feel bad about it.
If we want Catholic schools for these high schooler's kids to attend in 8-10 years, we need to take the blinders off.
And if we want this church open in 20 years we need to be honest about what that requires.
And here's the thing:
There's no safety net.
The diocese doesn't currently have the funds to loan to building projects, yes, but that also means the diocese doesn't have the funds to save us if we run in the red.
I'm trying to be 100% transparent here.
We have to be as prudent as the children of the world.
We know that our expenses, not unlike other businesses, have gone up about 4% a year, and will keep doing that.
For awhile, we were matching that as our yearly tithes and fundraisers went up as we dug out of that 2005 debt.
I have to give big credit to the Stewardship Committee and having an annual stewardship renewal.
We grew Sunday giving at over 4% from 2005-2011.
But from 2011 to 2016 we've only been growing Sunday giving by less than 1.5%
At this point, even getting back up to 4% won't save us.
Because of the downward trend we would need either a big one-time bump this year of almost 200K and THEN grow at 4% the next 5 years.
Or, more realistically, we need to grow Sunday giving and other income sources by a total of 8% for these next five years.
To break even.
That's not fun to say.
But you'll dislike me more in 5 years if we're shuttering things.
There are other hard truths, but need to be said in the interest of transparency:
1) It would be the height of imprudence to take bids for building construction for this coming spring.
That's something I so badly want to do, and having talked very positively about it when I got here, this is hard to admit.
But if it were only a matter of getting that $400K that's already been pledged in in 6 months, that'd be one thing.
I could saddle up for that task with ease.
But my optimism was before I really understood the razor's edge we already stand on in yearly expenses.
That was before I was shown what an uptick in operational expenses more construction would cost.
An example of this already exists in the very nice new front steps we have. They are beautiful, functional, and have an ingenious heater in them to keep ice and snow off them. But that heater also raises operational costs because we have to choose between running it sometimes, which causes the concrete to get warm then cold again (which wears on concrete) or to leave it on all winter (which runs up the electric bill).
To start taking construction bids we would be like the man in the parable 2 weeks ago who started the tower but couldn't afford to finish it (or in our case, do anything with it).
You may ask what about building now? Are we not going to build?
No we need to build, but given our current bleeding we can't build this spring.
It's like the kid asking if we're not going to Disneyland now.
"We're going to Disneyland son, but not this summer. Your brother backed into the garage door and your sister needs braces. We want to go to Disneyland but we can't go there this summer."
In the meantime we're going to move the money from the building fund into a special savings account, separate from other savings, that can't be accessed for other things, and that can get us the highest return we can get on it in the meantime.
Yes, nothing is growing that fast these days, but we have to not be starting something we can't finish, AND we know can't we just pocket that without a massive loss of trust.
Two more things, for the sake of transparency, but only briefly.
2) My excitement for building was also before I knew how much the diocesan assessments are going up this year.
The main assessment: our tax, if you will, has to go up about $30K a year
We actually get off better than most parishes because we support 2 schools at such a high rate.
Many parishes are at about 6.5%, we are about 3.5%
But also seminary appeal.
The seminary has come a long way to balance their budget and keep the Sems responsible for much more than when I went through, but still every parish has a goal and what we don't collect is assessed.
So give generously to that collection this weekend.
3) Final thing, and this deserves a homily of its own someday soon, is school tuition.
The balance of our families' tuition and of a parish's portion of the cost of education is always tricky. But we have to ask hard questions about this and be very transparent.
Almost certainly tuition will have to go up in some way.
What do we do:
1) Hope
Jesus is hope. The church has survived much worse than this.
YOU have survived worse than this.
2) Pray
And not just for an easy resolution.
Not for a million dollar gift or lottery
Pray for prudence and courage.
Pray for your neighbors and pray for yourself.
Commit to coming to parish mission October 15,16,17
A crisis in giving is often a crisis in faith
"Do I trust God to be generous with me if I am generous with him?"
3) Be honest with yourself
I'm looking at my expenses, personally and I'm rectory and trying to be honest about my needs and my giving
Ask: am I doing my part?
Am I still giving what I gave when had 3 in grade school but now my kids are out of college?
Am I a young family playing keeping up with the Jones' but letting other people pull my weight?
Am I getting close to retirement and starting to get nervous and so trying to hold on to more and more?
Do I not give because I don't know where it goes, and am I willing to change if things are made more transparent to me?
Ask now, and in November act on it.
4) Reevangelize
How many people have fallen away or drifted away?
A little bit ago the finance council ran some numbers on our Sunday giving.
There's always going to be that chunk that don't give anything, or give very minimally, or has been giving and then stopped.
But also they found that there were about 200 families over the last 5 years whose giving dropped.
When you look at giving dropping or stopping one naturally asks: What happened there?
Did the person feel hurt by the church?
Angered by something they heard?
Discouraged about religion in general?
A messy marriage, divorce, remarriage situation?
A personal struggle or crisis of faith?
We don't know
But we know nationwide there are lots who don't practice,
Don't practice like they used to,
Practice but that fervor has being snuffed out.
That's the task of everybody.
Christian re evangelization
Tell them the good news that you've experienced
Get them excited again
Promise to walk with them.
If you're like "I can't deal with their issues" them point them to us.
Fr. Rowan and I would so much rather meet with people who are sad, or broken, or have beefs they want to get off their chests, than to just sit crunching numbers all day.
We'd way rather be doing spiritual direction and pastoral counseling than "spending all our lives trying to figure out how to save 3¢ on a length of pipe." (To quote George Bailey)
Do your best, because you're the natural connection to the church, but don't be afraid to refer.
We care first and foremost about their souls, but a secondary benefit is how it helps the parish.
Because you know who doesn't give?
People who are hurting.
People who are in marriages that are crumbling.
People who are angry or have lost trust.
People who have addictions: alcohol, drugs, pornography.
We as a parish—if we can help with those wounds—will find we also have a more robust, joyful, generous parish.
So take courage and have hope.
I'm not going to lose sleep over this; we have overcome worse.
It's not a matter of absolute crisis but it is a matter of digging down and finding the faith, courage, and prudence to do the right thing: As individuals, as a parish, and as a community.
Posted by Fr. Faulkner at 8:04 AM
Unknown October 1, 2016 at 9:43 AM
Bomb homily, thanks for shooting straight father!
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Jets Re-Sign Local Boys Pepper and Kantarovski
Home > A-League > Newcastle Jets > Jets Re-Sign Local Boys Pepper and Kantarovski
The Newcastle Jets are pleased to announce the re-signing of local talents Jacob Pepper and Ben Kantarovski, both on two-year deals (end of the 2015/16 season).
Kantarovski couldn’t be happier to commit his future to the Jets, especially after battling with knee injuries in the past two seasons.
“It’s really exciting,” the Broadmeadow junior said.
“I’ve missed a lot of football, so this is another chance to get out there and play for Newcastle for another two years.”
For 21-year-old defender/midfielder Pepper, re-signing at his local Club is an honour.
“It’s great that I’ll be here for another two years,” the West Wallsend junior said.
“It’s always good to play for your home club and growing up it was always something that I aspired to do.”
On top of their football duties, both players are securing their future off the field by studying at the University of Newcastle.
Pepper is studying a degree in Nutrition while Kantarovski is studying a degree in Psychology.
“You just don’t know what’s going to happen with your football career,” Pepper said.
“You could get injured and go off the radar, so you need a backup plan and it’s good after my football career that I can continue with my nutritional work.
“It’s good being at the uni and it just makes it easy being at the University of Newcastle.”
Kantarovski added, “I’m three years into my course now and I’m getting more an more into it and enjoying it the more I get to learn new things.
“It helps being this close to the uni with training and the uni helps with classes, helping us juggle them around our football careers.”
Jets CEO Robbie Middleby says the re-signing of Pepper and Kantarovski is another huge boost for the Club, after Adam Taggart re-signed on Thursday.
“Ben and Jacob are great individuals on and off the field and we are really pleased two young local players will continue their careers at the Jets,” Middleby said.
“Ben is in great form and we believe his best football is ahead of him while Jacob’s versatility and commitment are an asset to the Club.
“Both players epitomise that Newcastle spirit.”
Kantarovski and Pepper are part of the University’s Elite Athlete Friendly University program, which provides a support scheme for elite student athletes, allowing them to combine sport and study, and plan for their life after sport.
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Steve Jackson Games Forums > Roleplaying > Roleplaying in General
Memorable Quotes.
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Mark Skarr
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(If you have to ask . . .)
Re: Memorable Quotes.
Ume: “Fine! I won’t beat the cultist . . . (sotto voce) in front of the Paladin.”
Arthur: “If they saw battle, I’d be surprised.”
Lysette: “They saw battle . . . but weren’t really part of it.”
Ume: “I’m going to step up and pull out my lute.”
Lysette (OOC): “Is that a euphemism?”
Ume: “Do you have any idea how much I’ve been drinking today?”
Egos: “Did your friends tell you about the deal?”
Corvax: “I have altered the deal!”
Ume: “I was wondering if you could . . . take my leather armor and make it . . ..”
Corvax and Lysette (OOC): “Make it studly.”
Lysette: “How much would it cost to get horses with Danger Sense?”
Ume: “I have performance anxiety—I get freaked out in crowds.”
Lysette: “That’s not a great trait for a bard to have . . ..”
Lysette: “Another mad wizard . . . why can’t it ever be a happy wizard?”
Lysette: “He’s a dragonborn, not a lizardman. He’s not cold-blooded. Well, morally, that remains to be seen . . ..”
Tanso: “It may be colder in the keep.”
Lysette: “Once we get into the keep, we’ll have our adrenaline to keep us warm.”
Lysette: “Are there scones on the wall?”
Tanso: “Sconces, even?”
Lysette: “Yes. Sconces.”
Corvax (OOC): “Scones on the walls. It’s a very welcoming place.”
Ume: “I’m really glad the paladin is being the banker.”
Lysette: “They’re a big bag of easy-to-hit-points.”
Tanso: “It is the proverbial barn.”
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Tabby: “Can I make some lavender grow?”
01: “That’s not the herb we need right now . . ..”
GM: “Well you know that a Borg Cube is three kilometers on a side . . . but that’s faint comfort.”
Thane (OOC): “I’m glad Thane can’t hear this—he’d have several kittens by now.”
GM: “Which is odd, because he’s a werewolf.”
Thane: “Can I get a handful of Mars dust?”
01 (OOC): “You should get a bunch—it’s going to be a collector’s item really soon!”
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three kilometers on an edge, or three square kilometers on a side? It does make a difference in my amount of panic ;)
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Well, a Borg Cube is twenty-seven cubic kilometers. So, it's three kilometers on an edge, I guess. They're huge.
But, they're not the size of Mars or a Death Star . . . or a Death Star's volume of Metallic Hydrogen.
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Adam: “What did you put in there?”
Thane: “Mars.”
Adam: “Mars? All of it?”
Thane: “Yeah. That’s about all that’s left.”
Thane: “It can’t get any more confusing than it already is.”
GM (OOC): “Note to self: make more confusing.”
GM: “The Devil sent you here. All things considered, it’s a pretty nice place.”
2b: “Do I have a clue in my equipment list?”
GM: “You do feel the gaze of the two Dragon God murals weighing down upon you.”
Contessa: “I look up and whisper ‘Join me!’.”
GM: “Don’t throw Ponch’s head around!”
GM: “She’s in useful female armor . . . not fantasy artist female armor.”
Thane: “Naked displays of force are usually followed by court orders to put some pants on.”
01 (OOC): “Glitch—chainsaw!”
Glitch (OOC): “Eeyuu, I’ll have lizard bits all over me.”
01 (OOC): “It’ll come out in the wash.”
Thane: “I don’t know, maybe a good whacky-stick.”
01 (OOC): “Is that a technical term.”
GM: “You’ve never seen a lizardman pee himself before.”
Thane: “Or just before.”
GM: “He takes a life-altering amount of damage from that hit.”
Contessa (OOC): “I can choose my own destiny! I can multi-class!”
GM: “You’ve never received an incredulus look from a lizardman before . . . but you’re getting one now.”
(Deliberately mis-translating)
Contessa: “It’s something about you . . . and how you can’t attract a mate. It’s a very nuanced language.”
Contessa: “He also says that your progeny is weak an ineffective. Oh, wait, strike that, he remembered that you can’t get a mate.”
Tabby: “The conversation went a little south when Thane transformed.”
GM: “Okay, five. Glitch and the Nanoforms.”
01 (OOC): “That sounds like a terrible band name.”
Thane (in Lizardman, having been told how to say it): “Smear yourselves with mustard and say ‘goat birthday cake!’ suckers!”
01: “I’m down! Nanodorks! Operation Human Shield!”
GM: “Tabby. This is the most horrible thing you’ve ever seen. And you’ve seen Necrons up close.”
Contessa: “Why do you have boobs?!” (<- asked on numerous occasions)
GM: “Tabby. What would you like to do?”
Thane (OOC): “KILL IT! KILL IT! KILL IT!”
Contessa: “When she gets a chance, Contessa will probably get some pamphlets printed. With things like: Do you have a soul in your possession that you own, but don’t really use?”
Superfight:
Our current Champion is:
Santa, who can fly by flapping his arms and is made of guacamole.
The contest for the new player is: The game of Thrones.
FengMD played
Ichigo (from Bleach) with the One Ring.
The additional trait card they were dealt was:
Have to go to Time Out if they do anything mean.
FengMD: “Are they talking the sport of fencing? Or making a fence?”
Things that only make sense in Superfight:
Huck: “Is the nudist also a carnie?”
Bobb: “He is now.”
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Location: Iceland*
Older male PC to shy, reserved and timid college-age female PC, about a minute after she gratefully put on borrowed clothes after narrowly escaping from the traditional position of naked sacrifice, covered with otherwordly sigils, as the centerpiece in evil occult ceremony:
Male PC: "Is there anything I can do to help? Do you want me to help remove your body paint?"
"Let me rephrase that into something less creepy, socially inept and incredibly insensitive."
Later, that same PC Damsel-in-Distress.
GM: "What do you do while the guys distract the detectives, hide the diamonds and kidnap the sorceress?
DiD PC: "Is looking Pitiable an action?"
Still later, after the police an emergency personnel have reached them and are doing their thing.
GM as Kelly, a Homicide Detective: "Are you sure you don't remember any connection you could have to either of the other two people, using the names Robert E. Green and Gwen Delvano?"
DiD PC: I Parry any further questions with 'I'm the victim here' Judo and ugly crying. Then I try to use my Pitiable Power on the EMTs to summon blankets, bottled water and something to eat.
GM: "Detective Cartwright Blocks with Proper Procedure and just wanting to get all the information that can help them catch the people who did this, but Detective Kelly is Stunned into ineffectually patting your shoulder while simultaneously avoiding any unwanted contact or intimacy. Before long, your Patron has cast Summon Ridiculously High-Priced Attorney and you'll be spirited away in return for a promise to give a full statement once you've gotten medical attention for unspecified, vague and confidential medical issues. In the meantime, every female cop and EMT (as well as a few of the less threatening male ones) who have a daughter, kid sister or niece hover around you and sacrifice blankets, coats, water, coffee and sandwiches to your Pitiable Power."
DiD PC: "Can I make my sandwich a ham sandwich with a Power Stunt?"
GM: "And hot cocoa, free of charge. Plus, nobody looks at you with resigned weariness and the silent judgment we reserve for the suicidally unhinged in their eyes, the way Detectives Cartsright and Kelly get when they see Lucien Lacoste and Ted Smith at a crime scene. They're just full of ordinary compassion, not the pity people feel for madmen."
Za uspiekh nashevo beznadiozhnovo diela!
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Nintendo Teases The “Appealing” Benefits Of Switch’s Online Membership
Published on February 12, 2018 by Jennifer Stephens
Originally pegged to launch in late 2017, the Nintendo Switch’s paid online service will finally go live in September. We know how much a membership will cost, but, outside of access to online play and voice chat, Nintendo hasn’t shared all the details yet regarding what you get for your dollars. Now, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima and managing executive officer Shinya Takahashi have teased some of the “appealing” bonuses that players can expect.
During a recent investor Q&A, Kimishima laid out Nintendo’s ambitions for the service. He said, “We view the online service as one component of our efforts to diversity how our games are played and to get people to play more of our games. That is why we want to apply substantial resources to the online service, with the thinking that we will devote our energies to making this a for-pay service.”
Regarding how Nintendo plans to popularise the Switch’s online membership, Kimishima teased that Nintendo will offer “products” that gamers hopefully find appealing. “It is less about the mechanism and more a question of what kinds of products we can offer, and the spread of the service will depend on whether consumers want what we offer.”
“Please give us a bit more time to announce more details about the service. I think that announcement will convey to you how we plan to popularise the service.”
Takahashi went on to tease that Nintendo’s upcoming announcement about the Switch’s online service will be some big news. “We have some ideas about how to make Nintendo Switch Online appealing when it becomes a for-pay service, so I think our next announcement will be worth the wait,” Takahashi said.
By comparison, the paid memberships for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 offer things like free games every month and discounts, among other benefits.
Online play for Switch games has been free since the system launched in March 2017. Initially, Nintendo planned to launch its paid service in Fall 2017, but it was delayed to 2018. At the time, Nintendo announced it would offer memberships for 1 month ($4), 3 months ($8), and 12 months ($20), but it remains to be seen if those prices are still accurate. By comparison, Xbox Live Gold and PlayStation Plus cost $60/year.
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You are here: Main » White House Buckles in For Hurricane Florence
White House Buckles in For Hurricane Florence
by Patrizio Lizzio - at September 13, 2018
Scientists have filmed an astonishing video of the interior of Hurricane Florence, as the storm bears down on North and SC.
Even with some weakening that's predicted just before it makes landfall, the storm "is expected to remain a unsafe major hurricane as it approaches the coastline", the hurricane center said.
Steady streams of vehicles full of people and belongings flowed inland Tuesday as North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper tried to convince everyone on North Carolina's coast to flee.
"While I've Evac'ed home to Charlotte, I've rummaged the house for an old book to read, and stumbled upon a little light reading". Additionally, there will be damaging winds that could top 100 miles per hour, isolated tornadoes, and "devastating" storm surge.
Florence, it said, will bring "life-threatening storm surge and rainfall to portions of the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic".
The hurricane warning was issued for issued from South Santee River, South Carolina, to Duck, North Carolina, and the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. "When you slow a system down that has tropical water with it, it is just going to dump rain". He underlined the point that even if you call 911, there is a chance rescue services may not be able to get to you.
North Carolina farms are moving livestock to safety.
"The governor said that North Carolina is the bull's eye of this hurricane", Larry Wooten, president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, said in an interview.
Alamance County residents should brace for at least 2 to 4 inches and as much as 10 inches of rain over the weekend, the National Weather Service said Wednesday, Sept. 12.
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A state of emergency has been declared in both North and SC.
"The time to prepare is nearly over", he said.
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"This morning I drove around for an hour looking for gas in Cary".
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Posted by Darrien T Green on November 6, 2018 at 8:30pm
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November 3, 2018,
It’s that time of season where you know who is doing what at a high level. So, you know from a GenNexXt & Seal prospective we have to highlight it. With my eyes on so many teams Nationally I’m excited to show you guys who ate the Hottest Youth Football Quarterbacks in the country. Now listen this list isn’t set in stone so no need to tell me who I left out. I can only vouch for what my eyes have seen.
Kids are playing at a high level and executing very complicated schemes while putting up mind boggling numbers. It is our pleasure to feature these young guys and reward them for their great play on the field. Enough of that let’s get to the situation at hand.
The Hottest GunSlingerz Introduction
Name: Jordyn Potts
Measurables: 5’7“-135 lbs
Team: Fulton Falcons (TN)
It has been a pleasure to watch this young man’s growth as a Quarterback over the years. This is Youth Football so throw prototypical Quarterback size out the window this kid hasn’t hit his growth spurt yet. As for his game he possesses all the classic Quarterback qualities which allows him to play the game at a high level.
Potts is definitely best described as a pocket-passer. However, after adding a couple rushing touchdowns, he showed he can be creative on his feet when needed. He is comfortable in the pocket and isn’t afraid of the long-ball, often throwing 40+ yard completions. Jordyn is able to hit receivers in stride and stand up to pressure without letting it affect his vision down the field, which is proven in his 14u season completion percentage of 61 %. Here are his season stats, he passed for 2,892 yards for 49 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. You can’t change the narrative when speaking on this kid, because numbers don’t lie. Eager to see what Jordyn does on the next level because every year I’ve followed this phenom he has raised his level of play.
Name: Cecil Stone Jr.
Team: PPO Bengals (FL)
The most impressive feat you can conquer as a Quarterback is to protect the ball. A skill Cecil Stone Jr. has been a master of so far during his season. I’m talking about to the tune of 1 interception to 35 passing touchdowns on the year and he still has more games to be played. Knowing how hard this kid has worked on his craft over the years it’s not a surprise he has a perfect Quarterback rating on the year. Cecil stock has been trending upward since I’ve had the honor of watching him play over 3 years ago.
Physically, Cecil’s a player with average height for the position but carries a strong arm. And he is a classic "power thrower" he can push the ball to all fields. The ball comes off his hand quickly and doesn’t lose velocity during its downward trajectory. He exhibits the ability the change speeds as well, dialing up the RPM’s to make window throws or applying touch as he deems necessary.
In terms of accuracy, Cecil not only can place the ball away from defenders, but also puts his receivers in position to make plays after the catch. His ball control is also evident in his ability to make bucket throws on end zone fade routes or drop the ball in front of the safety on post-corner routes. He powers the ball through coverage on skinny posts and dig routes, beating tight coverage with placement. Far from a finish product Cecil is for sure setting the stage to be ready for the next level with all the attributes he possesses.
Name: Prentiss “Air” Noland
Measurables: 5’11”-170 lbs
Team: Atlanta Panthers (GA)
Sometimes kids benefit when the offensive scheme is tweaked or more formations & plays are added to the playbook. Air Noland was always a kid that had the package of a 5-star Quarterback, but he was more of a play action QB in a run heavy scheme. Fast forward to this year and he has come full circle with the offense being opened up. Where Air Noland really shines is with his arm strength, which allows him to fit throws into small windows. And for a prospect who didn't get the luxury of throwing out a wide open offense the year before, he appears remarkably polished in terms of his mechanics, from his solid footwork to his clean, crisp throwing motion. His good footwork and ideal sequencing with his front foot step allows him to maximize his arm strength to put significant velocity on his passes.
As a result, Air Noland can reach difficult parts of the field and doesn't have any problems making throws from one hash to the sideline. He can also push the ball down the field on deep throws and is comfortable moving left, where his pure arm strength is apparent on throws with remarkable velocity for him being on the move. That state of Georgia has been shelling out big-time Quarterbacks, well Air Noland is next in line as far as size and being the total package.
Name: Noah Brannock
Team: Hamilton Tigers (MD)
There is something to be said about a Quarterback who is on fire even in the midst of playing one of the toughest schedules. Noah Brannock is one of those Quarterbacks that believes in spreading the wealth among his Receivers. Armed with some numbers to prove he is one of the hottest Quarterbacks in the country. Averaging three touchdowns a game and over 30 passing touchdowns on the season it’s safe to say Noah is in the zone.
Noah operates out of the spread, and consistently delivers a catchable ball, hitting his receivers in stride. Accuracy is the most important physical attribute for a quarterback to meet, provided he meets a certain baseline of arm strength which Noah meets with his cannon of an arm. I also like Noah's ability to throw when he doesn't have a perfect pocket, or is off balance. Some evaluators refer to this as throwing "off platform. "Noah's motion looks good. He has a free and easy delivery, though it can be a bit less than ideal when he tries to hump up on the throw and generate extra RPMs. Big time talent already ahead of the learning curve this kid should have smooth transition to the next level.
Name: Tahj Smith
Team: Central Virginia Canes (Va)
During our Preseason YNC Kickoff Classic Central Va QB Tahj Smith caught my eye, I came away very impressed with his skillset as a Quarterback. There are many things to like about Smith. First, he has a consistent, compact stroke. I'd like to see him hold the ball a bit higher, but a consistent throwing motion that is mechanically sound is one of the keys to good quarterbacking. His motion actually reminds me a bit of Jared Goff's, though perhaps a bit more robotic. He also does a nice job with play fakes, which helps to hold the rush.
After watching more of him I was able to see Smith be pressured a lot, because his offensive line is not great. He does drive the ball with authority though, and he is able to quickly release it to get it to his playmakers. And he moves well within the pocket, big reason I consider him a dual-threat quarterback because he can pull it down and beat you with his legs. And Smith makes the difficult throws effortlessly with that big-time arm strength he possesses, I notice he is streaky, so his accuracy depends on if he is in rhythm. When he is on, there isn’t a throw he can’t make he hits his receivers in stride with room for them to make plays after the catch. Tahj best ball is in front of him so keep track of this kid, he is sure to be on everyone’s radar in two to three years book it.
Name: Isaiah Marshall
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Team: Southfield Falcons (MI)
Hot is an understatement when you’re speaking of Southfield Falcons Quarterback Isaiah Marshall. Were talking about a kid with a streak with over 40 touchdown passes the last 2 years. I don’t have the exact numbers but I’m willing to bet this kid achieved that goal for the third consecutive year. Marshall is a fantastic youth football Quarterback. He has adequate size to succeed at the highest levels of youth football. He's a bright guy, who really has an advanced understanding of football for a youth football player. And having a father as his O.C who also Coaches High school ball, he gets advanced coaching on the youth level.
Arm strength is overrated unless a player doesn't have it. Marshall definitely has arm strength. But that's not what makes him a special prospect. That would be his accuracy and ball placement. Marshall makes a really high percentage of his throws not only to the correct receiver, but to a spot that allows the receiver to run with the football after the catch. There's accuracy, and then there is accuracy within the target. Marshall also does a great job of using the right amount of velocity on each throw, putting it into tight windows, both horizontal and vertical, particularly over defenders in the second level. Isaiah has one more year of youth football but the way he plays looking forward to seeing how he finishes things out.
Name: Xavion Washington
Team: Tampa Bay Area Jags (FL)
Washington has pretty good height at this stage for a dual-threat signal caller. With an over the top delivery Washington can push the ball downfield, though his deep ball does hang a bit towards the end of its flight. He’s quick footed in the pocket, and does a great job re setting when protection breaks down and keeping his eyes upfield
He’s a creative and decisive open field runner. Even though he is categorized as a dual-threat quarterback, his instinct is to pass first, run second. Even in instances where protection breaks down he stays composed and makes the most prudent decision whether it be to run or look to pass. As a passer Washington best attribute might be his ball placement. He does a great job "throwing receivers open". He understands how to make throws that counter a defensive backs leverage and essentially ‘create’ a passing window even if his receiver is tightly covered upon release of the ball. One of the hottest Quarterback’s in the country resides in Tampa, Florida.
Name: Pierce Clarkson
Team: I.E Ducks (CA)
With a plethora of playmakers at his disposal Pierce Clarkson is the hottest Quarterback on the hottest team in the country. With strength of schedule in his favor Clarkson has still managed to put up some big numbers. Clarkson stands tall and carries a quick release. He has good vision and the ability to both fit the ball in small windows against zones, or "throw his receivers open" versus man coverage, due to his uncanny ball placement. On tape, Clarkson is consistently able to complete passes in tight areas despite his receivers being tightly covered.
As a passer, Clarkson is legitimately gifted. He's multi-dimensional in the respect that he's a pocket passer who is able to deliver the ball from different platforms. He shows excellent touch on fade routes and bucket throws into the deep quadrants of the field, as his fastball is best utilized when asked to make stick throws into the short to intermediate areas. All of these great qualities are great but when your Dad is Quarterback guru Steve Clarkson, quite sure he is cleaning up the little things. Bright future ahead of this kid.
Name: William Watson III
Team: Springfield Tigers (MA)
William Watson is an extremely mobile quarterback, and is able to extend plays with his legs. On film, his arm strength is the first thing that stands out. Watson is able to throw the long ball with ease and accuracy. He understands where he needs to put the ball, and a lot of that is from his apparent football IQ. He is poised inside and out of the pocket when a play breaks down, and makes a lot of throws that quarterbacks typically reserved for more polished players.
Watson talent and ability are there and always have been. There’s no doubt that the hype is deserved and justified. The way he makes playing the Quarterback position look easy, it is not a surprise that he has eye popping numbers in the passing game as well as on the ground. Going forward the only thing this kid can do is prepare himself for next level challenges seeing as he has dominated his area for sometime now.
Name: Jevelle Kimble
Team: Georgia Sting (GA)
Jevelle in my book is also considered a top Receiver in my eyes. But this year Kimble is playing Quarterback and at high level at that. Kimble is quite simply an athletic signal-caller. He has a quick but strong delivery on his throws, and possesses superb accuracy on short and mid-range throws. There were multiple instances in which Kimble displayed the ability to squeeze the ball into tight coverages over the middle. Considered a top 20 athlete and quarterback in the country, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that he is very nimble on his feet. He has the eyes of a good running back to see open lanes to run through, but he also has the ability to escape the pocket and give plays extra time to develop. On one particular play, one of the Sting receivers was just 20 yards outside of the end zone, and Kimble was able to maneuver around multiple rushing defenders and throw the ball over the heads of three men in the secondary to find his open receiver.
The biggest decision in Kimble’s career will be will he stick with playing Quarterback or move back out wide to Receiver. Either way it goes this kid is a football player he just seems to produce on a 5-star level whenever his number is called.
Name: Camren Boykin
Team: Landover Seminoles (MD)
Sporting a 4.0 gpa for your Quarterback is plus which explains why Camren Boykins has his team off to the hottest start on the East Coast. He doesn’t have the eye-popping Passing touchdown numbers, with only 15 on the season. But that is because Cam team average margin of victory is 35 points. A very savvy and confident player with a nice feel for the game and a presence for what is going on around him. Poised and calm. Makes quick, good decisions on passes. Displays timing and pacing with his feet, drops and delivery. Takes something off shorter passes and shows good touch. Is accurate, throws to a spot and can lead receivers. Shows good range in the short and intermediate zones and throws a quick, catchable ball.
Shows very good arm strength and when his feet are set he can drive the ball downfield and shows very good RPMs on short and intermediate routes. Gets rid of the ball quickly for the most part. Has shown flashes of a very quick delivery when forced to dump the ball off in the face of the rush. As a passer the ball really jumps out of his hand for a kid of his stature and you can't coach the speed and of his delivery. Big things come in small packages is what comes to mind watching this kid lead his team.
Name: Furmin Livingston
Measurables: 5”7”-133
Team: Overtown Tornadoes (FL)
A consignment professional when it comes to leading his team. Furmin Livingston is a proven winner since his peewee days. Furman shows good footwork and balance in the pocket. He is light on his feet, but keeps his cleats dug in the ground to use his lower half when throwing the ball. He's a natural thrower that throws a tight spiral. He can deliver the ball with very good zip and flashed the arm strength to make every throw that is asked of him. He also shows nice touch and didn't throw a fastball every time. His touch and arc on the deep ball was very good, his best asset is using the pump fake to open holes in the zone.
He does a really great job of escaping the rush and his first instinct is to take a look down the field to make a play. He improvises well on the run. Not like most young quarterbacks, this kid has learned how to go through his progressions. If his first read isn't there, he doesn’t just take off and run even without any pressure. Reading defenses and going through progressions is something he is ahead off the game on. All things considered Livingston might be the next big time Miami Booker T. Washington Quarterback he is that special.
Name: Cody Shelton
Team: Chesterfield Falcons
Cody Shelton has took his game to another level since the spring, he has been on fire since 7v7 season. His play has carried on to the regular season to the tune of 18 touchdown passes thru 8 games. Nice to see Cody has the ability to scramble around if need be. His footwork in the pocket is very quick and nimble, and that bodes well for the next level.
As a passer, Shelton looks good. He delivers the ball accurately, which is the most important thing a QB must do. Some of his passes show excellent touch, and he is able to vary his angles to fit the ball over defenders. Shelton's release is quite quick, which helps him compensate somewhat for a motion with a low arm angle and a tendency to push the ball. Shelton's arm strength looks fine, good enough to get thee job done. His football Iq allows him to make his living throwing receivers open as opposed to waiting and firing bullets. Only thing holding Cody back is a growth spurt despite that this kid leaves it all out on the field.
Name: Antonio Smith
Team: Miami Gardens Chiefs (FL)
Since a young age Smith had an advanced understanding of the passing game, that’s a result of having a father who is an Offensive Coordinator. Smith has been putting up video game type numbers since he was 10 years old. There's a lot to like about Smith. He has a quick release. The ball comes out of his hand with good velocity, and for the most part, it doesn't die on him. Smith throws the ball with appropriate touch and is able to take something off when the situation doesn't call for his fastball. His pocket presence & composure in the pocket allows him to go thru his progressions.
This kid is a gamer and as long is he is under center his teams has a fighting chance. Which was on display versus the 1# ranked Miami Gardens Ravens Smith almost lead his team to the biggest upset of the year behind his play in the passing game. Round 2 takes place for all the marbles and his hotness will be tested.
Name: D.J Moore
Team: Detroit Spartans (MI)
Nothing can prove how hot you are than performing on the big stage. Let’s just say D.J Moore was the hottest of the hot, leading his team to a Super Bowl Championship tossing 3 touchdown passes. There are many facets of Moore game that are elite, starting with his size. But despite the fact he's considered a pro-style prospect, Moore is an above-average athlete for the position, Throwing while moving isn't an issue for him in large part because of his remarkable arm strength. Simply put, Cornwell has a cannon attached to his right shoulder.
Being a top-flight quarterback is about more than just arm strength, it's about being able to throw catchable passes, as well as loft the ball over linebackers or other defenders in underneath coverage. Moore knows when to take something off his throws in the flats and was strong in the section of the two-minute Pressure Cooker situation during the season throwing over the linebackers without any issues. Total package is why this phenom lead his team to yet another Super Bowl certified the hottest of the hot Gunslinger Quarterback.
Name: Tyshun White
Team: ABA Bulldogs
Preseason YNC I got the chance to see this kid display his skills and I had to add him to the hottest list. Tyshun has upped his game since Preseason and his team is steamrolling the competition and he is on fire. Very athletic. White is quick, agile, has good speed, and runs with good balance and instincts. In fact, his balance also helps him in the passing game. White has the right size and finds throwing lanes to show off his explosive arm. White is able to slide in the pocket quite well and keep his balance to deliver an accurate ball at angles where other quarterbacks might struggle to stay on balance. He also throws well on the run.
One of the things I'm most confident about with White is his ability to operate as a traditional pocket passer or Dual-threat. White's passes come via play action or in the spread. And he does quickly diagnose and deliver the football accurately out of the spread, it's not exactly the same as a traditional drop back but were in the era of the spread. So,I look forward to seeing this kid continue to develop, push comes to shove kid is so athletic he can play anywhere
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FSWA announces 2018 award finalists
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The Fantasy Sports Writers Association has announced finalists for our 2018 writing and media awards. Our judges reviewed hundreds of submissions across 23 categories. RotoWire led all content providers with 15 finalist nods, followed by Rotoworld with nine. Winners will be revealed on the FSWA awards show on SiriusXM in early February.
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By James Tatum Gale
I recently watched a video online filmed from a car driving through one of the latest major wildfires in California. Maybe you saw it too. In the video, which is frightening and difficult to watch, you can hear someone in the car praying out loud for the ultimate safety of the passengers.
Often the significance of social conditions, economic hardship, and natural disasters don’t really cause alarm until it “hits home,” or until we are affected by such conditions directly. The family in the video was surrounded by flames and blinding smoke coming from both sides of the road. They did not know if they would make it out, whether they proceeded forward or tried to turn around. The video had a happy ending; the vehicle emerged from the lengthy engulfed stretch unharmed.
Prayer is a natural act in humans, I believe, so I am certainly not going to knock that. Whether the passenger’s prayer was a direct, emergency-911 communication to God, or more like a personal plea to her own willpower for the strength and perseverance to survive the hellish pass, it was an act that did not seem out of place or unusual. It’s the long-form version of Oh no, as in, please, not now, let there be a way out of this situation. We’ve all been there to various degrees on multiple occasions, and we often exclaim some version of that communication.
And when it’s not ourselves in danger, we thank our lucky stars just the same. Oh thank goodness that’s not me. Or, thank you, God, for keeping me from having to go through that. Sometimes we feel lucky to avoid someone else’s misfortune, and other times we are proud we managed to prevent ourselves from an ugly situation. We celebrate with a deep breath, just like we do when luck seems to be on our side.
Most adults have stupidly sent a text while driving, and looked up to see a guard rail rapidly approaching, or oncoming traffic, or a telephone pole, or a pedestrian. Let those be lessons not to take such careless and dangerous risks ever again.
Forest fires, hurricanes, floods, mudslides, droughts, and heat waves all have terrible, deadly consequences. We can’t prevent them, but there are many indications that these things are happening with greater frequency and greater intensity at least in part due to industrialized nations’ over consumption of fossil fuels and farm animals. Consumption of these things emits large amounts of methane and other gases into the atmosphere which likely results in more of these particularly severe natural disasters, where lots of people die, lose loved ones, or lose priceless possessions. Science supports that, which means evidence to the contrary is lacking.
Some pray that the frequency and intensity of these events will reverse and lives will be spared. Who can blame them for doing so? But we also have willpower. Responsible drivers might think they can avoid accidents while texting, but we put our phones out of reach while driving anyway. Why take the risk?
Like driving and texting, which is now illegal but still easy to fall into a habit of doing, we need to make an effort to change our habits. If our actions only impacted ourselves, it would make sense enough for our own good, but since our actions impact others, it really ought to be a natural response to take action into our own hands. We’re not helpless in this situation.
About James Tatum Gale
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The most fantastic thing in the universe! Circulation: 191,805,153 Issue: 621 | 15th day of Storing, Y15
Year 15 Through The Eyes Of Neopians
by rospetta
Another year has gone by in Neopia and it was a memorable, intense one. Looking back as a reporter, I realized that there was so much to capture that I didn't know where to start from. We met many new folks in the past twelve months and experienced some quite extraordinary happenings – a Spooky Food Eating Contest that turned out to be a quest to capture a rampaging monster, a Daily Dare for the most part without AAA and do I need to mention the finding of an Obelisk that led to a War? For most Neopians, these unprecedented series of events were what made the fifteenth year in Neopia a very exciting and busy year. That doesn't mean, however, that other less striking happenings couldn't be more special to some of us and that sometimes what may seem like an insignificant day on Neopia for most could actually be the most important day on the life of someone else.
So I decided that the best way to capture the past year was to ask a bunch of average and not-so-average Neopets to share with me their favourite moment, best or worst memory, or even just their thoughts on the past year in Neopia. Through the lens of these folks, I discovered that this year was nothing short of life-changing for many and that there was way too much that had never crossed my mind or that, simply, I had misconceptions about.
I hope you will find these quotes as revealing as they were for me, but don't be fooled! Some are to be expected, and do not act too surprised if more than once you will identify yourself in them. Enjoy the reading!
"It's been an exhausting year and it doesn't look like it'll get any better. Either the oracle stops giving out boons or I resign. I seriously need a vacation." - Healing Springs Faerie
"I never thought I'd get out of those catacombs. When I saw the light I cried." – Dresdam, Meridell villager
"Ugg ugg gal-aka! Tyrannia ahh tyranu bo ugg na de Obelisk, ugga keh da bo gal!" Translation: "The best year EVER! With the Tyrannia team winning the Altador Cup and the Obelisk war, we have never seen so many tourists and shoppers" - Tyrannian Town Hall employee
"The Sway is no longer as elitist or mysterious as it used to be, I'm thinking of forming a new secret organization, which you will never know about." – Member of the Sway, identity unknown.
"Times are changing in Neopia. Even the new generation of bottle faeries are not as tough as we used to be." - Retired Fading Bottled Dark Faerie
"Fyora day was AWESOME! I think we should have more days like those, even a whole year. Do you know of any other more significant day?" - Queen Fyora
"We thought Neopians would handle fatigue better." - Sarcastic Skeletons
"I thought I was the coolest." - Kanrik
"Giant Space Fungus, you better stop being a hoarder and give me back my nerkmids." - Alien Aisha
"Rumors claiming I didn't know about the obelisk until too late are silly. Why would I bother taking over something less than the whole Neopia". "Ps. I plan to have a lot more stamps for you pitiful Neopets to reinforce adoration of my figure and finally make you my slaves." – Dr. Frank Sloth
"Between you and me, I am still trying to understand how we managed to place second in the Altador Cup." - "Trapper" Ramis, Altador Team captain
"Me bribed? Nonsense! We are a serious institution of Neopia and have nothing to do with secret organizations. Now if you'll excuse me I have an important meeting to attend." - Skeith Bank Manager
"I stopped training, eating, and even sleeping for a few weeks in September. That was when I was hanging around the Smugglers Cove to get the Death Knell. I looked so horrible and greedy I'm not surprised the smugglers thought I was there to get them in trouble." - A Neopian, who wishes to remain anonymous.
"We may be weaker but at least we are still useful." - Weak Bottle Fire Faerie
"Things were getting exciting in the summer when it looked like the fog patches around Lutari Island were dissipating and the water was getting calmer, but it was a false alarm and we were not able to get close to the island. So I guess another boring year for us, but we feel year 16 will be the Lutari Island year, finally." - Lutari Island Explorers Club representative
"I'm reconsidering my career as a mercenary after getting defeated by the Sway in the War of the Obelisk. Seeing so many intellectuals and magicians going at war and then plotters of all managing to win over us, made me realize I may have shot at my real vocation – opening a grooming shop – I am so excited!" - Commander Flint
"We are glad Neovia is getting some food contests going, bring on the competition!" - Gooblah the Grarrl, Food Club Pirate
"I've waited my whole life to become a royal meerca, and now my wish has come true. Best year ever!" – RoyalMeercaWannabe, Proud Neopian
"A great year, but just like any other, really. Spent most of my time signing autographs to fans and giving interviews like this, you know. Oh yeah, the Daily Dare. That was fun, but I had to leave that to my friend AAA – it's way more important to him than it is to me, I don't need to prove anything, you know." - Chadley
"I don't know what's wrong with the oracle, he keeps giving out boons but WE KNOW he has cake! It better be good cake, I never had to fight so hard for one, I usually fight over brains... I don't even remember why I became so obsessed with cake..." Olabet Shuffletoes, member of the Awakened
"The times of the giant green kelp are long gone! Somebody must have dumped a truckload of stuff in this underwater lake, we are catching an unusual amount of books, scrolls and other interesting things." – Krisil the Happy Fishing Usul
"Who needs training in the battledome? I built up way more muscles running all over Neopia in search of Neggs and then going down 120 floors of catacombs! I've never been in such good shape." – Sonorha from Shenkuu
"I am awake, thanks. Now leave me alone." "And one other thing, the threatening letters I've started to receive are not cool." - The Oracle
"Koi Warrior and I are Best Friends Forever!! I was finally able to access the secret ninja training school with all the codestones he has been giving me!" – Blagio, my beloved pet
"I'm seriously worried about my brother. Doing the Daily Dare with Chadley was a BAD idea. He's been literally playing day and night non-stop to prove he's the only game master. Next year Daily Dare will be as tough as never before, that is if he survives of course. At least I've warned you." - Abigail
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Sangmoon Bae swings back into action after military service at Shinhan Donghae Open
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Incheon, Korea: Korea’s Sangmoon Bae will be aiming to come up tops against a power-packed field in his first professional tournament at the Shinhan Donghae Open since being discharged from military service last month.
Bae, a three-time Asian Tour winner, who has also won twice on the PGA TOUR, is excited to return to competitive golf after having limited playing opportunities in the army.
His last professional tournament was in 2015, when he played at the Presidents Cup.
Bae spent two years as a rifleman in the army and will be looking to fire on all cylinders when he tees off at the Bear’s Best Cheongna Golf Club on Thursday.
Korea’s Yikuen Chang is also expected to put up a strong challenge for the Shinhan Donghae Open title following a record-breaking win on the domestic tour last weekend.
Playing in Korea for the first time in four years, David Lipsky of the United States is determined to put up a strong performance as he seeks to return to the top of the Order of Merit after being dislodged by Australia’s Scott Hend over the weekend.
Bae won the Shinhan Donghae Open twice in 2013 and 2014.
Bae is hitting the ball further as his driving distance is now longer due to his weight and physical training in the army.
Chang topped the class at the 2016 Asian Tour Qualifying School which was his event since turning professional.
Chang is the first multiple winner on his local tour since 2007. He also set a domestic tour record with a 72-hole score of 28-under-par at the home event last weekend.
Chang’s best result on the Asian Tour this season was a tied-second finish at the Yeangder Heritage in April.
Lipsky missed the cut in his last Korean event which he played on the Asian Tour in 2012.
The Korean-American is chasing his third Asian Tour victory this week. He last won in 2014 in Switzerland.
Lipsky has two Asian Tour victories and won the Order of Merit title in 2014. He won the Qualifying School in 2012 to earn his card in Asia.
Player Quotes:
Sangmoon Bae (Kor)
I didn’t have many opportunities to play golf when I was in the army. But whenever we had our vacations, they allowed us to do so. I remembered vividly my first time hitting the golf ball again after about five or six months into army. Every minute was so precious and I really treasured each time when I was out on the golf course or at the driving range. I’m very happy to be back, playing among fellow professionals. It has been a month since I was discharged from the army and I’ve dedicated all my time to golf ever since. I’m looking forward to a good challenge this week and will be very interested to see where I finished on Sunday.
Yikuen Chang (Kor)
I’m driving the ball really well right now so I’ll be using a lot of drivers this week. It’s pretty wide open here and you got to hit it really far. So I guess I’ll have an advantage there. I hope to set a record on the Asian Tour like what I did on the local Tour last week. I’ve lots of Korean fans and there’ll be a lot of people cheering me on. That obviously helps and I’ll try my best for the week.
David Lipsky (Usa)
This is my first visit back to Korea after four years. My mum’s Korean and I look forward to playing in front of the passionate Korean crowd again. I’ve developed as a player. My game has gone better. I just want to come back and challenge myself. I’ve grown as a player both physically and mentally and I want to challenge myself even more. I’m going to playing in Asia for the rest of the year and winning the Order of Merit again is at the back of my mind. That’s the goal I would like to achieve at the end of the season.
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The Branch Will Not Break
Bethesda, MD, USA
Great Noise Ensemble partners with the Westmoreland Festival Chorus for a performance on Saturday June 3rd to raise funds for the local charity Bethesda Cares, Inc. The program will feature music of living composers, including the premiere of a new work, and will feature mezzo-soprano Lena Seikaly. Join both Armando Bayolo (GNE) and Alec Davis (WFC) on the podium as we explore aspects of human perspective, society, and time.
Westmoreland’s Alec Davis says, “A choir member recently approached me after a rehearsal and said, ‘this music we are learning is very pretty, but I don’t leave rehearsals with a melody running through my head like I usually do, I just end up asking questions and pondering ideas.’ My response was immediate, ‘Excellent! That’s exactly what this concert is for.’ Many of us attend performances of beloved standards, such as the Brahms Requiem or a Bach Cantata, and we know what to expect. While choirs and orchestras are constantly seeking ways to make older music relevant to today’s audiences, it is the music of living composers in which we most acutely hear the echoes of the world we live in now.”
The concert will open with a performance of the song cycle Ayre by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov, whose music has been championed by performers like the Kronos Quartet and Dawn Upshaw. Renowned jazz singer Lena Seikaly joins members of Great Noise Ensemble in what the New Yorker described as “an ecstatically beautiful piece but also a radical and disorienting one. Many people, on first encountering its rasping sonorities, hurtling rhythms, and welters of lament, will be unsure whether they are listening to pop music or to classical music or to some folk ritual of indeterminate origin. However they answer, they will be right.” (Alex Ross, The New Yorker) The work itself mixes music of Christian, Arab, and Sephardic Jewish traditions to depict a kaleidoscope of culture and sounds.
We will continue with the premier of a newly written work entitled Ruminations on words by Charles Bernstein, which includes texts by American poet Charles Bernstein juxtaposed with Buddhist mantra sung in Sanskrit and Tibetan by the choir. The musicians will perform beneath a 1977 recording of Charles Bernstein himself, pulled from a NYC Public Access television program, and will remark on that familiar feeling of constantly striving towards something, only for the light at the end of the tunnel to push further away.
To close the performance, the Festival Chorus and Great Noise instrumentalists will perform Christopher Cerrone’s The Branch Will Not Break, after which this performance is named. This setting of texts by American poet James Arlington Wright paints vivid and serene images of the American mid-west, only to stumble upon epiphanies that changes the whole meaning and tone. The composer remarked that Rilke’s famous adage, “You must change your life,” served as inspiration to both author and composer. So, too, we include this work to complete the philosophical journey this concert seeks to inspire.
Regarding the concert, Davis says, “At the end of the day, the journey is meant to leave you with questions, or at least to be an impetus to think differently about questions you are already asking. What is the real nature of differences between cultures? What does common humanity amidst stark differences feel like? What does it look like when you examine how you spend your own time? What would it take to really change that? We support the work of Bethesda Cares because it seeks to make change for people who need it, and ultimately we hope that you will too. New Music is not all scary, and if you make yourself vulnerable to the experience, you may just find it to be incredibly rewarding.”
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Vietnam’s frist PPP projects kicks off
by Arno Maierbrugger - Sep 23, 2013
Foreign investors are “very interested” in Vietnam’s first public-private partnership (PPP) project, the Dau Giay-Phan Thiet highway, after a series of preferential policies have been announced, VietNamNet Bridge reported on September 23.
On September 19, the Ministry of Transport and the World Bank held a meeting with foreign investors on the project. Previously, three workshops were held in India, Korea and Singapore in July, attracting “hundreds of foreign investors.”
The fourth workshop attracted 36 major investors which are “well-know groups” in the field of building infrastructure, mainly from France, India, the Philippines and Singapore, the report said.
There will be a series of incentives for investors who win the bid. Specifically, a non-refundable grant from the World Bank’s Viability Gap Fund (VGF) will be available to the bid winner. In addition, investors will not need external commercial loans because the World Bank will provide another loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development fund, with a cmuch lower interest rate than commercial loans.
For the government of Vietnam, in addition to making a legal framework for the project, will also be fully responsible for the site clearance for the project, with funding from the state budget of $107 million.
The local investor into the PPP projects is Bitexco group. The second investor can be one or a group of up to three companies with 40 per cent of capital contribution.
The Dau Giay-Phan Thiet expressway project is located in the Southeastern region with four lanes and a length of 100 kilometers at a total investment of $757 million. The highway has strategic importance for connecting economic centers from Ho Chi Minh City to Phan Thiet. After the road is put into operation, it is expected to reduce congestion on the main Highway 1A.
Once the highway is completed, the project investors will have about 30 years to manage the road before handing it back to the Ministry of Transport. Deputy Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong said the toll on this highway will not exceed the current ceiling level.
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ISIS Note: Further Questions on Sanctioned North Korean Entity
by David Albright and Andrea Stricker
ISIS was “scooped” yesterday by Jeffrey Lewis and Catherine Dill who published in 38North a well-researched article entitled “Smoke and Mirrors: DPRK Front Companies in China and Russia” about a North Korean company called Ryonha Machinery Joint Venture Corporation and a Moscow entity owned in part by North Korea named KORTEC or Koryo Technological Corporation. We congratulate them for an excellent article. This note adds mainly to their reporting on KORTEC.
Ryonha is a producer of a wide range of machine tools, including Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machine tools. It makes machine tools itself but its sales literature shows that Ryonha CNC machine tools often use Taiwanese controllers, and in at least one case a customer was offered the option of buying a German controller. It is very unlikely that these manufacturers of controllers sold North Korea their products; they were likely deceived by front companies or other methods.
Ryonha was sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council in 2013 for supporting the WMD programs of North Korea, often through use of aliases and front companies or subsidiaries of Ryonha established abroad. As the article by Lewis and Dill states, Ryonha continues its international activities in China and it may perhaps continue selling in Russia in violation of sanctions.
In Moscow, as Lewis and Dill point out, Ryonha conducted operations under the North Korean state-sponsored company KORTEC that was created as a joint economic venture with Russia in 2011 or 2012. It should be noted that there is some evidence that Ryonha was active in Moscow trade fairs before that date. The purpose of Ryonha’s operation in Russia appears to have been primarily financial, namely to make money for North Korea. However, it may have also sought to acquire Western and Russian dual-use goods, including advanced machine tools, for transport back to North Korea.
Since the sanctioning of Ryonha, KORTEC has been prohibited from selling Ryonha machine tools in Russia and elsewhere and Ryonha is also prohibited from profiting from its sales abroad due to UN Security Council sanctions.
ISIS would like to add to the Lewis/Dill effort a translation it had prepared of the brochure shown in the article about KORTEC (figure 1). As Lewis and Dill pointed out, and who also found this brochure, KORTEC shows for sale from its base in Moscow many Ryonha products with the name of Ryonha removed. Many of the model numbers, however, remain the same when referenced with past Ryonha product catalogues. Ryonha’s factory floor appears in a photo to be the same as KORTEC’s. A search of KORTEC web sites also showed that some machine tools advertised by KORTEC still had the label Ryonha in Korean on them. Additionally, as Lewis and Dill discovered, a recently removed but archived version of the KORTEC website states that it is a supplier of Ryonha products.
Russia reportedly terminated its economic relationship with Ryonha shortly after UN sanctions were placed on the entity in 2013. After that date, KORTEC web advertisements show that it mainly advertised the sale of CNC machine tools from several Spanish and Taiwanese companies. The presence of advertised Ryonha machine tools appears to have diminished after the date of sanctions. It is possible that KORTEC changed management or ownership after the sanctions were imposed on Ryonha, and the new KORTEC management no longer had any connection to North Korea.
But it is also possible that Ryonha continued some form of relationship with KORTEC afterward or is operating in Russia via a different front company. In any case, if Ryonha continues to profit financially through any endeavor, it would be a violation of UN sanctions. ISIS agrees with the conclusion reached by Lewis and Dill, namely that Russia and China should assist the UN Panel of Experts on the DPRK in investigating the issue further.
Outstanding questions for investigation include:
Does KORTEC still exist? Who owns or controls it? Is there any North Korean involvement?
After sanctions were imposed in early 2013, was Ryonha in any way still involved in KORTEC’s operations?
Has North Korea acquired via KORTEC, or other fronts in Russia, sanctioned, dual-use goods, including CNC machine tools, from Spain and Taiwan for import and use in North Korea’s WMD, military, or other industrial programs?
Has Ryonha stopped profiting financially from KORTEC’s sales of machine tools and other dual-use goods in Moscow? Is Ryonha profiting via different fronts in Russia, in violation of sanctions?
Figure 1: Professional translation of KORTEC/Koryo brochure discussing the establishment of the company in Russia.
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SA ELECTIONS- THIS TIME ITS PERSONAL
By; Nana Zuke.
As the country awaits the official results with baited breathe, we look back at what was the build up to South Africa’s elections. It is evident how ruthless the individual parties are.
The campaigns have all just been a repeat of what is said each and every year- all the promises that lack results and delivery. The ruling party has boldly highlighted their achievements in the last five years but it is impossible to shy away from the corruption and fraud within the party and the fact that there have been over 99 strikes in the country since last year. While the EFF on the other hand has made it clear that none of their members will be kept in office if found guilty of corruption charges.
The opposition mobilised their resources to highlight these failures, and lure the youth specifically into voting for them. The country has been dancing to the same political tune for far too long, perhaps what it needs is a change in political scenery. Archbishop Desmond Tutu was quoted saying he will not be voting for the ANC in the upcoming elections.
This year’s election however is anticipated to have a potentially surprising outcome. The ANC is losing credibility and both the EFF and DA are gaining a lot of confidence from the youth. Analysts have said the the EFF’s pro poor policies are likely to appeal to the masses. However one in every two blacks still feel that the DA might take them back to apartheid if they are given power, that’s according to a poll done by the DA.
The prospect that the ANC might lose the majority is totally unrealistic according to some analysts.
“The ANC for many people, it is a part of their identity. For years they have lived their freedom through voting for the ANC” said Stephen Grootes in an article on the Daily Maverick.
The ANC is not the only party losing credibility though- the public broadcaster has been in the hot seat latelym Since the SABC is funded by the ANC it comes as no surprise that the broadcaster might more than usual dance to the ruling party’s tune. It is clear that the SABC has a potential conflict of interest.
An illustration of how far parties are willing to go, is the recent add campaign back and forth between political parties. Every party has the right to campaign, however add campaigns that don’t reflect well on the ruling party by the opposition have been removed and the ICASA has had to be involved. The campaigns were pulled on the basis that they evoked hatred.
Do all these political parties have the people’s best interest at heart or is it all just a game with hidden agendas? Although there are a lot of parties invlovled, the game between the EFF,DA and the ANC seems to be personal.
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Charlotte Moorman and
Pioneers of avant-garde video and performance, artist Nam June Paik and cellist Charlotte Moorman collaborated in Adelaide and Sydney during 1976 on an exhibition and series of more than 40 performances for Project 5. The exhibition included a selection of Paik’s famous video sculptures – constructions from TV sets that screened his experiments with synthesised video and feedback – and was accompanied by artistically and physically daring performances written by Paik and their contemporaries, including Jim McWilliams, Joseph Beuys, Yoko Ono and John Cage. They captured the attention of the media as Moorman performed naked with a cello carved from ice, swinging from a 12-metre trapeze, smothered in 13 kilograms of chocolate fudge, and suspended from balloons drifting above the Sydney Opera House forecourt.
Hailed as the ‘father of video art’ and the ‘Jeanne d’Arc of new music’, together Paik and Moorman fused music and sculpture, performance and video, challenging conventions and creating new sounds, images and experiences. Their exhibition in Australia was shown at the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide and later the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, presenting newly created versions of Paik’s famous video sculptures TV Buddha and Video Garden and his sculptures created for Moorman, TV cello, TV bed and TV bra for living sculpture.
At the time of their visit, Moorman and Paik had collaborated for over 10 years and together they presented a program of special recitals, performing Fluxus works composed by Paik and other collaborators. Special events were also staged by Moorman in both Adelaide and Sydney, including Ice music for Adelaide, in which Moorman wore nothing but a wreath of flowers and played a 90-kilogram block of ice carved in the form of a cello, surrounded by radiators and spotlights, until the instrument melted. A daytime performance of Flying cello in Adelaide’s Elder Park involved a highwire trapeze act conceived by Jim McWilliams. Mieko Shiomi’s Cello sonata was another vertiginous performance by Moorman, who dangled her cello from a bamboo pole positioned at the top of the Adelaide Festival Theatre rooftop and then in Sydney from the roof of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
An Easter performance of Jim McWilliams’ Chocolate cello was performed at Coventry Gallery in Sydney, with Moorman and her cello smeared in 13 kilograms of fudge. For the finale of the visit, Moorman performed Jim McWilliams’ Sky kiss above the Sydney Opera House forecourt. Dressed in a black leotard and white satin cape, she played Jimmy Webb’s Up, up and away, suspended by helium balloons.
& Nam June Paik
Moorman + Paik
Exhibition and performances
22 – 26 March 1976
Art Gallery of South Australia; Adelaide Festival Theatre plaza; Adelaide Festival Theatre rooftop and Elder Park
1 – 11 April 1976
Art Gallery of New South Wales; Coventry Gallery and Sydney Opera House forecourt
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Charlotte Moorman & Nam June PaikBack to top
Hailed as the ‘father of video art’ and the ‘Jeanne d’Arc of new music’, Paik and Moorman fused music and sculpture, performance and video, challenging conventions and creating new sounds, images and experiences. Through films, performances and installations, Nam June Paik remodelled our ways of seeing the temporal image in contemporary art, transforming museum architecture into energetic audiovisual spaces. Treating video art as performance works, Paik collaborated long term with Moorman, who had a background in classical training and became key figure in ‘new music’ in the 60s and 70s.
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This Education Kit explores the collaborative practice of cellist Charlotte Moorman and ‘father of video art’ Nam June Paik, and the series of performances and exhibitions presented during their 1976 visit to Australia.
LEARNING STAGES: Senior secondary (Stages 5-6) | Tertiary
CONTENTS: Introduction | Artist bio | Project | World events 1976 | Theme: video art | Art Gallery of NSW Collection connections | Selected references | Issues for discussion
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Paris 2024: Paralympians in the Spotlight!
by Stefan Gröschl , 11.09.17
Chances are you’ve heard of Usain Bolt. You might even know he’s the only sprinter to win the Olympic 100m and 200m at three consecutive Olympics. You’re probably also familiar with swimmer Michael Phelps and his impressive record of 25 Olympic medals. But have you heard of Trischa Zorn?
Trischa has won 41 gold, 9 silver, and 5 bronze Olympic medals over the course of her illustrious swimming career. However, you’ve probably never heard of her because she competed in the paralympics. She’s the most successful paralympian of all time, and yet her story has not received near the amount of media attention that athletes who compete in the “main event” receive.
Take the last Olympics in Rio, for example: NBC, who owned the American broadcast rights to all events, aired 6755 hours of Olympic competitions versus only 66 hours of Paralympic events. Chinese broadcasters aired a mere one hour per day of Paralympic coverage. Indian broadcasters, none whatsoever.
Here in France, France Televisions aired around 100 hours of Paralympic coverage, versus 700 hours of coverage for the Olympic Games. That might seem not too shabby by comparison. In fact, France Television bent to public pressure after protests erupted over the London 2012 Paralympic coverage: at that time, only the opening and closing ceremonies were broadcast! Plus, the London 2012 Paralympics sold 2.72 million tickets, making it the third biggest sporting event that year, behind the Olympics and the Fifa World Cup.
Will this mean that Paris will be forward-thinking when they play host in 2024?
Hosting the Olympic Games in 2024 will mark 100 years since Paris last played host to the event. It will hopefully also mark a significant change in how the Paralympics and their athletes are going to be recognized by both the media and the public, in France and abroad. Paris has a fantastic opportunity to lead the way for change.
And it’s about more than just getting recognized in the street. Media visibility for paralympians means access to sponsorships and funding opportunities as well as better training conditions and facilities.
It sets up a virtuous circle where aspiring athletes will be able to follow the example of Algeria’s Abdellatif Baka, a paralympian, who actually beat Matthew Centrowitz’ time in the 1500m (Olympic) race. In fact, the first four finishers in Baka’s final beat Centrowitz’s time! Most importantly, it helps the public see abilities rather than disabilities and drives the integration process for people with disabilities.
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Sticky: Literature: The Reader's Choice (British Literature) – Interactive Student Edition (2002)
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No show for first building height consultation; no facilitators
Providenciales, 08 Jan 2016 – There was a major no show yesterday; no one showed up for the start of consultative meetings on the increase of building heights and density for the Turks and Caicos.
The session for government workers was to include the fire department, immigration, DEMA, DDME, Crown Land Unit, Planning and Public Works but there were no facilitators, Magnetic Media has learned, when at least one stakeholder showed up.
The meeting was announced on Monday by TCIG as a collaborative action hosted by the Office of the Premier and the Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Planning.
The consultation process is being re-done when it comes to the building height issue for the Turks and Caicos and although Magnetic Media reached out to both offices for explanation on why the first consult did not happen – there was no reply up to news production time.
Today, surveyors, architects, engineers and real estate developers are expected to meet at the Environmental Arts center from 9am.
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Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
English / 3.5" HD
Preview – ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) 1992-03 (English)
Cheats (169 B)
Manual (265.48 kB)
Trainer (5.66 kB)
Electronic Arts / Gremlin
War / Flight
PC (DOS)
Gesh:
Gesh (2000-11-21) [hide]
In Desert Strike you are the pilot of a chopper in the Middle East, your main objective being to take out a madman trying to take over the world. You accomplish this by achieving your mission goals, which are laid out prior to each mission and vary from destroying buildings and vehicles to capturing enemies to escorting other vehicles. Not only do you have to worry about being shot down, you can also lose ammo or run out of fuel, both of which can be corrected by collecting ammo crates and gas drums, respectively.
No music during gameplay, but there are plenty of sound effects. You hear your chopper constantly rumbling, the hum of the ladder being lowered to pick up hostages, the clang of your chopper hitting a building or mountain (which hopefully is not too often), and various other sound effects associated with your average quest to stop a madman trying to take over the world.
Nice variety in mission objectives, even though most of them are to blow something up or rescue something. The types of things you have to destroy vary, as do the situation you are in when attempting to do so. Be warned: in the last few levels, the game gets hard. Not only are the enemies much bigger and more heavily armored, but ammo and fuel is very limited. Half a minute not spent productively could be the difference between passing the level or not. In fact, in the last levels, you are more likely to run out of gas then to be killed by an enemy vehicle. This difficulty presents a challenge, but is often very frustrating.
Not a lot of incentive to play again. Points are not recorded, so there is no high score to beat. Time is not either, so that's out. There is no real reason to play once you've finished it...
This is a good game overall. Despite its sometimes frustrating gameplay and lack of replay value, it is well done and fun most of the time. It gives great satisfaction to complete a level you've been stuck on for quite some time (granted, it is amazingly frustrating to run out of gas just before you finish a level you've been stuck on for a long time). Give this game a try.
Contemporary Reviews [hide]
ACE 04/92 (English)
Amiga Action 03/93 (English)
Amiga Computing 06/93 (English)
Amiga Format 05/93 (English)
Amiga Joker 05/93 (Deutsch)
Amiga Magazine 07-08/93 (Nederlands)
Amiga Power 03/93 (English)
ASM 06/92 (Deutsch)
Computer & Video Games 03/92 (English)
CU Amiga 04/93 (English)
Powerplay 06/92 (Deutsch)
The One 04/93 (English)
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ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) 1992-04 (English)
PC Player 1994-12 (Deutsch)
Desert/Jungle Strike
Jungle Strike (PC / DOS)
LHX Attack Chopper
Helicopter Mission
Recorded Amiga Games
Gameplay (DOS)
Preview (Game Gear)
Comments (2) [hide] [Post comment]
Mr Creosote (2014-07-21):
I played Desert Strike quite extensively on my Amiga. I was never great at Action games, but these missions were just designed very fairly, so that they could actually be won with some careful planning. Just a pity that there were only four of them.
Moebius (2014-07-21):
Great game, and i'm still not sure which is better, this or Jungle Strike.. they were made slightly different, but surprisingly neither one outhrows another. Hm...
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Meet MaryEllen
Putnam Shares Resources and Equipment with Towns and Villages
by Committee to Elect MaryEllen Odell | Apr 9, 2014 | Initiatives, News | 0 comments
In a time where every municipality is trying to hold the line on its budget, Putnam County is working with the local towns and villages to share equipment and facilities so the taxpayer does not have to bear the burden of unnecessary redundancy. The county’s latest instance of loaning out its equipment to the Town of Kent.
Kent Highway Superintendent Richie Othmer was talking with County Executive MaryEllen Odell, Legislator Lou Tartaro and Commissioner of Highways & Facilities Fred Pena about the need for his department to rent a tractor trailer for a week in order to complete a roadwork project. The rental would have Kent $3,000.
Rather than having Kent’s highway department incur unnecessary expenses, it was recommended that the town borrow the county’s Lowboy tractor trailer instead.
“I have been an advocate of sharing resources and equipment since I was a legislator and chaired the Fiscal Vision & Accountability Commission,” said Odell. “We are able to spend less and save money for the taxpayers by sharing services and equipment. We cannot look at each municipality as an island unto itself. We are like a family and have to help each other out whenever possible. ”
According to Pena, sharing the county’s equipment and manpower with the towns and villages is a common occurrence in Putnam.
“This is the equivalent of going to your neighbor and asking to borrow his chainsaw or other piece of equipment that he might own but not use all of the time,” said Pena. We do everything from sharing equipment or manpower to equipment and manpower. We do make sure that there is an Intermunicipal Agreement (IMA) in place to define the scope of the project and who is responsible for the equipment and material.”
Othmer said being able to have this type of partnership with the county is helpful and fiscally responsible.
“The trailer would have cost me $3000 to rent for the week, but instead I was able to save $3000 for the Kent taxpayers because the county was willing to loan the department theirs,” Othmer said. “It is a good partnership that benefits the taxpayers.”
Tartaro is looking for other opportunities for the county to assist his constituents in Kent as well as other towns. “Partnerships between the county and the towns really benefit the taxpayers who I think appreciate out-of-the-box thinking like County Executive MaryEllen Odell encourages instead of government just raising taxes and bonding projects.” Tartaro said. “The roof of Kent’s salt shed collapsed this past winter. It was the second time in three years that it has done it. The town does not have the money to build a new facility so I am exploring the possibility of the county allowing Kent to share the use of its salt shed on Fair Street.”
The county already shares the use of its salt sheds with the towns of Carmel and Putnam Valley.
“We try to be as amenable as we can with the towns and villages,” said Pena. “However, we do not have an open door policy of letting the other municipalities use our equipment any time they want for as long as you want, it is only on an available basis. For example, Phillipstown highway department requested to use our grater, but we are currently using it to work on our roads so it is not available.”
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is linking mandate tax relief in 2015 to the coordination of shared services between local governments.
“We have been implementing the idea of shared services since I took office,” said Odell. “We did not wait to join the bandwagon. I am a firm believer that the only way we can slow the growth of budgets is to invest in shared services and public-private partnerships.
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W3C home > Mailing lists > Public > www-svg@w3.org > September 2008
Announcement: SVG 1.2 Tiny Last Call
From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:22:22 -0400
Message-ID: <48CEC3FE.20506@w3.org>
To: www-svg <www-svg@w3.org>
Dear SVG Community-
The SVG Working Group is proud to announce a new Last Call publication
of the SVG 1.2 Tiny specification, available here:
http://www.w3.org/TR/SVGMobile12/
During the previous Last Call, many comments were registered, among them
questions regarding loose wording in the specification that would lead
to interoperability problems, potential architectural incompatibilities
with other W3C specifications or existing implementation, and the
inclusion of specific features, as well as the scope of the specification.
Many of these comments were addressed before the transition to
Candidate Recommendation, but others were not sufficiently resolved, for
which we apologize. During CR, we made a concerted effort to correct
those issues we had not addressed properly before, and learned from
direct implementation what other changes were needed.
Therefore, we are returning to Last Call to invite comments from
interested parties. The Last Call period will run for 4 weeks, until 10
October 2008. We encourage early review.
This specification has been rather long in the making, and we have
several vendors, organizations, and individuals with a time-sensitive
dependency upon SVG 1.2 Tiny. In order to meet our obligations to them,
and to the SVG community at large, we hope to have an orderly transition
toward Recommendation status, and will work with our commentors to
achieve that goal responsibly.
Our Candidate Recommendation experience has shown that this
specification has been implemented and is appropriate for mobile
devices, and at least one desktop browser. We believe that it is a
sound and valuable addition to the SVG family of specifications. In the
past, we have stated that this will form the core of SVG 1.2 Full, to be
implemented on desktop browsers as well, but we are now considering
making a new specification, SVG Core 2.0, which would serve as the basis
for all implementations. SVG 2.0 Full and Mobile specifications would
build on that core with specific modules. We invite feedback on this
idea, and ask that reviews of this specification are made in that context.
We will be using a Last Call Comment tracking tool to make sure that all
comments are registered and satisfactorily addressed. We will consider
all comments, but because of the state of implementation, and due to
market pressures to finalize this specification, we are constrained in
how we can address comments that do not pertain to changes made since
the previous Last Call. So that we can make sure to answer all Last
Call feedback in our Disposition of Comments, we ask that only one
subject is addressed per email, except in the case of typos and other
non-substantive corrections. We will strive to act politely,
responsibly, promptly, and in good faith, and hope that this will be
reciprocated.
You can register comments in one of two ways:
1) By sending emails to the list www-svg@w3.org, with the preface
"[1.2T-LC]" in the subject line
2) By using our bug-reporting interface (for which you will have to
create a separate account):
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/enter_bug.cgi?product=SVG
A non-normative single-page version of the specification is also
available for review purposes:
http://www.w3.org/TR/SVGMobile12/single-page.html
Summary of Changes
We significantly tightened up wording and were more rigorous in defining
and linking to terms and other keywords (elements, attributes, and so
on). In general, we held ourselves to a much higher standard for this
draft of the specification.
We did add a small number of features, such as the addition of the
'buffered-rendering' property for optimization purposes, and clarified
certain functionality, such as for the 'title' and 'desc' elements, but
did so very conservatively and only to match implementation or user
needs. We also added new attributes for enabling community-driven
semantics, such as the 'rel' and 'rev' attributes, that pose no
additional burden on implementations beyond placing them in the DOM.
At the time the SVG 1.2 specification was originally developed, work on
the DOM and on HTML had stopped at W3C, and so the desired functionality
for rich Web applications, one use to which SVG was being put, was
included in the SVG specification itself. During the course of this
process, renewed effort has been put into these area at W3C, and so the
SVG WG is aligning as much as possible with those efforts. Some of the
functionality originally developed in SVG was split out, such as the
Element Traversal specification. Other work was aligned to efforts in
other specifications, such as mousewheel events and client-server
communication (getURL and postURL were changed to coordinate with the
XmlHttpRequest specification). Other features were dropped based on
feedback, such as the Connection (sockets) interface, and it is expected
that future SVG specifications will defer to the work being done in that
area in the HTML5 and Web Applications WGs.
The DOM Level 3 Events specification is a special case, however.
Because of its maturity, it was already implemented and deployed in
mobile devices while it was still a W3C Note. That specification is now
under renewed and active development, and may be changed or extended to
meet the needs of browser vendors. Therefore, the normative dependency
to DOM Level 3 Events in SVG 1.2 Tiny has been replaced with a normative
dependency on DOM Level 2 Events where possible, and where necessary,
functionality has been added to the uDOM to match what has already been
implemented in conforming SVG 1.2 Tiny user agents. The SVG WG
recognizes that any incompatibility that emerges from this subset must
be superseded by the DOM Level 3 Events specification for all
future SVG specifications. We anticipate that these difference will be
small and manageable.
Additionally, we have changed the interface structure of the uDOM to
better match existing desktop browser implementation and the DOM
specifications.
In the process of refining the specification, we created a much more
comprehensive test suite, which in turn led to positive changes in the
specification itself, and which we believe will promote a high degree of
interoperability. The test suite is publicly available:
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Test/Overview.html
We have already produced interim implementation reports which show very
good coverage, and we will be conducting another Test Fest at the end of
the month to produce the final draft of this implementation report
(pending any changes to the specification based on LC comments, of course).
Regards-
-Doug Schepers, on behalf of the SVG WG
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Tag: reviews
Why I Kinda, Sorta Don’t Really Totally Love the Edy Hardjo’s “The Secret Life of Super-Heroes” or Whatever
Did you know? Alex has written most of our event descriptions, and perhaps famously, our HERALD. We like his reviews too.
And suddenly, my Facebook wall is inundated with the strange, twisted images of super-hero mego toys pouring hot cooking oil on top of each other, bare-assed pissing on the sides of buildings and sneaking obvious peeks at each others junk, or, innocuously enough, doing their fucking laundry. And by inundated I mean like, 3 people, but still that’s a lot, especially in this day and age when every tag is a reminder that something dumb, regretful, or over-analyzed is happening, and it’s all unfolding on your precious, precious wall. But it’s not just the irksome practice of the, “oh, let me tag everyone I think might be kinda down with this” (it’s not that irksome and kind of sweet, actually… aw, you’re thinking of me! Thanks, assorted boos!) as much as it is the sort of sad reality that folks not into your particular niche of nerdom just fucking don’t get it, maaaaan!
In this particular case, the gangs all here: Spider-Man, Thor, Batman. It’s a veritable who’s who of mainstream superdom, all of them blistering with sinewy plastic model toy muscles and precisely carved renditions of their respective actor’s chiseled, handsome faces. It’s just that in “Superheroes in Real Life” by Edy Hardjo (or whatever it’s called), the point of parody seems to be uncomfortably off the mark.
Let me explain. I don’t think super-heroes are beyond reproach. In fact, the idea of the super-hero, and the universes they inhabit, with peril at every turn and with it’s strange and fantastical burst of science fiction whimsy, is in and of itself, a parody. It’s a playful rendering of the idea of stoic leadership in the face of inscrutable demands of every day life. Many writers have played within the seams of this concept– hyperreality married with nuke weilding, dragonlaced, alien mutant imbued fantasy. I mean, the first superhero ever, Superman, was an avatar that deftly embodied everything we, the struggling masses, seemed to ceaselessly endure: poverty, abuse, restriction and corruption by power. And through the lens of the super-hero– a fantastic, satirical take on modernity and it’s flawed relationship with our humanity– generations have been able to eke out a vision of the world they’d rather see. So, to me, blatant, unnuanced mockeries of super-heroes miss the mark, painfully.
Is the attempt at satire in Hardjo’s work about the juxtapositioning? Is it an homage to the wonders of play, of the pre-pubescent mind discovering itself? Does it work as an attempt at uncovering mainstream comic movies lack of gender and sexual orientation equality while perpetuating a staid stereotype of uber-masculinity? It’s unclear. I can concede an interest in the work can be made more prescient if the attempt is to satirize the mostly unfun movie universes; those are mainly fascist junk, the modern day take on Rambo and Diehard, and they clearly deserve to be skewered. But since there’s so much ingrained and intrinsic to the characters from the source material– the comics themselves– it becomes dangerously close to pedantic nihilism, cutting and mean spirited for the sake of it’s own self. In short, the comic books are already parodying themselves, playfully and with genuine fervor. In DAREDEVIL, the main character has “come out of the closet” as a superhero, and his everyday life has flipped in many bizarre ways because of it. MULTIVERSITY, penned by legendary meta-fiction writer Grant Morisson, is tackling the exact things I think Hardjo is trying to make light of. It’s a series featuring multiple universes, where sometimes Batman is an infant robot, where talking Tigers leap from the page (quite literally), and each universe exist in the other universes, but only in the form of a comic book! In SHE-HULK, the titular heroine’s adventures come mostly from her desperately clinging to an unusual law firm she’s started as a result of not wanting to carry on as a corporate stooge– imagine a 7 foot tall green superhero showing up in court to defend Dr. Doom’s son; yes, dearlings, hijinks ensue. And this is to say nothing of the constant fourth wall demolishing in DEADPOOL, or the sublimely hysterical, yet still heartfelt and genuine character study taking place in SINISTER SIX, where b-list villains are center stage as they navigate their way through the wonders of the Marvel Universe.
“The Secret Life of Super-heroes” (or whatever it’s fucking called!) is interesting visually. It’s definitely fun to see Spider-Man and his amazing friends taking a selfie while the Hulk tries to peel a xenomorph off of his face. But I think this exhibit is more “Meet the Feebles” than it is “Galaxyquest”. Where the former is an unnecessary, vicious send-up by an outsider trying to shock, essentially parodying a parody (the Muppets), the latter is a sweet, endearing piece of satire that stands on it’s own, with a burgeoning narrative and a willingness to admit that there is power and the ability to dream, dare, and do within the source material (Star Trek). Frankly, if one were to read an actual super hero comic– any one of them– they’d see that the everyday lives of superheros (where Batgirl is constantly losing and checking her phone, riding the subway to school and hanging out with her weird as fuck friends) aren’t so secret after all.
Thanks Alex. You can see more photos from the series in question here on HiConsumption.com. Our cover image is directly pulled from the same place.
Author Alex SmithPosted on March 11, 2015 November 3, 2016 Categories MEDIA REVIEWSTags ALEX SMITH, Edy Hardjo, reviewsLeave a comment on Why I Kinda, Sorta Don’t Really Totally Love the Edy Hardjo’s “The Secret Life of Super-Heroes” or Whatever
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2005 IN REVIEW: THE WAR ON BLOGS
By Michelle Malkin • December 31, 2005 06:56 PM
To the dismay of the MSM, the blogosphere didn’t go away in 2005. Here are some of the more memorable moments in the clash of the bloggers vs. MSM:
10. Commentator Bill Press’s condemnation of bloggers as people “with no credentials, no sources, no rules, no editors and no accountability.” Press’s idea of good journalism can be found here and some of his shady financial backers can be found over at the Radio Equalizer.
9. NYTimes editorial writer Adam Cohen’s whine that bloggers post personal attacks without calling their targets first. Cohen himself would never do something so unprofessional. Yeah, right.
8. WSJ editorial writer Bret Stephens’, uh, meltdown over bloggers who shined the light on former CNN exec Eason Jordan’s unsubstantiated claim that American troops deliberately murdered journalists in Iraq.
7. New Republic editor Michael Crowley’s clueless diatribe arguing that conservative bloggers march in lockstep with the GOP leadership to “to provide maximum benefit for their issues and candidates.” Two months earlier, conservative bloggers helped bring down George W. Bush’s nomination of Harriet Miers for the U.S. Supreme Court.
6. Far-left cartoonist/columnist Ted Rall’s sneering, elitist attack on Ed Morrissey, whom Rall regards as unqualified to engage in journalism. A few weeks later, Morrissey published documents that led to the collapse of the Canadian government.
5. The late LATimes media critic David Shaw’s critique of blogs, including his now-famous claim that Times articles are vetted by at “least four experienced Times editors,” who check for “accuracy, fairness, grammar, taste and libel.” We all know how well that works.
4. Forbes magazine’s front-cover hit piece on blogs, which suggested that Eason Jordan and Dan Rather were unfairly “hounded” out of their jobs by Powerline and other conservative blogs. An excerpt:
“Web logs are the prized platform of an online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing lies, libel and invective….[Blogs] are the ultimate vehicle for brand-bashing, personal attacks, political extremism and smear campaigns….”
3. Columbia Journalism Review editor Steve Lovelady’s description of bloggers who helped bring down Eason Jordan as “salivating morons who make up the lynch mob.”
2. Syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker’s description of bloggers as “creepy” wired squatters who are “untempered by restraint and accountability” and “insidious enemies of decency, humanity and civility – the angry offspring of narcissism’s quickie marriage to instant gratification.” MSM outlets, by contrast, “are filled with carpal-tunneled wretches, overworked and underpaid, who suffer near-pathological allegiance to getting it right.” You know, those poor, truth-telling, underpaid ink-stained wretches like Jayson Blair, Mitch Albom, Stephen Glass, Eric Slater, Janet Cooke, Barbara Stewart, Patricia Smith, Mike Barnicle, and Jack Kelley.
1. Former CBS News producer Mary Mapes’ attack on conservative bloggers as “far right,” “hard-core, politically angry, hyper-conservative sites loaded with vitriol about Dan Rather and CBS” who anonymously slime “anyone and everyone who raised questions about the president.”
Judging from the thoroughly unhinged tone of the old media, I’d say bloggers had a fabulous year.
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Tourism official hopes ‘no-jacket policy’ won’t affect Kadayawan 2019
By Regina Mae Ronquillo on July 6, 2019
The City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO) is hopeful that the “no-jacket policy” enforced by the security forces won’t discourage locals and tourists to participate in the celebration of Kadayawan.
CTOO head Regina Rosa Tecson, on Thursday, also clarified that the policy doesn’t completely prohibit the wearing of jacket in the city.
“Actually it’s not really a no-jacket policy, you just need to take off your jacket for inspection, after that you can already wear your jacket again and I don’t think that’s a problem because we also do it in the airport,” Tecson said.
Tecson agreed that the policy is needed for the “good of the people.”
She said they are expecting an influx of 250,000 of tourists in the city next month in time for the city’s biggest festivity.
“Most people know that here in Davao, there is really a tighter security,” she added.
Tecson assures that this year’s Kadayawan Festival will be the grandest. The event will start on August 2.
“Unlike in the previous years that we put all the events in one week, we will spread it out for the entire weekend of August. The Indak-Indak will be held on the 17th of August while the Pamulak Kadayawan will be on the 24th,” Tecson said.
More of that, the schedules for the big events are already spread out throughout the entire month of August to give chances to the visitors “who had wished to visit the city for the Kadayawan Festival but weren’t able to come because our hotels and other accommodations were fully booked.”
Regina Mae Ronquillo
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Critical analysis essay instance. Critical analysis associated with the Roman culture for the decay duration
The crisis regarding the Roman Empire within the 3rd century reflected both the state regarding the financial and governmental lifetime of the Empire and its particular ideology. Old a few ideas went past, giving option to new people. All of this marked the deep decrease of tradition
State of Roman law and culture in the duration
In neuro-scientific science, literary works and art within the III century nothing significant was made, and just one part of culture had been an exclusion – a right which was intensively manufactured by the prefects regarding the praetoria (Papinian, Ulpian and other well-known solicitors). It absolutely was of these full years that the device of Roman legislation was brought based on the needs of the world’s state. Now Roman law included components of the appropriate rules that acted into the provinces.
The challenge between religious and currents that are philosophical that was conducted within the III century, revealed that thinkers were hoping to find cause of the deterioration for the population, constant wars as well as the aggravation of social contradictions. These people were thinking about how to get free from this situation that is difficult.
Just religion and philosophy could respond to these questions. But no real matter what philosophers thought, the situation that is general the united states impacted them: the religious-philosophical trends became pessimistically defunct.
Religion and philosophy, their views
The information of this material world went away into the past: the philosophers now thought mainly concerning the globe beyond the entire world, concerning the forces that rule humanity, about God, demons, about freedom and not enough freedom, about sin and purification. Familiarity with the global globe went towards the history. Science ended up being in decline, changed by skeptical claims that the globe cannot be understood by man, and Sextus Empirik along with other representatives associated with school of skeptical philosophers also argued that the whole world does not exist beyond the perception of man that actual life is just a fruit of sensory perception.
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The role associated with the „golden age“, which appears to have come with the emergence of the „good emperor“ into the governmental arena, continued to try out a crucial role, such as the reign of Augustus. It had been to be able to strengthen this notion that Septimius North spoke of „centuries-old games“, like those parties of and Claudius august.
It became life and the more short-term rule of the emperors, the more urgent the rulers demanded from their subjects the recognition of „golden age“ during his reign as it was repeated more than once later in the life of other peoples, the more difficult. On medals issued to legionnaires, there is an inscription: „we come across the golden age“. The mention of age that is“golden had been included both in the speeches associated with the emperors, as well as in the speeches for the rhetoric.
Literature and growth of the novel
However it is clear that such assurances could not therefore deceive anyone, everyone was increasingly interested in solace in religion. This generated the truth that really the only genre that is literary which proceeded to build up within the III century. The novel has acquired a spiritual and philosophical color. Such novels had been compiled by Apuley, Heliodorus of Emesse, into the novel „Ethiopia“ that is a story that is banal an ancient novel – the activities of two enthusiasts who find one another after heavy studies – is with the glorification associated with the protecting composer of a sunny god named Apollo, but under which, apparently, the writer designed the emperor Elamite Elegabala.
Probably the most remarkable in this regard could very well be the religious-philosophical novel associated with the famous sophist Philostratus, who talks concerning the smart man as well as the wonder worker associated with the 1st century AD, Filostrat depicts into the novel a new ideal. The protagonist regarding the tasks are the perfect illustration of ancient knowledge and virtue. He acquired these characteristics in the full several years of righteous living, after the will of Pythagoras, as well as in interacting with the philosophers of Ethiopia and Asia.
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Historically Unprecedented Global Glacier Decline in the Early 21st Century
Zemp, M.; Frey, H.; Gärtner-Roer, I.; Nussbaumer, S. U.; Hoelzle, M.; Paul, F.; Haeberli, W.; Denzinger, F.; Ahlstrøm, A. P.; Anderson, B.; Bajracharya, S.; Baroni, C.; Braun, L. N.; Cáceres, B. E.; Casassa, G.; Cobos, G.; Dávila, L. R.; Delgado Granados, H.; Demuth, M. N.; Espizua, L.; Fischer, A.; Fujita, K.; Gadek, B.; Ghazanfar, A.; Hagen, J. O.; Holmlund, P.; Karimi, N.; Li, Z.; Pelto, M.; Pitte, P.; Popovnin, V. V.; Portocarrero, C. A.; Prinz, R.; Sangewar, C. V.; Severskiy, I.; Sigurðsson, O.; Soruco, A.; Usubaliev, R.; Vincent, C.
Reanalysing Glacier Mass Balance Measurement Series
Zemp, M.; Thibert, E.; Huss, Matthias; Stumm, D.; Denby, C. Rolstad; Nuth, C.; Nussbaumer, S. U.; Moholdt, G.; Mercer, A.; Mayer, C.; Joerg, P. C.; Jansson, P.; Hynek, B.; Fischer, A.; Escher-Vetter, H.; Elvehøy, H.; Andreassen, L. M.
Glacier-wide mass balance has been measured for more than sixty years and is widely used as an indicator of climate change and to assess the glacier contribution to runoff and sea level rise . Until recently, comprehensive uncertainty assessments have rarely been carried out and mass balance data have often been applied using rough error estimation or without consideration of errors. In this study, we propose a framework for reanalysing glacier mass balance series that includes conceptual and statistical toolsets for assessment of random and systematic errors, as well as for validation and calibration (if necessary) of the glaciological with the geodetic balance results. We demonstrate the usefulness and limitations of the proposed scheme, drawing on an analysis that comprises over 50 recording periods for a dozen glaciers, and we make recommendations to investigators and users of glacier mass balance data. Reanalysing glacier mass balance series needs to become a standard procedure for every monitoring programme to improve data quality, including reliable uncertainty estimates
19th century glacier representations and fluctuations in the central and western European Alps: An interdisciplinary approach
Steiner, D.; Nussbaumer, S. U.; Zumbühl, H. J.
European Alpine glaciers are sensitive indicators of past climate and are thus valuable sources of climate history . Unfortunately, direct determinations of glacier changes (length variations and mass changes) did not start with increasing accuracy until just before the end of the 19th century. Therefore, historical and physical methods have to be used to reconstruct glacier variability preceeding time periods. The Lower Grindelwald Glacier, Switzerland, and the Mer de Glace, France, are examples of well-documented Alpine glaciers with a wealth of different historical sources (e.g. drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, maps) that allow reconstruction glacier length variations for the last 400-500 years. In this paper, we compare the length fluctuations of both glaciers for the century until the present. During the 19th century a majority of Alpine glaciers - including the Lower Grindelwald Glacier and the Mer de Glace - been affected by impressive glacier advances. The first maximum extent around 1820 has been documented by drawings from artist Samuel Birmann, and the second maximum extent around 1855 is shown by photographs of the Bisson Brothers. These pictorial sources are among the best documents of the two glaciers for the 19th century. In addition to an analysis of historical sources of the 19th century, we also study the sensitivity of the Lower Grindelwald Glacier to climate parameters (multiproxy reconstructions of seasonal temperature and precipitation) for an advance and a retreat period in the 19th century using a new neural network approach. The advance towards 1820 was presumably driven by low summer temperatures and high autumn precipitation. The 1860-1880 retreat period was mainly forced by high temperatures. Finally, nonlinear statistical approach is a new contribution to the various investigations of the complex climate-glacier system. Full text accessed at http://www.danielsteiner.ch/GIUB/Zumbuehl_et_al_2008.pd
Sensitivity of European glaciers to precipitation and temperature ? two case studies
Steiner, D.; Pauling, A.; Nussbaumer, S. U.; Nesje, A.; Luterbacher, J.; Wanner, H.; Zumbühl, H. J.
A nonlinear back propagation network (BPN) has been trained with high-resolution multiproxy reconstructions of temperature and precipitation (input data) and glacier length variations of the Alpine Lower Grindelwald Glacier, Switzerland (output data) . The model was then forced with two regional climate scenarios of temperature and precipitation derived from a probabilistic approach: The first scenario ("no change") assumes no changes in temperature and precipitation for the 2000-2050 period compared to the 1970-2000 mean. In the second scenario ("combined forcing") linear warming rates of 0.036-0.054°C per year and changing precipitation rates between -17% and +8% compared to the 1970-2000 mean have been used for the 2000-2050 period. In the first case the Lower Grindelwald Glacier shows a continuous retreat until the 2020s when it reaches an equilibrium followed by a minor advance. For the second scenario a strong and continuous retreat of approximately -30 m/year since the 1990s has been modelled. By processing the used climate parameters with a sensitivity analysis based on neural networks we investigate the relative importance of different climate configurations for the Lower Grindelwald Glacier during four well-documented historical advance (1590-1610, 1690-1720, 1760-1780, 1810-1820) and retreat periods (1640-1665, 1780-1810, 1860-1880, 1945-1970). It is shown that different combinations of seasonal temperature and precipitation have led to glacier variations. In a similar manner, we establish the significance of precipitation and temperature for the well-known early eighteenth century advance and the twentieth century retreat of Nigardsbreen, a glacier in western Norway. We show that the maritime Nigardsbreen Glacier is more influenced by winter and/or spring precipitation than the Lower Grindelwald Glacier. Access at http://www.danielsteiner.ch/GIUB/Steiner_et_al_2008b.pd
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American Song in History
#4 American Song History (Updated as of 7/18/15)
Songs: Alphabetical--Songs by Era--Colonists, Revolutionary War--Appalachian Mountains--Pioneers
Pioneers: Lewis & Clark--Pioneers: John Colter--Pioneers: Hugh Glass--Pioneers: Wagon Trains
Pioneers: Lost Caravan--Pioneers: Donner Party--Native Americans--Slavery--Civil War
Inner U.S. Shipping (Great Lakes, etc.,)--Whaling--Cowboys--Railroads--Country Music--Star Spangled Banner
Gold Rush--Erie Canal--Great Lakes--Stephen Foster--Minstrels--Early 1900's--Patriotism, State Songs--
Blues, Jazz See also JAZZ #23--Bluegrass--Folk-- Rock and Roll--Script-THE WHITE TABLE
Also see decades alphabetically in file #53THEME IDEAS E-O/Forties (* Fifties)
#53 Theme Music Ideas: A-D and for Sixties/Seventies see #55 Theme Music Ideas: P-Z
(For "Star Spangled Banner, see --General Ideas--Bibliography
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Songs: Alphabetical List
I covered this subject this year with my elementary class (grades 1-3, mixed Montessori class). It was alot of fun. We visited a couple of museums relating to particular historical subjects. We only got thru the mid-1800's though. I plan to pick up with Stephen Foster and minstrel music in the fall. I typed a page of text for each era with a very brief activity included and on that page included some photos from books. Below appears the song list first, then text for different eras.
If you need a particular (old) song that might be in a collection, be sure to ask the (probably children's) librarian. They should have a book published that does just that. It lists individual songs from collections in alphabetical order and it's collection and our library has checked the collections it has (such as the Fireside books, etc.,) Sandy Toms
Song List - Alphabetical
Ain't Gonna Rain No More NB 4/4; s'd; pioneer
All Day, All Night Em-2 /l. ABAB; spiritual
Angel Band Em-2; // l//; South Carolina-pioneer,BR> Animal Fair NB Minstrel
Barnyard Song Em-2; m. instr./animals; Appalacian
Battle Cry of Freedom NB, civil war
Billy Boy NB; 4/4; colonists
Black Is the Color NB Appalcian
Blow Ye Winds Em-3; sea chantey
Boll Weevil NB; slavery
Bye'm Bye Em-2 d'd, d's; m. instr./exercise w/m. patterns; Texas pioneer
Camptown Races NB / l. ; mr Stephen Foster
Carry Me Back to Old Virginy by James Bland; Minstrel
Casey Jones (risked life to keep train on schedule) NB; railroad
Clementine NB Gold Rush
Did You Ever NB Other
Dixie by Daniel Emmett (not intended to glorify South) civil war
Dogie Song Em-3 6/8; /.\/ ///; cowboy
Done Caught a Rabbit Em-1; /l/l z/AB; //\\; dm, rf; pioneer
Down By The Station Em-2; exercise in r. notation; railroad
Down In the Valley Em-4; 9/8; harmony part; cowboy
Down the River Em-3; 6/8; mdl's'; pioneer play party
Drill Ye Tarriers Drill NB, Irish; Railroad
Erie Canal Em-4; major to minor; sea[waterway] chantey
Fifty Nifty United States older elementary;
I had each state's name on a tagboard sign, large enough to be read by the audience. As that state was named in the song, the student held his card up high (straight elbows) and put it back down immediately. The rest of the students held up cards with the the name of our state (Washington) during the part where it says..."in our calm, objective..opinion..is the best". Many students had these cards so it was rather humorous. At the end, three students in the middle of the back held up large letters "U" "S" "A". The applause was acknowledged by all the cards going up again. (The state names were randomly placed throughout the group as were the "Washington" signs.)-----We repeat the "states" section three times, the first relatively slowly(it seems to go on FOREVER, but the parents remain in awe that their kiddo actually does know all fifty states!). The second time, we increase the tempo, and the kids look around at each other worriedly, frantically, "am I gonna make it?" looks. The third time is the ultra-fast tempo. Each child is assigned a state that he "drops out" from singing on, and slumps over exhaustedly. The number of children wane and wane until the final soloist throws his/her arms in the air and sings, "WYOMING!!!" like a true champion.
Frog and the Mouse Em-3 6/8; minor; l l'; colonists
Get On Board NB; / l b. Slavery/Railroad
Go Get the Ax NB; Chicago/Other
Goober Peas NB southern civil war
Had Me a Rooster NB; cumulative song; dmls'; pioneer
Have a Little Dog Em-2; \\\\ /\\; m. instr., r. instr. rl'; pioneer
Haul Away Joe Em-2; s up d'; sea chantey
Hey Betty Martin EM-1; name game; o//oo; mrdl's'; pioneer
Home on the Range Em-3 m.instr.; //.\ ; cowboy
Hop Up My Ladies Em-4; \\\\; 7 vs./ dd'; pioneer
Hush A-Bye Em-2; minor; lullaby; colonists
Hush Little Baby Em-1; circum. song; s'mmmf; l//ll l//lz; colonists
I'm Gonna Sing Em-2; l // // l b; dm; dl's'; slavery
I'm a Poor Lonesome Cowboy NB; cowboy
I've Been Workin' On the Railroad NB;
If I Had a Hammer NB 20th century
Jim Along Josie NB Minstrel
Jimmy Crack Corn Em-1; movements; s'dd; slavery
John B. Sails NB Nassau; Sailors
John Henry (folk hero; 6 songs written about him)
Johnny's Gone for a Soldier NB Irish tune; colonists
Johnny Schmoker Em-2; \\\\ // //; 3/4; Penn. Dutch Colonists
Little Red Caboose Em-1; /l/ b; 2 pt./ost./r. & m. instr.; railroad
Liza Jane NB Slavery
Loneliness Em-4; 3/4, 4/4, 5/4; Navaho Indian
Love Somebody Em-3; m. instr./ pioneer
May Day in the Morning Em-2; AAAB; colonists
Michael Row the Boat Em-3; m. instr; // /\\; Georgia Islands, slavery
Miss Mary Jane Em-1/verse-ref; lbl b-b; dms; slavery
Mooki Em-1; 5/4, 4/4; one verse; ds'; Amer. Indian
My Country 'Tis Of Thee; colonists
Nine Hundred Miles NB; slavery
Old Black Joe NB Minstrel
Old Brass Wagon Em-2; \\\\ // // //; Dance; ddl's'; rl's'
Old Chisolm Trail (from Texas to Montana, Dakotas to feed cattle) NB cowboy
Old Gray Mare NB (from spiritual: "Tearin' Out of the Wilderness") Sailors
Old Joe clarke Em-4; 2 vs.; melody used as a reel; pioneer
Old Woman (Deaf Woman's Courtship) Em-3; smd; l //; Appalacian
On Top Of Old Smokey Em-4; harmony, descant; pioneer
Pass One Window Em-2; dance; msd'; pioneer
Paw Paw Patch Em-2; dance; \\\\; dms; pioneer
Pick O'Bale O'Cotton NB; dl's'; slavery
Pop Goes the Weasel Em-2; 6/8; similar phrases; AB; colonists
Old Dan Tucker by Emmet{?); NB Minstrel
Oh, Susanna NB nonsense verses; Stephen Foster
Oh, Watch the Stars Em-1; AABA; dm, ls; //l ///; slavery
Old Brass Wagon - NB, Iowa, Missouri, dance, play part; pioneer
Paper of Pins NB, pioneer
Pat Works On the Railway NB Irish
Pop Goes the Weasel Em-2, NB
Red River Valley Em-4; harmony; pioneer
Rich Man, Poor Man Em-3; m. instr.; // /\\; colonists
Riddle Song Em, Appalacian
Shenandoah NB Stephen Foster/sea chantey
Shortnin' Bread NB; slavery
'Shuckin of the Corn - Tennessee Skip To My Lou Em-2; dance; /\\ l ; pioneer
Streets of Laredo NB 3/4; l. / l; cowboy
Sourwood Mountain Em-4; /.\ // \\\\ l; rd'l's'
Sweet Betsy From Pike NB; Gold Rush
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp NB civil war
There's A Little Wheel Em-3; m. instr.; ostinato; slavery
There's A Hole in My Bucket
There Was a Crooked Man Em-2; m. instr. w/motifs; colonists
This Land NB 20th century
Turkey in the Straw NB Minstrel
Turn the Glasses Over Em-3; dance; m. instr.; pioneer
Weevily Wheat NB Indiana; pioneer
Woman and the Pig, The Em-1; pentatonic; m. instr.; //l////; mrd; pioneer
Zack the Mormon Engineer (to tune of O, Susannah)
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SONGS BY ERA
Billy Boy NB; 4/4;
Frog Went A-Courtin' NB 4/4 s'd;
Frog and the Mouse Em-3 6/8; minor; l l';
Hush Little Baby Em-1; circum. song; s'mmmf; l//ll l//lz;
Johnny's Gone for a Soldier NB Irish tune;
Johnny Schmoker Em-2; \\\\ // //; 3/4; Penn. Dutch
Pop Goes the Weasel Em-2; 6/8; similar phrases; AB;
Rich Man, Poor Man Em-3; m. instr.; // /\\;
There Was a Crooked Man Em-2; m. instr. w/motifs;
Riddle Song Em,
Barnyard Song Em-2; m. instr./animals;
Old Woman (Deaf Woman's Courtship) Em-3; smd; l //;
Angel Band Em-2; // l//; South Carolina
Ain't Gonna Rain No More NB 4/4; s'd;
Done Caught a Rabbit Em-1; /l/l z/AB; //\\; dm, rf;
Bye'm Bye Em-2 d'd, d's; m. instr./exercise w/m. patterns; Texas
Had Me a Rooster NB; cumulative song; dmls';
Have a Little Dog Em-2; \\\\ /\\; m. instr., r. instr. rl';
Hey Betty Martin EM-1; name game; o//oo; mrdl's';
Hop Up My Ladies Em-4; \\\\; 7 vs./ dd';
Love Somebody Em-3; m. instr./
Paw Paw Patch Em-2; dance; \\\\; dms;
Old Brass Wagon Em-2; \\\\ // // //; Dance; ddl's'; rl's'Iowa, Missouri, dance, play part;
Old Joe clarke Em-4; 2 vs.; melody used as a reel;
On Top Of Old Smokey Em-4; harmony, descant;
Pass One Window Em-2; dance; msd';
Red River Valley Em-4; harmony;
Paper of Pins NB,
'Shuckin of the Corn - Tennessee Skip To My Lou Em-2; dance; /\\ l ;
Turn the Glasses Over Em-3; dance; m. instr;
Weevily Wheat NB Indiana;
Woman and the Pig, The Em-1; pentatonic; m. instr.; //l////; mrd;
SEA CHANTEYS
Blow Ye Winds Em-3;
Down the River Em-3; 6/8; mdl's'; play party
Erie Canal Em-4; major to minor; sea[waterway]
Haul Away Joe Em-2; s up d';
Old Gray Mare NB (from spiritual: "Tearin' Out of the Wilderness")
Shenandoah NB Stephen Foster
All Day, All Night Em-2 /l. ABAB;
Boll Weevil NB;
I'm Gonna Sing Em-2; l // // l b; dm; dl's
Jimmy Crack Corn Em-1; movements; s'dd;
Liza Jane NB
Michael Row the Boat Em-3; m. instr; // /\\; Georgia Islands,
Miss Mary Jane Em-1/verse-ref; lbl b-b; dms;
Nine Hundred Miles NB;
Pick O'Bale O'Cotton NB; dl's';
Oh, Watch the Stars Em-1; AABA; dm, ls; //l ///;
There's A Little Wheel Em-3; m. instr.; ostinato;
CIVIL WAR Battle Cry of Freedom NB
Dixie by Daniel Emmett (not intended to glorify South)
Goober Peas NB southern
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp NB
Dogie Song Em-3 6/8; /.\/ ///;
Down In the Valley Em-4; 9/8; harmony part;
Home on the Range Em-3 m.instr.; //.\
I'm a Poor Lonesome Cowboy NB;
Old Chisolm Trail (from Texas to Montana, Dakotas to feed cattle) NB
Streets of Laredo NB 3/4; l. / l;
Loneliness Em-4; 3/4, 4/4, 5/4; Navaho
Mooki Em-1; 5/4, 4/4; one verse; ds';
Animal Fair NB
Jim Along Josie NB
Old Black Joe NB
Old Dan Tucker by Emmet{?); NB
Carry Me Back to Old Virginy by James Bland;
Turkey in the Straw NB
Oh, Susanna NB nonsense verses;
Camptown Races NB / l. ; mr
Clementine NB
Sweet Betsy From Pike NB;
Down By The Station Em-2; exercise in r. notation;
Casey Jones (risked life to keep train on schedule) NB;
Little Red Caboose Em-1; /l/ b; 2 pt./ost./r. & m. instr.;
Drill Ye Tarriers Drill NB, Irish;
Get On Board NB; / l b.
War 1812 The Star Spangled Banner!
World War I - "Over there" Irving Berlin
WOODY GUTHRIE SONGS BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN
World War II - Armed foces Salute, Boogie woogie Bugle boy, Grand Old Flag, Swing Music
Korean War - Arirang (Mk8 has a version of this and so does 5th grade Making Music
50's Music: Vietnam War "Blowing in the Wind" , "War", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?",
"If I Had a Hammer", "Turn, Turn, Turn"
We shall overcome, Wading in the Water, Back of the bus (MM 3rd grade)
"Free At Last (MK8)", "Lift Every Voice and Sing", "We Shall Overcome" OTHER
Did You Ever NB
Go Get the Ax NB; Chicago/
COLONISTS, REVOLUTIONARY WAR
12/11 YANKEE DOODLE - CHOREOGRAPHY YANKEE DOODLE WITH KINDERGARTEN: I put them in a straight line, shoulder to shoulder. I use a stick horse as our pony, and a nice american flag hat. I have the students gallop up and down the line as if they are Yankee Doodle. I tell them the horse's name and play as if he's telling me he can only gallop when the kids are singing Yankee Doodle. I have the kids in line Clap to the beat and sometimes do the movements I made up that go along with the song.
Yankee doodle went to town riding on a pony (Hands out like grabbing reigns of a horse, and bouncing in place in saddle like position.)
Stuck a feather in his hat and called it Macaroni (Pretend to place a feather on head - fingers pointeed out and move to rhythm of Macaroni, ti ti, ta, ta)
Yankee doodle keep it up (Hands down and move up in rhythm on word UP)
Yankee doodle dandy (Hand on hip, kick one leg out to side, and bring in close to feat and erect body, like you're a dandy person)
Mind the music and the step (Finger to forehead on MIND, One foot stomp on step)
And with the girls be handy (Hold hand out and lean and pretend shake on handy)
It's great when they do the movements in their line, or clap/pat to beat. I like to change it up. Remember the pony only goes if all the girls and boys are doing a good job singing! ---- Saumuel Teal, Odessa, TX
06/07 YANKEE DOODLE: I have done this [song] with a Yankee Doodle and his sweetheart. Had boys dressed as Uncle Sam and Yankee Doodle (costumes: anything red,wt & bl with an Uncle Sam type hat). Yankee Doo rides a stick horse about. When it gets to the sweetheart part I have a cute little girl dressed in r/w/b twirling a blue umbrella covered in r/w/b bows-just looking adorable as she twirls her umbrella. Kids point to Uncle Sam, etc. Really a crowd pleaser. -- Dianne Park President, San Diego American Orff Schulwerk Association, Visit our SDAOSA website at http://www.sbsd.k12.ca.us/~slloyd/index.htm
07/11 YANKEE DOODLE STICK PASSING GAME: This is a fun game and can be adapted for many age levels. It can be made more difficult, or kept as is. The Yankee Doodle Stick Passing Game is an activity that is done while seated in a circle on the floor. Each child holds one rhythmstick. Play passes to the right.
Hold the stick in your right hand with the fist at the bottom of the stick. Begin singing the song. With quarter note pulses, beat on the ground for four beats, then in your palm for four beats as follows:
Yankee doodle went to London (or town) ta ta ta ta (on the ground)
Riding on a po-ny ta ta ta ta (beat quarters in left palm)
Stuck a feather Hit stick on ground once directly on "stuck"
in his cap and Stand stick up with r.h. on ground at the bottom of the stick directly on "in". (Stick points to the ceiling.)
called it ma – ca (grab top part of stick on left - your left neighbor's current stick directly on "called" - DO NOT TAKE IT YET)
ro – ni pass your stick to the right while pulling new stick over to you from the left directly on the syllable "ro". It is ONEmotion only.
This one movement should be at the same time exactly on the beat. As you pass your stick to the neighbor on the right, he/she has his hand on the top of it already, as your hand is already on the top of the stick to your left side. When you put your hand on your left neighbor's stick - you DO NOT move it until the next half note, when you pass your stick on and you get one passed to you. You are ready to play again immediately, because your hand was already on the new stick.
Play begins again. The half note part is a good time to reinforce the difference in the note values. It is also good practice for making the game even more fun and challenging. When they are good at this, the half note sections can become quarter note pulses. Therefore, the sticks will pass twice within the framework of this verse. We vary dynamics, we vary tempo (that can be really fun), we sing it without words - just in our heads. Sometimes, I will interject sticks with a different color. Whoever is left with the different colored stick after 2 or 4 rounds (announced before play begins) will be "out". SOMETIMES, they can figure out ahead of time who will be out, so, I vary the half note/quarter note pulse also. SOMETIMES, they can STILL figure that out - then it's time for a new game!!! ---- Patty Oeste in AR
06/06 BEN FRANKLIN and His Glass Harmonica: http://www.fi.edu/franklin/musician/musician.html
04/05 Junior High/Middle School: http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/americanrevolutionactivities.htm
Many links: Colonial America
HELP THE COLONIST GET DRESSED: (an interactive site)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/dress_up_flash.html
FIGURE OUT WHAT HE’S SAYING: (use glossary to interpret the dialect of a colonist):
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/dirty_manner/
SEE THINGS FROM A COLONIST’S PERSECTIVE:
http://www.dps.k12.oh.us/academic/secsoc/americanhistory/teaching_04.htm
GREAT HISTORY RESOURCES:
READ BEN FRANKLIN’S ADVICE ON AN EARLY MARRIAGE:
http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/bookmarks/franklin/index.html
DIARY OF AN EYEWITNESS TO THE BOSTON TEA PARTY:
http://earlyamerica.com/review/2005_winter_spring/boston_tea_party.htm
MUSIC PLAYED AT GENERAL WASHINGTON’S INAUGURAL:
TWO UNRULY WOMEN: http://earlyamerica.com/review/fall96/biography.html
EARLY AMERICA: GREAT LINKS
: http://members.tripod.com/exworthy/amhs.htm
PAUL REVERE: (When you get there, click on Hall 3 for an interactive map of Boston - lots of pictures, paintings, etc.,)
http://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/paulvm/foyer.html
COLONIAL BOSTON (click on ‘The Revere House)
COLONIAL KIDS (learn about life in the colonies) (click on ‘Visit site’ then on red arrow)
Interactive Game: (facts)
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road_q1.html
11/03 William Billings Here is a midi of one of his compositions:
http://www.channel1.com/users/gsilvis/mids/billbeth.mid
Justin Morgan website. The Univ. of Vermont Choral Union has CDs of his music along with William Billings (b. 1746). http://www.morganmuseum.org/html/framejm.html
Christmas in Williamsburg: http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Christmas04/music.cfm
10/02 Revolutionary War Here's what I do with both my 4ths &, believe it or not, my 7ths (as an example of a battle song for their American Patriotic musical heritage unit focus):I use the YD selection on the Rhythmically Moving Cd (disk 2 I think). During the verse, we follow the basic pattern:
ta ta titi ta (on floor) --ta ta titi ta (in palm) --ta ta taa (floor, flip, knee) --taa taa (grab, pass)
Then on the refrain (Yankee Doodle keep it up...), we all just keep continually passing the sticks around the circle either to the half note pulse or quarter note pulse depending on how well they can keep up and stay on the beat. Then it's back to the verse for round 2.
To make it a bit more exciting, I mark 1 stick in some way say with a piece of tape. At the end of each refrain, I stop the music. Whoever has this stick is out of the big circle and keeps the beat on the floor with his stick until some others are out and then they form their own circle for their own simultaneous game. With the Rhythmically Mving cd, I believe there are 4 rounds of play. Works quite well and I encourage the kids to sing along, at least on the refrain.
02/02 Last week I set out to teach my grade 3/4 students the Yankee Doodle Stick Game that can be found on the Music K-8 page in the idea bank. One students suggested that we use boomwhackers instead of sticks. I have 5 sets of diatonic and those classes typically run from 22-24 students. I used 5 F's, A's, high C's, low C's, and filled in with E's for extra students. I put them in a pattern of FACCFACCFACC...and then put all of the E's together most of the time if I had a bunch so students could see the band of them go around the circle.
The pattern was very neat to watch during the activity. We sang in F Major and it really worked well...drove the librarian nuts because she was trying to teach library classes right outside of my room :) I also experimented with tempos which was fun. It was a very quick teach - about 10 minutes or so. Most of your time spent in teaching is getting students to realize who they grab a boomwhacker from and who they pass to. They do catch on quickly though. Just so happens to fit in to my intergration of history of CT with the classroom teachers
01/02 www.usamusic.org (click on American Music Initiative then on next page, click on "View Current Lessons" at bottom of page)
Grade 8 Early American Music - 7 Lessons
Who was here before settlers? (1 million Indians) Many tribes, languages, ways of life; People left England for religious freedom, free land. Went to Holland and the colonies. Settled on the Eastern border of U.S. Many people including prisoners and blacks were sent as indentured servants. Slave trade grew because of need for field labor. Many people lived on farms close to town. Conveniences? Schooling? Fun?
Revolution: Ballads tell a story; people didn't want to pay high taxes to England; One of most popular ballads was Barbara Allen; Songs stirred emotions, poked fun at British; Kids played hopscotch,leapfrog, London Bridge, hide and seek, blindman's bluff, balls, dolls, marbles, kites, tops, hoops, jump ropes. Children went to 'Dame School' (often house of a widow) where they would learn to read and 'cipher' (math) but usually not to write. Women were not taught to write though they could read fluently. One 'rote' poem children had to learn was:
Thirty days hath November, April, June and September.
February hath 28 alone, And all the rest have 31.
Some people including John Winthrop (governor of Boston at the time) thought educating women would drive them to insanity. Children had no blackboards, maps, paper, etc.,. Students learned from a 'hornbook' which was a page of writing covered with a sheet of animal horn. On one side was the alphabet and on the other, the Lord's prayer. Children wrote with lumps of lead or quill pens dipped in ink onto such as birch bark. The only text they had was the Bible. Occasionally an Aesop's fable was used. If a student failed his/her lesson, he/she wore a hat with the sign: "Baby Good-For-Nothing"; if daydreaming: "Idle boy/girl."
Song: "Revolutionary Tea"
Revolutionary tea, 342 chests of it to be exact, brewed brown in Boston Harbor where defiant patriots dumped that unwanted English import in 1773. Like children furious with a parent, the patriots' behavior sent a powerful message to Mother England. Anger ran high at Parliament's claim to tax her colonies at whim. The message in the destroyed tea was, "We refuse to pay your taxes." The lyrics to "Revolutionary Tea" tell the colonists' story. England is "the Island Queen"; the colonies are "the daughter." The "mother" calls on the "daughter" to pay tax on the tea. The feisty daughter responds with a rebellious "NO!," gathers a crowd for a "Boston Tea Party," and they all make sea tea!
In the 1700's, everyone liked tea! Then England starting charging alot more for it by putting a 'tax' on the tea. Colonists started stopping the ships from landing so they would not have to pay the tax. Amoung the people that spoke out against the English tax was Samuel Adams. On the evening of Dec. 16, 1773, some people from Boston dressed up as Indians and boarded the a ship that was full of tea. They dumped it into the harbor. The English responded by closing the harbor. The colonists got so upset that within 2 years, they were at war with England.
Song: "Simple Gifts"
The Shakers were a religious group of people in the 1800's. They were called so because they would dance and 'shake' during some of their music. Music is very important to their service of worship. The song, Simple Gifts if believed to be from this group.
http://www.shakerworkshops.com/shakers.htm#
Song: "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Did you know that the "12 Days of Christmas" came about as a result of Henry VIII's disallowing Catholicism in 1558? Since it was considered an "underground" church, catechism teaching often happened by using a code system. Hence, in the "12 Days" carol, the partridge in a pear tree stood for Jesus Christ, the two turtle doves stood for the Old and New Testaments, the three French hens stood for "faith, hope, and charity", four calling birds were the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John), the five golden rings recalled the Torah--the first five books of the Old Testament, the six geese-a-laying stood for the six days of creation, the seven swans a swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit, the eight maids-a-milking were the eight Beatitudes, nine ladies dancing were the nine truths of the Holy Spirit as found in Galatians 5, ten Lords-a-leaping were the Ten Commandments, eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples, and the twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles' Creed.
Twelve Days of Christmas: Another opinion:
The recent posting regarding the 12 Days of Christmas and its encoding is amusing, but someone probably is engaging in retroactive history or creative writing. Henry VIII's reign ended prior to 1558, so he could not have "disallowed" Catholicism then. Furthermore, Henry, while piqued at divorce difficulties involving papal disapproval, reigned at a time when the state and a state-sanctioned religion (rather than a religious-sanctioned state) was becoming ascendant in England. Nothing in the alleged encoding is unacceptable to evolving 16th century developments in the Church of England. In any case, seeing religious symbolism in seemingly trivial things, while interesting, is risky.
Song: Yankee Doodle
This song was originally written (by Dr. Richard Shuckburg) to make fun of the scruffy looking American soldiers. Some British soldiers would taunt the Americans by standing outside churches during services and sing "Yankee Doodle as the Americans tried to conduct worship. But when the Americans defeated the British in 1781, the Americans sang this song to the British as a final insult. Doodle: a word meaning 'do-little' (do nothing)
Yankee: possibly from Yanglee (the way Indians pronounced 'English')
One other little factoid I picked up from John Taylor Gotti (the author of "The Dumbing Down of America) was that George Washington was adamant about designing his own clothes and being an exquisite dancer. He met with Lafayette in Newport, RI (after crossing my little island of Jamestown) and there attended a ball in his honor. A special dance, "Successful Campaign" was written for Gen'l. Washington that is still available.
Clapping patterns for Yankee Doodle:
ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti (first line of verse)
(2 times 1 is two-o a-and)
ti ti ti ti ta ta (2nd line of verse)
(2 times 2 is fo-ur)
ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti (3rd line)
(2 times 3 is si-ix a-and)
ti ti ti ti ta ta (4th line)
(2 times 4 is ei-eight.
(another verse takes you thru 2 (or whatever)times 8 and the refrain covers whatever times 9 thru whatever times 12.)
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Note for Yankee Doodle Stick Game: (FIND YANKEE DOODLE STICK GAME and add following note: I just reviewed this with my 3rd graders (who had learned it last year), and we tried something new. After we had practiced it, I took all their sticks, and started the game with just one stick. The child sitting to my right had to be ready to grab my stick, and continue the game as I picked up a 2nd stick. I asked them not to sing until they had a stick in their hand, so they could hear the voices accumulating and getting stronger. Of course, when the first stick came back around to me, I started putting them back in the box, and reminded them that they didn't sing when they didn't have a stick, so they could hear the voices get softer and softer....it was really cool and the kids loved it.
Parody: MR. WASHINGTON'S SAD SONG (Tune: Yankee Doodle) source unknown
1. In days of old, George Washington Went out one day to play,
Chopped down his father's cherry tree-- At least, that's what they say.
Georgie was a naughty boy with his little hatchet,
And for such a naughty deed, he should really catch it!
2. When George's father saw the tree, He nearly blew his top.
Said he, "We'll have no more of this, It's simply got to stop!"
Who'd destroy a lovely tree, I can't understand it.
He'll be made to pay for this, that despicable bandit!
3. When Georgie heard his father there, It made him very sad.
Said he, "I cannot tell a lie, I'm guilty, dear old Dad!
I cut down your cherry tree with my little hatchet,
I must tell the truth to you even though I catch it!"
4. But George's father smiled and said, "You've filled my life with joy.
I cannot mourn a cherry tree When I have an honest boy."
Georgie was a good boy with his little hatchet.
He told his dad the truth and so--he didn't catch it!
And during the War of 1812:
The song was useful during the war of 1812. Two daughters of Aaron Bates were in their lighthouse home in Scituate, Mass. about 25 miles from Boston. When they spotted a British man-o-war off-shore and a boatload of sailors making their way toward land, they grabbed the fife and drum their grandfather had played during the Revolutionary war and went to play out on the sand dunes as loud as they could . The British sailors heard the tune, assumed American troops were ready, that they were outnumbered, and turned turned back.
Song: "FARMER IN THE DELL"
"Farmer" is actually a variation of a German folk song, which eventually made its way to England, Scotland, and Australia, and of course, to the U.S. Its original title was, "The Farmer's in His Den," and the melody was different. The song and game were brought to the U.S. by West German immigrants. "Looby" is a variation on "Sally Go 'Round the Sun," and originates in England and Wales. So, the moral to this story is, don't forget our government's resource, the Library of Congress!
Song: "Hey Ho" Hey Ho in whatever form (Nobody at Home in my source) is from PAMMELIA, 1609. "Pammelia", a book, was a collection of songs, catches, rounds, satirical and politically incorrect pieces popular at the time. Mostly no authors given (they wouldn't dare) but stuff was sung (always) by men who met in the coffee houses. These were eventually replaced by pubs after Queen Elizabeth left the throne. Coffee houses were big meeting and hang out places. Isn't funny that it's happening that way again? Without the singing, though. Maybe we could start a new movement? Catches are rounds that have hidden, usually off-color jokes that only are only heard when all the parts are sung together. There were Catch Clubs, usually very exclusive. If you see the film Shakespeare in Love, I think I recall a coffeehouse scene in there.
Song: LONDON BRIDGE
According to Gomme, in volume 1, page 347, there are stories about the blood of animals or children being used as an ingredient in the mortar with which London Bridge was built.
On pages 204-205, 210, 254, Newell offers a few explanations which aren't quite as gory, but involve the supernatural. One explanation is that the Devil was responsible for the collapse of London Bridge. Ol' Beelzebub makes a practice out of assaulting bridges, and the only defense is to imprison a person in that bridge, hence the children being imprisoned in the game.
The child captured at the end of the stanza is captured by the Devil. London Bridge could also represent the treacherous bridge which the soul had to traverse, according to Medieval belief. Newell calls attention to the tug-of-war competition which traditionally takes place at the end of the game, and claims that the competition was originally between Good and Evil.
Walt Disney produced an animated cartoon and a comic book, both entitled "The Truth about Mother Goose." It gives us a historical incident in which London Bridge burned down and was reconstructed. If you are looking for a story to tell a class of children, you might prefer this one.
Song: "Mary Had A Little Lamb"
THE MARY of the poem fame. She lived in Sterling Massachusetts and went to the Little Red School House now on the site of the Wayside Inn in Sudbury,Massachusetts. The school building was bought by Henry Ford and moved to Sudbury in the mid 1930's. He planned on making Sudbiry his " Greenfield Village" historical recreation which he later did build in Dearborn , Michigan. The people of Sudbury didn't want Ford to comercialize their little town with a huge Auto Factory. Ford had already bought up 500 acres and the Wayside Inn. In 1929 Ford built the Grist Mill on what was then route 20 and in 1936 he built the Martha Mary Chapel with the trees felled during the BIG Hurricane. He added a room on the Inn for his bedroom. He created a school for under-privileged boys on the property. Ford would come out to Sudbury to entertain his many Boston friends......sending a special party train out for an afternoon picnic or an evening ball. It was the social event of the season . Many Sudbury "aristocrats" were invited along with famous people like Thomas Edison.Hal's grandmother went to many of these functions and we have a dance card with Fords name as one of her dance partners for the evening.
Song: "Ring Around the Rosy"
According to my History of the English Language professor, this game owes its origins to Black Death, hence the line "all fall down." One of the symptoms of Black Death was sneezing, hence the line "ashes, ashes." On page 111 of volume 2, Lady Gomme tells us that gifted children had the power to laugh roses, according to Germanic myth.
Frog Went-A-Courtin'; Billy Boy; Hush A-Bye; Hush Little Baby
Johnny Schmoker - Penn. Dutch; May Day in the Morning;
Old Woman (Deaf Woman's Courtship); Pop Goes the Weasel
There Was a Crooked Man; Riddle Song
Yankee Doodle - Amer. Revo. by British turned and later used against British after victories; mocks Y. as bumpkins w/no chance of getting girls
My Country 'Tis of Thee; Johnny's Gone for a Soldier - Irish tune
Reference and Story Books: American Revolution - E. Dolan (alot of pictures people inc. King George, Betsy Ross, maps, painting, history) Yankee Doodle - Gary Chalk Revolution told with pictures of mice instead of humans, song verse on one page and historical info on the opposite page; beautifully illustrated with humour; 16 verses
Songs & Stories from the American Revolution, J. Silverman; song histories, pictures from Metro. Museum of Art
There is a childrens'book of singing games available from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Includes "Roger is Dead" (Ithink that's the song title--kids love it).
APPALACIAN MOUNTAINS
12/11 SHAPE NOTE LESSON: http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/shapenote/index.html
12/07 http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MusicSSAppalachianFolkMusicAndCulture45.htm>
LESSON: Capture your students' attention with this lesson focusing on “The Riddle Song” to show the pentatonic scale and Appalachian culture.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/music-styles/lesson-plan/8299.html
Lesson: http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/folkAlanJabbour.html
SHORT HISTORY http://www.nativeground.com/appalachianmusichistory.asp
LINKS: http://community.berea.edu/awtm/AppalachianMusicLinks.html
HILLBILLY MUSIC: bios, history, photos, sounds http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/sfc1/hillbilly/HTML/Home/Home.htm
PBS: This site is the on-line companion to the PBS program of same title. It provides bibliographic information, selected discography, information about music in Appalachia and dulcimers, and selected bibliographies and links to additional web resources. http://www.ket.org/mountainborn/
MUSIC of the Southern Appalachian Mountains: A Study Guide by Mike Seeger
http://mikeseeger.info/html/1_sgcov.html
PROTEST SONGWRITERS: http://www.english.vt.edu/~appalach/writersM/protestsongs.html
WOMEN: Funded by the Appalachian College Association, this bibliography of materials available through 1999 consists of materials about Appalachian women and music. The list includes dissertations, periodicals, a videography and select discography and links to sites on Appalachian music. --Banjo in Appalachia: Part 1 of 2 http://kentuckyexplorer.com/nonmembers/01-01023.html
BANJO WOMEN in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky
http://www.marshall.edu/csega/research/banjowomeninwestvirginiaandeasternkentucky.pdf
MULTIMEDIA: An excellent resource, this multimedia site brings together images, sounds and stories covering the era of folk music as it developed from an oral to a recorded tradition. Part of the Southern Folklife Collection sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the site includes a virtual tour of the exhibit, biographies, sounds, images, the full text of Archie Green’s article, “Hillbilly Music,” and background about the process Gus Meade used to write Country Music Resources. --Jean Ritchie: short biography http://il.essortment.com/jeanritchiebio_rxrr.htm
DULCIMER, SHORT HISTORY: http://www.bearmeadow.com/dulcimer-history/index.html
INTRO TO APPALACHIAN MUSIC: Encyclopedia entry in Wikipedia-which is presented as a regional genre of American folk music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_folk_music
Cecil Sharp in America - http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/sharp.htm
Article about his tour collecting Appalachian folk music.
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/appalach.htm Article by Debby McClatchy .
JUGBAND MUSIC - SHORT HISTORY: http://www.lowoverheadstudios.com/music.htm
Essay on Appalachian Music http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/dollyparton/country-appalachian.html
Short History of Appalachian Music http://mustrad.org.uk/articles/appalach.htm
MUSEUM: Appalachian Cultural Museum: Arts and Music http://www.wade.org/artsand.htm#MUSIC -- Sandy Toms
Orange Blossom Special: Curriculum See 2007-2008 Folk Music at: http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/education/curriculum.cfm
01/04 I had the kids do "The Sow Took The Measles". They really had fun performing it and it is a perfect example if Appalachian folk song style. You might also consider some of the hymn tunes from Southern Harmony. Many of them have original secular lyrics. I did this once (many moons ago) and decided to set the whole thing up as a full blown hootenanny. We set the stage up in the middle of the hall with a big tent - like light full of all different colors hanging right over the stage. It was a huge hit. The crowd loved the sing-a-longs. - Contributed by Ron in CA
Pilgrims moved here to escape British rule and American taxes. They were left alone for 120 years. (No outside influences) They had the Cherokee Indians to chase away. Children eventually were not schooled. Guitar, dulcimer, violin and eventually the banjo(orig. assoc. w/slaves) Musicians became very proficient at these instruments. Many songs were in dialogue form. ('Dueling banjos' as an example of musicianship)
Songs: Barnyard Song - Kentucky Mountains; Riddle Song; Deaf Woman's Courtship; Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
The 4th grade is doing a unit on the southern states, and I'd like to know if you have any great suggestions. I plan on talking about the Appalachian Dulcimer. Does anyone have cool ideas for Appalachian Spring by Copland? I'm going to have them play and sing "Simple Gifts" but I'm lost from there. Some other topics I have jotted down are: New Orleans; Jazz (I'm working on researching this one); Grand Ole Opry; Coal; Peanuts; Rivers; Bluegrass
Jill Trinka's volumes feature songs, singing games, and playparties from Southern states. Her material is fabulous. My kids have enjoyed every game of hers I've used.
The picture book WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS, by Cynthia Rylant, has some good discussion starters for 4th grade level. It begins.... "When I was young in the mountains, Grandfather came home in the evening covered with the black dust of a coal mine......" I used it with both 4th and 5th one year and could hardly get them to stop asking questions and sharing things they had heard from grandparents.
I co-ordinate Appalachian Spring and jazz with separate social studies unit in gr4: The story of "Appalachian Spring" by Copland is about wedding preparations in a small town in the Appalachian mountains of PENNSYLVANIA. I teach this as part of my gr4 unit on 'PA music and musicians'. We learn "Simple Gifts", study theme and variations, then listen to "App Spr" excerpt. One year I also showed the ballet excerpt but haven't had time for the video lately. I use a map transparency to show how the Appalachian Mts run from Maine to Georgia (mention Appalachian trail) and compare it to the Allegheny Mts (which run through western PA where we live -- Pittsburgh area) etc. But I do this as PA related when they study this region in social studies -- not with the southern states.
Things I tie in when they study the middle and southern regions: 1) the Preservation Hall jazz band in TN; 2) Gershwin, who brought jazz out of its beginnings (in the bars of New Orleans) and moved it to the concert arena; 3) Drinking Gourd/spirituals/Civil War.
For Simple Gifts by Copland.... Take some boxes and wrap them up as gifts (complete with bows!!) and then cut out cool instrument pictures. Each gift box should have the picture of the instrument (or instruments) for a variation. Have some kids hold up the boxes (in random order, of course) and the rest of the class is in charge of putting them in the correct order. Divide them into small groups and assign a variation to each group...each group must select the correct "gift". Then have the kids draw a map of the whole song. There is a beautiful picture book of the song with wonderful Amish crafts and nature pictures you might want to share with them as a visual the first time they listen. I'd also have them sing the song!! All verses.
Here's an idea you might like to go with the reading of "When I Was Young in the Mountains"-- as you are reading it , play the selection called "Quiet Time " on the Greg and Steve albums (CDor tape)-- it makes an awesome background, and if you practice a few times, the music will start and stop when you do !!
12/11 TURKEY IN THE STRAW - DANCE
I use a recording of Turkey in the Straw (a recording by Phil Rosenthal which is also in a textbook series) for a line type dance with my Second Graders. I am by no means a dance or movement expert but I could swear I got the idea from this list.
Basically (and you can change it as you need to) they stand in two straight lines facing each other (boys on one side, girls on the other) and for the first four beats of the song they step towards each other for 4 steps (in) and then four steps away (out). This repeats so there is 16 beats of them walking in and out. Then I have the head couple Do-Si-Do for 8 counts and then walk down to the end of each line for 8 counts. They usually make up some silly walk or hand movement as they walk down the row. The rest of the class is clapping during all of this. This is all repeated a hundred times and the kids seem to really enjoy it. Of course it takes awhile to explain and practice. It's an excellent lesson in steady beat reinforcement and just plain old direction following. ---- Edward Lattari
12/11 SMARTBOARD: "Turkey in the Straw"... Here's the link - http://www.box.net/s/osg938be0nn7vj05jb8i
I use the Spotlight on Music version of the song, Grade 2, CD 17. Just touch the circles and that section of the song will appear.
1. I ask what the first part of a song or piece of music is called (intro) and reveal, then ask about the last part of a song (coda) and reveal. I play the song and reveal the sections as the song progresses. For the last 3-4 section I ask them what section they think is next.
2. We talk about the differences between sections A, B and C. (C is just music, A has different words each time, B has the same words each time, A is sung by a one person and B is sung by two people, etc...
3. We do some movements for the song:
A - 4 steps towards partner clapping their hand on 4 4 steps away clapping on 4 do-si-do (8 beats)
B - head pair goes down the alley - 8 beats (moving to the beat, but in their own way) head pair comes back to their spot and makes an arch
C - "peel the banana" ---- D. Brian Weese
10/08 BOOK: [This cute book] called Skip to My Loo uses different verses about farm animals that mess up a house and have to clean it up before the little boy's grandparents get home. We put a basic bordun with it in the key of F and used Zoo plates. It'd be neat to use all those things together with the dance. Here's the book: It's really cute!!
http://www.amazon.com/Skip-Lou-Nadine-Bernard-Westcott/dp/0316930911 --- Patricia Albritton
SONG: NO ONE IN THE HOUSE BUT DINAH
I've seen this song used for a singing activity at a couple of workshops I went to. One was where the students stand in a circle and one person is chosen to be "Dinah". They are blindfolded and they are suppose to go move around the circle and try to find a person they know. They stop in front of the person and say who the person is. They are trying to identify them by their listening to their voices because the students are singing the song while the "Dinah" is going around trying to find a voice they recognize. The other way I have seen it done is students stand in a circle and a person is chosen to be "Dinah". Once "Dinah" is blindfolded the students in the circle start to sing the song. They also create a doorway for "Dinah". "Dinah" moves around trying to find the doorway, but they can't use their hands. They must listen around to the students singing and they're suppose to be able to know where the door is because it will be in the spot where no one is (the doorway). It took our "Dinah" a long time to figure out. I use [this song] it for reading and playing 4 sixteenth notes and also for non-pitch instrument identification. Here is how I do it:
FIRST ACTIVITY: Echoing rhythms with 4 sixteenth notes
Sit in a circle and every student gets a non-pitched instrument. They are mixed up so that we don't have two woodblocks sitting side by side. We sing the song acapella style. We change the words "strumming on the old banjo" to "playing on the instruments". After they sing we echo play 4 beat rhythm that include 4 sixteenth notes (I do 3 or 4 rhythms). Then they pass the instrument to the person on the right as we sing the song again.
SECOND ACTIVITY: Reading rhythms
I lay several different non-pitched instruments on the floor in front of the students. I pick one student to come down and pick any instrument and a rhythm flashcard (4 beat rhythm pattern that includes 4 sixteenth notes). The class sings the song replacing "Dinah" with the student's name and at the end we sing "playing on the..." and fill in the blank with the instruments name. After we sing the song the student plays the instrument while reading the rhythm card. I do play the accompaniment track for this activity to help give them a steady beat. They repeat the rhythm and keep playing it through the instrumental break on the CD (2nd grade Making Music) My students love to perform for the class so they really loved this activity. Several of them would dance while they played.
THRID ACTIVITY: instrument identification
I lay several different instrument in a spot that is hidden from the rest of the class. One student is chosen and the go over an pick an instrument. The class sings the songs at the end of the song the student plays the instrument. Then they come out and pick a student to guess what instrument they heard. If they are right they are the next person to go. Otherwise they pick another student to guess. They keep picking until someone gets it right. I don't do all these activities in one day. I do one activity each time I see them. --- Tami Mangusso
12/07 LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE/CD’S: I just listened to a couple of great CDs. The music on these CDs were complied by a professor at Vanderbilt. He researched all the songs Laura Ingalls Wilder mentioned in her books, and recorded some of them. I read an article about this and ordered the 2 cds. They are great performances of wonderful American folk songs. The CDs are called “Happy Land: Musical Tributes to Laura Ingalls Wilder” and “Arkansas Traveler: Music from Little House on the Prairie.” There is also a book of musical scores to go along called The Happy Land Companion -- Penny Thomas
PLAY PARTY; Start with an easy version first where both circles walk opposite each other (inside CCW, outside CW) and then go back to their original partner. Do a partner clap type of thing but on the last 4 beats, go to one person to their left or right. For example:
A section
outside circle CW
inside circle CCW
8 beats
repeat with inside CW, outside CCW (total 16 beats)
B section
pat clap partner clap clap, repeat (8 beats)
right elbow swing (4 beats) - (or a do-si-do, more partner clap stuff, etc.)
"step to your left" (4 beats)
(repeat the A section after the kids have waved "hi" to their new partner!)
After lots of practice with easy stuff like this, they should be able to do more complicated dances! I always have them verbalize each section - either with counting, saying what we're doing, ("pat! clap! partner! clap!"), etc. Then,after lots of practice, they have to put all the directions in theirhead and only dance to the music! -- RaeAnna Goss
Use poly spots (colored plastic disks) on the floor to label their places.
06/06 OLD JOE CLARK: Students take a partner and make a double circle.
Chorus: The couples step clockwise round the circle.
Verse: The outside circle stands still while the inside circle weaves in and out in a clockwise direction. -- Denise Gagne www.musicplay.ca Musicplay - the Sequential Text Series
10/05 <> I've done it, slightly modified, with 2nd grade. When it comes to the head couple sliding down between the two lines, I don't make them hold hands or go through an arch formed by the two lines holding hands over their heads. The two lines just clap. Monica in Tennessee
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10/02 The singing game "Alabama Gal" could work. Or the old dance to "Captain Jinks".
02/05 LIMBERJACK: A limberjack is an old-fashioned toy that is also a percussion instrument. It's wooden body is articulated at the knees and feet. When it is raised up and down via a wooden dowel in it's chest, it makes rhythmic tapping sounds on a board which the player supports under her knees. Suzanne Knutzen Long Beach, WA
02/05 A little wooden man or woman attached to a stick arms and legs move freely. Then you have a wooden board. Place that under your thigh. Place the man on the board . Hold it buy the handle, strike the board lightly and it makes the man dance. Play fiddle music. -- Susan in VA
02/05 http://www.zephyrinstruments.com/limberjack.htm
11/03 OLD DAN TUCKER/COTTON EYED JOE - Dance
You can make two lines facing each other boys and girlsleave enough room for four steps forward and four steps back 3 times then eight steps and they pass each other and turn aroundafter the turnaround eight steps to the original lines and to finish one rotation have the first two people in line skip together to the end of the line creating two new leaders/repeat - Contributed by Scott Goldblatt
11/03 Here is what I teach for Cotton-Eyed Joe:
Starting with the L foot, stamp, kick, walk-in-place, then do it with the R, repeat once more with each foot. (when the kids get used to the "walk-in-place", then can then do "three-steps-back" instead.) 8 shuffle steps starting with the L.
This is also how it is done at the local country bar where my husband and I met three years ago and where we go as often as possible.-Contributed by Stephanie Menefee
03/03 The place to start is the address below, then follow the "preparations" until just before #7. There is a link called "singing and dancing" which will take you to some interesting material and further links. I tried to copy a link to the exact page but kept getting the starting point.
http://www.lewis-clark.org/singing.htm
03/03 Check out the book LEWIS AND CLARK FOR KIDS if you want to have an interesting and useful resource at hand during the bicentennial years. In addition to the nine chapters dealing with the different parts of the journey and the expected time-line and map, the book includes some great photos of artifacts and related art, a list of Lewis and Clark sites/organizations/events, web sites to explore, and some neat student projects. Several that our art teacher and I plan on exploring with our classes are "making a tipi," "a dance rattle," "hoop and pole game," "whooping crane waltz," and "buffalo mask."
The book is by Janis Herbert, published by Chicago Review Press, $14.95. ISBN 1-55652-3
10/02 Contributed by Kristin Lukow
We are singing "Polly Wolly Doodle" as a part of our 3rd grade Laura Ingals Wilder song unit. This song is in These Happy Golden Years. The students LOVE this song! We are using MK8 8/1(Plank Road Publishing: http://www.musick8.com/).With their help, we have designed a cute way to perform it...
The students sing the verses with actions they designed to accentuate the words. During the chorus, they play various percussion instruments after, "Fare thee well X X "After each chorus there is a 4 measure interlude. One of my boys suggested doing the chicken dance during this time. It fits perfectly! I just went bonkers with joy over their suggestion and made the biggest deal out of how creative they are etc... It is so much fun!!!! The song mentions this chicken who sneezes his head and tail right off...so cute!
There is an instrumental section in the middle of the song and we do the chicken dance facing 4 directions.
05/21 Hoecakes, a thin cornbread, were common among early settlers. They probably originated among farmers who brought raw ingredients with them to the fields and"baked"(actually fried) them on a hoe over a fire for lunch.
Yield: this makes enough for an average sized class
2 c. flour, 2c. cornmeal, 1/5 c. sugar, 4 tsp. baking powder, 2 tsp. salt
Work 1/2 c. shortening into flour mix. Add 3 eggs and 2 c. milk. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a preheated, lightly greased griddle. Turn when edges seem dry. Hoecakes should be crisp and lightly browned on both sides.
05/21 I am a fellow Laura Ingalls Wilder fan! Honestly, I really am a nut-I can tell you all KINDS of stuff about her-I did a very brief unit with 3rd grade this year and they just kept asking me questions about her. I think I own just about every biography about her, and a the majority of the other books by her, etc.
I made copies of the family photographs from a picture book I have of her family (I think it's called Laura's Album) and made them into a bulletin board. We sang a few of the songs, and mainly just looked and discussed. I even brought my violin one year when I had more time and played as we sang.Anyway, do I know the book for you! Several years ago, there was a book published called The Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook with songs from the series, plus the quotations they came from. There was a newer one that came out a few years ago, I think, that wasn't nearly as good. I originally found this in the library at UNCG and had a blast with it, and after much searching found it on E-bay. It is a terrific resource!!!
05/21 I have always wanted to do an in depth unit on the music from Laura Ingalls Wilder books. I have been collecting information and books ( I think I have them all) and am planning to write up a unit of study one of these days. A great source is the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum Bookstore in Desmet S.D. they have all sorts of information available, which you can access on line. Photos, etc. The LIW songbook is a great resource since it has songs and references where they come from in the series. I think there is also a tape, and songs played on Pa's fiddle.
11/01 In my Oregon Trail programs I've also included "Acres of Clams" as a song of the Northwest and because it talks about industries in Oregon (farming and gold mining), "Out in the Great Northwest" and "The Frozen Logger." I sometimes look at certain industries and characteristics of Oregon for my sources (last year I borrowed "Land of the Silver Birch" from Canada because it mentions beavers, and considered a duck song as well).
10/01 I dug out my handy-dandy The Songs We Sang - A Treasury of American Popular Music, by Theodore Raph, and looked up some songs from pioneer America (1810-1860). I assume you already have plenty of play parties from last year. Statehood for Indiana is listed as 1816, so this falls within the date range. How about working up an activity with your state song. I have historical information for each of the songs listed below.
1832 - Skip to My Lou, 1835 - Down in the Valley, 1841 - On Top of Old Smoky
1848 - Blue-Tail Fly, 1849 - Oh Susanna, 1850 - Buffalo Gals, 1851 - Sweet Betsy from Pike
1851 - Camptown Races, 1852 - Wait for the Wagon
We did some of these plus a lot of other songs, games, dances, etc. during our sesquicentennial year and kicked it off with a half-day trip for each grade (1-6) to a nearby historical community and one-room school. Only the 6th had a rainy day, and I was prepared with a few indoor musical activities. One was "Spin the Bottle." The only thing needed is a bottle. The person it landed on had to perform a short song for the group. For some turns, I'd set a different "penalty," like choose someone else to sing a song, do the "Chicken Dance" for us, count to 10 in Spanish, etc.
10/01 This is America Charlie Brown: The Music and Heroes of America, Paramount video. 1989 available through Music in Motion and many other music companies.
Activity: on large paper write the names of the musicians mentioned in the movie. write in bubble print.(write so that the letters are hollow and can be colored in by the children. write one name per paper. I used large white drawing paper) have kids (my EI class) color with crayons/markers. Give kids the posters to hold and during the movie have them come up and hold their signs when their person (listed below) is talked about. helps keep them focused.
Stephen Foster, George M. Cohan , John Philip Sousa, Irving Berlin, Scott Joplin, W.C.Handy, George Gershwin, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie (shown but not named) and Vince Geraldi (composer of Linus and Lucy) give papers to kids and have them stand next to VCR holding paper when mentioned
10/01 Suggestions for log cabin classroom setting:
I'd pull out and sing John Denver's "Grandma's Feather Bed"; and read and sing the picture book, "Grandma's Band" (by Brad Bowles, ill. by Anthony Chan, published by Stemmer House, 1989) which includes the songs "Johnny On The Ocean", "You Get a Line and I'll Get a Pole", "On Top of Old Smokey", "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain", and "Animal Fair". This would also be a great time to play bluegrass music and use my limberjack, spoons, washboard, dulcimer and psaltery. How 'bout singing "Rocky Mountain"? Body percussion (hambone) would be fun with bluegrass music, wouldn't it? It would also be fun to do a scarf activity with bandanas. Lands, I might even dress up as Grandma!
As more people came to settle in the colonies, others wanted to move west to explore, farm and buy land. Some traveled as part of a large 'wagon-train' while others went on their own. As there were no stores on the prairie, they had to take with them everything they needed to make repairs, keep warm, hunt for food, cook, clothe and defend themselves. They faced disease and sickness and many people including children died on the way. Water was sometimes hard to find and unsafe to drink. But even with all these problems, people still went west. New songs were made up and sung about their new lives in the 'untamed west.'
Songs: Ain't Gonna Rain No More; Angel Band - South; Bye'm Bye - Texas Done Caught a Rabbit; Down the River; Hop Up My Ladies; I Had Me a Rooster Love Somebody; Old Joe Clarke; Pass One Window; Paw Paw Patch; Red River Valley (orig. Canada: Red River then Bright Mohawk Valley) Sourwood Mountain - South; Turn the Glasses Over; Down In the Valley O Susanna - Stephen Foster; Paper of Pins; Skip to My Lou - Western There's a Hole in My Bucket -circular rhyme; Weevily Wheat - Indiana Old Brass Wagon - Iowa, Missouri, dance, play party Hey Betty Martin - War of 1812
Going West - L. Wilder Young child getting ready to leave
Westward bound tunes: Click on site below and scroll down to "Gold rush and westward journey" . It will connect you to midis and lyrics to songs http://www.contemplator.com/america.html
It is a book....called The Pilgrims are Marching by Carol Green (I think). It is part of a series. I also use the one called Frankie the Cat about a cat that helps Columbus discover America to the tune of "On Top of Old Smokey." There are a few more in the series, but these are the two I could remember. If you need more info let me know, they are laying on my desk at school. I just can't remember anymore about them now.
I just discovered that I had bought a wonderful resource in a bargain CD this summer from BMG Music. The recording is Songs from America's Heartland by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. On the recording are The Battle of New Orleans and Simple Gifts. Among the other pieces - Sourwood Mountain, Down by the Riverside, My Lord What a Morning, Deep river, Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho, What a Wonderful World, Bridge Over Troubled Water - and more. The spirituals should be included in your southern states unit. Follow the Drinking Gourd, book and music, would be valuable to a study of slavery and escaping. My kids love the book and the song. I found the Mormon Choir CD at http://www.bmgmusicservice.com/ It lists for $16.98, but I know I found it on a real clearance deal earlier in the summer. Glad I did find it......
Dance: Start with two lines facing each other, but the student partners are standing next to each other, not across from each other (we'll call that person your "corner" for now)(if you do it in small sqaures of two sets of partners, it really would be your corner)
1st two meas: Step-slide, Step-slide (to the west)(these are half note steps because it's a very fast 4 time signature - really more like cut time)
2nd two meas: Step-slide, Step-slide (to the east)
3rd two meas: (let go of your partner) Forward, two, three, clap (3 steps forward on strong beat, clap both of your hands with your "corner's" hands - "high 10")
4th two meas: Back, two, three-turn, clap ("high 10" your partner)
1st two meas: Right elbow swing with your partner (only once around)
2nd two meas: Left elbow swing with your partner
3rd two meas: Right elbow swing with your corner (person across from you in this case)
4th two meas: Hand clapping pattern with your partner, pat-pat-clap(own)-clap-snap-snap-high 10
I really wanted this last part to be with the person across, and I wanted it to be: pat-clap(own)-right-clap-left-clap-both (high 10) But I as the head "folk" had to change it because it was just too fast for them and they haven't had enough handjive experience in their once a week time with me. The beauty of making up your own stuff! It may take a while at first but once you get a feel for your kids and their capabilities, dances start to come pretty easily.-- Contributed by Pam Moser
Like many folk songs, "Old Dan Tucker" has many variations. These are listed as the original:
http://www.pdmusic.org/1800s/43odt.txt
This one mentions "squash" http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/education/edsmithcoggin2.htm
Kididdles has 2 versions:
http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/o006.html
http://www.mhtennessee.com/music/module3/pdf/Mod3Les1_Wksh_OldDan.PDF
The song is accredited to Daniel Emmett (1815-1904), A Northerner of Irish decent. It was introduced by his Virginia minstrels in New York City in 1843. Some believe "Old Dan Tucker" was actually authored by American slaves in Georgia to memorialize their friend, the Reverend Daniel Tucker (1740-1818). The popular tune was often used to create parody songs. In one presidential campaign the chorus was sung, 'Get out of the way, You Old Grand Party!" -- Contributed by Dee Truelove
Here are two references on the web for it, with many verses: http://www.stephen-foster-songs.de/Amsong37.htm
http://www.visitnortheastgeorgia.com/olddantucker.htm
"Besides farming and carrying travelers across the river, Daniel Tucker was probably best known for his role as a Methodist minister who cared very deeply for the slave population. He spent much of his time teaching them and praying with them. The slaves adored him, writing verse after verse about him to show their appreciation for all that he did for them. Their song about "Old Dan Tucker" has become a famous part of American folk music. "
Here are directions to the gravesite of the man believed to be the subject of the song (Northern Georgia) From Elberton, travel Highway 72 East approximately 6.6 miles. Turn left on Pearl Mill Road. Continue for 3 miles, turning right on Heardmont Road. After 1.7 miles, veer right, following signs to Dan Tucker's Grave.
http//www.elbertga.com/attractions/dan_tucker.html
PIONEERS: LEWIS AND CLARK
06/05 There are Davey Crockett type hats available from: http://www.theatrehouse.com Maybe you could add some fringe to a brown shirt - I find a lot of shirts and props for cheap at Goodwill. Joan Jahnsen
04/05 http://www.lewisclark.net/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/index.html
http://www.lewisandclark.org/index.phtml
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/HomePage/HomePage.htm
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisclark/index.html
02/05 National Geographic has a wonderful video about the Lewis and Clark expedition. I think it was around $20, when you order on-line from their website. My family had seen it in St. Louis at the visitor center a year ago. My fourth grade teachers raved about how much the kids learned from it, and enjoyed it at the same time. We did the Jacobson musical "The Adventures of Lewis and Clark" and I think the video really helped tie everything together. -- Julie Jones
02/05 Napoleon hat (I used one in the Lewis and Clark musical), you can order one from Theater House for about $5. I think their web address is www.theatrehouse.com. Julie Jones
http://www.lewisclark.org/MUSIC/mu_mmenu.htm
Book: "The Adventures of Lewis and Clark" * A Musical Journey Along The Oregon Trail. Hal Leonard. As more people came to settle in (These are notes I took years ago from several sources and wrote discussion questions to go along with them.-Sandy Toms) The students have a map in front of them with the trails and routes marked across the U.S.
On Christmas day 1804, a band of 33 men ate dinner in a timbered fort far up the Missouri River. This was the famous expedition of Lewis and Clark and they were bound across the plains and mountains to the great river of Oregon. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson had signed a paper which doubled the size of the U.S. For 15 million dollars he bought from France the vast territory of Louisiana, a wilderness region extending from the Missiissippi River to the crest of the Rocky Mountains. Then he ordered Lewis and Clark to lead an exploration to the Pacific. The land beyond the Rocky Mountains beyond these mountains was not yet in posession of any nation. If Lewis and Clark could break a trail to Oregon, American settlers might follow them. So the American nation would extend across the continent. The expedition had begun its long journey at the little village of St. Louis in the Spring of 1804. By November, they were in Indian country far up the Missouri River. There they built Fort Mandan as winter quarters. So far they had come in boats. When they reached the Rocky Mountains, they would have to travel overland.
? Why would they need winter quarters (Can't travel in winter, too rough...etc.,)
Joining the party of men was a Fren-Canadian Charbonneau ('Sharbonoh') and his wifej, Sa-ca-je-wa, a Shoshone Indian princess who had been kidnapped by Plains Indians, sold and eventually acquired by Charbonneau in a gambling game. Lewis was against her coming on the trip.
? Why do you think Lewis objected to Sacajewa coming with them on the journey?
Clark convinced him it would be okay.
? What do you think he said to Lewis? (Skills, language)
? Do you think her skills were the same as a pioneer's wife?
Early in April, they loaded the boats and started west, Sacajewa carrying little Pomp (a baby born to her that winter) in a sling on her back. The baggage in the boats inlcuded several hundred hnd mirrors, thousands of sewing needles, boxes of knives, bells, kettles, and bushels of colored glass beads. All this was to be used in trade with the western Indians. The spring season brought good weather and good hunting. Near campsite on the riverbank, the men found antelope, elk, buffalo, and huge grizzly bear. As the expedition moved upstream, the land grew wilder and the waater was walled with cliffs. In the swift nd rocky river, oars were useless. Man waded the swirling water, pulling the boats after them. After weeks f difficult travel, they came to the 3 forks of the Missouri River, where three ruching rivers became one. They named these rivers Jefferson, Gallatin, and Madison. They followed the westward signals on the hills. They knew that Indians were watching them. One day Sacajewa pinted to the red rock walls and cried, "My people!" It was place she remembered from childhood. The Shoshones agreed to trade some strong mountain ponies for the white men's knives, mirrors, and beads.
So the explorers left their battered boats and loaded their packs onto horses. A leatthery old Shoshone greed to guide them over the mountains. Clark called him "Old Toby." Instead of staying with her people, Sacajewa went on with the white men. Day after day their toiled through steep and rugged country. Rain fell, then snow. There was no game on the high bare slopes and no grass for the horses. In the camp kettle Sacajewa boiled roots and berries. When the last rations were gone, the men pulled their belts a little tighter and ate the tallow candles in their packs. Weak and hungry, they struggled over the terrible Lolo Trail. The horses grew thin and weak. Clark's dog gnawed at roots and maggots. Some of the men wanted to eat the dog, but Clark's grim eyes warned them off.
On a chill autumn day, with fog blotting out the wooded shores, the men smelled a salt tang in the air. They cupped their hands in the river and tasted it. Salt water!! The Pacific ocean!! They had reached the edge of the continent. They built Fort Clatsop at the mouth of the Columbia. There during dark winter days, Sacajew sewed hundreds of pairs of moccasins for the return journey. In March, they packed the canoes and started bck. After four months of toil, they were over the mountains and on the Missouri River, a thousand miles above St. Louis.
Here Charbonnneau and Sacajewea left the expedition. The expedition returned t St. Louis in Sept. 1906, more than 2 years after their departure. They had been given up for dead, and the people in St. Louis gathered around them in amazement. No one could hear enough of their perils, hardships and adventures. They had found the way to Oregon, which would become a part of America in the years ahead.
MUSICAL ("Lewis & Clark" by John Jacobsen): See Elementary Repetoire/Musicals 07/03 LEWIS AND CLARK: "The journals of the expedition do not give names of songs and tunes, but we can make some educated guesses. All of the selections here, (on recording) with one exception, would have been played by the year 1800...."
http://www.lewis-clark.org/MUSIC/co_sound.htm
http://www.cruzatte.com/resources/suppliers.html
http://www.cruzatte.com/resources/instruments.html
07/03 The site below is recommended by Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs in her book: "The Lewis and Clark Companion: http://www.lcarchive.org/
here's the Resourceful Classroom links page (Lewis & Clark are under Social Studies):
http://www.resourcefulclassroom.com/html/links.tpl?&display=Social%20Studies
07/03 "Music on the Trail" from Discovering Lewis and Clark
http://www.lewis-clark.org/MUSIC/mu_mmenu.htm
PIONEERS: JOHN COLTER
As more people came to settle in No wagons could roll over the steep mountains that Lewis and Clark had climbed. Before settlers could make their way to the new country, other routes were needed. They were found by the lonely men who traveled the wilderness in all seasons.
The first lure of the NOrthwest was its wealth in beaver skins. Following Lewis and Clark, trappers & traders made their way over the wildest country, sometimes on foot, looking for beaver streams and buffalo meadow. They learned the language of the Indian. They carried a map of the wilderness in their minds - the lofty peaks, the mountains, ways that would be traveled by thousands of settler. The most important discovery of these men was the discovery of the South Pass in southern Wyoming. Here, a broad valley led up to the great, or Continental Divide, the line that separates the basins of the streams that flow to the Atlantic and so it opened up the Northwest to pioneer settlement. Though they did not know it, these men were making history. Their names still haunt the high country.
One of the first of the mountain men was John Colter, who had left the Lew and Clark expedition on the Missouri river. For nearly 10 years he roamed the West, hunting, trpping, trading with the Indians. He found a fantastic region of bubbling hot springs, all colors of the rainbow, and of geysers that shot steam and water into the air. (Yellowstone National Park)
One day in the area of the three forks of the Missouri river, John Colter was captured by the savage Blackfoot Indians. Stripped of his clothes, and even his moccasins, he was made to run for his life. It was a favorite sport of the Blackfoot Indians to pursue a captive and kill him with their spears. Colter began to run with the warriors on his heels. He was a swift runner but he had never run as fast as now. His feet were soon bleeding from sharp stones and cactus needles, but he never slackened. For five miles he ran over rough hills, until just one pursuer was left. When the Indian was almost upon him. Colter dropped to the ground, dodging the hurled lance. Then he grasped the lance and speared the Indian with his own weapon. The other warriors came whooping and Colter raced on. He came to a river and plunged in. he swam underwater to a mound of driftwood and came up in the midst of its twisted brances. There he hid, with only his mouth above water until the Indians gave up their search. Next day he crawled up on bank and ate some roots and berries. Still without clothing, he walked for seven nights, hiding in the thickets by day. At least he reached a fort on the Yellowstone river.
PIONEERS: HUGH GLASS
As more people came to settle in Another frontiersman who lived thru many perils was Hugh Glass. In 1823 he joined a party bound for the Yellowstone Valley. A keen-eyed hunter, Glass often went ahead to keep the party supplied with game. One day, while groping thru a thicket, he came upon a huge grizzly bear with 2 cubs. Before he could raise his rifle, the bear had mangled him with teeth and claws. When his companions found him, they though he was dying. Two men were ordered to stay with him until his death and to give him a proper burial. But the terribly wounded man clung to life. After 5 days, his attendants deserted him while he slept. They took his gun, knife, and flint. (A piece of hard quartz struck against steel alloy to create a spark) Glass awoke, alone and helpless. Unable to stand on his mangled legs, he dragged himself to a spring and found himself some wild cherries and buffalo berries. When the berries were gone, he was faced with starvation. Then he began to crawl on hands and knees. He crept toward Fort Kiowa on the Missouri river, 100 miles away!
Day after day, he dragged himself over the rough plain. At night he lay exhausted. When he was weak with hunger, he saw a pack of wolves attacking a young buffalo. After the wolves had eaten their fill, he frightened them away, crept to the carcass and ate the raw meat. He tore off a haunch and dragged it with him. After weeks of struggle, he crawled into the fort. He had kept himself alive solely by will power.
PIONEERS: WAGON TRAIN
06/06 OREGON TRAIL: http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html 01/02 WAGON TRAINS: http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/timeline.html
As more people came to settle in In 1847, a party from Kentucky & Indiana orgainzed a group of 157 men, women and children to go west in 30 wagons. Each family had it own wagon, with heavy sideboards and iron-rimmed wheels. Above the sideboards arched a canvas or 'tow-cloth' hood, a protection from the sun, wind and rain. They was the famous Prairie Schooner which rocked across the plains like a ship at sea.
Six or eight oxen, yoked in pairs, would draw each wagon. Powerful, patient, slow-moving, these bulls stood the trip better than mules or horses and were less likely to be stolen by Indians. Oxen could forage almost anywhere and they never ran away.
On their last night around a campfire, the prople agreed to certain rules: 1) that they would help each other thru all troubles 2) that they would observe the religious Sabboth when possible #) that they would stand guard at night when appointed by the captain 4) that if someone died, they would give that person a decent burial. After a murmur of agreement, the paper was passed from family to family around the fire, eacch man signing his name or making his mark. The last to sign was Jed Thomas, an independant youth of 18. His parents had died of swamp fever in Indiana, and he was going west for adventure.
"I don't aim to go west to be a grave-digger," he said.
< "We hope nobody will need burying," said Peter Dawson. Bending close to the document in the firelight, Jed Thomas signed his name. While the flames sank to flowinig embers, the Dawson Train went to their tents. The next morning with a sound like a rifle, Captain Dawson cracked hi long whip, and the caravan moved off. They were on their way to Oregon.
For 2 days the caravan followed the Santa Fe Trail, (a freighting road) that led across the plains of Kansas and over the mountains of New Mexico. On the third day they came to a fork in the wole journey, pointed northwest over the empty plain. It read, ROAD TO OREGON.
Again Captain Dawson cracked his whip and a cheer went along the line of wagons. They headed northwest, fording the Kansas River at the present site of Topeka. Three days later they reached the Blue River. Horsemen plunged into the water, wading and swimming their horses as they searched for a shallow fording place. If the stream was too deept to drive the wagons thru, they would have to swim the oxen across and float the wagons, pulling them by ropes from the far side of the river. This laborious task would be repeated many times before the part reached the promised land.
On fine days the train traveled 20 miles. In rain and mud they were satisfied with ten. A good average would be 15 miles a day. After 3 weeks of travel, they reached the Platte River, near Grand Island. They were 316 miles out of Independance.
At night the wagons were drawn into a circle and the oxen were turned loose to graze. Inside the circle, tents were pitched and sujpper fires were kindled. Men took turns at guard duty while the stars circled overhead. The night brought the distant quavering of coyotes.
As the caravan creaked on westward, the land grew wild and barren. The heavy wagons cut into the dry earth and the hoofs of the oxen stirred up clouds of dust. Now every driver wanted to be at the head of the line. Captain Dawson ruled that they must take tur s. The leading wagon today would drop back to the dusty rear tomorrow and begin working its way forward. Some people wore handkerchiefs over their mouths and noses to keep out the dust. Trying to dry clothes with this constant cloud of dust was a 'dirty' business!
On a hot, windy day, the wagon train passed Courthouse Rock and Jail Rock, a sheer bluff that rose into 2 square towers. The large tower had been named by homesick travelers from St. Louis, who thought it resembled their courthouse. The smaller Jail Rock was named by a cowboy who ruefully remembered that a jail stood beside the courthouse. On a sandstone cliff of the 'courthouse' were carbed the words, 'Post Office.' in a shelf hacked from the soft stone, travelers left letters for friends behind them on the trail.
Another butte rising from the plain was Chimney Rock, which the Indians called "The Tepee." Its cone of red sandstone rose into a lofty spire. Jed Thomas amused himself by aiming his rifle at the tip of the spire and shooting fragments off of it.
After 7 weeks and 667 miles they reached Fort Laramie, a trading post for many people. Five days later they lumbered. on. A week later, Fort Bridger and a stop for repairs. The tiny station consisting of 2 log houses with sod roofs was 1070 miles from Independance - just halfway to the Williamette Valley. When the Dawson train puuled in, Jim Bridger was not at home. However, the blacksmith was there and the caravan stopped for 3 days to get oxen and the wagons mended.
On the last day at the fort, a dusty rider loped in on an Indian pony. He was a wiry, bearded man with shrewd blue eyes and a drawling voice. This was Jim Bridger himself, a well-known scout, just arrived from a trip to the Great Salt Lake. That evening he sat on a wagon tonue and tond of his adventures in the Southwest. He was traveling alone, he said, when he found himself pursued by six Indians on tireless ponies. His only weapon was a six-shooter. When the leading Indian drew near, Jim turned in his saddle and leveled a shot at him. In this way he picked off five of the Indians but the last one hung on.
"We was nearin' the edge of a deep, side gorge," he said. "No horse could leap over it an' to fall to the bottom would mean 'sartin' death. I turned my horse suddint an' the Injun was upon me. We both fired a tonce and both horses was killed. We now engaged in a han'-to-han' conflict with buffler knivers. He was a powerful Injin-tallest I ever see. It was a long fierce struggle. One moment I had the best of ti, an' the next the odds was against me. Finally,--" The scout paused and drew a breath.
"What happened?" asked Jed Thomas breathlessly.
"The Injun killed me," Bridger drawled.
Bridger became know as one of the most famous 'mountain men' in American history.
Three weeks later, the caravan entered what is now Idaho. Beyond Soda Springs, the trail crossed a vast desert plain. In this dry country, water was rationed and many springs were alkaline with signs warning thirsty travelers away. Men had to use whips to keep cattle from running to drink.
This seemed a lifeless country, but Peter Dawson warned the night guard about Indians. After the burning day, the night turned chiill. Jed Thomas was on guard duty after midnight. In the darkness just before dawn, he got off his horse to warm his hands at a sinking fire. A horse whinnied from the sagebrush beyond the circle of wagons Jed reached for his gun. He heard a scuffle of hoofs and caught a glimpse of shadowy figures.
"Indians!" he cried, firing his upraised rifle. Now the grounds rattled with hoofbeats and Jed rant after them, firing in the darkness. From the tents and wagons, men came with rifles ready. They ran into the desert, firing at the fleeing shadows. When the hoofbeats were lost in the distance, they came back to camp and poked up the fires. Soon the sky was bright with sunrise, and the men counted their animals. Five horses were gone and an ox lay dead, killed by a stray bullet. Near the dead ox they found Jed, face down in the sand. Two feathered arrows projected from his body.
"He didn't want to dig a grave," Peter Dawson said, remembering what Jed had said, "But now he needs one."
In September, the caravan arrived at Fort Hall and a day later started up the Blue Mountains. After that steep ascent, on to the Columbia and finally into Oregon City in the end of September. They had reached their destination after months of hardship.
PIONEERS: LOST CARAVAN
As more people came to settle in between the Rocky Mountains and the coastal range, the westward trail looped over the land like a lariat, seeking the mountian passes and the westward-leading valleys. Many travelers hoped to fin a cutoff that would save them weeks of weary travel. Two caravans left the traveled trail in search of a shortcut. Their stories are grim chapters in the epic of overland migration.
In 1845, in southern Idaho, a large wagon train of 200 families disagreed about their route of travel. Some thought they could reach the Williamette Valley in Oregon by a short route thru the Malheur Mountains in easter Oregon. The rest chose to follow the established trail, north to the Snake River and then west along the Columbia. So the caravan divided, with 100 familes heading for the Malheur Mountains and boasting that they would have cabins built on the Williamette by the time their friends arrived. The party on the cutoff soon ran into trouble. In the rugged Malheur hills, the oxen lost their shoes and the stony slopes cut their hoofs to tatters. There was no grass and the cattle grew weak from hunger. Some animals lay down in the trail and would not move, though men prodded them with rifle barrels.
When the water kegs were empty, men rode off in all directions in search of water. They found nothing but alkali pools unfit to drink. People went thirsty but they could not keep crazed cattle from the alkali sinks. Scores of oxen died from that poisoned water.
Grimly the party struggled on. To lighten the wagons, they abandoned furniture and chests of clothing. Three children died of fever. The whole company was despairing when they looked down the Deschutes Canyon in northern Oregon and saw a stream hundreds of feet below them. They lowered a man with rope and hauled up pails of water.
One man went ahead to The Dalles, on the Columbia River, hoping to send back a pack train loaded with food. Behind him the caravan searched for a crossing of the Descutes River. Stretching a rope above the gorge, the men slung wagons on it, one at a time, and pulled them across. Down below, the animals splashed thru the river and scrambled up the rocky wall beyond. The Caravan toiled on thru dry valleys. Twenty people died and the rest did not have strength to dig their graves. The dead were left on the desert, along with broken wagons and abandoned freight. Finally in early October when the nights were bitter cold, a relief party found the exhausted caravan near the mouth of the Tyhg Creek. They led them to The Dalles. Twenty of the emigrants had died and the rest were famished. Twenty others died at the settlement. The 'shortcut' had taken forty lives.
PIONEERS: DONNER PARTY
As more people came to settle in The new route, skirting south of the Great Salt Lake, led thru country without grass and water. In the blazinig desert sun, half the cattle died and the emigrants had to abandon many of their wagons. Still they toiled on hoping to cross the Sierras before the passes were blocked with snow. Indians followed them, stealing cattle and plundering abandoned wagons. In mid-October, on the Ogden River, Indians raided the caravan, killing 20 oxen and one of the party's leaders.
Then as the Donner caravan climbed the eastern slopes of the Sierras, the winter storms began. Soon the teams were stalled in snow drifts. The travelers burned their wagons for warmth, and chopped down trees to make crude cabins. They ate thier oxen, even the hides. Now they were in "Death Camp" marooned in eight feet of snow. People began to die of cold and starvation. A desperate group of seventeen started over the mountains on improvised snowshoes. Eight of them reached the CCalifornia settlements and sent back help. The relief party found the "Death Camp" almost buried in snow. Fourteen in camp were dead and the rest were crazed with fear and suffering.
Thirty-six lives were lost in the tragic Donner party. They had paid a grim cost to find a short cut. When their story was told at Fort Laramie and Fort Bridger, emigrants stopped asking about a cutoff from the long hard miles of the northward looping trail.
The rapid process of moving west was well underway by 1817. The people of the 13 colonies were turning thier backs on the sea and the old America was breaking up. Arguments over the wisdom of western migration went on in thousands of households: Husband: Away to Wisconsin, a journey I'll go for to double my fortune as other men do, While here I must labor each day in the field and the winter consumes all the summer doth yield.
Wife: O husband, remember those lands of delight are surrounded by Indians who murder by night. Your house will be plundered and burnt to the ground, while your wife and your children lay mangled around.
NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN
Note: see file, *Native American Indian for more ideas.
As more people came to settle in Native American Indians (See the file: American Indians which has many listed resources)
It is commonly believed by anthropologists that American Indians were immigrants from the Orient traveling across the Bering strait and then fanning out across North, Central and South America; Early colonists were interested in Indian music but thought it inferior; Indian music served a function (prayers, dances), not used as entertainment and to 'sound pretty'; pentatonic scale; steady beat very important; some texts were nonsense syllables;
Mooke, Na Na He Ha Ha, Mooje Moccasin, Quapaw Indian Face Dance Song, Hau-Wari, Athapascan Bear Raven Song (Em 4) Loneliness (Navajo); Snake Dance Song - arr. Shirley McRae (in "Sing Around the World - International Folk Songs" Shirley McRae, Memphis Musicraft Publications (A fantastic resource [for upper elementary] is: "A Cry From The Earth" which has recordings of every song + background, translations for many American Tribes across the U.S. I used this resource solely to design a curriculum for camp studying crafts, music, history of different tribes and it was very complete except for the legends.)
See also the file: American Indian
07/13 OLD DAN TUCKER: I don't teach the movement until we really know the song. I use this song with our pioneer unit and for teaching verse/refrain. It's a good vocabulary builder for the ELL kids (with words like "limb," "hound," "curious," and how people in the olden days said things like "throwed" instead of "threw," and other grammatical errors). We start with promenade for the entire introduction. All students stand in a circle in couples. I tell them to first face each other and either take hands in an "O" shape or an "X" shape, then shift so they are shoulder to shoulder still holding hands, both facing counter-clockwise. Promenade for the introduction, then stop and sing the first verse. Once they sing the refrain, "Git out the way," they promenade again but this time as soon as they say, "You're too late to come to supper," they do a right arm swing with their partner for 7 counts and switch arms on Beat 8. Then, they do a left arm swing for 7 counts and then on Beat 8 cross their arms over their chest and do a dosey-do, dosey-do, dosey-do, dosey-stop. Sing the second verse. They say this while they do one complete dosey-do. On the refrain, they promenade again. As soon as they say, "You're too late to come to supper," they do the right arm swing, left arm swing, and dosey-do pattern like after the last refrain. Now they sing the third verse. On the last refrain, they promenade. As soon as it gets to the spoken part, "Git out the way," they put their hands in the air on the, "Git out the way" part in a "V" shape. Then, put hands on hips for the "Old Dan Tucker" part and alternate like that until the coda is complete. I have two kids come up to the front to learn promenade, arm swing, and dosey-do. The class watches them learn and then they each go get a different partner and demonstrate again. They get new partners and keep going until everyone has been taught, then we do it as an entire class. Make sure you tell them how arm swings are not like, "crack the whip." One step per beat and anyone flying into the wall loses recess for a week. They get my drift that way. --- Listee, MK8 Newsletter
www.negrospirituals.com
As more people came to settle in Slavery (There is a separate extensive file: African and African Americans with history, resources)
Africa: cheap labor; natives were kidnapped or sold by warring tribes, put in chains, forced to march, no medical help, slept on floor; Abolitionists: Harriet Tubman & Frederick Douglass helped conduct underground railways; William Wills Brown - born in 1800's in Kentucky as "William"; son of a slave mother and relative of owner; hired out to owner (Freeland) in Missouri; did many jobs always handling $ for owners; one job was transporting slaves down Miss. River to New Orleans; He & mother decided to escape; Packed dried beef & crackers/cheese, found a skiff to carry them across Miss. river to Illinois (free state); walked thru night even in rain but was accosted and taken to St. Louis, jailed, sold again; escaped while unloadinig cargo in Ohio; no warm clothes, stranger sheltered him (told him about pro-slavery people in area), this Quaker firned gave him his name: William Wills Brown; wanted to cross Lake Erie to Canada but lake was frozen; took job as waiter in Cleveland; then worked on a steamboat & began to help others cross to Canada; Harriet Jacobs - hid in Grandmother's attic for 7 years (as a young teen) before escaping to New York.
Down By the Riverside --Song; Riverside: place of gathering for slaves to worship; Promised land: other side of Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi Rivers where slaves were free; Song was sung as both and anitwar(Vietnam war) song in the 60's and as a Civil Rights marching song.
Michael Row the Boat Ashore--Georgia Sea Islands are a chain of islands from the S. C. coast to N.E. Florida coast. During slavery days, rice, indigo and cotton were the chief exports. Groups of slaves drove boats to and from these islands transporting products. This song was collected in 1867. 'Jordon River' - the promised land 'Milk and Honey' - refers to freedom, prosperity
History of the Georgia Sea Islands American Indians were first inhabitants. In the 1700's, plantations had been established by the British. The African language, Gullah, still survives due to the isolation of the island's peoples.
Song: "Shortnin' Bread"--'Pigeon wing' is indeed a dance step: leap up in the air, click heels together. It's been seen in everything from commercials for stopping smoking (kicking the habit) to kids hip hop dancing.Buck and wing is a definite tap dance step. Read about the Underground Railway.
Song: "Down By The Riverside"--Spirituals were known as 'sorrow songs.' This song was a spiritual work song. The 'river' was the meeting place for religious services for the slaves. They would often sing for hours there. The river might have symbolized freedom for them. Songs often refer to 'the other side' of the water. This was their 'promised land.'
Song: "Follow the Drinking Gourd"--Usually slaves would use the basic routh north into Canada when escaping slavery before the Civil war. A group of people who were against slavery formed a secret group of helpers who would shelter escaping slaves. This 'underground railroad' helped many slaves to freedom. A sailor named Peg Leg Joe traveled thru the South and taught "Follow the Drinking Gourd" to many slaves. In the song, there are some basic directions for escaping. (When to travel, etc.,)
"First quail calls" - sign of spring http://www.concentric.net/~Gamba/drinkingourd.html
http://www.angelfire.com/pa/guavaberrybooks/gourd.gtml
There is a great book called "Follow the Drinking Gourd" and the song is in the back of it.
There's a wonderful book by Jeannette Winter that my kids loved - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679819975/o/qid=948246209/sr=2-1/002 -8458927-9254655
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/ Great National Geographic site
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/underground/routes.htm Underground Map of U.S. with links to state properties re: railroad; history; slave narratives
In Kriske/DeLelles's Book "As American As Apple Pie" there is a great arrangement of Drinking Gourd. It's in the key of F, but if you transpose it to G it can be played on recorder too!
Our school has the video " Follow the Drinking Gourd" which is told by Morgan Freeman, and has the music done by Taj Mahal. It is done by "Rabbit Ears", and runs about 30 minutes....there is also a Reading Rainbow version of Follow the Drinking Gourd....Very good!!!
I read the book, "Follow the Drinking Gourd" by Jeanette Winter to my third graders. Then we sang along with the recording in Silver Burdett, but the story book has the score, too. Then I made up big posters with each verse on it & put them up on the 4 walls. . Then I had the kids pretend they had all their meager possessions on their backs & I used my guitar to accompany our singing as we walked around the room, stopping at each verse to sing it & look at the "signs". We sang the chorus as we walked to each "station". The first verse talks about the quail, so I had an artistic kid draw me a quail & hung it by the words. (A picture of the big dipper would be nice, too). The next verse I drew a tree trunk with PegLeg Joe's "footprint" on it. The 3rd verse I cut out bulletin board paper for 2 hills with a river stopping in between, & laid them on the floor. Then I had blue paper for a "river on the other side". The last verse was 2 rivers coming together, again blue paper showing a small river coming into a bigger river. Nothing fancy.
The idea here is that by sighting on the last star in The Dipper's bowl (facing upwards in my drawing - I'm embarrassed to admit I don't know which way it's facing at the moment in the actual sky) you can form a distance with your thumb or whatever's handy to measure out in an extended line straight to Polaris. The distance from the Big Dipper bowl's last star to Polaris is supposed to be roughly five times the distance between it's last two stars. Both Polaris (the Northern Star) and the Big Dipper are pretty easily seen in even the most light-polluted environments, so by learning this little trick anyone should be able to find bearings to the north on a clear night anywhere on Earth. All the other heavenly bodies appear to spin around Polaris throughout the hours of the evening and days and months of the year. That's supposed to be a 1:5 ration between the last two starsin Ursa Major's dipper and Polaris, not 1:6 as shown in my own diagram. I noticed this one night when I was up double-checking out the big dipper myself.
Before the Civil War an intinerent carpenter, Peg Leg Joe, travelled throughout the South, passing the tune to slaves. The words contained coded directions to travel north. The Drinking Gourd was code for the Big Dipper. See below for related links, including ones that "decode" the words.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/gourd.htm
http://www.contemplator.com/folk2/gourd.html (includes midi file of song)
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ltc/special/mlk/gourd2.html
http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/music.htm (underground railroad info and files)
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/student/harriet.html (resources for Harriet Tubman)
I use the Winters book in February in conjunction with Black History Month.
Songs of Protest and Civil Rights and Songs of Slavery, both by Jerry Silverman. There is also a wonderful Reading Rainbow video using "Follow the Drinking Gourd" by Jeanette Winter and featuring Sweet Honey In The Rock. I also recommend two CDs - I'm Gonna Let It Shine by Bill Harley and All For Freedom by Sweet Honey In The Rock.
If you are interested in music of the slaves (and where it has traveled since) check out the video "Step Chillen" from the AOSA AV Library.
Early instrument: drums, banjo; songs were call response style; All Day, All Night; All My Trials, Lord; We Shall Overcome; Wade In the Water; Boll Weevil - wandering blacks (after civil war) identified with boll weevil; Go Tell It On the Mountain; I'm Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing Michael Row the Boat Ashore - Georgia Islands; Miss Mary Jane Oh, Watch the Stars; Pick a' Bale o' Cotton; Shortnin' Bread There's A Little Wheel; Liza Jane
See also the file: African, African-American
12/12 GOOD SONG COLLECTION: . Keith and Rusty McNeil, “Colonial and Revolution Songs”
12/12 MUSICAL: A Musical Celebration Of America's Early Heritage “American Dream”
Thehttp://www.musick8.com/store/alphadetail.php?product_group=1370
06/10 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_American_Civil_War
http://wesclark.com/jw/cwmusic.html
www.amazon.com/Civil-Richard-National-Gallery-Orchestra/dp/B0000027I4
06/09 LINCOLN: I just listened online to a NPR broadcast on what Lincoln might have listened to on an iPod. Good program!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100675699 --- Barbara Lee
06/09 COTTON EYED JOE – actually predates the war but associated with the South.
The movements my kiddos do for Cotton Eye Joe are different. Touch R foot 2x in front, 2x in back; touch R foot to floor at R side, then bend knee (cross kick?) in front of you and touch R toe to L palm; touch R foot to floor at R side again, the bend knee in back of you to touch R toe to L palm; That's the first 8 beats; then walk 3 steps to R and clap on 4; turn as you return to place in 3 steps (twirling arm over head in lariat move). Rest on 4th beat. Repeat from beginning. My active children hop on one foot while they do thefirst 8 beats. They all love it! --- Sue Olmsted, Durham Elementary School, Durham, ME.
10/08 “DIXIE” was a Yankee song that was not popular in the South till the early 1900's ---- Martha Stanley
10/08 RESOURCE: Here is a shortened link to the Civil War Music Links section on MK8.com: http://snipurl.com/284es --- Kristyn de Wald
RESOURCE: I have this book and find it to be a great book. Good songs, easy to sing, and easy, but nice accompaniments.
http://www.amazon.com/Mel-Presents-Ballads-Songs-Civil/dp/1562225812/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210368129&sr=1-1
I also have these CDs, which are also have good songs:
http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Civil-War-Various-Artists/dp/B00000283E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1210368262&sr
http://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Traditional-Instrumental-Soundtrack/dp/B000005J0O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1210368322&sr=1-2 --- Penny Thomas
10/08 SONG: That reminds me of John Jacobsen's great musical "The Blue and the Gray". I used that with sixth grade a couple years ago. The boys loved Tenting Tonight! --- Karen Stafford
10/08 SONG: One of my favorites in the Mel Bay book is "The Empty Chair", a true heartbreaker. --- Susan Simandle Music Specialist
SONG: Tenting Tonight - now there is a song! I remember learning that song in grade schools and just loved it. I would sing it to my kids when we would go camping!!! --- Susan C. Harris
SONG: My dad and I sing a very nice (but sorta sad) Civil War song called "Two Little Boys". --- Mary Honegger
SONG: "Broken Dreams" from John Jacobson's "The American Dream" is exquisite. --- Kathleen Bragle, NBCT '02
SONG: We have a book in our library titled Songs and Stories of the Civil War by Jerry Silverman. See if your library has it! It has a big handful of songs. --- Alison Rohrbach
Some songs that I use with 5th grade when they are studying the War Between the States (Sorry, I'm a southerner, gotta use the correct name for it...) are Dixie, Bonnie Blue Flag, and Battle Cry of Freedom. The last one has two different sets of words - one Southern, one Yankee, so when I teach them to the kids, we talk about the differences between the words and how they reflect the differences between the two sides. I found midi files and words to all of these songs online, they're public domain.--- Ann Wells
10/08 WEBSITE: http://www.contemplator.com/america/
Scroll down about 1/2 way -- there is a complete listing of pre-civil war as well as civil war selections. While the MIDI files are sythn recordings, I find it to be a great list of song selections to consider. --- Thomas Borden
08/02 CIVIL WAR Song List - 5th Grade (for 5th grade)
Presented in the following order:
SQUILT: Copland's "Gunfight" from Billy the Kid (used to kick off the unit)r> LINCOLN SONGS:
1. Old Abe Lincoln
2. Lincoln & Liberty (Lincoln's campaign song)
UNION SONGS:
3. Rally Round the Flag
4. Battle Hymn of the Republic
5. John Brown's Body
6. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
SQUILT: Martin Gould's "American Portrait" (I think that's the title)based on "When Johnny..."
CONFEDERATE SONGS:
7. Dixie
8. Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
9. Goober Peas
10. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
11. Follow the Drinking Gourd (I show the video of the book narrated along with the song first,then teach song)
12. Wade In the Water
13. Go Down Moses
14. Oh Won't You Sit Down
15. Various other spirituals (we're in our Afr-Am unit by this point)
* With all of the code/map songs, we examined the texts and identified any hidden meanings thru the code words used. They kept a list w meanings in their music folders as we went. The unit culminated in a "Runaway Slaves" enactment that I devised using the Drinking Gourd song. If you check the archives under the song title you can find it on the list (I posted it last year). It may also be at anglefire.com/nb/musicedresources/ but I don't know how it's filed. By the end of the unit, the kids could sing most of the songs by heart. I used a variety of sources for cd accompaniments like WeeSing America, several from my STM texts series (various grade levels), many of my own accompaniment arrangements (mostly the Lincoln songs), and a GREAT song book called "America's All-Time Favorite Songs".
A cd series from the Brentwood collection called "Gospel Bible/Action/Praise Songs" was absolutely wonderful for the slavery songs. I just printed out the words for the ones I wanted to use and then used the cds for accompaniment purposes. The Drinking Gourd song I took from the Get America Singing vol. 2, but there's a version in the STM text (not sure which grade level). During the unit, I gave snippets of historical background info some of which they wrote down in their folders. All in all it was a truly successful unit which I plan to make a regular part of my 5th grade curriculum.
Civil War Songs:
North: Battle Cry of Freedom; Tramp,Tramp,Tramp;
South: Dixie; Goober Peas, When Johnny Comes Marching Home
http://www.raindrop.org/sounds/ Good patriotic collection w/ words printed.
http://www.erols.com/kfraser/ Music and poetry of the War Between the States
Song: "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Derives from a song in the 1850's entitled, "Say Brother, Will You Meet Me?." The tune was used later with the words John Brown's body lies a-mouldin' in the grave." John Brown was an anti-slavery zealot who traveled throughout the South speaking out against the practice. He organized a band of men and planned to equip slaves with weapons and fight. He lost two sons in a battle with federal troops and surrendered to General Lee. He was later hanged for treason.
Song: "Goober Peas"
Goober peas is another expression for peanuts. Peanuts were an important export and became a staple of the confederate army during the Civil war. These soldiers were sometimes referred to as 'goober grabbers.' The composer, "P-Nut Esquire" is a joke. Most believe Armand E. Blackmar was the true lyricist of this silly song.
Great freedom song,"Follow The Drinkin' Gourd" (rattles & autoharp), tells story (gourd is Big Dipper) Many play parties, done by adults, arose during those years, like "Shoo Fly" and "Skip to my Lou,"usually easy to find (or ask me again).. And so many of Black children'sgames, like those in Bessie Jones' "Step it Down" are from that era. She gives good background, directions for some of the games, all veryenjoyable and easily done.
We have used Dixie (There is a Union as well as Confederate version), Battle Cry of Freedom ( found in the Music Connection), Battle Hymn of the Republic, Goober Peas, Just Before the Battle Mother, and Tramp Tramp Tramp. We also showcase Stephen Foster as a composer, and his songs, when we do this unit. I also take a look at the dances from this period, such as the Waltz , Spanish Waltz, the Virginia Reel, the fan dance. The dances are met with moans and groans but at the end of the period they do not want to stop and I just smile LOL. My own daughter delights in telling everyone that the President taught her how to waltz. Our freind who portrays Lincoln was the one who taught her how to do the walts when she was just eight years old. She has also had these partners at dances ; General Grant, General Custer, the Mayor of Detroit during the Civil War K.C. Barker, the Governor of Michigan during the Civil War-Austin Blair, General Jeb Stuart and many others...she is only 12 and her feet really fly at the military balls we attend in connection with the events. Of Course I have danced with these gentleman too but I am not as light on my feet as my darling daughter.
There is a whole book of Civil War Songs available from Pepper Music--I believe it is a Hal Leonard publication. One of my students is doing a government project on the Civil War and is using several of the songs...they are arranged for relatively easy piano and voice, with guitar chords also. Divided into sections, with photographs and drawings, commentary on life, etc.
----------------- John Jacobson's and Roger Emersons's musical "The Blue and The Gray"
http://www.cyberdrive.net/%7Ecivilwar/cwlinks.html#Civilian
Camp Chase Gazette http://www.cooperman.com/index.html
Cooperman Fife-Drum Co. http://www.bookspring.com/books/civil_war-aa.htm
Civil War - experienced through books, videos, CD's
http://www.erols.com/kfraser/usongs.htm
http://www.erols.com/kfraser/popular.html
Popular Songs of the Day http://www.erols.com/kfraser/music.htm
Music of the War Between http://www.erols.com/kfraser/
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
http://www.erols.com/kfraser/uhome.htm
The Union Home Front http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/victoria.htm
The San Antonio College Victorian Literature Index
http://www.livinghistoryonline.com/civilwar.htm
Civil War Events (Living History Online
http://www.geocities.com/cgi-bin-local/GeoAD?pageID=/gp/CapitolHill/7600/
CIVILIANS and non MILITARY ACTIVITIES
http://www.angelfire.com/ct/beawriter/cw.html
Women and the Civil War http://home.att.net/~dmercado/audio/blueflag.mid
Civil War Music http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/9958/civilwar.html
The Music of the American Civil War (1861-1865 http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#general
http://click.go2net.com/adpopupsite=va&area=EDUCATION&shape=banner
Civil War Music.Net - The Civil War Music Site - Fife Music
http://click.go2net.com/adpopup?site=va&area=EDUCATION&shape=banner
Civil War Music.Net - The Civil War Music Site
Songs http://www.bobjanuary.com/foster/sfhome.htm"
STEPHEN FOSTER HOME PAGES - nineteen pages of text and over 100 images relating
My middle school chorus wrote scenes that I strung together into a musical. They chose their favorite stories and characters and wove them together into "Twisted Tales." I composed the music for lyrics that the kids wrote and then we produced the show. We had Robinson Crusoe meet Henry V and the wolf met Little Red Riding Hood (and her alter ego, Little Rap Riding Hood) as well as the Three Little Pigs and Cinderella. Snow White met dwarves that could dance a la hip hop. It was a tad bizarre, but, then again, being a middle schooler is a tad bizarre. It was interesting......
Songs: "Johnny's Gone for a Soldier," "Goober Peas," "If ever I Get
Married, a Soldier's Wife I'll Be,"; "Soldier, Soldier Will You Marry Me?"
Old Abe Lincoln
(Tune: Old Gray Mare)
Old Abe Lincoln came -- out of the wilderness
Out of the wilderness, -- out of the wilderness.
Old Abe Lincoln came -- out of the wilderness Down in Illinois.
Old Abe Lincoln moved -- into the White House, -- Into the White House, --
into the White House, Old Abe Lincoln moved -- into the White House, Many long years ago.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Tune: On Top of Old Smoky)
I'll tell you a story, a story so true, About Abraham Lincoln, what he did for you. He was born in Kentucky a long time ago,
He got to be President as you very well know. The slaves they all loved him for he set them free, He kept our land together, 'twas a great victory.
Now this is my story of a man who won fame, Who'll be honored forever, Honest Abe was his name.
You might check the following sites. The first is for Music of the War Between the States. It will offer you songs of the Union, songs of the Confederacy, and popular songs of the day, with is also the second link below. Although not exactly a "Civil War" song, "Aura Lee" might work for you. It was first published in 1861 and is on the "pops" list from the war years. It's relatively easy to play on recorder in G, assuming your players can do F# and get between the B and high C.
http://users.erols.com/kfraser/music.htm
http://users.erols.com/kfraser/popular.html
Taps is actually a civil war era song that can be played easiliy on recorder. We did it last year in a program, first having a student tell the story behind the song (I think I found it in K-8 archives). As the last recorder note died away I had a trumpet player friend with an incredible tone who played it again antiphonally from the wings. Gave me chills.
INTER U.S. SHIPPING (GREAT LAKES, ETC.,)
Great Lakes Shipping:
12/11 SONGS: The Great Lakes Song by Pat Dailey, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Lee Murdock's Wreck of the Carl D. Bradley
"Erie Canal" - minor to major; 425 miles completed in 1825; mules pulled barges (15 miles per day), "Red Iron Ore"; The E-Ri-E (in Fireside Song Collection p. 282)"Edmund Fitzgerald" - ballad
The Erie Canal is a 363 mile long canal which originally travel from Albany, New York to Buffalo, New York. It connected waterways from the Atlantic all the way to Lake Erie and on thru the Great Lakes. Construction began in 1817 and was completed in 1825. The canal was the main route through the Appalacian Mountains until 1850 when people began to use the rails. Mules on both sides of the canal harnessed with ropes would haul boats up and down the canal. The expression 'Low Bridge' referred to the phrase yelled when people on the barges had to duck for low lying bridges.
06/02"Amazing Impossible Erie Canal" by Cheryl Harness (pictures and history of building of canal)
01/02 An eddy stone is a large rock which is only visible when the tide is low. When the tide is high, the water just covers the rock, but there is an obvious danger to ships if this rock is located near or in shipping lanes. Hence, the eddy stone light would be light which revealed the location. Just as an FYI, these two sites are excellent resource sites: International Shanty and Seasong Association at:
http://www.shanty.org/
Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America
http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html
As more people came to settle in Shenandoah
Sailor songs or sea shanteys were often used as work songs. The rhythms kept the men at their tasks. "Shenandoah" was one of the first American born sea shanties. The name Shenandoah refers to the valley.
Whaling began in the U.S. with the farmers around Cape Cod in the 1600's. The farmer had seen the Indians harvesting beached whales in that area. Men began to use small boats and later ships to kill and process whales. The sperm and blue whales were the most popular games. The sperm whale's head cavity contained a large amount of valuable oil. (Scientists believe this oil allowed the whale to stand the pressure of deep dives.) When a whale was seen. small whaling boats with crews of 4-6 sailors including harpoonsmen were lowered into the water. These groups of men would attempt to surround the whale and then attack it from all sides. It was a very dangerous occupation.
Whales were processed on the sight. The blubber was cooked down and the oil stored in barrels. (45 barrels from one whale) The sailors had to contend with heat, burns, the awful smell of oil, slippery decks and the danger of fire. Many women and children traveled with their men on the whaling ships. Life on board was difficult with rats, roaches and freezing temperatures. Most sailors were paid a share of the profits instead of a wage. A captain's share might be 1/8 while a cabin boy's would be 1/250. Sailors had to pay for clothes and at the end of a four year voyage, the sailor might only bring home $100.00. Sometimes he owed the ship money! The discovery of oil in 1859 in Pennsylvania, the decline of the whale population and the loss of ships during the Civil war led to the end of whaling as a business. Out of this era came a rich history of stories, adventures, art and song. The art of scrimshaw carving (from whale bones) appears in museums all over the U.S.
Song: "Blow the Man Down" - We're going to "Blow the Man Down" for today's song. The Black Ball Line were ships that carried mail and freight between Liverpool and New York beginning in 1818. Each ship carried a crimson swallow-tail flag with a black ball in the center.
"Blow the Man Down" is a classic sea-shanty that goes way back to the rough and tough sailors working on the Black Ball Line which sailed from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia to Liverpool, England. This work song helped put the sailors' work movements into rhythm and lifted their spirits as they raised and lowered the sails. The shantyman, or leader, would begin the singing to set the rhythm, and the sailors would echo his words. Some of the words refer to specific places. Paradise Street was a dangerous slum of Liverpool where tipsy sailors might be kidnapped and forced aboard ships bound on treacherous journeys to far off places.
Cut Water is a perfect description of what the front end of a boat does on a fine day with just enough breeze to send a perfect unruffled slice through the water.
Book (on sailor craft) "Ships in Bottles" by Don Hubbard
Blow the Man Down assoc. w/packet ships-Black Ball Line
John B Sails - Nassau; Blow Ye Winds; Haul Away Joe Em-2
10/08 A few weeks ago I asked for a recommendation for an easy Cowboy song and I chose "Little Ol' Cowboy" from MK8 18.1. My first graders are IN LOVE with this song! I added some simple movements and they have such a good time singing and they look DARLING! It's finds like these that make me love teaching more and more every day! --- Summer Bostick
06/06 http://www.buckhowdy.com/passthebuck.html
06/05 “Home on the Range” history powerpoint: http://www.musiceducationmadness.com/downloads/Home%20On%20The%20Range%20the%20History.ppt
04/05 http://www.thevirtualvine.com/cowboys.html great ideas, songs, fingerplays
http://kididdles.com/mouseum/c036.html
http://www.mrspohlmeyerskinderpage.com/texascowboysrodeo.htm this is nursery rhymes cowboy style!
08/02 One of the new things I've come across this year is this really cute cowboy site. Click on the guitar icon for three songs in a super user-friendly format. I think you'll like them. The rest of the site is good, too.
http://www.cowboyhalloffame.org/diamondr/index.html
01/02 01/02 www.usamusic.org (click on American Music Initiative then on next page, click on "View Current Lessons" at bottom of page)
Grade 2 Singing Our Way West - 6 Lessons
Grade 2-3 Cowboy Fun (Andrea Cope)
01/02 There's a good song called "Trail to Mexico" in STM 4th. If you get the Orff Accompaniments to the series there's a nice arrangement too. I used it in a 4th/5th program last year which was called, "A Journey Through American History with Music". The song represented Westward expansion.
01/02 A couple of years ago a bright 6th grader came to me with Copland's Hoedown from Rodeo, and begged for the class to do improvisational movement to it. Who was I to say no! I helped them divide the music into scenes, and they worked out what was more pantomime than dance, but had a great time with it. We used costumes, but no pistols. I could send you more detail if you wish. It might provide a nice accent to your cowboy songs.
Before Civil War, beef was used; because of large demand for food after war, cows were slaughtered and people learned to eat beef; cowboys were needed to tend, handle and move cattle; this art was learned from the Mexicans; music was simple, primarily major; cowboys were isolated & this led to a unique style; cowboys sang with a full, heartfelt voice; sang while guarding cattle esp. at night; guitar and jewsharp were carried on the trail but accordians and violins often accompanied a chuck wagon; Horses were very important; dogies: orphaned calves; Cow-punching means prodding the cows along with a prod a stick your boot whatever it takes to move 'em where you want 'em to go!
Happy Trails Hal Leonard Corp. copyright 1994 Octavo # 08666098
Found it in Cowboy Karaoke: http://cowboybobs.homestead.com/haptrails.html
spurs: metal spurs were placed on the back of boots to dig into the horse's hide to get them moving in a hurry (hence: Jingle, Jangle) dogies: orphaned calves
My all time favorite cowboy song is Colorado Trail. It is beautiful and lyric, but probably not great for 1st Graders.
My Home's in Montana; Home on the Range; The Lone Prairie (Oh, Bury Me Not);
I Ride an Old Paint; Old Texas (I'm going to leave...); Git Along Little Dogies; Goodbye Old Paint
I'm an Old Cowhand; Ghost Riders in the Sky; Tumblin' Tumbleweeds;
Listening: Rodeo, Hoe Down, Billy the Kid(Copland) Who could forget HAPPY TRAILS!!
Anything by Riders in the Sky is great too!!
My Home's in Montana!
The Big Corral
Buffalo Gals
Pop Goes the Weasal (folky, square dancy)
The Streets of Laredo
Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Deep in the Heart of Texas
So Long (about the dust bowl days)
Thank God I'm a Country Boy (John Denver)
Trails:
Chisolm trail: San Antonio (S. Texas) to Abilene (N. Kansas) named for Jesse Chisolm
Goodnight Loving Trail: S. Texas to Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory
Kansas Trail: S. Texas to Ogallala, S. Nebraska
Shawnee Trail: S. Texas to Sedalia, Missouri
Song: "Git Along, Little Dogies!"
"Whoopee ti yi yo" was the cowboy's spurring call to his cattle as they traveled along the many trails that headed out from Texas to the northern and western markets. Traveling on horseback, the cowboys drove herds of 500 to 5,000 of the huge longhorn cattle they called a bit sarcastically and affectionately "little dogies."
Song: "Cayeuse, Get Along" Make that grade" refers to climbing hills or The noun "grade" was applied to a calf born of one pure bred and one inferior (mixed) breed parent. These "dogies" often didn't sell at market; i.e.: To measure up to standards!
Song: "Home on the Range"
"Home on the Range" was one of the cowboy's favorite songs as they drove their herds of longhorn cattle from Texas breeding grounds to the northern and western maturing grounds across the Great Plains. As cowboys would ridethrough the long and dreary nights, they would add verses to their songs to keep from falling asleep and help pass the time. Some records report that this song was first sung around 1867 by an African American chuck-wagon cook traveling along the Chisholm Trail. The trail stretched all the way from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas. Other trails went to Wyoming and Montana, even Canada. Home on the Range is the official state song of Kansas.
"Ragtime Cowboy Joe" and "Happy Trails To You"
Streets of Laredo (dying cowboy), Dogie Song, I'm Going to Leave Ol' Texas Now, Ol Paint
I'm a Poor Lonesome Cowboy, Home on the Range
On Top of Old Smokey; Get Along, Cayeuse, Get Along;
Old Chisholm Trail -(had to get cattle fr. TX to MTN & DK for grass)
Books: The Chisolm Trail-Andrew Santella (pictures, photos, history) Cowboys of the Wild West - Russell Freedman (many photos of real cowboys, history, descriptions, U.S. map of trails, quotes)
Songs of the Wild West Edited by Axelrod/music: D. Fox; history; photos, music; Zebra Riding Cowboy (illustrated song) DPL j781.62 M46z
There is a really great cowboy song out there that is a part of a kit/show. It's wonderful but I don't know if you can get it only. I also don't know (pertaining to copyright laws) if you can buy the whole show and just use that song in your show....... Anyway, the song is called "I Wanna Be a Cowboy a Rodeo Show" The second verse of course, changes to cowgirl. It's from an all-school revue titled When I Grow Up. by John Jacobson and Emily Crocker. It's published by Hal Leonard.
Last year I did a Songs of the American West program and had a TON of help from you all here on the list. The songs I did would probably be appropriate for a "country" show, too.
The 2nd graders danced to "Buffalo Gals" (from the Music and You series) and sang "Home on the Range" (we repeated a chorus at the end and had the audience sing with us), "The Old Chisholm Trail" (the kids' favorite), and "A Cowboy Needs A Horse" (from an OLD Disney singalong video). The 3rd graders danced to "Red River Valley" (from "Basic Square Dances"), and sang "My Home's in Montana", "Chopo", and "Ragtime Cowboy Joe".
How about doing the "Cowboy Boogie ?" I did it to an instrumental arrangement of "Boot Scootin' Boogie" and the kids, teachers, admin, audience loved it. Not hard and you can involve the audience.
I once saw a cute program with the overalls, red bandanas and the kids sat on bales of hay with a painted cardboard fence at the sides. Songs like Old Paint, Old Texas, Home on the Range, etc. I think this would go with your country theme.
Kidsongs has a whole set of theme related music videos. You can find their videos in ERC 1-800-438-1637 or CLARUS 1-914-591-7715 catalogs. CLARUS also has a website at http://www.clarusmusic.com The Country Songs video is cute, it has songs like Just Swinging, Buffalo Gals, Happy Trails, Achy Breaky Heart, and others.
As more people came to settle in Railroad Pullman Mr. George Mortimer designed and patented ideas for the sleeper car; Later applied to flat opening suitcases that held everything.
Rounders Trains and engines, obviously, can't make a U turn. For the cars, it is irrelevant, but for the engine and coal car, it was deemed advantageous to have them pointed the way the train was moving. So at selected railroad terminals, they had what amounted to a big lazy susan. They would run the engine onto this thing, then everybody would heave and shove and rotate the thing so it was pointed back the way it came, to make the return trip. Now, that much is so. I think the name of the buildings with these lazy susans with tracks was a round house, and the guys who worked there would be termed 'rounders.' Fireman were coal shovelers. Considered 'lower class.' Switchman Where there is a fork in the road for railroad tracks, there is a switch that will direct the train in one direction or the other. The switch device itself is a set of rails, and it is actually moved to complete the curve to the left or to complete the curve to the right. It used to be that the switch was controlled mechanically by means of a large lever right there, and the guy who worked the switch was the switchman. *Switchmen* earlier rode with the trains, got out with their tall crowbars and actually moved the crossing tracks over to the line of the route for that train. Now, at a busy intersection, especially for freight train lines, switching may take place in a switch tower, those buildings with windows at the top, still seen near big city train yards. There the switchmen work regular shifts day and night, and can switch the tracks by pulling levers from inside. Most are now done electrically maybe even by computer! The switchman was low man on the totem pole, but he was a very important person, because he was responsible for routing the trains into "sidings" at the stations, so that they could pass each other. The switches all were locked with huge locks, and we may have one of these somewhere around here. The engineer and the brakeman often carried switch keys, too, and they were great big brass keys. After the switchman set the switch, and the train went thru to the siding, he was responsible for returning the switch to the main line position, so that the oncoming train would pass. Improperly locked switches were often responsible for very sad wrecks on the railroad. These were mostly what were called "mainline meets".
His wife sued the authors, and won the suit, because the last verse was "When Mrs. Jones heard that Casey was dead, She gathered up the children and put them to bed. She said "Go to sleep, children, and stop your cryin' Cause you got another poppa on the Salt Lake line." The first trains were horse drawn on planks of wood; cross ties stabalized this parallel tracks; first co.: Baltimore & Ohio Co. 1828; hauled cargo (such as coal) then came novelty rides for passengers; trains fostered great excitement when they came to town; made country 'smaller' & gave access to products; there were work songs for blasting rock; young boys (shakers) held spikes that were driven by 'steel drivers'; sounds we assoc. with railroads: steam whistle & rhythmic clickety clack of wheels; hobos rode rails for work, poverty or wander lust; 'bulls' were security guards;
In the 1870's, the Chesapeake & Ohio (C & O) railroad was building rail and blasting thru mountains. A legendary figure, John Henry, would drive the holes in rock to place the dynamite. He was famous for strength and hard work. A 'shaker' was the man (or boy) who held the spike in place while men like John Henry would yield the sledge hammer. (I'd shake too!) As the legend goes, John Henry challenged the new machine which was invented to drive holes in rock and the outcome? John Henry: 2 holes seven feet deep and the drill: one hole nine feet deep in 35 minutes. John Henry dropped dead of a heart attack.
Song: "I've Been Working on the Railroad"
Over 100,000 miles of railroad track across U.S. were laid. This song was one of their work songs. It is actually comprised of 2 songs: I've Been Working on the Levee (Irish) and Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah (Minstrel song).
Railroad Songs:
She'll Be comin' 'Round the Mountain (six horses: horsepower)
Casey Jones (risked life and limb to keep train on schedule - describes
fatalism of pioneers in wife accepting death); Zack, the Mormon Engineer
(to tune of O Susanna); I've Been Workin' On the Railroad; Down By the
Little Red Caboose Em-1; Drill Ye Tarriers Drill - Irish
Get on Board; Wabash Cannon Ball; Streets of Laredo; Pat Works on the
Railway (Irish);
John Henry (folk hero; 6 songs written about him;
John Henry was the folk hero of steel driving men. Legend has it that John Henry (Black-American) could whop spikes into ties faster than any other man. People came from far and near to watch him swing his heavy hammers while his shaker boys would sing and hold spikes for him.
The Legend of John Henry-Terry Small J.H. a family man, tragedy told in verse
She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain Kathleen Bullock ('She' is an eccentric aunt, fun filled, visiting a rollicking family
11/13 A complete 'Teacher's Resource Guide' -- http://countrymusichalloffame.org/teacher-s-resources/
Complete eight lessons included in a .pdf
BANNER: http://www.webwranglerdesign.com/Music/WebSite/PDF/TheNationalAnthem-Packet.pdf
RESOURCES: http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/educational-resources.aspx
SMITHSONIAN SSB site: http://www.learnmemusic.com/2012/09/patriotic-music-resources-for-patriot. html
VIDEOS & OTHER PATRIOTIC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPKp29Luryc
YOUTUBE with beautiful pic, voice and LYRICS http://thisbluemarble.com/showthread.php?t=49040
VARIATIONS ON THE THEMME, after they have learned the real deal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5gkkBtRK_U&featue=related
NINE YEAR OLD sings SSB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UScxAdClYw4
KRISTEN LUKOW'S 3rd graders show proper posture and delivery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-6zugC2Ug
FORT McHENRY history for older students http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEsUxOqh75A
STICK GAME: http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/pdf/BroadStripesBrightStars.pdf
PERIOD HISTORICAL DETAILS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Rf7beku_4&feature=related
KARAOKE version of SSB:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/key-pens-star-spangled-banner?e t_cid=46397592&et_rid=705472643&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.history.co m%2fthis-day-in-history%2fkey-pens-star-spangled-banner
ACTIVITIES: I am a big proponent on teaching the SSB to my kids AND that they know the historical background surrounding the writing of the words. We always watch the youtube vid of Francis Scott Key: A Legacy of Service with my 3rd, The Accurate Story Behind the Star Spangled Banner and we do the Smithsonian interactive flag site. I give a quiz at the end of the year on the history and the word order (by sentence). Plus we sing it throughout the year often as we learn the ettiquette that should be used when singing or listening to it. I feel the respect is very important for them to learn and hope they go home and share this with their parents. I am very proud of them when I see them at school events and when this is performed as to what they do (what I have taught them to do) when they hear this.
GAME: I play the game where the students are in the circle and each student has to say ONE WORD of the lyrics and then it passes on to the next student. They love this. I have found that the words--dawn's early-- is often thought of as "dawnzer". Am amused every time this one comes up. ---- Brenda Kehl
I do the bean bag pass game with a recording (MK-8's version is the best in my opinion). The actions are PICK (pick bean bag up from in front of your left knee), TOUCH (touch it to your right knee), PASS (Pass it to the person to your right, in front of their left knee). Repeat. Reinforces 3/4 time, staying together on the beat etc... You can add more to the end where the cymbals crash by instructing students how to toss the bean back straight up and down (this is very important) and not much higher than their head. The last cymbal crash goes straight down... also important so it doesn't accidentally go flying across the room.
1850's; Songs: Sweet Betsy From Pike; Old Settler Song; Clementine
Acre of Clams
The discovery of gold at Sutter's sawmill in Coloma, California in 1848 brought thousands from all over the world. Most people did not get rich but worked hard and spent hard earned money on travel and equipment. Many people moved north to dig for clams which were more readily available. This ballad tells the story of a prospector.
In the Mother Lode country of California, there are very few mines with tunnels and shafts and ore cars and that sort of thing. Most of the mining was a process of finding gold flakes and nuggets from among deposits of gravel. Gold-bearing deposits of gravel are called "placer deposit," and the methods of getting the gold from them can all be termed "placer mining."
[One of the towns in the area today is called Placerville. It used to be called "Hangtown," and you will find it referenced in Sweet Betsy From Pike. There is also Placer County.]
06/04 A site with a 3 minute presentation of history, photos and paintings of the Erie Canal and an interactive map to read about towns along the canal.
http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/index.html
01/04 The Erie Canal was a trench(canal) (about 360 miles long which made it the longest in the world.) It was completed in 1825 and connected the Great Lakes around the state of Michigan (midwest U.S.) with the Atlantic Ocean. The name "Erie" stems from the Seneca Indian word meaning "bad smelling banks." This was natural gas leaking through seams in rock formations. - Contributed by Sandy Toms
SONGS: The Great Lakes Song by Pat Dailey, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Lee Murdock's Wreck of the Carl D. Bradley
As more people came to settle in a northerner writing southern songs; sold songs (Christy got credit) to minstrel shows; Born in Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh. Little musical training but gift of melody. At 6, taught self to play clarinet. Worked as a bookkeeper but kept writing. Sold songs for little money. Was poor and died young.
Web site: http://bobjanuary.com/foster/sfhome.htm *****
There is a lot of information to be found at: http://www.wnet.org/archive/ihas.cgi. It contains a singing site map which gives a detailed listing of the contents of each of the following categories: welcome, timeline, profiles, songbook, and forum. It is very interesting. The songs include Jeanie with the light brown hair, In the woods, General Booth enters into heaven, The circus band, etc.
Stephen Foster (1826-1864)
Stephen Foster was born and lived in Pennsylvania near Pittsburg. He is considered to be the first American professional songwriter. His first 'hit' was the song, "Oh, Susanna." He wrote many popular songs such as "Way Down Upon the Swanee River," I Dream of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair," "Camptown Races," "My Old Kentucky Home," and "Old Black Joe." Although he wrote many popular songs, he was not paid much for them and did not have copyrights on songs as we do today. (Today, a copyrighted song is only allowed to be used if royalties (money) are paid to the composer or person(s) owning those copyrights.) He wrote 285 songs, hymns, arrangements, and instrumental works. Many of his songs are still popular today. The University of Pittsburg keeps a collection of Mr. Foster's works (original editions) as a memorial to this talented composer. Some of his songs are like pioneer songs and some tell about how important home is to the people.
At a companion site, meet Stephen Foster, the first great American songwriter who virtually invented popular music as we recognize it today. Listen to the melodies that are so much a part of American history and culture and hear the sad story of his tragic and contradiction-riddled life. http://pbs.org/amex/foster/
01/04 I love the Ronald Nelson arrangements of Stephen Foster's "Some Folks Do" and "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair". - Contributed by Kathleen Bragle
Minstrel shows began with Black Americans performing music in the streets and variety show with dance, song and comedy put on by white Americans. Sometimes, white entertainers would dress up as black Americans and perform their music. Minstrel shows were very popular for about 40 years. Some of Stephen Foster's songs were written for these shows. The entertainment in these 'ministrel' shows sometimes was a white person trying to do the music of Black Americans and often made fun of these people. Stephen Foster stopped writing music for these shows because of that reason. Though minstrel music began making fun of some people, those performances led to saving that music and is still popular today by both Black and White Americans alike.
http://www.volcano.net/~jackmearl/foster/hardtimescome.html
http://www.lm.com/~gregi/foster.html
http://www.annonline.com/interviews/970502/related.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/song2.html
http://www.eonline.com/Facts/Movies/0,60,42490,00.html
http://www.deadlists.com/SONGS/CAMPTOS1.HTM
(Demonstrates recordings of just one of S. Foster's songs:) Camptown Races by Foster, Stephen (This song has been recorded over 35 times in the last 50 years.)
Song: "Shenandoah"
Many American shanties are connected to the tall-masted, ocean-going clipper ships of the nineteenth century. "Shenandoah" is different in that its life began as a work chant of the inland waterways. The lyrics tell the story of a fur trader who fell in love with the daughter of the Algonquian Indian Chief Shenandoah, only to later leave her on the shores of the Missouri River. Shenandoah is also the name of a beautiful valley and river in Virginia. This slow, romantic melody brings to mind an era in America's history when water transportation was the main means of covering vast inland distances.
Songs: Susanna - + gold rush lyrics; Camptown Races; Home Sweet Home
Shenandoah; Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
Minstrels - 1820 +
With population growing in cities (industrialization), entertainment became popular (paying instead of making own); white entertainers used black humor, songs and dialect for show;
I teach it in 4th, using the version in STM. I made up a dance. On the verses, we sashay 4 beats right, then 4 beats left, hands on hips. On the refrain, we swing a partner, then reverse. It's very simple, but it seems to be in the style of the song. -- Contributed by Andrea Cope
Song: "Old Dan Tucker"
Daniel Decatur Emmett, a songwriter from Ohio, wrote "Old Dan Tucker." Emmett wrote songs for minstrel shows of the mid-nineteenth century. This particular song evolved from a "darn-fool ditty" into a folk song. The song character, Dan Tucker, is a reckless, foolish, carefree kind of guy. Yet somehow he always is able to bounce back from his ridiculous behaviors. He became almost a real person to the frontiers-people and westerners of that time. Dan Tucker was a comic version of what they saw and admired in their real-life heroes, Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett.
Jim Along Josie; Old Dan Tucker by Emmett; Camptown Races by S. Foster
Old Black Joe; Carry Me Back to Old Virginy by James Bland
Dixie by Daniel Emmett (nor. white) song not intended to glorify South
Turkey in the Straw; Animal Fair
Song: "Dixie"
In 1858, Dan Emmett joined Dan Bryant's Minstrels in New York. One of "Jolly Dan's" jobs was to make up clever, amusing songs to sing at the close of the show and sing them as he walked around. They were so successful and always brought so much laughter and applause that the other minstrels splke of they as "hooray songs." After being asked to write a new "hooray song" on short notice, he was muttering to himself, "I wish I was in Dixie." (Any one in show business considered themselves fortunate if they could land a job in the South for the winter.) Tacking on "hooray" to the words birthed the song we know today. It was an instant success but not intended as the rallying song for the Continental army.
Turn-of-the-Century Child
http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/cur/20c/turn.html This project involves students in a study of the life and times of children in the early 1900's. Information, letters, great photos!
Others Old Gray Mare - from spiritual:"Tearin' Out of the Wilderness"
Go Get the Ax - Chicago, Did You Ever
06/02There is a great book called "Songs of Work and Protest-100 favorite songs of American workers complete with music and historical notes." It was written by Edith Fowke and Joe Glazer, published by Dover. There is a section with 10 coal mining songs, some mostly union songs. I bought a copy of this from Barnes and Noble.com I think, but it may be available at a local library or university library. I wrote a paper on Labor Union songs for an American History class and this book was invaluable.
05/21 Book: "Basket Moon" by Mary Lyn Ray illustrated by Barbara Coon - A story of a boy in the 1800's who was part of a community of 'bushwackers' (basket weavers) who were mistrusted by townspeople.
05/21 There is a great book called "Songs of Work and Protest-100 favorite songs of American workers complete with music and historical notes." It was written by Edith Fowke and Joe Glazer, published by Dover. There is a section with 10 coal mining songs, some mostly union songs. I bought a copy of this from Barnes and Noble.com I think, but it may be available at a local library or university library. I wrote a paper on Labor Union songs for an American History class and this book was invaluable.
Star Spangled Banner; America the Beautiful; America
You can get the teachers manual free, and the SSB video costs 19.95 the last time I checked. Its a wonderful resource that uses math, science, music and language arts lessons to teach history. Check it out.
For paper plate choreography to Star Spangled Banner, go to Movement,Dance,Drama/PROPS
This song was written by Katherine Lee Bates. There is a lovely picture book called "O Beautiful for Spacious Skies" with the history of the song in it. Batese was a well-respected English literature professor at Wellesley College. In 1893 she made her first trip west on a train to Colorado and taught a summer session in a university. At the end of the summer, she took a carriage ride with her colleagues to the top of PIKE'S Peak. (elevation 14,110) Her summer experiences inspired her to write the poem. I love to teach it because it one of the few patriotic songs that was written during a time of peace. Last summer, I took the cog railroad to the top of Pike's Peak. What an experience! (Except for a little altitude sickness!)
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Julia Ward Howe composed the words to this song in 1861. The song had a profound effect on the Union army and upon hearing it, Abraham Lincoln was moved to tears.
Illinois: http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/illinois-songbook/illinois-songbook%20-%200120.htm
BLUES, JAZZ
See file: Jazz for teaching ideas
Suite 101 has articles on blues, jazz http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/music_education/
I have done the history of rock with 5th graders, and they love it. I usually start with the 50's (Bill Hailey and the Comets, etc.) and we talk about how Elvis affected the music movement. We also talk about the various types of early music like doo-op, the use of the I, VI, IV and V chord sound. I play many pieces using that sequence, and they are amazed at how many songs became hits using the same sequence. We move into Beatles and I talk about where they originated, and then the other groups that followed like Beach Boys, 4 Seasons, Monkeys, etc. I am lucky that I have all my old albums and show them the covers which they love. We progress through time with a discussion of how music reflected the social changes that were happening in the 70's, and how even the look of the groups changed. They surprisingly do not like the heavy metal of Cream, Led Zeppelin,etc. We wind our way through disco, and finally to what they listen to now.
06/06 Sourwood Mountain, Old Joe Clark, Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms
We do have an educational DVD available for $3 plus postage, called “Discover Bluegrass: Exploring American Roots Music,” with six lesson plans (one for each unit) embedded on the DVD. It’s targeted at grades 3-8. Here’s some more info:
http://www.ibma.org/events.programs/schools/index.asp
1)You need fiddle, mandolin, guitar, bass, banjo, dobro (resonator guitar), autoharp and singers. Hammered dulcimers show up, too. But in all the bluegrass jams I've been to, not one has been represented. Lap dulcimers (mountain dulcimer) sit in on jams occasionally but they are just not versatile or loud enough to make much impact in a group - unless you are a ‘durn’ good player, changing chords is tricky cuz they are (basically)tuned to a specific key.
2)You need to avoid the stumpfiddle. That's just not part of the real bluegrass scene. Harmonica players show up but that tends to be a REAL annoyance to most grassers.
3)Please, before you teach about bluegrass, be aware that grass is different than old-tyme music in style, approach, intensity and yet they play a lot of the same tunes, although differently.
4)Flatt and Scruggs .... Flatt has 2 T's.
5)YOU MUST INCLUDE THE CARTER FAMILY. The influence of that family is incredibly important.
6)Get across that is an American music style that is a cross of Anglo AND African sources; that without the influence of radio in the 20's, which brought the cross-fertilization of race music and white music, neither rock and roll or bluegrass would exist as we now them;
7)Bluegrass is strictly acoustic string instruments; that there are NO drums, but occasionally there are little novelty sounds included like the spoons, bones or one of those limberjack dancing men; the high-lonely is peculiar to Bill Monroe although many people sound this way;
8)Without improvisation and the blues scale, there IS no bluegrass and close three-part vocal harmony is definitely part of the style.
9)As for players: I would ‘fer shure’ include Doc Watson who made cross-picking the guitar an amazing virtuoso feat. This started with Maybelle Carter, by the way.
10)A nice song for kids to learn in the Carter family tune, "The Storm Is On The Ocean."
11)Add Earl Scruggs, who changed the way the banjo was traditionally played (frailing) to the 3-finger picking style that you are used to hearing now; You have Ricky Scaggs, who plays mando and fiddle predominatly; Alison Krause who is fiddle predominantly; Doc on guitar; Alison Krause's dobro player, Jerry Douglas is phenomenal and is considered one of the best ever;
12)A modern master, barely 30, is Aubrey Haynie, violinist, fiddler and mandolinist. He turned my world upside down when I heard him play.
13) . A great site for asking questions or searching the archive: www.mudcat.org.
14)One last bluegrass note: The competition of FAST improvisation gets really testosterone-laden and so unless you are D--- good, you get left out of the jam with the big boys. There is indeed another world of bluegrass that is less competitive and gentler and somewhat slower and many more women prefer that world
I had NO idea that bluegrass could be so musical, creative, virtuosic, and affecting. Did you know that the mandolin (8 strings) and the violin(4 strings) are tuned the same and many people who play one eventually learn to play the other? Southern gospel music is a very strong influence in bluegrass. -- Martha Stanley
I may have found a powerpoint for you. At the bottom of this page is a link to download it. http://snipurl.com/i0ie Slides 16 - 19 deal specifically with Country and Western and Bluegrass music. There's a free manual from these kind folks. :
International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Bluegrass in the Schools 1620 Fredrica St. Owensboro, KY 42301 270-684-9025
The IBMA's Bluegrass in the Schools offers a free Implementation Manual for teachers seeking specific information about bluegrass music to present to a class and for bands/musicians interested in developing school programs; the IBMA Education Resource Guide, which offers an overview of programs developed by performers in the U.S. and Canada and lists of resource organizations and materials to assist in gathering ideas to develop an in-school program; a six page lesson plan and video ($10):
"The Traditional American Music Program - An Educational Overview of Bluegrass Music." The video includes information on the history of bluegrass music, its roots & origins, a demonstration of harmony structure, the instruments used in bluegrass, and a live presentation of bluegrass songs; and the Mini-Grant program, funded in part by a Bluegrass Visa Credit Card Program, offers supplemental funding grants up to $100 for educational in-school programs that present bluegrass music. - Patricia Albritton
SONG LIST: The 100 Essential Folk Songs
12/09 1. "This Land Is Your Land" - Woody Guthrie (See lesson suggestion below) 2. "Blowin' in the Wind" - Bob Dylan 3. "City of New Orleans" - Steve Goodman 4. "If I Had a Hammer" - Pete Seeger 5. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" - The Kingston Trio 6. "Early Morning Rain" - Gordon Lightfoot 7. "Suzanne" - Leonard Cohen 8. "We Shall Overcome" - Pete Seeger 9. "Four Strong Winds" - Ian and Sylvia 10. "Last Thing on My Mind" - Tom Paxton 11. "The Circle Game" - Joni Mitchell 12. "Tom Dooley" - The Kingston Trio (Trad) 13. "Both Sides Now" - Joni Mitchell 14. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" - Sandy Denny 15. "Goodnight Irene" - The Weavers (Trad) 16. "Universal Soldier" - Buffy Sainte-Marie 17. "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" - Bob Dylan 18. "Diamonds and Rust" - Joan Baez 19. "Sounds of Silence" - Simon & Garfunkel 20. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot 21. "Alice's Restaurant" - Arlo Guthrie 22. "Turn, Turn, Turn!" - The Byrds (Pete Seeger) 23. "Puff the Magic Dragon" - Peter, Paul and Mary 24. "Thirsty Boots" - Eric Anderson 25. "There But for Fortune" - Phil Ochs 26. "Across the Great Divide" - Kate Wolf 27. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - The Band (Robbie Robertson) 28. "The Dutchman" - Steve Goodman 29. "Matty Groves" - Fairport Convention (Trad) 30. "Pastures of Plenty" - Woody Guthrie 31. "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" - Gordon Lightfoot 32. "Ramblin' Boy" - Tom Paxton 33. "Hello in There" - John Prine 34. "The Mary Ellen Carter" - Stan Rogers 35. "Scarborough Fair" - Martin Carthy (Trad) 36. "Freight Train" - Elizabeth Cotton 37. "Like a Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan 38. "Paradise" - John Prine 39. "Northwest Passage" - Stan Rogers 40. "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" - Eric Bogle 41. "Changes" - Phil Ochs 42. "Streets of London" - Ralph McTell 43. "Gentle on My Mind" - John Hartford 44. "Barbara Allen" - Shirley Collins (Trad) 45. "Little Boxes" - Malvina Reynolds 46. "The Water Is Wide" - Traditional 47. "Blue Moon of Kentucky" - Bill Monroe 48. "No Regrets" - Tom Rush 49. "Amazing Grace" - Odetta (Trad) 50. "Catch the Wind" - Donovan 51. "If I Were a Carpenter" - Tim Hardin 52. "Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell 53. "House of the Rising Sun" - Doc & Richard Watson (Trad) 54. "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - The Weavers 55. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan 56. "The Boxer" - Simon and Garfunkel 57. "Someday Soon" - Ian and Sylvia 58. "Miles" - Peter, Paul and Mary 59. "Masters of War" - Bob Dylan 60. "Wildwood Flower" - Carter Family 61. "Can the Circle Be Unbroken" - Carter Family 62. "Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound" - Tom Paxton 63. "Teach Your Children" - Crosby, Stills Nash & Young 64. "Deportee" - Woody Guthrie 65. "Tecumseh Valley" - Townes Van Zandt 66. "Mr. Bojangles" - Jerry Jeff Walker 67. "Cold Missouri Waters" - James Keeleghan 68. "The Crucifixion" - Phil Ochs 69. "Angel from Montgomery" - John Prine 70. "Christmas in the Trenches" - John McCutcheon 71. "John Henry" - Traditional 72. "Pack Up Your Sorrows" - Richard and Mimi Farina 73. "Dirty Old Town" - Ewan MacColl 74. "Caledonia" - Dougie MacLean 75. "Gentle Arms of Eden" - Dave Carter 76. "My Back Pages" - Bob Dylan 77. "Arrow" - Cheryl Wheeler 78. "Hallelujah" - Leonard Cohen 79. "Eve of Destruction" - Barry McGuire 80. "Man of Constant Sorrow" - Ralph Stanley (Trad) 81. "Shady Grove" - Traditional 82. "Pancho and Lefty" - Townes Van Zandt 83. "Old Man" - Neil Young 84. "Mr. Tambourine Man" - Bob Dylan 85. "American Tune" - Paul Simon 86. "At Seventeen" - Janis Ian 87. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel 88. "Road" - Nick Drake 89. "Tam Lin" - Fairport Convention (Trad) 90. "Ashokan Farewell" - Jay Ungar and Molly Mason 91. "Desolation Row" - Bob Dylan 92. "Love Is Our Cross to Bear" - John Gorka 93. "Hobo's Lullaby" - Woody Guthrie 94. "Urge for Going" - Tom Rush 95. "Return of the Grievous Angel" - Gram Parsons 96. "Chilly Winds" - The Kingston Trio 97. "Fountain of Sorrow" - Jackson Browne 98. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" - Bob Dylan 99. "Our Town" - Iris Dement 100. "Leaving on a Jet Plane" - John Denver
SONG HISTORY: 12/09 THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND: After a discussion of the words/geography lesson/etc. I have had students (upper elementary) write new words.
1. We pick a place that's familiar (usually the school - that's the easiest one to do as a class) and then brainstorm a list of areas/places/things within it.
2. We figure out that to match the original, we need to have two phrases that will end up meaning "from one side/end of the place to the other" and pick things from the brainstorm list to match.
3. We replace other key words (change "land" to whatever you're writing about, basically)
4. We sing the new verse, and make any changes if we think it necessary to make it sound better or whatever.
5. The students get in groups/pairs/however you want to do it and follow the steps listed above.
6. If time, let each group share their verse with the class, or collect the verses to share with the class next time - put them on overheads or into a powerpoint or whatever so the whole class can see and sing along with each group's verse.
Example: My first year teaching, Mrs. Weinstroer's Class (5th grade) at Chapman Intermediate School came up with this:
This school is your school, this school is my school
From the cafeteria to Mrs. Weinstroer's classroom
From the office to the 5th grade bathrooms
Chapman was made for you and me. --- Ann Wells
06/06 http://www.anthonians.org/res-cult.html
http://folkdancemusic.net/online.htm
01/04 Look at Woody Guthries "Grow Big Song Book"
03/02 Incorporates 365 classic songs from many eras and school/family based activities.
www.songs-of-the-century.com
01/02 Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People by Bonnie Christensen (2001, Alfred A. Knopt, New York): beautifully illustrated, thorough tale of the legendary singer/songwriter's life and his influence on American culture and music. from his poor Oklahoma roots, to his migrant days, his WWII Merchant Marine days, to his final struggle with Huntington's. especially poignant emphasis on his "giving a voice" to the suffering dust-bowl farm families of the 30's.
This Land Is Your Land (Gestures)
1. This: Hold your hands together, with palms up and fingers touching. Then move them apart in a sweeping gesture.
2. Land: With both palms down and hands open, make a large circle with your right hand over your left hand.
3. Is: Touch your lips with the tip of your right index finger. Then move the hand straight ahead.
4. Your: Hold your right hand with palm out and fingers together. Move the hand out toward the person being spoken to.
5. My: Touch your chest with your open right hand.
6. From: Point your left index finger up. Touch your right hand, in the "X" position, to the left index finger. Then move the right hand away
7. California: Touch your earlobe with the index finger of your right hand. Then move the hand down and into the 'Y' position.
8. To: Point the index finger of your right hand to the tip of the upright index Finger of your left hand.
9. New York: Move your right hand, in the Y" position, back and forth in the open palm of your left hand.
10. Island: Make a circle with your right hand, in the I" position, on the back of your left closed fist.
11. Redwood forest (forest)Move the elbow of your upright right arm from the back of your left wrist to the fingertips while turning the right hand back and forth.
12. Waters: Move your hands from right to leave, making the motion of waves.
13. Made: With both hands in the S' position, place your right hand on top of your left. Twist the two fists and strike them together
14. For: Touch your forehead with your right index finger. Then point the finger forward.
15. You: Gesture ahead with your right hand, palm' up.
16. Me: Move the fingertips of your bent right hand down your body
The song was written by Lenny Lipton his freshman year in college (actually, it was a poem). Peter Yarrow saw\ the poem typed up on Lipton's desk (his roommate was Yarrow's friend). So Yarrow liked the song so well that he wrote the tune- which turned out to be Puff the Magic Dragon. Lipton wrote it because he was in a sense depressed that he could no longer turn back to childhood since he was now an adult. He used the dragon theme to show loss of innocence. A lot of people in the 60's thought it was a drug song, but it's original intent was not to be thought of in that way.
08/02 PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON: Comments by Paul Kehoe (printed with Mr. Kehoe's permission)
"Puff the Magic Dragon" was 'born' in 1958 while Peter was attending Cornell University. He and his roommate, Leonard Lipton co-wrote the song which started as a half written poem in a typewriter in their dorm room. The two worked together to finish the poem and then it was put to music.This was still about two years before Peter, Paul & Mary met each other...and five years later, in 1963, "Puff" was included on the trio's second album, MOVING.
The song was written with no other hidden meaning...It is a song about the loss of childhood innocence. That's all:) Mary once explained from the stage that if the group was going to sing a covert song about drugs, they would have shared that with the audience! So how did "Puff" acquire this reputation?In 1967 Newsweek Magazine published an article detailing certain songs that contained hidden meanings and drug lyrics. Mary has humorously stated that it must have been a slow news week! Anyway, the article mentions songs from the Beatles like "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" and PP&M's "Puff". It was 'purported' that these songs had a hidden drug message.
However , the author of the article never contacted Peter to ask him! So the article was published and the rumor about "Puff" was born. To this day it still a rumor that is asked about again and again...So even though the comedy movie, Meet The Parents, reintroduces this interpretation of "Puff", the fact is... it is simply a song about a child and the loss of his imaginary friend..and the sadness attached to the loss of childhood innocence...
Interestingly enough, the author of the Newsweek article eventually apologized to Peter for his analysis of "Puff". He admitted that he he was looking for the most innocent song to interpret as a drug lyric and that he didn't think the rumor would spread (and stick!) the way it did.
PP&M have consistently maintained both on stage and in interviews that "Puff' was never about smoking or drug use. Peter used do an introduction to "Puff" that showed how easy it is to misinterpret a song. He explained how you can take any song and twist it to mean whatever you want it to based on the criteria used to do the analysis.
He humorously showed how the "Star Spangled Banner" could be viewed as a drug lyric:
"Oh, say can you see" (c for cocaine)
"by the dawn's early light" (the time that junkies like to get high) "
what so proudly we hailed" (talking about how good it is) "whose broad stripes"
(the stripes on a prisoner uniform) "and the rockest red glare/the bombs bursting in air"
(what you see when you're high)
Peter then goes on to say that this just proves how idiotic the analyis is..both to the Star Spangled Banner and Puff.You can actually hear a streaming audio clip of Peter's introduction from a 1981 concert if you visit the 'history' section of the PP&M website:
http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/
Look for where it says 'Peter's reply to the story' on the second page of the history section.
Video: THE MUSIC AND HEROES OF AMERICA This is America Charlie Brown
Content Questions:
(Also appears formatted at: http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/peanuts-music-&-heroes.html )
1. What instrument was Snoopy playing? _______________
2. What is Schroeder's instrument? ______________
3. What famous Stephen Foster song traveled west with the hopeful miners during the Gold Rush? ___________________
4. What song was inspired by an 1895 visit to Pike's Peak in Colorado?_____
Who wrote the poem which provided the words for this song? _____________
5. What American composer was given the title "March King?"_______________
6. What early 20th century American composer is sometimes called "The Father of the musical comedy?" _________________________
7. Where was Irving Berlin born? _____What was his first big hit? ________
8. From where did "spirituals" come? _________________
9. What American composer "hit it big" in 1899 with his million-selling "Maple Leaf Rag?" ______________________
10. W.C.Handy was the first great composer of what American musical form? ___
11. Name two famous American leaders who were assassinated in the 1960's? _________________________________ and ___________________________
WORD BANK: Russia slaves, "Alexander's Ragtime Band"; banjo blues;
"Oh, Susanna" John F. Kennedy; piano; "Yankee Doodle";
Abraham Lincoln Scott Joplin; "America the Beautiful";
John Philip Sousa; guitar ; "Hound Dog" Martin Luther King Jr.;
drums; Germany; Katharine Lee Bates; George M. Cohan
THE MUSIC AND HEROES OF AMERICA
I changed some of the questions to make them easier to pick out just from listening. For example, I ask which character teaches about the blues? What is an adjective you would use to describe someone who "has the blues." I told them before we watched that afterwards we were going to have a contest to see who could answer the eight questions I was holding in my hand. . . . without knowing the questions in advance. They had to listen carefully just in case it was something I was going to ask.
After we watch, they write their answers on one side of a scrap of paper and their name on the other. Then I picked up all the papers and passed them out randomly, names down. As I called out the answers, they counted how many their mystery person answered correct. The "winner" got a pencil with music notes on it. One third grader got 7/8 correct this morning. I don't know if I could have done that well! -- Contributed by Andrea Cope
12/15 TIMELINE (Shows the waxing and waning of pop, folk, rock, reggae, etc., a colored map then click on each one to get specifics, names, years)
http://research.google.com/bigpicture/music/#
10/13 This site looks good: http://www.rockmusictimeline.com/
Interesting article and on the third page, a timeline with popups for each artist with a short description.
http://www.shmoop.com/history-of-rock/
A one page history up to the 60's: http://www.unc.edu/~refisher/rockandroll.html
YouTube History in Five Parts:
Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UiOxEBMQ3A
GENERAL IDEAS
07/11 FOLKSONG REPOSITORY: http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/NCFR.html
12/09 From: "All the Years of American Popular Music" by David Ewen Albert Pike put new words to "Dixie" and it became the Confederate Army's song of songs.
Southerns, hear your country call you up! Less worse than death befall you! To arms! To arms! To Arms! In Dixie. Advance the flag of Dixie! Hurrah! Hurrah! For Dixie's land we'll take our stand, And Live and die for Dixie! To Arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie. To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie.
Second in importance was "Maryland, My Maryland." Lyrics by James Ryder Randall, professor of Eng. Lit. at Pydras College in LA. He was aroused by a newspaper account of Northern troops being fired upon as they passed through Baltimore. "My Southern blood was stirred to fever point. My nerves were all unstrung. I could not dismiss what I had read from my mind. About midnight, I arose, lit a candle, and went to my desk. Some powerful spirit seemed to possess me, and almost involuntarily I proceeded to write the verses of "My Maryland." Completed on Apr. 1, 1861, the poem was published 5 days later in an LA paper, then later in The South, a pro-southern journal in Baltimore. It was widely circulated through broadsides. Soon, Jennie Cary of Baltimore held a meeting for advocates of the Southern cause. She led a singing group. She was looking for songs to rally Baltimore people to the Confederate side, when her sister showed her this poem. Miss Cary realized it fit the melody "O Tannenbaum." The song aroused much enthusiasm. Jennie and her sister, Hetty, sang it for the troops of General Beauregard at a concert in VA in 1861. The troops picked up on the refrain and sang along. Of course, it lost some favor when Maryland allied with the North.
The Bonnie Blue Flag and The Yellow Rose of Texas were two songs used to buoy up the spirits of the South. James Hill Hewitt wrote "Southern Song of Freedom" and "The Young Volunteer" and "Lorena." Decades after the war, Southern babies were named Lorena, also settlements and a steamship, after the heroine of this ballad. --- Nancy
12/07 BOOK: SONG OF AMERICA
12/09 STEADY BEAT? I asked a 3rd grader to play a drum with the "traditional" bommp bap bap bap (accent on first of four eighth notes) and he refused. When I asked him why, he replied, "that is the white man's interpretation of the red man's beat". I was blown away. So I asked him what was the correct way and he told me that the drummer might start out with the accent on 1 to establish the beat, but after that he would accent anywhere he wanted to. The kid knew what he was talking about and was one of the first of many important lessons I learned from a child! --- Linda in MD
12/09 From: All the Years of American Popular Music by David Ewen Albert Pike put new words to "Dixie" and it became the Confederate Army's song of songs.
Second in importance was "Maryland, My Maryland." Lyrics by James Ryder Randall, prof. of Eng. Lit. at Pydras College in LA. He was aroused by a newspaper account of Northern troops being fired upon as they passed through Baltimore. "My Southern blood was stirred to fever point. My nerves were all unstrung. I could not dismiss what I had read from my mind. About midnight, I arose, lit a candle, and went to my desk. Some powerful spirit seemed to possess me, and almost involuntarily I proceeded to write the verses of "My Maryland." Completed on Apr. 1, 1861, the poem was published 5 days later in an LA paper, then later in The South, a prosouthern journal in Baltimore. It was widely circulated through broad sides. Soon, Jennie Cary of Baltimore held a meeting for advocates of the Southern cause. She led a singing group. She was looking for songs to rally Baltimore people to the Confederate side, when her sister showed her this poem. Miss Cary realized it fit the melody "O Tannenbaum." The song aroused much enthusiasm. Jennie and her sister, Hetty, sang it for the troops of General Beauregard at a concert in VA in 1861. The troops picked up on the refrain and sang along. Of course, it lost some favor when Maryland allied with the North.
12/07 BOOK: SONG OF AMERICA ed. by Janet Reno. Tells history thru song.
http://216.35.221.77/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11783231
01/07 VIDEO: “This Land is Your Land” is an animated video of the songs of Woody Guthrie. Amazon.com carries this video. --
01/07 POWERPOINTS - http://www.musicbulletinboards.net/downloadspage.htm
America the Beautiful PPT by Kristin Lukow
The Armed Forces Medley PPT by Camille Page
Star Spangled Banner Presentation by Monica Smith
Armed Forces Medley PPT by Becky Melhus (use with "Hero" CD)
When I First Came to This Land pps by Cynthia Sibitzky
06/06 History, Links, etc., http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/music-3.html
04/05 Teaching American History with Favorite Folk Songs by Tracey West I think this is published by Scholastic. I use it with my sixth grade and love it. It is graded for grades 3-5 but completely adaptable. -- Tracy http://www.musicbulletinboards.net/
SCRIPT-THE WHITE TABLE
06/15 Based on the book, "The White Table"- Script written by Becky Melhus
Those who have served and those currently serving the uniformed services of the United States are ever mindful that the sweetness of enduring peace has always been tainted by the bitterness of personal sacrifice. All Americans should never forget the brave men and women who have answered our nation's call to serve and have served or are serving the cause of freedom in a special way.
: We are compelled to never forget that while we enjoy our daily pleasures, there are others who have endured and may still be enduring the agonies of pain, deprivation and imprisonment.
: Before we begin our activities this morning we will pause to recognize our POW's (those held prisoner of war) and our MIA's (those missing in action).
: This Honors Ceremony symbolizes that they are with us, here in spirit.
: As you entered here this morning, you many have noticed a small table in a place of honor. It is set for one. This table is our way of symbolizing the fact that members of our armed services are missing from our midst. They are unable to be with us and so we remember them.
: We would like to explain the meaning of the items on this special table.
: This table, set for one person, is small - - symbolizing the frailty of one prisoner alone against his oppressors. It shows one soldier's lonely battle against many.
REMEMBER : It is covered with a white cloth to honor a soldier's pure heart when he or she answers the country's call to duty.
REMEMBER : The single red rose displayed in a vase reminds us of the families and loved ones of our soldiers who keep the faith awaiting their return.
REMEMBER : The red ribbon tied on the vase symbolizes the red ribbons worn by the many people who seek to account for our missing.
REMEMBER : The white candle is lit and reminds us of the upward reach of our soldiers' unconquerable spirit. The candle is a symbol of light and hope that lives in our hearts to illuminate our soldiers' way home, away from their captors, to the open arms of a grateful nation.
REMEMBER : A slice of lemon is on the plate to remind us of our soldiers' bitter fate.
REMEMBER : There is salt on the plate - symbolic of the families' tears as they wait.
REMEMBER : The glass is turned over for the meal that won't be eaten.
REMEMBER : We push an empty chair to the table for the missing soldiers who are not here.
REMEMBER: We lay a black napkin on the table to symbolize the sorrow of captivity.
REMEMBER : Until the day they come home.
REMEMBER: Let us remember and never forget their sacrifices.
REMEMBER : May God forever watch over them and protect them and their families.
SCRIPT: STORY OF OUR STAR SPANGLED BANNER by Becky Olsen
See http://www.rdimusic.com/forteachers.htm " Quote, Poems, and Prose: Patriotic Literature", Open with msword then scroll down to page 14
STATE SONGS
10/12 STATES AND CAPITALS SONG: Wakko's America on YouTube. This one has the lyrics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QV87XZ3RYw
Capitals of America: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2Oj2rPe5xc
01/07 POWERPOINTS http://www.musicbulletinboards.net/downloadspage.htm
Beautiful Nebraska PPT by Kristin Lukow
Fifty Nifty United States PPT by Linda Barnhart
06/06 Patriotic Music (with split tracks for accompaniments): http://www.twinsisters.com/
Yankee Doodle / Yankee Doodle Dandy http://www.twinsisters.com/uploads/songlist/Yankee doodle.mp3, There Are Many Flags, God Bless America, America The Beautiful http://www.twinsisters.com/uploads/songlist/America the beautiful.mp3, You're A Grand Old Flag http://www.twinsisters.com/uploads/songlist/file-3378.mp3, The Stars And Stripes Forever, The Star Spangled Banner http://www.twinsisters.com/uploads/songlist/Star spangled banner.mp3, Armed Service Medley, America, Columbia The Gem Of The Ocean, The Battle Hymn Of The Republic http://www.twinsisters.com/uploads/songlist/Battle hymn.mp3
Rap Of The Presidents: http://www.musick8.com/store/alphadetail.tpl?productgroup=330
Rap Of The States: http://www.musick8.com/store/alphadetail.tpl?productgroup=340
Lights Of Freedom (Downloadable Kit): http://www.musick8.com/store/alphadetail.tpl?productgroup=1063
10/02 The states song that I know of to the tune of Turkey In the Straw is called Wakko's America. It names the states with their capital cities.-- Deaetta
10/02 The United States from Wee Sing America. My kids love it!
10/02 The Fifty States in Rhyme by Paul Jennings? Sung to "Turkey in the Straw"
02/05 Do You Know Your State Song? http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/statesong.html
Song: "Fifty Nifty States" by Jerry Aten
Song: Fifty States that Rhymne: www.mrsjones.org/songs/50states.html
02/05 This site has ideas/games regarding teaching about the 50 states:
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~orchard/states.htm
Arizona: Ragtime Cowboy Joe
The Arkansas Traveler
California: Do You Know the Way to San Jose? Carolina in the Morning (North, South)
Colorado: Rocky Mountain High, Home on the Range, Colorado Christmas (John Denver)
What Did Delaware, Boys?
Florida: Old Folks at Home (“Way down upon the Swanee River”), Florida, my Florida
"Florida My Florida" which was the state song in 1913 --------(vs.The Swanee River (Old Folks at Home) Written by Stephen Foster) Georgia On My Mind
Hawaiian Roller Coaster from Lilo and Stitch
Gary Indiana (Music Man), Banks of the Wabash, Back Home Again in Indiana
Massachusetts: Goin to Boston
Michigan Morn
Mississippi Mud
Missouri: Missouri Waltz
Missouri or Kansas?: I'm going to Kansas City
Home Means Nevada, Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley)
New Mexico: Santa Fe - Newsies
Erie Canal (NY), Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind”
Beautiful Ohio, On the Banks of the Ohio
Oklahoma (from musical), Woody Guthrie "This Land Is Your Land" Oregon, My Oregon, Oregon Girls
The Tennessee Waltz and Rocky Top, Chatanooga Choo Choo
Deep in the Heart of Texas, Yellow Rose of Texas
Washington: Roll on Columbia, The Geoduck Song (pronounced gooeyduck)
West Virginia: Country Roads
8/01 Vermont's new state song. Go to this site to see words and order sheet music.
http://www.50states.com/songs/vermont.htm
Teaching America History with Favorite Folk Songs! by Tracey West Scholastic I just received my copy of this book/CD and it is wonderful. I bought it through MK8(Plank Road Publishing:
http://www.musick8.com/
There are 12 songs on CD, song sheets and activities that teach key topics. Helps to connect your students with the people and events that shaped our history. I just finished with a song called the Revolutionary Tea. It's a great song and has an activity in which the students make their own comic strip about the events of the Boston Tea Party. Topics are Colonial Period and American Revolution, Westward Expansion, and Civil War. I highly recommend this book!! My classroom teachers love the integration!! The cost is $12.95.
!!!!!A Folk Song History of America Through It's Songs!!!- Samuel Forcucci - a terrific book covering all the above categories with great commentary and history; the texts of songs (included) in this book would lend themselves better to older elementary but there is a wealth of information on each period and I make it a point to tell interesting things from this source to younger children as well. 1984 Out of print but can get it thru out-of-print booksellers;
I just purchased a wonderful book by Jack Sullivan, professor of English and chair of American Studies at Rider College, (New Jersey): "New World Symphonies: How American Culture Changed European Music",Yale University Press, New Haven & London. 1999. The notes and Bibliography will probably also be helpful to you.
There is a book from Hal Leonard called National Anthems from Around the World. It has pictures of the flags and a blurb about each song and how it came to be the national anthem. It includes 56 countries. It is a great resource. IBSN 0-7935-6079-9
"From Sea to Shining Sea"
A Collection of American Folklore and Folk Songs compiled by Amy L. Cohn Illustrated by eleven Caldecott Medal and Four Caldecott Honor Book artists. $29.95 Here's what is says on the book jacket: "From the shores of the Atlantic Ocean to the waters of the Pacific, America overflows with a rich multicultural heritage. Through story and song, this landmark treasury celebrates and explores our unique nation and its folklore.More than 140 American folktales, folk songs, poems and essays, placed in historical context, are brought together with over 300 original illustrations by some of today's most distinguished artists. From Native-American creation myths to stories told by the first wave ofimmigrants that followed Columbus; from the tales of the American Revolution to those of the settlers of Appalachia; from the days of thegreat waterways to those of the Iron Horse; from the tragedies of slavery to the trials and triumphs of the westward movement, readers are invited to experience the sights and the sounds, the challenges and the catastrophes, and the passions of the multitudes who were drawn to this continent by the promise of a better future. And there's more. Trickster tales, nonsense songs, tall tales, baseball lore, and ghost stories celebrate the country's playful spirit. And a grand finale pays a moving tribute to the folklore being made in our own time." I have used poems, short stories and songs from this book for Halloween, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Opening day of baseball (it has the Abbott and Costelloversion of "Who's on First"), and I could see many more uses for the book.
"American Folk songs" Ruth Crawford Seeger's American Folksongs for Children. It should still be in print, but if not, most libraries have it. The introduction is worth the price of the book...how to actively and creatively use American folk materials with young children to get them to be flexible singers, composers, innovators, cooperators. She includes background info about the songs, and has them grouped in many ways in the index section at the back. Mike and Peggy Seeger recorded the entire book years ago. Not sure if their recording is still available
Check out the MENC publication Let's Get America Singing Again--it is a whole book of "musts".
A Treasury Of American Song, ed. by Siegmeister, pub. by Cherry Lane
Best Loved Songs Of The American People, ed. by Agay, pub. by Doubleday Both books categorize songs by periods, and include info about that era as well as info about each song.
RESOURCE BOOK: I highly recommend "The American Songbag", written by Carl Sandburg. In addition to being a great poet, he was also a collector of song. During his lectures, in addition to reading poetry, he would often sing and play guitar. Originally published in 1927, a new edition was printed in 1990 (HBJ Publishers) with a forward by Garrison Keilor. Folk tunes like "Go Get The Ax" and "The Brown Girl or Fair Eleanor" are included. Each song includes the melody, lyrics, and a brief history; most also include piano accompaniment. Most are clean, a few are bawdy. 500 pages, HBJ, $16.95 in softcover.
I'd recommend the two "Read 'Em and Weep" books by Sigmund Spaeth, mainly because of the histories are given with the songs. The songs are not just folk, either. Any book specifically on American musical history should help. You ought to be able to find these or order them in your local library. Besides folk sources, there's tin pan alley, minstrel shows (Blacking Up) and religious sources. The Civil War was very musical. The pioneers went west with their music. It's a fascinating subject.
RESOURCE BOOKS: "American Popular Music and Its Business", three volumes, written by Russell Sanjek, 1988, Oxford Publishers. As the title implies, these books studies the history of the business side of music in America. Especially interesting, in Volume II, is the pre-1910 development of the publishing industry.
"American Popular Song", Alec Wilder
"The Folk Song ABCDEDARY," James F. Leisy
"Folk Songs of the Southern Appalacians," Jean Ritchie (w/some commentary)
"American Folk Songs For Children," Ruth C. Seeger, songs & activity suggestions
Gomme, A. B. [1894] 1964.The traditional games of England, Scotland, and Ireland. N.Y: Dover. 2 vol.
Newell, W. W. [1883] 1963. Games and songs of American children. New York: Dover.
CD ROM, "SING AN AMERICAN STORY". It is put out by MediAlive. 764 San Aleso Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086. It has animated action for each song, lyrics, teaching ideas and a history section that tells about the songs origin and what was going on in history at the time. It is great for a 'center' activity along with a worksheet.
ADDITIONAL WEB SITES, LESSONS, VIDEOS
07/15 VIDEO: I HEAR AMERICA SINGING - Timeline
http://www.songfacts.com/ 12/12 GREAT FOLK SONG COLLECTION (music & lyrics) http://folksongcollector.com/songs.html
GREAT SITE FOR AMERICAN HISTORY: http://www.authentichistory.com/
06/10 This website has lots of information for the decades of 1900-1999. http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade00.html
Songs Grand Old Flag by Barbie H. Schwaeber (Editor), Ben Nussbaum (Editor), Qi Wang (Illustrator) Teaches song and history
Home on the Range by Barbie H. Schwaeber (Editor), Diana Magnuson (Illustrator)
Old Chisholm Trail : A Cowboy Song by Rosalyn Schanzer
Take Me Out to the Ballgame by Smithsonian (Editor), Jack Norworth, Ben Nussbaum (Editor), Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator) [Quoted from Barnes & Nobles site]: Filled with fan-pleasing trivia and nostalgic paintings, here is a remarkable orchestration that brings the sights, sounds and smells of the ballpark, a century ago, vividly to life. 02/05 I use a Laserlight CD called American Songs #12 180. (1993) It has the story "The Big Toe" that my kids just love. We listen to it w/ the lights out. Among other stories it includes music: "The Old Grey Goose is Dead", "Goober Peas", "Cumberland Gap", "The Deaf Woman's Courtship",etc. Some of the stories are: "That's Once", "The Split Dog", "The Snakebit Handle". I love this CD. I can't remember where I found it but I can't be without it. -- Susan Hanks
04/02 "White Cliffs of Dover" Songbook (WWII)---I Don't Want to Walk Without You/GI Jive
Jersey Bounce/Begin the Beguine/Don't Get Around Much Anymore/PENNSYLVANIA
6-5000........77 songs altogether.
Ekay Music, Inc. ISBN # 0-943748-57-7 $24.95, 223 Katonah Avenue, Katonah, NY 10536
04/02 "America the Beautiful" (video) I got the video off of ebay but it cost me $25 after bidding and postage! But I think it was well worth it. I used it recently for Hoe Down and Grand Canyon Suite. This week I am using Over the Rainbow (we are doing rainbow songs in conjunction with St. Pats), I used it for the patriotic songs on it, especially the Battle Hymn, this fall. Really a lovely video.
01/02 www.usamusic.org (click on "View Current Lessons" at bottom of page)
Grade 3-5 Journey from the Mountain to the Sky - 10 Lessons
Lessons related to the Musical: Journey from the Mountain to the Sky & American Folk Songs
01/02 Interactive Puzzle: Includes National Anthem 'Star Spangled Banner' midi file, United States Capital Cities
http://www.lessontutor.com/United States Capital Cities.exe
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/music-2.html
Music from 1900 - 1949 has links to: Turn of the Century Blues Jazz
World War I Musicals & Theater Big Band / Swing World War II
Colonial & Revolutionary War music - William Billings,
Bay Song Book, and lots of Revolutionary songs (broadside ballads)
http://www.members.tripod.com/~shirish_kalele/anthems
FANTASTIC SITE!!!!! for studying the 20 century: Kingswood College Library http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html essays, photos, facts on each decade of the twentieth century on: About the Decade Art & Architecture Books & Literature Fashion and Fads Music Theater, Film, & Radio Links
American song history (Add to my disk only) Turn-of-the-Century Child http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/cur/20c/turn.html This project involves students in a study of the life and times of children in the early 1900's. Information, letters, great photos!
Family.com: Ages 8 to 9 ... mini history lessons, old photographs and period music), they ... manipulation software featuring Nickelodeon characters and props ... this 3-D arcade-style game, you ...
www.family.go.com/Features/family_1999_12/famf/famf129softguide/famf129softguide4.html
Folk songs: www.acronet.net/~robokopp/usa.html
www.50states.com (States song)
You have to put the name of the state where the (?) is, for example, www.michigan.us . There is information about the state and the state song at each site
PBS teacher guides for topics are worth checking out:
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit/elementary_music.shtm
American Music http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/3224/america_list.html
The article I found this is on Ceremonial music at: http://www.suite101.com/articles/article.cfm/7162
Videos: Mississippi River Song: A History in Song PBS: ($80.00) http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/
CD-Computer software: Sing An American Story CD Technology, Inc. Animated sing along songs covering eras of American history with historical text, maps, timelines, etc., 19160 Cozette Lane, Cupertino, CA 95014 voice 408-863-4800 fax 408-863-4801 E-Mail: CDTechnology@compuserve.com Web site: www.CDTechnology.com contact: Bill Liu http://www.w2.com/docs2/m/mediaalive.html (contact Sandy Toms Toms472@hotmail.com for worksheet if you purchase this)
The address on the back of the Keith & Rusty McNeil "Western Railroad Songs" volume is: WEM Records 16230 Van Buren Voulevard, Riverside, CA 92504 Phone 909-780-2322 FAX 909-789-0130 I used their Civil War songs with 5th graders this spring and they like it. Also, check out The Civil War Store (somewhere on line). They have Bobby Horton Civil War CDs and tapes and they are fantastic performances!
Musicals:
American History: Try checking out any of Ruth Roberts' small mini-plays. They are short and I seem to recall that some of the topics were history related. She is at Michael Brent Publications in Port Chester, New York.
If you're interested in a packaged program, Proud to Be American by Jill Gallina is easy and the kids love the songs. I'm doing it with my 2nd graders in February this year. Best part for me? It's reproducible so once you buy the book and tape, you make the copies for your kids (like Music K-8)
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'WATCH CINEMA' campaign launched Screening of award winning Marathi film 'Kaasav'
NDFF under its campaign WATCH CINEMA, organized screening of National Award Winner Marathi film ‘Kaasav‘ on Oct 7, 2018 at Noida. It was a great success in terms of providing an opportunity to film lovers to watch a beautiful & brilliantly made film.
The film, produced by Mohan Agashe and directed by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar deals with depression; which many of us, or our loved ones might be suffering from. The film depicts the journey of a character, from one state of mind, to the other…and in this process we get to know the reality and hollowness of our prsent social/family set up, our changing attitude, the essence of being human, the subtle Geeta gyaan and
how the life cycle of a Kaasav (means turtle in Marathi) we can relate with.
Actually the film talks about a turtle conservation programme, the turtle in the film’s title is largely metaphorical. It compares the mental shell of a patient of depression with that of a turtle and the way narrative travels is amazing. Visuals, dialogues direction force you to think why this film could not have been made in hindi….
New Delhi Film Foundation is thankful to the film festival consultant & renowned film festival curator Mr U Radhakrishnan, for extending his cooperation and all the support to make it happen.
New Delhi Film Foundation is going to organizing many more gems from Indian Regional Cinema in coming days. Stay connected.
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The Nancy Wheeler Problem: Stranger Things Season 3’s Biggest Flaw
07-09-19 • TV Posted by Stephanie Marceau
We already know people enjoyed Stranger Things’ new season, nothing new there. Netflix‘s collection of writers, actors, set design, seriously everyone involved put their best foot forward and made for an entertaining new chapter to the story of Hawkins, Indiana. Some people are probably getting to the point that they hope this story turns into the Neverending kind.
However, the efficacy Stranger Things has achieved in making well-rounded, interesting characters could be part of its own undoing.
Almost all characters featured in their past three seasons have grown into complex, interesting personalities. However, series can’t always showcase all of its characters. Having such a large cast can cause a lot of trouble and distract from the story.
Unfortunately, ignoring other characters that need development can also cause even more issues.
For example, fans this season were bothered by how little Will Byers starred. Last season, he finally got to show off his sweet, sensitive, resilient personality. Being lost in the Upside Down in season 1 didn’t really give him that. It became his time to shine, and he did. However, just as fans fell in love with him, they barely got to see anything from him this season.
And on the flip side, Mike and Nancy’s mom, Karen, got more interesting and complicated last season when fans learned how unhappy she was in her relationship. When fans found she focused so little on the kids’ whereabouts because of her own personal problems, it made her a more nuanced character.
The writers do the same with every character they came across (save, perhaps, El’s sister), but it’s starting to become a problem.
Because the show is over-bloated with too many complex characters it wants to cover and evolve, but doesn’t have enough time to do so.
And the epicenter of this problem in season 3 is none other than Nancy Wheeler.
Nancy Wheeler started season one as the popular, cute girl who fell in love with the popular, cute guy. She was the typical, innocent last girl in a horror movie, losing her virginity with monsters lurking around. Throughout the season, she finds it impossible to sit back and follow others, instead taking charge to protect her family and the town.
Season 2, she evolved even further, refusing to accept a traditional life. She rejected Steve Harrington and staying in Hawkins forever, instead turning towards investigative journalism to try to find justice in Barb’s death and bonds even further with Johnathon in that desire to be more than Hawkins.
Season 3 tries to continue her story, adding a feminist journalist plot-line, but really doesn’t go anywhere with it. It helps propel early plot threads, but halfway through the season truly falls off and goes nowhere. Her future as a journalist is completely disregarded at the end and her character ends up in a jobless stalemate. At best, she’s just going to inherit the newspaper because all the men are dead.
It makes sense that with all the other intrigue going around, she got tossed to the wayside. Her and Johnathon’s journalistic adventures are comparatively boring.
But Stranger Things writers should have found her a better, side role or even moved her and Johnathon out of Hawkins completely instead of sort of giving them a dead end. The writers and the story are understandably attached to the characters they created, but there are too many unnecessary mini-plots that didn’t need to be there. Karen Wheeler’s almost affair didn’t accomplish anything. Nancy and Johnathon could have been in Chicago, getting jobs. Murray Bauman, last season’s conspiracy truth-master, didn’t need to get involved in the plot, not really. Joyce could have figured out a way to communicate with Alexei and beef up her own evolution as a budding detective. The writers bloated the story with their own great characters because they wanted to interact with them, but then kinda made them a little more boring, bland, and ineffective in the process.
Will, who definitely needs and deserves more embellishment, could have taken Nancy and Johnathon’s place. In theory, his entire “arc” is about being upset that the friend group is drifting apart. He could have started actively looking into his weird ominous, neck prickling feelings and maybe call Johnathon and Nancy for tips on investigating. Then, same topics are covered but a character who NEEDS more space to breathe and develop can get it. They just needed to move some characters into a holding pattern to make room for others to develop better.
For example, their best work this season with keeping characters interesting but out of the way was with Lucas and Max. Last season, they were learning more about each other and exploring their feelings. This season, they got to be a cute, semi-dysfunctional couple that gives sometimes good, sometimes terrible advice. They got to be partners in crime to help El and Mike develop more of themselves, but they weren’t completely ignored.
And considering they added three, already beloved characters this season and only got rid of one (maybe two, but let’s be honest, most people believe Hopper is alive), that’s even more people to keep track of next season. It’s going to be hard to do creative justice by 14+ characters in a show with an already overcrowded cast.
Mind you, I love the characters these writers have created. But not everyone can get the spotlight. It’s impossible. Other stories that fit the theme of the season better, and deserve more time and weight, will get completely stifled by it.
Sending Johnathon and Nancy off to become serious journalists would have been an easy fix to some of this bloating problem, but they didn’t do that this season. Now, they’re just glorified plot drivers.
And with Johnathon and Nancy ending the season apart, they aren’t running off to the Chicago Tribune so quickly (not yet, at least).
With the likely season 4, Stranger Things has done fantastic, amazing work. It deserves the praise it gets, completely. It beautifully balances nostalgia, a reverence for sci-fi horror, and fresh storytelling.
But they do need to solve the overcrowding issue otherwise they’ll have way too many characters they’ll be trying to give story arcs to in the next season. And where this season survived it, a couple more “Nancy Wheeler” problems and things could start to fall apart.
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Tags: Hawkins, Nancy Wheeler, Netflix, Stranger Things, Stranger Things Season 3, Will Byers
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New Mexico ~ Corporate Income Tax: Allocation and Apportionment Regulations Amended
The New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD) has amended corporate income tax regulations dealing with (1) the valuation of rented property for inclusion in a corporation’s apportionment formula property factor, and (2) the equitable adjustment of the standard allocation or apportionment provisions.
Connecticut ~ Sales and Use Tax: Court Lacked Jurisdiction Because Taxpayer Was Provided an Adequate Legal Remedy
The trial court properly determined that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the taxpayer’s federal statutory and constitutional claims under §1983 for Connecticut sales and use tax purposes.
Guidance Provided on Deductibility of Charitable Contributions to Domestic Disregarded Entities (Notice 2012-52)
The IRS has issued guidance on the deductibility of contributions to domestic single-member limited liability companies (SMLLC) that are wholly owned and controlled by U.S. charities described in Code Sec. 170(c)(2) and for federal tax purposes are disregarded as entities separate from their owners under Reg. §301.7701-2(c)(2)(i) .
IRS Issues Final Regulations Governing Deductions for Entertainment Use of Business Aircraft (T.D. 9597)
The IRS has issued final regulations under Code Sec. 274 , relating to the use of business aircraft for entertainment. These final regulations apply to tax years beginning after July 31, 2012, to taxpayers that deduct expenses for entertainment, amusement or recreation provided to specified individuals. Proposed regulations were initially released in June 2007; the proposed regulations (NPRM REG-147171-05 ) were adopted as amended after consideration of the comments received.
Mississippi ~ Corporate Income Tax: State Taxation Not Preempted by National Bank Act
The Mississippi Department of Revenue’s ability to enforce the finance company privilege tax was not preempted by the National Bank Act, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled. The department issued a subpoena to an in-state loan company to request documentation regarding nonpayment of Mississippi’s finance company privilege taxes.
Minnesota ~ Personal Income Tax: Apportionment Dispute Not Determined by Summary Judgment
The Minnesota Tax Court declined to issue summary judgment in a personal income tax case involving the ability of the state to apportion and tax the income of nonresidents based on two sales of a Subchapter S corporation’s assets because there were material facts in dispute. Under the facts presented, the taxpayers were the sole shareholders of a corporation incorporated in Illinois that was treated as a Subchapter S corporation for tax purposes.
Iowa ~ Corporate Income Tax: Film Credit Production’s Budget Summaries Not Confidential
The Iowa Department of Economic Development can release the summary budgets of film productions that have applied for the film promotion tax credit that is available against the corporate income tax, the Iowa Supreme Court has held.
Divided House Set to Vote on Extension of Bush Tax Cuts
With the month-long August recess set to begin shortly, House lawmakers remain divided along party lines over the fate of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts that expire at the end of 2012. President Obama and congressional Democrats are intent on extending current tax law only to those earning no more than $250,000, according to House Ways and Means Committee ranking member Sander M. Levin, D-Mich. He told reporters on July 30 that, as long as Republicans are unwilling to compromise, there would be no resolution of the Bush tax cuts.
Washington ~ Business and Occupation Tax: Real Estate Brokerage Entitled to Deductions for Shared Commissions
A real estate brokerage firm was entitled to deductions from its gross commissions subject to Washington business and occupation (B&O) tax for fees shared with other brokers who may not have been either the sole designated listing broker or selling broker in a sales transaction.
New York ~ Sales and Use Tax: Budget Legislation Affecting Hotel Room Remarketers Explained
The New York Department of Taxation and Finance has issued a technical memorandum pertaining to the 2012 budget legislation affecting the sales tax obligations of hotel room remarketers. The amendments described in the memorandum take effect on September 1, 2012, and apply to occupancies that begin on or after that date.
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The Revenge of Robert the Doll (2018)
Mar. 06, 2018United Kingdom80 Min.Not Rated
Lee Bane
The Toymaker
Harriet Reese
Esther Muller
Judith Haley
Watch The Revenge of Robert the Doll (2018) full movies online free.
In Nazi Germany, a Toymaker takes possession of a mystical book which gives life to the inanimate. After evading the SS, who are under orders from Hitler to retrieve the book, the Toymaker boards a train in an attempt to flee the country. Thinking he’s in the clear, the Toymaker soon discovers that a group of high ranking Nazi officers are also on board. Eventually his secret is revealed and the Nazis close in. But the Toymaker has already used the magical tome to bring a vintage doll called Robert to life – and Robert will stop at nothing to protect his master. So begins a blood soaked battle aboard the train as the Toymaker and the killer doll take on the Nazis. It’s a fight to the death and only the victor will get off at the next stop.
Original titleThe Revenge of Robert the Doll
IMDb Rating3 262 votes
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ORBIT Sites > Orbit USA > News > Orbit to Expand Multi-Purpose Airborne Satcom Terminal Development to include Helicopters
Orbit to Expand Multi-Purpose Airborne Satcom Terminal Development to include Helicopters
Leading provider of defense products and services orders helicopter systems for approximately US$3 million
Netanya, Israel, August 14, 2017 – Orbit Communications Systems Ltd. (TASE: ORBI) announced today that it intends to expand the development of its new Multi-Purpose Terminal (MPT) for airborne satcom to include helicopters. The company received an order for approximately US$3 million from a global provider of defense products and services for the delivery of helicopter systems to a leading air force between 2018 and 2022.
Built to military standard (MIL-STD), the 30-cm antenna (MPT30) will deliver data communications via satellite to a wide range of military helicopters. The system was designed to overcome the many challenges posed by helicopter installations, such as constant vibration and the need for a self-cooling mechanism when placed behind the exhaust systems.
“Our decision to extend the development of our Multi-Purpose Terminals to helicopters was prompted by market demand,” explained Eitan Livneh, CEO of Orbit. “Time to market is a key factor and our ability to tailor our technology to customer needs is proving to be a very attractive and marketable commodity.”
Photo of sample military helicopter by US Army [public domain] via Wikimedia Common
About Orbit’s MPT30
Orbit’s 30-cm Multi-Purpose Terminal (MPT30) delivers Internet-based data communications via satellite to helicopters. Built to military standard (MIL-STD), the MPT30 features minimal Size, Weight and Power consumption (SWaP). The ultra-compact and cost-effective terminal has been ruggedized to overcome the many challenges posed by helicopter installations, including constant vibration and the need for a self-cooling mechanism when placed behind the exhaust systems.
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'It’s just such an awful situation': Young Heidi heartbroken as new drug is refused
By Heather Large | Wolverhampton | Health | Published: Jun 19, 2019
A schoolgirl with a rare muscle-wasting disease is devastated after being told she can’t receive a new treatment recently approved for use on the NHS.
Heidi Prescott-Booth has been told she is no longer eligible for recently-approved drug Spinraza
Heidi Prescott-Booth, who is just 11, has spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) – a genetic condition that makes muscles weaker and causes problems with walking and movement.
Last month Heidi and her family, who live in Wolverhampton, were celebrating after the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) agreed to recommend Spinraza, the trade name of the drug nusinersen, which can help slow down the effects and help maintain independence.
But they’ve been left heartbroken after being told Heidi, who has type 3 SMA, wouldn’t qualify for the only-known treatment because she can no longer walk the required five steps.
It’s also not being recommended for anyone who has had or will be having spinal fusion surgery which Heidi is waiting to receive to urgently correct a curve in her spine.
Devastated
Heidi’s mother Katie said they were shocked and saddened by the restrictions but vowed to continue to fight for the treatment.
“After announcing Spinraza had been approved for all types, the criteria excludes 15 per cent of people with SMA, Heidi being one of them.
“They have stated that those who could once walk but now can’t take five steps are not eligible.
Heidi pictured with her mother Katie in August last year
“They have stated that any appeal will halt the distribution of Spinraza for anyone, which really is disgusting.
“As you can imagine we are devastated. Heidi has put so much into campaigning and fighting for Spinraza for all, for herself and everyone else, this has come as such a big blow, especially as she is amongst those excluded.
“I feel NICE and NHS England have a lot to answer for. They can’t announce Spinraza for all, and then go back and exclude people knowing full well we have told our children. It’s disgusting.
“I am heartbroken. Heidi is heartbroken. And it’s just such an awful situation after everything,” she added.
'Feels like cruel rationing'
Wolverhampton South West MP Eleanor Smith, who has been supporting the family, said: “Heidi Prescott and her mum Katie have been amazingly brave campaigners for getting fair treatment for everyone with Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
"Their campaign was about 'Spinraza for all' so this development where Heidi is unlikely to be given the drug is dreadful. It feels like shocking and cruel rationing.
Katie and Heidi with their MP Eleanor Smith. Photo: Kate Gilbert
“Heidi and her family have again been let down. This has been heart-breaking news for all those with SMA excluded from Spinraza treatment.
“The fight will go on for fairness and treatment for all. I have written to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence asking them to make changes and act on the guidance from clinicians and patient organisations regarding the criteria for accessing Spinraza.”
Campaign group TreatSMA has responded to NICE and NHS England urging them to reconsider the proposals on who would be qualify for Spinraza.
The fight goes on - https://t.co/4m5N7Ee3FS #treatSMA pic.twitter.com/GDAivXsU95
— TreatSMA (@TreatSMA) June 17, 2019
It has provided detailed feedback on the potential impact of the proposals on some groups of patients, and also offered recommendations.
The group has also lodged a formal appeal but says it will withdraw it as soon as the views of patients and clinicians are taken into consideration.
NICE had previously not recommended it due to concerns over its long-term effectiveness and its high cost, but lengthy talks had been taking place with its makers, Biogen.
Now last month an agreement was made between NHS England and Biogen which will see the NHS fund the treatment, already available in Scotland, for a time-limited period, allowing further data to be collected on its effectiveness.
There are different types of SMA ranging from very severe type 1 through to type 4 – Heidi has type 3 – and one in 40 people carry the gene.
It is estimated there are there are between 600 and 1200 children and adults in the UK living with SMA.
Health News Wolverhampton Local Hubs
By Heather Large
Special projects reporter - @HeatherL_star
Senior reporter and part of the Express & Star special projects team specialising in education and human interest features.
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CFIA Approves Chromium Propionate Use in Canada
Source Now Available for Beef and Broiler Diets
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Kemin Industries, a global leader in developing feed ingredients for animal nutrition and health, today announced the approval for use of chromium propionate in beef and broiler diets in Canada, effective immediately. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) approved this use based on extensive research conducted by Kemin, which offers this essential trace mineral as KemTRACE® Chromium out of its Canadian headquarters in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec.
KemTRACE Chromium is the only CFIA-reviewed source of chromium propionate. KemTRACE Chromium is currently used in dairy, beef, poultry and swine diets in more than 30 countries, including the United States and Mexico.
Kemin has invested more than 20 years and millions of dollars toward scientific research validating the benefits of chromium propionate, while bringing the essential trace mineral to millions of animals around the globe. As the world's largest producer of chromium propionate, Kemin has conducted more than 50 chromium animal research trials to add further assurances regarding product safety, efficacy and traceability.
"We are committed to registering vital trace minerals, which help support increased efficiency and profitability for the livestock and poultry industry. The work behind our recent Canadian regulatory approval represents that," said Dr. Chris Nelson, President and CEO, Kemin Industries. "This approval from the CFIA is significant. Canadian producers are seeking safe, trusted ingredients to help meet today's growing demand for protein, and KemTRACE Chromium supplementation is one of the many ways Kemin is an industry leader in advancing animal nutrition and health through innovation and science."
More than a dozen peer-reviewed journal publications support the use of KemTRACE Chromium – a highly bioavailable, organic source of chromium – as an essential trace mineral needed to advance animal nutrition. Offering this nutrient to the Canadian market for swine, dairy cattle and, now, beef cattle and broiler diets allows producers to meet the growing consumer demand for protein via increased productivity, improved animal health and boosted profitability.
KemTRACE Chromium is manufactured in Des Moines, Iowa – the company's global headquarters – at a manufacturing facility with Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000, recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) as a rigorous food safety management system. The certification covers the manufacturing of food ingredients used for further processing and is designed to deliver greater confidence in food, fewer health risks, improved brand protection and improved supply chain management.
For more information on KemTRACE Chromium, visit kemin.com/ktchromium.
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Kemin Industries (www.kemin.com) is a global ingredient manufacturer with a focus on improving the quality of life for over 3.8 billion people each day with more than 500 specialty ingredients made for the human and animal health, pet food, nutraceutical, food technology, crop technologies and textile industries.
For over half a century, Kemin has been dedicated to using applied science to address industry challenges and offers product solutions to customers in more than 120 countries. Kemin provides ingredients to feed a growing population with its commitment to the quality, safety and efficacy of food, feed and health-related products.
Established in 1961, Kemin is a privately-held, family-owned and operated company with more than 2,500 employees globally and operations in 90 countries, including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.
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News Weekly, August 6, 2011
Concessions to the homosexual lobby
Dr David van Gend says some right and appropriate things in his condemnation of Queensland Labor on the issue of same-sex marriage (News Weekly, July 23, 2011).
However, he overturns his own apple-cart by citing human rights lawyer Frank Brennan as showing the way forward: “I think we can ensure non-discrimination against same-sex couples, while at the same time maintaining a commitment to children of future generations being born of and being reared by a father and a mother.”
Dr van Gend applauds the antics of the federal parliament in 2008 which achieved equality for homosexual couples in every area except marriage. Finally, he quotes Claude Lévi-Strauss’s view that the human family is “based on a union of two individuals of opposite sexes who establish a household and bear and raise children”.
It is a common enough stance today, adopted by many conservatives. But it is concessive, naïve and self-defeating.
Granting homosexual couples all rights short of marriage will achieve nothing in the long-term. It works on the premise that homosexuality is acceptable; it concedes all ground to the homosexual lobby and then baulks at the last jump; and it dwells in the Fantasy Land that somehow people will listen to the wisdom of Lévi-Strauss when they have already trampled all over the commandments of God.
Opposition to same-sex unions, to make consistent sense, needs to be opposition to all same-sex unions on the grounds that homosexuality is inherently unnatural and morally wrong.
Rev. Dr Peter Barnes,
Revesby, NSW
Truth about pornography
I wish to encourage you to print more articles like Anna Krohn’s “How cyber-porn breeds cyber-cowards” (News Weekly, July 23, 2011).
What Anna Krohn does is to use someone, namely Dr Gail Dines, who is hardly likely to be seen as a rednecked supporter of causes espoused by your publication, to tell the exact truth about pornography. It also serves to make evident that even “the ranks of Tuscany” can scarce forbear to condemn the harm that pornography does.
In general, I have in recent times become very impressed with the way in which News Weekly is proceeding.
The thing that I like most is that you all have become extremely forthright without appearing to be merely a propagandist for (unfortunately) unpopular bodies like the DLP, Right to Life, and similar organisations.
John McNamara,
Miranda, NSW
Ignoring facts about capitalism
Jeffry Babb’s claim (News Weekly book reviews, July 9. 2011), that it is now accepted everywhere that capitalism is the only system in history to sustain prosperity and a decent standard of living for all in the community, is about as sound a claim as saying that anthropogenic global warming is settled science. Like AGW, Babb is plugging the popular line while ignoring the facts.
The establishment of capitalism was associated with radical falls in standards of living for most, despite growing GDPs. New South Wales was settled as an overflow for those forced by poverty into criminality by English Enlightenment capitalism. Twentieth-century standards of living were supported by the mixed economy as a tension between capitalism and socialism. That is passing.
Peter Jonson’s book Great Crises of Capitalism that Babb reviewed is part of a genre of books that, for all intents and purposes, papers over the periodic failures of contemporary capitalism. Especially confusing is the claim that the U.S. initiation of the global financial crisis was the result of government policy.
Perhaps Mr Babb is not aware that the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank is a private profit-making corporation. His treatment of fiat money certainly suggests some confusions there.
Regardless of who made the policy, economic theory assumes that private enterprise makes rational decisions. Sure, the U.S. government took away the guard rails and turned the signs around the wrong way, but it was the private sector which drove over the cliff.
To say that credit creation should be in the hands of commercial lenders, not government, is the conclusion that only comes from adopting all of the above errors. I hope I misread the way it appeared to be an opinion that News Weekly wanted its readers to follow.
Dr Garrick Small,
Rockhampton, Qld
DLP’s return to national politics
July 4 was an infamous day; it was far from an independence day in Australia. This day in history saw the balance of power delivered to the radical and hypocritical Greens party.
One silver lining on an otherwise dark day was the swearing in of Victoria’s Senator John Madigan from the Democratic Labor Party.
The DLP has not held office within federal politics for over 36 years. It is truly remarkable that a party that suffered political oblivion so many years ago should reappear and be able to announce itself as a true labour party.
The return of the DLP could not have come at a more opportune time. The ALP has deserted families and workers just when these battlers need a labour party that will support them.
During a recent debate with Dr Richard Dennis on climate change at the National Press Club in Canberra, Lord Christopher Monckton proudly mentioned, while wearing a DLP tie, that the Democratic Labor Party is the only labour party worth voting for.
Nicholas Williams,
Eastwood, NSW
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M-Two VIP offer
We’re giving away VIP package to the all new M-Two nightclub.
Published on April 23rd 2007.
To most people, M2 is a 25.7 mile long motorway in Kent. In Manchester, M-Two is a 1,600 capacity nightclub near St Peters Square.
But before you jump to conclusions about the place, this isn’t the bling bling, commercial R’n’B WAG spot/ student hole that it’s rumoured to be. Not anymore anyway.
M-Two has had a facelift. It’s not just the sassy new interior that you will notice, the main difference is the variety. Moving away from the R’n’B only image, the club has introduced big name electro house DJs on Saturday nights, plus hosting drum‘n’bass and indie sessions. In fact, it hasn’t had a face lift, so much as full on reconstructive surgery.
M-Two Marketing Manager, Carl Lamb said: “M-Two has been known as an R‘n’B venue for far too long, the diversity of the venue and the quality of the sound system means it lends itself perfectly to any genre of music.”
If you’d jump at the chance to be stuck in M-Two (as oppose to on the M2), we’re offering one reader plus 3 guests a VIP night out including complimentary bottle of Moet et Chandon on arrival, a reserved table in the VIP area and £50 of free drinks. Now you’re talking.
2 runners up will receive free admission to the club and VIP Lounge plus a mini bottle of champagne per person. To be in with a chance of winning enter your details into the form below.
For more information about M-Two and club nights there, go to www.m-two.com
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This competition is now closed congratulations to to our first prize winner Rebeca Leigh and our two runners up, John Agha and Gina Faraday.
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Constitutional Islam In Pakistan .. need of dialogue
THE basic criticism of the Pakistani Taliban militants is that the 1973 Constitution, with its laws and courts, is not an Islamic constitutional system. The response by the non-militant Islamist elite (ie JUI-S, Jamaat-i-Islami etc.), is a denial of this critique.
They point out that the Constitution and the legal system is Islamic because of the categorical commitment in Article 227 that all existing, and future, laws must be in conformity with the injunctions of Islam, that there is a functioning Council of Islamic Ideology (CCI), a Federal Shariat Court, a Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court and the enactment and implementation of numerous ordinary civil and criminal Islamic laws.
But what the Taliban and non-militant Islamist elite have in common is the concept of a theocratic constitutional structure. This would have a religiously dominated political, bureaucratic, military and judicial elite. Their interpretation of Islam would be the predominant source of law, superior to all constitutional provisions, and Shariat courts would have pre-eminence over all other courts.
The difference between the Taliban and non-militant Islamist elite is one of strategy. The non-militant Islamist elite believe and hope that such a constitutional structure is possible through incremental Islamisation using constitutional and legal means, combined with political mobilisation and pressure. Such a strategy, predominantly through peaceful means, of the non-militant Islamist elite, is based on the acceptance of their political weakness of not being capable of unilaterally imposing such a theocratic structure.
For the Taliban militants, such incremental Islamisation does not work and is a ‘constitutional trap’ set by the liberal ruling elite; they believe that only a militant strategy can create a theocratic state because it would require the removal of the present structure with its ruling political, military and judicial elite.
Is the Taliban theory of a ‘constitutional trap’ correct? Ran Hirscl, in his book Constitutional Theocracy, tends to agree with this theory by stating that “The ‘constitutional’ in a constitutional theocracy … brings theocratic governance under check, and assigns to constitutional law and courts the task of a bulwark against the threat of radical religion”.
Islamist parties have had some success in Islamising criminal laws, some critical successes in socio-economic legislation like striking down land reform laws but they failed to capture political and state power through Zia and his remnants. Nevertheless, in accordance with Hirscl’s thesis, the Constitution and courts have generally controlled the threat posed by a theocratic structure because of the following reasons.
First, Article 227 (all laws must be Islamic) does not apply to constitutional provisions, so it cannot even be examined as to whether any other provision of the Constitution can be labelled un-Islamic or not. In short, all constitutional provisions (including those relating to fundamental rights, judicial independence and democracy) are equally superior and Article 227 has neither pre-eminence nor predominance.
Second, any decision of the Shariat Court can be challenged before the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court, which is composed of a minority of two ulema judges and a majority of three ‘non-ulema’ Muslim Supreme Court judges.
Third, the CII is a toothless body, whose appointments are controlled by the government. Fourth, the Islamised qualifications criteria for the political elites, enacted in Article 62 of the Constitution, are too vague for strict enforcement.
But the Ran Hirscl thesis has its problem: why can’t the Pakistani constitutionalist experiment, as enacted in the form of the 1973 Constitution, be seen as a genuine dialogue of trying to negotiate between constitutionalism and religion and why can’t such a dialogue be seen as a genuine reflection of the people of Pakistan, whose identities are multiple, contradictory and confused, and who are on a religious and constitutional journey, with no destination in sight nor any end pre-determined?
No wonder such a contradictory, confused nation does not vote into power either the Islamist or liberal parties with their definitive ideologies. This is because the real religious divide in Pakistan is not between the Islamist and liberals but between the conservatives and non-conservatives. The former are not Islamist but they do see a limited role of religion in state power as in criminal, cultural and personal matters, eg PML. The non-conservatives, meanwhile, are not secular liberals but those who see only a formal role of religion in state power, eg PPP.
Therefore, regardless of the desires of the Islamist and liberals for an outright victory of religion over constitutionalism or constitutionalism over religion, it appears that such a constitutional dialogue, or constitutional stalemate, is bound to continue.
Constitutional Islam
by Faisal Siddiqi, dawn.com
The writer is a lawyer.
Labels: Pakistan, Power Politics, Sharia, Theocracy, Understanding Islam
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Women Wine Makers of Burgundy: Out from the Shadows
L.M. Archer
2006年 路易M马提尼 ，纳帕谷，赤霞珠
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Jean-Pierre Wolff, Nurturing Vines and Pond Turtles
Michael Cavanagh
Food & Conversation, Latest News
As I strolled through Jean-Pierre Wolff’s vineyard, I found myself asking, “what do turtles have to do with wine?” My host gave a detailed description about the sanctuary for the Pacific pond turtle he had built amidst the vines while pointing out the numerous ladybugs fluttering around us. I pondered if the wine picked up any amphibian characteristics, if the turtles emerged from their home to help with harvest, if the shelled creatures imparted a bit of nuance to the terroir of the vineyard. The owner of Wolff Vineyards was more than willing to explain just how important the pond and its inhabitants was to the abstract French notion of place.
Jean-Pierre (or JP for short), a Belgian born scientist, bought the property in 2000 and combined the lessons learned during his Ph.D. in Applied Engineering with critical thinking about how to resurrect the fading vineyard. In the early 1970s, UC Davis set up shop here in the Edna Valley to plant an experimental vineyard. It was the third vineyard in the region and covered 55 acres with conventionally-farmed chardonnay. Thirty years later, Jean-Pierre discovered a weak and debilitated farm, strung out from years of chemical treatment.
With a propensity to push the envelope and ask challenging questions, he re-examined the vineyard and made some drastic changes. The first and most meaningful was the immediate switch to dry farming, a decision based on analysis of the farm’s ability to look after itself in terms of water. The vineyard responded just as Jean-Pierre had hoped and he eschewed irrigation in favor of Mother Nature’s watering schedule. That preliminary success led to other innovative ways to create a healthy vineyard, such as the turtle sanctuary.
A steelhead trout habitat, the only one in the area, not only increased the biodiversity of the farm but also helped protect against erosion, with strategic turns and bends created in the creek’s path to the Pacific. Those efforts also benefited re-vegetation, shading, riparian repairs, bio-engineering alternatives, and ground water percolation improvements. The introduction of native wild grasses as a permanent cover crop also reduced erosion while simultaneously providing a dramatic landscape, the yellow blooms of California mustard coloring the rows between dormant winter vines. When those vines produce fruit, hungry harvest-time birds are met not by labor-intensive and expensive netting, but by aerial assault from birds of prey. And the winged predators that patrol the vineyard are quite happy in the habitat, picking off would-be grape thieves for supper.
It seems that every challenge the vineyard presents, JP responds with an unconventional answer, approaching winemaking from a holistic viewpoint. Yet, out of the 115 acres planted with vines, not one is certified organic or biodynamic. The reason? “Nature,” JP quips, “is too complex to put in a 3-ringbinder.” So he takes elements of each discipline, expands on them, and formulates new methods to grow chardonnay, riesling, pinot noir, syrah, petite sirah, and terodelgo. The analytical approach has led to the creation of the Sustainability in Practice (SIP) program, which is spreading throughout the Central Coast and into Northern California. The philosophy encompasses almost every aspect of viticulture, including economic stability and social equality, ensuring both natural and human resources are utilized responsibly.
Along with his assistance in the development of the innovative program, JP has consistently employed new techniques to growing grapes. “Wine is made in the vineyard,” JP explains, “We let it make itself. The job of the winemaker is to not screw things up.” His efforts in the vineyard have included the use of Integrated Pest Management and organic soil amendments. Humble as he may be in the role of oenologist, his efforts in the vineyard have produced some unique and memorable offerings, including the area’s first planting of petite sirah. Emblematic of his experience as a winemaker, he has proven naysayers wrong with the dark red variety. While many said the grape would shrivel in the cool climate of Edna Valley, JP used his own intuition and confidence to forge ahead. Now, his first and most adamant critics have become customers, lining up to source his unique cooler-climate petite sirah.
His European background has helped form his approach to winemaking, focusing on a Burgundian model, which emphasizes subtlety and elegance rather than power and aggressiveness. True to form, JP relies on history to lead him but constantly seeks new and innovative ways to grow grapes. We’ll have to wait and see what impact the next animal sanctuary has on his farm.
[author] [author_image timthumb=’on’]http://palatepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Mike-Cavanagh-tn.jpg[/author_image] [author_info]Michael Cavanagh is a freelance writer focused on Wine and Travel. He has toured vineyards across the United States, France, Italy, and Spain in search of interesting stories, memorable locales, and delicious food and wine.[/author_info] [/author]
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Enjoyed the article”Nurturing Wines & Turtles”. Mike its a great writer. Adds interest to a wine column beyond the wine info. Particularly interesting was the interrelationship of the wine growing & how it supported the native wildlife…fauna.
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November Morning Light on Captain Sams Spit & Bird Banding Too! -- Part 2
Last week, I posted Part 1 of this series on my November early morning to Captain Sams Spit on Kiawah Island. If you have not yet seen that post, this photo represents a bit of that first wonderful part of my morning.
Shorebird Patrol at Dawn -- Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
The pinks of the sunrise soon faded, then brightened to the more familiar daylight tones and I decided to cross the dunes to check on Aaron and his birding crew, to see if they needed my help yet. They had just finished setting up the nets and took me back to a new location for the bird banding the table, now set up in a sunny location due to the seasonal drop in temperatures. The new area was located close to the Kiawah River, and thus, another wonderful photographic opportunity presented itself. Before the sunlight warmed the marshes to equalize the temperatures of the air, water, mud and marsh, a mist was rising.
Mist over the marshes of the Kiawah River -- November 12, 2011
After a half an hour, we went out to search the nets and brought back a few birds which were quickly processed. I knew from this first sortie to the nets that this would be indeed another light bird banding day. Thus I confirmed with Aaron, that with his wife and his two other volunteers, they could easily man the nets. He promised to call me if it became hectic. I then permitted myself to explore a bit more this area, the riverside of the spit. Again, the effects of the early morning light fascinated me as it lit up different grasses wet with dew. This area also reminded me of the marshes, the creeks and the fields of my childhood stomping grounds in the neighborhood where I grew up on James Island. Again, I felt that delightful sense of kinship with the place.
Morning light on dew on grasses -- Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
Dew on grasses -- Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
Light on morning dew and grasses -- Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
Dew on grass -- Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
As the sun rose higher, life along the river caught my attention. A dolphin fished close along the bank, but was always too fast for my shutter finger. Terns fished over the river, and a then, a line of Brown Pelicans flew by, moving up the river following multiple single Double-Crested Cormorants, which had already passed by.
Brown Pelicans over Kiawah River -- November 12, 2011
Tree Swallows danced over the river hawking insects and sipping water.
Tree Swallows -- Kiawah River -- November 12, 2011
I captured a few birds in the brush, such as these sparrows and this House Wren.
House Wren -- Kiawah Island -- November 11, 2011
Savannah Sparrow -- Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
Song Sparrow -- Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
And though I did spend a good portion of the morning exploring the riverside, the marsh and the brush, I did also capture images of a few birds in the hand as well!
Golden-Crowned Kinglet -- Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet -- November 12, 2011
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet closeup -- Look at those eyelashes! -- Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
What a simply wonderful morning from start to finish! Indeed, I was not so very helpful with the banding this time. But, I did enjoy the opportunity to see and photograph this lovely stretch of sand and some of the wildlife that inhabits it and uses it as a stopover, refueling area. I felt privileged to be there, to watch, listen, photograph and also to learn more about the birds in that beautiful November morning light. I wholeheartedly thank my birding buddy, Aaron Given, for this occasion!
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November Morning Light on Captain Sams Spit & Bird Banding Too! -- Part One
Kiawah Island -- First Light -- November 12, 2011
By mid-November, most migrating birds had passed through and thus the activity at Aaron Given's (wildlife biologist for Kiawah Island) bird banding station on Captain Sams Spit on Kiawah had become less intense. Nonetheless, I volunteered to join Aaron to help him again at the nets on November 12, 2011. If you missed the previous posts on Aaron's bird banding activity, these links below will take you there. These posts describe in detail the why and wherefore of bird banding, Aaron's objectives as a wildlife biologist for the Town of Kiawah Island and the how-tos of bird banding:
Birding Up Close and Personal -- Bird Banding 101 -- Part 1
As it turned out, on that morning, Aaron had a couple more volunteers with him, his wife Amy and a colleague of hers from her job. This translated into a light duty load for me and more time to enjoy the early morning sunrise on the beach and then the early morning light on other parts of the spit. Certainly, I used this free time to try to capture the serenity and beauty of the fabulous light and scenery. First, the sunrise became better as the sky lightened from a bright orange and royal blue to more of a peachy, pinky haze which then was reflected in the thin, receding backwash of the advancing waves. The color of the ocean had brightened from deep purple to a rich lavender, which was then delicately topped in still a lighter hue from the mist rising off of the warmer water into the cold air.
Kiawah Island at First Light -- November 12, 2011
The light was changing quickly, yet subtly with every moment offering a new and different perspective -- all of it ephemeral. I heard the familiar sound of dolphin exhaling as they surfaced, passing me beyond the breaking waves.
Bottlenosed Dolphin passing at first light -- Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
Then I began to notice the birds moving past me in the orange to pink backwash of the wave action as the color of the surf began to change from slate gray to pale gray.
Passing Willet -- Kiawah Island at First Light -- November 12, 2011
These early morning sentinels gave me side-long, dubious glances. Surely they were wondering about my unusual presence in their early morning routine of running the beach at sunrise.
Shorebirds at First Light on Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
Willets and/or Marbled Godwits at First Light on Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
Willets at First light on Kiawah Island -- November 12, 2011
Such an exquisite moment, this symphony of sensory perceptions -- the cold air on my cheeks, the soft sound of the waves and the exhaling dolphin, the light chips of shorebirds, the taste and smell of the salt air, and the luminous, soft pastels of the sky reflected in the film of water down the beach edging the lavendar-gray of the ocean -- it was exhilarating! In that moment, I was filled with deep feelings of peacefulness, gratitude, awe and respect for the powerful beauty of nature and also a sense of belonging in my Lowcountry birthpace. This is home!
Last Weekend: Listing Birds via eBird and Two Birds of a Different Feather
I confess to listing birds and to being an eBirder. eBird is an online service offered by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for tracking your bird sightings wherever you go in the world. It was first launched in 2002 and I have been a user since 2005. It is becoming more and more popular in its use among birders and is becoming an invaluable tool to the science community for tracking bird populations world-wide. Personally, one of the features that I like to use, is the Top 100. It lists the top 100 eBird listers in your area for the year in real-time. A couple of years ago, I ran neck to neck with a naturalist friend of mine for the first 2.5 months of the year for the top spot in Charleston County. Eventually, I had to give up the race. This guy works outdoors. He essentially birds for a living. And I work indoors.... Now many more expert birders in my area have begun using eBird tracking and so I am very happy just be able to remain in the Top 10. Also, trying to maintain a Top 10 status helps me to become a better birder as I learn more about different species, how and where to find them, and the timing of their migrations. It also keeps me from being lazy. Sure enough, I may already have a species on my life list. But if I do not have it on my year list, then out the door I go to find and study another bird. The Rare Bird Alerts and Species Alert features on eBird also help me to know when, where and by whom new birds have been seen. It is such reports as these that pulled me out to find two birds of a different feather (in other words, 2 rare birds for the area) last weekend to add to my year list.
My first quarry is a bird that does winter here in South Carolina in certain limited-access locales such as the Santee National Wildlife Refuge and Murphy Island (part of the Santee Coastal Reserve (a Department of Natural Resources property). By the time these properties have re-opened to the public in February or March, the Snow Goose, my quarry, has already begun its migration north. I was able to see the Snow Goose on Murphy Island during a Christmas Bird Count last December when access was granted to the island specifically for the bird count. But of course, I was interested now in seeing the bird for my 2012 list. This solo bird had first been reported in February in the community of Meggett, SC by a fellow birder. It had begun to hang out with some resident Canada Geese in a family's large yard complete with ponds. The birder had also reported that the goose appeared to be mostly blind in one eye. This would explain potentially why the goose had not migrated. Thus I tried to find the goose -- another wild goose chase for me! (reference to a previous post on my chasing the Greater White-Fronted Goose at Charleston Southern University). And sure enough -- he was NOT there! He had disappeared from the community of Meggett for awhile. Yet, 2 or 3 weeks later, he reappeared in the same yard and was reported again. Last Saturday, because apparently the bird has decided to stay put, I found him. He was easily viewable from the roadside and I was able to obtain these pictures with the big lens! I have wondered if this bird will indeed attempt to stay throughout our hot, humid summer. Can it even survive what must be extreme heat? I hope that if it stays, that it will fare well.
Snow Goose -- Meggett, SC -- March 9, 2012
Here are a few interesting facts that I have learned about this goose from the All About Birds resource site of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Two morphs exist: the white and the blue morph with the dark color of the blue morph controlled by a single partially dominant gene. Snow Geese pairs mate for life and nest on arctic and subarctic tundra. Family groups migrate together to the southern coastal marshes, bays, grasslands and agricultural fields. The range map from this site shows more precisely where these birds may be seen in the winter. These family groups remain together through the winter months and travel together during Spring migration only to separate once they reach the tundra. Hunting of the Snow Goose was suspended in 1916 due to low population numbers. However, the species had recovered significantly enough that hunting was once again allowed in 1975. Today, it appears that their numbers continue to increase rather dramatically in certain areas in spite of hunting.
Snow Goose --Meggett, SC -- March 9, 2012
My second rare bird quarry for the weekend was the Rufous Hummingbird that has been wintering since early January in Jack and Pat Eckstine's yard in Hanahan, SC. Having visited the Eckstine's last winter to see their over-wintering Anna's Hummingbird, I located their contact information and asked to come see their Rufous. Now exactly what do the Eckstine's have to bring these rare hummers 2 years in a row to their yard? -- A fabulous wildlife habitat! They live close to the Goose Creek reservoir, they maintain feeders, birdbaths, snags and cover. It is indeed prime birding real estate! They have even had a pair of bald eagles nesting the last few years within sight of their back deck. This year's Bald Eagle chicks had already fledged and though they do hang out with their parents in the neighborhood, I missed seeing them on this visit. Still, a rare species of hummer two years running for the Eckstine's -- I am jealous! Both birds have been banded by Doreen Cubie, our local hummingbird bander and researcher. And the Eckstine's have very generously "shared" their hummers with the Charleston birding community. I heard from Pat yesterday that we may have been the last ones to visit this Rufous as they have not seen it since Sunday or Monday. Of course, being busy precludes long-term views of short visits to a feeder. She said that she would let me know if she sees it again. I am just very glad that I saw this beautiful little fellow before he left!
So here are a few photos of the young male Rufous Hummingbird taken on Sunday.
Young male Rufous Hummingbird -- Hanahan, SC -- March 10, 1012
He was rather shy and he never hovered near his feeder unlike last year's female Anna's Hummingbird whose photos are below.
Female Anna's Hummingbird -- Hanahan, SC -- December 22, 2010
The eastern United States is the land of the Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds primarily. Yet, in recent years, many of the typical western species of hummingbirds have been found to winter more and more in the eastern United States. Many Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds also over-winter in our area which is why we keep our feeder up year round. We usually have one or two Ruby-Throats use our feeder throughout the winter and we even had our own male Rufous Hummingbird visit our feeder for a few hours one Christmas Eve.
Here are some interesting tidbits of information on the Rufous Hummingbird that I have garnered from the All About Birds site. The Rufous nests farther to the north, even in southeastern Alaska, than any other hummingbird species! As measured by body size, it has the longest migration of any other bird species -- 3,900 miles one-way from Alaska to Mexico, it flies 78,470,000 times its 3 inch body length. Also, this hummer is the most common of the western species that winter in the Eastern United States and is known to be extremely territorial at feeders.
Since I mentioned last year's Anna's Hummingbird, here are some intriguing facts about it. During the first half of the 20th century, this hummer was known to nest only in Southern California and Baja California. But with more and more plantings of exotic plants occurring throughout the more northern and central parts of California, so too has the Anna increased its nesting range. The range map also shows that some Anna's move northward in winter migration. The Anna's thrilling courtship display involves sharp dives from 130 feet in the air towards the ground with its heads directed towards the light so that it reflects the bright iridescent pink of his head and throat. The male also make a sharp curious noise with his tail feathers during these dives. On rare occasions, Anna's have been found dead with an impaled bee or wasp on their beaks, which caused them to starve to death!
To conclude this post, I am happy to say that last weekend's quest for new birds for the 2012 list resulted in the successful addition of these two birds of a different feather: the 'Meggett' Snow Goose on Saturday and the 'Hanahan' Rufous Hummingbird on Sunday, as well as four other more common birds: Seaside Sparrow, Nelson's Sparrow, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher and Northern Parula. This brought my total count to 141 birds so far this year and gives me the rank of 7th in the State for eBirders. Still the top 10! If you visit the links above for different species on the All About Birds pages, you will find under each range map, the option of clicking on an additional link to a dynamic map of eBird sightings. You can then change the dates to see where the birds have been sighted at different times of different years or multiple years. Pretty cool! eBird is indeed a useful tool for those of us who want to list birds, keep track of our sightings and learn when and where to find different species!
September's Forgotten Solitary -- Oops!
The regular readership of Pluff Mud Perspectives will remember a recent post entitled, September Birding at Patriots Point Nature Trail & Mystery Birds. In it, I described three non-sequential days of birding during peak migration season along the Patriots Point Nature Trail in Mount Pleasant, SC. I am not sure what thought processes today led me to realize that I had neglected to include in that post a very nicely photographed bird. How could I forget this wonderful bird that "walked on water." It was my best look ever at a Solitary Sandpiper. And somehow, I had unintentionally omitted him. This can only mean that he merits his very own post!
So here is his story. After watching the large flock of Bobolinks take flight from the reeds and ferns around a retention pond. I noticed this fellow walking out from under the brush at the side of the pond. He walked out on top of the very thick duck weed on the pond! I never knew duck weed could be so thick as to support the weight of a decent sized sandpiper. He was quite beautiful and perky! I so enjoyed watching him. What a cooperative subject!
Solitary Sandpiper -- Patriots Point Nature Trail -- September 11, 2011
This is a bird that we will only see in the migration season as it breeds in the boreal forests of Canada and Alaska and it winters in the tropics (Latin America and parts of South America). It has earned its name because it generally migrates solo rather than in flocks. Another interesting tidbit -- this sandpiper nests in trees, in old nests of other species! I found these interesting bits of information on the subscription site Birds of North America Online -- a service sponsored by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and The American Ornithologists' Union -- a tool that I have found to be repeatedly useful as I learn about different birds.
Solitary Sandpiper -- Patriots Point Nature Trail -- Mount Pleasant, SC -- September 11, 2011
I am so glad that I FINALLY remembered to publish his photos! What a shame it was to leave out the Solitary loner! The plus side, however, is that I have taken the time now to learn something more about him, and then, in turn to share this information with you. As it turns out, relatively little is known about this tree-nesting species! This makes him a rich area of for future research -- perhaps for some future, aspiring ornithologist.
Moskoff, William. 2011. Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/156
Cypress Gardens in December
Reflection of Bald Cypress -- Cypress Gardens, Moncks Corner, SC -- December 26, 2011
With one week left in the old year, Carl and I decided that we should take advantage of a Teacher's Pass, that was about to expire, which would allow us free admission to Cypress Gardens in Moncks Corner, SC. Like many of the gardens in the greater Charleston area, Cypress Gardens is located on the site of a former rice plantation, Dean Hall. It had been a few years since out last visit. We had heard that they had expanded their trails and we decided that we needed to stretch out legs and check out those new trails.
Trail Map for Cypress Gardens from SC State Trails Program
We arrived early in the morning and began exploring first the Northern Nature Trail. This trail circumnavigates a swampy woodland which included the usual cypress and tupelo gum trees bordered also by several pines. This habitat is known to be a rookery for vultures. Though it was not nesting season, the vultures still used this area for roosting. Needless to say we saw MANY vultures -- both Black and Turkey.
Black and Turkey Vultures -- Northern Nature Trail -- Cypress Gardens, Moncks Corner, SC -- December 26, 2011
Black Vulture -- Northern Nature Trail -- Cypress Gardens, Moncks Corner, SC -- December 26, 2011
We returned to the Main Trail and we were very pleased with the general "birdiness" of this area -- Carolina Chickadees, American Robins, Yellow-Rumped Warblers, Ruby-Crowned Kinglets, Golden Crowned Kinglets, Pine Warblers, Brown Thrashers, Northern Mockingbirds, Northern Flickers, Downy Woodpeckers, Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Wood Ducks (very shy), Song Sparrows, White-Throated Sparrows, Swamp Sparrows, Tufted Titmice, Gray Catbird, Northern Cardinals, etc. Carl captured these 2 wonderful images of the 2 morphs of the White-Throated Sparrows: Tan-Striped and White-Striped.
White-Throated Sparrow -- Tan-Striped Morph -- Cypress Gardens -- December 26, 2011 -- Photo by Carl Miller
White-Throated Sparrow -- White-Striped Morph -- Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 26, 2011 -- Photo by Carl Miller
I have often found Northern Flickers difficult birds to photograph as they rarely sit still and they love the treetops. So here is my best effort of the day.
Northern Flicker -- Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 26, 2011
After exploring the Main Path, we ventured off down the Perimeter Trail where we saw Brown-Headed Nuthatches, White-Breasted Nuthatches, many American Robins, Yellow-Rumped Warblers, Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Downy Woodpeckers, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, more Wood Ducks, of course and this Pileated Woodpecker.
Pileated Woodpecker -- Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 26, 2011
We backtracked back along the Southern Nature Trail where I found this fabulous fungus growing on a stump. Not sure how to identify it, I asked a couple of naturalist-friends for some help. Keith McCullough of Charleston County Parks fame, responded that it was indeed a shelf fungus, likely in the phylum Basidiomycota. He said....
"Many shelf fungi are associated with wood decay and have a unique system of pores rather than gills. What you are seeing are basically reproductive bodies as other parts of the fungus are inside the wood, helping it rot away. They also lack a stem. Some do have gills, and a ventral image may be necessary for a specific ID. "
A Fungus -- Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 26, 2011
Since these were growing from a short, rotting stump, the ID made sense. Keith is hoping to learn more after sharing the photo with a mycologist friend. So there may be a follow-up comment in the future.
After the completing the Southern Nature Trail, Carl and I rejoined the Main Path again. Along both trails we encountered some very old camellia plants blooming quite nicely.
Camellia -- Cypress Gardens -- December 26, 2011
Camellia with bee -- Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 26, 2011
After exploring the gardens and the woodland trails, Carl and I were drawn into the courtyard by the sounds of exotic birds. Cypress Gardens has an area where they keep exotic birds that, to my understanding, have been given up by owners who could no longer care for them. We visited these curious, friendly birds a bit prior to entering the Butterfly House. The Butterfly House is a large green house full of exotic plants and with several species of butterflies flitting about. Carl and I were both captivated by what we learned of the life cycles of the butterflies as we could see different stages of development unfolding before our eyes! Carl took the following photos of the life stages of the different butterflies. The caterpillar below has hung himself in a J shape -- just before he forms his chrysalis.
Caterpillar in J shape just prior to forming chrysalis -- Cypress Garden Butterfly House -- December 26, 2011 -- photo by Carl Miller
The next photo shows a chrysalis. You can see a wing formed through the shell!
Chrysallis -- Butterfly House -- Cypress Gardens, SC -- Photo by Carl Miller
In this final photo (greatly enlarged), you can see eggs which we saw deposited by a Dryas Julia Butterfly. The actual size of the egg was about the size of a 12 point font period. Yet, Carl's enlargement shows its corn cob knobby appearance not visible to the naked eye!
Butterfly eggs greatly enlarged in photo -- Butterfly House, Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 26, 2011 -- Photo by Carl Miller
While Carl focused his camera on the butterfly life cycle, I took aim at the small exotic bird species. Unfortunately, the names of these birds escape me. The volunteer could tell me the names but she could not tell me which one was which. Perhaps, one of this blog's readers will come to my rescue and post a comment to let us all know. Here are the cuties!
Little exotic bird in the Butterfly House -- Cypress Gardens -- December 26, 2011
An exotic quail in the Butterfly House -- Cypress Gardens -- December 26, 2011
Little exotic beauty in the Butterfly House -- Cypress Gardens -- December 26, 2011
These little beauties were feeling quite amorous and we saw several of them mating and elsewhere in the flower beds we found some eggs.
Though the exotics were incredibly cute, they were not the show-stoppers in the Butterfly House. They did not quite have the personalities of this next pair of captive birds whose home is the Butterfly House. That distinction goes to Cypress and Tupelo, a pair of captive Wood Ducks! They did not come as a pair to the Butterfly House. I did not hear the whole story but I understand that they came separately and are a replacement for "Woody," a captive wood duck that had preceded them. Both ducks are unable to fend for themselves in the wild so they are here, the very pampered residents, who are very much acclimated to interacting with humans. Both enjoyed chattering with us humans and pretty much annoyed each other as they vied for attention. Though the macho (male) Cypress was indeed a looker, I confess to preferring (the female) Tupelo's sass and free spirit. Here's Cypress!
Cypress -- Butterfly House at Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 26, 2011
Cypress being fed some crickets by a volunteer -- Butterfly House at Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 26, 2011
And not to be outshined, here's Tupelo!
Tupelo -- Butterfly House at Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 26, 2011
Tupelo loved playing in the pool with the koi and turtles -- Butterfly House at Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 26, 2011
And here they are together!
Tupelo and Cypress -- Butterfly House at Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 2011
To end the Butterfly House set, here's a turtle close-up.
Red-Eared Slider at the Butterfly House in Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 26, 2011
Carl and I ended up staying at Cypress Gardens much longer than planned. Who knew we would be mesmerized by the life cycles of butterflies and the antics of a pair of clownish Wood Ducks? We prefer to see wild animals in the wild and not as captives. Yet, we can learn much about animal life and their potential for personality in this setting that would not be visible to us otherwise. This setting for these ducks in the Butterfly House assured us that this captive pair received much stimulation and interaction, if not downright pampering. A Butterfly House such as this one serves as a great educational resource for young and old alike.
We are looking forward to another visit soon to Cypress Gardens. With Spring coming, it is perhaps soon time to venture out there to see reflections of azaleas in the dark waters of the Cypress Swamp and to hear the Prothonotary and Parula Warblers sing! In the meantime, we cherish our winter images of the natural beauty of this dynamic wildlife habitat and garden.
Winter Swamp reflections -- Cypress Gardens, SC -- December 26, 2011 -- Photo by Carl Miller
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Yousefinejad A, Siassi F, Javanbakht M H, Mohammadi H, Ghaedi E, Zarei M, et al . Effect of Genistein and L-carnitine and Their Combination on Lipid Profile and Inflammatory Cytokines in Experimental Nephrotic Syndrome. rbmb.net. 2018; 7 (1) :1-8
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Effect of Genistein and L-carnitine and Their Combination on Lipid Profile and Inflammatory Cytokines in Experimental Nephrotic Syndrome
Abbas Yousefinejad, Fereydoon Siassi, Mohammad Hassan Javanbakht, Hamed Mohammadi, Ehsan Ghaedi, Mahnaz Zarei, Ehsan Djalali, Mahmoud Djalali *
Department of Cellular and Molecular Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background: Nephrotic syndrome is a disorder caused by kidney damage that results in severe leakage of protein from blood into urine. Hyperlipidemia is one complication of nephrotic syndrome. L-carnitine and genistein can control cardiovascular diseases by causing changes in lipid metabolism and cytokine production. This study was designed to examine the effects of genistein and L-carnitine on serum lipid and cytokine profiles in experimental nephrotic syndrome.
Methods: In this study, 50 male Sprague–Dawley rats were randomly divided into five groups of 10 animals each with similar mean body weights (300±50 g). The five groups were NC (normal-control), PC (patient-control), LC (L-carnitine), G (genistein), and LCG (L-carnitine-genistein). Serum HDL-cholesterol (HDL) LDL-cholesterol (LDL), triglyceride, cholesterol, IL-6, and TNF-α were measured. Statistics were analyzed using SPSS 18.0.
Results: At the end of the study, of the patient groups, HDL was significantly greater in the LC than in the PC or G groups (P<0.001). LDL was significantly less in the G than in the PC, LC, or LCG groups (P<0.001). Interleukin-6 was significantly greater in the PC than in the LC, G, or LCG groups, and significantly greater in the LC than in the G group. (P<0.001), but no significant differences were found for triglyceride, cholesterol, or TNF-α between the patient groups.
Conclusions: Genistein had less effect on HDL and triglyceride levels than LC or LCG. Regarding inflammatory cytokines, genistein and L-carnitine had less effect on TNF-α than on IL-6.
Keywords: Genistein, Hyperlipidemia, Interleukin 6, L-carnitine, Nephrotic syndrome, TNF-alpha
Type of Article: Original Article | Subject: Molecular Biology
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DIET GO GO (ARCADE)
Diet Go Go might sound like a Chinese energy drink banned by EU law because of its wildly carcinogenic ingredients, but it's actually a 1992 arcade blow-em-up-em-up by Data East. See, it's got a title screen and everything!
It prominently features two athletic children. They're probably on a sensible, balanced diet already, but they're not quite in perfect health as they're both suffering from a condition that makes one of their eyes droop closed, not that it'll hold them back from living the active lifestyle. Their eye problems might explain why they haven't spotted the giant cake behind them, a cake that represents a cruel barb from Data East. You can't start talking about diets and then show me a cake slathered in enough icing to disintegrate Godzilla's teeth, it's making me want to eat my body weight in marzipan and I can't afford that amount of marzipan.
Time for some plot, and here's the usual mad scientist type plotting word conquest. Funnily enough he's leering over the Earth in the same way I would be over that cake. So, what fiendish plan is Dr. Dingus here preparing to unleash on the planet?
He's giving out free food! That bastard! Well, it's a refreshing change from the usual doomsday-cannon-aimed-at-the-Earth's-core line of villainy. It's got a certain subtlety to it that I enjoy, because it relies on humanity's tendency towards excess - no-one is forcing these people to eat the downpour of fried chicken and cake, but they do and thus they doom themselves. Everyone becomes morbidly obese, which has no bearing on anything that happens in the game. I think that's the extent of the evil Doctor's plan - "make everyone fat". There's no step two, it's not like he's hiding outside the White House, twirling his moustache and saying "soon the President will be too fat to enter the Oval Office, and then I will be in charge! Muahaha!" Maybe the Doctor owns a company that makes mobility scooters, that would at least give him a motive.
Of course, our brave heroes will not stand idly by and watch the the people of Earth be condemned to a life of diabetes and elasticated trousers, and so the two youths set out to stop the Doctor. I've come to think of them as Punky and Spunky, the Exercise Extremists. They didn't eat the insta-fattening food. They must have been off somewhere filming a workout video or getting their headbands de-loused. They're here now, though, these nameless specimens of physical perfection, and they're ready to travel across the globe in search of the Doctor.
Okay, maybe the enfattening of the human race had consequences more grave than I first imagined. This map does not make for comforting reading - a devilish mountain now covers most of the USA, South America has become a vast, haunted graveyard and a giant carrot looms menacingly over India. No wonder that octopus wears such an expression of wild-eyed bogglement, the world has changed so much and it's left him reeling.
The game itself is a single-screen platformer that owes a great debt to Bubble Bobble and especially to Snow Bros., to the point that calling it "Snow Bros. with obesity instead of snow" feels like a fair assessment of the gameplay. Punky (or Spunky, I never did decide which was which) has to eliminate all the enemies on the screen before he can move on to the next stage, and to do that he has to make the enemies fat. Pressing fire makes him throw a sweet, which starts the fattening process, and once the enemies are fat Punky can run into the bad guy to defeat it. If the enemy was hit by one sweet they only get a bit fat - think Val Kilmer's chunky phase - and you can touch them to send them rolling left or right, where eventually they will pop and die. Hit them with more than one sweet and they'll gain the kind of bulk seen in your late-stage Marlon Brandos, and touching them when they're that size causes them to bounce around the screen, destroying any other enemies they bump into. If they're not fat at all, touching a monster is instant death, so the tactics for Diet Go Go are made apparent very early on: pump up some enemies as fast as you can and kick them around the screen, hoping that they take out the majority of their associates before they get close to you.
Each stage has plenty of monsters, too. Just look at all those gingerbread men, patrolling these platforms while peering at the player with eyes that are either soulless black voids or chocolate chips, the sinister silent guardians of the Dessert Kingdom. Why did I start my mission with the land of puddings? That seems like it would be the hardest place to free from the shackles of obesity. It'll be hard to affect change in the local attitudes toward healthy food when you can take a bite out of Jelly Mountain whenever you're feeling peckish. I should have started at the Giant Indian Carrot.
After a couple of stages, each world ends with a boss battle and they're all pretty much the same. Because you can't directly hurt the boss, you have to inflate its minions and kick them into the boss to cause it damage. The first boss is this evil fairytale queen, who keeps summoning gingerbread men even after I've used their bodies to bash her about five or six times. For their part the gingerbread men suffer this ignominy with quiet grace, never complaining ever once I've pumped them full of sweets and they've ballooned into the grotesque globular freaks you can see in the picture above. That's fatter than you get just from eating sugar, I'm sure of it. I know what's really going on here: my sweets are carefully tailored to the allergies of each opponent. They're not swelling up through calorie intake, they're going into anaphylactic shock.
After kicking enough grossly swollen gingerbread men into the queen - it doesn't take long, as she covers most of the screen - the first world is over. From here our heroes will move from themed world to themed world, doing the same thing as they did in the World of Sweets: throwing overweight monsters at each other until the Earth is safe once more. Next up - a trip to the funfair!
The funfair is packed with killer Pinocchios and angry gumball dispensers, both of which can be made fat with the application of sweets despite that making no sense at all. Pinocchios are made of wood, and gumball machines? Their whole raison d'etre is to be filled with sweets, you'd think this would all be in a day's work for them.
The monsters can also get their calorific revenge by firing their own girth-increasing morsels at our hero. Get hit with one of these and you start getting plump, as you can see here, and once you're fat eating another item of food will cost you a life. Diet Go Go has a very weird relationship with the concept of a healthy diet. Any kind of food will make you fat and a second helping will kill you, which in itself is going to cause some hang-ups, but when your character does get chubby you can't shed the pounds by running around and jumping about, oh no - you have to find a "diet drink," the game placing a higher value on faddy weight-loss aids than on sensible, healthful exercise. Having thought about this nightmarish food scenario for a few minutes, I have reached only one conclusion: that I have spent more time thinking about Diet Go Go's premise than anyone in the western hemisphere.
The boss is a big evil marionette. How do I know it's evil? It's the hat. No man, beast or animated wood golem with a shred of decency would wear that, and the matching pink bootees mean that we can exclude "I got dressed in the dark" or "it's part of a silly joke, ha ha" as possible explanations. No, that outfit - such as it is - was planned, possibly by a mad sorcerer. I'm less worried about the boss than I am that our hero's poor congested heart is going to explode, mind you.
It's the obligatory ice-themed stage! Well, why not get it out of the way early? This one has the usual penguins and snowmen, but it also contains the wandering ghosts of doomed Arctic explorers. You can make these ghosts fat, somehow. I assume the sweets I'm throwing at them are just piling up under their sheets.
As you play Diet Go Go you'll occasionally collect big Data East coins, each of which gives you one spin of the slot machine at the top of the screen. If it hits the jackpot you win a prize - usually this is in the form of a rain of gems that you can collect for extra points, but sometimes it warps you to this special Bonus Game where there's a rain of gems but you have to jump between these clouds without falling in order to collect them. That, uh, doesn't feel very special. My one big criticism of Diet Go Go's controls would be that there's sometimes a delay between you pressing jump and your character actually jumping. In regular gameplay this doesn't matter too much because you can't fall off the bottom of the screen, but it becomes noticeable in the bonus game and it's never fun to fail at something like this, something where you're sure you should be able to do it easily. The game isn't exactly encouraging if you mess it up, either.
"STOP," it commands. "Just... stop. You're embarrassing yourself. We'll try this again later, if you promise to take it seriously, but for now get back to inflating penguins."
Or inflating blocks of ice, even, which I can then use to throw at this ice dragon. The ice dragon is the most challenging boss so far. This is because it is the biggest boss so far, and that means there's more of it to avoid. It also means that it's a very large target for me to kick inflated icicles at, so it's all swings and roundabouts really, innit?
This world's theme: all the enemies are something you might include in a warming autumnal soup, with the possible exception of the carnivorous plant at the top. My main preparation tip for this theoretical soup is to make sure you remove the eyeballs from the mushroom and onion creatures first. No-one wants their soup to look at them while they're trying to eat it.
If you're paying even the slightest bit of attention to this article - and I wouldn't blame you if you weren't - you'll have noticed that Diet Go Go includes pumpkin-headed monsters and therefore gets a big thumbs up from me and my personal cast-iron guarantee that it's worth playing. Maybe not for the gameplay, which is nothing special and requires no real skill, but you can't argue with pumpkin-headed monsters. Literally, I mean, they'll just stare at you with their eye carvings. They're too laid-back to get confrontational. Check out the engorged pumpkin on the right, he looks so mellow. He doesn't want any of your bad vibes, man.
Sadly, the boss is not a giant pumpkin and as such I have no interest in it. It's a one-eyed mushroom. "One-eyed mushroom" sounds like a phrase you really shouldn't search for on the internet.
The undersea kingdom (desolate ruins edition) of Atlantis now, and that penguin in the top-left looks on in horror as Punky causes one of his nest-mates to swell into a barely-recognisable sphere of feathers and blubber. The rest of the sea life is much less concerned with what's going on, which feels about right. I can't imagine the anemones having real deep feelings about their current predicament, if that even is a sea anemone and not a pink bag of fries with googly eyes drawn on it.
All will cower before CRABULON, doom of Atlantis! He is a crab that is significantly larger than a normal crab! Significantly! Yeah, I'm trying to hype him up and it's not working. Even Crabulon (probably not his real name) himself looks dreadfully bored with the whole affair. More interesting is the crab dinner that appeared when I popped one of Crabulon's attack bubble. It has a tiny skull over it, and any food marked with the symbol of the skull it probably not suitable for human consumption... but then again no food in this game is safe. Eating anything will make you fat and, eventually, dead, so why does this plate of crab get the special skull-signal treatment? Perhaps it's just poisoned. The big crab is trying to poison me with smaller crabs. What a dick.
I have to be honest, I thought the stages in Diet Go Go would be more obviously food-related. It started off that way in the Land of Dessert, and I suppose you could argue that the previous stage had a seafood motif, but that's all gone out the window now as our hero jumps-n-plumps his way through Transylvania, which according to the in-game map has been relocated to the USA. It's home to weird snakes that are just a head an a tail - although now I think about it all snakes are just a head and a tail - and Frankensteins that are subtly different than the norm, with blue skin and bolts in their temples rather than their necks. I like it, it makes a nice change.
The boss is Dracula, or maybe a dracula, "draculas" being the subset of vampires who dress in eveningwear at all times and say things like "velcome to my mountaintop castle, ah ha ha!" and then there's a crash of thunder. This dracula looks kinda grandad-ish. If the old man from Up was bitten by a nosferatu and started dying his hair, this is what you'd get. It's a combination of his bushy eyebrows and lack of non-fang teeth that does it.
"Okay, what shall we have as the background for this world? The Taj Mahal? Sounds good, but it need something else, something that'll really bring it to life. I know, how about colossal vegetables? Yeah, that's perfect!" says the designer of Diet Go Go, even as the nice men from the mental health clinic bundle him into the back of their padded ambulance. You might think it's unfair to judge a man just for trying to come up with a unique backdrop for a videogame but then there are those carrot men. They are not the product of a healthy mind.
Some kind of mechanical cooking pot attacks, trying to make our hero fat by throwing steaming hot ladlefuls of whatever's bubbling away inside it around the screen. At first I thought that to damage it you had to launch carrot men at him in such a way that they landed in the pot, but then I hit it on the side and it took damage anyway. I wasn't surprised - Diet Go Go isn't interested in creating a nuanced gameplay experience, you just make enemies fat and kick them around the screen. There's very little planning involved and almost no aiming necessary, so after a while it all starts to feel very rote and disappointingly predictable.
Time for a dinosaur-themed stage now, and it looks an awful lot like Data East's own caveman platformer Joe and Mac. I don't think this is an accident, either, because Diet Go Go includes several references to other Data East games. Not only that, it is heavily based - "directly copied" might be a better way of putting it - on a game that Data East released the previous year called Tumblepop. Tumblepop is almost identical to Diet Go Go in both gameplay and graphical style, the main difference being that in Tumblepop you suck enemies up with a vacuum cleaner and then fire them out instead of Diet Go Go's lard-based executions. The two games even share the same Mad Scientist villain, but Tumblepop has a boss based on the Flatwoods Monster so I'm regretting my decision to play Diet Go Go rather than it's predecessor pretty hard right now.
The two-headed pterodactyl boss lays eggs, which hatch into baby pterodactyls, as you would expect. I threw these baby pterodactyls at the boss until it was defeated, so essentially I beat the boss to death with its own children. That's a bit grim.
I do like these pink slime-blobs. They look like they're having a really good time, their eyes wide with wonderment as they look around this gelatinous alien world. I think it might be Yuggoth. An alternate explanation would be that the player character has been shrunk to microscopic size and placed in the nasal cavity of a very ill person.
A less endearing blob takes on the role of end-of-stage guardian. He doesn't look very happy about it. He's had to come into work during The Time of The Thousand Agonies, the slime-monster equivalent of Sunday morning, just become some weird kid in sweatbands is trying to give the neighbourhood larvae high cholesterol.
Hey look, another horror level! It's got grim reapers and pumpkin men and clowns, because Data East know about the clowns. They understand.
Oh no, a giant ghost! But how do you kill that which does not live? By throwing smaller enemies at it, of course. I thought we'd covered this. I don't have time to be helping it with the unresolved issues of its former life, and our hero can't pick up holy water in case it turns out to be too much like food and it makes him swell up so a regular exorcism is right out. It's going to have to be ghosts slamming into ghosts, like an X-rated Paranormal Activity parody.
I've skipped showing you this stage because it's just another alien world with a slightly different background and recoloured jellyblob enemies, but the boss is about as close as Diet Go Go comes to a noticeable gimmick so I thought I should mention it. The boss, a small germ monster who didn't get past the ausition stage for Dr. Mario, is surrounded by smaller amoebas that you have to pull away from him to use as ammunition. This means that as the battle goes on the boss gets smaller and, in theory, more difficult to hit, although in practise the inflated enemies you're using as projectiles are so big and cover so much of the screen as they bounce around that you're unlikely to have much of a problem landing blows. It's almost an interesting boss fight, but unfortunately it's also the game's best effort at an interesting boss fight, which makes it difficult to praise Diet Go Go as a gameplay experience.
The final stage is set in space, and the background give the player a preview of what London Bridge will look like when the Blade Runner-inspired cyberpunk future really kicks in. We've seen all the monsters in this stage before, except for the spacemen and hold on, I recognise those spacemen: they're Chelnov, the Atomic Runner! They run around the screen and are easily killed, and that's exactly how I remember Chelnov being in Atomic Runner so well done to Data East for really nailing down his character.
Okay, it's time for me to stop writing about videogames and break into the lucrative children's book market. My first effort will be the story of Harry the Grumpy UFO. Why is he grumpy? Because he got stuck annihilating the earthlings while the other UFOs get to go to the cool planets. The elevator pitch is "Thomas the Tank Engine with death-rays." I think it's going to be big.
A youth misspent watching The X-Files and reading paranormal magazines means that I immediately recognised this UFO as a based on the one "photographed" by UFO "expert" and "not a fraud" George Adamski. I forgot my PIN number at the cash machine the other day. It doesn't seem like a fair trade.
The Mad Doctor was inside the UFO all along, but not to worry - with his advanced and miserable-looking spacecraft destroyed, he is utterly defenceless and our hero can balloon him up at will to bring an end to the game, and Data East get a thumbs-up from me for including my preferred "evil scientist is useless in an actual fight" ending. It's not as good as the petulant fist-waving from Crude Buster, but I'll take it.
Yes, I definitely feel like this picture of two gurning children dressed as fitness instructors from 1991 is a suitable reward for the time and effort spent getting through Diet Go Go. I don't even know what those facial expressions are supposed to be. Are they happy? Mocking me? Being injected with high-grade opiates? I doubt we will ever know.
Diet Go Go is not a very good game, especially if you're after a test of skill and reflexes. Every stage plays out the same: inflate the nearest monster, kick it around and then mop up any survivors. You might not think it given that I've written so many bloody words about it, but it's a short game, too, and it's not uncommon for stages to last less than twenty seconds. It's a tired copy of a game that had been released by the same company a year before, but still I warmed to it. This is in large part thanks to the graphics and specifically the creature designs - almost all of them are either cute enough to be endearing or weird enough to be interesting, and they're all very nicely drawn and animated. It's not like the gameplay's terrible, either, it's just one-note and, by the end of the game, unpleasantly repetitious. Give it a try if you really love single-screen platformer or cutesy monsters. Or don't, what am I, your mother? I'm not going to to tell you what games to play. The closest I'll get to that kind of advice is "don't eat poisoned crab dinners," but they've got little skulls hovering over them so you don't need me to tell you that.
The many videogame incarnations of Jack the Ripper!
Not that bloody, takes place at night: it's Bloody Afternoon!
Front View Speed Action in Riding Fight!
Labels: Arcade, data east, diet go go, single screen
I bet those facial expressions aren't even possible for anybody to make. Why Data East felt it was a good idea to include it in the game is beyond me.
VGJUNK 30 March 2015 at 16:22
I think those faces are just going to have to go down as one of life's mysteries...
ArugulaZ 28 March 2015 at 13:24
Is that scientist giving the finger...?
Er, no matter. Data East must have been really proud of this one, because they've got their logo watermarked on nearly every screen. Who does that, anyway? Aside from cable television networks, anyway.
Ha ha, I don't know what the scientist is doing with his hand. Getting ready to wipe away that giant comedy tear, maybe?
Widi Soedomo 28 March 2015 at 23:18
"... trying to make our hero fat by throwing steaming hot ladlefuls of whatever's bubbling away inside it around the screen...". I/m very certain that whatever stuff is curry. Because that's Japanesse mostly associate India with
That sounds like a good bet to me. Healthy carrot curry!
Feder 30 March 2015 at 05:08
Did you notice that the clowns are dressed like Mickey Mouse/the Sorcerer's Apprentice in "Fantasia"?
Seeing that there are also evil Pinocchios and a dark queen, I wonder if Data East had some sort of beef with Disney...
Also, I concur that Tumblepop was the far superior game. The pseudo-sequel "Joe & Mac Returns" was pretty good as well, though!
Whoa they really are wearing the same outfits as Mickey in Fantasia, I totally didn't notice that. Good spot!
John Evans 1 April 2015 at 12:13
Ah, the traditional Japanese pop culture aliens...the Adamski UFOs and the octopi-that-walk-like-men.
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The Worlock 25 April 2017 at 12:05
I love those evil-old-genius-rendered-helpless bits at the end of final boss battles in arcade games and love finding out about new ones. This one's funny but I'm not sure which is my favorite; the hissy fit in Crude Busters or Mr. Burns at the end of Konami's Simpsons. The former is definitely funnier but on the other hand, it's pretty satisfying getting to clobber Monty hard enough to evidently kill him (x'es for eyes and all that).
BLOODY AFTERNOON (AMIGA)
RIDING FIGHT (ARCADE)
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Home / Culture / Arts / Curtain up: King’s students devise their own Little Mermaid play containing physical theatre
Curtain up: King’s students devise their own Little Mermaid play containing physical theatre
By Ottilie Thornhill on December 1, 2014
Set free: devised drama Caged in rehearsal | Roar News / Max Barstow
A NEW act on the King’s stage is set to begin this week as the curtain goes up on Caged, the play both devised and performed by College students.
Kate Aspinall and Caitlin Evans have been rehearsing their original piece with College theatre society The King’s Players since September.
The play is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid and The Brothers Grimm’s The Raven.
Aspinall, a Business Management student, and Evans, a Philosopher have has the play in the pipeline since January in a bid to widen the range of drama staged by the College.
Aspinall: “We’re both really into physical theatre and we’d done it previously but really we didn’t think that last year there had been anything at Kings.”
Evans: “with student theatre especially, there should be some kind of…”
Both: “…experimentation”
The pair are clearly on the same page, finishing each others sentences throughout the entire interview.
Caged takes inspiration from the theatre company Kneehigh, who are known for their devised pieces based on classical stories and fairytales.
It is a format that has proved successful, with recent shows including The Red Shoes and The Wild Bride. Evans and Aspinall are also following the fairytale route.
Caged is inspired by The Little Mermaid and The Raven | Roar News / Max Barstow
Aspinall: “The Little Mermaid really stood out to us because it’s so dark, really unexpectedly so, because everyone knows the Disney version … we thought that there was potential for some really nice imagery.
“A large theme is transformation, which is present in both The Raven and The Little Mermaid, so that worked quite well together.”
A “committed and involved” cast of eight, and a team of writers have been in rehearsals four times a week since September. Through the whole process Aspinall and Evans have sought to promote the talents of their team:
Evans: “It’s an ensemble…”
Aspinall: “…which is what our whole thing is based around, letting everyone have control all over the piece”
Creating an open forum for their cast began with auditions. Rather than cast based on pre-prepared monologues, the two directors put participants through workshops to find a group who brought their own ideas and could work together, before bringing in the writers. It is here that the continuity of the project comes through,
Aspinall: “they’d work with the actors and come up with the piece, which is how our piece is actually working. Especially at the beginning of rehearsals we’d workshop a lot of stuff with the cast, and they’d come up with a lot of ideas as well.
“We like to think it’s not like a dictatorship when we direct.”
Evans: “there’s a big scene where she gets her voice stolen so we just said imagine how we can originally create a movement piece around someone getting their voice stolen, and then we start with a game, and then we let them do it on their own individually, and then bought together as a cast.”
Unexpectedly dark
Our interview is conducted in an empty classroom in the basement of King’s while the cast warm up in the next room, such is the situation without an in-house drama studio.
Aside from the difficulties in finding space to rehearse, they seem to have taken the “large commitment” of creating a play whilst studying full time in their stride.
Aspinall: “There’s so much admin that goes along with it.”
Evans: “there’s so much that you just don’t think you’d have…”
Aspinall: “…to deal with that having another person to be able to help with it is so good.”
In conversation after the interview Aspinall states that the College has been helpful the project, which has provided a chance to experience the career they both aspire to post degree.
There are currently no plans to show Caged again at KCL after this run, instead the plan is to open the door and set the play free on the real world. The team haven’t been in touch with Kneehigh but are applying to take the play to the National Student Drama Festival.
Directors Caitlin Evans (L) and Kate Aspinall (R) | Roar News / Max Barstow
For Evans and Aspinall the future seems equally promising.
Aspinall: ”The nice thing is we wouldn’t stay with this piece for three months and try and do it at every King’s Players event, we’re really excited about moving on to the next thing”
Evans: “It’s more about now that we’ve learnt how the process works properly, we’d like to be able to take that and go to other workshops and events and then develop something new.
Caged is on at the Rag Factory from 3rd until 5th of December 2014.
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King’s Players Presents ‘The Crucible’
By Natasha Daix on April 6, 2016
Based on Arthur Miller’s Crucible and set in the eerie 17th century of the Salem witch trials, director Sara Malik successfully re-creates the unnerving and sinister atmosphere, which saw the brutal persecution of many innocent people accused of witchcraft. This is especially done through haunting video montages and skilful lighting. The performers are also very compelling, from the group of possessed girls accused of witchcraft to the Proctor couple’s tumultuous relationship, their sustained characterizations made the show an intense and absorbing experience. Laden with meaning, the performance is open to interpretation; while it can be seen to project modern day islamophobia, it can also be perceived as injustice in our society.
Courtesy of King’s Players
The film set-up and the lighting are central to creating a gripping sense of urgency and paranoia. The play begins with black and white, brief clips of the girls dancing wildly, freely, crazily, giving the spectator some context of what they will be accused of, but also setting an exciting but threatening tempo to the next scene reminiscent of those found in horror movie trailers. These clips, reappearing throughout the play to further build tension between the acts, are particularly haunting because projected on three screens, which become the walls of the stage. The actors and the spectators are then trapped in the young women’s unwavering gazes or hellish dancing, depending on what is projected.
When the film ends, lighting is used to create an environment of secrecy, doubt, and deceit. The stage is often left in an unsettling semi-darkness, illuminated only at precise angles, which allows long, dark shadows to fill it. The performance also uses lighting to obscure actors in an attempt to physically or orally evade another character, or they are placed deliberately in the light. At one point, Proctor moves into the harsh light as he waits for his wife’s response after admitting to adultery, this emphasized his stark anguish.
Magnus Gordon and Katie Michaels make a touching Proctor couple, able to convincingly portray the different changes their relationship goes through, from tense and distrusting, to supportive and caring. They also do great on their own; Gordon gives the audience an emotionally and morally strained Proctor, who manages to stay determined and true to himself despite physical and mental hardship, and many lines. Michaels creates a steadfast, powerful woman, most obvious when she confidently delivers the line ‘I cannot think the Devil may own a woman’s soul, Mr. Hale, when she keeps an upright way’, calmly fighting for her name, in contrast with her husband’s violent, desperate attacks on their maid Mary. Issy Glenton’s anguished cries and sobs at being pressured by all sides to tell a certain version of the truth strikingly convey the severity of her predicament.
Indeed, she is faced by a chorus of possessed girls who are accusing anyone who accused them of witchcraft, and who do an eerily good job at spooking the audience as well as the court. We understand why a jury of adult men are taken in by a group of ‘children’; in the moment where their screams reach their shrillest, and the music climbs to its most thrilling, I was taken in too, and chills ran through me.
I was also convinced by the actors playing the old characters; their slowed speech and careful movements made them the most life-like aged people I have seen in student plays. This sort of sustained realistic detail is present throughout the play and give all the characters flesh, even when they are not speaking; a tense bare foot curling, a hand playing with its shadow against the wall, a pregnant body slowly lifting its weight from a chair. The set and costumes are also precisely designed: minimal, but signifying subtly for the epoch, for the past: an ornate, aged side table, a dress, the earthen kitchenware.
These small but powerful details are also present in the black and white clips. They help the narrative unfold, as they depict the possessed girls having their veils torn from their head. Their reactions go from resigned, to bothered, to threateningly angered at this brutal attack on their innocence and maybe even, their religion. These clips are slowly mixed with more and more footage of the riots, crowds silently standing with their hands up. I think this is a gentle way of teasing in new ideas, which might be unexpected at first, but not jarring. The intrigued audience is forced to think about how witch hunts, and perhaps more relevantly, McCarthyism, links to racial violence. Thus, the Crucible, more than just a severe trial, fulfils its role as a vessel for the fusing of new ideas.
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Hey ho!
I was wondering: why there is no serious website, where You can upload your bots, create rankings and tournaments and just battle. Rumble is fine, but be serious - it's has a few functionalities and it's NOT user friendly.
There is a question to all of You: do You want to have such web application? Possibility of uploading bots, instant fights, rankings, tournaments etc...
What would You expect from such application?
I am thinking about gathering a team. With that team we could create a nice webapp.
Guys, please think about it. share Your feelings and thoughts.
/skiba
Ilu2112 (talk)13:24, 30 January 2014
I've thought about this lately, particularly after implementing a web UI for my own programming game. I have a couple thoughts:
First, the online Robocode community is pretty hardcore about bot programming. We have the RoboRumble in place that facilitates that perfectly. A user-friendly, non-IDE development UI is just not something that would grab these people the way it would grab programming beginners, if you ask me.
I love Robocode, but... It's ancient. :-) I think you should build something for a new generation of users, not try to prolong the life of Robocode's current code base. Or even work with Fnl to implement this in Robocode 2.
Such a web app would be great for new people. But for new people, I think there are better alternatives.
Voidious (talk)14:40, 30 January 2014
It would be nice to have something to replace the Robocode Central, so it is possible to upload and download robots - and the same robot in various versions etc.
It could run new types of tournaments, and divide robots into beginner (Level 1), experienced (Level 10?), veteran (Level 30?) or similar depending on how well they perform. Everybody starts as beginner, and then gain higher level, when they are able to beat more than 50% of the other robots at the same level or something like that.
It would be great to have a web page or GUI where beginners can put program a simple robot using stuff like graphical symbols (commands) that could be drag'n'dropped, like e.g. "Turn left", "Move forward", and "Fire". And each command could take a parameter value like 90 for "Turn left" 90 degrees. Then it could write the source code on the fly which could be copy'n'pasted, saved and/or compiled for Robocode.
Regarding Robocode 2. I am working on a prototype that is platform independent (protocol based). But it is not ready for a web page yet. Lots of details could change. So it is still on the experimental level.
Fnl (talk)22:07, 30 January 2014
Don't get me wrong! I agree with you that the Robocode community skews pretty strongly towards the hardcore. It lacks the infrastructure to attract beginners and nurture/funnel them into the ecosystem. And it's possible we could build something awesome that integrates nicely with what we already have. I just think the ship has sailed on major changes to Robocode that don't include a complete rewrite. I think your efforts would have more impact if you don't chain yourself to Robocode.
Wise words, I have to agree with You. Let's wait for other's vote. I am waiting for developer's opinion and general thoughts about Robocode 2, the future of Robocode and possibility of merging Robocode 2 with some kind of online platform. It could breathe new life into this game.
FYI a more reliable way to get in touch with the developers is the Google group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/robocode-developers
Fnl and Pavel stop by here sometimes, but they're not that active.
Btw, have you looked around at some other games with this kind of stuff? I think it's common to find Robocode with its epic hardcore community, RoboRumble, thousands of bots, and 15 years of history and think it's the only programming game worth looking into. (And it might be, depending on what you're after...)
RobotGame.net got a lot of attention recently. I didn't dive in but it looks neat and pretty polished. Python and looked like simple game rules with some depth.
FightCodeGame is pretty cool. The gameplay seems mostly like a simplistic Robocode clone, but the web site is pretty awesome. The main thing that turned me off (personally) was that they gained launch momentum with a GitHub coding contest and then switched to closed source/for profit shortly after.
Nodewar is a pretty simple UI, but I think the gameplay itself is pretty sweet. One of the few games I really feel is pushing the envelope with gameplay. I'd say at least half of programming games (including Robocode) are "2+ tanks on a rectangular battle field with no walls".
CodeCombat seems more of a legit "learn to code" style programming game. It's a common strategy for advertising programming games, but for most games, it strikes me as similar to claiming basketball was designed to keep you healthy.
PlayBerryBots.com is the web UI for my own game, which is a cross-platform desktop app like Robocode. For now just a simple "write code / run battles", but I may build it into something more robust soon.
Oh yeah and ProgrammingGames.org is cool too. It's run by one of the main guys from the Core War community.
You might try out Code of Tanks, a 3-D tank battle game, which is brand new as of this writing. You write your AI in a .NET language, C# or whatever. Whenever you want to play you create or join a room, run your AI and pick your tanks, and watch the battle live in 3-D. You can watch the video trailer at the website to see it in action: codeoftanks.com
Cotdev (talk)19:11, 27 June 2015
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Belgium Population: 11,409,077
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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830; it was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. The country prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Political divisions between the Dutch-speaking Flemish of the north and the French-speaking Walloons of the south have led in recent years to constitutional amendments granting these regions formal recognition and autonomy. Its capital, Brussels, is home to numerous international organizations including the EU and NATO.
Crossroads of Western Europe; most West European capitals are within 1,000 km of Brussels, the seat of both the European Union and NATO
Location: Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands
Geographic coordinates: 50 50 N, 4 00 E
water: 250 sq km
Size comparison: about the size of Maryland
Land Boundaries: total: 1,297 km border countries (4): France 556 km, Germany 133 km, Luxembourg 130 km, Netherlands 478 km
Coastline: 66.5 km
exclusive economic zone: geographic coordinates define outer limit
continental shelf: median line with neighbors
Climate: temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy
Terrain: flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling hills, rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast
Natural resources: construction materials, silica sand, carbonates, arable land
Irrigated land: 230 sq km (2012)
Natural hazards: flooding is a threat along rivers and in areas of reclaimed coastal land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes
Current Environment Issues: intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, extensive animal breeding and crop cultivation; air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries
International Environment Agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
Nationality: noun: Belgian(s)
adjective: Belgian
Ethnic groups: Flemish 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11%
Languages: Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%
Religions: Roman Catholic 75%, other (includes Protestant) 25%
Population: 11,409,077 (July 2016 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 17.12% (male 1,000,155/female 952,529)
65 years and over: 18.4% (male 911,199/female 1,188,458) (2016 est.)
Major urban areas - population: BRUSSELS (capital) 2.045 million; Antwerp 994,000 (2015)
female: 3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 81 years male: 78.4 years
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24: total: 23.2% male: 24%
Country name: conventional long form: Kingdom of Belgium
conventional short form: Belgium
local long form: Royaume de Belgique (French)/Koninkrijk Belgie (Dutch)/Koenigreich Belgien (German)
local short form: Belgique/Belgie/Belgien
etymology: the name derives from the Belgae, an ancient Celtic tribal confederation that inhabited an area between the English Channel and the west bank of the Rhine in the first centuries B.C.
Government type: federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy
Capital: name: Brussels
Administrative divisions: 3 regions (French: regions, singular - region; Dutch: gewesten, singular - gewest); Brussels-Capital Region, also known as Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (Dutch), Region de Bruxelles-Capitale (French long form), Bruxelles-Capitale (French short form); Flemish Region (Flanders), also known as Vlaams Gewest (Dutch long form), Vlaanderen (Dutch short form), Region Flamande (French long form), Flandre (French short form); Walloon Region (Wallonia), also known as Region Wallone (French long form), Wallonie (French short form), Waals Gewest (Dutch long form), Wallonie (Dutch short form)
note: as a result of the 1993 constitutional revision that furthered devolution into a federal state, there are now three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities; the 2012 sixth state reform transferred additional competencies from the federal state to the regions and linguistic communities
Independence: 4 October 1830 (a provisional government declared independence from the Netherlands); 21 July 1831 (King LEOPOLD I ascended to the throne)
National holiday: 21 July (1831) Ascension Day (ascension to the throne of King LEOPOLD I)
Constitution: history: drafted 25 November 1830, approved 7 February 1831, entered into force 26 July 1831, revised 14 July 1993 (creating a federal state) amendments: "revisions" proposed as declarations by the federal government in accord with the king or by Parliament followed by dissolution of Parliament and new elections; adoption requires two-thirds majority vote of a two-thirds quorum in both houses of the next elected Parliament; amended many times, last in 2014 (2016)
Legal system: civil law system based on the French Civil Code; note - Belgian law continues to be modified in conformance with the legislative norms mandated by the European Union; judicial review of legislative acts
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Executive branch: chief of state: King PHILIPPE (since 21 July 2013); Heir Apparent Princess ELISABETH, daughter of the monarch
head of government: Prime Minister Charles MICHEL (since 11 October 2014); Deputy Prime Ministers Alexander DE CROO (since 22 October 2012), Jan JAMBON (since 11 October 2014), Kris PEETERS, Didier REYNDERS (since 30 December 2008)
cabinet: Council of Ministers formally appointed by the monarch elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary and constitutional; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch and approved by Parliament
Legislative branch: description: bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate or Senaat in Dutch, Senat in French (60 seats; 50 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 10 indirectly elected by Community Parliaments; members serve 5-year terms) and the Chamber of Representatives or Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers in Dutch, Chambre des Representants in French (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms) note: the 1993 constitutional revision that further devolved Belgium into a federal state created three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities; this reality leaves six governments, each with its own legislative assembly; changes above occurred since the sixth state reform
elections: Chamber of Deputies - last held on 23 May 2014 (next to be held in May 2019); note - elections will coincide with the EU's elections
election results: Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - N-VA 20.3%, PS 11.7%, CD&V 11.6%, Open VLD 9.8%, MR 9.6%, SP.A 8.8%, Groen! 5.3%, CDH 5.0% Workers' Party 3.7%, VB 3.7%, Ecolo 3.3%, Defi 1.8%, PP 1.5%, other 3.9%; seats by party - N-VA 33, PS 23, CD&V 18, Open VLD 14, MR 20, SP.A 13, Groen! 6, CDH 9, Workers' Party 2, VB 3, Ecolo 6, Defi 2, PP 1
Judicial branch: highest court(s): highest court(s): Constitutional Court or Grondwettelijk Hof in Dutch and Cour constitutionelle in French (consists of 12 judges - 6 Dutch-speaking and 6 French-speaking); Supreme Court of Justice or Hof van Cassatie in Dutch and Cour de Cassation in French (court organized into 3 chambers: civil and commercial; criminal; social, fiscal, and armed forces; each chamber includes a Dutch division and a French division, each with a chairperson and 5-6 judges) judge selection and term of office: Constitutional Court judges appointed by the monarch from candidates submitted by Parliament; judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 70; Supreme Court judges appointed by the monarch from candidates submitted by the High Council of Justice, a 44-member independent body of judicial and non-judicial members; judges appointed for life
subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; regional courts; specialized courts for administrative, commercial, labor, and audit issues; magistrate's courts; justices of the peace
Political parties and leaders: Flemish parties: Christian Democratic and Flemish or CD&V [Wouter BEKE] Flemish Liberals and Democrats or Open VLD [Gwendolyn RUTTEN] Groen! [Meyrem ALMACI] (formerly AGALEV, Flemish Greens) New Flemish Alliance or N-VA [Bart DE WEVER] Social Progressive Alternative or SP.A [John CROMBEZ] Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) or VB [Tom VAN GRIEKEN] Francophone parties: Ecolo (Francophone Greens) [Patrick DUPRIEZ and Zakia KHATTABI] Francophone Federalist Democrats or Defi [Olivier MAINGAIN] Humanist and Democratic Center or CDH [Benoit LUTGEN] People's Party or PP [Mischael MODRIKAMEN] Reform Movement or MR [Olivier CHASTEL] Socialist Party or PS [Elio DI RUPO] Workers' Party [Peter MERTENS] other minor parties
Political pressure groups and leaders: Belgian General Federation of Labor [Rudy DE LEEUW, Marc GOBLET] Confederation of Christan Trade Unions [Marc LEEMANS, Marie-Helene SKA] Federation of Enterprises in Belgium [Pieter TIMMERMANS, Michele SIOEN] other: numerous other associations representing bankers, manufacturers, middle-class artisans, and the legal and medical professions; trade unions; various organizations representing the cultural interests of Flanders and Wallonia; various peace groups such as Pax Christi and groups representing immigrants
International organization participation: ADB (nonregional members), AfDB (nonregional members), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
National symbol(s): lion; national colors: red, black, yellow
National anthem: name: "La Brabanconne" (The Song of Brabant)
lyrics/music: Louis-Alexandre DECHET[French] Victor CEULEMANS [Dutch]/Francois VAN CAMPENHOUT
note: adopted 1830; according to legend, Louis-Alexandre DECHET, an actor at the theater in which the revolution against the Netherlands began, wrote the lyrics with a group of young people in a Brussels cafe
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Dirk Jozef M. WOUTERS (since 16 September 2016)
chancery: 3330 Garfield Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Denise Campbell BAUER (since 26 September 2013)
embassy: 27 Boulevard du Regent [Regentlaan], B-1000 Brussels
mailing address: PSC 82, Box 002, APO AE 09710
telephone: [32] (2) 811-4000
FAX: [32] (2) 811-4500
This modern, open, and private-enterprise-based economy has capitalized on its central geographic location, highly developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercial base. Industry is concentrated mainly in the more heavily-populated region of Flanders in the north. With few natural resources, Belgium imports substantial quantities of raw materials and exports a large volume of manufactures, making its economy vulnerable to shifts in foreign demand, particularly with Belgium’s EU trade partners. Roughly three-quarters of Belgium's trade is with other EU countries. In 2015, Belgian GDP grew by 1.4%, the unemployment rate stabilized at 8.6%, and the budget deficit was 2.7% of GDP. Prime Minister Charles MICHEL's center-right government has pledged to further reduce the deficit in response to EU pressure to reduce Belgium's high public debt, which remains above 100% of GDP, but such efforts could also dampen economic growth. In addition to restrained public spending, low wage growth and high unemployment promise to curtail a more robust recovery in private consumption. The government has pledged to pursue a reform program to improve Belgium’s competitiveness, including changes to tax policy, labor market rules, and welfare benefits. These changes risk worsening tensions with trade unions and triggering extended strikes.
investment in inventories: -0.1%
Agriculture - products: sugar beets, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, tobacco; beef, veal, pork, milk
Industries: engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly, transportation equipment, scientific instruments, processed food and beverages, chemicals, base metals, textiles, glass, petroleum
services: 80.1% (2013 est.)
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 25.9 (2013 est.) 28.7 (1996)
expenditures: $245 billion (2016 est.)
Public debt: 106.7% of GDP (2016 est.) 106.1% of GDP (2015 est.)
Current account balance: $585 million (2016 est.) -$155 million (2015 est.)
Exports - commodities: chemicals, machinery and equipment, finished diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs
Exports - partners: Germany 16.9%, France 15.5%, Netherlands 11.4%, UK 8.8%, US 6%, Italy 5% (2015)
Imports: $251.7 billion (2016 est.) $259.6 billion (2015 est.)
Imports - commodities: raw materials, machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products
Imports - partners: Netherlands 16.7%, Germany 12.7%, France 9.6%, US 8.7%, UK 5.1%, Ireland 4.7%, China 4.3% (2015)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $24.1 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $25.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Debt - external: $1.281 trillion (31 March 2016 est.) $1.214 trillion (31 March 2015 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: $1.045 trillion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.034 trillion (31 December 2015 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: $1.01 trillion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.01 trillion (31 December 2015 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares: $414.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $378.5 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $374.3 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
Electricity - exports: 4.2 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Electricity - installed generating capacity: 21 million kW (2014 est.)
Electricity - from nuclear fuels: 28.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Natural gas - consumption: 15.78 billion cu m (2014 est.)
Natural gas - exports: 848 million cu m (2014 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy: 141 million Mt (2013 est.)
Telephone system: general assessment: highly developed, technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities
domestic: nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 32; landing point for a number of submarine cables that provide links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat - 3) (2015)
Broadcast media: a segmented market with the three major communities (Flemish, French, and German-speaking) each having responsibility for their own broadcast media; multiple TV channels exist for each community; additionally, in excess of 90% of households are connected (2007)
Internet country code: .be
Internet users: total: 9.631 million percent of population: 85% (July 2015 est.)
Railways: total 3,592 km
standard gauge: 3,592 km 1.435-m gauge (2,960 km electrified) (2014)
paved: 120,514 km (includes 1,756 km of expressways)
unpaved: 33,498 km (2010)
Waterways: 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2012)
Merchant marine: total 87
by type: bulk carrier 23, cargo 15, chemical tanker 5, container 4, liquefied gas 23, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 7
foreign-owned: 15 (Denmark 4, France 7, Russia 1, UK 2, US 1)
registered in other countries: 107 (Bahamas 6, Cambodia 1, Cyprus 3, France 7, Gibraltar 1, Greece 17, Hong Kong 26, Liberia 1, Luxembourg 11, Malta 7, Marshall Islands 1, Mozambique 2, North Korea 1, Panama 1, Portugal 8, Russia 4, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2010)
Ports and terminals: major seaport(s): Oostende, Zeebrugge
river port(s): Antwerp, Gent (Schelde River); Brussels (Senne River); Liege (Meuse River) container port(s) (TEUs): Antwerp (8,664,243), Zeebrugge (2,207,257) (2011) LNG terminal(s) (import): Zeebrugge
Military branches: Belgian Armed Forces: Land Operations Command, Naval Operations Command, Air Operations Command (2012)
Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 1994 (2012)
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
stateless persons: 5,776 (2015)
Illicit drugs: growing producer of synthetic drugs and cannabis; transit point for US-bound ecstasy; source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and marijuana entering Western Europe; despite a strengthening of legislation, the country remains vulnerable to money laundering related to narcotics, automobiles, alcohol, and tobacco; significant domestic consumption of ecstasy
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"Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?"
- The Baptismal Covenant, The Book of Common Prayer
Saint Mark's Justice Ministries Mission: To engage the St. Mark’s community in justice issues, to acknowledge and address our own complicity in injustice, to serve and support those who are in need, to advocate for peace and economic justice, to pursue sustainability and ecological justice, to partner with other congregations and organizations serving and providing opportunities to those in need, and to celebrate the opportunity to serve.
As part of our commitment to justice, Saint Mark's recently adopted a Statement of Commitment and Action, expressing our responsibility to respect the dignity of every human being, strive for justice and peace among all people, and seek and serve Christ in all persons. The statement was born out of concerns about the increase in statements and actions in our nation that target particular groups of people based on their skin color, their religious affiliation, their gender or orientation, their disabilities, or their country of birth. These are artificial divisions that we vehemently denounce as discriminatory and disrespectful. We believe our nation can do better, and we pledge to work toward that better vision. We commit to being a network of activists, in God’s name, joining others who similarly pledge to actively pursue justice.
AIDS Care Team
AIDS Care Team provides companionship and practical assistance to people living with AIDS. Outings, social contact, shopping and simple household assistance are examples of how team members interact with their “care partners.” The team works under the auspices and supervision of Samaritan Center of Puget Sound. Contact: Sharon Ferguson.
Greenbelt Group
The Greenbelt Group helps maintain and restore the greenbelt slope to the south and west of the Cathedral by removing invasive plants, maintaining the trails, and replanting with native vegetation. Bi-monthly work parties meet at the trailhead on the south side of the parking lot at the Greenbelt sign. Contact: Robert Hayden.
Saint Mark’s Habitat volunteers team up with the Seattle Habitat affiliate and with Habitat International to build affordable homes locally, nationally, and internationally, working alongside the families who will live in and own these homes. The group organizes a monthly workday devoted to a project in the Seattle area. The current project is focused on renovations here on campus, in Saint Mark's Leffler House, to prepare for the arrival of Seattle Service Corps volunteers who will reside there. The team will also start a new building project in Sammamish soon. Questions? Contact: Jacquelyn Miller or Gordon Miller.
Hate Crimes/Hate Speech De-Escalation
There is an escalation in hate crimes, hate speech and bias incidents in both our local and worldwide communities. The Hate Crimes, Hate Speech, De-escalation Ministry was created in response to Saint Mark’s Cathedral Parish Statement of Commitment and Action. With God’s help, members of this ministry live out our baptismal covenant by respecting the dignity of every human being. Our goal is to offer hope and solutions to counter hateful acts. We will actively seek ways to identify, report, and confront hateful acts and behavior against all ethnic and religious groups, women, LGBTQ people, immigrants, people with disabilities, and all marginalized groups. We affirm our church as we stand together as a sanctuary and safe haven for people threatened by those who would attack them. Want to get involved? Contact: Bob Chapman, ministry leader.
Health Advocacy
Every fourth Sunday, Health Advocacy hosts a table in the Cathedral Nave with blood pressure screening, listening to health concerns, and a lending resource center. The table is be staffed by parishioners, including Registered Nurses. Stop by and receive a Health Awareness Tip for the month. Saint Mark’s also has a medical equipment resource center; equipment is housed in the boiler room near the Office of Cathedral and can be checked out by contacting the church office. Questions, or want to make a donation? Please contact Mary Segall.
Homeless Advocacy Ministry
The Ministry’s mission is to engage with the congregation of Saint Mark’s, seeking to educate the community about the situation of homeless people in our city, and about the issues surrounding homelessness in general, and accepting offerings of resources, time, and prayers. We welcome Tent City 3 to the Cathedral grounds when possible. Contact: David Wagner.
Hunger Offering
On the second Sunday of every month, the Cathedral collects a special offering to support several food programs in the Seattle area. This ministry is currently helping the following hunger programs: Compass Center, Lifelong AIDS Alliance, Pike Market Food Bank, Immanuel Community Services, Food Bank at St. Mary’s, and St. Brigid’s Banquet. Contact: Vicky Greenbaum.
Jubilee Debt Cancellation
Jubilee USA works for reforms on debt, tax, bank and financial institution reform. Our contribution of $1 per pledging household to Jubilee USA helps us to live into solidarity with impoverished people and impact millions of lives by changing the policies that keep people poor. Contact: Betsy Bell or follow Jubilee on Facebook.
Justice Ministry Coordinating Team
The JMCT encourages and supports the people of the Cathedral and their community allies as they answer God’s call for justice in the world. This Team coordinates the volunteer Justice Ministries by working in partnership with groups, setting standards of performance and providing oversight. Contact: Justin Mills. You can read the minutes from past JMCT meetings here.
Mideast Focus
The Mideast Focus Ministry works through mission, prayer, education and action to bring understanding of justice and peace issues in the Middle East region to the Saint Mark’s Parish and to the greater Seattle community. A special Film Series put on by Mideast Focus runs in January and February--read more about it here. Contact: Mary Segall.
For over 160 years, the Anglican Mission to Seafarers has provided spiritual support and companionship, as well as practical help, to merchant sailors around the world. In the Diocese of Olympia, missioners visit workers aboard both cruise ships and cargo vessels, providing essential personal supplies and transportation, in addition to talking to and occasionally leading shipboard worship for sailors of all faiths. Be a part of a Saint Mark’s team to support sailors whose ships call at Puget Sound ports! Serve with friends and make new ones. Contact: the Rev. Earl Grout.
Noel House Shelter
Sunday through Thursday nights, up to 30 homeless women spend the night at Saint Mark’s as part of a shelter network run by Belltown-based Noel House Programs. Volunteers provide evening snacks, breakfast and conversation, working from 5:30 to 6:30 a.m. or 9:00 to 10:30 p.m. More information at www.noelhouse.org. Contact: Norva Osborn & Linda Leisy.
Northwest Community Bail Fund
Being unable to post bail prior to trial can leave people with a tough choice—either plead guilty to a crime that they may not have committed, or stay in jail for weeks or months. Either choice can impact their job, their shelter/housing, and even custody of children. The Northwest Community Bail Fund has a mission to provide cash bail for people who are unable to pay due to poverty. This allows them to get out of jail during their trial period and defend themselves from a position of freedom and to maintain connections to their communities. We are part of the National Bail Fund Network that consists of over 45 sister funds throughout the country, including the well-known Bronx Freedom Fund and the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund. We are a WA state non-profit operating mainly in King or Snohomish Counties. Contact: Mary Lonien.
Oikocredit Support Northwest
The mission of Oikocredit Northwest is to educate our communities about the problems of global poverty and of very low income and marginalized people; inform them of the mission and work of Oikocredit in providing ethical finance to cooperatives, microfinance institutions, and small enterprises; and to challenge them to share a portion of their financial resources for maximum social impact.Contact: Rick Hodsdon.
Racial Reconciliation
The Racial Reconcliation Group at Saint Mark’s was created and is continually evolving to address the critical and prevasive problem of racism and racial injustice. Together, we confront these issues through processing, prayer, and action. All are welcome. Contact: The Rev. Canon Jennifer King Daugherty.
The Diocese of Olympia’s Refugee Resettlement Office helps refugees and asylees achieve economic self-sufficiency, through resettlement, job placement, and business development programs that promote self-employment. This ministy is currently on hiatus, but looking for new leadership. Contact: Clara Berg.
Sanctuary at Saint Mark's
Watch the archived footage of Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaking about Immigration Reform at Saint Mark's
In Christ’s church, all are welcome, but it’s not just in church – it is in our common life. Saint Mark’s stands in solidarity with all our neighbors, especially immigrants who are living in fear in these fraught times. Sanctuary at Saint Mark’s Cathedral is an outgrowth of our 2016 Statement of Commitment and Action, our response to the climate of increasing division and violence in our nation. Fundamental in the life of a Christian community, we take a stand to “welcome the stranger, as our Scriptures instruct.” In living into that call as a Sanctuary Hub, we are in relationship with Casa Latina, a leading immigrant worker rights organization in Seattle, with our volunteers trained and serving as witnesses and legal observers, accompaniers, interpreters, and peacemakers, and with Saint Mark’s Safe Space a gathering place for building relationship and a harbor in times of trouble. We stand as Sanctuary because we are all God’s beloved. You are welcome to join us. Contact: sanctuary@saintmarks.org.
St. Brigid's Banquet
St. Brigid’s Banquet is committed to providing hot, nutritious meals and hospitality to the people in Seattle who are homeless/hungry. Our volunteers cook and serve meals for the men at the St. Martin de Porres shelter, for Teen Feed in the U District, and other organizations that serve this community. We welcome all volunteers, including families in some situations. For times and locations, please contact: Maris Olsen or Brenda Schoolfield.
UCEF
United Churches Emergency Fund (ucef) is a coalition of local church congregations, individuals, and supporting organizations which provide compassionate listening, focused referrals, and financial assistance to prevent homelessness. A small grant from ucef makes it possible for an individual or family to stave off an eviction or utility shut-off. It creates a window of hope for people to keep the roof they have long enough to make a difference. Contact: Marjorie Ringness
Urban Garden & Honey Bees
The garden volunteers work in the front gardens from February through November, planting, weeding, composting, and making our campus beautiful. Prior gardening experience is not required, only enthusiasm! Bring a water bottle and gloves if you have them. Contact: Norva Osborn.
Saint Mark’s houses honey bees on the rooftop of the Cathedral House. Leaders Brian Sellers Petersen and Cait Platz have obtained apprentice certification from the Washington State Master Beekeepers Association, and are ready to educate any interested community members who wish to participate! Rob Reid or Brian Sellers Petersen
Partner and Affiliate Organizations
ERD is our denomination’s organization that responds to human suffering around the world. We provide emergency assistance after disasters, rebuild communities, and help children and families climb out of poverty. More information can be found at episcopalrelief.org. Faith Action Network (FAN)
FAN is a statewide interfaith advocacy nonprofit organization through which thousands of people and more than 103 faith communities across Washington State partner for the common good. FAN believes that justice work is part of our religious calling. FAN communicates with elected officials about critical social issues and advocates for a more just and sustainable world. At Saint Mark’s the FAN Ministry advocates for justice on issues sponsored by Faith Action Network as well as other social, economic and environmental justice issues. More information at fanwa.org. Contact: Tom Sunderland
Seattle Service Corps internship program is a chance for young adults to explore their faith through service and discern their call in a supportive community. A year spent in the program is a commitment to living in intentional Christian community with six other young adults, serving 32 hours per week at a local church or nonprofit, and participating in the worship and communal life of Saint Mark’s. This experience encourages personal growth, inspires spiritual transformation, and provides the means to discern vocational call, all while learning a new way to live out the revolutionary faith we are called to in Jesus Christ. Read more here, or contact: Adam Conley.
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