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Kool Kat of the Week: A Man of Style and Song: New Orleans Jon Serves Up a Swingin’ Soundtrack at Meehan’s Roaring ’20s Gourmet Dinner
Posted on: Jul 30th, 2013 By: Anya99
Johnny Pines, aka New Orleans Jon. Photo credit: No Rest Photography.
Johnny Pine, aka New Orleans Jon, has a well-earned reputation as the swankiest burlesque MC in Atlanta from his perfect pompadour to his after-eight moustache and signature soul patch, his Rat Pack-ready suits, shiny ties and dress shoes, not to mention a penchant for attracting a bevy of vintage vixens wherever he wanders. He’s also an ace crooner of swing, lounge and jazz, and it’s that persona that he’ll be showing off this Thursday Aug. 1 at the latest in Meehan’s Public House Sandy Springs‘ themed supper clubs, a Roaring ’20s Gourmet Dinner. (See our ATLRetro feature on Chef Val Domingo’s Elvis Beer Dinner here.)
New Orleans Jon began his burlesque career as the original MC for the now-retired Big City Burlesque & Vaudeville and also hosted one of the first cabaret shows at DragonCon. Recently, he has had two sold-out solo performances in Alpharetta and also hosted and performed at AnachroCon in February and MC’d the Free Range Burlesque Show at The Southern Fried Burlesque Fest in March. He also serves as MC and part of the Directorship of the vintage performance collaboration known as Musee du Coeur, but you’re likely to find him crooning and cocktailing at just about any burlesque, swing, vintage, cosplay or rockabilly event in Atlanta.
In other words, New Orleans Jon is just about the bee’s knees when it comes to Kool Kats in this city, so ATLRetro was delighted to have the opportunity to find out more about his lounge legacy, as well as his plans for the Roaring ’20s Gourmet Dinner and beyond.
ATLRetro: How did you get the name New Orleans Jon?
Johnny Pines: I got the name New Orleans Jon in 1999 when I moved to Atlanta after I graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans. New friends would say, “Jon’s coming out with us tonight!” “Jon who?” “Ya know, New Orleans Jon.” The name stuck and has been my stage name ever since. I thought about changing it, but that’s how Atlanta knows me.
Can you share any secrets about maintaining the perfect pompadour?
My hair is one of my best trademarks. They aren’t any secrets about maintaining it; I roll out of bed looking like this. Don’t everybody?
The flirty side of New Orleans Jon with Colette Alesi, aka Dahlia Danger. Photo credit: Dim Horizon Studio.
You are certainly a man of Retro style. Where do you shop, and what’s your favorite find or accessory?
My favorite retro find is my signature yellow smoking jacket. When I really wanna knock ’em dead that’s what I wear. I don’t really ever share with people where I find my duds, but lately my best connection has been Nathaniel Self. He knows my style and size, and when he finds something he knows I’d like he gets it for me. You can always find him alongside Jezebel Blue. She makes all of my custom accessories.
How did you get into MCing burlesque and what’s your favorite show as an MC so far and why?
I’ve been a retro/swing kid since 1997. I got into emceeing and burlesque when I was put in touch with the original production of Big City Burlesque through Evil Sarah. The director and I met, and he showed me a drawing of the character he wanted me to play, and I then showed him a picture of me at a club. And although he and I had never met, the drawing and I matched to a T. I got the gig, and 12 years later I’m still doing my thing.
Johnny Pines, aka New Orleans Jon. Photo credit: No Rest Photography
My favorite show so far is the Free Range Burlesque Show at this year’s Southern Fried Burlesque Fest. I got to share the stage with some true legends and amazing performers from all over the country and worldwide. I was humbled and honored to have been asked to do the show, and it was the best performance I ever gave as an MC. That whole weekend was career-changing for me.
What’s the secret origin story behind Musee du Coeur, and what’s its unique niche in the world of Atlanta burlesque?
Musee du Coeur is a collaborative project in which each performer eats, sleeps and breathes our craft and history. We aren’t just a burlesque troupe. We are more of a vintage performance group. We’ve carved out our own niche because we have our hands in all types of art. We are musicians, artists, seamstresses, flyers, magicians, dances, singers, carnies, historians and the list goes on and on. We all bring something different to the group.
You seem to have a real joie de vivre and sense of adventure. What’s the craziest adventure you’ve had in the world of burlesque?
The craziest adventure I’ve had in the world of burlesque took place at this year’s Southern Fried Burlesque Fest. After Saturday night’s show, the reigning King and Queen of American Burlesque From The Burlesque Hall of Fame, THE Canadian Burlesque Legend, we’ll call her Judy, a certain journalist we know, and I went to a gentlemen’s club together. We had a blast! The dancers could get enough of Judy. It was a dream come true for me!
The Roaring ‘20s gourmet dinner at Meehan’s Thursday night sure looks delicious. Meehan’s has done a bunch of rock-themed dinners, too. Were you at all involved with the menu planning, and what can diners expect when it comes to the total experience – food, ambiance and entertainment?
The planning of the menu was a collaboration between Chef Brian O’Rourke [of Meehan’s Public House Vinings] and Chef Val Domingo [of Meehan’s Public House Sandy Springs]. The food at Meehan’s surpasses any expectations you may have of eating at a pub of any kind. The atmosphere is quite quaint and comfortable with an amazing staff. Since this theme is so different from what they’ve done in the past, they asked me to do my stuff. I’m what’s called a crooner. I sing Jazz Standards dating from the 1920s to the 1950s. I cover them all. Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and so many more. I truly LOVE what I do. I hope the guests enjoy it as much as I do.
The invitation says reservations are required. Is there any standing room, too, to hear you perform?
Reservations are truly recommended and spaces are almost filled. I strongly suggest that people call ahead for availability.
Is it true you’ve also launched a burlesque ladies night out on Tuesdays? What’s that about?
The ladies night out isn’t really a burlesque event. Anyone can come out. It’s at Atlantic Seafood Co. in Alpharetta. They do a ladies night starting at 4 p.m. featuring me and my buddy Monroe behind the bar, and live music, by George Martini, starts at 7:30.
You’re always so busy hosting and crooning. What’s next for New Orleans Jon?
After The show at Mehann’s, I begin preparing for DragonCon here in Atlanta. I’m MCing the Pool Side Pin-Up Party at the Sheraton Atlanta, Friday August 30, and I’m performing in The Glamour Geek Review the following Saturday night!
Meehan’s Roaring ’20s Gourmet Dinner is a mouth-watering $50 five-course price fixe dinner featuring pairings with New Holland Brewing and vintage-inspired cocktails.Call (404)-843-8058 to reserve your spot. For more information, including the night’s full menu, visit Meehan’s Public House Sandy Springs Website or the Facebook event page.
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Kiss – “The Casablanca Singles 1974 – 1992”
By Shan Siva December 29, 2012 December 29, 2012 Reviews
Kiss – “The Casablanca Singles 1974 – 1992” (Mercury / Casablanca / UMC)
I guess there are few bands in rock history that come as extravagant as Kiss. From their live show to their image to lifestyle they were virtually a household name who indelibly touched the lives of millions of teenagers who grew up in the 70s – and still continue to be a top act to this day! Back in the days of 45 rpm vinyl they released a total of 29 singles for their label, Casablanca that were in a breathtaking range of edits and mixes, some for the public while others were solely for radio airplay or promo. Many of these versions did not make it onto their albums and so became much sought after as collectors items. Well, Kiss have now tracked down and assembled all of these singles and still true to their merchandising reputation have packaged it all in a beautiful die-cut shadow box with a limited edition, etched silver metal plate and ribbon-pull magnetic closure, custom KISS 45s box with 26 collectible picture sleeves from original single releases around the world, including Japan, Germany, Holland, Spain and Britain. Also included is a booklet which tracks the genesis and chart history of each single represented in the package and four individual KISS masks! From the German version of ‘Calling Dr Love’ to the Japanese ‘Shout It Out Loud’ to the Swedish ‘Love Gun’ this is true nostalgia from the tacky memorabilia to the original mixes. Naturally released in a limited edition, this will undoubtedly be lapped up despite the price by anyone ranging from Kiss fans to collectors thus perpetuating the legend known as Kiss.
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Hamidzai, Muhammad Naeem Lalai Lali
Name Hamidzai, Muhammad Naeem Lalai Lali
Function/Grade Ex Wolesi Jirga Member
Muhammad Naiem Lalay Hamidzai
Security Manager for Gul Agha Shirzai (2003-2008)
Afghan Border Police Commander Spin Boldak, Rapid Reaction Force (2008-2009)
Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) Kandahar (2009-2010)
Wolesi Jirga Member 2010 MP MNA Kandahar
Muhammad Naeem Lalai Hamidzai Hameedzai Mohammad Naim Mohammad Naeem Lalai Hameedzai, son of Anar Gul, was born 1977 in Toba Asakzai, Kandahar Province and was former commander from Kandahar Province. Hamidzai graduated from Ghazi Abdullah Khan High School in Kandahar in 1994.
Lalai 2010 was elected Member of Parliament representing Kandahar in the Wolesi Jirga. A native of Kandahar Lali is an Pashtun from the Hamidzai branch of the Achakzai tribe.
Before Lalai was a sub-commander in the Afghan Border Police (ABP) headquartered in Spin Boldak and commanded by Abdul Raziq. Raziq’s ABP force developed a reputation for efficiency and demonstrated a capability for keeping Spin Boldak secure and relatively free from Taliban infiltration. Lalai’s relationship with Raziq soured in the late-2000s, and in 2008 Lalai left the ABP. According to Lalai, his departure of the force came about because of his “disgust” with the corruption in Raziq’s force. Other members of the ABP claimed that the falling-out between the two men was caused by a rivalry over money and power.
After leaving the ABP Lalai went to Kabul, where he joined the recently established Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) and requested to be stationed in Kandahar. Once back in the province he began an investigation into Raziq’s corruption. In September 2008 Lalai was nearly killed in a assassination attempt which he publically blamed on Raziq.
According to Lalai, Raziq used his influence with important player in Kabul and Assadullah Waffa, the former governor of Helmand to have Lalai removed from his post in Kandahar and returned to Kabul. While in the capital city Lalai continued his campaign against Raziq, bringing his evidence against the Spin Boldak commander to the attention of his superiors in the CNPA and their Western advisors.
Lalai ran as a candidate in the 2010 Wolesi Jirga elections. During his campaign he was supported by Gul Agha Sherzai a regional strongman and former governor of Kandahar. Lalai’s campaign posters pictured the two men embracing. Lalai narrowly survived a second attempt on his life during the campaign when a motorcycle bomb exploded near his house. Lalai came in second in the election, collecting 5,435 votes.
Commission (2012): Internal Affairs Hamidzai heads the Internal Relations Committee of the Coalition for the Support of the Rule of Law.
Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal on 20130513 revealed the names of the lawmakers he had earlier accused of smuggling and making illegal demands on the government. Speaking in the Wolesi Jirga, Zakhilwal said MP from Kandahar Hameedzai Lalai had demanded licence plates for 1,970 right-hand drive vehicles. There is a ban of number plates for such vehicles under a cabinet decision. The minister read out the letter, in which Lalai had asked him to ignore the cabinet decision. The MP allegedly imported alcoholic beverages through Kabul airport, using his parliamentary passport. Zakhilwal also blamed Lalai for threatening airport officials, who objected to the import of alcohol. “Yesterday, Lalai called a customs officer and threatened him with death,” he said, without elaborating. However, Lalai said the minister had leveled the allegations against him because he had not only signed the summons but had also urged his colleagues to do so. (20130514
Kabul’s police chief, Maj. Gen. Hassan Shah Frogh, said that Hamidzai had been drunk and had chased through town after someone he was angry at, and ended up firing into a hotel where his quarry had taken refuge. Then, in a cover-up effort, he fired into the air at his own house a few miles away to make it look as though he were the one who had been attacked, General Frogh said. Hamidzai parried that charge of drunkenness by saying in a Facebook post that a senior policeman at the scene had been drunk, and that the policeman was an armed robber to boot. Soon videos were broadcast of CCTV footage showing Hamidzai staggering around and shooting at the gate of the hotel as his entourage fired automatic weapons into the air and over the walls. Hamidzai insisted that the videos were faked, but the police said they were genuine.(20170319)
A number of MPs in the Wolesi Jirga, Lower House of Parliament, claimed that the first deputy speaker of the house, Humayun Humayun, MP from Khost, and Lalai Hamidzai, an MP from Kandahar, forced their way into the National Archives recently and removed a number of documents.(20171025)
Hamidzai is married and has four children.
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Counterparties: The revolt of prosperity
By Ryan McCarthy
Welcome to the Counterparties email. The sign-up page is here,
What began as a four-person protest over the planned destruction of a small park has turned into a battle for the future of one of the world’s great economic success stories.
Thousands have been arrested in cities across Turkey in protests over the authoritarian bent of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. The spark, at least initially, was urban development: Erdogan’s government had a plan to turn “the last significant green space in the center of Istanbul” — a park with a long history of protest — into a luxury mall and apartments.
Just don’t call this the Arab Spring, Pawel Morski writes. First, unlike many of its neighbors, Turkey’s got a booming middle class, low falling income inequality, and has been the fastest growing OECD country since Erdogan’s government took power in 2003. GDP per capita has tripled under Erdogan. “Having become wealthy in the past decade, the people are now embracing a new attitude toward capitalism,” one expert told Bloomberg Businessweek. “They are telling the government, ‘We do not need shopping malls instead of parks.’”
As Reuters writes, the Taksim Square development “is one of a few huge government projects that include the world’s biggest airport, a $3 billion third bridge across the Bosphorus and a $10 billion shipping canal that would turn half of Istanbul into an island.” Beyond the government’s religious conservativism and its new restrictions on alcohol, Turkey’s populace is bristling at Erdogan’s economic policy. “Istanbul is seen as a place where you earn a living, where you get rich. It is a gold rush,” a professor and lifelong Istanbul resident told the NYT. The urban poor meanwhile, are being paid to leave so that contractors can build gated communities.
Erdogan’s economic successes, the always excellent Dani Rodrik writes, aren’t quite what they seem:
On the economic front, the best that can be said is that his government avoided big mistakes. Growth is based on unsustainable levels of external borrowing, and has not been particularly distinguished by emerging-market standards. Public works have been marked by widespread cronyism.
The protests, Emre Deliveli writes, come at the worst possible time economically. Emerging markets have been crushed lately — and Turkey’s markets tend to do worse when its peers struggle. Turkey, which also is heavily reliant on short-term debt, saw its stock market fall 10.5% on Monday, the biggest drop one-day drop in a decade.
For more, check out Gawker’s solid explainer and Reuters’s Turkey stream . — Ryan McCarthy
Defenestrations
Zynga will lay off 520 employees and shut down its NYC and LA offices – Kara Swisher
China is the biggest beneficiary of the new Iraqi oil boom – NYT
Apple’s going to save $724 million on its particularly well-timed bond sale – Mary Childs
Hot new trend: Dorm-room living for adults – Reuters
The state of the global unemployment: It’s getting worse, and risking social unrest – ILO
Rich countries are creating jobs, albeit low-quality jobs – Tim Fernholz
Investors are pulling an estimated $3.5 billion out of SAC Capital – WSJ
Blackstone intends to “fully redeem” most of the $550 million it has invested with SAC – Reuters
After years of short-selling in China, Carson Block turns to rooting out all the posers in Silicon Valley – WSJ
Carson Block’s problematic Standard Chartered short – Euromoney
The SEC is, um, “bringin’ sexy back” to accounting fraud – DealBook
The lawyer-heavy commission’s new algorithm “applies high-tech quantitative methods to, basically, close reading of dense texts” – Matt Levine
Tax Arcana
The tax break state: “This is one of the most important battles over who will benefit from our economic progress, and how” – Mike Konczal
Wonks
Has the Fed been propping up inequality? – Annie Lowrey
Every business cliche ever, in one toast – Chris Sacca
Ben Bernanke’s (actually rather funny) Princeton graduation speech – Ben Bernanke
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. And, of course, there are many more links at Counterparties.
Chart of the day, billionaire edition
How and whether to fight insider trading
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Earth Day Delta Trip – Exploring the Northern Edges
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What better way to spend Earth Day than exploring the beautiful Mobile-Tensaw River Delta with enthusiastic lovers of the outdoors? On April 22nd, thirteen members of the Delta Roundtable traveled by bus into the northern region of the Delta, visiting multiple sites throughout Monroe County. The trip was hosted by Coastal Alabama Partnership and the Delta Working Group and offered a full day of history, culture, and nature. Bill Finch guided the group throughout the day, with the help of anecdotal stories and historical accounts from Linda Vice and Claudia Campbell.
The trip began bright and early at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center where the group loaded the bus and headed north. Along the way, Mr. Finch highlighted the historical and environmental treasures of the area. Mr. Finch stated that the most diversity of the Delta is found along its edges and “if you do not protect these edges, we have lost the Delta.” He noted that our Delta is unique in many ways, including the fact that it is trapped between two bluffs and contains roughly 350 species of fresh water fish (more than any other state in the nation). Mr. Finch also talked about the shell mounds found throughout the Delta which indicate how extensively people lived in the area.
The first two stops on the trip were are Purdue Hill and Haines Island. Purdue Hill is the current home of multiple structures originally built in Claiborne, a ghost town near the Alabama River in Monroe County. These structures include a masonic hall which is the oldest building in Monroe County. The group ventured on to Haines Island and explored the park and Nancy’s Mountain Trail. While walking the trail, Mr. Finch pointed out the Big Leaf Magnolia, which has the longest leaf of any tree in the country, and the habitat of the rare Red Hills Salamander. The group nearly stumbled into a cane break rattler and learned that nearly one sixth of Alabama was once covered in cane break. The roundtable continued northward and made its final stop in Monroeville, the birthplace of Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird. The group enjoyed local cuisine from Cherry Street BBQ and toured the historic courthouse, depicted heavily in Ms. Lee’s famous novel.
The trip concluded with a viewing of America’s Amazon on the bus ride home. The film highlights the diversity of the Delta’s ecosystem and the threats to its well-being. The Delta consists of 77,000 miles of rivers and creeks and is considered the fertile crescent of the Gulf because of its productive nature. It contains the largest number of turtle species in the world and nine different species of pitcher plants. These are just a few facts that help tell the story of how unique and vital the Delta is to our region.
Thank you to everyone who attended the trip and to our informative and entertaining tour guides. We look forward to continuing to facilitate the conversation surrounding the care and potential of our Delta.
Big Leaf Magnolia
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Haines Island Lookout Park from swingset
Talking on Nancy’s Mountainn Trail
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Haines Island Lookout Park Group Photo
Kristen O’Keefe and Chandra Wright at Haines Island Park
Group photo in front of Monroeville Courthouse
Russell Ladd telling stories
Wiley Blankenship with Mountain Laurel
Bill Finch – our tour guide
Group beginning trail
Big Leaf Magnolia with Chandra Wright
Linda Vice talks to group
Group about to walk the trail
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Communications Quizzes. (Sara McDonell)
Designed for an Adult Learning Program, but could be used as review from middle elementary up through high school.
Poetry. Annotated Bibliography of Resources. (A. Bakes, Class of 2014)
How do you make poetry meaningful, engaging and effective for you and the students? These activities and resources can be adapted for any grade level.
Fairy Tales. Annotated Bibliography of Resources. (J. Chater, Class of 2014)
Teaching fairytales allows students to identify various problematic issues such as….
• Gender stereotypes/bias.
• Lack of diversity in populations represented. (Cultural, socio-economic)
• Accuracy of the populations represented (cultural/social accuracies)
• The way physical image is represented in both male and female characters. (Male: tall, muscular versus female slender, very small waist, luscious hair, fair skin, etc.)
• Other “common-thread” elements of both male and female characters (male: bravery, deep voice, strong, fighting the bad guy, saving the girl, working, being the provider versus female: delicacy, damsel in distress, motherly, tidy, willingness to obey and never challenge.)
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Sketch to Stretch. Lesson plan. Submitted by Sara Arsenault, MSVU class of 2015.
This lesson is targeted for Grade Primary. It focuses on getting students creating visualizations of texts.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 1
What makes me special? By Sam MacDonald, Class of 2016.
A language arts lesson for grade primary/one where students write a class book about what makes them special!
Author Interview. By Courtney Williams, Class of 2016.
Students will critically analyze a book by creating hypothetical interview questions for the author.
Green Giant Visualization and Note Taking By Courtney Williams, Class of 2016.
Students will use visualization and note taking skills to create a picture described in a text.
Snowball Descriptive Writing. Submitted by Courtney Williams.
Students will make sentences more descriptive through collaboration.
Grade 9 English Lesson. submitted by Ken Pilkey.
Poetry Lesson. Submitted by Emma Ferguson, class of 2016.
English Language Arts 10
Hamlet: Through Thematic Lenses. Unit Plan. (J. Davison, J. Tibbetts, A. Bakes, and R. Wheadon, Class of 2014)
Hamlet remains one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays; it has become a rich source for cultural references and motifs.This unit introduces students to Shakespearean language and focuses on developing understanding of thematic connections throughout the play. By searching for specific clusters of themes within each act -- whether death, decay, exile, or madness -- this unit allows students to narrow their focus and find a lens that resonates with them. We’ve built this unit based on the principles of reader-response: how each student responds to the play is to be valued and, by focusing on broad themes, we hoped to build in space for students to come to their own conclusions and to make their own connections.
Please note: This unit is designed for a fairly advanced and mature English 10 class. It would also work with some adaptations for English 11 or 12.
Matched: A Study of Dystopia. Unit Plan. (J. Chater, Class of 2014)
The purpose of this unit is to have the students experience the dystopian genre and what it consists of as a category of literature. This includes dystopian fiction as a commentary on social issues, character analysis, and an inquiry and exploration of bigger ideas. The unit attempts to allow the students to think and reflect about what we, as individuals, have control over in our own lives. Throughout all the lessons, we discuss common characteristics of a dystopian, including propaganda as a means of controlling society, citizens conforming to uniform expectations, citizens having fear of the outside world, and restriction of freedom and independence. This unit also captures the essence of the dystopian protagonist by having students recognize her skepticism of the controlling society and showing her perspective on the negative aspects of the dystopian world. The unit is divided into eight weeks and begins with an introduction to dystopian fiction as a form of literature. By incorporating creative activities, a formal debate, several writing prompts, and cross-curricular assignments, students will explore every aspect of the genre collaboratively in a classroom community.
Intro to Dystopian Literature
Intro to "Matched" & Reading Logs
Deciding What's Important
Let's Make a Microcard
ELA 10 Advanced Lesson Plans
Assignments and Rubrics:
Memoir Activity Rubric
Propaganda Rubric
Journal Prompts - 1 & 2
Journal Questions
Final Assignment - Plan & Rubric
The Chrysalids: Life on the Fringes (Academic, Advanced). Novel Study. (R. Wheadon, Class of 2014)
This unit, centred around John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids, focuses on developing analytic and creative reading skills, as well as reader-response skills. Students will be encouraged to use The Chrysalids as an anchor for an exploration of prejudice, normalizing, social injustice, dystopia, intolerance, science, and technology. By drawing connections between texts and the real world, students will develop an understanding of how texts reflect on our world (this is particularly true for science fiction and speculative fiction) and will be encouraged to think more deeply about social justice.
Socratic Circles Handout (for The Chrysalids novel study)
Gender. Submitted by Tim Dobson, class of 2016.
Getting students to understand stereotypes and negative representations of women and how women are objectified in the media. Also getting them to think about stereotypes surrounding men and how men and violence are often grouped together in the media.
Novel Lesson. Submitted by Emma Ferguson, class of 2016.
This is a novel study done on the book “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien.
Media: Advertising Techniques and Persuasion (PSAs). Project/Lesson. (R. Wheadon, Class of 2014)
Advertisements are, obviously, very prevalent in our world — whether on billboards, on television, the radio, the internet, sneakers, t-shirts... This isn’t necessarily a bad thing in and of itself, so far as individuals are aware of the techniques advertisers employs in order to make sales, and how these techniques manipulate the audience. Understanding the mechanisms that advertisers use will make consumers more thoughtful; it ought to be an empowering shift in thinking.
Please note: Designed especially for an Options & Opportunities class -- that is, meeting provincial curriculum outcomes for an academic level of study but designed to be extra hands-on and engaging.
King Lear. Lesson Plans. (L. MacDonald, Class of 2014)
Tragedy Vocabulary Activity
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“Governments around the globe have already allocated more than $13 trillion to stabilize their economies and jump start growth. Although these speedily implemented measures have succeeded in many ways, new worries continue to emerge. But we believe that if governments and the private sector work together, we can return to prosperous and sustainable times worldwide.”
Bert Miller, President and CEO, MRINetwork
As the coronavirus lockdown eases, the global economy is starting to come back to life. U.S. job numbers were better-than-expected, and a surge in private sector activity in China reinforced the view in equity markets that the worst is past, according to a recent report from Deloitte. Yet, the economic numbers around the world paint a much more cautious picture, the report notes. “In the UK activity is stirring not bouncing,” says Ian Stewart, Deloitte's Chief Economist in the UK.
The UK started to emerge from lockdown on 13 May, with people who are unable to work at home “actively encouraged” to return to work. Since 1 June schools have started to reopen as have car showrooms and open-air markets, and all non-essential shops will be allowed to get back to business.
“Real-time transaction data from credit card providers and banks shows that UK consumer spending has risen since April,” says Stewart. “Despite the pickup research group Fable Data notes that household spending in the final week of May was 18.5% lower than in the equivalent week of 2019. With the reopening of the housing market on 13 May property group Zoopla reported a sharp rise in the number of active enquiries. There are also tentative signs of an increase in shipping coming through UK ports.”
The region is easing lockdown restrictions with phased re-openings being implemented in many areas, according to the World Economic Forum. South Korea, one of the earliest-hit countries, opened schools last month with senior pupils being the first to return to prepare for university entrance exams, and younger pupils following shortly after. Museums, libraries and nightclubs are also progressively reopening. Hong Kong announced a partial easing of lockdown conditions for cinemas, bars, gyms, and mahjong parlours, among other things, and secondary school classes are set to resume. Vietnam, with one of the most stringent quarantining policies, was the first South-East Asian country to lift its lockdown, but many businesses remain closed and the inevitable economic damage brought about by a continuing curfew means a fragile, tourism-dependent economy will be put to the test. At the southern end of the Asia-Pacific region, the Australian government met with state leaders to discuss creating health protocols for a “COVID-safe environment” that might allow widespread reopening of businesses by early July. New Zealand has already begun to loosen its lockdown restrictions, moving from level four to three, allowing schools and certain businesses to reopen.
The COVID-19 pandemic has focused more attention on an energy transition that would help the world reduce CO2 emissions. According to a recent report from the Inter Press Service News Agency, clean hydrogen markets have the potential to be “a key part of the economic recovery from the pandemic, accelerate the decarbonization of Latin America’s electricity and transportation sectors, attract investment and create jobs. Indeed, the possibilities for oil and gas companies to produce and deliver hydrogen should facilitate and accelerate its adoption in Latin America particularly when combined with the region’s considerable renewable energy upside.”
Over the last ten years, most countries in Latin America enacted clean energy targets and laws that include fiscal incentives and goals to achieve a determined percentage of their electricity mix from clean energy sources by specific timeframes. Clean energy policies with clear objectives and successful implementation have engendered competition and electricity prices among the lowest in the world, says the report, all the while injecting billions of dollars of direct investment into their economies. “Latin America’s power sector is well-positioned to be the main driver for a clean hydrogen boom as the pace of solar and wind energy projects continues to accelerate. Navigating the path forward from the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with the persistent threat of climate change makes clean hydrogen a possible solution for the region’s energy and economic recovery.”
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Cover Characteristic is a weekly meme hosted by Sugar and Snark. Some of the information contained in this post was sourced from Wikipedia, and select phrases were used directly.
London, 1850 (Vampire Plagues, #1) by Sebastian Rook
Set in--you guessed it!--London during the year 1850, the first book of the Vampire Plagues series introduces three preteens and the Meso-American vampire deity preparing to wreak havoc on Europe.
At first glance, the cover might not appear particularly evocative of Europe. But if you look closely, you can see Big Ben in the background! Ironically, this is actually an inaccuracy; the Elizabeth Tower, formerly known as the Clock Tower and more conventionally referred to as "Big Ben", wasn't completed until 1859. Its inclusion on this cover was no doubt because of its status as an incredibly visible British cultural icon.
Vacation Under the Volcano (Magic Tree House, #13) by Mary Pope Osborne
In Vacation Under the Volcano, Jack and Annie, the two kids who travel through time in a magical tree house steered (so to speak) by Morgan le Fay, end up in Pompeii shortly before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Nowadays, Pompeii is a macabre tourist attraction in Italy.
Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House, #16) by Mary Pope Osborne
In Hour of the Olympics, the aforementioned Jack and Annie find themselves in Ancient Rome just in time for the first Olympic games. Held in Olympia in the year 776 BCE, these early Olympics were deeply connected to the local religion, were predated by similar religious events such as the Heraea Games for women, and were part of a larger group of events called the Panhellenic Games. The games as the Ancient Greeks knew them ended in 394, when pagan festivals were banned by Theodosius I.
Night of the New Magicians (Magic Tree House, #35) by Mary Pope Osborne
One of the longer chapter books in the Magic Tree House series (which are known as the "Merlin Missions"), Night of the New Magicians is an adventure set in Paris, France. To make its setting crystal clear to any and all prospective readers, the cover is dominated by a depiction of the illuminated Eiffel Tower.
Finished in 1989, the Eiffel tower was for 41 years the tallest man-made structure in the world. (Previously, that title had belonged to the Washington Monument in D.C.) Nowadays, the Eiffel Tower remains the second-tallest structure in France and boasts the highest publicly accessible observation deck in the European Union.
What's shocking to most people is that the Eiffel Tower was actually intended to be a temporary structure. Its demolition was set for 1909, after the City of Paris gained ownership of it, but the tower's practical use in turn-of-the-century communications technology prolonged its life. Almost as startling is the fact that the tower has actually been fraudulently "sold" twice--by the same con artist! And in 1912, a man died after purposefully throwing himself from the tower during a demonstration of his (failed) parachute.
It remains one of the world's most popular and well-known tourist attractions to this day.
The Castle Crime (A to Z Mysteries Super Edition, #6) by Ron Roy
In The Castle Crime, a recent installment of the long-running A to Z Mysteries series (a childhood favorite of mine!), young sleuths Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose head to England. On the cover of the book, one can see an illustration of Windsor Castle, a royal residence currently owned by Queen Elizabeth II. Windsor Castle is located in Windsor, an unparished area in Berkshire. It's lesser known (at least to Americans) than its London counterpart, Buckingham, but both currently used for official entertaining. In fact, Windsor Castle is the largest inhabited castle in the world and the longest-occupied palace in Europe.
Like Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle is open to the public during specific times, though admission fees must be paid.
Which of these European cities would you be most interested in visiting?
Olympia, Greece
Windsor, England
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Interview with thirteen year old did not go down well
WILLEMSTAD - Member of Parliament for the coalition party PAR Anamaria Pauletta still has many questions that were not answered in response to the child abuse that took place at the boarding school Kinderoorden Brakkeput. In a motion, parliament assumed that there should be an extensive investigation into the ins and outs of boarding schools in Curaçao.
A television station in Curaçao spoke about a new incident at the Casa Manaita home with the 13-year-old victim. The child escaped and went missing for a few days. In the interview in question, the girl said she was the victim of sexual abuse at the boarding school.
Whether that is really the case can only be investigated further and it would have been good if the television channel in question had also given the boarding school a chance to give their side of the story. Broadcasting an interview with the thirteen-year-old did not go down well, it could even traumatize a young person.
The question now is whether children are safe in boarding schools.
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The Nobel prize is NOT an endorsement of an economic theory or a statement on what is science and what is alchemy or ANYTHING remotely related to assigning a status of scientific authority to somebody. �Alchemy may be compared to the man who told his sons that he had left them gold in his vineyard: where they, by digging, found no gold, but by turning up the mold about the roots of the vines, produced a plentiful vintage.”[1] Roger Alchemy has been defined as “…a body of theory and practice that sought to harness for human use certain hidden or “occult” powers in natural objects.”[2] This . The 1976 first edition most certainly is increasingly rare and expensive. A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of the panacea, and the. Via the magic of “legislative alchemy,” state legislatures transform implausible and unproven diagnostic methods and treatments into perfectly legal health care practices. Today, we’re very fortunate to have as a guest contributor Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and formerly a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Crystallization, distillation, sublimation—all techniques for working with substances that are still in use today—were developed by practitioners of the alchemical arts, who plied their trade from 300 B.C., when they emerged in Greek-speaking Egypt, until they were discredited and given the existential stage hook by scientific academies in To test his theories that alchemists’ practice involved genuine chemistry, Principe has recreated many of their lab experiments. In Pursuit of Gold: Alchemy in Theory and Practice. The defining objectives of alchemy are varied; these include the creation of the fabled philosopher’s stone possessing powers including the capability of turning base metals into the noble metals gold or silver, as well as an elixir of life conferring youth and longevity. Alchemical theories were not stupid. Fortunately, this year saw the publication of a revised, expanded and corrected edition of ‘In Pursuit of Gold’, 35 years on. Without gunpowder the world would not be the same as it is today. Each year brings a fresh round of eager petitioners to the state house doors hoping to transform their base ideas into licensing gold through legislative alchemy. The real problem with alchemy was that it was not sceptical enough. If we borrow $1 from A, but tell him his taxes will be $1 higher (with interest) tomorrow, he reduces spending exactly as if we had taxed him today! Western alchemy is recognized Alchemists developed a framework of theory, terminology, experimental process and basic laboratory techniques that are still recognizable today. The object of modern alchemy might be reduced to the search for a substance having power to transform and transmute all other substances one into another—in short, to discover that medium known to the alchemists of old as the philosophers’ stone and now lost to us. In this Besides wanting licensure in as many states as possible, naturopaths are pursuing in these licensing laws the right to be []. What he practices is not the study of businessmen running the world.
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At a meeting of the Political and Security Committee of the Council of the European Union yesterday, Nataliya Apostolova, an experienced diplomat from Bulgaria, was appointed Head of EUPOL COPPS. Ms Apostolova is the first Bulgarian national to be appointed to lead an EU Common Security and Defence Policy Mission. She will also be the first woman to head EUPOL COPPS.
Over the course of a diplomatic career spanning over 25 years, Ms Apostolova has served in senior positions in the Middle East and the Balkans, where she has developed significant expertise in areas affected by conflict. She served as the Ambassador/Head of the EU Delegation to Libya from July 2013 – August 2016 and as the EU Special Representative/Head of the EU Office in Kosovo from September 2016 – August 2020.
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GSIS grants P4B in loan aid to gov’t workers, pensioners
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THE Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has released a total of P4.1 billion in loans to some 60,000 government workers and pensioners nationwide as of April 30.
This was reported Monday by Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, president and general manager of the state pension fund.
While most parts of the country are still in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), GSIS was able to disburse P3.48 billion in various loans (conso-loan, policy loan and pension loan) to a total of 25,198 GSIS members and pensioners nationwide between the period March 27 and April 30.
In addition to these regular loan programs, the state pension fund opened the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) emergency loan program to its 2.1 million members and pensioners last April 13.
“I am very proud to say that in just 17 days, from April 13 to April 30, GSIS has granted PHP664 million in emergency loan to some 33,000 borrowers nationwide,” Macasaet said.
Earlier this month, this loan program was enhanced to make it more responsive to the needs of GSIS members and pensioners.
Under the enhanced program, Macasaet said members who have in-default loan accounts with arrears of more than six months are now allowed to renew their emergency loan.
“We have also reduced the paid premium requirement from six months to only three months,” he said. “However, since this is the first time for GSIS to offer the emergency loan on a national scale, there may be some delays due to systems maintenance activities. I am grateful for the patience and understanding of our stakeholders during this time.”
Considering that systems enhancements are still in progress, members and pensioners whose emergency loans were renewed and granted from April 13 to 30 may renew their loans starting 11 May 2020. (PR)
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Melissa Cavenagh trading as Foods 2 Flourish ABN 39807177410, (‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’ or ‘Foods 2 Flourish’) recognises the importance of protecting the privacy of your personal information and will act to protect your personal information, as set out in this document.
This Privacy Policy sets out our commitment to protecting the privacy of your personal information that we collect through this website www.foods2flourish.com.au (Site) or directly from you.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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If you do not wish to provide personal information to us, then you do not have to do so, however it may affect your use of this Site or any products and services offered on it.
Type of personal information collected
Personal Information: The type of personal information we collect may include (but is not limited to) name, company name, address, date of birth, email address, website and phone number. Wherever possible, you can elect to remain anonymous when contacting us, for example if you are making an enquiry.
If we receive your personal information from third parties, we will protect it as set out in this Privacy Policy.
Personal information for Affiliate Program purposes
In addition to the personal information collected above, personal details relating to unique username, password and the collection of bank account details (BSB, Account Number, Account Name, Institution) to ensure registration to the affiliate program and also payment of affiliate earnings. No account details will be stored for the purpose of deduction from your nominated account. These account details are obtained for deposit purposes only. Please see affiliate terms and conditions regarding payment schedule, fees and dates.
We collect and use the personal information for purposes including to contact and communicate with you, payment of affiliate earnings, delivery of purchases, for internal record keeping and for marketing.
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Our site uses Google Analytics to help us learn about who visits our site and what pages are being looked at. Our site will be provided with your computer ‘IP’ address, to enable us the details necessary to provide you with our service. These analytical services are used to improve our services and site. It also provides us with feedback on any errors or technical difficulties that may arise.
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An administrative fee may be payable for the provision of information, should we incur a fee to provide you with the required information. This fee will be disclosed to you, prior to you deciding to continue with the access request. We may refuse to provide you with information that we hold about you, in certain circumstances as set out in the Privacy Act. Any refusal of information will be advised to you, unless this would be considered unreasonable in the circumstances.
Correction: We believe in keeping our records accurate and the accuracy of your personal information is important to us. If you believe that any information we hold on you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, please contact us by email at hello@foods2flourish.com.au. We rely in part upon customers advising us when their personal information changes. We will respond to any request within a reasonable time. We will endeavour to promptly correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date.
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We are committed to ensuring that the information you provide is secure. Depending on the interaction with Foods 2 Flourish, personal information may be stored both electronically or in hard copy. Regardless of the method of storage, we take all necessary precautions to keep your personal information safe from inappropriate: use, loss, access, disclosure, interference, alteration or destruction.
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Samsung shipyard wins new LNG carrier order from unspecified Oceania client
Lim Chang-won Reporter(cwlim34@ajunews.com) | Posted : December 21, 2020, 10:28 | Updated : December 21, 2020, 10:28
[Courtesy of Samsung Heavy Industries]
SEOUL -- Samsung Heavy Industries, a major shipbuilder in South Korea, has received a new order worth 408.2 billion won ($371 million) from an unspecified shipper in Oceania to build two tank ships designed for transporting liquefied natural gas. The vessels will be installed with smart ship technology and a re-liquefaction system.
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) said in a regulatory filing on December 21 that the two LNG carriers would be delivered by February 2024. The new deal raised SHI's accumulated orders so far this year to $4.4 billion.
The shipbuilder said that a reliquefaction system will be installed in the Mark-III Flex membrane-type hold to minimize loss of cargo volume. The Mark III membrane system is a containment and insulation system, directly supported by the ship's hull structure. Its latest development is Mark III Flex.
SHI's re-liquefaction system for low-pressure, dual-fuel engines has won Detail Design Approval from the American Bureau of Shipping, a maritime classification society. Detailed design is the process of taking on and developing the approved concept design.
The re-liquefaction system offers increased efficiency and reliability by allowing boil-off gas from the cargo tank to be re-liquefied. It is optimized for low-pressure dual-fuel engines. The system can reduce CO2 emissions due to unnecessary combustion of evaporative emissions during docking or low-speed operation and conserve cargo volume.
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Runway Career Guidance Workshop @ Umlazi Branch
Slindile Msweli from Runway addressing the learners
Waking up in the morning and looking forward to going to the workplace, are one of the key characteristics of a person who has chosen the correct career path in which they can flourish. These are the kind of discussions that took place within our Umlazi Branch on Saturday.
Our grade 10, 11 & 12s had the opportunity to take part in a workshop which covered all the topics that one would have to consider when choosing a desired career path. The learners put pen to paper and thought about what their personal visions and goals are, an exercise they were quite receptive to.
Learners writing down their top 3 goals
Passionate about the development and encouragement of young people from previously disadvantaged backgrounds, the workshop facilitator, Slindile Msweli from Runway, shared information on the kinds of careers that are available to them as well as the various ways in which they can pursue them.
In addition to this, she stressed that learners have a huge part to play when it comes to career selection – this involves researching what they want to study as well as ‘matching’ it to their individual passions, future aspirations as well as their desire to have a job.
Thembeka Thusi, a grade 10 learner, said that she did not know how important her career choice is and how much influence she has on it even in her current Grade. Thembeka also mentioned that she was grateful to learn about using the internet and social media responsibly as it could affect her career opportunities in future.
Another grade 11 learner, Menzi Jaca, said that his dream is to be a doctor and he knew that his subjects had to be pure maths and physical science. Now understands that the reason why he has to work hard to pass in school is so that he can get the required points to gain entry into his course at university.
In closing the workshop, our Umlazi Ikamvanites got to understand that under-preparation for university and lack of insight when choosing the right career path, resulted in a lot of dropouts and also an increased national rate of unemployment.
Umlazi Branch Coordinator and Branch Assistant handing over a thank you gift to Slindile Msweli
We at IkamvaYouth are grateful to be one of the key instruments within our respective township communities, that ensure and promote the individual preparation of our learners for university through our various programmes that in turn make a great mark on the country as a whole. We look forward to working with RUNWAY in the near future.
Up, Up and Away! KZN Ikamvanites soar fuelled by 41 distinctions
Learners have good reason to celebrate having achieved an 83% matric pass rate.
Kwazulu-Natal saw an increase in its matric pass rate from 60.7% last year to 66.4% in 2016. This Province also managed to produce the second-largest number of bachelor passes, had the largest number of candidates sitting for the 2016 final exams and had the highest participation rate of African learners in Mathematics. Despite the increase in their pass rate, Kwazulu-Natal remains in the bottom 3 provinces with the lowest pass rates along with Limpopo and the Eastern Cape (all three making up 54.5% of the 2016 NSC candidates), reflecting the various socio-economic issues that plague the three most rural provinces in South Africa.
Ikamvanites in Kwazulu-Natal managed to achieve an amazing 83%, surpassing the Provincial rate by almost 17%.
IkamvaYouth has two branches in the Province; in Chesterville (at the Vuyani Nkosi Memorial Youth Centre) and in Umlazi (at the AA Library). Chesterville Ikamvanites saw an 88% pass rate this year with 76% achieving either Bachelor or Diploma passes, ensuring eligibility for tertiary study. Umlazi Ikamvanites also achieved far above the provincial pass rate, hitting 77%. 53% of these learners achieved Bachelor or Diploma passes. Together, the branches had a matric cohort of 64 learners. These Ikamvanites managed to achieve a total of 41 subject distinctions; a really impressive achievement.
Nomathemba Ndwandwe started at IkamvaYouth in 2014 as a grade 10 learner. She says, “I’m so excited and proud of myself. I achieved a Bachelor’s Degree with 2 distinctions. My parents are really proud of me. I am the first in my family to pass Matric”.
Thabisile Mfeka joined IkamvaYouth in 2013 as a grade 9 learner. She says “it has been surreal and I still can’t believe that I’ve made it this far. I appreciate all the support that I’ve received from IkamvaYouth. I doubt that I would’ve made it without IkamvaYouth. I thank all the tutors, staff and sponsors for making all of this possible. I was lucky enough to be part of something as wonderful as IkamvaYouth.”
Watch this interview with Matriculant Thabisile Mfeka to find out what she will be up to this year
Tanyaradzwa Chiyambiro is the Chesterville branch’s top achiever, having joined in 2013. “I am currently feeling relief and am very happy since I received my results; hopefully Wits University will approve my application to study Biomedical Engineering which is what I really really want to do. IkamvaYouth has been amazing; a combination of learning and fun. Being a part of this organisation has been awesome and I’ve learnt the importance of helping others and giving back.”
IkamvaYouth’s tutoring programme is available to learners from grades 9 -12, three times a week and for two weeks during the winter holidays. The tutoring programme is made possible thanks to the hearts and smarts of the amazing volunteer tutors; most of whom are university students and many of whom are ex-learners from the programme. The organisation operates in KZN thanks to very supportive partners, including Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa, Anglo-American Chairman’s Fund, Durban University of Technology, Zoe – Life, and CAFSA, in addition to the municipality, through the Department of Arts & Culture, which provides access to branch venues free of charge, and the schools and other tertiary institutions in the region.
“We are so proud of our learners, volunteers, and colleagues for this amazing achievement. Thanks to our generous sponsors and supporters; we are so appreciative for their ongoing support,” said Joy Olivier, co-founder and director of IkamvaYouth.
Thandazo Mkhize, Chesterville’s Branch Coordinator, says she is very proud and excited about the Class of 2016’s achievements. “These learners have been very consistent throughout the year and their results have proven that hard work really pays. I would like to really appreciate all those who were involved in making sure that the learners do their best, we would not have made it here without the help of the Almighty, and our very hardworking staff, volunteers, parents and our very reliable sponsors, thank you!”
“We are delighted to be in a fortunate position to contribute to the greatness of South African young people through our partnership with IkamvaYouth. To the class of 2016, well done. You are the reason why we will keep investing in young South Africans.” says Tshidi Ramogase, Public Affairs & Communications Director at CCBSA.
IkamvaYouth is a non-profit organisation, enabling disadvantaged youth to pull themselves and each other out of poverty through education. The organisation provides free after-school tutoring, career guidance, mentoring, computer literacy training and extra-curricular engagement to learners in grades 8-12. The organisation is currently operating in 16 townships in 5 provinces across South Africa. To find out more, go to www.ikamvayouth.org or call Hetile on 062 105 1707
Umlazi 2016
I’m so proud to be a part of the Umlazi branch. We have tutors who arevolunteering their time to help our dedicated learners who have decided that they want better futures and are willing to start now to work towards it. The committed staff always go above and beyond their payroll. I would like to send a vote of thanks to everyone.
We are a family at Umlazi branch, from our sponser CCBSA (through representative Sam Nkosi) to the parents who helped us and donated netball and soccer kits for our Winter school sports day. Winter school was a success learners attended in their numbers, so much so that we didn’t have any kick-outs.
“Sport’s day was fantastic and let’s not forget our matric camp which was fabulous. We were so excited about everything and are now waiting to write our final exams so that we can also give back and be tutors.” Asanda Gumede
We had a matric camp this year, with World changers Academy. There we were able to learn and interact a whole lot more with our matric learners and the tutors. Our matrics did a leadership course that covered vision, leadership, team building, goal setting, relationships and healing of the past.
“IY and world changers has helped us so much in developing the skills we need to become the progressive leaders we want to be” Zekhethelo Ngcobo
IYKZN MAKING A DIFFERENCE
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of life we lead”-Walter Sisulu
Often as human beings we care the most about being judged and praised by what we have accumulated for ourselves; IkamvaYouth KZN tends to differ as we believe we need to be judged by the footprints we leave behind as we go forward.
It is heart-warming to see learners getting excited, feeling valued and mostly recognising the efforts and support from the team in making sure that they remain, succeed and excel in school and in life as a whole. The excitement in their faces and confidence in talking about IkamvaYouth and its benefits gives the IYKZN team courage to keep on keeping-on and positively impacting the lives of learners and the general communities we exist within.
IkamvaYouth solely exists with one big aim and that is to ‘help learners to pass, progress and achieve their dreams in life’. IYKZN is undoubtedly carrying that mission as well, to make a difference to the lives of our learners, tutors and all those who forms part of this organisation.
There is nothing that makes the IYKZN family as happy as reaching the office in the morning to find such a lovely note from one of the learners… One thing that comes first is a smile and then the thought of how just a little amount of effort can go a long way.
As we are reaching the end of term 1 of 2016, IYKZN is still carrying forward the objective of making more of a difference, more positive impact and importantly igniting the spark within our learners…
Here’s to making a difference….!!!!
Life at IY.
IY has been really good to me, it helps us with school work and also gets us feeling better about ourselves, although sometimes it can be a pain in the neck but at the end of the day it’s really been helpful.
Winter school was totally epic and fun especially on our sports day. It was fantastic, there was this one fellow in the red team, who stood up on the ABI stage and was dancing; his name is Asanda Gumede Grade 11 learner, now soon to be in in Matric :D. He is pretty well known at IY, in fact a lot of people know him for his drama queen tendencies, laughing, making jokes those sort of things. I really enjoyed the sports day though.
Ikamva Youth helps us achieve our goals and what do I mean by that? Well let me tell you, IY helps learners especially matrics in entering university or any tertiary institution, even if you do not get accepted, no problem IY will help you no matter what. IY really helps everyone in the community to make their dreams come true through an educational foundation.
IY helps us with so many things, and I just want to give thanks to the staff, the tutors and sponsors, thank you for everything, it’s been real…
Credits to: Asanda Gumede
Annual Report 2014 | IkamvaYouth
As can be seen in our Annual Report 2014 was the year of growth for us: our matric class was 63% bigger than the previous year, we reached over 1,700 learners and we opened our tenth branch. But let’s not forget why we are here, for most of South Africa’s children, the only way out of poverty is through education. Ikamvanites (IkamvaYouth learners) continue to prove that anyone and everyone – irrespective of the school one attends and the socio-economic status of one’s parents can achieve his dreams and escape poverty.
Please read more in our 2014 annual report about the innovation of our model, why we need more Ikamvanites, hear from the Ikamvanites themselves and why our three largest donors of 2014 (Omidyar Network, Amalgamated Beverage Industries and Capitec Foundation) continue to support us.
It is thanks to these donors and many others that we have been able to achieve the results that we have over the last 12 years. South Africa’s future rests on the success of our children. IkamvaYouth is fundraising to reach even more of South Africa’s children in 2016 and needs your support. Please contact me if you would like to discuss supporting IkamvaYouth or find out more about us.
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Innovation and collaboration in action November 25, 2020
The After-School Sector does it again! September 2, 2020
IkamvaYouth Gauteng and North West Tutor Appreciation Week (29 June – 3 July 2020): “The love shower, lockdown edition” July 10, 2020
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Pioneers of Country Music Card Set
The set features four-color images printed on one side, with corresponding bios of the musicians on the other, packaged in full-color boxes, 3″ x 4″ x 1″, on heavy cardstock. Featuring 40 card images, sets are sealed, new and mint. This country card set was released in 2005 by publisher Dennis Kitchen. The cards are […]
The set features four-color images printed on one side, with corresponding bios of the musicians on the other, packaged in full-color boxes, 3″ x 4″ x 1″, on heavy cardstock.
Featuring 40 card images, sets are sealed, new and mint.
This country card set was released in 2005 by publisher Dennis Kitchen. The cards are unique and informative tributes to the cream of the genre’s seminal practitioners, each artist wonderfully rendered with nobility and grace in full color by legendary cartoonist R. Crumb, himself an early American Music devotee.
Bigger than its counterparts at 40 cards, the Pioneers of Country Music set leads with Country/Folk/Bluegrass heavy-hitters Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family.
But aside from their pedigrees and musical virtuousity, these great ensembles had some of the greatest band names ever. Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers, The Happy Hayseeds, Hoyt Ming and his Pep Steppers, the Buckle Busters, Log Rollers, Tar Heel Rattlers, Fox Chasers and Possum Hunters to name but a few. Richard Nevins’ cardback bios contain fascinating detail about each performer’s place in history, with as much detail about each performer’s recording history. There’s not much space, but he manages to note record labels and “firsts” for performers. There is lots of fun buried in this treasure chest of arcane country lore.
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NALSIG honors Mary Alice Tsosie
Mary Alice Tsosie, a member of the Navajo Nation Whitehorse Chapter, was honored recently with a plaque presented by the Native American Libraries Special Interest Group (NALSIG) of NMLA. The plaque reads “Outstanding Leadership Award Presented to Mary Alice Tsosie in Grateful Appreciation for your Superior Leadership Qualities and Dedication to the Native American Libraries Special Interest Group”. She served as Chair of NALSIG for 10 years and at the leadership level of NMLA as President of the Association.
Mary Alice most recently served as the Program Planner of the Native American Oral History Program at the Center for Southwest Research at the University of New Mexico. This project documents interviews with approximately 45 leaders either Native American or working with Native Americans. Before working on the Oral History Project at UNM, she was with the Indigenous Nations library program and also an advisor to the Kiva Club. She was involved in initiating the Navajo Studies Conference and served three terms on their board. She was one of the Coordinators of the Indigenous Book Festival which is in its fourth year.
Born in Crownpoint, she attended boarding schools there and Fort Wingate. After the age of 13, she was raised by a family in Wisconsin where she began her library career with the Great Lakes Tribal Council American Indian Library program and coordinated the establishment of their first library. She returned to New Mexico in 1995 with her three daughters. Mary Alice has now retired after 21 years of service with New Mexico Libraries and is moving to Minnesota where her daughters and grandchildren are presently living to be closer to her family. Mary Alice will be greatly missed and we appreciate her dedication over the years.
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How PM and his core team is keeping India safe
Social distancing followed strictly at the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi. (Photo: IANS)
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The government’s containment strategy regarding the dreaded COVID-19 virus appears to be working. When one compares India’s position vis-a-vis G7 nations, the curve seems to be flattening out.
The only immediate concern now is the community transmission which may have taken place due to the Tableegi Jamaat congregation in mid-March in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area. Impact assessment and threat percept of this is being done continuously for the enormity of what may have happened is being prognosticated and reined in with quick action sequestering of such carriers in different parts of India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has from the beginning been assiduously driving the entire monitoring action plan and implementation programme on the virus.
Almost since as early as January 25, he voiced concern over the impact of the virus and has been in touch with the ministry of health to track it with a great degree of reliability not just globally but domestically. Modi had rightly pointed out that the virus could leave a trail of death behind. And its debilitating impact has been seen in China, European countries, Iran and the US as well.
From early February, the PM took over the reins on testing, overseeing the flights to pick up stranded Indian students in Wuhan, similar operations to evacuate Indians in Iran, Italy or even offer aid to Maldives. The bottom line at all times being to minimise damage due to the virus in India.
Old school Indic style of a lockdown, closing air space, trains et al were part of this gargantuan exercise to ensure that there is no community transmission of the virus given the density of our population.
As the crisis grew in China and then spread dramatically to Italy and other European nations and emerged in the US too with devastating effect, the PM decided to use a mix of tactical actions working in conjunction with a longer term vision to bring relief to India. Not only did he take the lead with the video conferencing summit with SAARC nations, but he participated in the G20 deliberations using the VC facility.
Equally he declared a Janata Curfew’ on a Sunday, March 22, so that the populace wouldn’t panic and then after assessing what happened that day took a series of determined measures to lock down India.
At all times, he advised his core team about two issues – India’s demographic mix and more importantly our geographical proximity to China. While he created 11 empowered groups to deal with the crisis more recently, his core team which has interfaced with him constantly since the outbreak has enabled him to be on top of the situation from the outset.
Led by Principal Secretary P K Mishra, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Health Minister Harshvardhan, DG ICMR Balram Bhargava, Health Secretary Priti Sudan, Niti Aayog member – planning Dr Vinod Paul and Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan, principal scientific adviser to PM, this focus group reports directly to the PM, even as the empowered groups execute his vision. This core team aids PM in taking key decisions.
A panel of noted medical experts led by AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria and Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, head of ECD at ICMR is assisting the core group in disseminating and understanding the macro and micro problems related to the virus in India.
Based on minute to minute technical data. Equally mathematical modelling of the virus is being done. The empowered groups constituted under the Disaster Management Act 2005 are specific groups which look at specific issues for smoother government facilitation at all levels. There is no war room per se, but a set of key personnel assisting the PM in this vital task.
Take the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser, Prof K Vijay Raghavan which issues manuals on homemade masks: Masks for Curbing the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus. An office memorandum allowing institutes under DST, DBT, CSIR, DAE, DRDO and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to self assess and prepare their labs for research and testing through the standard and rigorous protocol.
Specifics have been gone into so that the granularity of the concentric circle leaves nothing to chance. Testing will be stratified according to priorities set by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and ICMR. Research will also be stratified into short and mid-term returns. Analyses show that if 50 per cent of the population were to wear masks, only 50% of the population would be infected by the virus. Once 80 per cent of the population wears a mask, the outbreak can be stopped immediately.
Or for instance why it is imperative to wear a mask?, it is believed that “COVID-19 virus spreads easily from person to person contact. Virus carrying droplets dry fast enough to form droplet nuclei and remain airborne eventually landing on different surfaces. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been detected in aerosols for up to three hours and on plastic and stainless steel surfaces for up to three days.”
Tasked with specific responsibilities, they have the power and autonomy to roll out decisions on livelihood, logistics, testing kits, quarantine and what have you with the PM personally monitoring and overseeing every aspect. The interesting thing is that these actions have got a very strong buy in from India’s polity and state chieftains as well.
The medical emergency management plan, availability of hospitals, isolation and quarantine facilities, ensuring availability of essential medical equipment among other things is under the supervision of these empowered groups.
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The Granada Visiting School is an architectural design workshop to develop alternative water regulatory solutions for the local agricultural communities of the Alpujarras. This speculative and collective learning course works with distinct sites of local ‘producers’ and land owners, on farming situations that present individual water dissipation and containment issues.
Hydroponic Community Dam by Sarah Le Gresley
In September 2016 the Architectural Association will assemble amongst the unique mountainous terrain of southern Spain to inspire students to experiment, design and speculate on a future vision for water conservation for this European nation. Within an intensively socialised environment and set behind an outstanding backdrop, we will embed ourselves deep in the high Alpujarras, studying varying farms between 500-2000m in altitude.
Students will be encouraged and inspired to imagine, create and realise their designs by working closely with immediate communities to address individual needs whilst being immersed into hands- on experimentation of naturally, locally grown materials and exploring the potential of leading building information modelling technology and design software capabilities.
The Granada Visiting School aims to build on these skills informing a resilience amongst the community, to prepare inhabitants for an uncertain future with less available resources, through implementation and adaptation of new strategies, ideas and intervention centred on changing climates.
The Granada Visiting School opens a platform for both local and international students to work, live, eat, swim, drink, question, explore and interact with water in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
This agenda raises awareness of the consequence that climate change brings to the local community and the repercussions which can be felt with limited water and food resources throughout Europe. We will be starting a dialogue amongst designers, architects, biologists, horticulturists and scientists, to discover alternative methods of water catchment and management architectures, for implementation by current and future generations.
The Sierra Nevada, Unesco Biosphere Reserve, Natural and National Parks encompass 80km of mountainous terrain that constitute areas of outstanding scenic and ecological values and a water system that is of utmost importance. This natural and historical region of Andalusia includes the two highest mountains in mainland Spain; the Mulhacen and the Veleta, feeding an area of 2,000km2. These precious landmarks, covered with snow, melt throughout the year to facilitate the journey of water into eagerly awaiting livelihoods downstream, however the drained water resources are estimated at 750hm3/year.
Carried by a dozen wild mountain rivers arising in borreguiles and glacial lakes this valuable and fragile source travels from the Peninsula’s highest peaks at 3,482m giving life to everything and everyone it encounters, whilst accommodating an annual thriving agricultural economy for the region.
The Arabs from the Moroccan Berber-Muslim dynasty, the true architects of water regulation in these mountains, understood the function of the water cycle and worked conscientiously to improve and adapt it for community needs. These structures are still in use today, creating a population dependant on these ancient infrastructures to divide the waters of the Alpujarras in a multitude of sources to satisfy new agricultural risks. Among the labyrinthine streets, neighbourhoods and farms, with inseparable troughs, sinks and acequias, water remains are collected in pools, ponds and albercas, using irrigation methods reliant on gravity, presenting losses by leakage and the presence of further springs downstream.
Today, agriculture in the Alpujarras is practically disappearing, the causes of this neglect lie in insufficient resources, a dramatically reduced labour force and profitability of traditional farming, reinforced by a lack of commitment by a younger generation who are attracted to urban vocations and are abandoning the rural landscape. This presents a great threat to the agricultural community, the economy and the maintenance/use of these imperative architectural water infrastructures, affecting the abundance of water which not only facilitates food production for the region but is distributed internationally to feed populations across Europe (including the supermarkets of the UK).
The traditional farming methods used in the mountains consist of repetitive ploughing and diminishing of rich top soils, leaving little room for competition with modern intensive horticulture on the flat planes of the coast, where fertilisers and mono-crop farming is common practice. Both methods are under attack by the dissipating population and the reduction of water resources. However the Alpujarras has seen a surge in permaculture farming methods introduced by its recent diverse population of international inhabitants from all over the globe, who are beginning to share their knowledge for alternative agricultural methods. These practices highlight the desperate need for innovative knowledge and intervention in water management to play a key role in climate mitigation and adaptation, both locally and nationally.
The requirement for manageable and durable alternatives is paramount for this population to mitigate its present state of flux; mirroring the dissipation of farming occupations and communities that is dramatically occurring across the globe.
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70% of our planet is covered in water, however the freshwater we use to drink, bathe in and irrigate our farm fields is incredibly rare. Only 3% of the world’s water is fresh water with two-thirds concealed in frozen glaciers and other immediately unavailable locations.
As a result, some 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to water, and a total of 2.7 billion find water scarce for at least one month of the year. Many of the water systems that keep ecosystems thriving and feed a growing human population have become stressed. Rivers, lakes and aquifers are drying up or becoming over polluted whilst more than half the world’s wetlands have disappeared. Agriculture consumes more water than any other source and wastes much of that through inefficiencies and traditional farming methods. Climate change is altering weather patterns and water distribution around the world, resulting in water shortages, droughts and floods.
At the current consumption rate, this situation will only get worse. By 2025 (less than 10 years), two-thirds of the world’s population may face water shortages whilst ecosystems around the world will suffer even further.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has produced reports assessing scientific literature on the impact of climate change, projecting that southern Europe’s crop productivity will radically reduce due to dramatic water shortages.
Agriculture uses 70% of the world’s accessible freshwater, but some 60% of this is wasted due to leaky irrigation systems, inefficient application methods coupled with the cultivation of thirsty crops that are too water intensive for their environment. This wasteful use of water is resulting in dried out rivers, lakes and underground aquifers. This is a global issue with countries such as; India, China, Australia, Spain and the United States being close to capacity. Intensifying this situation is the fact that agriculture also generates considerable freshwater pollution – both through fertilizers as well as pesticides – all of which affect both humans and neighbouring species.
The Granada Visiting School sees architecture as a tool to question these issues and assess existing water management systems in an open dialogue. The historical water management of the Sierra Nevada mountain range responds to a dynamic, living system and, above all, extremely fragile, it is necessary to retain it as current local, regional and international needs evolve and outgrow that of the existing infrastructure. This engagement will embrace innovation in policy, institution and culture, advising students to adopt these ethics and apply their principle designs into a manageable routine for the custodians of the land.
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Jim Bakker Claims Religious Freedom Shields Him From Fake Coronavirus Cure Lawsuit
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri-based TV pastor Jim Bakker is asking a judge to dismiss a state lawsuit accusing him of falsely claiming that a health supplement could cure the coronavirus, and the lawyer representing Bakker is former Gov. Jay Nixon.
Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued Bakker and Morningside Church Productions Inc. in early March. Schmitt sought an injunction ordering Bakker to stop selling Silver Solution as a treatment for the coronavirus on his streaming TV program, The Jim Bakker Show. The lawsuit said Bakker and a guest made the cure claim during a program on Feb. 12.
In a court filing on Monday, Nixon — a Democrat who served two terms as governor before leaving office in 2017, and two terms as attorney general before that — called the lawsuit an assault on Bakker’s religious freedom.
“Jim Bakker is being unfairly targeted by those who want to crush his ministry and force his Christian television program off the air,” Nixon said in a statement. “The video recording of The Jim Bakker Show clearly shows the allegations are false. Bakker did not claim or state that Silver Solution was a cure for COVID-19.”
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Missouri’s attorney general sued Jim Bakker in March, seeking an injunction ordering the televangelist to stop selling Silver Solution as a treatment for the coronavirus on his streaming TV program, The Jim Bakker Show.
Schmitt wasn’t alone in going after Bakker. Also in March, U.S. regulators warned Bakker’s company and six others to stop selling items using what the government called false claims that they could treat the coronavirus or keep people from catching it. Letters sent jointly by the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission warned the companies that their products for treating COVID-19 were fraudulent, “pose significant risks to patient health and violate federal law.”
Nixon said Bakker immediately complied with orders to stop offering Silver Solution on his show and ministry website.
There are no approved treatments for the new virus. Potential treatments and vaccines now in testing won’t be ready for many months or even years.
Nixon said Schmitt’s lawsuit violated Bakker’s constitutional right to free speech, as well as the Missouri Constitution and the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. He said silver products are commonly sold at stores and online.
“Targeting a Christian pastor, who has been using and offering the product for the past 10 years, is not supported by the facts or the law,” Nixon said.
Schmitt’s spokesman, Chris Nuelle, declined comment, citing the ongoing litigation, “except to say we stand by our lawsuit.”
The hour-long Jim Bakker Show is filmed in southwestern Missouri.
Nixon is now a partner in the St. Louis law firm Dowd Bennett, which along with the Kansas City-based firm Spencer Fane is representing Bakker in the case.
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Carolina and Jamie go to the pub and see something they didn't expect. Should they tell Emily? Jo and Adam examine the pronouns Carolina and Jamie use to talk about what they saw.
Last time, Tess and Ravi talked about a London tourist attraction: those big, red, double-decker Routemaster buses. Some of you have ridden on them in London and enjoyed the experience. Rodolfool from Brazil said that he once took a tourist bus like that in South Africa and Juhat said that there are double-decker buses in his city, Paris, for tourists to see the sights.
You also told us about other kinds of transport for tourists. Ghulam Yasir said that tourists in Pakistan can ride in Chingchi rickshaws and also cable cars in the mountains.
N4dia, from Italy, said in Rome tourists can take a horse carriage, called a 'carrozzella', a cable railway called a 'funicolare' in Naples, and, of course, a gondola in Venice
And what do you think about buses? Well, some people like them ... Safaa Mohammed Salih from Sudan likes buses because he can see all sorts of different people living their lives. And Ghulam Yasir likes them because they're comfortable and cheap for long journeys. Juhat likes buses but doesn't like the queues and having to wait a long time.
Enrico Sbrighi lives in the south of Italy. He used to like buses when he was a child but now he really likes driving a car. Donjeta Zejnull from Kosovo says ‘I really do hate taking the bus. It's always late and stressful.’ Donjeta definitely prefers travelling by car.
We asked you to tell us what your favourite form of transport is and the winner was – can you guess? – the car. Shadi Alkontar says it's the favourite form of transport in the United Arab Emirates. Kayk, from New Zealand says ‘it saves waiting time and is more flexible’. Donjeta says ‘I enjoy being on my own, listening to the music I like, without having to listen others' conversations.’ And Constautu from Romania says ‘I spent a lot of time in my car and during this time I’ve listened to Elementary Podcasts, Series 1, 2 and 3 several times.’ Well, that's a big advantage! But remember you can also download the podcast onto your phone and listen to it on the bus, on the train – anywhere. Also remember that you can download the Elementary Podcasts app from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store and there’s also a link to the app on the LearnEnglish website.
Back to transport, Asuma Girlish says the taxi is the most popular form of transport in Morocco. Englishlover2015 from Yemen likes motorbikes, and so does Luiz Carlos from Brazil – even though they’re dangerous. And to finish up, both N4dia (Nadia?) and Rodolfool like to use ... their feet. Yes, a cheap and healthy form of transport. But what about my favourite? The bicycle!
Thanks for all your comments and please keep sending them in.
Now it's time to hear more from Carolina and her friends in Newcastle. What's happening today?
Carolina – The pub
Jamie: Hi. Sorry I'm late.
Carolina: That's OK. I haven't been here very long. How was your band practice?
Jamie: Great thanks. I think we're getting pretty good. Cameron's got a really good voice – and he's started writing some songs now – and they're good.
Carolina: Something like ‘Oh Emily, with your lovely blue eyes, and your yellow hair’ – dang dang dang.
Jamie: No. But seriously, I'm really glad we've got him in the band. It wouldn't be the same without him. And … we've got some exciting news. Let me just get a drink. What do you want?
Carolina: I'll have an orange juice, please.
Jamie: Crisps? Peanuts?
Carolina: OK. A packet of peanuts.
Jamie: Here you go.
Carolina: Thanks. So? Exciting news?
Jamie: We've got a gig.
Carolina: A gig?
Jamie: A gig. A concert. A job for the band. They want us to play at the Students' Union next month.
Carolina: A concert! That's fantastic. I'm so proud of you.
Jamie: Cameron organised it. He's friends with the guy who's the manager of the Students' Union bar.
Carolina: Well, that's a good contact to have.
Carolina: Look. Isn't that Cameron?
Jamie: Where?
Carolina: Over there. By the window. With that blonde girl.
Jamie: Yeah ... I think so. Yeah, it is.
Carolina: So who's the blonde girl?
Jamie: I don't know. It could be anybody. A friend. His sister.
Carolina: He's sitting very close to her.
Jamie: Stop it. Don't be so suspicious.
Carolina: Look! You don't do that to your sister.
Jamie: What?
Carolina: He's kissing her! Look! A really long kiss. That's not a sister or a friend.
Jamie: Oh god. Whoa … wait … Carolina … What are you doing?
Carolina: I'm going over there.
Jamie: Oh, no you're not. Sit down.
Carolina: But he's supposed to be Emily's boyfriend. She really likes him. She's so happy.
Jamie: Just wait. We don't want to upset Cameron …
Carolina: Upset Cameron! What about Emily?
Jamie: Just wait. We need to think about this. We need to decide what to do. Look, I don't want Cameron to see us. I don't want him to know that I saw him.
Carolina: Oh Jamie.
Jamie: Come on. Let's take our drinks outside. There are some tables in the garden.
Carolina: OK. But you know we have to tell Emily about the blonde girl.
Jamie: Do we?
Carolina: Yes, we do.
Jamie: But if she doesn't know then …
Carolina: Then what?
Jamie: Then … oh I don't know. Come on. I want to get out of here. Let's talk about it in the garden.
Adam: Welcome back, Jo.
Jo: Hello again. Oh dear! What a shock! Cameron with another woman!
Adam: Yes. Poor Emily! Do you think that Carolina will tell Emily about it?
Jo: I don’t know, but I hope so. It’s only fair.
Adam: Sometimes it’s hard to do the right thing when you know it will cause lots of trouble and unhappiness. And do you think Jamie should say something to Cameron?
Jo: I don’t know, and I don’t care, to be honest. It’s Emily who needs to know.
Adam: Well, I think Carolina might not want Jamie to be friends with someone who behaves like that.
Jo: Maybe, but the important thing is to tell Emily.
Adam: I wonder if the other girl knows about Emily. Maybe somebody should talk to her.
Jo: I don’t know. That seems too much to me.
Adam: Why don't you write and tell us what you think? Should Carolina talk to Emily? Should Jamie talk to Cameron? Should someone talk to the other girl?
Jo: And what would you do in that situation? Send us your comments.
Adam: The address is www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish.
Jo: And now let's look at some of the language from the podcast. Listen to Carolina. Who is she talking about?
Jo: She's talking about Emily and Cameron. Carolina says 'she really likes him'. 'She' is Emily and 'him' is Cameron.
Adam: 'She' and 'him' are both pronouns.
Jo: 'She' is what we call a subject pronoun. 'She' is the subject of the sentence 'she really likes him'. 'She' is the one who is doing something – 'she likes'. 'Him' is an object pronoun. Who does Emily like? She likes Cameron. She likes him.
Adam: Listen to another example. Who is Carolina talking about this time?
Carolina: He's kissing her! Look! A really long kiss.
Adam: She's talking about Cameron and the girl he is with.
Jo: And he's kissing her. 'He' is the subject of the sentence – Cameron – and 'her' is the object – the girl. This time we use 'her' because she's a girl.
Adam: Listen to one more example. Listen to Jamie and notice the pronouns.
Jamie: We need to decide what to do. Look, I don't want Cameron to see us. I don't want him to know that I saw him.
Jo: Did you hear 'us'? Jamie said 'I don't want Cameron to see us'. 'Us' is another example of an object pronoun. 'We' for the subject and 'us' for the object.
Adam: It sounds complicated, but it's really simple! There are some exercises on the website to help you with pronouns, and other language from the podcast. And I think that's all for this time.
Jo: Don't forget to send us your comments. See you next time.
Should Carolina talk to Emily? Should Jamie talk to Cameron?
What would you do in that situation?
Bashayer replied on 6 January, 2021 - 06:54 Saudi Arabia
I would definitely tell Emily, it will be hard for me and her and she would be upset, but in the end, she'll know it is better to know before the relationship gets deeper with Cameron, I really don't like to be with a person who behaves like that and I don't want the one who I love to be with him.
kayaahsen replied on 4 November, 2020 - 16:18 Sweden
I would definitely tell her. That's what a friend will do, right?
Jhonny replied on 14 October, 2020 - 16:51 Venezuela
The stories about Carolina's aventure are amazing, and I still haven't heard the next chapter, but I believe that the girl who is with Cameron is Emily, so don't worry, everything will be great. And in the other hands, I want you to thank for you great job, I really like and enjoy your podcast and I appreciate you for help us to learn English lenguage. Have nice day and see you next time.
We don't have such situations in my country, but if I were Carolina, I would tell Emily even though it is quite difficult to do it.
danisep replied on 23 September, 2020 - 20:54 Colombia
If I was jamie I'd talk to cameron, is obviously that carolina are going to talk with emily and she gonna be upset, cameron needs to know and say sorry to emily, I hate cheatters, its better end the relation that break hearts, likewise It was good that Jamie, like Cameron's friend, did not let Carolina confront him because it could be embarrassing to everyone.
Hashim Ali replied on 7 June, 2020 - 10:24 Eritrea
Actually i do not like men who is lie on girlfriends about his relation with other girls always youth people make a lot of relations specially in school or university but in the other side young girls believe any men said emotional words like I love you or something . to build serious relation that s take many years to trust in someone. so to girls do not believe anyone.you have to be sure that man love you because your heart will break in the end
if I am in jemie and carolina situation maybe I do not told emliy and I will make her to know by herself
Last biker replied on 1 November, 2019 - 07:42 Romania
I can't understand very well what first "s" means (Cameron's got a really....) in this sentence (is from Series 4 Episode 4 Task 2) :
"Cameron's got a really good voice – and he's started writing some songs now."
This "s" is from "Cameron has got" or from "Cameron is got a really good voice..."
Thank you so much for your answer
Kirk replied on 2 November, 2019 - 18:32 Spain
Hello Last biker
Here it is 'has': 'Cameron has got a really good voice'.
Sergey Sh replied on 8 October, 2019 - 01:49 Russia
What did you expect? Cameron is a proper man who’d like only Emily amid all that fame being a singer of the band. No, I don’t think so. I have my own opinion about the situation. Cameron is a singer with, looks like, a very good voice. He write his own songs. Person like him always need something or someone for inspiration and new girlfriend is it. Plus there are many of girls who’re enchanted by his voice, so I guess he tend to meet new ones in the future. That’s difficult to affirm that if even Carolina informed Emily it would change something. I think Emily should have treated to this situation calm and wisely seeing that her new boyfriend is not the one she wish he would be and just leave him.
Ghadah Alelaliw replied on 15 September, 2019 - 14:03 Saudi Arabia
I think Jamie should to talk to Cameron first and understand the situation why he is with that girl..and then Carolina can talk with her friend Emily.
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Trial of the Valeyard
Colin Baker (The Doctor), Michael Jayston (The Valeyard), Lynda Bellingham (The Inquisitor), John Banks (Hermit)
There is some evil in all of us – even The Doctor. Transported aboard the Time Lords’ orbiting courtroom, The Doctor once again encounters the Valeyard, an amalgameditation of the darker sides of his nature. This time, however, The Doctor isn’t in the dock. This time, the Valeyard is the defendant, accused of a crime so terrible that the presiding Inquisitor is forbidden to reveal it even to the court, nor even to his counsel for the defence… The Doctor.
If the Valeyard is found guilty, he’ll be executed. Execute the Valeyard, and the secret of his origins dies with him. A secret that The Doctor is desperate to know… and which the Time Lords will stop at nothing to protect.
This release was available to customers who bought a 6 or 12-release subscription to The Doctor Who Monthly Range and was released generally December 2014.
Written By: Alan Barnes and Mike Maddox
Directed By: Barnaby Edwards
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Trial of the Valeyard was Big Finish Productions’ subscriber-free release for 2013.
Eta Rho is a gas giant around which orbits a single satellite.
Shadow Houses are rumoured organisations on Gallifrey where Time Lords who have experienced failed regenerations are sent.
This story was released free to Big Finish subscribers whose subscriptions included Afterlife.
This story was recorded on 15 and 20 May 2013
This story was released to the public in December 2014.
The Doctor recognises Space Station Zenobia from his trial. (The Trial of a Time Lord)
The Doctor mentions how The Master was able to survive past his final incarnation and also theorises that the Valeyard is a Watcher. (The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis)
The Doctor’s “final incarnation” mutters incoherently about Totter’s Yard (An Unearthly Child), Polly Wright, and fish people, “not as stupid as it sounds.” (The Underwater Menace)
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Skip Beat!, Vol 37
September 18, 2016 by Anna N 1 Comment
Skip Beat! Volume 37, by Yoshiki Nakamura
I always do a mental happy dance whenever a new volume of Skip Beat! comes out, because it is just so consistently good. This volume brings the pain, as Kyoko has to deal with her mother. Kyoko’s family has always been consistently absent from this series, and now the reader knows why. There was a bit of a reference to family difficulties when Kyoko had to get her mother’s permission to sign with a talent agency, but she hasn’t appeared in person in the manga before. Kyoko’s mom appears to be a cold-hearted lawyer who doesn’t want to be inconvenienced by her own daughter.
Coming off of the Heel Siblings arc, Kyoko is back in Japan, working as a Love Me section member again while the first few episodes of her new drama are airing. She runs into her mother by an elevator, but she only displays a few hostile micro-expressions before walking by her daughter, utterly ignoring her. Later, it turns out that Saena Mogami is filling in for another lawyer on a variety show and when responding to questions about her cold demeanor, she replies that she’s never had children. Both Ren and Sho witness this moment, and they think about Kyoko’s feelings, rushing to be by her side.
Sho arrives first, right after Kyoko sees her mother deny her existence. Kyoko’s response to this event is to utterly shut down her emotions. Nakamura does such a great job with Kyoko’s facial expressions in this scene. Kyoko is usually so animated, swinging from one emotional extreme to another that to see her be both beyond sad and blank at the same time is shocking. Kyoko’s eyes are shadowed in grey, and the aftermath of her mother’s interview settles on Kyoko like a physical weight. Sho being Sho, his response is to try to provoke some sort of emotion out of her, and he fails miserably.
Skip Beat! has that rare combination of gripping plots and lovely art, even though the characters might have the leg proportions of giraffes. There are always several pages in each volume where I stop to appreciate the art, like the panels that show Kyoko’s devastation, a photo shoot with Ren that shows the charisma he has that has made him a star, and the moment where Kyoko finally finds some comfort.
Kyoko goes on the run and finds Ren, but she thinks he’s Corn! Oh the tangled web we weave, etc! Still, no mater what side of himself Ren may be portraying, he’s the refuge that Kyoko needs at the time. I can see this storyline spinning out over several volumes, and as usual when Skip Beat! embarks on new direction I can’t wait to see what happens next.
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I was struck by that Ren photo shoot, too. It kind of felt like ’80s shoujo manga somehow! (That’s a compliment.)
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Skip Beat!, Vol. 38
Skip Beat! Volume 38 by Yoshiki Nakamura
Skip Beat! is always emotionally harrowing, but after 38 volumes, there are plenty of different character relationships and plot points that can be explored for maximum drama. This volume finally confronts Kyoko’s relationship with her mother. After seeing the ways Kyoko has been damaged by her abandonment as a child throughout Skip Beat! up until this point, this confrontation is a long time coming, and Kyoko’s reactions and resilience show just how far she’s come.
This volume of Skip Beat! starts out with Sho being an idiot, because a little bit of comic relief is useful before delving into childhood trauma. Kyoko and Ren are also firmly locked into the misunderstandings and delicate emotional balance that causes any interaction between them to be weighted down with layers of unspoken feelings, elements of comfort, and pure anxiety. Kyoko’s encounter with Ren is helping build up her up psychologically, and she comments “I’ll prepare myself body and spirit, since I’ll be fighting a psywar in a blizzard”.
As Kyoko heads towards meeting her mother, she’s keeps her “Love Me” stamp with an infinite number of points that she received from Ren close by, like a token to take into battle. Kyoko first has a conversation with one of her mother’s co-workers in leading up to the main event. Kyoko begins to wonder about her father, and if her mother Saena experienced something similar to the rejection that she experienced from Sho, that kicked off her desire for vengeance. Saena is caught up in biases and assumptions, thinking that Kyoko dropped out of school and that she had a physical relationship with Sho. Saena’s stubbornness and strong facade makes it difficult to communicate with her.
As Kyoko and Saena face off, Nakamura’s portrayal of demons lurking in the background of the conversation and dramatic micro-expressions shows the charged nature of the confrontation. Their conversation is interrupted by flashbacks of a younger Saena struggling to make her way as a lawyer, and seemingly torn between her job and the idea of love. While Saena’s backstory might place her actions in context, it doesn’t really the cruel way she abandoned her daughter. This storyline is obviously going to be stretched out over several volumes, and I have to admit I’m feeling more anxious about Kyoko than I have in awhile! I’m hoping that the maturity that she’s built up over time helps her deal with whatever emotional bombshell her mother is about to drop. Skip Beat! continues to be extremely rewarding for readers, and I’m happy it is still going so strong after 38 volumes.
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Women in basketball do exist
By Nthabiseng Mushi on October 9, 2008 in FanZone
The world of basketball has been dominated by men for a long time and not much has been done to change that; intriguingly this dominance doesn’t only exist in basketball but in all aspects of sport as well. August was Women’s Month but still a sense of “It’s a man’s world…” was lurking here at home; it took a special lady from the US to change that…
Photos by NBA Photos/Getty Images
For the first time ever, BWB (Basketball Without Boarders) held The Women’s Clinic in South Africa at The American School. Together with Hoops for Hope, NBA brought WNBA and Olympic gold medalist Jennifer Azzi, who’s also the Ambassador for NBA Cares, along to help run the clinic. About 70 South African girls were at the clinic getting coached by some of the best in the world, not only about basketball; but about values, education, gender equality etc.When speaking to Jennifer about the camp, she mentioned how women’s sport in South Africa is lacking infrastructure and how if the government did something about this issue; women’s sport in general would improve. Both Thierry Kita and Jennifer Azzi thought it’d be a great idea for the girls to have a separate camp from the boys but with the same programme in mind and to their surprise in the near future, (having run such a successful camp). With many requests sent to the NBA about running a ladies’ camp being put on hold; finally after a lot of persuasion from Hoops for Hope and Thierry, the NBA approved the request! The camp was a great success and we hope to see more BWB ladies’ camps in the future.
The annual Women’s Tournament is coming up, from the 28th to the 30th of November at the Communal Hall in Orlando East Soweto. This tournament is a true reflection of the abundant talent we have in women’s basketball here in South Africa. R20 000 is up for grabs for the winning team in the senior section and R15 000 in the junior… ‘Cash money’ for the All stars and MVP will also be up for the taking. Gauteng basketball Association and Sports and Recreation South Africa are the sponsors of the tournament and teams from all corners of the continent are invited. This is the one; if not only tournament that women in basketball look forward to the whole year; as most tournaments and camps are held for men.
With extra effort to bring more women into basketball; there’s been an addition to the female coaches to the list (after all; there was only one lady on that list initially)… Emma Ledwaba is the assistant coach to Willie Matlakala for the u/20 Zone VI games that will be taking place in Potchefstroom. Emma came back last year after playing and studying in the US. With her being originally from Limpopo; Emma is a very talented player and hopefully she can transfer that knowledge into her coaching career. There are a few other names that need to go on the list of women coaches such as USSA coach of the tournament; Tuks head coach; Nicki de Villiers. This lady only started playing the game when she got to varsity and has been playing for many years ever since. Nicki has featured in the national setup as coach and player but due to unspoken circumstances; stepped down from her national duties.
During the days of CBL; given that one of the conditions of a team participating in the league was that they had to have a women’s team; it did a lot for women’s basketball! The CBL also had a major role to play in the set up of basketball for ladies in South Africa. Hopefully the new BSA committee that will be appointed later this month will do an even better job by really paying attention and dedicating themselves to looking at women in basketball and finding ways to give women’s basketball a face lift. We need to see women in basketball being appreciated abit more because they too bring something special to this wonderful game.
Article done by Nthabiseng Mushi
BWB 2008 camp from the participants’ perspective
Tags: basketball without borders, BWB, Campus Basketball League, CBL, Gauteng Basketball Association, GBA, National Basketball Association, NBA, South Africa, WNBA, Women National Basketball Association
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Setlogelo says:
The article is a clone to the Unitards and Gold Medal. It would have been better to comment under such a topic as a form of acknowledging the intellectual capacity of the writer. There is also a separate brief about the women’s tournament. It would be great to have uniform views.
Roxy says:
Why is it that when we talk about women in basketball, people only ever mention those women in high profile positions? What about the women coaches who are involved with school basketball? They too make an invaluable contirbution to women’s basketball. School level is where it all begins. Perhaps we should also acknowledge these young women and in so doing encourage them to keep learning, keep developing their coaching skills. I have seen it time and again, young coaches quiting, simply because there is no recognition and no interest shown by those in the top positions in developing young coaches. There are hardly any opportunities available for young women coaches to grow and learn at higher levels of coaching. Instead of allowing these passionate young women to fade into the background and disappear, we need to nuture them. We all have to start somewhere but once that first step has been taken, we need a plan that identifies young coaches and aids them in advancing through the system to one day coach at a national level. I think it’s time for ALL women involved in basketball to come together and form a untied group with a clear mission and vision to ensure a solid foundation for the future of women’s basketball. It is up to us. In the words of Gandhi “Be the change you want to see in the world”.
Great points Roxy
I hope that your proposal for women to form a group will not end as words but will be followed up by action from your part. I am saying this cause as I stated on the Unitards post it is my observation that Yes there are women in bball but most tend to play victims waiting for a messiah to rescue.
Roxy makes a lot of good points and after reading a lot of comments on the topic maybe the good work being done at grassroots is not filtering through. But there are a lot of women out there doing some great work. Keep it up.
ciao,V
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Dictionary of the north west semitic inscriptions
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Dictionary of the North-west Semitic inscriptions / by J. Hoftijzer andK. Jongeling ; with appendices by R.C. Steiner, A. Mozak Moshavi and B. Porten. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. Accordingly, the need for a new dictionary has been felt for some motorboy.infosts therefore will welcome the appearance of Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (henceforth: DNWSI) and will wish to congratulate J. Hoftijzer and K. Jongeling for presenting to the scholarly world this work of major motorboy.infors familiar with DISO will find the same system at work in DNWSI.
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Handbuch der Orientalistik, part 1: Nahe und der Mittlere Osten, Leiden/New York/Cologne: E. . This dictionary is concerned with the North-Western Semitic material found in inscriptions, papyri and ostraca in languages such as Phoenician, Punic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Edomite. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. J. Hoftijzer, and K. Jongeling, Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions. 2nd ed. HOSANE/HOSNME 21 Leiden/N.Y.: Brill, Full list of Abbreviations What Links Here. The Northwest Semitic epigrapha enriches our understanding of the Old Testament and of the Ugaritic texts, as well as our knowledge of Semitic languages. This dictionary covers the period from BC to AD Besides translations, the entries discuss scholarly literature and include full . This dictionary is concerned with the North-West Semitic material found in inscriptions, papyri and ostraca in Phoenician, Punic, Hebrew, various forms of Aramaic, Ammonite, Edomite, the language of Deir Alla et cetera. The material covers the period from ca. B.C. to ca. A.D. Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (Handbook of Oriental Studies 1/21, 2 volumes) Written by J. Hoftijzer and K. Jongeling Reviewed By Richard S. Hess. Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions: M-T (HANDBOOK OF ORIENTAL Studies) part two by motorboy.infozer And K. Jongeling motorboy.info Seller assumes all Seller Rating: % positive. Accordingly, the need for a new dictionary has been felt for some motorboy.infosts therefore will welcome the appearance of Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (henceforth: DNWSI) and will wish to congratulate J. Hoftijzer and K. 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1887 INDIAN HISTORY X-RARE Tribes Massacres Scalping SIGNED BY CIVIL WAR GENERAL
THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN His Origin, Development, Decline and Destiny. Published in 1887 by D. 9 x 7 illustrated cloth hardcover with gilt decoration. Exterior as shown in photo, cloth a little darkened. No torn, loose, or missing pages.
Text is clean and complete, occasional smudges. Occasional small round brownish marks near the gutter of several pages, about the size of a pencil eraser. Owner's name inside front cover, gift inscription on first endpaper (see Provenance below).
A great example of this very rare 19th-century Native American title. Provenance: There is an important handwritten inscription on the endpaper.
At the top of the page appears the name Rev. Below Reverend Howard's name is an inscription, as follows: Perhaps my brother will associate this little memento with the Peace Campaign Oct. 16 1887; and, with the Divine Blessing, its successful issues in connection with the coming of the British Arbitration deputation.
West Medford, November 16, 1887. General Charles Henry Howard was a Union Brevet Brigadier General in the Civil War. Following the war, General Howard settled in Illinois, worked for the American Missionary Association, became editor of several newspapers and assisted his brother Oliver Howard (founder of Howard University) in founding many colleges and the settling of Native Americans in the West.
He also became involved in the American Peace movement and in 1893 was appointed a delegate to the Chicago Peace Congress by the American Peace Society. General Howard's other brother, Reverend Rowland Bailey Howard, to whom the book is inscribed, was also an official of the American Peace Society, which he served as Secretary. Regarding the Peace Campaign referred to by General Howard in his inscription, in 1887, as part of a joint effort by American and British Quakers, a deputation consisting of several members of British Parliament visited their counterparts along with President Grover Cleveland at Washington to promote "Peace and Arbitration" between Great Britain and the United States.
It was an event celebrated by citizens of both countries, especially those in the Peace movement. General Howard's military career alone is sufficient to warrant interest in a book bearing his inscription and initialed signature. He served at the Battle of Bull Run; the Battle of Fair Oaks (in which he was severely wounded by an exploding artillery shell); the June-July 1863 Gettysburg Campaign; and the Atlanta Campaign including the famous March to the Sea. But the fact that part of General Howard's post-war career was devoted to the settlement of Native Americans in the western territories makes the placing of his imprimatur on this copy of THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN even more relevant and special. Note on Rarity and Value: I refer you to two of my previous sales of this title/edition.
The presence of a handwritten inscription by a Civil War Brigadier General only adds to the value of this book. Here is a rarity in the annals of 19th-century American Indian literature a serious and sympathetic study of Indian history by a white author who describes the mistreatment of the Indian as one of the abuses of the age.
In THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, Elbridge S. Brooks traces the American Indian experience from the colonial shores of New England to the high deserts of the Old West. A fascinating, wide-ranging narrative accompanied by pages and pages of antique illustrations.
Elbridge Streeter Brooks was renowned in the 19th century as an American author, editor, and critic. He made his reputation as an author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction for younger readers, much of it on historical or patriotic subjects in fact, some of his patriotic works were issued under the auspices of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution. But in THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, he sheds the mantle of patriotic storyteller and assumes the more discerning and objective viewpoint of the historian. What great personal fortitude must have been required on the part of Mr. Brooks, who earned his livelihood recording the proud saga of his America, to tell the story of the American Indian, so wronged by the United States government and its people.
A period advertisement for THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN describes the book thus. The first and only complete and consecutive story of the Red Men of America. It is sympathetic but not sentimental, practical but not one-sided, picturesque but not romantic. A book for all Americans to read. In the Preface to THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, Brooks explains why he felt it was important for Americans to do some soul-searching in regard to the original proprietors of the land.
The popular opinion of the American Indian has for generations been based upon prejudice and ignorance as thoughtless as it is unreasoning and unjust. The red man of America may be no saint, but he is at least a man and should not be condemned unheard. He has his side of the story quite as much as has his white conqueror. Desire, acquisition, superiority, indifference these have been the steps toward the ostracism that has been visited upon the American Indian, denying him justice and opportunity for advancement since the earliest days of white occupation. It is these barriers to progress that have alike created and complicated the vexed Indian problem. This volume does not attempt to state or solve that problem. It simply seeks to arrange in something like complete and consecutive form the story of the North American Indian as he has existed for generations, and as from supremacy in the land of his fathers he has fallen under the ban of the white civilization that conquered and displaced him. The mistreatment of the Indian, a recent writer declares, is one of the abuses of the age, and one of the reproaches of civilization. It is high time that the abuse and the reproach should give place to something like fairness and moral sense.
If the future of the American Indian is to be brighter and more self-helpful than ever before the credit of this advance is in great measure due to the self-sacrificing exertions of those missionaries of good who have, in spite of heedlessness, and in spite of slur, devoted so much of their lives to the bettering of a misunderstood and unfortunate race. To all such, and to all friends of humanity who, despising injustice, seek to convert public opinion into public conscience, this story of the American Indian is gratefully inscribed. Chapter One The Ancient American. Chapter Two The Red Man Before Columbus.
Chapter Three Race Divisions and Kinship Ties. Chapter Four Indian Faiths and Confederations. Chapter Six The Indian Home. Chapter Seven The Indian Youth. Chapter Eight Manners and Materials.
Chapter Nine The Coming of the White Man. Chapter Eleven Placing the Responsibility. Chapter Twelve Pushed to the Wall. Chapter Fourteen The Indian's Outlook.
ILLUSTRATIONS INCLUDE: Quigualtanquis defiance The coldest of existing lands Ruins called the Governors House, Yucatan Skeleton of the megatherium The mylodon Hunting the dinornis An ancient volcano in the Rocky Mountain range The mammoth and primitive man Primitive household utensils Mounds on the Kickapoo River Skull found in a mound in Tennessee Skull found in mound in Missouri Ground plan of high bank pueblo Home of the village Indians In the grand canon of the Colorado A cliff dwelling Ruins of an Arizona cliff dwelling Natures wonderland The home of the ancient American A study of comparative cranial outlines An Indian myth Interior of a partially restored cliff-dwellers house Hiawatha, the river-maker Atotarho, the war chief An Indian village One of Natures highways The spoor of the game The wounded buffalo The hunted elk Shell ornaments and fish hooks First discoveries The landing of Columbus The return of Columbus An Iroquois scout The gate of Ladore In the shadow of Shasta A Pueblo boy Powhatan One of the higher types Glen Canon The marvelous white man The spirit of peace An Indian myth Fighting the stone giant Coyote fetish In the land of the fetish The Navajo of today Palisaded Iroquois village In the Moki land The home of the Columbians A town of the Zunis White Buffalo An Indians greeting The White Chief The domed earth houses of the Pacific tribes In the Iroquois country An Iroquois long-house An admirer of warlike prowess The Mandan Lodge of the Northwest Here I discovered five papooses slung to the trees An education in drudgery Dreaming of his medicine As happy as a white baby The Scalp Dance On the War Trail The Ceremony of the Wampum Belts A lesson in archery A Wampum necklace Decorated wampum belts Indian method of lighting fire Navajo basket work Indian weapons Council of chiefs and warriors So the white man came Along the narrow trail the startling tidings sped Spanish occupation The death of his comrade The pitiless man-hunter The burial of De Soto Killed in the swamp Red man and white Civilization distrusts savagery Doomed and uncovenanted heathen An episode of the French and Indian War Justice or war which? Ho, Waldron, does your hand weigh a pound now?
A new feature in the Indian landscape Hispaniola Colonies at the time of the Revolution Attack on stockade Military tyranny In contact with civilization An episode of the Seminole War The white man wanted the land Fighting the Indians on the Virginia frontier The home of the Indian Types of a fading race Fra Junipero Serro The meeting of the races Charging an Indian camp The renegade of civilization Pocahontas and her son Pontiac, chieftain of the Ottawas Te-cum-the, Chief of the Shawanoe Sa-go-ye-wat-ha the Seneca Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiah the Sauk Spotted Tail with his wife and daughter His story is a simple one Contact with a higher intelligence A candidate for Hampton School The land of their fathers Pack train leaving a pueblo In process of civilization Darkness Daylight. DONT MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THIS RARE AND BEAUTIFUL ACCOUNT OF AMERICAS FIRST INHABITANTS, THE AMERICAN INDIANS. Remember folks, this is an 1887 FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY A CIVIL WAR BRIGADIER GENERAL WHO AIDED IN THE SETTLEMENT OF NATIVE AMERICANS AFTER THE WAR. This book is 131 years old. Please be sure to add me to your List of Favorite Sellers.
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Year Printed: 1887
Topic: United States
Binding: Fine Binding
Author: Elbridge Brooks
Original/Facsimile: Original
Publisher: D.
Place of Publication: Boston Massachusetts
Special Attributes: NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN WARS TRIBES SCALPING
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Silverton, Mt. Angel & Scotts Mills
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Silver Creek Fellowship packs 5,000 relief kits
October 2020 Posted in Community
Silver Creek Fellowship. Photo by Melissa Wagoner
By Melissa Wagoner
When the wildfires swept through Oregon on Labor Day, Kaiser Permanente immediately leapt into action, contacting the Red Cross and asking how the organization could help. But it wasn’t because it provides health care – though the company’s providers continued that important work throughout the days and weeks following the devastation, even while many of them were evacuated or had experienced loss themselves. Rather, it was because of Kaiser Permanente’s dedication to community care.
“Kaiser Permanente serves this community,” Kimberly Mounts, a spokesperson for the company, confirmed. Adding that there are no less than 600 Kaiser Permanente employees that live in and around the Silverton area. “We’re ensuring that folks are taken care of. It’s part of our mission – hence the rapid response.”
Once contacted by the company, the Oregon Red Cross connected Kaiser Permanente with another institution – Silver Creek Fellowship in Silverton – which was aiding in the creation of an estimated 5,000 wildfire relief kits being shipped across Oregon.
“The wildfire relief kits are going to people in the community who have lost their homes,” Kurt Barnes, a pastor at Silver Creek Fellowship, explained. Listing tarps, hand sanitizer, garbage bags and gloves as the items being packed inside large plastic totes and shipped alongside rakes, shovels and handmade sifters by Red Cross box truck.
“It’s so people can actually sift through the ashes,” he continued. Adding, “A lot of people, when they’re given these kits, that’s the only thing they own. It’s really emotional for them.”
And so, on Sept. 25, despite the pouring rain, eight Kaiser Permanente employees, joined a host of other volunteers in the packing of the last 500 kits.
“I’m really proud of Kaiser for giving me the opportunity to help,” Nichole Powers – an Administrator at the North Lancaster branch, who joined the company nine years ago for precisely this reason – said. “Kaiser is very much about community.”
Which is why, as the work party drew to a close, Dr. Yara Delgado – who lives in Silverton and has delivered countless babies there for the past 12 years, presented Dale Kunce, the Chief Executive Officer for the Cascades Region of the Red Cross, a check for $300,000 to aid in the organization’s wildfire recovery efforts.
“Kaiser wants to extend their hand to the Red Cross and the community,” Dr. Delgado said during her presentation, “to shelter, support and feed those in need.”
But the donation will achieve even more than that, according to Kunce who, when asked what such a sizable sum could do during a crisis like the current one said, “It means a lot. But what it buys – that’s very difficult.”
Because, Kunce went on to explain, while big donations, like Kaiser Permanente’s are incredibly important, even the smallest donations – like the $400 check he recently received from a woman who had herself been helped by the Red Cross and wanted to pay the kindness forward – are significant.
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Small businesses get Facebook leg-up
Marnie Banger
(Australian Associated Press)
Melissa Westcott has become accustomed to fluctuating sales at her two brick-and-mortar shoe shops, especially given one is based in the heart of a Queensland mining town.
But a massive spike in sales through her online store in the past year – which she credits to marketing training provided by social media giant Facebook – has made those retail ups and downs far easier to bear.
“It’s just made us very stable, which after 10 years of having a start-up I feel very happy about,” she told AAP.
“If I was just to rely on my retail stores, it would be very difficult to keep going through.”
Ms Westcott’s business Big on Shoes – which sells women’s shoes up to size 15 is one of 3000 small businesses based in regional Australia to have received in-person training from Facebook in the past year.
The social media company has run workshops covering a range of topics in eight towns, including Mackay and Wollongong.
Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg committed to the program in a year ago, alongside former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in Vietnam.
Ms Westcott said she used a workshop in Mackay to seek advice on conducting paid marketing through the platform.
She now credits such advertisements with a trebling in sales through her online store, where her business began, in the past three months.
“We are seeing direct outcomes from it, and the business is growing.”
Facebook policy director Mia Garlick said helping smaller businesses better understand the platform and current trends, such as Instagram stories, can give them a big leg up.
“There’s this tremendous opportunity for small business, particularly those in regional Australia, to really leverage the power of technology to be a great equaliser, and let them connect with customers and grow their business,” she said.
Ms Garlick said Facebook will continue training businesses in using its product even though it’s met its goal of 3000.
“We want to do more. So we’re hoping to be able to reach more communities around the country,” she said.
The platform has also picked 30 of the businesses to have benefited from its free training to feature in a gift guide being launched in Canberra on Wednesday.
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America’s Plutocrats Play the Political Ponies
by Oregon PeaceWorks • March 20, 2012 • 0 Comments
By Sam Pizzigati
Life sometimes imitates art. Life also sometimes imitates political cliché. The cliché in this case: the notion that tunnel-vision political reporting has reduced campaigns for American public office to nothing more than mere “horse races.”
This year, in the struggle for the Republican Presidential nomination, that
“horse race” analogy has essentially become a literal reflection of reality.
The real horse racing industry follows a simple time-worn pattern: A wealthy connoisseur of horse flesh buys a thoroughbred. The wealthy connoisseur keeps racing that thoroughbred until the connoisseur loses interest.
“Until They Lose Interest”
In the current GOP Presidential “horse race,” we see the exact same pattern. Wealthy connoisseurs of political talent pick a candidate. These wealthy connoisseurs then keep that candidate racing until they lose interest.
Foster Friess, a billionaire mutual fund executive, hasn’t yet lost interest in Rick Santorum. Friess has personally bankrolled the “super PAC” that has enabled Santorum to stay in the primary hunt.
Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul couple, haven’t yet lost interest in Newt Gingrich. The Adelson family has single-handedly supplied $10.5 of the $12 million that has gone into the super PAC that’s keeping Gingrich in the nominating race.
Mitt Romney, meanwhile, is leading that race, but only because he has more billionaires on his side than anyone else. Four of these billionaires from the hedge fund industry — Paul Singer, Julian Robertson, Robert Mercer, and John Paulson — have each contributed $1 million to the cause of Mitt.
In all, the super PAC run by Romney cronies has collected $1 million from 10 men of immense means, $2 million from one other, and at least $100,000 each from almost 40 additional politically inclined super rich, more than enough to fund the $17 million TV ad campaign that bounced Romney into the nomination lead.
Is Any Election Worth $2 Billion?
This White House horse race isn’t going to end, of course, until November. By that time, news analysts are predicting, total spending on the 2012 Presidential race will have likely reached over $2 billion, making this year’s election the most expensive in the history of the known universe.
Super PACs — quasi “independent” committees that can accept donations of unlimited size — will do the bulk of that spending. These super PACs, the Los Angeles Times noted last week, are now playing a larger role in politics than the candidates’ own personal campaigns, mainly because candidate campaign committees can accept no donation larger than $2,500.
A string of court decisions have made that $2,500 limit a dead-letter elsewhere across the political landscape. Wealthy individuals and the corporations they run can now contribute as much as they want to political committees that maintain a nominal “independence” from the campaigns of the candidates they support.
Latest Dodge: Super PAC “Nonprofits”
These super PACs do have to disclose their donors, and the latest disclosures came last Tuesday. But the disclosures now required leave a good chunk of the campaign finance scene in the dark. Super PACs have been setting up subsidiaries that can qualify for nonprofit status so long as less than half their money goes to politics. These “nonprofits” don’t have to reveal their donors.
The bottom line: The wealthy are shoveling even more of their loot into politics than the disclosures that came out last week indicated. In effect, says Campaign Legal Center policy director Meredith McGehee, we have entered “a world of unlimited money in politics.”
In this world, she adds, “those who can marshal enormous amounts of wealth” can “drown out the voices of the average Americans.”
Those who do this marshaling, for their part, never fail to emphasize the nobility of their political engagement. Take, for instance, Harold Simmons, the Dallas billionaire who has dropped $8.6 million into super PACs backing an array of rich people-friendly candidates and causes over the last year.
“Mr. Simmons is a passionate conservative, and he has been for quite some time,” his spokesman, Chuck McDonald, told the press last week.
MacDonald went on to add that Simmons — a leveraged buyout king now worth an estimated $9.6 billion — has no specific policy agenda in mind when he’s making his contributions. He simply believes “in conservative ideology.”
This conservative ideology that has Simmons so passionately committed just coincidentally meshes up quite nicely with the huge payoffs deep pockets like Simmons can ensure themselves via victory on election day.
Carried Interest – Great Deal for Billionaires
Just one political decision alone — the tax treatment of so-called “carried interest” — can make an annual difference of tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars for Simmons and his fellow billionaires. Consider the biggest superstar in the hedge fund firmament, Romney-backer John Paulson, a Wall Street whiz who pocketed $4.9 billion in 2010 and another $3.7 billion in 2007.
Most of Paulson’s hedge fund income comes as “carried interest” subject to just a 15 percent federal capital gains tax rate, a tax rate well below the 35 percent top marginal rate on “ordinary” income.
In other words, the preferential tax treatment for carried interest all by itself saves hedge fund types like Paulson $20 million on every $100 million in carried interest income they collect.
Republicans in the Senate, with some Democratic help, have repeatedly blocked attempts to repeal this preferential treatment over recent years. But the Democratic senator who has been the most pivotally hedge fund-friendly, Chuck Schumer of New York, now says he’ll vote to repeal the carried interest loophole.
That makes the occupant of the White House all the more important to wheeler-dealers like John Paulson and his friends.
“Of course these guys are going to give a million dollars,” as U.S. Senator Al Franken from Minnesota noted last week. “What a bargain — what a bargain to give that to a candidate who they know will veto a bill that makes the carried interest subject to the top” income tax rate.
All the major GOP candidates have so far pledged their fealty to the cause of keeping carried interest exempt from the ordinary top tax rate. That shouldn’t shock anyone, given last week’s super PAC campaign contribution disclosures.
What should shock? That America’s billionaires — given how much at tax time the 2012 horse race could cost them in carried interest income alone — aren’t giving super PACs even more than they already have. Φ
Sam Pizzigati edits Too Much, the online weekly on excess and inequality published by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Policy Studies. Read the current issue or sign up at Inequality.Org to receive Too Much in your email inbox.
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Recommendation For An ‘Appropriate’ Seed-screening Program Shows FDA Unwilling To Take Responsibility For Its Recommendations
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, May 12, 2009
On April 28, 2009, the Perishable Pundit published a piece titled, Insights On The Alfalfa Sprout Advisory, which included an interview with Bob Sanderson of Jonathan’s Sprouts. The interview revealed an insight into a fundamental food safety problem regarding alfalfa sprouts:Alfalfa seeds are not typically grown for human consumption.So all the food safety burden is put on the sprouter. We suggested the following:
Most alfalfa is raised for animal feed, so they make no effort to avoid animals or animal excrement in the growing fields. Later on, when a sprouting facility buys the seed it suddenly becomes food for human consumption. Yet it was not grown under any procedures designed to keep it clean and free of pathogens.
Any buyers out there who want to make a productive contribution, here is an opportunity: Make a policy that next year you will only buy alfalfa sprouts that are grown from seed certified to have been raised on a third-party audited, GAP-compliant farm. This should also be added to the FDA’s Guidance Document.
We seem to have hit a nerve, as three days later the FDA sent out a letter to the sprout industry, which included these lines:
As you are aware, seeds are considered the most likely source of contamination in most sprout-associated outbreaks. Therefore, it is important that sprout growers source their seeds from suppliers with an appropriate program to screen their seeds for potential contamination with pathogens.
This kind of communication illustrates clearly the enormous frustration of dealing with the FDA and the enormous obstacles the incentives of the FDA pose for food safety.
The questions are obvious: Why use vague language such as saying that seed producers ought to have “an appropriate program” — what does that mean? How would a farmer know if he had one, and what would make a sprouter agree with the farmer on that point?
And is the goal solely to “screen” for pathogens or is the goal also to grow seeds in an environment where they are less likely to become contaminated with a pathogen?
If someone managed to somehow discern what the FDA was talking about in terms of an “appropriate program,” where would a sprouter find seed that was grown under such conditions? Would it be labeled in some special way? Inspected in some way? Audited in some fashion?
Does the FDA communicate in this way because it has no idea of what the “appropriate program” might be or does it communicate this way because the very last thing the FDA wants is to be held responsible for something?
As long as it merely urges an “appropriate program” as the criteria, FDA is fully protected. If there ever is a food safety problem, it will use that food safety problem as ipso facto proof that the suppliers did not have an “appropriate program” in place.
If FDA says anything useful, say that in an “appropriate program,” fields must be fenced with a fence going from 12 inches below ground to six feet over the ground level, and if a burrowing animal digs under the fence or a leaping animal leaps over the fence and this causes a food safety problem, then this failure will be on FDA’s hands.
And the Number One most important priority at FDA is not enhancing safety, of food or medicine; it is, instead, making sure that no FDA executive can ever be blamed for a death or illness related to food or medicine.
There are many efforts afoot to reorganize our government’s effort in the food safety arena. Many of the plans, such as proposals to create one food safety agency focused on logistics, organizational charts, developing clearer lines of authority, etc., may help or hurt or not make a difference.
To make a big difference, we need to focus in on changing the incentives of individuals… in this case the executives at FDA.
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