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Please start by entering the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) of your vehicle. It is located in the registration slip, or is normally stamped on a black sticker inside the driver door arc.
For security purposes do not show VINs of private listings. We use it to identify your vehicle and pre-fill the data for you. If we are able to identify your car, we will only need to know the mileage, your asking price, and ask you to add some pics.
Please drag and drop thumbnails to arrange photos. Make sure to use a picture of the exterior of the vehicle as the cover photo (first thumbnail).
It is never a good idea to advertise your listing by putting a photo of the instrument cluster or the engine as your cover photo.
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Xavier Sweeps Allstate Sugar Bowl Bleu Devil Basketball Classic
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Xavier University swept Dillard University in both the men's and women's basketball games at the 2012 Allstate Sugar Bowl Bleu Devil Classic on Saturday evening on the Battlefield in Dent Hall, Dillard's home gym. The Gold Rush men's team posted a 67-43 victory over the Bleu Devils, while the Gold Nuggets women's team edged Dillard, 59-53.The win for the men's team handed Xavier (22-7 overall, 11-3 GCAC) a share of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season title, while the women's victory gave Xavier (22-8, 11-2) the outright league title.In the men's game, Xavier's Denzell Erves recorded 18 points and nine rebounds for the Gold Rush, ranked No. 25 in the nation in NAIA Division I. Anthony Simmons added 16 points and 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season. Lance Theard led the Bleu Devils had 12 points and six rebounds for Dillard (1-28, 1-13).Jasmine Grant scored 16 points to lead the Xavier women to victory in the early game. SiMon Franklin added 11 points for the Gold Nuggets. Dillard (13-11, 9-5), which rallied to within two points twice in the second half, was led by Jazzmin Smith's 15 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Ariel Mitchell scored 14 points.This is the fourth year that the Allstate Sugar Bowl has sponsored meetings between the two local universities.The historic rivalry between the two schools began on Jan. 17, 1948 when the men's basketball teams first clashed on the hardwood. Saturday's meeting was the 123rd in history between the Gold Rush and the Blue Devils, with Xavier now holding a 76-47 advantage. The schools first met in women's basketball action during the 1977-78 season. The Gold Nuggets and Lady Blue Devils have played 76 times with Xavier on top- | http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/printable.php?pageID=19&newsID=446 | 2013-05-18T10:12:53 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Savory Asian Meat Buns
Not every bun from an Asian bakery is sweet.
We picked up a few random savory buns just because. Many Asian bakeries have low price points for individual items making them ideal places to experiment with random selections.
In this case, the “hot dog bun” turned out to be pretty much exactly what it claimed: a hot dog in a bun. The bread was sweet and soft. I think I once ate something similar to this on an airplane, although overall this was a better experience.
The below bun was a “ham bun,” which to me seems pretty much like a warm ham and cheese sandwich. Still, I enjoyed it.
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One of the coolest new gadgets we've seen for all the stylish cyberistas out there is a USB card reader in the shape of a bottle of perfume. These babies work on both Macs and PCs, come in sapphire blue or emerald green, read Memory Sticks and numerous other formats, and cost only $12—a lot less than good eau de cologne, much less perfume. If anything, we'd like to take this idea a little further. Is there any reason why someone can't give us a USB flash drive that looks not like a dorky pen knife or money clip, but a lipstick?
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A Pentecostal preacher Mark Randall Wolford died on Sunday after bitten by a poisonous snake he owned for years.
The 44 year old preacher are among Christians pastors who openly shared their beliefs that everyone is commanded by God in the Holy Bible to take up serpents without fear of death. The incident happened at his relatives home in West Virginia on May 27. He sat down next to a yellow timber rattlesnake and was bitten in the thigh.
The service soon came to a halt and Wolford was taken to his relative's home to recover from the poisonous bite. A common occurrence for the charismatic Christian who grew up with a father who also preached snake-handling during his ministry. House of the Lord Jesus pastor Wolford died about 10 p.m.
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Buy it: No Jumping on the Bed!
No Jumping on the Bed! (By Tedd Arnold) – Walter lives near the top of a tall apartment building and loves to jump on the bed. But his dad warns him not to jump on the bed because one day it will crash right through the floor. Walter lays down to go to sleep. But when his dad leaves the room, Walter starts to jump on the bed again. He jumps so high his hair brushes the ceiling and when he lands Walter and his bed go crashing through the floor. The story has a fun rhythm to it, because as Walter crashes through each apartment below his, his neighbors – along with their TVs, pets and spaghetti dinners, coming crashing down along with him. Then Walter realizes it was all a dream and vows not to jump on the bed again. And that’s when his upstairs neighbor, who always jumps on the bed, comes crashing through the ceiling.! | http://www.allystoybox.com/category/following-the-rules/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:43 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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From Chamonix to Zermatt
One of Europe's great mountain walks
Beautiful Alpine scenery
Good trails (no glaciers or scrambling)
Comfortable accommodation
Duration
13 days
Dates of the trip
June 16th to 28th; June 30th to July 12th;
July 21st to August 2nd; August11th to 23rd;
Sept 8th to 20th
Guide to client ratio
1 : 5
Cost
See our payment conditions
Technical level required
Cost includes : professional UIAGM mountain guide or professional hiking guide, local transportation (trams, trains, buses), community gear, night, dinner and breakfast in the huts and hotels during the hike
Cost does not include : meals and hotels in towns before and after the trip, (Chamonix - Argenitère- Zermatt) lunches, flights and transportation to Chamonix and/or Geneva-Zürich, any extra expenses due to a change in our program
Your are responsible for : your own equipment, expenses in case of rescue
Considered to be the "Walkers' Haute Route," this superb trek experience the very best of the Alps on foot.
We cross from France into the beautiful Swiss canton of Valais, passing spectacularly beneath 10 of the 12 highest peaks in the Alps and traversing several high and challenging mountain passes. Lower down, the trek leads through verdant alpine valleys with cascading streams, pretty hamlets and flower-strewn meadows. For the last 2 days, we follow the recently opened "Europaweg," a valley-side trail which provides stunning views of the Matterhorn.
Overnight accommodation on this great Alpine adventure is provided in a variety of small hotels, atmospheric gites and spectacularly located mountain refuges.
Day 1
Group meeting at our hotel in Argentiere in the Chamonix Valley. Your guide will present you the program for the trip and check out your equipment before dinner.
Day 2
Walking directly from the hotel to Le Tour at the head of the valley, we ascend to the Col du Balme (2186m) and drop down to Trient in Switzerland. (1300m). Gite
Day 3
Hiking up beside the Trient Glacier, we make a long ascent to the Fenetre d'Arpette (2670m). It's then steeply down to our overnight halt in the village of Arpette. Gite/hotel
Day 4
Descending via Champex into the Val des Bagnes, we take hostel at Zinal.
Day 9
A steep but pleasant ascent on forest trails takes us to the col at Meidpass (2790m), beyond which we drop steeply down to the pretty village of Gruben. St. Niklaus and our hotel
Day 13
Reserve day.
Important note : any departure can be schedule for your convenience.
Contact us for a customized tour for you or your group :
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Difference between revisions of "Help To Debug Intel HDA"
Revision as of 15:37, 9 February 2012
For Users
Troubleshooting
Mixer configuration
First of all, try fiddling with the mixer settings on alsamixer. Don't forget about:
- Checking all alsamixer tabs using the Tab key
- You can switching mute/unmute using the M key
- On the "Capture" tab, you can change the capture source setting using the spacebar
'model' parameter
Sometimes the support for your system (or a similar one) is available on the driver, but the right system model wasn't detected by the driver. You can try different values for the model parameter for the snd-hda-intel module (see HD-Audio-Models.txt) and see if some of them fix your problem.
If this works, please report this problem, providing the relevant information.
Try a newer alsa version
If everything else fails, you can check if a newer ALSA version fixes your problem.
(TODO: pointer to article about how to get a newer ALSA version running)
Try a lowlevel GUI tool to control your codec
The HDA-Analyzer python utility to find and debug the problem.
Reporting problems
Almost all problems are related to the specific codec configuration. When reporting problems, please provide contents of:
- /proc/asound/card*/codec#* files
- Output of lspci -vvnn, at least the part corresponding to the Intel HDA device
At best, run alsa-info.sh script [1] and give the output information. If you post to ML or bugzilla, it's helpful to attach the generated file via alsa-info.sh --no-upload option.
For Developers
Fetch the Intel HDA specification, you will need it.
Also look at Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt in the kernel tree. This contains some detailed information for development/debugging HD-audio driver. The on-line documents are found in the link section below.
Basic HDA Intel Concepts
The snd-hda-intel driver speak to codecs through the the Intel HDA bus. Each codec has many widgets inside it, and the driver can send messages (called verbs) to them to change their settings. Each widget may collect audio input from other widgets, and may their output may be sent to other widgets. The driver may probe the codec and know exactly how the widgets are wired inside the codec. The /proc/asound/card*/codec#* file contains this information.
Commonly found types of widgets:
- Pin Complexes are input and/or output interfaces to the outside world. They normally correspond to real audio jacks, speakers or microphones on the machine
- Audio Input/Output, ADC, or DAC are the interface between the codec and the HDA bus. This is where ALSA sends/consumes the audio streams to/from
- Selectors and Mixers allow the driver to combine and/or select audio input coming from multiple widgets
Each widget may contain amplifiers on its inputs or outputs. The amplifiers may be controlled by the driver to change audio volume and unmute/mute audio input or output. The mixer controls seen on alsamixer normally correspond to an specific amplifier on an specific widget inside the codec.
Common sources of problems
Normally problems are on the patch_*.c files, that are codec-specific. The codec-specific code normally have to do four things:
- Correctly detect which system model is being used, based on PCI IDs or other information
- Correctly initialize the widges inside the codec
- Correctly tell hda-intel to use the right Audio ADC/DAC node as source for the PCM streams that will be registered with ALSA
- Correctly tell hda-intel which amplifiers inside the codec will be controlled by the mixer controls registered with ALSA
Model detection
The driver needs to detect the system model, so that it knows how the audio is wired on the system, especially the audio input/outputs from the codec to the external world.
Initialization
Normally the drivers have 'init verbs' tables for each model. You will want to look up the HDA Intel specification to understand what they do.
PCM stream registration
The driver needs to register audio streams with alsa, that will be used for recording and playback. Most of this task is done by the hda-intel core code, but the codec-specific driver needs to tell hda-intel what are the NIDs of the ADC and DAC widgets for each audio stream.
Mixer registration
The driver normally register mixer controls with alsa. Normally this task is done by the hda-intel core code, but the codec-specific code needs to tell hda-intel which amplifiers inside the code chip will be controled by the mixer controls.
Other codec- or model-specific stuff
- Speaker auto-muting when headphones are plugged
- Possibly other stuff...
Links
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This is my first time attending the #ALSC12 Institute and I am really enjoying it and learning a lot. For those who might wonder whether or not they should attend in the future, I thought I’d put together a list of 5 reasons to do so!
1. Quality, specialized program content–because it’s ALSC, every program has been something I could apply to my job as a Children’s Librarian or pass along to another person at my library. The lovely people at this conference are thinking about and serving children every day just like I am!
2. Endless inspiration from your cohorts–as a programming librarian, the sparks of ideas that are shared at conferences like this are priceless. I now have a whole list of little notes with program ideas, people to look for, and resources to read later, all gleaned from listening to fellow conference attendees in sessions and in conversations in the halls!
3. Professional connections–the intimate setting of a conference this size and the structure of meals and events means there are tons of opportunities to chat and get to know the amazing people in this profession!
4. Authors and illustrators–everyone knows author/illustrator talks are a conference highlight but it’s not just for fun! Seeing the real people behind the content we love and work to put in kids’ hands, just inspires us to return to our libraries with renewed passion for literacy!
5. ARCs, Raffles, Connection events and good food–of course not the most important part but you can be sure that ALSC will put together some fun and games and that they will pick a great city and hotel that make attending the conference even better!
-Andrea Vernola
Kalamazoo Public Library
Children’s Librarian
I couldn’t agree more! The quality of programming at the institute has been incredible and it’s wonderful to meet so many awesome children’s librarians. | http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2012/09/alsc12-2/ | 2013-05-18T10:21:29 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Paul Newman 1925-2008: By His Works Ye Shall Know Him
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It's become fashionable in right-wing circles to pooh-pooh the social activism of left-leaing actors. "They should just shut up," we hear. Of course when Chuck Norris claims to have done two tours in Iraq, or Charlton Heston advocates for guns, the right says nary a word. But if Brad Pitt decides to hold a contest for building green homes in New Orleans for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina, his motives must somehow be suspect.
Oddly absent from the right's vitriol was Paul Newman. Perhaps it was because he was Hud and Cool Hand Luke and Rocky Graziano and Butch Cassidy and Fast Eddie Felson -- "manly men" that didn't threaten Republicans. Or maybe it was his late-life fascination with race cars, which gave him manly-man cred among the NASCAR set. Or perhaps it was just that aside for his support for Eugene McCarthy, which landed him on Richard Nixon's enemies list, his was a quiet activism, one that later in life manifested quietly, almost stealthily, on supermarket shelves all over America, where even people who watched American Idol and NASCAR might buy a jar of Newman's Own brand salsa to have with their chips on Super Bowl Sunday. It was an activism that manifested in the concept of the Hole-In-The-Wall Camps, named for one of his most beloved films, for kids with serious illnesses.
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RECENTLY I became a full-time, stay-at-home dad, having assumed the "Mr. Mom" role because my wife makes more money than I do. I have taken this in stride, largely because it is just the slipperiest part of a slope I've been on for a while.The rest of the article is a review of the Mazda 5 minivan, which the author, Jeff Sabatini, manages to conclude is "cool." (He talks of tossing his snowboard -- which he calls his "plank" -- in the back.)
Three years ago I sold my sports car, a Mazda Miata deemed impractical by someone other than myself. My motorcycle stayed - stayed parked, that is - until this summer, when it also found a new owner, in deference to my all-consuming parenting role. Sacrifices have to be made.
But lines must also be drawn: the one indignity I have refused to suffer is admitting that I should now be driving a minivan, let alone actually going out and spending my wife's hard-earned money on one....
It's not just the soccer mom stigma that makes me shudder. I learned to drive in the mid-1980's in a horrid Ford Aerostar, meaning that sliding behind the wheel of a new minivan today is tantamount to embracing the fact that I have become my parents.
If there is any hope that I won't grow into a pathetic middle-age man, it must lie in my refusal to accept the minivan as destiny.
Something that seems even harder to do than having kids without buying a minivan: talking about a man to staying home with the kids without using the term Mr. Mom.
Too bad the idea of men and children always has to have this aura of emasculation around it!
That said, minivans are awful, and you don't have to have one just because you have kids. I never considered buying such a thing, myself. There are a lot of options between sportscar and minivan.
But, hey, Jeff, didn't anyone ever tell you that a Miata is a lady's sportscar?
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Hey Bubba,
If your masculine identity is bruised by the kind of vehicle you drive around in with your kids then it wasn't none too firm to begin with. Minivans are great things to drive if you live in suburbia, far better than that 4 wheel drive full size pickup your neighbor has; and should be the spiritual successor of the iconic VW vans that populate our youthful memoryscapes.
Yeah, the funny thing is that when we boomers were young, vans were extremely cool. Always a VW of course. The only thing cooler was an entire bus -- a school bus, painted with flowers! Especially if you tried to live in it. And you got ahold of some swatches of shag carpeting. Ooohhh... I'm having a flashback!
My wife and I talked about this issue long ago. When we have kids I'm dropping out of the rat race and being a stay-at-home dad. She makes much much more than I ever will, and if she doesn't work 60 hours a week she goes bonkers with boredom. I only work part time in a field that pays very little (museums) so it makes perfect sense to us.
I don' think of myself as becoming a Mr Mom but I know others do. I've already had friends ask how I can "let" my wife earn more than I do - her father has even had "the man's the breadwinner" talk with me before. But stranger still is the reaction I get when I tell people I've always wanted to do this. I want to be a stay-at-home dad. The reaction of both men and women is that this is not something a man is supposed to want. Which I think says more about how people still define women's role once they have children rather than a statement about me.
But I'm looking forward to it. Who wouldn't be - I'll have my own kids, a sugar-momma and plenty of time for blogging.
Heh. I love the anit-mini van angst. Buncha lazy schmucks with weak self-images. This should be so obvious that it doesn't require explanation, but here goes: Look, it's entirely possible, as a soccer Mom or Dad, to keep doing the cool things that you did before you had kids, but you have to actually, you know, DO them--you can't just buy a vehicle that makes people THINK you might do them (not unless you aspire to the status of both suburban soccer Mom AND poseur).
In terms of actually getting out and doing things, minivans fit the bill very well. I can attest that they're excellent for hauling backpacks, skis, kayaks, mountain bikes, and towing a sailboat--and taking your friends along at the same time. They also drive well in snow while being much less likely to end wheels-up in the ditch than an SUV.
What's wrong with mini-vans? Apart from the slight difficulty in parking over sedans/whatever, driving a minivan to me is about the same, depending on the minivan.
Anyway, as a guy, the paramount thing to me in a car is sound system, followed by handling. if the car I drive drives smoothly enough for comfort and ease, and has good enough music for me to relax with, I'm fine with it.
On the other hand, that doesn't mean there's no reason to make your minivan look better than it is.
Kids could do worse things to him. He could be forced to wear bell bottoms.
Good for you, Mr. Bungle. You could be big in the Dadblog game. Who knows what BlogAds income will flow your way when you're talking about baby food and strollers!
Yow, Ann, "Dadblog game?" Can we buy Mr. Bungle futures? Or play a straddle with CorporateMomBlogs? Perhaps someday we can invest in whole collections of blogs, like a mutual fund...
uh oh!
Ron: I'm just noticing that my blogging doesn't really relate to products very well. I mean, I get my share of BlogAds, but not because I'm writing about the things people try to sell through this location. Although I have endorsed a stray product here and there -- Saran Wrap, Green & Black's chocolate, the Audi TT Coupe, TiVo -- and I do promote the use of some sorts of things, like chiropractic services, expensive coffee drinks, professional pest control, sweaters ... what else?
When we bought our new DVD, it cost us $35,000.
But Toyota threw in the van with it.
Professor A: you've also promoted your dinner with Andre. And Tonya. And Nina.
Miatas would be men's sports cars too if we could sit in the damn things with the top up.
I guess I should check in my testicles now, then. I drive a minivan (Pontiac Montana), I have driven minivans since I could drive, and presuming it is possible to do so by the time when we no longer have soccer parent duties, I will continue to drive a minivan.
They're a decent size, comfortable flexible, reliable, and tey get better gas miles than your kids toy pretend-4x4 SUV. I wouldn't drive a sports car if I was given one - I'd sell it for a more recent model Montana. :)
My wife and I have both a mini-van and a 4-wheel drive P/U. I use that for chores and errands, she uses it to get to work and errands. And, we have two mastiffs, which is what the van is REALLY for!
Ann: I wonder how people who sell law-related products (books, what else?) view your blog. Not hard-core law-oriented enough?
I also wonder how non-product specific (but well written) blogs would sell their raw hits and page views...
Ron: I get a lot of law book ads, including an ad for Justice Breyer's current book. I should do a survey to find out who reads this blog, but my impression is that a very large segment is lawyers/lawprofs/law students -- probably more than half.
Since '85 I've owned 5 Dodge or Chrysler minivans. I have a '99 as my corporate vehicle & an '05 as my family (of one) car. The Saab was a hog on ice in Wisconsin. The Acura wasn't much better. And the Lincolns, T-Bird, Corvette and full-size Chevy van were hopeless. Gimme a minivan any day.
Colorado Charlie sez: "Miatas would be men's sports cars too if we could sit in the damn things with the top up."
But wouldn't they still be ugly cars only now for not-as-short men?
"Good for you, Mr. Bungle" Ann - was that nice?
There are a lot of options between sportscar and minivan.
Uh, yeah. SUVs.
Care to rethink that, Ann? :-)
In all seriousness, I think minvans are easily the only practical option left these days for toting around several kids and their stuff, all while achieving more than 20mpg of gas efficiency.
Oh where, or where, did those station wagons go? (Yeah, I know: Subaru and, um, Audi? Have I missed any?)
Oh, and I got a lot of ribbing about my Subaru station wagon from my guy friends. (I was single at the time, and the accusation was that I was going domestic.)
That is, until I and 3 fellow passengers and all of our ski gear, comfortably fit inside the station wagon, blew past the tire chain checkpoint on the way to the slopes.
Then they shut up.
Mcg: yup.
I would like a bumpersticker that says "station wagons are for skiers."
Miatas (Miatae?) are NOT "chick cars!" This meme surfaces from time to time in rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata, usually initiated by some guy who says "I like Miatas, but..."
As a 60-year old guy (with a short grey beard but no recumbent bicycle) who's owned his Miata for over five years now, I can say the Miata is one of the best and most fun cars I've ever owned. The Corvette had more power, the Bimmer more cachet, the Saab more quirkiness, and so on. But the Miata's "smiles per mile" quotient is greater than all the other cars I've ever owned, hands down.
And...I want my LAST ride to be in a full-sized Cadillac hearse, coz I wouldn't be caught *dead* in a mini-van!
MCG -- Who are the guy friends who would rib you about a Subaru station wagon? I sold my old Legacy (+220,000 miles) to a giant Italian stone mason who told me he only drives Subarus. That's a manly vote, in my book.
I wish I had it back.
Having been a Mazda sales consultant on the westside of L.A. I can attest to the types of people that bought the Miata there.
Gay men (the dealership advertised heavily in the local gay media), DINC (double income, no children)couples (usually as a 2nd car), and east coast born students with parents of means attending Pepperdine, LMU or UCLA (the hard part with that group is convincing daddy that the car despite it's size is still safe, main selling point, accident avoidance, nimble cars get hit less) were the main clientele for Miatas.
I loved driving that car and anyone under 6' tall should consider this at the top of their list for a fun affordable car if they don't need a backseat and actually enjoy rather than tolerate driving (haven't sold them for 7 years and I'm still singing their praises).
The arguments for choosing mini-vans over SUVs as a family hauler are legion, but from personal experience I can tell you that people aren't interested in too much reason or too many facts when buying cars.
Car buying is one of the most emotional major purchase that most individuals and couples make and trying to guess what tact to take when speaking with customers was one of the most exhilirating and frustrating aspects of being a sales consultant.
(and the last two cars I leased were Subarus, love the Baroooos)
But I'm looking forward to it. Who wouldn't be - I'll have my own kids, a sugar-momma and plenty of time for blogging.
Not me, I'd have to trade in my testicles. But then again, I would never marry a "sugar-momma".
I sold my old Legacy (+220,000 miles) to a giant Italian stone mason who told me he only drives Subarus. That's a manly vote, in my book.
Not only that, but it would seem that "lesbians love Subarus!"
What happened to the Station Wagon?
Well, the big boat-size one was killed by CAFE, in the early 80s and late 70s.
The smaller one is alive and well; in addition to the aforementioned Subarus and Audis, there's Volvo (which has another set of identity issues with it, but at least a V70R isn't very Granola), Volkswagen (no different than Audi, really), Dodge (the very manly Magnum available with a V8), Chyrsler (the Pacifica), BMW and Mercedes both (from the 3 and C wagons up to the insanely overpowered ask-at-a-dealership E55 touring, and those new R-class uglymobiles... but if you need a station wagon that can get to 60 in 4.1 seconds, by God you can get one from Stuttgart, and smoke that loser in the 911 who thinks he's All That).
Oh, and Chevy's Malibu Max is almost a wagon.
Hey, I drive a '99 Mazda Miata, the professorial (read cheap) sports car. Found it on Autotrader.com for less than $13,000 a few years ago, and it had only 16,000 miles on it. I call it my no longer a soccer mom car. But years ago I drove a Conversion Van, the kind where the back seat turns into a bed, so we could drive across country a few times a year with three kids and all the baby stuff. I only miss that on long drives. | http://www.althouse.blogspot.com/2005/10/oh-indignity-emasculation-of-it-all.html | 2013-05-18T10:32:20 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Choosing the correct snowboard width: A proper snowboard width will allow your boots to hang over the edge of the board just enough to give you full control over the board for turning. Too much overhang and your toes will catch and down you'll go. The waist of the board should fall within the ranges listed here, depending on your boot size.
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He was born on May 8, 1914 in Kilgore, Texas to Charlie and Viola (Bickley) Lollis. He attended Newlin School in Memphis, Texas. He married Velma Herrington on November 26, 1935 in Levelland, Texas. They were married for 63 years until her death in 1998. Nemo owned and operated the Lollis Garage at Duck's Corner East of Altus for over 50 years from 1946 to 1999. Nemo was a meticulous mechanic who specialized in the service of Studebaker cars and trucks. He was a member of the Elm and Hudson Church of Christ. He enjoyed flying his own plane, riding motorcycles (which he wrecked at age 87), running his Studebaker service shop and spending time with family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Velma and four brothers, Avery, James, Virgil and Grover Lollis.
He is survived by two daughters, Morene Popchoke and husband Donnie of Altus; Betty Baumann and husband Bill of Fort Worth, Tx; two sisters, Mary Frisbie and husband Paul of Plainview, Tx; Martha Kiem and husband Jake of Perryton, Tx; one brother Bill Lollis and wife Chlois of Adel, Ga; four grandchildren, Deby Green and husband David of Euless, Tx; Tommy Popchoke of Oklahoma City, Ok; Pam McGlaun and husband Gerald of Aledo, Tx; Janet Stanley and husband Michael of Fort Worth, Tx; six great grandchildren, Kent McGlaun of Aledo, Tx; Mary Ellen Stanley of Fort Worth, Tx; Brad Popchoke and wife Amy of Oklahoma City; Whitney Popchoke of Oklahoma City; Dustin Green of Euless, Tx; Austin Green and wife Melissa of Euless, Tx. and many friends.
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Now in it’s 26th year, Harvest for the Hungry asks citizens to place filled bags of non-perishable foods and other household items by their front door to be picked up on Saturday, Nov. 10. Volunteers will be out the Saturday before, Nov. 3, placing empty bags at homes to be filled for this purpose.
Items needed include canned meat, soup, canned fruits and vegetables, dried beans and peas, pasta, rice, jelly and jam, flour, sugar, cornmeal, canned and powdered milk, peanut butter, Ramen noodles, instant mashed potatoes, crackers, hot and cold cereal, bar soap, laundry detergent, toilet tissue, babby food, and disposable diapers.
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School Address: 12476 Hwy F62 E Po Box 210, Sully, IA, 50251-0210
Welcome to our Lynnville-Sully Class of 1958 page. Our website was created for Lynnville-Sully Alumni and School Faculty. Register here to reunite with classmates, plan class reunions or to share school information.
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Healthcare and decision-making in dementia
Consent
Consent to medical treatment
Consent to treatment is covered by section 6 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients, No. 785 of 17 August 1992. According to this Act, patients must be cared for on the basis of a mutual understanding, which means that they must consent to treatment. If they refuse a particular treatment, the doctor must propose another medically acceptable alternative to which they are in agreement. In certain circumstances, a person can be treated against his/her will (please refer to the section on forced internment).
Concerning patients who are unable to consent, section 6.2 and 6.3 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients states:
“If a major patient because of mental disturbance or mental retardation or for other reason cannot decide on the treatment given to him/her, the legal representative or a family member or other person closely connected to the patient has to be heard before making an important decision concerning treatment to assess what kind of treatment would be in accordance with the patient's will. If this matter cannot be assessed, the patient has to be given a treatment that can be considered to be in accordance with his/her personal interests.”
“In cases referred to in paragraph 2, the patient's legal representative, a close relative, or other person closely connected with the patient, must give their consent to the treatment. In giving their consent, the patient's legal representative, close relative, or other person closely connected with the patient must respect the patient's previously expressed wishes or, if no wishes had been expressed, the patient's well-being. If the patient's legal representative, close relative, or other person closely connected with the patient forbid the care or treatment of the patient, care or treatment must, as far as possible in agreement with the person who refused consent, be given in some other medically acceptable manner. If the patient's legal representative, close relative or other person closely connected with the patient disagree on the care or treatment to be given, the patient shall be cared for or treated in accordance with his or her best interests.” (9.4.1999/489)
However, a person/persons who make a decision on behalf of a patient cannot forbid treatment which is necessary to ward off a threat to the life or health of the patient (section 9).
Consent in case of emergency
Section 8 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients deals with emergency treatment. It states:
“A patient has to be given treatment necessary to ward off a hazard imperilling his/her life or health even in cases where it is not possible to assess the patient's will because of unconsciousness or other reason.
However, if the patient has earlier steadfastly and competently expressed his/her will concerning treatment given to him/her, he/she must not be given treatment that is against his/her will.”
The right to refuse treatment
A competent patient has the right to refuse treatment. According to the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients (section 6.1), if a patient refuses a particular treatment, the doctor must propose another medically acceptable alternative to which they are in agreement.
Health care proxies also have the right to refuse treatment on behalf of an incompetent patient. According to section 6.3 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients, if the patient's legal representative, close relative, or other person closely connected with the patient forbid the care or treatment of the patient, care or treatment must, as far as possible in agreement with the person who refused consent, be given in some other medically acceptable manner. However, section 9 stipulates that health care proxies cannot forbid treatment which is necessary to ward off a threat to the life or health of the patient.
The right to withdraw consent
Competent patients have the right to withdraw consent.
Consent to non-conventional treatment
Competent patients have the right to give consent to non-conventional treatment.
Consent to the donation of organs and/or human tissue
It is possible for patients to consent to the donation of organs and human tissue through advance directives. Health care proxies can give such consent after the death of the patient.
Consent to research
Act N° 488 on Medical Research came into force on 1 November 1999. In this act, medical research is defined as being research which interferes with the integrity of a human being or a human embryo or foetus and whose intention is to increase knowledge of the cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of the disease or its nature in general.
Paragraph 7 deals with consent from disabled subjects. This includes people who are unable to give their consent due to a mental health disorder, mental handicap or other equivalent reason.
Research can only be carried out on such people if the same scientific results could not be attained using other subjects and provided that the risk of causing damage or stress is limited. Furthermore, research can only be carried out if it could be expected to be directly beneficial to the participant or to other people either of the same age or with the same medical condition. Even if these conditions have been fulfilled, the participant's legal representative, close relative, or other person closely connected with the patient must give written consent after having received the necessary relevant information. The consent has to be given in accordance to the presumed will of a participant. The provisions of article 6 also apply in that consent can be withdrawn at any time before completion of the research. Finally, if the participant objects to any procedure used as part of the research, he or she must not be forced to undergo the procedure.
Advance directives and health care proxies
The legal status of advance directives
Advance directives have legal status in Finland according to section 8 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients (No. 785/92 of 17 August 1992).
Section 8 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients deals with emergency treatment. A situation could arise whereby a patient, who is in need of emergency treatment, is unconscious or unable to express his/her will. According to section 8, doctors cannot give a treatment that is against his/her will, as expressed steadfastly and competently at some point in the past. In the sense that this section refers to the necessity to respect the previously expressed wishes of a person who is no longer able to state his/her preference regarding treatment, this can be considered as legitimising a kind of advance directive.
Paragraph 6.3 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients can also be interpreted as involving the possible use of advance directives in substitute decision making with regard to care [1] .
There are three categories of people who can decide on behalf of a person with incapacity:
- the legal representative who could be either a guardian who is entitled to represent his/her client in issues linked to the client’s person or a person appointed by the patient such as a power of attorney or continuing power of attorney in health care issues.
- a family member or
- another person who is closely connected to the patient.
These people are not placed in any order of priority. However, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has plans to alter the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients in such a way that there would be a priority list of the proxy decision makers. After the alteration the possible legal representative would have priority to make decisions.
Conditions surrounding the writing, validity and registering of an advance directive
A person must have sufficient capacity to make a valid advance directive. Competence is presumed unless proven otherwise. In case of doubt, a doctor should assess a person’s capacity.
There is no set procedure for writing or registering advance directives but they should be recorded in the patient’s medical file. An advance directive can be made orally (e.g. by a person in hospital) or in writing. If made in writing, it is advisable to have two witnesses. A doctor and/or lawyer may be involved in the process of making an advance directive but this is not necessary.
Advance directives are not limited to a set period of time.
There is a new decree from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health on Medical Files (30.3.2009/298). Paragraph 18.4 of the Decree on Medical Files states that if a patient wishes to express (orally) his/her steadfast will regarding future medical treatment, it should be recorded clearly, along with his/her signature, in the medical files. It is also possible to attach a separate advance directive to the medical files.
What an advance directive can cover
The Act on the Status and Rights of Patients states that in emergency situations “doctors cannot give a treatment that is against the will of a patient, as expressed steadfastly and competently at some point in the past”.
In literature on jurisprudence it is interpreted that an advance directive can cover at least the following:
- The treatment of medical conditions;
- Care and welfare decisions;
- Research;
- Life-supporting treatment;
- Life-saving treatment; and
- The appointment of a health care proxy.
Nowadays, in practice, there are also so-called positive advance directives. These documents can express many kinds of wishes e.g. what kind of food and drinks the person likes, what their favourite clothing is etc.
Obligation to comply with instructions contained in an advance directive
In the case of emergency treatment, advance directives are legally binding. In literature on jurisprudence it is interpreted that they are legally binding in other cases too. At least it is good medical practice to comply with them.
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has plans to alter the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients. After the alteration, doctors will not obliged to comply with advance directives if it is obvious that the advance directive is based on a person’s false perception of their health condition, the nature of the illness or the effectiveness of the treatment methods and medication proposed. Similarly, doctors should not comply with an advance directive if the patient’s will concerning treatment and care has changed for the above-mentioned or a similar reason.
If it would be against a doctor’s personal beliefs to comply with instructions contained in an advance directive, the doctor must find a colleague who is willing to take over the treatment of the patient.
Amending, renewing and cancelling advance directives
An advance directive can be amended, renewed or cancelled at any time. This can be done verbally, in writing or through behaviour which clearly indicates this decision. It is not necessary for a person to have full legal capacity (i.e. in every domain) as a greater level of capacity is needed to write an advance directive than to cancel it. This has been discussed in medical circles as well as in literature on jurisprudence.
Access to information/diagnosis
The right to be informed
Section 5 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients, No. 785/92 of 17 August 1992 contains the following provisions regarding the patient's right to be informed:
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The above text can be interpreted as granting patients the right to be informed of the diagnosis.
Under section 9.1 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients, “the right to be informed and the powers of the patient's representative”, allows for information to be given to certain people in order to enable them to make decisions and consent on behalf of the person with incapacity. The text is as follows:
“In the circumstances referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 6, the patient’s legal representative, close relative, or other person closely connected with the patient shall be entitled to receive any information regarding the patient's state of health that may be required to enable them to express an opinion and give their consent. (9.4.1999/489)”
Access to medical files
As a general rule, only the patient has access to his/her medical records.
Health care professionals and other people who are working in the medical domain cannot give information about a patient to outsiders without the written consent of the patient. (See Section 13 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients, no. 785/92)
The right to designate another person to be informed on one’s behalf
Under the government’s proposal of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients (185/1991) the legal representative is either a person appointed by a patient or a guardian (appointed by a court). If a patient has appointed someone to make health care decisions on his/her behalf (for example via an advance directive), such person has the right to be informed regarding the patient’s state of health as stated in section 9.1 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients (see above). A patient can also appoint a “continuing power of attorney in health care issues” in advance of his/her incapacity (please see The Act on Continuing Powers of Attorney (648/2007)). Such donee is also a legal representative and also has the right to be informed under section 9.1 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients.
A legal representative (guardian), relatives and people who are close to the person with dementia can also be informed on his/her behalf although in their case, they would not actually have been designated by the person with dementia.
The doctor’s right to withhold information
Section 5 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients, No. 785/92 of 17 August 1992 states that a doctor has the right to withhold information:
“when it is obvious that giving the information would cause serious hazard to the life or health of the patient.”
See section “access to information” above
The patient’s right to refuse information
Section 5 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients, No. 785/92 of 17 August 1992 contains the following provisions regarding the patient’s right to refuse information:
“..information shall not be given against the will of the patient.”
See section “access to information” above
Confidentiality/disclosure of information to other people
Section 10 of the Constitution states that the private life, honour and home of every person shall be secured and that detailed provisions on the protection of personal data shall be prescribed by Act of Parliament. Patients must be treated in such a way that their human dignity is not violated and that their convictions and privacy are respected (section 3 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients, No. 785/92).
Apart from the exception contained in section 9.1 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients, information about patients is confidential. Section 13 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients (no. 785/92) covers the confidentiality of information in patients' medical files. As stated above in “the right to access medical files”, health care professionals and other people who are working in the medical domain cannot give information about a patient to outsiders without the written consent of the patient. Section 13.3 of section 13 of this act includes further provisions:
- information included in patient documents may be given if there are express provisions on giving it or on the right of access to it in the law;
- information necessary for the arranging of examination and treatment of the patient may be given to another health care unit or health care professional, and a summary of the treatment provided may be given to the health care unit or the health care professional that referred the patient for treatment and to a physician possibly appointed to be responsible for the care of the patient in accordance with the patient's or his/her legal representative’s oral consent or consent that is otherwise obvious from the context; and
- information necessary for arranging and providing the examination and care of a patient may be given to another Finnish or foreign health care unit or health care professional, if the patient, owing to a mental health disturbance, mental handicap or for a comparable reason is not capable of assessing the significance of the consent and he/she has no legal representative, or if the patient cannot give the consent because of unconsciousness or for comparable reason;
- information about the identity and state of health of a patient may be given to a family member of the patient or to other person close to the patient, if the patient is receiving treatment because of unconsciousness or for another comparable reason, unless there is reason to believe that the patient would forbid this; and
- information on the health and medical care of a deceased person provided when the person was still living may be given, upon a justified written application, to anyone who needs the information in order to find out his/her vital interests or rights, to the extent that the information is necessary for that purpose; the acquiring party may not use or forward the information for some other purpose.
Section 13 of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients (30.6.2000/653) specifically addressed the issue of confidentiality of information contained in patients’ records.
Paragraph 13.1 states that information contained in patients’ records shall be confidential. Paragraph 13.2 states that health care professionals and other people working in or for health care units shall not disclose to outsiders information contained in a patient’s medical records without the written consent of the patient. If the patient is not capable of giving such consent, it can be given by his/her legal representative. In this Act, the term “outsiders” refers to people other than those who are involved in the care of the patient or in carrying out tasks related to the person’s care within or on behalf of a health care unit. The obligation to respect confidentiality remains in force even when the person is no longer employed or carrying out tasks on behalf of the health care unit.
End-of-life care and issues
Palliative care
Decisions about palliative care are made by a doctor but need to be discussed with the patient or patients’ health care proxy/proxies.
Special leave for carers in paid employment
The Act on Support for Informal Care (937/2005) came into effect at the beginning of 2006. Support for informal care is a statutory social service. The municipality is responsible for organising the support within the limits of its resources.
The purpose of the Act is to promote informal care that is in the interests of the person cared for (the client) by securing sufficient access to social welfare and health care services and by safeguarding the continuity of care. Support for informal care encompasses necessary services for the client, and compensation, leave and support services for the informal carer.
In section 5.2 of the Act it is stated that if, during a heavy period of care (e.g. looking after a terminally ill person), a carer is unable to go to work, he/she receives a minimum allowance of EUR 600/month.
Euthanasia
Active euthanasia is not permitted.
A competent patient may, however, refuse life-saving or life-sustaining treatment or write in an advance directive the kind of treatment that he/she would like to refuse in the future, should it be needed. Healthcare professionals who respect such wishes, which could be described as passive euthanasia, would not be prosecuted.
Healthcare proxies cannot forbid treatment which is necessary to ward off a threat to the life or health of the person they are representing.
Assisted-suicide
Assisted suicide is not considered a criminal act under the Penal Code of Finland (39/1889 and subsequent amendments).
Homicide, murder and killing
The Penal Code of Finland (39/1889; amendments up to 650/2003 as well as 1372/2003, 650/2004 and 1006/2004 included) includes the following articles which related to homicide, murder and poisoning:
Chapter 21 - Homicide and bodily injury (578/1995)
Section 1 - Manslaughter (578/1995)
(1) A person who kills another shall be sentenced for manslaughter to imprisonment for a fixed period of at least eight years.
(2) An attempt is punishable.
Section 2 - Murder (578/1995)
(1) If the manslaughter is
(1) premeditated;
(2) committed in a particularly brutal or cruel manner;
(3) committed by causing serious danger to the public; or
(4) committed by killing a public official on duty upholding the peace or public security, or because of an official action;
and the offence is aggravated also when assessed as a whole, the offender shall be sentenced for murder to life imprisonment.
(2) An attempt is punishable.
Section 3 - Killing (578/1995)
(1) If the manslaughter, in view of the exceptional circumstances of the offence, the motives of the offender or other related circumstances, when assessed as a whole, is to be deemed to have been committed under mitigating circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced for killing to imprisonment for at least four and at most ten years.
(2) An attempt is punishable.
Section 8 - Negligent homicide (578/1995)
A person who through negligence causes the death of another shall be sentenced for negligent homicide to a fine or to imprisonment for up to two years.
Section 9 - Grossly negligent homicide (578/1995)
If in the negligent homicide the death of another is caused by gross negligence, and the offence is aggravated (also when assessed as a whole), the offender shall be sentenced for grossly negligent homicide to imprisonment for at least four months and at most six years.
Bibliography
The National Advisory Board on Health Care Ethics (ETENE) (2008), Old Age and Ethics of Care. Report 2008 , Helsinki. ()
Sulkava, Raimo: Practice of Competence Assessment in dementia: Finland. In book Stoppe, Gabriela (edit.) (2008), Competence Assessment in Dementia . On behalf of the European Dementia Consensus Network, Springer Verlag. p.109-111.
[1] Please refer to the section on consent.
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Restrictions of freedom
Involuntary internment
Personal freedom is dealt with in article 2, section 2, of the Constitution:
“Everyone has the right to life and to physical integrity. The freedom of the person is inviolable. Intrusion of these rights may only be made pursuant to a statute.”
Paragraph 1906 of the German Civil Code [1] which governs guardianship has constituted one such statute since 1992. In addition, each "Land" has its own requirements for the protection and care of people who are suffering from a mental illness or disorder. These regional laws provide more detailed guidelines concerning the process and conditions of forced internment. In this section, I will refer to both §1906 of the Civil Code and the Law of Lower Saxony on Aid and Protective Measures for the Mentally Ill (No 12/1997) which is an example of legislation in one such "Land" [2] . Conditions for involuntary internment
The conditions for involuntary internment
According to §1906 of the Civil Code, forced internment of a person for whom a guardian [3] has been appointed is only permissible if it is required for his/her wellbeing, because:
due to the fact that the person under care suffers from a mental illness or a mental handicap there is a danger that s/he will kill him/herself or cause considerable damage to his own health, or
a health examination, medical treatment or surgery is required, which cannot be carried out without the person being committed and the person under care, because of a mental illness or mental handicap does not recognise the necessity for commitment or cannot act in accordance with this understanding.
The Law of Lower Saxony regulates the aid and commitment of people who are or have been ill or handicapped as a result of a mental disturbance or who have the symptoms of such illness or handicap. The conditions for internment are that the person (to whom this law applies) is at the present time a source of considerable danger to him/herself or others and that this danger cannot be averted by other means.
The procedure for involuntary internment
§1906 of the Civil Code states that commitment is only possible with the approval of the Court of Guardianship. If it is not possible to obtain approval and delay could be dangerous, it is still possible to intern a person and obtain approval immediately afterwards.
According to §13 of the Law of Lower Saxony, if there are grounds to believe that commitment cannot be averted by the provision of aid, the Social Psychiatric Service can arrange for a person to be examined by a doctor of his/her choice. This doctor is then authorised to report the results of the examination to the Social Psychiatric Service. Alternatively, the person can be summoned by the Social Psychiatric Service for an examination. If there are urgent grounds to believe that the conditions for internment have been met, the person concerned can be brought for examination. If necessary, his/her residence may be entered in order to bring him/her for examination. If it is reasonable to do so, the doctor should inform the person of the results of the examination.
The Court of Guardianship decides on forced internment, as well as on provisional internment in order to establish whether the conditions have been met. A medical certificate must be submitted to the Court of Guardianship, which must not have been issued by a doctor who is acting on behalf of the administration in the internment procedure.
If it is not possible for the court to come to a decision straight away, the person can be admitted to a suitable hospital until the end of the following day. For this to be possible, the conditions for internment must be indicated in the medical certificate, which must have been issued by a doctor who is experienced in the field of psychiatry and be based on a finding made no earlier than the previous day.
Once the court has made a decision on internment, the person in question is informed of the legal assistance to which s/he is entitled and is given the opportunity to notify a person of his/her choice. A medical examination is carried out as soon as the person has been interned in order to determine therapeutic treatment and develop a treatment plan.
The duration of involuntary internment and the process of review
There is no fixed period of internment mentioned in §1906 of the Civil Code or the Law of Lower Saxony. Presumably, the initial duration of internment is decided by the Court of Guardianship. Both laws stipulate that the internment must be terminated if the conditions which led to it are no longer valid.
Coercive measures
Restriction of personal liberty
Paragraph 239 of the Penal Code deals with the wrongful deprivation of personal liberty and does not include any limitation of time. It states:
"Whosoever locks up or deprives a person of his/her freedom in another way will be punished by a prison sentence of up to 5 years or a fine."
Restraint and other coercive measures
The provisions in the Civil Code for internment also apply to the deprivation of a person's freedom for a long period of time or on a regular basis by mechanical apparatus, medication or in another manner. This is applicable regardless of whether the person under care is in an institution, a home or another establishment.
Similarly, the Law of Lower Saxony also applies in the case of further restriction of liberty once interned by means of mechanical devices, medication or by other means over a lengthy period of time or on a regular basis. In such cases, the management of the hospital must apply for authorisation from the Court of Guardianship.
Mistreatment/abuse
Paragraph 233 of the Penal Code states that whoever mistreats the body of another person or causes damage to their health will be punished by a prison sentence of up to three years or a fine.
The legally unjustified restriction of a person's freedom or free movement can be considered as a form of abuse, as can various measures of restraint described above, according to paragraph 1906 of the Civil Code and paragraph 239 of the Penal Code. Consequently, people in daycare centres (or indeed any other place) cannot be detained against their will unless they have been officially committed. This would be the case if doors were locked or there were complicated systems, making it difficult for people to leave the building.
The use of measures of restraint (such as belts, straps, special chairs or medication etc.) must be authorised by the Guardianship Court. However, the use of such measures would only be considered as abusive if they were used against the person's will or if s/he was unable to consent to them [4] . For example, a strap could justifiably be used to prevent a person from falling out of bed provided that the person was able to consent to this measure, that s/he was legally competent and capable of undoing the strap at any time.
Driving
According to §4 of the Tenth Road Traffic Law of 19 December 1952 (and subsequent amendments), the traffic administration authorities must withdraw the licence of any person who reveals him/herself to be unfit to drive. The licence expires immediately on withdrawal. The authorities have the right to check a person's ability to drive. According to §7 of this law:
"If, in the operation of a motor vehicle, a person is killed, physically injured or his/her health is damaged or a tangible object is damaged, the owner of the vehicle shall be obliged to compensate the injured party for the damage caused."
§ 69 of the Penal Code also covers withdrawal of driving licences. If a person has committed an illegal act (e.g. endangering traffic) in connection with the driving of a vehicle, but has not yet been sentenced as it cannot be proved or ruled out that s/he is in a state of incapacity, the court shall withdraw the driving licence if it is evident from the illegal act that s/he is unfit to drive. Once convicted of the offence, the verdict shall include confiscation of the driving licence.
The Law of Lower Saxony also addresses the issue of driving as well as the handling of firearms. According to §34 of this act, the Social Psychiatric Service or the hospital must inform the competent authorities if they consider that a person who has been involuntarily committed would be a danger to him/herself or others by driving a motor vehicle or handling arms. This law applies to Lower Saxony. Other "Länder" may have slightly different provisions.
The issue of confidentiality and unfitness to drive:
In a court case involving a woman with schizophrenia, the Federal High Court ruled that a doctor could inform the traffic authorities of a person's unfitness to drive. This could equally apply in cases of dementia. The judgement was as follows:
“A doctor, despite his basic duty to maintain confidentiality, can be justified, according to the principles on the weighing up of conflicting duties or interests, in informing the traffic authorities if his patient drives a motor vehicle on the road despite no longer being capable, on account of his illness, of driving a motor vehicle without endangering himself and others. The precondition, however, is that the doctor has previously made the patient aware of the condition of his health and of the dangers that would arise if he drove a motor vehicle, unless, from the outset, there would be no point – due to the nature of the illness or lack of understanding on the part of the patient - in the doctor trying to persuade him.” (BGH, Urt.v. 8.10.1968 – VIZR 168/68 – Schizophrenie (KG Berlin)
This judgement was justified on the grounds that although confidentiality forms the basis for the relationship between doctor and patient, the doctor is bound by a higher interest which is to protect public safety. The interest in preventing a person who is unfit to drive from driving is considered to outweigh the interest the public and the individual have in the doctor's maintenance of confidentiality in this case.
[1] In German, the Civil Code is called the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch or BGB for short.
[2] From this point on, this law will be referred to simply as the Law of Lower Saxony.
[3] The term "guardian" will be used in this report instead of "carer", which is used in the translation of the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB).
[4] Bundesministerium der Justiz (1996), Das Bundesministerium der Justiz informiert: Das neue Betreuungsrecht, Klett Druck G.m.b.H.
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Portugal
Reimbursement of anti-dementia drugs
The availability of medicines in general
The Portuguese system provides five different levels of participation of patients in the cost of medicines. Depending on the situations [1] , the state contributes, 100% (only in very special situations defined by a Health Minister decree, when the drugs are indispensable to sustain life), 95% (level A) 70% (level B), 40% (level C) or 20% (level D) of the cost of medicines, and patients or carers are only required to pay the remaining costs. The degree of contributions is fixed in several official lists drawn up by the health services.
The contributions by the state can be increased by 10% for generic medicines and by 5%, in the level A (95%) and in the levels B, C and D by 15%, for pensioners whose annual total income is less than 14 times the minimum wage. [2]
The availability of Alzheimer treatments
All four anti-dementia drugs are available to patients in Portugal and are part of the reimbursement system. They are classified as level C drugs and the State covers 40% of their costs.
Portugal limits both initial and continuing treatment decisions to neurologists and psychiatrists. It does not require any specific diagnostic examinations to be carried out, nor does the system provide upper or lower treatment limits.
Finally, the Portuguese system reimburses medicines for people living alone or in nursing homes.
[1] Infarmed (National Pharmacy and Medicines Institute) has no general criteria to decide the level of reimbursement of any drug. There are diseases whose drugs (specific or not) are all totally reimbursed. Usually they follow a cost/benefit evaluation. A drug can be excluded from the reimbursement system based on its excessive cost. Infarmed has a large discretionary power in this matter.
[2] European Commission (2006): MISSOC – Mutual information system on social protection : Social protection in the Member States of the European Union, of the European Economic Area and in Switzerland : Comparative tables
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Behavioural risk factors
Prevention of dementia
Regular and high intensity leisure time physical activities (e.g. dancing, walking) seem to reduce dementia risk. In a population based study, leisure-time physical activity at midlife at least twice a week was associated with a reduced risk of dementia and AD.
A prospective cohort-study in the USA found that incidence rate of dementia was 13 per 1000 person-years for participants who exercised 3+ times/week compared with 19.7 per 1000 person-years for those who exercised fewer than 3 times/week. Risk reduction associated with exercise was greater in those with lower performance levels/ poorer physical functioning at baseline. Data from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging have associated regular physical activity (defined by a simple “yes/no” question) with a reduced risk of AD. The CAIDE study showed that regular leisure time physical activity at midlife may protect against dementia and AD later in life. The risk reduction was 50% for dementia and 60% for AD. Associations between increased activity and decreased risk seem to be more pronounced among the APOE 4 carriers. Regular physical activity may reduce the risk or delay the onset of dementia and AD, especially among genetically susceptible individuals. Social and mental activities have also been suggested to protect against AD. Generally, an active lifestyle may increase cognitive reserve capacity, reduce stress and thus protect against development or expression of dementia.
Cognitive activity / education
A higher level of education appears to reduce the risk for dementia. More frequent participation in cognitive activity is associated with reduced incidence of dementia. A cognitively inactive person seems to be more likely to develop AD than a cognitively active person. Frequent cognitive activity was also associated with reduced incidence of mild cognitive impairment and less rapid decline in cognitive function.
There even appears to be a dose-response relationship of education, each additional year of formal education further delays the time of accelerated cognitive decline.
Psychosocial activities
Living alone, having no close social ties, not participating in social and leisure activities and never having married seems to increase dementia risk. Recent studies have found that Alzheimer´s disease in particular is negatively associated with diversity of activities and intensity of intellectual activities and positively associated with psychosocial inactivity, unproductive working style, living with a dominant spouse and physical inactivity . A potential protective effect of the psychosocial network on dementia can be demonstrated in several studies. Multivariate analyses suggest an independent effect, especially of sports and cultural activities, and of the number of confidants. There seems to be a decreased risk for dementia for high challenge at work, high control possibilities at work, and high social demands at work.
Subjects with high leisure activity seem to have less risk of developing dementia. Reading, visiting friends or relatives, going to movies or restaurants, and walking for pleasure or going for an excursion seem to be most strongly associated with a reduced risk of incident dementia. In the Bronx Aging Study, leisure activities, reading, playing board games, playing musical instruments, and dancing were associated with a reduced risk of dementia.
A population-based study of Swedish twins suggests that greater complexity of work, and particularly complex work with people, may reduce the risk of AD. Several studies of the relationship between the psychosocial network or activity level and dementia have focused only on a short time span before the onset of clinical dementia.
These results point to a possible independent protection against dementia from social relationships and from physical and intellectual activities in midlife, possibly also in later life.
Depression
Cohort studies have yielded inconsistent results, with some indicating a statistically significant increased risk for AD with history of depression. Meta-analytic evaluation of depression and risk for AD concluded an elevated risk for dementia in people previously diagnosed with depression. History of depression, and particularly an early onset, but not presence of depressive symptoms increased the risk for AD. Interval between diagnoses of depression and AD was positively related to increased risk of developing AD, suggesting that rather than a prodrome, depression may be a risk factor for AD. To date, no evidence exists to answer the question whether early detection and successful treatment of depression in the elderly (or perhaps in younger people) reduce the risk for subsequent AD. Therefore, no clear guidelines can be given.
Stress
Measures of work-related stress (job dissatisfaction and high job demands) seem not to be associated with dementia risk many years later. Greater reactivity to stress seems to predict higher risk of dementia controlling for age, education, sex, occupational status, alcohol use, and smoking status. Looking at monozygote twins, co-twin control analyses also showed that dementia probands were more likely to report high reactivity to stress than their co-twins who did not have dementia. Overall, indicators of stress due to environment were not associated with dementia, whereas the individual characteristic of reactivity to stress predicted dementia risk. Distress proneness was also associated with more rapid cognitive decline. Whether psychotherapy that could lead to more stress tolerance could decrease risk in vulnerable individuals is not known.
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Paul Lagno and the UAlbany indoor track and field team will look to win its ninth title in ten years.
Paul Lagno and the UAlbany indoor track and field team will look to win its ninth title in ten years.
Albany Selected to Capture Seventh Straight Championship
Updated:
November 30, 2011 2:11 pm (ET)
by America East Communications
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
– If the America East indoor track and field preseason coaches’ poll is correct, Albany will continue its string of dominance on the track and win its seventh consecutive title this winter. The Great Danes sit atop the preseason poll as the unanimous preseason favorite.
The Great Danes racked up 64 points and all eight possible first-place votes from opposing coaches in the poll. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams. Boston University received the lone remaining first-place vote, collecting 54 points overall to take second. Binghamton University received 50 points and is a very close third while UMBC is behind the Bearcats with 41 points. New Hampshire slides into the fifth spot with 38 points in front of Maine (30 points) and Vermont (24 points). Stony Brook ( 15 points) and Hartford (8 points) round out the nine-team poll.
Albany
, which is gunning for its ninth title in the last ten years, returns a strong core of all-conference performers from a year ago led by senior Peter Rowell (Scotia, N.Y./Scotia-Glenville/Manhattan), the conference’s 2011 Indoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Rowell won the 500 meter dash at last year’s conference championship and ran a leg in the distance medley relay that also took gold. Paul Lagno (Salt Point, N.Y./Millbrook) also returns as a member of that relay team. Also with senior Nick Santos (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central), who took top honors in the 800 meter run last year and sophomore Kareem Morris (Albany, N.Y./Albany), the conference champion in the 200 meter dash, the Danes are in very capable hands to win consecutive title No. 7.
Boston U.
comes in ranking second in the preseason poll and is returning several key components from its third-place team last season. Sophomore Rich Peters (Bristol, England/Brimsham Green School), one of the conference’s top distance runners, won the mile run at last year’s championship and is one of the three sub-four-minute milers from the Terriers’ Valentine’s meet. Peters, along with Balint Horvath (Budapest, Hungary/Szent Istvan Gimnazium) and David Krinjack (Manchester, Conn./Manchester), all return as members of the Terriers’ 4x800 relay team that captured gold a year ago. Meanwhile, R.J. Page (Swedesboro, N.J./Kingsway Regional) looks to make that final push as he finished second in the 60-meter dash.
Binghamton
has all the talent to make a run at the conference crown come February. The Bearcats will be led by one of the most decorated America East track athletes in recent memory, senior Erik van Ingen (Marathon, N.Y./Marathon). Van Ingen was the Most Outstanding Track Performer at the 2011 championship and the Northeast region’s indoor track athlete of the year. He won the 1,000 and 5,000 meter runs in 2011 and set the conference record in the mile clocking in at 3:57.11 at the Boston U. Valentine’s meet. Cazal Arnett (Queens, N.Y./Christ the King) and Casey Gilbert (Berlin, N.Y./Berlin Central) are back from the championship 4x400 relay team while Adam Helman (Grand Island, N.Y./Grand Island) returns as the reigning pole vault champion.
UMBC
, tabbed fourth in the poll, will ride the performances of four returning all-conference performers from 2011. Trae Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone) bolted to gold in the 60-meter hurdles as a sophomore last year while Joshua Hewitson (New Market, Md./Linganore) came very close to gold in the 500-meter dash. Several field performers will also have to have solid seasons if the Retrievers hope to tangle with the top teams in the poll. Cameron McDearmon (Owings Mills, Md./Franklin), who finished third in both the shot put and weight throw, and Shioma Obemeata (New Rochelle, N.Y./Iona Preparatory/St. Francis College), the runner up in the triple jump, shuold provide top finishes in the field events for UMBC.
New Hampshire
grabs the fifth spot thanks to several field performers looking to have back-to-back solid seasons for the Wildcats. Leading the way this year will be Matthew Guarente (Saugus, Mass./Saugus). The junior jumper won the high jump title last season and finished third in 2010. Cameron Lyle (Plaistow, N.H./Timberlane) looks to have a big year in the throwing events a year removed from career best finishes at the conference championship. His second and fourth-place finishes in the shot put and weighted throw could very well turn into championship performances this year. Meanwhile, Daniel Decrescenzo (New Milford, Conn./New Milford), the runner-up in the 5,000-meter run, with lead the way on the track.
Maine
takes the sixth spot in this season’s poll. The Black Bears enter the indoor season without distance standout, and the last sub-four-minute miler, Riley Masters (Bangor, Maine/Bangor) who will redshirt this season. In his absence, James Reed (Garmisch, Germany) and Trevor England (Auburn, Maine) will have to be solid for Maine. Reed finished a close second to UMBC’s Trae Proctor in the 60-meter hurdles last year while England leapt his way to gold in the triple jump.
After graduating its top finisher from a year ago,
Vermont
looks to build on its seventh place standing. Look for Connor Jennings (Concord, N.H./Concord) and Ethan McBrien (Dublin, N.H./Contoocook Valley Regional), who both turned in solid performances this fall during the cross country season, to lead the Catamounts. Jennings finished sixth in the 3,000 meter run at last year’s championship in what was then a school record. McBrien, meanwhile, was a key component on the 4x400 and 4x800 Vermont relay teams.
Stony Brook
checks in at the No. 8 spot in the poll and will return its top finisher from the 2011 championship. Distance runner Gerard Harley (Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) finished eighth in the 5,000 and ninth in the 3,000 meter run representing the Seawolves’ top finishes during their ninth-place team finish in Boston last year. Eric Speakman (Napier, New Zealand/Taradale), who finished third at the cross country championship this fall, could make an impact this year on the track for Stony Brook, as well.
Hartford
rounds out the poll after graduating one of its top two finishers from last season. Despite losing Warren Lane, who finished fifth in the 500-meter dash, Anderson Emerole (Jamaica, N.Y./Manhattan Center for Math and Sciences) is back and he is the Hawks’ top returning finisher from the 2011 championship. Emerole placed fourth in the 400-meter dash. 2011 marked the first time since the 2005 championship that Hartford did not finish in last place.
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DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- Last week's presidential debate was supposed to cover foreign policy issues, but the ongoing market meltdown was too big to ignore.
Just the same, when the debate turned to global matters, John
McCain and Barack Obama responses were merely a reinforcement of the
conventional wisdom.
Given the multitude of issues this nation faces on the world
stage, the last thing we need is conventional wisdom is not what is
needed now. We need to get away from the myths and fallacies that
both McCain and Obama were more than happy to embrace. Let's look at
some of them.
Iraq: McCain's main talking point has been that the so-called surge - the sharp increase in U.S. forces last year - was a success. While civilian and U.S. casualties have decreased, as much credit can be given to the decision by Sunni groups to rein in al-Qaida
-oriented extremists and the decision by Shiite leader Muqtada
al-Sadr to order his militia to stand down.
The whole point of the surge was to create conditions for a
political reconciliation and a more stable Iraq. It hasn't happened
yet. There are no signs that the Sunni and Shiites are willing to
compromise on many key issues. Sectarian differences are still
festering.
It's clear that the next stage for the United States in Iraq
is to lower its profile, start withdrawing large numbers of troops
and to start brokering a political solution that will satisfy both
Sunnis and Shiites.
Afghanistan: Both Obama and McCain favor sending more U.S. troops there. Unfortunately, that is not going to be the way to
prevail. The reason why U.S. and NATO forces are having a tough time
is not because they are too few of them. It's because their presence
in Afghanistan is turning Afghanis toward the Taliban. It's hard to
convince the average Afghani that you're there to help them when U.S.
airstrikes keep killing innocent civilians.
Securing Afghanistan is not as important to defeating
al-Qaida as both Obama and McCain think it is, especially when
al-Qaida is operating freely in Pakistan - a country that is not
interested in having Afghanistan under American control. A better
solution might be a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and instead to
work with Hamid Karzai's government to negotiate an end to the civil
war with the Taliban. Then, U.S. forces can focused on economic
assistance that would strengthen both the Afghan and Pakistani
governments.
As for dealing with the Taliban and al-Qaida, it's worth
remember that most of the planning for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
took place in Germany and the United States, not Afghanistan.
Al-Qaida is a decentralized network without a headquarters. That's
why extensive intelligence cooperation, combined with expert police
work and effective border control, is a better way to fight terrorism
than dropping bombs in Afghanistan.
Iran: Both McCain and Obama are concerned about Iran's role in the Middle East. Too much attention is focused on Iranian
president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has almost no influence over
foreign affairs. Iran's Islamic system of government doesn't have
much appeal to the Sunni-dominated Middle East. And despite all the
rhetoric, Iran is still a very long way away from making a nuclear
weapon.
The way to deal with Iran is not to isolate and punish it. By
virtue of its size and power, Iran is going to play a major role in
Middle Eastern affairs. If policies are changed to engage Iran,
rather than to isolate it, all the air gets let out of the
anti-American rhetoric. While McCain derided Obama on Friday for
suggesting direct talks with the leaders of Iran, this nation has a
long history of direct talks with our enemies. Isolating so-called
"rogue" states usually only makes them stronger.
Russia: McCain wants to eject Russia from the Group of Eight and expand NATO to include Georgia and Ukraine. While Russia's
invasion of Georgia in August was an outrageous act, it also has to
be seen as a reaction to U.S. provocations such as expanding NATO to
the edge of Russia's borders and deciding to deploy a missile defense
system in central Europe.
Cooperation with the United States is at a low ebb now, but
it is in Russia's interest to maintain a strategic partnership. After
all, reducing nuclear proliferation, controlling Islamic extremism
and expanding the world's oil and gas supplies are in both nation's
interests. Only a relationship based on mutual interests and
compromise will achieve this.
Our role in the world: Neither McCain or Obama dare to talk about an important new reality - the United States is no longer in a position to dictate how other countries should organize their
political and economic systems.
On the big issues such as climate change and nuclear
proliferation, U.S. leadership is still needed. But the rest of the
world has gotten used to the idea of a multipolar system where China,
India, Russia, South Korea, Latin America and the European Union have
more influence.
Sure, it plays well on the campaign trail to call for the
United States to lead the world. But the combination of
globalization, the Iraq War and the meltdown of the American
financial system has undermined our military and economic primacy.
The balance of global power is beginning to shift and our nation is
facing an uncertain future it can longer control.
McCain refuses to acknowledge this. Obama seems afraid to
acknowledge this. But it must be confronted, because the world is
changing rapidly and the old rhetoric is not going to cut it any more.
In the final few weeks before the November election, we need
some honest talk about our nation's place in the world and how to
realistically deal with Iraq, Iran, Russia and other foreign policy
issues. The times demand it.
Randolph T. Holhut has been a journalist in New England for
nearly 30 years. He edited "The George Seldes Reader" (Barricade
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DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- Mankind has always wanted to fly, and not by being X-rayed at an airport and then scrunched into a tiny seat three across with a change of planes in Atlanta. That's the kind of flying that inspired Orson Welles to say, "There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror."
I'm thinking of flying as a metaphor for freedom.
From Icarus' melted wings to the Wright Brothers to Lucky
Lindy to the chic single-engine adventuring of the wealthy (think
"Out of Africa") to planes as weaponry to elegant travel with Louis
Vuitton luggage to private jets to airliners for the hoi polloi that remind me of Greyhound buses - as a race we humans have always been trying to emulate birds in flight.
"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty
things," said Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
At Harris Hill here in Brattleboro last weekend, we got a
taste of Olympic thrill-flying as we watched male and female ski
jumpers hurl themselves into the air and fly for what seemed like
miles. Of course, it was more like meters, but to me it looked as if
they were hovering in the air. Looking up at them from below, their
skis looked for all the world like the feet of birds. It was
thrilling.
This week, in many ways, athletes are courting flight at the
Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Through the wonders of modern
technology, they are taking me with them.
Of course, there's real flying and then there's metaphorical
flying. Jumping off a 90-meter ramp on skis is real flying. Ice
skating at speeds up to 40 mph is metaphorical flying. You may feel
as if you're flying, but your feet (hopefully) don't leave the ice unless you're doing one of those gravity-deying leaps.
Whether real or metaphorical, flying seems to be an integral
part of winter sport. In Vancouver, it's taking many forms. There's
the feeling of flying that the women in pairs skating must feel when
their partners hold them high above their heads and glide them across
the rink, the breeze rustling their hair, or when they throw their
bodies into triple turns and lutzes.
It's the same with luge, where real flying - into-the-air
flying - can lead to disaster, as we saw with the tragic death of
Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili during a practice run before the Games began. His body flew home the wrong way on Monday - in a brown coffin.
Before Kumaritashvili's death, the sliders were flying down
that curve of glare ice at 95 miles an hour. Now that the track has
been shortened and fixed, the men are still going 90, and some are
complaining that it's too slow. And the women are doing about 83.
Even in the face of death, they're still in thrall to the thrill of
flying down a long, hard, gleaming wall of ice as fast as they can -
"A rocket ride to the bottom," as one announcer said.
The snowboarders fly for real, scraping the sky while holding
on to their boards. One AT&T commercial has a boarder flying out into
space, and it doesn't seem far-fetched, at least in my imagination.
Flying down a mountain on skis - either straight down or
bouncing off moguls - looks like breathtaking fun. At speeds close to
70 mph, downhill skiing is combination of perfect balance, steady
nerves, superb physical conditioning and a total disregard for the
laws of gravity. When American Bode Miller got to the end of his run,
he didn't look as if he cared whether he won bronze, silver or gold he won two of those). He looked as if he wanted to turn around and make love to the
mountain.
Then there's the crazy snowboard cross, which looks like an
airborne, high-speed version of Roller Derby.
As Wilbur Wright, who should know, said about flight, "More
than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace mingled with
an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost, if you can
conceive of such a combination."
Vancouver is having a tough time as an Olympic host. Canada's
quest to "own the podium" isn't going very well. The weather is not
cooperating with the sport - it's already spring in Vancouver city;
the apple blossoms are in bloom. There's either too much snow on the
mountains or so little that they have to truck it in. It's so warm
that sometimes the speed skating ice develops waves. While
Washington, D.C. digs out from under all the snow that Canada craves,
it's hard not to think of those brain-dead Senators and Congressmen
scratching their heads and saying, "There might be something to this
global climate change after all."
Isn't it a miracle that I can lie on my couch every night
and feel as if I'm flying? I give thanks to the NBC camera crews and
to all the athletes who fly without feathers and make me feel that I
can, too.
American Reporter Correspondent Joyce Marcel (joycemarcel.com) is a journalist and columnist. You can reach her at joycemarcel@yahoo.com. | http://www.american-reporter.com/4,646W/578.html | 2013-05-18T11:04:16 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Catalogue.
The interior of Dragon Books' shop in Los Angeles.
H.L. Mencken was one of the most notable of journalists of the first half of the 20th century, offending just about everyone at some time or other with his biting wit. Item 62 is a letter he wrote (typed and signed) to a "Mr. Stearns" concerning a case where a high school teacher in Detroit found himself in hot water for placing Mencken's "Book of Burlesques" and another on a reading list. Mencken describes the books as "two undoubtedly lewd tomes," and goes on to say, "This he offered to virgins of 17 and 18. No wonder the High-School Mothers' Club complained to the Polizei." $2,500.
Item 22 is a rather gruesome work, The Punishments of China, Illustrated with Twenty-Two Engravings... These illustrations were created by George Mason (the artist, not to be confused with the Revolutionary War era American patriot), who traveled to China near the end of the 18th century. His engravings make clear that two centuries ago, we knew what torture was, even if we have trouble defining it today. Beatings, deep cuts with a sword, the rack, and tying to a cross are among the unpleasantries depicted. $5,500.
Item 29 is a remarkably realistic charcoal and pastel portrait of writer George Bernard Shaw. The portrait is signed by both artist J.J. Wolf and Shaw himself, who has dated it "4th July 1927." It comes with a humorous letter dated February 7 of that year: "I now have considerable experience as an artist's model; but my terms -- about $3,750 an hour -- are prohibitive." $5,000.
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- By Michael Stillman
Catalog 33 from Old West Books.
Old West Books has issued their Catalog 33 of books that pertain to the land west of the Mississippi. Offered is a collection of books and manuscripts from the 19th and 20th centuries (and a few from the 21st) that pertain to the American West in the 19th. It is filled with tales of people who settled the West, traversed it on their way to California and Oregon, fought the Indians who already lived there, fought each other once they drove the natives out, drove cattle across its open spaces, and did all of the other things these amazing, though somewhat romanticized, people did to survive. They fascinate us as much today as they did then. Here are a few books from America's Old West.
We will start with a harrowing trip across the west in 1850, A Ride Over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California, published in 1852. The author was Henry Coke, an adventurous young man from England, son of an M.P. He had already served time in the Royal Navy when he joined up with six others to cross the Rockies. Five of them made it, two did not, and it was said to be a miracle that any survived. Coke made it on time to observe the Gold Rush in California, but he was there to sightsee, not dig for gold, so from there he moved on to the “Sandwich Islands” (the British continued to call Hawaii by this name long after others abandoned the practice). Among his adventures Coke met the famed mountain man, Kit Carson. Item 20. Priced at $550.
Here is another trip to the West, but we imagine a far less stressful one. This title sounds perfect for a low budget film staring Fran Drescher – Westward Ho. Snapshot Recollections of a Happy Brooklyn Party's Memorable Transcontinental Tour. During the summer of 1915, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper put on a western tour for Brooklyners, and one has to imagine the locals of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and the Pacific states must have been as astounded by these people as they were of the scenery and people they encountered in the West. At the end of the trip, the tourists were given a copy of this book, which includes many photographs. Item 1. $325.
Item 120 is a rare and important piece for collectors of western outlaws: The Story of Cole Younger by Himself Being an Autobiography of the Missouri Guerrilla Captain and Outlaw... Younger and his brothers were Confederate sympathizers in Missouri during the Civil War. Pro-Union and pro-Confederacy Missourians battled it out in this border state, often turning to extreme violence. Younger joined up with the particularly violent Quantrill Raiders, who slaughtered 200 people across the Kansas border in abolitionist Lawrence. After the war, the remnants of the Raiders still occasionally attacked and stole from those who had been pro-Union, but in time they became little more than common outlaws. The Youngers joined up with another pair of Quantrill veterans, Jesse and Frank James, to wreak havoc across the Midwest. Younger was captured after an unsuccessful bank heist in 1876, while the James' brothers avoided capture until Jesse was shot from behind in 1882. Though sentenced to life in prison, Cole Younger was paroled in 1901, and for a while toured in a “Wild West” show with Frank James. It was around this time – 1903 – that this autobiography was published. This copy was once owned by Younger's nephew, Harry Younger Hall. $5,000.
Item 54 is a book for California collectors, a biography of the leader of the short-lived California Republic, or “Bear Flag Republic.” The title is A Biographical Sketch of the Life of William B. Ide... by his older brother, Simeon Ide. In 1846, tensions were running high between Mexico and the United States. The Mexican War was about to begin. A group of American settlers in California heard that Mexico planned to expel the Americans. They revolted. Operating under the Bear Flag, they declared their independence. Independent California did not last long, if ever it was independent. Unknown to Ide and his followers, war had begun. Ide, who served as California's only “President,” ended his administration just 25 days later when American General John Fremont and his troops arrived. The rebels quickly joined the American forces, and as a result of the war, California permanently became American Territory. This biography was published in 1880, when Simeon Ide was 86 years old. William had died back in 1852. $3,500.
Zane Grey's tribute to Buffalo Jones.
Item 41 is a first edition of the great western writer Zane Grey's book The Last Plainsman, published in 1908. The book is based on the life of Charles “Buffalo” Jones, a one-time buffalo hunter and frontiersman who had a major change of heart. When he realized that his pray was becoming extinct, Buffalo Jones determined to save the species. He set up colonies of buffalo from the few remaining he could locate for breeding. His conservationist ways would earn him the admiration of President Theodore Roosevelt, and later, Zane Grey. This is a special copy of Grey's book as it is signed by Grey, Jones, and Jack Crawford, a western scout and frontiersman who worked with the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hillcock. The book was signed at a dinner honoring Jones' work in preserving the bison. $1,250.
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The National Archives are open seven days a week except Thanksgiving and December 25th. The archives are open from 10am to 7pm daily during Spring and Summer. Reserved passes are not required for free admission, but it may be a good idea to reserve passes if you are visiting during Washington, DC’s peak season. Guided tours are also available.
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December 1994 | Volume 45, Issue 8.
He’s having the club sandwich, she the chicken salad ordered when told there’s no seafood one. They began with a Bloody Mary apiece and are taking wine with the meal. They’ll split a serving of cake with the coffee. Our passing student cannot know that when they were of student age, to be able to do this the gentleman of this couple would have fought a lion and climbed a thousand mountains . . .
I’m a senior and in two days leave forever the University of Wisconsin. I’ve had my final exams, and now there’s a brief hiatus before the graduation ceremonies and I am in the Memorial Union’s recreational reading room going through Life magazine.
The door opens and Miss Clark walks in. I stare at her. In the years that are coming I shall as a newspaper reporter interview Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. I won’t stare at them as I do at Miss Clark.
She sees me, and transfixed, paralyzed, I see walking in my direction someone for whom, if they did not exist, the terms Ice Princess and Dream Girl and American Beauty would have to be invented. I’m on a little couch. She seats herself on the edge of it. Ten thousand memories of my college days have vanished since then, but this moment lives on. Those glittering eyes.
She’s holding a book. “What’re you reading?” I get out my glasses and look at the title. ”‘Howard Roark laughed,’” I say. It’s the first sentence of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.
Madison’s spring sun is shining, and outdoor tables have been placed on the patio overlooking Lake Mendota. Wisconsin is famous for being the only Big Ten university that serves beer; a 3.2 concoction is available in the Rathskeller downstairs. And they have coffee and snacks and things. I know what my next address is going to be; it’s the U.S. Army. Those big Korean War infantry divisions need replacements. So it’s a perfectly logical thing that I ask Miss Clark down to the Rathskeller. After all, I didn’t sit down next to her; she did to me.
Only once before have I ever talked at any length with Miss Clark. We were in a class in Russian history as juniors and a film was shown after normal class hours at Bascom Hall on the hill. You weren’t allowed to drive up there during class time but could in the late afternoon. I had a car—very rare among students. I went up, saw the film, a Soviet epic having to do with Napoleon’s defeat, and came out into the twilight, as did Miss Clark. I managed to inquire how she’d liked the movie. She praised the actor portraying one of Napoleon’s chief military opponents, Marshal Kutuzov, I suppose. “He was superb,” she said. Naturally I agreed.
“Are you going down the hill?” she asked.
“I’m driving down the hill.” She took this for an invitation, and we made for the Bascom Hall parking area.
As we walk, she takes out a cigarette and asks if I mind if she smokes. Let me, as we used to say in Philosophy 101, define our terms. She’s not asking if I’m against smoking . That concept is decades unborn, and the inventor of the no-smoking sections of restaurants is probably at his mother’s breast. We all smoke. What Miss Clark means is, Do I mind if she smokes standing up? There is a certain prohibition against a woman’s doing this.
I indicate that for her to do so is in my eyes perfectly permissible. (I do not add that if she grabs me by the collar, turns me around, and kicks me in the pants, that also would be perfectly permissible.) I take matches and offer a light before getting my own cigarettes. They are in their package. On Friday or Saturday nights they will be found in flat gold case snug in jacket pocket. There was never a weekend date of my college career when I was without jacket—and tie. On Saturday or Sunday afternoons students wore blue jeans, rolled up above white socks, and girls wore their fathers’ white business shirts, but such were not seen in class. Our great thick yearbook, The Badger , has numerous crowd shots of students going about the campus; not one is wearing jeans. All are wearing saddle shoes or loafers. How good-looking they are, how neat those shiny boys with short haircuts, how simply overwhelming those lovely, sweet girls in pleated skirt and blouse! So attractively clean-cut. People in the mass have never seemed in the intervening years between then and now to be so good-looking, not to me.
And now a girl who may have had campus equals in appearance, but no superiors, is getting into my car as I hold open the door. I go around the other side, take the wheel, drive about two hundred yards—and crash. A campus cop comes and gives a ticket to the other driver for being on my side of the road. An extremely bum rap. The accident wasn’t his fault, I told my roommate later. It certainly wasn’t my fault either. It was Miss Clark’s fault.
My car, which was registered in my mother’s name, had a dented fender. I called home. My father asked if I had been alone. I told him a fellow student was with me. He inquired about what today would be called the fellow student’s gender. I told him. That was bad, he said. I understood. The car was one of that middling percentage of America’s autos that were insured, and a young and single girl was the worst thing wanted around when your wife’s insured car gets into an accident. The girl’s lawyer points out that an injury impairs her chance to get married, and that means a good settlement and big future premiums for our family’s cars.
“But she wasn’t hurt,” I said.
“ You say,” my father snapped. “Call her up and find out for sure. Then call me back.” This showed the matter was really important. To send me to an out-of-town college at an annual expense, what with tuition, lodging, food, clothing, car, allowance of some twenty-five hundred dollars, was a matter of no moment—but long-distance calls were another story. They were strictly for big occasions. Some ceremony attended their placing, and serious discussions with operators. On Thanksgiving you could put in the call before noon and it might be late afternoon before the operator called to say your party was on the line. I have sometimes reflected in recent years that beyond casual profanity, music, proletarian-style attire, and long hair, here is the real dividing line between generations: Young people today think nothing of calling California—or even Prague.
My father’s demand was, as the first-graders of the day of that trifling accident would say when they got to college, nonnegotiable. I was going to have to nerve myself up to call the Delta Gamma house and ask for Louise Clark. (Miss Clark did have a first name, although no professor would ever use it, even as to them I was Mr. Smith.) She was always addressed as Weezie.
I dialed the Delta Gammas. A year or so earlier I had taken a shine to one of the girls there, Ginny, had called a few times for a date, and got instead the go-by. We always had a pleasant chat before she informed me that unfortunately she had made plans for the evening upon which I had requested the honor of her company. When, after graduation, The Badger arrived in the mail, I discovered that Ginny was the Delta Gamma president. And Weezie was vice president. There was a set-apart picture of them with the secretary and treasurer below the Delta Gamma group shot. My last contact with President Ginny was sometime before graduation when I was in one of the Quonsets, leftover Second World War Navy training quarters converted to an auxiliary library, and Ginny happened along and informed me that she was no longer just pinned but actually engaged. She was going to marry a doctor. “In ten years,” Ginny remarked, “we will be making seventeen thousand five hundred dollars a year.” I don’t know how she figured the exact amount. I remember the “we.”
When Weezie came to the phone, I told her that my father was very interested in the state of her health. She assured me she was entirely uninjured. That ended the matter.
Now we sat together on the couch in the Memorial Union library, and I did not ask her down to the Rathskeller. It was impossible that I do so, for the Weezie Clarks of this world are not for inviting down to Rathskellers. Permit me to explain, although some readers will not understand. Those readers are called . . . women. Oh please! Don’t call me a genderbiased chauvinist. I know all about it. Gloria Steinem was a guest at my wedding. She roomed with my wife on Junior Year Abroad. But what it is, there are men, a majority, I believe, who when young see selected dream girls as personages beyond reach and aspiration. This transcends time, background, personality, position, destiny. There was a young man of the last century who used to stand at a certain town square and stare each night at his Weezie Clark. He never spoke a single word to her. Once he wrote her an unsigned letter saying he was off to pursue studies elsewhere. When he returned, he wrote, they would marry. She threw the incomprehensible letter away, never connecting it with the silent kid who used to stare at her. Decades later a historian came to a widowed old lady to ask if she remembered that letter. And a fellow who used to gaze at her? The historian had talked with a boyhood friend of the young man. Vaguely it returned to the old lady. Imagine when she learned that her long-ago admirer’s name was Adolf Hitler.
Well, Hitler . How about Geraldo Rivera? Did you watch the program where he goes back to his college reunion? All he could talk about was wanting to see the blonde cheerleader who terrified him. He had interviewed the great of the universe, Geraldo let us know, but to interview Charlene! Then we follow him and his camera crew and see him almost gibber as he tells her how great she was. Then there’s the Robert Redford character in the film Indecent Proposal , who speaks of seeing a girl in the subway once thirty years earlier and that not a day has gone by since then that he hasn’t thought of her. Same thing for the Mr. Bernstein of Citizen Kane —saw a girl in white, with a white parasol, on a ferry. Never forgot. And my friend Richard, who had his Emily, and my friend Clyde with his Nell. “She didn’t walk on the ground, she floated above it,” Clyde told me. (A week later, when I had occasion to telephone his office and was told he was out, I said, “Let him know Nell called and she’s at the motel, waiting.” “What?” asked Clyde’s assistant. “Just give him the message.” An hour later Clyde called back. “You’re a dirty old man,” he said bitterly.)
I suppose such girls as these evoke in the boys who study them the imagined best of their era. And of anyone I ever took note of, Louise, Weezie, Miss Clark, then and later meant the fifties. She was, it seemed to me, so right for the times, calm, unruffled, healthy, reserved, polite, confident, serene, demure, every hair in place. Turbulence, trouble, problems—they could never touch her. In this she reflected our University of Wisconsin campus as we, the luckiest generation in the history of the country and the world, Depression and Germans and Japanese beaten by others for our benefit, went about getting something of an education although the classes were almost always deadly boring—not relevant, as would soon be said. There was absolutely no discussion of politics at all, no profanity in front of girls, no foreign food save for Italian plus Madison’s sole little Chinese restaurant, a rigid twelve-thirty deadline for girls on Saturday night, when dates ritualistically kissed before half of each couple made for dorm or sorority house and the other half went away into the night, thousands of lips meeting all over campus. There was no fear of the future. You wanted to be an engineer, go study it, get your diploma, go to work in the field as soon as you got out of the Army. You wanted to marry an engineer, go be a home economics major, find one, live happily ever after.
We were all very much of a piece, a great collection of what in Europe was once called the officer class. Miss Clark and I had some twenty-six hundred fellow graduates, and a search of The Badger ’s individual photos reveals precisely three faces recognizably black. The track team was all white. The basketball team was all white. There were many more boys than girls, for while a family might stretch itself to send a son to college, it would never do so for a daughter. Let her get a job, or married.
From our couch Miss Clark arose, returned The Fountainhead at the desk, and went away. Ten years or so later at a New York City party I fell into conversation with a young woman who turned out to be a D.W. grad of my era. She looked a sorority-girl type. I asked which one. Delta Gamma.
“Then you knew Ginny, of course.”
“Oh, sure.”
“And Louise Clark.”
She asked, “Were you a member of the I Love Weezie Club?”
How could I be? I hardly knew the girl. And in fact, I did not consider her human enough to know, let alone love. That was part of the equation. If I had believed she was of my genus, my species, I would have—well, who knows what I would have. But, you say, this is all so unbelievably childish . Look. I’ve been out of college since before most people were born. Do you suppose I’m going to be distressed because you think I’m childish?
I decided last year I’d find out what Weezie had been up to, these decades, the forty years.
She was a U.W. grad, a Delta Gamma, from Burlington, Iowa. “I love a good hunt,” said Assistant Editor Laura Allen of this magazine. But nothing turned up in the obvious places.
“She may have died, you know,” a friend suggested helpfully.
“Like hell she has! God wouldn’t let Miss Clark die on me!”
Laura Alien called. “She’s living with her husband in Princeton, New Jersey. No connection with the university—I checked there.” Laura had telephoned every library in Burlington, Iowa, got someone who knew someone, got a someone who knew the married name and phone number of the subject of our search. I came down from my upstate-New York home to talk strategy with a huntress no less successful than Diana.
“Call her and ask and answer as few questions as possible,” I said over sushi and sashimi at a restaurant near this magazine’s offices. How open my mouth would have fallen once, this same mouth into which chopsticks were propelling the food, at the idea, the very conception , that one day Japanese delicacies would make me a meal. “Her classmate the historian wants to discuss the old days,” I told Laura. “That’s the whole story.”
“Will she remember you, do you think?”
“Pretty unlikely. If she remembers anything, it’ll be the Bascom Hall accident. But who knows, she may have gone through half a dozen car-totaling accidents since then. Be careful. If she gets it into her bean that an insurance salesman or bond peddler is after her, we’re cooked.”
I wanted to hit her cold and with as few preliminaries as possible, I told a friend. “I hope she weighs three hundred pounds,” his wife said. “I hated those beauty queens at college.” “She’s a drunk,” confidently declared the wife of another friend. “She was brought up to be one of those television dears, so prim and sweet. Then the years come along, and she ages. Now there’s the sherry in the closet, the pills in the bathroom.”
Poor Miss Clark. The world was against her. But talk about working in darkness! All available information, and that of the scantiest conceivable nature, was forty years old. If when we were Wisconsin seniors someone had done what I was doing now, that someone when he was a senior would have grown up surrounded by Civil War veterans. He would not have been able to conceive of a world war. His town’s paved roads would become dirt after the trolley turnaround. Laura called.
“You have a date for luncheon at the Nassau Inn, Princeton, at one on January fifth. Her husband’s not well, and she prefers to meet you outside the house. She’ll see you at the entrance of the Greenhouse.”
I drove down the night of the fourth, took a room, slept, woke up, had coffee in the room, stood staring out the window for a very long while. Really, it’s true what you’ve always read: The years do fly by. We of the fifties who experienced the war as children in the very tiniest and last corridor of our minds remember England as the first nation of the world. I learned it when I was very young and can’t forget. Television—people like us, college students, the well-off, our families, we didn’t have television. It was in bars or for the poor in the slums. Their tenements spouted antennas. We didn’t have sets until years after the factory workers and laborers got theirs.
I headed downstairs in the Nassau Inn for the Greenhouse, passing through the Tap Room. My college roommate’s dead. He shot himself as a Johns Hopkins Medical School resident. It was in 1960, weeks prior to the KennedyNixon election. We played tennis a few days before. I always told myself that if I had a son, I’d name him for my roommate, but I had a daughter. I never think of him as forever young, young enough to be my son now, but as my contemporary.
I entered the Greenhouse antechamber. I’d be paying for this meal, and the hotel room, with a credit card. Of course. What else? Business expense. A tiny part of me says that’s wrong: you shouldn’t have something you can’t instantly pay for. My father never bought a car on what was called the installment plan, and in fact, he was dead before I ever permitted myself to drive a car I didn’t own 100 percent. What a way of doing things! If everyone followed that formula, the country’d grind to a halt. There was a trim woman with short pepperand-salt hair wearing a checkered cloth coat standing in front of the Greenhouse, looking in, her back to me. “Hello!” I said, and Miss Clark turned around.
Do you remember that coat you used to wear?” I asked. We sat in the Tap Room booth. It would be quieter there than in the Greenhouse.
“Coat?” We were drinking our Bloody Marys.
“It was darker than everyone else’s.” We all wore what were called storm coats, gray, with fur collars. Maybe they weren’t fur—who knows? There did not exist a soul who would have cared if they were.
“Oh, yes. It was a dusky blue.”
“Yes. Now, we were driving down Bascom hill after this movie from Russian history, you were wearing the coat, and you said to me the actor who played Marshal Kutuzov, he was superb. You know? Then I crashed the car. Remember?”
“Russian history,” she said.
“Yes, and then, you know, right before graduation, you came into that little reading room in the Union, you know—”
“Yes, the little reading room.”
“—and I was sitting on this couch, and you sat down and you had The Fountainhead , Ayn Rand, remember?”
“Well . . .”
She seemed warm and friendly, seemed awfully nice, was soft-spoken and well spoken, smiled easily—and was probably, I decided, thanking her lucky stars she’d ruled that we meet in a public place where the Princeton lacrosse team doubtless could be relied upon to appear and rescue her from the maniac of a lifetime ago. I talked about her sorority sister Ginny, how I used to ask her out.
“She was my roommate!”
“Really. Did she marry her doctor? Did they ever get up to seventeen thousand five hundred dollars a year?”
Miss Clark —Mrs. Something Else, as now she styled herself—gave me a look from eyes set behind glasses now. “At Christmas I get one of those letters that bring people upto-date. They live on the West Coast, have loads of children, and in every letter announce the birth of another grandchild.” Good Lord. Tough to visualize pretty and perky Ginny as a matriarch.
“Now, Weezie—”
“Weezie! Nobody calls me that except for one woman I know. She asked me, ‘Didn’t anyone ever call you Weezie? I’m going to call you Weezie.’”
“So am I. Now, Weezie, you seem very polite—you’re a credit to the old U.W.—and you’re working very hard not to make it clear that you don’t remember me in the slightest, isn’t that right?”
“Well . . .”
“Don’t remember the reading-room chat, don’t remember the car crash.”
“Oh, but I do. My back still hurts.”
She was grinning. It startled me that the golden girl from yesterday had a sense of humor. “I want,” I said, “to read you something that’ll perhaps make everything clear. This is from the introduction by Anthony Goldsmith to Flaubert’s Sentimental Education , London, 1941, edition.” I opened a notebook in which I’d written the quote—and found in the dim Tap Room light that I couldn’t read my handwriting. People who graduated from college forty years ago will run into reading problems in poor light. “May I borrow your glasses?” She handed them over.
“Please remember that my intensity was somewhat less than Flaubert’s. But the tone is right. You understand? Goldsmith says: ‘The image of Elisa, la toujours aimée , perpetually haunted his thoughts, and he once described her as the woman who had “ravaged his life.” . . . This curious unfulfilled passion was in fact Flaubert’s own romantic illusion. ... It was Flaubert himself who, forced by his inner nature, invested her with ideal qualities and made her typify the perfections of his youthful fantasies.’”
I took off the glasses. “You are my Elisa.”
We had been together for perhaps twenty minutes. “Well, there you are,” I said. There had been no change in the pleasant, interested expression on her face. “Now, I don’t know the first thing about you—never did. Begin at the beginning.”
“I’ve been thinking it’s about time someone came and interviewed me,” Miss Clark said.
She was the baby of her family. Everyone impressed upon her older sister, Judy, the necessity of getting A’s, but nothing about that was ever said to little Louise. She was her grandfather’s darling. He used to call her Little Bear and was Big Bear to her. She used to run and jump into his arms until one day her mother said he was getting too frail for that. Every Sunday she and Judy and their parents went across the street to the grandparental home on a North Hill bluff overlooking the Mississippi and Illinois to the east. Of Swedish and English ancestry, Clarks had been in Burlington since the 188Os. Grandmother presided at the Sunday meal, pressing with her foot a bell under the diningroom rug beneath the table covered with pads and a tablecloth to summon the maid.
“Bell under the rug, pads under the tablecloth!” I said. I hadn’t thought of that sort of thing for decades, for the lifetime of 90 percent of the people I see in the supermarket these days, who can’t remember the war, or Truman, or mail twice a day, once on Saturday, or Joe McCarthy, Sinatra, MacArthur, Rita Hayworth. “I didn’t think they had that out in the hinterlands. What, was there a butler too?”
“There was no butler,” she said firmly. “And the maid was an Iowa farm girl. Those little Midwestern towns, you know, worked very hard to be like Back East.”
Grandfather was a lawyer and served on the Burlington school board for years and years. “Thirty-eight, I think.” When the high school put up a new sports facility, it was named for him: the Clark Fieldhouse. She and her friends in long-ago days after school used to walk down to the center of town, three or four blocks from home. There were no suburbs. Beyond town limits was rich alluvial farmland. In town were places owned by members of her family. At one she bought a bright red strapless formal. (The word was also utilized to describe a dance where the boys wear evening clothes of varied style which were uniformly titled “a tuxedo.” A semi-formal means the girl wears her formal and he wears his double-breasted navy blue suit. In both instances his presentation of a corsage for wear at shoulder or waist or wrist is mandatory. Orchids, as we say today, send a message. Carnations send a different message.) Her grandmother was shocked when Louise modeled the new high-style purchase for her.
“How did you address her?”
“Grandmother Clark? Grandmother Clark.”
There was never any doubt that she would go to the University of Wisconsin, like her mother, like Judy, both of whom had been Delta Gammas there. She was, of course, a star of Burlington High School, and when later at my request she sent me photocopied things about her past, I found that was how she was titled along with three other people of the two hundred grads of her year: “Louise Clark well deserves to be placed among the Star Seniors. Outstanding in music activities, she plays first stand cello in the orchestra. On the student council this year, Louise acted as chairman of the assembly committee, and as another Senior honor, was elected Dolphin Queen. Throughout her years at BHS she has maintained a high scholastic standard. Scribblers and Y-Teens have kept her busy, and yet, with all these responsibilities, Louise finds time to indulge in tennis or swimming and in playing her large and varied collection of records. Her gay and sweet manner has won her many friends.”
‘What is a Dolphin Queen?” I asked on the phone after reading the photocopies.
“Well, at the swimming pool you were there in a bathing suit with high heels. And a tiara.” It wasn’t her only beauty-title situation. The Delta Gammas put her up for Summer Prom Queen and went about singing a song than which nothing could more controvert the facts: “Poor little Weezie Clark/She’s our shot in the dark/Her pointed head, her bony knees/She’s deaf and hardly sees. /You’ll vote for her/Because she’s just our Weeze.”
“Do you still play much tennis?”
“Twice a week, hour and a half each session. Do you play?”
“A good deal.”
“We’ll have to go at it some time, for blood.” Once I would have questioned if blood actually ran in this creature’s veins, that she had blood, or veins either. “But what,” anxiously asked my friend Richard, his Emily no doubt in mind, “if she beats you? It would be too humiliating.”
“Don’t you worry about that!” To myself I vowed that if she played like Steffi and Martina combined, she was still going down.
So Louise goes to the U.W.—and?
“I was going there, he was sending me there, my father told me, to get married.”
“That’s what he said?”
“That’s what he said. He was, my father, a very gentle man. He was a businessman. Furniture business. He lost his temper with me only once in my life that I can remember. I was fooling with a Venetian blind or shade and I said ——! and he sat me down and gave me a lecture.”
“So where’d you live freshman year, before you were pledged?”
“Ann Emery Hall.” I’d known for certain before asking. Ann Emery girls uniformly wore dark stockings on Sunday mornings for church. And little pillbox hats.
“Don’t forget the veils,” she said. As an upperclasswoman she was made Delta Gamma rush chairman as well as vice president. “These old alumnae came in to talk to me. I had a lot of trouble with what they said, lot of trouble. They told me if I wanted, I could let in one Catholic and one Jew. I didn’t like that. Years later, when my nieces asked for recommends for Delta Gamma, I said, ‘No! I won’t give you recommends!’”
“You had to be wildly popular with the fraternity boys,” I said.
She shrugged.
“Well?”
“Oh, I don’t know, maybe I had social opportunities some of the other women didn’t. I liked to go to those roadhouses outside Madison where they played jazz and Dixieland. I’ve always gotten a lot of satisfaction from music.”
“Did you have any unhappy love affairs, unrewarded crushes?”
“None that were disabling.” Pinned to a boy who had graduated with a ROTC commission, she visited him at his base, lost interest, broke it off.
“Were you a virgin when we graduated?” A part of me could hardly believe that I was actually asking such a thing of Weezie Clark.
“Until I married.”
“And your sorority sisters?”
“Some of them, no. The boys they were going to marry.” (“Ah, me,” said my friend Joe after talking of his Cynthia in the days when Ike was President. “Today your questions would apply to grammar school grads.”)
After college, husbandless, typing school behind her—what else, this was the fifties—she went to live in Minneapolis with Judy and Judy’s husband and to take dictation for the University of Minnesota alumni office. She met a young man who was of a group circulating about Hubert Humphrey. She worked in a Humphrey campaign. “Adlai Stevenson came, and he gave a speech standing on my desk ! I chalked in his footprints.” She married the young man in her hometown church, with reception afterward at the Burlington Golf Club. The minister talked about love, toleration, understanding, and then at the club got loaded, had a fight with his wife, and fell into the swimming pool. They laughed about it for years.
Her husband was very successful, of course. (If you couldn’t be successful in those years, forget it.) His career took them to Washington, the Midwest, California, back to Washington. She had toddlers at her feet. She would work three days to prepare dinner parties served on her family’s china and eaten with their silver and on damask her mother had shown her how to iron correctly.
The sixties came in, and she heard there was a project in Cabin John, Maryland, to work with black children who were suddenly going to be put into integrated schools. They were completely unprepared. She went with her kids daily to be with them and their mothers.
“What— you ? ‘I’m here, blonde, beautiful, blue-eyed, there she is, Miss America’?”
“You don’t come off like that. You go in, ‘We’re all mothers, we all have kids.’ I remember those dark eyes. They wanted what we want. What we did was a model for Head Start. I’m very proud of that.” She’s kept it up to the present day—works with kids in Trenton, half an hour from Princeton, in what once was called the slums, then became the ghetto, and now is the inner city. This gun problem—a girl she’s been counseling, seven, eight years old, was recently shot in the knee.
Washington then was foaming, it seemed to her, with a thousand new impulses, as was the country, as was Burlington, where the cousin who had sold her the red formal found his store getting killed by the huge malls out in what had been farmland. Once some aunts came to visit. She drove downtown to pick them up and brought them home through a demonstration being dispersed by police. “They had come from Iowa to visit their nation’s capital, and they were wearing long white gloves. I ran up the windows because of the tear gas.”
The kids meant PTA, sports to take them to, courses, special this and special that, and her husband served a term as undersecretary of a cabinet department while the fortyish matron took classes at American University. At Wisconsin she had played, but now she was ready to do something, and got a fine arts degree as it came to her that she could do something for a living and enjoy it. “Europe has its things, we have our things,” and she got involved in folk art and antiques: weathervanes, furniture, decoys, stoneware, quilts, and primitive paintings, one of which she bought for a few hundred, soon to turn down an offer for forty-five thousand.
She felt restless in her marriage. “Did you have affairs?”
“No. I knew bored women who did that—secretive romances. I had other things. The antiques business is allconsuming, shows, promotion, travel, setting up booths; it’s very challenging and very pleasant.” The kids were in college. She had some money from the sale of her dead parents’ house. “I told my husband, Tm leaving.’”
She went to Bucks County in Pennsylvania and opened Louise Clark Antiques, lived over the shop, opened and closed when she felt like it. She met and married an executive from Princeton. After a few years he became very ill, and she gave up business. She departed his sickroom for work with the inner-city children, classes in pot- tery and ceramics, weekly participation in a water-testing program in the area around Princeton, and tennis.
Hours passed as we sat in the Tap Room. References I made to her University of Wisconsin appearance and the impression it created never elicited a response. She didn’t seem very interested. She hadn’t even kept her copy of The Badger . The week I once spent following Joe Louis around came into my mind. He’d had no interest at all in talking about his fights but spent hours reading The New York Times , asking me from time to time the meaning of words he didn’t know.
Like Joe Louis, she seemed a demon newspaper reader. She appeared to have gone through every Times story of the past ten years. She had questions about what I’ve been doing since Madison days, with far fewer about what I’d done in college although she politely listened and laughed when I described my adventures in the Delta Delta Delta house as a waiter. Sir Gawain, the Kitchen Knight, I had called myself. That to enter by the front door and not the basement meant instant dismissal was a matter frequently brought to the attention of the waiters by the Tri-Delt housemother. I violated the rule by defiantly going in to pick up one of the sorority sisters I’d been seeing unknown to the others, and then quit before the witch of a housemother could can me. I told about the time when it seemed to me best for all concerned that I grab a large paintbrush sitting in a filled can and with it slap in the mouth my volatile friend Polly G. “I gained the impression,” I told Weezie, “that it is not entirely pleasant to get your teeth covered with green paint and then have me sit on your chest and remove it with turpentine.”
“I wouldn’t think so,” she said thoughtfully. Twilight fell upon Princeton outside the Tap Room as indeed it is falling, and has fallen, upon those who knew the Langdon Street and University Avenue of the Madison of forty years ago and shopped at Renny’s and drank sodas at the Pharm and martinis at the Manor. A couple of months ago I was in an elevator with Joe of Cynthia memories, and a very pretty young woman probably born during Kennedy days came in. She struck up a conversation with us and continued it for a few minutes in the lobby. She likely would not have done that if we were of her day and her place in time, but we seem harmless now.
So it is that there isn’t a bar in the world today where Miss Clark’s entrance would stop guys dead, and as I looked at the friendly and intelligent woman, it was almost impossible for me to see the awesome girl. Yet she was there, a little. I felt rather proud of myself for being with her, tell you the God’s honest truth. I once read that every cell in the human body is replaced every seven years. It’s one of those things you read. So the cells of that boy whose Social Security number is mine, whose signature still looks the same, whose writing style despite all these years of professional experience I have not improved by more than 10 percent—his cells vanished long, long ago. Yet to a certain extent I was still at his beck and call, for I could never look quite dispassionately at the Miss Clark of my youth. Did I think of what might have been? Not a bit of it. Flaubert doesn’t get Elisa. If he does, there’s no Sentimental Education . | http://www.americanheritage.com/print/58547?page=2 | 2013-05-18T11:04:38 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
December 6, 2011 Headlines: China's Pollution, Shoes from Wisconsin, Euro Crisis Spreads, and More
AP: The Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. will be selling in China, while continuing to make all their shoes in Wisconsin.
NYT: China is fighting for first place in the tech world.
The Hill: Seasonal employment is looking to be the best in three years.
WSJ: China’s “fog” lies are being called out as smog by microbloggers.
NPR: A two-part article on the origins of the Euro crisis.
AP: The fallout from Europe is adding strains to Chinese banks.
WSJ: November’s growth in the service sector fell .9%, barely at the level of expansion.
Naked Capitalism: The end of the global business cycle?
WSJ: The bursting of the Chinese real estate bubble has created several ghost towns in the Gobi Desert.
NYT: According to China’s largest television network, journalists should be government mouthpieces, not independent investigators.
The news about Allen Edmonds
The news about Allen Edmonds continuing to make their shoes in Wisconsin will bring some comfort to the people as too many companies are outsourcing their manufacturing to cheaper countries, in this case they could have manufactured the shoes in China.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is overhauling the packaging for sunscreens so it will be easier for consumers to understand what they're really buying.
"Broad spectrum" will mean the sunscreen protects against the sun's UVA and UVB rays.
Only broad spectrum sunscreens with a sun protection factor, or SPF, of 15 or higher can claim to reduce skin cancer and skin aging.
Sunscreens will no longer be able to say they are waterproof or sweat-proof.
Sun damage is cumulative, so it's important to start protecting skin early. New federal sunscreen rules should make it easier to understand labels, but there are some things that don't change.
The experts say you want broad spectrum protection from both UVA and UVB radiation from the sun.
Just ask the folks at the Arizona Cancer Center Skin Cancer Institute.
"Here in the desert I always recommend SPF 30 or higher, just because an SPF of 15 is about 92 percent protective. An SPF of 30, it jumps to about 97 or 98 percent protection. I think that's a big jump. Past that, you're not getting much UVB protection out of a product," says Lisa Quale of the Institute.
Quale says look for products that contain at least one of these three ingredients: Zinc oxide, titanium dioxide or avobenzone.
UVA radiation causes premature aging. UVB causes sunburn. Quale say both can contribute to skin cancer, and together they are worse.
She says, of course, sunscreen is just one way to protect ourselves. It's best to cover up with long sleeves, long pants, wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses.
Arizona Cancer Center researchers are working on ways to prevent skin cancer, looking at a half-dozen chemical treatments. Some already are being used to treat the disease. The goals is that someday we will have a skin cream that actually would reverse skin cell damage by changing the "instructions" the damaged cells are getting.
Arizona Cancer Center researcher, Dr. Steven Stratton, says: "So, if some of these have gone a little wacky, and we can stop that message in it's tracks, those cells will eventually turn over and disappear and what you would be left with is cells with the proper messaging that would look more normal."
This would also stop the cells from becoming cancerous.
Dr. Stratton says we could see the first tests on people in about a year. Until then, the new FDA-approved sunscreen labels are expected to be ready to go by next summer. | http://www.americanownews.com/story/15514428/new-sunscreen-labels-should-make-things-less-confusing | 2013-05-18T11:02:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Colt Ford’s 2012 “Declaration of Independence” tour will make a stop in Lake Charles on June 1. (Special to the American Press)
Last Modified: Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:37 PM
Special to the American Press
Colt Ford’s 2012 “Declaration of Independence” tour will make a stop in Lake Charles on June 1.
Ford is touring with label mates The Lacs, JB and the Moonshine Band, Rehab and Lenny Cooper on a 20-city tour that will end in Arkansas on June 9.
General admission tickets for the 7:30 p.m. Lake Charles Civic Center show are on sale now and start at $25. They can be purchased through and. Additional tour dates will be announced at a later time.
Family friendly zones have been created at the venues.
“When I look out in the crowds I see people anywhere from 6 to 60 years old. I really wanted to set up an all ages tour and create family friendly zones to play for everyone that enjoys my music. This ‘Declaration of Independence’ tour will offer just that … fun for the whole family and then some,” Ford said.
At each location on the “Declaration of Independence” tour, fans are encouraged to bring their jacked-up and tricked-out trucks between 6-7 p.m. on concert dates. Lenny Cooper, along with the Average Joes Entertainment’s camera crew, will roam the parking lot to judge the trucks. Truck owners deemed having the biggest and baddest truck will VIP tickets (includes backstage access and best seats of the house). They will also be subject to additional prizes
Ford’s fourth studio album, “Declaration of Independence,” is to be released June 2011.
For ticket information and tour packages, go online to.
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A Lafayette organization is hosting an online fundraiser to raise money for the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, after Gov. Bobby Jindal used his line-item veto ability to cut the Council’s funding. (Associated Press)
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BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal has named two new members to Louisiana's Board of
Regents, including a Lake Charles man.
Jindal's office announced Friday that the governor picked for the 16-member higher education policy board: Raymond Brandt, of Metairie, a lawyer and accountant who owns a series of car dealerships around the New Orleans area; and Mark Abraham, of Lake Charles, managing partner of Big Easy Foods, which sells shrimp, sausage and other Louisiana products in grocery stores around the country.
Brandt, his family and his businesses have contributed $50,000 to Jindal's campaign, according to documents filed with the ethics board.
The men replace Scott Ballard, who Jindal appointed to LSU's governing board, and Vic Stelly, a former lawmaker who resigned, citing frustration with the Jindal administration's cuts to state funding for public colleges.
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The EPA Rules against North Carolina’s Detrimental Practice on Rivers
NCDENR had been trading away flows needed for healthy streams swaps pending further review. In the same letter to NCDENR, EPA explained that certain land-for-water trades may violate water quality regulations, and it requested that NCDENR provide information on past applications of its policy for further EPA review. EPA’s determination could affect all North Carolina rivers with hydroelectric power dams, which include most of the state’s major water courses.
NCDENR is required under the federal Clean Water Act to assure that rivers have sufficient water flows to maintain fish and wildlife, recreation, and water supply. However, instead of meeting those requirements, NCDENR has been negotiating land swaps with the companies that operate dams along rivers. EPA explained that adequate river flows are essential for clean water and that North Carolina cannot trade them away. Just as life on land needs clean air, river life needs clean, flowing water for survival. No other conservation measure, even those with other public benefits such as land protection, can replace the essential values provided by water flowing in a river.
EPA’s determination is a great victory for North Carolina’s rivers and should better assure healthy water flows below hydropower dams in North Carolina and beyond. The determination could be especially pertinent to the Catawba, Yadkin, and Pee Dee Rivers where the flawed policy was recently applied by the state during dam relicensing proceedings.
“A healthy river requires both sufficient flowing water and natural lands to buffer the stream from development impacts,” said Gerrit Jobsis, Southeast Regional Director at American Rivers. “We applaud the EPA for clear guidance on North Carolina’s detrimental policy and look forward to restoring rivers where it was wrongly applied. While we strongly support land protection when it is done for the right reasons, acquiring land by sacrificing a river's health is never right.”
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Much of the U.S.’s credibility on these will hinge on what it does on the Colombia and Panama FTAs—the issue that, for the time being at least, the White House has kicked down the road. It’s understandable that the President may have wanted to avoid the FTAs on this trip, since they were—and here I’m thinking optimistically—under a larger strategic rethink that would lead to their presentation to Congress. But any commitments he made south of the U.S. border still hinge on his willingness and ability to follow through on the issues left by his predecessor, namely the FTAs. If not, Presidents Rousseff, Piñera and Funes can legitimately wonder whether even the most seemingly politically innocuous promise (such as scholarships) will be fulfilled. What good is a trade and investment agreement with Brazil or a promise of collaboration on innovation and the Trans-Pacific Partnership with Chile if the U.S. President isn’t willing to put his political muscle behind the largest U.S. pending policy issue in the region: the free trade agreements?
It’s funny. Among us (needy) Latin Americanists, the measure of success of democratic regimes is policy consistency—the carry-over of political initiatives from one government to the next, rather than wrenching changes. In this we have the success stories of the governments of Mexico from the PRI to the PAN on matters of economic policy and some elements of social policy (Oportunidades); the continuity of municipal development and security policies in Bogotá, Colombia from one administration to the next; the persistence of basic macroeconomic policy from the government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to that of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and now Dilma Rousseff in Brazil; and in Chile the smooth economic and social policy continuity across the Concertación governments since the transition to democracy in 1989 and now with the transition to a non-Concertación government under Sebastian Piñera.
So, what happened to policy continuity in the United States when it comes to Latin America? Unfortunately, it’s gotten wrapped around partisanship and 1980s-era advocacy groups.
Just as the U.S. evaluates and applauds countries in the region on their policy consistency, we should do the same across our administration and ideological divides. Sadly, we’re (and here I refer again to needy Latin Americanists, because quite frankly, this debate wouldn’t occur among Asia-focused groups) falling short.
So, as much as we applaud the President’s trip to Brazil, let’s understand the basic policy credibility that undergirds the relationships he developed. I wouldn’t want a Republican administration to tear them down simply because they were made by a Democrat. Similarly, we can’t have Democrats who care about stable relations in the hemisphere raze the goals and proposals of the last administration. Criticize, yes. But place unattainable or excessively long-term goals for the next administration, no. Let’s be honest. We wouldn’t want the same in Brazil, Bogotá, Chile or Mexico—so why do many Latin Americanist groups promote it in the U.S.?
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On Sunday, José Luis Escobar Alas, the Archbishop of San Salvador, responded to those who want to reopen the murders carried out during the country’s civil war (particularly that of former Archbishop Oscar Romero) saying that a repeal of the Amnesty Law would bring about a “difficult situation” for the country. He said that “as a Church, we have pardoned them” but that the Supreme Court of Justice and the Legislative Assembly should “make the decisions” in this matter.
President Mauricio Funes recently commented that Romero’s assassination “cannot go unpunished” and has asked the Legislative Assembly to elect an attorney general “with sufficient courage” to address the issue.
Oscar Romero, the former Archbishop, was assassinated during a public mass on March 24, 1980. The UN truth commission—created as part of the 1992 Chapultepec Peace Accords—determined in its report that Roberto D’Aubuisson, the founder of the political party ARENA (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista), “gave the order to assassinate the Archbishop and gave precise instructions to members of his security service, acting as a ‘death squad,’ to organize and supervise the assassination.”
Archbishop Romero is still in the consciousness of the Salvadoran people. On August 15, the birthday of Archbishop Romero, some 500 Salvadorans made the pilgrimage to San Salvador to commemorate the 29th anniversary of his death.
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This program was established in memory of Senior Vice President Diana Kamal who passed away after 28 years of distinguished service at AMIDEAST. In recognition of her dedication to international educational exchange, this fund will identify talented young Arab students and match them with scholarship opportunities at U.S. colleges and universities. Scholarships are very competitive and will be identified in November 2013 depending on the availability of funds.
WHO CAN APPLY FOR THE DKSSF PROGRAM?
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2. Official school transcripts for 9th (brevet), 10th (seconde) and 11th (premiere) grades.
3. Copies of your SAT I scores (SAT II scores are strongly encouraged to be submitted).
4. Copies of the iBT TOEFL score
5. Three letters of recommendations: school principal, an English teacher, and another subject teacher.
6. Three essays (check application for essay questions).
7. Certificates of awards, honors, achievements, community service, work experience, etc.
8. Copies of published work (poetry, writings, music, drawings), if any.
9. Any necessary financial documents to support the financial aid section of the DKSSF application.
Final selection will be made on the basis of the written application and interviews of selected students. The criteria for selection will be based both on merit (academic excellence and personal achievement) and financial need.
Applications must be received no later than September 15, 2012, in a sealed
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NEW YORK Doe Run Co.s force majeure at its Herculaneum, Mo., smelter has pushed lead premiums higher in the United States, sources told AMM.
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CHICAGO U.S. Steel Corp. is keeping a close eye on imports of flat-rolled and tubular products, particularly from South Korea, and may file a trade complaint if it deems it necessary, company executives said.
The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker has seen both spot and contract prices for flat-rolled products tumble as a result of high import volumes and lower raw material costs, U.S. Steel chairman and chief executive officer John P. Surma said Tuesday during a conference call following the release of third-quarter financial | http://www.amm.com/Article/3111148/3118282/Quote.html | 2013-05-18T10:34:49 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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'Ko lman' garage could use a tune-up
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The frosty fleet of Koolman trucks have been making the rounds in Williamsburg, business as usual, but it looks like these white and mint green rigs that provide ice cream delights to so many by day are heading home to some shabby living conditions.
We snapped this shot of the Grand Street Koolman garage in Williamsburg the other day (note the interior walls are painted the same two shades as the truck). And anyway, we're just saying that it looks like old Koolman could use a little love. Hope a makeover is in the works.
-- Lauren Johnston
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Hello Dr. Mills, I am relatively new at this, and I am not personally aware of all that you have done in regard to the construction and support of AO-40. HOWEVER I know that several people whom I have come to respect for level headed, helpful advice & commentary have been quick to speak in defense of your reputation. If I may, I would like to add my voice to theirs. I have literally spent hours, (well at least 2), just listening to AO-40's telemetry, and I am very grateful for the massive effort that you and others have made, and still are making, to see that AO-40 settles into its final orbit, and is opened up to all of us. Anyone who's title is M.D. and is actively involved in building and launching a major satellite, has to be making a VERY major effort! I have never met a practicing Physician who has had a lot of free time. THANK YOU, DR. MILLS!!!!! --David, MsCE /*********************************** David Kleinschmidt Network Administrator & Generalist (NAG) KB1EYC ***********************************/ Just one question, as I close, for Mr. La Frieda. Is it not true that when I call CQ, I only use my Call Sign, and that the responding operator replies with his Call Sign? If so, then all of us should only be using Call Signs!! <<DUCK>> ---- Via the amsat-bb mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo@amsat.org
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Yeah, and two months ago the exchange rate was better and the total was about $174 US dollars. He who hestiates... Dave Reinhart "Kevin J. Smith" wrote: > I received the following reply regarding the Parabolic Amsat Mode S > downconverter. Including the downconverter, bias tee, and shipping the > total is SEK 2255 or $237.40. This does not include bank charges to wire > funds to the Parabolic bank account. I thought this might be of interest to > prospective Mode S converter buyers (like me). > > Kevin Smith > N3HKQ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bengt A. Jockert" <sm6cku@parabolic.se> > To: "Kevin J. Smith" <kjsmith@home.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 14:45 PM > Subject: Re: Amsat downconverter > > > Kevin J. Smith: > > > Could you email instructions on how to make a pre-payment directly to > your > > > bank account: > > > > > > FORENINGSSPARBANKEN, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN > > > Account # 7484 10 07989 for Parabolic AB. > > > > > > How safe is it to send cash with registered mail? Is this a routine way > of > > > making purchases from abroad? > > > > > > Initially I am interested in purchasing both the AMSAT 2400/144 MHz down > > > converter and bias tee. Do you recommend or not a preamplifier for the > > > downconverter? > > > > > > Kevin Smith > > > N3HKQ > > > FN00be > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > Dear Kevin > > Thanks e-mail and I will try to answer you here. > > Please use bank info down here for a faster transfer: > > > > FORENINGSSPARBANKEN > > KUNGSBACKA, SWEDEN > > SWIFT: SWEDSEGG > > ACCT # 7484 10 07989 > > for Parabolic AB. > > > > The shipping & handling is SEK 255 for a downconverter. > > No, normally we use above routine but I know that your bank will > > charge you a few extra bucks for the transfer so we have the other > > option available. One USD is now SEK 9.50 if you choose that > > method. > > > > A preamplifier is not needed! The downconverter has a NF that is > > more than adequate. What you must do is to mount the converter as > > close as possible to the antenna. Thus only a short piece of coax. > > > > Looking forward to hear from you again. > > Happy New Year > > 73 de Ben - SM6CK | http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200101/msg00005.html | 2013-05-18T10:12:54 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Hoping to post a list like this at least once a month this year, maybe even more. Who’s with me?
Drinking: water, as usual.
Eating: more vegetables than ever before – brussels sprouts and kale in particular
Listening: Of Monsters and Men Channel on Pandora
Wearing: Hurley jacket, Mossimo Ultra Soft Sweater, Orange sweatpants (though you can’t really tell) from a local boutique, OPI Funny Bunny
on my fingernails
Reading: just finished Killshot, borrowed from JC’s dad’s vast library
Feeling: a bit overwhelmed, but okay
Weather: sunny, clear but cold for LA – 52 degrees
Wanting: to simplify, to keep up with Project Life, to not worry so much
Needing: a deep tissue shoulder massage
Wishing: you all the best for the New Year!
Thinking: my one little word for 2013 will be: NEAT
Enjoying: the new piece I made for JC for Christmas hanging over our sofa. Will try and photograph a close up of it soon.
Loving: being home.
List of currents inspired by Tina.
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Good list to do occasionally – I’m a big water drinker, need to eat more veggies and love Of Monsters and Men
Enjoy your day!
I usually do these list when you post them since it always reminds me that I haven’t taken a slice of life snapshot! Thanks for the prompt. Hope your having a great start to the year.
-jeny
i’ve done a few current lists before but was definitely planning on adding more to the blog this year! loved reading your list…
I love this Currently list idea! I need to get on it.
you look comfy! “neat” is a great word for 2013.
xo
Must try this too! I need to get a “step up” on this year already.
Nice!
Love your lists… perhaps I should do one too
The orange pants are sweatpants? They totally don’t look it! You look absolutely gorgeous even at home.. And yes, it is cold for LA, isn’t it? hehe
I love being at home too!
Hugs!
I am a home body–but my husband travels alot on business…so will you be home and enjoy it for awhile.
So much fun. I’m currently on a flight to CA and decided to write out a “currently” list to help pass the time. I’m going to drop it into my project life.
Just started mine. My one little word will be “EU”, ME in Engish. Last year was really difficult for me and I need a refill in confidence, existence, love, life, work, ALL!!!
Just so you know, weather in São Paulo is quite hot – not at the moment, but it is summer down here – come on over again to hot hot hot Brazil!!!
Thanks for helping!!
Love this photo… you look so cozy! Great pick for your word for 2013 too!
Hmmm…I think you’ve inspired me to make a list. How fun will it be to look back at our “currently” lists? Makes for easy journaling about ourselves, which is something I haven’t started doing…yet. just did one after reading this, thanks for the inspiration!
i created these lists last year sporadically. they’re great to look back on! i know what you mean about ‘keeping up’ with project life! Last year I did monthly layouts and still have Oct, Nov and Dec to do – however Ive started 2013 PL doing single page weekly layouts!
let the fun begin!
I agree, Of Monsters and Men is the best pandora station!
Also can you send some of that sunny weather over to Utah!
You realize that you are actually the reason I listen to Of Monsters and Men?! It was in the conference room that I first heard them because you turned it on for us and it was perfection! Heading to Utah tomorrow and really hoping it’s much warmer than it has been. This girl does not like the cold weather.
Oh yeah haha I totally forgot I had that playing! It’s still my go to station! And I am going to warn you…it is soooo cold here right now!
Such a great idea! I will have to post lists like this more often. I’ve done it before, but its been awhile! I am also eating lots of leafy green veggies…yummy and healthy! | http://www.amytangerine.com/2013/01/currently-2.html | 2013-05-18T10:53:08 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Robbinston, Maine
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Robbinston is a town in Washington county, Maine. It was formed in 1811. Robbinston began keeping vital records in 1857 and town records in 1886*. For more information, contact the county at P.O. Box 44, Robbinston 04671. On the attached map, Robbinston is shown as 22 in Washington county.
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John Clark & Laura Roberts, GA 1916
John Henry Clark & Laura Alice Roberts in Georgia circa 1916 I was told John Clark had a dairy farm down off Bouldercrest Rd in Atlanta years ago. In the photo is his son and daughter in law and grandchild. Names in this photo:John Henry Clark, Laura Alice Roberts, Joseph Cullman Clark, Sally Elizabeth Canup, and Mildred Elizabeth Clark.
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Example in the SMS app, there is a "Next" button to change from the field of the form which replace the return button.
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The Andover Town Offices are located at 36 Bartlet St. Visitors can easily reach the Town Offices by following Main Street (Route 28) to Punchard Avenue and following Punchard Avenue to its end. The Town Offices are open between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. An exception is the Building Inspector's Office which is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., again, Monday through Friday.
The Town's main reception desk can be reached Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at (978) 623-8200. Voice mail messages may be left at other times. Departments housed in the Town Office Building are listed below. Please follow the link for further information about each department. The main telephone number for each department is listed next to the name of that
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Selectmen and Town Manager - 8225
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Board of Health Office - 8295
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Andover Organizations
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Private Schools in Andover
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Looks like Lindsay Lohan’s hopes for reviving her career has run into more obstacles!!
When word came out about the possibility Lohan would play the rocker in a film in 2009, Nicks snapped.
“Over my dead body,” Nicks told the New York Times.
“She needs to stop doing drugs and get a grip. Then maybe we’ll talk.”
Now in 2011, Nicks still hasn’t changed her mind.
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Nicks, who has been to rehab twice for cocaine and pill addiction, told CNN she feels the actress hasn’t changed much since she made those comments.”
Hmm, hopefully Lindsay can take this harsh criticism to get herself back together!
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Rod Stewart will begin a two year residency on August 24 at Las Vegas’ Colosseum at Caesars Palace, reports Billboard.
The first 18 concerts of ‘Rod Stewart: The Hits’ will go on sale May 15. Stewart is joining Celine Dion and Elton John, who both perform at Caesars Palace as well.
Stewart says the show will be “90 percent songs that people know,” including ‘Maggie May,’ ‘The First Cut Is the Deepest’ and ‘You’re in My Heart.’ The songs were performed at the Colosseum when he played at the 4,100-seat venue in November.
“It’s a rock’n'roll show,” Stewart says. “We’ll try to give the people what they want, which are the songs that made me famous, plus a few surprises. There won’t be any magicians or midgets, just a good rock show.”
A 13-piece band will back Stewart, whose shows will be presented by AEG Live. That way, he says, “I’ve got the lineup to (make changes) — all the mandolins and guitars. We’ll throw in something from, say, ‘Gasoline Alley,’ maybe even ‘Gasoline Alley.’”
Stewart recently wrapped his Heart & Soul Tour with Stevie Nicks and is currently working on a blues album with guitarist Jeff Beck. Stewart’s contract with J Records recently expired, making him a free agent, so Stewart and Beck are recording the album without a label attached.
It seems like whenever artists need an extra kick or revival of their music career, they take up residency in Vegas. It’s a smart move, and I’m sure this will be great for Stewart’s career.
I personally think Britney Spears should think of taking up residency in Vegas. Steady hours, an extra boost to her career, and the town is all about flashy lights and over-the-top spectacles. It’s perfect for her! | http://www.andpop.com/2011/05/10/rod-stewart-to-begin-two-year-vegas-residency/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:34 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Will Taylor Swift stop posting these adorbz photos already? Last week Taylor posted snaps of her and Diana Agron donning vintage dresses in celebration of Shirley MacLaine’s birthday and then pics of her and Selena Gomez baking cupcakes and strumming the guitar.
Taylor and her friends dressed up again, but this time for Dianna Agron’s circus-themed birthday party. Taylor is the lion and she stands beside her ringmaster. She tweeted: “The most magical night at @DiannaAgron’s circus themed birthday party!” Stop it already! | http://www.andpop.com/tag/shirley-maclaine/ | 2013-05-18T10:13:07 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The illusory nature of reality is sort of like a holographic television channel. There is so much happening in the space that we are occupying that we cannot see, hear, or feel in any way, shape, or form. We can only see less than 1% of all light on the spectrum of light. Humans are basically blind when it comes to what they can see in relation to what is actually there. Not only that, they are not seeing with their eyes. We are seeing with our brains, which are interpreting vibration, which then manifests itself as the holographic universe. But this holographic universe is one of many, therein lies the theory of parallel universes. Most of these parallel universes have frequencies that are so far apart from ones that we can decode, so we don’t pick 99.9% of them up, but the ones that are closest to us sometimes sneak into our reality for a few moments, and on some levels can cause interference.
Atoms are mostly empty space. Yet we perceive things as solid. But nothing is solid, everything we see is a hologram, and we only see and hear, and feel the frequencies we can pick up in our frequency band. That is why people report seeing UFOs “appear” out of nowhere, and then “disappear.” In fact, what is happening is the UFOs are entering our frequency band for a short period of time for one reason or another, and then quickly moving out of our spectrum of visible light.
Everything in this universe is wave form, and each wave carries information, and we decode this information using our bodies, which I’ll refer to as a biological computer. Our five senses pick up the waves in our frequency band and formulate what we see, hear, taste, smell, and feel. Some humans have a better ability than others to sense more wave forms, but all in all, humans are in a tiny band of frequencies that are but an infinitesimal fraction of what is actually in the space in which we are occupying. A good example of this are all the radio and television stations that are passing through you right now, and yet you cannot see or hear them, simply due to the fact that your body/mind computer is not set up to decode them, but your television/radio is. That is how seemingly invisible waves can become pictures and sounds. You just have to have the right medium to decode it.
A hologram is basically a wave that you shine two lasers at, and it creates a 3-Dimensional picture. That picture appears to be solid and 3-D to the human eye, but in fact it is not solid or even really there. It is but a projection, and the universe is a projection for all five senses. What the true nature of reality is is still up for debate, but every time I really delve deep into this subject, I get that pure consciousness is our true selves. Infinite and eternal consciousness is who we truly are. What we are seeing outside of ourselves is like watching a movie that comes from within. We are an ocean of consciousness, and we are all one consciousness having individual experiences. There is no such thing as death, and you could look at life as a dream if that helps you understand.
When you dream, everything that takes place is happening in your mind. It seems real at the time, and all the things you feel, see, hear, etc., are totally real while in the dream state. It is only when you wake up (or become lucid) that you truly realize that whatever took place in your dream was indeed all illusion created by your mind/consciousness. David Icke wrote a book called Infinite Love is the Only Truth, Everything Else is Illusion. And what he meant to say is that who we really are is consciousness, pure undiluted love energy, and everything else is a hologram/illusion. Everything physical is a projection of consciousness. And we are slowly awakening to this conscious awareness of our true nature. It may take a few more decades, but the suppression will end and we will know who we truly are.
So, why don’t we know about the holographic universe and our true nature already? The answer is complex, and very so-called “out there,” but I’ll do my best to explain it in the best way I can. At some point in the ancient world, we did live as though we were in this world, but not of it. We knew of our connection to “God,” or consciousness, or the great spirit…whatever you want to call it. We knew we were all one, until one day we were hijacked by what can only be described as inter-dimensional beings who were very technologically advanced (but not so much spiritually). And what they did was bring the moon (which is most likely a hollowed-out planetoid) to Earth (Think of it like a Death Star…perfect analogy). And what it did was cause mass cataclysms on Earth, and many ancient cultures describe the “Earth turned over.” Because of the moon’s gravitational pull on Earth, it caused the Earth to tilt in the way that it does, and also caused many natural disasters that basically “wiped the slate clean” for these entities.
This is when the interbreeding started. After everything had settled down to a point, these entities came down to Earth and interbred with humanity. There are ancient accounts of this all over the world, and even in the Bible. The Bible calls them “fallen angels,” and other ancient societies have other names for them. What the main goal of these entities was and still is was the enslavement of humanity so that these entities could parasite off of our negative energy states. Energy vampirism. These hybrid bloodlines quickly assumed the power positions and killed off all the ancient knowledge by milking the shamans and storytellers of all the ancient nations and then killing them, ensuring only they had the knowledge of the illusory nature of reality, and they now use it against us to keep us in control. These hybrid blood lines claimed they had the “divine right to rule,” due to the fact they had a bloodline related to the “Gods,” who were really the Reptillians or other inter-dimensional aliens. This explains why the Royal families throughout history were obsessed with keeping their bloodlines “pure,” with excessive interbreeding which also caused some problems as well.
These hybrid bloodlines have a stronger connection to the Reptillians, who are broadcasting some kind of signal from the moon. They are more easily possessed by these entities, and have rituals and sacrifices on certain meridian points throughout the world. One that is pretty famous is Bohemian Grove, California. They are Satanists, what who they are really worshiping are these entities who are very close to our frequency, which allows them to come into existence for short periods of time, and to certainly control the hybrid bloodlines through vibrational energy. That is why the world is the way it is today. But we’re starting to wake up.
David Icke talks about the truth vibrations, which he has been for over 20 years. That everything that has been hidden will come to light, and the control system will fall. And once again, we will regain that suppressed knowledge that has kept us in bondage and slavery without even knowing it. We will once again realize that we are infinite consciousness, infinite possibility, and pure love energy and that nothing can harm us on a fundamental level, because we are all that has been, is, and ever was. And now that the control system is in its death throws, it’s going to throw everything and the kitchen sink at us to try and suppress us more and more, much like a cornered rat trying to maintain its dominance, but at that point the truth vibrations will awaken more and more people, and there will be no stopping us from finally putting an end to the bondage we’ve been stuck in for thousands of years.
It will happen in our lifetimes, but before it does, the control system will seem to be getting stronger, but that is but an act of desperation. Their last ace in the hole is the microchip, but most people will not go for such nonsense, and they are going to try to use it to suppress the truth vibrations on an energetic level. So, if you refuse one thing, let it be the microchip, no matter what. That is the “jewel in their crown,” as David Icke points out. Either way, when we “die,” which there isn’t anything truly of it, death being the illusion that it is, we will once again become infinite consciousness, so there really is no need to fear anything, not even death. And fear is the energy these entities feed off of. Without this fear energy, they have no sustenance and will have no way to keep surviving.
There is nothing to fear except fear itself. The world is an illusion, a hologram, and we are infinite consciousness having an experience. There is no such thing as death, life is a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Until next time, I’m infinite possibility…;)
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The universe is a hologram and life´s but a dream. I found it all out in a strong mystical experience three years ago. The meaning of life seems to be to die. Then when you’ll die you’ve got one second of clarity when you’ll see it all. We are trapped in our selfs and in an experiment places us innermost in a system craeted by the “higher and god” force best desricbed like from a transcendent reality, Thanx for the article.
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My only question is what stops these inter-dimensional beings from enslaving humanity all over again after we have undergone a mass enlightenment? If humans were already in an enlightened state in ancient times before we were hijacked, what stops this from happening again? I feel I may be missing a fundamental point in understanding our true being i.e. infinite consciousness which has resulted in me asking these questions. | http://www.andrewbrunelle.com/2012/06/28/the-holographic-universe/ | 2013-05-18T10:21:59 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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With is $14.99. But the features, the look and feel and the ability to pick your favorite team in the application make it well worth every dollar.
When you first open the application, you see the scoreboard, which shows who your team is playing, the score of the game, as well as how far into the game they are. You can use the arrows on this screen to view future games, as well as look at the scores from the previous days. From here you can navigate to standings, audio, videos, news, preferences or more. These options are pretty self-explanatory.
The features I found to be most surprising were the audio and video features. These areas include highlights from throughout the day, so you don't have to fear having missed that walk off home run, or game winning strike out.
If you are an avid MLB fan, and like to keep current on what is happening throughout the day and season, this application is a must-have for you. More screen shots after the break.
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Vlingo has updated its popular Android application, and a new feature called SuperDialer makes a great app even better. What SuperDialer does is allow you to make calls, or searches, or get directions based on what you are looking for, not what's in your address book. Growing up, I had dreams about how mobile computing would be in the 21st century. While we're not quite where I had hoped, and I'm not working for Spacely Sprockets, this is a push in the right direction. We've got a video, some screenies of my own
playing around useful testing, and a press release after the break.
To start off with, here's a video from the good folks at Vlingo showing it all off. Have a peep.
Now stop and think for a second. That's pretty darn cool. One app just replaced my voice dialer, my yellow pages, my local search app, and my Google search widget -- and it's all wrapped up in a simple tap and speak package. The only thing missing, is for my phone to call me sir in a sexy female robo-voice when I issue commands. Maybe next update :)
You know I had to try it out as soon as it hit the market. And being the responsible, middle aged husband and father that I am, I needed to go to Sears and buy something shiny, metallic, and sharp. But maybe I should call Sears to be sure that the newest shiny sharp toys are in stock. So I tapped ye olde button --
And said (and I'll quote) "Call Sears." Now, I don't really need to call Sears, They always have everything. (BTW --You should see this years lawnmowers, they're sweet.) But I know there's more than one Sears around here, and I wanted to see what Vlingo did. First it checked my contacts, but I don't have Mr. Sears or even Mr. Roebucks in my address book. That's OK, Vlingo knows that Sears is a business, and lets me look at business listings, too.
Hah. Vlingo found 'em both. And as a bonus, gives me the number right to the Auto Center as well, in case I need new truck tires. I checked, they're good. Now all that's left is to tap the listing, where I can choose to call, or get directions, or look it up on Google. Schweeeet.
Grab Vlingo on the Android Market
[Market link | AppBrain]
You've heard enough from me, let's see what the crew at Vlingo has to say, since they sent us a press release:
Vlingo Launches “SuperDialer” for AndroidTM Devices.
“Consumers who have experienced the convenience and safety of Vlingo have asked for more ways to use it on the go,” said Dave Grannan, president & CEO at Vlingo. “Adding SuperDialer was a natural progression to the product. With Vlingo, people no longer need to use a phone book, call 411 or search the web just to call a business. Instead you can just say what you want to do and we turn your words into actions.”
SuperDialer surpasses other voice dialing applications because it gives users the flexibility in how they access the information they need:
• “Call Joe’s Stone Crab in Miami Beach”
• “Call dentist”
• “Directions to Fenway Park”
In addition to SuperDialer, Vlingo for AndroidTM can power most tasks on Android devices. Users can simply press the “Vlingo widget” to:
• send text and email messages
• search the web using Google or Yahoo!
• update Twitter status
• open built-in and 3rd party applications
• speak into any application with the Vlingo Everywhere voice keyboard
•TM is available for a one-time fee of $9.99.
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DescriçãoPayroll Guru calculates net paycheck amount from gross wages for Salaried and Hourly paid employees.
For Salary calculation just enter Gross Pay amount, and put nothing into rate and hours fields. For Hourly enter hourly rate, hours, overtime and doubletime if applicable.
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DescriptionYou?
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I’ve always felt that the best comedians are the ones who put into words things that you’ve already observed about the world, but that - to that point - you’ve never actually put into words yourself.
They’re funny simply because they make you realize “that is so incredibly true.”
Chris Rock. Sinbad. Jerry Seinfeld.
I think this particular appreciation for one’s ability to “label reality” carries over into the authors I end up recommending as well. I just finished Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point” and it certainly appeals to a similar part of me.
It’s the type of book that makes you think “Wow, if this guy hadn’t had the unique insight & passion to write this, I don’t know who else ever would have. And the world is a better place because he did it.”
It talks about the commonalities between the epidemics of this world; an epidemic being any sudden & rapid movement, upward or downward, of a trend.
Read the rest of this entry…
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[Thorpe, Smyth, O'Connor]
You feel it weighing over head
you worked yourself down to the bone
burning and baring the scars of the walking dead
another time another tale
You can't run, you can't hide, your ass
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> Car Games > Angry birds game MONSTER WHEELS
Description: A game with many adventures. Keep hard on the legs and drive the Monster. Drive your truck and complete each level of the game in the time limit provided.
How : Use Arrow Keys to drive.
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This is the second episode of my series Ed & Wallace and i hope you enjoy. so many of you last video complained that there was no claymation in the video and it was only lip animation. which i am not denying, but that was my first ever lip animation video and i just wanted to try it out, i didn't really need to on top of that do some animation. But in this video i did in fact do some animation with their arms and did my best to match up the movements with the sound, so i hope you guys are more happy with this video and i hope to make many more :D | http://www.animateclay.com/index.php/community/videos/1112-lukas/video/1323-Ed+Wallace+Master+Of+Disguise | 2013-05-18T10:54:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Recently started(and almost finishing), One outs, Saki. On goin karneval,photokano,hunterX ofc
Recently started(and almost finishing), One outs, Saki. On goin karneval,photokano,hunterX ofc
^ has claimed ganta
^likes purple
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sig: 8
^is married
^makes wrong assumptions... sometimes
^ has a blond avatar
^ thinks that I think that he's a male
^knows the meanin of his sig xD
^ is a new member (compared to me xD)
Startin playin Street Fighter X tekken ... so many new moves xD
^is from UK?
Hello everyone, Its been a while since I threaded..
Im kinda of a computer geek, and so I was wondering if there are any anime concerning this section.. you know , computers, programming, hacking...
wonderfull...
ok, hitagi's sig is one lvl above the other, good luck t all :))
Voted for Darkprodigy, the blending is awesome!! Plus dark blue is my fav colour :)))
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macchinainterna wrote:"How has the hobby made a difference in your life?" Well to sum it up my ass got even fatter, I watched a ton of awful animes to come up with ideas for mediocre videos I never finished, and now I can't listen to music anymore without obsessively thinking about how I can sync it up and what to sync it up with.
"If AMV's are a form of Communication. What do they Communicate?" Lens flares and shaky cam or GTFO.
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Originally meet for Valentine's day but I was busy and waited too long but it will still be in the feel.
Theme: A "fighting/ hardships of love" or a very we can make it though anything feel. Just match the song and keep it sweet.
Song: Skyway Avenue By: We the Kings
Here is the parts video ---> (Tryed to just put it on youtube but it didnt like me
Here is the song its self on youtube ---> (Part Timeings Below)
Style: I want it all one "style" for he most part but not sure yet what kind fits best. Can go any direction expesaly since its suppose to be a cute video. I'm hoping once everyone signs ups we can figure out whats best, but we'll see
Rules:
-Can take 2 parts (maybe three in the future)
-Can use the same anime in your two parts just try to make it flow
- No repeats of anime between different editor, unless you got something worked out. (this is to avoid a scene being reused)
-Make sure your video is good quality and full screen
-When you sign up say the part(s) you want and your anime(s)
-When you sign up will send you your music clip
-Have Fun!
I haven't decide what part I want to do yet so will probably take what ever is left over.
Intro (start-0:015)-
(For this i would love it if someone would help with the intro because i both hate and suck at it.)
Part 1 (0:15- 0:35)-
Part 2 (0:35- 0:58)-
Part 3 ( 0:58- 1:22)-
Part 4 (1:22- 1:45)-
Part 5 (1:45- 2:08)-
Part 6 (2:08- 2:30)-
Part 7 (2:30- 2:48)-
Part 8 (2:48- 3:07)-
Part 9 (3:07- end)-
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- Member: Kumagarou
- Studio: Good Luck Studios
- Title: Fly High - Cut
- Premiered: 2002-02-01
- Categories:
- Action
- Fun
- Other
- Songs:
- Ayumi Hamasaki Fly High
- K.ITO + D.K Sleepless Beauty
- Anime:
- Comments: Idea: I originally had wanted to do a Sailor Starlight music video because they are my fav SM characters aside from Haruka. I was also really into Ayumi Hamasaki at the time & felt like a good song for the trio. So I did about 55 secs of that then I got bored & totally switch to something else. This video isn't suppose to have any dep menaing or anything I just got bored & fiddled around with some of my Gravitation footage after the Starlight part. ^^
Project: I wanted to try something new with the Starlight part of the video so I used a Japanese song & put in the translations of the song at the bottom. Course I got bored it it & the footage I had for the Starlights was limited so I cut it off and switched to Gravi. I used a few soundbytes of K from the Gravitation Sound Story Drama CD to link the 2 parts of the video together. Now when I had captured all of my footage from VHS my CC was being a butt & wouldn't capture any sound so I decided to take the scene from Epi. 8 where Bad Luck wtched Nittle Grasper perform Sleepless Beauty [which was my all time fav song at the time] I had the full version of the song on my comp. & cut it down to the editted version that they play in the episode... That was a pain in the butt. But all and all this was just a fun little project I wanted to do ^^
Extra Info: Video Completed 9-26-01 - I showed this in my World History class one day when we had extra time & people liked watched it because they had never seen the Starlight characters from SM before. This won't be entered in any contest cause it was made just for the hell of it ^^
Source/ Equiptment: Editting done in Video Wave, captured with Win TV CC. Footage taken from VHS so quality isn't as good as my more recent videos but still watchable ^^ Songs ripped from Ayumi CD, Gravitation TV Tracks CD, & Gravitation Sound Story CD. Special Thanks to Aaron for letting me borrow his Ayumi CD.
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Miko Mido is "La Blue Girl" of the hentai franchise. Miko Mido is a Human-Demon hybrid.
Homemade Movies take a well known scene or trailer and convert it to a homemade look. Check out how their work compares to the original and some behind the scenes of how they do it all.
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spring show that's better than ATTACK ON TITAN.
How will ONE PIECE end? And what's happening in the show RIGHT NOW? Tom gives Sam the shake-down as they cover the high-seas insanity.
This part was cool... and also kind-of gross.
There you are, TITAN! I like you more from this angle.
So here’s the thing about THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES: it is just gloriously silly.
Somebody caption this image immediately!
Our resident anime novice reminisces on her middle-school love affair with the epic fantasy romance.
C'mon guys... I think we get how bad the Saiyans are, now.
Obito admits that he truly is a character of little substance and a serious dissociation complex.
He's been doing the same thing, over and over again, for over a decade. And he seems to constantly be re-learning lessons. But Ash deserves still deserves your respect!
Are you ready to caption some new images? This week we have big butts, awkward dancing, and... chibi people sentenced to death? Tom must be behind that one!
That's right, we're back with 5 MORE of the greatest anime intros of all time!
Homemade Movies take a well known scene or trailer and convert it to a homemade look. Check out how their work compares to the original and some behind the scenes of how they do it all.
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A detective from Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo. One of the main characters in Mouryou no Hako series.
Homemade Movies take a well known scene or trailer and convert it to a homemade look. Check out how their work compares to the original and some behind the scenes of how they do it all.
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The Drama of the Weather + Journal Pages
Written by AnnaDenise on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 23:50
Squinting up at the sky this morning, I realized that the sun was out and for the first time this month, my hands weren't so cold waiting for the bus to work after feeding my friend's chickens. The smell of spring is not yet in the air, but it might be here soon. I hope.
Ah yes. The drama of the weather.
I really wish I COULD talk about some other topic, but the truth is weather does play a big role in my life and in how I feel even though I wish I were more like that happy-go-lucky colleague of mine who has the mystical ability to whistle a song in the middle of a hail storm going 'Ah! It's so nice and cool out!' (I always think he's joking. He never is. Well, he does joke a lot, but he's pretty much always content with the weather).
Anyways, I just popped in to share some of my latest journal pages. I made some more, to be honest, but they're either NSFW (my work, that is) or not yet finished. So here they are! Toedeledoki!
I really like the heart-shaped chocolate box!!! Well done, Boyfriend! ;-)
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Since I am
I sound bitter. I'm really not. I'm more melancholy about it. Disappointed. Then, my friends on Twitter stepped in, and ROCKED the night. This is why I love my tweeps.
So what did I do today? I pulled Minion 3 out of school for the day, and tortured myself by taking a short attention spanning Aspie yard saling all day, along with Minion 1. And, it wasn't even nearby, so I couldn't just bring them home and go back.
It's a tradition. I meet up with my favorite in-laws- my husband's aunt and cousin. We walk all over this one small town, because it's festival weekend, and they have tons of sales. Except, it used to be that you'd find a block with say 8 houses on each side of the road. At least 6-8 of those 16 houses would have a sale going. Now, it's more like 3-4 of those 16 houses. We used to be able to park at one end, walk down the street on one side for 4 blocks, turn around, walk back on the other side, and nail 20-25 sales. Some HUGE, others tiny.
It keeps shrinking, but then again, so is the town. The pizza place that had been there since my husband was raised there was suddenly gone last year. Three years ago, the big gas station/service garage was suddenly boarded up and had graffiti all over. Today, we stopped at a small middle of town gas station we always use for a non-outhouse-bathroom stop. It was locked, and the gas pumps were gone. We peeked inside- place is still filled with food. What the hell?
Anyway, my legs are aching. Everything is as sore as can be today. BUT, it was fun. Here are some photo high lights of my day.
Minion 1 in the car. Not amused.
Minion 3- also not amused.
Had it been larger, this would have gone home to Minion 2.
Minion 1- 1 day shy of her 16th birthday, showing off a Mary Kate & Ashley game called Sweet 16.
1st sale of the day. Minion 3 Scared. The. Ever. Loving. SHIT. out of me by coming up behind me, and shoving this lil fucker in my face.
Minion 1 found a book about a gay guy growing up in the when-ever's. (Book was written in the early 70's, so maybe the 60's?). This is the first line in the book: "I was eighteen years old when I learned to fart." Full of WIN.
Minion 1 wouldn't let me buy the Turkey Decoy.
Auntie bought this hand carved cane. It was filled with prickly little thorn like objects. I told her it must be ribbed for her pleasure. That's when she bought it.
Auntie HAPPY!
Auntie SAD!
A) Who buys that much yeast infection cream at once?
B) who buys their yeast infection cream a fucking YARD SALE?!?!!?
B) who buys their yeast infection cream a fucking YARD SALE?!?!!?
Random flyer selling random collectible plates, hanging in random car's front window.
Wanna talk random? This was a Christmas wreath made out of DEER ANTLERS!!!!
"Decrotive" Lawn Art for $140- an outhouse with a fake dude inside.
Vacuum Cleaner Graveyard. This was only about 1/3rd of the full amount.
This was hanging in the restaurant we ate at. Yes, really.
A shirt. I wanted to get it for a certain family member, but it wasn't her size.
Found a metal lawn art shop. Looked for a Beyonce. Found a Fish...
A pig...
SMALL fake Beyonce's....
An 8-foot flamingo...
....and the scary trees from Wizard of Oz.
We have lots of fun on the garage sale day, mostly when we make fun of the random ass people and shit we see. | http://www.annanonamus.com/2012_04_01_archive.html | 2013-05-18T10:13:05 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Soveija | Antia Pagant | Dahse Magazine #3 | 'Efflorescence'
Antia Pagant uses projections of flowers, adding a top note of visual complexity to her youthfully romantic shoot for New York-based creative showcase for fashion and art Dahse Magazine. Starring Soveija, the images showcase lightweight and ethereal spring looks from Zara, Navarro, See by Chloe and more, selected by Carolina Herrera./ Creative direction by Caught in Creativity
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Technique - Quilt
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Newsletters may contain offers from Annie's and other companies. | http://www.anniescatalog.com/detail.html?prod_id=93715&cat_id=1415 | 2013-05-18T10:32:34 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Andrew and Christine Coleman, formerly of Jacksonville and Mildred Crook-Alexander of Ohatchee and the late Mack Crook.
Miss Crook is a graduate of Ohatchee High School and The University of West Alabama. She is employed by the Calhoun County Board of Education.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Lonnie and Mary Nunn of Prattville and Mary Jones of Prattville and the late George Robinson.
Mr. Pickett is a graduate of Prattville High School and The University of North Alabama. He is employed by P.W. Distribution Company.
The wedding will be 4 p.m. March 30, 2013, at Parker Memorial Baptist Church in Anniston. | http://www.annistonstar.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Crook-Pickett+engagement%20&id=21738048&instance=1st_right | 2013-05-18T10:14:41 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Paula Austin of Oxford joined on the service record of her ancestor Walter Cool of West Virginia. Linda Jones was approved on the basis of Confederate service of her ancestor Wilbourn R. Pruet of Clay County. Sandra Curry of Calhoun County joined on the basis of Confederate service of her ancestor John G. Whittington of South Carolina.
The chapter also welcomed two members from the former J.E.B. Stewart Chapter of Ashland, Sarah Frances Atkins and Elizabeth Atkins Beam.
Robert C. Jones, president of the Kennesaw, Ga., Historical Society, presented a program on the 10 most influential women in the Confederacy.”
During the business session, chapter members viewed the large number of certificates of award earned at the Division Convention held in Mobile in September. | http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/20836798/article-UDC-welcomes-new-members?instance=life_main_community | 2013-05-18T10:31:59 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Author: Ieva Lešinska
In the 1980s, when I lived in Denver and the 1971-founded Tattered Cover bookstore was still housed in its original premises (which seem quite modest through today's eyes), it was considered the largest independent bookstore in the USA. Today, when it has expanded and branched out to three different vast locations (the Highlands ranch auditorium alone has room for 400 people), it has been downgraded to 'one of the largest'. However, it is still the reader's paradise where shopping sometimes seems of almost secondary importance: you can simply snuggle into one of the comfortable armchairs and spend the whole day reading by the light of a vintage lamp without spending a cent. The owner of the Tattered Cover bookstore Joyce Meskis has always selected her staff with great care: everyone seems to be educated readers with excellent taste and knowledge; their suggestions have never failed me.
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If you are experiencing issues with the new section or if you have ideas on how we can improve our new design, please let us know. We’d love to hear from you. | http://www.answersingenesis.org/media/audio/answers-daily/volume-047/genesis-powerful-evangelism | 2013-05-18T10:41:35 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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I was told to do this because ever'one is wonderi' who I am. I'm Jason-the-Elitist. (Definition:) I'm an old friend of JP's. I'm a ITA with SprintPCS and I do a fiar bit of network programming. I'm on the IRC channel a lot, so, if you got a question, ask.
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Stanley Steamer History: Francis and Freelan Stanley were twin brothers who started out making dry plates for photography, sold out to Eastman Kodak, and then built their first automobile in 1897. They were among the first auto makers in the US and sold their first design to John Walker of the Locomobile Company of America in 1899. The Stanleys opened the Stanley Motor Carriage Company in 1902 and built steam engines and steam driven automobiles until 1924, commonly known as "Stanley Steamers".
The first Stanley Steamers bodies were made of wood that sat on metal frames. The steam came from an upright boiler under the seat, on top of a gasoline or kerosene fired burner. Vertical copper tubes in the boiler transferred the heat from the fire to the water and pressure relief valves prevented blow outs. The drive mechanism amounted to two side by side cylinders and the pistons were pushed in both directions by the steam pressure. The power was transmitted by chain and sprockets from the crankshaft to a differential.
Originally the steam engines were located in the back of the car but later moved to the front and in 1915 condensers were added to increase the driving distance. In 1906 the Stanley Steamer was the fastest car in the world, traveling a mile in 28.2 seconds.
By the late 1910s gasoline engines were cheaper and more efficient than steam and sales fell, despite the Stanley's efforts at claiming that their engine was safer. By 1917 the "writing was on the wall" and the Stanleys sold their company to Prescott Warren, who finally gave up in 1924. | http://www.antiquecar.com/index.php?a=5&c=38&b=1230 | 2013-05-18T10:21:24 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Poland / 07-08-2007
Poland - Jewish cemetery desecrated in Czestochowa
A Jewish cemetery in southern Poland has been desecrated with around 100 tombstones daubed with anti-Semitic slogans and Nazi symbols.
Police spokesman Adam Gaska said that the perpetrators were believed to be local youths, and that a criminal investigation had been opened in Czestochowa in the country’s south.
“Numerous tombstones have been covered with insulting wording or SS symbols, in black paint,".
The Czestochowa Jewish cemetery was founded in the late 19th century and houses 4,500 graves.
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Date: Aug 7, 2007
Photo: AFP Copyright 2007 | http://www.antisemitism.org.il/article/38935/poland-jewish-cemetery-desecrated-czestochowa | 2013-05-18T10:53:30 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
I am surprised and disappointed that Mr. Polansky of the Road Runners Club was surprised and disappointed that the Plainview Old Bethpage School Board finally decided to act in the best interests of the children of this district and to re-declare and enforce an existing prohibition which limits use of the POB track during school hours and activities. Apparently, people in this community do not know or understand what the responsibilities of the school board entail. They are charged by the State of New York with providing a safe and secure learning environment for all the students in this school district. According to New York State School Law Section 16.52, it is unlawful to loiter on school grounds without written permission, unless the person is a parent or legal guardian of a student in regular attendance. In his recent letter to the editor of the Plainvew Herald, Mr. Polansky states that there was no previous warning. I believe several years of: "For the protection of our children, these facilities are closed to the public during school hours", a sign which is posted at the entrance to the parking lot and the track, and several years of the administrators handing out flyers and asking people not to use the track during school to be substantial notice. It is a fact that people in this community have ignored these signs and requests, and it was about time that the school board did what they should have done five years ago and physically closed the facilities.
The last time I looked, POB Middle School was just that, a school. Any person who is not on campus for school business is trespassing. Just because we pay taxes does not make the facility a public place. You can't walk into town hall and take over a room, you can't park anywhere you want at Nassau Community College and use their facilities, you can't use the local fire department facilities, you can't go on the beach after certain hours and you can't use school facilities just because you want to! Paying taxes does not give the payer unlimited access to facilities. The 'I pay taxes' line does not work here. The school board is generous in allowing the community to use the facilities when they are not being used by the children for whom they exist. The track is not there for the community, it is there for the children of the school district. It is a perk for the community that it is available at all.
Mr. Polansky says that to the best of his knowledge, "there has never been any kind of incident whatsoever involving a runner or walker at the track in any way posing a threat to one of the youngsters at the middle school." Well, Mr. Polansky should ask first before writing letters to the editor of the local newspaper, because there have been many. Numerous times the children have not been able to use their classroom, the track, because there are too many people on the track to have time to get them off so that the children can use their facility. Teachers have approached people using the track and asked them to please leave so that the children can use the track. In some cases, people have left, in many they have not only ignored the teachers but have verbally harassed the teachers as well as the students. The teachers should not have to spend valuable class time getting people who do not belong on the track, off the track. They have classes to conduct. When the classes have used the track and the community has refused to leave, children have been yelled at, cursed, shoved and run at by the people using the track. Our children have even been exposed to a flasher in this area that has clear visibility. Our children are where they are supposed to be, doing what they are supposed to do. The conduct of select members of the community is totally unacceptable and has been for many years. What examples they are for the youth of our community. Just two weeks before this decision was made, there was a woman who pulled up next to the track in her car, put her walkman on, and proceeded to run into the children using the track. Another time, three women walking the track with their baby carriages were politely asked to vacate the track as the class was competitively running the quarter mile. These three women continued to walk the track three more times before leaving, causing the children who were supposed to be there to run around them. Not only did they have no respect for the teacher and the class but they apparently could care less about the safety of their own children and the possibility of an accident. Numerous times, children walking to and from school have nearly been run over by people driving their cars trying to get to or from the track. These same people honk their horns and yell at the children, who are where they are supposed to be because it is inconvenient for them to have to wait.
The track is a part of the school whether it is being used or not. It is the duty of the school board and the administration to provide a safe educational environment for every student in this district. For at least the last five years, this has not been the situation. It is after much pleading and begging from the parents of this district to do something about the situation that the school board has finally acted. Mr. Polansky's runners and walkers are not students, they are not entitled to the use of the track during school hours and activities. It is too bad that Mr. Polansky does not feel about the safety of our students as much as he does about the runners and walkers. The community would like a safe and well traveled area in which to walk during school hours. There is a terrific place to do this, it is called the Broadway Mall.
I am sure that the school board will continue to act in the best interest of the children of this district and keep the track closed during school hours and activities. | http://www.antonnews.com/plainviewoldbethpageherald/1997/11/21/opinion/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:25 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Friday, 26 August 2011 00:00
The West Hempstead School District board of education has yet to fill the vacant seat of former board member Anthony Brita, who resigned from his post on June 29. His reason for resigning is still unknown at this time.
The board had only 45 days from the date of Brita’s resignation to take advantage of the ability to hold a special election, which could have cost the district anywhere from $3,285 to nearly $10,000, according to deputy superintendent Richard Cunningham. The district may leave the seat vacant until the budget vote and board elections in May 2012.
Cunningham said the board is still investigating possible avenues for a replacement, and that they plan on “having more conversations and future meetings, but at this point, I don’t think a decision has been made to appoint a replacement.”
He stated further that a decision has not been made to keep the seat vacant. In terms of appointing a replacement for the interim, the school board can do that or leave the seat vacant because it has legal authority to exercise that option.
In order to run for school board, you must be 18 years of age and reside in West Hempstead. An unknown resident has submitted a resume to occupy the seat. How the school board determines who is going to be appointed is up to them, according to Cunningham.
“The school district has not called for people to submit their interest in being appointed to the school board.”
—Rich Forestano | http://www.antonnews.com/threevillagetimes/news/17368-west-hempstead-school-district-board-vacancy-remains.html | 2013-05-18T10:41:27 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
28 April 2009The ANU Catholic SocietyWe live in a culture which often regards what the Catholic Church believes and teaches as puzzling. There would even be some who would regard the Church as the last bastion of a benighted obscurantism. Yet the Catholic Church has been the great defender of both faith and reason, seeing in them not mortal enemies but a kind of conjoined twins, the separation of whom means the death of both. Faith without reason withers into superstition; and reason without faith withers into rationalism. Neither superstition nor rationalism makes for the flourishing of the human being. The wisdom which does make for human flourishing is born of the marriage of faith and reason. It is to that truth that I would hope the ANU Catholic Society will bear witness as heir of the Catholic intellectual tradition. To do so in a great University like ANU seems to me especially important at this time.In the Lord Jesus,The Most Reverend Mark ColerdigeArchbishop of Canberra & GoulburnPatron of ANUCS | http://www.anucs.org/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:04 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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