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Section 1: English-Chinese Translation (50 points)
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Harper Lee was an ordinary woman as stunned as anybody by the extraordinary success of "To Kill a Mockingbird."
"It was like being hit over the head and knocked cold," Lee — who died Friday at age 89,said during a 1964 interview. "I didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers but at the same time I sort of hoped that maybe someone would like it enough to give me encouragement."
"To Kill a Mockingbird" may not be the Great American Novel. But it's likely the most universally known work of fiction by an American author over the past 70 years, Lee was cited for her subtle, graceful style and gift for explaining the world through a child's eye, but the secret to the novel's ongoing appeal was also in how many books this single book contained.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" was a coming-of-age story, a courtroom thriller, a Southern novel, a period piece, a drama about class, and — of course — a drama of race." All I want to be is the Jane Austen of South Alabama," she once observed. The story of Lee is essentially the story of her book, and how she responded to it. She was a warm, vibrant and witty woman who played golf, fished, ate at McDonald's, fed ducks by tossing seed corn out of a Cool Whip tub, read voraciously, and got about to plays and concerts. She just didn't want to talk about it before an audience.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" was an instant and ongoing hit, published in 1960, as the civil rights movement was accelerating. It's the story of a girl nicknamed Scout growing up in a Depression-era Southern town. A black man has been wrongly accused of raping a white woman, and Scout's father, the resolute lawyer, defends him despite threats and the scorn of many. Praised by The New Yorker as "skilled, unpretentious, and totally ingenious," the book won the Pulitzer Prize and was made into a memorable movie in 1962.
"Mockingbird" inspired a generation of young lawyers and social workers, was assigned in high schools all over the country and was a popular choice for citywide, or nationwide, reading programs, although it was also occasionally removed from shelves for its racial content and references to rape. By 2015, sales topped 40 million copies.
When the Library of Congress did a survey in 1991 on books that have affected people's lives, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was second only to the Bible. Lee herself became more elusive to the public as her book became more famous. At first, she dutifully promoted her work. She spoke frequently to the press, wrote about herself and gave speeches, once to a class of cadets at West Point.But she began declining interviews in the mid-1960s and, until late in her life, firmly avoided making any public comment about her novel or her career.
Her novel, while hugely popular, was not ranked by many scholars in the same category as the work of other Southern authors Decades after its publication, little was written about it in scholarly journals. Some critics have called the book naive and sentimental, whether dismissing the Ku Klux Klan as a minor nuisance or advocating change through personal persuasion rather than collective action.
Section 2: Chinese-English Translation (50 points)
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Section 1: English-Chinese Translation (50 points)
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Old people in Widou Thiengoly say they can remember when there were so many trees that you couldn't see the sky. Now, miles of reddish-brown sand surround this village in northwestern Senegal, dotted with occasional bushes and trees. Dried animal dung is scattered everywhere, but hardly any dried grass is.
Overgrazing and climate change are the major causes of the Sahara's advance, said Gilles Boetsch, an anthropologist who directs a team of French scientists working with Senegalese researchers in the region. "The local Peul people are herders, often nomadic. But the pressure of the herds on the land has become too great," Mr. Boetsch said in an interview. "The vegetation can't regenerate itself."
Since 2008, however, Senegal has been fighting back against the encroaching desert. Each year it has planted some two million seedling trees along a 545-kilometer, or 340-mile, ribbon of land that is the country's segment of a major pan-African regeneration project, the Great Green Wall. First proposed in 2005, the program links Senegal and 10 other Saharan states in an alliance to plant a 15 kilometer-wide, 7,100-kilometer-long green belt to fend off the desert. While many countries have still to start on their sections of the barrier, Senegal has taken the lead, with the creation of a National Agency for the Great Green Wall.
"This semi-arid region is becoming less and less habitable. We want to make it possible for people to continue to live here," Col. Pap Sarr, the agency's technical director, said in an interview here. Colonel Sarr has forged working alliances between Senegalese researchers and the French team headed by Mr. Boetsch, in fields as varied as soil microbiology, ecology, medicine and anthropology. "In Senegal we hope to experiment with different ways of doing things that will benefit the other countries as they become more active," the colonel said. Each year since 2008, from May to June, about 400 people are employed in eight nurseries, choosing and overseeing germination of seeds and tending the seedlings until they are ready for planting. In August, 1,000 people are mobilized to plant out rows of seedlings, about 2 million plants, allowing them a full two months of the rainy season to take root before the long, dry season sets in.
After their first dry season, the saplings look dead, brown twigs sticking out of holes in the ground, but 80 percent survive. Six years on, trees planted in 2008 are up to three meters, or 10 feet, tall. So far, 30,000 hectares, or about 75,000 acres, have been planted, including 4,000 hectares this summer. There are already discernible impacts on the microclimate, said Jean-Luc Peiry, a physical geography professor at the Université Blaise Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand, France, who has placed 30 sensors to record temperatures in some planted parcels.
"Preliminary results show that clumps of four to eight small trees can have an important impact on temperature," Professor Peiry said in an interview. "The transpiration of the trees creates a microclimate that moderates daily temperature extremes." "The trees also have an important role in slowing the soil erosion caused by the wind, reducing the dust, and acting like a large rough doormat, halting the sand-laden winds from the Sahara," he added. Wildlife is responding to the changes. "Migratory birds are reappearing," Mr. Boetsch said.
The project uses eight groundwater pumping stations built in 1954, before Senegal achieved its independence from France in 1960. The pumps fill giant basins that provide water for animals, tree nurseries and gardens where fruit and vegetables are grown.
Section 2: Chinese-English Translation (50 points)
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Ireland is a sovereign state in western Europe, occupying about five-sixths of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, whose metropolitan area is home to around a quarter of the country's 4.6 million inhabitants. The state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic with an elected president serving as head of state. The head of government is nominated by the lower house of parliament.
Following the Irish War of Independence and the subsequent Anglo-Irish Treaty, Ireland gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1922. Initially a dominion, Ireland received official British recognition of full legislative independence in the Statute of Westminster of 1931. A new constitution was adopted in 1937, by which the name of the state became "Ireland." In 1949, Ireland was declared a republic under the Republic of Ireland act 1948.
Ireland ranks among the wealthiest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita. In 1973, Ireland enacted a series of liberal economic policies that resulted in rapid economic growth, coupled with a dramatic rise in inequality. The country achieved considerable prosperity from 1995 to 2007. This was halted by an unprecedented financial crisis that began in 2008, in conjunction with the concurrent global economic crash.
In 2011 and 2013 Ireland was ranked as the seventh-most developed country in the world by the United Nations Human Development Index.[14] It also performs well in several metrics of national performance, including freedom of the press, economic freedom and civil liberties. It pursues a policy of neutrality through non-alignment.
The population of Ireland stood at 4,588,252 in 2011, an increase of 8.2% since 2006. As of 2011, Ireland had the highest birth rate in the European Union (16 births per 1,000 of population. In 2012, 35.1% of births were to unmarried women. Annual population growth rates exceeded 2% during the 2002-2006 period, which was attributed to high rates of natural increase and immigration. This rate declined somewhat during the subsequent 2006-2011 period, with an average growth rate of 1.6%.
Ireland ranks fifth in the world in terms of gender equality. In 2011, Ireland was ranked the most charitable country in Europe, and second most charitable in the world. Contraception was controlled in Ireland until 1979; however, the receding influence of the Catholic Church has led to an increasingly secularized society. In 1983, the Eighth Amendment recognized "the right to life of the unborn", subject to qualifications concerning the "equal right to life" of the mother. The passage of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, guaranteeing the right to have an abortion performed abroad, and the right to learn about "services" that are illegal in Ireland but legal abroad. The prohibition on divorce in the 1937 Constitution was repealed in 1995 under the Fifteenth Amendment. Divorce rates in Ireland are very low compared to European Union averages while the marriage rate in Ireland is slightly above the European Union average.
Capital punishment is constitutionally banned in Ireland, while discrimination based on age, gender, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, religion, race or membership of the travelling community is illegal.
Ireland became the first country in the world to introduce an environmental levy for plastic shopping bags in 2002 and a public smoking ban in 2004. Recycling in Ireland is carried out extensively and Ireland has the second highest rate of packaging recycling in the European Union.
Section 2: Chinese-English Translation (50 points)
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For generations, coal has been the lifeblood of this mineral-rich stretch of eastern Utah. Mining families proudly recall all the years they toiled underground. Supply companies line the town streets. Above the road that winds toward the mines, a soot-smudged miner peers out from a billboard with the slogan "Coal = Jobs."
But recently, fear has settled in. The state's oldest coal-fired power plant, tucked among the canyons near town, is set to close, a result of new, stricter federal pollution regulations.
As energy companies tack away from coal, toward cleaner, cheaper natural gas, people here have grown increasingly afraid that their community may soon slip away. Dozens of workers at the facility here, the Carbon Power Plant, have learned that they must retire early or seek other jobs. Local trucking and equipment outfits are preparing to take business elsewhere.
"There are a lot of people worried," said Kyle Davis, who has been employed at the plant since he was 18.
But Rocky Mountain Power, the utility that operates the plant, has determined that it would be too expensive to retrofit the aging plant to meet new federal standards on mercury emissions. The plant is scheduled to be shut by April 2015.
For the last several years, coal plants have been shutting down across the country, driven by tougher environmental regulations, flattening electricity demand and a move by utilities toward natural gas.
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the stricter emissions regulations for the plants will result in billions of dollars in related health savings, and will have a sweeping impact on air quality.
"Coal plants are the single largest source of dangerous carbon pollution in the United States, and we have ready alternatives like wind and solar to replace them," said Bruce Nilles, director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, which wants to shut all of the nation's coal plants.
For many here, coal jobs are all they know. The industry united the area during hard times, too, especially during the dark days after nine men died in a 2007 mining accident some 35 miles down the highway. Virtually everyone around Price knew the men, six of whom remain entombed in the mountainside.
But there is quiet acknowledgment that Carbon County will have to change — if not now, soon.
Pete Palacios, who worked in the mines for 43 years, has seen coal roar and fade here. Now 86, his eyes grew cloudy as he recalled his first mining job. He was 12, and earned $1 a day. "I'm retired, so I'll be fine. But these young guys?" Pete Palacios said, his voice trailing off.
Section 2: Chinese-English Translation (50 points)
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天柱县总面积 2201 平方千米,辖 16 个乡镇,326 个行政村,总人口 41 万余人,以侗,苗族为主的少数民族人口占 98.3%,是贵州省少数民族比例最多的县份之一。天柱蕴藏着丰富的自然资源,气候温和,土壤肥沃,是贵州重要粮食生产基地,素有"黔东粮仓"的美誉。当地年产烟叶 2.6 万担,是中国烟叶主产区。这里林业资源丰富,森林面积达 185 万亩,覆盖率达 56%,是贵州十大林业基地之一。重晶石、黄金、煤等矿产资源丰富。
天柱乘西部大开发的东风,迅速崛起。全县国民经济稳步发展,综合实力日益增长,人民生活水平不断提高,产业结构调整日益优化,基础设施建设加强,城镇面貌日新月异。"生态环境优美,综合服务优越,人居条件优良,经济充满活力" 的新天柱呈现在世人面前。
Section 1: English-Chinese Translation (50 points)
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It sounds so promising. A network of dedicated cycle routes running through a city with air pumps to fix flat tires, footrests to lean on while taking breaks and trash cans that are specially angled so you can throw in empty water bottles without stopping.
Best of all, you can cycle on those routes for long distances without having to make way for cars and trucks at junctions and traffic lights, according to the official description of the Cycle Super Highways, which are under construction here as part of the Danish capital's efforts to become carbon-neutral by 2025.
Are they as good as they sound? These days it is hard to find a big city that doesn't make grandiose claims to encourage cycling, and harder still to find one that fulfills them. Redesigning congested traffic systems to add bike lanes to overcrowded roads is fiendishly difficult, especially in historic cities with narrow cobbled streets like Copenhagen. But as its cycling program sounds so ambitious, I went there to try it.
Maybe I'd be less cynical if I lived in Amsterdam, Cologne or any other city with decent cycling facilities, but as a Londoner, I've learned the hard way to be suspicious whenever politicians promise to do anything bike-friendly. London's mayor, Boris Johnson, is a keen cyclist, who issues policy papers with auspicious titles like"Cycling Revolution" and has continued his predecessor's biking program by introducing a cycle-rental project and building new bike lanes.
So far so good, you may think, unless you have braved the potholes, parked trucks and construction debris that obstruct those lanes, many of which appear to have been designed by someone who has never seen a bicycle, let alone ridden one. London cyclists swap horror stories of dysfunctional cycle routes that end without warning or maroon them on the wrong side of the road, though few can be more perilous than a new lane on Bethnal Green Road, which is blocked by a streetlight — anyone rash enough to use the lane has to brake sharply to avoid crashing into it.
Section 2: Chinese-English Translation (50 points)
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As icebergs in the Kayak Harbor pop and hiss while melting away, this remote Arctic town and its culture are also disappearing in a changing climate.
Narsaq's largest employer, a shrimp factory, closed a few years ago after the crustaceans fled north to cooler water. Where once there were eight commercial fishing vessels, there is now one.
As a result, the population here,one of southern Greenland's major towns, has been halved to 1,500 in just a decade. Suicides are up. "Fishing is the heart of this town," said Hans Kaspersen, 63, a fisherman. "Lots of people have lost their livelihoods." But even as warming temperatures are upending traditional Greenlandic life, they are also offering up intriguing new opportunities for this state of 57,000 — perhaps nowhere more so than here in Narsaq.
Vast new deposits of minerals and gems are being discovered as Greenland's massive ice cap recedes, forming the basis of a potentially lucrative mining industry.
One of the world's largest deposits of rare earth metals — essential for manufacturing cellphones, wind turbines and electric cars — sits just outside Narsaq.
It has long been known that Greenland sat upon vast mineral lodes, and the Danish government has mapped them intermittently for decades. Niels Bohr, Denmark's Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist and a member of the Manhattan Project visited Narsaq in 1957because of its uranium deposits.
But previous attempts at mining mostly failed, proving too expensive in the inclement conditions. Now, warming has altered the equation.
Greenland's Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum, charged with managing the boom, currently has 150 active licenses for mineral exploration, up from 20 a decade ago.
Altogether, companies spent$100 million exploring Greenland's deposits last year, and several are applying for licenses to begin construction on new mines, bearing gold, iron and zinc and rare earths. There are also foreign companies exploring for offshore oil.
The Black Angel lead and zinc mine,which closed in 1990, is applying to reopen this year, said Jorgen T.Hammeken-Holm, who oversees licensing at the country's mining bureau, "because the ice is in retreat and you're getting much more to explore." The Greenlandic government hopes that mining will provide new revenue. In granting Greenland home rule in 2009,Denmark froze its annual subsidy, which is scheduled to be decreased further in the coming years.
Here in Narsaq, a collection of brightly painted homes bordered by spectacular fjords,
two foreign companies are applying to the government for permission to mine.
That proximity promises employment, and the company is already schooling some young men in drilling and in English, the international language of mine operations. It plans to build a processing plant, a new port and more roads. (Greenland currently has none outside of settled areas.) Narsaq's tiny airport, previously threatened with closure from lack of traffic, could be expanded. A local landlord is contemplating converting an abandoned apartment block into a hotel. "There will be a lot of people coming from outside and that will be a big challenge since Greenlandic culture has been isolated," said Jasper Schroder, a student home in Narsaq from university in Denmark.
Still, he supports the mine and hopes it will provide jobs and stem the rash of suicides, particularly among his peers; Greenland has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. "People in this culture don't want to be a burden to their families if they can't contribute," he said.
But not all are convinced of the benefits of mining. "Of course the mine will help the local economy and will help Greenland, but I'm not so sure if it will be good for us," said Dorothea Rodgaard, who runs a local guesthouse. "We are worried about the loss of nature."
Section 2: Chinese-English Translation (50 points)
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在新的历史时期,中国梦的本质是国家富强、民族振兴、人民幸福。我们的奋斗目标是,到 2020 年国内生产总值和城乡居民人均收入在 2010 年基础上翻一番,全面建成小康社会。到本世纪中叶,建成富强民主文明和谐的社会主义现代化国家,实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦。
实现中国梦,必须坚持中国特色社会主义道路。我们已经在这条道路上走了 30多年,历史证明,这是一条符合中国国情、富民强国的正确道路,我们将坚定不移地沿着这条道路走下去。
实现中国梦,必须凝聚中国力量。空谈误国,实干兴邦。我们要用 13 亿中国人的智慧和力量,一代又一代中国人不懈的努力,把我们的国家建设好,把我们的民族发展好。
Section 1: English-Chinese Translation (50 points)
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Stroll through the farmers' market and you will hear a plethora of languages and see a rainbow offaces. Drive down Canyon Road and stop for halal meat or Filipino pork belly at adjacent markets. Along the highway, browse the aisles of a giant Asian supermarket stocking fresh napa cabbageand mizuna or fresh kimchi. Head toward downtown and you'll see loncheras — taco trucks —on street corners and hear Spanish bandamusic. On the city's northern edge, you can sampleIndian chaat.
Welcome to Beaverton, a Portland suburb that is home to Oregon's fastest growing immigrantpopulation. Once a rural community, Beaverton, population 87,000, is now the sixth largestcity in Oregon — with immigration rates higher than those of Portland, Oregon's largest city.
Best known as the world headquarters for athletic shoe company Nike, Beaverton has changed dramatically over the past 40 years. Settled by immigrants from northern Europe in the 19thcentury, today it is a place where 80 languages from Albanian to Urdu are spoken in the public schools and about 30 percent of students speak a language besides English, according to English as a Second Language program director Wei Wei Lou.
Beaverton's wave of new residents began arriving in the 1960s, with Koreans and Tejanos (Texans of Mexican origin), who were the first permanent Latinos. In 1960, Beaverton's population of Latinos and Asians was less than 0.3 percent. By 2000, Beaverton had proportionately more Asian and Hispanic residents than the Portland metro area. Today, Asians comprise 10 percent and Hispanics 11 percent of Beaverton's population.
Mayor Denny Doyle says that many in Beaverton view the immigrants who are rapidly reshaping Beaverton as a source of enrichment. "Citizens here especially in the arts and culture community think it's fantastic that we have all these different possibilities here," he says.
Gloria Vargas, 50, a Salvadoran immigrant, owns a popular small restaurant, Gloria's SecretCafé, in downtown Beaverton. "I love Beaverton," she says. "I feel like I belong here." Hermother moved her to Los Angeles as a teenager in 1973, and she moved Oregon in 1979. Shelanded a coveted vendor spot in the Beaverton Farmers Market in 1999. Now in addition to running her restaurant, she has one of the most popular stalls there, selling up to 200Salvadoran tamales — wrapped in banana leaves rather than corn husks — each Saturday. "Once they buy my food, they always come back for more," she says.
随着中国经济平稳快速的发展,中国人民的生存和发展权得到了较大的改善。 城乡居民的收入不断增长,人民总体生活水平不断提高,城乡居民住房条件和居住环境也得到改观。中国政府采取了有力措施帮助农村贫苦人口脱贫。中国的扶贫成就证明人类消除贫困并不是要不可及的目标。
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It didn't take long for Manuel García Murillo, a bricklayer who took over as mayor here last June, to realize that his town was in trouble. It was 800,000 euros, a little more than $1 million, in the red. There was no cash on hand to pay for anything — and there was work that needed to be done.
But then an amazing thing happened, he said. Just as the health department was about to close down the day care center because it didn't have a proper kitchen, Bernardo Benítez, a construction worker, offered to put up the walls and the tiles free. Then, Maria José Carmona, an adult education teacher, stepped in to clean the place up. And somehow, the volunteers just kept coming. Every Sunday now, the residents of this town in southwest Spain — young and old — do what needs to be done, whether it is cleaning the streets, raking the leaves, unclogging culverts or planting trees in the park. "It was an initiative from them," said Mr. García. "Day to day we talked to people and we told them there was no money. Of course, they could see it. The grass in between the sidewalks was up to my thigh. " Higuera de la Serena is in many ways a microcosm of Spain's troubles. Just as Spain's national and regional governments are struggling with the collapse of the construction industry, overspending on huge capital projects and a pileup of unpaid bills, the same
problems afflict many of its small towns.
But what has brought Higuera de la Serena a measure of fame in Spain is that the residents have stepped up where their government has failed. Mr. García says his phone rings regularly from other town officials who want to know how to do the same thing. He is serving without pay, as are the town's two other elected officials. They are also forgoing the cars and phones that usually come with the job. "We lived beyond our means," Mr. García said. "We invested in public works that
weren't sensible. We are in technical bankruptcy." Even some money from the European Union that was supposed to be used for routine operating expenses and last until 2013 has already been spent, he said.
Higuera de la Serena, a cluster of about 900 houses surrounded by farmland, and traditionally dependent on pig farming and olives, got swept up in the giddy days of the construction boom. It built a cultural center and invested in a small nursing home. But the projects were plagued by delays and cost overruns.
The cultural center still has no bathrooms. The nursing home, a whitewashed building sits on the edge of town, still unopened. Together, they account for some $470,000 of debt owed to the bank. But the rest of the debt is mostly the unpaid bills of a town that was not keeping up with its expenses. It owes for medical supplies, for diesel fuel, for road repair, for electrical work, for musicians who played during holidays.
Higuera de la Serena is not completely without workers. It still has a half-time librarian, two half-time street cleaners, someone part-time for the sports complex, a secretary and an administrator, all of whom are paid through various financing streams apart from the town. But the town once had a work force twice the size. And when someone is ill, volunteers have to step in or the gym and sports complex — open four hours a day — must close.
Section 2: Chinese-English Translation (50 points)
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10 年来,中国经济持续快速发展,经济实力、综合国力、人民生活水平迈上新的台阶,国家面貌发生举世瞩目的历史性变化,为促进亚洲和世界经济增长作出了重要贡献。
2011 年,中国开始实施国民经济和社会发展第十二个五年规划纲要,提出了今后5年中国经济社会发展的总体任务。
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Harriet Isenberg and Ryan Isenberg just obtained a $12 million judgment against Great Dynasty Industries on behalf of their client, Chinese apparel company Pacific BePure Industries in the Business Court division of the Fulton County Superior Court. Isenberg & Hewitt was retained by Minneapolis based Dorsey & Whitney to assist in the prosecution of the case as local counsel. Harriet is the co-chair of the State Bar of Georgia Creditors Rights Section, and a member of the Commercial Law League of American and International Association of Commercial Collectors. Ryan is a member of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of Georgia and the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.
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Another successful Creditor's Rights Seminar on February 14, 2013. Harriet Isenberg is the Co-Chair and seminar organizer. The seminar included amazing speakers on trial techniques, Professionalism by Judge Ben Studdard from Henry County, bankruptcy issues to avoid, and information concerning the newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau presented by two government enforcers of the program. Over 125 attorneys attended.ment enforcers of the program. Over 125 attorneys attended.

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Almost exactly 31 years after he first appeared in Coronation Street – on a two-episode contract as a guest at a wedding – Jack Duckworth, one of the soap's stand-out characters, was written out last night. Jack's death – his heart giving out in his armchair after celebrating his 74th birthday in TV's most famous pub, the Rover's Return – fulfilled the request of the actor who plays him, Bill Tarmey, to leave during Corrie's celebration of 50 years in the ITV schedule.
In a rare injection of magical realism into a show that has always aimed more for social realism, Jack was seen posthumously dancing around the living room of his terraced home with the ghost of Vera, his late and long-suffering wife, who voluntereed for the scriptwriters' bullet three years ago.
In a tribute to the closeness of her working relationship with Tarmey, the actor Liz Dawn came out of retirement to perform this spectral shuffle. Although soap opera is often criticised for formulaic storylines, the genre's death scenes frequently achieve a depth unmatched in other drama because the actor and their colleagues are saying goodbye to someone they have lived with for many decades. Tarmey admits in his recently published memoirs, Jack Duckworth and Me, that he cried real tears while filming Vera's funeral after Dawn's departure and the same will surely have been true of his character's obsequies.
A pigeon-fancying, flat-cap-wearing, wise-cracking, philandering, Sinatra-loving Lancashire lad, Jack epitomised the vivid character comedy in which the serial specialises: in one memorable sequence, dressing in drag to infiltrate a women's bowling team. But his popularity and longevity were due to the acting skills and physical resilience of Tarmey, 69.
The actor is unusual among the Corrie cast in that his right arm appeared in the Rover's Return some months before the rest of him. A singer on the northern nightclub circuit, he did occasional work as an extra on the Street, making his debut on that occasion as a drinker who was just out of shot. Subsequently, he was given single lines to say before producers spotted the possibility of a Punch and Judy marriage with Vera.
Tarmey never gave up the night job, though, and later parlayed his soap opera fame into a number of bestselling albums. In an affectionate send-off, the scriptwriters ensured that Tarmey's favourite songs were infused throughout the final episode, with Wind Beneath My Wings – his biggest hit as a crooner – playing on the Rover's jukebox as Jack left the pub for the final time, his face heavy with the guilt and ghosts of his highest-profile storylines of being a poor husband and father.
As is inevitable in a long tenancy in soap opera, aspects of Jack and the actor playing him increasingly overlapped: both suffered heart attacks and subsequent surgery and it is mainly to reduce the risk of another real coronary that Tarmey felt it was time for Jack to have a fictional one.
In his early days in Coronation Street, reluctant to abandon his work as an extra just in case, Tarmey was a "background artiste" during the filming of Laurence Olivier's King Lear at Granada. At the stage door, Britain's greatest stage actor of the day was ignored by autograph-hunters, while Tarmey was mobbed. That scrum of viewers marked the start of a ratings-topping reign that reached its last dance last night.


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"Young Romance: The New 52 Valentine's Day Special" #1 contains "six love stories from all corners of the DC Universe," with a variety of characters and couples, some long-established and some new.
"Think It Through" by Ann Nocenti, Emanuela Lupacchino and Jaime Mendoza is one extended flashback, and a trip down memory lane reveals a lot about The New 52's Catwoman then and now. Selina Kyle comes off as a headstrong, impulsive girl rather than a confident woman of the world or a worthy foe. Lupacchino's pencils are great in the climactic scene as Batman holds Catwoman in his arms, and Gabe Eltaeb does a very pretty coloring job with the light refracting through purple glass. All the romance of "Think It Through" is in those two panels, but Nocenti's moral symbolism and the physical metaphor of falling has zero subtlety. As a character and mood sketch, "Think It Through" does its job, but as a "how they meet," it's a let-down.
The plot of "The Lighthouse" by Cecil Castellucci and Inaki Miranda also moves between past and present. Arthur and Mera are loosely compared to a pair of star-crossed lovers from the Regency era. The tale begins with the gimmicky lead-in of a discovery of a packet of long-lost love letters, and rest of the tale is equally stale. The prose is awkward, with phrases like "storm of a father" and trite stock lines like "You are my greatest adventure." The art team of Inaki Miranda and Eva de la Cruz, who have been doing excellent work on "Fairest," bring some emotional resonance to the cliched ending page, but overall, readers who are fans of Arthur and Mera won't find much substance here.
"Dreamer" by Ray Fawkes and Julius Gopez is only story doing something unpredictable in "Young Romance: The New 52 Valentine's Day Special" #1. The couple is unusual, with a dashing, heroic and physically-abled Batgirl is paired with Ricky, a civilian first seen in "Batgirl Annual" #1, who is none of these things. Fawkes' excellent dialogue sounds like the real back-and-forth of a date, which gives Batgirl and Ricky's conversation a distinctive and surprising charm. Gopez's jagged lines and gritty atmosphere are a good match for the setting and tone. Overall, "Dreamer" is my favorite out of the bunch, but like all the other stories, it's a vignette that is about one scene or a feeling instead of proving the satisfaction of a full narrative arc.
The highlight of "Seoul Brothers" by Peter Milligan and Simon Bisley is the atmosphere created by Bisley's moody, smudgy art style. Brian Buccellato's colors and the yellow and purple captions both reinforce the day/night, opposites attract theme of this Apollo and Midnighter piece, which isn't really a story, but a brief encounter of exes that goes nowhere.
"Another Saturday Night" by Kyle Higgins and Sanford Greene opens with Nightwing in a promising fight scene, but the story is a downer that ends abruptly. Greene's character and costume design for Ursa Major imaginative and offbeat, though.
"Truth or Dare" by Andy Diggle, Robson Rocha and Julio Ferreira Ferreira has Superman and Wonder Woman on another date which inevitably interrupted. Rocha's art doesn't make it clear exactly how Diana and Clark suddenly are in costume mid-story in a restaurant. Also, Diggle's dialogue is stilted and melodramatic, but the very last panel has a fun if silly twist.
Stapled into its centerfold, "Young Romance: The New 52 Valentine's Day Special" #1 also has 18 Valentine's Day perforated cards featuring DC heroes and retro, cute Valentine's Day messages. It's a nice addition, and my favorite is probably the last one, featuring Batman and the line "Tonight is for just us."
Anthologies are always a mixed bag, and unfortunately, Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine's Day Special" #1 doesn't have any standout romances that make the entire collection worth picking up, unless the reader just wants the cards. While the art is often strong, there isn't a single story that moves the reader or is well-structured enough to hold its own, although "Dreamer" is a nice introduction. Considering the character lineup and the cover price, that's a disappointment.


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ABSTRACT: In this Committee Opinion, the Committee on Ethics of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists endorses the College's ongoing efforts to promote a just health care system, explores justifications that inform just health care, and identifies professional responsibilities to guide the College and its members in advancing the cause of health care reform.
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Abstract: The relationship between induced abortion and the subsequent development of breast cancer has been the subject of a substantial amount of epidemiologic study. Early studies of the relationship between prior induced abortion and breast cancer risk were methodologically flawed. More rigorous recent studies demonstrate no causal relationship between induced abortion and a subsequent increase in breast cancer risk.
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ABSTRACT: The World Health Organization estimates that 67,000 women, mostly in developing countries, die each year from untreated or inadequately treated abortion complications. Postabortion care, a term commonly used by the international reproductive health community, refers to a specific set of services for women experiencing problems from all types of spontaneous or induced abortion. There is increasing evidence that misoprostol is a safe, effective, and acceptable method to achieve uterine evacuation for women needing postabortion care. To reduce maternal mortality, availability of postab...
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ABSTRACT: Physicians vary widely in their familiarity with ethical theories and methods and their sensitivity toward ethical issues. It is important for physicians to improve their skills in addressing ethical questions. Obstetrician–gynecologists who are familiar with the concepts of medical ethics will be better able to approach complex ethical situations in a clear and structured way. By considering the ethical frameworks involving principles, virtues, care and feminist perspectives, concern for community, and case precedents, they can enhance their ability to make ethically justifiable cl...
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ABSTRACT: Health care providers occasionally may find that providing indicated, even standard, care would present for them a personal moral problem—a conflict of conscience—particularly in the field of reproductive medicine. Although respect for conscience is important, conscientious refusals should be limited if they constitute an imposition of religious or moral beliefs on patients, negatively affect a patient's health, are based on scientific misinformation, or create or reinforce racial or socioeconomic inequalities. Conscientious refusals that conflict with patient well-being should be a...
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Too much water in your yard can cause a few major problems. It can literally ruin your lawn, basement and driveway.
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text: tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2013:/the-sip-school//63/tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2008:/the-sip-school//63.37063- Comments for Mobiles to drive SIP The SIP Blog is just that; with opinion and analysis on all things SIP in the world of VoIP Movable Type 4.38 tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2008:/the-sip-school//63.37063 2008-08-01T08:06:13Z 2008-08-01T08:07:09Z Mobiles to drive SIP As we all know, mobiles are everywhere and are probably used a lot more than desk phones and soft-phones so it's going to be the implementation of SIP into these devices that really makes the SIP revolution take off. Some... Graham Francis http://www.thesipschool.com Comms Dealer UK site that predicts 435 million sip users on mobile devices by 2012. Of course the adaptation of SIP and SIP services within developing IMS systems will be important as well as mobile device manufacturers realizing that it's not fair shipping devices with the SIP functionality disabled. People will want to use their phone over the GSM and 3G networks but also Wi-Fi networks 'seamlessly' (when a hotspot is available) and still be able to call people from their contacts list easily without having to use separate client software loads on their mobile - i.e. having to load Skype. Again, all interesting stuff and another reason to get trained on SIP as it's here to stay and for a very long time!]]>


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Here is my week 3 African Adventure vlog.
I've been painting, writing, exploring very quietly and gently (above: drawing-paintings on paper and wood (works in progress))…
From this evening I am taking a room in a guest-house by Lake Victoria, to spend time by the water, and to be in a better position to socialise and walk out and about. I am very excited about it!
I'm also excited to be getting to know and navigate the climate, food, culture and landscape… It feels very stimulating, even if I am going about everything very tentatively!
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Wide-angle mirror for automobiles and the like
Provided is an improved rear view or rear vision mirror for passenger automobiles, vans and like vehicles, exclusive of buses or trucks larger than pick-up trucks, which mirror affords a wide-angle view well beyond the statutory requirement that outside mirrors give a view of the side of the vehicle through a 10.degree. angle beyond such side of the vehicle to the extent that the image covers the so-called "blind spot" beyond the 10.degree. view path. The improved mirror avoids the use of spherical reflective surfaces and consists essentially of a single substantially planar reflective surface and a single contoured reflective surface that is a generally convex cylindrically contoured surface having a radius of curvature within a critical range of values.
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This invention relates generally to mirrors for vehicles, more particularly to rear vision mirrors providing a wide-angle view from either outer side of the vehicle and through the blind spot that is not imaged by conventional rear view mirrors, the mirror itself consisting essentially of a single generally planar reflective surface and a single contoured reflective surface while avoiding the use of any generally spherically shaped reflective surfaces.
Rear vision mirrors that include generally convex reflective areas for providing a reflective view intended to be more extensive than that which can be provided by a flat reflective area are shown for example in U.S. Letters Pat. No. 3,764,201, which discloses a rear vision mirror expressly designed and adapted for large trucks and buses. This patent includes the use of spherical reflective surfaces. The presence of spherical surfaces necessitates, by statute, that a rear view mirror spherical reflective surface have a radius of at least 20 inches in order to preclude image distortion and vehicle operator confusion brought about by a spherical reflective surface having a radius less than 20 inches. Mirrors in compliance with this statutory requirement are exceedingly large and unsuitable for use in smaller vehicles such as passenger automobiles, vans and pick-up trucks having limited side window height and practical limits of how far an outside-mounted mirror can reasonably project beyond the width of these smaller vehicles.
Additionally, U.S. Pat. No. 3,764,201 specifies convex generally cylindrical reflecting zones or areas that curve rearwardly and that have a radius of 5 inches. With the present invention, it has been discovered that a generally convex cylindrical reflecting surface having a radius as small as on the order of 5 inches is not satisfactory because such a small radius creates an unsafe amount of image distortion that all too often leads to driver confusion, especially for non-professional drivers who typically operate passenger automobiles and the like. A radius as small as about 5 inches or less causes a deceiving and very abrupt change in the image seen in the reflective surface, particularly at the junction of the curved reflective surface and an adjacent flat reflective surface.
By the present invention, the disadvantages attendent to using spherically contoured reflective surfaces are avoided, as is the need to use exceptionally large reflective surfaces or the practice of utilizing reflective surfaces having curvature radii smaller than that now found to enhance the safe use of combined curved and planar reflective surfaces, particularly by non-professional drivers. The present invention avoids distortions brought about by spherical surfaces and by curved reflective surfaces having small radii, while at the same time avoiding the need to provide rear vision mirrors having a size that is prohibitive for smaller vehicles such as passenger automobiles and the like.
The present invention provides a wide-angle rear vision mirror that has a single contoured surface which is not spherically contoured and which is integral with and outwardly extending from a single substantially planar reflective surface, wherein the single contoured surface is a convex cylindrically contoured surface having a radius of curvature of approximately 8 inches, plus or minus about 121/2 percent.
It is accordingly a general object of the present invention to provide an improved rear vision mirror.
Another object of this invention is an improved rear vision mirror especially structured for mounting outside of either the left side window or the right side window of a vehicle.
Another object of the present invention is an improved rear view or rear vision mirror having a structure that avoids significant image distortion brought about by spherical reflective surfaces and/or contoured surfaces having radii outside of a critical range of radii values.
Another object of the present invention is an improved rear vision mirror for use on relatively small vehicles such as passenger automobiles in order to provide an image at the blind spot area without substantially distorting such image.
Another object of the present invention is an improved rear vision mirror having a single generally planar reflective surface and a single generally cylindrically contoured reflective surface, which surfaces have area measurements related to each other in a predetermined manner.
These and other objects of this invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a passenger automobile having a mirror embodying the present invention mounted on both the left-handed side and the right hand-side thereof;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the mirror of this invention, shown oriented for mounting on the right-hand side of a vehicle and illustrating the critical dimensional relationships of this invention;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the mirrored surface of FIG. 2, shown as adapted for mounting over the planar mirrored surface of a conventional vehicle rear view mirror so as to convert same into a wide-angle rear view mirror;
FIG. 4 is a schematic drawing illustrating the reflected line of sight of a traditional rear view mirror; and
FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing illustrating the wide-angle reflecting line of sight achieved by the present invention.
The preferred rear vision mirror in accordance with this invention is illustrated in FIG. 1, being generally designated as 11, shown mounted in known manner on the door 12 of a vehicle 13. Rear vision mirror 11 is depicted in this view as including a composite reflective surface 14 mounted within a streamlined frame 15. When seated within vehicle 13, a driver 16 has a field of vision extending through an angle "A" running from an inner liner of sight "B" reflected from a generally planar reflective surface 17 and through an outer line of sight "C" reflected from a contoured reflective surface 18 whereby the field of vision "A" includes a field of sight generally overlapping into the peripheral vision of the driver 16.
Further details of the composite reflective surface are shown in FIG. 2 illustrating composite reflective surface 14' in which generally planar reflective surface 17' is shown oriented to the left of contoured reflective surface 18' as should be the case when mounted to the right side of the vehicle 13, while in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 the generally planar reflective surface 17 is illustrated as being oriented to the left of contoured reflective surface 18. Composite reflective surface 14 or 14' has a width "w" and also a height "h" which is substantially less than the width "w". It has been discovered that certain optimum dimensions provide an especially advantageous and safe field of vision, that having a field of vision angle "A" large enough to include the blind spot area and extend into the driver's peripheral vision while minimizing image distortion upon reflectance from contoured reflecting surface 18 or 18' and the unseamed location 19 or 19' where the generally planar reflective surface 17 or 17'; integrally joins the contoured reflective surface 18 or 18'.
Such optimum dimensions call for the width of the generally planar reflective surface 17 to be about 60 percent of the width of composite reflective surface 14, i.e. "3/5 w," while the width of the contoured reflective surface 18 is approximately 40 percent of the composite reflective surface width, i.e. "2/5 w". Additionally, in order to maintain the usefulness of mirror 11 for relatively small vehicles 13 such as passenger automobiles, but while still providing adequate, substantially distortion-free rear vision reflection, the height "h" of the composite reflective surface 14 is approximately the same as the width of the generally planar reflective surface 17, i.e. on the order of about "3/5 w", although height "h" could be as great as "2/3 w", if needed to fit within a conventional frame such as the streamlined automobile frame 15.
With more particular reference to the contoured reflective surface 18, such is a generally convex cylindrically contoured surface having a contour angle "D" of a radius "r". In order to minimize distortion of images while maximizing image size within the confines of an automobile-sized composite reflective surface 14, radius "r" must be about 8 inches in length, plus or minus about 121/2 percent of "r".
FIG. 3 is a cross-section through the wide-angle rear vision mirror of FIG. 2 further illustrating the composite reflective surface 14' mounted within a backing frame 21 crimped around the composite reflective surface 14', with an adhesive spacer 22 secured to the backing frame 21 directly behind at least a portion of the generally planar reflective surface 17'. The adhesive spacer 22 and backing frame 21 are provided to enable composite reflective surface 14 to be readily mounted over the flat reflective surface of a conventional rear view mirror when it is not desired to replace the conventional mirror with the entire mirror assembly 11 shown in FIG. 1.
With reference to FIG. 4, this illustrates the line of sight field of vision "E" afforded by a conventional flat surfaced outside rear view mirror 23 mounted upon a moving vehicle 24, such angle being about 10.degree. in size to provide a field of view that excludes a "blind spot" in which another vehicle 25 can be positioned, unknown to the driver of vehicle 24. FIG. 5 illustrates a rear vision mirror 11 in accordance with this invention, such having a reflected line of sight including substantially the same field of vision "E" provided by mirror 23, onto which is added a wide-angle field of vision "F" that is provided by contoured reflective surface 18 (FIGS. 1 and 3), such field of vision "F" including within its angular extent the second vehicle 25, thereby eliminating the "blind spot".
As an example of the preferred interrelationship among the dimensions of the mirror 11, the composite reflective surface would have a width "w" of about 51/2 inches and a height "h" of about 31/2 inches, whereby the width of the generally planar reflective surface 17 is about 3.3 inches, and the width of the contoured reflective surface 18 is about 2.2 inches.
It will be apparent to those skilled in this art that the present invention can be embodied in various forms; accordingly, this invention is to be construed and limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
1. A wide-angle rear vision mirror that has a single contoured surface which is not spherically contoured and that is expressly designed and adapted for use on the right side or left side of passenger automobiles, vans and the like vehicles, comprising a composite reflective surface including:
- a single substantially planar reflective surface having a width and a height, said planar surface width being generally equal to said planar surface height;
- a single contoured reflective surface having a contoured surface height and a contoured surface width, said single contoured reflective surface being continuous with said planar surface, said single contoured surface being an integral extension of said planar surface in a direction away from the vehicle, said contoured reflective surface being a single generally convex cylindrically contoured surface, said cylindrical contour being that of a right cylinder having a radius of curvature of 8 inches plus or minus about 121/2 percent;
- said composite reflective surface has a composite width that is substantially identical to the planar surface width plus the contoured surface width;
- said composite reflective surface is straight-lined throughout its vertical extent;
- said planar surface width is about 3/5 of said composite reflective surface width, and said contoured surface width is about 2/5 of said total reflective surface width;
- said composite reflective surface has a composite height identical to said planar surface height and also to said contoured surface height;
- said composite reflective surface is unseamed throughout its composite width; and
- said composite reflective surface has a composite height and a composite width such that the wide angle rear vision mirror overlies substantially the entire surface area of an external automobile rear view mirror.
2. The wide-angle rear vision mirror of claim 1, wherein said composite surface height is between about 3/5 and about 2/3 of said composite reflective surface width.
3. The wide-angle rear vision mirror of claim 1, wherein said composite reflective surface has a back face, and an adhesive-backed spacer is secured to said back face.
4. The wide-angle rear vision mirror of claim 3, wherein said spacer is secured to a location on said back face that is behind at least a portion of the substantially planar reflective surface.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 13, 1980
Date of Patent: May 25, 1982
Assignee: Pathfinder Auto Lamp Company (Niles, IL)
Inventor: Henry W. Graff (Elgin, IL)
Primary Examiner: F. L. Evans
Law Firm: Lockwood, Dewey, Alex & Cummings
Application Number: 6/130,077
International Classification: G02B 510;


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The Calgary Roughnecks arrived in Vancouver brimming with confidence. Well, at least they did by their own somewhat lowly standards. Sure, times are rough. They lost their first five matches of the season. But they managed to score 26 goals over their last two outings. That had to help boost their confidence. And coming so close to getting that first victory, losing the last two by a single goal, has only made them hungrier still.
On Saturday morning, as many people were watching the Ryder Cup, Premier League, or MLS, the Vancouver Stealth announced that they had signed the entirety of their 2014 draft class, as well as resigning Chris Wardle, and the recently acquired tandum of Joel McCready and Eric Penney.
The Vancouver Stealth announced today that manager Chris Hall will be stepping down due to health related matters. Hall will remain with the organisation as Senior...
Vancouver's "got a good team" according to Calgary's Dane Dobbie. "Their record doesn't show for what it is. I'm sure they'll be back next year."
With their 15-11 loss to the Philadelphia Wings, the Vancouver Stealth can no longer qualify for the Champion's Cup. The match started off well for Vancouver...
On Saturday night, the Buffalo Bandits road into town, looking to steal a win from the struggling Vancouver Stealth, and avoid a three-match losing streak.
The Vancouver Stealth dropped a disappointing 13-8 decision to the Calgary Roughnecks on Friday. The match could not have started worse for the men in black.
Heading into the 2014 season, Vancouver held a 22-12 record against Colorado. But that was then, and now the Mammoth have trampled the Stealth.
Not having played a home game in close to a month and a slow start in the first "Q" did not prevent the Toronto Rock from finding a way to knock off the Vancouver Stealth.
In a match where Vancouver trailed for 55:39 and was level for 6:39, the Stealth found a way to win. And they did it without leading for even one second.
After a disappointing loss in Denver on Matchday One, Vancouver rebounded in spectacular fashion. Click here to open our fullscreen slideshow.
Tyler Richards decided to have some fun with Christopher Vose on Saturday, tossing a ball right at him, and his camera. Click here to open our fullscreen slideshow.
The Stealth were in high sprits with some low comedy Sunday, as training camp continued at the Langley Events Centre. Click here to open our fullscreen slideshow.
On Saturday, the Vancouver Stealth returned to training at the Langley Events Centre ahead of the season open in Denver. Click here to open our fullscreen slideshow.
Based upon their performances in the Pre-season Camp, the Vancouver Stealth signed 12 players to National Lacrosse League contracts.
The National Lacrosse League and Professional Lacrosse Players' Association have come to an agreement a new seven year Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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Christopher Vose came to British Columbia in 1995. Since then he has freelanced extensively as a writer, historian, poet, and photographer. His work has been published on six continents, and he will get Antarctica too if climate change has its way.
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Tyler Green is a man of many talents. He has been a television host, documentary filmmaker, and is a social media specialist. He currently writes a weekly column for 24 Hours Vancouver and is the host of Soccer Talk with Tyler Green.
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Avry Lewis-McDougall is an exciting young Edmonton-based journalist. By the time he was 18 years old, he was already the host of his own show, the aptly named Avry's Sports Show, a regular contributor to the Bleacher Report, and a true sportsman.
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Tony Lewis is a photographer who has dabbled in travel, landscape, and animal photography, but it is sports where he has truly found his niche. He currently serves as FC Edmonton's official photographer. His portfolio can be found at TLFoto.ca
Mynor Campos
Mynor Campos is a member of the British Columbia Soccer Referees Association, has written for Noticias FutbolMLS, Major League Soccer's Spanish-language website, and has been seen his photos printed in a number of latino publications.


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Okay, I know it's really spelled 'Ciao' but I wanted I just wanted... aw fugedaboutit.
Anyway, I am on my way up to Calgary tomorrow morning, so this will be my last post until I get back in another week.
I'm hoping to have lots of nifty keen pictures (read: embarrassing. probably of me.) and if I'm lucky maybe even some cool videos.
I'm hoping to interview some of the guests while I'm at the show so we'll see what happens.
At the very least, I'll have some new artwork to show off.
So while I'm gone be sure to eat your veggies, respect your parents, get to bed early and treat each other with kindness.
Oh who am I kidding? Have fun!
Apr 23, 2008
Chow For Now
Okay, I know it's really spelled 'Ciao' but I wanted I just wanted... aw fugedaboutit.
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Labels: conventions, travel
I Choose You!
Here's a little Pokemon humor for you.
Safe for work, but you might want headphones so you don't have to explain what you're listening to.
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Labels: cartoons
Apr 22, 2008
Earth Day
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Labels: environment, holidays
My New Nephew
Apr 20, 2008
How I Spent Saturday
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Labels: animals, embarrassing moments, food, life with Hotness, nature, Seattle, things to do, weather
Not Cool
You know how when you're signed off of Blogger but you're on the sign in screen, it'll show recently updated blogs that you can click on and check out?
I was checking out the titles that were popping up. Some blatently ads or junk blogs, others with interesting titles, and some just out and out porn.
So my interest was piqued when I saw the name "Bill Sienkiewicz" appear up there.
Hold on. THE Bill Sienkiewicz?!? He has a blog?
Wow, I should check that out.
I clicked it and then was redirected to another page that loaded up and was actually....
just a porn blog with LOTS of pics of gay men (and a few women). Complete with a video of two (not that attractive) women gettin' it on.
Hey man.
Not cool. Not cool at all.
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Labels: comic books, links, uncatagorizable
Oh Okay, One More...
What about Stephen King on "Man Thing" and Eric Powell on art?
Hmmm? Just a thought.
Discuss it amongst yourselves and get back to me.
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Labels: comic books, geekness
Got Meme'd
There's a first time for everything (and this year seems to be filled with a bunch of them... more on that soon).
I got tagged for a meme recently and so I'm supposed to come up with something along the lines of the following theme: (heh! "theme" "meme"... weird.)
What creators who are usually associated with a certain company (or, indeed, medium) would you like to see writing someone else's title? For example, would you want to see JMS on Hellboy? Which DC character should Bendis have a crack at? Should George Pelecanos write Batman?
Well me start out by saying that I don't have any dead-set particular favorites when it comes to writers or artists. I kind of take them for what they are at the time, and good or bad I'll read the books. Some I enjoy more than others, be it for the art or the writing, but it really depends on my mood at the time.
While I'm currently enjoying Gail Simone on 'Wonder Woman' I'd like to see Phil Jimenez on it again.
He was the writer that was on the book when I began reading it and really brought a lot of depth to the character in my opinion. Sure he's a bit wordy with the dialog, but unlike Bendis I didn't mind reading lengthy conversations between characters. They actually SAID something.
I'd like to see a limited series or one-shot of 'Hellboy' written by Bob Burden. The character lends itself to the strange on a regular basis, and I think Bob's surreal approach to comics would be highly entertaining.
Maybe even with Andy Kuhn on art duty.
Jeff Parker on "Avengers". Either title. 'Mighty' or 'New'.... or heck, even BOTH!
I have nothing personal against Bendis (I really enjoy "Ultimate Spider-Man"), but c'mon! Give other people a chance to write would ya? I first discovered Jeff via his own book "The Interman" (available in trade from your local comic book shop, by the way) and it was fantastic. Then I read "Agents of Atlas" and "Spider-man & The Fantastic Four" plus the all-ages "Avengers" comic.
This guy writes solo characters or teams and can keep the dialog of each within character.
I think he'd bring some much-needed fresh blood to these titles.
Matt Wagner on "Punisher". Yeah.
Jeez he already writes about a criminal mastermind who can't be taken down by anybody (not even the damn Batman!), so how cool would it be to have a Punisher from the other end of the spectrum? (Not to take anything away from Matt Fraction, though)
Okay, I've tried not to make him the first person on EVERY book, but I had to get to him sooner or later; Terry Moore.
I think everything he works on is gold.
I'd like to see him on "Birds of Prey" again. (He did a 3-issue stint quite a while back). He has a very unique perspective and can write strong female characters. Also, I'd like to see his take on the "The Spirit". That would be something.
Or maybe Terry's art on "The Spirit" and Jeff Parker writing?
How about Joss Whedon on "Titans" or "Young Avengers"? I'm not a Joss disciple but that ought to be a nice change of pace to see how he'd handle those books.
How about Robert Kirkman writing "Jonah Hex"?
I'd like to see him do something out of the ordinary. No zombies or superheroes this time. Just a mean old ugly gunslinger in the old west.
And finally, I'd like to see Warren Ellis take a stab (literally!) at "Green Lantern" or "Green Lantern Corps." And maybe even the "JSA".
So there.
That's my 2-cents. Let me know what YOU think.
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Labels: comic books, geekness, Terry Moore
Apr 18, 2008
I. Am. Canadian.
I heard the audio for this on my way into work this morning and found the video on YouTube after I got in and turned my computer on.
With my trip to Canada coming up quickly (5-1/2 days to go!), it seemed like a rather appropriate post today.
Ladies and gentlemen... I present to you, The Shat:
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Labels: conventions, geekness, William Shatner
Apr 16, 2008
Battle For Breakfast
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Labels: cool pictures, food, for sale
Apr 15, 2008
Tax Day 2008
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Labels: animals, comic art, conventions, nature
Apr 14, 2008
Never (retry)
(So the code came back up and I'm going to try this again. Hopefully it'll stay working this time.)
NEVER let prying prying eyes have access to things they shouldn't.
And conversely, NEVER stick your nose where it doesn't belong.
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Labels: embarrassing moments, innuendo
Apr 13, 2008
More Saturday Fun
After we did the shopping, we had plans to get together with friends in the late afternoon / evening one last time before one of our tribe is due to have her second child (and would therefore be out of the loop for at least another year).
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Personal Shopper ver. 2.0
It's starting to become a habit now.
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Labels: food, helping out, shopping
Apr 12, 2008
The video for this seems to have been taken down and I can't find another source for it.
If you're reading this from Google reader (or whatever else you may be using) there is no actual post now.
I've had to scrap it.
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Apr 11, 2008
Especially The 'Falling Down' Part
This kid reminds me of... ME!
That is, after about 3 or 4 shots of tequila!
Have a good weekend ya'll! It's supposed to be a nice one.
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Labels: uncatagorizable
Apr 10, 2008
The Mighty Van Halen
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Labels: music
Apr 9, 2008
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Labels: uncatagorizable
Apr 8, 2008
I Prefer My Wild Turkey In A Bottle
Actually, truth be told... I'm a tequila kind of guy.
Not a big fan of whisky or bourbon.
But if I had to make a choice, I'd rather drink Wild Turkey from the bottle than have them attack me while driving a U.S. Postal truck.
I know turkeys have a bad rap for not being the brightest crayons in the box, but c'mon...
The trucks are like 10 times their size! (if not larger!)
They've gotta have massive cojones to want to tackle something that large.
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Labels: animals, nature, weird news
Apr 6, 2008
RIAA Deathknell?
Kind of yesterday's news and I'm not sure if it's true, but I know I sure wouldn't be saddened by it.
The RIAA will die in 2008
I'm not advocating piracy (*cough-cough*), but shooting your customers to hopefully get the thieves is bad business and only breeds more and thieves.
Good riddance to them I say.
See also:
The RIAA homepage
Boycott the RIAA
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Labels: music
A Midsummer's Night Dream
Saturday night Hotness and I attended the ballet to see A Midsummer's Night Dream.
We were both really looking forward to going, as this was the first ballet we attened when we first started getting season tickets, lo these many years ago, and it holds a special place in our hearts as being one of the more fun ones to see.
Unfortunately, we only stayed for the first act (of two).
It may have been a lack of sleep from the previous night on my part, I'm not quite sure.
But once the curtains rose and everything started, we just didn't feel inspired to stay and see the whole thing. It didn't seem as 'magical' to either of us this time around.
All the good parts happen during the first act, so by skipping out during intermission we weren't missing anything.
Thus being earlier in the evening than normal for a ballet night, we skipped our usual post-show meal at Pomodoro on Eastlaske and headed up north to the Comic Stop to drop in, make an appearance and show off our fancy clothes.
It was poker night at Ye Old Comic Stop, so the regular gang was there and welcomed us into the fold.
Palindrome had brought in some home-made cookies that he baked, so Hotness got her fill and was cookied-up for the night.
I browsed the racks (COMIC racks, you perverts!) while some people played poker, and others stood around talking about the upcoming ECCC and all things Jamie Bamber-related.
It was getting late by now and we were getting a bit tired so we left and headed home. This time WITHOUT the added adventure of getting stuck in the snow and having to walk home, thankfully!
In other news:
With my recent trips coming up to Calgary Expo and the ECCC happening real soon, I've been trying to avoid everybody that's showing signs of being sick like.... well, like the plague.
I've started a regimen of vitamin C, echinacea w/ zinc, ginsing, and LOTS of tea involvolving detoxifying herbs and immunity boosters.
I'm no Slim Goodbody or anything, but I'll be SUPER-pissed if I wake up the morning before the show and I've gotten the flu.
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I Can Be Such A Dork
The other day I ran across a pen that Hotness picked up on one of her business trips.
So I see this pen in our "cup o' pens" that we have and I'm thinking it was a memo-recording pen. I thought that the holes were for a tiny speaker and microphone. You know, you think of something cool but you don't have a notepad handy so you speak into the pen and write it down later.
Except the batteries seemed to have died so it wasn't working.
No problem, I'll just take the batteries out and switch them around. Sometimes you can get a little extra juice out of them that way and I can play with it for a minute or two.
Unscrewed it, swapped the battereis around and put it all together again.
Then I pushed the button and noticed that there was a light coming out of the end of it.
"Oh, so it's not a pen with a voice recorder, it's actually got a tiny flashlight. Cool."
I turn the light-end towards me and puch the button. A white LED lights up and flashes in my eyes.
Then I push the outher button and a red one lights up.
"Hmmm, the red one isn't as bright.... OH! CRAP! It's a laser pointer!", as I'm pointing it directly into my eyes and looking at it.
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Labels: stupid people, technology
80's J-Pop
Here's some 80's fluff for you straight outta Japan:
Um... words escape me.
P.S.: The band is Denki Groove and the song is called "Shonen Young"
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Labels: music
Apr 5, 2008
Dude, it's 4:00 in the morning! What the heck?!?
I woke up at 2:50a.m. and was wide awake. Went and got a glass of water and then.... couldn't get back to sleep. Which sucks.
So I'm on here complaining about it 'cause I have nothing better to do.
I have a late evening planned for tonight, and I'm going to be falling asleep because I didn't get enough the night before. This'll be fun.
As for burgers, Guitar Hero and Long Island Iced Teas? Check, check and check my friends.
It was a perfect triple-play.
I actually went to the grocery store and picked-up burger fixins' with the intention of making them at home and thus mixing up my own drinks for the evening before passing out with a guitar controller under my face (and the cat curled up on my back).
It turned out that Hotness decided she wanted to go out for dinner, so we went to a place in town and I got my burger and drink there. (FYI: the drink was made by a heavy-handed bartender and thus was muy bueno. I could only drink one, as I fear another would've put me in the hospital!)
But before we left to go to dinner, I got in a short set of Guitar Hero.
It's all about the "Ace of Spades" and "Paranoid" baby!
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Apr 4, 2008
Maintenance & The Weekend
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Apr 3, 2008
So I was just reading that Wil Wheaton will be a guest at this year's ECCC.
I went over to his blog to read up on what's new 'cause he's apparently a geek and loves to blog.
Hmmm... something seems familiar here.
It sounds like he's going to be a fun guest and I'm looking forward to seeing him at the show, which is just a month and a half away.
Anyway, he had a post on there in which he reminisced about some TV programs that were from my misspent 80's youth. Stuff that seemed really awesome at the time but in retrospect had a very good reason for me to forget it. (Although the "Time for Timer" one still sticks in my head and occasionaly I'll sing it in the kitchen while Hotness looks funny at me.)
It reminded me of a Colgate toothpaste commercial that used to also play at that time back when I was a young, impressionable lad.
I had SUCH a crush on the girl in the black & white dress at that time.
I don't know why. She's not in it for very much of the time.
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Labels: conventions, geekness
Apr 1, 2008
Poetry Month
April is Poetry Month!
I thought with today being the first day of the month, it was a good time to let everybody now about it.
(You know, instead of waiting until like the middle of the month or something like I usually do)
I also wanted to throw out a little reminder to go check out vregopoetry.com.
She's updated her site with new poems again, so if you haven't been in a while now's a good time.
Not to embarrass her, but she's been having a bit of writer's block lately. Which is a good thing actually. She recently found a special someone that is sharing her life and she's been so happy she hasn't been able to sit and write.
Congratulations, V!
Go drop her a line and wish her well, would ya?
Speaking of poetry, check out this song by (former?) rapper, Queen Latifah.
It's called "Poetry Man".
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Anybody remember the computer-animation movie TRON?
That was a pretty spectacular effects movie for it's time.
One of the best scenes was the Lightcycle race.
Here a French filmaker re-created it using cardboard vehicles and construction paper.
Dang cool, if you ask me.
Uploaded by freres-hueon
By way of the Presurfer.
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Labels: geekness, movies, technology


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|1 [1961] Detail from Grin and Bear It by Lichty, Sunday page
CARTOONS by George Maurice Lichtenstein (1905-83) who presented himself as 'Geo. M. Lichty', signing his work 'Lichty' — with the dot on the 'i' as a small circle.
|3 [1947] Modern Screen (advertisement)
|4 [1947] Modern Screen (advertisement)
|5 [1948] Modern Screen (advertisement)
|6 [1961] Grin and Bear It, in Vancouver Sunday Sun, Sept. 17
|7 [1961] Grin and Bear It, in Winnipeg Free Press, August 5
|8 [1961] Most of Lichty's work of this period is inked with a lush brush (detail from Grin and Bear It page)


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What is Mental Health?
We all have Mental Health, just as we all have physical health and dental health. Mental health is one component of overall health.
"The well-being of children is inseparable from the well-being of all the critical adults in their lives." (Dr. Stuart Shanker)
The World Health Organization defines Mental Health as "a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and, and is fruitfully able to make a contribution to his or her community."
Mental Illness is characterized by alterations in thinking, mood or behaviour associated with significant distress and impaired functioning. Examples are anxiety disorders, mood disorders, eating disorders, etc. (Public Health Agency of Canada)
One in five people suffers from a mental health problem (Supporting Minds, 2013).
At Avon Maitland District School Board we use a tiered approach to mental health and well-being.
Over the years Avon Maitland Students have taken their own initiative to speak up and promote inclusivity. At Stratford Northwestern Secondary School a mural dedicated to mental health and bullying awareness was painted in the north hallway. This art piece was created by former student Darryl Couchman, who wanted to bring to light people's differences and aim to promote acceptance for all.
"There is a clear relationship between student mental health difficulties and academic achievement. AMDSB plays an important role in supporting mental health and wellness for our students. At our Board we promote mental well-being through everyday mental health practices, build student socio-emotional learning skills, and have various prevention supports for students at risk. We offer mental health and addictions professional development, try and identify students struggling with mental health issues, and refer students in need to our internal support staff and/or to our community mental health service partners. A key component to student well-being, though, is the caring educators and their genuine connection to students. This is why the well-being of our staff is also very important."
-Dr. Anne Robinson, AMDSB Mental Health Lead.


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How to Harvest and Process Chaga Mushroom
In this post I discuss how to obtain chaga and get it to a usable point. If you've already done so, check out my post on how to make chaga tincture here.
I am now selling Double Extracted Chaga Tincture! Visit my Etsy page: https://www.etsy.com/shop/StoneAxeHerbals?ref=l2-shopheader-name
We are also giving away a 1oz bottle of chaga tincture to one lucky winner!! Check it out here: http://stoneaxeherbals.blogspot.com/2016/02/chaga-tincture-giveaway.html
Identifying Chaga Mushroom:
Chaga is easy to identify and does not really have any look-alikes. Chaga almost always grows on birches, so if it's on a different tree the odds are it isn't what you're looking for. It is characterized by its crumbly, burnt looking black outer layer with a vibrant golden-orange interior.
Where to find it:
Chaga mushrooms grow primarily on birch trees (although it rarely can be found on elm, beech, and hornbeam) in the northern hemisphere, including the northern United States, Canada, Northern Europe, and Northern Asia. The easiest way to find it while hiking is to look for the large reddish-brown stains under the black fungus itself. Once you find one tree with chaga on it, look around, often times neighboring trees will have it as well.
How and When to Harvest Chaga:
Chaga mushroom should only be harvested in the winter time after 20 consecutive days of temperatures below freezing. Do not harvest chaga when the sap is flowing in the trees (when the weather is above freezing in the spring, summer, and fall). If the sap is flowing in the tree, the chaga will have a much higher water content, reducing its medicinal value greatly and increasing the likelihood that it will spoil. Chaga should only be harvested off of live trees. Once the tree has died, the chaga also dies and loses its medicinal properties. Only mature chaga larger than your first should be harvested. A good test is to put your palm on the center of the piece of chaga you want to harvest, if your fingers touch the tree at all, it is too small. Overharvesting of chaga has been a serious issue as its use has gained popularity in the last several years. If you are planning on purchasing some be sure that your supplier follows ethical wild harvesting principles. If you want to harvest your own, experts suggest that you leave at least 20% of the growth on the tree. When I harvest I try to leave more like 50% to ensure there will always be a supply of this powerful medicine. If the tree has more than one growth, just harvest one. To remove the chaga from the tree, chip it off with a very sharp knife or hatchet. DO NOT cut into the tree, this will leave an open wound, making it susceptible for disease and pest infestation.
Image that harvesting chaga is like cutting your. You dont want to cut too much off or else the you would be bald; it will grow back but it grows very slowly. Just because you are shaving your legs doesn't mean you should cut all the hair off your head either; you want to leave some so youre not totally hairless. You definitely dont want to cut your skin because it would be a pain to keep clean and bandaged and if you dont you could get a deadly infection. Its best to do it in the winter because then if you mess it up at least you can hide it under a hat until spring. And there's no point in doing it if you're already dead.
How to Process Chaga
Okay, so you've got some chaga, now what? Well, two things need to happen; you need to dry it out and you need to break it up into smaller pieces. It doesn't matter what order you do this in. It needs to be dried, otherwise it could spoil. I like to leave whole chaga or smaller chunks of it near the woodstove for a couple of days, but you can also use a food dehydrator. You do not want the chaga to be heated too much, though, as this will reduce its medicinal value. Never put chaga in the oven. To break it up, I wrap it in a strong cloth or put it in a canvas grocery bag. Then I put it on concrete and simply beat on it with a hammer until it's in pea-sized pieces. You can also use a mortar and pestle. I then grind it using my great-grandmother's coffee grinder (below), but you could use a vita-mix or electric coffee grinder. If you don't own any of these, you can keep on with the hammer method until it is in very small pieces, but this takes a lot of effort and you will have to boil it longer for tea.
How to Make Chaga Tea
Finely Ground:
If you have finely ground chaga that is in a powdered form, simply put a tablespoon in a tea bag or strainer in your mug and pour a cup of boiling water over it. Allow it to steep for at least 10-15 minutes.
Course Ground:
Boil pea to half dollar sized pieces in water for at least an hour (1 TBS per cup of water). When I have this size I like to make a big pot of it and simply keep it on the woodstove, adding water as I take it out. I find that you can use these sized pieces several times and they will maintain their strength, just make sure that the color of the tea is still dark brown to almost black.
Pro tip: I like to steep conifer needles with my chaga for an extra boost of flavor and vitamin C. You can use any conifer except juniper (aka yew) or larch (aka tamarack).
Looking for some more resources about chaga? Check out these great books!
If you would like to purchase chaga I recommend getting it from Moutain Rose Herbs at this link:
Consult your physician before use, especially if you are pregnant or nursing or are taking blood thinners. Keep away from children. I am not medically trained in any professional way. Use herbal remedies at your own risk.
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Meet Nyandwi, our sponsor child. Brad and I first laid eyes on Nyandwi's picture on June 7th at the Love Worth Fighting For marriage event. Warren Barfield stood before the congregation talking about how he and his wife sponsor several children and how he was privileged to meet some of those children in their homelands. However, the conditions he saw there were heart wrenching and opened a floodgate of tears from my eyes.
Brad and I have been so incredibly blessed. We don't live in a mansion, we don't live extravagantly, and we are humbled for how much has been given us. Warren's message emphasized to Brad how much we take for granted and how very little the value of $35 has to us, but how much it means to a child in need. We both felt it would be selfish for us not to share when the sacrifice on our end is small. So when the opportunity arose for those interested in sponsoring a child, Brad looked at me with a nod and his hand went up. Nyandwi's face looked at us from the little sponsorship packet and with a few minutes of paperwork, he became ours.
Although Nyandwi lives in Burundi, he is part of our family. For the last 5 months, his beautiful little brown face has adorned our message board. For the last 5 months, I have made eye contact with him every day when I walk into the kitchen and silently pray for this 11 yr-old boy and his family. For the last 5 months, I am reminded how much we have and how grateful I am.
About a month ago we received a letter from Nyandwi. It reads:
Hello! My name is Nyandwi and I am a boy. I go at school five days per a week. I am never late and punished at school because I live near by the school. I play at afternoon soccer and I fetch water for our cow which is never graze on meadow. It lives only in a cow shed. It would enjoys me once you support me so that I can continue well the school.
Brad and I waited several months before telling our boys about Nyandwi. Why? Honestly, I don't know. Maybe I was waiting for them to ask me about the picture of the little boy that was attached to our message board. Maybe I was worried how we would explain his living conditions and the reasons why he needs sponsorship.
But finally we sat the boys down and shared Nyandwi with them. They were fairly silent as their little minds tried to take in what living conditions are like where Nyandwi lives. Both boys were very concerned about him not having clean water. "Why doesn't he have clean water? Where does he take a shower? Where does he go to the bathroom?"
Connor giggled a few times in nervous amazement as he was trying to understand what we shared with him. Dylan said, "I can call him and give him some water."
I know that the boys cannot comprehend what Nyandwi's life is like or how he lives. I cannot fully comprehend it myself never having been in his situation. But we have resolved to pray for him as a family every day. Connor, in his prayers, says "Thank you, God, for the hungry children that we can help…" and Dylan prays for Nyandwi to "have a good day and to have food and have a good day at school." It overjoys my heart to hear the boys praying for this little boy half way across the world.
I want our boys to grow up with compassionate hearts willing to help those in need. I want us as a family to really love and to share God's love. It has just been laid on my heart strongly the need to bless others as we have been blessed.
So today, as I checked our bank account and saw the $35 it takes to supply Nyandwi's basic needs of food, basic medicine, school supplies and clothing… I am thankful for Brad's job and the resources we are able to share to help this child. (BTW, Warren Barfield pointed out that it typically costs $35+ to dine one time in a restaurant, but it more than feeds a child for an entire month!)
I am thankful for the organization Food for the Hungry for being the hands and feet that go to the needy, who equips communities to care for these children, and who partners with us to sponsor precious kids like Nyandwi.
I am thankful for these opportunities to teach our boys about compassion, serving, loving, being humble, and having gratitude.
I am thankful for Nyandwi. I am thankful he became part of our family and our hearts. I would love to wrap my arms around him and embrace him, to tell him how much he means to us, to meet his parents, shake their hands and encourage them.
And I am thankful for the work God is doing in my heart through Nyandwi daily.
If you are interested in sponsoring a child or learning more about how you can help fight against world poverty, please visit Food for the Hungry. There are several opportunities for you to get involved!