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15 black history sites you don't know
- See African American museums from coast to coast
- Nicodemus in Kansas a former all-black settlement
- Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar%27s house is in Dayton%2C Ohio
African American Museum, Dallas
The leading African-American art and culture museum in the Southwest, this site is dedicated to showcasing rich heritage through both exhibits and educational events geared toward families. The museum boasts collections of both fine and folk art by some of the foremost African-American artists.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday;
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
For more information: (214) 565-9026 or aamdallas.org
African American Museum, Philadelphia
This gem features a wide array of exhibits pertaining to the African-American experience in Philadelphia during the nation's formative years, a usually overlooked slice of history. The piece de resistance is Audacious Freedom, an exhibit that features an interactive timeline and video projections highlighting African-American figures integral to the city's history.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
For more information: (215) 574-0380 or aampmuseum.org
California African American Museum, Los Angeles
Located in the heart of Los Angeles, this museum houses an extensive collection of 19th- and 20th-century African-American art. In addition to its role as a museum, the location also serves as a research library dedicated to the study of African-American history and culture. Its research collection holds more than 20,000 archival materials.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
For more information: (213) 744-7432 or caamuseum.org
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit
Founded in 1965 by Detroit physician and community leader Charles H. Wright, this institution is the largest African-American historical museum in the world. The museum has more than 30,000 artifacts pertaining to African and African-American history, including an extensive collection of Underground Railroad artifacts and documents.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 1p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
For more information: (313) 494-5800 or thewright.org
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, Earlimart, Calif.
Established in 1908, Allensworth, Calif., was the state's only township that was financed and governed entirely by African Americans. Although the town's success was short-lived because of severe drought, the site became a state historic park in 1974. The park includes a number of restored early-20th-century buildings to give visitors a sense of life at the settlement as its founders knew it.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.
For more information: (661) 849-3433 or www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=583
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, Big Rapids, Mich.
Located at Ferris State University, this educational repository of racist objects highlights a less celebratory but very much integral part of the African-American experience. Since its founding in 2012, the Jim Crow Museum has expanded its collection to also include empowering exhibits pertaining to the civil rights movement.
Hours: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday- Friday.
For more information: (231) 591-5873 or ferris.edu/jimcrow/
Kingsley Plantation, Jacksonville
The antebellum estate of plantation owner Zephaniah Kingsley and his Senegalese wife Anna Kingsley, a former slave, is the site of the first archaeological dig dedicated to unearthing African-American artifacts. The site features an extensive educational exhibit on plantation culture, including an in-depth look into the former slave quarters.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
For more information: (904) 251-3537 or nps.gov/timu/historyculture/kp.htm
George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond, Mo.
Aimed at preserving Carver's legacy as an educator and intellectual, the monument in his hometown of Diamond, Mo., looks beyond his better-known achievements as a peanut farmer and food scientist. The monument is home to a museum with educational events and interactive exhibits, as well as a self-guided trail along Williams Pond, where Carver first explored his passion for the natural world.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
For more information: (417) 325-4151 or nps.gov/gwca
The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Charlotte
With frequent on-site events and film screenings seeking to inspire dialogue among visitors, the Gantt Center is much more than your average African-American art museum. In addition to housing both permanent and touring collections, the center also promotes the work of emerging visual and literary artists through online initiatives and public programs. (Gantt, the museum's namesake, is an architect and longtime community leader and was the first black mayor of Charlotte.)
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday;
1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
For more information: (704) 547-3700 or ganttcenter.org
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Richmond, Va.
The first black woman in the United States to found a bank, Walker was a prominent early-20th-century advocate for African Americans' and women's rights during a time when both groups were considered second-class citizens. Visitors can tour her historic neighborhood, Jackson Ward, as well as her former mansion, which features exhibits that chronicle her life and accomplishments.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday.
For more information: (804) 771-2017 or nps.gov/mawa
National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Baltimore
Established in 1983 as the first wax museum dedicated entirely to African-American history, this site showcases a collection of more than 100 wax figures. The museum features exhibits on significant events and people in black history, including one showcasing wax models of famous black residents of Maryland.
Special hours for Black History Month (February): 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
For more information: (410) 563-3404 or greatblacksinwax.org
Nicodemus National Historic Site, Nicodemus, Kan.
This early settlement was established during Reconstruction after the Civil War as a safe haven for formerly enslaved Kentuckians, and represents one of the first efforts to settle the Great Plains by African Americans. The site features a visitors center replete with educational displays, as well as five restored buildings, two of which are open to the public.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
For more information: (785) 839-4233 or nps.gov/nico
Paul Laurence Dunbar House, Dayton, Ohio
Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first African-American poets to gain widespread acclaim, spent the last years of his life in this modest but comfortable Dayton house. The restored early-20th-century home exhibits his treasured books and original family furniture, as well as a bicycle built for Dunbar by fellow Dayton residents Orville and Wilbur Wright.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday-Saturday; Thursday by appointment only.
To schedule a tour: (937) 313-2010.
For more information: ohiohistory.org/
The Rosa Parks Museum, Montgomery, Ala.
Founded to educate the public about the accomplishments of Rosa Parks and other participants in the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, the museum was built on the site of the old Empire Theatre, the bus stop at which Parks famously refused to give up her seat to a white person. Exhibits include a replica of the bus on which Parks made her stand, as well as "time machines" that transport visitors to the segregated Montgomery of the 1950s.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 9a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
To schedule a tour: (334) 241-8661.
For more information: trojan.troy.edu/
W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite, Great Barrington, Mass.
Located in far western Massachusetts, the actual childhood home of legendary 20th-century black intellectual and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois is just a collection of ruins, but visitors can participate in a self-guided walk of the site while facing the serene Housatonic River. The community of Great Barrington also hosts occasional events celebrating the life of Du Bois and other black leaders.
Hours: daylight hours, daily, in spring, summer and fall.
For more information: (413) 528-3391 or duboishomesite.org. The website has a self-guided tour map available for download.


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In a previously unreleased, nearly 20-year-old interview, Steve Jobs made a prescient statement about the current state of the company he made so famous. "All the work that I have done in my life will be obsolete by the time I'm 50," said Jobs, who died at 56 and introduced the iPhone just weeks before his 52nd birthday (at which point the Apple 1 was very much obsolete), in a short clip (below) provided by the Silicon Valley Historical Association to promote a new, 60-minute documentary. "This is a field where one does not write a Principia which holds up for 200 years. This is not a field where one paints a painting that will be looked at for centuries, or builds a church that will be admired and looked at in astonishment for centuries. No, this is a field where one does ones work and in 10 years it's obsolete," Jobs said way back in 1994.
At the time of this rather disheartening but nonetheless Moore's Law-esque premonition, of course, Jobs was anywhere but at the peak of his career, working for NeXt computers, while his original claims to fame, the Apple 1 and 2 had, indeed, become well past their prime and maybe even usefulness — except, maybe in a historical association. In the 1994 interview, he was probably speaking to that time of his life. But even so, the current heads of Apple might want to keep his words in mind as they continue to take over the reigns: At some point, everything Steve Jobs conceived will become obsolete — and then what?
Apple still very much profits from — and the world very much runs on — the genius of Jobs, from the iPhone to iTunes to the MacBook Air. But what happens when those things are no longer relevant to consumers? We've started to see the beginnings of this transition with the new iPhone operating system and it's not very pretty. (We know, we know, it's in beta, but still.) That doesn't mean Apple can't build the next great thing, but even Jobs knew that a company had to keep creating the next big things to succeed. The Tim Cooks and Jony Ives of the world would do well to live by these genius words:
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Ever since Steven Tyler took a break from Aerosmith to be on American Idol, there have been rumors—scurrilous rumors!—that his new hobby of being easily impressed had caused internal friction within the band. Of course, many of these rumors have originated with band members themselves, with Joe Perry lashing out at Tyler for neglecting to tell him that he'd be taking a break to dispense homespun platitudes and Whoopi Goldberg-glances over his reading glasses, and even Tyler himself recently saying that he couldn't get so much as a text message from Perry, even though the band was supposed to be working on new material in his downtime.
But despite such gossip that is nevertheless built on firsthand quotes, longtime Aerosmith collaborator Marti Fredriksen wants everyone to know that, no way, the band is fine, and it's currently "having fun, laughing and working" during the first few days of writing and recording for a new album. Specifically, the statement is meant to counteract certain "inaccuracies"—not necessarily those from Perry and Tyler, but rather outsider speculation like a recent New York Post article that quoted Walk This Way author Stephen Davis as saying that the band is "unable to work" because of Tyler's Idol commitments. Tyler's attorney even issued an official response saying the Post article is a "story containing several false and misleading statements which was obviously not fact-checked, including comments made by someone who worked on the band's autobiography over 10 years ago."
Indeed, had the Post fact-checked, they would have instead learned that Aerosmith is totally able to work; it's just that they're doing it without Joe Perry, because he's busy with "an unspecified commitment." And it would be great if everyone could stop their cynical fascination with Joe Perry's mysterious unexplained absence from recording sessions, based solely on negative statements he and Tyler have both made about his involvement, and the fact that Tyler himself says the last time they spoke was "a long time ago, on tour." I mean, it's not like Joe Perry's involvement is important to Aerosmith, right?


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 24, 2012) – The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team has announced its 25-player roster for the 2012 FIVB World League.
The team can choose 14 players from the 25-player roster to compete in each of the 2012 FIVB World League weekends. Different rosters can be selected for each weekend and the final round.
The nine outside hitters on the roster are: Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.), Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), Jeff Menzel (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.), Taylor Sander (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Robert Tarr (Cape Canaveral, Fla.) and Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.).
The five middle blockers are Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.), David Lee (Alpine, Calif.), Ryan Millar (Alpine, Utah), Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) and David Smith (Saugus, Calif.).
The five setters on the squad are Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.), Kawika Shoji (Honolulu, Hawaii), Donald Suxho (Korce, Albania), Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.) and Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.).
The four opposites are Gabe Gardner (San Clemente, Calif.), Dave McKienzie (Littleton, Colo.), Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii). Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) and Riley Salmon (League City, Texas) are the liberos.
"I feel really good about the players on our World League roster," U.S. Men's Head Coach Aland Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.) said. "Most of them had very successful seasons overseas and will be bringing confidence and lessons learned back to our gym with them.
"While Olympic qualifying is our most important goal for the first part of this season, World League will be a very important tournament for us as well."
The U.S. Men's National Team trains in Anaheim, Calif., the Official Host City of the U.S. Men's and Women's National Volleyball Teams.
For the first time in the tournament's history, the FIVB World League Intercontinental (pool play) Round, still featuring 16 teams across four pools, will be played over four weekends with each country hosting all four teams in their respective pool on one weekend each. This change is due to the timing of the 2012 Olympic Games.
The four pool winners, plus the best second-place team and host Bulgaria will advance to the Final Round on July 4-8 in Sofia.
The United States will host Italy, France and Korea at the Dallas Convention Center Arena on June 29-July 1. For tickets, click here.
No. Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1. Matt Anderson (OH, 6-10, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
2. Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
3. Evan Patak (Opp, 6-8, Pleasanton, Calif., UC Santa Barbara)
4. David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5. Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6. Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
7. Donald Suxho (S, 6-5, Korce, Albania, USC)
8. Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9. Ryan Millar (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Utah, BYU)
10. Riley Salmon (L, 6-6, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
11. Brian Thornton (S, 6-3, San Clemente, Calif., UC Irvine)
12. Russell Holmes (MB, 6-8, Fountain Valley, Calif., BYU)
13. Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawaii)
14. Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
15. Gabe Gardner (Opp, 6-8, San Clemente, Calif., Stanford)
16. Jayson Jablonsky (OH, 6-5, Yorba Linda, Calif., UC Irvine)
17. Max Holt (MB, 6-9, Cincinnati, Ohio, Penn State)
18. Scott Touzinsky (OH, 6-6, St. Louis, Mo., Long Beach State)
19. Robert Tarr (OH, 6-6, Cape Canaveral, Fla., Long Beach State)
20. David Smith (MB, 6-7, Saugus, Calif., UC Irvine)
21. David McKienzie (Opp, 6-4, Littleton, Colo., Long Beach State)
22. Taylor Sander (OH, 6-4, Huntington Beach, Calif., BYU)
23. Jeff Menzel (OH, 6-6, Santa Barbara, Calif., UC Santa Barbara)
24. Kawika Shoji (S, 6-3, Honolulu, Hawaii, Stanford)
25. Jonathan Winder (S, 6-8, Irvine, Calif., Pepperdine)
Head Coach: Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Team Manager: Rob Browning (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Gary Sato (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: John Speraw (Irvine, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Ron Larsen (Lafayette, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Chris Jackson (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Medical Support: Aaron Brock (Storm Lake, Iowa)


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Industrial Humaneer (Dec, 1946)
Very interesting article about the industrial designer Egemont Arens, who designed some of the classic consumer goods of the last century (some, like the Kitchen Aid stand mixer, are still available), and his philosophy of design, which sounds remarkably modern.
egmont arens -industrial "humaneer"
arens' design's got to look good, sound good, feel good, taste good, smell good, he asks, how easy is it on the nerves?
AFTER ten years of being one of the best industrial designers in the country, Egmont Arens has now become an expert "nerve specialist." Arens has designed everything from a locomotive to a baby carriage, from a welding torch to a cigarette lighter, from a juke box to a toy horn, and what he has discovered is that the success of any designed object is determined basically by only one thing: how easy it is on the nerves.
Trapped in the nerve-jangling complications and tensions of present-day living, Arens believes that what modern man needs most are simplicity and relaxation in his surroundings. Instead of designing solely for "sales appeal", or "esthetic presentation" therefore, Arens concentrates on designing an object to the "specifications" of the human system. He calls it "industrial humaneering." Arens "humaneers" an object by giving it a color and contour which are relaxing to the eye, by giving it a texture and shape which are pleasing to the touch and inviting to the grasp, by muffling any noises which may jar on the ear, by eliminating any odors which may offend the nose, and lastly—if the object is, say, a reed musical instrument or a toothbrush—by making sure it is compounded of materials which figuratively, as well as literally, will leave the user with a pleasant taste in his mouth. After making it easy on the nerves, Arens completes his humaneering of the object by making it easy on the muscles. In designing, say, a household-cleaning appliance, he will use every trick in the book to insure that in lifting, carrying, cleaning, operating and storing the appliance, the user will be required to do just as little bending, stooping, squatting, reaching, and wrenching as possible.
The success of Arens' simple, yet extremely shrewd, approach to the problems of industrial designing is seen in the wide variety of companies who have sought his advice and by the even wider variety of products he has been called upon to design. Arens has worked for such companies as General Electric, Fairchild Aircraft, American Chicle, the Carborundum Company, Dayton Scales, American Car and Foundry, Anheuser-Busch, Coca Cola Company, and the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. For the latter company alone, Arens has designed every one of the many hundreds of various types of packages which this company has brought out during the last ten years. Among the seemingly endless number of products which Arens has designed are freight cars, fountain pens, outdoor advertising signs, hair-waving machines, shower curtains, motor boats, airplanes, beer cans, coffee grinders, meat slicers, candy, furniture, watches, and secret war weapons.
A typical example of Arens' humaneering is his recent design of an electric refrigerator. To reduce arm-reaching and the annoyance of sometimes having to half empty a refrigerator in order to get at something which lies far at the rear of a shelf, Arens has equipped his refrigerator with revolving shelves which, with half a spin, will bring anything right to hand. He has also installed over-sized compartments at the sides of the refrigerator for those tall bottles and packages which so irritatingly will not fit into regular-sized shelves. He has also provided a large quick-freezing locker, a built-in faucet which pours ice water and a system by which empty ice trays automatically refill themselves. But best of all is his ice-cube dispenser. To eliminate the exasperating and arm-wearying business of having to wrestle with an ice tray which has become stuck, and of having to chisel and pound it in order to finally wrench it free, Arens has simply provided his refrigerator with a little crank. Every time you give the crank a twirl, an ice cube falls neatly into your glass.
In his middle fifties, Arens is a huge, six-foot-two, black mustachioed man with the chest and shoulders of a lumberjack. Bristling with energy and constantly popping new ideas, Arens runs his go-man New York office with the speed and pep of a sparkplugging quarterback. Never addressed as "Mister Arens" or "boss," but always affectionately as "E.A.," Arens keeps his workers constantly hopped up with his own bubbling enthusiasm, will listen as carefully to an idea from his office boy as he will to one from his chief designer, and is noted for his un-bosslike habit of periodically taking the entire office out to lunch or carrying them off to some gay hilarous party for which he foots all the bills.
If other people's lives have been colorful, then Arens' has been kaleidoscopic. Arens has been everything from a blacksmith to art editor of Vanity Fair. As the son of a New York symphony orchestra conductor, Arens divided his time as a young man between managing his father's orchestra and being a Greenwich Village poet. Meeting a number of promising painters and writers, he started what was probably the first art magazine in this country, and published, possibly for the first time, such now-famous artists as Rockwell Kent, George Bellows, and Alexander Brooks. He also started the Washington Square Bookshop. Then tiring suddenly of city life, Arens lit out for the West where he went completely "native" by raising apples and alfalfa, driving a "chuck wagon" for cattle herders, and busting broncos on a horse ranch.
Arens' most interesting experience occurred, however, when, on only an hour's notice, he joined three friends in a cruise from New York to England in a 30-foot sailboat. Hardly had they got out of sight of land when the brave little crew found that there wasn't one among them who had the slightest knowledge of navigation. With the confidence of a hitch-hiker thumbing his way across country, Arens solved the problem by hailing passing ships, asking them which way lay England, and then steering in the direction in which his informers pointed their fingers. Five weeks later he arrived there.
Author of a noted book on "consumer engineering," and recognized as one of the most authoritative and informative lecturers on the subject of designing, Arens is probably best known for the originality and pioneering quality of his ideas. One of his most valuable innovations in industrial designing is his development of the "pre-sale" test for small-priced items. Instead of sitting around with half a dozen high-priced executives and bitterly arguing over what kind of, say, ketchup bottle is going to win the greatest public acceptance, Arens designs three or four bottles, puts them on sale at a couple of stores, and then lets the public decide which they like best. "An executive may pound the table and shout that one bottle is better than all the rest," says Arens, "but just let him see that another bottle is selling 20 percent better and he'll soon change his mind."
An innovation which Arens is enthusiastically endorsing is the use of food packages with vivid color photographs which picture the contents of the package. "By means of striking, eye-catching pictures of food," says Arens, "manufacturers are able to set up one of the most irresistible of all human appeals — appetite appeal." Along this line he has helped to perfect a most ingenious method of display. On a package of piecrust flour he has placed a color photograph in which at the right of the picture you see only two-thirds of a pie and at the left of the picture you see only one-third of a pie. Put two of these packages together side by side, however, and you see a whole pie—and put 50 of them side by side on a grocery store shelf and you'll see a string of 50—mouth-watering —strung halfway across the store!
While creative originality and a timely sense of style are highly important to a designer, Arens believes that the basic mechanical heart of designing lies in the ability to "organize" the various component parts of an object. "Many inventions, such as the locomotive and airplane," says Arens, "have slowly developed through a long evolution of added improvements. What happens, however, is that the 'added improvements' are often hung on the machine the way added ornaments are sometimes hung on a Christmas tree—as an afterthought. The result is usually a disorganized jumble of wheels, pistons and cogs which stick out all over the place and which give the machine the appearance of an 'explosion drawing' in which everything seems to be flying apart. To take a complicated 'junk pile' like the steam engine of a decade ago and weld it into the simple, gracefully-lined unity of the modern locomotive is both one of the great challenges and one of the great achievements of industrial designing. Whatever you may be—mechanic, inventor, or engineer—if you create a product which you hope to sell, and want to insure its acceptance by the public, make sure that its various parts are organized into a trim, sleek, streamlined shape— for in addition to lowering wind-resistance, streamlining also lowers eye-resistance."
After ten years of styling products for manufacturers, Arens has come to the conclusion that industrial designing consists one-third of turning out a good design and two-thirds of getting an executive to see the value of a design and what it will do for his product. On one occasion Arens was insisting that a food package be colored red and yellow. The executive disagreed on the ground that these colors wouldn't give his package sufficient eye-appeal. Instead of wasting time in talk, Arens took the executive to the top of the Empire State Building and had him look down into the street. "Now tell me," said Arens: "What are the most noticable objects down there?" The executive looked and then promptly answered. "The taxicabs, of course." "Exactly!" replied Arens. "And do you know why? Because they're red and yellow. Now how about letting me use those colors on your package?" Next time you are in an A&P grocery store, dear reader, take a look at the coffee packages strung along the shelves and you'll see how Arens is helping this company to sell millions of pounds of coffee every week.


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Governor Snyder, DHS Director Corrigan to attend ceremony at Michigan Hall of Justice
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Michigan families from Houghton to Cassopolis will celebrate the addition of new family members through adoption on the ninth annual Michigan Adoption Day. Around the state, 200 adoptions expected in 30 Adoption Day events
In an October 26 resolution, the Michigan Supreme Court designated November 22 as Michigan Adoption Day, declaring that the event's goal is "to draw attention to children and youth in foster care, particularly their need for permanent, loving families, and also to promote efforts to help those who remain in foster care." Michigan Adoption Day is co-sponsored by the Michigan Department of Human Services.
Held each year on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, Michigan Adoption Day is aimed at highlighting issues for children and youth in foster care, including their need for permanent, loving homes. About 30 of Michigan's 83 counties are expected to participate this year, finalizing an anticipated 200 adoptions on or about November 22.
In addition to local events, the Supreme Court and DHS will co-host a program at the Michigan Hall of Justice in Lansing. Governor Rick Snyder is slated to speak along with DHS Director Maura D. Corrigan and Chief Justice Robert P.Young, Jr. The Hall of Justice event will include finalizations of adoptions for families from Ingham and Ionia counties.
The Hall of Justice is also hosting the Heart Gallery this month. The Heart Gallery, a photographic exhibit of Michigan children waiting to be adopted, is a project of DHS' Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange.
Anyone interested in adopting a child may call toll-free 888-200-4005 or visit www.adoptuskids.org. For Spanish, call toll-free 877-236-7831 or visit www.adopte1.org.
For more Adoption Day information, see www.courts.mi. gov/adoption-day/.
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Jay-Z + Kanye West to Host $600,000 Lavish Party in London
When Jay-Z and Kanye West do it big, they do it really big. According to the Evening Standard, the 'Watch the Throne' duo will host a posh shindig in London on Friday to celebrate their joint five-night concert residency at the O2 Arena.
The event will be held at the defunct casino hall Fifty in London's St James' Street. About 400 guests are expected to attend the bash, including Jay's wife, Beyonce, and West's boo Kim Kardashian. London's top chef Giorgio Locatelli is catering the event, so the food is going to be delish and the Armand de Brignac champagne (aka Ace of Spades) will be flowing in the glasses.
"This is to celebrate the first night of the European tour and they want London to know they've arrived," said the source about the lavish get-together. "The place is going to be crazy and they want it to be the party of the year. It will be filled with beautiful women [and] people will be fighting to get inside."
Well, let's hope that doesn't happen.
Along with the food and drinks, Jay-Z is hoping to set up gambling tables so partygoers can try their hand at luck and win some money. "He is looking at getting a temporary casino license for the night so they can set up some of the old tables for guests," said the insider.
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The Davidson Young Scholars Program is like a dream come true for profoundly gifted children and their parents. The application process may appear daunting, but it is well worth the time and effort, and even the cost of private testing. I can say this with confidence, as my family has been involved with the DYS program since early in 2003. Jan and Bob Davidson founded the Davidson Young Scholars in 1999, with just a handful of profoundly gifted kids. Today, there are over 1,300 active in the young scholars program.
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The Ban Kao Tropical Boutique Residence is located in a quiet location in the southern part of the island of Ko Samui. The secluded holiday resort is designed like a residential villa complex and has 22 villas and 14 rooms, a pool, a restaurant and a bar, a spa with hamman, a fitness center, a children's playground and an antique shop. The charming Asian restaurant is known on the island for its weekly event evenings.
All rooms and villas are furnished in a modern style and equipped with all amenities such as air conditioning, TV, hot water shower, safe, WiFi internet and much more for a relaxing stay. Whether you come as a couple or as a large family, the residence has the right accommodation for you. If you are looking for a quiet place away from the crowds, Baan Kao Tropical is the perfect option for you.
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Jan 23, 2012
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Ne manquez pas cet endroit c'est magique!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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C etait fantastique!!!!!!
Jan 26, 2012
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We travelled with to children age 1,5 and 4. We stayed in a jaquzzi villa. The location was far away from the beach. We used taxi to Lamai daily. The villa was not as showed in ad, and when we asked to change they moved us. We paid alltogether 9000 bath for christmas dinner. 10 course meal. Ok food, but the kids did not fancy it. The youngest did not get served. We got in an argument with the owner because we wanted discount for staying in an worned down villa without warm wather in the shower and dirty jaquzzi. He denied and he called the police on us. He wanted us to chech out immidiately. So we did 6 o clock new years eve. We got our money back for the 5 nights we were supposed to stay with help from the nice policemen. The owner told us that he did not care about the customers. The area was not children friendly. The staff did nt speak english.
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Amazing amazing amazing !! That s all I can say about ban kao tropical. We were in Thailand for 3 weeks and spent 4 nights here, We stayed in the deluxe room it was very modern ,clean and secluded. You can relax and unwind here , we enjoyed ourselves so much we are planing a trip for next year just to ban kao!! Staff were so so lovely we had breakfast and dinner each day which was great. It s a bit of a distance to the nearest town but we rented a scooter from a lovely family across from the entrance on main rd ( who we also booked our day trips with) and we got around just fine with the scooter! Overall ban kao was a beautiful place and I would definitely recommend it to my family and friends.
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Stunning Villa No. 428!!! Great value for money. Nice room and pool provide you a relax journey and closed family days.
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Beautifull rooms, pool, resturant, to bad the location is nt that good. The staff was great, also the food, but a bit expensive. Great European food.
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Great as always
Jun 21, 2011
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Sep 07, 2010
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Although the resort is nice- it is so secluded and unfortunately not in a good way. The main pool is not inviting- during our stay trucks drove past all day so you had no sense of seclusion or privacy (or relaxation!). The decor was very nice, as was the breakfast at the restaurant.
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very nice and quiet place beautiful
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Thank you for good food and very good cooking,
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Positives. We stayed in a room room. Lovely and relaxing. Food was relatively good. We had foot massage which were average. Staff are friendly and helpful but some of key staff had a problem understanding us but we managed. Lovely surroundings. Main pool area is lovely. Negatives. Airconditioner filters were filthy and we cleaned them ourselves. You need to hire some kind of transport as it is a 40 minute drive to Chaweng. Person who drove us to the airport dumped the cases and did not offer to lift them onto the trolleys like other resorts do and we were two females with heavy cases. I am under the impression that some of the staff live on the premises or it looked like it and one of them kept on racing his motor bike up and down passed the main pool entrance which I found extremely irritating. Small things but we lived with them. In general it was a lovely resort and I would go back
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I changed my air ticket 3 times due and sawadee staff assisted every time when i asked them to notify the resort. This was done quickly and professionally. Well done again Sawadee.
Jun 11, 2010
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Ban Kao Tropical Boutique Residence
The residence lays amongst coconut groves, on 16 rai (25.600 sq.m.) and provides a 4 stars hotel service. It includes 9 superior rooms, 5 pool rooms, 22 villas and a restaurant & a bar, a wellness centre (Spa, fitness, hammam, huge Jacuzzi, common swimming pool), a children playground & an antique shop.
beautiful style of the villas and other buildings, together with the quality of the omnipresent tasteful and original tropical style decoration, make this a place of extreme charisma and relaxing luxury.
:: Superior Room - 9 Units ::
(7 rooms are the new)
. This room have: 1 double bed, 1 bathroom, terrace, TV. satellite, telephone, mini bar, common swimming pool and Wi-Fi internet available with applicable charges.
:: Pool Room - 5 Units ::
This room have: 1 double bed, 1 bathroom, terrace, TV. satellite, telephone, mini bar, private swimming pool and Wi-Fi internet available with applicable charges.
:: 2 Bedroom Villa - 2 Units ::
Villa Jean Pierre 402 & Villa Irina 406:
Villa Jean Pierre 402:
This villa decorate in Bali modern design, have 2 bedrooms with private bathroom, one is 2 single bed, and other one 1 double bed, 1 living room and dining area, kitchen full equipped, telephone, terrace, garden, common swimming pool, Wi-Fi internet available with applicable charges.
Villa Irina 406:
This villa is 2 bedrooms, 1 living room with open kitchen, 2 bathrooms, TV satellite, VCD, telephone, garden, common swimming pool, Wi-Fi internet available with applicable charges and good for 4 peoples.
:: 3 Bedrooms Villa - 2 Units ::
Villa Doroty 401, Villa Bernard 403 & Villa Andre 404
This villa is 3 bedrooms (3 double beds), 1 living room with open kitchen, 2 bathrooms, TV satellite, VCD, telephone, garden, Jacuzzi, common swimming pool, Wi-Fi internet available with applicable charges and good for 6 peoples.
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Mimi Villa in Baan Taling Ngam:
The villa in Baan Taling Ngam is built in the mountain, 200 meter above the sea level. From there you have a real fantastic sea view to the National Marine Park (with 80 islands), Koh Tan, Koh Matsum, Koh Som and the mainland. This villa has 3 double bedrooms, 1 twin bedroom, 3 bathrooms, and one large living / dining room with an open kitchen. The villa has a large terrace with an swimming pool and Jacuzzi. On the terrace, there is another dining table with a barbeque, where you can enjoy your sunset party. Besides the swimming pool, we provide some sun chairs. The villa is fully equipped and furnished with a combination of an elegantly Asian and western style.
This villa has got there own internet access, satellite television and home cinema. We provide a full service with a house keeping. The villa is about 10 minutes from Tong Krut village with many small shops, restaurants and a small fisherman's village, where you can rent a long tail boat for a nice trip to the islands. The distance to the beach is about 10 to 15 minutes and 30 minutes to Chaweng. Villa size : 400 sq.m. - maximum : 8 peoples.
"Oriental Spa":
The spa (managed by a Thai lady who studied her trade in Chang Mai and has more than 10 years of experience) proposes a wide range of treatments and therapies to help you balance body, mind, and spirit, including massages, scrubs, wraps, facials, private treatment rooms, steam room, fitness area & Jacuzzi.
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Asiate is an out of the common fusion cooking restaurant on the island. The restaurant is a member of the Fine Wine Dine International association.
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Ban Kao Tropical Boutique Residence is located in the South of Koh Samui, which is an area still very green and quite untouched by tourist development, where you can feel the original atmosphere of the island and meet locals who are still working as fishermen or cultivating the land. The residence is 10 minutes walk away from a beautiful and very quiet beach of fine white sand.
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The top prize at the Venice Film Festival was awarded to "Pieta," Korean director Kim Ki-duk film about a ruthless debt collector who encounters a woman claiming to be his mother, though by all accounts Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" was the jury's favorite.
"The Master," which stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix in a story that closely parallels the birth of Scientology, earned Anderson the Silver Lion for best director, and the film's stars were each recognized as best actor.
"I put my suit on in the bathroom, so please don't judge," Hoffman told the crowd at the awards ceremony, before hailing Anderson as more than a colleague. "Friend first, collaborator second. And he happens to be one of the great filmmakers in the world. How lucky am I?"
The rules at Venice stipulate that the winner of the top prize cannot win any other awards. Confronted with this restriction, jurors, led by Michael Mann, decided the best way to properly recognize Anderson and his cast was not to give it the highest honor.
"It's very hard for the jury," said juror Samantha Morton, reported the Associated Press. ''If you give the Golden Lion to something, you cannot give it another award at all. You can't give it (best) actor, you can't give it (the) cinematography (award)."
"The Master" opens Friday, Sept. 14.
The complete list of winners:
GOLDEN LION for Best Film to PIETA by Kim Ki-duk (Republic of Korea)
SILVER LION for Best Director to THE MASTER by Paul Thomas Anderson (USA)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to Paradies: Glaube by Ulrich Seidl (Austria, Germany, France)
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Look who wondered in my yard AGAIN the other day!! I REALLY want this puppy!!!
And to make a long story short, the litter was an accident. My neighbor's lab escaped her pen when she was in heat, got in my yard and thus this happened. Beau has proven himself of being bred in the past. He's a proven rabbit dog and a great hunting dog. He has been retired from hunting for about 3 years now, but once in awhile I will stud him out to worthy female beagles. I'm ashamed that my dog is a father of a cross bred pup and Beau will be getting neutered here soon. If you want more info feel free to pm me. ut please don't bash me for this, I feel bad enough about it as it is.


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"Full House" star Candace Cameron Bure is well known for her real-life Christian values which have carried over to her character in her latest show, the ABC Family hit "Make It or Break It."
But PopcornBiz was a little surprised to see that Bure's character, Summer Van Horne, has started a relationship with the hard-nosed gymnastic coach at the center of the show's drama.
Shockingly, coach Sasha Beloff (Neil Jackson) is an atheist! An atheist and a devout Christian is the kind of spice you'll find on ABC Family as it steams into its second season.
"The relationship probably wouldn't start for me in the first place," Bure tells PopcornBiz. "But a lot of time emotions take over and you try to make it work. The heart pulls at you."
She does give her character Summer credit in trying to make it work despite their differing outlooks. "I think she is doing a good job navigating these waters," says Bure. "It's kind of fun. They are very attracted to each other but they don't share the same values."
The show's drama -- both through gymnastics and after the gym closes -- is pulling the viewers as it often outdraws the CW's "Gossip Girls." Now that's a show which knows how to put together a saucy scandal or two.
The 34-year-old Bure has never looked better and is clearly loving the work on the growing hit. While she's happily married to fellow Christian and former NHL stud Valeri Bure in real life with three children, she's definitely getting around on the show (all things being relative).
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VANCOUVER - New restrictions adopted by Vancouver's park board mean only threatened species of whales and dolphins will soon be bred at the city's aquarium.
The unanimous vote Thursday saw park-board members amend a bylaw that will prohibit the breeding of all other captive cetaceans at the facility.
Elected members also decided to form a committee of animal-welfare experts to provide public oversight and ensure the well-being of all cetaceans owned by the Vancouver Aquarium.
The contentious issue drew more than 130 people to speak at several recent park board public hearings, and four former Vancouver mayors signed letters in support of the aquarium's cetacean program.
Park Board chair Aaron Jasper says the issue is complex and he thinks the board struck a balance between supporting the aquarium's good work and continuing the discussion of the ethics of keeping the animals in captivity.
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MONTREAL - I hate to go away in summer. Why leave Montreal only to end up in some European capital where you line up to go to museums, visit castles, eat overpriced foie gras, and tremble when you don't see your suitcase on the baggage carousel?
April and October are great months to travel, but in the summer I like to stay in Quebec, and I especially like to spend time in the Laurentians.
Years ago, quite by chance, I acquired this modest little chalet on a crystal clear lake. I never thought I was a chalet person, yet I've happily discovered how phenomenally relaxing it is to be here any time of year. But what's especially great about the part of the Laurentians between Morin Heights and Mont-Tremblant, is that I'm close to two excellent organic farms: the Morgon farm in Weir, and Runaway Creek Farm in Arundel. In fact, one of the clinchers for my buying this chalet was that Runaway Creek Farm was so close by. How great to not only have access to the most beautiful organic produce imaginable, but also to get to know the farm's owner, Michael Rossy and his wife, Yasmin.
This time of year, a trip to Runaway's farm stand is like this foodie's fantasy of sorts. The tomatoes, lettuces, cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower, beets (oh, the beets!), beans, squashes, blueberries, apples, potatoes, onions, garlic, leeks, eggplant and peppers are so fresh they practically vibrate.
I have yet to taste a better melon than the ones at Runaway Creek. My kids are allowed into the hen house to pick up the eggs, and there is meat, fish and raw honey, as well as all sorts of preserves made by Yasmin, all of it organic. Every time I'm there I run into the most fascinating people — and more than a few chefs — who always swap recipes and talk about what they did with that last bunch of kale, garlic flowers or chanterelles, which Rossy picks in the woods around his property.
There is something tremendously motivating about cooking with ingredients like these where you see where they are grown and meet the people who have grown them. I liked to cook before, but this farm-to-table cooking is even more inspiring for me. The season lasts only until November, when the farm closes shop until May.
Right now may be the peak time to visit the farm, when the harvest is plentiful. And yet it's too late to experience Yasmin's jerk chicken. What's Yasmin's jerk chicken? Well, every Sunday in August, Yasmin Rossy prepared jerk chicken with ingredients — chicken included — from the farm.
A native of Jamaica, she grew up eating this spicy Caribbean dish, and came up with the recipe on her own. Though too spicy for my kids, Yasmin's jerk chicken was one of the most delicious dishes I've tasted all summer.
Naturally, I requested the recipe. There was a slight hesitation on her part at first, but then I said, "You don't have to give me the original, but maybe something close?" She agreed, leaving out two secret ingredients, but no problem. The variation of the recipe is less spicy and just as delicious.
And if you want to taste the original, good news: Runaway Creek will be serving Yasmin's jerk turkey at the Thanksgiving Weekend Jerk Turkey Reggae Fest on Oct. 13. I suggest a visit beforehand, though, to have a look up close at how gorgeous our local Quebec produce can be. Until then, here's a taste of Yasmin's Jamaican favourite.
Runaway Creek Farm, runawaycreekfarm.com, is about one hour and 15 minutes from Montreal, just off Highway 364 near Arundel. Montrealers can have baskets of produce (including eggs and meat if desired) delivered with a minimum order of $95. You can also purchase Runaway Creek's eggs at La Bête à Pain, 114 Fleury St. W.
Yasmin's Jerk Chicken
Serves 6
Yasmin Rossy makes this recipe solely with organic ingredients from her farm but, yes, you can make it with non-organic ingredients. She says it also works well for making jerk pork and jerk turkey. She warns that it is best to wear gloves when chopping the hot peppers. I like this served with rice, and Rossy serves it with grilled squash and zucchini as well.
Meat: about 4 lbs organic chickens, cut up into pieces
1 large bunch scallions, finely chopped
6 to 8 garlic cloves (depending on the size), chopped
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
3 tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped
2 tablespoons fresh bay leaves, finely chopped
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
12 whole allspice berries, ground
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Juice of 2 lemons or limes
1 2-inch piece fresh ginger, chopped
2-3 Scotch bonnet peppers, chopped
2 finely chopped habanero peppers
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 small can tomato paste
1/4 cup light rum
2 tablespoons soya sauce
Rub the chopped scallions, garlic and sea salt into the chicken pieces and place in fridge for 2 or 3 hours.
Meanwhile prepare the marinade, combining the oil, thyme, bay leaves, spices, citrus juice, peppers, brown sugar, tomato paste, rum and soya sauce.
Pour the mixture over the chicken, making sure to coat each piece. Cover and refrigerate overnight or up to two days.
Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Place chicken pieces in an even layer on large pan and roast for 20 minutes. Pour the excess marinade into a pot and bring to boil.
Prepare your barbecue. Over medium-high heat, place chicken pieces on the grill and brush with the marinade. Grill for about 20 minutes, or until the meat pulls away from the bone.