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This orchid is endemic to Great Britain, this means that it does not occur anywhere else in the world (3). The flower petals and sepals are mainly green and pink in colour (2).
This species was first identified during the 1970s, but it was not described until 1982 (4); it is believed that it evolved following hybridisation between E. helleborine and possibly E. leptochila var. dunensis (1). In South Wales a colony of plants that are identical in appearance to Young's helleborine has been discovered, but it is thought that they may have evolved from hybridisation between E. helleborine 'neerlandica' and a type of E. phyllanthes (1).
At present this species is known from just six locations within the UK, five of these are in Scotland, the other is in Northumberland (1).
Originally, this species was found on clay soils in an oak wood, as well as on slightly acidic soils polluted with zinc and lead (4). More recently it has been found in Scotland growing on steep spoil heaps where deciduous trees are growing (4). It is typically found growing underneath regenerating trees, particularly birch, amongst light, patchy vegetation (1).
Classified as Endangered in Great Britain and fully protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (1).
The main threats to this species are the destruction of spoil heaps, and the extraction of material from them. A further threat is the neglect of wooded areas where this orchid is found, leading to a dense closed canopy that creates too much shade for the orchid to thrive (3). Two colonies have been lost as a result of woodland clearance (4). It is thought that this species may be under-recorded (4).
Young's helleborine is of exceptional interest and requires further genetic research, as it appears to be a complex of hybrids that prosper in man-made habitats. The conservation of the few remaining sites is therefore of utmost importance (1). This orchid is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority species, and is listed under Plantlife's 'Back from the Brink' campaign (5).
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Augusta residents approved a 1% sales tax increase to help pay for a new waterline to El Dorado. 10 percent of the funds will be used for projects to be determined by the city council each year.
Every ward in Augusta overwhelmingly passed the 1% sales tax that will be used primarily to fund a new waterline to El Dorado.
Wards 3 and 4 were home to larger margins but even Ward One came in with more than 60% of voters in favor of the measure.
Mayor Kristey Williams was pleased with the results.
"Providing a funding stream for our water infrastructure needs to happen now," Mayor Williams said. "With the passage of the 1 percent sales tax, Augustans are saying 'Let's get it done.' I'm extremely pleased with the outcome."
The vote total was 2,285 to 1,001.The new tax goes into effect in April of 2013 - about the same time as the new Super Walmart is set to open.


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Gilroy, California (CNN) -- A trip to the grocery store used to send James McQuoid into a panic.
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When the Iraq War veteran heard a child crying, he remembered kids screaming in Fallujah. Coins jingling in the register reminded him of ammunition carried around a soldier's neck. He would be in a store aisle, but not remember how he got there.
The movements and sounds put his mind back in Iraq, back in a war zone.
Calling it "a mesh of realities" McQuoid said "it's enough to make your mind fracture."
McQuoid, 27, has post-traumatic stress disorder, a severe anxiety disorder commonly characterized by flashbacks, nightmares and a heightened state of alertness. Of the more than 2 million U.S. troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since October 2001, it's estimated that one in five is likely to be afflicted by PTSD or major depression, according to the RAND Corp.
These are often referred to as invisible wounds, and for veterans like McQuoid, the suffering runs deep.
By the time he returned home from his second combat tour six years ago, McQuoid was having nightmares every day. He had a hard time communicating with his wife. Paranoid of everything, he isolated himself.
"I'd stay in my house all the time," said McQuoid, who was in the Marines from 2003-2007. "Windows were blacked out. I had cameras on the outside so I could monitor the surrounding area. ... The outside scared the hell out of me."
Fortunately, things started to change for the better about a year ago when he was matched with his service dog, Iggie, through Operation Freedoms Paws. The nonprofit, started by Mary Cortani, helps veterans train their own service dogs in northern California.
"It's hard enough to come out of the service and get back into civilian life," said Cortani, who served in the Army from 1975-1984. "But now they have an injury that people don't understand. They have to find a way to balance what they're feeling, what they've experienced, with everyday life."
"Service dogs are but one tool, but they're a very important tool, in the healing process for our veterans."
Dogs can be trained to assist veterans in a variety of ways. For example, Iggie wakes McQuoid from nightmares, turns off lights and helps create space between McQuoid and others in public places. The dog also helps McQuoid keep his anxiety level down in stressful situations.
The veterans "are taught to focus on the dog, read the dog's body language, not to worry about the environment," said Cortani, 55. "If they start to have a panic attack because they're getting overwhelmed or the anxiety is so strong, they'll actually stop and kneel down and hug the dog."
Through her program, Cortani can match veterans with dogs from shelters or rescue groups. Then she helps them train the dog.
"When a veteran trains their own service dog, there are immediate benefits right off the bat," she said. "They have a mission and a purpose again. It gives them something to focus on and to complete. It gives them a sense of security and safety. ... They know they're not alone. They've always got their buddy at the end of the leash."
There are many groups across the country that provide veterans with service dogs, but the methods in which they work vary. Typically, organizations breed, raise and train dogs before pairing them with veterans, a process that can take months or years. Some, like Cortani's group, use a train-the-trainer approach.
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Service dogs help war veterans recover
Cortani started training dogs more than 30 years ago while she was in the Army, and she translated that to civilian life, where she runs a canine obedience school. It was only recently that she started focusing on war veterans.
In 2009, she received a call from a Marine who had been waiting more than a year for a service dog. He was looking for a trainer who would help him train his Rottweiler puppy instead.
Cortani did extensive research about PTSD and service dogs, and in January 2010 she started working with the young veteran to train the dog for his individual needs.
Within a month, two other veterans contacted Cortani, and she matched them with dogs from shelters.
"The more veterans that started asking for help, the more I realized this is what I was supposed to do," she said.
Since then, Cortani and her group have worked with more than 70 veterans from all over the United States.
"I connect with these veterans because I am a veteran," she said. "I understand the military culture. I understand, to a certain extent, what they've gone through even though I haven't walked in their shoes."
Cortani has personally worked with every veteran and dog that has gone through her training program, which lasts at least eight months and can take as long as a year.
"The dog is with them 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It's a constant," she said. "Every day, everything is a training opportunity. They get to work and move forward. So as they progress, they see the success."
For McQuoid, training Iggie has given him the opportunity to build a strong bond.
"Just like your combat buddies watch your back, this dog has got to have that same kind of trust," he said. "And that trust isn't something that's built up in a short amount of time."
To participate in Cortani's program, veterans must be under some form of professional treatment for their disabilities and they must provide a prescription or doctor's letter stating they'll benefit from a service dog. Before they start training, Cortani spends several hours getting to know the veteran, which helps her find them the right dog with the right temperament.
"I try to get a sense of ... who they are, what they're struggling with ... what they liked to do before they got injured," she said.
Operation Freedoms Paws, which runs on donations and community support, provides veterans with vests, leashes, collars, bowls, food and initial medical care and vaccines for the dog. The training is also free.
After a veteran has completed the program, Cortani follows up with them weekly for the first 90 days, and then at least once a month for a year. But she said a lot of the veterans stay in touch even after that.
"You start to see them getting their confidence back, communicate differently," she said. "They venture out. And they're beginning to participate in life again. In some cases, they're actually able to go back to work. They're able to communicate with their families ... have a conversation with a stranger."
McQuoid said that because of Iggie, his nightmares have decreased and he's able to take his family out to restaurants and movies.
"Without Iggie, I would still be in my house ... probably divorced from my wife and very estranged from my son," McQuoid said. "And everything would continue to just fall on me until eventually I either decided it was time to end it and die, or just give up."
Recently, Cortani started a mentoring program to teach some of the veterans how to train new participants. Ultimately, she hopes to employ these veterans in several new locations throughout the country.
"My life is blessed every day that I get to spend time with these amazing men and women who've served our country," she said. "Being able to help them find that joy back in their life ... it's priceless."
Want to get involved? Check out the Operations Freedoms Paws website at www.operationfreedomspaws.org and see how to help.
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TechArt of Leonberg, Germany, conveniently situated in a nondescript outer part of the town that's just a javelin's throw away from Porscheplatz 1, is on a roll. For most premium car purveyors, anything post-economic global meltdown is obviously much more fun than the meltdown was. Here it's even better though, since the premium segments are getting their groove back exactly at the time that tuning programs for Porsche's Panamera are starting to sprout.
TechArt's Managing Director Thomas Behringer is even getting really happy again. Talking with him in 2009 and 2010 was like helping a family member through tough times.
The large, black sweetheart autobahn missile you see here is a completely tricked-out TechArt Porsche Panamera Turbo GrandGT, first shown in initial cosmetic form at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. We're the first to really have at it and this is a special unit that has been commissioned by a well-known Formula 1 driver who desires to remain anonymous. Not telling you is just killing me.
TechArt's first stage tuning setup for the already decent Porsche-engineered M48 4.8-liter twin-turbo V8 gives the GrandGT 78 more horsepower and 96 more lb-ft of torque. These horses and torques are ready in either the Sport setup or Sport Plus of the Sport Chrono Package Turbo. You could skip all of this and just go for the exterior and interior personalization, but that would make you an A-number-1 poseur.
Whereas the standard Panamera Turbo has its two Japanese turbochargers maxing at 8.7 psi boost pressure and then 12.1 psi of boost when one snags the $2,280 Sport Chrono Package Turbo option, TechArt's TA 070/T1 ECU upgrade makes normal full-automatic mode a 12.1-psi affair, while Sport and Sport Plus jack that up to 14.5.
So, the GrandGT is faster with the added max power peaking earlier and for longer, and added max torque peaking later than on the standard PT, though there's more torque than on the standard car all the way from 2500 rpm through to 5800 rpm of the 6600-rpm redline range. Just as the standard car, however, quotes a conservative 4.0-second time to 60 mph in acceleration with Sport Chrono while some tests have experienced 3.5 seconds and less, I suspect that the TechArt 3.7-second estimate is destined to be more like a 3.3 or so.
Nothing has changed on the Porsche Active Suspension Management and adaptive air suspension with self-leveling, and the sensational dynamic active rollbars of Porsche Active Chassis Control continue wrestling this behemoth level around the highest lateral g-forces. Good items not to be messed with.
The factory-optional Zuffenhausen sport pipes out back are definitely nice, sure, but the quad-barreled sport exhaust just sort of knocks out windows in small Swabian villages by comparison. You hit the red Sport button or the all-out Sport Plus on the million-button console and the sonic boom reeks of TechArt having somehow bribed the boys at TV to turn a blind eye when reading the drive-by noise levels. It's atrociously fantastic with the gas pedal having passed a fixed percentage of its travel.
And our semi-mysterious A.S. really likes Alcantara. The cabin made it as close to driving a well-crafted bathrobe as I can ever remember. So, whatever weight might have been dropped with the CFRP slatted hood, lightweight 22-inch forged wheels and such has been more than offset with all of the wild Alcantara hides slathering the interior of this blackness. TechArt's saddlery has done its typically impeccable job. Besides the curl-up-and-snooze coziness of the four adult seating spots, I focus on the totally redone sport steering wheel, long a TechArt specialty. A.S. has opted for the thickest TechArt steerer dressing, puffed up further with the Alcantaraeven the spokes and centerpiece are dressed thusand the unit is a comfy and grippy piece to play with easily in the hands.
As TechArt had done with the original beauty-challenged Cayenne to make it pretty dang beautiful with the Magnum body kit, the GrandGT Aero Kit I does the same here for the hotly debated Panamera. The primarily CFRP-based body kit adds necessary width and profile stance to the car. Front fender pieces add almost an inch to both sides, while in back the haunches grow out a whole 1.75 inches on each side. Appropriate spacers have been inserted at the corners to fill up those new wheelwells, too.
Both the optional CFRP hood with breathing slats and the GT3-looking optional 55.1-inch wide TechArt fixed rear spoiler II with Gurney flap go a long way to adding some needed character to this really large 928-look copycat. All intake and vent inserts are in carbon fiber.
Given Porsche's sensational PASM and PACC specifically over-engineered for the Panamera Turbo, the added rapidity and personality of this GrandGT is handled with complete naturalness. I managed a couple of spurts near 170 mph where possible and the smooth Swabian roads were a perfect match for the forged 22-inch TechArt Formula III wheels and ContiSportContact3 tires at 265/30-ZR22 front, 305/25-ZR22 rear. The aero kit did the trick at these highest speeds, too, and only the lack of road in front of me kept me from reaching or exceeding comfortably the 196-mph v-max. TechArt uses its own design of PDK paddles as well that are better than the Porsche paddle shape. And, of course, even these touchy bits are dipped in the Alcantara witch's brew.
Being the creators of the whole Tequipment sub-brand of Porsche factory customization, TechArt on this GrandGT also had the optional PCCB discs for stopping hardera nearly mandatory option on this 4,500-pound baby.
The whole feel of this particular black storm is a very personal one since I personally would never get quite this excited about Alcantara and custom red detailing. But, to repeat, TechArt does the best job in the business if your factory Porsche is feeling a little too standard issue for you and the economic crush of the past two years somehow spared you. Hell, even pop, like this owner did, for the 10.2-inch roof-mounted digital TV-DVD screen andyou guessed itAlcantara-choked rear tables.
Best news, besides not having to get yours stuffed with Alcantara, is that General Manager Behringer assures me that the stage II tuning setup, to be shown first at this September's Frankfurt show, along with other goodies, will take the GrandGT to 690 hp (SAE) and 700 lb-ft of torque. And with the opening of the new TechArt USA offices and warehouse in Irvine, Calif., TechArt is making every effort to start bringing over every possible tuning package it creates instead of settling for aero kits, wheel sets, and other complementary bits.
TechArt Panamera Turbo GrandGT
4.8-liter V8 dohc, 32-valve, twin-turbocharged, per cylinder w/ Porsche VarioCam Plus intake, ECU with TechArt Techtronic TA 070/T1 reprogramming via Sport/Sport Plus buttons; MHI turbochargers uprated from 12.1 psi to 14.5 psi max; carbon-look engine cover; Porsche Sport Chrono Package Turbo; TechArt sport exhaust
Seven-speed PDK automated manual
Front: aluminum double-wishbone axle; rear: aluminum multi-link axle supported on subframe; adaptive air suspension w/ self-leveling; Porsche Active Suspension Management; normal, sport and sport plus mapping; active Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control antiroll bars
Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes, 16.1-inch diameter front and 13.8-inch diameter rear rotors; six-piston red TechArt aluminum calipers front, four-piston rear; all-wheel drive with Porsche Traction Management; Porsche Stability Management
Wheels and Tires
TechArt Formula III forged alloy, 9.5x22 (f), 11x22 (r); spacers
Continental ContiSportContact3, 265/30 (f), 305/25 (r)
TechArt GrandGT Aero Kit I: modified front and rear aprons w/ integrated intakes and carbon-fiber diffuser, grille and splitter inserts in carbon fiber, extended side skirts, roof spoiler, flared fenders f/r, CFRP Aero engine hood, 55.1x9.8-inch fixed TechArt rear spoiler II w/ Gurney flap; headlamp/taillamp trims; all air-duct inserts in carbon fiber
Black Alcantara covering everything possible and red stitching, TechArt sport steering wheel with TechArt paddle shifters, TechArt carbon interior kit, all dials in black with red numbers, 10.2-inch roof-mounted entertainment kit, rear fold-away tables, TechArt aluminum pedals
Peak Power: 571 hp @ 5350 rpm
Peak Torque: 612 lb-ft @ 3200 rpm
0-60 mph (w/Sport Chrono): 3.7 sec.
Top Speed: 196 mph


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Navigon may not be one of the biggest names in the sat-nav business, but it has been leading one area of technology on a regular basis: 3D enhancements. It was one of the first to introduce 3D landmarks, with the 7210, and then City View 3D with the 7310. Now the 8410 launches yet another foray into the third dimension: Real City 3D.
Where Landmark 3D only includes realistic models of certain key buildings, and City View 3D approximates the dimensions of city blocks with featureless boxes, Real City 3D lives up to its title by mimicking what you're likely to be seeing through your car windscreen as faithfully as possible. The level of detail and quality are not unlike an early first-person-shooter videogame. It's similar to Doom 2 in graphical terms, only without the monsters, unless you count the guys driving white vans.
Your route is still projected in front of you as a line, and since the buildings will now block your view round corners, there's also a small top-down 2D map as well, superimposed over the bottom right-hand corner. Screen updates are unsurprisingly more jerky than with the usual map, but this isn't as bad as you might have expected. Since you won't usually be travelling over 30mph within most cities, anyway, the map keeps up with your real position reasonably well.
However, Real City 3D has a number of other drawbacks. Although the building models look real, they often don't look a lot like the buildings you will actually be seeing. The main reason is that most of the textures are generic, with only a few matching the true building facades, which may be a very distinctive colour. Some unusual building shapes are replicated, such as concave fronts, but most eye-catching features are omitted. For this reason, Real City 3D is more of a distraction than a hindrance, like a window on an uncanny alternative universe. It sounds great on paper, but it needs to be even closer to reality to be truly useful, and only the central part of very major cities are covered, too.


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Mad_Ernie, no offense, but telling a New Yorker to buy pizza flour online is like telling someone from Japan to buy sushi rice online Kentis, what borough? I have two large distributors that I buy from in NJ, but you shouldn't have to travel this far. Every borough has plenty of bakery/pizzeria suppliers.Btw, you do know that, although high gluten flour certainly helps to make great NY style pizza, the biggest player in the equation is the oven set up. You really can't achieve the right puffy chewy consistency without quick baking times (less than 6 minutes). And this, you can't achieve without a stone of the proper thickness and material.
Hey, looking better! The hour pre-heat recommendation was to pre-heat the stone- you put the pan on the hot stone, right? If you're not using the stone, you can dial back the pre-heat to 10 minutes.Definitely, measure your oven to make sure a stone will fit. I'd actually remove a shelf and measure the dimensions of that. Pay close attention to any lips on the shelf and/or any other potential obstructions in the oven. If, say, the shelf supports are close to each other, they may obstruct the stone.Polly-O is actually pretty mediocre cheese. Considering it's usually the most costly, it's extremely easy to avoid. It has a translucent/low fat/swiss quality that's just not as creamy/rich as other brands. Sargento is better, but, imo, not as good as the supermarket brands. There's a few pizzerias that shell out for expensive Grande cheese, but most use typical food service stuff- which is identical to the supermarket/private label cheese. So, name brands for Mozzarella will not only cost more, but be of inferior quality. Sometimes the cheap stuff can be a little on the wet side (especially if you store it for a while) and this can cause curdling issues in prolonged high heat scenarios, but, overall, the cheap stuff is the best.I'm waiting for a decent ground beef sale as well. My freezer is currently a no ground beef zone- that happens about once every two years.


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I quite rate them. They're so cluely and career minded. The only thing i would critisze them for is that they dont have souls. A good way to appreciate the difference between millenials and my lot is look at wiley, born same year as me, and then compare how hes run his career to dizzee or even a jme.
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The ancient Christian communities that once thrived in Iraq "now face potential extinction," said U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, urging the United States to develop a postwar plan to help Iraq resolve the humanitarian consequences of the seven-year war. The fact that U.S. combat forces are expected to leave by Sept. 1 "is good news for our American servicemen, their families and the nation," the cardinal said. "But this departure should not be accompanied by a withdrawal of our support for the Iraqi people, particularly for the millions of displaced Iraqis." After Sept. 1, as combat forces leave, violence could increase against those who have been displaced, including Christians. Although the international community, led by the United States, has provided basic assistance and resettled a small number of Iraq's refugees, Cardinal McCarrick said in an op-ed piece at politicsdaily.com, a long-term solution to such massive displacement "has proven elusive." Cardinal McCarrick said a postwar plan, such as the Marshall Plan that restored Europe after World War II, should be developed in cooperation with the Iraqi government and the international community to find solutions for Iraqi refugees and displaced people. Of special concern are Iraqi Christians and other minorities who he said continue to be the targets of systematic violence. "Even now," Cardinal McCarrick wrote, "Christians continue to flee Iraq at levels comparable to the rate near the beginning of the war, a deeply troubling sign." He said withdrawing from Iraq without a restoration plan will not only affect Iraq but neighboring countries—Jordan, Syria and Lebanon as well, with many Iraqis fleeing to these countries and causing a strain on those populations and their resources. "Abandonment of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced cannot be an option," Cardinal McCarrick wrote. "We cannot leave behind a humanitarian crisis in the hope that it will correct itself."
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text: Further refinements to my camel cricket control setup. Addition of a red "party light" illuminates the whole area so that the motion sensor works much better — no more motion-sensing lights in the system, as per initial design. Note: most insects don't see red well, so it's just dark to them. Just dab a little food onto the surface of the motion sensor, and they will come. And then they will go. Last night I caught approximately 30 crickets. While I slept. And upon waking, I could check my iPhone for the update from the WeMo app (I have it say, "Crickets sucked" at each event). Details on how to make your own. Two photographs below were taken by a Belkin Netcam HD automatically, when motion was sensed. Again, all while I slept.


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The Premier League has some of the greatest talent in world football taking part in the UEFA Champions League.
England's elite clubs will all be desperate to claim glory in Lisbon on May 24, and they will have to rely on their top stars to deliver the goods.
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Each time I catch sight of sprightly railway porters (also known as coolies) in bright red shirts and shiny brass armbands sporting license numbers on bustling railway platforms as they take their positions, usually one to a bogie when the train rolls into the station, I've mixed feelings.
On the one hand I'm reminded of Coolie, the role Amitabh Bacchan essayed in the film by the same name, barely surviving an accident on the sets. In a dialogue from the film he famously declared "Bachpan se hai sar par Allah ka haath, aur Allahrakha hai mere saath; Baazu par hai saat sau chhiyaasi ka billa, bees number ka beedi peetha hoon, kaam karta hoon coolie ka aur naam hai Iqbal."
For years the film instilled a sense of pride in railway porters otherwise accustomed to a life devoid of meaningful dignity, and occasionally respect, the lack of which is often glimpsed in heated arguments with harried customers over fees for transporting luggage from the train to the taxi stand and vice versa, and the butt of the occasional derisive comment.
The flip side can be a nasty experience with aggressive porters upping the price after transporting the luggage to the train, a situation rendered delicate if the train has sounded its horn to indicate imminent departure. The more enterprising among them will launch themselves into moving trains to be the first ones into unreserved compartments before quickly spreading their towels on unreserved seats, to be "sold" to passengers with valid tickets. I've had my share of confrontations on the occasions I had to travel by the General Compartment. One journey I remember traveling for six hours sitting on the footboard because there was nowhere else to sit.
At Victoria Terminus, and as with other railway stations, it is not uncommon to catch sight of porters (or coolies) demanding money from clueless foreign tourists for 'helping' them locate their train and the compartment.
Nevertheless it can be hard work for, the very nature of Indian Railways and the people who travel by it ensures that the railway porter's job remains a demanding one. Even with light luggage, scurrying up the stairs and through crowds to the waiting train can be quite a task for a seasoned traveler, let alone a porter with heavy luggage stacked on his head while zigzagging through crowds. It gets trickier if the client arrives late and has only a few minutes to board the train.
Those of us who saw Coolie will remember the song
Sari Duniya Ka Bojh Hum Uthate Hain
Log Aate Hain Log Jaate Hain
Hum Yahin Pe Khade Reh Jaate Hain
Chaar Ka Kaam Hai, Ek Ka Daam Hai
Khoon Mat Pijiye Aur Kuchh Dijiye
Ek Rupaiya Hai Kam,
Hum Khuda Ki Kasam
Badi Mehnat Se Roti Kamaate Hain
Sari Duniya Ka Bojh ...
(We carry the burden of the world
People come, people go
We're left standing here
We do the work of four for the price of one
Don't drink our blood, give us a little more,
One rupee is less, I swear on God,
Earning our bread is mighty hard work
We carry the burden of the world ...)
On train stops along the journey I often get off and saunter on railway platforms for the joy of the hustle and bustle that is characteristic of Indian railway journeys. There's so much to see that at times it is as if I'm at a play where I visit different theatres by turn to catch the entire story. It can be surreal.
A year ago on one such train stop at Pune on our way to Bangalore I got off the Udayan Express (6530/6531) that runs between Bombay and Bangalore to take a few pictures of railway porters napping on hand carts in the afternoon. There I met Nandu and Vilas, two Marathi speaking porters. Within moments we were surrounded by the rest.
Vilas, the elder of the two said though the job has become demanding in terms of competition it is possible to make a living on it for, more of India now travels by trains.
A few of them were at the 'drinking water' taps. From the look of it they'd just finished eating their lunch. On finding none of the porters approach any of the passengers disembarking at Pune I became curious.
"Passengers from Mumbai getting off at Pune will rarely hire porters to carry their luggage," Vilas explained. Pune is pre-dominantly Maharashtrian.
Nandu, the younger porter listened on, as Vilas continued.
"It is possible to eke out a living for a couple and two kids in this job, but not if you've habits (an Indian euphemism for addiction to vices like alcohol, cigarettes, gambling, ladies bars, and women on the side among other things)."
As the train sounded the whistle I made an offhand comment as I prepared to leave, "Too many trains now as compared to before."
Vilas smiled before saying, "Lots of trains yes, but only if folks use our services will money pass hands else not."
I smiled in turn before sprinting to the door just as the train pulled out of Pune.


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ST. CHARLES – Paul Thomas discovered the Advocate Dreyer Fox Valley Marathon not through word-of-mouth or an online marathon search engine.
The Batavian stumbled on the race during a morning run last September, and on Sunday, his muscle memory more than held up.
Thomas earned the title of top Tri-Cities men's marathon finisher after traversing the familiar course in 3:05:12, a personal record in his third career marathon.
"It kind of snuck up on me at the end," Thomas said, "but it was a good day and a nice time."
A 33-year-old ironworker, Thomas lives near the marathon's seven-mile marker on the Fox River Trail, which doubles as his training course on most mornings.
Although a friend was in the 2012 Fox Valley field, Thomas said he didn't know a marathon was going on until the opening stages of his run. He followed along the marathon course for about half of a 17-mile workout.
"It was supposed to be a long, slow run, and then with people out there cheering and whatnot, it turned into a race pace," Thomas said.
Sporting a puzzled look and no bib number, Thomas still blended in.
"The only time I caught any flak was when I was going to veer from the course," he said. "I'm like, 'I'm not in the race.' "
Thomas, who finished 44th on Sunday, found himself very much involved in a tune-up for next month's Chicago Marathon. His wife, Tina, will be part of the field, too.
"She doesn't like to run with anybody, though," Thomas said.
In Chicago, chances are she'll make like her husband and find a pack anyway.
A little help: Jeff Kelly, winner of the men's marathon, and Lindsey Kong, winner of the women's marathon, had something in common Sunday – moral support on the course from a close acquaintance.
In Kong's case, her boyfriend, Gabriel Stanek, ran the entire race with her. Kong said Stanek could have beaten 3 hours on his own; she came in at 3:01.23.
"He encouraged me when I wanted to give up, so that was very helpful," Kong said.
Two of Kong's sisters also participated in Sunday's festivities, including women's half-marathon second-place finisher, Amy Kong.
Kelly, meanwhile, said his friend, Brandon Smith – who, like Kelly, is part of the "CU Racing Team" in the Champaign-Urbana area – ran about seven miles with him late in the race.
"That really helps because when I'm alone, you're in your head," Kelly said. "Brandon's a coach. He'll help motivate you."
Smith said he told Kelly "that he's tougher than anybody, and I know he is."
"I didn't want to get in front of him, I felt like I was stealing his glory because people thought I was in the lead or something," Smith said. "So I was going behind him, and he started yelling at me to get in front of him. So I was like 'Well, whatever, I'll get in front of you.' … I was just there to help him out. We're not used to being in the lead."
Logistics legends: By year four of the Fox Valley Marathon, co-organizers Craig Bixler and Dave Sheble know how to cover the bases, but pulling off such a huge event is never stress-free.
"We had the usual things things that don't go as planned, but we build in checks and balances," Bixler said. "So a piece of the course wasn't open when it was supposed to be, but we checked that early enough that it was open long before the runners got through."
The St. Charles men take pride in coordinating the logistics as smoothly as possible, including a prompt clean-up of the course and race headquarters downtown that begins long before the races are complete.
Bixler said the cities involved appreciate the commitment to tidying up.
"Invariably, we get the comment that we're the standard that they wish all events would adhere to," Bixler said.
In with the old: John Collet of Verona, 46, grinned with self-deprecation after placing second in the men's half-marathon in 1:17:08.
"Us old guys, it's hard to run with the young kids," he said.
Not so much Sunday, when seven of the race's top nine finishers were at least 43. Winner Eric Ott, a 32-year-old Genevan, clocked in with a time of 1:15:54.
Collet officially was the master's winner, a distinction for the top finisher over 40. He suggested the layout was the course's great equalizer.
"There was shade everywhere on this thing, you know. Just a couple of baby hills," Collet said. "This is a fast course. If you want to run fast, this is the course to run."


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When 64-year-old Mrs. Maki fell in the middle of a big box store, chaos ensued. Staff flocked to her. Customers stared with concern. Her husband rushed her to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with a concussion. The doctors ran tests to understand why she fell; she didn�t have a stroke or a heart attack, her brain and ears were fine, and her body wasn�t particularly weak for an older woman. The store was full of bright lights and clutter, and her eyes couldn�t handle it. She tripped over a display she couldn�t see due to vision loss.
The hospital visit and follow-up care likely cost upward of $20,000. Luckily Mrs. Maki had health insurance. As baby boomers age, hospitals and doctors will see more patients with falls like Mrs. Maki�s, and health insurers will bear the brunt of the cost. With Massachusetts � and states across the nation � digging into the issue of health care cost containment, preventing such avoidable accidents that often result in costly tests and hospital visits is paramount.
While most younger people would have easily seen the display and avoided it, it�s unsurprising that Mrs. Maki was blind to it. As a person ages, his or her pupil shrinks and the surrounding muscles grow weaker, making it more difficult to see in low light and adjust to changes in ambient lighting. Over the years a person�s tunnel of vision gets smaller; for Mrs. Maki, who also suffers from a degenerative eye disease, �it�s as if you�re looking through the straw.� The lens inside the eye also hardens with age, making it more difficult to see clearly, and the cells in the retina that are responsible for normal color vision weaken, making it more difficult to see contrast and perceive depth. Most older adults also encounter cataracts, spots and floaters, glaucoma and/or macular degeneration.
Visual impairment is one of the most frequent factors associated with falls and hip fractures, often leading to a person being admitted to a hospital or nursing home, becoming partially disabled, and in some tragic cases dying prematurely. And it�s not cheap. The costs of falls for people with any degree of vision loss is 46.7 percent higher than the costs of falls for patients without vision loss.
Falls aren�t the only reason low-vision patients end up in the hospital. Vision loss leads many older adults to take the wrong medicine or slip into depression because simple pleasures like reading and knitting, and social activities like playing cards, no longer feel possible.
Thankfully we can do something about it. Simple adjustments in the home � including adding more light sources to ensure even lighting, placing a mat over a glass coffee table to reduce glare, and putting bright-colored electrical tape on the edge of each step to create contrast � can significantly reduce the risk of falls. Healthcare routines, optical devices, and special equipment enable low-vision older adults to live healthy, independent lives. To address feelings of isolation, people with low vision can turn to products like large-print playing cards, or engage a volunteer to help read mail and magazines or go shopping.
Despite the impact that vision loss has on an elder�s overall health, it won�t be a doctor that comes to a home to outfit it for older adults learning to cope with reduced vision. In fact, the doctor most likely won�t even think to recommend it or the many other resources available. Instead it will be a volunteer, an adult child caregiver, or a visiting nurse or occupational therapist who received specialized training � often from a nonprofit advocacy organization.
For decades, nonprofits like these have worked with volunteers and professionals to assess vision loss, rehabilitate homes, and help patients establish healthcare routines, learn how to use adaptive equipment, and maximize their usable vision to live confidently on their own. Today we should bring these organizations to the debate on how to reduce health care costs. We should share their lessons with adult caregivers, visiting nurses and doctors across the state � and the country.
The expertise on how to achieve effective and efficient health care isn�t constrained to the boundaries of a doctor�s office or policies of a health insurer. If doctors, nurses and other caregivers were more aware of the simple ways we can help older adults cope with blindness or vision loss, more of these vulnerable individuals would be better equipped to live healthy and independent lives, and we could avoid more costly and preventable injuries. With almost 90,000 blind and visually impaired individuals 40 and over in Massachusetts, our state has the highest prevalence in the country. It�s time we got together and started talking about solutions.
Jesse Mermell is state director of the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired.


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DAMASCUS, Syria — The U.S. and its allies dismissed the Syrian regime's referendum on a new constitution Sunday as a "farce" meant to justify the bloody crackdown on dissent.
DAMASCUS, Syria — The U.S. and its allies dismissed the Syrian regime's referendum on a new constitution Sunday as a "farce" meant to justify the bloody crackdown on dissent.
But voters in government strongholds suggested why some Syrians have not joined the uprising against President Bashar Assad: loyalty, distrust of the opposition and fear his fall will ignite a civil war.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the poll "a cynical ploy" and urged Syrians who still support Assad to turn against him. A "farce" and a "sham vote" was how German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle described it.
"It's a phony referendum and it is going to be used by Assad to justify what he's doing to other Syrian citizens," Clinton said in an interview with CBS News in Rabat, Morocco.
"The longer you support the regime's campaign of violence against your brothers and sisters, the more it will stain your honor," she added, addressing Assad supporters, especially the military. "If you refuse, however, to prop up the regime or take part in attacks ... your countrymen and women will hail you as heroes."
While casting his vote at the state broadcasting headquarters, Assad showed no signs of giving in on international demands to end his crackdown. And as he has done in the past, he tried to deflect blame in other directions. He said Syria was under a "media attack."
"They may be stronger on the airwaves but we are stronger on the ground, and we aspire to win both on the ground and on the airwaves," he said in footage broadcast on state TV.
The U.S. and its European and Arab allies met Friday at a major international conference on the Syrian crisis in Tunisia, trying to forge a unified strategy to push Assad from power. They began planning a civilian peacekeeping mission to deploy after the regime falls.
The new constitution allows — at least in theory — for the formation of competing political parties and limits the president to two seven-year terms. Such change was unthinkable a year ago.
Syria has been ruled by the Baath party since it seized power in a coup in 1963 and the Assad family has ruled since Bashar's father Hafez took over in another coup in 1970.
Even as the regime hailed the referendum as a giant step toward reform, its military kept up a crackdown that has been focused for the past three weeks on the opposition stronghold city of Homs. The city, parts of which are controlled by rebels, has come under intense shelling and hundreds have died, including two Western journalists.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 36 civilians and 23 security personnel were killed Sunday, mostly in Homs. Another group, the Local Coordination Committees, said 55 people were killed nationwide, including 23 in Homs province.
The opposition called the referendum an empty gesture and boycotted voting, saying it will not ease the country's crisis. Supporters of the uprising say nothing short of Assad's ouster will end the bloodshed.
Activist groups estimate nearly 7,500 have died in 11 months of unrest.
Still the referendum demonstrated the support that Assad continues to enjoy among many Syrians and pointed to the difficulties of regime opponents — both internal and external — will face in trying to push him from power.
For the 41 years Assad's family has ruled Syria, it has used shrewd politics, a nearly omnipresent intelligence service and brute force to maintain power. Many of Syria's minorities — Christians, Druse and Alawites, which include Assad — count on the regime for protection on the understanding that they remain loyal. Many others have also benefited from regime ties.
These groups could be loath to see the regime fall, especially given how disorganized and unfamiliar those fighting Assad are. Regular state propaganda characterizing them and Islamist extremists and "armed gangs" also plays a role.
Even a successful vote — results are expected Monday — is unlikely to bring immediate change. Activists say too many people have died for them to accept anything less than Assad's ouster.
Legal expert Omran Zoubi, who helped draft the new document, said Assad's time in office so far doesn't count. That means he could serve two more terms after his current one ends 2014, keeping him in office until 2028.
In the capital Damascus, a regime stronghold where many in business and minority communities support Assad, many appeared eager to vote in what they considered a safe step toward reform.
"I'm here because I love my country," said housewife Fayzeh Fadel, wearing large sunglasses, jeans and high heels. She said she didn't want Syria to have a civil war like Libya or neighboring Iraq.
She and other voters spoke to foreign reporters who were accompanied by government minders.
"My biggest fear is civil war," said a woman named Lana at a pro-Assad demonstration downtown who declined to give her full name. "That's why we are standing by our president and Syrian institutions."
Nearby, hundreds of people waved Syrian flags and carried signs telling Assad: "We love you." Reflecting Assad's international allies, street peddlers sold flags for Russia, China and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Eleven months after protesters inspired by successful Arab Spring revolts in Tunisia and Egypt first took the streets, the real extent of Assad's support is unclear. Syria has no reliable polling, and authorities have restricted media work.
Most Damascus voters are likely regime supporters or people scared of unrest. Actual opponents probably stayed home.
The two main opposition groups, the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria, called for a boycott, and other groups declared a general strike that appears to have been observed in some places.
Fewer voters turned out in the Damascus neighborhoods of Rukneddine and Barzeh, where anti-government protesters have recently demonstrated.
About 20 percent of shops were closed in Barzeh, and one voter said he had come from another center where there was "pressure not to vote ... intimidation and calls for public disobedience." He did not give his name for fear of reprisal.
Videos posted online Sunday by activists — their primary means of communicating with the outside world — gave a very different view.
Some showed protests against the vote outside of Damascus and Aleppo. One video from the northern Idlib province showed hundreds of men chanting, "To hell with them and their constitution."
A lighter video from elsewhere in Idlib showed dozens of men filing through a fake polling station and dropping their ballots in a trash bin.
The videos could not be independently verified.
Other videos showed the continued violence, as security forces shelled dissident areas and clashed with armed rebels.
The central city of Homs saw some of the day's worst violence. One video showed men firing a rocket-propelled grenade at a tank. Another from the neighborhood of Baba Amr, which has been subject to a weekslong government siege, showed huge plumes of smoke clouding the horizon while exploding shells boomed.
"The world is watching as Baba Amr is being destroyed and it says nothing," a voice says.


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Sentiment: Whimsy Set found at Angie's store
Papers: Stampin up (retired),
embellishments: The Ribbon Girls (Seam binding, bakers twine ect etc.. – I loooove the yellow ribbon kit!!!!
Dies: Spellbinders – punch (Stampin Up!)
Thanks girls mwah!
That is simple beautiful! Your coloring is amazing! Can't wait to see the whole new set of stamps!
śliczna karteczka,a malowanie rewelacyjne:)
Wow beautiful card.
Adorable image as are all the LOTV releases. Can't wait to see the rest now. :)
Edna x
This is so pretty, love all the gems round the image....
This is so awesome I love it
Wow!!! another stunning card from your collection of adorables!! I love this stamp! Ever so sweet!
Hugs! Brittany, xoxo
gorgeous card, i love the colouring and i cant wait to get my hands on the new stamps
karen x
Your card is stunning Claudia, perfect colouring and gorgeous papers, thanks for the mention, funny thing is I have made an envelope card too but using the cupcakes, can't show until Saturday though.
HUGZ Fleur xXx
A sweet card with a lovely stamp. Love the bling bling that you used
Hugs Sinikka
This is gorgeous Claudia!! Awesome colouring and super detail!! Love the look of the new release! Juliexx
Ziet er super mooi uit
Wow this is so lovely :) xx
This is realy gorgeous. Wonderful colors that makes me happy. Hugs, Ankie
GLG Doris
Stunning card Claudia, love the colors and the image is so cute
Hugs and love
Fantastic just love it xxxxxxxxxx
This card is stunning!!!! I love your style and your colouring are just perfect!
Have a nice week!
That is simply adorable!!!
Pretty card♥
What a great card Claudia, I love the image, so sweet.
Hugs Trudy
So sweet! Love her hat, and I love the sentiment!
groetjes Josje
Colours and mix are always so gorgeous, try as I may, never comes close.
Colours and mix are always so gorgeous, try as I may, never comes close.
Beautiful card Claudia, LOTV are fast becoming my favorite stamps, don't have many yet, but just love what you did with this sneak peak !!
This is beautiful, your coloring is amazing, gorgeous card, love the sentiment.
So gorgeous and I'm such a HUGE fan of your coloring!!! Hugs!
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Perfect embossing, I like all the details especially the stitches around are so neat.
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Amazing coloring... WOW... I love it.. And all those rhinstones around the image.. WOW....
Beautiful Card.. And Fab Flower Decoration!!!..
Stunning colouring!
how adorable that they are sitting on a see saw!!!! I need a million dollars so I can order all LOTV stamps! haha
Claudia, this is darling, precious and just soooo cute. I love the gems around the pretty image, don't they look cute on that swing. In perfect harmony! and balance. Very lovely papers, my dear you have a gift for layering, and selecting your colors. Always so perfect. Hugs.
Wow! A stunning card and gorgeous colours!
Helen x
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another fab card love layout and colours you have used sue xxx


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Argilac Durrandon
|Biographical Information
|Argilac the Arrogant
|Other Titles
|Storm King
|Died in
|~2 BC/1 BC, at south of Bronzegate in the Last Storm
|Royal House
|House Durrandon[1]
|Arlan V Durrandon
|Argella Durrandon
|Argella Durrandon
|Princess Argella Durrandon
The World of Ice & Fire (mentioned)
A Game of Thrones (appendix)
A Dance with Dragons (mentioned)
King Argilac Durrandon, also known as Argilac the Arrogant, was the last Storm King from House Durrandon who reigned in the stormlands before the Conquest by Aegon I Targaryen.
When he was boy, King Argilac turned back a Dornish invasion.[1] Towards the end of the Century of Blood, he joined the great alliance against the tigers from Volantis and led a host into the Disputed Lands, marching against an army from Volantis which was attempting to retake Myr.[1][2][3] Twenty years later, he killed King Garse VII Gardener of the Reach, in the Battle of Summerfield.[1]
Harren the Black, the King of the Isles and the Rivers, was nearing completion of his massive castle, Harrenhal, and was said to be looking for more conquests. Argilac had grown afraid of Harren and so proposed an alliance with Aegon. It is believed he wanted to create a buffer zone between his kingdom and Harren's. He offered the hand of his daughter, Argella, in marriage as well as dowry lands, though, much of the lands were in fact in the possession of Harren the Black. Aegon refused and instead offered the hand of his best friend and rumored bastard brother, Orys Baratheon. Argilac took this as a grave insult and had the hands of the envoy cut off. He sent them to Aegon with a message of "These are the only hands you will receive". Aegon called his banners and took counsel with them and his sisters. Then Aegon sent ravens to the rulers of the Seven Kingdoms. He informed them that there would only be one king in Westeros. Those who bent the knee would keep their lands and titles, but those that did not he would destroy. King Argilac refused to submit.[1]
After landing and proclaiming himself Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Aegon named Orys Baratheon the Hand of the King and sent him with Rhaenys to take Storm's End. Though Orys met with some setbacks, he continued to march on Storm's End. King Argilac refused to be trapped inside his castle like King Harren, so he came out to meet the invaders. He attacked Orys's forces while a huge storm raged, in what became known as the Last Storm. Argilac outnumbered Orys's army two-to-one and outflanked it, but Rhaenys and her dragon, Meraxes, stopped them. Orys came face-to-face with Argilac and slew him in single combat.[1]
In order to reward Orys, Aegon gave him Argilac's lands and the hand of the dead king's daughter. Orys kept the banner, honors and words of House Durrandon.[1][4]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 8, Tyrion III.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Appendix.


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Below is my contribution the Reader GeneaMeme set by Geniaus
The list should be annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found: bold face type
Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)
Things you haven't done or found and don't care to: plain type
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Which of these apply to you? reading
1. Have you written any books? Not yet J I need to gain some confidence – I do have some chapters that will eventually make up a book
2. Have you published any books? No
3. Can you recommend an inspiring biography? Lot's, but the most recent one I read and couldn't put down was called "His Majesty O'Keefe". First published in 1950, it follows the trials and travels of an Irish American trader who set up a trading post on the Micronesian island of Yap, which is part of the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, during the late 1800's. It describes the life and beliefs of the islanders, and the consequent colonisation of Yap by the Spanish and Germans, as well the life of his own families – one from Savannah, Georgia – and his second wife, an Islander woman
4. Do you keep a reading log? If yes, in what format? I used to keep an excel spread sheet, then Collectorz book collection software (when it was free); I now use LibraryThing
5. Are you a buyer or a borrower of books? Mainly a buyer; if I love a book, I find it hard to give back, especially with the large cull that our local library is undergoing. I may love the idea of Libraries, especially as an ex-Librarian, but I have also seen many Libraries close, cull their collections as a book hasn't been borrowed enough times, or was published too long ago for it to be (not my words) "relevant" – such policies can really get me going….
6. Where do you get reading recommendations? Newspapers, magazines, blogs, radio, word of mouth….
7. What is the one genealogy reference book you can't do without? "The mechanical eye in Australia : Photography 1841-1900" by Alan Davies and Peter Stanbury. I use this book for dating photographs as it list photographers from all over Australia, with their address and date that they were in operation. It has helped me pin down accurate dates for many, many photographs
8. Do you hoard books or do you discard them when you have finished? Hoard definitely, though it depends on the book! A light read will probably end up at the op shop, my collection consists mainly of reference, biography and non-fiction and faction or historical fiction, like "The harp in the south" by Ruth Park, along with two shelves of classics, a shelf of children's books and folk and fairy tales from around the world, and finally my genealogy collection
9. How many books are in your genealogy library? About 400-500?
10. What's your favourite genealogy magazine or journal? Inside History, Australian Family Tree Connections, and Your Family Tree (UK) are three that I subscribe to. I also love the journals published by the various Genealogical and Historical Societies to which I belong
11. Where are the bookshelves in your house? Two walls in the Lounge room, two walls in the hallway, one whole wall in my office, three shelves in the bedroom; then there's my husband's collection…
12. Do you read e-books? How? e-books on Kindle and Google books on my computer
13. How many library cards do you have? Local Regional Library which encompasses 6 libraries, State Library of Victoria and the National Library of Australia; The Genealogical Society of Victoria has a wonderful and accessible Library as well. Being an alumni of the SLV and CSIRO also allows me access to their collections, which equals access to 6 regional and 4 other major Libraries = total 10!
14. What was the last genealogy title you read? A family history book, self-published by my cousin's partner, Tony Berry called "From paupers to iPads", looking at his family's history in the UK.
15. What is your favourite bookshop? Mainly online second hand bookshops, then there a few second hand book shops in different Melbourne suburbs that specialise in history and Australian titles; The GSV bookshop is a bit of a trap as well!
16. Do you have a traditional printed encyclopaedia in your house? Yes, a 1961 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica that was bought for my husband when he was a boy
17. Who are the authors in your family tree and what have they written? My mother wrote many articles for the Randwick Historical Society during the 1970's. Some were published and others remain in their archives; many of which are still referenced in some recent local histories – I get great pleasure and joy to see my mother's name in the index of a published work!
18. Who is your favourite author? US Crime writer extraordinaire and (in my view) social commentator James Lee Burke
19. Where do you buy books? Anywhere I find them
20. Can you nominate a must-read fiction title? Yes, but how long should the list be?
21. How many books are in your personal library? 3000 odd, after a cull when we moved about 18 months ago. It is gradually building up to the 4500 we had before the move
22. What is your dictionary of choice? Oxford English Dictionary for words; Dictionary of philosophy; Medical dictionary; Dictionary of scientific terms…. However I really need a "Macquarie dictionary" to check my words when playing along with the SBS TV show "Letters and Numbers" A must watch in our household!
23. Where do your read? On the couch, on the veranda, in bed…
24. What was your favourite childhood book? "Swiss Family Robinson", Heide, Robinson Crusoe, Coral Island…. (all of which I still have – a real sucker for escapism and tropical isles it seems)
25. Do you have anything else to say about books and reading? They are my life, heart and soul. I could not live without them.


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Corporal Justin Rogers had barely taken off his shoes to go through security about 12:55 p.m. when he saw a woman push over a security checkpoint sign for a lane reserved for pilots and staff, Cmdr. Pete Janke said. A TSA security officer who went over to stop her was promptly attacked by the violent woman, and several travelers in the security terminal began screaming.
When Rogers saw that no other security personnel were coming to help the female officer, Rogers vaulted over the half-wall separating him from the attack, pulled the woman off the officer and tackled her to the floor, Janke said. He quickly identified himself to the slew of TSA agents rushing the terminal, and an airport police officer handed him a pair of handcuffs to finish the job.
Honolulu police, airport security and the TSA all thanked Rogers for detaining the violent woman, Janke said. Rogers gave a statement to these authorities and made his flight back to the Bay Area, where he has since resumed patrol in Pinole.
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The gown Jeannie Gourlay expected to wear to sing a song for President Abraham Lincoln but never wore because he was shot that night is now slowly deteriorating at the Pike County Historical Society, along with other gowns of its moment, according to Kelle Hankins, Historical Society president
The gown Jeannie Gourlay expected to wear to sing a song for President Abraham Lincoln but never wore because he was shot that night is now slowly deteriorating at the Pike County Historical Society, along with other gowns of its moment, according to Kelle Hankins, Historical Society president.
But Billy Hipkins, actor and playwright, is coming to the rescue.
He found personal significance in Gourlay's story and wrote a one-man play about her, "For the Benefit of Miss Jennie Gourlay." Jennie was Jeannie's stage name.
Hipkins will perform his play Feb. 9 to 10 at the Columns to raise money to stabilize and possibly restore the dresses.
The show won a Fruitie Award for Best Playwright of a Solo Show last fall at the Fresh Fruit Festival, a New York City arts festival featuring the work of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered artists. At the third annual United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City, the play was designated Best Educational Piece.
Hipkins first found out about Gourlay's story on a visit to Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., Hankins said. Then, while visiting a friend at Malibu Ranch in Milford, he discovered that Gourlay's historic dresses were in Milford, at the Columns.
"Roxanne Scott showed him the dresses, and then a year and a half went by and Lori Strelecki got an email from him about the play," Hankins said.
Strelecki and Hankins went to see the play in New York.
"There's a surprise at the end, which is really interesting," Hankins said.
Gourlay expected to have a heightened moment in her career, an ascent to fame, when she sang a song for the president, but the moment never came. Hipkins finds resonance in the almostness of Gourlay's career, as he describes on his website, forjenniesbenefit.com.
"We all have this dream of what our lives should look like, and this pinnacle experience that will take us there," observed Hipkins, who began his career as an actor and dancer before moving behind the scenes on such productions as "Memphis," "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Beauty and the Beast."
"Not very many people actually get that moment," he said. "Dreams get shifted."
After the play, a reception for Hipkins will be held on the Columns museum first floor, where Gourlay's gowns are on display.
Gourlay lived on Water Street in Milford from 1888 until her death in 1928. She married Milford resident Paul Struthers, with whom she had several children, Strelecki said.
One daughter became a teacher in Milford's one-room schoolhouse and lived to be 103. Gourlay's son, Vivian Paul Struthers, donated the gowns and the Lincoln flag, which became bloodied when it was used to cushion Lincoln's head, to the historical society in 1954.


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I stand by my work. My show is a theatrical piece whose goal is to create a human connection between our gorgeous devices and the brutal circumstances from which they emerge. It uses a combination of fact, memoir, and dramatic license to tell its story, and I believe it does so with integrity. Certainly, the comprehensive investigations undertaken by The New York Times and a number of labor rights groups to document conditions in electronics manufacturing would seem to bear this out.The problem, of course, is that it now appears that many of the things he was claiming weren't actually true of the plants he wrote about. There was one story that recounted events that did happen, but at a different plant 1,000 miles away, and which Daisey did not witness at all.
What I do is not journalism. The tools of the theater are not the same as the tools of journalism. For this reason, I regret that I allowed THIS AMERICAN LIFE to air an excerpt from my monologue. THIS AMERICAN LIFE is essentially a journalistic - not a theatrical - enterprise, and as such it operates under a different set of rules and expectations. But this is my only regret. I am proud that my work seems to have sparked a growing storm of attention and concern over the often appalling conditions under which many of the high-tech products we love so much are assembled in China.
In the meantime, This American Life has retracted the entire show (link is down as of right now), and apparently plans to air a new show today that details what happened and has a detailed apology from Ira Glass (who just recently on the show was telling listeners to go see Daisey's full one man show).
It is true that Daisey is a storyteller, not a reporter, and that's fine in the right context. But once it got to the point that journalistic outfits were reporting on his story -- or even letting him repeat it on the air, he had every responsibility to be clear about the parts that were simply fabricated.


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A bill to limit texting while driving appears finally to have momentum in the Florida House, after years of proposals stalling out.
On Thursday, Rep. Doug Holder's bill to make texting while driving a secondary offense passed unanimously out of a House transportation subcommittee. It was the first time Holder's texting bill had been heard in a House committee in five years.
While the bill, HB 13, has more committees to clear, supporters called the vote a first, big step. Florida is one of only five states without any type of texting while driving restriction.
"It's tremendous," said Holder, a Republican from Sarasota who is sponsoring the measure with Rep. Ray Pilon, a fellow Republican from Sarasota.
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It was the second victory in two days for legislators, law enforcement, businesses and safety advocates fighting for a texting-while-driving law. The Senate version of the bill, SB 52, won unanimous approval in its second committee meeting Wednesday.
Holder and Senate sponsor Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, have both credited House Speaker Will Weatherford for allowing the bill to be heard in the House.
The bills proposed by Detert, Holder and Pilon would make texting while driving a secondary offense, which means a motorist would have to commit another violation, such as careless driving, in order to be pulled over. Once stopped, a driver could receive two tickets, one for the infraction and one for texting.
The fine would be $30 for a first-time texting offense, $60 if it occurs again within five years, with more points added if the violation is in a school zone. Texting would be allowed in hands-off high-tech cars and when a car is stopped at a red light or in a traffic jam.
"Is this the bill the best bill in the world for texting and driving? No," said Rep. Irv Slosberg, D-Boca Raton, who voted for the bill Thursday. "However in the Florida Legislature it has to go slowly when it comes to road safety bills. This will take a bite out of the apple and next year hopefully we'll enhance this."
Holder said it's important to retrain attitudes toward texting while driving, the way attitudes changed toward seat belt use. "The most important part of this whole thing is to be able to empower parents and drivers' ed teachers to tell their students and children that texting while driving in Florida is illegal," he said.
Keyna Cory, a lobbyist for the National Solid Wastes Management Association who has organized a coalition of more 20 law enforcement, businesses and advocacy groups that support the legislation, said there is a "motivated group" backing the legislation, including representatives of the Florida Police Chiefs Association, AAA, AT&T and the Florida PTA.
Holder said there hasn't been enough data to document how many crashes have involved texting in Florida, but said he thinks making the practice illegal would "substantially decrease," the number. More than 100,000 crashes a year involve drivers who are texting, according to the National Safety Council.
"At the end of the day, this is a no-brainer type of bill," Holder said. "This is an issue that has no lobbyists behind it, no money behind it. The only people who would benefit from this are the people."