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Moonflower Market, 39 East 100 North, will exhibit the creative photography of Logan Hansen. Hansen's work is described as capturing the "dynamic interaction of rock, sky, and life in the Moab area."
The Edge Gallery at 137 North Main features fine art landscape photography by Bret Edge. Each photograph is presented as a canvas wrap or archival plaque mount.
This month, the Moab Arts and Recreation Center, 111 East 100 North, will show Alf "Steven" Randell's panoramic images of the Colorado Plateau.
Eklecticafe, 352 N. Main St., is proud to display the works of Castle Valley artist Trish Ogilvy, a sculpture artist who has enjoyed many years of expressing her comical and the bizarre ideas in clay.
The Framed Image, 59 E. Center St., celebrates its 10th anniversary with an exhibit from legendary expressionist painter, and canyon country mystic, John DePuy.
At The Overlook Gallery, 83 E. Center St., a working artist studio and gallery, James McKew and Tim J. Morse will be showing a large collection of landscapes recently painted outdoors, directly from nature, and several larger paintings created in the studio.
"Art on Rails" at The Museum of Moab, 118 E. Center St., fills the museum with an exhibit of train graffiti photography by Geré Drake.
For those who are unable to attend Saturday's art walk, most exhibits will be available for viewing throughout the month of September during regular hours at each of the venues, organizers said. For more information, visit moabartwalk.com.

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McKite wrote:Obviously everyone in the kiting community feels the whole thing is ridiculous. I've been to Real for lessons when I was first starting out and I have to say they did a top notch job. I have since recommended the school to others looking for the fastest, safest way to get into the sport. Their focus on marketing is understandable in a competitive business but has begun to come off too strong as of late.
That they choose to make a legal issue of terms as generic as 'water time" and "ground control" is disappointing. They have numerous other named lessons, e.g. Double down, Getting Lit, Holy Grail, etc.... that might justify trademark protection but what really is to be gained from that?
While I feel neither case has justifiable merit they are going after two very different companies. Kitty Hawk Kites operates in the same general area as Real and focuses on instruction as much as retail. The geographic proximity might give their case some legs.
Ocean Extreme Sports however operates 4 states away in Florida. Lessons seem to be minor part of their business as opposed to REAL. I think the issue with Ocean Extreme is that they are such an excellent retailer - they do a lot of business, will beat almost any price and in my opinion have better selection and cost than does REAL. I think that the lawsuit directed at Ocean Extreme is designed to be punitive for their expertise as a retailer and the competition they represent rather than anything to do with infringing on intellectual property regarding lessons.
REAL should think this through - it is bad blood for the kiting community. Though I still think they are great at teaching kiting it will be hard for me to recommend them after this. Is that really the sentiment they are after?
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Guatemala's Recent History
In January 2012, after 30 years of impunity, former Guatemalan general and dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was indicted by a Guatemalan court for crimes against humanity. Against all odds, he was charged with committing genocide in the 1980s against the country's poor Mayan people.
Back in 1982, a young first-time filmmaker, Pamela Yates, had used her seeming naïveté to gain unprecedented access to Ríos Montt, his generals and leftist guerrillas waging a clandestine war deep in the mountains. The resulting film, When the Mountains Tremble (released in 1983), revealed that the Guatemalan army was killing Mayan civilians. As Yates notes in her extraordinary follow-up, Granito: How to Nail a Dictator, Guatemala "never let me go." When the Mountains Tremble became central to her life again 30 years later, when a Spanish lawyer investigating the Ríos Montt regime asked Yates for her help. She believed her first film and its outtakes just might contain evidence that would allow charges of genocide to be brought under international law.
Granito spans 30 years and portrays seven protagonists in Guatemala, Spain and the United States as they attempt to bring justice to violence-plagued Guatemala. Among the twists of fate:
- A 22-year-old Mayan woman, Rigoberta Menchú, the storyteller in When the Mountains Tremble, goes on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 and then initiates the court case against Ríos Montt that eventually leads to the use of Yates' footage as evidence.
- A guerrilla commander, Gustavo Meoño, who authorized Yates' filming with the insurgents in 1982, becomes a key player in uncovering the mechanisms of disappearances and state terror.
- Naomi Roht-Arriaza, the young press liaison in Guatemala who helped arrange Yates' filming with the guerrillas in 1982, becomes one of the key international lawyers working on the genocide case.
- Fredy Peccerelli, the head of the Guatemalan forensic anthropology team assigned to unearth evidence of the vast killings, repeatedly viewed When the Mountains Tremble while growing up.
Granito is a film about a film and that film's remarkable afterlife for a filmmaker, a nation and, most dramatically, as evidence in a long struggle to give a dictator's victims their day in court. It is an inside, as-it-happens account of the way a new generation of human rights activists operates in a globalized, media-saturated world. Granito shows how multiple efforts -- the work of the Guatemalan and international lawyers, the testimony of survivors, a documentary film, the willingness of a Spanish judge to assert international jurisdiction -- each become a granito, a tiny grain of sand, adding up to tip the scales of justice.
Even after Ríos Montt was deposed and a tenuous democracy restored in Guatemala in 1986, he and the generals continued to enjoy wealth, status and freedom to participate in politics. In 1999, a United Nations-sponsored truth commission concluded that genocide had been committed by the government, and that same year Bill Clinton, then president of the United States, declared that U.S. support for military forces and intelligence units that engaged in violence and widespread repression was wrong. Even the Guatemalan generals, who claimed that overzealous field commanders were to blame, admitted that crimes had occurred.
Dedicated Guatemalan activists, victims and lawyers took great risks, working for years to bring cases of human rights violations committed during the civil war to justice in the national courts. But the justice system was weak and the cases languished, with little action beyond cursory investigations by prosecutors.
A new dimension emerged: the growing movement to assert international jurisdiction in cases of human rights abuses, the commitment of activists -- and the persistence of memory in film. In Yates' When the Mountains Tremble and its outtakes from 1982, Ríos Montt repeatedly guarantees that atrocities could not be taking place because he is in total command. Yet Yates' recorded footage of a military-conducted tour, which the army hoped would depict its successful war against guerrillas, appears instead to show the result of a mass murder of unarmed civilians.
Fast-forward to recent years, when lawyers and plaintiffs were seeking an international indictment in Spain, whose National Court has led the way in such cases. An international indictment comes into play only after local courts fail to act, and no one expected much from the Guatemalan judicial system. And then this past January -- one year after Granito's premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival -- Ríos Montt was indicted in Guatemala for genocide, in what can only be described as a stunning precedent for that country.
Photo caption: Guatemalan Army Soldiers at Finca La Perla, in the Ixil region, 1982. Many people displaced due to the scorched earth policies of the Guatemalan military, came here.
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In 1999, Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú filed a lawsuit in Spanish Supreme Court against six Guatemalan military leaders (including Efraín Ríos Montt) and two police officials linked to killings in Guatemala during that country's civil war.
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The i-MiEV Evolution will use the same motor, battery and major components as the production car but it will be fitted in a tube-frame chassis with a carbon fiber body to reduce weight and improve aerodynamics.
Comprising a single motor driving the front, and two motors driving the rear wheels, the car's four-wheel-drive system should provides good traction and handling.
The i-MiEV Evolution will be driven by Hiroshi Masuoka who will also serve as the team manager. He works in Mitsubishi's Product Strategy Office but was the first Japanese driver to post consecutive victories in the Dakar Rally. He started running in the Dakar back in 1987 and won 2002 and '03.
"Given the tough driving conditions that Pikes Peak is known for, I'm really keen to show people that electric vehicles are capable of gutsy performance and excellent handling in addition to their superior environmental performance."
Meanwhie, the production Mitsubishi i will more closely resemble the road car but it has been modified with a more aerodynamic front bumper, while a rollcage and other safety equipment has been fitted.
This car will be driven by Beccy Gordon, a winner in the Score International Off-Road Racing Series and member of the famous Gordon racing family. "I'm really happy to be able to drive the Mitsubishi i in the Pikes Peak race and am looking forward to giving it my best in an electric car, the type of vehicle that is set to become a major player in motor sports in future."
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Friday, October 31, 2008
My Incredible Angels
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- Jodee Leader said...
Cute Halloween pictures! It looks like you had an "incredible" time!
- November 14, 2008 at 5:24 AM
- this blessed nest said...
just darling, sebi.
i love them all. i can obviously relate to that bennett being all boy and all. i think graham & he would get along splendidly. but i can't wait for my madi to wear pink fluff. too cute.
- November 14, 2008 at 5:30 AM
- Amanda said...
just precious! thanks for sharing. i sent you an email, FYI. have a blessed day!
- November 14, 2008 at 7:33 AM
- Monica @ Writer Chic said...
LOVE that last picture.
- November 14, 2008 at 8:07 AM
- Lauren said...
What cute pictures of the children! I like how you call it "treating." I need to file that away in my list of things I want to say/do when I am a parent.
I hope you have a nice weekend!
- November 14, 2008 at 8:39 AM
- Preppy 101 said...
Makes my day to see the pictures of your precious children!!! Soooooo sweet!
- November 14, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- Preppy Pearl Girl said...
Oh my goodness, you and your family are precious! Love the Halloween Costumes! It looks like y'all had fun!
- November 14, 2008 at 12:41 PM
- LeighAnne said...
All of your angels are precious. :) Sweet pictures. Thanks for sharing.
- November 14, 2008 at 1:57 PM
What lovely pictures of the cherubs! Precious just precious! xo!
- November 14, 2008 at 7:56 PM
- Christy said...
Your children look so sweet! I have to say the last picture is my favorite. Little babies in their costumes are just too precious!!!
Have a wonderful weekend!
- November 14, 2008 at 9:13 PM
- Mary Ann said...
You sure have some cute little trick or treaters!
- November 15, 2008 at 9:10 AM
- The 5 Bickies said...
Oh, they are so cute!
- November 16, 2008 at 3:54 PM
- Amy said...
I do so love your blog. It is everything I'm not..but wish I could be! You are a wonderful inspiration to many!
- November 17, 2008 at 11:33 AM
- Jo said...
I've stopped in a few times. You have a lovely family. Your words are so peaceful and pure. Such a warm welcome in a hectic world.
- November 18, 2008 at 7:40 PM
- ms. mindless said...
what cute costumes! the pink halo headband is adorable!
- November 18, 2008 at 7:44 PM
- Sandy Toes said...
So cute! I love love that picture on your header..what a beautiful family!
-sandy toes
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The Bisons, the 2008 Atlantic Sun Tournament Champion, open the season Friday afternoon at 3 at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Last season the Bisons played the Yellow Jackets in the second round of the NCAA Regional in Athens, Ga. The Bisons lost 6-3 in a game that was not decided until the final out.
This time around the Yellow Jackets are ranked 13th in the nation. Friday afternoon the Bisons will send junior left-hander Rex Brothers to the mound. Brothers has been named to the A-Sun Preseason All-Conference Team as a starting pitcher.
Saturday afternoon at 1 senior right-hander Brandon McClurg will start. McClurg has also been named to the A-Sun Preseason All-Conference Team as a starting pitcher.
Sunday afternoon at 1 right-hander Josh Smith, a redshirt junior, will get the starting nod.
"I look at Rex and Brandon and the biggest thing you can't practice and can't teach is experience," said Bisons coach Jeff Forehand. "Rex started as a freshman and has two full seasons as a starter under his belt. He has been in some big situations. He is obviously going to be our No.1 guy.
"Brandon is a great No.2. We feel pretty confident with that one-two punch. They don't have to go out every weekend and win for us, but they can go out and give you an opportunity every weekend by giving you good starts."
The fact that Brothers is a left-hander is a plus. But he is a hard thrower who has been attracting attention from a number of Major League scouts.
"Rex is a hard thrower, but he has really improved his breaking pitch," said Forehand. "There are not a lot of left-handers who can do what he does.
"He is a strikeout pitcher. But he gets himself caught up with wanting to do that with every at bat. He sometimes gets himself into high pitch counts where we have to remove him from a game before he gets into the late innings. We want to be able to keep him in games longer."
McClurg also throws a lot of strikes, but he is not a power pitcher like Brothers.
"Brandon is not going to throw with a lot of velocity, but you don't see the same pitch over and over again," said Forehand.
Most baseball teams count on their pitching to carry them. The Bisons have lost a great deal of their offensive punch from last season, making strong pitching even more important.
"All you hope every game is that you have a chance to win at the end," said Forehand. "For us to have those two guys at the top helps us a great deal."
Smith is set to fill the No. 3 spot in the rotation.
"Josh had a great season last year," said Forehand. "He finished really strong. I'm very satisfied he can be our No. 3 guy.
"Josh has got an upper-80s fastball, but he also has as good a curve ball as any pitcher in college baseball. His changeup is improving."
Also in the starting mix is senior Charles Williams. He has been more of a reliever in his previous three years with the team, but he is going to open the season as a starter.
"Josh swings the bat pretty good," said Forehand. "If we have to mix things up and use Josh on the offensive side then Charles could fall into that role as the third starter.
"Charles is a competitor. He has a hard fastball. He throws a lot of strikes. With the fourth starter you are talking about pitching against Vanderbilt and Fresno State. You want those fourth and fifth starters to be prepared for tournament time."
Forehand wants his pitchers to think strikeouts, but he also wants them to think about concentrating more on being contact pitchers.
"We hope it will be soft contact," said Forehand.
With a schedule without many days off Forehand doesn't want to dip deep into his bullpen very often.
Junior right-hander Matt Bowling will be a swing man on the staff.
"Matt can be a starter or a reliever," said Forehand. "He bounces back really quickly. He has a 90 miles per hour fastball. He is developing a pretty good slider.
"We hope we can use him in the middle of games on the weekends. And we can also possibly use him as a fifth starter. This will be a big year for him."
Redshirt junior right-hander Jerry Young and senior left-hander Jordan Baron will also get some opportunities to pitch.
"Jordan is a little unconventional from the left side," said Forehand. "He gives you a lot of different looks and a lot of different arm angles. He tries to keep hitters off balance.
"Jerry is a big, hard thrower. Jordan throws a lot of strikes and will force contact. Jerry has not typically thrown a lot of strikes. But Jerry could be our next draft pick if he gets it together. He has all the tools. He has the size and the body and two or three very good pitches."
Three freshmen, Martin Grude, Josh Cotham and Davey Hackett, all right-handers, will also get a shot out of the bullpen. Any of the three could also emerge as a fifth starter.
"They have had a lot of success in high school," said Forehand. "Their first opportunities will be against Georgia Tech or Auburn."
Right-handed senior Kyle Tognazzini had a strong season. He will get the call in the late innings to protect leads.
"He is a battler," said Forehand. "He hits a lot of spots with a lot of different pitches from a very difficult arm angle. I'm looking forward to see what his year is going to look like."


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Avian flu an expensive long-term emergency
More than $300 million required to fund FAO's activities to control the disease
19 May 2006, Rome -- The current avian flu crisis is not only an immediate, short-term problem, it is likely to be a continuing emergency that will last several years, says Joseph Domenech, FAO's Chief Veterinary Officer.
The prospect of a human pandemic aside, the damage the disease will cause to bird populations, and domestic poultry in particular, is tremendous, he warns. The knock-on effect on the poultry sector is enormous and it could deal a significant blow to local, national and regional economies.
At the local level, smallholder families dependent on chickens and other poultry for sustenance or livelihood face the prospect of losing their animals through death caused by disease or culling to prevent the disease spreading. In many countries, fear of infection is leading consumers to shy away from poultry, throwing the multimillion dollar industry into crisis.
FAO is concerned that international interest is focused almost exclusively on the possibility of avian flu hitting human populations to the neglect of its potentially devastating impact on poultry and other animals. This, argues Domenech, fails to recognize that the best way to protect people is to control and try to eradicate the disease in animals.
FAO is stressing that the international fight against avian flu must start with increased surveillance and monitoring of poultry and other animals, followed by rapid reporting of any outbreaks to the competent authorities and strict measures to limit the spread of the disease through the culling and secure disposal of sick animals and the control of movements of animals and products.
It is also urging farmers and traders, and all others who come into close contact with poultry, to be particularly careful about ensuring basic hygienic standards and to tighten up biosecurity on the farm. The movement of poultry to and from markets, and people involved in poultry production and marketing, are the main spreaders of the disease to previously unaffected areas.
The rapid spread of the disease means that FAO now needs $308 million for its contribution to the global programme for the progressive control of avian influenza over the next three years – more than twice the sum required a few months ago. To date, FAO has only received $71 million.
Of that total, the organization has spent over $20 million supplying goods and services to 87 countries: almost $10 million in laboratory and veterinary supplies and equipment; more than $6 million in human resources, including veterinarians and other experts; almost $1.5 million for training in laboratory, epidemiology and wildlife activities; over $500 000 for diagnostic reference and training, and epidemiological studies in the field; and $2 million for general operating expenses.
FAO and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are organizing an international scientific conference on avian influenza and wild birds from 30 to 31 May in Rome to try to understand better the role of wild birds in the transmission of avian flu.
As the lead UN agency on combating avian influenza in animals, FAO will participate in a high-level avian influenza conference in Vienna from 6 to 7 June. The meeting, called by the EU presidency (Austria), the US government, the World Bank and the government of China, will bring together donors, health and agriculture ministers and other officials in affected countries, as well as international veterinary and public health experts, to follow up on the pledges and commitments made in January at a donors conference in Beijing in support of international action against avian influenza. The case of Africa will be high on the meeting's agenda.
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No. 2 UConn women's game day: Monday at Oregon
No. 2 UConn women at Oregon
WHEN: Today, 3 p.m.
WHERE: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene , Oregon (12,369)
RECORDS: UConn 11-0, Oregon 2-9
ON THE AIR: Pac-12 Network (Krista Blunk and Mary Murphy); WTIC-AM 1080 (Bob Joyce and Debbie Fiske)
UP NEXT: Saturday vs. No. 5 Notre Dame at Gampel Pavilion, 4 p.m. (CBS)
Bria Hartley, G, 5-7 Jr.: 15.3p, 4.7r, 4.3a, 3.7s last three games
Kelly Faris, G, 5-11 Sr.: 14.0p, 3.5r, 2.0a, 2.5s last two games
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, F, 6-0 Soph.: 19.8p, 5.8r, 2.3a, 2.0s last four games
Stefanie Dolson, C, 6-5 Jr.: 10.0p, 9.5r, 3.0a last two games
Caroline Doty, G, 5-10 Sr.: 3.0p (6-of-21 3-pointers), 1.8a last two games
Breanna Stewart, G, 6-4 Fr.: 16.0p, 8.3r last four games
Morgan Tuck, F, 6-2 Fr.: Played 3 minutes at Stanford in her return (right knee bone bruise)
Moriah Jefferson, G, 5-7 Fr.: Played 7 minutes last two games battling illness
Brianna Banks, G, 5-9 Soph.: 3.0p on 2-of-8 FG last two games
Kiah Stokes, C, 6-3 Soph.: Expected to miss fourth straight game (stress reaction right shin)
Jillian Alleyne , F, 6-3 Fr.: 16.6p, 14.2r last five games
Danielle Love, F, 6-2 Jr.: 11.0p, 5.0r last two games
Megan Carpenter, C, 6-4 Soph.: 9.5p, 8.8r last six games
Jordan Loera, G, 5-9 Soph.: 11.0p, 5.8r, 2.5a last four games
Ariel Thomas, G, 5-6 Jr.: 11.4p, 5.0r last five games
Devyn Galland, G, 5-8 Fr.: 3.0p, 9.3r last four games
RISING: The Huskies are expected to move to No. 1 in The Associated Press national poll today for the first time since the end of the 2010-11 season.
PHILLY CONNECTION: Not only did UConn coach Geno Auriemma grow up in the Philadelphia area, but so did Oregon coach Paul Westhead. Westhead, who coached the Lakers from 1979-81 and the Loyola Marymount men's basketball team from 1985-90, is in his third season with the Ducks.
TOP DUCK: Not only does Alleyne lead the team in scoring (15.3) and rebounding (14.5), but she is also ranked No. 1 in Division I in rebounding.


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Archive for December, 2012
Children Burned Beyond Recognition – If Humanity Was Humane What Would We Do?
Posted by Kelly P in Uncategorized on December 2, 2012
About a week ago I was listening to a news report on the radio which was covering the events taking place in Gaza while drone attacks were being carried out, when something really struck me. The correspondent who was at a hospital in Gaza was asked to describe what he was seeing, and he reported that there were lots and lots of children coming in with severe injuries. He said weapons were being used that burned the victims to a point beyond recognition. He said pieces of body and brains were being picked up from around the area.
At this moment, I noticed just how odd it is, that I'm driving along in my car listening to these events taking place, and for me nothing changes. And I know, there is nothing I can practically physically do in this moment to stop this from happening or really do anything about it directly. There's no team of people set up to go and immediately deal with such a situation. And it really struck me – why not? Somewhere people's brains are being smashed out of their heads and people are actually picking up the pieces of others' brains. Children are being burned beyond recognition. I mean, this is so obviously fucked-up, no one would disagree with that, that this sort of thing falls within the realm of utter insanity that beings would do this unto themselves, and allow this to take place. It's common sense that even a child can see, that this sort of thing just shouldn't be taking place, and shouldn't be allowed to take place.
It was really so bizarre to have access to this information of what is going on in the world, to be able to hear about it, and, well, that's it. Why is it that when this kind of thing happens it doesn't go more like:
News person: Hey John, can you tell me what's happening where you are?
Field correspondent: Sure, I'm at a hospital in Gaza and people are picking up pieces of brains. And lots of children are being burned beyond recognition.
News person: Oh Shit! Children being burned and people's brains being blown out?? That's totally fucked-up! We'll be right over to take care of that.
And then the situation is put to an end, because we humans realize the obvious common sense that this sort of thing should not be taking place.
We have every capability to do this. The United States has, basically since Industrialization, gone to other countries, invaded them and taken out their leaders and installed their own chosen leaders. The only problem was the leaders they took out were those that actually would have and were helping the people of that country, and instead put in leaders that would take advantage of the people of their country, so that the U.S. could buy their resources and use their laborers for very cheap, in total disregard of the people's well-being, and all for the sake of making the maximum profits, while selling the story back home of how we're 'spreading democracy in the world' and 'ending atrocities', when the reality couldn't be farther from the truth – the deliberate abuse of human life all over the world.
For the details of these crimes against humanity, watch the three-part documentary series The Power Principle:
The Power Principle
This is must-watch series to get a clue on what has been done in the world, to see why it is that so much suffering exists, when obviously there's no good reason it should.
It really is as simple as changing our starting point from allowing this abuse to take place and accepting it as 'the way it is' to no longer accepting and allowing abuse to continue because we realize in common sense that it shouldn't be happening.
We've created such a mess for ourselves by allowing those who seek profit at the expense of life to do so. Instead of developing effective relationships with one another to work together in cooperation in making this world the best it can be for all life, we've cultivated enemies instead, by committing unprovoked harm to others. And those enemies which we created are then used to justify further attacks and invasions. It's easy to see that this violence won't ever end, as it's a never-ending cycle being perpetrated by continuously ensuring we have enemies that we've got to 'protect ourselves against', because with war comes big profits for those who have war-related businesses. Thus, we've got to stop using 'enemies' as an excuse to simply keep creating more 'enemies' by harming more people. The only way to stop wars is to actually stop wars. There are enough resources for all, especially if we stop squandering them within the current consumerist profit-driven system which uses up the earth's available resources at a rate which is going to lead to our destruction if not corrected in time.
It's time for those who see the common sense that these kind of things shouldn't be happening, to stand up and say what we all know but aren't acting on – that this is unacceptable and must stop. We should not be living in a world where children are being burned beyond recognition, or where thousands of children starve to death daily, or where people are allowed to go homeless, without clean water, education or proper healthcare. If you agree that this is unacceptable, support the Equal Money System as the new economic system that will support ourselves as humanity to be able to correct and clean up these problems by ending the wage-slavery of capitalism, so that instead of being busy slaving for someone else's profit, we can work together for the benefit for each and every one individually and all of life as a whole.
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(I am experimenting with cardboard boxes, tub of water inside, clingfilmed up, no mould yet (six months) -- definitely worth the risk, even if there's only a 20% chance the stuff will be drinkable in the future.)
Might make me jealous but still enjoy reading about people's experiences....
1. Do temperature control and humidity control of your tea storage room. You should treat your own rooom no less than this anyway as very dry air could be harmful to health and skin
2. Put $10 each month in some investment in the next 20 years, as your future tea fund
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Behind an Institute-record 27 aces and a team hitting percentage of .458, the MIT men's volleyball team defeated upstart Southern Vermont College, 30-6, 30-10, 30-6, on Tuesday. With the win, the Engineers' record improved to 21-8 overall and 13-3 in the confines of Rockwell Cage. The Mountaineers' ledger moved to 1-6 in its inaugural season.
Ryan Dean closed the match with a 13-point serving run that included all seven of his service aces. He also shared setting duties with Jordan Wan, totaling 14 assists while Wan distributed 25. Praveen Pamidimukkala posted a hitting percentage of .833, tallying 15 kills on 18 error-free swings, and six aces. Randolph Li notched a career-high seven kills and two assisted blocks as Scott Pollom recorded six kills. Michelangelo Raimondi contributed five aces to Tech's record-breaking performance.
Nadir Raja had a solid showing for the Mountaineers as he finished with six blocks, one kill, and one ace. Brandon Dean added a kill and an ace while Luis Gonzalez recorded an assist. Brendan Benway paced Southern Vermont's defense with four digs.
The next match for MIT will be on Thursday, March 23 at 7:00 p.m. when it travels to Lesley University.


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REAL NAME: Kenneth V. Ackles
BORN: July 13, 1916 in Springhill, Nova Scotia
5' 10", 180 pounds
DIED: November 5, 1986 in Houston, Texas
AKA: Ken Ackles, "El Vaquero" (The Cowboy) in Spain
Though he was originally from Springhill, Nova Scotia, it is impossible to talk about Kenny Ackles, who was a successful junior heavyweight from the 1930s to the 1950s, without also talking about Hollywood.
Not only was he billed from La-la Land for years, but he also appeared in numerous films and TV shows.
And, given the propensity for exaggeration in Hollywood, it is no surprise that sorting through the facts and ballyhoo for Ackles isn't an easy task.
First off are the easy facts:
In a June 1951 article in Wrestling magazine, Ackles was quoted, talking about his youth.
"It is hard to believe that I only weighed a little over a hundred pounds," said Ackles. "That I have more than doubled my weight and quadrupled my strength since my fourteenth birthday." (But that same article claims he was born and raised in Boston, and was a logger in Maine.)
Like many Maritimers, Ackles' first break came working in Boston. His claim to have started as a pro wrestler in 1938 is about right, though another article from 1958 says he turned pro at age 16 (1932 or so), and later attended Los Angeles City College, where he wrestled as well.
In the ring, he was known for his airplane spin, the abdominal stretch ("been barred in many states"), arm drags and go-behind combinations. Boxing was a hobby.
Ackles had long runs in some of the tradition territories that used a lot of junior heavyweights like Los Angeles, Oklahoma, Houston, Columbus and Boston.
"Blonde, good-looking, and extremely supple ... almost to the point of being double-jointed," was how wrestling historian J Michael Kenyon recalled Ackles. "He worked in the old, upright manner, almost slowly transitioning from move to move, as though he were demonstrating holds to the audience."
An April 1958 Boxing & Wrestling article, focusing on wrestlers turned actors, reported that Ackles had "great speed and stamina and a repertoire of holds which baffled his opponents. All this mixed with abnormal strength for a man his size."
"I was a hypno-cologist. I used to hypnotize wrestlers sometimes," said Lanza. "I hypnotized one wrestler, Kenny Ackles, one day. The next thing I know I'm in Ottawa. He doesn't know. I got in to the ring. Once I got into the ring, I pin him, the match was over. He goes back to the dressing room. I put him under all those suggestions. And he's still waiting for his match! 'Your match is over!' I used to do that sometimes."
Maybe Lanza's theatrics inspired Ackles into acting.
As the storyline goes, Ackles was invited to do stunt work, and that developed into bit roles in many movies. He would bounce between the two professions for years.
"Ackles has been in the movies and is handsome enough to continue but he loves the aroma of the ring rather than the kleig lights and has forsaken the 'glimness.' He also says he can make more money in the arena as he is booked solid for the near future," reported the Portsmouth (Ohio) Times in April 1947. "The Boston lad belies his looks as a glamour boy because he is one of the strongest men in wrestling as well as being a ladies' man. Once he gets in the ring he is not afraid of getting mussed up but he goes about his work in a clean and scientific manner. He leaves the rough stuff to the other boys and works cleverly and speedily with his foes and is known as a stylish grappler."
Ackles appeared in bit parts in numerous big flicks, such as Mr. Roberts, Broadway, Wish You Were Here, Guys and Dolls, Picnic, Li'l Abner and more. Later in his career, he was in 1974's Death Wish and Night of the Juggler in 1980.
"His fine bearing and good looks have gained him many a movie part and he even played in summer stock, appearing in the play My Sister Eileen at the Pasadena Playhouse. Critics unanimously opined that he had a stage and film future," promoted the June 1951 article in Wrestling.
He wasn't scared to expand his skill set either. A 1956 article said that "wrestlers Kenny Ackles and Gene DuBuque will study ballet at the June Taylor school."
The acting also helped in other ways too, and Ackles apparently spent time as a personal trainer to stars such as Montgomery Clift and Mario Lanza.
Aside from the later film credits, little is known about Ackles' later years. He died November 5, 1986 in Houston, Texas from a stroke.


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How many hours do you have to work so that your employer has to offer you health insurance? When will that employer mandate go into effect?
Looking Ahead
Dear Looking Ahead,
Starting January 1, 2014, if you work 30 hours a week or more and your employer has at least 50 full-time workers, then they are required to offer you a health plan or pay a penalty. (That's the short story without the nitty gritty of how to count people or work hours.) If your income is less than 400 percent of Federal Poverty, then the law also sets the maximum that you can be asked to pay to join the plan. On top of that, the plan offered has to meet standards set by the law.
January 1, 2014 is also the date that you have to have health insurance, whether you get health insurance from your employer or on your own. There are a few exceptions – religious objections (and you can't make up your own religion), American Indians, undocumented immigrants, people in jail, and people who would have to spend eight percent of their income on the lowest cost plan. You can also go for three months without coverage and not pay a penalty. Other than that, if you are a U.S. citizen or legal resident, plan on getting a plan or paying a penalty.


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Tribal Libraries have an unique opportunity to develop special collections relating to their own tribe. There may be nationally known research library collections with vast amounts of information on your tribe, but serious researchers will contact the tribal governments of today for new information or confirm information found in other institutions.
As tribal libraries become established and trusted in their communities, they will very likely receive gifts and donations of various print material, photographs and other artifacts. The library policy should allow for such situations and provide a system to accept these gifts or deny them.
The following are examples of special collections:
The vertical file is a collection of materials that is topical in nature and does not lend itself to cataloging and inclusion in the permanent collection. This collection is usually one of the least expensive to maintain in terms of purchasing material but can consume many hours of staff time. The vertical file is the most individualized collection a tribal library can develop. It is also one of the collections that the community can contribute to without expense. Whenever you see items of interest such as maps, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, etc. you should include them in the vertical file. Perhaps a complete issue of a magazine you don't normally carry that is devoted to Native Americans or your own tribe is found or donated to the library, becoming a part of the vertical file.
The vertical file requires a filing cabinet or its equivalent, file folders, and someone to maintain the file. A lateral file cabinet that is adjustable for both letter size and legal size folders is best. Material in this collection should be reviewed often, a great deal of this material will be updated and/or replaced by book material.
Management: In organizing the collection, the first rule is to appoint responsibility for subject heading assignment to one person if possible. This is not a job which can be doled out to any staff member or volunteer who happens to have a few minutes to spend. In order to establish an integrated network of subject headings, this must be one person who has an overall view of the system and can provide for the intermeshing of its many parts. Of course, this does not mean this is a one-person job. Input from other staff members who use the file on a day-to-day basis is encouraged. Good subject headings are essential to locate appropriate information in your vertical file. Headings should be specific, simple and direct. Don't try to be elegant or scholarly. "House plans" will mean more to the general public than "Architecture, Domestic." Headings should go from general to specific hierarchy, emphasizing key words and bringing affiliated subjects together.
An index to the subject headings employed in the vertical file is essential. It assists the seeker, whether it is the librarian or the general public, in retrieving material. It is up to the library as to how detailed the index that handles cross references should be. This is another essential element needed in order to retrieve information.
Development of a vertical file is a good way to involve the tribal community, including tribal members out of the state. Staff and volunteers (and interested community members) can scan magazines and newspapers to pick up interesting articles. Volunteers and staff will need simple instructions on how to identify the source of newspaper and magazine clippings. Any news articles in the local papers regarding your individual tribe should be included. This type of collection would provide information on contemporary issues and trends in tribal government and the tribal community.
Clippings: Newspaper and magazine articles can be a source of current information on significant issues such as sovereignty, taxation, gaming, motor vehicle registration, government to government relations, etc. A clipping is not valuable to your collection if the source of the article is not indicated. Notation of the title of the newspaper and date (including day and year) is essential. Magazine notation should include the title of the magazine, date, and volume and issue. Mounting newspaper clippings does cost money, but it is felt that the investment is more than justified because it puts needed information into a format that will protect the material and make it easy to use. There are several methods for mounting clippings discussed in Miller's The Vertical File and Its Satellites. Some libraries feel that preserving the information in the article is more important than preserving the original article itself, so they have made photocopies of many articles in accordance with copyright laws. Multiple pages of newspaper and magazine articles also need to be handled and stored as one unit.
Maps: Maps of both past or present Indian populations and reservations, tribal removals, allotment maps, or current jurisdictional maps can be part of this collection. Map resources may include magazines (National Geographic), commercial map producers, or from government offices, both state and federal (Bureau of Indian Affairs, etc.)
Pamphlets: Write to local and state historical societies and museums and request brochures and other print material on their collections. There are many government publications that are free. Many members of Congress, senators, county extension agents, or health officers will gladly include your library on their regular mailing list for government publications.
Oral history collections are becoming more common in tribal libraries. Oral history is especially effective in Native American communities because, traditionally tribal history, culture, and traditions have been transmitted by word of mouth rather than in written form.
As with all successful projects, careful planning is needed before the first interview is conducted. Some suggestions are offered:
1. Often collections focus on a specific topic in addition to general recollections of the elderly people in the community before their memories are lost to us. Have interviewees relate events in their own life experiences such as school days, military experience, or special skills, cultural or non-cultural. The focus might be on a historic event affecting many people, such as reorganization of tribal government.
2. Careful training for interviewers should be included in the first planning activities. This is particularly true for most tribal libraries, since interviewers may have little or no experience in interviewing. Training should include becoming at ease setting up and using recording equipment and listening to other tapes of experienced interviewers. After learning techniques for stimulating people to talk and for directing interviews along selected topics, interviewers may wish to practice with each other and evaluate their own skills. It would also be helpful to seek critical evaluation form an experienced oral historian.
3. The interviewer should have the respect and trust of his or her subject. One way to accomplish this is to thoroughly explain the purpose and scope of the oral history project and the place the individual will have in the success of the project. Because many of those being interviewed may be elderly, patience in explaining the project is important.
4. Homework is another key to a successful interview. The interviewer should gather background information on the interview subject. This will assist the interviewer in formulating questions for the interview itself. The location in which the interview will occur can determine the quality of the interview. A quiet, comfortable setting is desirable. It is also advisable, when possible, to have only the subject present when conducting the interview.
5. A written release statement must be signed by each person interviewed indicating their understanding of the project and their donation of the rights to the interview to the project.
Libraries are concerned with photographs as a medium that stores information. Aside from the possible value of a photograph as an original historical artifact or a work of art, photographs contain important information that may not be found in any other source.
Preservation: Because of their fragility and sensitivity to light, original photographs should never be exhibited or even frequently used. Most large photographic collections rely on duplication of the original as their primary method of preservation. High quality modern copy films in combination with archival processing and storage can ensure preservation of the image and its information. Of course the historical value of the original must be weighed against the expense of duplication. Whether a tribal library chooses to duplicate original photographs immediately or a few at a time as the budget will allow, storage is the same for negatives, original or duplicates.


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Form is inevitable in the visual arts. It is the language with which we, as artists, give voice to our ideas. Poetry and politics frames competing issues – at least for this artist. Poetry is something mysterious, that ultimately goes beyond words or forms to an un-nameable. Politics is the art of engaging in discourse and persuasion. This blog and the work within reveals a struggle.


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A home away from home at Bethel Day Spa
BETHEL -- Amisha Dave's dream became a reality about a year ago when the local entrepreneur opened the Bethel Day Spa while putting a new twist on home-based businesses.
Dave spent more than a decade working part time in the industry, choosing to spend most of her time caring for her young children. But when the youngest became a teenager last year, she decided it was her turn.
"When my kids were young, I wanted to focus on being mommy, I didn't want to miss out on that," Dave said. "We had to cut a lot of corners to make it happen. But it was definitely worth it. But now that the kids are getting older, I could focus on running my own spa."
Dave and her husband transformed a portion of their Bethel home into the spa -- a place where the businesswoman said she hopes her clients will find a relaxing environment and moments of quiet solitude.
"People are so busy today that it's almost impossible for people to relax in their own homes," said Dave, who moved to Bethel about two years ago after purchasing a home near Cod Fish Hill. "I want the spa to be my clients' home away from home. This is the place where they can come to relax."
Unlike other spas, where clients can be stacked up waiting for their turn, Dave schedules appointments for only one client at a time.
"When our clients come through the door, I want them to feel as though this is their spa without any distractions," she said, "there aren't any hair dryers going in the background, no phones ringing off the hook. We want people to have a personal and private experience."
When Dave opened the business about a year ago, she didn't have any clients. But through word of mouth and local advertising efforts, she has been able to amass a client base of more than 100 clients, nearly half of whom come into the spa on a regular basis.
Services that are offered include manicures, pedicures, facials, microdermabrasion and waxing.
"When I come into the spa, I never feel rushed," said Charlene Schosser, a New Fairfield resident who quickly became a regular after checking out the spa last fall. "Amisha really focuses on her clients and does and excellent job."
Schosser, a small businesswoman herself, said she's been to many spas through the years, but the Bethel Day Spa provides the most value.
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December 20, 2012
Seventeen students from Mead ES participated in the Kids Rock Run at Brackenridge Park, thanks to scholarship funds received by PE teacher Tammy Pryce.
The second graders ran one mile, and then were treated to a trip to the San Antonio Zoo.
Pictured with the students are (l-r, back row) Pryce and second grade teacher Elizabeth Echeverria; (middle row) Principal Annette Lopez; and (front row) second grade teacher Debra Grusenmeyer, and Reading Specialist Connie Garza.


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Laneys on hand to break ground for activities center
PLAINVIEW – Backdropped by waving Wayland Baptist University flags, employees, community leaders and friends gathered Monday for the official groundbreaking of the Pete and Nelda Laney Student Activities Center, held on the lot where the center will soon stand, just east of Hutcherson Center.
The brief ceremony was opened with a welcome from Betty Donaldson, vice president for institutional advancement and invocation by Dr. Vernon Stokes, chairman of Wayland's Board of Trustees. Dr. Paul Armes, university president, then spoke briefly about the activities center and announced the presentation of a $70,000 check from the James and Eva Mayer Foundation as the final installment of their $300,000 pledge to the project.
Armes explained that the Mayer Foundation trustees – David Wilder, Paul Lyle and Gene Owen – had included a letter saying they were waiving the initial stipulation that the foundation grant be matched by grants from other entities in order to be received. Armes also said the student lounge in the facility will be named for the Mayers in recognition of the gift.
The Laneys were on hand, along with several family members, to help turn the dirt for the project named in their honor.
"We are deeply honored that Wayland has chosen to name this facility for us," Pete Laney said. "This is more of an honor to us because it comes from a university that Nelda and I have respected and admired for some time."
Laney spoke about the project's importance in relation to student life and recreation and encouraged the community's support.
"Our community benefits from a thriving and growing university," he said. "We need to continue to support this university. Education is not only for the students but it's the best economic development project in the state."
Doing the honors in the actual breaking of ground were the Laneys, Dr. Armes, Dr. Stokes, Dr. Claude Lusk, vice president for enrollment management, and Zach Crook, president of Wayland's Student Government Association. Emmitt Tipton, dean of students, closed with a benedictory prayer. A reception was held in the Mabee Learning Resources Center atrium following the ceremony.
Construction on the 50,000 square foot facility is set to begin immediately, with completion expected in 9-12 months. The activities center will feature a double gymnasium, weight room and aerobics area, classrooms, a student lounge and a climbing wall.


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Federal regulators on Monday announced investigations into possible violations of the law by mortgage lenders and brokers suspected of false or deceptive advertising.
The Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday that they'd opened 19 investigations after a joint "sweep" of more than 800 ads. They also issued 32 warning letters to lenders and brokers.
"Misrepresentations in advertising for mortgage products pose a significant risk of harm to consumers because they can confuse and mislead consumers when they are making one of the biggest financial transactions of their lives," said Kent Markus, the consumer bureau's assistant director of enforcement. "Those problems can be particularly significant for veterans and older Americans."
Regulators reviewed mortgage ads in newspapers, direct mail and on the Internet – including on Facebook – for violations of the "2011 Mortgage Acts and Practices – Advertising Rule," which prohibits unfair or misleading advertising for any mortgage credit product, from costs and payments to interest rates and fees. Advertisers that violate the rule could face fines.
"Mortgage advertisers are on notice that they have to comply with the law," said Thomas Pahl, an assistant director in the FTC's division of financial practices.
The agencies did not release the names of the companies that received letters or that are under investigation.
Some of the ads boasted official-looking seals, logos or abbreviations that made it look as if they were affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Federal Housing Administration or the Department of Housing and Urban Development, regulators said.
Other ads offered "fixed" low rates without disclosing the true terms of the loans, or contained mock checks that misled consumers into thinking they'd been preapproved to receive specific amounts of money if they refinanced their homes or took out reverse mortgages, regulators said.
Reverse mortgages allow homeowners who are 62 or older to receive money from lenders by borrowing against the equity in their homes. They're popular with older or retired homeowners because the arrangement allows them to stay in their homes and receive monthly payments or lump sums. The loans must be paid off if the homeowners move, sell the homes or die.
Regulators said some ads for reverse mortgages wrongly implied that homeowners wouldn't have to make any payments. Such loans typically require homeowners to continue regular tax and insurance payments, or risk default.
Consumer advocates welcomed regulators' actions Monday.
"It's good news that they are watching and looking into things and hopefully stopping them before they become endemic, especially because so often these kinds of predatory products are targeted at military personnel and the elderly," said Kathleen Day, a spokeswoman for the Center for Responsible Lending, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Durham, N.C.
"Often they're on a fixed income or don't have a lot of discretionary spending, and may be more vulnerable to a come-on that promises an easy answer," Day said.
Misleading advertising has been a problem in the mortgage industry for decades, said Don Frommeyer, the president of NAMB – the Association of Mortgage Professionals, a trade association headquartered in Plano, Texas.
"They need to clean it up, because there's too much confusion," Frommeyer said. "When all is said and done, it should get back to a mortgage loan is a mortgage loan is a mortgage loan, and everybody should be licensed and have to follow the same rules."
The investigations and warning letters will be "a good eye-opener for the consumer," he said.
"If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is," he said. "You just need people to start looking at these things with a grain of salt."


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Unlike 99% of all non-clerical Jews, I read the Torah (first 5 books of the Bibole, sacred to Jews) in its most authoritative translation.
The first thing to note, once you get past the notions that God or Moses wrote it, is that research into the text shows that it is the product of four authors, whose documents were edited together. This "documentary hypothesis" is as well-established as evolution, but many religious believers reject it. But that's why there are so many duplications -- sloppy editing. Deuteronomy was probably the work of one person.
Second, it's really primitive. Jews who make this document the center of their lives are fixated on the distant past. Successive waves of liberal Judaism have attempted to spin or whitewash the Torah, but it remains a document where women have no rights, slavery is acceptable, God urges the Israelites to commit ethnic cleansing, and much more gruesome stuff.
Third, NONE of it happened! The story -- exodus, Sinai, promised land -- is central to Judaism, but there's no evidence for any of it. There is no record of the Jews in Egypt, as slaves or in any other capaciity.
Atheists should know what's in the Bible and how the various parts got included. So when Christians get that beatific smile and talk about it being the word of God, you can give them a few kernels of truth about this document (about which they are largely ignorant, so it won't be hard to know more than they do).
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Melinda...thanks for the kind words. The intentional ignorance is practiced by Jews of all stripes, including educated, sophisticated people who should know better. I find this incredible and inexplicable!
A few years ago some Jewish guests brought their own food to a party at my house. The buffet included fish and vegetables - but my food was so unclean that they couldn't touch it? I found out too late; otherwise, I would have told them they really didn't want to eat in my unclean house and that they must take their special food and their piety out to the patio (it was six degrees that night). I really would have done it, in front of everybody. I have no patience for these people.
Melinda...it's the mystery of the brain, which we may never penetrate. The cognition can be split between the real and the unreal, with both seeming equally real to the brain. This is perhaps how a brain surgeon can be a religious idiot. That's what Modern Orthoodoxy is about - these people pretend they can live in both worlds.
Hi Melinda...sorry for the belated reply - I haven't been back to this thread recently. Religious belief (or the appearance thereof) in otherwise intelligent, rational, secularly-educated people is a mystery I haven't solved because I'm disinclined to do the actual research and question such people about their religious behavior. Replies might be a bit defensive, even hostile.
It seems there's a way the brain can regard the fictional as real. We all do it when we read a novel or watch a movie - we suspend disbelief. Educated religious folks just take it a step further. Just a guess.
No, no...as a lover of science and truth, you have to understand what people have done to this primitive document over the centuries. There's no mystery - that's what I found out. It's just a collection of stories.
I love how some groups of archaeologists working for the religious right are trying to use excavations to 'provide' connections to the biblical stories. Excuse me for pointing out the obvious, but what happened to letting the artifacts tell the story rather than trying to fit them to the narrative of a particular agenda?
They do the same thing as with the Bible - try to spin it to their advantage. I remember a History Channel (what a joke) documentary about a big piece of rock in Turkey or someplace - "Could this be the remains of Noah's Ark?" Short answer: no.
LOL I was thinking about them when I replied to you! How many Arks are they up to now? LOL I swear every time I hear or read something about them, I hear the voice of Bill Cosby as Noah!
How long ... can you tread water?!?
I heard that routine YEARS ago and cracked up at its groundbreaking irreverence ("Who is this really? Am I on Candid Camera?").
When was the Torah written? Sometime in 1000---600 BC? Can you give me a general time period? How old is the Hebrew language?
There's an excellent book entitled The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts by Israel Finklestein and Neil Silberman. They date the first 5 books between 800 and 600 B.C.E. as an attempt, by the kingdom of Judah, to unite the kingdoms of Israel and Judah by showing pre-existing (and false) common bonds between the two. And, using false propaganda to show that Judah had always been dominant. Deuteronomy was written during the time of King Josiah (circa 620 B.C.E.) as an attempt to "prove" this unity of the two separate kingdoms, and tout Josiah as the messiah, until he met his demise - probably by the Egyptians. And, as Alan stated, Egyptian slavery, Exodus, David and Solomon being great kings ruling in the great city of Jerusalem - all of it BS. Jerusalem during the time of David was nothing more than a village of mud and stone huts.
That was one of the books I consulted as background for my own "An Atheist Reads the Torah" (it's on amazon).
The ancient Jews may have been a Mesopotamian people who attacked the fringes of the Egyptian Empire (think Somali pirates attacking the US Navy). Inscription from one Egyptian general boasts that "Israel's seed is no more" - an overstatement, of course.
"Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one," Judaism's holiest magic words, is an expression of "Hey guys, we're all Jews, so it's the same god [adonai and elohim, the latter a plural, which imples polytheism], no harm, no foul."
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Not a day goes by that someone doesn't ask the question "how do we make Neosho grow?" or "Why can't we get a good chain restaurant like Cheddars?" These are legitimate questions, but the answers aren't quite as easy. And as I've done some research of my own, it seems like the answers are becoming more and more of an expensive proposition for taxpayers as well.
Not a day goes by that someone doesn't ask the question "how do we make Neosho grow?" or "Why can't we get a good chain restaurant like Cheddars?" These are legitimate questions, but the answers aren't quite as easy. And as I've done some research of my own, it seems like the answers are becoming more and more of an expensive proposition for taxpayers as well.
I want to go back a moment and look at how economic development was done back in the 1980s by my family on a project right here in Neosho. My grandfather on my mom's side had a vision that someday, Neosho would grow to the south. In particular, it would grow around the intersection of then Hwy 71 (now Hwy 59) and Hwy 60.
He and a partner took the initiative to buy nearly 100 acres of land located on the southwest corner of that intersection around 1970. At the time, Edgewood Bowl was new to the area and the drive-in theater was a popular destination. The Ramada Inn had not yet been built and the Neosho skating rink was an old white building and a popular hangout for young kids like me.
For almost 20 years, my grandpa held the "investment" that ultimately became where the current Wal-Mart Supercenter is today. I can still remember a very "split" vote from the council at the time on whether or not to grant rezoning to "permit" Wal-Mart to relocate from the Boulevard and expand. I specifically recall downtown businesses hiring an attorney out of Springfield to oppose the move fearing it would "kill" business on the square. The vote ultimately passed, with the mayor at the time voting "no".
As the Wal-Mart deal progressed, many roadblocks were thrown up by the city and the state. My grandfather ultimately paid for all of the water and sewer expansion to the property. He also had to pay for all three traffic lights for the property — one on Lusk Dr., one on Clemon Dr., and one on Industrial Drive. All of that expense came out of his pocket. Nothing — not one dime — was paid for by sales tax, a CID, a TDD, a TIF or any other "economic tools." He did keep a two-foot wide strip along the property boundaries in hopes of "charging" anyone who tied on to the utilities he was required to install. A local group in Neosho proposing a strip mall on the south side of Wal-Mart would later "informally" approach some members of the county commission to "take" that strip of land by eminent domain to avoid having to pay for it. (Thankfully, the county said "no" to those locals who wanted to control the project and the strip mall developer ultimately reached a deal to purchase the land.)
I bring all of this up to remind you of how towns like Neosho used to grow. No tax increases to improve a developer's land on the backs of taxpayers. No "free lunches" with MoDOT paying for traffic lights. It was done with private individuals negotiating private deals with the free market dictating the terms and the price.
Today, we've become more "expecting" of government help. Terms like TDD's, CID's and TIF's now put governments in the position to choose winners and losers — to take taxpayer funds and pay for things that were once considered a cost of doing business.
I'm not saying that government should never work to help businesses or local communities, but it's almost become expected for such subsidies to be part of "economic development packages" used to recruit new businesses and expand existing ones — all while the local, state, and the federal government find it harder and harder to balance budgets and pay for public safety, upkeep of roads and other existing infrastructure.
The good news is Neosho has a lot to offer businesses. Our city has survived many a challenge while coming out stronger in the long run. Our population continues to grow and people continue to invest and prosper in our community — even without Uncle Sam handing them money. And your city council continues to be open to finding ways to attract new businesses and expand those already here. I just prefer doing it without the taxpayer having to give an arm and a leg in the process!
Don't forget about the Neosho Pet Fair being held tomorrow, Saturday, at the Lampo Building. It runs from 1pm to 4pm. I hope to see some of you there.
Until next: keep the faith, stay the course, and may God bless Neosho!
Richard Davidson is mayor of Neosho.


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Expect Trailer to be Released Soon
With only 9 months until the release, some sort of trailer or teaser should be released at any time now. Disney's, The Princess and the Frog already has one and it's being released a month after A Christmas Carol.
God I hope so. I've been waiting for this for a long time.
To God, every living being is beautiful... Except for you.
Is it supposed to be animated like The Polar Express was where they took Tom Hanks's features and put them in cartoon form?
To God, every living being is beautiful... Except for you.
Yeah, but It's going to be more like what they did with Beowulf (more realistic, not really cartoony).
Hm. That's not completely right, Dan. The face and style we saw lately is far more cartoony then anything that was in 'Polar', but it looks more real now if you put it next to the motion capture some years ago.
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Thanx for that.
Bah hum bug!!!!
Thanks. I've seen some of Beowolf and the first time I saw the trailer I didn't even notice it was animated. They did a really great job with it.
To God, every living being is beautiful... Except for you.
Well from comparing the pic we have so far with A Christmas Carol, it looks a lot less cartoony than The Polar Express, and more like Beowulf (as for realism). Carrey almost looks real, and reminds me of count olaf kinda.
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But all 3 movies were/are going for realism.
Ow, now I see what you mean. We were both using the word in a different context. Yes, I agree with you, it seems like the latest 'Carol' looks more real, no doubt. It's good it's more detailed, cause I couldn't care about 'Beowulf' because they were not able to bring the characters alive. The eyes were empty. The emotions not that strong.
But I was talking about the style, that's far more cartoonish than 'Polar' or 'Beowulf'. They tried to capture Tom Hanks as he is, also Beowulf is the most realistic result they ever did. But for 'Carol', the giant nose, the chin, I love that more cartoony style. you see?
That's what I love about Pixar. Dreamworks, Blue Sky, you name them ... they all tried to make the characters as real as possible. And failed when you put them next to Pixar. Pixar is using a less realistic style ('The Incredibles', 'Ratatouille') and still manage to make those characters real and alive. I hope they can pull that of with 'Carol', caust that's one of the biggest problems with 'motion capture', trying to make it look very realistic, while it could work much better if they do it like that, with the giant nose ... and stuff. A good feeling about that, I have.
I hope they can pull off getting the cartoon style of Pixar and not go quite as far as Beowolf as far as realism goes.
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PULLMAN, Wash. - A Pullman man charged with setting a fire that burned part of an apartment complex will be tried in federal court.
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted Bryan Kitchen for burning down The Grove apartments in Pullman earlier this month, causing $13 million in damages.
He has told investigators he was drunk and that voices in his head told him to start the fire on July 14.
He faces five to 20 years in prison if convicted.
UPDATE: Pullman Police tell our Kelsey Watts that Bryan Kitchen is now linked to 6 arsons dating back to 2004 of cars, garages and sheds. They are still investigating whether he could be linked to 4 unsolved arsons on the WSU campus last year and/or other cases.
UPDATE: Prosecutor says Kitchen is now the prime suspect in a number of other Pullman arson cases. The judge set bail on Tuesday at $1,000,000 based on risk to community.
Kitchen will be back in court Friday if he's not picked up by the ATF.
UPDATE: The US Attorney's Office plans on filing federal charge(s) against Pullman arson suspect Bryan Kitchen. Kitchen could be arrested by the ATF as soon as Wednesday. Kitchen & his wife have both declined to comment, neighbors say he's quiet, and they're shocked.
PULLMAN, WASH. - Court records newly obtained by KHQ's Kelsey Watts, are shedding more light about the arrest of Bryan Kitchen, 31, of Pullman in connection with a $13 million arson fire.
Records show investigators used time-lapse photos taken from a security camera at The Grove Apartments to narrow down the start time of the blaze to between 3:03 a.m. and 3:16 a.m. on the morning of July 14th.
Before the fire started, police saw what was later determined to be Kitchen's red Saturn parked at the construction site. When officers interviewed Kitchen at his home that morning, records show he told them he had woken up around 1:30 that morning "and got a 'bad feeling' that something bad was going to happen where he was working" at The Grove construction site.
Kitchen told investigators he worked as a plumber's apprentice for KTU Plumbing, Inc, one of the sub-contractors on the project, and admitted he went to the site and was walking around smoking cigarettes with a lighter in his pocket.
Records show Kitchen said "he went up there because he thought someone had been shot and their body had been buried there, but then added he was only there for 20 minutes and didn't see or hear anything before coming back home and "getting drunk."
However, records show Kitchen also changed his story, saying he was drunk while he was at the site, and that he went there "because he thought someone had stolen some of their tools that his company had placed in a locked connex box."
Then on Monday, investigators contacted Kitchen again and he agreed to take a polygraph test administered by an ATF polygrapher at the Pullman Police Department.
During the examination, Kitchen was asked if he started the fire, and records show he said no. When he was asked if he had anything to do with it, he said no. However, after the examination the polygrapher reported Kitchen wasn't being honest.
When Kitchen was questioned about the polygraph results, records show he "admitted he lied and admitted he set the fire, but started it by accident when he dropped a lit cigarette in a pile of sawdust and wood chips."
When fire investigators told Kitchen it wasn't possible for a cigarette to cause such a fast-moving fire in such a short time, Kitchen then "admitted he actually started the pile of debris on the floor on fire using his Bic lighter" because "it provided him with more light inside the dark apartment and he was cold."
Records show he also admitted he had a "voice in his head that told him to do bad things."
The WSU registrars office on firmed to KHQ Kitchen is a former student who attended most recently in 2005 but did not graduate or declare a major.
Kitchen declined an interview from the Whitman County Jail, and his wife declined to comment to KHQ.
He's expected in Whitman County court Tuesday afternoon, and may face federal charges through the US Attorney's office.
PULLMAN, Wash. - Pullman Police have arrested a suspect believed to have intentionally set fire to the Grove Apartments. On July 22, 2013 at about 4:05 p.m., Pullman Police Department detectives arrested Bryan Lee Kitchen, a 31-year-old Pullman resident, in connection with the Grove Apartment fire on July 14.
Kitchen had accompanied detectives to the Pullman Police Department for an interview and subsequently made admissions that led investigators to believe he was involved in setting the fire.
Kitchen worked for a plumbing sub-contractor at the construction site, but no motive was provided for the arson. Kitchen had been a person of interest since the morning of the fire when his unoccupied vehicle was seen near the fire scene by a Pullman police officer around the time the fire was believed to have been started.
Detectives contacted Kitchen periodically during the course of the scene investigation. After the fire was determined to be arson, detectives asked Kitchen to accompany them to the police station on July 22 for further questioning.
Kitchen was booked at Pullman PD on a charge of Arson in the First Degree, and Class 'A' felony, and will be transported to the Whitman County Jail. After conferring with the Whitman County Prosecuting Attorney and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Spokane, the U.S. Attorney's office will be reviewing the case for possible federal prosecution.
The Pullman Fire Department was called to the site of the Grove Apartments at 1560 NE Brandi Way just after 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 14, on a report of a structure fire. Whitman County Rural Fire District #12 and the Colfax and Moscow City and Rural Fire Departments also provided assistance. Four structures under construction with an estimated completed value of close to $13 million were destroyed.
Investigators from the Pullman Fire Department conducted a fire investigation at the scene to determine cause, and were assisted by investigators from the Pullman Police Department, Washington State University Police Department, and the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The Spokane Valley Fire Department assisted with the use of an arson dog and the Spokane County Sheriff's Department assisted with mapping the scene. The investigation at the scene led to a conclusion that the fire was intentionally set.
PREVIOUS STORY: The three-alarm fire in Pullman destroyed four apartment buildings and a club house that would have been worth about $13 million when completed this summer.
The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/12tOOuB ) the fire early Sunday destroyed 88 units at the Grove complex, where many residents are Washington State University students. The fire also destroyed three pieces of construction equipment and damaged a dozen more.
Pullman Fire Chief Mike Heston says investigators are using an arson dog. An investigator from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also is involved.
Pullman mayor and fire department spokesman Glenn Johnson says officials do not believe the fire is related to four unsolved arsons in the spring of last year at Washington State University.
After four vacant apartment buildings went up in flames in an early morning three-alarm blaze Sunday, six investigators from Pullman Fire, Pullman Police and Washington State University Police are sorting through the charred rubble.
Pullman Fire Chief Mike Heston confirmed to KHQ's Kelsey Watts an arson dog is being brought in to the Grove Apartments off Terre View Drive to aid in the investigation Tuesday to search for accelerants or other evidence that the fire may have been set on purpose.
"It's suspicious because it was so huge when we got here, and we're on a site where we don't have a lot of sources for ignition, so we're trying to rule those out," Heston added. "Until we rule it out, we're going to call it suspicious."
He said their first job is to rule out other potential causes; there were extension cords inside the buildings, and fire investigators will be looking at whether they had power as well as if other fuel sources were on the site.
So far, Heston believes the fire is not related to the string of four unsolved arson fires that were set near the WSU campus last summer, however that may change as new evidence in the investigation comes to light.
"We're taking this very seriously, as we took the other ones as well, but people's lives were at stake here on this one," Heston said.
The fire burned so fast and hot, Heston said the flames were 100 feet high when crews arrived on scene. Two neighboring apartment complexes were evacuated, as the intense heat melted the siding on the buildings. Heston said had the fire burned uncontrolled for another few minutes, one of those separate complexes full of students would have likely caught fire.
Right now, damages to the Grove Apartments are estimated at $13 million dollars.
Terry Boston, the Assistant Vice President for Administrative Services at WSU said the university will have a better idea in the next 24-48 hours of the impact on students as Campus Crest gets more information.
Boston said Campus Crest still plans to have 96 beds available by August 17th, two days before the beginning of the fall semester. WSU may be able to house another 100-200 students in its residence halls. Campus Crest is in the process of contacting students who had signed leases for the now burned apartment buildings to make arrangements.
PREVIOUS STORY: A massive three-alarm blaze woke up several Washington State University students early Sunday morning, when the fire was burning dangerously close to their own complex.
"We were looking at the flames, and we thought it was going to spread," WSU senior Ashley Weyerts told KHQ's Kelsey Watts.
Weyerts and her roommate, WSU sophomore Jessica Johnson, initially heard yelling just after 3:00 a.m. Sunday, then heard someone yell 'fire.'
"I went to my bedroom window and looked out, and I was expecting just some smoke or a little fire, and instead, saw this huge wall of flames," Weyerts added.
While Johnson called 911, the two helped knock on doors to evacuate fellow residents, then packed their belongings into their cars to get away from the fast-moving fire.
"The scariest part was when we heard the explosions, and that's probably when we really thought for about 5 minutes there, it's really going to spread," Weyerts said.
The explosions came from the propane tanks on the construction site and the gas tanks of the equipment left on scene. The fire burned so hot and fast, it even melted the siding on a building in their complex down to the wood.
"I just don't understand why someone would want to do so much damage, I mean this is affecting hundreds of peoples lives," Johnson told KHQ.
Amazingly, nobody was hurt. Fire investigators are calling the blaze suspicious, and an active investigation is underway.