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The Good Earth
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A Chinese peasant overcomes the forces of nature and the frailties of human nature to become a wealthy landowner.
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Chapter One
It was Wang Lung's marriage day. At first, opening his eyes in the blackness of the curtains about his bed, he could not think why the dawn seemed different from any other. The house was still except for the faint, gasping cough of his old father, whose room was opposite to his own across the middle room. Every morning the old man's cough was the first sound to be heard. Wang Lung usually lay listening to it and moved only when he heard it approaching nearer and when he heard the door of his father's room squeak upon its wooden hinges.
But this morning he did not wait. He sprang up and pushed aside the curtains of his bed. It was a dark, ruddy dawn, and through a small square hole of a window, where the tattered paper fluttered, a glimpse of bronze sky gleamed. He went to the hole and tore the paper away.
"It is spring and I do not need this," he muttered.
He was ashamed to say aloud that he wished the house to look neat on this day. The hole was barely large enough to admit his hand and he thrust it out to feel of the air. A small soft wind blew gently from the east, a wind mild and murmurous and full of rain. It was a good omen. The fields needed rain for fruition. There would be no rain this day, but within a few days, if this wind continued, there would be water. It was good. Yesterday he had said to his father that if this brazen, glittering sunshine continued, the wheat could not fill in the ear. Now it was as if Heaven had chosen this day to wish him well. Earth would bear fruit.
He hurried out into the middle room, drawing on his blue outer trousers as he went, and knotting about the fullness at his waist his girdle of blue cotton cloth. He left his upper body bare until he had heated water to bathe himself. He went into the shed which was the kitchen, leaning against the house, and out of its dusk an ox twisted its head from behind the corner next the door and lowed at him deeply. The kitchen was made of earthen bricks as the house was, great squares of earth dug from their own fields, and thatched with straw from their own wheat. Out of their own earth had his grandfather in his youth fashioned also the oven, baked and black with many years of meal preparing. On top of this earthen structure stood a deep, round, iron cauldron.
This cauldron he filled partly full of water, dipping it with a half gourd from an earthen jar that stood near, but he dipped cautiously, for water was precious. Then, after a hesitation, he suddenly lifted the jar and emptied all the water into the cauldron. This day he would bathe his whole body. Not since he was a child upon his mother's knee had anyone looked upon his body. Today one would, and he would have it clean.
He went around the oven to the rear, and selecting a handful of the dry grass and stalks standing in the corner of the kitchen, he arranged it delicately in the mouth of the oven, making the most of every leaf. Then from an old flint and iron he caught a flame and thrust it into the straw and there was a blaze.
This was the last morning he would have to light the fire. He had lit it every morning since his mother died six years before. He had lit the fire, boiled water, and poured the water into a bowl and taken it into the room where his father sat upon his bed, coughing and fumbling for his shoes upon the floor. Every morning for these six years the old man had waited for his son to bring in hot water to ease him of his morning coughing. Now father and son could rest. There was a woman coming to the house. Never again would Wang Lung have to rise summer and winter at dawn to light the fire. He could lie in his bed and wait, and he also would have a bowl of water brought to him, and if the earth were fruitful there would be tea leaves in the water. Once in some years it was so.
And if the woman wearied, there would be her children to light the fire, the many children she would bear to Wang Lung. Wang Lung stopped, struck by the thought of children running in and out of their three rooms. Three rooms had always seemed much to them, a house half empty since his mother died. They were always having to resist relatives who were more crowded - his uncle, with his endless brood of children, coaxing.
"Now, how can two lone men need so much room? Cannot father and son sleep together? The warmth of the young one's body will comfort the old one's cough."
But the father always replied, "I am saving my bed for my grandson. He will warm my bones in my age."
Now the grandsons were coming, grandsons upon grandsons! They would have to put beds along the walls and in the middle room. The house would be full of beds. The blaze in the oven died down while Wang Lung thought of all the beds there would be in the half empty house, and the water began to chill in the cauldron. The shadowy figure of the old man appeared in the doorway, holding his unbuttoned garments about him. He was coughing and spitting and he gasped.
"How is it that there is not water yet to heat my lungs?"
Wang Lung stared and recalled himself and was ashamed.
"This fuel is damp," he muttered from behind the stove.
"The damp wind - "
The old man continued to cough perseveringly and would not cease until the water boiled. Wang Lung dipped some into a bowl, and then, after a moment, he opened a glazed jar that stood upon a ledge of the stove and took from it a dozen or so of the curled dried leaves and sprinkled them upon the surface of the water. The old man's eyes opened greedily and immediately he began to complain.
"Why are you wasteful? Tea is like eating silver."
"It is the day," replied Wang Lung with a short laugh. "Eat and be comforted."
The old man grasped the bowl in his shriveled, knotty fingers, muttering, uttering little grunts. He watched the leaves uncurl and spread upon the surface of the water, unable to bear drinking the precious stuff.
"It will be cold," said Wang Lung.
"True - true - " said the old man in alarm, and he began to take great gulps of the hot tea. He passed into an animal satisfaction, like a child fixed upon its feeding. But he was not too forgetful to see Wang Lung dipping the water recklessly from the cauldron into a deep wooden tub. He lifted his head and stared at his son.
"Now there is water enough to bring a crop to fruit," he said suddenly.
Wang Lung continued to dip the water to the last drop. He did not answer.
"Now then!" cried his father loudly.
"I have not washed my body all at once since the New Year," said Wang Lung in a low voice.
He was ashamed to say to his father that he wished his body to be clean for a woman to see. He hurried out, carrying the tub to his own room. The door was hung loosely upon a warped wooden frame and it did not shut closely, and the old man tottered into the middle room and put his mouth to the opening and bawled,
"It will be ill if we start the woman like this - tea in the morning water and all this washing!"
"It is only one day," shouted Wang Lung. And then he added, "I will throw the water on the earth when I am finished and it is not all waste."
The old man was silent at this, and Wang Lung unfastened his girdle and stepped out of his clothing. In the light that streamed in a square block from the hole he wrung a small towel from the steaming water and he scrubbed his dark slender body vigorously. Warm though he had thought the air, when his flesh was wet he was cold, and he moved quickly, passing the towel in and out of the water until from his whole body there went up a delicate cloud of steam. Then he went to a box that had been his mother's and drew from it a fresh suit of blue cotton cloth. He might be a little cold this day without the wadding of the winter garments, but he suddenly could not bear to put them on against his clean flesh. The covering of them was torn and filthy and the wadding stuck out of the holes, grey and sodden. He did not want this woman to see him for the first time with the wadding sticking out of his clothes. Later she would have to wash and mend, but not the first day. He drew over the blue cotton coat and trousers a long robe made of the same material - his one long robe, which he wore on feast days only, ten days or so in the year, all told. Then with swift fingers he unplaited the long braid of hair that hung down his back, and taking a wooden comb from the drawer of the small, unsteady table, he began to comb out his hair.
His father drew near again and put his mouth to the crack of the door.
"Am I to have nothing to eat this day?" he complained. "At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them."
"I am coming," said Wang Lung, braiding his hair quickly and smoothly and weaving into the strands a tasseled, black silk cord.
Then after a moment he removed his long gown and wound his braid about his head and went out, carrying the tub of water. He had quite forgotten the breakfast. He would stir a little water into corn meal and give it to his father. For himself he could not eat. He staggered with the tub to the threshold and poured the water upon the earth nearest the door, and as he did so he remembered he had used all the water in the cauldron for his bathing and he would have to start the fire again. A wave of anger passed over him at his father.
"That old head thinks of nothing except his eating and his drinking," he muttered into the mouth of the oven; but aloud he said nothing. It was the last morning he would have to prepare food for the old man. He put a very little water into the cauldron, drawing it in a bucket from the well near the door, and it boiled quickly and he stirred meal together and took it to the old man.
"We will have rice this night, my father," he said. "Meanwhile, here is corn."
"There is only a little rice left in the basket," said the old man, seating himself at the table in the middle room and stirring with his chopsticks the thick yellow gruel.
"We will eat a little less then at the spring festival," said Wang Lung. But the old man did not hear. He was supping loudly at his bowl.
Wang Lung went into his own room then, and drew about him again the long blue robe and let down the braid of his hair. He passed his hand over his shaven brow and over his cheeks. Perhaps he had better be newly shaven? It was scarcely sunrise yet. He could pass through the Street of the Barbers and be shaved before he went to the house where the woman waited for him. If he had the money he would do it.
He took from his girdle a small greasy pouch of grey cloth and counted the money in it. There were six silver dollars and a double handful of copper coins. He had not yet told his father he had asked friends to sup that night. He had asked his male cousin, the young son of his uncle, and his uncle for his father's sake, and three neighboring farmers who lived in the village with him. He had planned to bring back from the town that morning pork, a small pond fish, and a handful of chestnuts. He might even buy a few of the bamboo sprouts from the south and a little beef to stew with the cabbage he had raised in his own garden. But this only if there were any money left after the bean oil and the soybean sauce had been bought. If he shaved his head he could not, perhaps, buy the beef. Well, he would shave his head, he decided suddenly.
He left the old man without speech and went out into the early morning. In spite of the dark red dawn the sun was mounting the horizon clouds and sparkled upon the dew on the rising wheat and barley. The farmer in Wang Lung was diverted for an instant and he stooped to examine the budding heads. They were empty as yet and waiting for the rain. He smelled the air and looked anxiously at the sky. Rain was there, dark in the clouds, heavy upon the wind. He would buy a stick of incense and place it in the little temple to the Earth God. On a day like this he would do it.
He wound his way in among the fields upon the narrow path. In the near distance the grey city wall arose. Within that gate in the wall through which he would pass stood the great house where the woman had been a slave girl since her childhood, the House of Hwang. There were those who said, "It is better to live alone than to marry a woman who has been slave in a great house." But when he had said to his father, "Am I never to have a woman?" his father replied, "With weddings costing as they do in these evil days and every woman wanting gold rings and silk clothes before she will take a man, there remain only slaves to be had for the poor."
His father had stirred himself, then, and gone to the House of Hwang and asked if there were a slave to spare.
"Not a slave too young, and above all, not a pretty one," he had said.
Wang Lung had suffered that she must not be pretty. It would be something to have a pretty wife that other men would congratulate him upon having. His father, seeing his mutinous face, had cried out at him,
"And what will we do with a pretty woman? We must have a woman who will tend the house and bear children as she works in the fields, and will a pretty woman do these things? She will be forever thinking about clothes to go with her face! No, not a pretty woman in our house. We are farmers. Moreover, who has heard of a pretty slave who was virgin in a wealthy house? All the young lords have had their fill of her. It is better to be first with an ugly woman than the hundredth with a beauty. Do you imagine a pretty woman will think your farmer's hands as pleasing as the soft hands of a rich man's son, and your sunblack face as beautiful as the golden skin of the others who have had her for their pleasure?"
Wang Lung knew his father spoke well. Nevertheless, he had to struggle with his flesh before he could answer. And then he said violently,
"At least, I will not have a woman who is pock-marked, or who has a split upper lip."
"We will have to see what is to be had," his father replied.
Well, the woman was not pock-marked nor had she a split upper lip. This much he knew, but nothing more. He and his father had bought two silver rings, washed with gold, and silver earrings, and these his father had taken to the woman's owner in acknowledgment of betrothal. Beyond this, he knew nothing of the woman who was to be his, except that on this day he could go and get her.
He walked into the cool darkness of the city gate. Water carriers, just outside, their barrows laden with great tubs of water, passed to and fro all day, the water splashing out of the tubs upon the stones. It was always wet and cool in the tunnel of the gate under the thick wall of earth and brick; cool even upon a summer's day, so that the melon vendors spread their fruits upon the stones, melons split open to drink in the moist coolness. There were none yet, for the season was too early, but baskets of small hard green peaches stood along the walls, and the vendor cried out,
"The first peaches of spring - the first peaches! Buy, eat, purge your bowels of the poisons of winter!"
Wang Lung said to himself,
"If she likes them, I will buy her a handful when we return."


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State's early education chief resigns
Sherri Killins steps down
The state Commissioner of Early Education and Care has stepped down, but says her resignation is unrelated to criticism of her participation in a school superintendent mentoring program.
Sherri Killins tells The Republican of Springfield that she stepped down Monday because it was "a good time for a transition," adding that she was not pressured to resign.
Killins participation in a superintendent training program in Ware was under review by Secretary of Education Matthew Malone. The program required about 300 hours of tutoring that would prepare Killins to be a school superintendent.
Her participation in the mentoring program had come under question because it detracted from the official duties of her $200,000 per year job.
Malone has appointed Undersecretary of Education Tom Weber to replace Killins on an interim basis

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Fo Guang Shan (Chinese: 佛光山; pinyin: Fóguāngshān; literally "Buddha's Light Mountain") is an international Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monastic order based in the Republic of China (Taiwan), and one of the largest Buddhist organizations. The headquarters of Fo Guang Shan, located in Kaohsiung, is the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. The organization itself is also one of the largest charity organizations in Taiwan. The order also calls itself the International Buddhist Progress Society.
The capital of Canada is Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. There are offically ten provinces and three territories in Canada, which is the second largest country in the world in terms of land area.While politically and legally an independant nation, the titular head of state for Canada is still Queen Elizabeth.On the east end of Canada, you have Montreal as the bastion of activity. Montreal is famous for two things, VICE magazine and the Montreal Jazz Festival. One is the bible of hipster life (disposable, of course) and the other is a world-famous event that draws more than two million people every summer. Quebec is a French speaking province that has almost seceded from Canada on several occasions, by the way..When you think of Canada, you think of . . . snow, right?But not on the West Coast. In Vancouver, it rains. And you'll find more of the population speaking Mandarin than French (but also Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Farsi, German, and much more).Like the other big cities in Canada, Vancouver is vividly multicultural and Vancouverites are very, very serious about their coffee.Your standard Vancouverite can be found attired head-to-toe in Lululemon gear, mainlining Cafe Artigiano Americanos (spot the irony for ten points).But here's a Vancouver secret only the coolest kids know: the best sandwiches in the city aren't found downtown. Actually, they're hidden in Edgemont Village at the foot of Grouse Mountain on the North Shore."It's actually worth coming to Canada for these sandwiches alone." -- Michelle Superle, VancouverText by Steve Smith.


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President Obama and congressional Republicans have begun maneuvering for political position prior to Obama's much-anticipated speech Thursday on jobs and the economy.
Obama has dropped only a few hints as to what the speech will say. In a Labor Day address in Detroit he indicated that it would include a push for more federal funding for road and bridge construction, and an extension of the current payroll tax reduction.
But his main message in Detroit was this: if it doesn't pass, it will be the Republicans' fault.
"We're going to see if we've got some straight shooters in congress. We're going to see if congressional Republicans will put country before party," Obama told a largely Democratic crowd. "We'll give them a plan, and then we'll say, do you want to create jobs? Then put our construction workers back to work rebuilding America."
This did not sit well with the Senate's top Republican, minority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. In remarks prepared for delivery on the chamber floor Tuesday he bristled at the implication that it would be unpatriotic to not support Obama's proposals.
"With all due respect, Mr. President, there's a much simpler reason for opposing your economic proposals that has nothing to do with politics: they don't work," said Senator McConnell.
McConnell noted that Washington does not feel the rest of the country's economic pain. Its economy is booming, as the federal government gets bigger and bigger, he said.
McConnell then called into question the very idea behind Obama's speech – that the nation's government needs to do something big, and fast.
"At this point, I think most people have safely concluded that the problem with our economy isn't that Washington is doing too little, but that Washington is doing too much already," he said.
House Republicans weren't as combative. Perhaps that reflects the reality that voters rate them even lower than they rate the president at the moment.
In a new Washington Post/ABC poll, only 28 percent of respondents approved of the job performance of Republicans in Congress. Obama's job approval rating was 43 percent, a new personal low.
On Tuesday Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Republican Leader Eric Cantor sent Obama a letter asking for a meeting to discuss Obama's proposals prior to his speech.
The letter listed policy proposals that Republicans and Democrats might agree on, such as passage of new free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama, and Columbia.
Neither Republicans nor the administration should consider their jobs packages an "all-or-nothing situation", wrote Boehner and Cantor.
Is it possible that Obama and Boehner could strike some kind of bargain and produce another piece of legislation aimed at getting the economy moving again? (Don't use the "stimulus" word. That's got a bad reputation in Washington at the moment.)
Anything is possible in politics, so it's possible. Republicans might agree to spend some limited amount on highway infrastructure projects. Couple that with an endorsement by the president of an extension of the payroll tax cut, and perhaps some other tax reductions and one might get a bill that could pass.
But at a recent Brookings Institution seminar titled, What President Obama Should Propose in His Speech on Jobs and the Economy, economists held out little hope for a grand agreement.
"I think realistically the only policy the House of Representatives would approve is the tax cuts," said Brookings senior fellow Martin Baily.
Extending the payroll tax rebate would simply extend the status quo, not give the economy an extra boost, said Baily.
Another much-discussed tax proposal – a tax holiday for corporations to repatriate cash they have earned overseas and have parked in foreign banks, is a "bad idea", said Brookings tax policy expert William Gale.
"When we did this earlier in the decade, there was no discernable effect on jobs," said Gale.
What about the free trade agreement with South Korea? That is a good idea, and should be done, said Michael Mussa, a senior fellow from the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
"But if we're concerned with what's going to have an effect over the next year or two, then I don't think passing the free trade arrangement with Korea and other countries is going to do that much," said Mr. Mussa.


text: YES Fund launches High School Bowling Grant program Terry Bigham November 15, 2010 The newly created Youth Education Services (YES) Fund made its first direct step in support of the YES mission to promote youth bowling with the announcement of a program designed to create and preserve high school bowling programs.The YES Fund - High School Grant Program will provide $2,500 to four high school programs annually. The high school teams must show financial need because of budget cuts or other changes, or may request funding to start a new program."High school bowling has shown rapid growth in the last decade, but many school-funded sports programs are facing cuts right now," Bowling Proprietors' Association of America (BPAA) Director of Youth Chad Murphy, who oversees YES Fund programs, said. "Thankfully, the YES Fund and its partners have stepped up to make a grant program possible and now the bowling industry can help keep this key age group on the lanes."Founding partners Brunswick, Columbia 300, Ebonite, 900 Global, Hammer, QubicaAMF, Roto Grip, Storm and Track provided key support to launch the YES Fund. The YES Fund is a joint initiative of the BPAA and the United States Bowling Congress (USBC).To kick off the High School Grant Program, the YES Fund will award $2,500 to Middlesex High School in Middlesex, N.J., to help that 19-year-old bowling program continue in 2010-11. The Middlesex High School team learned in June that because of economic constraints the program was going to be cut.Parents and supporters of the Middlesex program held fundraisers throughout the summer and, in late September, the Middlesex Board of Education approved the reinstatement of the varsity bowling program. Twenty-five bowlers have signed up for the Middlesex team this season.The new High School Grant Program, which will be administered by USBC High School, was established for programs facing cuts such as Middlesex High School and for schools which seek to start new programs."It is important for high school coaches, athletes and parents to know there are resources here to help," USBC High School Manager Breanne Eoff said. "It can be a real challenge for people to know how to help a high school program. Our team can help provide guidance and answers."Applications for the High School Grant Program, along with supporting materials, must be returned to USBC High School. The high school will be required to register online in the free USBC High School Coaches Registration. Applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and grant recipients will be notified in writing. An application can be found by clicking here.About International Bowling CampusThe International Bowling Campus (IBC) is the headquarters for the bowling industry and directly serves the more than 71 million bowlers in the United States. The IBC houses the resources of the United States Bowling Congress, the governing body and membership organization for the sport; the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America, representing the business interests of bowling centers; Strike Ten Entertainment, the marketing arm for the industry; the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame; The Bowling Foundation; the International Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors Association; the Bowling Writers Association of America; the Bowling News Network; the Billiard and Bowling Institute of America; and the International Training and Research Center.


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Creighton player to undergo heart surgery
Senior guard Josh Jones thanks fans for support
A Creighton basketball player wonders if he will ever be able to play again.
Senior guard Josh Jones knew something was wrong during warmups at the Nebraska game last week.
"I was feeling weird. My heart was like a snare-drum roll," Jones said.
Jones collapsed after he took a single shot at the Devaney Center. Doctors think the athlete's heart was beating more than 200 times a minute, more than three times faster than it should.
"I wake up, you know, on the ground," Jones said.
Five years ago, Jones battled back to fitness in the wake of heart surgery after an infection, which doctors said could have led to the problems he was having.
"That's very frustrating for him, and me, too, but that's just something you have to go through," said his mother, Desiree Jones.
Jones will have surgery on Tuesday. Doctors said they will burn some tissue in his heart to get his heartbeat under control.
"It's kind of like cutting the wire, so to speak," said Dr. Douglas Ramos, the team's physician.
Jones thanked his fans, family and teammates on Wednesday for their support during his recovery.
"I'm only human. I have emotions, but I'm always going to turn a positive out of a negative," Jones said.
Coach Doug McDermott said it's Jones's decision whether to play again or not. Jones will continue to sit in on practices and at games and will stay enrolled for his last two classes next semester. More information about his future will be known after his surgery.


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Seeney claims Wellington is part of Labor's poor legacy
NICKLIN MP Peter Wellington claimed he was offended by "untrue" comments the deputy premier made when he raised the Mary Valley tenant purchase scheme in Queensland Parliament on Thursday.
He later found himself in stoushes with his neighbouring MP David Gibson over his suggestions the properties should be sold on the open market.
During Question Time, Mr Wellington said there was no infrastructure investment on some properties since the leases began, many of the leases were less than market rental and that the state had a significant debt to reduce.
He asked whether the government would amend the scheme so tenants were notified the land would be sold on the open market and if they were not successful then their lease might end to facilitate the property sale.
Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney responded by accusing Mr Wellington of being part of the "terrible legacy" the former Labor government had left.
"He rushed across here to support them to put them into power, so he too must bear some of the responsibility for the legacy," he said.
Mr Seeney said communities in the Mary Valley were destroyed and the impact on people's lives profound so it was important they were "treated fairly".
"The Member for Nicklin was part of the problem and now he needs to be part of the solution," he said.
Mr Wellington argued Mr Seeney was misleading the house and the comment should be withdrawn.
Mr Seeney's disingenuous withdrawal, arguing it was "a personal reflection", met further ire from Mr Wellington.
"I asked for an unequivocal withdrawal because the words are incorrect and they deserve rectification," he said.
Mr Seeney said he withdrew unconditionally but again attacked the Nicklin MP.
"Order! Members will cease interjecting," deputy speaker Mark Robinson said.
Gympie MP David Gibson then issued a press release criticising the neighbouring MP.
"If the government was to adopt the latest thought bubble of Peter Wellington it would once again rip at the fabric of the local community by preventing local residents who are currently on a lease-back arrangement or a long-term tenants from remaining in the valley," he said.
"The stated policy of the Mary Valley Tenant Purchase Scheme is to give long-term sitting tenants and former owners who are renting back their old property an opportunity to purchase which will help stabilise the Mary Valley community.
"These properties, like all other Mary Valley properties placed on the market, will be offered for sale at current market value."
Mr Wellington then made a private member's statement in parliament attacking Mr Gibson, again arguing the valuable Mary Valley land should be sold on the open market.
He said there should not be "secret sweetheart deals behind closed doors", that the tenants did not deserve preferential treatment.
"It's a sham," he said.
"The government only intends to recover a fraction of the former government spent on acquiring this land.
"That land belongs to the people of Queensland."


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"Goals, Growth, and Family Time," New Era, Nov. 2012, 22–23
Goals, Growth, and Family Time
Spencer's Duty to God goals strengthened his family and drew them closer to words of living prophets.
One day last summer, Spencer J. was riding home from a summer vacation with his parents and family when he decided that the time in the car was perfect for planning some of his goals for the upcoming year. He and his family came up with a great list of goals that would help him plan for school, work on getting in better shape, and fulfill his duty to God.
Individual Goals
His goals for school included working hard to get straight A's, befriending people at school who seem lonely, and tutoring a student who is struggling in classes. He also wanted to run for an Arizona State President of Student Government, which he was later elected to. That goal could have been intimidating because he had to give a speech in front of 2,000 people. But, as Spencer says, "It would be an awesome experience to talk to other states about what they are doing with their student governments."
Spencer wanted to get in better physical shape. He decided to make a goal to ride his bike at least four miles about three days a week to prepare for a mission. Then he listed that he would like to run two miles at least once a week. He also would participate with the track and tennis teams.
As a priest in the Aaronic Priesthood, Spencer worked with his quorum leaders to set a goal to help make the sacrament more meaningful by being prepared to bless the sacrament, saying the prayers with more feeling, and inviting others who don't often participate in the blessing of the sacrament to bless it with him.
Carrying out these personal goals has made Spencer happier, healthier, and more prepared for the challenges and opportunities he will face in the future.
A Family Goal
After Spencer set his individual goals, he and his parents came up with a great plan. As a family, they study scriptures together, but they also wanted to review the talks given at general conference. His parents offered him the chance to be the leader in those discussions. He would choose the talk from the most recent conference, and every Sunday they would spend about 20 minutes talking about it. Spencer says, "I read the selected article in the Ensign beforehand. Then I prepare questions for people to answer. It gives me the opportunity to lead in the family, sort of practice for becoming a dad. It's kind of cool."
This family study fulfills his Duty to God goal for "Pray and Study the Scriptures" during the priest year. He follows the Duty to God pattern:
Learn: He arranges for a Sunday afternoon time for the presentation. He gathers information to support the talk he has chosen to present.
Act: He reads the talk from the Ensign or watches the videos of the talks online and prepares discussion questions.
Share: He presents his discussion and questions to his family.
This experience to fulfill his Duty to God goal has helped Spencer stay on track. He says, "The project has affected us a lot. Now that it is a Duty to God goal, I'm more motivated to do it. My family has been more persistent."
For the family, Spencer's project has strengthened them. The plan they made together while driving in the car has proven to be a move forward for them all.


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If there's a strike, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson could be the first of many casualties.
A walkout in the next few days would almost certainly cancel the Nov. 10 episode of "Saturday Night Live," slated to be hosted by Johnson. There's even a shot this weekend's planned Brian Williams-hosted episode could be impacted. Most of the sketches have been written, but it's unclear if Williams would cross a picket line.
And then there's Dave, Jay, Conan, Jimmy, Craig, Jon and Stephen.
How the Monday-Friday latenight skeins carry on the wake of a scribe walkout likely depends largely on each host, but the conventional wisdom is that all the big shows will shut down— at least for a bit.
"Dave (will be) supportive of writers, as he was the last time," said Robert Morton, the former Letterman producer who was at the helm of NBC's "Late Night With David Letterman" during the 1988 WGA strike.
Morton, noting that Letterman and his "Late Show" colleagues are also WGA members, said the hosts will be hard-pressed to continue with business as usual.
"I think they have to show support for their writing staffs," said the producer, who now heads Panamort Prods. ("The Mind of Mencia"). "Even if they want to go back, they have to give their writers due respect."
Reps for Leno and Letterman weren't talking, but in 2001, when it seemed the WGA would strike (but didn't), Leno indicated he'd walk out.
"I'm a union member, and I'll do whatever my union wants me to do," the host told Variety, noting that he'd always respected picket lines in the past.
And Monday at an internal NBC all-staff meeting, execs indicated they expected their latenight gabbers would go dark for a few weeks.
After a while, however, producers on the shows will have to start thinking of their non-writing staffs, many of whom make just a few hundred dollars per week. The longer the shows remain dark, the more likely layoffs will be— which is why most insiders predict the latenight skeins will eventually find a way to return to the air.
"You want to be supportive of your guild, but when you have people making $600 a week possibly losing their jobs, you have to think of them, too," Morton said.
He and most other latenight insiders predict Letterman will take the lead, with other gabbers returning only after Dave steps back into the Ed Sullivan Theater.
In 1988, Letterman stayed out until Johnny Carson resumed "The Tonight Show" after taking two months off. Twenty years later, most believe Letterman's return will give Leno, Conan and Jimmy Kimmel cover to resume their shows.
(Of course, things are more competitive in latenight now. ABC, for example, might pressure Kimmel to return quickly, in order to take advantage of a less crowded latenight arena if Leno and Letterman are AWOL).
Whenever the hosts return, it's a bit unclear just what the they will be able to do. They're clearly allowed to perform under their AFTRA agreements, but they might not be able to write their own monologue jokes.
"It might look a lot like 'host chat' on 'Regis and Kelly,'" one latenight insider said, predicted cue card jokes would be replaced by impromptou ramblings. "The hosts will just come out and talk about what's going on."
Those who remain on the shows will all have to struggle to fill airtime normally reserved for jokes and sketches. Morton recalls the last strike, when then-helmer Hal Gurnee came up with "Hal Gurnee's Network Time Killers" to close up the gaps.


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While a father to one, this quote bothered me tremendously. Thanks to last month's birth of my second son, I understand what the five-time father meant by it. Nonetheless, I still do not agree entirely with it.
Of course, you are a parent if you have an only child. I would even say you are a parent if you have a dog or a cat or any other kind of pet that's dependent on you for everything. There's the same parental nurturing and protecting and innate sense of responsibility and accountability associated with both.
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In not so many words, a friend of mine, we will call him Buxy, a father of three, basically warned me of this. Acknowledging this column during a casual conversation, I got the impression he didn't think I should be writing about parenthood until there was more than one little one running around my house. He was not that frank, but my intuition told me he was thinking something along the lines of, "this guy has no idea what parenting is about yet." He and Cosby appeared to be on the same page.
On another occasion, after eating breakfast last winter at Dr. Unks in West Ocean City, a friend, we will call him Tommy, a father of two, shouted from behind the wheel of his ride (a minivan, of course), "Steve, just wait, just wait until there's two of them. There's no more zone defense. It's all man-to-man. It changes everything." Later, I talked with Buxy about this analysis, and he said his preferred defensive play call for his life is the "prevent", alluding to the little girl and two boys under his roof.
It's been seven weeks of man-to-man coverage around my house, and I admit it's quite different than being able to play zone. I would never call parenting easy because it's anything but that. However, having two children under the age of 2 has made my previous life with my toddler look like a cakewalk. Parenting one child is never easy, but it's surely much simpler.
I realized this the first couple days after our newborn came home, but my first prolonged bout of a kid double team last week reinforced the point.
My wife is the shopper in my family and she took an extended pardon last Sunday from the house to knock out some items on her list. Rather than tag along with the kids in tow, I was happy to stay home with the boys.
It was an interesting day for all of us. What struck me the most was the juggling act that's constantly being performed. I was essentially keeping my head on a swivel all day. While I was playing with Beckett and showing him what was atop the refrigerator (for some reason, he was getting quite irked on this day when I would not lift him up to see), I was peaking over at Carson to see if he was stirred by his brother's antics.
For the most part, everything went well, thanks largely to the fact Beckett took a lovely two-hour nap in the afternoon. As luck would have it, he was asleep when Carson needed to be fed.
It's during the newborn's feeding time when some of the problems arise with two kids, particularly if you are alone. Beckett has developed a minor case of jealously with Carson in the house, but he usually keeps it in check. That's not possible when it comes to bottle time for him.
Whether it's the lack of attention or the quest to grab the bottle out of Carson's mouth, Beckett can become quite testy. Although I was fortunate in the early afternoon, thanks to the well-timed slumber, things were not so smooth when it came to Carson's next feeding because it came around the same time Beckett was to eat. At one point, my oldest was standing in the kitchen, pulling on the refrigerator, while my infant was crying and making the familiar sucking motions. Their charming ways made it clear they both were hungry.
My thinking was I could pacify a hungry infant a little easier than I could a famished toddler. Therefore, I fed Beckett, while holding and rocking Carson and playing the pacifier retrieval game. I was essentially trying to extend the baby's nap, while I filled Beckett up, figuring that would improve my odds of having a peaceful baby feeding. I was largely successful pulling off that trick.
Just about everything went well throughout the day, but we did have a major meltdown in the afternoon when both kids lost their cool simultaneously after the dogs startled them by howling at the fire alarm for a few minutes. I am happy to report I was able to stave off a daddy meltdown, though.
After reviewing the day once Beckett was asleep for the night, I marveled at my exhaustion. I admit I was more beat after a day alone with my kids than after working all day at the office. It's just a different kind of fatigue. Being home with the kids is more physical than mental and a whole lot more emotional.
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First off I am Maltese American. This area and more so across the Freeway(the Bayview district) was called a Maltese Portola District. My Dad and Mom came to America in the Early 1900's.My Dad and Mom lived on San Bruno Avenue in the back of his Barber Shop. That Barber Shop was removed to put in the Freeway entrance.
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Agenda: museums and exhibitions in Ostend
James Ensor Recomposed by Athos Burez
Award-winning art photographer Athos Burez tackled 'The Baths of Ostend', the world-famous painting by James Ensor, and gave it his own interpretation. Hundreds of actors were needed for this project. Quite a feat!Read more
New at Mu.ZEE: The Raoul Servais Wing
Raoul Servais (born 1 May 1928, Ostend) is a renowned animation filmmaker. In the early 1950s he studied applied arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent (KASK). Servais painted and drew, and was very active in graphics too, but from the beginning his heart was always in animation films. The artist had neither experience nor financial means, but his curiosity and drive were enormous. In 1960 he was able to start work as a teacher at KASK, where he developed the first animated film course in Europe. In total, he made sixteen animated films. Between Havenlicht (Harbour Light, 1960) and Tank (2015) there is a gigantic evolution in style and technique. With each new film production, you feel his curiosity for new and hitherto unknown ways of creating imagery and atmosphere. Raoul Servais has won many international film prizes, such as the Palme d'Or in Cannes (Operation X-70, 1971 & Harpya, 1979) and the Primo Premio in Venice (Chromophobia, 1966). Servais's love of animation is a shared love. As of summer 2018, it can be enjoyed on a permanent basis in the Raoul Servais Wing of Mu.ZEE. A large selection of original documents, (cellophane) drawings and films will have a permanent place there. This wing of the museum is not intended to be the end destination for the rich oeuvre of this star of the film industry, but a new start, an inspiring place for young filmmakers.Read more
The James Ensor House
This newly created experience centre contains James Ensor's original house and five interactive adventure spaces. Bring Ensor's paintings to life, admire his interior decorations and carnival masks, look through his letters and photographs and then take a peek at his authentic home and studio. At home with Ensor. Like to visit this attraction at a discount? Print your free Coast Pass now on www.kustpas.be/home/register.Read more
Ostend City Museum
The museum tells you Ostend's fascinating life story and also casts light on its future. A host of objects, posters, documents and multimedia applications reveal the secrets behind the development of the city, its tourism, fishing industry and shipping. Discover the Ostend of former times and the most famous resident of the premises, Louise-Marie, the first Belgian queen. She shows a strong presence, and even has her say.Read more
Arctic traveller Adrien de Gerlache designed this three-master which was built in Scotland. The Mercator had only two commanders and made 54 voyages. In 1956 it repatriated the remains of Father Damien from Molokai. In 1960, it sailed into the harbour of Antwerp and in 1961, it was equipped as a museum ship. Since 1964, it has been the pearl in Ostend's crown. Like to visit this attraction at a discount? Print your free Coast Pass now on www.kustpas.be/home/registerRead more
Museum Amandine
April 3rd 1995. On this day the Amandine entered Oostende harbour for the last time. On this day it dropped anchor for the very last time. The crew disembarked, swallowed hard and went home without looking back. The last page in Oostende's book on Iceland Fishing had been turned. Now, 13 years later, the Amandine has started her second career, a career as an interactive museum. It has taken two years of hard and concentrated work in the old shipyard 'Seghers' to restore the...Read more
Ensor en Spilliaert museumvleugel. Twee grootmeesters uit Oostende
Ostend and James Ensor are inextricably linked. Ensor loved Ostend: the city served as his muse and inexhaustible source of inspiration. He loved it for its crowds, the tempestuous North Sea, the carnival that painted the streets in festive colours each year. The name of the painter Léon Spillaert, twenty years his junior, is also connected with this Queen of Seaside Resorts. His nocturnal rambles through the city and long walks along the beach spurred him to create his best works, dark and...Read more
Venetian Galleries
In 1900, Belgian King Leopold II commissioned architect Henri Maquet to design the first royal gallery: an L-shaped, closed and covered walkway between the royal villa and a large octagonal salon. Nowadays it is known by the name 'Venetian Galleries', referring to Venice's classicist architecture. When the Belgian royal family decided they would no longer use their coastal residence, Ostend was given the concession of the entire complex and resolved that the building be used for cultural...Read more
Provinciedomein Raversyde
A diverse landscape of water, reed land, pastures, meadows, plantings and woodland, invites visitors to an exploratory walk. each season brings something new to discover: spring flowers, summery meadows, migratory birds in autumn and winter, visitors fill up the annual calendar. Walk through two world wars in bunkers and trenches … Glimpse into the life of the 15th-century fishing families of Walraversijde.Read more
The Spilliaert House
The Spilliaert House wants to introduce as many people as possible to the paintings of Léon Spilliaert. Targeting a broad audience, the centre wants to help improve access to and knowledge of the artist's life and work. As a monographical arts centre, the Spilliaert House's ambition is to host a new exhibition twice a year and position itself as the premier documentation centre for scientific research.Read more


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Matthias Scherer and Tanja Schmitt are one of the most unique climbing partnerships around today. The new film Velocity is coming out this month. Below, Matthias introduces us to their world.
How did you get started?
I stated ice climbing in winter 92. I was all alone on my first climb and I will never forget that day – I knew instantly that I had found my path! Climbing back in those days was very committing due to the equipment – especially the extremely hard to set ice screws. In 1994 I moved to the Chamonix Valley and had many great ice adventures in this tremendous place.
For the last 13 years I've climbed now with Tanja. Our ice seasons often start in October and end in April! In that way we have ascended successfully over 500 ice falls. For 10 years we've lived in Cogne in the Aosta valley, one of the best places for water ice climbing in the Alps.
What is your philosophy?
Full commitment - respect the nature including all beings - be self-responsible - Life in every breath!
What is it about ice climbing that is appealing for you?
Ice climbing is a true adventure. We love this aspect beside the fascination of the surreal beauty that frozen water creates.
And why this form of climbing and not any others?
Since I can remember ice and snow had a strong attraction for me and winter was and is for me always the happiest time of the year. In my heart I am a fighter - I want to have fair fights: In ice climbing you can not cheat - there are no bolts to grab or other fixed anchors. You have to find your own way up with your means – all this mixed up with the clear cold air, snow whirling around you and the regularly starts and returns under a wonderful winter night sky – I cannot imagine anything better!
Matthias and Tanja ©Mathhias Scherer
Are there any memories that stand out?
'Kjerrskredkvelven', in Norway, with nearly 1,000m of height and many hard pitches up to WI6, one of the hardest ice falls on the planet. It was definitely a very strong moment for our team! Everything worked out, the crux pitch was for me a real challenge and even when Tanja was hit by falling ice very high up on the climb we motivated each other to go on. Tanja resisted the pain and the cold and she led in the dark the last and very demanding pitch while I took care of the endless descent on Abalakovs. A great day where you can only prevail with a great partner...
Any epics?
Yeah – many! If you spend up to 90 days in a winter on ice and mixed some misfortunes will happen. Great thing is, that you can be lucky and you can learn. We learned a lot over the past years. Most important: If things get messy, don't get stressed – slow down and do everything double safe – that saved us in a lot of epics!
What features of the Ambit do you like?
For the approaches especially in Canada the navigation on the Ambit is an absolutely perfect tool. We saved last winter so much time in the dense Canadian forests, not getting lost!
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VANCOUVER -- Mayor Gregor Robertson is selling his $1.95-million home near Douglas Park and moving to Kitsilano — to a new property close to the proposed Point Grey bicycle route.
That means the mayor won't be voting on issues relating to the project, according to a written statement from Robertson's office on Wednesday.
Robertson recently asked the city solicitor for legal advice regarding the move to a condo near York Street, including "any possible conflict that the Mayor might be in with regard to future decisions of Council related to the Point Grey/Cornwall bike corridor," the statement said.
While the city solicitor found there was "no legal conflict" with voting on the controversial project, Robertson has voluntarily recused himself from future voting on any issue relating to the bike route, which would connect pedestrians and cyclists between Jericho Beach and the Burrard Bridge with traffic-calming measures like painted or separated bike lanes.
The city proposal is part of its Transportation 2040 plan, which aims to make two thirds of all trips via cycling, walking and public transit by that year.
Some area residents are concerned a full or partial closure of Point Grey Road to commuter traffic would negatively affect local businesses, reduce parking and increase congestion on 4th Avenue.
The Point Grey Road — Cornwall Avenue Corridor Active Transportation Project was open to public consultation this winter and spring, and a final report is expected to be brought to council later this summer, and will also be reviewed by the city solicitor.
Robertson was not available for comment, but his spokesman Braedan Caley said the move was prompted by a desire to downsize now that his children had graduated high school.
The six-bedroom home, built in 1912, lists private company Ohana Partners Inc. as the registered owner. Robertson's wife Amy is the sole director.


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Looking for Thomas Jones of Upper Hutt Wellington New Zealand
Mary Jane GEANGE was my great grandmother. I am the grand daughter of her son James Thomas JONES. I would like information on my grandfather's two sisters Sarah and Elisabeth JONES. In reply to Beverley's message about the same family I have information about Thomas Ellis JONES death.
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|Series cast summary:
|Jon Hamm
|Don Draper 92 episodes, 2007-2015
|Elisabeth Moss
|Peggy Olson 92 episodes, 2007-2015
|Vincent Kartheiser
|Pete Campbell 92 episodes, 2007-2015
|January Jones
|Betty Francis / ... 92 episodes, 2007-2015
|Christina Hendricks
|Joan Harris / ... 92 episodes, 2007-2015
|Aaron Staton
|Ken Cosgrove 92 episodes, 2007-2015
|Rich Sommer
|Harry Crane 92 episodes, 2007-2015
|John Slattery
|Roger Sterling 89 episodes, 2007-2015
|Kiernan Shipka
|Sally Draper 89 episodes, 2007-2015
|Robert Morse
|Bertram Cooper 74 episodes, 2007-2015
|Christopher Stanley
|Henry Francis 54 episodes, 2009-2015
|Jessica Paré
|Megan Draper / ... 49 episodes, 2010-2015
|Jay R. Ferguson
|Stan Rizzo 46 episodes, 2010-2015
|Michael Gladis
|Paul Kinsey 40 episodes, 2007-2012
|Bryan Batt
|Salvatore Romano 39 episodes, 2007-2009
|Alison Brie
|Trudy Campbell 38 episodes, 2007-2015
The professional and personal lives of those who work in advertising on Madison Avenue - self-coined "mad men" - in the 1960s are presented. The stories focus on those at one of the avenue's smaller firms, Sterling Cooper, and its various incarnations over the decade. At the heart of these stories is Donald Draper, the creative genius of the company. That professional creative brilliance belies the fact of a troubled childhood, one that he would rather forget and not let anyone know about except for a select few, but one that shaped who he is as an adult and as an ad man in the need not only to sell products but sell himself to the outside world. His outward confidence also masks many insecurities as evidenced through his many vices, such as excessive smoking, drinking and womanizing - the latter despite being a family man - and how he deals with the aftermath of some of the negative aspects of his life. Written by Huggo
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