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A Christmas Album for Everybody
We finally found a Christmas album we like. Optimistic, anthemic and upbeat, Stile Antico's new album Puer Natus Est is Renaissance choral music at its happiest and most un-gothic. It's not particularly Christmasy and it doesn't evoke images of blazing chestnuts, but it also doesn't evoke images of catacombs full of dead monks (fans of Joy Division will have to look elsewhere). Subtitled "Tudor Music for Advent and Christmas," it's a festive holiday album for everyone, and at this point in history, far removed from its original context, it's essentially nondenominational unless you speak Latin. It's a mass that never would or could have happened, spanning the centuries, interpolating segments of Thomas Tallis' unfinished Christmas mass, Puer Natus Est with selections from William Byrd's Gradualia, a comprehensive and imaginative series of plainchant arrangements for the various church holidays. The fourteen-piece ensemble – the world's most popular Renaissance vocal choir – blend voices more soaringly and considerably less hauntingly than on their death-fixated previous cd, the John Sheppard collection Media Vita.
Tallis' Videte Miraculum makes a good natured "look what we have here," in Latin, a characteristically rich arrangement lushly performed with a brief, stark solo for tenor. The oldest piece here, John Taverner's sixteenth century Audivi Vocem de Caelo (I Heard a Voice in the Sky), with its bright high harmonies, may have been written exclusively for the choirboys. A hint of the season reveals itself in Tallis' Gloria; contrasting austere and warmer folk melodies appear in later Byrd selections: the roots of Fairport Convention! The dramatic major/minor shifts of Tallis' Sanctus et Benedictus pair off against the mysterious grandeur of Byrd's Ave Maria; a rousing, anthemic holiday theme finally appears at the end of Tallis' Agnus Dei. The second-oldest piece here, Robert White's Magnificat, is the most exuberant, the contrast between the crystalline highs of the sopranos and the charcoal and chocolate of the lower registers at its most striking here. The album concludes with a work by one of the group's favorite composers, John Sheppard. Translated as the Holy Word, its harmonic complexity and slowly unwinding resolutions probably make more sense in this century than when they were written practically half a millennium ago. The album is out just in time for the holidays on Harmonia Mundi.
Stile Antico's Andrew Griffiths Speaks for the Choir
Stile Antico, one of the world's most popular and exciting choirs, made their New York concert debut less than a year ago at Corpus Christi Church uptown. They've topped the Billboard classical charts; toured with Sting; and have been nominated for Grammies twice for their innovative and spirited performances of both rare and iconic sixteenth and seventeenth-century compositions. They return to New York on Saturday, October 16 at 8 PM at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin on 46th St. Andrew Griffiths, tenor in the group, took some time out of his schedule to give us some insight into what promises to be a particularly intriguing concert:
Lucid Culture's Correspondent: First an obvious question – what is the program you'll be singing on October 16?
Andrew Griffiths of Stile Antico: It's called In Paradisum, a program of Renaissance music. All the music is either the last piece that the composers wrote, or a piece that bows out with big questions.
LCC: That's intense.
AG: Surprisingly, it's very contrasting. Actually we were all very worried that it was going to be very gloomy. But there's a lot of upbeat music as well as the intense stuff.
LCC: Your new album, Puer Natus Est (A Child Is Born) is medieval Christmas music. Most of us typically equate Christmas music with a festive, celebratory feel. Is there a festive characteristic to this, or another defining characteristic?
AG: I don't think that it's your average seasonal holiday album…Christmas was an important time then as now, as the season approached they certainly pulled out all the stops. This actually has as much to do with Advent as Christmas: you have the waiting for Christmas, the anticipation, and then Christmas itself. There won't be any music on the disc that will be recognizable as Christmas music to people who don't know anything from this time period…
LCC: At the October 16 concert, are there specific highlights that the audience should be listening for? Any pieces or passages that are personal favorites of yours?
AG: Personally, and for a lot of us, Media Vita by John Sheppard is actually a huge one. It's one of the longest pieces from the whole period of Tudor music in England. Sheppard is a composer we've done a lot, and something that I feel suits us really, really well. This has amazingly sustained passages in six parts; it's a bit like running a marathon to perform it.
LCC: I think a lot of people over here don't realize that choral music in the UK is undergoing a sort of renaissance, with an American Idol/Eurovision style tv show and competing choirs. Is it fair to say that you're rock stars in the UK?
AG: Not really! I think we're not terribly well known outside the circle of people who know this music. We feel we've done more in the US actually than we've done at home. We had a NPR feature at very good moment – we started getting emails from truck drivers in the south telling us that they were listening to this on the interstate. It takes a little bit longer to establish yourself in the UK. We now feel that we're finding our place at this point.
LCC: Are you aware of the Seraphic Fire phenomenon over here in the US?
AG: Actually not…
LCC: They're a Florida choir who achieved the unexpected by knocking Lady Gag off the top of the itunes charts: they were actually number one in the nation for awhile. They did it with a wonderful recording of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610…
AG: How extraordinary! That's brilliant…I think when people get the chance to listen to this music, it can be a real revelation. A lot of people have never heard of Monteverdi. To think that there are that many people who will listen to two hours of it is really wonderful…
LCC: Is there a single mission behind Stile Antico, by comparison, say, to the Tallis Scholars? Something that makes you stand out from the other well-known early music choirs out there?
AG: I guess in that we don't have a conductor…that our collaborative way of making music is unique, I think at least in a group of our size. We explore things much like a string quartet would. We have a lot of rehearsals, so when we get into concert we really know the material inside out. If you haven't got someone to remind you what a certain gesture means, you really have to know what it's going to be, or else…
LCC: Since you don't have a conductor, do you have a signal system of sorts between members, for cues? Or is that necessary?
AG: Only at very specific moments – at the very beginning or ends of things. The analogy of the string quartet, with the first violin having everyone come in at the same time, works here. Remember, we've been together for ten years and we still have eight of the original twelve members. It's very, very important to us that the turnover in the group is as little as possible: we have to know how the others work!
LCC: Given the sheer complexity of what you sing, there are bound to be a few glitches here and there. How do you handle mistakes? Do you go to the trouble of recording yourselves and listening back afterward?
AG: We do listen to things afterward. But remember, if someone misses a key, chances are at least two other people are singing, which minimizes it. More disruptive than hitting the wrong note is a rhythmic mistake: potentially much more of a problem. We've actually never had a disaster like that. Most of us have sung since age eight or ten so we're very used to this.
LCC: What is your preparation for shows? You'll be on your feet singing for the better part of two hours, most of it without a break, and you have to hit the notes. Do you have a pre-concert ritual?
AG: We rehearse in the afternoon like everyone else…we do gather before we go on, about five minutes before the show and go over what we want to think about…and we try to keep pretty quiet after that to let ourselves concentrate!
LCC: Your sound is seamless, really together as one – there seems to me to be a lot of chemistry in the group. Are there friendships within Stile Antico that extend beyond the concert hall and rehearsal room? Not that I'm trying to dig up dirt or anything…
AG: We are very good friends actually. There are three sisters in the group, and two of us are married. So that helps when we sit down and just talk about what our goals are, and what we are achieving. But the premise from the beginning was that we were keen to keep it a social thing as much as a musical thing and that's still true today.
LCC: Rock star question: let's compare Stile Antico to a rock band for a minute, shall we? Is there a dominant personality? A mystic? A class clown?
AG: Various clowns at various times. We all take the lead on different things, and that spills over into how it organizes us. One of us does the travel, another does the website, we try to play to our different strengths. I don't think there's a ringleader…
LCC: Does it ever astound you that you've achieved popularity with music that, much of it at least, went centuries without being performed?
AG: I think it's very exciting. We all really feel strongly that we're not presenting these in pieces, out of context. We're sort of taking them out of the museum…people think that it's such a big thing to play and sing, but these are works that were sung and enjoyed by everyday people hundreds of years ago. We rarely speak of dynamics, per se: we speak about the character of the music…we try to find something in it that resonates with us to resonate with other people as well. We find again and again that people are engaging emotionally with our music. You don't necessarily have to know the rules and understand it in a scholarly way to appreciate it.
LCC: Your album Media Vita, which came out earlier this year, is not only exquisitely sung, it's also sonically exquisite. I'm curious as to where you recorded it…
AG: We were so lucky to find a special church in North London: All Hallows, Gospel Oak. It's not a particularly well-known church. If you're a recording musician, a lot of people know about it, otherwise not. What actually happened with the church is that they ran out of money as it was being built. The columns are in stone, with a wooden roof. It's acoustically fantastic.
Stile Antico sing a program including pieces from the 15th to the 17th century by William Byrd, Guillaume Dufay, Nicolas Gombert, Josquin des Prez, Alonso Lobo, Heinrich Schutz, and Orlande de Lassus as well as John Sheppard's massive, haunting Media Vita at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 338 W 46th St., on Saturday, October 16 at 8 PM. Tickets are available at the Miller Theatre box office, 116th St. and Broadway, open noon-6 PM Monday-Friday, via phone at 212-854-7799 and online.
For those outside of NYC, the rest of the tour schedule is below:
OCT. 7 – DURHAM, NC – Duke Chapel
OCT. 8 – WASHINGTON, DC – NPR – Tiny Desk Concert (national broadcast)
OCT. 9 – PITTSBURGH, PA – Calvary Episcopal Church/Renaissance & Baroque Society
OCT. 11 – CINCINNATI, OH – St. Peter in Chains Cathedral
OCT. 13 – DURHAM, NH – Johnson Theater/University of New Hampshire
OCT. 15 – CAMBRIDGE, MA -St. Paul Church/Boston Early Music Festival


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Oh, now I see the cleansing wave!
The fountain deep and wide;
Jesus, my Lord, mighty to save,
Points to His wounded side.
The cleansing stream I see! I see!
I plunge, and oh, it cleanseth me!
Oh, praise the Lord! It cleanseth me!
It cleanseth me—yes, cleanseth me.
2. I rise to walk in Heav'n's own light,
Above the world and sin,
With heart made pure and garments white,
And Christ enthroned within.
3. I see the new creation rise;
I hear the speaking blood.
It speaks! Polluted nature dies!
Sinks 'neath the cleansing flood.
4. Amazing grace! 'tis Heav'n below
To feel the blood applied,
And Jesus, only Jesus know,
My Jesus crucified.
Phoebe Palmer Knapp was born this date, 3/9/1839, in New York City. She was the daughter of Walter C. and Phoebe Palmer. At 16 she married Joseph Knapp, the founder of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Both were members of John Street Methodist Church of New York City, where Fanny Crosby was also a member.
Phoebe Palmer Knapp published more than 500 hymn tunes. Some think her most famous tune is that of "Blessed Assurance" by Fanny Crosby's" but the above is her tune to accompany her mother's poem. Mrs. Knapp died 7/10/1908 at Poland Springs, Maine.

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text: Mitchell Wisidagamage wrote: >> >> Please don't fall into the trap of thinking "e-Science" requires a tie >> to the Globus Toolkit to be valid. >> > I do not think this (anymore). I queried Matthew Haynos from IBM who's > an expert in this area some time ago as I'm new to grid computing. The > silly questions are from me :o) Answers are his. > > Because at the moment distributed computing is only popular in the > academic research and highly specialized part of the industry...atleast > that's what I think. Any professional and personal comments from your > expereince? > > Not true. Distributed computing is more and more mainstream. I think > too that you are looking at distributed computing perhaps too narowly. > Even if you are referring to supercomputing, witness that more and more > of the Top 500 supercomputing sites are increasingly commerical (as > opposed to academic or public institutions). > > Anyhow I just read it again and you stated that "Grid computing becoming > more of a defacto standard for distributed computing in enterprises". > > May I ask why do you think that? > I would say b/c of the growing ubiquity of scale-out computing (lots of > machines, lots of resources, etc.) What's happening here is that > scheduling, etc. is going from the machine into the network. People no > longer know where things are going to run with hundreds / thousands of > blade processors. This is a sea change. People use to say run this > piece of work on this machine, now it's just run this work, I have no > idea where. I've written an article series for IBM's grid site on > developerWorks: > > Check out: > http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchType=1&pageLang=&displaySearchScope=dW&searchSite=dW&lastUserQuery1=perspectives+on+grid&lastUserQuery2=&lastUserQuery3=&lastUserQuery4=&query=perspectives+on+grid+haynos&searchScope=dW > > > particularly the "Next-generation distributed computing" article for a > primer. I think you'll find the five or so articles in the series > interesting. I've read the article series and it is interesting. And, I'm not completely given over to anti-grid sentiment. The problem remains, however, to be embodied by a colleague, recounting his experience in running an ocean circulation model: "We only had a 13% slowdown running this as a grid application when compared to our local cluster." Now, there are several things to consider that go unsaid here. One is the degree of coupling in the code. Another is the size of the datasets that have to be moved to the various sites to facilitate operations. some codes will perform well when distributed broadly, while others will die a horrid death waiting for pieces of the result to come back from that P3 installation in Outer Geekdom. Some will suffer simply from communications latency. Others will just continue to chug along. By way of illustration, we benchmarked my MM5 semi-production run of 72 forecast hours for 3 domains of increasing resolution across the United States. To complete in the same timeframe as a locally submitted job, we found a requirement to double the number of processors when it was distributed out to the "grid". This is an extreme example, of course, and not one I propose to repeat anytime soon... It's much easier to run MM5 and WRF locally and not have to worry quite so much about resource reservation and odd processors failing mid-run. -- Gerry Creager -- gerry.creager at tamu.edu Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.458.4020 FAX: 979.862.3983 Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843


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MakerBot, one of the largest and best-known companies in the world of 3D printing, has finally announced a release date (October 2013) and price ($1,500) for its highly-anticipated 3D scanner, the MakerBot Digitizer.
"Bringing the MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner into the world has been a big goal of ours this year," MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis said in a statement (PDF) on Thursday. "We are really excited about the MakerBot Digitizer. This is another innovative product for visionaries, early adopters, experimenters, educators, creative hobbyists, 3D sculptors, organic modelers, designers, and architects who want to be the first to become an expert in Desktop 3D Scanning."
Pettis first announced the product at the March 2013 SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. However, in April 2013, a rival Canadian firm announced its own sub-$500 3D scanner.
MakerBot, which was acquired by an older printing firm earlier this year for over $400 million, hasn't yet released any technical details about its product. But in a Frequently Asked Questions document (PDF), the company does reveal the scanner's resolution.
"The MakerBot Digitizer captures enough points to create about 200,000 triangles for each new 3D model," the firm wrote. "It can capture details as small as 0.5 mm and surface depth as shallow as 0.5 mm. The dimensional accuracy of the MakerBot Digitizer's is ± 2 mm, meaning that when you scan an object, the dimensions of your 3D model will be within 2 mm of your original object."


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BeDo is all about big ideas. We help clients craft strategies and drive movements. Founded by Marc Mathieu, we work with a spectrum of companies from multinational corporations to visionary startups.
No one can be the best at everything. We understand that. But we still refuse to settle.
We are curators. Because our visions are usually quite expansive and typically engage multiple channels and vehicles, they require a fleet of experts. From animation to film, web design to graphic design, we seek out the best to bring a vision to life.
Curating the process end-to-end, we ensure that the overall vision is maintained and is realized in the most compelling way possible.
Marc Mathieu, Founder
Meggan Wood, Principal
Anne Seymour, Office Manager
We think big. Period. Our visionary expertise takes us a variety of places within a client corporation—from branding and marketing to sustainability and social responsibility—and for that reason, our work comes to life in many different ways.
Here's a snapshot of our more frequent executions:
We get our hands dirty. Our thinking also takes us into visionary startups, where we provide the branding and marketing expertise of the corporate world to innovative social enterprises to expand their growth potential.
This work generally takes shape in the following ways:
We believe in the power of movements. Whether its a specific movement—such as the triple bottom line, higher meaning in the workplace, or the social media revolution—or movements as a whole, we frequently explore movements in context of the cultural shifts they can ignite and the business impact they can have, both globally and locally, often anchoring the discussion within the world of branding and infusing it with many years of marketing expertise.
Here's a quick rundown on some of the larger events that we have been involved in:
Better World Books dares to imagine a better world through books, providing literacy to thousands with their many literacy partners. BeDo worked with Better World Books to find a big idea that they could own and use as their brand foundation. With huge achievements in the literacy space, as well as the green space, they needed a big idea that could transcend the book industry and speak to a greater human need.
Coke's sustainability platform—Live Positively—has long guided Coke, in company with its partners, to make commitments that can change the world. BeDo worked with Coke Europe to devise a consumer roll-out strategy, activating multiple media channels. The strategy prized participation and used the Live Positively platform to inspire action amongst consumers.
Danone wanted to explore current trends in marketing innovation. BeDo curated a 24 hour immersion day with some of the biggest thinkers in this space from innovative corporations to visionary experts. Danone was able to interact with and learn from this stellar group to understand what the next wave of marketing looks like and how it can help their business.
Johnson & Johnson is synonymous with caring in the hearts and minds of the public. BeDo worked with Johnson & Johnson to explore their place in the caring sphere and develop a strategy that would help their business.
Mulino Bianco was looking for a big idea that would set them apart from their competitors. BeDo worked with Mulino Bianco to craft a new strategy that leveraged their heritage and current cultural trends.
Phipps is the greenest conservatory in the world—literally—and an amazing place that marries the beauty of plants and architecture. BeDo worked with Phipps on a overarching strategy that would allow them to communicate all the amazing things they do in a consistent and compelling way.
How do you save the world? You empower the rising generation to live more sustainably and give them the tools to influence the adults.
Green My Parents is a youth movement that seeks to enable one million youth to collectively save $100 million by living a more sustainable lifestyle, whether by turning off the lights, riding a bike instead of taking the car, or growing your own food. BeDo is working with Green My Parents to expand its reach by articulating and executing its growth and corporate partnership strategy.
Learn more at GreenMyParents.com
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The Hoop is a next-generation micro-lending platform for fair trade producers and brands—think Kiva for the makers of your favorite fair trade products. Marc Mathieu, Co-Founder, and BeDo are helping The Hoop develop its brand and connect with its stakeholders.
Learn more at JoinTheHoop.com
The Hub Atlanta is a unique, collaborative community in the heart of Atlanta. It houses some of the cities most exciting social entrepreneurs and enterprises, including BeDo. Hub Atlanta is part of a larger network that has the ambition to inspire and support the imaginative and enterprising initiatives of social entrepreneurs around the world.
Hub Atlanta is one of 25 hubs in as many cities on 4 continents.
Visit us to learn more:
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BeDo Intra 2009 was an immersive sidecar event held in conjunction with SOCAP09 in San Francisco. BeDo Intra 2009 hosted 75 business visionaries to discuss social intrapreneurship with leading organizations in the space, including Danone, AMD, eBay, SustainAbility and Net Impact.
Learn more at BeDo.com/Intrapreneurs
We have entered an era of purpose driven brands. These brands embrace four iconic traits—they create market forces that shape marketplaces; they build behavior and identity; they create culture; and they help us deal with our fears and build our hopes.
But they're doing more than that—they're pursuing meaning, they're pursuing purpose. From Coke's Live Positively to IBM's Smarter Planet, from Method to Honest Tea, we're seeing brands take a stand. We're seeing them ignite movements. We're seeing them build a better future—one that fosters life, liberty, and happiness—for today and for generations to come.
MKG3D: Marketing for a Three-Dimensional World—People, Planet and Profit
Marc's call for Marketing in 3 Dimensions (MKG3D) brings triple bottom line thinking to marketing and branding and has the power to change business and innovation. This new model recognizes that consumers are people too and that they make decisions based on more than economic self-interest. An approach that is, at once, both top-down and bottom-up, inside-out and outside-in, MKG3D positively impacts and engages all stakeholders through a holistic approach and offers not only a better solution, but also a bold solution you're not likely to forget, because it positions sustainability and social responsibility as inextricable pieces of the puzzle, rather than purely additive components
CGI Action Network: The Social Web
In June and early July, Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) offered more than a dozen opportunities for CGI members to engage with each other and enhance their Commitments to Action. Most of these events were meetings of CGI Action Networks, which allow members to meet throughout the year, discuss specific issues, and coordinate action.
The Social Web Action Network explored the power of the social web, specifically how corporations are leveraging this medium to increase their social impact through digital CSR programs. The session included an open dialogue that discussed how best to harness this medium to enhance CGI commitments and identified trends and interest in collaboration.
Reviving the American Dream
The American Dream is a powerful idea. It was about freedom and opportunity–about life, liberty, and happiness. Brands originally embodied the dream. Through the years, something changed. Brands became the dream. Products took precedent over ideas.
Now, we are seeing a revival of the dream—a return to the power of the idea. Brands are in service of the dream, a sustainable dream. Movements are activating ideas and bringing people and brands together, working for a common goal.We are seeing enabling brands—like Fair Trade—serving as a rallying cry. Enlightened brands—like Toms—seeking profits as if the people and the planet matter. And leadership brands—the Fortune 500 brands—that are realizing they have an important role to play.
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Charles Poliquin, an athletic trainer who has designed workouts for 17 Olympic sports and for professional sports teams, is most often credited with introducing the concept physiologically known as undulating or nonlinear periodization in 1988. "Nonlinear" refers to the constant fluctuation in workout intensity (as opposed to progressing methodically through higher weight loads, for instance), and "periodization" refers to a specific plan for cycling through workout changes in order to give all the muscles enough attention.
Some studies have found muscle confusion, as it's now commonly called, to be more effective in promoting long-term fitness and in boosting performance levels, and popular workout systems such as P90X and Insanity plan their intense regimens according to these principles. But if you prefer the comfort of a predictable routine, other experts are on hand to back you up, noting that if you're focusing on a specific muscle group it may take weeks to get all you can out of a given move.


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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 8, 2003
President Discusses Education at Elementary School in Tennessee
Kirkpatrick Elementary School
Nashville, Tennessee
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. I am honored to be at a school which refuses to leave any child behind. A good school begins with a good principal, somebody who is willing to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations. And that's what Kim Fowler has done, and we're honored to be here. And I want to thank you for putting up with this huge entourage that travels with me. (Laughter.)
We're here because, as you may remember, the federal government passed an innovative law recently and a lot of people are wondering what that law means. And we have used this school as an example of what is possible for parents and for educators to make sure that not a single child gets left behind.
Before I begin to talk about the school I do want to say that I am most appreciative that the Superintendent of Schools from Nashville Public Schools is with us today. He's an innovator. He believes in setting high expectation for every child. It's not my first time I have been in Pedro Garcia's presence.
I love the motto of the school district here -- Whatever It Takes. Whatever it takes to succeed. And, Pedro, thank you for setting a good example. We appreciate what you're doing and we appreciate what the Nashville -- (applause.) And we appreciate what the Nashville schools are doing to take advantage of the No Child Left Behind Act.
When I was looking for somebody to be the head of the Department of Education I wanted somebody who had been on the front lines of education, perhaps a superintendent of schools. And I knew a man in Houston when I was the governor of Texas who was setting high standards and using innovation when innovation was needed, to make sure the children of Houston, Texas learned. And that man is with us today, who is now the head of the Department of Education, the Secretary of Education Rod Paige. Thank you for coming. (Applause.)
He's not the only person in this audience who has been the Secretary of Education. Senator Lamar Alexander was the Secretary of Education and did a fine job. (Applause.) I'm so honored you're here, Senator. Thank you for coming.
And I'm honored also to have traveled down with Senator Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate. He's doing a fabulous job for the country. (Applause.) As well, we've got Congressman Zach Wamp, and Congressman Lincoln Davis, and Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn with us from the mighty Tennessee delegation, and thank you for coming. (Applause.)
The Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, Bill Purcell is here. And, Mr. Mayor, thank you for coming. I'm honored you would take time out to greet us. It means a lot that you're here and we appreciate you coming, as well.
Finally, when I landed at the airport I had the honor of meeting Brenda Wilson. The people of this good elementary school know who Brenda is; people around the city may not. She's a soldier in the army of compassion. She's a person who volunteers to make sure the children can learn. She represents the thousands of people in this city and in this state who say, if I've got a problem with a public school, I'm going to be involved with it. Instead of hoping that some distant government insists upon excellence, I, Brenda Wilson, will dedicate myself by donating time to make sure children get the very best.
She volunteered from 1995 to 2002 in this school. She did such a good job that you've named her the Coordinator of Volunteer Services. That means if a child is going hungry, somebody will help find the food. If a child needs clothing, somebody will help find the clothes. If a child needs extra tutorial help beyond that which I'm going to describe, Brenda's job is to find people to volunteer, and she, herself, volunteers.
You know, there's a lot of talk in our -- across our country about how strong America is, and we're strong. And I intend to keep us that way. But the true strength is not our military strength or our military muscle. The true strength is the heart and soul of the American people -- people who are willing to say how can I help somebody; what can I do to make my community a better place? Brenda, thank you for being one of those soldiers in the army of compassion. I appreciate you being here. (Applause.) Thank you, Brenda.
So there's been a lot of talk about the No Child Left Behind Act. Let me describe the principles inherent in the act, what we're doing to make sure no child gets left behind, and why I'm here at this elementary school.
First, as I mentioned, this society of ours must challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations. I believe, Kim believes, I know the teachers at this good school believe, that every child can learn. We believe in the potential of every single child and, therefore, must insist that every child learns. See, if you don't -- believe certain children can't learn, then the tendency is just to shuffle them through the system. If you don't believe every child has worth, then the system tends just to give up on the child and move them through. And then at the end of high school, people can't read, and we've created a social problem.
So the No Child Left Behind Act says that we're going to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations. And I want to thank Kim for doing that and I want to thank the teachers in this school and across this city who are willing to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations. Teaching is a noble profession, it's an honorable profession. And we want to thank our teachers, not only at this school, but across this city and this state, for agreeing to teach.
So, in other words, the bill basically says, we believe in high expectations, and we believe it so strongly, we want to measure to see if those expectations are being met. It's one thing to say, I believe in high expectations; but unless you measure, you don't know whether expectations are being achieved.
And so, for the first time, the federal government has said, in return for federal dollars, we're going to measure -- not we, the federal government, but the state and local authorities will measure. In return for the federal government writing checks to states and to children, we want to know.
The person who doesn't believe certain children can learn just don't -- doesn't care about the measurement system. If you do care about each child, then you want to know whether or not expectations are being met.
There's a lot of talk -- listen, I cut my teeth in accountability in the state of Texas. I've heard every excuse in the book why not to measure. "Oh, you're teaching to test," you'll hear. Well, if you're teaching a child to read, that child will pass the test. "We're testing too much." My attitude is, is that in order to know, in order to diagnose a problem, you have to measure it in the first place. You cannot solve a problem until you measure in the first place.
And so the Congress did the right thing in insisting that we hold people accountable for results, and now we measure. And for the schools that are doing great, there ought to be nothing but praise. And for the schools that need help in meeting high expectations, there needs to be extra resources. And that's what this bill did. The budget for next year boosts funding for elementary and secondary education to $53.1 billion. That's a 26-percent increase since I took office. In other words, we understand that resources need to flow to help solve the problem.
Of that money, a lot of it goes to Title I, Title I money, to help certain children. That's to the tune of $12.3 billion. That's a 41-percent increase for Title I students. And that's where the money goes, to help the Title I students in this school on special needs.
Now, the other thing we've done, which I'm proud of, is to fund effective reading programs. If you can't read, you're not going to do math, and if you can't read, you can't be a scientist; if you can't read you can't understand history. If you can't read, you're going nowhere, if the truth be known. And so we've spent money for reading programs, money that will fund curriculum that actually works. There's a science with reading; it's not an art. They know what it takes to teach a child how to read. I appreciate the fact that the Nashville school system and this school uses reading programs that will teach a child how to read -- not that sound good, or feel good, but actually achieve the results necessary so no child is left behind.
And so, the resources were there for not only to make sure that teacher training is available and methodologies that work. I know we've had a lot of teacher training programs all around the country. It's beginning to make a significant effect. We started with the early grades first. We've got money in place to fund the measurement systems, to make sure the measurement systems get up in running and operate well. And we've got money in place to help students that need extra work.
And that's why we're here -- because there is a triggering event in the bill, and it says that if schools are not meeting expectations, then parents should be given different options. If students -- if the school is not achieving that which is expected, and there's a chance a child will be left behind, then one remedy is to give parents the choice to choose another public school, or perhaps to send their -- a child to a tutorial sessions like we just saw today.
We have come from a really interesting little laboratory of excellence that Kim set up where three different providers were tutoring children. It gave me a chance to see that this school and this school district has not only reached out to parents, but has reached out to educational providers that say, we want to enlist your services to make sure no child is left behind. We measure, we determine which children need help; parents are then given the option to decide what kind of tutors is needed to meet that child's needs.
The school district and the school don't fear extra help, they welcome extra help. They have used the measuring system not to punish anybody, but determine what else is needed to make sure the child gets extra help. We not only saw the children learning and practicing to read, we met their parents. They could provide the testimony a lot more eloquently than me. But when you hear a mom say to me, my child was at a second-grade level, the measurement system saw that she needed help -- thankfully, the federal government passed a law which provides extra time on tasks for my child, and now she's reading at the fifth-grade level, and she's in the fourth grade -- that's a good sign. It means this particular child will not be left behind. It means the system is working. We measure to determine who needs help, and we provide the help.
And so, one of the problems we face -- obviously, not here, but one of the problems we face, is whether or not other school districts are properly advertising that which is available for students that need help. We've come to Nashville because the Superintendent of Schools has decided to make it widely known that extra services for children are available; made it widely known that summer school, after-school programs, Saturday programs, tutorials provided by the school district and/or private enterprise, are all available for parents whose children qualify.
You see, if you measure and then don't provide extra help, the measurement system is empty. If you measure, determine who needs help and then provide the extra help, we have done our duty as adults to provide the skills necessary for children to succeed in life. And that's what this school is doing. The tutorials have got to make sure that the programs have got proven track records, that they relate to directly what is needed to meet the curriculum needs of a school.
One other thing that's interesting that we have discovered is that research shows that after-school tutoring programs can do a lot for student achievement. That makes sense. If you focus on a child, focus energies on an individual child and stay on it and stay on task, and if you believe every child can learn, then we will succeed.
And so, what I want people to understand around the country is that leaders, education leaders and governors must advertise to the parents that which is now available under the No Child Left Behind Act, just like they're doing here in Nashville, Tennessee.
Kim was telling me they sent out flyers to parents in her -- the parents of the children who go to her school. They're aggressive in the outreach to make sure parents know that which is available. And that's what other states must now do. Other states must seize the moment. Other states must not fear measurement, but use the measuring tool as a way to determine who needs help. And the resources are there to provide that help. Other states must challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations. Other states must do their duty to their children.
Kim Fowler is -- has got the right attitude. She is not intimidated by measurement. She's not afraid to be held to account. She looks at the tests as a way to help people. She knows that you don't teach self-esteem -- there's not a course that says the self-esteem -- you teach a child to read, and he or she earns self-esteem. And that's the right attitude.
I'm so thankful that we've got people like Kim all across America who have got the right attitude. And I'm so thankful that we've got teachers like the teachers here that work with Kim, to make sure that no child is left behind.
LaKeisha Begley is a fourth-grader here. She was way below grade level. The system kicked in. Barbara, her momma, said that, one, she was appreciative of the fact that she had a choice. See, she was notified, said, you're daughter's not doing well, and then was given an option, a range of options. The school and the district trust the parents to make the right choice. It's not one of these paternalistic things that, this is what's going to happen. They say, we've got a problem with your child, we're going to give you some options from which to choose. So she signed up for a private tutor.
Barbara said she's already seen the difference. The child is excited. The child can't wait to read. From day one, LaKeisha learned better study skills, she said. She was thrilled about doing it and thrilled about learning. The program motivated her to learn more. And that's what we're here to talk about, how to make sure we can put programs in place that motivate our children who need help to learn more.
I'm excited to be here. I'm excited to be here because I believe that this country can solve any problem that we face. We face a problem, to make sure every child can read. The statistics are loud and clear, too many of our fourth-graders cannot read at grade level. The federal government decided to do its part by not only providing the resources, but by insisting upon results.
We are challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations. We believe every child can learn. And I'm convinced when these programs are fully implemented, children will learn and America will be better off.
Thank you for having me here today. May God bless you all.


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Why is it that the smallest gestures become so rich when repeated as tradition?
I ponder this as I prepare for my annual fall pumpkin bread baking custom. The recipe is splattered with egg stains, penned upon by an enthusiastic child baker, and smudged with speckles of pumpkin from years of sitting too close to the mixing bowl.
It was a first grade teacher, Mrs. Franklin, who began the tradition when one of the original Backyard Boys was in first grade. Mrs. Franklin guided the class through a baking lesson. We parents thought she was teaching counting, and adding whole numbers, introducing fractions, building reading vocabulary, and instilling patience. But of course her instruction was far deeper than that. Did she realize the impact of her pumpkin bread lesson?
That day in first grade, each child took home a small loaf as a gift to their families. The bread was so much better than any pumpkin bread we'd ever tried, and the joy on the boy's face when he realized he could bake a gift was so gleeful, we began an annual fall tradition of baking and giving Mrs. Franklin's Pumpkin Bread.
We started close to home, that year, baking for sisters and cousins and grandparents. The next year we branched out, sharing pumpkin bread with neighbors and friends. The man next door who fought in the Korean War was touched. "I've never been remembered on Veteran's Day before," he said when we knocked on his front door and proffered the still-warm loaf.
Whenever we shared the bread, we always heard two things a few days later.
"That pumpkin bread was so good, we ate it all in one day!"
"Can I have the recipe?"
The Pumpkin Bread recipe began to take on a magical aura in our house as the never-fail-to-please item to take to new neighbors and friends, to potlucks and as hostess gifts to parties. We loved to make it.
Knowing that Mrs. Franklin wouldn't mind, we added on to the tradition by photocopying the recipe and including it with the bread. The recipe wasn't beautiful anymore but it bore its badge of frequent use with good humor. Like love and wise lessons from first grade teachers, Mrs. Franklin's Pumpkin Bread was soon travelling far from its original source.
Lynn began a pumpkin bread-giving circle in Kansas City.
Mustafa took it to his family in St. Louis where it's now a fall tradition in his home.
Bharti made it and sent it to her family in Mumbai.
As the cousins grew up and moved away to college they knew they could count on a Backyard Sister Fall Care Package that always included pumpkin bread nestled in tissue paper. It arrived safely and fragrant from California to Washington, D.C., and Boston, to Chicago, and Iowa City and Tucson, Arizona.
Mrs. Franklin's Pumpkin Bread was even snuck into Pauley Pavilion in the interior pocket of a giant khaki raincoat as a fall treat for the UCLA Men's Basketball team. When the Backyard Boy left home to play basketball in Malaga, Spain, he received a care package in time to celebrate his first Thanksgiving in Europe with the taste of home.
Even though we've never actually met you, our loyal readers, I see no reason why we can't share the recipe. I'm absolutely positive that Mrs. Franklin would like that. So, with love from her, and from the Backyard Sisters, here it is.
Bake it soon, with a child. And when you get a chance, walk with it, still warm, to someone who served our country. Say thank you. You can't imagine what kind of goodness you might be sowing there among the brave acting as if all you are doing is sharing bread.
With pumpkin and spice,


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HRT's technical director Toni Cuquerella has acknowledged that the Spanish team's F1 foray is now over.
It was believed the team's departing owner Thesan Capital had set an end-of-November deadline for a new buyer to be found. Indeed, as November became December over the past weekend, the FIA published the official 2013 entry list, and it made no mention of HRT. But subsequent reports in Spanish newspapers suggested the dream may not be over for the team, who may have been granted more time by the governing body to pay next year's entry fee.
However, leading team figure Cuquerella wrote on Twitter: "Four years ago, I suggested to a friend to make a F1 team.
"Today after three seasons the last page of HRT has been written. It was certainly an experience," the Spanish engineer concluded.
Ferrari test driver Marc Gene, another Spaniard, commented: "It leaves a bad taste, because the probability of another Spanish project (in F1) is small and the precedent is negative.
"Support in Spain normally goes to the drivers," he is quoted by the EFE news agency. "I can think of several projects in which it was thought that the country would get behind it, but instead only the athletes are supported," added Gene, a former Minardi driver.


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Wild Nettle Gnocchi Adventures in Spain…
"Hey – let's walk out to the old convent to pick nettles and make stinging nettle gnocchi!" Krishana says…
How could I say no to that? Even though I have been in Spain for less than a week, and I am still living from a suitcase more or less camping out in a house strewn with unpacked furniture…and even though I only have a few weeks to get settled and get the new retreat center kitchen together, equipment purchased, people organized, supplies ordered…
How could I say no? So we walked through the olive orchard (we have 350 trees!), over the neighboring wheat fields and to the god-only-knows-how-old crumbling ruin to which I look out upon from my bedroom window each morning. They call it The Convent. It is huge and roofless, with arched windows in the tower that look out over miles of surrounding countryside, including our property, Villamartin, Prado del Rey, and Arcos de la Frontera, a few the famous Andalusian white villages.
Inside, the entire ruin is completely full of waste-deep dark green stinging nettles! Armed with (almost-thick-enough) gloves, we harvest the lovely, giant, tender nettle leaves from the one shady corner, carefully picking just the leaves. Nettle flowers contain an irritant to the urinary tract, but the leaves and stems are surprisingly rich in protein (up to 25% dry weight) and full of iron, potassium, manganese, calcium, as well as vitamins A and C. Steamed, they are very tasty… like a soft, rich, extra-green tasting spinach.
Krishana, who I come to understand is a bit of a celebrity gardener on Martha's Vineyard, has taken it upon herself to create a giant organic vegetable garden for the Suryalila Retreat Center kitchen. In the two months since I was last here, has miraculously transformed about an acre of what looked to be hopelessly barren, rocky, dry soil into rows and rows of sprouting, peeking, microgreen potential! I mean, we are talking about rows of tatsoi, mizuna, spicy braising mixes, 3 or 4 types of kale, chioggia and bull's blood beets… (wait – is that even vegetarian?). We are planting huge amounts of crazy gourmet vegetables, flowers, and herbs- some of which I have never worked with so I can't wait until they all come up!
I have to say that Krishana is also the kind of person who is super fun, and who will always be getting you into trouble. I have known her for two days and already I know this – yesterday we were chased around by the local supermarket police, got almost lost several times trying to find our way back from town, and arrived back and the kitchen at 7pm which is when I should have had dinner finished. And now we are climbing through barbed wire fences to get to the elusive nettle patch when we are probably both supposed to be doing something more responsible… how great is that!
So yes, I am finally here in Andalusia Spain! I will be here for 6 months to a year to start, setting up the Suryalila kitchen, cooking, blogging and, I suspect, soon embarking on a crash course in organic gardening. The property already has loads of fruit trees (lemons, tangerines, figs, cherry, peaches, apricots, quince and the Sevilla oranges) not to mention loads of olive trees and some almond trees, which are just starting to blossom. And now Krishana has planted almost an acre of organic vegetables which should take care of most of our veggie needs for most of the year. If not… well, there just happens to be an organic farming collective just 15 minutes away. Folks, we are going to eat well this year, so if you have ever harbored any fantasies about roaming the Andalusian countryside, picking oranges and almonds off the trees, drinking good (cheap!) Spanish wine, maybe doing a little yoga or horseback riding…all while enjoying amazingly fresh local organic gourmet cuisine… you might think about coming for a visit to Suryalila while I am here.
So, in celebration of our almost 1/4 acre of newly planted potatoes and to continue the gnocchi theme, here is recipe for potato gnocchi – the all day, even-though-it's-not-Saturday type. We started with over 5 kg of potatoes, and after feeding a very enthusiastic crowd of 10, I have enough frozen for at least one more meal, maybe two. This recipe I adapted from Michael Chiarello's potato gnocchi recipe, because it seemed to have a higher ratio of eggs than most. Did I mention that the fruit orchard is also a huge chicken yard, housing nearly 100 birds – chicken, geese, turkeys, and peacocks? We are now bringing about two dozen eggs a day, and because I don't use a lot of eggs or dairy in my cooking, they are starting to pile up. (My new challenge this year with be in managing abundance!)
So here is a great potato gnocchi recipe, to which I added the bounty of our our wild nettle harvest, with the result being the most lovely plump little green flecked dumplings you could ever imagine. Delicious and totally worth the work!
Wild Nettle Gnocchi for about 24
- 10 pounds potatoes
- 2 -3 cups coarse or kosher salt (not a typo)
- 15 egg yolks
- 5 cups all purpose flour
- 4 cups fresh nettle leaves, without stems or seeds
- Freshly ground pepper
Preheat oven to 425°
Blanch the nettles in about an inch of generously salted water. Drain, cool, squeeze dry and chop coarsely.
Wash and bake the potatoes on a layer of course salt for 45 minutes or so until very tender, then peel the potatoes while still hot, being careful not to get too much salt into the whites. You can save the salt to use in the next batch. Press the potatoes through a mill or grate, (or mash by hand if you are ok with something a bit more rustic and lumpy – this is what I did and it was great). Taste for salt and add some if they don't taste like… well, mashed potatoes. I found that after the salt baking and messy peeling process I did not need to add any more salt, but you are probably a neater cook than I am.
If the potatoes are still screaming hot, spread out to cool a bit so the yolks don't cook, then, using a fork, gently work the eggs yolks into the warm but not hot potatoes, cutting them in and keeping it all as fluffy as you can. Dump a couple cups of flour on a worktable, top with your potato mixture and gently work in most of the flour, using your knuckles and hands to gently work and fold it in, (without really kneading it though). Scatter the chopped nettles over the dough and gently fold in a few times to partially integrate, leaving it a bit flecky. It's nice to have bits of green here and there.
You may not need all the flour here, and you may need a bit more, but go for less if possible. This part is really "by feel" and its a great feeling so enjoy it! You should have something that is just barely a dough, and that you can roll into ropes as long as it is very well covered in flour. Split the dough into 4 pieces, and pat each piece into a 1 inch think rectangle. Slice 1 inch pieces off and roll them between your palms into 1/2 inch ropes, then cut again into 1 inch logs. You can leave these as little dumplings, or roll them off a fork, Italian Granny style…
Keep in a single layer on a well floured sheet-pan until ready to cook or freeze. If you are freezing, just put the whole pan in the freezer and bag up the gnocchi when frozen solid.
Cook gnocchi in small batches in boiling salted water for 1 -2 minutes after they bob to the surface of the pot. Drain well and toss in a pan with very good olive oil or butter and a little Parmesan, salt, and pepper, or serve with your favorite sauce.
About halfway through the process, I realized I had someone who did not eat wheat, but luckily I had a bit of potato left over so so I whipped together a gluten free gnocchi using rice flour. It worked amazingly well! Makes me want to try with corn flour, spelt, etc…
Gluten Free Wild Nettle Gnocchi for 2
- 2 cups salt-baked, mashed potatoes (see above)
- 1 cup rice flour
- 1 large egg plus 1 yolk
- 1/4 cup cooked, squeezed and chopped nettles (see above)
- pinch of salt if necessary
Make gnocchi as show above, but don't worry about overworking the dough… you can't. These will be a bit more delicate to cook, so its best to keep them in a simple log or pillow shape, rather than rolling them off the fork which makes them want to fall apart. Enjoy!
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Wow, how great that all sounds! I 'd totally love to come visit 😉 let' see if an opportunity arises….I have my doubts right now, but you never know. I'm dreaming of creating something similar in NC (minus the monastic ruins!) so let's talk when you get back.
I loved eating nettles in England,so perhaps it's time to plant some here in Maine.
Good luck Jorin, they a very fortunate to have you.
Love, Kate
Comment by Kate | February 19, 2012 |
Wonderful post Jorin. Sounds like you are having a wonderful time. I wish I was there.
Comment by Tim | February 19, 2012 |
Jorin! This looks amazing. Wow. It sounds like paradise there. I will make it over there, somehow, some time soon.
Comment by Mimi | February 20, 2012 |


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Seventeen more obituaries of Western District pioneers join the collection this month, and what a group they are. I must say I had to pass a lot over, but it will ensure Passing with the Pioneers will be going to at least January 2014! New papers at Trove has guaranteed that. Obituaries came from the Portland Guardian, Horsham Times and Ballarat Courier.
There are a couple of special ones, those of James HENTY and Rebecca KITTSON and I highly recommend that you read the obituary in full. I actually found Rebecca's obituary rather moving and after driving through the Bridgewater area recently, I have great respect for her family and others that settled there. To read the full obituary, just click on the pioneer's name and the obituary will open in a new tab. Some are a little hard to read, but magnifying the page helps.
I have also included a "young" pioneer who has a family link to me. Thank you to Rachael Boatwright for allowing me to include a photo of her family member.
James HENTY: – Died 12 January 1882 at Richmond. I thought trashy magazines today told all, but the obituary of the Honourable James HENTY M.L.C. shared every detail of the last twenty-four hours or so his life. How can I possibly give a summary of the life of James HENTY, one of the pioneering HENTY clan? Instead, read the obituary. I think James' life may have ended prematurely, if that is possible at eighty-two, due to a collision with a Newfoundland dog the week before.
Hugh MCDONALD: Died 30 January 1899 at Portland. This is a timely obituary coming so soon after my Portland trip. While there, I learnt something of the wreck of the steamer Admella in 1859 and the Portland lifeboat crew that went to her aid. Hugh McDONALD was one of the brave men on board the life boat during that daring rescue.
William GARDINER: Died 17 January 1904 at Warracknabeal. William GARDINER, another pioneer with an interesting life. He arrived in Victoria in 1849 aboard the barque Saxon and spent time in Melbourne, Geelong and the goldfields, before heading to New Zealand. On his return to Australia, he lived in Port Fairy and Hamilton, working as a journalist, before moving to the Wimmera as a correspondent for the Belfast Gazette. He like it so much, he decided to select land at Warracknabeal. He also worked as a correspondent for the Horsham Times and built houses!
Jean McCLINTOCK: Died 19 January 1904 at Melbourne. While only forty at the time of her death and not an "old pioneer", I have included Jean as she was the sister-in-law of Alfred Winslow HARMAN. Jean married William MILLER and they resided at Rupanyup. After some illness, Jean travelled to Melbourne for an operation, but she died as a result.
Joseph JELBART: Died 17 January 1904 at Carapook. Joseph worked as the mail contractor between Carapook and Casterton up until his death. Prior to that, he had worked as a blacksmith and a wheelwright at Chetwynd, Merino and Natimuk. Interesting coincidence, just as Joseph did, his father and brother both died on a Sunday morning in the same house.
Rachel Forward READ: Died 15 January 1904 at Lower Cape Bridgewater. Rachel Forward READ and her husband Richard Charlton HEDDITCH arrived in Adelaide in 1838 and settled at Cape Bridgewater from 1845 after a stint teaching at the Portland Church of England school. They resided at the Lal Lal Homestead. The Victorian Heritage Database listing for Lal Lal includes a letter home by Rachel after their arrival at Cape Bridgewater. Rachel was buried at the Cape Bridgewater cemetery rather than the Hedditch family cemetery at Lal Lal.
Donald McRAE: Died 12 January 1914 at Tooan. Donald McRAE was born in Inverness, Scotland in 1842 and travelled with his parents to Portland. In 1865, he moved to Muntham near Hamilton to farm with brother. The pair eventually selected 320 acres of land each at Natimuk. Donald was a member of the Horsham Caledonian Society.
Samuel WALKER: Died 24 January 1914 at Ballarat. Samuel WALKER was born in Cheshire, England around 1828 and travelled to Australia in 1852. After his arrival on the goldfields of Ballarat, he set up a soda water factory which proved profitable for him. He then became a partner in Evans and Walkers and worked as an accountant. He was also the registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages at Ballarat from 1872.
Selina MILLER: Died January 1917 at Wickliffe. Selina MILLER had resided at Wickliffe for almost sixty years. She was twice married. Her first husband was Mr HAIG and her second, George HARRIOTT. Selina was buried at the Wickliffe Cemetery (below).
Elizabeth HUBBARD: Died 3 January 1919 at Horsham. Elizabeth HUBBARD was born in Norwich, England around 1831 and travelled to Australia with her husband, Mathias HARDINGHAM in the mid-1850s. From Geelong, they travelled to the Horsham area and were two of the first pioneers in that district. Mathias ran the Horsham Hotel for some time.
Christina FOX: Died 8 January 1921 at Vectis. Christine FOX was born in Yorkshire, England around 1835. As a teenager, she travelled to South Australia with her parents. She married Robert SANDERS who had also travelled with his parents on the same immigrant ship.
John W. DAVIS: Died 24 January 1928 at Horsham. John or "Jack" as he was known, arrived in Australia as a three old, living in Williamstown and then Stawell. He played with the Temperance Union Band in Stawell and then moved to Horsham in 1877 to play with one of two brass bands in the town. Known throughout the northwest for his ability as a euphonium player, Jack was also a bandmaster at Natimuk and Noradjuha.
Rebecca KITTSON: Died 4 January 1929 at Portland. What a grand old pioneer Rebecca KITTSON was. A colonist of eighty-eight years, she was a month from her 102nd birthday. Arriving in Melbourne from Ireland aged eleven, she spent the next year in Melbourne, before joining her family at Cape Bridgewater where her father James Kittson had settled. She married Reverend William LIGHTBODY, a Wesleyan minister in 1852. This obituary is a must read. Mrs LIGHTBODY, as she was known for most of her life, was the last surviving member of her family and the obituary gives a glimpse at how the KITTSON'S came to be in Australia.
Adrian ANDERSON: Died 16 January 1932 at Horsham. This is a first for Passing of the Pioneers. Adrian ANDERSON was an immigrant from the United States. Wisconsin to be precise. He arrived aged four, with his parents and resided in Western Australia until he was ten. The family moved to Victoria, where he remained. He ran a shop in Jeparit before his death in the Horsham Base Hospital.
Agnes Sarah COOK: Died 18 January 1942 at Casterton. This obituary begins "Born in a small house on the banks of the Glenelg River at Casterton seventy-nine years ago…". Agnes was a lady that like the past and the future, knowledgeable about the history of Casterton, she also liked to predict the future. Agnes married Robert SYLVESTER and they had four children.
Helen GULL: Died 18 January 1942 at Casterton. Helen was born on the ship Helen during her parents' voyage to Australia in 1852. The GULL family became respected pioneers throughout the Western District. Helen married Frederick PERRY in 1876 and they resided at well known Western District properties, Rifle Downs at Digby and Runnymeade at Sandford. Frederick later ran the Digby Hotel.


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Tight end Rob Gronkowski's broken forearm is such a downer for the New England Patriots because Gronk's skill set stands alone. No one in the NFL combines his vicious blocking with his playmaking ability. Gronkowski had 392 yards and seven touchdowns in the last four weeks alone.
But we're not sure the injury makes that big a difference in the scheme of things. The Patriots have more offensive depth than any team in football. They average 35.8 points-per-week, and Gronk's tag-team partner Aaron Hernandez might be back for the team's Thanksgiving game against the Jets. New England still has Brandon Lloyd, Wes Welker, Julian Edelman, a strong running game and a passable quarterback. This team knows how to adjust to injuries.
NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reports Gronk is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. That won't help New England's chances of getting a playoff bye with Houston and San Francisco still on the schedule, but let's be real: The bye is an uphill battle no matter. New England is two losses behind Houston and essentially two back of Baltimore because the Ravens own the tiebreaker.
Gronk's injury might cost some fantasy owners a title, but he should be back in time to help the Patriots go after another Lombardi trophy. Ultimately, that's all that matters in New England.
So you're saying there's a chance
- We're guessing the Tim Tebow talk will die down for the week after Mark Sanchez averaged 8.9 yards-per-attempt in St. Louis. Tebow lost five yards on two rushes.
- It's a great sign for the Redskins that they won 31-6 on a day where there offense wasn't even in sync for most of the afternoon. One negative: Pierre Garcon still didn't look all the way back.
They're real and spectacular
- Baltimore's win over the Steelers wasn't about style points. It was nice to see their defense win a game for them. The secondary played well. Haloti Ngata and Ed Reed looked healthier. It's a huge win for AFC playoff positioning, no matter who was at quarterback for Pittsburgh.
- The New Orleans Saints' running game continues to roll. Mark Ingram, Chris Ivory, and Pierre Thomas all averaged over 4.6 yards-per-carry in Oakland. They rushed for 153 yards overall against the Raiders. New Orleans is 5-5 and back in the playoff mix, but it's still an uphill battle. Next up: San Francisco and Atlanta.
- One reason it's an uphill battle: There are so many contenders in the NFC. Tampa Bay is 6-4 after another magical win. Carolina went up 11 points with 4:24 to go, and still couldn't close the Bucs out. That sums up Tampa's increasingly improbable season. And Carolina's miserable one.
- Von Miller had three more sacks and two forced fumbles for the Broncos. A defensive player can't dominate more than he has the last three weeks. J.J. Watt also had a big game, but the Defensive Player of the Year race is turning into a doozy. Denver's defense has come along so fast. The entire Broncos team has the ruthless efficiency of Peyton Manning's old Colts squads.
On NFL Network
NFL Replay
will re-air the Houston Texans' 43-37 overtime win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 11 on Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. ET.
Most ridiculous game of the year
Chad Henne threw for 354 yards and four touchdowns, including 236 yards to Justin Blackmon. Against Houston. And still somehow lost. Houston-Jacksonville looked like the biggest dog game of the week. Instead, it gets the 8 p.m. ET NFL Replay time slot.
They won but ...
- The Falcons became only the third team in the last decade to lose the turnover margin by five and still win. Matt Ryan became the first quarterback since Bart Starr in 1967 to throw five interceptions with no touchdowns and still win. Atlanta's interior offensive line got manhandled for much of their victory over Arizona. It's easy to see that line collapsing against some of the great NFC front sevens in the playoffs.
On NFL Network
NFL Replay
will re-air the Dallas Cowboys' 23-20 overtime victory over the Cleveland Browns in Week 11 on Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 9:30 p.m. ET.
- On paper, the Cowboys schedule is easy. But we have no faith in this team to go on a long winning streak when they need 30 first downs and a huge comeback just to beat the Browns at home in overtime. No game is easy for this team.
- The Texans' defense is so damn good, yet it has been absolutely filleted in two of Houston's last four home games. Once it was to Aaron Rodgers. Some concern is appropriate when it happens against Chad Henne, right?
Don't panic
- I watch the Browns every week because of our weekly rookie quarterback rankings. They have to be one of the best 2-8 teams in NFL history. They compete every week, but that probably won't save Pat Shurmur's job. This Browns team reminds me a lot of Eric Mangini's Browns teams that were always better than the record indicated.
- So the Indianapolis Coltsaren't Super Bowl contenders. We knew that. Their big games are ones like next week against the Bills. Win that, and there's some separation in the Wild Card race. Lose, and we're back to a free-for-all.
Some panic is acceptable
- Ken Whisenhunt pulled John Skelton with a 13-3 lead to go to rookie Ryan Lindley. The Cardinals had two weeks to prepare for the Falcons and then Skelton got seven passes before getting the hook. Lindley threw for 64 yards on 20 attempts. At one point late in the first half, the Cardinals had more scoring "drives" (3) than first downs (2).
Lindley wasn't an upgrade. When the passing game is this bad for this long in Arizona, it is a full organizational failure from the coaches to the players to the front office. It's a shame because Darnell Dockett and the Cardinals defense played outstanding Sunday in Atlanta.
- The Detroit Lions are 0-4 in the NFC North. Coaches are fighting about Titus Young on the sideline. The bright side: The Lions should get a last-place schedule next year.
- Yes, the three teams above are next to get forked. But we might let the Lions play on Thanksgiving first. It just doesn't seem to be in the holiday spirit to kill them now.
- Matt Cassel's career in Kansas City quietly may have reached its end when he got pulled for Brady Quinn on Sunday. Cassel will make a good backup for some team next year, but it's hard to image him getting a starting job.
- The Chargers, 3-2 at the time, led the 2-3 Broncos 24-0 at halftime in Week 6. This was not that long ago. And yet the AFC West race is now over before Thanksgiving.
- That whole "Nick Foles could save Andy Reid's job" concept lasted one week. But hey, no team is more talented.
- ESPN's game a week from Monday: The 2-8 Carolina Panthers versus the 3-7 Philadelphia Eagles. The Week 15 Titans-Jets game doesn't look much better.


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Monday, 24 September 2012 04:34 AM EDT
BAGHDAD — Iraq has executed nearly 100 people so far this year, a big increase over previous years that has intensified concern about whether defendants are receiving fair trials in a country where the United States has spent billions of dollars trying to reform the judicial system after decades of dictatorship.
The government says most of the executed had been convicted of terrorism as bombings and shootings persist in Iraq, albeit not at the levels at the height of its conflict years ago.
However, international observers worry that the legal process is faulty and that some trials are politically motivated — including this month's death sentence against Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi, a longtime foe of Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki who was convicted in absentia of running death squads.
The executions in 2012 of at least 96 people, all by hanging, amount to more than a quarter of all convicts who have been put to death in the last eight tumultuous years under leaders who struggled to stabilize a country at war after dictator Saddam Hussein was ousted in the U.S.-led war.
Christof Heyns, the U.N. investigator on arbitrary executions, described the government-sanctioned executions as "arbitrary killing" that is "committed behind a smokescreen of flawed legal processes." He warned that the " continued lack of transparency about the implementation of the death penalty in Iraq, and the country's recent record, raise serious concerns about the question of what to expect in the future."
He made the remarks in a statement in August after more than two dozen people were executed in one week.
Since 2005, Iraq's government has executed 372 people, including at least nine women and number of foreigners convicted of terror charges, according to Justice Ministry data. The number of foreigners among those killed this year was not available.
In the last month alone, the government executed 26 people, including a Saudi, a Syrian and three Iraqi women. The executions were announced with no details about the names or trials of those who were killed, drawing widespread international denunciation.
Haider al-Saadi, the spokesman for the Iraqi Justice Ministry, said the death penalty is the best way for the Iraqi government to ease the suffering of the victims' families.
"The criminals in Iraq are not like the ones in Switzerland or other European Union countries or any others," he said. "Iraq today is facing the most dangerous terrorists in the world."
Iraqi courts have issued 867 death sentences since 2004, with most of them still on death row. The most prominent Iraqi to be executed since Saddam's fall was the dictator himself, hanged on Dec. 30, 2006, for his role in the 1982 killings of 148 Shiites following a failed assassination attempt in the early 1980s. A handful of his senior henchmen followed him to the gallows.
After the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, coalition authority officials suspended Iraq's death penalty, which Saddam and his Sunni regime had used to get rid of his opponents in the majority Shiite country. Shiites have led Iraq since, and in 2004 the transitional government reinstated capital punishment. Now, the government is showing increasing enthusiasm for the death penalty as a law-and-order tool.
Iraq was ranked fourth among the top five executioners in the world in 2011, according to London-based Amnesty International. It said most of those who were put to death were convicted of murder, kidnapping, rape and other violent crimes. China is on the top of the list, with thousands of people believed to be executed each year, followed by Iran and Saudi Arabia. The U.S. was ranked fifth.
Amnesty said the people executed in Iraq were sentenced in courts that "failed to meet international fair trial standards." It accused Iraq of issuing convictions in at least some cases that were based on torturing or otherwise coercing witnesses into giving statements against the accused. It has also said that some defendants were sentenced after trials that lasted just a few minutes.
U.S. auditors estimate American taxpayers have spent about $10 billion since 2003 to rebuild and strengthen Iraq's justice system after decades of Saddam's abuse.
Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar, the spokesman for Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council, defended Iraqi courts as independent and immune to political pressures.
"We have a law and all our judges work according to it. All the trials and proceedings are according to the international law," he said. He added that "some" of the criticism is politically motivated and that "such allegations need proof."
Earlier this month, a Baghdad court found al-Hashemi, the vice president, guilty of masterminding the murders of an Iraqi lawyer and a security official — killings that the government has described as among at least 150 bombings, assassinations and other attacks by his henchmen. He was sentenced to death by hanging. Al-Hashemi is living in exile in Turkey and has denied charges that he says amount to a political vendetta by his archenemy, the prime minister.
Baghdad-based political analyst Khadhum Muqdadi said Iraq's government has embraced the death penalty in recent years as a way to show the country is aggressive about going after terrorists, even though it fails to prevent the daily violence that has killed hundreds each month.
The government "has failed to dry up the sources of terrorism, to stop the attacks and to achieve security," Muqdadi said. "With these executions, it is trying to ease the pressure it is facing from the public opinion because of its failure to maintain security."
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The Source Water Collaborative (SWC) is launching a campaign, "Your Water. Your Decision.", to help local decision-makers take advantage of opportunities to protect sources of drinking water, understand the costs involved, and consider ways to pay for it. The SWC, a group of 16 national organizations and three federal agencies including EPA, was formed with the joint signing of a vision statement in February 2006 to further the goal of protecting sources of drinking water.
As part of this initiative, the SWC has developed a guide for community leaders and a toolkit for using the guide. The "Your Water. Your Decision." guide is intended as a quick source of key information on local options for protecting drinking water, including development, stewardship, and budgeting. Using the theme, 'how you govern can determine what you drink,' the guide was developed as a tool to enable local officials to take action within their communities and with neighboring communities.
The local officials guide and more information on the "Your Water. Your Decision." Campaign can be found at: http://www.ProtectDrinkingWater.org
Source: Water Headlines for March 3, 2008 • US Environmental Protection Agency


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Why aren't airplanes really decorated like this?
It would be so much more fun to get on a plane that displayed some pizzaz!
All we hear about are plane delays, cancelled flights, mishandled baggage, and involuntary bumping.
Oh, and don't forget the ever more cramped seating and the entertainment system that is habitually broken.
How does this industry get away with all this crap? 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)


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It is now a tradition that during an America presidential election year, commentators shall declare the campaigns to be the 'nastiest' and 'dirtiest' ever. It is difficult to know whether such a claim is true of the 2012 election, as tough campaigning has a long history in the USA (as a NY Times article from last month explains). There is, however, no doubt that candidates at all levels of the American system have engaged in and been subject to some fierce attack messages (a recent Campaigns and Elections article provides some notable examples). Yet negative messages do not breach campaign ethics. Strong criticism of parties and candidates is part of the cut and thrust of elections. The real problem arises when electoral messages turn out to be false – and a quick viewing of websites such as FactCheck.org show the doubts about the truth of some campaign messages in the current American election.
Given the seemingly free exchange of robust (and sometimes brutal) campaign communications, it may surprise some readers that several US states have laws that prohibit certain false statements about candidates during an election campaign. These are the American equivalents of British law that led to Phil Woolas being forced out of his seat following the 2010 general election (s.106 of the Representation of the People Act 1983). For example, the key state of Ohio has laws prohibiting knowingly or recklessly false statements being published about a candidate. It employs a combination of administrative remedies (through an Election Commission finding or a fine) and criminal penalties (as a last resort). Despite the presence of such a law, a recent article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer casts doubt on the effectiveness of these measures. Much the same can be said about its British counterpart.
A bigger constitutional question is whether such laws are consistent with the right to freedom of speech under the First Amendment. This is something I considered briefly in an article for OJLS published over the summer. On my reading, the US case law was ambiguous. The US Supreme Court has not addressed the issue directly. Previous statements from the Supreme Court point in different directions, with some emphasizing the importance of political expression and others stressing that knowingly false statements have no value. Since my article was finalized, the Supreme Court's decision in June in US v Alvarez sheds more light on this issue and drops some hints as to how the Court might approach false campaign statement laws.
Alvarez did not concern campaign communications, but a statute called the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a criminal offence to falsely claim to have been awarded 'any decoration or medal authorized by Congress for the Armed Forces of the United States'. The issue for the Court was whether the First Amendment protected false statements. A majority of the court decided that while lies can be prohibited in some circumstances, falsity alone does not preclude First Amendment protection. In his plurality opinion, Justice Kennedy thought the system of free speech is self-correcting and that the normal 'remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true.' Applying strict scrutiny, he found the Stolen Valor Act to be unconstitutional. In a concurring opinion, Justice Breyer reached the same conclusion, but applied a less intense standard of intermediate scrutiny.
The government relied on a number of cases, including New York Times v Sullivan (1964) to support the Stolen Valor Act. The ruling in Sullivan famously protects those making statements about public figures from defamation actions. However, the Sullivan ruling still allows defamation actions to be brought when malicious (ie knowingly or recklessly false) defamatory statements are made about public figures. One reading of Sullivan is therefore that knowingly or recklessly false statements can be restricted – even on political matters – without raising First Amendment concerns. The argument is of interest as many of the American campaign speech laws have been drafted to conform to this reading of Sullivan, prohibiting only those false statements about candidates that are made with 'actual malice'.
The Supreme Court in Alvarez, however, rejected this reading. The basic thrust of Justice Kennedy's reasoning is that defamatory statements normally fall outside the First Amendment. The public figure defence in Sullivan is a way of softening that exclusion to give breathing space for political speech. On this view, Sullivan merely deprives the malicious speaker of the public figure defence and in such cases restores the normal position that defamatory statements fall outside the First Amendment. While I am still thinking through the implications of this reasoning, it means that the Supreme Court now treats the Sullivan rule on malicious statements as specific to defamation and does not deal with false statements more generally.
Alvarez also provides some indication of how campaign speech laws might be treated. In a recent analysis of the decision, Prof Rick Hasen, a leading US election lawyer, notes that there is 'unanimous skepticism of laws targeting false speech about issues of public concern.' For example, Justice Breyer, in a concurring opinion, said that controls on 'false statements about philosophy, religion, history, the social sciences, the arts, and the like' would risk suppressing true as well as false statements, and that such controls could call for strict scrutiny. He went on to say:
'In the political arena a false statement is more likely to make a behavioral difference (say, by leading the listeners to vote for the speaker) but at the same time criminal prosecution is particularly dangerous (say, by radically changing a potential election result) and consequently can more easily result in censorship of speakers and their ideas.'
Breyer's remarks suggest that it would be difficult to tailor a control on false campaign speech in a way that would not chill some true expression and that such controls could also be open to abuse by prosecutors and adjudicators.
Justice Alito offered a dissenting opinion, stating 'false statements of fact merit no First Amendment protection in their own right'. While he thought the Stolen Valor Act should be upheld, he too hinted that laws prohibiting false campaign speech might fall foul of the First Amendment. Even though false statements have no intrinsic value, Alito reasoned that this should not be the end of the question. Restrictions on false statements of fact can still have a chilling effect. For this reason, restrictions on certain types of false speech may still be afforded some 'instrumental constitutional protection'. Like Breyer, Alito thought that in relation to 'philosophy, religion, history, the social sciences, the arts, and other matters of public concern' it would be 'perilous to permit the state to be the arbiter of truth.' The dissenters also argued that such a power 'opens the door for the state to use its power for political ends'.
These statements are only indications of where the Court might go and do not address the campaign speech issue directly. These initial sentiments of the US Supreme Court stand in contrast to the position of the British courts following Woolas, which concerned the British law on false electoral statements. In that case, Thomas LJ stated that Article 10 of the European Convention 'does not extend to a right to be dishonest and tell lies' and that this is applies to lies about the 'political position of a candidate' as well as those about a candidate's 'personal character'. Thomas LJ argued that dishonest statements in an election campaign 'are aimed at the destruction of the rights of the public to free elections' and thereby relied on Article 17 to exclude any protection under the European Convention. The British approach appears to give the government a free hand in restricting dishonest campaign messages.
Ultimately, the issue is a difficult one and the British and the emerging American approaches show two different paths. My feelings on this are mixed, as I think the campaign lies do pose a substantial harm to the electoral process and in some cases it cannot be remedied with 'more speech'. At the same time, I have serious reservations about allowing courts or agencies to determine the truth of campaign messages. In any event, I think false statement laws have limited effect and can only ever be enforced in a small number of cases.
It remains to be seen what will happen in the USA. Prof Hasen concludes in his paper that following Alvarez 'we are likely to see more false campaign speech in elections, including some brazen lies.' Just as Citizens United unleashed new channels for money to enter politics, Alvarez could open the door for more lies to enter campaign debate. Yet you may ask whether protecting dishonest campaign speech would really make such a difference. Given the limited enforcement of the existing state laws, the removal of the campaign speech laws may not in practice be such a great change from the status quo. If campaigners under the current rules feel free to mislead and lie, what difference will it make if those laws are struck down? The significant development would be the recognition of constitutional right to tell lies in elections, which might be taken as a signal for people to eschew certain campaign ethics. If that happens, then maybe the next election cycle really will be nastiest and dirtiest ever.
Jacob Rowbottom is a Fellow of University College, Oxford.
Suggested citation: J. Rowbottom, 'Campaign Lies and the First Amendment' UK Const. L. Blog (30th October 2012) (available at http://ukconstitutionallaw.org)


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Stacking The Shelves, hosted by Tygna's Reviews, is a weekly post where bloggers list the books they recently acquired. The books can come from anywhere: publisher, author, giveaway, library, bought.
Click the book's cover to view on Amazon and the title to add to your GoodReads.
ARC of Definance by C.J. Redwine (won from HarperTeen via First Reads)
How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend by Janette Rallison (won on author's blog)
eBooks for Review:
eARC of Witch Born by Amber Argyle
My Boyfriend Merlin by Priya Ardis
Tributary by Lisa T. Bergren (I already read and loved it!! Review coming soon.)
Thank You to HarperTeen, Janette Rallison, Amber Argyle, and Priya Ardis.


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Ironically the North Carolina physician health program (PHP) failed to follow guidelines they themselves introduced and demanded be followed. They could produce no documentary evidence these criteria even exist or even provide a crumb of plausible criteria.
"Professional networks", "reputation" and other informal sources are fine for some choices. That's how I picked out my first skateboard.
Resources such as these can play in important role in choosing a shirt, buying new sneakers or even purchasing a car but they do not constitute selection criteria for an assessment in which the consequences and recommendations made for the person being assessed are significant, potentially life-altering and possibly permanent!
And to top it all off the Medical Director of the North Carolina PHP, Dr. Warren Pendergast, was the President of the national organization for state PHPs, the Federation of State Physician Health Programs (FSPHP) at the time of the audit!
The President of the FSPHP being unable to define the selection criteria for approved and mandated facilities is like Anthony Bourdain being unable to explain the ingredients of an omelette.
Source: Monopolies, Self-Referral and Shell Games: The Need for Antitrust Investigation of Physician Health Programs and their "PHP-Approved" Assessment and Treatment Centers


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my brother and best friend are like that. I don't even need twitter, they are my twitter.
what the hell is your team doing?
am I on drugs? Sorry, but anyone who grew up playing basketball knows black kids are quicker, more explosive, and jump higher. I am not sure why that is taboo
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My PM box was full and couldnt get your PM. What were you trying to say?
Would I be defending the bucks right now? **** no. We have a top 3 talent in the league and our front office has ****ed up damn near every sitaution except for drafting Giannis and getting a new arena going back to the Ray allen trade. Look at my twitter during my ban.
There is no other sport with less parity than the NBA. NFL, MLB, NHL? It's just not fun to watch
Coincidence that PSD has gone downhill recently and also had a witch hunt for one of their finfest posters of all time? I'll let you decide.
I got a 3 week ban for a very ticky-tacky post that I made when I was drunk. There was 1 post in 4/5 weeks ( a good stretch, I was making a concered effort to cool it). I also got a 2 month ban from the NBA forum. Which it's whatever; the NBA is trash anyway. I'd be taking a dump on the Bucks front office and ownership as is. I would dig up some posts, but like we all know the site has gone to hell and the features I would use to find them are broken (shocker!).
You have unintelligent trolls (hey they get called out all the time and never banned. But that's cool) that will throw a KLove comp on Giannis; but lackluster comps like that his infiltrated the NBA forum. I simply responded and I was never was the aggressor.
There was a witch hunt out for me., I got ****ed like Bernie Sanders did by Hillary and her cronies.
Haha. And if it's just yourself, I don't think it's slavery. Win-win.
Damn and I thought you were unique. I just passed a sign that said "Capitol City __ewing Company". There may have been a few letters not lit up but it sounds like they're pumping out clones of you.
all good hopefully next time!
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Reunions are a great time to take stock of how fortunate you really are. A lot of people use these occasions to see how well (or not) their 'friends' fared. We take pride in looking thinner (women), hairier (men) and less wrinkled (both) than our contemporaries. It doesn't matter the circumstances that brought them to that state – we're always quick to 'judge a book by its cover.'
Abraham Lincoln wrote: "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." Elderly people understand this sentiment. The rest of us, sorry to say, do not. Or at least not yet…
Older people rarely regret things they did. They only regret things they didn't do. When you're younger you feel invincible and think there will always be tomorrow. But, sadly, sometimes tomorrow never comes. What then?
You try to live each day as if it's your last, you try to be kind and compassionate toward others and you never, ever (as my grandmother always said) go out without first applying lipstick and a little blush!
FYI… my Mom is the dark-haired beauty in the back row, second from the left!


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Commemorated on July 18
[1]St. Symphorosa lived in the second century and was the widow of St. Getulius. She is commemorated together with their sons, Crescens, Julian, Nemesius, Primitivus, Justin, Stracteus and Eugene.
Her husband, St. Getulius, was a native of Gabii in Sabina. He was an officer in the Roman army, but resigned upon being baptized a Christian, ultimately retiring to his estate near Tivoli. Caerealis, an imperial legate, was sent to arrest him, but was converted to Christianity by St. Getulius. Another officer, Primitivus, was sent to arrest Getulius, but he was also converted.
Upon the orders of Emperor Hadrian, the men were tied to a stake and set alight. The fire did not harm them, so they were brutally clubbed and then beheaded. St. Symphorosa buried their remains in an arenarium on their estate.
Shortly after her husband's martyrdom, St. Symphorosa and her seven sons were brought before Emperor Hadrian who demanded that they worship the pagan gods. Refusing, St. Symphorosa received a martyr's crown when, after various tortures, she was thrown into the Anio River with a heavy rock fastened to her neck. Her brother took her remains and buried them alongside her martyred husband.
Each of her sons suffered a different kind of martyrdom: Crescens was pierced through the throat, Julian through the breast, Nemesius through the heart, Primitivus was wounded at the navel, Justinus was pierced through the back, Stracteus was wounded in the side, and Eugenius was cleft in two from top to bottom. Their bodies were thrown into a deep ditch from which they were ultimately recovered by the Christian community.
Getulius' relics were ultimately moved to Rome, and are in the principal altar of the Church of St. Angelo.
In 752, the relics of St. Symphorosa and her seven sons were also transferred to the Church of St. Angelo in Rome. In 1587, the relics were enclosed in a marble sarcophagus.
By permission of www.orthodoxwiki.org [2]