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To maintain academic quality, the University has created a waiting list and installed new evaluation programs
Anticipating a 3 percent enrollment increase this fall, the University is taking new steps -- including a waiting list, quicker evaluation and placement, and a new "immersion" initiative for community college applicants in need of remedial coursework -- to better manage the surge of students and make CUNY more selective in the process.
With enrollment expected to climb to nearly 267,000 this fall, the University has instituted a waiting list for available seats for the first time in CUNY history. In doing so, said Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, the University "joins the mainstream of highly regarded universities that routinely employ waiting lists in order to manage the available space."
In past years, late applicants were accepted into the community colleges through the first day of class. But with twoyear college enrollment growing by more than 40 percent since 2000, the University is experiencing unprecedented growth while seeking new ways to maintain rigorous academic standards and enhancing its historic mission. Starting in fall 2009, high school guidance counselors and prospective students, especially in the city's public schools, were advised of a Feb. 1, 2010, application deadline; thereafter admissions to the colleges were to be reviewed on a space-available basis. By late April 2010, the University had received more than 70,000 applications for fall 2010 -- more than the number received during the entire fall 2009 application period -- and announced that applications received after May 7 would go to a waiting list.
By early summer, more than 2,000 students had submitted their applications after the May 7 deadline. Some wait-listed students will be permitted to enrolled in Fall 2010, according to Alexandra W. Logue, executive vice chancellor and University provost. Late applicants who need to further prepare for college-level work will beable to burnish their skills in CUNY Start, a special immersion program for associate degree students that will be offered during the months preceding their formal enrollment in January 2011.
Chancellor Goldstein, in Board of Trustees committee proceedings that were podcast to the University community, explained the goal of the new initiative. "We want to further the progress of these students and avoid any slowdown of their academic momentum," he said.
Remedial course work will be offered in mathematics, writing or reading comprehension using the highly successful CUNY Language Immersion Program model. Also known as CLIP, the program offers intensive English as a Second Language immersion classes five hours a day, five days a week in day or evening sessions. Upon successful completion of CUNY Start, students will have met their remedial requirements in one or all of the three areas. Traditionally, first-time freshman at the community colleges take one or more remedial courses, and those courses are not counted toward their college degree.
The moves come as economic forces -- from tighter state outlays to recessionary conditions -- spur a variety of proactive steps to meet continuing strong demand for a seat at CUNY, while maintaining the academic quality for which the University is again being recognized and celebrated.
Between fall 2008 and fall 2009, the headcount in credit-bearing courses jumped by more than 6 percent. Since the University began marketing its summer offerings in 2008, summer enrollment has jumped by 7.1 percent. And since 1999, enrollment at the six community colleges, one of the city's best workforce development engines, has soared by 43 percent. The increasing enrollments go hand in hand with the University's successful efforts to raise the academic bar at all of the colleges -- through innovative programs, upgrading of campuses, a focus on science and recruitment of outstanding full-time faculty.
Plans are proceeding for an innovative new community college designed to improve graduation rates. The new college, to be temporarily housed in leased space on West 40th Street and eventually situatedon the John Jay College campus on Manhattan's Upper West Side, would receive $9 million under the proposed 2010-2011 City Executive Budget for lease and faculty costs; significant private support is expected soon, according to the Chancellor. A search for the new college's founding president is under way.
For academic year 2009-2010, CUNY students received about $950 million in total aid - grants, loans and work-study -- from federal, state, city and institutional sources. That included an estimated $472.1 million in federal Pell grants and $185 million in New York State Tuition Assistance Program funds, all earmarked for the lowest- income students and continuing to make a CUNY education remarkably accessible. Pell aid has nearly doubled for CUNY students since 2006-2007.
To meet the needs of its burgeoning enrollment with quality academics and to continue to attract accomplished faculty and high achieving students, the University has been upgrading and expanding campus facilities -- about half of them sciencerelated -- across the city. CUNY has 11 major projects -- about 1.8 million square feet of space expected to open by 2013 -- including the Advanced Science Research Center on the City College campus; the Hunter College School of Social Work building in Harlem; and a new classroom building at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. The University is likely to spend about $420 million on capital projects in 2011, down from $600 million this year, and some $2 billion worth of construction is in the pipeline and $1.2 billion in planning stages.
Though some planned construction may be delayed due to city and state budgetary constraints, the University's public projects are bolstering the economy, providing work to a local construction industry hard hit by a sharp decline in private projects. CUNY projects are also benefiting from a 10 percent to 20 percent drop in construction costs.


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Essential Readings
From Resistance Manual
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Essential readings to enhance your understanding of the issues. See also Videos for teach-ins and video explanations of political issues.
- 1 Black Radical Tradition
- 2 Authoritarianism/Threats to Democracy
- 3 Building Movements and Organizing
- 4 Economic Issues / Capitalism / Socialism / Poverty
- 5 Education
- 6 Environmental Justice
- 7 Foreign Policy and International Affairs
- 8 General Readings
- 9 Immigration and Refugee Issues
- 10 Intersectionality
- 11 Jewish Issues
- 12 Media and Surveillance
- 13 Muslim Issues/Islamaphobia
- 15 Native American/Indian Issues
- 16 Race
- 17 Policing and Prison Reform
- 18 Trump/Trumpism/The Right
- 19 White Privilege
- 20 Women and Feminism
- 21 Learning Modules/Curricula
Black Radical Tradition[edit]
- The Defection of Eldridge Cleaver & Reactionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton
- Beyond Vietnam by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- [1] by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- I've Been To The Mountaintop by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The Transformation Of Silence Into Language by Audre Lorde
- What Did Cedric Robinson Mean By Racial Capitalism? by Robin D. G. Kelley
- Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis
- Women, Race, & Class by Angela Davis
- Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
- A Dying Colonialism by Frantz Fanon
- I Write What I Like by Steve Biko
- Malcolm X: The Last Speeches
- The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by CLR James
- Urbane Revolutionary: C. L. R. James and the Struggle for a New Society by Frank Rosengarten
- There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack by Paul Gilroy
- Die Nigger Die : A Political Autobiography by H. Rap Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al Amin)
- Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
- The Political and Social Thought of Kwame Nkrumah by Ama Biney
- The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther by Jeffrey Haas
- How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
- Black Power: The Politics of Liberation by Kwame Ture & Charles V. Hamilton
- Stokely Speaks: From Black Power to Pan-Africanism by Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
Documentaries / Speeches[edit]
- Black Panthers: Vanguard of a Revolution by Stanley Nelson
- 13th by Ava DuVernay
- "Black Power" by Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), UC Berkeley, 1966
- "Lynch Law in America by Ida. B Wells, Chicago, 1900
- "Not just an American problem, but a world problem" by Malcolm X, Rochester, NY, February 1965
- Power to the People - The Black Panther Speeches by Fred Hampton
- Documents of the Fifth Pan African Congress edited by George Padmore, Manchester, England, 1945
- It's A Class Struggle Goddammit! by Fred Hampton, November 1969
Syllabi and Reading Lists[edit]
- A Time for Treason, see Black Liberation section
Authoritarianism/Threats to Democracy[edit]
- The rise of American authoritarianism by Amanda Taub, March 1, 2016
- Against Normalization: The Lesson of the 'Munich Post' by Ron Rosenbaum, February 5, 2017
- You're the fact checker now by Stanford Alumni, January 24, 2017
- America's system of checks and balances might struggle to contain a despot by The Economist, February 4, 2017
- Why the world is turning to Hannah Arendt to explain Trump by Elizabeth Grenier, February 2, 2017
- Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco, June 22, 1995
- Autocracy: Rules for Survival by Masha Gessen, November 10, 2016
- We're heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump by Sarah Kendzior, November 18, 2016
- Neoliberalism: the deep story that lies beneath Donald Trump's triumph. by George Monbiot, 14 November 2016
- Ctrl-Alt-Delete: The origins and ideology of the Alternative Right by Matthew N. Lyons, January 20, 2017
- How to Culture Jam a Populist in Four Easy Steps by Andrés Miguel Rondón, January 20, 2017
- The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton
- Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy by Sheldon Whitehouse and Melanie Wachtell Stinnett
- Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
- Democracy in the Dark: The Seduction of Government Secrecy by Frederick A.O. Schwartz Jr.
- The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita, Alastair Smith
- Fascism: A History by Roger Eatwell
- The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy by Zachary Roth, 2016
- It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
- Media Bias, Perspective, and State Repression: The Black Panther Party by Christian Davenport
- Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram
- The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
- Ratf**cked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy by David Daley
- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
- Against Fascism and War by George Dimitrov, account of opposition to fascism in the 30s by an organizer that Nazis tried to frame for the Reichstag fire, and who beat them in court
- Lectures on Fascism by Palmiro Togliatti, author fought Mussolini as fascists, with help from the rich, seized power
- Truth & Liberty: 33 Ways to Fight Lies, Propaganda & Oppression by Guy Bergstrom
- Understanding the authoritarian turn in US Politics by Brendan Nyhan
- A Time for Treason, see Anti-Fascism/Fascism History and US Repression and McCarthyism sections
- Sarah Kendzior, expert on authoritarianism
Building Movements and Organizing[edit]
- A Conversation with Noam Chomsky on Organizing
- Fighting Authoritarianism: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century by Timothy Snyder
- When Does Protest Actually Work? by Erica Chenoweth
- The Art of the Protest by Tina Rosenberg
- Why Some Protests Succeed While Others Fail by Jesse Singal
- 5 Practical Principles to Guide Our Work Under Trump by Stephen Lerner and Maurice Weeks
- Preparing for President Trump by Peter Dreier
- We're About to See States' Rights Used Defensively Against Trump by Heather Gerken
- An Inside-Outside Strategy for Defending the US Republic by Maria Stephan
- Interviews for Resistance, The Baffler magazine
- Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World by Srdja Popovic and Matthew Miller, 2015
- Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow by Daniel Hunter
- Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate by George Lakoff
- From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation by Gene Sharp
- Hell No: Your Right to Dissent in Twenty-First-Century America by Michael Ratner and Margaret Ratner Kunstler
- How Nonviolent Struggle Works by Gene Sharp, 2013 (free online)
- No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane McAlevey
- Rules for Resistance edited by David Cole and Melanie Wachtell Stinnett
- Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything by Becky Bond and Zack Exley, 2016
- This Is an Uprising by Mark and Paul Engler
- Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky
- Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential by Gene Sharp
- When We Fight, We Win: Twenty-First-Century Social Movements and the Activists That Are Transforming Our World by Greg Jobin-Leeds
Syllabi and Reading Lists[edit]
- Albert Einstein Institution: readings on nonviolent action
- A Time for Treason, Comprehensive reading/documentary list
- Jury X: Deliberations for Social Change, Harvard and EdX
- Fearless Books for Perilous Times, list of Resistance-related and other relevant books
- Impact College, courses on social impact
- Organizing: People, Power, Change by Marshall Ganz
- Practicing Democracy by Marshall Ganz
- Radical Political Action reading list
- Resistance School
- A Time for Treason: see Resistance Tactics section
- Rights, Action, and Social Responsibility book lists
Economic Issues / Capitalism / Socialism / Poverty[edit]
- Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism by Ha Joon Chang
- The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer by Dean Baker
- Evicted by Matthew Desmond
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
- The Least Among Us: Waging the Battle for the Vulnerable by Rosa DeLauro
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance
- History of capitalism, particularly in America—syllabi and resources
- Race, Justice and Urban Design reading list
- Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom
Environmental Justice[edit]
- The Hard Facts About Fracking
- Desmog Blog
- A Practical Guide for Resisting The Trump De-regulatory Agenda by former EPA staffers
Syllabi and Reading Lists[edit]
- Decolonizing Science Reading List
- Energy within Environmental Constraints, from Harvard and EdX
Foreign Policy and International Affairs[edit]
- The Accusation by Bandi: Short stories smuggled out of North Korea that are "heartbreaking yet hopeful"
- Eyes on Aleppo: Visual Evidence Analysis of Human Rights Violations Committed in Aleppo
- Syria News: collection of articles, blogs, and other information on Syria
General Readings[edit]
- Comprehensive Noam Chomsky Articles Archive
- Noam Chomsky on Trump's Election
- Democracy Now: Harry Belafonte in Conversation with Noam Chomsky, December 2016
- Kathleen Cleaver and Noam Chomsky at MIT, 1997
- The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein
- No Logo, Naomi Klein]
- As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela: Underground Adventures in the Arms and Torture Trade by Mark Thomas]
- The United States Since 1980 by Dean Baker
- Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
- Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
- Footnotes to Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
- Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Davis, 2016
- Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth Century America by Richard Rorty, 1998
- We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang, 2016
- A Message to Garcia by E. Hubbard, 1899
- A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-violent Conflict by Peter Ackerman, Jack DuVall
- Political Emotions: Why Love Matters for Justice by Martha C. Nussbaum
- The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl R. Popper
- The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution by Micah White
- The End of Protest: How Free-Market Capitalism Learned to Control Dissent by Alasdair Roberts
- Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
- Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts by Clive James
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
- The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence by Gary A. Haugen (specifically, chapters 7–10 on colonial legacies in extractive vs. inclusive policing, historical & intentional corruption in police forces, and broken justice systems)
- Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
- Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
- Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies by Noam Chomsky
- Noam Chomsky Bibliography & Archive
- Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
- American Government, Harvard/EdX
- Showing Up for Racial Justice, political education site
Immigration and Refugee Issues[edit]
- We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future by Deepa Iyer
Syllabi and Book Lists[edit]
- I'm Your Neighbor, children's books and reading projects to build bridges between communities
- Immigration Syllabus, University of Minnesota
- 25 Great Books by Refugees
- 12 Nonfiction Books about Immigration
- A Time for Treason: see Resisting ICE and Deportations section
- 15 Indigenous Feminists to Know, Read, and Listen To
- Black Disabled Woman Syllabus by Vilissa Thompson
- Decolonize All the Things: Freedom School Syllabus
- Decolonizing Science Reading List
- Hidden Figures Syllabus
- Library of Resistance
- Radical Reads
- A Seat at the Table syllabus
- Women of Color Feminisms syllabus from the University of Pittsburgh
Jewish Issues[edit]
- A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism by Phyllis Goldstein
- A Rumor About the Jews by Eric Bronner
- Anti-Judaism: A Western Tradition by David Nirenberg
- Antisemitism: Myth and Hate from Antiquity to Present by Marvin Perry and Frederick Schweitzer
- Persecution, Polemic, and Dialogue by David Berger
- That's Funny, You Don't Look Anti-Semitic: An Anti-Racist Analysis of Left Anti-Semitism by Steve Cohen
Zionism and Israel[edit]
Media and Surveillance[edit]
See also Media Literacy
- Calling Bullshit syllabus
- A Time for Treason: see Security Culture/Surveillance State section
Muslim Issues/Islamaphobia[edit]
Syllabi and Reading Lists[edit]
- A Time for Treason: see Muslim Surveillance/Muslim Resistance section
- ACT UP Oral History Project (see esp. "Interviews")
- Notes on "Camp"
- A Clockwork Trauma
- Why Equality Is Toxic to the Transgender Movement
- LGBTQ Stats by David Deschamps and Bennett Singer
- That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation
- LGBTQ+ topics syllabi
- A Time for Treason: see Feminist History, Reproductive Health, Trans and Queer Rights section
- Transgender Studies syllabus from the University of Pittsburgh
Native American/Indian Issues[edit]
Native American History[edit]
- Violence Over the Land
- Custer Died for Your Sins (chapter: The Disastrous Policy of Termination)
- The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
Police and State Violence[edit]
Tribal Sovereignty[edit]
- Sovereignty Matters
- A Tribal Perspective on Taking Land
- Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States
Two-Spirit Issues[edit]
- A Time for Treason: see Indigenous Resistance section
- Our Kind of Ridiculous: Yous, Me and Blackness as Probable Cause
- Paper Tigers: What happens to all the Asian-American overachievers when the test-taking ends?
- See also Institutional Racism
- Three Worlds of Relief: Race, Immigration, and the American Welfare State from the Progressive Era to the New Deal by Cybelle Fox
- Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King
- Faces and Masks by Eduardo Galeano
- Black Lives Matter Reference Guide by Malcolm Teller
- Black Lives Matter Syllabus by Frank Roberts
- Charleston Syllabus—racial violence
- The Charlottesville Syllabus: to educate readers on the history of white supremacism in Charlottesville, Virginia
- Race, Justice and Urban Design reading list
- A Time for Treason: see Chicano Oppression and Resistance; The Border, The Wall; and Black Migration sections
Policing and Prison Reform[edit]
- Immigration Policing In the Age of Trump
- Must Local Police work for ICE?
- Why the ATF is hobbled in their Ability to Fight Gun Crime
- The Tiahrt Amendment
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- Race, Police, and the Making of a Political Identity: Mexican Americans and the Los Angeles Police Department, 1900-1945 by Edward J. Escobar
- Prison Abolition Class from Black and Pink
- Prison Abolition Syllabus
Trump/Trumpism/The Right[edit]
- Post-Election Response Paper
- 20-Point Guide to Defending Democracy
- Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Resisting Trump's Agenda
- I Misunderstood What Happened on Election Day
- Explaining White Polarization in the 2016 Vote for President, by B Schaffner, M MacWilliams, & T Nteta
- A Guide to Resistance for Youth, with an emphasis on emotional and sexual health by Scarleteen
- I Spent 5 Years with Some of Trump's Biggest Fans by Arlie Hochschild
- Noncitizen Voting: The Missing Millions by Christopher Famighetti, Douglas Keith, and Myrna Pérez—debunking reports of voter fraud in the 2016 election
- You Can Beat the NRA - Local Activism Succeeds by Wrolf Courtney
- Dark Money by Jane Mayer
- The Republican Noise Machine: (history of) Right-Wing Media and How it Corrupts Democracy by David Brock
- Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Hochschild
- Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty by Daniel Schulman
- Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean
- Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency by Joshua Green
- Trump Syllabus: How Trumpism fits within a legacy of racism, sexism, nativism, and imperialism
- The Stop Trump Reading List from Haymarket Books
- Trump Syllabus 2.0
- Fuck Trump Reading List from Verso Books
White Privilege[edit]
- Unpacking The Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- The Complexity Of Identity
- Invisible Privilege, What White Men Don't See
- I, Racist
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard To Talk To White People About Racism
- The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Privilege: A Quick and Dirty Guide by Sian Ferguson
- Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is by John Scalzi
- Why Pretending You Don't See Race or Gender Is an Obstacle to Equality by Elizabeth Weingarten
- You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson
- White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race by Gloria Wekker
- Curriculum for White People to Educate Themselves
- A Time for Treason: Alt-Right/U.S. Neo-Nazis reading list
Women and Feminism[edit]
- Fear of a Feminist Future by Laurie Penny
- We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
- Wolf Whistle Politics: The New Misogyny in America Today, edited by Diane Wachtell
- Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis
- Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks
- Miss Representation by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Kimberlee Acquaro
- She's Beautiful When She's Angry by Mary Dore
- Feminist Action Brigade Book Club
- Feminism 101 reading list by Autostraddle
- Women in Computing History—includes readings on meritocracy
- A Time for Treason: see Feminist History, Reproductive Health, Trans and Queer Rights section

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It also has a great cultural heritage and its spectacular vistas and dynamic seas have inspired many great British novelists such as Thomas Hardy and Ian McEwan, who even chose one of Dorset's beaches, Chesil Beach, as the title for one of his most celebrated novels.
Throughout the summer, Weymouth and the surrounding towns and villages, are hosting countless events to celebrate the homecoming of the Olympic Games. To make your life easier CNN has selected some of the most interesting events and must-see tourist attractions right here.
Weymouth & Portland Live
For anyone visiting Weymouth during the Olympics a trip to the Weymouth & Portland Live site is a must. Located in the center of Weymouth and overlooking its golden beach, the venue will show all sailing and other major Olympic events live on two giant 60 square meter television screens.
During the Games 15,000 people are expected to visit the area each day. The free site opens its doors on Friday July 27 when it will be showing the Olympic opening ceremony, followed by a big firework display in Weymouth Bay.
Interactive sports arena
If watching sports doesn't tire you out then a visit to the
interactive sports arena
might. Targeting the more active sports fans this venue lets visitors try out some of Britain's favorite sports including football, rugby, volleyball, cricket, bowling, sailing and kayaking. It is located right next to the Live Site and will be open July 27 - August 12.
Maritime Mix
Branded as the "London 2012 Cultural Olympiad by the Sea" the Maritime Mix is one of the most ambitious cultural events ever put on in Dorset. It is an official part of the UK-wide London 2012 Festival which celebrates the best of British cultural life during the Olympic year. There are more than 80 free separate events featuring visual arts, music, choral performances, outdoor theater and circus, earth sciences, sound installations, video projection, dance and participative street celebrations.
The Bayside Festival
For those who want to enjoy a bit of fun, light entertainment and plenty of cold beers during the Olympics, the Bayside Festival is likely to be the a popular pit stop. Located on the Weymouth peninsula the festival, which has a capacity of 9,000 people, will feature a wide range of music and entertainment along with lots of shops, food stalls and bars.
For history buffs there's the Olympic Sailing Heritage Exhibition, military displays and a chance to board the classic cruise ship MV Balmoral for a tour of the Jurassic Coast.
Sea Life Tower
Rising 53 meter over Weymouth's Festival Pier this newly opened tower offers some stunning bird's eye views over the Olympic sailing arena. On a clear day the tower's slowly revolving observation deck reveals panoramic views of Weymouth Bay, the English Channel and the Jurassic Coast.
b-side festival
For the third year in a row this contemporary art festival is being held in Weymouth, and this year it runs throughout the Olympics and Paralympics. The b-side festival features cutting edge British and international artists from Europe, the U.S. and China who are showcasing new commissions on the theme of "margins, boundaries, portals and departure points" using visual art, digital media, performance and film to display their work.
According to organizers the aim of the festival is to "delight and provoke in equal measures" and with a program featuring "misguided" tours, telepathic drawing experiments, sound installations, film programs and interactive signage located in pubs, churches, alleyways, swimming pools and car parks it sounds like it will stay true to its word.
Jurassic Coast
For those adventurous enough to go sightseeing around Dorset there is plenty to see even after the Olympics. The
Jurassic Coast
was England's first UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a must see attraction for anyone visiting Dorset. It covers 95 miles of dramatic coastline and features rocks dating back 185 million years -- spanning the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
The coastline has plenty of fossils, dinosaur prints and geological marvels such as the 28 kilometer long barrier beach Chesil Beach and Lulworth Cove, which attracts half a million tourists a year. One of the best ways to see the Jurassic Coast is by sea so if you left your own boat at home you can easily hop on a boat trip from any of the gateway towns along the coast. For those who want to explore the coast by foot the 1000 kilometer (630 miles) long South West Coast Path National Trail offers plenty of coastal adventures.
Inside Out Dorset festival
Held on the limestone island of Portland a few kilometers south of Weymouth, the
Inside Out Dorset festival
is free event that has been running since 2005. It aims to make art accessible and less "intimidating" and this year it runs from August 31- September 9. One of the year's highlights is the Harmonic Fields -- a sensory art installation featuring an ensemble of 500 instruments being played by the strong Dorset wind.
Camp Bestival
Camp Bestival
is the "little sister" of the very popular music festival Bestival, both organised by radio DJ Rob Da Bank. Held annually at the end of July at the majestic Lulworth Castle it is not the average raucous British festival but one for music-loving families with small children. It won the Best New Festival in the UK Festival Awards in 2008 and this year bands like Happy Mondays, Hot Chip, Kool & the Gang, Jimmy Cliff and Rolf Harris are performing.
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News had just broken of a terrible wrongdoing committed by American soldiers, and the secretary of defense and the national security adviser debated whether there was any way to stop newspapers and television news programs from showing graphic photographs of the victims.
''They're pretty terrible,'' said Melvin R. Laird, the secretary of defense, of the color photographs of the men, women and children killed in the My Lai massacre in South Vietnam.
Henry A. Kissinger, the national security adviser, responded that one of President Nixon's top aides had ''heard that the Army is trying to impound the pictures -- that can't be done.''
A transcript of this 1969 telephone conversation, with its uncanny echoes of the Iraq war and the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, at least in the fact of the photographs, if not in the severity of the wrongdoing, was released on Wednesday by the National Archives as part of 20,000 pages of records of Mr. Kissinger's telephone conversations. The documents cover the years from the beginning of his service in 1969 until August 1974, when Nixon resigned.
The conversations portray a senior adviser trying to juggle foreign policy crises under a president increasingly distracted by the Watergate scandal and, on at least one occasion, too drunk to talk to the British prime minister.Continue reading the main story
They also show Mr. Kissinger using his charm on Anatoly Dobrynin, the Soviet ambassador to the United States. One minute the two men are joking about Mr. Kissinger's date with a former Playboy playmate, the next they are discussing the Mideast or disarmament treaties, all on a secure phone line to avoid having to share their conversations with the State Department.
The transcripts were released over the objections of Mr. Kissinger after the National Security Archive, a nonprofit organization, initiated legal proceedings to make them public.
Mr. Kissinger issued a statement Wednesday saying he had not seen the released material and would have no comment.
''It's nice to have these juicy details, especially now when I feel like I'm seeing déjà vu all over again,'' said Stanley Karnow, the author of ''Vietnam: A History'' and a war correspondent who covered the Indochina conflict.
The episode involving Nixon's drinking occurred on Oct. 11, 1973, shortly after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war erupted. Aides to Prime Minister Edward Heath of Britain telephoned shortly before 8 p.m., hoping to reach the president so the two leaders could discuss the war.
Mr. Kissinger asked: ''Can we tell them no? When I talked to the president, he was loaded.''
Brent Scowcroft, then an assistant to Mr. Kissinger, said: ''Right, O.K. I will say the president will not be available until first thing in the morning but you will be this evening.''
The papers cover major events of the cold war, like the opening of China, which was soon followed by calls to Mr. Kissinger from influential figures like David Rockefeller, chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, and Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, who wanted help getting the first visas to Beijing.
But war and conflict were the most constant topics.
In their conversation on Nov. 21, 1969, about the My Lai massacre, Mr. Laird told Mr. Kissinger that while he would like ''to sweep it under the rug,'' the photographs prevented it.
''There are so many kids just laying there; these pictures are authentic,'' Mr. Laird said.
The telephone transcripts show how frustrated Nixon was becoming with the Vietnam War and his failing effort to withdraw American troops from Vietnam by expanding the war into Cambodia.
He became especially angry on Dec. 9, 1970, with what he considered the lackluster bombing campaign by the United States Air Force against targets in Cambodia.
''They're not only not imaginative but they are just running these things -- bombing jungles,'' Nixon said. ''They have got to go in there and I mean really go in.''
Mr. Kissinger then cautioned: ''The Air Force is designed to fight an air battle against the Soviet Union. They are not designed for this war.''
But the president persisted, suggesting that the bombing campaign could be disguised as an airlift of supplies.
''I want them to hit everything,'' he said. ''I want them to use the big planes, the small planes, everything they can that will help out there, and let's start giving them a little shock.''
He ended by saying, ''Right now there is a chance to win this goddamn war, and that's probably what we are going to have to do because we are not going to do anything at the conference table.''
Mr. Kissinger immediately relayed the order: ''A massive bombing campaign in Cambodia. Anything that flies on anything that moves.''
Few foreign officials had a more complicated relationship with Mr. Kissinger than Mr. Dobrynin, the Soviet ambassador.
At first they were formal with each other, testing whether this new back channel would make it easier for the rival superpowers to avoid war and possibly cooperate on arms reduction treaties or defusing tensions in the Middle East.
They were soon on a first-name basis -- Henry and Anatoly -- and treating each other like old buddies.
One afternoon Mr. Dobrynin teased Mr. Kissinger about his latest date.
''I guess I have her picture,'' said the Soviet diplomat. ''I think she was on this Playboy calendar.''
''Oh-h-h-h, you're a dirty old man,'' Mr. Kissinger said.
As peace negotiations progressed with Hanoi, it was Mr. Dobrynin who brought proposals from the Vietnamese Communists to Mr. Kissinger, who would win a Nobel Peace Prize for the treaty that brought an end to America's involvement in the war.
In the spring of 1972 Mr. Kissinger telephoned the president with news of something of a breakthrough from the Vietnamese.
''We got some pretty quick action out of our Soviet friends -- Dobrynin was in slobbering over me,'' said Mr. Kissinger. ''He had a message from the North Vietnamese for us which was a lot more conciliatory than the one that they gave us in Paris.''Continue reading the main story


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2007 News Releases > November 2007 > Miller play tackles serious questions in dramatic fashion
Miller play tackles serious questions in dramatic fashion
PLAINVIEW – Dr. Marti Runnels has an up-front disclaimer about the next play being performed by Wayland Baptist University theatre:
"If you don't want to see a play that could be depressing, then I'd stay away," said Runnels, who serves as director of theatre and professor at WBU. "I don't want people to think this is any less than a deep and heavy, thinking kind of play. It's not an escape."
That said, Runnels hopes all theatre connoisseurs will attend the show, because he believes the message is timeless and the work is brilliant.
Opening November 9 at WBU, All My Sons was not Arthur Miller's first foray into play writing, and it is normally not hailed as his best work, bowing to Death of a Salesman. But Runnels said many fans of Miller prefer this piece, and most theatre historians agree it was this work that put Miller in the limelight as one of America's best writers.
"His early work was abstract and a bit harder to understand, so he decided to write one that was clearer, thinking that at least audiences would understand it," Runnels said. "For most of the rest of his life, he stayed in this predominantly realistic style."
The new formula was a success not only in terms of audience understanding but also in terms of their appreciation for his talent and courage to tackle tough issues of life. Runnels said even his collegiate actors are grasping the importance of the play, and rehearsals have generated not only lengthy discussions about the subplot and themes but also a higher work ethic from his busy actors.
I truly am more excited about directing this play than any other I've done," Runnels said. "It's such an important play in the American theatre and I just think it's brilliant. We're fortunate to be able to tackle such a great piece of literature."
The play is set in just after World War II and involves two men who were involved in the airplane parts manufacturing business. Joe Keller got rich, while Herbert Deever was charged with producing knowingly faulty work and sent to jail. The play deals with what really happened at the factory and the confrontation of the families involved.
And while the setting may seem dated, Runnels assures audiences the message is quite relevant to today's society.
"I don't think the war connection locks it into the time period any more than Romeo and Juliet is locked into that time period," he said. "This play deals with timeless themes like the American dream, finding real happiness and what holds a family together – the questions we all ask ourselves all the time."
The play has generated a new excitement in the theatre department, Runnels believes, and has even resulted in a few students becoming theatre majors of late. He can appreciate that, since the excitement is likely coming from Runnels himself.
Ever since I saw my first Miller play, it deepened my appreciation for the theatre," he said. "Then I read All My Sons and I wanted to have something to do with this play… be in it, direct it, whatever. I've never had so many actors say to me, 'I'm so glad we have the opportunity to do this play.' That means they see the value of it."
Though he's been directing for years, Runnels said this production represents his first directing effort of Miller's work, though he's acted in a production of The Crucible. Chris Moore, technical theatre director at Wayland, has designed the set for the play, and Rachel Steed, a new theatre major, is stage manager.
The cast includes veteran WBU actors Peter Bourland in the lead role of Joe Keller and sophomore Rachel Morgan as his wife, Kate. Thomas Hoffman, junior theatre major, plays their son, Chris. Herbert Deever's wife, Ann, is played by Mary Feril, senior theatre major, and his son, George, is played by Jordy Williams, a junior theatre major. Other cast includes Dr. Jim Bayliss, played by senior major Grant Jasper; Sue Bayliss, played by freshman newcomer Amanda Allen; Frank Lubey, played by freshman newcomer Jake Miser; and Lydia Lubey, played by freshman Sarah Buckland.
All My Sons opens Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. in the Harral Studio Theatre, with repeat performances on Nov. 10, 15, 16, and 17. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for students. Reservations are available by calling the Box Office at 291-1089.


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Here is a piece by Sister Joan Chittister, the popular Catholic spiritual writer. It landed propitiously in my mailbox whilst I was in the midst of working on these recent posts on the Self.
http://www.benetvision.org/ Good timing, Sister Queen!
Coming Home to the Self
We are a culture of misfits — not because there is anything wrong with us as a people but because we are accustomed to becoming things we aren't. So we don't fit into our own souls. Our schools put out students to fit the economy, for instance, rather than the heart. Good thinkers go into accounting rather than philosophy because accounting pays more. Fine writers go into law because law is more prestigious. Young people with artistic talent go into computer science because computer programming or hotel management or engineering are full of "opportunities" — read "money" — that a water-colorist lacks.
The problem is that when we do not do what we are clearly made to do we are doomed. We spend the rest of our lives looking for the missing piece of ourselves that we lost before we knew we had it.
Then we wonder why the work we do bores us, no matter how many cars we have, no matter how beautiful the vacation house may be. We can't figure out why we still feel restless about life. We wonder what it is that isn't right: the schedule, the children, the marriage, the place.
We lose a taste for life.
Then, it is time to give ourselves the space and means to become again. We need to rearrange the furniture of life to make way for the essence of life: We need to set up an easel and paint. We need to start the woodworking we always wanted to do. We need to take the courses we always wish we had. We need to join the book clubs that talk about the things we are interested in discussing. We need to begin to knit and cook and write and garden. We need to do those unfinished, unstarted, undeveloped things in us that ring the bell of bliss and authenticity. Then life will become life again and all the rust of it will wear away. When we become what we know ourselves to be, we will come home to ourselves.
The rabbis put it this way: "Rabbi," the disciple asked, "what shall I do to be saved?" And the Rabbi said, "How should I know? Abraham practiced hospitality and was saved. Elias loved to pray and was saved. David ruled a kingdom and God was with him. Follow the deepest inclination of your heart and you, too, will be saved."
When we live from the inside out rather than from the outside in, everything in life begins to fit.
Donna Henes is the author of The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife. She offers counseling and upbeat, practical and ceremonial guidance for individual women and groups who want to enjoy the fruits of an enriching, influential, purposeful, passionate, and powerful maturity. Consult the MIDLIFE MIDWIFE™
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We're excited to announce the 2015 releases of AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD LT for Mac!
This release makes it easier than ever for users to create drawings and designs on the platform of their choice without sacrificing important functionality that is key to everyday design workflows. Users can also share their work with colleagues that are using Windows versions of the software like never before.
Key new enhancements include:
· Dynamic Blocks. Mac users gain the ability to create and edit Dynamic Blocks—a capability previously limited to Windows users. This feature enables them to insert one block that can change shape, size, or configuration instead of inserting several static blocks.
· Layer States. Mac users can also now save their layer settings as Layer States, which store information like color, linetype, and information about whether a layer is turned off, frozen, or locked. Prior to the 2015 releases, Mac users were unable to view any of the layer states information their Windows colleagues had embedded within a drawing.
· Data Linking. Users who need to link a table to data in a Microsoft Excel file can use the new Data Linking feature, and their table will automatically update as external changes are made. This feature is especially helpful when managing large amounts of information about things like materials or fixtures.
· Quick Select. The Quick Select tool allows users to quickly select objects based on query criteria, enabling users to easily select exactly what they need in their drawing. The Quick Select tool also includes a "preview" option so that users can see what they're about to select before they commit to the selection.
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Here are a few of my favorite finds for the past week:
- The Genealogy Insider asks what 2% of Ancestry.com users have in common. Hint: It has to do with searching!
- The Ohio Memory project's Digital Newspaper Portal has lists of links to digitized Ohio newspapers by title, county, region, time period and Civil War titles.
- Dayton Innovation Legacy has an interesting article on John H. Patterson, the founder of National Cash Register (NCR) credited with being a pioneer of the modern sales force and progressive employee policies.
- Yvonne shares a tip on recording the height of her family members in Measuring Up.
- Ellie's Ancestors recommends searching YouTube for videos of your ancestor's homeland and history.
- Abt Unk posts about how a German "Maibaum" (Maypole) tells the history of the town of Fredericksburg.
- Follow the continuing drama as a pair of Salt Lake City falcons raise their chick named Solo.


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Anybody a fan of the excellent Dinosaur Comics (http://qwantz.com/)? Anybody a fan of the once-excellent Garfield Minus Garfield? Anybody realize that I am the proprietor of T-Rex is Lonely Comics, the only (probably, I haven't actually checked) sort-of-Ryan-North-approved (well, he linked to it, that's like approval) spinoff of Dinosaur Comics? Anybody want to munge together T-Rex is Lonely comics for me? Anybody want me to use a sentence not of the form "Anybody [something]?"?
PS: For those watching my slow return to this forum, I just bought a digital pen, and will maybe use it to make Spamusements! Hooray!
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I know there used to be (or still is?) a site that was sort of a simplified Dadasaurus Rex which randomized just the T-Rex alone panels in that same format.
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Inspired by Teammate Mandi Schwartz, Yale Captain Has Led Efforts to Save Lives
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Aleca Hughes (Westwood, Mass.), a senior forward on the Yale women's ice hockey team, was named as one of the nominees for the 2012 BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award on Friday. The award seeks to recognize male or female college hockey players at the Division I or Division III levels who give back to their communities in the true humanitarian spirit. This is the award's 17th year. Hughes' efforts to help save lives have been inspired by her teammate Mandi Schwartz '10 (1988-2011), whose battle with cancer has led Hughes to start the Mandi Schwartz Foundation.
Mandi passed away last April after battling cancer for more than two years. Led by Hughes, Yale has organized a pair of major annual events in Mandi's name. The Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale -- led each spring by the women's ice hockey, football and field hockey teams -- has added more than 2,500 potential marrow donors to the Be The Match registry for patients with life-threatening illnesses. The women's ice hockey team also has held a "White Out for Mandi" fundraiser game at Ingalls Rink each of the past two falls. Those games have raised more than $40,000.
Hughes started the Mandi Schwartz Foundation to help keep Mandi's legacy of helping others alive. In addition to the White Out, the women's ice hockey team is raising money for the foundation by participating -- along with the Yale men's ice hockey team -- in the season-long "Goals for Good" campaign. Through that campaign, ECAC Hockey teams compete against each other to see who can raise the most money for charity.
Hughes is her team's representative for Yale Athletics' Thomas W. Ford '42 Community Outreach Program and has been involved in many team events such as Youth Days and Skate with the Players. She and the Bulldogs also continue to spend time with their adopted teammate Giana, a local 10-year-old girl who is recovering from surgery for a brain tumor.
The Yale women's ice hockey team has a well-established tradition of community service in general, including four other Hockey Humanitarian Award finalists -- Julianna Schantz-Dunn '00, Deanna McDevitt '03, Kristin Savard '07 (who won the award in 2007) and Crysti Howser '09.
An American studies major, Hughes is a graduate of Hotchkiss School. She was team captain and All-New England at Hotchkiss and also played for the Connecticut Stars, earning two bronze medals and one silver at Nationals.
There are 23 nominees for the Hockey Humanitarian Award this year, including six repeat nominees. Hughes was one of eight finalists for the award last season, becoming the fifth Yale women's ice hockey player to be named a finalist.
The winner of the 2012 BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award will be introduced in a ceremony on Friday, Apr. 6 as part of the 2012 NCAA Frozen Four in Tampa, Fla.
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Currency standards
The Danish currency is kroner and øre. There are 100 øre in one kroner. In Danish and English, kroner is shortened to kr. You may also see DKK used, particulary with regards to currency transactions.
In Denmark, you will see notes in values of 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000kr. Coins come in 1, 2, 5,10 and 20kr, as well as 50 øre.
Denmark is not in the single European currency, so the Euro is a foreign currency and not legal tender.
Importing and exporting currency
There are no restrictions on the amount of currency you are allowed to import or export, but anything over €10,000 (approximately 75,000kr) must be declared.
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Featuring the anthemic songwriting of Ryan Tedder, OneRepublic rose to prominence in 2007, when "Apologize" began its reign as the most popular digital download in American history. Although the song proved to be a quick success, OneRepublic had spent five years touring the musical minor leagues before its release, with Tedder splitting his time between the band's work and production gigs for other artists. Tedder and Zach Filkins formed the band in 2002 and relocated to Los Angeles shortly thereafter, adding keyboardist Drew Brown, bassist/cellist Brent Kutzle, and drummer Eddie Fisher to the lineup in the process. OneRepublic then signed with Sony BMG's Columbia label in 2003; three years later, however, the bandmates returned from a performance at Coachella to find themselves dropped from Columbia's roster.
Nevertheless, OneRepublic's popularity continued to soar on MySpace, and Tedder helped raise the group's profile by penning songs for artists like Blake Lewis and Hilary Duff. Hip-hop producer Timbaland (with whom Tedder had already worked for several years) took notice of the group's audience and signed OneRepublic to his own Mosley Music Group, a joint venture with Interscope Records. Timbaland also remixed one of the group's most promising tracks, "Apologize," and included it on his own album, 2007's Timbaland Presents Shock Value. The song quickly became a platinum-selling single in many countries, breaking airplay records in the U.K. and selling an unprecedented 4.3 million digital downloads in America alone.
Later that year, OneRepublic stepped out on their own with Dreaming Out Loud, a debut album filled with piano-fueled songwriting and pop/rock melodies. The album quickly went gold, and "Apologize" continued to top the singles charts in multiple countries. Another Tedder-penned track, Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love," experienced similar success at the same time, thus making Tedder one of the year's most celebrated songwriters. OneRepublic began writing songs for a second album in 2008, and the group later decamped to Colorado Springs to avoid outside distractions. Although initially planned for a summer release, Waking Up wasn't completed until September 2009. "All the Right Moves," the album's lead single, was released to radio that same month, while the entire album followed in November. In 2013, OneRepublic returned with its third studio album, Native, featuring the singles, "Feel Again" and "If I Lose Myself."
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VIDEO: The Fast Break — Dec. 23
Nowitzki moves up, Mavs get win | Suns throw in towel against Denver | Hawks starting to soar | Butler wants to lead Bulls
No. 1: Nowitzki moves up, Mavs get win — Wednesday night the Dallas Mavericks visited Brooklyn, which meant the return of Deron Williams to the borough where he formerly played. But with Williams out injured, leave it to the 37-year-old Dirk Nowitzki to post a performance worthy of the Big Apple. Not only did Nowitzki pass Shaquille O'Neal for sixth all-time in scoring in the NBA, but he also hit the game-winner in overtime to give the Mavericks the victory. And as Eddie Sefko writes in the Dallas Morning News, in some ways it was business as usual for Nowitzki…
"Way back when I was a skinny 20-year-old, bad haircut, bad earring, not the most confident guy," he said, before stopping, clearly thinking about the enormity of having only five players ahead of him on the all-time scoring list.
"Sounds pretty good, huh?" he said. "It's a dream come true."
And the way he passed Shaquille O'Neal on Wednesday couldn't have been more fitting. He nailed a midrange jumper early in the second quarter against Brooklyn, took congratulatory hugs from teammates and coaches, then, a couple hours later, slipped to the basket for the winning layup in a 119-118 overtime victory that the Mavericks needed a lot more than Nowitzki needed any milestone.
Along the way, the Mavericks needed a lot of help from a guy who's only 23,607 points behind Nowitzki on the scoring list.
J.J. Barea had a career-best 32 points, including several key 3-pointers, paying big dividends for coach Rick Carlisle starting him in place of the injured Deron Williams.
"I think the coach threw me in there early to give us a little energy early and I got in a rhythm and was able to help my team out big time," Barea said. "I wanted to get to 30 (points in a game) before I finished my career."
But even he knew this night was not about him, even though he's never had a better statistical night. He hit his first eight shots and finished 13-for-20 and also dished out 11 assists.
"I've been through all the battles with him and seen him break all kinds of records," Barea said. "But this one is amazing."
Nowitzki started fast with six points in the first six minutes. Early in the second quarter, he got the ball on the left wing and wasted no time, pulling up and nailing an 18-footer for the record.
"It was a special moment for me," he said. "I saw the whole team getting up and everybody gave me a hug and I've obviously been blessed in this organization for a long, long time.
"There have been a lot of great players who didn't score as many points because they were cut short by injuries. I've been lucky. And we got the win. It would have felt really salty flying home with a loss."
VIDEO: Arena Link — Dirk Nowitzki
No. 2: Suns throw in towel against Denver — The current Phoenix Suns feel light years removed from just two seasons ago, when they unveiled a small ball lineup that raced through the Western Conference and nearly earned a playoff berth. These days they are in flux, with forward Markieff Morris recently assigned to the bench. Last night the Suns lost at home to an undermanned Nuggets team, as Paul Coro writes in the Arizona Republic, while Morris evoked Robert Horry … and not in a good way…
In one of their more advantageous scenarios of the season, the Suns posted another dreadful loss with play so frightful and no signs of stopping. The bow on Wednesday night's stocking of coal came when Markieff Morris added to a season of distraction by harkening back memories of Robert Horry's towel toss at Danny Ainge by tossing a towel toward coach Jeff Hornacek in Wednesday's fourth quarter.
The Suns lost 104-96 at Talking Stick Resort Arena to a Denver team playing a night after losing at home to the last-place Los Angeles Lakers and was missing five players (two starters) with no backup point guard available.
That is not all that surprising any longer for a team that has gone 5-14 since Nov. 22. How the Suns fell behind by 22 points, rallied to lead by three, started each half with new lineups and lost is now of less interest than Morris' towel toss.
Much like Horry on a 10-21 Suns team in 1997, Morris was upset about being pulled from the fourth quarter from a 12-19 Suns team. With 9:47 to play and Denver leading 84-75, Morris was taken out of the game and he threw the towel while barking at Hornacek. Hornacek picked up the towel and threw it back Morris' way with his own upset words for him.
"He's mad about not playing," Hornacek said. "I look at the stat sheet. He's a minus-13 in 12 minutes. So there, I took him out. … He thinks he's better than that. Show me."
Hornacek said the Suns staff will discuss possible discipline for Morris, who has created a stir since the offseason when he asked to be traded after his twin, Marcus, was dealt. Markieff did not arrive in Phoenix until it was required for training camp. He lost his starting job earlier this month.
In January, Marcus also engaged in a shouting match during a game with Hornacek. He apologized publicly and to Hornacek after the game.
"That's between me and 'H' (Hornaceck)," said Markieff, who made 2 of 8 shots and had one rebound Wednesday. "It's not for media. It's something between me and him that happened. We'll talk about it."
No. 3: Hawks starting to soar — They won 60 games a season ago, including a 19-game win streak, but thus far this season, even with a winning record, the Hawks have mostly flown under the radar. That may be changing now. Wednesday night the Hawks got their fifth win in a row with a convincing home victory over the Detroit Pistons, and the Hawks are now in second place in the Eastern Conference. As Brad Rowland writes for Peachtree Hoops, the Hawks hacked Andre Drummond and got a big night from Jeff Teague to get the win…
The game was highly competitive early on, with Detroit taking an 18-14 advantage after a 7-0 run. That momentum would not last particularly long, however, as Mike Budenholzer employed the aforementioned "Hack-a-Drummond" strategy freely from that point forward, and that seemed to turn the tide. Dennis Schröder exploded for seven straight points to end the opening quarter (11 in the period), and in a flash, the Hawks were in control.
The "big" spurt was yet to come, though, and it appeared to close the second quarter. Atlanta raced to a 26-9 run to end the half, with Jeff Teague taking things over, and he finished with 13 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds before the break. That big run netted the Hawks a 61-45 lead, and on the defensive end, Atlanta was quite effective in holding the Pistons to just 33% shooting (27% in the second quarter) in addition to the poor free throw shooting from Drummond.
To begin the second half, the Hawks quickly increased the lead to 22 points, but the margin settled into the mid-teens for much of the remainder of the contest. In truth, Atlanta didn't play particularly well down the stretch, including a third quarter in which they allowed 50% shooting to Detroit, but the Pistons were never able to seriously challenge on the scoreboard until the closing minutes.
Detroit managed to climb within an 8-point deficit within the final two minutes of game action, using an 11-4 run to force a timeout from Budenholzer with 1:52 left in the game. Though it wasn't pretty, the Hawks managed to salt the game away for good using a Jeff Teague basket (that was actually a goaltend from Andre Drummond) to push the lead back to 10 with 41.1 seconds remaining and that was the end of the threat. From there, Atlanta put away a 7-point win and the winning streak reached five games in pleasing fashion.
It was a big night from Teague, and that was the biggest individual story. He has struggled, at least relatively, to this point in the season, but this may serve as a "breakout" from the 2015 All-Star, as he finished with 23 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds while keying everything Atlanta did offensively. In support, Paul Millsap added 18 points and Al Horford chipped in with 15 points in his own right, but this night was about Teague and a strong team effort on the defensive end.
No. 4: Butler wants to lead Bulls — As the Chicago Bulls try to right the ship and find some offense to go along with their defensive prowess, reports of unrest continue. According to Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times, as the Bulls consider roster moves, some players aren't thrilled with Jimmy Butler's attempts to position himself as the leader of these Bulls…
While Jimmy Butler won the self-appointed leadership role unopposed, not everyone associated with the Bulls is a supporter.
One source told the Sun-Times that there are several players that often simply laugh when told of Butler's latest thumping-of-the-chest leadership proclamations, and while Derrick Rose seems to be completely detached from the situation, his camp is very annoyed by all things Butler these days.
A veteran that is behind the Butler push, however? Well, it just so happens to be the one player in the locker room with two championship rings.
"I don't mind those comments,'' big man Pau Gasol said, when asked about Butler declaring himself the leader throughout this season. "I think those comments are positive. Those comments and attitudes don't raise my eyebrows. I think it's good certain guys want to take ownership and say, 'Hey let's go.' ''
Gasol said that Butler worked his way into that role of leader, and was obviously paid like it this offseason, when the Bulls gave him a five-year, $92.3 million contract extension.
"I don't disagree with it,'' Gasol said. "I think Jimmy is obviously one of the main guys here.''
He's more than that. He's the future. His deal is guaranteed through the first four years, with a player option of $19.8 million following the 2019-20 season.
Basically, last man standing of all the veterans on the roster.
Gasol has a player option at the end of this season, and there continues to be more whispers that he's done with the Bulls experiment, while Joakim Noah, Kirk Hinrich and Aaron Brooks each come off the books when this season comes to an end.
Rose and Taj Gibson are free agents after next season, while the Bulls own the $5.175 million option on Mike Dunleavy for the 2017-18 season.
The likes of Gibson, Noah and Gasol might not even see the end of their current contracts, as several sources indicated that the Bulls are taking calls on all three players as the trade deadline draws near.
Noah's value has taken a hit this week with a small tear in his left shoulder, and the center told reporters on Wednesday that he is looking at a two-to-four week window now. Not the best news for a player that was starting to look like his old self.
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: The NBA debuted a new public service announcement campaign against gun violence … Steph Curry says he's the best player in the world … Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant exchanged shoes after playing against each other … Mark Cuban says Rick Carlisle's threat to trade players was a motivational move … Alan Anderson looks to be out for a few more weeks. Meanwhile, John Wall has his own set of injury issues … Nik Stauskas says he's the hardest working guy on the Sixers … The Houston Rockets are trying to help former players stay on top of their health …


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are really self-employed or a have a business? Ask yourself if you can still generate an income when you take a holiday.
Many individuals who have chosen self-employment haven't had a holiday in years, because they cannot afford to take time off from running their business.
Don't be fooled into thinking that because you're self-employed and don't have a boss that you have your own business. For many such individuals, instead of having one boss, you've got twenty, fifty, or hundreds of bosses (depending on how many customers or clients that you have). Increasing your success being self-employed generally translates to working harder and longer, giving you less time to enjoy life.
Moving from self-employment to becoming a successful business owner can mean real freedom. It is comforting to know that you can leave the business operating without your direct involvement each day and still have income as the business functions in your absence.
Turning self-employment into a business requires establishing systems and procedures so that your business continues whether you are there or not. One reason that many business owners are afraid to take time away from their business is that they fear their staff cannot do as good a job, or cannot make the necessary decisions required in the daily operations.
The first step in overcoming that obstacle is to examine what you do in your daily routine and ask yourself what would happen if you didn't do some of those tasks. Would your business cease to function? If not, then maybe some of those tasks are taking up time that would be best spent on other activities.
Your next step is to decide which of those tasks necessary for your business really need to be performed by you, or can someone else do them? Obvious jobs would be collecting the mail, buying tea, coffee, stationery items etc that could be done by someone else in your business.
Since some tasks may have to be done by skilled people, you could employ or subcontract others to perform them. There's other operations necessary for your business to function that could be outsourced, such as bookkeeping and accounting.
As you examine each task you perform as a self-employed individual, you'll begin to realise how you are spending (or wasting) valuable time in areas that are not as productive or maximising your skill sets. To turn your self-employment into a business you need to look at ways of leveraging your time, increasing your income, and freeing up some of your daily tasks.
As you start to identify the more and the less productive tasks you can begin to compile a manual that outlines how your business operates, and can assign tasks to other people. Now you're thinking like a business owner rather than being self-employed.
By having an operations or procedures manual in place, these daily routines can be documented so that everybody concerned understands what is required to ensure the business keeps operating without you, the business owner, being present every day.
Fast food chains are classic examples of how systems and procedures have been implemented so that young inexperienced teenagers can run these operations with no business skills whilst the owners can be sitting back enjoying the profits.
You'll be amazed at the benefits that compiling a procedures manual can bring to your business. As you document all the steps involved you'll begin to recognise tasks you can delegate, methods you can streamline, and even find more efficient ways to achieve the required results.
Your business manual will make the business so much easier to run. Your staff can all refer to the manual each time they have a problem, instead of waiting to speak to you about the same issues they raised the previous week.
Once you get the business running without you, there may be other opportunities for you to leverage. With the experience you've gained you could duplicate the business in a new location and further reap the financial benefits. Other avenues to increase your profits may be through developing a franchise, or licensing your business model.
Not only will the operations or procedures manual add efficiency and speed to your business, but you've just added so much more value to the business if and when you decide to sell it.
If you've been struggling to find the time and freedom that you were hoping for when you decided to start working for yourself, then maybe the time has come for you to look at other ways of turning your self-employment into a business.


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Kale for breakfast, because food is healthcare
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"Medicine is not healthcare — food is healthcare. Medicine is sick care. Let's all get this straight for a change." — Karen Pendergrass
Have you noticed how much actual fresh produce there is at the wintery Ann Arbor Farmer's Market? All kinds of kale, spinach, lettuce, pea shoots, chard, carrots, potatoes, rutabaga, garlic, turnips, squash and more. Not to mention all the eggs, meat, bread, cheese and burritos.
No it's not like it is in summer. But hey, it's the depths of winter out there. And there are still people, like Nate and Jill at Green Things Farm, and John and Lois at Our Family Farm, and Alex and Mark at Seeley Farm, who are working in freezing temperatures to bring fresh vegetables to market every week.
And those greens are so sweet in the cold weather. Last week I finally cooked the last of the remaining fresh dinosaur kale that I grew and had been storing in my refrigerator (that's the photo with this post).
There are so many good reasons to eat kale, and my friend (and dietician) Diana Dyer has chronicled most of them in her blog 365 Days of Kale. One study I saw even suggests that eating more vegetables (like kale) may make you more optimistic.
The University of Michigan is on board, with a new mantra: "Kale to the Victors." The UM Sustainable Food Program has a photo contest to show the world what happens to people under the influence of kale.
I do believe strongly in the health properties of kale. Lately my favorite thing to do with my greens is lightly sauté them with a little garlic for breakfast. With an over-easy egg and a slice of toast, it's the best winter breakfast imaginable. I'm convinced that this breakfast is the reason I haven't had a cold all winter — even when my husband was sick for a week, I didn't get it. Coincidence or kale?
Kim Bayer is a freelance writer and culinary researcher. Email her at kimbayer at gmail dot com.


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Charles Herbert Best; Margaret Hooper Best (née Mahon)
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Charles Herbert Best; Margaret Hooper Best (née Mahon)
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bromide press print, 16 December 1971
9 3/8 in. x 7 1/2 in. (238 mm x 191 mm) image size
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- Charles Herbert Best (1899-1978), Canadian physiologist. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Margaret Hooper Best (née Mahon) (1900-1988), Wife of Charles Herbert Best. Sitter in 1 portrait.
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- Central Press. Artist associated with 102 portraits.
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Current affairsThe United Kingdom changes to the Decimal System for currency, getting rid of shillings, and guineas and simplifying the denomination of pounds into 100 pence. This brought the British pound sterling in line with other currencies and made computer calculation easier.
Art and scienceMichael Caine stars in the filmGet Carter, a British crime classic about a man who sets out to get bloody revenge on the gangsters that killed his brother.
InternationalThe Immigration Act consolidated previous legislation in order to limit immigration, by requiring applicants to hold a work permit and introduced the concept of right of abode.
In Uganda, Idi Amin overthrows President Milton Obote and becomes dictator.
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The Group for Good Government will moderate a forum for the Springs School Board candidates on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the school's gymnasium.
Vying for the two seats that will be vacated by the departure of Christopher Kelley, the school board president, and Thomas Talmage, a board member since 2005, are four hopefuls — Liz Mendelman, Tim Frazier, Phyllis Mallah, and Arthur Goldman.
Ms. Mendelman is best known in the Springs School community as president of the PTA and a member of the Springs Citizens Advisory Committee. Mr. Frazier is the principal of the Southampton Intermediate School, and the husband of Tracey Frazier, a Springs School teacher.
Mr. Goldman, a social studies teacher and coordinator at the high school, is a familiar face at board meetings. His wife, Eileen, is a teacher's assistant in Springs.
Phyllis Mallah, a retired educator from Yonkers and full-time Springs resident, rounds out the candidates. Ms. Mallah is the only one of the four who has run prior to this year.
The Group for Good Government allows each contender a minute for opening remarks, a minute each to answer the questions posed, and then a minute to summarize their views. B.L.


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PITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Steelers are running out of quarterbacks with healthy ribs.
A person familiar with the injury told The Associated Press quarterback Byron Leftwich injured his ribs in the first quarter of Sunday night's 13-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens and will not start next week in Cleveland. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not officially commented on Leftwich's status.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette first reported the decision.
Leftwich is the second Pittsburgh quarterback in as many weeks to go down. Starter Ben Roethlisberger is out indefinitely after spraining his right shoulder and dislocating his first rib in a 16-13 overtime victory against the Kansas City Chiefs last Monday.
The Steelers (6-4) will likely turn to 37-year-old backup Charlie Batch against the Browns (2-8). Batch is 5-2 while as a substitute starter over the past decade, including a 27-0 win over St. Louis last December.
Making his first start in three years, Leftwich completed 18 of 39 passes for 201 yards and an interception. He also ran for a 31-yard touchdown in the first quarter, a play that ended with Leftwich clutching his chest.
The 32-year-old Leftwich remained in the game but took a beating, getting sacked three times and drilled a handful of others. He appeared in obvious pain on several occasions and had his ribs examined by team medical personnel in the fourth quarter while Batch warmed up on the sideline.
Leftwich did not miss a snap but labored throwing the ball. The former first round pick has one of the strongest arms in the NFL but was short on several passes to wide-open receivers in the second half as Pittsburgh's four-game winning streak came to a halt.
Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin downplayed any disappointment in Leftwich's play, saying he thought Leftwich was ``great'' on a night the Steelers recorded their lowest point total at home since a 3-0 victory over the Dolphins in the middle of a torrential rain storm five years ago.
``He sustained some hits, but that's football,'' Tomlin said, ``particularly when you're talking about this matchup.''
Leftwich, who did not take off his uniform until after reporters had left the locker room, was more focused on the offense's uneven play than his physical condition.
The Ravens did more than give themselves a nice two-game cushion over Pittsburgh (6-4) with six weeks remaining in the season, they also exposed the Steelers' flaws with Roethlisberger sidelined indefinitely with shoulder and rib injuries.
Even worse, the Steelers converted just 5 of 17 (30 percent) third-down opportunities, well off their 49-percent conversion rate with Roethlisberger.
``We just never could put two, three, four, five, six plays together,'' Leftwich said. ``We would make a big play and then we were right back to third-and-9, third-and-8 ... You've just got to be better on first and second down.''
The seventh overall pick by Jacksonville in 2003 has struggled to stay healthy through the years. He sat out all of last season after breaking his left arm in the preseason and was limited to just one game in 2010 due to a knee injury.
Now it's Batch's turn to keep Pittsburgh's postseason chances afloat. He beat out Jerrod Johnson for the team's third quarterback spot in training camp and while he lacks the arm strength of Leftwich and Roethlisberger, his accuracy and quick release should help him in offensive coordinator Todd Haley's short-passing attack.
Batch warmed up briefly on the sideline after Leftwich took a blindside hit from Baltimore safety James Ihedigbo midway through the fourth quarter on Sunday. Batch last played in a shutout victory over the Rams last Christmas Eve, completing 15 of 22 passes for 208 yards and an interception as the Steelers cruised.
``Charlie's a great quarterback, and he's also been in the league for some time now,'' Pittsburgh cornerback Keenan Lewis said. ``He knows the offense upside down (inside out), so if we have to rely on Charlie, we know he could get in there and win games.''
The Steelers will need to bring in another quarterback as insurance. They let Johnson go at the end of camp and released 2006 Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith following a brief stint with the team during the spring.
A rematch with the Ravens looms in two weeks, though Pittsburgh's hopes of catching the Ravens for the AFC North title have all but evaporated. The Steelers would likely need to win in Baltimore - where they're just 2-7 in the last nine meetings - and have the Ravens stumble to the finish to host a playoff game.
It's a notion the Steelers cling to, one that seems at least remotely plausible if the defense can continue to thrive. While Baltimore was busy harassing Leftwich, Pittsburgh was doing the same to Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco.
The Ravens managed a season-low 200 yards of total offense as the Steelers shut down running back Ray Rice - 20 carries for 40 yards - and never let speedy wide receiver Torrey Smith to get loose.
``We knew that it was going to be a defensive game coming in,'' linebacker Larry Foote said. ``It normally is. We mixed up a lot of blitzes and zone. Our back end did a great job.''
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