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HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Penn State assistant football coach testified Friday that he believes he saw former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molesting a boy on campus and that he fully conveyed what he had seen to two Penn State administrators.
Mike McQueary, speaking for the first time in public about the 2002 encounter in a Penn State locker room, said he believes that Sandusky was attacking the child with his hands around the boy's waist but said he wasn't 100 percent sure it was intercourse.
McQueary took the stand Friday morning in a Pennsylvania courtroom during a preliminary hearing for university officials Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, who are accused of lying to a grand jury about what McQueary told them.
District Judge William C. Wenner was hearing testimony Friday to help him decide whether prosecutors have enough evidence against the pair to send their cases to trial. The hearing was expected to last most of the day.
McQueary's story is central to the case against Curley and Schultz. They testified to the grand jury that McQueary never relayed the seriousness of what he saw. The officials, and Penn State coach Joe Paterno, have been criticized for never telling police about the 2002 allegation. Prosecutors say Sandusky continued to abuse boys for six more years.
The lawyers for Curley and Schultz say the men are innocent.
McQueary, who was on the stand for about two hours, said he had stopped by a campus football locker room to drop off a pair of sneakers in the spring of 2002 when he heard slapping sounds in a shower and happened upon Sandusky and the boy.
He said Sandusky was behind the boy he estimated to be 10 or 12 years old, with his hands wrapped around the boy's waist. He said the boy was facing a wall, with his hands on it.
McQueary said he has never described what he saw as anal rape or anal intercourse and couldn't see Sandusky's genitals, but that "it was very clear that it looked like there was intercourse going on."
In its report last month, the grand jury summarized McQueary's testimony as saying he "saw a naked boy ... with his hands up against the wall, being subjected to anal intercourse by a naked Sandusky."
Under cross examination by an attorney for Curley, McQueary reiterated that he had not seen Sandusky penetrating or fondling the boy but was nearly certain they were having intercourse because the two were standing so close and Sandusky's arms were wrapped around the youth.
He said he peeked into the shower several times and that the last time he looked in, Sandusky and the boy had separated. He said he didn't say anything, but "I know they saw me. They looked directly in my eye, both of them."
McQueary said the entire encounter — from when he first entered the locker room to when he retreated to his office — lasted about 45 seconds.
McQueary said he reported what he saw to Paterno but never went to police.
He said he did not give Paterno explicit details of what he believed he'd seen, saying he wouldn't have used terms like sodomy or anal intercourse out of respect for the longtime coach.
He said Paterno told him he'd "done the right thing" by reporting the encounter. The head coach appeared shocked and saddened and slumped back in his chair, McQueary said.
Paterno told McQueary he would talk to others about what he'd reported.
Nine or 10 days later, McQueary said he met with Curley and Shultz and told them he'd seen Sandusky and a boy, both naked, in the shower after hearing skin-on-skin slapping sounds.
"I told them that I saw Jerry in the showers with a young boy and that what I had seen was extremely sexual and over the lines and it was wrong," McQueary said. "I would have described that it was extremely sexual and I thought that some kind of intercourse was going on."
McQueary said he was left with the impression both men took his report seriously. When asked why he didn't go to police, he referenced Shultz's position as a vice president at the university who had overseen the campus police
"I thought I was talking to the head of the police, to be frank with you," he said. "In my mind it was like speaking to a (district attorney). It was someone who police reported to and would know what to do with it."
Under cross-examination, McQueary said he considered what he saw a crime but didn't call police because "it was delicate in nature."
"I tried to use my best judgment," he said. "I was sure the act was over." He said he never tried to find the boy.
Later, Thomas Harmon, the former chief of the Penn State police department, said Schultz didn't tell him about the shower allegation.
Paterno, Schultz and Curley didn't testify, but Judge Wenner read their grand jury testimony from January in weighing the case. The testimony was expected to be read into the record Friday afternoon.
Sandusky says he is innocent of more than 50 charges stemming from what authorities say were sexual assaults over 12 years on 10 boys in his home, on Penn State property and elsewhere. The scandal has provoked strong criticism that Penn State officials didn't do enough to stop Sandusky, and prompted the departures of Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno and the school's longtime president, Graham Spanier.
Curley, 57, Penn State's athletic director, was placed on leave by the university after his arrest. Schultz, 62, returned to retirement after spending about four decades at the school, most recently as senior vice president for business and finance, and treasurer.


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I've been using NORMA_VS2008_2012-04CTP Build 1487 to model university class meeting patterns for a physics education research database. The attached, zipped .orm and .docx files show the tables generated in the relational view. It seems that there may be a missing table that should be called Campus. The verbalization seems to imply that it should be there. The Building, CampusName and CampusIdentifier tables all have entries (i.e., CampusNr) that, while not specifically identified as such, could possibly be identified as foreign keys. Am I wrong about this, or is something actually missing?
Campus plays no functional roles (single-column uniqueness constraint on a role played by Campus) outside of its identifier and no mandatory roles at all. You won't get a table in this case unless you mark Campus as IsIndepdent.
There are alot of ways to improve you model. I think you are way overusing a .Nr reference mode. In fact, I don't think there is any use of .Nr here that is worthwhile. For example, room has a number, but it cannot be the number displayed beside the room because it must be unique for all rooms. A room is generally identified by its number and the building it is located it, which would mean using a preferred external uniqueness constraint from the Building role of 'Room is located in Building' and the RoomNumber role of 'Room has RoomNumber'.
Once you've established these conceptual identifiers, you may want to add surrogate keys using a .id reference mode, but get your model conceptually correct first.
General, something called 'identifier' will be one-to-one with the thing it identifies. Currently you have one many-to-one identifier (for room) and two one-to-many identifiers (for campus and building).
There are other oddities as well, such as BuildingName applying to at most one building. This means that you can't have a 'Student Union' or 'Physics Hall' on more than one campus.
The bottom line here is that your relational model doesn't look like what you're expecting because the constraints in the conceptual model don't match the domain you're modelling. I'd recommend going over all of the verbalizations--especially those pertaining to your reference modes and internal uniqueness constraints. Also verif with some sample populations, then worry about the relational model.
Thanks for the
critique of my model. The advanced database design course I took from Gordon
Everest in the spring of 2010 introduced me to ORM and NORMA. I was instantly
sold on it because it filled a nagging discomfort with diving directly into an
ER model. ORM provided the ability to
verbally express the physical situations I am trying to model. Now, I am faced
with a real project with the Physics Education Research Group at the University
of Minnesota. There has also been some interest by certain members of the
University of St. Thomas physics department. This leaves me with a dilemma
since I am venturing into new territory with limited experience. Since you have
probably seen model fragments for many of these situations, any advice to
improve the model is appreciated.
Now, let's turn
to the model. I agree with your observation about the overuse of the .nr
reference mode. When I first thought about the appropriate reference mode for
Room, Building and Campus objects, I ran into several dilemma. For the Building
object, .name reference mode didn't fit because in the real world, building names
change. For example, the UofM Electrical Engineering/Computer Science building
was renamed a few years ago to Nils Hasslemo Hall and the Physics building is
also known as the Tate Laboratory of Physics. A similar problem exists with the
.id reference mode. While the first corresponding building identifier changed
from EE/CSci to NHH, the second corresponding identifier has always been Phys. This
still leaves the problem of selecting an appropriate reference mode that
satisfies the requirement for a 1:1 association. (In this context, I use the
word "association" rather than "relationship" because the latter might be
confusing since it is also use in ER modeling with a different connotation.)
Since, there
is a 1:n association between the actual building and its name and/or identifier
values and I wanted to provide for their values in the model, I introduced the value
objects RoomIdentifier, BuildingName,
BuildingIdentifier, CampusName and CampusIdentifier. The distinction here is
that these are simply values that are associated with one or more of the
objects with which they are associated. I'm not sure whether this makes sense –
perhaps an example will illustrate the distinction I am trying to convey.
Assume we have an ORM object called Room(.id). The .id values referred to here
have a 1:1 association with a room. They might be some identifier values from a
facilities management organization or they might be assigned by a numeric auto
counter. There is also a RoomIdentifier value object with values that are the
room numbers appearing outside the door to a room. These values can be in a n:1
As you
mentioned, using a preferred external uniqueness constraint makes sense between the
Building role of 'Room is located in Building' and the RoomNumber role of 'Room
has RoomNumber'. I need to think about a similar constraint between Building
and Campus, or perhaps all three. I'm not sure since the internal uniqueness
constraints are different.
As a newbie
to ORM, you might have guessed that I am struggling, so I appreciate any help
you can provide. I will be refocusing on the verbalizations and internal
uniqueness constraints rather than the resulting relational model created by
NORMA. One question – any advice on
additional reading (books, online sources, etc.) about ORM and modeling in
general – beyond the Big Brown Book. I don't like to reinvent the wheel and I'm
always looking for good examples ORM
fragments that may have addressed some of the issues related the model I am working
on. I suspect that these are issues that have already been addressed by other
Hello Richard,
Here is my 2 cents worth which I hope will be of help.
I'll pick up on what Matt said "get your model conceptually correct first" and use room number as an example,
It is true that all rooms in the world are unique. Thus, some people might argue that this means that using a GUID or an integer to "identify" a room is OK. However, it is not the case that a domain expert would recognise a link between the GUID or the integer and the room because these are not "conceptual " identifiers."
One way of finding a conceptual identifier for a room is to ask some one who uses the room (aka a domain expert) to make statements about the room and its location. Thus, someone might say, "The room on the left at the top of the stairs to the first floor in the Science building. " They might also say "Room MB1023" or room "BL1107."
Now it is the case that rooms MB1023 and BL1107 do exist. However the room numbers are what might be called "local" names because they refer to rooms on the campus of the University of Lincoln in the UK. Room MB1023 is in the "Main Building on the first floor" and Room BL1107 is in the building with the name "Business and Law"
Now suppose you met someone by chance whilst you were a passenger on a plane and in the conversation the person said, "My most recent lesson was in room MB1023" . Being curious, you might ask, "Where is that?" and you might get the response "It's on the first flloor of the Main Building." You might follow up with "Which Main Building is that?" and so on.
Eventually you would end up with a UK postal address and a description of the layout of the buildings and rooms on one of the campuses of the University of Lincoln.
From this, you might get the following fact types:
Room(.code) is in Building(.name) on Campus(.name) of University(.name)
University(.name) is at Address(.nr)
Address(.nr) is in Country(.code) and so on...
This is an example of what Matt meant by "get your model conceptually correct first".
Aha - Insight! I think that I am beginning to see a glimmer of light in what you and Matt are emphasizing. Your examples are most useful; although, I need to ponder them more. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the first thought is that when considering reference modes, I should be thinking about using ones that make sense in the real world - Rooms have numbers that might be thought of as codes, Buildings are most often referred to by their names, as are Campuses and Institutions. The next thought is that, while I have considered internal uniqueness constraints, I may need to reevaluate them and, moreso, pay attention to external uniqueness constraints. Furthermore, and this is something that has received almost no attention, I need to look at mandatory role constraints.
Thanks to both you and Matt. That said, I pose the same question to you that I asked of Matt – any advice on additional reading
(books, online sources, etc.) about modeling in general and/or ORM – beyond the
Big Brown Book?
Hi Richard,
I'm glad that you found the examples to be helpful.
Regarding reference modes. As a matter of principle, I use "real world" reference modes wherever possible.So in my earlier example, if you stand outside room MB1023 you will see a notice on the door that says "MB1023".However, I have used ".nr" for address because in the "real world" there isn't a single column reference for each address so I made one up.
One other thing that I should have pointed out is that what we call an "Atomic" or "Elementary" fact type is one that cannot have a smaller number of object types without loosing information. (i.e. the arity of a fact type has semantic significance.)
So, in my example, one of the fact types has an arity of 4. (Has four "holes" for object types)
However, as an object-role modeler you need to be very mindful of the scope of the Universe Of Discourse (UoD) because the scope is defined by the context of the model. For example, if you have been asked to make a model for just one university, then
this arity 4 fact type: Room(.code) is in Building(.name) on Campus(.name) of University(.name)reduces to this arity 3 fact type: Room(.code) is in Building(.name) on Campus(.name)
this arity 4 fact type: Room(.code) is in Building(.name) on Campus(.name) of University(.name)
reduces to this arity 3 fact type: Room(.code) is in Building(.name) on Campus(.name)
Why is that?
Well it is because the property of "atomicity" is related to the scope of the UoD.
If your model is for just one university, then the object-type "University(.name)" is not needed because all of the fact types in your model will refer to the same university - which is implicit in the predefined scope and thus is redundant.
Regarding additional reading: Firstly, I recommend that you thoroughly go through the BBB before looking at other stuff. You might also look up some of the papers that are referenced in the "ORM Events" section of the Library.
Over the years, I have read and accumulated dozens of books on data modeling but the term "modeling in general" - probably includes thousands of books and many more scientific papers.
Probably the easiest way to find some of them is to go to Amazon and search for "Data modeling".
My suggestion is that you pose a more precise question and I'll see what I can come up with.
And when you are thinking about your "more precise question", may I suggest that you begin by asking yourself the question "What problem am I trying to solve." (Hint: A problem is something that prevents you from achieving an objective.)
i.e. Where are you trying to get to and what's in the way?
Good points.Let me give you a little background on this project. As a semi-retired computer/communicationssystem engineer with a longstanding interest in education and in physics, Ibecame interested in the work being done by the physics education researchgroup at the University of Minnesota.
One aspect of our research is the measurement of conceptual understanding of physicsprinciples by students taking introductory physics courses. To that end, we administertests (e.g., the Force Concept Inventory, etc.) and surveys at the beginningand end of each academic term. We have data that goes back to the mid-1990s; however,it is not well organized (e.g., in flat files and spreadsheets).
I am trying to create a database that will organize this data, along with data related tocourses, classes, people, grades, pedagogy, textbooks and anything else that wecan think of which might affect student understanding. Currently, I have twoobjectives for the database - first, to be able to generate reports fordistribution to faculty and second, to be able to extract information thatmight provide insight into how we can improve the education process. The firstobjective is easier to achieve because reports can be generatedalgorithmically. The second objective is more problematic because it isdifficult to anticipate what questions might be asked of the data. In addition,the database design must be flexible enough to add new types of data that mightbe of interest. That is why it is important to get a good conceptual model ofthe UoD from the beginning.
What you have seen is only a small fragment of the total model. However, it is one thathas caused me a lot of problems because I have found several similar, yetdifferent, ways of looking at the UoD when there are constraints on when aclass is held and where it is held. This, in turn, affects how the conceptual modelis developed. I've been working on this for a while and have already taken someof your recommendations into consideration. For example, I have limited the UoDto a single academic institution which, in our case, physically spans more thanone campus. Now, I am wondering if that decision was correct since otherinstitutions have expressed some interest in this project.
Actually, I started out by modeling as:
Room(.code) is in Building(.name) on Campus(.name)
However, the choice of reference modes seemed inconsistent with the real world situation. Followingyour example, when I stand outside my office, I see a notice on the door thatsays "161B". However, there is a finite, albeit extremely small, possibilitythat this notice can change for whatever reason, even though the room itselfdoes not change. Another problem with higher probability is that the samenotice may actually appear on doors to rooms in different buildings. Similararguments can be made for Campus(.name), Campus(.id), even University(.name). Afew years ago, we saw a name change for a state university from Mankato StateUniversity to Minnesota State University - Mankato.
The problem of changing names and identifiers is especially true for buildings. We have a situation in the real world that weare trying to accurately and consistently represent in out conceptual model.There exists a building (or room, or campus, etc.) That building may have oneor more names. It also has one or more codes/identifiers that appear in variousdocuments, such as class schedules, maps, etc. to represent the building. Forexample:
Building Name Identifier
1 Electrical Engineering/Computer Science EECsci
1 Nils Hasselmoe Hall NHH
2 Physics Phys
2 Tate Laboratory of Physics Phys
Consequently, I began searching for a way to model the distinction between an actual room andthe notice on its door. One possibility was to use an identifier (i.e., .id).Previous work (before the year 2000) indicated that our facilities managementorganization had assigned identifiers to rooms (not the same as the notices onthe door), buildings and campuses within the University of Minnesota system. WhileI was tempted to use these assignments, after careful reflection, I realizedthat this approach may not be generalized since those in other institutions maynot have access to the equivalent information. The only alternative I couldconceive was to use a number (.nr) or system generated identifier (.id) toassure uniqueness and to draw the distinction.
In essence, this is the problem I am trying to model with this fragment. Any suggestionswould be appreciated. I think at this point that we are discussing more of anORM issue than a NORMA issue.
Hope this helps.Ken
Data in flat files and spreadsheets
though it is not immediately apparent, such data represents propositions that
can be stated in language. For example:
(.nr) achieved Score ( ) in Test (.code) on Date ()
So your
first task is to study the flat files and spreadsheets and extract the fact
types. Then you can put the fact types into NORMA using the CSDP.
Student Understanding
having a debate about similar matters in a discussion forum hosted by Professor
Dan McFarland at Stanford University. My conclusion is that one must begin with
some very fundamental stuff that is rarely if ever challenged by academics and managers at
example, exactly what is "understanding" and how can it be measured? People
often say things like "We have to ensure that students understand (insert
subject name)". But when you question
these folks they often define one set of words with another set of words.
position on this is that you have to define things by providing a set of binary
propositions for which evidence can be provided to test whether the propositions
are either true or false. I'll give an example from my piloting experience:
The student understands how to perform a steep turn
when the following propositions are all true:
P1: The steep turn starts
and ends on the same heading.
P2: After entering the turn, the
aircraft maintains a constant 60 degree angle of bank (plus or minus one
degree) until the roll-out manoeuvre starts.
P3: The aircraft maintains a
constant altitude (plus or minus 20 feet) between the start of the turn until
the roll-out has been completed.
P4: Throughout the turn, the aircraft
maintains a constant speed (plus or minus 2 knots)
In other
words, it seems to me that the only way that you can measure "understanding" is
by measuring some kind of observable behaviour. (Same thing goes for "knowledge")
Generating Reports
you say, if you get the schema right then you can generate any kind of report
that you like.
Getting insight into how you can improve
the education process.
is related to the scope of the model (and by inference the scope of the database).
You have to begin by defining the metrics (indicators in business speak). This
has nothing whatsoever to do with ORM.
Either you know what you have to measure to monitor the performance of
the "education process" or you don't. I'd say that a good place to start is to
define what you mean by "the education process"
You said: "It is difficult to anticipate
I misunderstand you but I must say that I don't see what the problem is. If you
have implemented a database then you can use SQL to ask any question that you
like so you don't have to "anticipate questions", you just have to be good at
writing SQL queries.
Adding new types of data
I don't see the problem. If you want to change your schema than the procedure
is to begin by changing your object-role model, then you generate a new schema
and then you move the existing data from the "old" schema to the "new" schema.
Don't see what "flexibility" has to do with it.
"Similar, yet different, ways of looking at
the UoD"
it is sometimes the case that you can model a UoD in several different ways.
However, the acid test is whether the domain experts agree with the fact types
in each different model.
Limiting the UoD to a single academic
I just used that as an example of to highlight the relationship between an
atomic fact and a given UoD. It was not my intention to "recommend" that you
limited the scope of your model to a single University. If you need to model a
UoD with multiple Universities then that's what you have to do (Don't forget to
follow the CSDP)
"I am wondering if that decision was
at some stage you have to make a decision about the scope of the UoD that you
want to model. I don't see that the concept of "correctness" enters into it.
"The choice of reference modes seemed
inconsistent with the real world…there is a finite, albeit extremely small,
possibility that this notice can change for whatever reason, even though the
room itself does not change."
you just have to make up your mind about what you want to model. According to Dr
Graeme Simsion's work, data modeling is a creative act not a descriptive act. (See
the research page)
same notice may actually appear on doors to rooms in different buildings." Then
you model it by defining a fact type that uses Building (.name) and Room (.code)
in a way that means that uniqueness is related to the combination of building
and room. (Same for Campus (.name) and University (.name))
This is
all about figuring out the nature of the "atomic" facts in your UoD.
Name change for a state university
can think of two ways to handle this.
(a) You accept that whatever name is in the database is "true today" and put
good procedures in place to update the appropriate columns.
(b) Add "temporal" fact types such as:
"University (.nr) has Name () from Date ()
to Date ()
The problem of changing names and
identifiers is especially true for buildings. You can treat the
changes of building names in the same way as I have suggested that you can
change University names.
There exists a building (or room, or
campus, etc.) That building may have one or more names. It also has one or more
codes/identifiers that appear in various documents, such as class schedules,
maps, etc. to represent the building…Searching for a way to model the
distinction between an actual room and the notice on its door.
However you model it, I recommend that you do NOT use an "ID" (i.e. a GUID) because GUID's are definitely not
related to a conceptual model.
recommend that you use an identifier that you can write down on a piece of
paper and give to someone with the instruction "Please go to this room" (You
could not do that with a GUID)
Previous work (before the year 2000)
indicated that our facilities management organization had assigned identifiers
to rooms (not the same as the notices on the door)……
Yes, it seems to be the case that very few organisations have got a grip on
the "data management" problem. Many organisations that I have seen have the "departmentalitis"
In other words, departments behave as though they are independent and assign
their own "identifiers" to all sorts of things. This is just a costly way of
creating an expensive mess!
The one truly stable identifier that a building has is not a name or an artificially-allocated ID, but a location. Buildings don't tend to wander around. You could assign a stable identifier using GPS coordinates, and then add human names and IDs as non-preferred identifiers, and even include time-relevance to indicate current and past usage. It all depends on the cost of using a stable but uncommonly-used identifier, versus the cost of changing an identifier to track common usage.
Personally I lean towards needing to support identifier change, including propagation to foreign keys. When my databases need to do this, I use delayed FK enforcement if available, otherwise a stored procedure that suspends enforcement, makes changes and re-applies FK enforcement, all in a transaction. The only real difficulty is with the technologies at play, there's no conceptual difficulty here.
In regard to the identity of a university, we had a change here a decade or so back where many of our institutions were broken into bits and the bits re-assembled into fewer new institutions, mostly with new names. How do you define identity in the face of change like that? I mean, almost none of the tertiary institutions had the same make-up as before, even though some of the names were carried forward. The real world is complicated. We only ever model enough of it to suit our perceived needs

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Clarkson University Alumnus Who Led 9/11 World Trade Center Clean-up to Speak at Remembrance Ceremony on Wednesday
Clarkson University alumnus Michael Bielawa '85, who was one of a group who led the 9/11 clean-up at the World Trade Center, will speak at Clarkson's annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony.
On Wednesday, September 11, the Clarkson campus community and members of the local community will gather at Clarkson's World Trade Center Memorial Sculpture from 8:30-9 a.m. for the ceremony. The memorial is located across the road from the Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) building (#12 on the map at http://www.clarkson.edu/about/clarkson_map.pdf .)
The event is open to the public and members of local rescue squads, fire or police departments, the military, and veterans are invited to attend in dress uniform. If the weather is inclement, the ceremony will take place in the Student Center forum (#13 on the map at http://www.clarkson.edu/about/clarkson_map.pdf .).
Currently, senior project manager/safety manager and vice president of Lend Lease (U.S.) Construction LMB, Inc., Bielawa has spent nearly 30 years as a construction manager and engineering supervisor in New York City.
The day of the World Trade Center collapse, he was called to Ground Zero to help supervise the clean-up efforts. He worked there for three weeks, effectively clearing the debris and helping to recover survivors.
"In the days after the attack, the smell of death surrounded me. I'll never forget it," says Bielawa. "One day -- September 15th -- I parked my car at Pier 40 and went to Battery Park, where I helped stack steel and debris until it could be trucked away.
"When my shift ended, I made my way through the Battery Park World Financial Center. This is where the temporary morgue was set up. Red body bags were stacked in boxes on tractor trailers.
No one knew the number of casualties. Original estimates were more than 20,000.
"I walked up the West Side Highway and approached Canal Street, and as I approached my car there were people applauding the rescue workers and offering encouragement. This was how they dealt with the attack. They shouted 'USA! USA!' The emotion was incredible. I realized these people were directing their applause and support toward me.
"I was physically tired and mentally drained. To experience all this and then the outpouring of support by New Yorkers was an emotional rollercoaster. There were many days like this. Actually, most days were like this."
On September 11, 2001, almost 3,000 people perished in the terrorist attacks on American soil, including four Clarkson University alumni.
The steel in Clarkson's World Trade Center Memorial is from 55th floor of the World Trade Center's south tower.
After his first-hand experience with the September 11 disaster, Bielawa requested that the New York City Office of Emergency Management donate steel from the World Trade Center to Clarkson to be used for a memorial. Several years of planning and fund-raising led to the installation of a memorial at Clarkson in 2005.
This site was dedicated as a memorial to the four alumni's lives lost in the World Trade Center attacks. Each of the alumni's names, Peter A. Klein '87, Paul R. Hughes '85, Richard J. O'Connor '75, and R. Mark Rasweiler '70, is engraved above a light installed in the foundation of the structure, and at night the lights shine up on the structural beams.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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The Wabash College football team will make its second straight appearance in the NCAA Division III playoffs this Saturday, when the Little Giants travel to Cleveland to meet Case Western University.
The game will be played at Case Field in Cleveland, and will begin at 12:00 p.m. Fans not traveling to Cleveland can catch the game on WNDY radio at 91.3 FM or through the Internet on Teamline.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for students and children. There will be no advanced sales. Ticket sales will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning at Case Field. Wabash tailgate information will be available later this week.
Case completed its second straight 10-0 season last weekend with a 17-0 win over Washington University, which gave the Spartans their second straight University Athletic Association title and second straight trip to NCAA playoffs.
It's also the second year in a row the Little Giants and Spartans will clash in Cleveland. Last year the two teams met in the second round of the NCAA playoffs with Wabash winning 38-23 behind Evan Sobecki's (right) 113 rushing yards and Matt Hudson's 300-yard, five-touchdown passing performance.
The Wabash defense hammered the Case running game last year, throwing the team for minus-29 rushing yards on 11 carries. Wabash posted five sacks in the game, as well (Jared Lange pictured below left). Meanwhile, the Little Giant offense scored on its first two possessions and led 21-0 before Case got on the board.
Wabash and Case look very similar heading into this year's tilt. Both teams boast balanced, high-scoring offenses. Case averages 40 points and 416 yards per game with a great split between rushing (175 yards per game) and passing (241 yards per game).
Senior quarterback Dan Whalen leads the Spartans. He averages 219 yards through the air and has tossed 17 touchdowns against just four interceptions. He's a mobile quarterback, too, rushing for 30 yards per game and four touchdowns on the season.
Whalen's top targets are receivers Zach Homyk (42 catches, 546 yards, 3 TDs), Shaun Nicely (33-540-9), and Ryan Kolesar (24 catches, 17 yards-per-reception). Nicely had nine receptions for 145 yards against the Little Giants last year.
Like Wabash, Case spreads the running chores evenly among a stable of good running backs. Five players have 57 or more carries this year, including ground-leader Greg Meyer, who averages 43 yards per game with five touchdowns. Billy Deitman (36 YPG, 3 TDs), Derrick Bush (37 YPG, 2 TDs), and Corey Checkan (9 rushing TDs) lead the way.
The strength of the team appears to be its defense, which holds opponents to 276 yards and 13 points per game with 16 interceptions and 11 fumble recoveries.
The Spartan defense is big, fast, and physical, and is led by junior linebacker Jeff Brown, who has 79 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, and two interceptions. Fellow junior linebacker Less Sasala has 68 tackles and six tackles for loss, while Mike Pelyak and Jake Mey have 55 and 52 tackles, respectively.
Perhaps the most exciting player is freshman Dale English, who has posted 8.5 sacks and 13 TFL in his rookie season. As a team, Case has 27 sacks on the year.
Junior defensive back Bobby Bott has taken two of his seven interceptions back for touchdowns, while Jeff Brown and Ben Chlebina each have interception returns for scores.
Because of the UAA and NCAC scheduling contract, Wabash and Case have played virtually identical schedules this year. The two teams have defeated NCAC foes Kenyon, Denison, Wooster, Ohio Wesleyan, and Hiram, as well as UAA opponents Chicago and Washington.
Wabash and Case are part of the eight-team "North Central" bracket. The winner of the Wabash-Case matchup will face the winner of the Wheaton (8-2) vs. Trine (10-0) tilt.


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Perennial (annual), generally twining or trailing
Leaves alternate
Inflorescence: cyme or flowers solitary in axils; pedicels often with 2 bracts
Flower bisexual, radial; sepals 5, ± free, overlapping, persistent, often unequal; corolla generally showy, generally bell-shaped, ± shallowly 5-lobed, generally pleated and twisted in bud; stamens 5, epipetalous; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 2, ovules generally 2 per chamber, styles 12
Fruit: generally capsule
Seeds 14(6)
Genera in family: 50 genera, 1,000 species: warm temp to tropical; some cultivated as ornamental
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Cuscutaceae [Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 1998 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 85:531553].
(Family description, key to genera by L.T. Dempster)
Perennial, subshrub from caudex or rhizome, glabrous to tomentose
Stem very short to high-climbing, generally twisting and twining
Leaf generally > 1 cm, linear to reniform, often sagittate to hastate, rarely deeply divided
Inflorescence: peduncle generally 1-flowered; bractlets small and remote from calyx to large and concealing calyx, sometimes lobed
Flower generally showy; corolla glabrous, white or yellow to pink or purple; ovary chamber 1 (septa generally incomplete), stigma lobes 2, generally swollen, cylindric or oblong, ± flattened
Fruit ± spheric, ± inflated
Seeds generally ± 4
Species in genus: ± 25 species: temp, worldwide
Etymology: (Greek: concealing calyx, from bractlets of some)
Reference: [Brummitt 1980 Kew Bull 35(2):327328]
Intergradation common; intermediate forms often difficult to identify. Appears similar to Convolvulus , but anatomy suggests that the 2 genera are not very closely related.
Perennial from rhizome, densely shaggy-tomentose
Stem decumbent to ascending, 10100 cm, not or barely climbing
Leaf < 6 cm, < 9 cm wide (generally much smaller), narrowly triangular to ± reniform; lobes 12-tipped; margin not wavy; tip notched to acute
Inflorescence: peduncle 69 cm, < or > subtending leaf; bractlets 720 mm, 515 mm wide, entire, lanceolate to widely ovate, generally acute, generally attached just below calyx and ± concealing it
Flower: sepals 915 mm, ± densely hairy; corolla 2045 mm, white
Ecology: Dry slopes, chaparral
Elevation: 3003500 m.
Bioregional distribution: Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, San Francisco Bay Area, South Coast Ranges, Western Transverse Ranges
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In the area of historic preservation, the solitary Modern Movement building has always posed a problem for our field. An "oddity", debate surrounds a perceived mismatch between Modern Architecture and their historical surroundings of ornamented 18th-19th century architecture. This is also the case with the American Embassy in The Hague, theNetherlands. The embassy was designed by Marcel Breuer from 1957-1959. Since the Gulf War, and especially after 9/11, the embassy became a defensive, "attack proof" building, heavily guarded by high fences and permanent police protections. It is expected that in the near future, the American embassy will leave Breuer's building and move to a new, more easily protected location.


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Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the greatest inspirational speaker of them all?
That's what the Filmdrunk blog set out to find when it put together a montage of "Cinema's Greatest Mirror Pep Talks" — those cliched moments in film where the protagonist psychs himself or herself up with a solo, mirrorside monologue.
The supercut includes 30 scenes of movie characters talking to themselves in shiny surfaces from films like 'Reservoir Dogs,' 'Pulp Fiction,' 'Black Swan,' 'Pee-Wee's Big Adventure' and Robert DeNiro's iconic "You talkin' to me?" speech from 'Taxi Driver.'
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Fiserv, Inc., a global provider of financial services and technology solutions, recently announced the results of a survey of the mobile banking and payment plans of top-tier financial institutions. The in-depth survey, conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Fiserv in September 2011, evaluated the plans of 10 banks and credit unions that in total hold more than a third of all U.S. deposit accounts.
The results revealed that these financial institutions are moving beyond the basics to deliver increasingly sophisticated mobile capabilities. Transactional services, such as remote deposit capture and mobile person-to-person payments, will account for the bulk of mobile investment in 2012. However, despite a nearly unanimous commitment to expand overall mobile functionality, institutions remain split on plans to support mobile point-of-sale payments.
Nine out of the 10 financial institutions surveyed already have a mobile bank offering that provides basic account access, and almost all provide ATM/branch locators, transfers between accounts and bill payment. For 2012, financial institutions plan to focus on delivering remote deposit capture, actionable alerts and additional payment capabilities. Eight of the 10 surveyed institutions plan to invest in some type of mobile payments in the next 12 months, with person-to-person mobile payments cited as a priority by seven respondents.
Financial institutions are committed to providing mobile banking and payment capabilities for a range of devices, with a focus on smartphones. While none of the surveyed institutions currently offer specialized support for tablets, this was cited as a priority for 2012 by multiple respondents.
Plans to provide support for mobile point-of-sale payments vary greatly, with two of the surveyed financial institutions currently piloting such offerings, three saying they planned to support them at some point and the remaining five saying they had no plans to support mobile point-of-sale payments in the foreseeable future.
While financial institutions view the progress of non-traditional competitors such as technology and telecommunications providers as a validation of mobile payments, and as a promotional tool to build consumer and merchant interest, the majority of the financial institutions surveyed stated that such announcements have had no or minimal impact on their own mobile payments strategy. This may put them at risk of delivering new capabilities too late.
"Most banks and credit unions are committed to delivering more robust capabilities and a better consumer experience via the mobile channel," said Erich Litch, division president, Digital Channels, Fiserv. "Faced with a rapidly evolving market that is also being pursued by sophisticated, well-funded third parties, it is essential that financial institutions that want to remain competitive push forward with their own mobile banking and payment strategies in 2012."


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In 2008, Barack Obama said this: "I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not …" He might want to rethink that statement, especially now that he seems to be promoting policies that are opposed by large majorities of the voting public.
Obama needs to channel his inner Nixon, not his inner Reagan. It was Nixon, not Reagan, who tapped the power of the "silent majority" and changed politics for a generation to come. Today there's a New Silent Majority, and it looks very different from Nixon's. The polling results are undeniable: This Majority is looking for somebody to fight the big banks, protect Social Security, and tax the rich to fund government's vital role in society.
Somebody could transform politics with this new majority, just as Nixon did. Somebody probably will.
si·lent ma·jor·i·ty (noun): the ordinary people in a country, who are not active politically and who do not make their opinions known
– Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Only 4% of people polled by CBS News after November's election thought that Congress should focus on deficits, and only 2% thought Washington should make taxes its highest priority. Yet those two topics have dominated the debate ever since, all but crowding out the concerns of the majority. Politicians and the media obsessed over them and ignored the topic that 56% of the public considered its highest priority: jobs and the economy.
We've only heard serious talk about "job creation" in the last 24 hours — and that's in the context of a tax deal! Before yesterday, any attempt to bring up the public's top priority was dismissed by Washington insiders as the irrelevant chatter of marginal extremists. "Stimulus" was a dirty word, not to be spoken in polite company. Now it's on everybody's lips – conveniently enough, just as it could be applied to extending tax cuts for the wealthy. That part of yesterday's deal was opposed by 64% of the American public.
Is it any surprise that over 70% of those polled by CBS were either "dissatisfied" or "angry" with the way Washington works? Neither Obama's base nor his fellow Democrats had a seat at the table when this deal was cut, and that's become a major news story. But seven out of ten voters weren't represented at that table, either. In the long run, that 's a much bigger story.
The New Majority
We won't go through all the numbers and charts again (most of them are here and here.) We'll just stick to the highlights, starting with this one: When asked how we should cut the deficit, the public would rather raise taxes on the wealthy than cut Social Security – by more than two to one.
That includes 71% of independents, 77% of Republicans–and 76% of Tea Party supporters. That's the populist face of the New Silent Majority.
And they really are silent, at least in Washington and on the airwaves. We've just endured a month-long propaganda blitz, led by hyperbolic presidential appointees, focusing on a topic that was the priority of less than one voter in twenty: the deficit. And journalists and politicos alike have been pushing the radical right-wing prescriptions of the Simpson/Bowles Commission, whose recommendations made 70% of those polled either "somewhat" or "very uncomfortable." Still, there was no stopping the deafening chant: We have to cut Social Security! We must reduce Medicare benefits! The deficit's our biggest crisis!
There wasn't even a whisper, it seemed, about the Silent Majority's cry for jobs and growth. Then, without even skipping a beat, it was announced that the trillion-dollar tax giveaway to the wealthiest Americans was being extended, adding hundreds of billions to the deficit that had been such a crisis the day before. And what was the sudden justification for this deficit-busting plan? Jobs and growth! Stimulus!
The American majority must be suffering from whiplash. It's not just the sudden reversal on the deficit. Now the story of the day is taxes – which was a top priority for only one voter in fifty.
What else does the "new silent majority" stand for, besides jobs, protecting Social Security, and taxes for the rich?
- 72% want the government to crack down on Wall Street more than it has.
- 81% want the government to do more to reduce poverty.
- Eight out of ten oppose cutting Medicare.
Despite the widespread support for these views by members of both parties (bipartisanship at last!), the political and media landscapes are dominated by journalists and politicians who keep telling us these positions are "extremist" and politically unrealistic.
If this new majority could say anything at all to the nation, it might be "Hello? Is this thing on?"
Nixon's (still) the one
You'd think the president and his party would be all over this. Look what Nixon managed to do, almost by accident: He used the phrase "silent majority" in a 1969 speech about the War in Vietnam, and post-speech polling unexpectedly showed it was a huge hit with the public. Thousands of letters and telegrams flooded into the White House, spontaneous demonstrations broke out on Veteran's Day, and a poll showed a 12-point jump in his popularity, from 56% to 68% — all for a president who had barely squeaked into office a year earlier with 43.3% of the vote (to Humphrey's 42.7% and George Wallace's 13.5%).
Using then-new polling techniques, Nixon was able to identify this majority, appeal to it, and use it to build an unbreakable core of support. While the 1970 Congressional results were disappointing for Republicans, he went on to win a landslide victory in 1972. Even after Watergate discredited him (and to some extent his party), the "silent majority" concept allowed the GOP to build a right-wing public consensus that was unbreakable for a generation. And Republicans didn't just win elections with their Silent Majority: They won huge victories for their political principles, making them the bedrock of public opinion for decades to come. They broke down the liberal consensus and replaced it with their own.
Reagan didn't transform American politics. Nixon did.
Blue Dogma
Historians will marvel someday at our current president's iron-willed refusal to fight for policies that are both widely popular and broadly considered by experts to be the best solutions: stimulus spending to achieve jobs and growth, more regulation to reign in reckless and greedy banking, and ironclad protections for core social benefit plans. They'll wonder why deficits were given higher priority than the bleeding wounds of a jobless economy, while the deficit-busting costs of military spending and an overly privatized health care system were considered off-limits.
Most of all, they'll wonder why a month of deficit frenzy was capped by more of the same tax cuts that helped create those deficits in the first place.
And yet President Obama doesn't just fail to fight for the New Silent Majority and its positions. He gets visibly angry when he's asked about it. The president known for keeping his cool loses it whenever the subject comes up. Why?
Part of the answer may lie in this line in an article by Matt Bai: "Privately, Mr. Obama has described himself, at times, as essentially a Blue Dog Democrat." I've differed with Bai over his own statements about postpartisanship, but he's a first-class reporter and I'm pretty confident his report is accurate.
Obama's description of himself as a "Blue Dog" feels like a marker for something deeper, a theme that runs through his life and work. Bai summarizes that theme very well. But the president, along with sympathizers like Bai and centrist advocacy groups like Third Way, seems to be falling victim to an illusion. Writes Bai: "The body of Mr. Obama's writing and experiences before he became a presidential candidate would suggest that he is instinctively pragmatic, typical of an emerging generation that sees all political dogma — be it '60s liberalism or '80s conservatism — as anachronistic."
That seems to be the essence of some self-image for the president, as well as many of his sympathizers and advisors. But it's a misperception. It's not "pragmatic" to reject positions that are popular with the public are most likely to improve the economy. There's something deeper going on. For the "postpartisans" I've met, and from the postpartisan manifestoes I've read, there seem to be several key elements to their worldview:
- A strong belief that the best results are achieved by developing consensus among powerful people
- A profound attraction to the process of consensus-building
- A disdain for partisan debate, based on an emotional distaste for conflict that's coupled with a belief that "wiser heads" can come to a meeting of the minds
- A strongly held belief that compromise is morally superior to confrontation
- Self-esteem that's based on the belief that this style of leadership is inherently superior
Underlying all this seems to lie a deep need to reject the politics of past generations, regardless of whether the politics in question are right or wrong for the moment, in order to be seen as part of "an emerging generation that sees all political dogma as anachronistic."
dog·ma (noun). something held as an established opinion … a point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds.
– Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Why does the president get so angry at "the left" that he insists on attacking it even when it hurts his own interests? Why does he reject opinions held by the great majority, including most Republicans, with disdainful terms like "sanctimonious"?
Remember, Nixon shattered the Democratic Party by linking them to "hippies." Most Americans hated longhaired demonstrators, and Nixon used that hatred to crush liberalism. But being associated with these despised, scruffy peaceniks didn't just defeat the Democrats: It traumatized them. They were painted a fuzzy-haired members of a pointy-headed elite, and it took them generations to get over the shock.
Apparently some of them still aren't over it.
When Bill Clinton shook the hippie curse and gave Democrats their cojones back, it made sense. He backpedaled on some core Democratic positions and adopted the posture that a technocratic, bipartisan approach was the best way to solve our problems. Back then, there seemed to be a nonpolitical consensus on what was needed: Less regulation, less government, and more reliance on the "creativity" of the private sector (especially banking).
How'd that work out for you? Like we were saying, it made sense … back then.
Bashing "the left" was a smart political strategy for Democrats when longhairs were chanting for peace in the streets (RIP, John Lennon). Maybe that's why bloggers describe this kind of left-bashing as "hippie punching." But the hippies are gone. Everybody else has moved on. Nobody's thinking about "hippies" anymore, or even about anything called "the left." They're just wondering how to pay their bills and survive their old age in a world they're increasingly likely to see as Obama's creation.
And they will see it as Obama's creation. That may or may not be fair, but think about it: How many Republicans were on TV last night pitching this deal?
Meanwhile, the New Silent Majority remains silent and unrepresented in the halls of Washington. It's as if some people are too busy fighting with the phantoms of "the left" to see that times have changed. The hippie wars are over. Who's "anachronistic" now?
The North Star
What do you do when the nation's leadership see bartering with Washington power brokers not merely as a political necessity, but as a superior way of being? Voters have seen the end result of this "way," and they don't like it. People are waiting for the president to remold the Washington consensus into something that serves their interests. If compromise does that, they want compromise. If it takes a bar fight, then they want a bar fight.
But the "postpartisans" have elevated compromise from a tactic into a moral principle. That can leave them paralyzed when compromise becomes impossible, as it has now. Fortunately, there may be a way out. And the president touched on it last night, with a passing phrase that was striking and evocative. Where, a reporter asked, is your "line in the sand"?
"My job," he answered, "is to make sure that we have a North Star out there. What is helping the American people live out their lives? What is giving them more opportunity? What is growing the economy? What is making us more competitive? And at any given juncture, there are going to be times where my preferred option, what I am absolutely positive is right, I can't get done. And so then my question is, does it make sense for me to tack a little bit this way or tack a little bit that way, because I'm keeping my eye on the long term and the long fight."
The North Star is a lovely image that evokes something important. It suggests that every political tactic must be illuminated by core set of values and goals, a set of beliefs that make up a glittering pole around which all action revolves. Stars like that have guided political debate for centuries. Some people even have a name for that kind of compass: they call it a "dogma."
If the president can let go of his attachment to his postpartisan self-image and embrace the policies most Americans want and need, they can be his North Star. But to do that he'll need to get over his reflexive distaste for the "old dogma" of the "left," because that old dogma also happens to be the new political reality.
Or, as seems more likely right now, he could keep fighting the battles of the past. His own ideology may be too centrist (that is, conservative) for the times. Or he may not have the temperament for the battles he'd have to fight. If that's true, the New Silent Majority will look elsewhere. The Right hijacked part of it this year, and it's ready to do it on an even bigger scale next time.
Whatever happens, 2012 is coming and The New Silent Majority is looking for its leader. And just in case you hadn't noticed, the auditions have already started.
UPDATE: The link in the last paragraph, to the PAC of a leading American politician, came under cyberattack late last night by supporters of Julian Assange. It therefore may or may not work when you click on it.
(There's good reference material on Nixon and the "Silent Majority" in Nevin, M. D. , 2007-04-12 "The Making of the Silent Majority: Nixon, Polling, and Constituency Building" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL Online
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MONTGOMERY — The Retirement Systems of Alabama had solid earnings for the past fiscal year, but the looming fiscal cliff in Washington threatens continued growth, Chief Executive Officer David Bronner said Thursday.
MONTGOMERY — The Retirement Systems of Alabama had solid earnings for the past fiscal year, but the looming fiscal cliff in Washington threatens continued growth, Chief Executive Officer David Bronner said Thursday.
Bronner on Wednesday reported 18 percent earnings to the Employees Retirement Systems board. Next week, he said, he plans to report 18.3 percent, one-year growth to the Teachers Retirement System board.
The third component of the RSA, the Judicial Retirement System, had investment growth of 19 percent for the year ending Sept. 30, Bronner said.
"It just means that in the case of the employee system, it grew by $1 billion," he said. "What it means is we did well this last year during the turmoil."
Total ERS contributions from the state, employees and investments is about $1.96 billion this year, Bronner said. Subtract payments of $904 million and ERS' net increase was about $1.058 billion. It has $9.2 billion in assets.
Bronner said since the growth rate is spread out over five years, it still is being affected by the 30 percent recession losses in 2008.
One of the RSA's signature investments, a 53-story office building in Manhattan, was flooded in lower floors by Hurricane Sandy a month ago.
The building known as 55 Water Street was to have reopened Thursday, but a small fire on Thanksgiving Day and lack of sufficient operating elevators pushed back the reopening date. "The storm got it and got all of lower downtown, and it's been out of commission since," Bronner said.
The investment nets $80 million in rent a year, Bronner said. "So the problem is that until I can get open, it's costing me (a) gross $15 million in rent a month, which is a lot of money," he said.
The fiscal cliff in Washington and whether President Barack Obama will continue to insist on tax increases on the wealthiest 2 percent and allow Bush-era tax cuts to end Dec. 31 on the other 98 percent could affect the RSA.
"We're a captive of Wall Street," Bronner said. "The fiscal cliff going to dramatically affect the retirement system if you create a recession in the United States, a disaster like 2008."


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West Kootenay Advertiser
A 112-year-old government mining ledger from Kaslo somehow found its way onto eBay this month. The 200-page book, which sold for $153 US, contains receipts for certificates of work issued under the Mineral Act between August 2 and September 30, 1901.
Among the claims mentioned are the Paystreak, Copper Glance, Homestake, Yosemite, Three Friends, Gold Cure, Monte Cristo, Shoo Fly, Scottish Chief, Metropolitan, and Kootenay Queen.
The New Westminster seller said he bought the ledger at auction himself 10 years ago. Even if that's the case, how did it leave public hands?
It wasn't part of a large collection of mining records transferred in recent years from the Kaslo government agent's office to the Kootenay Lake Historical Society. The collection didn't include any books with certificates of work for the Kaslo area, according to archivist Elizabeth Scartlett, though it did have some from the Slocan Lake area. While the archives has certificates of improvements from 1900-20 for the Kaslo area, Scarlett couldn't find any for the mines in this particular ledger.
It's the second time old B.C. mining records have turned up out of the blue in recent months. Last year, a Quesnel man presented the Princeton archives with a collection of ledgers dating back to 1885. His father, who recently died, had been government agent, gold commissioner, and mining recorder in Princeton from 1953 to 1972. According to the Similkameen Spotlight, "At the time he held his position, there wasn't a proper and secure place to store these valuable records so he decided to keep them in his possession."
Better than them going to the dump, and kudos to the son for returning them, but it's still highly questionable for a government employee to hang on to public records for 40 years. It's not clear if anyone knew of their whereabouts in the meantime.
Other noteworthy auctions of late:
A Kaslo seller has auctioned some very interesting postcards. Among them:
• A great view of Broadway Street in Nakusp showing both horse and buggy and automobiles sold for $66 Cdn.
• An original photo of Andy Craig's pack train on the outskirts of Trout Lake City went for $50 Cdn. Craig was manager of C.B. Hume's general store.
• An original photo of the Arrow Lakes sternwheeler SS Kootenay fetched $47 US.
• A Frank Gowen card of a sternwheeler moored at "city park" in Nelson went for $36.50 Cdn.
See pictures of all of the mentioned items at nelsonstar.com.


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By Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services. Crosspost from Healthcare.gov
Across the country, people with Medicare are now considering their options for 2012. Medicare's annual Open Enrollment period opened on October 15 and closes December 7. While that seven-week period is longer than usual, it also ends on an earlier date. So seniors and people with disabilities along with their families and caregivers are examining their options and making their choices now.
The good news is there are better choices available and we're controlling the cost of coverage. Earlier this year, we announced that premiums for Part D prescription drug coverage will remain virtually unchanged and average Medicare Advantage plan premiums will actually go down by 4 percent. That's the second consecutive year of falling premiums for the millions of people who choose Medicare Advantage.
Today, we have more good news. Medicare's Part B monthly premium, which helps pay for physicians' services, outpatient hospital services, certain home health services, and other items, is rising by only $3.50 despite earlier projections of a much bigger jump.
For the last two years, the Part B premium has been frozen for most people with Medicare because their Social Security benefits were not increasing. But this year, Social Security benefits are rising 3.6 percent to cover inflation – the same percent increase as Medicare's premium. For example, the typical retired worker will see a $39 per month increase in their Social Security check. This more than offsets the modest $3.50 change in Medicare premiums which will be the same percent of Social Security checks in 2012 as they were in 2008. In addition, Medicare's Part B deductible will actually fall by over $20, from $161 to $140.
At the same time, Medicare is providing new benefits thanks to the Affordable Care Act. The health reform law reduces prescription drug costs for people who hit the donut hole and makes preventive benefits like cancer screenings and cholesterol tests free for everyone with Medicare. Through September 2011, nearly 20.5 million people in traditional Medicare received a free preventive service. Through August of this year, nearly 1.8 million people who hit the donut hole received these discounts, saving almost $1 billion – coming to an average of $530 per beneficiary.
Put simply, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, Medicare is providing better benefits at lower costs. Today's announcement means seniors will have more money in their pocket. And seniors and people with disabilities are getting a Medicare program that's stronger for today and tomorrow.


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It was 8 o'clock on Thursday morning when children from the child development center entered the courtyard of Christian Alliance of Bobo-Dioulasso. That day was thought to be an ordinary one, except some of the children had extra-large smiles on their faces.
But there really was something special about this day — it was a letter day.
Every child who wrote to his or her sponsor that day felt like it was an important appointment. The children enjoy receiving letters from their sponsors as much as they enjoy writing back.
Unfortunately, many of the children do not receive letters. Among them are unsponsored children, but there are even some sponsored children who do not receive letters. One development staff member shared,
"It is very hard for children not to receive letters. Some children come to me sometimes asking why their sponsors have not written to them."
When sponsor letters are given to children, it is difficult to see the sadness on the faces of those who do not receive a letter.
On the other side, children who receive letters from their sponsors are beside themselves with joy whenever they are called by development center workers to get their letter.
Letters from sponsors are considered family goods. The child's entire family reads these letters, and most often it is the mother who keeps them in a safe place. According to our staff,
"Letters are a capital link between the sponsored children and sponsors."
Many parents come to see our development center staff after reading sponsor letters. These parents usually ask what they should do about the letters and our staff advise them to write a response letter, making sure that all of the sponsor's questions are answered.
Some parents will make a draft of a response letter with their children and then bring it to the center to copy onto a letter form to send to their child's sponsor.
In the beginning, development center workers used to give sponsor letters to children with the hope that the children would write back in due time. But our staff noticed that letters written by children and their families were not always accurate and that some or none of the sponsor's questions were answered. So, another strategy was put in place.
With volunteers, the staff at the Eaux Vives (Living Waters) development center decided to systematically write in a book all the questions asked by sponsors, along with the sponsor's name and the name of the sponsored child. Now they can make sure all questions asked by sponsors are addressed when children write their reply letters.
Another innovation implemented recently is to make a copy of the letters children write to their sponsors and place them next to the sponsor's questions in the book. By doing this, our staff can easily check the accuracy of letters.
As far as the actual letter writing, some children are able to write letters themselves and others are not.
Fabrice is one child at the development center who can read and write his own letters. He joined the center in 2007 and is now in grade six, primary school. Fabrice is a brilliant student who will get his Primary School Leaving Certificate this year.
His father is a bricklayer who has two wives and eight children. Fabrice's mother stays in the village where she works as a midwife.
Fabrice lives with his maternal grandmother.
One of Fabrice's half brothers, Armand, is registered at the same child development center. The two boys have the same father but different mothers. Armand stays with their father, but the brothers do not miss any opportunity to spend time together.
Fabrice has already received many letters from his sponsor. One of our staff members shares,
"Fabrice reads his sponsor's letters himself. Every time I ask him, he is able to tell me what his sponsor has written in the last letter."
Though Fabrice's mother lives far away, he always manages to show her his sponsor's letters. His mother enjoys reading these letters to learn about her son's benefactor, who lives in a country they know only by name.
It is amazing to hear Fabrice's aunt, who lives in the same house, talk about Fabrice's sponsor. She has read every letter the boy has received. Sometimes she even makes suggestions about what Fabrice can tell his sponsor about certain aspects of his life.
On this letter-day morning, Fabrice was excited because he was going to write to his sponsor with his own hand. The first step in the letter writing is drawing. Every child who would be writing a letter was given a letter form on which to draw something for his or her sponsor.
After washing their hands to keep the letter forms clean, the children started drawing.
Some are very imaginative while others use biblical posters as models. Every child worked hard to deliver the best drawing possible. Some were very impressed by their friends' drawings.
Then it was time to write. For Fabrice and some other children, the writing was not a big deal. After a few minutes telling a volunteer what he intended to write, Fabrice began a draft of his letter. After a short while the boy was done.
The next step was to meet with a development center staff member to go through the draft and correct mistakes. Then Fabrice copied the corrected version to the letter form.
For children who have just started school and cannot write their own letters, the process is different. These children have an interview with center staff or volunteers and share what they would like to write to their sponsors.
The staff person or volunteer asks the child the questions from the sponsor's last letter so the child can provide answers. A draft of the letter is written in a book and read aloud; if the child agrees with what is written, the text is copied to the letter form on which the child has already made drawings.
When this process is completed, these children also can say that they have written to their sponsors.
The happiest sponsored children are those who communicate regularly with their sponsors through letters. In some homes children have posted their sponsor's letters on the walls of the living room for visitors to see.


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• This Week
Game No. 28
Big West Conference Tournament • First Round
Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 12:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. University of the Pacific Tigers
at Honda Center - Anaheim, Calif.
Radio: AM 1290 KZSB in Santa Barbara
On-Line Audio: UCSBgauchos.com
On-Line Video: BigWest.org
• On The Radio
All UC Santa Barbara basketball games are broadcast live in Santa Barbara on AM 1290 KZSB and will stream live online at UCSBgauchos.com and NewsPress.com. Gerry Fall is in his eighth year as the play-by-play voice of the Gauchos. Former Los Angeles Lakers and UCSB star Don Ford handles the color commentary.
• UCSB Splits The Difference In Defense Of Big West Tournament Title
UC Santa Barbara has won each of the last two Big West Tournament championships and advanced to two consecutive NCAA Tournaments. In 2010, the Gauchos entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed and held up their end of the bargain, defeating UC Davis and Long Beach State to win their first title since 2002. Last year, with the tournament reverting back to the old format of no byes, UCSB entered as the No. 5 seed and posted three straight wins over higher seeded teams (No. 4, No. 3 and No. 1), including another win over Long Beach in the final. This year, the Gauchos are splitting the difference between No. 1 and No. 5 as they enter the tournament as the No. 3 seed.
• The Gaucho Record
UCSB enters the Big West Conference Tournament with an overall record of 18-9 and a league mark of 12-4. The Gauchos finished the regular season in a tie for second-place with Cal State Fullerton, but the Titans earned the No. 2 seed in the tournament by virtue of their season-ending win over No. 1 seeded Long Beach State. Santa Barbara won its last three regular season games, defeating Cal Poly (68-60) on Feb. 25, Pacific (76-61) on March 1 and UC Davis (90-43) on March 3. UCSB has also won six of its last seven and nine of 11.
• UCSB Guaranteed Of Seventh Straight Winning Season
UCSB's 18-9 record guarantees that the program will post a winning record for the seventh straight year, the longest stretch in school history. Previously, the most consecutive winning seasons was six in a row beginning in 1970-71 and running through the 1975-76. The Gauchos have the longest run of winning seasons of any Big West Conference school.
• Johnson, Nunnally Earn All-Big West Honors
Senior guard Orlando Johnson was named First Team All-Big West for the third straight season, becoming the first UCSB player ever to earn three straight first team honors. Senior James Nunnally was selected Second Team All-Big West, his third straight all-league recognition. Johnson enters the postseason as the Gauchos' leader in scoring (20.0 points per game) and assists (2.9 per game). He is also third in rebounding (6.0 per game), first in three-point baskets (59) and first in steals (30). A finalist for the John R. Wooden Award, Johnson also became the school's all-time leading scorer in a Feb. 25 win over Cal Poly and now has 1,754 points in his three seasons. Nunnally is averaging 15.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. He has 48 three-point baskets and leads the Gauchos in free throw percentage at 78.9%.
• Big West Record Ranks Among The Best
In 2010, UCSB went 12-4 in the Big West Conference and the record was good enough to earn the No. 1 seed in the tournament. This year, the Gauchos also went 12-4 in league, but were only able to muster the No. 3 seed. Oh well, easy come, easy go. Either way, a 12-4 record in league play ranks among the program's best ever. In 2002-03, UCSB recorded its all-time best league record by going 14-4 and winning the regular season title. The next best mark is 12-4, which the Gauchos have achieved four times, all under Bob Williams. In addition to this year, they went 12-4 in 1998-99, 2007-08 and 2009-10. Three UCSB teams (1987-88, 1989-90 and 1991-92) went 13-5 in the Big West. All three of those teams were coached by Jerry Pimm.
• Probable Starters - Quick Fact
F 0 Jaimé Serna - Ranked third in school history in field goal percentage at 56.2%.
G 11 T.J. Taylor - Had four assists and no turnovers in regular season finale vs. UC Davis.
F 15 Alan Williams - His 39 blocked shots tie UCSB's all-time freshman record.
G 21 James Nunnally - Has scored 20 or more in three straight and four of the last five.
G 33 Orlando Johnson- Is only Gaucho ever to score more than 1,700 points. Has 1,754.
• Probable Reserves - Quick Fact
G 1 Nate Garth - Has had three or more assists 13 times and Gauchos have gone 12-1.
F 5 Keegan Hornbuckle- Tied for 2nd on team with 18 steals.
G 10 Kyle Boswell- Has made 19 of his last 34 three-point attempts, 55.9%.
F 12 Lewis Thomas - Had three rebounds, his third highest total, vs. UC Davis.
F 24 Christian Peterson - Made first career 3-point shot in regular season finale.
C 55 Greg Somogyi - Has 181 career blocked shots, second on UCSB's all-time list.
• On The Road Again...Sort Of
Since the start of December, the Gauchos have become experts at getting on buses, going through security and boarding airplanes. While UCSB played 14 home games and 13 road games, six of the home games were played in November. In December, the Gauchos didn't have a home game. They played just four games, but they were on a 12-day road trip with the team leaving on Dec. 12 and returning Dec. 23. The road odyssey began anew during the Big West schedule. Following a Jan. 21 home game against Long Beach State, UCSB played seven out of eight games on the road over a span of 34 days. The Gauchos did close the regular season with three straight home games, but getting on a bus for the trip to Anaheim should bring back some memories.
• Nunnally Joins In The Climb
Orlando Johnson's ascent up UCSB's all-time scoring list has not been a lonely one. Senior James Nunnally's scoring surge late in the season has moved him up the list as well. Nunnally has averaged 21.1 points in the last five games. In the last two games of the season, wins over Pacific and UC Davis, he scored 28 and 21 respectively. In the finale against the Aggies, his 21 points moved him past the 1,600 point mark and past Chris Devine for fourth on the all-time top-10 career list. Nunnally is the fifth Gaucho to pass 1,600 points in his career and now has 1,619, fourth all-time. His next target would be Carrick DeHart who completed his career with 1,687 points.
• A Right, A Left, A Right, A Left...
In 2010-11, Orlando Johnson and James Nunnally combined for 1,194 points, the most ever by teammates at UCSB. This season, Johnson and Nunnally have combined for 969 points, the fifth most in school history. The duo also ranks No. 5 on that list, combining for 965 points as sophomores in 2009-10. Johnson and Nunnally have combined for 3,128 points during their three years as teammates, by far the most of any Gaucho duo in the history of the program.
• Williams Is UCSB's All-Time Coaching Victory Leader
UCSB's 58-57 win at Cal Poly on Jan. 2 pushed head coach Bob Williams to the top of the school's all-time list for coaching wins with 223. Williams enters the Big West Tournament with 235 victories in his 13-plus seasons and his winning percentage of .567 is also a school record. Williams broke the previous victory record of 222 set by his predecessor Jerry Pimm who guided the program from 1983-98.
•Margin Call
The Gauchos are outscoring their opponents this season by an average score of 73.3 to 66.4, a difference of +6.9 points per game. UCSB's all-time record for scoring margin over an entire season is +12.5 point per game in 1954-55. The 2011-12 average margin of +6.9 points per game ranks tied for the sixth largest in school history. The last time the Gauchos posted a larger average margin was in 1989-90 when they averaged +8.1 points per game. The largest previous margin by a Bob Williams-coached Gaucho team was +5.7 in 2001-02.
• The Gauchos Away From Home
UCSB is 7-6 in games away from home this season. After opening the year 1-3 on the road, the Gauchos finished the year by winning six of nine. They do enter the Big West Tournament with a two-game road losing streak. As for neutral court games? UCSB is unbeaten at 0-0.
• UCSB Breaks Blocked Shot Record
UCSB blocked eight shots in its March 3 win over UC Davis and has blocked 147 on the season, a new school record and a figure that ranks 12th nationally. The previous record of 133 was set in 2010-11. Senior Greg Somogyi, who ranks second in school history with 181 blocks, leads the way with 45, the eighth most ever. Somogyi, however, is getting plenty of help from freshman Alan Williams who has a Gaucho freshman record 39 swats, including 32 in Big West games. Orlando Johnson (23) and Jaimé Serna (23) are also in double-figures. Somogyi, Williams and Serna have each blocked at least five in a game this season.
• That 70s Show
In 27 games this season, the Gauchos have allowed fewer than 70 points 17 times, winning each time. The 17-0 record is in stark contrast to the 1-9 record the team has when they allow 70 or more. UCSB has also allowed exactly 70 points on two occasions, going 1-1 in those games.
• That 80s Show
UCSB scored a season-high 90 points in its season-finale win over UC Davis on March 3. It was the most points scored by the Gauchos since they scored 93 in an overtime win against UC Davis on Feb. 5, 2011. It was also the 10th time they have scored 80 points or more in 2011-12. The last time the Gauchos scored at least 80 points in 10 games was in 1989-90 when they also hit the mark 10 times.
•More Marginalizing
UCSB has produced two of its largest victory margins in the modern era this season. On Nov. 15, the Gauchos walloped Santa Clara by a score of 89-56. At the time, the 33-point margin of victory was the largest by a Bob Williams-coached UCSB team and largest period since Dec. 6, 1997 when they defeated San Francisco State, 92-50. In the regular season's final game, the score was even more lopsided as the Gauchos beat UC Davis, 90-43. The 47-point margin was the largest since they beat Chicago State 108-56 on Dec. 29, 1971 and none of the current UCSB players took part in that game. In fact, that was even before radio color announcer Don Ford was on the roster and that's saying something.
• On The Mark
UCSB enters the Big West Tournament with a field goal percentage of 45.7%. The percentage is at its highest since the first month of the season. In the regular season's final game, a win over UC Davis, the Gauchos shot exactly 50.0%, the 10th time they have made 50-percent or better in a game this season. Of the 10 times UCSB has made half of their shots or better in a game this season, five have come in the last six games, including the last three in a row. In the last three games, the Gauchos have made 81-of-159 shots from the field, 50.9%. In the last six games, they made 156 of 332 shots, 47.0%.
• Three For All
For much of the season, UCSB was a pretty average three-point shooting team. In the last eight games, with two exceptions, that has turned around. While the Gauchos are shooting 37.5% from outside the three-point arc, they have made more than half of their attempts in five of the last eight. The current three-point shooting stretch began on Feb. 4 at Cal State Fullerton when UCSB made 11-of-18, 61.1%. In the following game, a win over UC Riverside, they hit just 3-of-15, 20.0%, but then bouinced back with a 55.0% showing in a win at UC Irvine and a 53.3% effort in a win at Utah State. In the last eight games, the Gauchos have made 70-of-152 three-point attempts, 46.1%.
• Gauchos Close With Three-Point Rush
The Gauchos set consecutive season-highs for three-point baskets in their last two games. On March 1, in a win over Pacific, they made 12-of-29 from outside the arc. Previously, their season-high was 11 in games at Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine. In the regular season's final game on March 3 against UC Davis, UCSB made 13-of-24 from three-point territory. The last time the Gauchos made 13 three-pointers was on Dec. 21, 2010 against Cal Baptist. While they are averaging 7.3 three-pointers on the season, they have averaged 8.7 per game in the last eight.
• Defending From A Distance
On Feb. 4 at Cal State Fullerton, UCSB allowed the Titans to make 17-of-26 shots from three-point range, 65.4%. The 17 threes not only tied the Gauchos' opponent record, it broke a Fullerton record. That game was also a flash-point of sorts for Santa Barbara's perimeter defense. While UCSB's defense of the three-pointer wasn't too bad before that night in Orange County, it became really good after that night. The next game, on Feb. 11, the Gauchos limited UC Riverside to making just 1-of-13 of its three-point attempts, 7.7%. The highest percentage by an opponent over the final seven games was 35.0%, which Cal Poly achieved on Feb. 25. Overall, the last seven opponents made just 35-of-125 shots from outside the three-point arc, 28.0%, as compared to a season-long mark of 33.5%.
• Share And Share Alike
UCSB is second in the Big West in assist average at 15.3 per game. The Gauchos don't have any one player posting huge assist numbers, but they have several players who chip in. Orlando Johnson leads the team at 2.9 assists per game while Nate Garth is second at 2.7 per outing. James Nunnally, who has the highest single game assist total of any player on the team this season with eight against Pacific on March 1, is averaging 2.6 per game, and freshman T.J. Taylor is at 2.0 per game. As a team, UCSB had a season-high 21 assists three times this season, including the final two games of the regular season.
• Can We Get This Done In Regulation?
It would behoove UCSB to limit its Big West Tournament games to regulation time. The Gauchos were winless during the regular season in overtime games, dropping non-conference games to San Diego State (76-75) and UNLV (94-88 in double overtime) and a Big West game at UC Riverside (79-70). UCSB has lost four straight dating to last season.


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This gurl thrifted a cardy vest thingy and decided it was in desperate need of some pockets and teacups seemed like a cute addition.
I remembered seeing the knitted version yet I couldn't find a pattern for a crocheted version, so here ya go!
You can also use this an an applique if you wish and lil' embroidered details would be perfecto.
Download the printable PDF here.
Yarn and a hook that matches the size of the yarn.
Needle & thread to stitch it to your garment.
Keep in mind that using a smaller hook will make the pocket tighter so things won't fall out.
R1: In second chain from hook, SC to end. CH1. Turn.
R2: SC in same ST as the CH1, then SC to end. CH1. Turn.
R3-5: Repeat R2. (19)
R6: SK lst ST, SC in each ST to end. CH1. Turn. (18)
R7: Repeat R6. (17)
R8: Repeat R6. (16)
R9: Repeat R6. (15)
R10: SC in same ST as the CH1, then SC to end. CH1. Turn. (15)
R11: Repeat R6. (14)
R12: Repeat R6. (13)
R13: Repeat R6. (12)
R14: Repeat R6. (11)
R15: Repeat R6. (10)
R17: Repeat R6. (9)
I like to have a nice flat edge to pieces like this so I slip stitch all the way around before fastening off.
So, if you like, now slip stitch all the way around the piece, fasten off. Weave in the ends.
Attach yarn at the top edge of the teacup (depending on which side you want the handle to face—remember if you're making two, you'll need the handle on the opposite side of each piece)
CH 10. Attach the chain to the bottom of the 3rd row with a slip stitch.
In the back loops only, slip stitch back up the chain. Slip stitch into the top edge of the cup to secure.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Now stitch it to your favorite garment.
You can make different sizes for the littles or one big pocket for an apron.
As always, please do not sell this pattern or claim it as your own.
Thank you kindly.
Oh, and ya don't get outta here without seeing a picture of my lil' Bubby on Easter.


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ANDREW GALE wants to see his Yorkshire players put under pressure during their two-week tour of Sri Lanka, which started today.
Captain Gale and his squad flew out of Gatwick to Colombo, where they will play unconfirmed opposition against both the red and white balls before returning to Headingley on March 28, just five days before their season opener against Leeds/Bradford MCCU.
Yorkshire have been helped out with facilities and opposition by former second XI coach Paul Farbrace, who is now the head coach of Sri Lanka and at the World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh.
Director of cricket Martyn Moxon added: "We haven't got the details of the opposition yet, but the first week is going to be amongst ourselves really.
"The conditions are going to be quite fierce because Colombo is very hot and humid, so we will want to ease the lads into it and build up the intensity gradually.
"The first week's about us going at our own pace before the second week will see us playing two Twenty20 games and a two-day game against local opposition."
"Over the next two weeks, there's a good opportunity to put the lads under pressure. Putting them in game situations will do that." - Andrew Gale
"From a team point of view, the lads are ready to get outside now," said Gale.
"They've been doing a lot of netting, and they were perhaps getting to a stage where they were getting a bit stale indoors.
"They've worked on all the specifics they can do, and they need to be put under some pressure now.
"Over the next two weeks, there's a good opportunity to do that. Putting them in game situations will do that."
For all the net practice, there is no substitute for playing, said the Yorkshire skipper, who added: "I've seen it so many times in the indoor nets when a guy thinks he's played a good shot and the bowler thinks he'd have been caught on the edge.
"I think Adil Rashid must have about 40 fielders when he bowls in the nets because every time you mishit it, he says 'you're out'.
"There will obviously be some netting out there, but to go through the emotions of playing and playing for your place in pressure game situations is something you can't replicate inside."


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The North Island Compassion Club is co-sponsoring a number of events next week, starting with Medical Marijuana and Mandatory Minimums, a talk by Kirk Tousaw, executive director of the Beyond Prohibition Foundation.
Justice Robert Johnston ruled that people authorized to use medical marijuana in B.C. can now legally make cookies, salves, tinctures and other edible and topical medicinals, not just smoke it. Health Canada currently allows people with licences to use cannabis only in its dried form.
The talk happens Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Salish Building at the Lewis Centre.
Feb. 19, Tousaw and Ernie Yacub will hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m. after their court appearance at the Comox Valley courthouse.
Yacub, manager-director of the North Island Compassion Club, has been charged with "possession for the purpose of trafficking" for providing cannabis marijuana in dried, edible, and topical forms to members of the club, some of whom have Health Canada licenses and many who don't.
On Feb. 21 at noon, there will be a demonstration at MP John Duncan's office 576 England Ave. in Courtenay, as part of a nationwide protest against the changes to the medical marijuana program that would eliminate personal growing licences.
People who grow their own for under $1 a gram will be forced to buy from licensed commercial producers at $8 to 10 a gram. Most won't be able to afford it even if they can get a doctor's prescription. Some will continue to grow their own medicine despite the risk of mandatory minimum prison sentences.
At the end of the week, Ted Smith comes to Courtenay on his Hempology 101 Textbook tour on Feb. 23 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Lewis Centre meeting room.
The SensibleBC campaign to decriminalize marijuana in B.C. will be featured at each of the above events. People can also sign up at sensiblebc.ca.
— North Island Compassion Club