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Young and old can appreciate animals, and at summer fairs, they're the main attraction.
In central Wisconsin, the Athens Fair sets up shop right in the middle of downtown.
Since it doesn't charge admission, organizers rely on entertainment from the farm to keep the crowds happy.
4-H-ers showed off more than 150 cows, and both kids and adults enjoyed horse competitions all weekend.
"We get a lot of people to come just to look at the horses," junior showmanship competition winner Madelyn Kulas said. "They love seeing the horses and I love telling them about them. They're just great animals to be around and I love bringing them and showing them off."
"I guess the animals have been my first love," said Gary Beastrom, who's the fair board's secretary. "I love animals. I'm a retired agriculture teacher so it kind of falls into place."
People also came out Sunday to watch the parade that goes through town.
This year's featured performer was the University of Wisconsin marching band.
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Iron Girl announced Jan. 23 that it will hold a women's triathlon in Lake Zurich's Paulus Park.
The triathlon will be held June 16 and will consist of a one-third mile swim, 14-mile bike and 3-mile run.
There were numerous qualities that attracted Iron Girl to Lake Zurich.
"The park is so beautiful and to have that beautiful lake. When you're looking for a triathlon, it's important to find a body of water you can swim in," Judy Molnar, vice president of Iron Girl, said in an interview with Lake Zurich Patch.
Lake Zurich is close to Chicago, yet the hotels in the area are more affordable than in the city, Molnar noted.
The fact that Lake Zurich already hosts an annual event, the Lake Zurich Triathlon, also made the village more attractive to Iron Girl. She said the events will support each other.
Molnar said the event will give Chicagoans an opportunity to get out of the city and see how pretty Lake Zurich is.
The event is expected to attract people from a five-state area. Iron Girl expects about 400-600 participants in the first year.
In just four years, an Iron Girl event held in Syracuse, NY, has grown from 450 to 1500 participants, Molnar said.
"It draws people from out of town and they are dining and shopping. It puts an imprint on a community in terms of wellness and what a woman can do," she said.
"I am thrilled that Iron Girl has selected Lake Zurich, Illinois for their June race," said Terasa Lewis, sales manager of Visit Lake County in a news release. "This event will bring many women and their families from across the country to our area. With all these visitors, Lake County businesses should see a huge economic impact for their communities."
The only other all-girl triathlons in the area are in Kenosha, WI, and Naperville.
Molnar described the all-girl event as a very supportive environment.
"It's an easier entry into the sport; it takes away some of the intimidation and the barriers. Women create a supportive environment instantly," Molnar said.
Iron Girl participants have an average age of 38, and 50 percent of participants are newcomers to the sport, she said.
The event offers unique event amenities such as post-race full catered breakfast café (featuring linen-covered tables and flower center pieces), custom finisher medals, jewelry awards, personalized race bibs (featuring each participant's first name), performance shirts sized for women, post-race giveaways and much more.
"This is an exciting new venue for Iron Girl and we look forward to being part of the community," said Judy Molnar, vice president of Iron Girl. "We know the importance of health and wellness and this event will help women by supporting their active lifestyles while offering a new challenge through triathlon. Whether your first event or 100th, there is a place for all women at Iron Girl."
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Classes were canceled Wednesday in at least three Middle Tennessee school systems after severe weather ripped through the area.
Clay, Decatur, Hardin, Hickman, Lewis, Macon, Marshall, Perry and Sumner Counties decided to close Tuesday night. Hickman day care also will be closed. Lewis County extended care will be open.
Allen County, Kentucky also closed.
According to the National Weather Service, several tornadoes hit the Southern states Tuesday night, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens.
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I read The News today, oh boy.
A 4.4 million-year-old fossil nicknamed Ardi has been proclaimed the earliest known ancestor of the human species. She displaces Lucy, a mere 3 million years old, as the furthest back we can get with remains that are recognizable as hominids in our line of evolution.
Lucy, you may recall, was so named by her discoverers because of the song that had been blaring from their camp tape player, the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."
This about a week after we read that Lucy Vodden, childhood friend of Julian Lennon and inspiration for John Lennon's lyrics to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," had died at age 46 after a long battle with lupus. The story that the song was really an anthem in praise of LSD won't die, supported partly by some things that fellow Beatle Paul McCartney has said. But John and Julian always stuck to their story.
Of course, both versions could be true. Coincidences, after all, abound.
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Colston finished with nine catches for 131 yards and three touchdowns during Sunday's 31-24 win over San Diego.||||||| Colston's big night gave him a franchise-record 52 TD catches with the Saints (1-4). After a very quiet first three games, Colston has hauled in 18 receptions for 284 yards and four TDs in his last two.
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For the love of all that's sacred, we gave them a map. Who are "they" you ask? Well, our future visitors from another planet, of course.
You see, a monumental moment in history happened last week. NASA confirmed that the 36-year-old probe Voyager 1 had officially entered interstellar space on Aug. 25, 2012. No other human-made object has ever made it out of our solar system.
If left undeterred [aka not being shot up by Klingon war ships], this floating apparatus could continue its roughly 38,000 mph journey for tens of thousands of years to come. Unfortunately, Earthlings won't be able to follow its ongoing travels due to the exhaustion in seven years of the probe's power source, which allowed it to send back data.
"Voyager has boldly gone where no probe has gone before, marking one of the most significant technological achievements in the annals of the history of science, and adding a new chapter in human scientific dreams and endeavors," said John Grunsfeld, a NASA guy who probably makes his underlings call him Captain Kirk, in a news release.
Pretty cool stuff, huh? But here's the kicker. "Golden Records," complete with playing instructions, have been stored on Voyager just in case the spacecraft might happen to encounter an alien civilization during its flight. On these blasts from the past, scientists have chronicled life on earth through photos and sounds as well as some important data such as the layout of human DNA. Also included in the info are directions on how to find Earth just in case E.T. wants to stop by for a visit.
And this in itself creates a conundrum. While the likelihood of Voyager coming across an alien species, even if some do exist in our universe, remains infinitesimally small, what happens if the one civilization that gains access to this information is hostile?
After all, according to the Drake Equation, more than 6,250,000,000 life-supporting planetary systems should exist in our knowable universe. Throw in the age of the universe and these many, many stars, and living organisms should be running rampant throughout the galaxies. [For an interesting look into why we haven't found any solid evidence of alien life despite its supposed frequency, check out discussion involving this quandary commonly known as the Fermi paradox online].
So what if these guys don't like to play nice with carbon-based life forms? An astronomer named Seth Shostak concluded that competition for finite resources, regardless of which solar system you lived in, would create an aggressive civilization. Pair that with the higher technological savvy that would be needed by an alien species to journey to our planet and you can see how Earth could be conquered with relative ease. We can dream of punching a big headed alien in the nose like in "Independence Day," but in reality we'd most likely end up like Alderaan after meeting the Death Star ... just another piece of cosmic dust.
"We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet," said renowned scientist and possibly the smartest man alive Stephen Hawking in a Discovery series which bears his name. "I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonize whatever planets they can reach."
Not everyone believes visitors from another world would be hostile. Another smart guy and kick-butt astronomer Carl Sagan said any extra-terrestrials that would have the technology to travel the great distance to Earth would need to transcend war for their own self-preservation. This, in turn, would give them the time to create interspace travel. FYI, Sagan helped decide on the information that would be stored on Voyager's Golden Records. If aliens do listen to the disc, they'll hear the astronomer's son saying "Hello from the children of planet Earth."
Regardless of whether bellicose aliens ever stop by for some tea or subjugation, quite a few astronomers fear something much more than a visiting armada from a different galaxy.
At present, humans tend to be the greatest threat to their own survival, they say. And with wars raging and nuclear weapons proliferating across the globe, maps to human destruction can be found almost anywhere without any interstellar travel even needed.
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Egypt permits Viva Palestina convoy Gaza entry UPDATES Hedy on hunger strike
by MainStreet, Mon Dec 28, 2009 at 02:58:17 AM EST
UPDATE: Egypt to permit entry of Viva Palestina convoy into Gaza. No word on Gaza Freedom March participants stuck in Cairo
George Galloway, British MP and convoy leader, reporting.
UPDATE: 'Israel is the persecutor,' says Holocaust survivor on hunger strike for Gaza...Daily Star, Dec 29
CAIRO: An 85-year-old Holocaust survivor entered the second day of her hunger strike on Tuesday, in protest over the Egyptian governments refusal to allow an international Palestinian solidarity march to enter the Gaza Strip. American peace activist Hedy Epstein came to Cairo as part of an international delegation with participants from 43 countries. The delegation had planned to join Palestinians in a non-violent march from Northern Gaza toward the Erez border with Israel, calling for the end of the blockade on Gaza on the anniversary of the Israeli invasion last December. Egyptian authorities have refused to allow any of the 1,300 protesters entry into Gaza, prompting Epstein and many others to go on hunger strike.
There comes a time in ones life when one has to step up and risk ones own body, she told The Daily Star. Were in a desperate situation here, but not as desperate as the people in Gaza.
Leaving No Stone Unturned for the Freedom March to Get to Gaza...Alternet, Dec 29
Jodie Evans, Cairo
On the Egyptian government's stonewalling passage for the Gaza Freedom March, Evans writes: "We hope the Egyptians get so annoyed they just want to get rid of us.
Before leaving the states, CODEPINK reached out to Mrs. Mubarak, wife of Egyptian premiere Hosni Mubarak about the Gaza Freedom March, and the governments denial of our passage to Gaza. She had interceded on our behalf when we were having the same experience with the Egyptian Government in March, when they refused to let our buses take us to Al Arish, as they did this morning at 7 a.m. In March, we were all able to enter and deliver the thousands of pink baskets of aid to the women of Gaza for International Womens Day.
This morning, I went to Mrs. Mubaraks offices at the Womens International Peace Movement to ask for her help again in opening the border of Gaza for our delegation. Her program manager was quite helpful and delivered a copy of the email thousands had been sending all weekend from the states, translated into Arabic.
Emails from the Viva Palestina convoy back in Syria.
1) Dec 29. Dejavu. were back at the hotel we stayed at in Damascus. thanx to EGY monkeying for Israel, weve had to do a roundabout. whats nice is hotel people still giving us warm welcome despite 2nd time visiting and mission still not accomplished. were all absolutely beat. drove for 12 hours today from Aqaba to Damascus. people still checking in. unlikely to know details re sailing till tomorrow. we can either sail from SYR or LEB. so well see. its really, really sad how the biggest losers in all this are the PLEs. we got all these medicine that need to get delivered, some have expiry dates. so sad. so so sad friends here bitching, cant get onto Facebook. SYR blocks Facebook and Blogspot i mean Blogger @juanajaafar
2) Dec 30. Just finished meeting. Convoy leavcing Damascus at noon for port! Yay!
UPDATE: Egypt trying to have it both ways.
Egypt to allow 100 protesters into Gazafrom Samer al-Atrush (AFP) 4 hours ago
CAIRO Protest leaders stranded in Cairo accepted an Egyptian offer on Tuesday to allow only 100 out of about 1,300 protesters into blockaded Gaza after the activists staged demonstrations and a hunger strike. The decision split delegates from more than 40 countries who came to Cairo planning to reach the Palestinian enclave, which shares the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
Some organisers said Egypt's offer was a victory after it initially refused to allow any of the protesters into the Gaza Strip for the Gaza Freedom March, which is scheduled to take place on Thursday. "It's a partial victory," said Medea Benjamin, an American activist and one of the demonstrations organisers. "It shows that mass pressure has an effect."
The offer, however, angered many of the activists. A French organiser rejected it as divisive and said the sit-in in front of the French embassy would continue. "This just gives the Egyptian government a photo-up and the chance say we allowed people through," said Bassem Omar, a Canadian protester. Activists left behind in Cairo said they planned further protests.
LINK: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gKc9Qmw6xY4YDWIVeTl0ZN_kS0TA
Other recent reports (for links go here: http://www.gazafreedommarch.org/article.php?id=5234)
Dec. 30: 'Israel is the persecutor,' says Holocaust survivor on hunger strike for Gaza, Daily Star Dec. 29: Egypt to allow 100 protesters into Gaza! AFP News Dec. 29: Under International Pressure, Egypt Yields Ground to Gaza Freedom March, Huffington Post Dec. 29: Gaza hunger strikes: 'Gorgeous' George, a Holocaust granny, and angry Frenchmen, The Christian Science Monitor Dec. 29: Activists Blocked From Planned March to Support Gaza, NYTIMES Dec. 29: Egypt cracks down on foreign protesters heading to Gaza Strip, The Christian Science Monitor Dec. 29: Sam Husseini Blog from the March Dec. 29: Hedy Epstein and others begin hunger strike to pressure Egypt on Gaza, Mondoweiss Dec. 29: Freedom Marching in Circles While Winding Our Way to Gaza, By Emily Ratner Dec. 29: Gaza Freedom March Members Gain a Small Taste of the Palestinian Experience, Huffington Post Dec. 29: North Texans head to Middle East in hopes of joining Gaza Freedom March, Fort Worth Star Telegram Dec. 29: Hundreds attend Toronto Gaza Freedom March,Rabble.ca Dec. 29: UN Is Silent as Egypt Bans Press From Protest of UN in Cairo, Gaza Freedom March, Inner City Press Dec. 28: US Press Ignores Egyptian Suppression of Gaza Freedom March, OpEd News Dec. 28: GAZA: ONE YEAR ON: 'Israel resembles a failed state' , AlJazeera Dec. 28: Activists Blocked From Planned March to Support Gaza, NY TIMES Dec. 28: Louisvillians among Gaza supporters blocked in Egypt, Courier-Journal Dec. 28: Gaza Freedom March: Disappointment, Flux and Vigils on the Nile, Huffington Post Dec. 28: French protesters demand transport to Gaza Dec. 28: BLOG: House Arrest and other News Dec. 28: Holocaust survivor stages hunger strike for Gaza, YnetNews Dec. 28: Gaza marchers on hunger strike in Egypt, BBC Dec. 28: Egypt Blocks Americans from Gaza March, Stops Aid Convoy, Huffington Post Dec. 28: Gaza: World March Facing Challenges, Islam Online Dec. 28: Norwich councillor in Gaza house arrest, Norwich Evening News Dec. 28: New Yorkers march against Israeli crimes in Gaza, Presstv Dec. 28: La solidarité toujours aussi active et vivace Dec. 28: Two Metro women fly to Gaza for protest, The Detroit News Dec. 28: Strong words only at protest, Israeli and Palestinian supporters march in T.O., TORONTO SUN Dec. 28: Ex-Rialto resident heading for Gaza, Redlands Daily Facts Dec. 28: TODAY IS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACKS ON GAZA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE"? SodaHead News Dec. 28: AZ man embarks to Gaza on mission of peace, KTAR.com Dec. 28: Gaza Freedom March: Viva la France! The Indypendent Dec. 28: Toronto GAZA Freedom March Video, Global News Dec. 28: Operation Cast Lead: Verdict, By Uri Avnery Dec. 28: Toronto Peace Activists March in Solidarity with Gaza, By Wendy Goldsmith, Rabble.Ca Dec. 27: 1300 Activists converge on Cairo: We are blocked but we will not be stopped, By Wendy Goldsmith, Rabble.Ca Dec. 27: Egyptian Authorities Harass Palestine Solidarity Activists, By Alex Kane, The Indypendent Dec. 27: French protestors camp out in front of Cairo embassy, AFP Dec. 27: Gaza Freedom Marchers Warned by Embassies, By Jillian York, Huffington Post Dec. 27: Police detain 16 leftists on Gaza border, YnetNews Dec. 27: Together, We Will Break The Siege of Gaza! Dec. 27: Will Egypt Prevent Marchers from Entering Gaza? The Liberator
UPDATE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from Marina Barakau, Mobile: 0197412890
CAIRO, EGYPT (GFM) Dec. 29, 2009 In downtown Cairo this afternoon Gaza Freedom March (GFM) advocates, including a group of roughly 30 U.S. citizens, are being detained in three separate quarantine areas within the U.S. Embassy's Garden City compound.
A similar scene took place in front of the French Embassy in Cairo on Dec. 27, 2009. (Aishah Schwartz)
In a telephone interview with Muslimah Writers Alliance Director, Aishah Schwartz, GFM women's group organizer, Marina Barakau stated, "American citizens and 1,400 Gaza Freedom March advocates from 43 countries worldwide are demanding that the illegal siege of Gaza be lifted."
"We also ask how it is that an alleged democratic government could willingly participate in the detainment of its own citizen nationals at their own Embassy, and further demand that all due diligence be exercised in securing our immediate release," Barakau added.
Barakau stated she has also contacted the group's legal council coordinator, Sally Newman.
In the meantime, three members of the detained U.S. citizen group are meeting with U.S. officials in the Embassy's offices.
UPDATE: BREAKING: U.S. Citizens attacked by Egyptian Riot Police in Cairo in front of U.S. Embassy
Call the U.S. Embassy to demand the release of those detained/that permission is granted for the March to cross into Gaza: Telephone: 00 (202) 2797 3300.
by Cindy Sheehan, Gazafriends
Don't bother calling as the US Embassy in Cairo is apparently blocking all incoming calls. Hillary, where are you, and where is Barak?
This message came from Sydney Levy, Jewish Voice for Peace
Over 1,600 JVPers have emailed the Egyptian authorities asking to let the Gaza Freedom Marchers get into Gaza. But Egypt is not relenting. It is determined to enforce the Israeli siege on Gaza.
We are asking you to contact Egyptian authorities again. Even if you've already done it, please do it again.
Over thirteen hundred people from 42 countries are now in Egypt, and they intend to participate in the Gaza Freedom March on December 31. And yet, Egypt is denying them access to the border. These freedom marchers did not travel all the way to Egypt to tourist around in Cairo, but to express their solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
Hedy Epstein, the 85 year old Holocaust survivor and peace activist, announced that she is beginning a hunger strike in Cairo today as a response to the Egyptian government's refusal to allow the Gaza Freedom March participants into Gaza. Please join a one-day emergency fast on Thursday, December 31 to show solidarity with the Gaza Freedom Marchers.
Additionally, Egypt has stopped a convoy with humanitarian relief en route to Gaza. The convoy, organized by Viva Palestina, was stuck in the Jordanian port of Aqaba, and in order to satisfy Egypt's whims is now being forced to take a costly detour to the Syrian port of Latakia, and to sail from there to the Egyptian port of El Arish, and then to Gaza.
And to make matters worse, news reports confirm that Egypt is building a new separation wall at the border to stop cross-border smuggling. Unfortunately, the Israeli-imposed siege on Gaza leaves Palestinians in the Strip with no alternative but the tunnels to survive. The solution to the smuggling will come when the siege is lifted, not when it is further entrenched.
We need to stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
What's going on? Is it a coincidence that Egypt is the second largest recipient of U.S. military aid, after Israel? Or that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is visiting Egypt today?
Tell Egypt to let the marchers in and to stop the wall!
UPDATE: This communique is from US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. Many people are not aware that Israel has been conducting a military occupation on the Palestinian people for over 42 years, and its only purpose is to enforce the colonization of their lands. This illegal project is the only reason the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues.
Take Action: Gaza Still Blockaded One Year after 'Cast Lead'
Last Sunday marked one year since Israel unleashed 'Operation Cast Lead' against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. During this three-week attack, Israel killed more than 1,400 Palestinians, injured thousands more, and destroyed billions of dollars of Palestinian civilian infrastructure.
Today, Israel continues to subject the 1.5 million Palestinian inhabitants of the Gaza Strip to a dehumanizing blockade-an illegal act of collective punishment-that denies Palestinians adequate access to food, clean water, sanitation, electricity, and even school books and construction materials for rebuilding.
Meanwhile the international community has failed to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1860, which calls for "unimpeded provision and distribution throughout Gaza of humanitarian assistance, including of food, fuel and medical treatment" or hold Israel accountable for what the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict documented as violations of human rights, international law, war crimes, and possible crimes against humanity.
For things you can do to help, click here.
In other news, while the Viva Palestina convoy heads back to Syria, there are reports of Americans being harassed by Egyptian police, cameras confiscated, as they protest in front of the US Embassy. The Gaza Freedom March participants, the nearly 1,400 of them, have been told they will not be permitted access to Gaza. And the Obama administration and State Department seem to be playing along, while the main US media remains relatively silent.
UPDATE: Until today, the Viva Palestina convoy was stuck in Jordan as Egyptian authorities were unwilling to give permission for it to enter through a Red Sea port. After intervention by Turkey, however, the convoy leaders agreed to return to Syria and then sail to the Meditteranian port of El-Arish, not far from the Gaza crossing. See the full UPDATE below.
UPDATE: Robert Naiman reporting from Cairo (Huffington Post):
Egypt Blocks Americans from Gaza March, Stops Aid Convoy
Dec 28, 2009
Cairo - The government of Egypt is taking a spectacularly hard line against international solidarity efforts in support of civilians in Gaza on the one-year anniversary of the Israeli invasion, blocking peace marchers from the U.S., Canada, and Europe from even approaching the Egyptian border with Gaza and blocking an aid convoy that has the support of the Turkish government from entering Egypt at Nuweiba. Even a peaceful protest at UN offices in Cairo was largely walled off from public view by Egyptian police.
It seems that any pretense of Egyptian government concern for the suffering of Palestinian civilians has been dropped, along with the pretense that there is anything less than 100% cooperation from Egypt and its US and European patrons with Israel's program of punishing Gaza's population for the political crime of having provided majority support to the Hamas movement in a legislative election.
Meanwhile there is largely a U.S. press blackout of these striking developments. A search of the New York Times and the Washington Post only turns up a tiny AP story on the websites of the Times and the Post.
The British-initiated aid convoy has at least been mentioned by the BBC, but NPR has not reported on the U.S.-initiated Gaza Freedom March.
The original diary concerned Egypt's blockade of the convoy which was stuck in Aqaba, Jordan for several days, as follows:
Viva Palestina convoy stuck in Jordan
The convoy of 250 vehicles is stuck in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba awaiting a resolution to be passed between Viva Palestina organizers and Egyptian authorities that would allow the convoy to enter the Gaza Strip.
The aid convoy to Gaza which left London December 6 has been blocked from entering Egypt, and are being held in the Jordanian port of Aqaba. The convoy had planned to reach Rafah on December 27, along with hundreds of protesters and dignitaries, who flew to Egypt on their own.
A hunger strike is underway.
This is a video appeal from a Viva Palestina member addressed to the British public.
In the meantime, protests took place around the world and in Gaza yesterday to commemorate the Gaza massacre that took place exactly one year ago. These videos are of the London protests before the Israeli embassy.
Protest outside the Israeli Embassy, London 27 December 2009
JEREMY CORBYN,Member of the British Parliament speaking outside the Israeli Embassy, London.
Reports about other international and US protests like in Minneapolis will undoubtedly come in later today.
UPDATE: Gaza aid convoy to change course
Al Jezeera reporting:
Organisers of Viva Palestina aid convoy, which is trying to reach the Gaza Strip, have now agreed to go via Syria en route for Egypt. The agreement came after a Turkish mediator reached a deal with the Egyptian consul in Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba.
The convoy will now head to the Syrian port of Latakia to sail from there to the Egyptian port of El Arish, and then to Gaza.
Viva-Palestina which has been stranded in Aqaba for five days is led by George Galloway, a British MP.
Tags: Gaza, Gaza Freedom March, George Galloway, Israel, Palestine, Viva Palestina (all tags)


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A Boswell man died Tuesday after his vehicle slammed into the back of a disabled truck in Jenner Township, state police in Somerset said.
Troopers said William D. Taylor, 47, was driving a 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier west on state Route 30 when for unknown reasons the car veered off the road and slammed into a 2010 Mack Granite tri-axle truck that
was legally parked on the shoulder.
The crash happened around 1 p.m. less than one mile from the state Route 219 interchange, troopers said.
Firefighters extricated Taylor from the vehicle.
He was airlifted to Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, where he died, troopers said.
Cambria County First Deputy Coroner Pete Long said an autopsy is scheduled for today.
The driver of the other truck, Ralph Wood, 49, of Alexandria, was not injured, troopers said.
State police continue to investigate the crash.
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Terry Joe Smith died November 11, 2012 while enduring cancer treatment.
Born to Howard and Esther Joan Smith on April 17, 1955, Terry was born and grew up in Lafayette, Ind. where he enjoyed working with his grandfather on the farm. In his 20s he moved to Arizona, where he met his wife Sharon. There Terry and Sharon had many adventures, from hiking, camping, horseback riding to hunting. Terry worked construction and started S-bar-S home builders with his father.
After having two children, Terry and Sharon decided to move to Alaska. With his skilled hands and creativity, Terry turned an old school bus into a motor home and they headed north.
In Petersburg, Terry crewed on commercial fishing boats for several years before starting his own construction company, Smith Builders. He built homes with the simple philosophy of honesty, fairness and quality. He treasured the joy of being the one to build a family their home.
Like construction Terry enjoyed the hard work and challenges of commercial fishing. Terry long lined for halibut and gill netted for salmon all over Southeast Alaska. Terry remained a carpenter and fisherman in Petersburg for the last 25 years.
Terry will be missed by all of us. We all loved his popular saying, "I've got an idea" or "I've been thinking." This active imagination is what helped him to be successful in life and family.
Terry was known as a family man, home builder and fisherman. He was hard working, honest and loved his family dearly.
He was preceded in death by his brother James.
Terry is survived by Sharon his wife of 30yrs; children, April (Jeremy) Goshern of Tennessee, Jennifer (Matt) Gordley of Alaska, James (Chelsea) Smith of Alaska; father Howard Smith; mother Joann Darling; sisters Connie, Brenda, Darlene and Rose; grandchildren, Raylee 17, Rylan 9, Aaralyn 6, Madden 1-1/2 yrs and Connor 1-1/2yrs.
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According to Pew, there is a growing number of young Americans that are not affiliated with any particular religion, a.k.a. "nones." This book, a sort of spiritual memoir by Roger Housden, is one example of a "none" trying to keep his faith. Or rather redefine it.
A very short book, almost an extended poem, his faith amounts to this: beauty, nature, kindness and love. Read poetry; look at art; walk in the woods; love people. The book is more like a memoir, a Whitman nature poem, a reflection on faith as solitary, personal, open-ended - a life-journey.
Now, I sympathize with his faith and applaud his ideals, but we must admit that this kind of faith is drastically different from the faith of many other people. That's okay. (disclaimer: I didn't read the entire book so I have no room to comment, but yet here I am commenting). Is Housden merely describing his own happy, privileged, care-free life and calling it faith? Going to Starbucks, writing best sellers, enjoying art and peotry, watching the waves through his window. Sounds great to me! But what happens when you reduce faith into a few ideals? Is anything lost? Perhaps not. Where's the pot-lucks? Mr Housden has redefined faith into a solitary pursuit of truth and beauty (nothing wrong with that, he comes from a long tradition), but let's be honest - he is getting rid of something here. Or, another way to put it: he probably got rid of his faith, kept a few things from it (truth, beauty, love, awe), and started something new and different.
If you are spiritual-but-not-religious, and you like poetry, you will like this book.
Last week the application to be a Book Giver on World Book Night became available! What is World Book Night? It's an "annual celebration dedicated to spreading the love of reading, person to person." Book Givers give out 20 copies of a book they love to adults and teens who may not have access to reading materials.
The folks behind World Book Night also revealed the titles that will be given out by tens of thousands of people in their communities on April 23, 2014. The list of titles includes some of my favorites, like Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.
The deadline to apply to be a Book Giver is January 5, 2014. Apply here. Kalamazoo Public Library will again serve as a pick up site for Book Givers.
John Berryman is the kind of poet that has always interested me. He was an emotionally tormented soul for most of his life and whose complicated verse radiated both a deep intelligence and humane tenderness, sometimes within a single line. His most famous work, the epic Dream Songs series, is considered by many critics to be among the best written, if not some of the most highly influential poetry of the post-war period. Berryman's work is difficult to describe but he's often lumped in with the Confessional Poets (see: Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, Anne Sexton). One moment, Berryman's voice is raw and revealing, the next, lyrically abstract but heartbreakingly profound. For those looking into his work, I recommend the Dream Songs, a masterful work that like Whitman's Leaves of Grass, Pound's Cantos or Olson's Maximus Poems, possesses both variety and thematic continuity.
What caught my eye was the cover . . . it looks like summer. Mielo So's watercolor painting of a beach scene promises lovely things inside. Here are the first and last couplets of the poem called "What the Waves Say":
"Shimmer and run, catch the sun. Ripple thin, catch the wind.Roll green, rise and lean— wake and roar and strike the shore."
"Shimmer and run, catch the sun. Ripple thin, catch the wind.
Roll green, rise and lean— wake and roar and strike the shore."
Kate Coombs' poems are a mix of playfulness and mystery; Water Sings Blue is a lovely collection that is just right for reading aloud with kids.
Even though the cover of House Held Up By Trees has a melancholy look, the soft and gentle words tell a story that feels like a magical secret . . . an abandoned house that is lifted off its sterile foundation by the trees growing up around it. Poet Ted Kooser and illustrator Jon Klassen have created a quiet and thoughtful picture book that deserves to be seen beyond the walls of the Children's Room.
As others on the library blog have written, April is National Poetry Month. While I was in college, one of my dearest friends introduced me to Mary Oliver, who became one of my favorite poets. Maxine Kumin, another of America's great poets, described Oliver as an "indefatigable guide to the natural world." Oliver is known to acquire much of her inspiration from walks near her home in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and writes almost exclusively about nature. KPL has a nice collection of her work.
This video features Oliver reading a few of her poems, including one of my favorites, "Wild Geese".
Other poets I recommend include Anna Akhmatova, Fleur Adcock, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Dorothy Parker.
Sally May Harrison is a slave. Pa learns that Master is planning to sell her and her brother, Abraham, so Pa plans for the whole family to run away from the plantation. They encounter many terrors and tragedy en route. Ultimately, Sally's family finds and lives with a tribe of Seminole people. I was moved by the poetry at the beginning of each chapter of My Name is Sally Little Song, by Brenda Woods. Sally makes up songs, like her Mama taught her to do. With very few words, her songs capture the essence of what she and her family experience. Pa tells the family they are leaving "day after t'morrow afore sunrise," and to keep it a secret…"send no one a farewell look with your eyes." The following chapter starts with: "Gotta look down Into the dirt all day Or my brown eyes Is sure to give us away" Sally's family travels at night, in hopes of escaping notice. When they get to swampland, her poem both describes the feeling in the swamp and foreshadows danger: Grass wet Beneath my feet Owls say Hoot Night bugs fly Snakes wriggle Gators chomp Swamp Woods is the author of a 2003 Coretta Scott King Honor book, The Red Rose Box.
Milton (Paradise Lost), in true Enlightenment fashion, says that love is based on reason, not on passion:
"In loving thou dost well, in passion not, Wherein true Love consists not; love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges, hath his seat In Reason, and is judicious"
Love isn't willy nilly, spur-of-the-moment stuff. It obeys rules. It carves out its' actions with obedience to higher laws, principles, and ideals:
"Be strong, live happy, and love, but first of all Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command"
This sounds like Hobbes focus on obedience, and Jesus's "he who loves me will obey my teaching."
Sometimes love can be nasty, right? Dalia, after betraying Sampson in one poem, is trying to justify her actions. She asks: "And what if Love...Caus'd what I did?" To which he answers "Love seeks to have Love" and "But had thy love…Bin, as it ought, sincere, it would have taught thee Far other reasonings, brought forth other deeds."
Love doesn't breed hate; it doesn't "reason" that way. Forgivness, of course, is a close relative of love. We've all heard the phrase "I will forgive, but never forget" (discussed in my MLK blog). Well, Sampson does exactly that:
"Let me approach at least, to touch they hand," says Dalia, to which Sampson answers "Not for thy life…my sudden rage to tear thee joint by joint. At distance I forgive thee, go with that."
Clearly this is not what Martin Luther King had in mind when he described forgiveness—this is the opposite! This also agrees with what Spinoza said about hating someone that you once loved; that it will make you hate them more, treat them worse than if, say, a stranger betrayed you.
Adam learns some things after the Fall, and after an angel talks to him. Adam says that he should love and fear God, be humble, merciful, meek, etc, and keep working for the good. To which the angel replies:
"thou hast attained the sum Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the Stars Thou knewest by name, and all the ethereal Powers, …And all the riches of this World enjoydst, And all the rule, one Empire; onely add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable, add Faith, Add Vertue, Patience, Temperance, add Love, By name to come call'd Charitie, the soul Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradse, but shall possess A Paradise within thee, happier far."
In other words, add deeds to your wisdom, and especially love. This is a variation on Paul's "the greatest of these is love"; and when Augustine said that the end of all wisdom, scripture reading, etc. is nothing more than learning how to love, how to embrace charity. Finally, Milton interprets the Holy Spirit as the bringer of the "Law of Faith / Working through Love," which "Upon their hearts shall write..."
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Some men took their families; some left them behind hoping to send for them later. They left for uncertain futures afraid of what they might find. They left the cotton fields, tobacco, corn and beans behind. They left because they heard that there were jobs, nice homes, food for the family and no Klan.
The Great Migration: Journey to the North is a book of poems and short stories that tell about strength, hope and determination that causes people to survive. Eloise Greenfield showed that you can say very little to still say a lot.
Nobody can escape love, says Chaucer in Troilus and Criseyde; nature forces it onto people as she sees fit. The universe calls us to love: "God loves, and grants that love shall be eternal / All creatures in the world through love exists." Love "saves mankind from wickedness and shame" and "converted thee from all wickedness." And if we don't love, Nature tries to change our mind, it will stike back, come to you, well up:
And loveless hearts, let them by Love be bent To learn to love, and thus in pity grow, But faithful hearts may Love keep ever so!
But much of Chaucer's poem, about a knight falling in love with the beautful Criseyde, is not about how great and beautiful love is, but how horrible and stressful it is. Like Cupid, God shoots an arrow of love-at-first-sight disease at the independent knight, "though he thought that nothing had the might / To curb the heart of such a one as he / Yet with a look, no longer was he free, / And he who stood but now in pride above / All men, at once was subject most to Love." But, Chaucer replies, "scorn not Love…For still the common fate on you must fall / That love, at nature's very heart indwelling, / Shall bind all things by nature's might compelling / …men of greatest worth have deepest loved / …For wisest men have most with love been pleased."
For for the woman especially, love is bondage. At one point she has a "cloudy thought," "Alas, since I am free, / Should I now love and risk my happy state / And maybe put in bonds my liberty?...who loveth not, no cause hath to complain." She does not fall in love with him on appearances: "No, moral virtue, firmly set and true, / That was the reason why I first loved you." And another knight bases his choice (a "burden") on her "goodness." So we have a mix of the Plato-Aristotle love for virtue's sake theme, and the medieval love-at-first-sight as well.
The Clerk's Tale is a ghastly story about a rich knight marrying a poor woman, testing her loyalty in a Job-like way by taking away her new born children, only to find out at the very end that the story is not about sexist attitude towards women. It's not about that, says the author directly: "This story's told here, not that all wives should / Follow Griselda in humility, / For this would be unbearable / But just that everyone, in his degree, / Should be as constant in adversity." And then he gives women a battle cry: "Strong-minded women, stand at your defense, / …suffer no man to do to you offense." And to the controlling men:
For one thing, sirs, I safely dare to say, That friends each one the other must obey If they'd be friends and long keep company. Love will not be constrained by mastery; When mastery comes, the god of love anon …Love is a thing as any spirit free; Women by nature love their liberty And not to be constrained like any thrall, And so do men, if say the truth I shall.
Free Bird!
Yes, just like the song, women who are treated badly will leave. They will choose "worms" over a "golden cage":
Take any bird and put it in a cage And do your best affection to engage …although its cage of gold be never so gay, Yet would this bird, by twenty thousand-fold, Rather, within a forest dark and cold, Go to eat worms and all such wretchedness. …above all things his freedom he desires.
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New Confidence
Back in the air I found myself headed to Washington, D.C. for Part II of freshmen orientation. But this time, I wasn't as anxious. Two weeks ago, I arrived in Washington unsure of what to expect.
The first few days of the first orientation felt like the beginning of Hunger Games. The cannon goes boom and everyone sprints off in survival mode. A little bit of chaos. Not surprisingly, for this second week, my colleagues were also at ease. We carried ourselves like seniors on campus, as if we'd been there for years. It was also nice to pick up where I had left off with many of the friends I had made, inside and outside of California.
Finding the Aisle, Then Crossing It
When I returned home after the first week of orientation I was often asked "How were the Republicans?" A good question. I pledged throughout the campaign to work with them and reach across the aisle.
To be honest, during the first week I was treading water and trying to process the high volume of information that was coming my way. Heck, I didn't even know where the aisle was. But I wasn't satisfied that I couldn't name many Republicans I was able to connect with.
This time, I went out of my way, at every event and lecture, to talk with Republicans. I ate with them at breakfast. I sat next to them at lectures. I commiserated with them at the office lottery (more on that below). And here's what I found:
They are just as committed as I and my Democratic colleagues to public service. One person who I especially enjoyed chatting with was Rep-Elect Paul Cook, from California's Eighth Congressional District (Southern California -- Paul's hometown is Yucca Valley). Paul is a Marine Corps veteran and Vietnam War hero. But I liked him because of his independence and commitment to education -- he is, after all, a college professor. He's also one of the few Republicans I know who was endorsed by one of California's largest labor unions, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association. He's a unique brand. Paul ran for Congress, like I did, as an outsider. In his race, he defeated fellow Republican and Tea Party candidate Gregg Imus. I hope to get to know Paul better and find ways to work together to support our state and move our country forward.
All Ayes on the Floor
One of my favorite parts of orientation was when we were taken to the House Floor to learn how to vote. Here's how it works.
Each Member of Congress is given a secure voting card. On the corner seat of each row is an electronic voting box. When a vote is called, you take your voting card, place it in the box, and vote yes (green button), no (red button) or present (yellow button).
Above and behind the rostrum (where the Speaker presides -- think big American flag as backdrop) is an electronic voting board. Once you vote, your vote appears Y, N, or P on the screen. I was excited to participate in the voting demonstration.
The Floor session ended with a briefing by the Sergeant of Arms, Paul Irving. He is in charge of security for the House of Representatives, but is better known for his role during the State of the Union when he announces, "MR. SPEAKER, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES." That is always a stirring moment to watch on television -- I can't wait to hear his passion in person.
Office Space
The crescendo of Part II of orientation is the office lottery. On the Hill, this ceremony is the talk of the town. It's a time-honored tradition (much like dorm room selection in college), where every Freshmen draws a number from 1-70 (13 of the Members in my class are returning to Congress -- we call them Red Shirts -- and have priority). If you get No. 1, you get the first office available. If you get #70, you get what is left.
It begins with the Superintendent of House Buildings, William Weidemeyer explaining the rules. The room was tense. I broke the tension by asking, "What happens if you dance in the end zone?"
I might as well have cursed any chance of getting a good number. The draw was alphabetical by last name. I would be at the end. The first few folks slowly and cautiously approached the wooden box that held the numbered buttons, as if a rattlesnake would strike them if they moved too fast. Very high numbers (50s, 60s) were being drawn.
Finally, Mr. Weidemeyer deadpanned, "We have done extensive studies of this lottery and have found that the more ritualistic the approach is to the box, for example, a dance, the better the chances the Member has of getting a good number."
Next up: Rep-Elect Julia Brownley from Southern California. She nervously approached the box. Heeding the advice of Mr. Weidemeyer, Julia did a little dance right before putting her hand in the box. She drew #1. Unreal.
Pretty soon the tension was gone, and the acts were on display: moonwalking, cartwheels, raising the roof, we saw it all. Before I approached the box, I asked Mr. Weidemeyer if anyone had ever selected their button to music. He said not in the many years he has overseen the process. I pulled out my iPhone and played Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" for good luck.
I drew No. 61.
Worse, when I pulled it out, I thought it was number 19. Only once Mr. Weidemeyer quickly pulled it from my hand and announced, "Mr. Swalwell draws #61" did I realize what happened. I stopped believing! See this picture captured by Politico, which perfectly captured my reaction here and you can read the full story here.
After you draw, you have two hours to tour the available offices, then return and make your selection. Of course, I was at the end, and would have few to choose from. I kept my spirits high. I'd be happy to serve out of a broom closet. I just wanted something that would accommodate my staff and serve my constituents.
When it came our turn, I chose Office Number 501 in the Cannon House Office Building, former home to Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado, who chose to exercise his right to move offices. I chose that office because (I know, one of the only ones left) it was near the elevator (which will accommodate constituents) and I figured that if Rep. Polis chose to stay in it all these years -- rather then exercise his right to move every session -- it couldn't be all that bad.
Jared sent me a nice note wishing me well in the office. I think it will serve the people of California just fine. Besides, I don't plan to be there very often. If I'm not voting or meeting with constituents visiting Washington, D.C., I plan to be in California. In this case, the House is not a home.
Check out my final installment of New Member Orientation, Part III when I travel to Harvard University later this month.


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Members of St. Paul's Missionary Baptist Church, 1704 N. 14th Street, have questions and they would like answers.
Trustee President and Deacon Charles Perry, an Army retiree, was aware the church is in a state of disrepair.
"The roof needs to be fixed and an air-conditioning unit needs to be replaced," Perry said.
Last summer, the members of the church elected a board of Trustees because they had been operating without one. The congregation selected ten people and elected Perry as trustee president.
"I asked for a list of the repairs needed to the building, salaries paid and the bills," Perry said. "We cannot control what comes in, but we can try to control what goes out."
According to members attending the 6 p.m. Wednesday meeting, there are bills the church has not paid in 24 months.
Perry said he asked for the financial records to ensure they were staying compliant with the IRS and the 501(c)(3).
The IRS website states to be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, an organization must be organized and operated exclusively for exempt purposes set forth in section 501(c)(3), and none of its earnings may inure to any private shareholder or individual.
Organizations described in section 501(c)(3) are commonly referred to as charitable organizations.
Perry repeatedly requested copies of the financial records and was repeatedly given excuses.
Young, according to Perry, first said the trustee board was not mature enough to handle the job and they needed training. Three months of training led to the need for spiritual training.
"I asked how long the spiritual training was going to last," Perry said. "I was told indefinitely. That also told me it was a stalling tactic."
Perry said he was told by the Deacon Chairman who was over the finances, that the trustee board would never see the financial records.
The church trustee board monitors and control all financial reports. It presents the number of members, debts, amount of income or donations, value of property and assets as well as other financial holdings of the church to the congregation on a regular basis. The trustee board meets periodically to review all the financial statements of the church such as the banking statements.
Perry was given paperwork that informed him he was excommunicated from the church. When he tried to attend church Sunday, the police were called to have him removed.
"He (Young) said I was disrupting the services," Perry said. "I went outside and waited for the police when I was told they were called. How could I disrupt the service when this took place outside?"
Perry said he spoke with the police department and a judge who told him that the paperwork was not legal.
Perry also said that he was asked by the police to not step on the church property Wednesday night.
Extra police patrols were apparent during the start of the meeting.
Young, who is on probation for social security fraud, was voted out by the congregation during the meeting.
"We need to take back the church and give it back to the people," Perry said.
"No one is trying to hurt Pastor. We love the pastor as a person," Reverend Frank Ganz said. "We are just asking about the paperwork. We are going to continue praying for self, on the situation, and for the pastor. But something is not kosher."
Members of the church said Young said that every member of the church had spoken to him in confidence and that if they told on him, he would tell them.
"Who says that from a pulpit? He said it during the sermon," Perry said.
Young was asked to discuss the financial situation at the church.
Young said that it was a private matter and not for media attention.
"Some people are not happy," Young said. "The media does not need to be on the property."
Perry said he stayed on the sidewalk across the street because he did not want the situation to escalate.
"I do not want anyone to get hurt," Perry said. "I just wanted to see the financial records."


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