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My Dream Nokia #21: Nokia W6 – How Nokia can customise with Windows Phone Themes
We've got some fantastic designs here for you but this time it mainly focuses on the UI tweaks rather than the phone itself. The imaginary/concept handset is called the Nokia W6, this is just a shell to house the modified Windows Phone theme.
This was designed by Peter Lackman who emailed us saying:
Hello folks at My Nokia Blog,
As you already know, Nokia has stated regarding the WP7 partnership that they have been granted practically unlimited access to customize WP7 UI. They have also said that even though this is the case, they do not plan to do any drastic changes.
I've been thinking about this, and a few days back I decided to check with photoshop how would Nokia WP7 look if they should introduce a few minor things of their own to the UI, including the theme system from Symbian.
I made two sample themes "Blue leather" and "Summer" for an imaginary phone "W6" using WP7 and I think that the images came out all right, illustrating quite clearly a few possibilities that Nokia might choose to pursue.
Why am I writing about this to you? I think that this might be something that the Nokia community might be interested to see, if for nothing else, then just for showing some of the options that Nokia have with their upcoming implementation of WP7. And for fun, of course.
So this is more about the themes that can be tweaked with Nokia's Windows Phone. At the moment, as shown in Vanilla, it's very minimalistic – plain black (or white) background with coloured tiles.
Peter has modified this slightly with "blue leather" and "summer" showing:
- custom background wallpapers and
- revamped, theme style dictated live tiles in homescreen view with more live tile size options
- a reorganized App view with what looks to be
- a very helpful AZ for easy finding of apps (at the moment all you can do is scroll. I don't know why you can't "search" like you can with contacts).
- Collapsible category bars – with icons showing content of this category
Below shows "Blue Leather" – the background of which is a bluey gray leather. Still very much in keeping with the Windows Phone style.
"Summer" is a little bit more of a change with this strong Mango Orange background and squircle shaped tiles. Same features as "Blue Leather"
And just because, I wondered how it would look on an actual Nokia device:
I know there'll be Symbian fans totally hating on it. But there's a few out there too who say they'd love Windows Phone on Nokia hardware. Especially that of the camera in the Nokia N8. (Just imagine it's beefed up for WP minimum requirements and that it would work with one menu button)
About "My Dream Nokia"
I'm sure you've dreamt up your PERFECT Nokia device/UI. What it would look like, what it would feel like, what features it would have. Why don't you share it with the world? Or at least with other Nokia fans .
It could be your own photoshopped or rendered work (seriously, you don't need mega skills in either, basic paint job is often enough to convey a concept) of your dream product.
SEND this in similarly to email@example.com with the title "My Dream Nokia" and perhaps the model number (and a little description, maybe a few specs in the message area? Though this bit not necessary).
Who knows, maybe an image might flutter over to Nokia and through whatever route end up being real.
Category: Concept, Nokia, Windows Phone
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symbian is good for nokia.and window7 phones screen not attractive as symbian ^3.So Nokia Should go with windows7/android for better speed and multitasking but do not change your screen
the collapsible category bars is a smart idea, at the present scrolling through the apps to get to the bottom is a pain hopefully they implement your idea or put a scroll.
Stuff like this is why Symbian failed.
The looks of WP7 I find it nice, not the best, but nice, my problem is not with the looks but with the lack of functionality.
What about Transparency Live Tiles W7-Like.
I mean less frustrations for Symbian users… before multi-task, HDMI, USB on the go, and other Symbian possibilities…
Nokia N8 with WP7 looks so ugly
where can i find the download link
I've been very pro-MeeGo and anti-WP7 for quite some time (not really anti-WP but I'm not a fan.) and I honestly think that if these themes were implemented into the Windows UI, Windows Phone would look SIGNIFICANTLY or EXPONENTIALLY better than it does now. It would also definitely give a chance for Nokia to become the superpower it wants to be with Windows Phone. I'm all for this Nokia!
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An astute reader pointed out that we had two different amounts of salt and pepper in last month's Speciality of the House recipe for the Guinness Chicken Stew from the Hibernian Pub. Here's the corrected recipe. Thanks to Marilyn Flannigan for pointing out our error.
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MoreThe Hurricanes have signed winger Tim Wallace to a one-year, two-way contract.
Wallace, 27, spent most of last season in the NHL with the New York Islanders and Tampa Bay Lightning, scoring a total of nine points (3g, 6a) in 49 games. He began the season in Bridgeport of the AHL, where he scored 20 points (9g, 11a) in just 24 outings.
Tim is a versatile forward and played well with Tampa Bay to finish the year, Ron Francis, the Hurricanes' vice president of hockey operations, said in a team release. He has a good amount of pro experience and should challenge for a spot with the Hurricanes in training camp.


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This week, Carroll County Superintendent Steve Guthrie said he will present options for cost savings, including school closures, as the county faces declining student enrollment and continuing costs to maintain and improve facilities.
The prospect of school closures sparked conversation among Westminster and Eldersburg Patch readers.
Have an opinion on the debate over schools? Share them in comments.
"The schools here, while perhaps award-winning, are SO run down. Their technology is years behind - if they are allowed to use it at all (my son attends a school where the administration is anti-technology). Why not redistrict instead of closing? Why is the county losing students when housing is growing?" - Robin Nicole
"Not all schools in the county are run down. Some are very nice and others are in very poor condition, but it varies widely. Personally, I think it makes sense to redistrict and close some of the schools that aren't anywhere close to capacity and need capital improvements. It is better to have schools that are in decent condition and full but not pushing capacity rather than cutting staff positions and certain programs." CS
"Are you kidding me???? I find it sooo interesting that Commissioner Rothschild continues to ADVOCATE for a school closing, but has not once suggested that the brand new middle school currently under construction in HIS district, be halted! WHAT A POLITICIAN!" Kelli Nelson
"If we want to influence funding, we have to participate in the public meetings and tell the school board and the commissioners what the public wants. If that's not successful, we replace them at the next election. I'm sorry this is not what you're used to. But, it's how it works here. It keeps our taxes low and our education is excellent. It's not perfect, but I'd take it over municipal school districts any day. (I spent decades in one.)" Freedom Mom
"Rothschild spouts these half baked ideas : 'Let's close a couple of schools!' but doesn't explain exactly how it will be accomplished. It seems as if he figures the next Board of Commissioners can solve the inevitable fallout from these grandiose plans. Someone is going to have to pay for this mess when Rothschild has moved on and I have a feeling it will be the taxpayers." newsjunkie
"Leadership begins with someone stepping forward to lead when a need arises. A trajectory leading us in the direction of 5,500 empty seats is a compelling metric that warrants investigation, debate, and consideration. Would you prefer a county commissioner that learned of this substantial excess capacity and remained silent? I believe I would be abdicating my responsibilities to the people of Carroll County if I simply ignored this matter. Now, you and others have the opportunity to at least participate in the discussion. Right?" Commissioner R Rothschild


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When the first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held in 1986, it was going to be nothing more than than a dinner in the Waldorf-Astoria ballroom with music from Paul Shaffer and his band during the evening. "We didn't want people to feel as if they had to sing for their supper, but we had brought in instruments just in case," Shaffer remembered in our November 26, 2009 issue celebrating the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th anniversary.
But by the end of that first ceremony, the likes of Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry were on stage performing — starting a tradition that would produce explosive sessions like the 1992 all-star jam to induct Jimi Hendrix featuring Johnny Cash, Keith Richards, John Fogerty and onstage reunions like the Byrds in 1991 and Cream in 1993.
In addition to the music, the ceremonies were a platform for Paul McCartney's heartfelt speech to induct John Lennon, Mike Love's crazy acceptance when the Beach Boys were inducted and other once-in-a-lifetime tributes.
We collected the most star-studded jams, powerful speeches and action-packed reunions over the past 25 years — read on for these historic moments.
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1986 The Return of Chuck Berry: Keith Richards delivers the first induction speech ever on an evening that prompted Berry to plan a 60th-birthday concert propelling him back into the spotlight.
1987 Springsteen Launches Roy Orbison's Comeback: Bruce inducts Orbison, who had been out of the spotlight since the late 1960s and whose career would have a remarkable revival following his the ceremony.
1988 Mick, Ringo, Dylan, Elton! The Starriest Night of All: A ten-song monster jam session breaks out at the end of the 1988 ceremony featuring Mick Jagger, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Jeff Beck, Elton John, Billy Joel, John Fogerty, Neil Young, the Beach Boys, Les Paul and the Drifters.
1988 'Elvis Freed Your Body, Bob Freed Your Mind': Bruce Springsteen inducts Bob Dylan.
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Ottumwa Courier
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I just want to say the new format of the Courier is very hard to read and I do not like it. Most of the time I need large print or takes me longer to read if it is small print.
I love receiving the paper and reading it. The old format was clearer and took me awhile, but I could read it. This one is almost impossible and takes me twice as long.
I know of many others who do not like it either. I know a lady that is in her 80s and I am sure of others that are older that it makes it hard to read too. Not just older, young and old alike. I am not that old but have a hard time reading it, so the new format is very difficult for me as well.
I would like to voice my opinion on behalf of the others that I heard did not like the new format and would like the old format back. So I hope we can have it back.
To add, the phone books with the small print make it very difficult to read as well. We all would like to have good eyesight, and I, for one, wish it was better. So if possible, it would be nice to have the old format of the Courier back.
Sylvia Pettigrew
Grassley on the wrong side of gun issue
I am so proud of Sen. Grassley
He is standing firm, trying desperately to ensure that criminals, mass murderers, the mentally ill all continue to be able to purchase any gun, any time, at gun shows, online or through private purchases.
It's great to know that Sen. Grassley is on the side of mass murderers and criminals. Just imagine how embarrassing it would be if he were on the side of the 90 percent of Americans who support universal background checks.
Just imagine how awful it would be if he were on the side of the 20 little children who were slaughtered in Newtown.
Barbara Paulding
No more pink slime, please
I'm writing in response to the AP article in the paper about "pink slime."
This bothers me because we grew up knowing what was in our ground beef — it was meat, not trimmings treated with ammonia. Ground meat, on the other hand, does not have to be treated with ammonia to be safe to eat.
I personally don't want to eat it anymore. Maybe it is 100 percent pure beef but so is ground bone meal and the dried hooves we feed our dogs. The trimmings they make "pink slime" from used to be made into dog food.
So if ammonia makes it safe to eat, it should be added to the label of contents on the packaging, as: "This items contains 'pink slime' or as 'lean finely textured beef' added with ammonia to make it safe for human consumption."
I want my ground beef made from meat. Look it up on the Internet yourselves. YUCK!
Mary Rosenbalm
The high price of Obamacare
As a small business owner, I have spent hours studying what Obamacare will cost me. It is going to be tens of thousands of dollars. Since the government won't let me print money, the only funds I will have to pay this is what I get from customers. So, customers, prepare yourselves for substantial price increases at many of the businesses you patronize.
You didn't really believe Obama when he said we could add 30 million people to insurance rolls, eliminate annual and lifetime maximums and mandate free preventive and contraceptive care and not pay more for it, did you?
Randall Bradley
Ottumwa business owner
Teacher offers thanks for support
Receiving the 2013 Alternative Educator of the year award for Iowa is a huge honor. I would like to tell everyone how much I appreciate their cards, encouraging words, Facebook messages and emails. Without all of you, I wouldn't be where I am today!
I also want to acknowledge my parents, Dave and Sharon Benson. They are the reason I am where I'm at today. They are great role models and teachers!
I want to thank my husband, Kenny, and children for their support and putting up with me while I was going through college. They were patient and understanding when things they wanted to do didn't always happen because I was busy earning my degree.
My brother, Jim Benson, always encouraged me to keep going when things were getting difficult. He believed in me and reminded me about how great it would be when I achieved my goal. He was right! You guys are great and I love all of you!
To the rest of my family and friends, you have been awesome, and I love you too! Kim Kitterman has also been a huge help to me — thanks Kim. As you all know, I am really not that great. I have made A LOT of mistakes and will make many more, but I do love kids.
God has put a heart in me that is passionate about today's youth and helping them be successful. I have always heard that if you love your job, you will never work a day in your life ... I haven't "worked" a day since getting my job at Cardinal (this is my fifth year at Visions, CHS's alternative program). I am truly thankful for my job and the opportunity to work with kids. I have fantastic students and work with great parents. I want to thank them for being awesome and making my job not a job,. Love you guys!
Kids are the most important resource we have and deserve the best we can give them. Thanks for helping me earn this award! It actually belongs to all of us!
Heidi Kildow
Southern Iowan proud of Ottumwa
I thought the segment on The Today Show was great. It showed the best of Ottumwa and how hard you have worked to make the transition of languages and differences in lifestyle mesh together and how lucky everyone feels to live in Ottumwa.
Yesterday, a small group of us talked about the reach-out work the churches in the area did to make new people feel welcome. It included visiting back and forth between countries and learning each other's languages.
Ottumwa, you make all of us southern Iowans feel proud!
Frances Benell
Attitudes can change perspective
I know, for many years, that the city of Ottumwa has been going through financial hardship. We've lost major employers, and the city's tax base has decreased. We have an aging demographic, and there's no question about that. However, the Ottumwa school district added a large kindergarten class this year, the biggest in over a decade. That encouraging piece of news is just the tip of the iceberg.
Indian Hills Community College is one of the most superb public institutions in America. We have a beautiful civic center that most towns our size could only dream of, and the arts are making a comeback. The Wapello County Trails Council is working on developing an extensive citywide trails system. Our downtown revitalization project, spearheaded by Main Street Ottumwa, is already showing signs of revival and new life. The Ottumwa Economic Development Corporation and The Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation are hard at work and actively recruiting new companies to help existing businesses expand and grow. The Young Professionals Organization targets young people in our community to help retain and grow that demographic. The Ottumwa Regional Airport is the largest field in an 80-mile radius. Very soon, Ottumwa will receive a new water treatment facility to replace the existing century-old plant. Our city's aging infrastructure is being brought into the 21st century. A new sewer system is in the works, and now, individuals are working on bringing fiber optic capabilities to Ottumwa.
Don't get me wrong, I know that we have a long way to go. In the same sentence, I truly believe we're on the cusp of some great things in Ottumwa. For us to succeed, four things must happen.
1. The right people must be in the right place.
2. We must stay dedicated.
3. We must work together.
4. We all must stay optimistic and hope for a little bit of luck.
We're starting to get all the pieces of the puzzle in the right places. Republican or Democrat, as Ottumwans we MUST work as one.
Friends, believe in Ottumwa, stay optimistic and be patient because our hard work will eventually pay dividends!
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The Nebraska Department of Corrections is set to dedicate the library at the Correctional Youth Facility in Omaha in honor of Bob Boozer.
Boozer was a parole board member, star athlete and an advocate for youth. The Department of Corrections said the honor was due to Boozer's desire to help young people achieve their dreams.
The dedication ceremony, hosted by NDCS and the Board of Parole, is planned for Wednesday, October 10th at 9:30 a.m. at the Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility in Omaha, Nebraska.
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CLINTON — Components of 492-foot turbine towers are rolling into northern Clinton County for Marble River Wind Farm.
There are 16 towers going up in the Town of Ellenburg and another 56 in the Town of Clinton, each with the ability to produce 3 megawatts of electricity.
The project, owned by EDP Renewables, formerly known as Horizon Wind Energies, could generate a maximum 216 megawatts once fully online.
Motorists along State Route 11 wait at intersections as massive blades and giant tubular sections are trucked by under police escort into Churubusco and Ellenburg Center.
Project Manager Brian Dunneback said about one third of the towers are finished.
"We're in construction now and have about 25 up, and we anticipate being operational by late October," he said.
Massive cranes lift the component parts into place to create the towers, which are the tallest wind-farm turbines in New York state.
Typical tower heights are 365 feet.
Marble River's original plan was to create 109 towers to generate 2.1 megawatts each, but the taller towers and improved turbine gearboxes increased energy efficiency and reduced the project size by one third, yet retained permitted electricity output, Dunneback said.
This project is different than some older wind farms in that it will have buried transmission lines, and fewer access roads will be built.
The State Public Service Commission approved an amended permit for the project in June.
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Collective farming
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Collective farming and communal farming are various types of agricultural production in which the holdings of several farmers are run as a joint enterprise.[1] This type of collective is essentially an agricultural production cooperative in which member-owners engage jointly in farming activities.
Typical examples of collective farms are the kolkhozy that dominated Soviet agriculture between 1930 and 1991 and the Israeli kibbutzim.[2] Both are collective farms based on common ownership of resources and on pooling of labor and income in accordance with the theoretical principles of cooperative organizations. They are radically different, however, in the application of the cooperative principles relative to freedom of choice and democratic rule. The creation of kolkhozy in the Soviet Union during the country-wide collectivization campaign of 1928-1933 was an example of forced collectivization, whereas the kibbutzim in Israel are traditionally created through voluntary collectivization and were governed as democratic entities. The element of forced or state-sponsored collectivization that was present in many countries during the 20th century led to the impression that collective farms operate under the supervision of the state,[3] but this is not universally true, as shown by the counter-example of the Israeli kibbutz.
- 1 Communist collectivization
- 2 Voluntary collective farming
- 3 See also
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Communist collectivization[edit]
The Soviet Union introduced collective farming in its constituent republics between 1927 and 1933. The Baltic states and most of the Central and East European countries (except Poland) adopted collective farming after World War II, with the accession of communist regimes to power. In Asia (People's Republic of China, North Korea, Vietnam) the adoption of collective farming was also driven by communist government policies. In most communist countries, the transition to collective farming involved an element of compulsion, while the collective farms within these countries, lacked the principle of voluntary membership, is often regarded at best as being pseudo-cooperatives.
Soviet Union[edit]
As part of the First Five-Year Plan, collectivization was introduced in the Soviet Union by General Secretary Joseph Stalin in the late 1920s as a way, according to the policies of socialist leaders, to boost agricultural production through the organization of land and labor into large-scale collective farms (kolkhozy). At the same time, Joseph Stalin argued that collectivization would free poor peasants from economic servitude under the kulaks (wealthy, prosperous farmland owners).
Stalin resorted to mass murder and wholesale deportation of farmers to Siberia in order to implement the plan. Millions who remained did not die of starvation, but the centuries-old system of farming was destroyed in a region so fertile it was once called "the breadbasket of Europe". The immediate effects of forced collectivization were reduced grain output and almost halved livestock numbers, thus creating major famines throughout the USSR during 1932 and 1933. In 1932–1933, an estimated 11 million people, 3–7 million in Ukraine alone,[citation needed] died from famine after Stalin forced the peasants into collectives (Ukrainians call this famine Holodomor). Most modern historians believe that this famine was caused by the sudden disruption of production brought on by collective farming policies and mass seizure of property (the proceeds of which were used, according to accelerate industrial development). These policies were implemented by the government of the Soviet Union, of which Ukraine was then a part. Some believe that, due to unreasonably high government quotas, farmers often received far less for their labor than they did before collectivization, and some refused to work; others retaliated by destroying their crops. It was not until 1940 that agricultural production finally surpassed its pre-collectivization levels.[4][5]
In Romania, land collectivization began in 1948 and continued for over more than a decade until its virtual eradication in 1962.[6]
Collectivization throughout Moldova was not aggressively pursued until the early 1960s because of the Soviet leadership's focus on a policy of Russification of Moldavians into the Russian way of life. Much of the collectivization in Moldova had undergone in Transnistria, in Chişinău, the present-day capital city of Moldova. Most of the directors who regulated and conducted the process of collectivization were placed by officials from Moscow.
In Hungary, agricultural collectivization was attempted a number of times between 1948 and 1956 (with disastrous results), until it was finally successful in the early 1960s under János Kádár. The first serious attempt at collectivization based on Stalinist agricultural policy was undertaken in July 1948. Both economic and direct police pressure were used to coerce peasants to join cooperatives, but large numbers opted instead to leave their villages. In the early 1950s, only one-quarter of peasants had agreed to join cooperatives.[7]
In the spring of 1955 the drive for collectivization was renewed, again using physical force to encourage membership, but this second wave also ended in dismal failure. After the events of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the Hungarian regime opted for a more gradual collectivization drive. The main wave of collectivization occurred between 1959 and 1961, and at the end of this period more than 95% of agricultural land in Hungary had become the property of collective farms. In February 1961, the Central Committee declared that collectivization had been completed.[8]
This quick success should not be confused with enthusiastic adoption of collective idealism on the part of the peasants. Still, demoralized after two successive (and harsh) collectivization campaigns and the events of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the peasants were less keen to resist. As membership levels increased, those who remained outside likely grew worried about being permanently left out.
Czechoslovakia (1948-90)[edit]
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In Czechoslovakia, centralized land reforms after World War I allowed for the distribution of most of the land to peasants and the poor, and created large groups of relatively well-to-do farmers (though village poor still existed). These groups showed no support for communist ideals. In 1945, immediately after World War II, new land reform started. The first phase involved a confiscation of properties of Germans, Hungarians, and collaborators of the Nazi regime in accordance with the so-called Beneš decrees. The second phase, promulgated by so-called Ďuriš's laws (after the Communist Minister of Agriculture), in fact meant a complete revision of the pre-war land reform and tried to reduce maximal private property to 150 hectares (ha) of agricultural land and 250 ha of any land (forests, etc...).
The third and final phase forbade possession of land above 50 ha for one family. This phase was carried out in April 1948, two months after Communists took power by force. Farms started to be collectivized, mostly under the threat of sanctions. The most obstinate farmers were persecuted and imprisoned. The most common form of collectivization was agricultural cooperative (in Czech Jednotné zemědělské družstvo, JZD; in Slovak Jednotné roľnícke družstvo, JRD). The collectivization was implemented in three stages (1949–1952, 1953–1956, 1956–1969) and officially ended with implementation of the constitution establishing the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, which made private ownership illegal.
Many early cooperatives collapsed and were recreated again. Their productivity was low since they provided tiny salaries and no pensions, and they failed to create a sense of collective ownership; small-scale pilfering was common, and food became scarce. Seeing the massive outflow of people from agriculture into cities, the government started to massively subsidize the cooperatives in order to make the standard of living of farmers equal to that of city inhabitants; this was the long-term official policy of the government. Funds, machinery, and fertilizers were provided; young people from villages were forced to study agriculture; and students were regularly sent (involuntarily) to help in cooperatives.
Subsidies and constant pressure destroyed the remaining private farmers; only a handful of them remained after the 1960s. The lifestyle of villagers had eventually reached the level of cities, and village poverty was eliminated. Czechoslovakia was again able to produce enough food for its citizens. The price of this success was a huge waste of resources because the cooperatives had no incentive to improve efficiency. Every piece of land was cultivated regardless of the expense involved, and the soil became heavily polluted with chemicals. Also, the intensive use of heavy machinery damaged topsoil. Furthermore, the cooperatives were infamous for over-employment.
In the late 1980s, the economy of Czechoslovakia stagnated, and the state-owned companies were unable to deal with advent of modern technologies. A few agricultural companies (where the rules were less strict than in state companies) used this situation to start providing high-tech products. For example, the only way to buy a PC-compatible computer in the late 1980s was to get it (for an extremely high price) from one agricultural company acting as a reseller.
After the fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia (1989) subsidies to agriculture were halted with devastating effect. Most of the cooperatives had problems competing with technologically advanced foreign competition and were unable to obtain investment to improve their situation. Quite a large percentage of them collapsed. The others that remained were typically insufficiently funded, lacking competent management, without new machinery and living from day to day. Employment in the agricultural sector dropped significantly (from approximately 25% of the population to approximately 1%).
SFR Yugoslavia[edit]
Collective farming was introduced as government policy throughout Yugoslavia after World War II, by taking away land from wealthy pre-war owners and limiting possessions in private ownership first to 25, and later to 10 hectares. The large, state-owned farms were known as "Agricultural cooperatives" ("Zemljoradničke zadruge" in Serbo-Croatian) and farmers working on them had to meet production quotas in order to satisfy the needs of the populace. The system was largely abolished in the 1950s. See: Law of 23 August 1945 with amendments until 1 December 1948.[9]
People's Republic of China[edit]
North Korea[edit]
In the late 1990s, the collective farming system collapsed under a strain of droughts. Estimates of deaths due to starvation ranged into the millions, although the government did not allow outside observers to survey the extent of the famine. Aggravating the severity of the famine, the government was accused of diverting international relief supplies to its armed forces. Agriculture in North Korea has suffered tremendously from natural disasters, a lack of fertile land, and government mismanagement, causing the nation to rely on foreign aid as its primary source of food.
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam implemented collective farming although de jure private ownership existed. Starting in 1958 collective farming was pushed such that by 1960, 85% of farmers and 70% of farmlands were collectivized including those seized by force.[10] Collectivization however was seen by the communist leadership as a half-measure when compared to full state ownership.[11]
Following the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the South Vietnam briefly came under the authority of a Provisional Revolutionary Government, a puppet state under military occupation by North Vietnam, before being officially reunified with the North under Communist rule as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on July 2, 1976. Upon taking control, the Vietnamese communists banned other political parties, arrested suspects believed to have collaborated with the United States and embarked on a mass campaign of collectivization of farms and factories. Private land ownership was "transformed" to subsume under State and collective ownership.[12] Reconstruction of the war-ravaged country was slow and serious humanitarian and economic problems confronted the communist regime.
In a historic shift in 1986, the Communist Party of Vietnam implemented free-market reforms known as Đổi Mới (Renovation). With the authority of the state remaining unchallenged, private enterprise, deregulation and foreign investment were encouraged. Land ownership nonetheless is the sole prerogative of the state. The economy of Vietnam has achieved rapid growth in agricultural and industrial production, construction and housing, exports and foreign investment. However, the power of the Communist Party of Vietnam over all organs of government remains firm.
In the initial years that followed the Cuban Revolution, government authorities experimented with agricultural and farming production cooperatives. Between 1977 and 1983, farmers began to collectivize into CPAs — Cooperativa de Producción Agropecuaria (Agricultural Production Cooperatives). Farmers were encouraged to sell their land to the state for the establishment of a cooperative farm, receiving payments for a period of 20 years while also sharing in the fruits of the CPA. Joining a CPA allowed individuals who were previously dispersed throughout the countryside to move to a centralized location with increased access to electricity, medical care, housing, and schools. Democratic practice tends to be limited to business decisions and is constrained by the centralized economic planning of the Cuban system.
Another type of agricultural production cooperative in Cuba is UBPC — Unidad Básica de Producción Cooperativa (Basic Unit of Cooperative Production). The law authorizing the creation of UBPCs was passed on September 20, 1993. It has been used to transform many state farms into UBPCs, similar to the transformation of Russian sovkhozes (state farms) into kolkhozes (collective farms) since 1992. The law granted indefinite usufruct to the workers of the UBPC in line with its goal of linking the workers to the land. It established material incentives for increased production by tying workers' earnings to the overall production of the UBPC, and increased managerial autonomy and workers' participation in the management of the workplace.
The move to a collective farming method in Tanzania was based on the Soviet model for rural development. In 1967, President Julius Nyerere issued "Socialism and Rural Development" which proposed the creation of Ujamaa Villages. Since the majority of the rural population was spread out, and agriculture was traditionally undertaken individually, the rural population had to be forced to move together, and convinced to farm communally. Following forced migration, incentive to participate in communal farming activities was encouraged by government recognition.
These incentives, in addition to encouraging a degree of participation, also lured those whose primary interests were not the common good to the Ujamaa villages. This, in addition to the Order of 1973 dictating that all people had to live in villages (Operation Vijiji)[13] eroded the sustainability of communal projects. In order for the communal farms to be successful, each member of the village would have to contribute to the best of their ability. Due to lack of sufficient foreign exchange, mechanization of the labour was impossible, therefore it was essential that every villager contributed to manual labour.
Voluntary collective farming[edit]
In modern Europe collective farms are very uncommon. There are intentional communities which practice collective agriculture.[14][15] There is also a growing number of community supported agriculture initiatives, some of which operate under consumer/worker governance, that could be considered collective farms.
In Indian villages a single field (normally a plot of three to five acres) may be farmed collectively by the villagers, who each offer labor as a devotional offering, possibly for one or two days per cropping season. The resulting crop belongs to no one individual, and is used as an offering. The labor input is the offering of the peasant in their role as priests. The wealth generated by the sale of the produce belongs to the Gods and hence is Apaurusheya or impersonal. Shrambhakti (labour contributed as devotional offering) is the key instrument for generation of internal resources. The benefits of the harvest are most often redistributed in the village for common good as well as individual need - not as loan or charity, but as divine grace (prasad). The recipient is under no obligation to repay it and no interest need be paid on such gifts. Giving and receiving of these sums is done so discreetly and with such subtle grace that any sense of inferiority on the part of the recipients is obviated.
Collective farming was also implemented in kibbutzim in Israel, which began in 1909 as a unique combination of Zionism and socialism—known as Labor Zionism. The concept has faced occasional criticism as economically inefficient and over-reliant on subsidized credit.[16]
A lesser-known type of collective farm in Israel is moshav shitufi (lit. collective moshav), where production and services are managed collectively, as in a kibbutz, but consumption decisions are left to individual households. In terms of cooperative organization, moshav shitufi is distinct from the much more common moshav (or moshav ovdim), essentially a village-level service cooperative, not a collective farm.
In 2006 there were 40 moshavim shitufiim in Israel, compared with 267 kibbutzim.[17]
Collective farming in Israel differs from collectivism in communist states in that it is voluntary.
In Mexico the Ejido system provided poor farmers with collective use rights to agricultural land. The erosion of these rights under the 1994 NAFTA agreement directly led to the Chiapas conflict.
Canada and United States[edit]
The Anabaptist Hutterites have farmed communally since the 16th century. Most of them now live on the prairies of Canada and the northern Great Plains of the United States.[18]
See also[edit]
- Agriculture of Cuba
- Camphill Movement
- Collectivization in the USSR
- Cooperative farming
- CPA (Agriculture) (Cuban Cooperative Farm)
- UBPC (Cuban Cooperative Farm)
- Dekulakization
- Family farm
- Nationalization
- Socialism
- Zadruga
Non-rural collectivization:
References and sources[edit]
- References
- ^ Definition of collective farm in The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1993.
- ^ Article on large-farm management in Encyclopædia Britannica 2004 CD.
- ^ Definition of collective farm in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1992.
- ^ Richard Overy: Russia's War, 1997
- ^ Eric Hobsbawm: Age of Extremes, 1994
- ^ A. Sarris and D. Gavrilescu, "Restructuring of farms and agricultural systems in Romania", in: J. Swinnen, A. Buckwell, and E. Mathijs, eds., Agricultural Privatisation, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe, Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, 1997.
- ^ Ivan T. Berend, The Hungarian Economic Reforms 1953-1988, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
- ^ Nigel Swain, Collective Farms Which Work?, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
- ^ German translation of the Law of 23rd of August 1945 with amendments until 1st of December 1948.
- ^ XÂY DỰNG CHỦ NGHĨA XÃ HỘI Ở MIỀN BẮC (Building socialism in the North)
- ^ Vấn đề văn hóa trong tư tưởng Hồ Chí Minh về phát triển đất nước (Culture in Ho Chi Minh's thoughts on national development)
- ^ Ngành quản lý đất đai Việt Nam: 66 năm phát triển và trưởng thành (Land management in Vietnam, 66 years of development)
- ^ Lange, Siri. (2008) Land Tenure and Mining In Tanzania. Bergen: Chr. Michelson Institute, p. 2.
- ^ Longo Mai
- ^ Camphill movement
- ^ Y. Kislev, Z. Lerman, P. Zusman, "Recent experience with cooperative farm credit in Israel", Economic Development and Cultural Change, 39(4):773-789 (July 1991).
- ^ Statistical Abstract of Israel, Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem, 2007.
- ^ "The Hutterian Bretheren". University of Alberta. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
- Sources
- FAO production, 1986, FAO Trade vol. 40, 1986.
- Conquest, Robert, The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine (1986)
- "Peasant Participation in Communal Farming: The Tanzanian Experience" by Dean E. McHenry, Jr. in African Studies Review, Vol. 20, No. 3, Peasants in Africa (Dec., 1977), pp. 43–63.
- "Demography and Development Policy in Tanzania" by Rodger Yeager in The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Jul., 1982), pp. 489–510.
External links[edit]
- Stalin and Collectivization, by Scott J. Reid
- "The Collectivization 'Genocide'", in Another View of Stalin, by Ludo Martens
- Tony Cliff "Marxism and the collectivisation of agriculture"
- Kiernan, Ben (2007). Blood and soil: a world history of genocide and extermination from Sparta to Darfur. Yale University Press. p. 724. ISBN 978-0-300-10098-3.


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TRAVERSE CITY — A private voice tutor's "inappropriate" text messages to six Traverse City West Senior High students spurred the investigation into allegations he had sexual contact with at least one pupil, authorities said.
Traverse City police arrested Jayme Jay Kratky, 33, of Traverse City, on Friday after he confessed to sexual contact with a 16-year-old female TC West student. Kratky claimed a sex addiction was to blame for his behavior, said Capt. Mike Ayling.
Kratky spent the weekend in Grand Traverse County's jail on a third-degree criminal sexual conduct charge and was arraigned Monday in 86th District Court. Grand Traverse County Assistant Prosecutor Noelle Moeggenberg said the investigation is still in its "early stages."
"We don't have any police reports," Moeggenberg said. "I know they're trying to schedule more interviews for the rest of this week."
Ayling said six of Kratky's pupils, all female TC West students, walked into the principal's office Friday morning and reported Kratky sent them "inappropriate" texts, including pictures. He said investigation found Kratky had sexual contact with one pupil during the summer in Kratky's home.
Prosecutors charged Kratky with third-degree criminal sexual conduct -- a relatively new law that requires a suspect use their position of authority "to gain access to or to establish a relationship" with a victim under the age of 18.
Kratky worked as a private voice coach and didn't work as a paid or contractual Traverse City Area Public Schools employee, said TCAPS' executive director for human resources Christine Davis.
Kratky's attorney, Paul Jarboe, said he'd need to review if the facts of the case fit the law.
"Before everyone rushes to judgement, we need to take a good look at what the law says," he said.
Jarboe said he couldn't comment on specifics until the police finish their reports and he can conduct his own investigation. He said he wasn't aware that Kratky made any sort of confession or mentioned a problem with sex addiction.
"At this point, we only have accusations," Jarboe said.
Eighty-sixth District Court Judge Michael Stepka on Monday set a 10 percent $30,000 bond -- a reduction from the original $250,000 cash surety bond -- with conditions that bar Kratky from having contact with anyone under the age of 18.
Kratky posted bond and was released from jail Monday afternoon. A preliminary examination is scheduled for Dec. 30 at 11:30 a.m.


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The Easton Area School District could dip into its $12 million reserve fund to pay for security improvements at its schools.
Those improvements -- outlined Tuesday evening by district Chief Executive Officer Michael Simonetta -- could include metal detectors, extra cameras, panic buttons, security doors known as "man traps," and armed guards.
Simonetta made his report to the board one day after Easton Area Middle School was evacuated because of a bomb threat, and a month and a day after the mass that left 20 students dead.
"Doing nothing is the wrong thing to do," said Simonetta.
Currently, the district has security guards and school police officers at the middle school and Easton Area High School. It had security guards at its elementary schools until last year, when they were cut due to budget constraints.
If this district chooses to hire more security personnel, then "My own opinion...if we're going to do that, I think an armed personnel would be the way to go," Simonetta said.
Since Sandy Hook, school workers have "been much more vigiliant," he said.
Next week, the chiefs of the three police departments that cover the district -- Easton, Palmer and Forks -- will visit each district school to review their security.
After that, the district will have a better idea what steps to take.
Some of the security changes won't come cheap. Installing the "man traps," for example, could cost close to half a million dollars. It's possible the district could dip into its reserves to do so, something board members say they'd approve.
Board member Robert Moskaitis likened the situation to the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"Once you envision what could happen, I think it's government's responsibility to respond," he said, "knowing you can't eliminate risk, but you can reduce risk."


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Gov. Chris Christie said thousands of added workers from across the country are set to arrive in New Jersey, after he pressed utility companies to speed up repairs.
Christie said he told chief executives of the state's largest utilities they must take extraordinary steps to step up restoration efforts.
"I made it clear to them that whatever playbooks they had were to be thrown out because we've never faced anything like this before," the governor said.
Governors from Ohio to Virginia dispatched repair crews to aid storm-ravaged New Jersey, Christie said at a briefing in Moonachie Thursday afternoon.
President Barack Obama offered to fly utility crews and equipment to the state on military aircraft, Christie said. Federal emergency management officials were also establishing housing for the workers at Fort Monmouth.
"You're going to see the results of that because the power will be restored much more quickly than it would have been otherwise because of these new people," Christie said.
Public Service Electric and Gas, the state's largest utility, said in a statement Thursday that full service might not be restored for a week or 10 days. No new timeline was immediately released.
Christie said he would make electric companies provide updated estimates once crews were tallied.
More than 1.7 million New Jersey electric customers remained without service four days after Hurricane Sandy slammed the state. That number was down from 2.7 million without power. In Bergen County, Teaneck, Hackensck and Fort Lee were some of the towns hardest hit by outages.
Gasoline and diesel fuel were also bound for New Jersey, but set aside for government and vehicles involved with the relief effort, including utility crews.
Christie also commended the state's teachers union for canceling its annual conference in Atlantic City. The event was scheduled for Nov. 8-9, days when school is normally closed.
With the conference canceled, Christie said schools should open.
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---- — We once had a president named William Jefferson Clinton, educated as a lawyer. When caught in a scandal with a White House intern, his classic lawyer defense comment was, "It depends on what the word is, is."
Now we have a very similar situation with a president named Barack Hussein Obama, also educated as a lawyer, who is caught up in a scandal resulting in the deaths of four heroic American citizens. His comment on national television, when attempting to defend his position on the Benghazi scandal, was to utter the profound statement, "There is no there, there."
This has to be a telling argument against permitting any person trained in the legal profession from ever serving in any government office. Their natural inclination, and expertise, is to weasel word any and all arguments to benefit their personal agendas. Any and all possible benefits to their constituents and country have absolutely no place in their discussions.


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Aaron Rodgers is putting himself in elite company this season.
It's the company of Secretariat in the 1973 Belmont Stakes, Vince Carter in the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest and Joey Chestnut in the annual Nathan's hot dog-eating contest. He's in a club that dominates its competition so badly that the accolade they are in the running for could be awarded before the contest is over.
That's where Rodgers is this season when it comes to the MVP discussion. At the midway point of the 2011 season, the quarterback of the undefeated Packers is so far ahead of everybody else that he could seemingly sit out a few weeks and still be atop the MVP Meter. Just as Green Bay is far and away the best team in the league, Rodgers is making the same statement with his individual performance.
How good has Rodgers been? Just look at these numbers from Week Three win at Chicago: 28-of-38 (73.7 percent), 297 yards, three TDs and one interception. That was Rodgers' worst game of the first half of the season. Repeat that performance 15 times, and you have a top MVP candidate. Exceed that in every game, as the Packers QB is doing, and you have the runaway winner of Usain Bolt proportions.
That's not to say the race is completely over. There are still two full months left in the regular season and plenty of viable candidates. But if there was ever a year to call it early, it would be 2011 thanks to Rodgers' outstanding performance so far.
(Last week's ranking in parentheses)
1. Packers QB Aaron Rodgers (No. 1) — More jaw-dropping stats on A-Rod: Through seven games, he is on pace to break the NFL single-season records for passing yards (5,084, held by Dan Marino), passer rating (121.1, held by Peyton Manning) and completion percentage (70.6 percent, held by Drew Brees). Oh, and his team has won 13 consecutive games, including the playoffs, dating back to last season.
2. Patriots QB Tom Brady (No. 2) — Coming off a tough loss to the Steelers, Brady will be out for revenge in Week Nine against the Giants. It's the first time the teams have played each other since the Giants' shocking upset of New England in Super Bowl XLII. In nine career regular season games vs. NFC East opponents, Brady is 8-1 and has averaged 287.4 passing yards per game, his highest against any division.
3. Lions WR Calvin Johnson (No. 3) — The Broncos stuck Champ Bailey on Johnson, and the future Hall of Fame cornerback held Megatron without a first-quarter reception. Johnson picked it up after a slow start, however, and he finished the game with six catches for 125 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown, despite not even playing much in the fourth quarter of the Lions' 35-point win.
4. Bills RB Fred Jackson (No. 5) — Every MVP candidate needs a statement game, and Week Nine feels like the time when Jackson will have his. Going up against a highly-respected Jets defense in a big AFC East showdown, a big game from the Bills' back will keep Buffalo in first place in the AFC East and keep Jackson moving up the MVP Meter.
5. Bears RB Matt Forté (No. 6) — With Forté doing so much of the work, the Bears' offense is as close as any NFL offense gets to a one-man show. Through seven games, the running back has accounted for 46.2 percent of the Bears' offensive production.
6. 49ers RB Frank Gore (No. 7) — With a 31-134-1 performance Sunday vs. the Browns, Gore has exceeded the century mark in rushing yards in four consecutive games. He has 28 career games with 100-plus yards rushing, this is the first time he has ever done it four games in a row.
7. Saints QB Drew Brees (No. 4) — Traveling away from the Superdome has been an issue for Brees this season. In his three home games he's completed nearly 76 percent of his throws, with 11 TDs and just two picks. In five road games, however, he's completed 68 percent of his passes with eight touchdowns and eight interceptions. The Saints are also 3-0 at home and 2-3 on the road.
8. Eagles RB LeSean McCoy (NR) — While QB Michael Vick gets much of the attention, it is McCoy who has been the Eagles' top offensive threat this season. The running back has scored at least one touchdown in every game. Against the Cowboy's run defense, which was ranked first in the league entering Week Eight, McCoy torched Dallas for 30-185-2 on the ground.
9. Steelers WR Mike Wallace (No. 10) — The Steelers have become a passing team, and Wallace is emerging as a top-shelf wideout. Nearly one-fifth Ben Roethlisberger's 284 passes this season have been intended for Wallace, his top deep threat. He's tied for second in the NFL with nine receptions of 25 yards or more.
10. Ravens RB Ray Rice (cusp) — With three touchdowns in Week Eight, Rice carried the Ravens to a dramatic victory and is back in the top 10 on the Meter. Though he was good at finding the endzone, Rice's rushing and receiving yardage have trailed off after a hot start, something the Ravens would like to reverse this coming Sunday vs. the rival Steelers.
Five on the cusp (in alphabetical order) — Texans RB Arian Foster, Raiders RB Darren McFadden, Jets CB Darrelle Revis, Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, Panthers WR Steve Smith.
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ESSEX — Police responding to reports of a car trespassing on the property of a John Wise Avenue business around 10 p.m. on Thursday questioned three occupants in the vehicle, who claimed they worked at the business and had a right to be there.
The owner of the business, however, confirmed that the three had no right to be there, and police advised the youths they may be charged with trespassing as a result.
The occupants were also issued civil citations for possession of marijuana.
Police stopped a Gloucester man traveling on Eastern Avenue around 1 a.m. on Friday for a marked lanes violation. As a result, the driver was issued a civil citation for possession of marijuana and his car was towed.
A hit-and-run accident in the parking lot of the Blue Marlin resulted in a brief power outage, police said. Police said witnesses saw a drive back into a guide wire in the Eastern Avenue lot, and the accident apparently blew a fuse. National Grid was notified and responded to the scene.
A Main Street resident wished to file a police report after claiming he was being harassed by an-out-of town resident. Police advised the man, who came into the station around 2 p.m. on Thursday, to seek a court order.
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Apple iPhone 4 Universal Dock Adapter 3-Pack
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Simply insert an iPhone 4 Dock Adapter into the Universal Dock, then plug in your iPhone 4. When you want to connect another device such as an iPod or other iPhone to the Universal Dock, pop out the iPhone 4 Dock Adapter and insert the one for your device.
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Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit cashiers checks bearing the institutions name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 096016765, which is a payable-through account at U.S. Bank, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company issues cashiers checks through U.S. Bank. The counterfeit items are dissimilar to authentic cashiers checks and display the following security statement embedded within a darkened top border: THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS A COLORED BACKGROUND ON WHITE PAPER AND ORIGINAL DOCUMENT SECURITY SCREEN ON BACK WITH PADLOCK LOCK SECURITY ICON. A security padlock icon and the statements SECURITY FEATURES INCLUDED. DETAILS ON BACK are printed vertically along the right border. The counterfeit items have one signature line.
Authentic checks display the following security feature statements below the top border: THIS DOCUMENT HAS AN ARTIFICIAL WATERMARK PRINTED ON THE BANK. THE FRONT OF THE DOCUMENT HAS A MICRO-PRINT SIGNATURE LINE. ABSENCE OF THESE FEATURES WILL INDICATE A COPY. The words VOID AFTER 180 DAYS are centered below the words CASHIERS CHECK in the top center. The banks street address (90 HIGHLAND AVENUE) is printed below the banks KNBT logo in the top-left corner. The word REMITTER is printed above PAYABLE THROUGH US BANK, ST. PAUL, MN in the lower-left corner. Authentic checks have two signature lines.
Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic check (VOID) are attached for your review. Be aware that the appearance of counterfeit items can be modified and that additional variations may be presented.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of:
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Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial Crimes Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-4004, Washington, D.C. 20429, or transmitted electronically to firstname.lastname@example.com. Questions related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
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By BRAD KELLAR
Herald-Banner Staff
A huge land auction, which includes what could be some prime real estate in Greenville, is scheduled Tuesday.
The auction, organized by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and Coldwell Banker Commercial, is to be conducted at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas.
The auction is expected to have more than 180 properties across Texas up for bid, including the historical site which contains the "rock wall" after which the City of Rockwall is supposedly named.
Twenty parcels of land from Hunt County are featured in the auction, including more than 12 acres fronting 2301 Traders Road. A dozen parcels in Royse City are up for bid; including seven in Hunt County, three in Rockwall County and two in Collin County.
A 1.76 acre tract at 900 Main Street in Commerce is included in the auction, as well as a car wash in Caddo Mills.
Nine tracts in the Quinlan area, and one with a Leonard address are also for sale.
Information concerning the sale is available online at www.landauctiontexas.com.


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McCain Campaign: The Early Days
The 2008 presidential campaigns will long be remembered as historic. Of course, one of the most remarkable thresholds crossed was the record breaking financial resources raised and spent through the process. In fact our fund-raising for McCain-Palin 2008 raised over $450 million, by far the most successful in Republican Presidential campaign history. The previous record was $260 million, set by Bush-Cheney in 2004. Much will | Read More »


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LONDON – The U.S. women were stunned in the semifinal of wheelchair basketball on Thursday afternoon, losing to Australia, 40-39. The United States won the last two Paralympic Games, in Athens and Beijing,
The team will play for the bronze medal Friday.
Team USA kept pace with Australia at the start, and at the half the score was tied at 26. The second half proved to be a bit of a challenge, and the Australian defense held the Americans to only four points in the third quarter. Even with 34 total rebounds and a nine-point rally in the fourth quarter, the U.S. could not fire the shots to overtake Australia in the final minutes of the game.
"I thought we had another miracle comeback," said coach David Kiley. "Our 16 year old (Rose Hollerman) had that last shot and it hung there on the rim for a second."
The outcome of today's game was a disappointment for the U.S., who had hoped to defend their 2004 and 2008 Paralympic gold medals.
"I think we played a little more rushed than I think we needed to," said Alana Nichols. "I personally had some mistakes I wish I could take back."
The U.S. still has a shot at a medal in the bronze medal game, set to take place Friday at 7 p.m. local time, and they will approach it just like any other game.
"We're going to do the same things we've done all along," said Nichols. "We're going to play our game and we'll just do a little better execution."
At the end of their game, the U.S. knew they would face either Germany or Netherlands, depending on the outcome of the second semifinal.


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Prayers were answered this weekend when the rain held out for the Third Annual Peekskill Festa Italiana, held Aug. 10-12. The Festival beneifted the and various local charities.
Peekskill Police Chief Eugene Tumolo, soon to retire, and Barbara and Buddy Rizzoli were honored as Distinguished Italian Citizens of the year on Saturday afternoon. The event also included a Miss Festa Italiana competition. Check back with Patch for results.
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Officer Ervin Johnston Down (Michigan)
Livonia Police Officer Ervin Johnston was one of those guys his fellow officers liked to see on the beat.
A man's sized man, Johnston once helped fellow officers box in a fleeing felon with his car on the freeway before the suspect got out, intent on doing some harm.
"Ervin took this guy to the ground," said Sgt. Pat Moug. "Everyone watched that video over and over again. It was like a sigh of relief when Ervin Johnston showed up."
Johnston, an eight-year veteran of the Livonia police department and a husband and father of three, died Friday night while on patrol, apparently of natural causes.
Johnston was 45 years old and family members told police he had just had a physical several weeks earlier. The U.S. Army veteran was a resident of Southfield. Before coming to the Livonia department, he worked eight years with the Homewood Police Department in Alabama. Police say he moved here to be near family when his mother was ill.
Johnston worked the 3-11 p.m. afternoon shift and enjoyed patrolling the busy southeast section of the city, according to Police Chief Robert Stevenson. He called the residents in the area "my people" and was well-known by security staff at Wal-Mart. It was a security guard there who found him unresponsive in his patrol car about 7:45 p.m., police said.
Stevenson called Johnston "a great officer," who would laugh about his having a similar name to the Michigan State and Los Angeles Lakers basketball star. "A lot of people around here called him Magic the first couple years," Stevenson said.
"Ervin was one of those guys that always had a smile on his face," Moug said. "And I'm not just saying this, he was one of those guys who never said a bad word about anyone."
Johnston never prompted any citizen complaints either, Stevenson said. "Of course when you're that big, you don't ... but he really had the personality for that."
Moug said he recently asked Johnston about his goals, whether he would test to become a sergeant, but the officer liked his steady shift and being able to be home with his children. "His main concern was his kids," Moug said.
Along with his wife and children, Johnston is survived by his mother and siblings. Funeral arrangements were unavailable as of Saturday at noon.
The officer's death comes almost a year to the day of the death of Sgt. Tony Cracchiolo, a 31-year-veteran who died Jan. 17, 2006, of a heart attack while at home.
In the city's history, two other police officers died while on active duty. Officer Sidney Dethloff died of injuries suffered when a car veered well off Seven Mile Road and hit him in 1952. Officer James Kelley died of a heart attack in 1992 while training with the department's Special Weapons and Tactics unit.Calm Like A Bomb...
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Lalo Alcaraz on Radio Pocho Wednesday 4/13/11
April 10, 2011
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Reclaiming Roots Through Musica
Your favorite pochos DJ Miguel Vargas and DJ Ren start their new prime tiempo slot this Wednesday April 13th. And no better way to get machin than by having our first guest be the vato that through his art has taught us every thing about Chicano history: LALO ALCARAZ!!!
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Lalo Alcaraz is perhaps the most prolific Chicano artist in the nation. Lalo has been busy for over two decades chronicling the political ascendancy of Latinos in America and vigorously pushing the boundaries of Chicano art in the Post Chicano Art Era.
He is the creator of the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip, La Cucaracha, which is read in over 100 newspapers including the Los Angeles Times by Universal Press Syndicate, home of Doonesbury and The Boondocks.
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After hours GP Helpline - 1800 022 222
As part of its National Health Reform, the Australian Government is committed to improving access to after hours care, particularly in those areas where people currently struggle to get the care they need, when they need it.
The helplineOn 1 July 2011 the Australian Government introduced the after hours GP helpline. People who require after hours medical advice, who cannot access their usual GP and are not sure what they should do, can now speak to a GP over the telephone, when necessary.
How do people use the helpline?When a person calls the helpline, their call is answered by a registered nurse who triages the caller. If the nurse determines that the patient would benefit from speaking to a GP, the patient is then transferred to a helpline GP. The GP talks with the person, assesses their condition, and provides medical advice.
When callers are advised by either the telephone nurse or GP that they need to see a health professional immediately, they are referred to the most appropriate face-to-face after hours services in their local area.
If at any point during the caller's conversation with either the nurse or the GP, the call is deemed to be an emergency, the caller is immediately transferred to '000' with the nurse or GP staying on the line.
This service supports continuity of care for patients. With the caller's permission, GPs who provide face-to-face after hours services, as well as the patient's usual GP, are able to obtain a record of the consultation with the telephone GP.
Who should use the after hours GP helpline?It is intended for people whose health condition cannot wait for treatment until regular general practice services are next available, cannot see their usual GP out of hours, do not know where to access after hours care or are not sure what they should do.
The after hours GP helpline is not intended for people with life-threatening conditions. People with such conditions should dial '000' and/or attend an emergency department without delay. The service is not intended for people with non-urgent conditions that can effectively be treated by the person's usual GP during normal working hours.
When can people call the helpline?The helpline is accessible during the after hours period from 6pm to 8am Monday to Friday, 6pm Friday to 8am Saturday, from 12 noon Saturday to 8am Monday, and all day on public holidays.
Can I access the helpline from anywhere?The after hours GP helpline is available nationally by calling healthdirect Australia on 1800 022 222. (Tasmanian callers can access the GP Assist service via this number). People living in Queensland and Victoria can also access the after hours GP helpline through 13HEALTH and NURSE-ON-CALL respectively.
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How does the helpline benefit GPs and hospitals?For GPs, this service provides another option for delivering quality care to their patients after hours. This is expected to reduce pressure on GPs during the after hours period, improving their work-life balance. This service is particularly beneficial to GPs who practise in areas with limited after hours primary care services.
GPs have the opportunity to direct patients requiring medical advice during the after hours period to call the helpline in the first instance. By calling the service and receiving nurse triage and/or GP advice, many patients are able to manage their condition at home or at least until they can see their usual GP during normal business hours. Where self-management is not possible and a patient's condition cannot wait until the next day for treatment, they are directed to the most appropriate after hours health services in their local area.
Does the after hours GP helpline replace face-to-face consultations?No. The after hours GP helpline does not replace face-to-face after hours care for those people who need it. It provides a new option for GPs to deliver quality care to patients. The service is an add-on to the existing 24-hour nurse triage service currently operating in your state/territory. If they choose to, patients can still access existing after hours services in the same way they did before the helpline became available.
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Descendants of David and Atha Mikels met Sept. 29 at the Exline Community Center.
A pot luck dinner was enjoyed at 12:30 p.m. Prayer was given by Charles Conger.
Sandy Capps held the meeting, having everybody introduce themselves and whose descendants they came from.
Gifts were given to the oldest, Clara Mikels, the farthest, Jerry Mikels, of Longmont, Colo. and the youngest, Rodney Mikels.
Deaths reported were Gerald Forsythe, Isle Mikels and Ron Bates.
Births reported were Leland Baker, Rylee Grace Campbell and Mitchell James Stocker.
Marriages reported were Blaise Mikels.
Helen Seddon will be president next year with Marjorie Conger helping. The afternoon was spent visiting, taking pictures and looking over geneology records. The next reunion will be Sept. 28, 2014 at Exline Community Center.
Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Geery of Lancaster, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Willard Seddon of Mystic, Carleta Stocker of Moravia, Kathy Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mickels of Longmont, Colo., Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Capps of Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stocker of Drakesville, Daniel D. West of Kirksville, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Conger of Centerville, Rodney Mikels of Exline, Mr. and Mrs. Russ Mikels and Clara Mikels of Bloomfield.


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Secrets of the Expo Elite: Rosemary Krieger, Dolphin Promotions
Editor's note: Last summer, Expo honored its Expo Elite at ExpoNext 2013. In this new weekly feature, we catch up with the individuals honored and talk to them about the secrets to their success.
Rosemary Krieger
President, Dolphin Promotions
Rosemary Krieger heads Dolphin Promotions, a consumer show production company she acquired in 2003. Dolphin's most successful show, Palm Springs Modernism, is now in its 13th year.
Expo: What's new for you?
Rosemary Krieger: Palm Springs Modernism continues to be our strongest show and continues to grow each year we produce this event. Based on that success and of Modernism Week, we are now set to debut a fall version Oct. 11-12. We expect the same success in the fall as we have in February.
Expo: What's been your biggest challenge this past year, and how have you dealt with it?
Krieger: Dealing with the changing times. You need to keep up with this and can't become complacent. For example, last year we moved one of our best shows, the Los Angeles Antiques Art + Design Fair, from its home for the past 17 years to a new state-of-the-art facility in Culver City, 3Labs.
While it is always hard to make a move like this, it was the right move. We are now moving our Los Angeles Modernism Show to the same facility and our dealers are very excited about it. These moves, and keeping up with the changing times, are what keep dealers, as well as major corporate sponsors, on board with our shows.
Expo: What, if anything, is the secret to your success?
Krieger: Keeping in mind that our dealers are the most important aspect to our shows. We remain hands-on at all times and make ourselves accessible to treat each and every dealer as though they are the key component to that specific show. We provide the venue and the show, but the dealer is the one who makes or breaks the show with their booth effort.
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