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Our new 5 bedroom log cabin is perfectly situated in Norwegian forest and 50m from a beautiful lake. Our motto is natural living with hidden convenience
Situated in the heart of Telemark, South Norway, our brand new 5 bedroom cabin is perfectly situated 50 metres from a beautiful lake, Gonge. Completed in Autumn 2010, it has been built with award winning, state of the art environmentally friendly technology. Our motto is natural living with hidden luxuries. It is a forest cabin and as such is not connected to the main service - it is completely self sufficient and green. We have a petrol generator, gas and solar for power and fresh water comes from a 100m dug well (hose must be attached to fill a tank) - all of this is explained on arrival, it is quite easy.Ryanair flights to Oslo (Torp) from Stansted land 1.5 hrs drive away.In the summer the lake is a mild 20C for swimming or kayaking and one can sunbathe happily in mid to high 20sC.In winter and early Spring the area is snow-covered and there are cross country ski tracks nearby as well as 3 medium ski-centres, ideal for beginners or intermediates, within 45mins drive. Relax by a roaring log fire in the evening.ActivitiesACTIVITIES..........THERE ARE MANY ACTIVITIES IN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE CABIN INCLUDING:Swimming, kayaking in the lakeHiking local Luberg Mount is the highest local point, and overlooks the lake, GongeIN LUNDE AND BØOne can hire bicycles, boats, canoes and kayaks from Kanal Camping run by a family memberThere is Bø Somerland a large water park, ideal for children of all ages and challenging for adultsIt is also possible to pick up the cruise boats that travel up Telemarks famous CanalNorsjø Golfclub is an 18 hole course and driving range. The course is located near Romnes closed to Ulefoss, 20km away. IN SUMMER: Norway is very mild in the Summer and sunbathing and swimming in the lake will be the main activities. Of course, cycling, hiking and kayaking will be popular. The Victoria cruise above is also very pleasant with lunch at Dalen.Within an hour you can drive 65km to Kragerø which is regarded as the main town in Norways Riviera Coast. The town offers a number of restaurants and outdoor pubs in the summer as well as some nightclubs. Due to its exclusive summer visitors from Oslo, some of the service is top class. IN WINTER: Within 10 minutes drive you have Lunde slalom slope, within 30 mins Lifjell skicentre, and within 45 minutes Gautefall skiresort.Gautefall offers very good conditions for all snow lovers, whether you prefer Telemark skiing, snowboarding, alpine or cross-country skiing. In order to guarantee excellent conditions and a long season, Gautefall has invested NOK 11-12 million in a large and efficient snow canon. Separate canons have been installed to create an exciting snowboard arena. The youngest children will have a wonderful time racing round the specially designed play area on mini-skidoos.Gautefall has 8 slopes, 1 chair lift and 5 T-bar lifts, 2 sledging hills, a snow canon, separate ski play area, childrens slope with free lifts for children under 7, ski school with courses in all forms of skiing, including snowboarding, new snowboard arena with quarterpipe, big jumps, rails and Norways most challenging halfpipe. As well as the Cross Country tracks very near the cabin, at Gautefall there are up to 100 km of prepared tracks, divided into routes of 2, 3, 5, 7, 15 and 32 km, all in varied winter terrain.The largest resort is Rauland 100km away and 90mins away, with 14 lifts, 23 slopes, 3 tobogganing slopes, 140 km of prepared cross-country tracks and lots of exciting activities.HUNTING: From 10th September for 4 weeks in the hunting season it is possible to join hunters flying in worldwide for the elk hunt in the local forest. But there are also deer hunts, grouse, beaver and roedeer hunting, fishing and various safaris.
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'East-west' fundraisers for Isaac to include ice show, yard sale
Citizen Staff Reports 04/26/12
Friends and family of one-year-old Isaac Corbett ("New Life for Joy Boy," 3/15/12 Citizen) will hold a fundraising blitz May 5 in Henrico that will include a yard sale at Rocketts Landing followed by an ice show at SkateNation Plus in Short Pump.
The yard sale at Rocketts Landing will take place from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. May 5 in the Cedar Works parking lot at the corner of Route 5 & Orleans Street. Organizers are looking for donated items to sell (donate by May 2; details below), as well as shoppers and buyers at the sale, which will benefit the Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA), a national charity that helps children and young adults who need or have had a lifesaving transplant.
Although the Corbett family has lived in Durham, N.C. since October (while Isaac undergoes treatment at Duke University Medical Center) their home is in the Rocketts Landing community. Isaac was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder only days before his first birthday, and has undergone more than 60 x-rays, seven surgeries, chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. The transplant is helping him to overcome Hurler Syndrome, a disorder that generally takes the lives of its victims at only five to six years of age without treatment. Isaac is doing well since his transplant, but he will need ongoing medical care throughout his life that is estimated to cost $60,000-$100,000.
The ice show, "Sk8 for Isaac," will be held from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. May 5 at SkateNation Plus. The rink owners have generously donated ice time, so admission to the event is free, but tax-deductible donations to COTA are welcome.
Before Natalie Corbett became pregnant with Isaac, she skated for the rink's adult synchro team, the Twizzlers, under the direction of Coach Stephanie Meier. Coach Stephanie and other coaches attended the baby shower for Isaac, and she has helped organize the U.S. Figure Skating-sanctioned event with the help of the Richmond Figure Skating Club and SkateNation Plus. The ice show will also include a silent auction of several gift baskets.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden raises admission $1
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden's admission has increased by $1 across all categories. Admission is now $12 for adults; $11 for seniors ages 55 and older; and $8 for children ages 3–12. Admission remains free for children ages 3 and younger and for members.
The last price increase was in 2011, before the Garden consistently hosted Butterflies LIVE! (which is included with admission). > Read more.
Garden tails
The threat of bad weather didn't keep visitors away from Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden July 10 for the facility's weekly Flowers After 5 event (which pairs music and food with a chance to stroll the garden) and its monthly Fidos After 5 (which allows dog owners to bring their pets with them to enjoy the evening). > Read more.
Western Henrico Rotary helps fund Midwives For Haiti Jeep
Thanks in part to a $10,000 gift from the Western Henrico Rotary Club, another bright pink Jeep modified to travel extremely rough terrain has been delivered to Midwives For Haiti so that more pregnant women in the quake-ravaged country will have access to prenatal care and a greater chance of surviving childbirth.
The funds were raised at the annual casino night held in February, club president Adam Cherry said. The Rotary Club also helped purchase the Virginia-based charity's first pink jeep three years ago. > Read more.
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US Army Field Band to perform in Henrico Aug. 3
The United States Army Field Band will present a free public performance at Deep Run Park in Henrico on Sunday, Aug 3 at 3 p.m.
Members of the band are soldiers who also serve as "musical ambassadors of the Army" and perform for schools and communities nationwide.
The Concert Band will be performing along with the Soldiers' Chorus. > Read more.
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Take in a show at several locations this weekend! West End Comedy will provide laughs at HATTheatre; the production of "Pump Boys and Dinettes" will close Sunday; and the youth theatre company CharacterWorks will present "Footloose" at The Steward School. Another show perfect for the kids – "Despicable Me 2" is playing at the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center tonight. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Is there an Echo in here?
'Earth to Echo' aims to become this generation's 'ET'
It's no secret that all found-footage genre movies are the same. Grab a couple of characters, give one of them a camera, and expose them to something supernatural that's content to lurk just off-screen until the last five minutes. Everything else will just fall into place.
But that formula isn't particularly family friendly, if only because that thing waiting a few feet to the left of the cast is usually plotting their violent doom.
That's what sets Earth to Echo apart from the pack. It, too, follows a group of characters armed with a camera and a tendency to encounter unknown life forms. But all those familiar parts have been rearranged just enough to make it suitable for a much younger audience. > Read more.
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---- — DORIS A. BRAZIE, age 79, passed away at her home in South Boardman on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church, with visitation taking place for the hour prior to the service. The Rev. Norman Dickson will be officiating.
Arrangements were made by Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home.
TIMOTHY S. HANNA, 53, of Travese City, passed away Oct. 22, 2013. No services are planned at this time. The family is being served by Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
FERN V. THAYER, 89, of Parker, Colo., and formerly of Traverse City and Central Lake, died Oct. 11, 2013.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Oct. 26, at the Traverse Bay United Methodist Church, 1200 Ramsdell Street. A luncheon will follow the service at the Senior Center. Interment commences at 3 p.m. at Lakeview Cemetery, Bellaire.
Arrangements are being handled by the Central Lake Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes.


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- BY Joe Chandler
On a cloudy, cold and sometimes blustery afternoon, veteran driver Jeff Oakley and rookie Bobby McCarty found themselves at the top of the speed charts Saturday during South Boston Speedway's annual Open Practice & Media Day event.
Oakley, from Prince George, posted a best lap of 15.672 seconds and 91.884 mph during the afternoon session to put himself on top of the chart.
McCarty, who is getting ready for his rookie season in the Late Model Stock Car Division ranks, topped the chart in the morning session with a speed of 90.926 mph.
Last year's South Boston Speedway Limited Sportsman Division champion finished the day with the third-fastest speed, posting a lap of 91.731 mph.
"I feel great to be that quick," McCarty said.
"We started off quick and a couple of adjustments to the track bar did it. I'm really looking for a car that will drive well and is okay fast. Our car is consistent. We can consistently run mid 70's (15.70 second) bracket. I feel we have a good race-trim car."
Both drivers hope being at the top of the speed charts during the open practice will be a good omen for this coming Saturday when South Boston Speedway opens its season 2013 season with the Danville Toyota NASCAR Whelen Late Model Twin 100's.
Twin 100-lap races for the NASCAR Whelen All American Series Late Model Stock Car Division competitors will headline this weekend's season-opening event. The Limited Sportsman Division and Pure Stock Division drivers and teams will also be in action on opening day.
A familiar face among area racing fans was also among the fast cars during the open practice session.
Jeb Burton of Halifax, who is running the full NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule this season with Turner Scott Motorsports, was second-fastest in the afternoon session with his best lap of the day being 91.872 mph.
Burton was also second-fastest during the morning session.
"It's probably the best it has ever been," Burton said of his Late Model Stock Car, which now sports the No. 4 on its side.
"It was a positive day. At first we had hundred-lap tires on the car from last year. The car was okay, but it wasn't handling great because of the tires. We put on some good tires and it came to life.
"I wasn't leaving anything on the table out there," he added.
"It could maybe get a hair better. It was really fun to drive. I can do what I want to with it. It's going to be fun."
Burton said he his current plan is to compete in the Late Model Stock Car Division race on March 23 at South Boston Speedway.
South Boston's Austin Thaxton also had a good day. Thaxton had the fourth-fastest lap of the day with his best lap of 91.174 mph.
"I felt we had a good enough car when we unloaded to be near the top, and it showed up," Thaxton said.
"We were just trying some things on the car and they seem to be working. I'm pretty happy with the car. Hopefully we can get it a little better."
Mike Maresca of Hannawa Falls, N.Y. topped the speed chart in the Limited Sportsman Division ranks in both the morning and afternoon sessions, posting his best lap of the day of 90.928 mph during the afternoon session.
Danny Willis Jr. of Cluster Springs, last year's Limited Sportsman Division runner-up, had the second-best lap in the division with a mark of 90.441 mph during the afternoon session.
"I'm petty happy where we left it," Willis remarked.
"We made some big swings at the car and it showed up on the track. We know we're going in the right direction. I think we have a little more room for improvement."
Willis said he expects to have to do more work and make more adjustments by race time.
"Race day will be a different story," he noted.
"The track will probably change some."
Twenty-eight drivers among the three divisions participated in South Boston Speedway's annual open practice event.
Track officials hosted a reception for area dignitaries including school and school system officials, members of the Halifax County School and members and officials of local governing bodies during the morning, with a handful of them taking rides around the track at speed in a two-seat racecar.
Late Model Stock Car Division
Bobby McCarty – 15.837 Sec. – 90.926 mph
Jeb Burton – 15.994 Sec. – 90.034 mph
Austin Thaxton – 15.996 Sec. – 90.023 mph
Thomas Scott – 16.094 Sec. – 89.474 mph
Bruce Anderson – 16.171 Sec. – 89.048 mph
Limited Sportsman Division
Mike Maresca – 16.132 Sec. – 89.264 mph
Danny Willis Jr. – 16.360 Sec. – 88.020 mph
Mike Jones – 16.436 Sec. – 87.613 mph
Charles Barnes – 16.507 Sec. – 87.236 mph
J.D. Eversole – 16.549 Sec. – 87.014 mph
Late Model Stock Car Division
Jeff Oakley – 15.672 Sec. – 91.884 mph
Jeb Burton – 15.674Sec. – 91.872 mph
Bobby McCarty – 15.698 Sec. – 91.732
Austin Thaxton - 15.794 Sec. – 91.174 mph
Thomas Scott – 15.817 Sec. – 91.041 mph
Limited Sportsman Division
Mike Maresca – 15.836 Sec. – 90.928 mph
Danny Willis Jr. – 15.922 Sec. – 90.441 mph
Tommy Peregoy – 15.950 Sec. – 90.282 mph
Mike Jones – 15.982 Sec. – 90.101 mph
Joey Throckmorton – 16.001 Sec. – 89.994 mph
Pure Stock Division
Nathan Crews – 18.147 Sec. – 79.352 mph
Bruce Mayo- 18.438 Sec. – 78.100 mph
Austin Milam – 18.560 Sec. – 77.586 mph
Harrison Walker – 19.188 Sec. – 75.047 mph
Jimmy Wade – 19.742 Sec. – 72.941 mph


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Portuguese Potato and Kale Soup
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Will 2012 see more strong men of Africa leave office?
By Isaac Esipisu
There are many reasons for being angry with Africa 's strong men, whose autocratic ways have thrust some African countries back into the eye of the storm and threatened to undo the democratic gains in other parts of the continent of the past decades.
For those who made ultimate political capital from opposing strongman rule in their respective countries, it is a chilling commentary of African politics that several leaders now seek to cement their places and refusing to retire and watch the upcoming elections from the sidelines, or refusing to hand over power after losing presidential elections.
In 2012 one of the longest strong men of Africa, President Abdoulaye Wade's country Senegal is holding its presidential elections together with other countries like Sierra Leon, Mali, Mauritania, Malagasy, and will be shortly followed by Zimbabwe and Kenya.
Yoweri Museveni and Paul Biya of Cameroon , who are among the longest-ruling leaders of the Africa , won their respective presidential elections and continue to have a stronghold on their respective countries, albeit with charges raised of serious election malpractice. Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola, Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo Republic and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe will in one or two years face the electorate in an effort to further cement their authoritarian leadership.
Who among the seven longest serving African leaders will be deposed next?
By Isaac Esipisu
Several African leaders watching news of the death of Africa 's longest serving leader are wondering who among them is next and how they will leave office.
Three of the ten longest serving leaders have fallen this year – Ben Ali of Tunisia ruled for 23 years, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt ruled for 30 years and the longest, the Brother Leader of Libya ruled for 42 years – all gone in the last six months.
No place like home
If there really is no place like home, then for many Africans in France the Chateau-Rouge neighbourhood of Paris is the next best thing.
At the open air market fish and vegetable vendors sell produce that reminds their African customers what they are missing.
Who is Africa's best footballer?
Never has there been as much bounty in terms of African talent as there is now.
Although the continent has long been a conveyor belt of talent, genuine world stars from the African continent have been few and far between.
Stumbling block for the Pharaohs?
Egypt might have won the last two African Nations Cup tournaments but the Pharaohs seem to have hit a stumbling block when it comes to the World Cup.
For all their prowess at the last two continental championships, and their glittering array of successes at club level, Egyptian soccer is becoming increasingly haunted by the spectre of continued failure to make it to biggest footballing showpiece of them all.
Togo need a miracle
It is hard to fathom what the motivation for Jean Thissen's decision would be. He takes on the job as national team coach of Togo just over two weeks before the resumption of Africa's World Cup qualifiers and with the very real prospect of having to do without his best player.
Thissen is the third new coach to take over at the helm of a side who are still in the World Cup race and set out at the end of this month on the final leg of the fight for one of the five berths for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.
Is African film industry losing its light?
Something isn't sitting quite right at this year's fantastic, dust-filled pan-African FESPACO film festival.
For a start, it's less "pan-African" than it might be: of 19 feature films competing for the shiny statue of Princess Yennenga riding her golden stallion — Africa's very own Oscar — only one is from east Africa and none from Nigeria, whose video industry is third only to Hollywood and India's Bollywood. By far the majority are from French-speaking countries.
A tournament too far?
A new soccer tournament is being played out in Ivory Coast this week to indifference from most of the continent. The African Nations Championship is proving to be the damp squib it always looked in danger of becoming.
The CHAN, keeping up the rich tradition of abbreviations for African sporting events, is a tournament designed to give more international competition to players based on the continent.
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Does Algeria now have a president for life?
After the Algerian parliament changed the constitution to lift presidential term limits, north Africans are asking whether Algeria now has a president for life.
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(Tim, parts held over from the last presidential race) Assuming when the normal American goes through church doors he doesn't go through a paradigm shift about the nature of leadership, it's interesting to note what the secular authorities advise concerning the speeches of Bush and Kerry and to consider how this advice applies to our preaching, today:
(John Kerry) uses what George P. Lakoff, a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkley, calls "hedges," words and grammatical constructions that imply uncertainty or qualification.
"There are certain forms of grammar that don't commit you, phrases like 'I believe' or 'I think,'" Mr. Lakoff said. "Kerry has to learn not to do that."
"It is possible to be decisive and not sound decisive," said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. "People who speak in sentences that contain parenthetical phrases, people who begin a sentence and then deflect to add a series of illustrative examples before they end the sentences" do not seem authoritative, she said. "The language of decisiveness is subject, verb, object, end sentence." (Alex Williams, "George 'The Squinter' Bush vs. John 'The Grinner' Kerry--A Showdown of Style!" New York Times; Sunday, September 26, 2004.)
Is preaching authoritative today or have we learned to use "hedges?" Does our preaching...
"imply uncertainty" and are we careful to "qualify" our proclamations?What a contrast to the preaching of the prophets, apostles, and our Lord Himself:
As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed! For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. (Galatians 1:9-12).
For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:18,19)
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.(Matthew 7:24-29
I had the terrifying realization recently that a nation that loves Joel Osteen would absolutely elect Barack Obama. They are the same person in different skin.
You mean Osteen is half black?!?! (hehehee)
No, we don't preach like Paul anymore and certainly not like Christ. However, we say to ourselves, "Well, they could do that, how could we presume to be as certain as they?" Also, we don't want to take responsibility for possible wrong statements so we qualify them or otherwise water them down. I can't hardly say anything without inserting an "I don't know but..." or "I think..." and when I say, "This is something I've seen is true..." then I get rebuke from Christians and non-Christians alike and it's not like those statements are even that definitive. I've been forcing myself (and feeling convicted) to say things like, "This is a biblical truth..." but then it requires me to back it up with scripture which is hard, it's much easier for lazy folk such as myself to say, "I think..." So I'm trying to fill my heart with scripture more every day but it's majorly uphill I am so incredibly lazy - I can't seem to ever get scripture memorized, just the general gist.
Not to end this on a whiny note but for me another thing is that I've spent many years feeling certain of things in scripture only to have had more educated men tell me I'm wrong, "if you know the Aramaic then you'd see plainly..." or "if you conjugate the Greek verb then you realize ..." So I have at times all but given up that I can rightly discern scripture - but the Holy Spirit has given me renewed assurance in recent years - but what happened to me is happening in so many churches today - like a child that has been put down too many times by their father, we simply stop thinking we know anything and decide to turn off our understanding and live forever like children or rather like a dog that's gotten kicked too many times, we're afraid to stick our neck out anymore.
So what's the solution? It's one I've had the good providence of seeing in many churches and various people - it's good preaching and teaching so we can grow in our understanding and confidence. Then we can speak boldly about the truths of scripture and what they mean in our fallen world.
But sometimes we can't afford to be definite; I grew up in the Pentecostal tradition at a time when there was far too much speculation about the Last Days and how the End Times would definitely play out. As a result, I am (almost) an agnostic on this particular issue, believing the Creeds where they say, "He will return in power and great glory to judge the living and the dead, and His Kingdom will have no end" - and leaving it at that.
That aside I do agree with the points above about being definite where Scripture is definite, and try to follow that principle in my own preaching.


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I decided to start having this weekly feature of things I love. They could be purchasable things, inanimate things, photos, a kind word, etc.
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1. Lululemon Swimwear. Yes, you heard me correctly. I've seen some pictures online over the last few days and while I'm not totally sold on it yet, I can definitely see myself purchasing a suit. Why not? Also with the 360 Rashguard top, I can totally see that being a good addition to my triathlon swim outfit…right?
2. The J'adore Hardcore tank from Run Pretty Far. Super cute.
3. BIC Bands. I currently have 4 minnie sparkle ones, and can't wait to add more to the collection. Love sparkles.
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5. The fact that I not only PR'd my deadlift last week (215lbs baby) but I PR'd my clean yesterday at 100lbs as well!
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Rio+20 can make a difference
The global summit in June presents a rare and timely opportunity to unite world leaders and secure a global commitment to sustainable development – we cannot afford to waste it
Anyone remember the 2005 UN climate talk in Montreal? It ended late as usual after an all-night negotiating session and rumours of collapse. In the departure lounge on the way home, I watched a bleary-eyed NGO representative declare on TV: "Today we saved the world."
We did not. Even those who had not been there knew that. But just about every global event suffers from exaggerated claims. So the 2012 Rio+20 summit has a fantastic advantage over other global events: low expectations.
It's time to talk it up. Rio+20 can and must make a difference. But there is no prospect of achieving the breakthroughs we need on climate change, poverty or in other areas without global agreement. To understand why Rio matters and what it could achieve, we need to look back and learn the lessons of recent global summits
Global summits do not in themselves deliver success. The G20's commitment in 2010 to the "Seoul consensus on inclusive and sustainable growth" (pdf) did not deliver either inclusive or sustainable growth.
So why do they matter? Because the world faces a series of interconnected global crises, and summits can, and sometimes do, secure the collective commitment needed to drive national and international action. Kyoto was the key reason many countries in Europe and beyond have made a major effort to reduce carbon emissions and, in particular, to invest in renewable energy. Gleneagles was a critical factor in securing an additional £19bn in spending on development from 2005-10. Global summits don't deliver success – but they're a prerequisite for making success possible.
There are three key lessons here
First, global summits don't make big promises unless civil society demands it. Second, we have to stay the course. Turning promises into actions requires national decisions on budgets, regulation and legislation. Domestic politics determine whether these actions are taken. Third, it's not all about the communique. We often overestimate the importance of formal outcomes, and underestimate the importance of the progressive coalitions that summits can inspire. The financial transaction tax was scarcely mentioned in the communique of the 2010 Cannes summit, despite the emergence there of a global coalition of the willing behind an idea whose time has surely come.
The last Rio summit in 1992 is a classic example. The formal outcomes included the creation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity. But it also, critically, brought sustainable development into the mainstream. It did not guarantee success in any area, and we've achieved far, far less than is needed. But it was a decisive moment. The world united to set shared goals, and it cemented in the minds of politicians and the public that we were entering a new era in the search for sustainable development. That energy sustained us for perhaps a decade.
Now we're on life support. Much of the global political class has put climate change into a file marked 'too difficult'. The search for a global transition towards a truly sustainable future has been downgraded by the economic and financial crisis. As the summit slogan for Rio+20 says, "It's your world". Summit themes don't get more important than this.
It's a chance for us to make a shared commitment to put the rights of poor people at the very centre of the struggle, and it won't come again soon. We must meet human needs and aspirations for jobs, energy and health without breaching the limits of our planet's capacity to absorb carbon emissions or by destroying our scarce biodiversity. These issues should be at the centre of our global and national politics.
To make all this happen, we need to do three things
First, unite. The involvement of social movements in Latin America and elsewhere, a huge range of environmental groups, anti-poverty organisations, such as Oxfam, the International Trade Union Confederation and others, creates enormous potential for a strong and united movement at Rio+20. The World Social Forum meeting in Porto Alegre, starting at the end of this month, will be a key moment for this.
Second, say loudly and clearly what we want. The Brazilian hosts are very keen to secure meaningful input from outside the formal negotiating process, and are proposing innovative ways of achieving this. Food security and agriculture are being put forward by many as a key sector on which the summit could focus. Oxfam agrees. We need ambitious proposals on this. Columbia, Guatemala and others are proposing to use Rio as a springboard to develop sustainable development goals. Our demands need to inspire our supporters and the public, as a means to tackle the triple crunch of the economic, financial and poverty crises.
Third, we need to find our heroes and heroines. We need to persuade leaders in the private sector to break out of the default option to package 'business as usual' as a sustainability strategy, and to support meaningful action at Rio+20. We need to persuade some world leaders to make Rio a personal priority. There are indications that Chinese premier Wen Jiabao may attend, following Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff's visit to Beijing in December.
Global multilateralism is on the wane. We need to compel our leaders to unite to tackle common problems. Rio+20 is a moment in time. Like Montreal in 2005, it won't save the world, and you don't need to travel there to be part of it. But it can and must make a difference, and we have six months to make it happen.
Originally published 10 January 2010 on The Guardian website.
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Thank you for this article. It is really dismaying that the success rates of global summits with absolutely attainable social agendas are dismal.
Even the non-NGO official government summits suffer from this same type of inertia. I'm not sure what it is exactly, but divergent agendas sometimes do adversely effect the outcome.
It would seem that the fight to pass through the resolutions of global summits somehow exhausts the momentum that predominates in the run up to the summit.
I'm blathering on a bit, but this is a very important topic. After such emotionally laden gatherings, it is little wonder that previously energized participants lose steam after the fight.
I think your prescriptions are right on target. It is so important to redefine the the norms and encourage business influencers to accept their responsibility in climate control matters as a profitable position.
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Lets Hope Rio+20 Performs Better than Previous Events
Many of the challenges identified in Rio in 1992 still remain or have worsened. It's important that this upcoming conference review and assess progress in order to idenfify ways to improve the impact the congress has in moving from discussion into concrete action. There continues to be a persistent implementation gap, and many commitments by the international community have not been fully met. We need to move to action to preserve our planet, not just for us but for our pets. As an advocate for animal rights, I see the impact polution has to the larger human population as well as to our pets, an issue that I advocate for. I've seen changes in simple things such as an uptick in cat skin disease and dog skin disease ,an indication that climate change is starting to impact those among us that perhaps have a weakened immune system. While one cannot attribute a clear cause and effect, these small signs should be carfefully monitored as we hopefully work toward cogent and impactful solutions in Rio.


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I found an interesting pizza-themed snack at a Korean grocery store called Kukje Market here in Daly City, California. I was strolling down the snack aisle, past seaweed snacks, Korean Cheetos, and chili-dusted popcorn, when the orange bag of Shany Mini-Baguette: Pizza Flavor caught my eye.
It's not particularly pizza-flavored; in fact my wife described it as a "sweet cookie with a garlic aftertaste (turns out sugar is the second ingredient after flour, and "pizza seasoning" doesn't turn up until the eighth ingredient. I've seen some of your Asian pizza coverage, so I thought you might find these interesting.
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From OpenwaterpediaEnglish Channel frequently used verbally and in writing among open water swimmers, especially channel swimmers and marathon swimmers.
The women completed her dream, a swim across the EC.
English Channel
The EC is often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about 560 km (350 mi) long and varies in width from 240 km (150 mi) at its widest, to only 34 km (21 mi) in the Strait of Dover. It is the smallest of the shallow seas around the continental shelf of Europe, covering an area of some 75,000 km2 (29,000 sq mi).
Marathon swimmers challenge themselves to swim between Dover, England to Cap Gris Nez, France. The famous waterway is part of the Oceans Seven and is considered to be the most prestigious marathon swim in the world. Solo and relay crossings are governed by two organizations: the Channel Swimming Association and the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation.
The Strait of Dover, at the Channel's eastern end is also its narrowest point, while its widest point lies between Lyme Bay and the Gulf of Saint Malo near the midpoint of the waterway. It is relatively shallow, with an average depth of about 120 m (390 ft) at its widest part, reducing to a depth of about 45 m (148 ft) between Dover and Calais. From there eastwards the adjoining North Sea continues to shallow to about 26 m (85 ft) in the Broad Fourteens where it lies over the watershed of the former land bridge between East Anglia and the Low Countries. It reaches a maximum depth of 180 m (590 ft) in the submerged valley of Hurds Deep, 30 mi (48 km) west-northwest of Guernsey. The eastern region along the French coast between Cherbourg and the mouth of the Seine river at Le Havre is frequently referred to as the Bay of the Seine (French: Baie de Seine).
Several major islands are situated in the Channel, the most notable being the Isle of Wight off the English coast and the British Crown Dependencies the Channel Islands off the coast of France. The Isles of Scilly off the far southwest coast of England are not generally counted as being in the Channel. The coastline, particularly on the French shore, is deeply indented; several small islands close to the coastline, including Chausey and Mont Saint-Michel, are within French jurisdiction. The Cotentin Peninsula in France juts out into the Channel, and the Isle of Wight creates a small parallel channel known as the Solent in English waters. The Celtic Sea is to the west of the Channel.
Oceans Seven
The English Channel is part of the Oceans Seven, a global 7-channel challenge that consists of the following 7 waterways around the world. It was first proposed by Steven Munatones in June 2008 and first achieved by Stephen Redmond of Ireland in July 2012:
1. North Channel between Ireland and Scotland
2. Cook Strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand
3. Molokai Channel between Oahu and Molokai Islands in Hawaii
4. English Channel between England and France
5. Catalina Channel between Santa Catalina Island and then Southern California mainland
6. Tsugaru Channel between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan
7. Strait of Gibraltar between Europe and Africa
Video of the English Channel
The EC (English Channel) is not always this way, but Donal Buckley captured Dover Harbour on a particularly rough day in September 2011:
English Channel, Oceanus Britannicus (original name), La Manche (French), ドーバー海峡 (Japanese), Mor Breizh (Breton), Mor Bretannek (Cornish), Canal da Mancha (Portuguese)
External links
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- Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation website
- Google Earth Flyover of Oceans Seven
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By Andrew Glover
MORRISON, Okla. —
Last week in Kiefer, the Morrison Wildcats struggled in the battle in the trenches. Friday in the first round of the Class A state playoffs, Morrison got redemption as it ran for 323 yards in a 38-12 victory over the Fairland Owls.
"Offensively, I think we did some great things up front," coach Cory Bales said. "I'm proud of (lineman) Austin Graham, he came in here after we had some injuries last week and had a solid game for us."
The game got off to a shaky start for the Wildcats. On the first play from scrimmage, Fairland quarterback K.C. Jones ran down the sideline for an 80-yard touchdown. The 2-point pass failed but the Owls led 6-0 just 15 seconds into the game.
Morrison's first drive started well as it drove inside Fairland's 10, taking up seven minutes of the clock. On third-and-goal the ball was snapped over senior Kyle Collins head, resulting in a 10-yard loss to the Owls' 15. On the next play, Collins ended the drive with an incomplete pass. After taking the lead 8-6 on a 10-yard run by Jordan Quinata, Collins threw an interception, which DIllion Sanford returned 68 yards for a score, giving the lead back to Fairland in the second quarter.
"We give them a score on the interception," Bales said. "On that first play we had some misses on our option responsibilities, which is frustrating since we spent so much time working on it."
The Wildcats finally started clicking on offense after that. On the first play of Morrison's next drive, Quinata ran up the middle for a 63-yard touchdown. The 2-point pass failed but Morrison retook the lead 14-12.
Morrison's defense forced a punt, which Collins returned 18 yards to the Fairland 36. A 15-yard penalty for a horse collar tackle moved the ball to the Fairland 21. Quinata capped off the drive with his third rushing touchdown. The freshman running back finished the game with 167 yards rushing.
Scott VanDorn ended the Owls' next possession with an interception at Morrison's 30. Collins completed a pass to Tevin Conklin for 56 yards to the Owls' 12. Collins finished the drive with a 4-yard run. The Wildcats led 30-12 at halftime.
The Wildcats, who are predominately a rushing team, gained 83 yards through the air on four completions. Collins and Bales said they've been working on the passing game.
"We are trying to do that more," Collins said. "Teams expect us to run the ball. We want to try to get them off balance."
"We got to do that," Bales said. "We are going to lineup against a quality team next week. Keep them off balance and we will continue working on that."
Morrison's defense tightened up after allowing that touchdown run. The Owls only gained 2 yards on their next 13 carries and only picked up one first down the rest of the half. Jones led the Owls' offensive attack with 106 yards rushing and passed for 13 for 119 yards of total offense.
"Other than (the big play) the defense played great," Bales said.
In the second half, the Wildcats gave Fairland a brief glimmer of hope as Quinata fumbled, giving the Owls the ball at the Morrison 46. Jones would give the ball right back to Morrison as he fumbled at the Wildcats' 28. Morrison scored two minutes later with Collins scoring on a 9-yard run for his second touchdown. Morrison outgained Fairland 406-119.
The Wildcats will travel to Wynnewood (11-0) for the second round. The Savages beat Gore 67-14 in their first round game.
"Wynnewood is a good team," Collins said. "I think we can go down there and give them our best shot."


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I write about business and women's leadership.
Last week, I published what I believed to be a story of one woman's triumph against incredible odds. Ping Fu, founder of tech company Geomagic, which is in the process of being acquired by publicly traded 3D Systems, penned the new memoir Bend, Not Break (Portfolio/Penguin), detailing her story as a child during China's Cultural Revolution who was separated from her parents, tortured and raped, assigned to work in factories rather than attend a formal school, and eventually deported to the US to make a new life for herself as an entrepreneur. Since the publication of my piece, first in English and then in Chinese on ForbesChina.com, along with coverage by other media outlets serious questions have been raised in the Chinese blogosphere and elsewhere about Fu's credibility.
Writers on my blog have been critical too. Commenter Fugang Sun wrote: "I experienced Culture Revolution and know a lot horrific stories happened in that era in person…. However, most of the stories listed in article are faked." In the same vein, another skeptical commenter wrote: "There are already many voices questioning the validity of Ms. Fu's story. From my view and experience it may very well be what it is: a story."
I followed up with Fu to get her response to the backlash. To accusations that she exaggerated or fabricated parts of her story, Fu says there were subtleties that were lost between the American and Chinese audiences. One point of contention was that a child would not have been sent to a "labor camp" (my word choice). Fu says in China this literally means a prison camp for forced labor and is inaccurate. However, she says she did live alone beginning at age 8 with her younger sister in a one-room dormitory at an evacuated university campus controlled by the government. She confirms that instead of going to school she was assigned to factory work at age 9. The press release for the memoir refers to her as a "child soldier" and a "factory worker." However, Chinese critics questioned how she came to be a child factory worker, saying it was a prized job during that period. Fu responds that she was not a "worker" in the traditional Chinese understanding because she was not paid for this work and did it in lieu of formal schooling.
It also raised eyebrows that she said she had been exiled or deported from China, when there is no official record of it. When I asked her to address it, Fu says "exile" is not the correct word, despite that it's used in the press release being sent to media members to promote her memoir. The release first states "Ping was deported," and later repeats "Ping was exiled."
"In the beginning of the book I said the Chinese government quietly deported me," she says. In fact, it is the first line. "We could say that was a literary interpretation. I was asked to leave. My father helped me to find a visa to the US. I was told not to talk about it or to file for political asylum. My interpretation was I involuntary left China….If someone wants to say this is not deportation, fine. That's my interpretation." Who asked her to leave? "The police," she says.
When I first interviewed her, Fu described being taken in by the police shortly before her college graduation, not being able to graduate and being asked to leave the country. She said, "I was told to leave, and I had two weeks." I looked back at the timeline she presented and noticed that there was a span of six to seven years between when she took her Suzhou University entrance exam (1977) and arrived in the US (January 1984). When I asked her to confirm it, she says she didn't start college until the fall of 1978, which she says would have put graduation in the fall of 1982, and that she got in trouble with the police in 1983. I asked: Isn't there a timing gap of a year? "That's true. That's a good question," Fu says. "Let me go back and verify that one."
Late last night, Fu's publicist emailed me that they "confirmed that Ping started school in 1978 and left school in the fall of 1982 after being held by the government. She arrived in the U.S. on January 14, 1984." So she was at home for over year before the police asked her to leave China? "The government asked Ping to leave a couple of weeks after her release," the publicist wrote me. "However, getting a passport was very difficult, if not impossible, at that time. Even though Ping was asked to leave China, she had to wait for an official passport to be issued."
When asked how she would respond generally to the criticism, Fu says: "Whatever the report, they should go with my book. Most people complaining have not read my book." As of now, however, the book has not been translated or distributed in China.
I am interested in knowing if Ms. Ping Fu committed a crime in providing false evidence to the US Immigration and Naturalization.
A joke: You may find Ms. Ping Fu's famous thesis in the archives of the US Immigration and Naturalization Services.
It is not a crime to write tall-tales…the 1st amendment to the US constitution.
Hi, Jenna
Here are a few things you can do.
1, Please ask Ms. Fu, on which issue of the newspaper her article was published.
2, Please ask Ms. Fu, what is her teacher's name who was torn to death by four horses.
3, Please ask Ms. Fu why her father help her to get passport, did his father want to help government to force his daughter to the US?
Why so many Chinese call Ms. Fu a liar? Here I want give you some background information.
In 1980′s, China was far behind US by the standard of living, there were no public phone booths in most cities, no taxis, all the stuff that came from outside world, like cheap digital watches, music tapes, even a mattress, ware considered good, I have a friend, her father brought back a Simmons mattress from Hong Kong. A college professor's salary was below ¥1,000 (equals about $130) a year. Going to the US was many college students' dream. Many movie stars, includes most famous movie star, Joan Chen, gave up their career in China, came to US, many of them worked in restaurants as a waitress, but things changed a lot now.
That is why many Chinese don't believe Ms. Fu's story that government punished her by sending her to the US, and the fact that her father helped her in getting passport is not consistent with her version.
My conclusion, Ms. Fu's credibility is in question.
Now, I think I know where her "child soldier" story came from. Back then the well behaved children with approved political background all joined "little red guard" in elementary school and then "red guard" in middle and high school. There are photo proof and witness accounts that Ping was a member of the "red Guard". She might very well be in the "little red guard" in her elementary school. The "little red guard" was a privileged status for school children in China back then. This has nothing to do with the military. All the twisted information in her story pointed that she had a normal childhood in China, and was one of the very few lucky ones who entered college in 1977. Again, like her, I grew up in China during the same period, came to America for graduate school and now a proud American citizen.
Bending Shamelessly So Much!
Her story in US might be very inspiring and it is hard to track. But things she said in China are full of fabrication. Can she provide the article she published in 1980s which caused her deportation to US?
Forbes should do this easy check!!!!
I think everyone so far missed examining the 'revised' narrative of Ms. Fu's 'ask-to-leave' story. If the story of exile has any tiny likelihood to be true, the story of 'ask-to-leave' was utterly unheard of.
First, let's get the case of exile straight. Any dissidents who were exiled to US (which only happened after the 90s) have REQUESTED to leave the country, the government, usually under the pressure of foreign human right watch groups, will only grant passport after careful evaluation.
For the Chinese government to proactively ask a citizen to leave the country is a story never heard of. Can anyone name one Chinese person (besides self-claimed Ms Fu) who made to the US and who was under the proactive instruction of 'leave the country' by the police?
Anyone who committed offense to the authority were locked up. They only kick you out when they had no choice but had to. Unless you make request AND are able to exert pressure on the authority, for a dissident there is utterly no chance for the authority to come to you and, out of the blue, ask you to leave the country. It is unheard of even in today's China, let alone in the 1980's China when going aboard is everyone's dream.
In the Google Interview Video recorded on 2013, Jan. 7th. She said after she was locked up by the police, Deng Xiaoping intervened so she was released. Not sure if this is the only record of her mentioning the name of Deng. Fascinating!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4vRtvswO8s (it is at the very beginning of the interview, so you don't have to watch too long to get to her comment on Deng)
Why we are suckers for lies?
A psychological explanation.
1, Association/representative/stereo type tendency
Association is one of the most powerful psychological tendencies hardwired into human brains by genes. It is developed by brain to handle vast amount of information. Simply speaking it's a shortcut to reduce information processing because our brains cannot process that much information we encounter every day. In our case, most of Americans have been conditioned by the media so that they think because communism/dictatorship=devil, China=communism/dictatorship so China=devil. So when they heard a bad story about Chinese government, they won't bother to check how much truth the story holds because it's must be true—it's coming from China "the Devil".
2, Availability-misweighing
We know that people tend to believe things that are more familiar to them, or can be better retrieved from their brain memory or more available to them. So obviously the China pictured by the media is more familiar to most Americans and therefore they tend to believe the book because it matches the China the media has pictured for them. And they never bother to collect more and unfamiliar facts about China or in that matter all unfamiliar foreign countries.
3, Avoid doubts tendency
Believe it or not, our brains don't like uncertainty. If given the chance, our brains will try to avoid doubts. If you heard the same kind of story but say it happened in Canada. You would doubt the truth of this story. But it happened in China, and you don't know much about China except from the media. And if China is already associated with devil, than your brains would take the chance to avoid doubts and believe the story.
4, Over optimism/wishful thinking tendency
We all know this saying "what a man wishes, that also will he believe". We all want to believe great stories (or wish great story to be true, just like we wish we could win lottery). Ping's story is a great one: not only had she survived one of the most brutal systems but also prospered after she came to America, fulfilled her American dream. Of course everybody wants to believe it. Who doesn't?
5, Authority
Ping's book got great reviews from some famous critics, so it must be true. She was also interviewed by the media, so it must be a true story. Is it really?
6, Social proof
We all know "monkey see monkey do". Everybody likes Ping's book, it must be good and true. Especially those Authorities like it. Authority compounding with Social proof sometimes could be very powerful.
Even after we know that the story is a lie, there is still people defending and justfying it. Why? See below:
7, Incentive-caused bias
Their logic goes like this: China is devil anyway, so what's wrong with fighting against it; we should use all tools we have, even lies. Maybe some people can understand this logic but it has nothing to do with truth and don't forget somebody is making a fortune out of a lie. Fighting devil and making money at the same time, what a great story. Is it about money or devil?
8, Self-serving
I am better than you guys so my opinions are better than you guys so I can't be wrong so you are wrong.
9, Denial
It looks very stupid if one found his/her previous statements are wrong especially when publicly stated. It's painful to admit that you are wrong so the alternative is to keep your head in the sand.
10, Commitment and consistency
I have made a public statement about the book, so I have to be consistent with my opinion. I will ignore all unfavorable evidence and find all favorable evidence to support my opinion/theory.
So in summary, all these psychological tendencies work together in the same direction to mislead educated Americans to believe a lie. Two star for a great lie.
Yes, @sylvia, the part "another quartered by four horseman on a soccer field" is hilarious. In the early CR a lot of violence was targeting "right people" . However, that was when Ping was an infant. I wonder how she know?
In chinese history books there was a way to "split a person by 5 cartridges", the same way, Shang Yang was executed more than two thousands years ago. But four horsemen??? That sounds more like medieval Europe.
Why would the Red Guard choose such an expensive way of execution? It's entirely possible Ping heard about the story as a hearsay. Then she told it in the book as if she is the first hand eye witness.
Xinhua News Agency just posted a photo on the web http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-02/01/c_114583711.htm
Ping Fu is second from right and there is a flag in the background which says "Red Guards Legion"
People should also read 'Liar-hunter' Fang Zhouzi accuses Ping Fu of selling fake tragedy to Americans" on the South Morning China Post which raise some serious questions http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1139194/liar-hunter-fang-zhouzi-accuses-ping-fu-selling-fake-tragedy-americans
She entered US on 1984 Jan, She become US citizen 1992.
She must have green card since 1987. She married 1991(US citizen)。
1987 green card can NOT via marriage. How comes she get green card in such short time only 3 year?
The only way is asylum. In order to get asylum status approved,
She must make false statement to immigration asylum office on 1987!!!!
All her story about abuse, rape, in prison, children workers, expile, deport,
everything are fake. The only reason she make those fake statement to immigration is to get asylum green card!!!
Jean, please contact immigration asylum office to pull out the fake statement she made on 1987.
If the asylum office statement she made is same statement as her book says, as your article says.
This would be serious violate the Federal immigration Law!!!!
This is serious CRIME!!!!
Even it was 1987!!!!
US people can't tell she is a lier, but any similar age people grow up in China would easy know she is a BIG liar.
If she lie to immigration service to get green card, ok, but know she lie to the whole world!!! We got to stop her. President Obama should know he hire a such liar. Fake statement to immigration is a CRIME.
All her excuse are not established without evidence.
You need to provide the evidence about the newspaper article.
If she tell the truth, she don't have to remember anything. Otherwise, A liar needs a good memory.


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The belief that all reality is just one's own imagining of reality, and that one's self is the only thing that exists.
in philosophy, formerly, moral egoism (as used in the writings of Immanuel Kant), but now, in an epistemological sense, the extreme form of subjective idealism that denies that the human mind has any valid ground for believing in the existence of anything but itself. The British idealist F.H. Bradley, in Appearance and Reality (1897), characterized the solipsistic view as follows: "I cannot transcend experience, and experience is my experience. From this it follows that nothing beyond myself exists; for what is experience is its (the self 's) states."
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Only a grate fool wood let they kids eat food from school. make they lunchers youselves. it aint…Read More rockem science.
Solange Kincaid June 2, 2014 at 01:45 pm
When did a school lunch become such a primary event in a students' life? A home-served dinner should…Read More be the primary meal event where the kiddies share daily events and nosh on the freshly prepared healthy foods selected by the nurturing adult in the home. School lunches should provide the kiddies with quick energy and inexpensive staples like mac 'n cheese, fries, chocolate milk, and ice cream. Volunteer in an Arlington public school cafeteria and see for yourself the food that is trashed daily that could probably alleviate the starving masses in India and Nigeria for a day! Kids also feel stigmatized by signing in with a school ID that designates free lunch recipients whereas the other kids produce the cash. School-provided breakfasts also rely on bagels and buns - all prone to add to obesity. Parents who don't take the time to provide breakfast to a kid are worthless.
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Maryellen Brady May 7, 2014 at 05:12 pm
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Kolo Jezdec April 23, 2014 at 10:45 am
Yeah, attendance will be very high on that day, you bet.
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The last day of school is a Monday? That makes no sense. I bet it will set a record for absenteeism.
Kolo Jezdec April 23, 2014 at 06:45 pm
Nah, the record for low attendance was likely set when we had school on Memorial Day in 1996.
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