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It's March and there are many opportunities for music and inspiration at Island houses of worship. Marco's balmy winter weather makes it an attractive place for musical groups to visit.
The Hyssongs, a traveling gospel group known for their humor, talent and unique sound, hail from Maine. From the Adirondack Mountains of New York, they have singer, harpist, composer, songwriter, arranger and recording artist Martha Gallagher. The young and energetic Soul'd Out Quartet will join us from Ohio. The Purduettes, a 50-member women's choir, whose repertoire ranges from classical to pop will come here from Indiana. The venerable Blackwood Brothers Quartet will join us from Tennessee. And from Texas we have Three Redneck Tenors, who combine music and comedy.
March will also celebrate the homegrown talent. Bill Dean and Dawn Birch from Estero will give a gospel concert; St. Mark's choir, soloists and an instrumental ensemble will present John Rutter's "Requiem"; Kevin Mauldin, principal bass for the Naples Philharmonic and Marcoite Lucille Gaita will be part of a "Jazz Shabbat"; and contemporary Christian music singer Evie Tornquist-Karlsson who now lives in Naples will also give a concert.
This is the fifth year in that the legendary Blackwood Brothers Quartet has returned to Marco Presbyterian Church. "We are excited to be returning to Marco Presbyterian Church again this year," said Jimmy Blackwood in an email. "The wonderful response of the audience makes this one of our favorite places to sing. It's just like 'coming home' to see so many of our dear friends."
Jimmy is the son of James Blackwood who died in 2002. James founded the quartet with his two brothers and a nephew in 1934. Jimmy, lead singer, and his youngest brother Billy, baritone, carry on the tradition. Tenor Wayne Little, bass Randy Byrd and pianist Mike Hammontree complete the group. Their concerts are a mixture of old-time favorites such as "I'll Fly Away" and "In the Garden," newer songs such as "How Great Thou Art," humor and a clear gospel message.
The public is invited to the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island's Jazz Shabbat. Shabbat means Sabbath in Hebrew. Jazz will be the central vehicle for the worship service as Rabbi Edward Maline shares spiritual and liturgical insights.
"The congregation will be bathed in the soulful combination of jazz, Hebrew and English liturgy," said Cantorial Soloist Hari Jacobsen.
Jewish music reflects the music of each host country and jazz is indigenous to the U.S.; it is a natural combination. This is the second year for the Jazz Shabbat.
Jacobsen will be joined once again by jazz musicians Kevin Mauldin, principal bass for the Naples Philharmonic and composer, musician and conductor Lucille Gaita on keyboard.
"I never would have thought that jazz could heighten a worship service," she said. "The wonder of the Jazz Shabbat is that it takes the familiar words and intensifies the experience."
New to our area will be Soul'd Out Quartet at Capri Christian. The group was first formed as a trio in 2001 and they became a quartet in 2004.
"We are going to have fun," said group leader Matt Rankin in a telephone interview. "It will be upbeat with some progressive music that the youngsters will enjoy as well as songs that grandma will remember."
They write songs that aren't just entertaining but have a message for hurting people. Their message is simply "God is bigger than our problems."
Marco Lutheran Church's Artist Series will feature the "Three Redneck Tenors in Concert." Their original performance pairs operatic voices and comedy.
This is the third year that the Hyssongs, pronounced His songs, have returned to Wesley United Methodist Church. This award-winning trio consists of the Rev. Dell, his wife Susan and their son Richard. They consistently have top 40 songs on the Christian radio charts. Kelly, Richard's wife, infant son D. Richard Hyssong IV and 3-year-old daughter Makayla will accompany them.
"We get to share our faith and music as a family," said Dell over the phone in his melodic baritone voice. "We want to encourage people, especially families."
Next week's column will highlight the opportunities to be immersed in music at Marco's houses of worship later in March.
Kathleen Tuttle, a Marco Island resident since 1987, has written articles for various non-profits for more than 25 years. She is a community volunteer, former science teacher and microbiologist. Kathleen can be contacted at email@example.com.
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Blackwood Brothers. Gospel 7 p.m. March 2, Marco Presbyterian Church. Donation
Jazz Shabbat. Worship Service. 8 p.m. March 2, JCMI.
Soul'd Out Quartet. Gospel. 6 p.m. March 3, Capri Christian Church. Donation.
Three Redneck Tenors. Musical comedy. 7:30 p.m., March 5, Marco Lutheran Church. Advance tickets, $20, required call 394-5579.
Hyssong. Gospel. 6:30 p.m. March 10, Wesley United Methodist Church. Donation.
Martha Gallagher. Harp. 7 p.m. March 12, San Marco Catholic Church. $20 (Students free).
Purduettes. Choir, pop to classical. 7:30 p.m. March 15, Marco Lutheran. Advance tickets required call 394-5579.
Billy Dean and Dawn. Gospel. 6 p.m. March 18, Marco Presbyterian Church. Donation.
Evie. Contemporary Christian. 6 p.m. March 18, New Life Community Church. Donation.
John Rutter's "Requiem." Sunday Choral Eucharist. 10:30 a.m. March 25, St. Mark's Episcopal Church
San Marco
Catholic Church
Stations of the Cross will be held every Friday after the 8:30 a.m. Mass, at approximately 9:15 a.m., in the church; and 4:15 p.m. in the memorial gardens.
The San Marco Knights of Columbus Friday Fish Fry/Bake is from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Parish Hall. A fish dinner, including baked or French fried potatoes, coleslaw, rolls, coffee or tea and ice cream is $10, $5 for children 11 and younger. Take-outs available. Proceeds go to local charities.
St. Finbarr Parish
Stations of the Cross will be held every Friday after the 9 a.m. Mass.
A weekly Lenten study group meets 9 to 11 a.m. every Thursday through March 29. The group will study and discuss the writings of Pope Benedict XVI's "Jesus of Nazareth-Holy Week: From the Entrance to Jerusalem to the Resurrection." For information call Bill at 239 331-3983 or Cindy 239 389-1912.
Fr. Derrick Snyed, from Immaculate Conception Parish, Auburn, Ind., will lead a Lenten Mission entitled "Mission for Your Life," at 6:30 p.m. March 5-7. Each evening will begin with prayer and end with the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The topics are as follows: Monday, "Baptism: A Commitment to Follow"; Tuesday, "Reconciliation, Making Friends"; and Wednesday, "Eucharist: The Gift of Nourishment." Snyed will also give the homily at all Masses on this weekend.
Marco Presbyterian Church
Women's weekly Bible Study, Friday, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Beth Moore's "The Patriarchs: Encountering the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob" will conclude on March 16. Preschool children are welcome. Call the office to register
your child.
GriefShare with Seasonal Pastor, the Rev. Rod Whited, continues 10 a.m.
every Monday.
"Praying Life" with the Rev. Rod Whited meets 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays.
The ladies book club will discuss "The Screwtape Letters" at 9:30 a.m., March 22.
St. Mark's
Episcopal Church
Fr. John Ineson's 10 a.m., Friday Lenten book study continues in the Willis Ministry Center. The study is based on the book "Falling Upwards."
Stations of the Cross Meditations will be held in the church at 5:30 p.m. each Friday. All are welcome to visit the handmade Stations made by the church's Artists in Residence group.
Morning Prayer will be offered each Tuesday during Lent at 9 a.m. in
the Chapel.
New Life
Community Church
New contemporary worship service, "Saturday Night Life!" 6 p.m., Saturday.
Women's weekly Bible Study meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. It is Session 2 of Beth Moore's "Daniel, Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophecy." Christians today face many of the same trials and temptations as the prophet Daniel — pressures to compromise one's faith in a hostile culture. The study shows how individuals can live with integrity in today's self-absorbed society. Cost: $20, scholarships are available. Call the church office
for information.
Jewish Congregation of Marco Island
The 9:30 a.m. Torah study and 10 a.m. service continues every Saturday.
The final class for the adult education series "Contributions of the Jewish People to the World" will be 10 a.m., Sunday with "Judaism as the Foundation of Christianity and Islam." Nonmembers and guests for the education series are $5, RSVP to the synagogue office.
The Jewish Film Festival concludes with "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness," 2 p.m., Sunday. The biographical documentary portrays the life of Sholem Aleichem, whose stories were the basis for "Fiddler on the Roof" and is who considered to be the Yiddish Mark Twain. A reception will follow the film. Tickets are $25.
The Saul Stern Cultural Series concludes with "The Terrorist Cop" at 7:30 p.m., March 11. Mordecai Dziansky, a NYPD Jewish policeman who traveled the world to stop terrorists, will share his story and discuss lessons learned from fighting evil. Reception follows. Advance tickets are $25.
Marco Lutheran Church
The Lenten Health Challenge under the direction of Parish Nurse Gail Cacciola meets form 12 to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays. Each person will create a personal health goal, have a body composition analysis taken, and receive a personalized journal. The challenge will conclude on Good Friday will a full body analysis. The registration fee is $10; all proceeds after expenses will be donated to a local charity.
A 7 p.m. Lenten worship series entitled "Life Together" based on the teachings of Concordia Seminary President Dale Meyer continues. The contemporary worship service Current will meet 7 p.m. on Thursdays.
GriefShare, a Christ-centered support group for those who have lost a loved one through death continues 10 a.m. each Thursday. Sessions are proceeded by a time of fellowship and coffee at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at noon. For information call Joyce Waidelich at (239) 793-4601 or Dory Catalano at (239) 389-2363.
Interfaith Community Adult Education Series
The Rev. Timothy Neptune will discuss the Baptist faith, message and different styles of worship 7 p.m., March 7 at the Family Church — Marco Island.


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Claiming a desire to deliver "a more consistent Twitter experience," today the San Francisco company announced a laundry list of changes, many of them vague, to how developers can access tweets, prompting outrage, confusion and frustration from the third party developers who piggyback on the microblogging site's ecosystem.
Many view the change as the latest move from the company towards tightening its grip and owning the platform, a move that will eventually choke out and steer users to only use Twitter's own apps.
The days of popular third-party services like Tweetbot and Echofon may be numbered. For others, it means manpower and time in order to change.
Alex Benzer, the founder and chief executive of PHP social network software maker SocialEngine, and social inbox site FanMix isn't looking forward to the changes.
"It's going to require energy and it's not ideal," Benzer said. "We're going to have to register for an API key which isn't that big of a deal, but we're going to have to make it work."
Benzer said he's more concerned about his FanMix site, a Gmail like service for social networks, collecting all your social conversations and email, into one unified inbox. Right now FanMix users can sign in with their Twitter accounts, which uses Twitter's API.
"Basically it (FanMix) pulls in all your tweets and mentions of you and displays them," he said. Today's move by Twitter threatens that model.
"It's obviously a move for a more restrictive API," he said. Today's move will stop public developers from writing script that gets data from Twitter. "That signals a shift in the company's direction. The general feeling is that they want people to use Twitter and not apps built on Twitter."
Bottlenose CEO Nova Spivack took to Twitter to vent this afternoon. He swayed from angry to acceptance and back again, seemingly by the minute.
Twitter API changes won't kill off all client apps, but will clearly encourage everyone to go paid/Pro, which is not necessarily terrible.— Nova Spivack (@novaspivack) August 16, 2012
Not long after that tweet, he wrote "Information wants to be free. Twitter is going against the tide. The music industry couldn't stop it from happening. How will Twitter?"
Brian Norgard, the founder of social video site Chill sees today's move as the logical step in Twitter's move towards owning the field. He says the writing on the wall was clear to see, several months ago. Twitter has gone from being a toy, to being one of the most powerful media companies on the planet, he said.
"You're dancing with the devil when you're building on top of another platform," said Norgard. He thinks the move was done to maintain control. "If you're going to do something core, like reading tweets, Twitter is going to probably want to control that aspect of the business."
Norgard says his site won't be affected, but says "I feel for a lot of developers."
Still, he tempered that by saying the changes have happened before and will happen again, citing Photobucket building on the back of Myspace.
"Twitter's not the first, won't be the last."

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From September 17th to 19th of 2013, Seville will host the International Meeting on Contemporary Architecture in Historic Cities. Organized by the City Hall of Seville, the event is also supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC).
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James Franco is as meta as it gets, the ultimate in creative cross-pollination. He's an actor-turned-artist-turned-author-turned-actor-playing-an-artist-named-Franco in the soap opera "General Hospital." His new self-referential filmic offshoot, "Francophrenia" documents that experience. He's also been cast in the upcoming Seth Rogen movie, in which he plays -- who else -- the actor-artist-author James Franco.
Drawing on all those areas of interest, Franco appeared at MOCA on Saturday in conversation with art theorist and Rhode Island School of Design digital culture lecturer Francisco Ricardo. The sold-out event –- which drew an appropriately young, hip-looking crowd of roughly 200 -- marked the release of Franco's new book, "The Dangerous Book Four Boys." The book is a companion to the 2010 New York exhibition of the same name and collects interviews, photographs and multimedia artworks around the themes of childhood and media, among other things.
Not surprisingly, however, Saturday's conversation defied compartmentalization and strayed much farther afield. After a somewhat heady and hilarious dissection of Franco's short film "Dicknose in Paris" (a clip was shown), the conversation ricocheted among topics, including Franco's love of Faulkner; insider stories about director Nicholas Ray; Natalie Wood and Dennis Hopper during the filming of "Rebel Without a Cause"; and the upcoming MOCA show called "Rebel." The latter, a high-concept group show that Franco conceived, is inspired by the iconic James Dean film and opens in May. It's brimming with art world star power with works by Ed Ruscha, Harmony Korine, Damon McCarthy, Paul McCarthy, Douglas Gordon, Terry Richardson, Aaron Young and Franco.


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JetBlue Airways' high-speed wireless initiative is being held in a flight pattern until "early 2013," apparently. The company announced as much in a detailed blog post this afternoon, which also compared speeds of its forthcoming in-plane high-speed internet to the competition — JetBlue's Ka-band operates roughly eight times faster than the Ku-band competition, and over nine times faster than ATG. Moreover, Ka-band can scale to a full plane of passengers, meaning everyone gets the "at-home experience" they'd like regardless of how many folks are signed on. As previously noted, the "basic Wi-Fi" service with JetBlue will cost nothing — which sounds to us like there are plans to reveal a more expensive tier (or tiers) in the near future. But then again, we really like free things.
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Each month, the Colorado Department of Agriculture features a different commodity to highlight the variety and quality of products grown, raised or processed in the state. This month, Colorado eggs are featured in the Egg Bake Breakfast Bread recipe.
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Another week gone by, and a few very hot days. Time for air conditioning, which takes a lot of electricity. Dawn Weller of the Lyons Sustainability Committee tells us to get an energy audit, and make the changes to our homes that will make a difference. We should all do that! Call Jeremy Matson at (303) 823-6622, Ext 28 for more information.
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January 27, 2012
The Jefferson District boys race hit a new level Friday night. Monticello (11-7, 5-2) upset Fluvanna 74-54 to give the Flucos (6-1, 16-2) their first league loss.
Meanwhile Western Albemarle (13-6, 6-1) won their sixth straight game with an overtime victory over Charlottesville 58-53. The win moves Western and Fluvanna into a first place tie.
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Open up and say, "wow." No joke, say it! Notice the way your lips are puckered by the time you're done uttering the word? That's the San Juan pucker factor, and attendees at this year's Jeep Jamboree in Ouray, Colorado, know all about it. If you look up at the San Juans, you'll say, "wow, that's beautiful." If you look down from the trail, you'll pucker up and say "wow, that's a helluva long way down." Either way, you're puckered. Sometimes called "the Switzerland of America," Colorado's San Juan Mountains offer premium Alpine scenery for those willing to make the trip and deal with the pucker factor.
Two thousand eight was the 21st time the Jeep Jamboree made its way to Ouray, but no doubt '08 was one of the few times participants had to contend with snow during September. The night before the festivities began, a storm deluged Ouray and nearby Telluride with hours upon hours of heavy rain. Heavy rain in town meant an equal amount of snow at the higher elevations. The Ouray Jeep Jamboree's centerpiece is the collection of high mountain passes just outside of town. Would it be safe to traverse them?
The Jeep Jamboree program begins with a breakfast meeting on Friday morning. Ouray Jeep Jamboree coordinator, and our emcee, Chris Timmes, told us about the snow situation. "We're going to leave it up to the trail leaders," he said. "We want to make sure everyone is safe, so your trail leader has some alternate routes in mind if there's too much snow at the top of the passes." Chris then introduced the group to its trail leaders. There were half a dozen trails on the adventure menu, and each trail run had its own leader. Chris offered some driving advice: "None of the trails you'll be going on are extremely difficult. As long as you're paying attention to the trail and stay on the route, you'll be okay." Loosely translated, this meant "if you stare at the scenery instead of keeping your eyes on the trail, you'll go off the edge."
Full of good old-fashioned American breakfast food, we left the Ouray Community Center and piled into our respective Jeeps. A journalists' group, of which the author was a part, had our own trail run and trail leader, Bob Arnett. As soon as we hit the highway en route to Engineer Pass, the scenery beckoned for attention. Every direction visible resembled a post card; absolutely gorgeous! Even on the highway, there was that ever-present precipice on the edge of the road. A few miles out of town, we left the pavement behind and began the traverse to Engineer Pass. The "wow" factor increased with every mile. Waterfalls abutted the trail, as did mining ruins with their heavy iron equipment, a rusting monument to the tough people who came here seeking their fortunes in ore. Then we hit the snow.
We got lucky. While snow blanketed the upper reaches, it wasn't hard or deep enough to make the trails impassable. Tire contact pressure punched through the white stuff into hard, solid ground. Each passing vehicle had a successively better surface on which to drive, as long as the same tracks were followed. In the end, the snow only served to enhance our visual feast of the Engineer Pass area. We bypassed the turnoff for the Alpine Loop. While the complete 63-mile Alpine Loop wasn't on the menu, we got a glimpse of what awaits further into the high country for those with a couple of days to spare to run the complete Loop. Later that day, we drove over Ophir Pass to the same tune: a bit of snow, but nothing that curtailed our adventure. A wonderful Friday on the trail.
Saturday's run was no less spectacular. This time, Bob took the lot of us journalists to Imogene Pass, the highest pass in the area at 13,114 feet above sea level. The trailside snow didn't surface until we'd reached the ghost town of Tomboy, and then it turned us back. Snow held the top of Imogene Pass in a frigid grip, and it just wasn't safe or feasible to continue. Instead, we took the opportunity to check out what was left of Tomboy mine.


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HARTFORD, Conn. – When Kevin Ollie and Washington coach Lorenzo Romar shared a big hug before Saturday night's game at the XL Center, it was obvious Romar was congratulating the UConn coach on his freshly-signed five-year contract extension. And after the game, Romar put those emotions into words.
"He's an awesome person and an awesome basketball coach," Romar said of Ollie. "He's one of those guys in our game – the game benefits because he's a part of it."
Romar's words prompted a mental flashback to a locker room scene from March 25, 1995 – one of the all-time toughest scenes after a loss in UConn history. UCLA, the team that would go on to win the national championship, had just ended the UConn season with a 102-96 victory in the NCAA West Regional championship game.
Romar was an assistant coach under Jim Harrick on that UCLA team.
"We had to prepare for [Ollie]," Romar said Saturday. "I still remember the scouting report on him."
But the crushing loss not only ended a promising season for the Huskies, it ended Ollie's playing career at UConn. A senior class comprised of Donny Marshall, Brian Fair, Nantambu Willingham and Ollie won the Big East regular season championship, posted a 28-5 record that season, and also won 92 games together over a four-year period. Those kind of bonds are rare in college basketball these days.
"When you lose, there are no positives," Ollie said after the UCLA loss. "There are no tomorrows for me and the other seniors. This is our last game. But we won't dwell on this. We will dwell on things from the past that we accomplished."
No team played UCLA tougher during that tournament. Everyone remembers sophomore Ray Allen scoring 36 points that day, and taking his next step as an All-American in the UConn unifrom. But the disappointment of that senior class was another indelible memory. As Ollie sat at his locker that day, he found it difficult to remove his UConn jersey for the final time.
"It's going to be very tough to walk away from Connecticut and not put the jersey on anymore," Ollie said. "And not running the hills [in conditioning drills]. I might show up for a couple of hills. There's a lot of pain right now. But I know Coach [Jim Calhoun] will always be there for me and I know my teammates will always be there for me. So that's a good feeling to have."
Seventeen years later, it is amazing to revisit those words. No one knew then that Ollie would struggle in his early years as a pro, then play 13 years in the NBA, only to return to his alma mater as an assistant coach under his mentor. When Calhoun retired in September, Ollie was given a seven-month "audition" as head coach.
But after 11 games, athletic director Warde Manuel decided Ollie deserved a long-term commitment and offered the five-year extension that was finalized before the game Saturday. Manuel, who really didn't know Ollie until March, said Saturday he had to see how Ollie would function as a head coach – and he has been more than impressed.
And in one of those strange ironies, history will show Romar was in the building when Ollie's college playing career ended – and he was there Saturday when it felt as if Ollie's career as a head coach "officially started."
"The fact he was from [Los Angeles] and we had played against him, I always followed him," Romar said. "But I really didn't know him that well until he got into coaching. Right away, when he joined the coaching ranks from the NBA, the way he carried himself, he didn't conduct himself as if he was above anything. He conducted himself as if he were a student, trying to learn and do the best. I just kind of watched him.
"The last couple of years, I've been able to talk to him a lot more and I've always been impressed with him. He was a fine basketball player but I don't know if he was gifted where he was going to be Kobe Bryant. He played a long time in the NBA because he worked really hard, he was a great teammate, was very coachable, highly intelligent, high basketball IQ – all of that allowed him to play."
Romar also commented on how Ollie extended his NBA career because head coaches viewed him as one of those added coaches on the bench and floor who "help police the team."
"I thought it was a natural for him to go into the coaching profession," Romar said. "Even now, he's still aspiring and trying to learn as much as he can learn."
Ollie has come full circle.
"I'm just happy," guard Shabazz Napier said after the Washington victory. "He's been working hard, he has earned this spot. I think he has been doing a spectacular job on and off the court. He and the other coaches are the reason why we're 10-2. They've been [demanding] excellence from us from the first day of practice and they keep you going.
"I'm like a sponge. Any time [Ollie] speaks, I want to listen to it. He's been through a lot. He tells the guys all the time that when you work and work and work, you may not see the progress. But one day you will. Eventually we'll see it. You'll look back and say, 'I worked so hard for this and now it's here."
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My home was built in 1973--no reason to think that this outlet isn't original. The outlet is in a bedroom with little use.
We had a nightlight short out in the outlet and smoke up. I assumed that it was a defective Chinese plastic-light issue; the light actually swivels around, breaking the electrical connection except in 90 degree positions. BUT something seems wrong.
The outlet has 4 Romex wires coming in. One of the Wires is a 10-3 and the others are 10-2. All whites wires were on one side of the outlet and all blacks were on the other. (OK) The copper grounds were attached to ground. (OK) The red of the 10-3, however is pigtailed to a GROUND WIRE. With the circuit shut off a the box, I still receive a hot 120 with one pair of wires--but the intended connections are off.
It SEEMS to me that a Traveler SHOULD NOT be wired to a Ground Wire. Does ANYONE know of a time that you would do this?
If no other outlets are effected, I'm inclined to terminate the use of the traveler.
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Wondering what to cook for Sunday lunch this week? Why not try out a lovely traditional roast Sunday lamb dish.
Easter is a major holiday in Ireland, for a host of reasons, some of which are religious and some historical.
From the history of roast lamb, the biblical Passover, to the tradition sit-down family get together feast.
The ancient traditions of celebrating Easter in Ireland, from Lent to Easter Sunday.
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My first thought was, how do I get out of this?
Then I realized that if I publicly bite the hand that feeds me, it will be difficult for him to retaliate without appearing to retaliate, and that would make him look mean-spirited and vindictive, which college presidents are not supposed to be — at least publicly. So I hesitated, not sure what to do, until they told me that the "roast" was to raise money for the Center of Concern, a faith-based organization that helps Calhoun County's neediest residents. How could I say no to that?
So, I didn't.
I signed on.
As I began to consider what to say, I came to the realization that as soon as I got to campus (1990), President Meehan set out to best me in everything I undertook.
I arrived with a new bride in tow, a lovely lady a "few" years my junior. When asked why she would agree to wed someone as ancient as I, she candidly replied, "He has a beach house."
Not long after we were settled, Meehan went out and married an equally lovely lady of approximately the same fewer years as my sweetie.
Shortly after that, my wife and I welcomed our first-born, a boy.
Shortly after that, the Meehans welcomed their first-born — twin boys.
Not to be outdone, the Jacksons added a girl to their family.
So did the Meehans — apparently, the lady of that house put out a "no more twins" warning.
Meanwhile, Meehan was rising fast up the administrative ladder, surviving academic battles that were so bitter because so little was at stake, until he finally reached the presidency. There, he was blamed for everything from faculty salaries (always too low), class sizes (always too large), the emphasis on sports (always too great) and the length of his speeches (never too short). In that office, he had to listen to advice from people who were certain that he would see things the way they do if only he was as smart as they were and endure a radio tongue-lashing by someone with the intellectual credentials of Paul Finebaum.
Aware of how relieved my fellow faculty members were when my son, young Will Jackson, scion of the family, decided to attend a university other than Jacksonville State (the thought of having my boy in class sent shutters through our hallowed halls), I could see clearly how sensitive our president is to faculty concerns when he sent both his boys off to join my son at another institution of higher learning. Once again, faculty failed to appreciate the significance of what he has done.
Also going where even angels fear to tread, Meehan became Jacksonville State's spokesman at the state Legislature, a task where the line between courage and foolishness is blurred — when it is drawn at all. His frequent trips to Montgomery have been watched by hopeful faculty who share in his disappointment at the paltry results that come from this great effort.
Nevertheless, Alabama being what it is and the Legislature being what it is, we all know it could be worse.
So I roasted him, pointing out, as I did, these similarities and differences, victories and shortcomings, and in the process suggested that in tribute to his hard work, we should raise a monument to him on which would be inscribed these words: "He done his damndest."
It seemed a worthy tribute to the man who holds my job, and the future well-being of my family, by a slender thread.
Others roasted him as well, calling attention to the fact that few folks have ever seen him in anything other than a dark suit, shined shoes and a starched shirt so white that the reflected light will blind you. Some took note of eccentricities of which even I was not aware, all done in good fun and for a good cause. Classic on Noble served up an excellent meal and donated its share of the evening to the Center of Concern, a gesture much appreciated by those present and who will be even more appreciated by the people the Center helps.
In closing, I took the opportunity to remind Meehan and the audience and now you, gentle readers, of something we should all keep in mind.
No matter how far you go in life, no matter how high you rise, no matter the wealth of honors bestowed on you, the size of the crowd at your funeral will always depend on the weather.
You can count on that.
Harvey H. ("Hardy") Jackson is Eminent Scholar in History at Jacksonville State University and a columnist and editorial writer for The Star. Email: email@example.com.


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- Bachelor of Science in Public Health
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Overview: The B.S. degree in Public Health combines a traditional liberal arts core curriculum with a study of the core disciplines of public health. Public Health studies have traditionally been reserved for graduate-level education, but SLU is leading the way by bringing Public Health to undergraduate students. For students who are interested in the field of health and also like working in the community, this course of studies will be a great fit. High achieving students may apply to the selective accelerated program during their junior year of study. This program allows students to earn a B.S. in Public Health in 4 years and a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) with just one additional year of studies. Students may also take classes and coursework at Saint Louis University's Madrid campus. Click here to learn more about Public Health at Saint Louis University - Madrid.
Curriculum: Students in the program study the core areas of public health: epidemiology, biostatistics, behavioral science and health education, environmental health and health policy. Several of the courses focus on global health and the prevention of disease in low- and middle-income countries. Social justice and service learning are also integrated into the curriculum as ways of connecting the concepts learned in the classroom with real-world experience in our local communities. The degree offers a specialized track for pre-med students which includes the rigorous traditional pre-med science requirements and community health classes.
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About the Faculty: Classes for the Public Health major are taught by the same faculty as SLU's Master of Public Health program. The faculty are internationally recognized as leaders in community engagement. One group is currently working with minority communities throughout Missouri to improve health literacy, diet and exercise. Others work internationally to promote clean water and sanitation throughout Latin America as well as reduce the effects of health metal poisoning from lead smelters in Peru. Faculty are experts in the field and involved in preventing disease and promoting health out in the community.


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Extract from a certificate by London tax commissioners 1597 (E 179/146/354)
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St Martyns Outwhiche parishe.
Anthony Treavys.........viii li ......viii s
Robert Whorewood........ v li ...... v s
St Ellens parishe.
Peter Dallila........... l li ....... l s
William Shackspeare........ v li........ v s
Thomas Smythe gent........ xxx li ...... xxx s
William Boyele........... xxx li ...... xxx s
....... dyd saye and affirme that the persons hereunder named are all other dead departed and gone out of the sayd warde or their goodes so eloigned or conveyed out of the same or in suche pryvate or coverte manner kepte whereby the severall Sommes of money on them severally taxed and assessed towardes the sayde second payment of the sayde laste subsydye nether might nor coulde by anye meanes by them the sayde Pettycollectors or ether of them be leveyed of them or anye of them to her majestie's use.
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..........said that the people named on this list are either dead or have left this area or have taken their belongings out of the area or have secretly hidden them so that the tax collectors cannot charge them the correct amount of tax for the second payment which will be sent to Her Majesty (Queen Elizabeth I).
Each line contains the name of the person being taxed, the first number in the line is the value of their belongings and the second number (at the end of the line) is the amount of tax they have to pay at this collection.
Therefore Anthony Trevys has goods worth ?8 and he therefore owes 8 shillings in tax.
li = pounds
sterlings = shilling
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c = 100
l = 50
x = 10
v = 5
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Way back in the day I did some charity work for people in Rumania – in the time right after the regime was ended – there was a big need of help. We collected cloth, food, furniture medicine and money, then packed them on vans and drove right to little villages in Rumania to give the goods to the people in need. That was very fulfilling at the time – but to be really honest I did it as much for the adventure – and an adventure it was – as I did it to help the people. But being there and celebrate Easter with a crowd of really happy children was the best.
That time is kind of long gone and the third trip we did I didn't have the same feeling like at the first – the economy picked up and I felt a little betrayed. Stupid but that was the case. We didn't go there anymore.
The charity I want to mention here is the German Aid for Children in Afghanistan. The guys there do a great job in helping the children that really live in poor environments to get food, cloth and education. If you ever wonder where to donate some money – giving it to them is a very good option. I really like what they do and I have a problem with the big ass charity organizations where I fear that 50% of the money I donate goes waste for bureaucracy. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I think.


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Wauwatosa Catholic School
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Having finally found the User Reviews and added mine for shows seen whilst the site was down, i was disappointed to see that the reviews are now anonymised. Could someone at WoS perhaps explain why this is plese? I always look at User Reviews after I have seen a show to compare my impressions with others and it is helpful to know who has posted. It's also useful to keep up with other regulars such as Gareth James and AJH who usually have similar views to mine or Job who I think lives near me in SE Essex. The Discussion Board is not anonymous so in the meantime perhaps reviewers could include their name in the body of their review.
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I agree. One of the great things about the user reviews was that certain reviewers' comments are more "reliable" than others. Reliable is the wrong word, but there are inevitably some whose views I respect more than others. Can we have at least the option of names back? I guess the alternative is to put your identity at the end of each review.
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Hey WA - don't be seduced by successful secessions
Secession is a strange, sibilant, lisping sort of a word. Not easy to say after a few schooners. But you can expect to hear more of it in the months ahead. Belgium, Spain, the United Kingdom – perhaps even Australia – are all, to varying degrees, embroiled in the process of national divorce.
Secession is the act of exiting or withdrawing from a political union – in this case a State. When a region seeks to secede from a wider union it does more than simply threaten the geographic integrity of a nation; it undermines the legitimacy of the existing constitutional structures; and as a result it casts doubt on the State's authority.
Australia is not immune from the secessionist virus, as this headline in The West Australian shows: WA's a big economy on its own. The article went on to note that an independent WA would be the world's third richest country in terms of GDP per capita; it would soon over take Portugal and Ireland.
More recently, the Leader of the WA Government in the Legislative Council, Norman Moore, picked up the topic, making controversial pro-secession statements (which Premier Colin Barnett refused to support).
WA has been down this road before. In 1933 the people of WA supported an independence referendum with 68 per cent voting in favour of going it alone. Back then it was the mining areas that voted in favour of staying in the Commonwealth.
WA is far from the only region with independence on its mind. In the current geo-political environment secession is in vogue.
The UK's Prime Minister David Cameron and Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond recently signed an agreement to hold a vote (in Scotland) on Scottish independence. Mr Cameron agreed that the UK would be bound by the result of the referendum, slated for 2014. So the Scottish nationalists began a 100 week campaign to end a 300-year union.
No doubt Mr Cameron agreed to the terms of the referendum on the basis that he does not believe he will lose. In October an Ipsos Mori poll of 1,003 Scots for the Times of London showed support for the Union at 58 per cent with the independence vote lagging at 30 per cent. But Mr Cameron will be aware that for the Nationalists this is an historic opportunity and Mr Salmond is a canny political operator. The UK press seems to agree: there is all to play for.
But Scotland does not exist in a vacuum and events in Edinburgh are being watched with increasing alarm in Madrid. On the weekend, Catalonia went to the polls in a highly anticipated election.
Of course elections are never straight forward and Catalan President Artur Mas's pro-independence CiU party actually lost seats. But separatist parties look set to win a decisive majority in the Catalan parliament (around 70 seats in the 135 seat chamber).
The Catalan separatists, like the Scottish Nationalists, are promising a referendum on independence. This would make Barcelona a global, not just a regional capital - and possibly make FC Barcelona a genuine national team?
In truth, as Spain increasingly suffers from the fall out of the GFC a Catalan departure would be catastrophic. Catalonia makes up 6 per cent of the area of Spain, and 16 per cent of the population, but it generates 19 per cent of GDP, 25 per cent of industrial production, and 29 per cent of exports.
Perhaps just as importantly, Catalonia is not the only Spanish region with its eye on the exit door. The Basque region has long desired its own independence. The decision of the terrorist group ETA to end hostilities after four decades has resulted in a growth in support for a separatist coalition in the Basque regional parliament. Pro-independence parties now hold 48 of 75 seats and they are expected to hold some form of independence referendum.
The government in Madrid would prefer to block these secessionist tendencies.
In 2008 the Spanish government persuaded the Spanish Constitutional Court that Basque attempts to hold a "consultative referendum" were unconstitutional. In October of this year a similar Catalan proposal was also rejected by the Federal Parliament. That rejection ultimately led to Sunday's vote which Mars has promised will be the beginning of a "consultative process" on Catalan independence.
All of this could have an impact on Scotland's ambitions. Salmond wants an independent Scotland to remain within the European Union. But Spain is unlikely to smooth the path from UK region to EU member state.
Elsewhere in Europe Belgium struggles to maintain unity. It took a staggering 541 days for the representatives of rival Flemish and French speaking regions to agree to form a government following the 2010 elections. The divisions in Belgium, between Flanders and Walloonia, are not just linguistic – they are increasingly cultural and political. A split is not unimaginable.
But before WA starts commissioning a national anthem they might want to reflect upon the company they keep. True, it might soon overtake Portugal and Ireland in terms of GDP but those countries are hardly in great shape.
And then there's the example of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rica: an unincorporated territory of the United States. The Puerto Ricans are bucking the secessionist trend – recently voting overwhelmingly to join the US of A as its 51st state.
Western Australia should probably follow their example: it is better when we're together.
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Reg Whiteman says:
I think WA should secede and become an hereditary Monarchy under the direct rule of Queen Gina the First. She could appoint Alan Bond and Laurie Connell as Treasurer and Finance Minsiter respectively and build a Palace in the Pilbara that would make Buckingham Palace look like a stable. Then she could give every subject $25,000 each from the loose change in her purse and import a million or so African guest workers to do all the work for $2 a day.
The whole place could become a huge bogan theme-park and once a year Gina could be rowed by suitably attired Africans down the Swan on her Royal Barge as she sat on a huge throne and threw gold coins to the adoring masses.
I think it's a really good idea.
Guantanamero says:
This continent of ours is too big for just one country. Many Western Australians feel detached from the rest of the country both economically and politically. They see the money that comes from the West being pumped into services and infrastructure that is vitally needed in their own state.
Having lived in both the west and east coasts, the general mentality, values and approach to work are different.
I don't think the groundswell for secession is there yet but given time and Western Australian innovation; along with the need to pump up it's manufacturing sector, the rift between the those who dwell on the Indian and those on the Pacific will become even greater.
The author also forgot to mention Texas, which I think would be a better comparison to WA
KimL says:
Eventually the minerals will run out..what then? W.A. will be the poorest country in the world? I doubt anyone would be happy supporting them if they left in the good times and wanted back in the bad. Never mind they can have Queen Gina as head of state and get rid of parliament
Don says:
The Federal government exists for the states, not the other way around. This is a misconception that people have a lot of these days.
ronny jonny says:
WA is a one trick pony. It's a pretty good trick just now but it won't last forever.
gobsmack says:
It could be good move considering most of the "boat people" land closest to WA.
We could withdraw our navy to the east coast where it could resume its rightful role as a defence force.
We could leave them a few patrol boats to use until they build up the heavy industries required to build their own boats and planes.
St. Michael says:
Phhbbbbbbbttttt. There's been secessionist talk in WA since 1901; we had to be dragged kicking and screaming into Federation as it was - it's the reason WA isn't mentioned in the preamble to the Constitution. And we *did* have a successful referendum for secession earlier in the 20th century - problem being that at the time it required the consent of the UK Parliament to go through, and the bill in question has been sitting on the shelf in England gathering dust for 80-odd years. Even regular WA folks look at the WA Secessionist Movement in the same way normal US people look at American Civil War re-enactors. We're not going anywhere.
James1 says:
Interestingly, WA could have easily gone to Indonesia, except for one small decision made long ago.
During the Napoleonic Wars, after France successfully invaded The Netherlands, Britain took possession of the Netherlands East Indies - what we now know as Indonesia. At that stage, Western Australia was known as New Holland, and at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Britain considered encouraging and supporting a Dutch claim to the western end of the Australian continent, and its incorporation into the Netherlands East Indies to prevent a potentially hostile power like France taking control of it. In the end, the British decided to reserve the right to build a colony there, which they ended up doing in the 1820s.
If that had happened, we would share a land border with Indonesia, because Indonesia is the successor state to the Netherlands East Indies, and the generally accepted practice during decolonisation was for former colonies to become states based on colonial borders.
So be glad, WA, that you didn't end up as an Indonesia province, rather than a state of Australia. On the other hand, at least you wouldn't need a passport to holiday in Bali…
jerry says:
WA has not even scratched the surface there so much oil and gas still to be discovered. Huge amount of iron ore in the mid west, uranium etc.People in the Eastern States have no idea of the potential of WA as for not lasting forever it would be a long time before WA ran out by then I am sure they would be cashed up as long as we do not get an incompetent government like the Gillard government which is probably wish full thinking.
DJ says:
It would finally make AFL a legitimate international sport at least so they could stop playing that stupid hybrid game!
Jack says:
WA was illegally occupied by the British anyway as it was formally claimed for France in 1772 by Lt Louis Francois Marie de Saint Alouarn, but admittedly the French were a bit deficient with their paperwork, not helped by a trace of political instability.We should by rights be an overseas French territory with good cheeses. A point on the original decision to join a Federation; the mining vote then came from the Goldfields, populated mostly by people from the Eastern States colonies. Native born sandgropers voted aghainst and these days a majority of locals would also cheerfully get shot of the East, especially the welfare state of Tasmania. Cheers!
daniel says:
In terms of politics, I think the current political system needs to be overhauled to make all states equal in political capital. I don't think it's fair that states with their own economic niches are governed predominantly by 'outsiders' who don't represent a regions interests.
Take the most recent case to deregulate the wheat industry where you had many WA MPs in favour of it but were being pressured to vote against it for the sake of "party unity" [and not wanting to irk the Nationals in the east].
Whilst I consider myself currently in favour of secession, that'd change pretty quickly if the affairs of the nation were such that all states had equal representation at a federal level so that state interests could be addressed and protected.
Kika says:
You also forgot Queensland - up until only recently we had a clause in our constitution saying we could secede at anytime if we wanted. Thanks to Sir Joh. I wish we would.
Ray says:
I can understand why WA would very seriously consider secession.
When I was working over there I found it easier (and far more satisfactory) to deal with almost all of the rest of the world rather than the east coast of Australia. Usually the machinery and spare parts I needed were, cheaper, more readily available and delivered quicker.
I think that a secession would create far more problems for the rest of Australia than it would for WA.
MK says:
The Only Logcial Argument Against Secession is that we woul no longer be part of the Australian Cricket team
If it wasnt for that we would have already built an inpenetrable wall of Iron Ore along the rabbit proof fence to keep the East Caost out
kfr says:
Don't knock us secessing folks. AFL becomes international, bugger gaelic football. We can join the cricket, rugby world cup and know how to play the game! Duty free for FIFO wokers and more!
Shane From Melbourne says:
An invasion of Western Australia by the Eastern States would be tricky logistically but possible. Bring it on, Western Australia. It will give the manufacturing in the eastern states a boost…..
St. Michael says:
Just to further put the cat among the pigeons: had the Kimberley Plan proposed by the Freeland League gotten up, about 7 million acres of the Kimberley would have become a resettled Jewish refugee homeland. Curtin nixed the idea in 1944 principally on the White Australia policy, notwithstanding a big contingent of support for the idea, but still ... imagine the Harry Turtledove books that could've come out of that one, people!
Mark990 says:
As a Sydney sider fed up with the thieving nanny/police state we have come to live in over the past 5 years, I would be the first on the plane to the 'new land' if talks of this ever got serious. There is no doubt WA could operate as an independent country if there was a bit of a population boost, and without the useless 'professional politicians' fresh out of the student union we currently have ruining the economy I am sure it would boom. The 5 hour reduction on international flights would also be a massive plus! Bring it on!
jimbo says:
Maybe Gina could secede all on her own? Bit of a low shot there Fergal. At least she doesn't have a pencil neck and a case of wealth envy.
Saucy Sal says:
WA secede? May have its points.
For example, Ms Whineheart would then no longer be an Australian.
She'd be ineligible to vote, or to stand for Parliament, federally.
Or to take ownership of Fairfax or to sit on its board.
And we could deny her entry as an undesirable alien.
Yup, looks to have some merits.
Swamp Thing says:
@Tim, kidding or uninformed? The SAS are based over here & as we all know (thanks to the media) they are the only unit in the Army (oops 'defence force') capable of fighting (sarcasm). You Eastern states mob would have buckleys chance.
Bruno says:
When Gina and friends consume all the minerals and the place becomes a barren wasteland then we'll see. Also hilarious to hear anti-foreigners, the very same people who complain about shops and malls owned by Chinese bragging about the Chinese protecting them. Is that what the famous have a go Aussie spirit that I've been hearing about for the past 30 odd years been reduced to, we'll call China, we'll call America. They'll give you weapons let you kill each other then divvy up the country between them. You idiots.
andrew of fadden says:
If you go up north in WA, they do the same whinging about propping up Perth as they do in Perth about propping up Canberra. So, balkanise the joint at your peril, WA.
bananabender56 says:
If WA seceded would it raise the average IQ of Australia? With less cashed up bogans I would have thought so.
mikem says:
The topic of secession is not even worth wasting breath on because it will never happen. The only people who think it is a viable idea are the naive and those who mistakenly think it will advantage them financially. It is total nonsense.
Luc Belrose says:
WA will never be allowed to secede from the Federation of States. WA provides billions of dollars of taxes and levies from its wealthy mining operations to the Federal Govt which in turn redistributes the wealth among the other states and territories as per national Govt budget.
trevor says:
Why not mention the US? Currently all 50 states have seccession movements going for it, with Texas leading the push.
Esteban says:
Although it has peaked and waned over the last 112 years, talk of secession has been a constant since federation in WA.
WA voted against joining the federation; instincively knowing that with a small number of seats in the house of representatives and being vastly isolated from the rest of Australia was a bad idea.
A second referendum was taken but with a threat that the border would be moved to the west of the gold fields if WA did not agree.
Without the gold fields the viablity of going it alone was not as assured. That blackmailing plus the goldfields being mainly populated by eastern staters (the first cashed up bogans ) who voted for federation the state reluctantly agreed to participate in the federation.
In the following 112 years the issue has never gone away it is just that those from the east never realised or cared about those in the West.
The East cares now because you are living off mining wealth from WA.
I doubt that since gold was discoverd in 1890 has WA been a financial burden on the East.
In fact when we needed you to build infastructure such as the pipeline to the goldfields you were nowhere to be found and funding for the project was provided by London.
Given that most of the mining tax will come from WA and a paltry amount is to be returned for infastructure one might wonder what has changed.
The economic argument for secession is very strong and has been since 1890 not just recently with exports to China.
The ignorance of the East about iron exports to Japan from the 60's is amusing. WA has been in a mining boom since the 60's with China a new and important customer.
The other thing raised by the east is that WA would miss the comfort of an Australian defence force.
Once again dead wrong. WA instincively knows that like money when we really need you you wont be there.
Right from federation WA looked to the USA for security rather than the east coast. There is a museum in Albany that has lovely shots of the US navy receiving a huge welcome over 100 years ago. There are no shots of the Australian navy being welcomed.
I have a piece of rose glassware that my great great grandfather bought for my grandmother to celebrate the arrival of the US fleet in 1904.
Where outside WA did people buy antique glassware and engrave it to celebrate the arrival of the US Navy?
During the second world war and because of the isolation of being west of the Brisbane line WA only felt secure after the arrival of the US Navy.
It does not have to come to secession we just want a review of the carve up of the GST to recognise that we have a greater need for money to fund infastructure to support our rapid growth.
It is unfair of Canberra to put themselves at the head of the que when it comes to things like mining taxes but right at the back of the que when it comes to providing infastructure funding.
If the projections come true and by 2050 WA will only have 30% of the GST that we collect returned to WA then our financial relationship with the rest of Australia wille secondary to our export markets.
HC says:
This "living off the backs of miners" comment that so many people seem to accuse Eastern Australians of seems odd. I have a job (not related in anyway to the mining industry), pay taxes and don't get a red cent from the government. And there are many others like me over here.
So how is it that people like myself benefit from West Australian minerals?
Modern Primitive says:
If WA ever wants to secceed and grow the population it needs to do away with the quasi-fascist nanny state mentality the rest of the country has. That way the western bloc could be a pillar of light and reason, whilst the eastern bloc could continue to labour under its safe, self inflicted oppression.
And there should be auto bahns. Lots of em.
Curmudgeon Of High Dudgeon says:
Change the constitution so that minerals belong to Australia and this nonsense would be gone. Parochial horsehit due to an inadequate constitution.
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P.S. Gina should seccede. She is bigger than the Hutt River. But what happens when certain body parts want to secede from the rest.
Fergal Davis says:
Thank you all for reading the article and taking the time to comment. I enjoyed your lively - if at times irreverent debate:-)
A few of you mention Texas. It is post (ed?) My main reasons for leaving it to one side were that I was focused on the Catalan elections this week and I have lectured on Scotland for years (and I'm married to a Scot) - so those examples were the ones that came to mind. It is true that Texas is an interesting case for WA. Perhaps I can revisit it in another post (ed?).
I've also become aware that there is a burgeoning secessionist movement in Venice. It will be worth keeping an eye to see whether economics or the pressing rights of ancient nations or a combination are the key factors driving these movements.
My colleague George Williams has previously written on the constitutional difficulties which would be associated with any attempt at exiting the Commonwealth. On the face of it WA would need a referendum. Unlike Scotland that referendum would have to pass in the other states as well. So it would be a difficult road.
Once again thanks.
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