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Portraying Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network," actor Jesse Eisenberg wears a wardrobe that's about as unthreatening as it gets, so much so that he's discounted as the geek in the hoodie and T-shirt. Put that same outfit on a young, African-American teenager, though, and some see a wholly different image.
Hot-button cultural connotations are like a tag that can't be cut from hoodies. They've been banned at some schools around the country. They've been blamed for making law-abiding teens look like thugs. And, after recent protests following the death of black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, they've become one of the most polarizing garments in pop culture.
When word got out that the unarmed 17-year-old was wearing a hoodie on the night he was shot to death by Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla., Fox News commentator Geraldo Rivera assailed the sweatshirt, saying it was a contributing factor in the incident. His comments, blaming a piece of apparel for a fatal shooting, added a dose of accelerant to a hoodie uprising that was already well under way last week.
During the past few days, dozens of sweatshirt-clad protest marches have been held from Montgomery, Ala., to Los Angeles to New Orleans, where students at Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School students marched Monday.
In a viral show of solidarity, players from the Miami Heat last week posed for a dramatic group photo in zip-front sweats, their faces obscured by the gray hoods.
On Sunday, hooded parishioners filled pews at churches around the country, giving services a 21st century monastic look. And on Monday, Democratic state senators in New York planned to don fleeces for their legislative session.
The hoodie hasn't always been such a political hot potato. It's origins are much more mundane. It first surfaced in the early 20th century on laborers and longshoremen, a simple layering piece designed to keep hard-working folks warm. A 2006 New York Times story pointed to styles created in the 1930s by Champion as the debut of the hooded sweat.
When Sylvester Stallone ran through the streets of Philly in a gray sweatshirt, its hood draped down his sweaty back, the shirts caught the public's attention. As "Rocky" played on the big screen, his hoodies began showing up on playgrounds, basketball courts, boxing gyms and suburban shopping malls.
A few years later, the look shifted from athletes to rappers, and its rep began to change.
When Run-DMC wore hoodies with their Adidas, early hip hop acquired a new groove. Then along came the Wu-Tang Clan, N.W.A. and others, who flipped the hoods up over their heads, a quick style change that took the shirts from urban to gangsta. Pair the look with hard-core lyrics about drugs, thugs and gangs, and the shirts become a badge for bad behavior.
Street kids weren't the only ones paying attention. Apparel companies tuned in. Urban brands, like Rocawear, surf and skate labels, like Vans and Billabong, and designer lines, from Gucci to Tommy Hilfiger, picked up the look.
The fashion world really paid attention when, in the early 2000s, the Billionaire Boys Club, a clothing label owned by music producer Pharrell Williams, came out with wild, cartoon-like graphic hoodies that sold for $200 a pop. Versions flew off shelves, both in New York and Japan.
Today, hooded sweats are as ubiquitous as they are innocuous, worn by everyone from workout instructors to high-tech start-up CEOs. But they still carry a stigma in certain places on certain people.
"It's not the hoodie, it's the assumptions that people project onto the wearer of the hoodie that matters," said Todd Boyd, a University of Southern California professor specializing in race and pop culture and author of "Young, Black, Rich and Famous: The Rise of the NBA, the Hip-Hop Invasion and the Transformation of American Culture."
"If an unfamiliar white teenage boy had been seen walking through that neighborhood wearing a hoodie would he have aroused suspicion? Or if Trayvon Martin had been wearing a suit and tie would he still be alive?" wrote Boyd, responding to questions on Monday via email. "It is a classic example of blaming the victim.
"If you're Mark Zuckerberg, you're a brilliant, young social media mogul whose hoodie reflects a rebellious disdain for the more traditional notions surrounding appropriate office attire," Boyd continued. "If you're Trayvon Martin, however, you're dead because in that same hoodie you're perceived as a violent, menacing threat to society.
"This double standard is not unlike the commentary surrounding those still familiar images of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina," Boyd said. "White people were pictured and were said to be searching for food to survive, while black people were represented as looting, though both were engaged in the same activity."
Waiting for students in the early carpool rush outside McMain Secondary School on Monday morning, coach and teacher Reggie Brown was wearing a gray hoodie. "I talk to my athletes and tell them to be yourself but to dress appropriately. To take someone's life and say it's because of their fashion choice...," he paused, then shook his head, "it just doesn't make any sense."
Hoodies get a bad rap, but even dressed in a tie, black men often are subjects to stereotypes, said L. Kasimu Harris, a New Orleans-based photographer and writer who chronicles Southern fashion on the "Parish Chic" blog for the Oxford American magazine.
"Last year, I had on a bow tie, and a guy came up to me and said, 'Where do you work? Do you park cars, wait tables, work at a hotel downtown?' You can get pigeonholed in anything."
Harris said he often talks to his 13-year-old nephew about "how you present yourself as a young black guy."
"In the early to late '90s when athletic apparel became really associated with gang culture, it developed a stigma that it hasn't shaken," Harris said. "I don't think it's fair, but I can see why it happened. Any time you see a young black man in athletic apparel, you associate him with the negative images you've seen on TV and on a perp walk on the news. But it doesn't ever give you an excuse to hurt someone."
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Citing safety and soundness concerns, the NCUA is rejecting pleas by NAFCU and some credit unions to reverse its recent decision and allow well- capitalized credit unions to be exempt from restrictions on how much they can spend on fixed assets.
"Our evidence shows that investing in higher levels of nonearning assets can materially affect a credit union's earnings ability and, therefore, its viability. Call Report data show a higher percentage of earnings problems among credit unions with more than 5% of shares and retained earnings invested in fixed assets," NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz wrote in a letter to NAFCU President/CEO Fred Becker.
She added that the agency's regional directors are authorized to provide a specific operating range for new acquisitions.
NAFCU Vice President and General Counsel Carrie Hunt said the agency hasn't spelled out some of the criteria that the directors will use.
"It all comes down to implementation. And we feel, as do some of our members, that there is considerable confusion about the agency's definitions and procedures in this area," she said.
Hunt noted that they have heard from six credit unions that complained they had received inadequate explanations from examiners when they asked about how the agency would implement the rule. Most of the credit unions wanted to buy new computers or ATMs, she said.
As a result of the change, credit unions over the 5% level can stay where they are. But if their fixed assets drop, they must remain at the new level. They can request a waiver to be allowed to buy more fixed assets.
NCUA Assistant Public Affairs Director David Small said the agency's regional directors will deal with waiver requests fairly, while making sure that credit unions don't take unnecessary risks.
"NCUA can work with a credit union to determine if a waiver can be structured so credit unions would not have to submit a waiver for each additional fixed asset investment. The purpose of a waiver is to ensure the additional investment in fixed assets is safe and sound for the individual credit union," Small said in an email.
Last October, the NCUA board voted two to one to end the exemption of federal credit unions eligible for regulatory flexibility from the rule banning FCUs from investing more than 5% of their shared and retained earnings in fixed assets.
At that time, Matz said the changes were necessary because the agency needed "to be proactive to maintain safety and soundness." She added that when the agency originally created the regulatory flexibility program, "we were a little too flexible," and the agency is making the changes so it doesn't wait until credit unions are adversely affected by losses.
Both CUNA and NAFCU lobbied hard against the changes. Since then, NAFCU has been especially persistent in trying to persuade the agency to change its mind or at least be clearer in explaining what guidance it is giving regional directors and other staff members in implementing the change.
CUNA Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Mary Mitchell Dunn said they are concerned about the decision to take away some of the waivers for credit unions eligible for RegFlex.
"They provided valuable incentives for well-run credit unions, and we think that's a net positive for them," Dunn said.
In October, the NCUA board also voted to eliminate the exemption from the rule requiring an FCU to obtain the liability and guarantee of a borrower's principals when making a member business loan; eliminate the exemption from the rule requiring stress tests to determine the impact of a 3% increase or decrease in interest rates; and eliminate exemption from the existing rule that limits the delegation of discretionary control to third parties over the purchase and sale of investments of up to 100% of net capital.
There are 3,142 FCUs eligible for the program with investments totaling $125 billion.

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Close to Sochi, Boy is Saved by Loving Down Syndrome Community
Russian Family Flies to Germany for Life-Saving Heart Surgery
Sometimes, in our compassionate, close knit Down syndrome community, it doesn't just take a village to care for a child, it takes a global village.
On May 30, 2012, in Stavropol, Russia, not far from Sochi, where the Winter Olympics are underway, Dasha and Alexey Garafonov gave birth to a son, Peter, who has Down syndrome. Today, the Garafonovs are getting on a plane to Germany, where Peter is scheduled to have a life-saving surgery on Feb. 25, 2014.
While things are looking up for Peter, says Marc Epstein, an MDSC member who has gotten involved in several international cases like Peter's, it's sadly not the norm for the vast majority of children like Peter. "When a child in Russia is born with Down syndrome, doctors urge parents to place them in the state's care, which means they will go to orphanages and eventually be placed into mental institutions to live out the rest of their lives. Most families make this choice since they feel unequipped to deal with the diagnosis. There is also a stigma about persons with special needs in Russian society due mostly to ignorance, but which causes most families to give up children born with disabilities."
Against all odds, Peter seems to be heading on a different path. The journey starts in 2011, when Peter's aunt Evgeniya and her husband met an American couple, Vashti and Glenn Walters, from Knoxville, Tennessee. The Walters had come to a Russian orphanage to adopt a 4-year-old boy with Down syndrome named James Ivan, who had been given up by his parents. Barring his adoption, James would have aged out the orphanage for young children and his life would almost certainly become much darker. As it was, he was saved from that fate.
When Peter was born, Evgeniya, who had remained in touch with Vashti by email and Facebook, immediately reached out to her American friends. Both of them were grateful that Dasha chose to keep her son. "I admire Dasha's bravery, even though I've never spoken to her due to the language barrier," Vashti says.
Still, Peter was hardly out of the woods. Having been born with a congenital heart defect, doctors in St. Petersburg said that his life threatened unless he had surgery. As is often the case in other parts of the world, the hospital denied the life-saving surgery because Peter had Down syndrome. Unwilling to give up, Dasha scoured Russia looking for a solution. Eventually, she sent Peter's medical documents to doctors in Germany - who agreed to perform the surgery, but could not cover the $50,000 price tag, not including travel and living expenses for what would have to be a month-long stay.
At that point, just as there seemed no hope, Vashti began doing her own networking, desperately searching for an individual or organization that could help. In November 2012, she met Dr. Brian Skotko, co-director of the MGH Down Syndrome Program and chair of the MDSC's Medical & Scientific Advisory Council, who had come to Knoxville on a speaking engagement.
Dr. Skotko in turn put Vashti in touch with his friend Marc Epstein, an active member of the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress and our Dads Appreciating Down Syndrome (D.A.D.S.) affiliate. Marc, whose son Paul has Down syndrome, has a track record of identifying funding sources for life-saving medical care for children with Down syndrome. With Marc's help, Dasha was put in touch with a Rusfond, a Russian charity organization (www.rusfond.ru) that after a long, grueling process, chose to provide Peter with funding to cover his heart surgery expenses.
For months, the family anxiously awaiting a date of departure for Germany. For Marc, he is glad that Peter's story has a happy ending. "When I hear how children with Down syndrome are just discarded in other cultures, it first upsets me, then I get mad, and then I try to find a way to do something about it."
But he also knows that so much more needs to be done. "The number of children we are able to help is such a small number compared to the number of them that need our help."


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By Udayan Kishor
New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) The Delhi Police today accused Congress leader Shashi Tharoor of abetting the suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar and told a city court that he should be summoned as an accused in the four-and-half year-old case, as there was sufficient evidence against him.
In a nearly 3,000-page charge sheet, the police named Tharoor as the only person as accused while also alleging that he had subjected his wife to cruelty.
The charge sheet was filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmendra Singh, who will consider it on May 24.
The agency urged the court to summon Tharoor, the Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram, as an accused.
The couples domestic servant Narayan Singh has been named one of the key witnesses in the case.
Pushkar was found dead in a luxury hotel room on the night of January 17, 2014.
The Congress leader has been charged under sections 498 A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code.
While under section 498A, the maximum punishment is up to three years of imprisonment, jail term up to 10 years is prescribed under section 306.
"It is presumed that if she has committed suicide, she must have been subjected to cruelty before death. Court may take cognisance of this fact that it is a case of abetment as the death has taken place within seven years of the marriage and under the law a case of abetment is made out," Special Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava told the Court while paacing the charge sheet before it.
Under Section 113A of the Indian Evidence Act, a court "may presume, having regard to all the other circumstances of the case, that ... suicide had been abetted by her husband or by such relative of her husband" if she kills herself within seven years from the date of her marriage.
The charge sheet, which includes several annexures including medical reports, said that Pushkar died within four years of her marriage with Tharoor. The couple had entered the wedlock on August 22, 2010.
Pushkar was found dead in the suite of the South Delhi hotel on January 17, 2014. The suite was sealed that night itself for investigation.
An FIR was registered by Delhi Police on January 1, 2015 against unknown persons under IPC section 302 (murder).
According to prosecution sources, the charge sheet has mentioned that Pushkar was allegedly subjected to mental as well as physical cruelty.
After all the possible and material evidence collected and verified, it was felt that Tharoors custodial interrogation was not required in the case as of now, the charge sheet said.
The sources said since the investigation was still on, the police can seek custodial interrogation of the accused if the situation arises, but at present no such demand has been made.
Tharoor has not been arrested in the case so far as he had joined the investigation when required.
The copy of the chargesheet was not made public immediately and it is not known as to what weighed with the police to omit the charge of murder, which was initially in the FIR when it was filed against unknown persons.
The Delhi High Court had last year in October 26 dismissed BJP leader Subramanian Swamys plea seeking court-monitored SIT probe into the death of Pushkar, terming his PIL as a "textbook example of a political interest litigation".
Later, Swamy had moved the Supreme Court against the High Court order, when the top court had asked him to satisfy the court on the question of maintainability of his plea.
The special investigation team (SIT) on April 20 had told the apex court that a draft final report has been prepared after conducting "thorough professional and scientific investigations" in the case relating to the death of Congress MP s wife.
Delhi Police, in its affidavit filed in the apex court, had said then that a draft final report has been sent to the prosecution department of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi for "legal scrutiny" and it would be filed in the concerned trial court after being vetted. PTI UK RRT PKS RKS ARC ARC


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OK, yet another oven question.From what I've read on here, it appears that for a large majority of people, it appears that they are able to do without the gas oven and make do with the microwave / convection oven combo. So my question is what, if anything, are you unable to make in the convection oven??? Obviously I'm not looking to make whole hams, 24 lb turkeys or a whole pig. But are they any foods that you can't make??? Can you make roasts??? Can you bake cookies, etc?
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Apple vs. Samsung
Tech powerhouses Apple and Samsung are facing off in court in order to determine possible patent breaches between their phone and tablet products. Apple began the legal battle in 2011 when they filed a lawsuit against Samsung for copying the iPhone and iPad models. Samsung retaliated with a counter-suit and in turn, Apple pushed for similar patent cases in other countries.
But fortunately, a verdict has been reached! United States District Court Judge Lucy Koh determined that sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 should be postponed until Samsung can prove innocent in the lawsuit. Should the infringement claims be found invalid, Apple has agreed to compensate Samsung's potential losses up to $2.6 million.
The decision will undoubtedly be appealed by Samsung, so possible changes to the ruling could go into effect in upcoming weeks. Cases like this can be complicated and often requires the on-going dedication of legal teams, so it may be a while before we hear a final decision regarding the appeals process.


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|Faith Journal-Center Left Circle Flap- quote from Pinterest
I've debated whether to share this, but in case it encourages someone to keep going and not give up on the vision they've been given, I am going to go ahead and share. About a year ago, I had a vision of teaching online art journaling classes. The vision, or dream, caught me by surprise because I'm not really a computer, internet person. I started this blog because I wanted to be a part of a community and connect with like-minded people after the school I had taught Art at for ten years closed. There was no thought of online classes at that point. But when the idea came, it wouldn't leave. I tried to ignore it. I took online courses from other artists, contemplating if I should/could learn how to teach in that new way. Eventually I said "Yes." Since then, it's been an uphill battle. Learning, by trial and error, extra-ordinary obstacles, etc. I wanted to quit and gave all the reasons why I wasn't the right person for this venue. I became very discouraged, and when I put it on the shelf, God gave it back to me through others like my husband cheering me on, and my friend Anneli coming to help with the web work. Then more friends joined in to pray for me, and it made all the difference in the world. God gave me just what and who I needed at that moment, and whispered to my heart, "Keep going. I am with you."
Dreams realized are sweet to the soul. My first online workshop is now launched and began this past weekend. I feel blessed, and busy. It's still not too late to join if you would like to.
|Faith Journal-Center Circle Flap- my favorite Rabindranath Tagore quote
Last week, I came across this entry in Jan Karon's book, A Continual Feast, that quotes Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest. It resonated with the process I had been going though. It also provided the motivation to finish the "Faith" art journal. Here is the excerpt:
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Mariners began to use barometers in the 18th century to predict changes in the weather, but it was in the 19th century that their use at sea became widespread. This marine cistern barometer has a mahogany case and brass gimbals…
The Collections
- NMMCollections's collections
- Captain Cook's Third Voyage
- Ship in a bottle
- Captain Cook's First Voyage
- William Wales
- Captain Cook's Second Voyage
- John Harrison
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After 1774c4080
A one day marine timekeeper with a 102mm diameter white enamel dial, in imitation of that of H4, with scrolling decoration at the quarters and roman hour numerals and Arabic ten-minute figures. It has polished and blued steel beetle and…
circa 1780f2983
This is a brass, portable, equatorial, refracting telescope called a heliometer as it is designed for viewing the Sun. Its size makes it portable; its stand makes it equatorial; its optics makes refracting. As an equatorial telescope its 'equatorial plate'…
This is a portable Gregorian (reflector) telescope. It is signed JAMES SHORT LONDON 208/1205 = 18 meaning it has a focal length of 18 inches (457.2mm), and that James Short had made 208 of that size out of a total…
circa 1770f5597-001
This is a brass double achromatic telescope, with a missing tripod stand. The telescope has a fitted mahogany box which contains in addition to the telescope tube a counterpoise clamp, object glass cap, small refracting sighting telescope (mounted on the…
circa 1780f5588-001
This transit instrument has engraved on the central bosss 'Fait par Ramsden pour Dollond London', made by Ramsden for Dollond London. Ramsden married into the famous optical instrument making Dollond family in 1765 when he married John Dollond's youngest daughter,…
Hodges' paintings of the Pacific are vivid records of British exploration. He was appointed by the Admiralty to record the places discovered on Cook's second voyage, undertaken in the 'Resolution' and 'Adventure', 1772-75. This was primarily in the form of…
An azimuth compass with a brass bowl, mounted in gimbals in a wooden box. It is fitted with open brass sights and a shadow pin. The card has a brass rim and is graduated to quarter points with each half-point…
circa 1776rv0721
The compass is housed in a wooden box, with a lid and an internal glass cover to allow the compass to be viewed while in the box. It is a dry card compass, marked with the points but not with…
circa 1766b8566
The first major improvement to the mariner's compass came in the mid-18th century with the work of Dr Gowin Knight. In 1745 he invented a method of making strongly magnetic steel bars, and then developed a steel compass needle which…
Proportional dividers. Brass with steel points. Black leather outer case.
circa 1750ru9524
Silver engraved parallel rule
Dip circle or dipping needle, made of brass with gold pivots encased in copper. The needle is 12 inches (30.5 cm) long, and the circular scale is graduated quadrantally to 30 minutes. A dip circle measures the vertical component of…
circa 1760rt5380
Air thermometer Scale 0 deg to 130 deg F. Ivory scale mounting Sharkskin case
circa 1760d1077
Silvered brass scale in a glazed mahogany case. Width 2" (5.1 cm) Case 21.25" x 2.25" (54.0 cm x 5.7 cm) Graduated -5deg to 212 deg F.
circa 1780rt5375
Silvered brass scale in a glazed marogany case. Width 2" (5.1 cm) Graduated -7 deg to 220 deg F. Case 22" x 3.75" (55.9 cm x 9.5 cm)
circa 1785d6366_1
The sextant has a black-lacquered brass diamond-pattern frame with a wooden handle. The tangent screw and clamping screw are located on the back of the index arm. The sextant has three shades, two red and one green, and three horizon…
circa 1772c8745
The sextant has a polished brass frame and limb with a wooden handle. The tangent screw, with its knob missing, is located on the front of index arm and the clamping screw is on the back. The lower part of…
circa 1800rt5761
Surveyors chain of iron links 8 inches in length. Every 6 1/2 ft there are brass markers. The Imperial length (by conversion from that stated below) is 71 ft 6 ins.
circa 1790rt5195
Telescope-8.55 (21.7cm) long, O.G. 0.8 (2cm) dia. Inverting (with cross wires) fitted with O.G. lens shutter. A spirit level in a brass casing 4.75" ( 12.1cm) long is attached to the underside of telescope by two broad brass bands. Stand-the…
circa 1780NAV1442
Table-16 x 13.5 x 0.75" (40.6 x 34.3 x 1.9cm). Wood with brass tripod mounting socket attached at centre of underside. Compass-Dia. of bowl 5" (12.7cm). Wood frame which attaches to side of table. Paper card graduated to 32 points…
Theodolite in an octagonal wooden box. Base- Diameter 6.5" (16.5cm) is graduated 0-180 by 1 degree in each half, with three verniers, each marked to 30.It is fitted with two knobs, one to turn the instrument in azimuth, the other…
circa 1765rt0076
Telescopic sight mounted on vertical rack having a work scale of 90° - 0° - 90° with vernier reading (sliding secondary scale) to 5'. Horizontal scale 0° - 360°. Also has compass and bubble (spirit) level. Original octagonal mahogany box.
This achromatic telescope has a tapering mahogany barrel and a single brass draw tube. The other brass fittings include a pivoted eyepiece cover and a brass objective lens cap attached to the barrel collar with a chain. There is also…
The landscape painter William Hodges, who trained under Richard Wilson, accompanied Captain Cook on his second voyage to the South Pacific 1772-75 with a brief to record the places visited. While some of the smaller of his remarkable landscape paintings…
circa 1769l5851-001
A one-month duration mahogany longcase regulator by John Shelton, London, circa 1769. The movement is of typical Graham/Shelton form with chamfered corners to the tall plates which are united by six latched knopped pillars. The five wheel train is driven…


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Navy SEALs Workout Programs
Navy SEALs are among the most physically fit members of the Unites States military forces. SEAL is the U.S. Navy's acronym for Sea, Air, Land special forces. SEAL candidates undergo at least 33 weeks of brutally demanding training. Training has six phases, including five phases of Basic Underwater Demolition SEALs training, also known as BUDS. Whether you want to prep for military training or simply want to be in the best shape of your life, a SEALs workout can get you there. Gather your motivation, practice your mental toughness and prepare to embrace pushups.
Running and swimming are the twin foundations of SEAL training. To get into SEAL shape you need to break your physical training, or PT, into two phases. Phase One should last at least nine weeks, with an end goal of running 16 miles per week, four to five days per week. Phase Two should bring you to 30 miles of running per week, four to five days per week. Start slowly and warm up before each run.
Swimming is the most grueling part of SEAL training. To pass, candidates need to work up to a 5 1/2 mile ocean swim with fins. If you just want the SEAL body, do a nine-week training of sidestroke with no fins, working up from 15 to 35 minutes of continuous swimming. Real SEALs are also required to complete a 50-meter underwater swim and underwater knot tying.
Navy SEALs' PT focuses on five units of daily strength training: Warmup, Pull, Push, Abdominal and Lower Body. The technique employs seemingly endless repetitions of pushups, pullups and situps as well as basic warm-up calisthenics like windmills, jumping jacks, squat thrusts and bicycles. To build a base of stamina and strength, try a nine-week program of the following daily workout. Start with four sets of 15 push-ups, four sets of 20 sit-ups and three sets of three pull-ups. Add sets and reps incrementally, working up to six sets of 30 push-ups, six sets of 30 situps and three sets of ten pullups by the end of nine weeks.
Going The Extra Mile
Physical fitness is just the tip of the iceberg for SEAL candidates. If you want to be a Navy SEAL or model yourself after this elite group, you must cultivate the mental attributes they possess. A positive mental attitude, perseverance and a problem-solving mindset are all crucial to overcoming the pain, discomfort, fear and stress Special Forces soldiers often face. Getting fit at the SEAL level calls to mind the well-known military motto, "The only easy day was yesterday."
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Twin Peaks premiered in 1990 as a top rated series, and after only a couple of seasons, the American drama had been cancelled. David Lynch and Mark Frost were the men behind the uncanny series that would gain a cult following and later be revived and premiered on Showtime in May of 2017. Lynch and Frost would direct the show and several original cast members were brought back for the reboot. Angelo Badalamenti played a major role in composing the first soundtrack, and would also return for the much awaited reboot.
The original Twin Peaks soundtrack would live on to have an important influence in music. Lynch's role in the scene has birthed a new field of artists interested with the look and feel of the show and music of Twin Peaks. David Lynch's background in music goes back to the late seventies, and with Twin Peaks renewing on Showtime, some artists have already begun remixing some of the music, Jon Hopkins and Flying Lotus to name a couple. Both indie and pop groups alike have taken influence from the music of Twin Peaks over the years and creating great art in doing so, and an influence like that is something the new series can only hope to achieve.
With a new show comes new music. The revival of Twin Peaks comes with a fresh new intro as well as a new score and soundtrack to accompany the show. Come September of 2017, two new soundtracks will be released for the new series, including music from the original composer Angelo Badalamenti as well as the band Chromatics. The soundtracks, Twin Peaks (Music From the Limited Event Series) and Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Original Soundtrack) will surely live a long life and will see a similar influence on music and pop culture for years to come.
The style of music typically found in Twin Peaks media is jazzy, moody, and instrumental, with a few songs having lyrics written by David Lynch himself, like The Nightingale, Into the Night, and Falling. Twin Peaks compositions have reached critical acclaim and have been called "the summit of TV soundtracks" and "a model of film music ideally matched to the images and actions it underscores." The theme song also won a grammy in 1991, and like everything else the project has achieved, David Lynch looks to reach the same if not greater heights.
David Lynch certainly has experience placing artists for a grander vision, and you can see him put this experience to effect come his new festival, Festival of Disruption. Including amazing artists like Bon Iver and TV on the Radio, you can see fantastic music performances and talks with the artists as well as fellow Lynch and Twin Peaks collaborators Sheryl Lee and Dean Hurley. Also see past David Lynch films and rare shorts all during the festival on October 14th and 15th in Los Angeles, California. Not only will this be a great event, but net proceeds will go to benefit the David Lynch Foundation.


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My favorite part of the Holiday Council is when we have to come up with a theme for the upcoming year. It's a big decision, right? One word, or phrase, or mantra, that is fitting for the types of things we want to achieve and feel over the next year. Molly does a fabulous job at helping us map out our theme, with her many worksheets, that delve deeply into certain visions and feelings and goals we're seeking. How do we want to feel? What happened last year that made us feel proud? What happened last year that left us disappointed? What do we want to rock in 2014? What feelings do we want to leave firmly behind in 2013? It's hard, but it's easy. It's scary, but it's freeing.
Last year, my theme was do the work. I wanted to see big changes in my life. I wanted to lose weight, gain control over my finances, make friends, and stop feeling so dependent on my mom. Those were the big goals behind my themes. In some ways, I feel like I embraced this theme. I did the work by finding a new job because my old job wasn't serving me anymore. I did the work when I cultivated new friendships and made an effort to be a more social being, even when it's not in my nature. I did the work when I began doing more things on my own and accepting the place my mom's boyfriend has in our family and discovered I am so ready to be on my own. I did the work by buying my own car and helping out with the bills more.
But there were many areas where I faltered majorly. With my health and losing weight and being stronger. With my anxiety. With my finances, and the fact that I'm still in credit card debt, as well as medical and school loan debt, and my savings aren't anywhere near where they should be. When I let my social anxiety dictate my life. With my faith, and the way it no longer feels a part of me.
My biggest goal for 2014 is to lose weight. And I hate that this is still a goal for me. This unachieved goal has become such an area of defeat for me. Every year, it goes unmarked. I have no excuses. I have no reason for why I'm continually ending every year in a place that leaves me ashamed and sad and disappointed.
I don't want to end another year feeling ashamed and sad and disappointed. I want to feel vibrant and alive and whole. I want to feel free.
There was one key phrase that kept making it into my worksheets while I was discovering what held me back in 2013 and what I'm aching to feel in 2014. That word was captive. I feel captive. I feel captive with my anxiety, my weight, my finances, my energy, my passions, my introversion, my shyness, my body, my inability to sustain a relationship, my faith, my fears. The list goes on and on and on.
So what's my theme for 2014? There were so many words circling through my brain. Release. Joy. Strength. Radiance. Devotion. Boldness. Revelry. Abandon. Brilliance. Bliss.
And all those words mean something to me. They are all words I want to bring into the new year.
In 2014, I want to feel free, open, and in love with my life. I want to make big changes, do big things, see big results. I want my life to look completely different and I want to feel completely different by this time next year. Not just with my health, though that's a big one, but with the overall feeling about my life. I don't want to feel captive anymore. It's a terrible feeling that grips you and keeps you from fully investing in your goals and being bold with your life. It holds you down, saps your strength, and makes you feel small and inconsequential.
I have big goals for 2014. Big dreams. And there is one word that's going to keep me focused on my overall vision for this upcoming year.
In 2014, my theme is commitment.
I want to be committed to my health – to losing weight, getting in amazing shape, and developing healthy habits.
I want to be committed to my finances – to budgeting better, getting rid of credit card debt, and saving.
I want to be committed to my anxiety – to understanding how it affects me, finding a therapist, and opening up about my fears.
I want to be committed to my relationships – to strengthening friendships, being a better friend/sister/daughter/cousin/niece/aunt/granddaughter, and keeping my heart open to love.
I want to be committed to stepping out of my comfort zone – to adventure, taking risks, and saying "yes" more than "no."
I'm excited to see what 2014 holds. It's a year about commitment. About crushing my goals and staying true to what I want, even when it's hard.
Have you declared a theme for 2014? If not, what's one feeling you'd like to experience in this upcoming year?


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Hi, I have been testing Chrome JSSIP/Sipml5 with OSDial 3.0.2. I can get SIP calls to connect between chrome browsers but get no audio. This seems to point to a bug within asterisk around strp.
If a build a generic 11.19 using ./configure --with-crypto --with-ssl --with-srtp --with-uuid=/usr/include everything works perfectly.
I have a couple of questions:
Is there anytime line to get Osdial 3.0.2x working with asterisk 11.19+ or asterisk 12?
Could you provide a list of configure switches OSD was compiled with in-order to attempt to overlay asterisk 11.19 over the current OSD 11.13-54?
Do you know of any patching/fixes that can be applied to OSD 3.0.2 or its asterisk 11.13-54 that would make JSSIP/Sipml5 work correct within this installation?
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Machinarium is here!
Machinarium was just released on Friday, and it's bigger, longer, and better than anything Amanita Design has done before. It's got gorgeous visuals, an intriguing world, well-constructed gameplay, and a truly stunning soundtrack.
I'll elaborate on my impressions of the game in another post, but for now, I just want to remind everyone that it's time to go and play it. Go buy it now, or try the demo first if you really need convincing.
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I really am, but that's okay, right? I hope so. Life has been, well, life. Busy between work and school, still working out the details of the wedding (we've found a place!), and making sure to find the balance between pleasing others and taking care of myself. After a whirlwind few weekends, I declared last weekend Joe and I only time. Not everyone was horribly pleased about it, but we needed the break. We went to the fair on Sunday, spent way too much money, came home, crashed for a few hours, then went to get ramen for dinner. With Joe's new schedule we only have one weekend day off together, but he works so early that he's home by 2pm on Saturday, so its not a complete waste of a day if we actually go out and do stuff.
Oh! I got a new computer! A brand new, only ever been owned by me computer! Since my mac died we've been living off hand me downs and borrowed computers, but I got my financial aid check a few weeks ago, so we got me a new computer and Joe a ps3 since he had to sell his a few months ago. They had some ridiculously good deals t Walmart for both, so we didn't spend all that much. Since I only use the computer for school and blogging, we didn't need the super mac daddy of computers.
Well, I have to get ready for work, so I will talk to everyone later!


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The Universe is filled with infinite bean fields. Join the voyages of the galactic bean traders in their search for valuable SpaceBeans. Light years from earth, they travel among the stars to bean fields where no man has gone before. The trader who finishes the voyage with the most valuable SpaceBeans is crowned the "Lord of the Beaniverse".
Product Information
Uwe Rosenberg
Rio Grande Games, Amigo
Bjorn Pertoft
Year: 2000
Players: 2 - 6
Time: 45 minutes
Ages: 10 and up
Weight: 195 grams
- 109 cards
- rules
Product Reviews
Average Rating: 3.8 in 8 reviews
In this game, you basically pass around the cards to the player before you. On your turn, you either draw additional cards, or play only the hand you've had passed to you. You're only allowed to play one kind (color) of card each turn, so whatever you don't play, you give to the previous player for the next round.
The mechanics are very simple, quick to learn for even a child, but subtle enough for adults to think carefully about each play. The rounds go quite quickly once you get used to the hand-passing direction being opposite the order of play. You can play a complete game in 1/2 hour to 45 minutes.
Great fun for the price. We play it when we want something fairly quick, it has almost no set up time (just shuffle and deal).
I love the the Bohnanza game (one of my favorite). However, I have had the opportunity to play Space Beans and I think this is a WONDERFUL game (almost better than Bohnanza)! I had tons of fun playing it. It might not be for everyone but I think it is great.
First of all, let's make note of the fact that everybody reviewing this game at less than four stars states that they are comparing the game to [page scan/se=0027/sf=category/fi=stockall.asc/ml=20]Bohnanza.
The game is marketed as being in the Bohnanza family, so I guess the comparison is inevitable. But once you get past the idea that you're not keeping your hand of cards in a particular order or negotiating trades with other players, you've got quite a nice little card game here if you'll just give it the chance it deserves.
You do trade cards, but the trades aren't negotiated. Instead, you have a very small hand of cards out of which you must meld one color on your turn and then pass ALL the rest of the cards to the player on your right. Thus do the cosmic trade winds circulate the SpaceBeans.
If you are playing the game with smart card players, people will know to minimize the number of cards they pass to the next player and thus will only use the option to draw two extra cards at the beginning of the turn if they're stuck for something to meld. (You can only have two beanfields going at a time.)
The mechanisms are smooth, they're smart, and they're going to wear well. If you like Bohnanza, then fine, play Bohnanza. If you like other kinds of card games, too, you should give SpaceBeans a try. It's a good, solid game.
After playing [page scan/se=0027/sf=category/fi=stockall.asc/ml=20]Bohnanza, I had a hope that this game was similar to Bohnanza, but it's not. After I played this game, I felt a little disappointed with it.
First, this game does not have a trading phase. That means no interaction between players. Mostly, good games are those with lots of player interaction, but this game does not have such, so it is not so playable.
Second, some players will be confused with the scoring mechanism in this game. In the older game, Bohnanza, the scoring mechanism is printed on each card so that players can easily know how they can get the score.
This game is not so attractive as the previous similar game, Bohnanza. If you want to purchase this game, I should recommend Bohnanza to you, unless you want a good graphic design game.
Perhaps I was expecting too much, loving Bohnanza the way I do. This game is far too dependent on luck of the draw as opposed to Bohnanza (in which you can change your luck by trading). This is a good game, just not a great game. Worth the price tag. I would recommend Drahtseilakt over this game.
Space Beans is a good fun game that plays differently than your standard card game. Players collect 'beans' which are numbered cards divided into suits by color. If you've collected a number of cards in one suit that matches the number on one of the cards, you can 'convert' (discard) it for that many points. For instance, if you have collected 4 blue cards, and at least one of your blue cards has the number 4 on it, you can convert the blue cards and gain 4 points. Risk is balanced against greed--get too greedy and you start to risk losing your valuable collections. Also, greed often presses a player to pass his opponents valuable cards. This game is a lot of fun and definitely worth the money. It's not one that you'll play all the time, but it's a good one to have in the cabinet for those times when you want to play something a little different.
Space Beans is one of those games, I believe, that either makes it or breaks it depending on the people playing. If played with a real cutthroat mentality the game can be lots of fun, but all it takes is one player more interested in his own bean collections instead of being very aware of what he's passing along to sink the whole experience.
I've played it with both experiences. In the one game there was one player that would draw two cards every turn to give himself the bigger selection of beans to choose from--this of course left his 'trash' that he passed on quite valuable. Naturally the player on his right won quite handily and no amount of preaching from the other players would change his way of playing. The game was rather boring, bordering on tedious.
Then I've played with a gang of cutthroat pirates and if you ever received more than one card passed along it was manna from the skies! Collections were getting trashed just to be able to keep from passing cards you know the other players needed. With the verbal taunting going along with the card play it was quite good fun!
So if you know your group well enough, hopefully this will help you decide whether you could make this game a fun experience or not. Personally I think it's worth the cost, if for no other reason than to see people struggle with the pass right, play left system the first time they encounter it!
As a sci-fi affectionado, I love the graphics on the Space Beans cards. The pictures are great although I have to admit I didn't recognize the bean with the iron. However I did learn it's from a German television show so I don't feel too bad.
That said, the game itself could use a little work. I think that the original Bohnanza provides more interaction between players. Space Beans is similar except you get to have a beanfield which is face down or hidden and one which is face up. Each bean has a number on it which will equal points. A player may turn in a field for victory points (the goal being 30). If a card has the same number as the number of cards turned in that is the points you earn for that field. You may only play on one field per turn and at the end of turn the entire hand is passed to the next player.
I think this game needs one other mechanic to spice it up a little. As it stands now, its a nice short filler game for sci fi fanatics but there are better gmaes out there like Fluxx. If anyone has any ideas on variants for Space Beans please let me know!
Any similarity between this and other games involving beans is entirely coincidental. On your turn, draw two cards. You may then cash in a bean collection, which is only worth something if the number of beans in it equals the number on one of the cards it contains. Next, you must add at least one matching space bean card to an existing collection, or start a new one. You may have at most two collections, one of which may be secret (facedown). Finally, pass all cards in hand to the person on your right although play proceeds with the person on your left! The player who reaps the biggest bonanza from his space bean collections after someone has hit 30 points wins. Bean me up, Scotty!


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Speaking From Among The Bones
Alan Bradley
Speaking From Among The Bones
A Flavia De Luce Novel
Release Date: 1/29/2013
From award-winning author Alan Bradley comes the next cozy British mystery starring intrepid young sleuth Flavia de Luce, hailed by USA Today as "one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature."
Eleven-year-old amateur detective and ardent chemist Flavia de Luce is used to digging up clues, whether they're found among the potions in her laboratory or between the pages of her insufferable sisters' diaries. What she is not accustomed to is digging up bodies. Upon the five-hundredth anniversary of St. Tancred's death, the English hamlet of Bishop's Lacey is busily preparing to open its patron saint's tomb. Nobody is more excited to peek inside the crypt than Flavia, yet what she finds will halt the proceedings dead in their tracks: the body of Mr. Collicutt, the church organist, his face grotesquely and inexplicably masked. Who held a vendetta against Mr. Collicutt, and why would they hide him in such a sacred resting place? The irrepressible Flavia decides to find out. And what she unearths will prove there's never such thing as an open-and-shut case.
Acclaim for Alan Bradley's beloved Flavia de Luce novels, winners of the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award, Barry Award, Agatha Award, Macavity Award, Dilys Winn Award, and Arthur Ellis Award
"Every Flavia de Luce novel is a reason to celebrate."—USA Today
"Utterly beguiling."—People (four stars), on The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
"Outstanding . . . [a] marvelous blend of whimsy and mystery."—Publishers Weekly (starred review), on A Red Herring Without Mustard
"Original, charming, devilishly creative."—Bookreporter, on I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
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National Union Of Mineworkers joined in the commemoration of World Aids Day
Imogen Vollenhoven
The National Union of Mineworkers joined
The NUM said it is particularly impressed with the progress made by the government in its fight against the pandemic.
The union also said that it will continue with its campaign of encouraging its members and society at large to heed the call to test and live positive lifestyles.
Seshoka adds that they are particylarly pleased with the commemorating worlds Aids and joining millions of globally, they have seen sufficient progress in the prevention and testing of the public.
He said they are encouraged by the attitude of government in dealing and tackling this pandemic heads on.
He also said that they are seeing new and efficient progress in terms of dealing with stigma.
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RAM Peripherals is one of Europe's leading suppliers of printers, 3D Printers, and CD and DVD duplicators. Our clients in the UK range from small copy-shops to internationally renowned brands and businesses. RAM Peripherals promises to deliver quality, excellence, and reliability, no matter the situation.
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This exemption was originally set to expire July 1, 2002, but it was extended for three more three years. In May 2005, the exemption was made permanent upon the enactment of H.B. 805.
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I thought Chris was a great tutor and gave it a very relaxed atmosphere but with a lot of direction when needed. He was very knowledgable when we asked questions and was happy to go off on a tangent when we quizzed him. Also liked how Jayne added in some interesting points about the school and its suppliers, eg biodynamic farming, wine etc, it worked very well having both Chris and Jayne so when one was busy the other could be at the table talking to us.


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Poncho is a practical and stylish pullover raincoat, that makes a great cover for the rain and is comfortable to wear. There are button fastenings along the sides, which ventilates the Poncho and makes it easy to put on.
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Whole School SEND – Innovation and Impact Day – Shanidar Teaching School Alliance
In partnership with Whole School SEND Consortium, SSAT invites you to attend these free school-based best practice events focusing on SEND learners, where you will meet other SEND practitioners to network, collaborate & share information. You will hear insights, take part in discussions & formulate improvement ideas for your school's setting & context; plus there will be an overview of relevant national SEND policy. View all dates & book your free place ssatuk.co.uk/send-impact-days
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At SSAT's heart are our membership networks, bringing together school leaders, teachers and students. We have been working with schools for over 30 years, and continue to offer insight and understanding into teaching, learning and system leadership. Our professional development and school improvement programmes help leaders and teachers to further outcomes for all young people, and develop leadership at all levels across the system.
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The words "I Have a Dream" are more than a phrase. They represent a moment many people remember witnessing or hearing on the radio on Aug. 28, 1963, the day that civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech of the same name.
An estimated 250,000 people stood by the Reflecting Pool in Washington, the Washington Monument behind them, the Lincoln Memorial in front.
The peaceful protest at the federal government's doorstep displayed a different perspective of the movement where waves of violence riddled many cities, predominantly in the Deep South.
Even Fayetteville was not safe from heated conflicts. On June 14, 1963, civil rights demonstrators left Fayetteville State University and made their way to Hay Street. They were met by a crowd of opposition, and tensions rose, leading to arrests and tear gas that ultimately dispersed the crowd before any bloodshed.
For three Fayetteville men, the March on Washington served as a break from the businesses and water fountains bearing "White Only" or "Colored Only" signs. For a moment, they escaped the racial epithets screamed at them as they marched for desegregation through Fayetteville's streets.
And all three men stood by the Reflecting Pool to witness history unfold.
'Doing what was right'
Stanley Johnson stood at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue moments before the march began in August 1963.
He had recently graduated from what is now Fayetteville State University, where he helped form the Demonstration Committee.
He volunteered with members of the Congress of Racial Equality , to provide security support for demonstrators who readied to make their way toward the National Mall. CORE members and volunteers surrounded the protesters as they marched.
"We wanted to provide a ring of separation to prevent any chaos," he said. "We looked at this march as a culmination of our efforts in other city marches. This meant change would finally take place."
He saw blacks and whites together, marching side by side. The sight was a rarity for Johnson.
Some Fayetteville businesses refused to serve blacks. City buses separated whites from blacks, but not at the march. Johnson, now a professor of African-American and U.S. history at his alma mater, said he tried to take in the moment as he marched. He controlled his excitement.
"It was peaceful like a parade. It moved like one, but it was nothing compared to a parade," Johnson remembered. "Could you imagine Raeford Road, all four lanes closed with people marching?"
The day had personal meaning for Johnson and his rights as a citizen. He stood a little more than halfway at the right side of the Reflecting Pool as King's speech echoed above the crowd. Johnson said he doesn't remember hearing anyone utter a word. Johnson was barely in his 20s when he decided that fighting for civil rights was part of his duty.
"You didn't see yourself as part of history. At that time, you did what you thought was right."
'Arm in arm'
The first day of school for Jim Bowser's senior year at E.E. Smith High School was not in class.
Lines of buses, thousands of people and groups with hundreds of police officers welcomed him on that morning 50 years ago. The retired criminal justice teacher at Westover High School was 17 years old in 1963.
His father, William Bowser Sr., and brother, William Bowser Jr., accompanied him to Washington as part of a delegation for the Longhill/Linden branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Fayetteville.
He did not know what level of confrontation awaited him and the packed bus of supporters once they reached the nation's capital.
The morning of Aug. 28 was a different scene from when tear gas was thrown into the crowd of demonstrators and agitators on June 14, 1963, in Fayetteville. There were no police officers ripping off their badge names to disperse the same crowd on Hay Street.
Bowser still finds himself looking for words to capture the extent of the crowd.
"Wow, the people. It was my first time seeing that many people," Bowser said. "We walked arm in arm, all races of people. It amazed me."
Bowser realized he wasn't in Fayetteville anymore.
"I just happened to lock arms with a white man," Bowser recalled.
Like many, Bowser dipped his feet into the Reflecting Pool once the marching ended. He hurriedly put his dress shoes back on moments before King spoke. The speech left him hopeful. Others cheered, cried or shouted once the speech ended. Bowser remained quiet as he stood beside his brother during the speech.
The bus ride back home was as joyous as the ride there.
"He must have been a visionary," Bowser said. "A lot of what he said came to pass. I'm glad to have been there for it."
Not in vain
Dr. Willis McLeod lowered his head while sitting in front of a wooden table Tuesday morning. A hint of a smile touched his face. The 70-year-old closed his eyes.
"It was very quiet. I still see it and feel it so strongly," he said as he remembered King speaking.
McLeod was 18 as he listened to the speech. He made the trip with other students from what was then known as Fayetteville State Teachers College.
Months before, he had looked out of his dormitory window one night to find a cross on the lawn. That did not deter him or other students from picketing for equality around the city or from traveling to Washington.
"I felt a sense of personal obligation to get involved, to deal with the many issues of race that blacks struggled with for more than 100 years. I felt a deep sensitivity toward it," McLeod said.
The former Fayetteville State University chancellor helped organize a group of Trailways buses for the trip. McLeod paused when he remembered taking those first steps off the bus.
"All I saw was a sea of black. All that humanity," McLeod said. "Sometimes we felt isolated in Fayetteville. All we went through now seemed worth the effort."
Willis dressed casually for the event with a shirt, necktie and dress pants. Some were similarly dressed; others put on their "Sunday best." The atmosphere was nothing short of electric for McLeod, hearing people from across the nation singing spirituals, in the same tune and rhythm. Then, King stepped to the podium.
"When he belted out the 'I Have a Dream speech,' I felt empowered. Our efforts were worth it. Change is going to happen," McLeod said.
Before the March on Washington, Fayetteville formed a Bi-Racial Committee charged with finding a solution to the city's racial problems. The committee focused on increasing minority hiring and ending demonstrations. In time, businesses across the city integrated. Signs for separate restrooms and water fountains disappeared. McLeod is proud of where the speech has led the nation, including seeing black elected officials.
"The movement did that. Even just being able to live in a decent home, and since I graduated college, so have dozens more," he said.
Staff writer Alicia Banks can be reached at email@example.com or 486-2728.


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