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Spring Training Blog: March 16
Carlos Silva solidified his claim on a spot in the Cubs' rotation with four shutout innings and Xavier Nady had a two-run double Tuesday, leading Chicago to a 4-1 victory over the Texas Rangers.
Silva allowed two singles, hit a batter and struck out three in his sharpest outing. Acquired from Seattle for Milton Bradley with two years and $25 million left on his contract, the righty has pitched seven scoreless innings since getting hit hard in his first game.
Nady's RBIs were his first since signing a $3.3 million contract to back up all three outfield positions. He has been limited to DH duties while recovering from Tommy John surgery on his throwing arm. He doubled again in the eighth.
-- The Associated Press
TURNBOW SUFFERS SHOULDER PAIN, SAYS MARLINS SHOT 'OVER' (5:57 p.m. ET)
Former All-Star closer Derrick Turnbow says his chances of making the Florida Marlins are "over" after he left Tuesday's game with severe shoulder pain.
Turnbow said he was sure he would "be shut down for a while." He exited Florida's 12-3 victory against the Nationals in the eighth inning.
Turnbow walked one batter and hit another before walking off the mound with the team trainer. He will undergo an MRI on Wednesday and said surgery was a possibility.
The hard-throwing right-hander had 39 saves in 2005 for the Brewers and pitched in the 2006 All-Star Game. He hasn't pitched in the majors since 2008.
He threw 10 pitches Tuesday. As he threw a pitch that hit Danny Espinosa, Turnbow buckled on the mound.
-- The Associated Press
YANKEES HIRE FORMER PADRES GM TOWERS AS SCOUT (4:12 p.m. ET)
Former San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers has been hired as a special assignment scout by the New York Yankees.
Towers was fired by the Padres during the final weekend of the 2009 season after 14 years as their GM.
Towers will scout both professional leagues and amateur players, and evaluate the Yankees' minor league system.
-- The Associated Press
MARINERS PROSPECT ACKLEY HEADED TO DOUBLE-A (3:04 p.m. ET)
The Seattle Mariners have sent second overall draft choice Dustin Ackley to Double-A West Tennessee, where the impressive 22-year-old will likely begin his first full professional season.
Last August, the Mariners and Ackley agreed on a five-year major league contract worth $7.5 million. Seattle has since tried the sweet-swinging former first baseman and outfielder at North Carolina at second base.
He had three hits in 19 at-bats (a .158 batting average) with three RBIs and one error in 10 spring games.
The Mariners have said they expect Ackley to reach the major leagues soon, though he was expected to begin this season in the minors.
Seattle also optioned outfielder Ezequiel Carrera to Triple-A Tacoma on Tuesday.
-- The Associated Press
NATIONALS' DUNN LEAVES GAME WITH BACK SPASM (2:56 p.m. ET)
Washington Nationals first baseman Adam Dunn left Tuesday's split-squad game against the Florida Marlins after two innings because of a spasm in his lower back.
Dunn made an error in the second inning when he bobbled a grounder in the hole by Logan Morrison. Dunn flied out in the bottom half of the inning and left the game.
A team spokesman said the slugger was day-to-day.
-- The Associated Press
DOMBROWSKI TALKS TIGERS TOPICS (1:54 p.m. ET)
Detroit Tigers CEO, president and general manager Dave Dombrowski weighed in on several Tigers topics on Tuesday morning. Among the highlights:
• Dombrowski called pitcher Dontrelle Willis (7 innings, 5 hits, 1 run, 4 walks, 4 strikeouts this spring) "a pleasant surprise."
Why? "Because he's thrown strikes more consistently. He worked very hard this winter. And his stuff is fine. ... But the best part is, he's throwing the ball over the plate on a consistent basis."
• Dombrowski said rookie center fielder Austin Jackson (.429 average, .515 on-base percentage) "looks like an every-day player on the big league level. He can go get the ball. He's a quality guy. He works very hard. And offensively, if he keeps doing this all year, we'll be in good shape."
• Dombrowski said Magglio Ordonez "is swinging the bat as well as I've ever seen him swing it in the past. He's driving the ball. But he's done that since the very first day he reported. ... I think the ball has a different sound coming off the bat now, like it has in the past."
-- ESPN.com senior baseball writer Jayson Stark
INDIANS OBTAIN PITCHER FROM BREWERS (12:44 p.m. ET)
The Cleveland Indians have acquired right-hander Omar Aguilar from the Milwaukee Brewers.
In return for the 25-year-old, the Brewers are keeping left-hander Chuck Lofgren. Milwaukee selected him in the Rule 5 Draft in December. To send Lofgren to their minor league system, the Brewers had to work out a deal with Cleveland or offer him back to the Indians for half the $50,000 they paid in the draft.
The 24-year-old Lofgren went a combined 9-11 with a 4.15 ERA between Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus in the Indians' system in 2009.
Aguilar split 2009 between Class A Brevard County and Double-A Huntsville. He went 3-1 with a 4.72 ERA and 14 saves. He will report to the Indians' minor league camp.
-- The Associated Press
WHITE SOX CLOSER JENKS DOWNPLAYS BULLPEN SESSION (9:22 a.m. ET)
Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks, coming off a calf muscle injury that shut him down last September, threw a 50-pitch bullpen session on Monday night.
Jenks had been scheduled to throw an inning against the Kansas City Royals. But he says there should be no cause for alarm over the decision to throw in the bullpen instead.
''It's the reason we went out there,'' Jenks told reporters. ''It was necessary to get to the point where we could make sure there was nothing wrong."
''I'm excited about where I am physically and mentally, being able to locate and being down with the ball," Jenks said. ''Where I am now, with a few more sessions like this, the game will become not easy but easier.''
-- ESPN.com news services
ORIOLES CONSIDERING PLAN B AT SECOND (9:09 a.m. ET)
The Baltimore Orioles are facing the possibility that second baseman Brian Roberts might not be ready for Opening Day, due to a herniated disk in his lower back.
Roberts was expected to return to Orioles camp in Sarasota on Monday after undergoing an exam from a back specialist and receiving an epidural injection to help address the discomfort, The (Baltimore) Sun reported. He has yet to play in a spring training game and the team is waiting to see how he responds to treatment.
The team is considering possible trades to fill the position until Roberts returns, though there have not been extensive talks, Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail said, according to the report.
Manager Dave Trembley says Ty Wigginton, Robert Andino and Justin Turner could fill the void at second base until Roberts returns.
"We need to do what we can with what we have right here in camp," Trembley said, according to The Sun. "If something happens from outside the camp, we'll deal with it then. We still like to believe that Roberts will be our guy, but we're at the point now where we have to start thinking about the possibility and what we can do elsewhere."
-- ESPN.com news services


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Erie County (PA) Genealogy
Family of Thomas J. Barton and Rhoda N. Calkins
Contributed by Donna Merrill
Site visitor Donna Merrill provided the family history below in July 2016. It is being posted at this time. Thomas Barton and his family settled in Erie County around 1855. Most of this family remained. Any questions or comments concerning this family history should be sent directly to Donna Merrill.
and RHODA N. CALKINS
by Donna Merrill.
Thomas J. BARTON, my oldest known ancestor, was born 3 July 1805 in Dutchess County, NY, and died 7 Dec 1870 in Erie County, PA. I have been unable to find out who Thomas's parents were, but in 2002 my brother participated in the Barton Family Organization, Phase 2, DNA Project which linked us to the Roger Barton family of Westchester, NY.
In the book "The Calkins Family Manuscript" by Mrs. Turney Sharps, it stated that Thomas was born in Dutchess County, NY in 1805 and was also married there in 1826. Family bible records which came to light a few years ago from Vance Morton, Steve Cummins and more recently, Rhea Handley, state that Thomas was married 28 Apr 1825 in Oswego County, NY to Rhoda N. CALKINS, born 12 Sep 1809 in Coburg, Ontario, Canada, and died 29 Jul 1880 in Erie County, PA. She was the daughter of Salmon CALKINS and Eunice RICHARDSON. Both Thomas J. and Rhoda N. Calkins BARTON were buried at Phillipsville Cemetery in Erie County, PA. The dates on the headstone support their birth and death dates. I also have obituaries for Thomas and Rhoda from the Erie Morning Dispatch, Erie County, PA.
Thomas and Rhoda are found listed on the 1830 Census of Jefferson County, NY. Further research at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has not revealed any paper trail for them in Jefferson or Oswego County, NY. Rhoda had most of her family living in the Jefferson/Oswego County, NY area at that time.
Thomas and Rhoda are next found listed on the 1840 and 1850 Census of Trenton Village, Oneida County, NY where the remainder of their children were born. One child , Lewis King BARTON died there 3 Oct 1841. There are some deed records on Thomas in Oneida County.
Thomas and Rhoda then migrated to Greene Twp., Erie County, PA before 1860 and settled there. Many of Rhoda's siblings lived there, then moved on to Michigan or Wisconsin.
Listed below are the children of Thomas & Rhoda Calkins BARTON.
A) Lewis b. 19 Feb 1826 in Oswego County, NY d. 26 Feb 1826.
B) William Morris b. 2 May 1827 in Brownville, Jefferson County, NY, d. 9 Sep
1900 in Erie County, PA. married 2 May 1848 in NY to Arvilla PUTNEY b. 22 Oct 1826
in Crown Point, NY, d. 29 Oct 1900 in Erie County, PA, daughter of Daniel PUTNEY
and Mary HEATH. Both are buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Erie County, PA. This
family stayed in Erie County, PA. Children of William and Arvilla were:
1) Ida Josephine, b. 13 Feb 1853 in Erie, PA, d. 8 Jun 1853 in Erie, PA.
2) Ada Isadore, b. 4 Apr 1854 in Erie, PA, d. 27 Apr 1854 in Erie, PA.
3) Hattie G., b. 12 Apr 1855 in Erie, PA, d. 16 Apr 1855 in Erie, PA.
4) William T., b. 9 Jun 1850 in Erie, PA, d. 22 May 1910 in Erie, PA, married 14 Sep 1875 in Erie, PA to Marion (Minnie) A. THAYER.
5) Emma Juliette, b. 19 Mar 1856 in Erie, PA , d. 10 Jul 1937, married Joseph Cook BRYNER.
6) Ella May, b. 30 Mar 1859 in Erie, PA.
7) Benjamin Chandler, b. 27 Nov 1860 in Erie, PA, d. 4 Aug 1929 in Erie PA, married 1) Rebecca Rhea HILES, married 2) Pearl GREEN.
8) Charles Henry, b. 8 Nov 1862 in Erie, PA, d. 13 Apr 1882 in Erie, PA. (Many thanks to Rhea HANDLEY of Erie County, PA and Scott BRYNER of AK for this information).
C) George W. b. 27 Mar 1829 in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, NY, d. 10 Jun 1922
in Wayne County, MI. married 21 Mar 1850 in Erie County, PA to 1) Margaret ORR
b. 2 Feb 1832 in Erie County, PA , d. 28 May 1860 in Erie County, PA.
2) married 28 Nov 1860 in Erie County, PA to Sophia ORR b. 18 Nov 1842 in
Erie County, PA, d. 16 Mar 1910 in Erie County, PA. Both Margaret and Sophia
were daughters of Joseph ORR and Nancy MCKINLEY. George, Margaret and Sophia
are buried at Lakeside Cemetery, Erie County, PA. George W. BARTON stayed in
Erie County, PA.
*Children of George W. BARTON and Margaret ORR:
1) Sarah Louisa, b. 23 Jun 1852 in Erie, PA, married 13 May 1875 in Erie, PA to Lewis F. THOMPSON.
2) Frank Henry, b. 21 Feb 1854 in Erie, PA, d. 56 Nov 1918 in Erie, PA married 7 Sep 1881 in Erie, PA to Mary Emma JACKSON.
3) John Samuel/Joseph O., b. 3 Nov 1856 in Erie, PA, married Rosa A. ?.
*Children by George W. BARTON and Sophia ORR:
1) Grove Dammond b. 11 Sep 1859 in Erie, PA d. 16 May 1912 in Erie, PA.
2) Stella Sophia, b. 14 Jul 1869 in Erie, PA, married 25 Dec 1904 in Erie, PA to Charles H. NUHN.
3) Nellie K., b. 27 Nov 1872 married Victor H. BENNETT.
4) Lloyd G., b. 3 Aug 1877 in Erie, PA, married 22 Dec 1906 in Erie, PA to Minnie S. LAIRD.
5) Gerald Payson, b. 27 Jun 1879 in Erie, PA, d. 31 Aug 1934.
6) Margaret E., b. 9 Jan 1881 in Erie, PA, married 28 Jan 1902 in Erie, PA to Eli D. SMITH.
7) Hazel M., b. 12 Sep 1885 in Erie, PA, married 29 Oct 1904 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY to George Reid YAPLE.
D) Jane Marie b. 12 Nov 1831 in Brownville, Jefferson County, NY, d. 8 Dec
1911 in Erie County, PA. married 10 May 1852 in Oneida County, NY to Andrew
FRAZIER b. 26 Mar 1827 in Oneida County, NY, d. 13 May 1911 in Erie County,
PA, son of Alexander FRAZIER and Lovica FISH. Andrew and Julia are both buried
in Lakeside Cemetery, Erie County, PA . They stayed in Erie County, PA.
Their children were:
1) Charles, b. 2 Feb 1853 in Erie, PA.
2) Marion C., b. 28 Jan 1855 in NY/PA, married D. C. (Dell) TUBBS.
3) Annabelle, b. 9 Sep 1858 in Erie, PA, married 8 Jun 1875 James Francis CUMMINS.
4) William H., b. 24 Jul 1860 in Erie, PA, d. 11 Jul 1945, married Louisa H. RAEDER.
5) Thomas B., b. 15 Apr 1862 in Erie, PA.
6) Dora J., James, b. 20 Aug 1865, married John MANGEL.
7) James, b. 30 Aug 1868 in Erie, PA.
8) Jessie b. 12 Aug 1872 in Erie, PA.
9) Sophia Estelle, b.13 Nov 1874 in Erie, PA, married 1904 to Peter Edward SHUSTER.
(Many thanks to Steve CUMMINS, and Lisa MATTSON for this information)
E) Lewis King b. 2 Apr 1834 in Brownville, Jefferson County, NY d. 3 Oct 1841 in Trenton, Oneida County, NY.
F) John Elias b. 18 Feb 1836 in Brownville, Jefferson County, NY, married 1)
in Erie, PA, Nancy A. SMITH, b. ca. 1838, d. 5 Sep 1884 in Erie, PA, daughter
of James SMITH and Lucretia WILLIAMS. John possibly married 2) 12 Mar 1885 in
Erie, PA to E. A. SHERMAN. Children of John Elias BARTON and Nancy A. SMITH:
1) John Jr., b. 25 Sep 1858 in Erie, PA, d. 2 Aug 1922 in Erie, PA, married Nellie ?.
2) F. E., b. abt 1860 in Erie, PA.
3) James b. abt 1862 in Erie, PA.
4) Sophia J., b. abt 1866 in Erie, PA, married 1 Oct 1883 in Erie, PA to Eli L. SUTTLE.
G) Sarah Mahalie, b. 3 Oct 1838 in Trenton, Oneida County, NY, married in
Erie, PA, Charles NEWSHAM, b. abt 1835 in PA, son of Charles and Mary NEWSHAM
of England. Charles and Sarah were said to have migrated to California. Sarah
was found in the 1920 Census of Douglas County, MN, age 81, in the home of
Byron E. and (daughter) May M. HOWE. She was listed as mother-in-law. Children
of Charles NEWSHAM and Sarah M. BARTON were:
1) Mary "May", b. abt 1860 in WI, married Byron E. HOWE.
2) Nellie, b. abt. 1862 in WI.< br> 3) George, b. abt. 1865 in PA.
4) Jennie, b. abt. 1867 in PA.
H) Ellen/Helen Sophia b. 29 Mar 1840 in Trenton, Oneida County, NY. No further record.
I) Thomas Peter, b. 9 Sep 1843 in Trenton, Oneida County, NY, d. 11 Jun 1892
in Erie County, PA. married 31 Mar 1869 in Erie County, PA to Caroline
(Carrie) E. BRACE b. 23 May 1849 in Erie County, PA, d. 5 Jul 1924 in Erie
County, PA, daughter of Nathaniel BRACE and Elizabeth LAWRENCE. Thomas and
Carrie are buried in Erie Cemetery, Erie County, PA. Thomas and Carrrie stayed
in Erie County, PA. Children of Thomas P. BARTON and Carrie BRACE were:
1) Winnie L., b. abt 1872 in Erie, PA, d. 1891 in Erie, PA.
2) Bessie E., b. 8 Oct 1879 in Erie, PA, d. Jun 1965 in Erie, PA, married Samuel H. WINGER.
J) Julia Estrella, b. 13 Jun 1845 in Trenton, Oneida County, NY, d. 14 Aug
1928. Married Jacob RIPLEY, b. 10 Jul 1838 in Erie County, PA, d. 1 Jan 1862
in Erie County, PA, son of David RIPLEY and Anna Nancy FREY. Jacob is buried
in the Erie Cemetery, Erie County, PA. Children of Jacob RIPLEY and Julia E.
BARTON were:
1) Charles H., b. 22 Jun 1863 in Erie, PA.
2) Lillie Rosalie, b. 23 Nov 1867 in Erie, PA, d. 26 Nov 1947.
3) Silvia Calesta, b. 12 Sep 1874 in Erie, PA, married Jan 1893 to Charles F. BEMIS.
4) Earl Jay, b. 13 Mar 1882 in Erie, PA, d. 19 Jan 1967 in Erie, PA, married Lea M. KLINKHAMMER.
(Many thanks to Calvin HENRY of Maricopa County, AZ for this information).
**K) (my line) Franklin Henry P., b. 30 Sep 1847 in Trenton, Oneida County,
NY, d. 24 Jul 1940 in Los Angeles County, CA, buried Forest Lawn Memorial
Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA., married 10 Oct 1868 in Sauk County, WI to
Louvisa CLINGENSMITH b. 1846 in Morgan County, OH, d. 9 Nov 1920 in Newton
County, Missouri, buried in Howard Cemetery, McDonald County, Missouri,
daughter of Philip CLINGENSMITH and Pleasy WOODS. After their marriage, Henry
and Louvisa migrated to Erie County, PA, Fayette County, Ohio, Guthrie County,
Iowa, McDonald County, Missouri where Louvisa died, then Henry finally went
to Los Angeles County, California where he re-married 18 Jun 1922 in Los
Angeles, CA to Mrs. Tennia (DELVIN) BESSETT, they had no children. Children
of Franklin Henry BARTON and Louvisa CLINGENSMITH were:
1) Inez Belle, b. 6 Oct 1869 in Erie, PA, d. 17 May 1954 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX, married Arthur Otis CUNNINGHAM.
2) Myrtle P., b. 18 Oct 1874 in Guthrie County, IA, d. 24 Aug 1929 in Polk County, IA, married 27 Dec 1897 in Jackson County, MO to Walter BRATTON.
3) Cora Della, b. 12 Aug 1875 in Fayette County, OH, married 8 Mar 1903 in Jackson County, MO to Albert Patrick OLSEN.
4) ** (my line) Harry Wintersmith, b. 1 Apr 1878 in Fayette County, OH, d. 19 Nov 1953 in Los Angeles, CA, married in MO to Alma June COOK, b. 14 Jun 1901 in Carroll County, AR, d. 18 Feb 1837 in McDonald County, MO, daughter of Lafayette COOK and Rutha Jane BAILEY.
L) Charles H. b. 7 Dec 1849 in Trenton, Oneida County, NY. Married and moved to Michigan. No further information.
M) James b. 5 Jan 1853 in Trenton, Oneida County, NY, married 1) Irene DUMAN.
No known children. James married 2) Minnie L. ?. b. Apr 1866 in NY. James was
listed in the 1900 Census of Erie County, PA, the 1910 Census of Chautauqua
County, NY and in the 1920 Census of Mobile, Alabama. I believe he died there
29 Feb 1920. Children of James E. and Minnie L. BARTON were:
1) Harrison J., b. Feb 1889 in NY, died 31 Mar 1847 in Erie County, PA, married Frances L. ?,.
2) Emma C. b. Sep 1890 in PA.
3) Vera A. b. Jul 1893 in PA.
4) Morris E. b. May 1900, died before 1910.
5) A. Cecil b. 1903 in PA.
N) Fredrick J., b. 16 Jul 1854 in Trenton, Oneida County, NY, married 16 Jul
1874 in Isabella County, MI to Mary Emma FOURNEY b. Jan 1857, daughter of
Moses FOURNEY and Elizabeth WISER. Fredrick and Mary migrated to Washington
State. Children of Fredrick BARTON and Mary FOURNEY were:
1) George, b. 28 Jun 1877 in Erie County, PA.
2) Nellie Augusta, b. 2 Jan 1879, married 9 Dec 1897 in Riverton, MI to Alexander Robert MORTON.
3) Lottie, b. 5 Oct 1884 in Hillsdale, MI, married 17 Nov 1903 in Mason County, MI to Edward WENZEL.
4) Fredrick Jr., b. 16 Feb 1888 in Ingham County, MI, married 7 Jan 1917 in Pierce County, WA .
(Many thanks to Vance Morton for this information).
Any changes or additions would be welcomed!!!!
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MikeIsGood wrote:Yeah, I've posted it a couple times and a couple different versions of it. I can't get enough of that song.
I'm usually slow to hit on this stuff (and can't keep up with all of this thread), but the entire album is great. I think it's better than the Lumineers, Mumford.. whatever. It's distinct from that pseudo hipster bluegrass stuff that is everywhere and immensely talented.
In the end I hope they pick up more traction as they definitely deserve it.


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Youthfire is the moniker of Melbourne based singer-songwriter and producer, Stephen Carmichael, who shares stories about his personal life through compositions that have a warped sense of New Wave, 80's nostalgia.
Sorry to inject you with a pop up, but if you've arrived on my website, it might mean that you're interested in my music. Every now and then I send updates about life, projects and music.


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Fenerbahçe players celebrate a goal during the team's 4-1 victory over Romania's Vaslui in the second leg of the third round of the Champions League preliminaries. The Turkish Super League runnerknows that it has a more difficult task now, when it meets solid Russian side Spartak Moscow on the way to the Champions League. AA photo


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By Jonathan Capehart
The Washington Post.
First lady Michelle Obama wasn't having it and I don't blame her. Lesbian activist Ellen Sturtz wasn't having it and, well, I don't blame her, either.
By Jonathan Capehart
The Washington Post.
First lady Michelle Obama wasn't having it and I don't blame her. Lesbian activist Ellen Sturtz wasn't having it and, well, I don't blame her, either.
Obama was speaking passionately about children at a Democratic Party fundraiser Tuesday night when Sturtz heckled her about the president's lack of action on ending discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) federal employees. Obama was not pleased. In audio of the incident, the first lady is heard saying, "One of the things that I don't do well is this." According to a report of the fundraiser, she "left the lectern and moved over to the protester." The report quoted Obama as saying, "Listen to me or you can take the mike, but I'm leaving. You all decide. You have one choice."
Could Obama have handled things better, not shown so much pique in public? Maybe. Still, I think the first lady has a right not to put up with being heckled.
All that said, while I didn't like Sturtz's choice of venue or target, I support the substance of her protest. She was talking about an executive order that would bar discrimination by federal contractors on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; it has been sitting on the president's desk since February 2012.
Consider three data points from a "confidential memo" by the Williams Institute, a think tank that focuses on public-policy issues, and the Center for American Progress:
The top five federal contractors Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and General Dynamics together receive about a quarter of all federal contracting dollars. Five out of five have nondiscrimination policies that include sexual orientation; all five have nondiscrimination policies that include gender identity; and the four largest provide benefits for domestic partners.
"Looking at the top 25 federal contractors," the memo noted, "24 have nondiscrimination policies that include sexual orientation; 13 have nondiscrimination policies that include gender identity; and 18 provide domestic partner benefits."
Looking at federal contractors that are in the Fortune 1000, 92 percent of those companies' employees are protected by a nondiscrimination policy that includes sexual orientation, and 58 percent are protected by a gender-identity nondiscrimination policy.
Given all this, an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating based on sexual orientation and gender identity most likely would not be such a big deal. And now that the presidential election is out of the way, the politics are less complicated.
All that's needed is the president's signature. And when you know that one signature is all it would take to bring about fairness, you'd probably do anything to get it including heckling the spouse of the only person who has the power to sign.


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Tightly curled method
Has anyone used this method? If so, any thoughts? Good or bad..
What is it?
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That's what I'm trying to figure out. But from what I've read, you can use shampoo with sulfates & silicones are ok. But as far as styling, no info. Which is also what in trying to figure out.
It's basically a form of conditioner-only styling. You shampoo the scalp only, then use conditioner (any conditioner; the TC method doesn't avoid cones) to define each curl, one by one. So, you put loads of condish in your hair, then run your fingers from the root to the tip of each curl unit (i.e. each clump).
Here's a video example of the method by the creator, Terri LaFlesh: Defining Tighter Curls - YouTube
Oh, and I have done conditioner-only styling, but I'm way too lazy to go curl by curl, the way Terri does. I just rake condish through, trying to get it all over, and then scrunch a bit. It works okay for me, depending on the weather.
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- Pre-K and Kindergarten
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Their Primary Math includes grades 1 through 6. This is broken up into twelve sets, two sets per level. There are some practice exercises at the end of each new concept in the texts, but the bulk of the practice exercises are in the workbooks. 1st through 4th sets each have 1 textbook and 2 workbooks. The 5th and 6th sets each consist of 1 textbook and 1 workbook. Secondary includes 7th through 10th grades.
- A few notes:
- Sonlight carries the U.S. edition of each Singapore program.
- Yes, it is written in English (the language of instruction in Singapore).
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- The books come in soft cover and are printed on high quality paper.
Pre-K and Kindergarten Mathematics = Early Bird Pre-School Mathematics
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Instruction can be paced to the needs of each individual student. For most students, two to three pages from the textbooks will be sufficient for each day. Then the accompanying section from the workbook should be completed independently by the student.
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Singapore's Secondary Math program is called "elementary" because it focuses on teaching "the basics" of higher math, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, etc. Therefore, in the Singapore Math® program, the word "elementary" is not to be confused with the Primary grade levels of 1st through 6th. These two terms are not synonymous. In the Singapore system, their "Elementary Mathematics Syllabus" is their Secondary program.
This program is used by 90% of Singapore's secondary students in the academic stream (headed for college). Sonlight carries 7th and 8th. It begins with a complete review of arithmetic then moves on to algebra and geometry. The workbooks contain additional practice exercises, timed exams, and complete answer keys. There is a workbook for each level. Workbooks do not provide answer keys to Class Activities, Challenger, Problem Solving and Investigation sections (see below). These are available in the Teacher's Guides.
- Singapore 7 Math Program (New Elementary Math 1 Kit) covers introductory algebra and geometry
- Singapore 8 Math Program (New Elementary Math 2 Kit) covers intermediate algebra and geometry
Seventh grade (Level 1) consists of one text, one Teacher's Guide, and an optional workbook. (The Teacher's Guides are essentially just answer keys. All of the workbooks in this four-year series are optional. They contain additional exams and exercises.)
Eighth grade (Level 2) consists of a text and a Teacher's Guide. An optional workbook is also available.
New Elementary Mathematics Teacher's Manual is specially designed for teachers. It contains a scheme of work with a weekly schedule listing the objectives of each lesson. It has answers to the Class Activities, along with occasional notes which explain the purpose of the activity and provide teaching tips. The guide has answers, teaching suggestions and detailed step-by-step solutions to the problems in the Challenger, Problem Solving and Investigation sections. These solutions often include alternate solutions and suggestions to the teacher for follow-up activities. The solutions for the Problem Solving sections also include the strategy and thinking skills needed to solve the problem. New Elementary Mathematics Teacher's Manuals will eventually replace all the Teacher's Guides.
Quick Review Guides are booklets (about 30 pages) that give a summary of the concepts covered in each chapter. They also show examples and solutions relevant to each concept. This guide is free with every textbook purchase. The guide does not come with the Teacher's Guides.
The Singapore Elementary Mathematics program is designed to thoroughly ground students in the basic math concepts and their applications. Problem solving, mathematical reasoning and higher order thinking are also taught. To accomplish this the program includes the following features:
- Exercises. Many different exercises of varying difficulty are provided for the students to solve. The problems are then graded. More difficult questions are marked with asterisks.
- Chapter Reviews. Each chapter is concluded with concise chapter reviews that cover the material and key concepts taught in the chapter.
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The auto-aligner shifts clips into the timeline so that their contents are synchronized. It works by analyzing the audio track's volume as it changes over time, under the assumption that when there are multiple recordings of a single event, they will be loud, or quiet, at the same time.
I wish I had that, back when I edited my LGM talk a few months ago. Let's say you have a bunch of video footage and sound recordings of the same event, like this:
What you do is:
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Update: Benjamin wrote a nice post about his work on this feature (for the more technically-inclined among you) and his experience with the PiTiVi community. Technical discussions should probably happen as comments on his blog post.
*: Currently, the autoalign feature always considers the first selected clip at the top to be the "primary" clip; this means that if you're flush at the beginning of the timeline and your topmost clip is not the one that starts the earliest, it won't work properly. Patches or suggestions to make this more intuitive and fool-proof are welcome.
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The location switched from Adado to Old Town last month because of concerns about flooding from high waters due to this winter's record snowfall.
Festival organizer Sam Porter, of Porterhouse Productions in Traverse City, said he's happy to be back on track with the event. Porterhouse also produces similar micrrobrew and music festivals in Traverse City.
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Fifty years ago, the Voting Rights Act outlawed discriminatory practices used to stop Americans from casting a ballot. President Obama marked the occasion with civil rights leaders, cautioning that those rights are still at risk. Gwen Ifill talks to Imani Clark, a student at Prairie View A&M University, voting rights scholar Kareem Crayton and Zoltan Hajnal of University of California, San Diego. Continue reading
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson asked a joint session of Congress to respond to the brutal beatings of protesters in Selma, Alabama, by passing a federal Voting Rights Act that would "open the city of hope to all people of all races." Continue reading
In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a historian's tweet points to four major events that happened within 72 hours this week in 1973. Continue reading
The story of the seminal 1965 Alabama civil rights protests is being retold in the historical drama "Selma," bringing to life the heroism of the activists and the brutality of the resistance. Gwen Ifill talks to director Ava DuVernay about contention over historical discrepancies and why no one has ever attempted to make a feature film about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. before. Continue reading
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As American companies search for ever greater profits, the road most traveled seems to lead to China. It's a country the last mayor of Chicago, Richard Daley, visited at least five times. He went there courting Chinese investments in his city, saying at one point he hoped to make Chicago the most "China-friendly" metropolis in the United States. It's unclear whether the new mayor, Rahm Emanuel, will maintain the same strategy.
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Saturday, January 03, 2009
A Tribute to Donald Westlake
Oh boy, this one hurts. Westlake and I had several friends in common
and all spoke affectionately and respectfully of him, always. His
personality was as large, it seems, as the shadow from his prose.
Everyone else was in second place. I very much hoped to meet him
and add him to my series of interviews with crime writers but we were
never in the same place at the same time. A great writer who may
be my all-time favorite, who convinced me again of the undying beauty
of the novel and the mystery form. For many years there's been no
one who I'd seek out in the bookstores like Westlake. A new Stark
was an event for me. Just a great great loss. I have so few heroes
Death seems to have greeted him as a professional, swift and sudden,
without emotion or hesitation. A Westlake moment. Despite his
subjects, and the controlled mayhem of his characters. Westlake was a
writer of elegance and compassion. I was pleased last week because
I'd found a copy of his first novel. I was going to quote from
another of his books but I've pulled it out often enough that it
wasn't filed with its cousins, a book he did not claim but that I
returned to, on occasion, because it filled me with a great sense of
compassion. It consoled me and made some of life's challenges easier
to bear.
This is the life of a writer. You will touch the lives of those you
have never met. You will help them through their own private hells
and they will weep, someday, when you are gone.
I'll have to go and reread some of my favorite memories with the
guy. He left us so much.
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My first Westlake was actually a Stark, THE SOUR LEMON SCORE, purchased in July 1969 with Ross Macdonald's THE INSTANT ENEMY and Michael Collins' ACT OF FEAR off the pb rack at a G.C. Murphys in Montgomery, WVa. Beat that for a triple play. The Murphys is long gone, and Montgomery itself is barely hanging on. Westlake's books, and especially the Starks, gave me great pleasure over the years. In retrospect, the Parker novels seem to me to be the closest American prose equivalent to RIFIFI and the other spare French crime movies of the '50s and '60s, which I discovered long after reading Stark. I sincerely had hoped and expected that Westlake would be around to mark the 50th anniversary of his first novel in 2010 and the 50th anniversary of Parker in 2012.


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Helping out Advocate Safehouse, the race's beneficiary, was another good reason for Brouhard to toe the line with her daughter and give it a go.
"I put Kara in a wheelchair and one of her caregivers, Meagan Nehls and I strapped her in and off we went," said Brouhard, laughing at the memory. "Kara and I made a pact after we finished that we would continue to do the race each year."
Completing a mile walk is more of an undertaking for Kara Brouhard than it would be for most folks.
Kara, who is now legally blind, was severely injured in the winter of 1986 when a skier collided with her at a high speed. What started out as a fun family ski day for the Brouhards turned into a nightmare in seconds.
Kara, just in kindergarten at the time, suffered severe brain trauma from the collision. The road to recovery and to a semblance of normalcy in Kara's life has been a long one. But at age 33, Kara now lives on her own with the help caregivers, which include her mom and dad. Jim Brouhard's treatment for his brain tumor was successful, and he has no issues helping take care of Kara.
As a result of her accident, Kara suffers seizures and has no concept of time. To keep Kara safe and on task, the Brouhard's have installed a unique iPad system in Kara's home that not only lets them monitor their daughter's well being when she is alone, but also prompts Kara as to when it is time to do the daily chores such as cooking dinner, feeding her dog, Phoebe, or getting herself ready for bed.
Kara has lived on her own — with Phoebe as her roommate — for the last seven years. She enjoys the freedom, and her parents enjoy seeing the peace of mind it has brought to her life.
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Kara gets out for a walk on the average of two to three times a week. Some of her other activities include making bracelets that she sells at the Hot Springs Pool gift shop, fixing trail mix for the summer farmer's market in downtown Glenwood, and baking cookies for the Glenwood firemen, who give her a ride on the fire truck each year during Strawberry Days.
After Kara gets her mom to pinkie promise that they will always do the mile on Mother's Day, she talks about her favorite part of the race.
"Just walking and seeing everybody and getting a sip of water at the college," Kara said.
Alice, who sits nearby, quickly reminds Kara of a big part of the day she left out.
"I like walking through the finish line by myself!" Kara says excitedly.
Alice also brings up a big part of the festivities that Kara also enjoys especially well.
"We both like the pie at the end," Alice said. "After we're done eating, the first thing Kara talks about is doing the race next year."
These two special ladies, Kara and Alice, make a pretty good team. The love and admiration they have for each other is evident, and it's been a long, hard road to navigate for both of them since that winter day in 1986.
Considering the journey they've taken to get to this point already, another mile won't faze them one bit.
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Around 11:30 p.m., James Simonson, 49, a road patrol sergeant who was off duty, was seen driving his 2004 Nissan Titan onto the grass along U.S. 301 near the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway, then veering back onto the road, according to Debbie Carter, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office.
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Sao Paulo, June 29 (IANS/EFE) Robbers who assaulted the home of a Bolivian couple before dawn Friday in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo killed their only child "because he wouldn't stop crying", police officials said.
The mother identified the boy as five-year-old Bryan Yanarico Capcha and told police that six armed men had broken into their home.
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FIREFIGHTERS had to cut a woman out of her car after it collided with a house in Norley on Thursday afternoon.
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Born in Karlskrona Sweden. He evolved into a Sculptor,
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Velma L. Brock, 76, Columbus, died at 11:24 p.m. Monday, December 6, 2004, at Columbus Regional Hospital.
Mrs. Brock worked at Cummins Engine Co. for 35 years, retiring in 1986 as an administrative assistant. She was a member of St. Peters Lutheran Church and a part-time employee at Wal-Mart.
Born August 30, 1928, at Seymour, she was a daughter of Edwin J. and Emma L. Brand Hageman, who preceded her in death. She married Charles E. Brock in 1952, and he preceded her in death in 1984.
She is survived by a son, James Brock, Columbus; a daughter, Ellen Weaver, Columbus; a brother, Alger Hageman, Columbus; five grandchildren, Kara Gubert, Matthew and Wendy Weaver, Kathryn Arnholt and Peter Brock; and two great-grandchildren.
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Another water war is brewing here in Johannesburg. If local and international trends are anything to go by, the people could defeat capital.
During the last decade's transition from racial to class apartheid, Soweto residents have shown that wherever capital commodifies, the masses can strike back, through 'decommodification' strategies and tactics that some observers celebrate as 'autonomist' (though others simply call stealing).
Flashbacks to the 1976 anti-apartheid intifada aside, township activists are again highly regarded around the world for liberating electricity and water from expensive (and unreliable) meters; advocating (and partially winning) access to free basic 'lifeline' electricity and water; campaigning to produce or import cheap generic anti-retroviral medicines that fight AIDS (especially for pregnant women and rape victims); invading land and housing during an era of massive displacements by the state and capital; helping put the demand for a Basic Income Grant ($12/month) on the national agenda; insisting on free primary education for all; and, thinking globally, demanding that George W. Bush leave Africa and the rest of the world alone (http://southafrica.indymedia.org).
(For background on one Sowetan's role, see the interview of Trevor Ngwane in the current New Left Review, at http://www.newleftreview.net.)
Since the post-apartheid government's neoliberal macroeconomic strategies chopped a million jobs and reduced the income of the masses of black people by more than a fifth (according to even government statistics), this kind of resistance is to be expected. In the case of electricity, the illegal reconnection of thousands of Sowetan households forced the national power company Eskom to pledge it would no longer disconnect supplies, and would write off $190 million in customer arrears.
It is heartening to see similar patterns across the world, especially in the crucial water sector. The balance of forces has shifted considerably over the past year, since the privatisers solidified their hold on water at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. (There, the UN allowed 'Type 2' partnerships with big capital to prevail over genuine state service provision.)
To be sure, neoliberals have held firm to the principles of commodification. At the Davos World Economic Forum and G8 Evian summit, South African officials more aggressively punted the New Partnership for Africa's Development, which calls for 'public-private partnerships' in water infrastructure, including controversial mega-dam projects.
And a pro-privatisation water financing commission was headed by the ex-managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Michel Camdessus. He gathered together a coalition of the 'Global Water Partnership,' presidents of the major multilateral development banks, Citibank, Lazard Freres, the US Ex-Im Bank, private water companies (Suez, Thames Water), state elites (from Egypt, France, Ivory Coast, Mexico, and Pakistan) and two sellout NGOs (Transparency International and WaterAid).
Yet in March, the World Water Forum multi-stakeholder summit in Kyoto witnessed a stalemate between Camdessus and the well-coordinated anti-privatisation lobby of social and labour movements (see, e.g., http://www.canadians.org). Even though South African water minister Ronnie Kasrils endorsed Camdessus and chaired his Kyoto panel, Kasrils' main official, Mike Muller, publicly lamented 'the aggressive push by international water and financial interests for private engagement' which 'has been working to their ultimate detriment. The pendulum is swinging against too great an involvement of the private sector.'
This is important because next month, the General Agreement on Trade in Services (Gats) will come under discussion in Cancun at the World Trade Organisation's ministerial meeting. Constipation over agriculture subsidies and intellectual property rights grips US trade representative Robert Zoellick and his EU counterpart, Pascal Lamy. In this context, the failure to advance the Gats agenda could provide otherwise weak-kneed Third World negotiators more confidence with which to resist the charms of companies like Paris-based Suez Lyonnais des Eaux.
Even if ruling elites continue to turn over water to French, British, US and German profiteers, local people and the progressive international community are ready to fight. A coherent, interlocking set of demands is emerging, boiling down to the insistence that 'our water is not for sale.'
The strategies have evolved in water conferences ranging from Porto Alegre and Accra, Ghana each year to Vancouver (2001), Johannesburg (2002) and Florence (2003)–but they mainly take their direction from grassroots/shopfloor movements in particular settings: union battles to halt the degradation of public services; consumers fighting against higher prices, lower quality and disconnections; women's struggles to get clean water into their houses or yards instead of walking miles; campaigns against mega-dams; attempts to block cross-border bulk water sales and water-sucking timber plantations; movements to stop pollution of rivers, lakes and water tables; and even efforts to reclaim the spirituality through which so many indigenous people have mediated their use of water.
Amongst the most inspiring struggles at present are in India, where the group Narmada Bachao Andolan, led by Medha Patkar (and documented beautifully by Arundhati Roy), is resisting submergence that will displace more thousands from riverbanks. In Kerala, communities are fighting Coca Cola over massive water extractions that threaten local agriculture. With the World Social Forum moving to Mumbai early next year, internationalists must become more aware and active in solidarity with Indian movements.
As for Suez, a showdown in Soweto could begin in coming weeks, knocking a final nail into Gats' Cancun coffin. Already, as the London Observer reported just prior to the Kyoto meeting, 'Suez, the biggest water company in the world, is reducing its exposure in developing countries by a third'–including Argentina and the Philippines.
In Jo'burg, Wits University student Ebrahim Harvey recently completed a masters thesis that unveils what Suez's local manager calls his 'make or break' crusade to force Sowetans to pay more for their water.
Along with the City of Johannesburg, Suez takes part in disconnections which, in a just society with a courageous water minister, would be deemed unconstitutional. According to the most recently published data (May 2002), more than 20,000 households per month had their power and water cut–making mockery of the claim on Kasrils' website (http://www.dwaf.gov.za) that Johannesburg offers 100% of its residents their first 6,000 liters per household free each month.
Contrary to the municipality's claims (http://www.johannesburg.org.za) that 'Services is not the greatest challenge facing Johannesburg in its drive to become a "better" city,' the 30% of Jo'burg's 3.2 million residents who live in informal shack settlements still suffer indignity and inadequate hygiene: 65% use communal standpipes and 20% receive small amounts from water tankers (the other 15% have outdoor yard taps). For sanitation, 52% have dug pit latrines themselves, 45% rely on chemical toilets, 2% have communal flush toilets and 1% use ablution blocks.
Needless to say, these conditions are both particularly hostile to women and children, and breed disease at a time when Jo'burg's HIV+ rate has soared above 25% and when cholera and diarrhoea epidemics are still spreading. Moreover, in an obvious case of eco-blowback, effluent from pit latrines has raised the e.Coli count in the Jo'burg water table to such dangerous levels that even the suburban residents of bourgeois Sandton now require water filtration systems for boreholes.
For municipal bureaucrats and Suez profiteers, the point of maintaining such low water/sanitation standards so long after liberation is to save money. Suez and the City are well aware of micromanagerial techniques for lowering operating/maintenance costs–or rather, for shifting the varied costs of water apartheid to the most vulnerable people. Activists anticipate conflict over pit latrines, a new 'shallow sewage' system, and 'pre-paid' water meters.
Suez intends to spend more than $2 million constructing 6,500 latrines over the next three years. Shallow sewage is also attractive to the company, because maintenance costs are transferred to so-called 'condominium' residential users, where a very small water flush and slight gravity mean that the pipes must be manually unclogged every three months (or more frequently) by the residents themselves.
In this case, Suez tells customers to: 'Wear gloves; remove all solids and waste from the inspection chambers; do a mirror test for each chamber-to-chamber section; if waste material is found in a section, bring in the tube from the upstream inspection chamber until it comes into contact with the obstruction; block off the outlet from the downstream inspection chamber with a screen that allows water to pass through but not solids; push the tube until the material is moved to the downstream inspection chamber; wear gloves and remove waste material by hand; pour a large quantity of water through the section between the two inspection chambers and check for cleaning; repeat the mirror test; close the inspection chambers.'
In addition to such dangerous (gender-biased) methods for removing human excrement, pre-paid meters are at the core of a $50 million, five-year Suez operation termed 'Gcina Manzi' (Zulu for 'conserve water');. Aimed at solving non-payment problems in Soweto and other townships, Gcina Manzi is identified as a 'Mayoral Strategic Priority.'
Suez intends lowering the rate of 'unaccounted for water' in Soweto from 62% (68 billion liters a year) to the standard 21% loss experienced elsewhere. But most of the leaks are not within yards and houses, but rather in apartheid-era bulk infrastructure–over which residents have no control.
A grassroots campaign against pre-paid meters has been launched by an affiliate of the Jo'burg Anti-Privatisation Forum at a pilot project in impoverished Orange Farm township south of Soweto. According to a front page New York Times story (29 May), Suez officials 'acknowledged that in communities like these, billing people for water has been like squeezing water from a stone… Orange Farm women, who live by doing other people's laundry, said they barely had enough money to pay for food and school fees. Many of them already have prepaid electricity meters in their homes, and they say their families end up in the dark for several days each month.'
Resistance is already impressive, as documented by the Times. One of the Orange Farm activists, Briggs Makolo (a leader of Kyoto demonstrations against Camdessus and Kasrils), quotes the popular graffiti slogan: 'destroy the meters and enjoy the water. The government promised us that water is a basic right. But now they are telling us our rights are for sale.'
Such language infuriates Kasrils, who in an attempt to distort the organic reality, used his June 6 parliamentary budget speech to shift blame to 'phony revolutionaries' and 'North American populists' who research these issues (http://www.queensu.ca/msp), including yours truly. Kasrils wrote to the Times (June 4) that the pre-paid water meters were 'an example of how South Africa is harnessing home grown technology for development'–even though they were declared illegal in Britain after public health problems during the 1990s.
Harvey, meanwhile, is being denied access to basic information by Suez's local people on grounds of client confidentiality. With the support of the excellent Freedom of Expression Institute, he hopes the court system will uphold South Africa's Provision of Access to Information Act and rule that data on Suez's Orange Farm pre-paid meter experimentation and the firm's original bid for the Jo'burg contract be made public.
Suez's record of failure across the world, added to concerns about corruption, mean that the reverberations of this Soweto struggle, like 1976, will be felt nationally and internationally.
More to the point, if the campaign for water as a human right, not a commodity, interlocks with other demands for a decent society, such as an end to Mbeki's genocidal AIDS policy, then I think we're talking something much bigger than autonomism. This is, ultimately, an attempt to retake the core philosophy associated with state power, by forging redistributive social policy from below, and in the process 'deglobalising' water out of the hands of capital.
(The updated edition of Patrick's book *Against Global Apartheid*, published by Zed Press and University of Cape Town Press, will be launched in London on Tuesday August 5 at 6pm at the Africa Book Centre, 38 King Street, Covent Garden. Join us.)


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PEOPLE enjoying the countryside this summer are being warned about the dangers of starting wildfires as large swathes of the North-East's landscape are turning into potential tinder in the hot weather.
Fire chiefs and conservationists claim a fire in the North Pennines would be disastrous due to the amount of dry vegetation on the moors and heathland.
Simon Wilson, project development officer for the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership said even a discarded cigarette butt could lead to a major catastrophe.
He said: "It is vital people are aware of the risk of fire and how something small can escalate into a situation we all dread.
"The advice is simple, please do not use disposable barbecues, paper lanterns or any naked flames out in the moors.
"Also be sensible and alert when disposing of cigarette butts."
Much of the AONB's moorland is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Mr Wilson said a blaze would destroy wildlife, large carbon stores and vegetation as well as posing a risk to human life.
Mr Wilson said any fires should be immediately called in on 999.
He said: "This is not the time of year when groundskeepers carry out controlled heather burns.
"If you see smoke or a fire you know it is an emergency."
County Durham, and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service has also issued warnings to people heading into the hills or to the heaths of the County Durham coast this summer.
Andy Whitehead, district manager, said: "Following a wet start to the year, the recent spell of warm sun and wind has created very dry conditions and a risk of wildfire on moors and heathland.
"Wildfires can be a huge drain on fire and rescue resources; this is due to the large areas they can cover and the time required to bring such fires under control.
"In recent years, we have seen, in other parts of the world, that these types of fires can have devastating effects.
"A very active wildfire season would stretch resources to the limit so we would ask the public to be extra careful and vigilant when out in rural areas of the county."
The fire service has issued the following guidance:
Do not light fires, including barbeques, unless in controlled areas, and always properly extinguish cigarettes.
Do not discard items that may cause fire, such as bottles, and do not use Chinese or sky lanterns.
Any fire in the countryside should be reported on 999.


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Beneficiaries who live abroad
The world is getting smaller so they say, and with the advent of the internet, Skype, mobile phones and social media, it certainly does seem to be that way.
With so many of us travelling and even choosing to live abroad or marry someone from a different part of the world, it is becoming common for beneficiaries of an estate to not only live in the UK, but absolutely anywhere across the globe.
The first thing you must note as an executor planning to distribute funds to an individual overseas is that you must, by law, carry out an international bankruptcy search on that individual.
Once you've been given the all clear, you're advised to make a direct transfer from the deceased's dedicated bank account, to the individual's bank account or send a cheque by recorded delivery. Be sure to keep records of this transaction so you can refer to them later, if necessary.


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The differences are what make this country great
To the editor:
On June 27, Joe Polunc wrote another wonderful letter in response to Sean Olsen's letter. Polunc states, "By blaming Bush, Olsen confirms his partisanship by refusing to consider that the Obama administration may have overstepped their legal authority."
I went fishing online and found that in June 2006, the Supreme Court ruled that Bush did not have authority to set up military tribunals. In April, 2010, a federal judge rejected the Bush administrations justification for warrant-less wiretapping that started because Bush claimed the power to override a 1978 law.
The judge said that Bush lacked the authority to do that. Every president has issued something that could be considered an executive order. Every president has done or said something that someone has hated. There have been scandals in previous presidencies.
I do not understand politics. I also believe that certain Republicans will hate and disagree with anything a Democrat does or says. There are also Democrats who hate anything Republicans offer. Joe brings this truth to light at the end of his letter, "Finally, at the end, my new pen pal tries to hit a conciliatory tone. I would find it difficult to work with someone whose loyalties to the DFL party and President trump that of the Bill of Rights and my fellow citizens. Mr. Olsen, you can put your lifeless old 'olive branch' back in storage. It ain't working."
We live in America, a democracy where people have a right to choose who will govern them. We have a variety of interests and beliefs. As I understand it, in a democracy, participation in civic groups should be voluntary. No one should be forced to join an organization against their will. No one should support a political party because he is pressured or threatened by others.
In a democracy, citizens are free to choose which party to support. Participation in democracy must be peaceful, respectful of the law, and tolerant of the different views of other groups and individuals.
If America were just a single party, we would live like they do in China, North Korea or Cuba. I like differences. That is what makes us great. But we can't be great if we cut each other down for political beliefs. If Alan Simpson and Grover Norquist can meet and talk calmly, why can't the Republicans and Democrats of Carver County greet each other with an olive branch and hear each other out without name-calling and repugnance?
Lisa Amott
Vacuum of leadership in Washington on both sides
To the editor:
There is no doubt that the occupant of the Oval Office has incredible power to influence the course of history. What the President says and does is closely monitored and analyzed.
I believe the President missed an opportunity with his comments on the Zimmerman trial this past Friday, July 19. Obama went decidedly racial, demagogic and manipulative. Short of claiming sainthood, he put himself in the shoes of Trayvon Martin, citing examples of racism that he was "victim" to.
The President turned a trial of self-defense into a race baiting bit of hyperbole. The jurors have stated that the trial was not about race but the justifiable use of deadly force. It appears that the mainstream media and other well known "race baiters" are intent on using the Zimmerman verdict to stir up racial animosity. Let's hope they fail.
The fact is that Zimmerman is Hispanic and Martin black. However the President cited examples of white racism and projected those upon the case. Once again manipulating the narrative. Obama also spoke of "stand your ground" laws as something that has to be revisited, again completely ignoring the trial issue. Here comes a backdoor attempt at gun control.
Unfortunately the President said nothing that was inspirational or uplifting. He went purely political altering the trial issue to fit his agenda. But this is what he does constantly. Nevermind the constant black on black carnage in Chicago. Nevermind that during the 33-day Zimmerman trial, there were 54 homicides in Chicago, 42 of which were black. Obama's agenda is that these issues can be solved with more government programs and taxpayer dollars. Detroit is exhibit A on what endless federal spending and intrusion results in.
The Zimmerman trial did give the administration respite from coverage on their numerous scandals. Like the bombshell dropped at the IRS scandal last week and the ever widening NSA revelations. Don't forget the Ben Ghazi witnesses who were forced to sign a "non disclosure agreement." Obamacare continues to reveal its disastrous effects. Oh, and heads up on the future mega-snooping case — the "Data Hub" being setup in the Department of HHS. With all your personal tax data and health records being managed by thousands of civilians — what a treasure trove of data mining!
Meanwhile, over in the Republican camp, they are caving to the Democrats daily. The Republicans continue to fly the bi-partisan flag and send mixed messages to their constituents. Seven Presidential appointments were bargained away for not changing the Senate filibuster rule. Soon the GOP "leadership" will hand the President a sizable victory on immigration. Border security, e-verify and visa scrutiny will be empty words on a bill destined to be ignored. The Democrats toy with the GOP like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown.
One can only wonder where this all will lead us? When will politics be set aside and the enormity of our problems be faced? There is a government shut down looming in September. The "debt ceiling" will be breached again this fall and the fed continues to prop up the stock market creating $85,000,000,000 monthly. The Mideast continues to be a powder keg adversely effecting world stability and oil prices.
Will we ever get past the race issue? At the time of this submission, the Congressional Black Caucus is undecided on a formal boycott to the State of Florida. No word yet from the Congressional White Caucus.
There is a vacuum of leadership in Washington and I see nothing positive in the offing from either side.
Joe Polunc


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