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Posts filed under 'US Food Policy'
United Way to Form NYC Food Policy Council with $2 Million USDA Grant
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $2 million grant to the United Way of New York City to implement a two-year plan to reduce hunger and improve nutrition throughout the city.
The United Way will partner with the New York City Hunger-Free Communities Consortium, an anti-hunger corps that includes City Harvest, Food Bank for New York City, the New York City Coalition against Hunger, and other nonprofit organizations.
As part of its two-year assault on hunger, the United Way will form a New York City Food Policy Council. It will work to increase participation in government and private nutrition assistance and anti-poverty programs, promote participation in school breakfast, and improve the referral network to free food resources, according to the New York State Department of Markets and Agriculture.
"This grant will help New York continue to be at the forefront of creating and implementing programs and services that work to reduce the number of food-insecure households," said Gordon Campbell, president and CEO of the United Way in New York City, in a press release.
The United Way received the lion's share of the $2.3 million allotted New York State under a $4.98 million federal grant program — called Hunger-Free Communities Grants — to increase food access and improve nutrition in low-income households. The other grant recipients in New York State were Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County ($96,175), Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County ($100,000), and the Poughkeepsie Farm Project ($99,311).
The USDA awarded grants to 14 communities in eight states.
Onions or Corn?
Passing the state budget was a snap. Deciding on the official New York State vegetable? That's a different matter altogether.
The New York State Legislature is gearing up for a fight over whether sweet corn or onions should be the state's official veggie.
Walmart Makes Another Move on Healthy Food Front
Walmart made big news today. The nation's retail giant announced a plan to reduce salt, fat and sugar in the packaged food sold under the company's house brand, Great Value. It will also lower prices on fruits and vegetables, without asking farmers to reduce theirs. Walmart hopes to make up for lower profits by selling more of the lower-priced fruits and veggies, according to an article in today's New York Times.
The reduction in salt, fat and sugar in the house brand packaged food will be phased in over five years. The plan is to reduce salt and added sugars by 25 percent and 10 percent, respectively, and completely eliminate trans fats — all by 2015.
At the urging of First Lady Michelle Obama, who endorsed Walmart's announcement, the company will issue public progress reports, which the Partnership for a Healthier America will monitor.
The announcement comes three months after news of the company's initiative to work with small- and medium-sized farmers.
Bigger, Not Better
Environmentalists are quick to point out the evils of large-scale, factory farms in which cattle and other livestock are raised: They're bad for the animals and the environment. Eco buffs hardly ever bring up another serious drawback: industrial meat doesn't taste that great.
In an article in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, Mark Schatzker — author of a just published book about steak — describes the sad state of America's bland-tasting beef. He notes that cows raised on factory farms get fat real fast, thanks to a grains-only diet, hormones, steroids, and now even muscle relaxants. Today's steroid cows, he writes, yield 40 percent more beef than they did just 30 years ago.
Bigger, though, hasn't meant better. "What we've gained in yield and efficiency, we've lost in flavor," Schatzker writes.
Cows raised the old-fashioned way — on grass — produce the best beef, but it's not always guaranteed. Even grass-fed cows need fat to taste great.
Carbon Credits for Green Farming
Given up on stocks? Why not buy carbon?
If climate change legislation is passed, the trading of carbon credits may well be a salve — if not a solution — for New York City's struggling financial sector. In this op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, New York State Senator Kirsten Gillibrand pushes for cap and trade legislation, noting that carbon could quickly become the world's largest commodities market.
"With thousands of firms and energy producers buying and selling permits to emit carbon, transaction fees for exchanges and clearing alone could top nearly a billion dollars," she writes.
It could also be a boon for family farmers, who would be able to cash in on good farming practices. Under cap and trade legislation, farmers practicing techniques that sequester carbon — like, for instance, not tilling soil — would be eligible for carbon credits that they could register and sell on an exchange.
While the carbon credits aren't worth much, they may rise substantially in value should the U.S. enact cap and trade legislation. The price of carbon in the U.S. goes for about $3 a ton, dirt cheap by European standards. In Europe, where the carbon market is far more developed, it has fetched as much as €35 a ton, the equivalent of $52 a ton.
Let's take, as an example, a pilot program that the Global Emissions Exchange, a New Jersey-based carbon trading platform, launched this year for small Pennsylvania farmers. According to GEX, no-till cropland in most of Pennsylvania sequesters .6 tons of carbon per acre of land. A 100-acre "no-till" farm, therefore, would be rewarded for keeping 60 tons of carbon from the atmosphere. At $3 per ton of carbon, the 100-acre farm would earn $180 — before fees — for the sale of carbon credits per year.
It's a pittance. However, if carbon trading gains traction — as it has in Europe — the price of carbon could take off. At €13 per ton ($19/ton), let's say, the 100-acre farmer could make $1,155 a year in extra income. At €35, the farmer could make $3,108 extra annually.
With cap and trade legislation, Sen. Gillibrand has hit on what could be a triple win. Farmers would benefit. The environment would benefit. And with a potentially hot new commodity to trade, Wall Street would benefit too.
New York's Local Growers and Organic Farmers to Receive Federal Funding
It will be a boost for New York's small local farmers. I'm talking about the $1 million in federal funds awarded New York State to assist growers of "specialty crops" — the everyday fruits and vegetables like apples and pears that we all take for granted. The funding, part of a block grant program under the 2008 Farm Bill, represents a break from past policy, which focused almost entirely on corn, soybeans and a handful of other industrial or commodity crops.
New York's specialty crops, which in addition to fruits and vegetables include specialties such as maple syrup and honey, generate $1.34 billion annually and make up about one-third of the state's agricultural receipts.
The funding comes on the heels of an award to encourage organic agriculture in the state. On May 12, New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker announced that nearly $845,000 would be available to existing organic farmers and those transitioning to organic agricultural practices. Under the USDA's funding program, organic farmers would be eligible for a maximum of $80,000 over a six-year period.
The funding for organic agriculture comes at a critical time, as organic farms struggle to survive. Dairies have been especially hard hit. The drop in the demand for organic milk, coupled with higher feed costs, has put many organic dairy farmers at risk of losing their farms, according to this article in the New York Times. The reporter notes that 32 dairies in Vermont have closed and that 10 of Maine's 65 organic dairies were unable to renew contracts with their distributors.
New York has nearly 400 organic dairies, representing roughly 40% of the state's 1,027 organic farms. Hopefully the recent funding will relieve some of the pain for New York's organic milk producers.
Vilsack's Balancing Act
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has made no secret of his sympathy for small farmers or his support for local food.
Within weeks of taking office, Vilsack took a jackhammer to the pavement outside the Ag Department building to make room for a People's Garden, a 612-square-foot vegetable garden adjacent to the USDA's Farmer's Market. Weeks later, he joined First Lady Michelle Obama and a group of 5th graders on the White House lawn to talk about the new White House vegetable garden and the bees to be released there this summer.
There's more. In March, the USDA released $145 million in direct farm loans to more than 2,000 farmers to help them with the operating capital they needed to get their operations started. Half of them were beginning farmers. The department also plans to award $250 million in loan guarantees for local and regional food networks. Meanwhile, Vilsack recommended cutting subsidies to the nation's largest farmers, which predictably wasn't received well in Congress.
"Agriculture needs to understand that nothing stays static," said Secretary Vilsack in an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep.
While Vilsack would like to change the direction of agriculture, he is hampered by the entrenched interests of agribusiness.
"There's a lot of pressure to keep the current system going," said Frederick Kirschenmann, a fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, a research and education center that advocates sustainable farming practices.
However difficult, Vilsack is pushing back. He is using his balancing skills, trying to nurture the early shoots of an emerging new system of farming, while attending to the needs of the prevailing one. He's no dreamer. For all his support for small farmers, Vilsack is not about to abandon America's largest growers, the producers of 75 percent of the food Americans consume.
Carbon trading might help him strike a better balance between industrial and smaller-scale sustainable farming. Vilsack advocates a system of carbon payments for farmers who sequester carbon and reduce greenhouse emissions. This would create income opportunities for small organic farmers, while persuading industrial farmers to reform their agricultural practices.
He's encouraging small farmers in other ways. The USDA plans to build roads, rails and wastewater and water treatment facilities in rural areas, creating new markets for small and medium-size farmers. Vilsack bemoans the fact that 60 percent of farms make less than $10,000 in sales. He wants to create opportunities for small farmers to increase their revenues and production.
He's not about staying small. He made it clear in a speech in February that food production needs to increase to keep up with a growing world population.
Vilsack is open to technology and genetically engineered food. In March, he ordered the USDA to develop a comprehensive strategy for promoting the export of genetically engineered agricultural commodities.
Vilsack's delicate balancing act will be interesting to watch. Actually a "rebalancing act" is more like it, as he tries to feed and fatten sustainable agriculture to a point where it's a counterweight to industrial farming.
Orange Juice and Its Carbon Footprint
Ever wonder how much carbon was released into atmosphere to make the container of orange juice in your frig? PepsiCo, the owner of the Tropicana brand, might start giving us an idea. Last month the company released the carbon footprint of a one-half gallon carton of Tropicana pure premium orange juice. According to the company, every half-gallon carton is responsible for releasing the equivalent of 3.75 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the bulk of it produced, not in transportation, but in the growing of the oranges themselves. About 60 percent of the carbon was generated during juice production, with transportation accounting for only 22 percent. Juice production was high in greenhouse gas emissions because orange trees rely heavily on fertilizers, which are based on fossil fuels.
PepsiCo's carbon footprint calculation was reviewed and verified by the Carbon Trust, a company set up by the U.K. government to accelerate the move to a low-carbon economy. The company works with organizations to reduce carbon emissions.
News Bounty
Here's a round-up of interesting articles on food- and farm-related issues that recently appeared in the papers:
Awash in Milk and Headaches: Oil producers can easily cut back on oil production. If only dairy farmers could do the same with milk. The article describes the problems dairy farmers are facing as demand for milk and dairy products has dropped due to the global economic crisis.
Saving a Squirrel by Eating One: Squirrel anyone? There probably wouldn't be many takers in New York, but in London, squirrel meat is all the rage. Londoners like the taste and see it as a way to control the U.K.'s squirrel population. While it's hard to get past the idea of eating the wild critters that play and nibble nuts in Central Park, squirrels do beat out supermarket meat on environmental grounds – they're local and don't consume the fossil fuel needed to produce, say, steak and lamb chops.
Well Done, Rare, or Cryovacked: This article, also about meat, looks at how industrial agriculture has enabled people to keep "the steer in the pasture mentally separated from the beef on their fork." There was a time, the writer Sara Dickerman reminds us, when eaters saw the connection. In 19th-century Manhattan, Dickerman notes, people "might well have been confronted with the noises, smells, and sights of an unlicensed butcher … slaughtering cows in his cellar." She refers to three books on beef production, all of which sound like great reads.
News Bounty
Here's a round-up of interesting articles on food- and farm-related issues that recently appeared in the papers:
Is a New Food Policy on His List? This article tries to gauge how much President-elect Barack Obama will try to reform the food system in America. Given the gravity of the financial crisis, food reform advocates are trying to be realistic about what can be achieved.
Miro's Rich Harvest: Joan Miro lived in Paris but his heart was in the countryside of Spain's Catalonia region, where the famous abstract painter grew up. Miro's love of farms is reflected in "The Farm," a masterpiece that took him more than nine months to paint. Miro aimed to embody all that "he loved about the country" in the painting and all that he had learned artistically up to that point. The painting is deceptively simple, with details—like roosters and rabbits—that are easily missed. Click and see if you can find them.
Forest Plan in Brazil Bears the Traces of an Activist's Vision: Chico Mendes, a Brazilian activist slain for his attempts to save the Amazon rain forest, may not have died in vain. Brazil — one of the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases, according to the article — this month introduced targets for reducing deforestation in the country by 72 percent by 2017. The burning of forests to clear land for farming and ranching accounts for 75 percent of Brazil's carbon dioxide emissions. The timing for the initiative probably couldn't be better, given the global recession. The demand for food and agricultural goods ebbs during recessionary times.
In Zimbabwe, Survival Lies in Scavenging: This story focuses primarily on the political reasons for the sorry state of affairs in hunger-stricken Zimbabwe. I picked it because it alludes to farm policy issues that likely contributed to the disaster. The article mentions that President Mugabe's war thugs seized "mechanized, white-owned commercial farms." This hurt small farmers who could no longer afford to buy higher-priced hybrid seed and fertilizer. Because large-scale farmers had economies of scale, prices for these agriculture products were lower and therefore more affordable to small farmers. The role of commercial farms in the breakdown of Zimbabwe would be interesting to explore.
Wheat Rises in Week of MGE Floor's Adieu: Will Jack Frost kill the winter wheat crop in the Plains and raise commodity prices? That was the question before traders last Friday as they bought and sold futures contracts on wheat. Overall traders were bullish, with wheat prices rising on the nation's three commodities exchanges – the Kansas City Board of Trade, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. So, how much was a bushel of wheat going for? Anywhere from $5.63 to $6.25.


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As the mid-season arrives in college football, the landscape is starting to take shape and the Mountain West Conference is no different. The University of Hawaii Warriors and the New Mexico Lobos are two teams that came into this season with big changes, the biggest being new head coaches. One seems to be heading in the right direction while the other is certainly struggling.
The game will be at Aloha Stadium with a 6:00PM Hawaiian Time kickoff (10:00PM Mountain) on Saturday October 13th.
New coaches meet
Bob Davie came out of coaching retirement and the TV booth to take over control of a floundering New Mexico program that had won only three games in three seasons. So far this year, Davie has already guided his team to three wins in just six games, as the Lobos sit 3-3 overall and 0-1 in the Mountain West.
Norm Chow, who had been a very successful assistant coach for over four decades, took over the reins at Hawaii; and also, it's where he was born and raised. But over the first five contests, it hasn't been easy in paradise as the Warriors are 1-4 and 0-2 in the Mountain West.
Lobos run
New Mexico has some flaws on offense but what they do more than anything else is run the ball. In fact, the Lobos are in the Top 10 in the country for rushing yards per game. Their problem is they don't throw the ball … I mean they don't throw it, period. In their 35-14 win last week over Texas State, New Mexico threw the ball just three times. That's right, just three times with their quarterback B.R. Holbrook completing one pass in three attempts for nine yards - making the Lobos last in the country in passing.
And that may not change against the best unit the Warriors have: their secondary. But Hawaii doesn't stop the run very well plus they're thin on defensive line. So expect New Mexico to pound the ball at the Warriors.
Hawaii in turn may look at the Lobos defense and notice they don't stop the pass. New Mexico ranks in the bottom 10 in the nation against the pass. Of course, the Warriors also rank in the bottom 10 in total offense and are anemic whether throwing or running the football.
Who wins?
This is a battle between two schools that aren't very good. But the Lobos have one key ingredient that Hawaii doesn't have and that's a running game which can control a game and wear down an opponent. Even though New Mexico has to travel 3,300 miles to Honolulu, I believe they will prevail in a close one. Final predicted score: New Mexico 24 - Hawaii 20.
The New Mexico Lobos will leave the islands with a winning record heading into their next contest which will be a much tougher task the following week at the Air Force Academy. The Hawaii Warriors will have a bye before they set sail on a long road trip that starts at Fort Collins, Colorado, some 3,400 miles away.
If the Lobos are victorious, they and others may start entertaining the idea of a bowl game. Yes, it seems absurd that a team that was predicted to be the worse team in the country before the season started (source - KOAT), could actually be in a conversation about bowls is quite incredible. On the other hand, the Warriors had some expectations and a nucleus of good players from last season but have been almost a total failure so far in 2012.
New Mexico looks like a team on the rise while Hawaii, well, doesn't look to be going anywhere but down.
Sources - University of New Mexico, University of Hawaii
Related articles:
Week Six Review of Mountain West Conference
San Diego State Beats Up Hawaii 52-14
How Mountain West Conference Head Coaches Rank
Through thick and thin, Daryle has been a huge fan of college football as well as Hawaii, visiting there as a second home for over 40 years. Go 'Bows!
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Abstract Types with Isomorphic Types
Here's a cute little example of programming in HoTT that I worked out for a recent talk. Abstract Types One of the main ideas used to structure large programs is abstract types. You give a specification for a component, and … Continue reading
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Canonicity for 2-Dimensional Type Theory
A consequence of the univalence axiom is that isomorphic types are equivalent (propositionally equal), and therefore interchangable in any context (by the identity eliminaiton rule J). Type isomorphisms arise frequently in dependently typed programming, where types are often refined to … Continue reading
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The Miami Dolphins are in the midst of a resurgence. Their third win Sunday moved them into a first-place tie above the AFC East. While the Dolphins were taking down the St. Louis Rams, fans across the stadium were downing a variety of food selections. From the first ball tossed, someone was tossing ... More >>
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When three Cathay Pacific pilot-musicians entered a "Battle of the Bands" competition in 2007, they never imagined they would end up recording their own CD. The band is Helium3 and their first album, Skindeep – whose title comes from the group's previous name – is already creating a buzz.
It's a dream come true for pilots Nick Flavell, Mike Smith and Dave Belcastro who, with local journalist Brendan Delfino on drums, have worked hard to forge a name for themselves on the Hong Kong music scene. "With the encouragement we received in the competition we decided to record a CD of our own songs on our own terms," says Nick, the band's singer and main songwriter.
Their songs have already been getting airtime in the UK, Australia and the US. The band had four gigs in early June to launch the CD and will soon begin shooting a promotional video. None of the members is looking for fame and glory – and certainly not looking to give up their day jobs – but all have relished the opportunity to record.
"It's been a great experience and I'd like to thank Nick Rhodes and Tony Tyler for giving us great support," says Nick.


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Last of the photos with close ups on clones! and Kit Fisto, look for the clone in the third pic, trying to bust his buddy (not pictured) out of prison.
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You have to tell me in the comments what clone1 said to clone2 to make him faint
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A droid was hiking. Four clones were hiking. One of the clones has a club and knocks out the droid. The droid falls into a monster plant and then into a cave.
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Two clones are beginning to build a sandcastle, but a couple of mandos trample it. In the end, the clones leave them in the sand. Moral of the story: don't mess with clones and their sandcastles.
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Students from area schools, including Yorkville High School and Yorkville Middle School, are invited to attend a Nov. 11 screening of "Finding Kind," an anti-bullying documentary.
The event, hosted by Centennial Counseling Center, is in conjunction with the Kind Campaign. The campaign, which uses "Finding Kind" as a resource tool, is founded on the principle that kindness "brings awareness and healing to the negative and lasting effects of girl-against-girl 'crime.'" The documentary was created in 2009 by two Pepperdine University students who were the victims of female bullying. The message is simple, begin being kind to stop the hate.
Following the 1:30 p.m. screening, students will have a chance to participate in a panel discussion on bullying.
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Fresh Fruit, Thursday, Dec. 19: An evening of crime, passion, poetry and censorship
December 19, 2013
Join hosts Dixie Treichel & John Townsend on Fresh Fruit, Thursday, Dec. 19 at 7pm for an evening of crime, passion, poetry and censorship. Walt Whitman pictured.
Guests: Justin Kirkeberg, Jenna Papke, Patrick Scully
Justin Kirkeberg, director
NEVER THE SINNER, written by John Logan, directed by Justin Kirkeberg
"Never the Sinner" is the shocking true story of lovers and murderers Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Two well off young men in the heart of the roaring twenties, in an effort to commit the perfect crime, find themselves at the center of the crime of the century. Based on true events, we are introduced to some of the real life players in 1920's criminal justice, such as staunch anti capital punishment attorney Clarence Darrow and the Cook County State's attorney. We also get a peek inside the complicated relationship between Leopold and Loeb. While on the surface this is a compelling story of murder and justice, at its core it is a love story.
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Orpheus Descending, written by Tennessee Williams, directed by Jenna Papke
Welcome to Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1957, where history is never forgotten, mistakes never forgiven, and strangers never accepted. Lady, trying to keep her store open while her reviled husband slowly dies upstairs, hires newcomer Valentine Xavier, who owns nothing but his guitar and is viewed with distrust and desire by everyone including Lady. Inevitably these two lost souls are pulled closer, but breaking the rules has consequences.
Orpheus Descending by Six Elements Theatre at Open Eye Figure Theatre, January 10-18, 2014
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Life Is Good For Tommy Lee
It looks like life must be good for Tommy Lee, Motley Crue's highly visible drummer. The Crue has executed a successful reunion collection and tour. Tommy Lee will be the subject of his own reality show on TV this fall, and there are rumors of a 3rd marriage between Lee and his friend Pamela Anderson - at the least, they seem to be getting along well. Consequently, his third solo album Tommyland, the Ride, taking its title from Lee's tell-all book from last year, is a good-natured "ride" through contemporary pop-rock.
Radio-Friendly Pop-Rock
Tommyland, the Ride is radio-friendly and has nothing to offend...perhaps it plays things a little too safe. Few of the songs truly stand out beyond the bulk of radio pop-rock. Lee's vocals are an undistinguished growl that fails to ignite a tune like "Tryin' To Be Me," the album's first single, a rant on the celebrity life. "Good Times," the theme song for Lee's new reality TV series, kicks off the album with polished guitar and vocal assists from Dave Navarro and Butch Walker, but it is hard to distinguish from the work of a number of other mainstream pop-rock acts.
A Gem
Tommyland, the Ride does include a true gem. "Tired" is a song that could only appear on a Tommy Lee album. With instantly catchy guitar support from Dave Navarro and Sum 41's Deryck Whibley, Good Charlotte's Joel Madden belts out the instantly memorable chorus "Tommy got tired of Pamela, Ed got tired of Salma, Puffy got tired of J.Lo and Ben did, too...I'm just tired of you!" It's 3 1/2 minutes of celebrity rock glee.
The Bottom Line
If you're looking for a pleasurable backing soundtrack for end of the summer fun, Tommyland, the Ride could be a good choice. If you're looking for originality or art, you will have to look elsewhere.


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A 2003 graduate of City Honors is one of five finalists in the Ultimate "Lost" Fan Promo Contest.
Andy Kelemen, a commercial producer who now lives in Pittsburgh, was named one of five finalists today by ABC. His entry is titled "The Lost Life."
The winner gets to have his or her 35-second promo air before the May 23 series finale of the landmark series about survivors of an airplane crash on a mysterious island. The winner also gets to go to the cast party in Hawaii after the series finale.
For more on Kelemen -- who was voted class clown at City Honors -- and "Lost," read Tuesday's Buffalo News.
Here's a link to Kelemen's entry. It is pretty clever, using several "Lost" symbols that should be familiar to fans of the show. You can vote once a day, according to the contest rules. Voting ends Friday.
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Overriding Local Governments: Assuring Uniformity or Hypocritical?
Republican legislative leaders say they see nothing wrong with passing laws to override local government decisions, while Democrats say the stance is both hypocritical and dictatorial.
Senate Republicans voted last week to set up a school voucher system in the state's four largest counties, including Knox, even though school officials in all four counties oppose the idea.
The move is the latest to override local officials' preferences in a session in which the first bill passed this year by the Republican super-majority blocked plans by Memphis City Schools to merge into Shelby County's school system.
Another prominent example is a bill, HB600, poised for final passage as early as this week that overrides a Nashville city ordinance barring companies that contract with city government from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation.
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey has said he would support amending the bill to also block local governments from imposing local minimum-wage requirements on city contractors, as Memphis does now. (A separate bill, HB1498 by House Deputy Speaker Steve McDaniel, would block cities from paying more than the state's "prevailing wage" on any project where any amount of state money is involved. It passed the House, 67-24.).
There are multiple other measures that have gained less attention, including a bill, SB773, that restricts municipal governments' authority to enter into cooperative purchasing agreements and another that blocks local ordinances authorizing construction of powder storage facilities, HB371.
Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle of Memphis and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner say such things are hypocritical for Republicans who also make a theme of denouncing federal laws that are seen as infringing on states' rights.
"I don't see that as problematic," Ramsey told reporters recently. "The federal government exists because of the states," which remain sovereign under a Constitution the states approved initially.
"In state government, it's just the opposite: Local governments exist because of the state."
To ensure statewide uniformity, he said, it is appropriate for the Legislature to be "keeping local governments from passing a hodgepodge of legislation across the state."
House Speaker Beth Harwell and Gov. Bill Haslam, answering questions about the Nashville sexual orientation ordinance, agreed insofar as providing uniform standards statewide for businesses.
Haslam, a former Knoxville mayor, acknowledged there is "a little bit of conflict" with his past statements declaring that decisions are best made at the local level.
"In my book, I'm not sure cities should be telling businesses what they should do," Haslam told The Associated Press. "Businesses should be able to decide that."
Democrats say that, in the case of city contracts with companies, the cities are doing the same thing businesses do among themselves - setting conditions before committing to pay their money. Turner said - certainly in the case of the sexual orientation ordinance and likely in other overrides as well - Republicans are dictating a conservative social-issues agenda to local governments. He noted that Nashville and Memphis, where Democrats still control local governments, have been prime targets of local override bills.
The state constitution does clearly grant state government authority over local governments in most matters, though "home rule" counties such as Knox do have more discretion than others. Most local governments need the Legislature's approval, for example, to impose a local hotel-motel tax.
And there are some Republican-sponsored bills that would grant local governments more authority.
One of them, HB1470, grants an exception to the longstanding law prohibiting local governments from enacting anti-smoking ordinances that are more strict than state law. It allows cities to pass an ordinance banning smoking on sidewalks and other public areas that adjoin hospital property. SB1165 authorizes stronger fines for "misuse of municipal sidewalks."
Anything for the corporate overlords the Republicans and the Tennessee Democrats serve. Others' interests be damned.


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Tonight, Collingswood businesses are opening their doors to shoppers and diners for special goodies, sales, and rewards for "$27 on the 27th," a shop local event that will help the community kick into the fall season.
"We're asking that people shop local first for their needs and Collingswood provides a lot of what residents need within a mile or so of their homes," said Collingswood Mayor James Maley in a press release. "Buying local first means that your dollars go back to revitalize and support your town."
Action will be the thickest from 6 to 8 p.m., with a number of retailers offering unique deals tonight.
Dig This and Frugal Resale promise 27 percent discounts on items throughout their stores. Readers Choice 2012 winner Kevin Monko will be playing music at Readers Choice 2012 winner Casona from 7 to 9 p.m. ExtraordinaryEd is offering two classes for $27. And DiBartolo's Bakery is offering a $27 bag stuffed full of home-cooked items, from dinner rolls to cupcakes and stromboli, to name just a few.
When the frenzy ends, take your $27 receipts to an hour-long party at The Pop Shop party room from 7 to 8 p.m. (RSVP on Facebook to secure your spot) and you could win $500 in Collingswood Cash—another way of keeping shopper's dollars local—and other door prizes.
The event is part of Camden County's ongoing Buy Local/Shop Local campaign, which posits that spending just $10 more per month in-county could bring an additional $35 million to the county annually; as much as $1.1 million of that could be spent in Collingswood.
"Small businesses are the driving force in development and employment," said
Freeholder Director and Collingswood resident Louis Cappelli. "The more we can help them, the stronger we will be."
Don't forget to check the Buy Camden County Facebook page to find local promotions and discounts throughout the calendar year.


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Memorial Day Service
Where:Grove Hill Cemetery, Mount Eden Road
When:Presentation at 9:30 Monday with a service at 11 a.m.
For more info:Contact Roger Green at 502-633-6331
Grove Hill Cemetery will once again play host to the county's Memorial Day services.
With Tuesday's Primary Election in the rearview mirror, officials are beginning to plan for the November election, and they said some help from citizens would make things run more smoothly.
"One big problem we had was people not knowing where to vote," said Sue Carole Perry, Shelby County clerk.
After redistricting went into affect last year, many voters, she said, were turning up at the wrong polling precincts.
By Ashley Wilkins
A fire that took the lives of two horses Friday evening, still burns five days later.
"I think the fire department has been out here three or four more times since Friday," said Valerie Blethen, the property owner.
Blethen said she spent most of Friday before the fire in the barn, leaving at 3:30 p.m. to do some paperwork at her house, just a few hundred feet away.
Then, around 5 p.m., Blethen says she received a knock on the door from a passerby alerting her that the barn was on fire.
The Triple S Planning Commission gave a positive recommendation the City of Shelbyville's request to amend zoning regulations to allow for distilleries within the city limits, but not without some suggestions.
The city made the request at Tuesday's meeting to get the commission's opinion and to open the door for distilleries within the city's limits. Currently, distilleries are only allowed in property zoned industrial.
State's unemployment falls,
Shelby in the top 2 counties
Unemployment rates fell in 100 Kentucky counties between April 2013 and April 2014, while 14 county rates went up and six counties stayed the same, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training.
"When I got that door open, it was so hot, and all this black smoke and fire just came rolling out. I had to get down on the ground, and one of our little goats, he comes flying past me out the door, and he's on fire all the way from his head down to his feet."
Kathy Mejia shuddered and closed her eyes as she recalled the horrendous barn fire shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday morning at her home on Zaring Mill Road where 47 of her dairy goats perished.
A battle by a novice to the political arena and the incumbent magistrate in District 2 has failed, with Michael Riggs coming out on top.
Riggs defeated Mark McCall by 326 votes (59 percent) to McCall's 224 (40 percent).
The vote rolls Riggs, 64, into his fourth term as magistrate in District 2, western Shelby County, which encompasses Simpsonville, Persimmon Ridge, Todds Point and Long Run Road.
Shelby County Family Court Judge John David Myles came out on top in Shelby County in the race for family court judge in the 53rd judicial district, second division, against challengers Susan Meschler and Marie Hellard.
Hellard, however, come out on top overall, with 45 percent of the vote, 7,250, to Myles' 30 percent, 4,929.
District wide – the district encompasses three counties, Shelby, Anderson and Spencer – Meschler came in with 23 percent of the vote.
Incumbent State Sen. Paul Hornback (R-Shelbyville) reeled in 86 percent of the vote against challenger Gary "Tony" McCurdy Tuesday night, garnering 3,023 votes to McCurdy's 454 votes.
When Hornback was contacted about the results, he said, 'How'd I do? No, I really don't have any idea; I'm out in the fields planting soybeans."
A former Shelbyville Police chief with 20 plus years experience in law enforcement making his second run for the office of sheriff came out on top in Tuesday's Republican Primary Election.
Stewart Shirley, 51, who ran unsuccessfully against Democratic Armstrong in 2010, garnered 40 percent of the vote in the primary with 1,298 votes, to Bruce Gentry's 35 percent (1,144) and Steven Ladden's 23 percent (761).
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Italy is a very picturesque country and its cities and destinations are filled with things to see. Click on the link above each photo to see more pictures of the city or destination. Use these galleries to plan your vacation or just to do some armchair traveling.
Rome, the eternal city, is top on the list of Italian travel destinations. Enjoy a look at Rome from ancient sites to lavish fountains and modern monuments in this Rome picture gallery.
Rome: What to See | Where to Stay
Venice is one of Italy's most romantic and picturesque cities and a top travel destination. Enjoy a virtual look at Venice with this photo gallery.
Venice: What to See | Where to Stay
Florence is often described as a living museum because of its many Renaissance monuments. In this photo album we feature Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, and Boboli Gardens as well as views, streets, and cows.
Florence: What to See | Where to Stay
Lake Como
Lake Como is one of the most beautiful and popular Italian lakes. You'll see views of the lake and the town of Como in this photo gallery.
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Cinque Terre
The Cinque Terre are five picturesque villages on the northwest coast of Italy. Popular hiking trails connect the villages but they can also be reached by train or ferry. The car-free centers are especially beautiful at night when most of the tourists have left.
Cinque Terre: Visitor Information | Hiking Trails
Portofino is one of the most popular spots on the Italian Riviera. Pastel-colored houses line its half-moon shaped bay and the harbor is full of yachts and sail boats.
Portofino: Travel Guide | Hotels
Capri Island
Capri is an enchating island in the Bay of Naples off the Amalfi Coast. It's been a top travel destination since Roman times and is still one of the Mediterranean's must-see places. In this gallery you'll see the famous faraglioni rock formatoins and Blue Grotto entrance as well as other places to visit and views of the harbors.
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Saint Peter's Basilica
Saint Peter's Basilica and Square, in Vatican City, is a top destination for visitors to Rome. Here are photos of the square, Basilica, and the Swiss Guards.
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Hill Towns of Tuscany
Tuscany's hill towns make this central Italian region very popular. In this photo album you'll see pictures of top Tuscan hill towns such as Cortona and San Gimignano as well as a few lesser known towns. We've also included the popular cities of Pisa and Lucca even though they're not really hill towns.
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Italian Cities from on High
For magnificent views of Italian cities you can often climb the steps of a tower or cathedral. In these galleries you'll see photos of cities taken from above.
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No, this is wrong. It is quite simple, really - same diameter (more precisely, entrance pupil), same light.
You are mistaking light candelas/luxes with lumens.
No, you are.
You get the same amount of light in lumens, but not the same light density (luxes/candelas), since the light is spread all over the sensor.
Right, but you are the only one insisting that intensity has anything to do with the discussion, so ... you get the idea.
But anyway, there's no point discussing what's already discussed elsewhere, so please better read here:
Yes, good reading. I have been referring to it for years. Did you get to the "total light" part of it?


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Jonah Hill has lost a significant amount of weight for his upcoming role in 21 Jump Street. The portly Superbad actor dropped nearly 30 pounds and the transformation is really amazing!
The funny man generally plays comedic roles, but 21 Jump Street is an action film co-starring Johnny Depp. While it's almost always acceptable to be a chubby comedian, action movies tend to require more agility and muscles, so his choice to lose weight wasn't surprising at all.
Of the weight loss, a friend of Hill's says that he "went on a diet for the movie, but gained weight at first! Finally, he got a nutritionist and a trainer. Now he looks better and feels better!"
Us Weekly has before and after photos of Jonah Hill and he really looks great! Losing weight isn't easy and even people who have thousands of dollars to spend on trainers find it difficult to change their routines in order to shed pounds and keep them off. Hill really looks like he worked at it; it totally paid off!


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As college students return to campus, they are showered in the usual handouts of coupons, condoms and credit cards. But some schools are also giving students what a growing body of research reveals could make a huge difference in their college careers: ear plugs, sleep shades and napping lessons.
College health officials are finally realizing that healthy sleep habits are a potential miracle drug for much of what ails the famously frazzled modern American college student: anxiety, depression, physical health problems and — more than most students realize — academic troubles. Some studies have found students getting adequate sleep average a full letter grade higher than those who don't.
But adolescent biorhythms make it hard enough for college students to get the sleep they need, a recommended nine hours. On top of that, campus life turns out to resemble a giant laboratory experiment designed for maximum sleep deprivation: irregular schedules, newfound freedom, endless social interaction, loud and crowded housing, late-night exercise and food washed down by booze, coffee energy drinks. Campuses pulsing with energy at midnight by mid-afternoon resemble Zombie U., with students dozing off in library chairs, on yoga mats and even in coffee shops.
Technology isn't helping, with wireless Internet adding to the 24/7 distractions and students sleeping with their smart phones on. That likely helps explain data showing college students got about eight hours of sleep in the 1960s and '70s, seven by the '80s, and, according to more recent surveys, closer to six these days.
Campaigning recently, even President Barack Obama told some students at an Ohio State University diner that he assumed "you guys have arranged it so you don't have really early morning classes." No such luck. "Actually, I failed that," one student replied, telling the president he had one at 8 a.m. the next day.
Now, some counselors and health officials are trying to get the message out in creative ways. At tiny Hastings College in Nebraska, student peer educators plop down a bed in the middle of the student union, dress themselves in pajamas, and talk to passers-by about sleep. Macalester College in Minnesota publishes a "nap map" listing the pros and cons of various campus snooze sites. And many schools are offering seminars on napping (basic lesson: short naps work better).
The University of Louisville is even planning a campus-wide "flash nap" — think of a flash mob but with sleeping, not dancing — later in the school year ("We have to arrange in it advance so our public safety folks know it's not an epidemic of something," said director of health promotion Karen Newton).
Still, given the scope of sleeping problems, what's surprising is that such efforts are exceptional. Major, campus-wide campaigns appear rare or non-existent. Experts say professors (and doctors) aren't always good sleep role models. As for deans and administrators, many seem hesitant to tell parents who've just dropped $50,000 on tuition that the big push on campus this year will be for everyone to sleep more.
While awareness is growing, at most schools sleep efforts amount to a few posters on campus or perhaps a few lines in a quickly forgotten talk during orientation week. While about three-quarters of college students have indicated occasional sleep problems, the latest National College Health Assessment found about the same proportion reported receiving no information from their school about sleep (though it's possible, in their sleepiness, some forgot).
"The average student is functioning with a clinical sleep disorder," said LeeAnn Hamilton, assistant director of health promotion and preventive services at the University of Arizona, describing research conducted on students there. They average about 6.5 hours per night (though students tend to over-report in such surveys). But sleep time and quality measurements declined over the course of the academic year, while anxiety, depression and conflict with family, friends and roommates all rose. Hamilton's office has been sending students a "Snoozeletter" with sleep tips.
As described by junior Sara Campbell, residence hall life at UA makes it hard even for students trying to sleep — constant late-night chattering, visitors coming and going, early morning cleaning crews running their vacuums. She aims to be asleep by 12:30 or so but was dumbfounded to find girls on her hall regularly pulling all-nighters for papers and exams — basically, academic suicide, the research shows.
"Not to speak bad of them, but a lot of them are freshmen and just decided to wait 'till the last minute," she said. Her big challenge was managing with a roommate who tries to keep earlier hours; this year the pair are moving off-campus together where they'll have separate bedrooms.
Still, Campbell is applying what she's learned about sleep as a psychology major. This year, she's arranged her schedule to have classes and work start at 8 a.m. every day of the week. That will be tough, but commits her to avoiding the destructive pattern trapping many college students — getting up early one day, then sleeping late the next.
"Regularity is key," Campbell said. "You can pick a schedule here and have a different time to get up every day, but going to bed at a different time every night, it wears on your body."
College mental health professionals are increasingly asking students about sleep right away, finding it's often the low-lying fruit for helping students with a range of issues.
"When you find depression, even when you find anxiety, when you scratch the surface 80 to 90 percent of the time you find a sleep problem as well," said University of Delaware psychologist Brad Wolgast. Many students who think they have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are often just sleep-deprived. Some simple steps to improve "sleep hygiene" are usually far preferable to prescribing drugs like Ritalin or Adderall. (Wolgast is also seeing more students who've been prescribed sleeping pills, which he says usually harm sleep patterns more than help).
"On a campus they're dealing with alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, Ritalin abuse, sexual assault," Wolgast said. In comparison, sleep "looks like a small problem. But the truth is if I could wave a magic wand and change everybody's sleep, there would be fewer problems with pretty much everything else."
But Wolgast and others don't have a magic wand, and have concluded nagging students, or fighting the campus culture, is hopeless. Running napping classes — pitched as ways to help students maximize their sleep — has proved a more effective pitch. Students also happily accept ear plugs. Hastings, with just 1,200 students, orders them in bulk from a manufacturing supply company and hands out thousands, said Beth Littrell, director of campus health services.
The guru of the college sleep crusade is James Maas, who over 48 years taught more than 65,000 students in Cornell University's most popular class — a sleep-focused version of introductory psychology. Maas evangelized to his students and experimented on them as well, asking them to wear sleep-monitoring headbands and showing them magnetic resonance images of the brains of sleep-deprived college students.
"You can see that nothing is going on in their brains," Maas said. "Literally nothing."
Confronting students with such photos, along with hard data on how sleep undermines academic performance, is the most effective way to change behavior, Maas says. Still, he'd like to see colleges do more: ending early classes, sound-proofing and air-conditioning dorms, putting sleep education into the curriculum.
The people most receptive to his message on campus are usually coaches. A few years back, he made his pitch to the Cornell's basketball coach, who stopped morning practices. The next year the Big Red became the first Ivy League team since 1979 to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Sleep efforts have paid off at a number of boarding schools. After Maas spoke at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts in 2007, the school moved the start of classes back from 7:55 to 8:30 a.m., cut sports practices and homework expectations 10 percent each, and got students back into the dorms earlier at night.
The results? Twenty percent fewer student visits to the health center (in a bad flu year); 17 percent more students taking time for a hot breakfast, and a record increase in GPA. Also, several Deerfield sports teams enjoyed unexpectedly good years, thanks to late-season surges.
Of course, boarding schools have more control over students than colleges. But Deerfield Headmistress Margarita Curtis says that's no excuse for higher education. She says Deerfield's efforts worked because students saw the data and bought into it.
"You need to appeal to their intellect," she said. "They responded because they saw that correlation. They saw if you get that extra hour of sleep, this is what happens in your brain, what happened to that athlete."
On many college campuses, the biggest obstacle is a deep-rooted culture of sleep deprivation macho; for both the cool kids and the smart kids, it seems, the thing to brag about is how little sleep you're getting, not how much. Rebecca Robbins, a Cornell graduate student, has researched how students talk about sleep, and found more than 80 percent of the time, it was in negative terms.
"Kids in the coffee line will brag, 'I got two hours of sleep last night,' almost like it's a competition," she said. ""If that's all you hear as an adolescent, you begin to think these types of behavior are normal."
Colleges open their eyes: Zs are key to GPA
As college students return to campus, they are showered in the usual handouts of coupons, condoms and credit cards. But some schools are also giving students what a growing body of research reveals could make a huge difference in their college careers: ear plugs, sleep shades and napping lessons.
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College Success Workshops at The Woods May 8
Making the right decisions about college can be complicated. That's why there is the Vigo County "KnowHow2Go" College Success Workshops, a roadmap for preparing for the college experience. Designed for high school juniors, the path to success starts at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 8 in the Rooney Library.
EcoCAR 2 gives local college students skills to advance eco-friendly automotive technologies
The EcoCAR automotive design competition's surname is 'Plugging In to the Future,' and that's precisely what Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Indiana State University students have been doing in learning valuable skills to become the next generation of innovative automotive engineers.
State Education Department releases graduation rates
The Indiana Department of Education released graduation rate data today for the 2012-2013 school year.
The overall graduation rate for all schools was 88.6 percent, virtually unchanged from the previous year's rate of 88.7 percent.
- Vigo County School Corp. Honor Roll
South High announces 2014 Hall of Distinction Inductees
A nationally known playwright and screenwriter, an inventor with more than 35 patents, and America's top U.S. Navy Seal make up the Class of 2014 of the Terre Haute South Vigo High School Hall of Distinction.
BRUCE KAUFFMANN: Jews as scapegoats in the Civil War
Of the myriad problems besetting Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, what to do about government anti-Semitism was not high on his list. But it confronted him, nevertheless, this week (Dec. 17) in 1862 when Union General Ulysses S. Grant issued his infamous General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from trading with the Union Army.
- Vigo County School Corp. High School Honor Roll
Vigo County DAR honors Good Citizens
The Fort Harrison Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution honored Vigo County DAR Good Citizens and their families at a December meeting. Following the reading of their essays, each student received a DAR Good Citizen pin, a certificate and a $100 scholarship.
The Woods launches RN to BSN completion program
For Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, a new year will mean a new major program. When students enroll in Woods Online to begin in January, an online option will be available — RN to BSN degree completion program. This program seeks to help women and men who hold an associate's degree and nursing license complete a bachelor's degree.
Harrison receives Campus of Year honors
Harrison College, a private sector college serving more than 4,000 students worldwide, announced recently that Brennan Randolph, campus president for Terre Haute campus, received recognition as Campus President of the Year and the campus received distinction as Campus of the Year during the Annual Harrison College Recognition Day in Indianapolis in November.
Apply now for Principal Leadership Institute
The Indiana Principal Leadership Institute at Indiana State University's Bayh College of Education announced that applications are available for the second class, which will begin next summer.
The Indiana Principal Leadership Institute is a two-year experience designed to address the professional needs of Indiana public school principals with an emphasis on student success.
RP senior wins Voice of Democracy contest
Casey Dust, a Riverton Parke High School senior, recently won the Veterans of Foreign Wars 6th District Voice of Democracy contest. Dust's recorded speech, "Why I Am Optimistic About My Country's Future," not only captured the local contest, but won out over entries from 14 other posts, including those in Terre Haute, Lebanon, Crawfordsville and Carmel.
Some Vigo schools out Nov. 12 for safety drills
Next Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Vigo County School Corp., in cooperation with local police agencies, will conduct school safety drills involving several elementary and middle schools.
The "hostile intruder" drills will require the buildings involved to dismiss school early that day. Elementary schools affected will be dismissed at 1:45 p.m.
The Woods launches new brand initiative
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College today launched its new brand initiative focused on advancing the image and reputation of the College. The brand will launch with the important strategic goals of enhancing student recruitment, fundraising and overall brand awareness.
VIDEO: Enter Red Ribbon Week 'A Healthy Me is Drug Free' contest
The National Family Partnership® (NFP) announces the national contest for its 28th annual Red Ribbon Week®, Oct. 23-31. Here's how to enter to win $1,000 for your K-12 school and an iPad for the home:
Rose-Hulman: 15 years in the lead
For the 15th consecutive year, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has been ranked the nation's top undergraduate engineering college.
Woods climbs in U.S. News rankings
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College has moved up to No. 18 from No. 27 as one of the Best Regional Colleges in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report in its 2014 Best Colleges Guidebook.
Dr. King's 'Dream' speech an ad-lib
Fifty years ago this week (Aug. 28) Martin Luther King, Jr., put a historic exclamation point on the Civil Rights movement's "March on Washington" when he stood before the Lincoln Memorial and delivered to some 250,000 people, and millions watching on television, the most famous and important American speech since — well, since the Second Inaugural Address given by Lincoln himself.
BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSONS: Lincoln, Douglas, and slavery in America
The famous Lincoln-Douglas debates, which centered on the future of slavery in America, began this week (Aug. 21) in 1858.
Bruce's History Lessons: FDR's most important domestic program
Of all of President Franklin Roosevelt's many domestic achievements, none exceeds the one that became law this week (Aug. 14) in 1935. The Social Security Act was the centerpiece of FDR's vision to provide financial security to millions of Americans devastated by the Great Depression.
BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSONS: The cagey, but never caged, White Mouse
Few have lived a life as meaningful or full as did Nancy Wake. While she lived in France in 1940 when Nazi Germany subjugated that country, she became a leader of the "maquis" groups — the French resistance fighters — who sabotaged the Nazi occupation of France at every opportunity. Wake was so good at her job, and so good at escaping capture, that the Gestapo nicknamed her "The White Mouse" because she avoided every trap.
BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSONS: Writing the 'Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant'
When the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War hero and 18th president of the United States, was posthumously published in 1885 it was a literary tour de force.
- Vigo County School Corp. Honor Roll
BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSONS: Becoming the House and Family of Windsor
In the summer of 1917, Great Britain's King George V had something of a public relations problem. His country was at war with Germany — World War I as it would be known — and the fighting was so fierce, and British casualty rates so high, that King George's British subjects were increasingly resentful of all things German.
GOALS, PRIDE & ACHIEVEMENTS: July 18, 2013
The following local students graduated from Anderson University, in Anderson, on May 11. They are Hing Sing Chan and Aaron Joseph Hoff, both of Terre Haute.
The 45th reunion of the Honey Creek High School class of 1968 is scheduled for Aug. 9 at the VFW at 1111 Veterans Square, 12th and Mulberry streets.
Vigo County School Corp. middle school honor roll: fourth grading period
Honey Creek
Otter Creek
Sarah Scott
West Vigo
Woodrow Wilson
BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSON: The birth of the disposable razor blade
What millions of Americans (including me) have dreamed of — staring at your bathroom mirror when suddenly you're hit with a brilliant idea destined to make you rich — actually happened to the man who died this week (July 9) in 1932.
REUNIONS: Published July 11, 2013
St. Bernice High School
Terre Haute South Vigo High School Class of 1978
NEWSMAKERS: Published July 11, 2013
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In case that headline gave you heart palpitations, rest easy: Lorne Michaels isn't exiting Saturday Night Live anytime soon. If and when the SNL executive producer does choose to depart his creation, though, Tina Fey wouldn't be interested in picking up his mantle.
The subject came up in a recent interview with the Huffington Post, tied to Fey's new comedy Admission. When the interviewer asks Fey if she might hypothetically want to step into Michaels's shoes someday, the comedian immediately dismisses the idea: "Oh, SNL? I mean, I feel like SNL is so defined by Lorne's taste and his sensibility. That's why any time people have tried to imitate the format and make their own version of it, you'll notice it never really quite happens," Fey said.
Furthermore, Fey believes SNL as an institution is so tied to Michaels that when he steps away from the show, it should end altogether: "He is the center of the show…when he wants to stop, it should just stop." READ FULL STORY


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Kahuna club (Previously called Shangri La) is a good-value beachside guest house with homely rooms and cabanas. It is situated a five minute walk from Unawatuna's sandy beaches. Kahuna Club offers well-maintained, comfortable accommodation set in a garden with coconut trees. Shangri La Resort offers 4 double rooms, 6 cabanas and 2 cottages as well as the master house for rent. The five bedroom master house of the Kahuna Club can be rented as a fully equipped holiday home, allowing you to cook your catch of the day in your own kitchen.
Room Type Description
Single Room - hot water, fan
Double Room - max. occupancy two adults, hot water, fan, ensuite
Cabana - max. occupancy two adults, hot water, fan, ensuite. Each cabana has its own small deck with lounging chairs.
Cottage (2 Bedrooms Apartment) - max. occupancy four (2+2) adults, hot water, fan, ensuite, small kitchen.
The main restaurant, bar and kitchen is centrally located and offers a mix of Sri Lankan and Western cuisine. A special menu is available daily and is rightly popular. The upper floor of the restaurant consists of a games area with two billiard tables and small café offering snacks. Other facilities include satellite TV, DVD player, music system, library, and internet stations. Hammocks are available in the garden.
The guesthouse in the past was called Shangri la but owner decided to change the name to Kahuna club. The management is the same.