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New rubbish collections launch next month
9:10am Thursday 29th March 2012 in News By Matt Watts, Assistant Editor
Fruit salad-themed bin rounds could turn sour next month when controversial evening collections are introduced.
The new rounds - each given a fruit title to make them easier for residents to remember - will start at 6am and finish by 8.30pm from Monday to Friday, with Saturday collections running from 7am to 2.45pm.
Using fewer vehicles running more frequently, they have been brought in to save the council £1m from its waste collection budget.
But the measures have been met with concern by residents who fear the trucks could cause traffic problems during the afternoon school run and rush hour.
Binmen have also raised concerns the collections will be difficult to carry out during the evenings when there are more parked cars in congested residential streets.
Sources in the council's waste and recycling department have said during trials of new routes some collections did not finish until 10.30pm - and predicted the new routes would overrun their 8.30pm schedule.
The council said it was confident the new collection times would be met.
It has said the new collections, which begin on April 16, are the best solution for a service needing to save money, when residents rejected suggestions of fortnightly collections or charging for removing free garden waste pick-ups.
By extending collection routes to run in the morning, afternoon and on Saturdays, the council claims it can save £500,000 without cutting collections, introducing extra charges or laying off staff.
Councillor Colin Hall, executive member for environment and climate change on Sutton Council, said: "Our residents told us that weekly waste collections were a priority for them, so we have found an innovative way of protecting front line services while still cutting costs."
Green bins and garden waste will be collected fortnightly, on the same day as brown wheeled bins.
In the week before the change, residents will receive leaflets and calendars, and a notice stuck on their bin, telling them which fruit-themed day their rubbish will be collected.
For more information visit sutton.gov.uk/wasteandrecycling.
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suttonres22 wrote:What will be the fruity zone code for Strawberry Lane, Plumpton Close and Plumtree Way, Peaches Close Cheam, Blueberry Close Wallington and Lime Close SM5? When collections are a day later because of bank holidays will the fruity name change for that week?
I think this is brilliant. A bit wacky but certainly memorable and I will definitely remember when my bin will be collected! Lime Tuesday for me!!!!11!!
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Liverpool's event — part of a quartet of shows also staged in London, St. Austell, and Gateshead — was located in William Brown Street near St. George's Hall in the heart of Liverpool's Cultural Quarter. The concert was promoted by the Liverpool City Council, the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), and the Capital of Culture, and was attended by a crowd of over 4,000, entertained by the LPO conducted by Gerard Schwartz.
The buildings to the right of the audience as they looked stageward are the majestic NMGM Museum and the Liverpool City Council Central Library. After the first Liverpool Proms event last year, the BBC realized that they were missing some incredible optical "wow" opportunities by leaving these buildings — the ultimate auditorium wallpaper — in the dark. This year it was requested that they be architecturally lit.
Lee Forde, who heads Liverpool City Council's Cultural Events office, is also at the core of Liverpool Vision, an ongoing scheme to permanently architecturally light the city's famous landmarks — the first part of which was the lighting of St. George's Hall itself.
For the Liverpool Proms, i-Vision provided various lighting fixtures and equipment including six Space Cannon Ireos Pros, Coemar Panorama Cycs, Studio Due City Colors, two Studio Due Dominators, over 60 HQI 400 architectural fixtures with blue and green color, a Jands Hog 600 for control, and a 40W YAG laser with its own Magnum controller.
The Space Cannons flanked the stage, and the laser was rigged at the rear. The LPO's own LD Pete Murphy used a separate over-stage lighting system supplied by Concert Lights. Sound was by Audiocom. In addition to lighting the buildings, the trees and foliage of St. John's Gardens, audience left, were also lit.
Lighting the buildings and trees proved a huge success and boosted the interest and public perceptions of the event. "It looked absolutely gorgeous and was a definite boost to this year's show," comments Kirsty Blakeman of the LCC Cultural Affairs Department.

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Canon Debate - Does it exist & is Canon important to you?
What is canon for you? Everyone seems to have their own opinion of what is and is not, which I think is great.
Star Trek canon is usually defined as comprising the television series ten motion pictures, and excluding everything else. However, this definition is not set in stone, but that the notion of what constitutes canon in Star Trek is fluid, open to interpretation and debate.
It has been noted that Gene Roddenberry was something of a revisionist when it came to canon. People who worked with Roddenberry remember that he used to handle canon not on a series-by-series basis nor an episode-by-episode basis, but point by point. If he changed his mind on something, or if a fact in one episode contradicted what he considered to be a more important fact in another episode, he had no problem declaring that specific point non-canon.
Based on the amount of creative control Roddenberry exerted over the first seasons of Star Trek, some people argue that only Roddenberry-approved material should be considered canon. Such an approach would eliminate from canon anything Roddenberry didn't like, as well as everything made after his death, including the movies and TV series. However, Roddenberry himself pre-emptively rebuked such an attitude. He had hoped that Star Trek would go on after his death. As Star Trek was constantly improved by each following generation, he expected people to look back upon its humble beginnings as just that, the simple beginnings of something much bigger and better. Roddenberry clearly never intended Star Trek to be limited to his work, but to include all the hopefully superior work of future generations.
Another factor that contributes to blur the line between canon and non-canon is the fact that some writers like to include elements from popular non-canon works into canon episodes or films. ST:XI appears to be doing this with the writers tie in Comic book mini-series and their including elements from their favorite novels and other sources.
I'm curious to find out what others include in their "Canon" or if it matters to them at all. I myself never gave it much thought before becoming a member of this forum. But I'm a fan and not a fanatic, so my canon is that I accept pretty much everything that has the name Star Trek on it.
So what is included in what you consider canon: Live action TV series, The animated series, feature films, Star Trek fan productions like the ST:Phase II webisodes, fictional novels, TV episode and film novelizations, ST video games, the Star Trek: The Experience attraction in Las Vegas, reference books and what ever else I didn't think of to mention.
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First of all, I really don't like the term "canon," because of the religious connotation; I don't see Star Trek as a religion. I prefer the phrase "Official Continuity."
The theory I have come to accept (which is my own & of course not binding on anyone else) is that anything produced or published by, or under license from Paramount or CBS as Star Trek fiction is part of the Official Continuity, unless & until it is directly contradicted by an on-screen fact or reference in one of the TV series or films. This would include the animated series, the novels, comics, etc., all of which were officially licensed products. I know it's a pretty broad definition, but I don't think it's unreasonable. If it has the "seal of approval" of the copyright owner, it should be accepted as part of the official universe.
There was a time when I thought only those episodes or films that were approved by Gene Roddenberry were part of the Official Continuity, but I came to believe that he was a bit too exclusive about it. I know it was his creation, but he also acknowledged that many others made it what it was. It has been enhanced by so many great writers, artists, etc., that it seems wrong to dismiss any of them as "not really part of Star Trek."
. . . just an old-school Trekker getting by in a newfangled galaxy.
*I'm curious to find out what others include in their "Canon" or if it matters to them at all. I myself never gave it much thought before becoming a member of this forum. But I'm a fan and not a fanatic, so my canon is that I accept pretty much everything that has the name Star Trek on it.*
Interesting and admirable attitude.
To me, it matters not a whit.
The term "canon" is not used without the metaphorical religious connection unjustly. In fact it didn't even exist as a term that applied to Trek until the "great revolution".
Going through the process of how a fantasy universe's history came to be of such seeming significance to today's world is another tale best told 'round the fireplace. It's a sad tale, so lots of s'mores are required.
It involves newfangled (and expensive as all get out) things called VHS recorders, a funny comic company named Gold Key, a technical manual at times both lauded and demonized, crazy things called conventions, a publication titled the Star Trek Concordance, a book titled the Making of Star Trek, a few sparse novels, mimeographs (can you believe it?) and no friggin' hint of the internet. Shocking! I know.
"I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad, and it's... depressing."
"Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass"
"A sacrifice a day keeps Jesus away"
Canon go BOOM!
Okay, I'm dopey, I know! Seriously, though, my two pennies about "canon", or as you both have said more accurately, continutity, is that in Star Trek TOS itself, there have been instances where "The Gene" himself said that he wished some episodes could be striken from the record (paraphrasing). As so HILLARIOUSLY done in another thread, the SHOUTING SPOCK in the the pilot, "The Cage", goes against the continuity and consistancy of the character known as Spoke, but it is Spock. Also, the episode utilized the term "Time Warp Factor", so why would a ship need to sling shot around the sun to break the time barrier? The resolution of the latter is, of course, to explain it away by writing.
So, in my humble opinion, since there are many examples of continuity glitches in TOS, let alone the other incarnations in the Trek Universe, what is important is the spirit of Trek and her characters. In this new movie, we are learning what makes a man a man, and the difference between a Captain and a legend. James T. Kirk was a regular joe first. We all, today, are made of what we were yesterday. Who we become tomorrow is determined by how chained we are to yesterday. So the film may portray our hero as a bit of a rebellious, head-strong jerk at first, but this early stage of his journey of him becoming a man is a part of the "human adventure" that has not be explored to date. Reading comments by Lenoard Nimoy about how Zachary Quinto is expanding the character of Spock in, to quote Mr. Nimoy, "delcious ways" (http://www.trektoday.com/news/090109_02.shtml) also signals a new expansion of the Trek magic. Different actors have portrayed Shakespear's "Othello", and different producers and directors have put their own spin on the story, but ultimately, does Iago still spin "O's" head against the fair Desdimona (sp)? If so, at the end of the movie, the pay off (if well written) is worth it and we get it.
Does the Big E have two nacelles on pylons rising in a V formation from the engineering hull? Does she have a neck rising from that hull to meet a saucer section? Then, for my tastes, that's the Enterprise, regardless of the shape of the engineering hull, if the nacelles glow red, or if her pharsers are on strips or turrets. But there must be a Kirk. There must be a Spock. There must be a Uhura (rrr-ROWL!)...Oops! Sorry! Bones...Mr. Scott...Chekov...Sulu...Mr. Imagwannabite T. Dust-Redshirt...and optimism: These are the essentials of Trek. If we get these characters with a great story, then we will have memorable Trek. Heck, if we have limited "pew-pew", but great character developement, I'd be satisfied (Battlestar Galactica, anyone? ).
So looking forward to this movie! (Ramble Mode disengaged.)
Yes, there are going to be slip-ups. As long as there is an effort to avoid them, I'm happy. There appears to be no effort involved with this project in that regard, and that strikes me as lazy and dismissive; I don't produce lazy, dismissive work myself, and I won't support lazy, dismissive work from those who want my money.
"Now I did a job -- and got nothin' but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character, so let me make this abundantly clear: I do the job... and then I get paid. Go run your little world."
After months of threads on the matter, I think everyone should just be left to their own canon, because it's impossible to get any two fans to fully agree on what they hold as such.
I agree, there has been months and months of threads on this subject. The difference (I hope) about this thread is I don't want fans to argue but simply state their position on this subject. I have learned absolutely nothing from those other threads except that some people enjoy conflict.
So, I respect your opinion that everyone should be left to their own canon but I hope people will share theirs with others in this thread without bashing others beliefs.
Spock: "Random chance seems to have operated in our favor"McCoy: "In plain, non-Vulcan English, we've been lucky"
Spock: "I believe I said that, Doctor" (The Doomsday Machine)
Vulcan Smiley by DNA-1842
The Chronologies, Technical manuals and Encylopedia's have useful reference value until aired material contradicts and thus supercedes it.
*I agree, there has been months and months of threads on this subject. The difference (I hope) about this thread is I don't want fans to argue but simply state their position on this subject.*
That's like saying "Abortion, your view?" - oh and no arguing.
*I have learned absolutely nothing from those other threads except that some people enjoy conflict.*
Gosh, I hope that wasn't aimed at me specifically.
I did express my view... canon is meaningless to me.
*...but I hope people will share theirs with others in this thread without bashing others beliefs.*
Not possible. Someone will take offense at another view. It's a certainty.
I will add... those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
You might have been better off with a straight poll if you were actually trying to learn something. What that is, I'm not sure. "Months and months" should have given you a good idea of what to expect.
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Pretty good! A step up from their last album but still not as good as Back Into Your System or Survival Of The Sickest.
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The boys here are getting back into form from last disc, more rock for one, some may say they cheesed few same relabeled tunes from few other discs ,but they hold their own and are still fresh and there is a lil piece off each cd in my book , but to say the closest to form is the 3 previous to this cd, or like "survival" and the rockerz off "blood stained" overall this is more a solid disc like "survival" good disc and not overkill on the lovey mellow tunes altho there is a couple here, and i tunes has a killer bonus track called "hit me" ,only ten tunes is kinda a let down why i got off i tunes for the bonus track , overall better than last, "judgement day " solid rocker & "hunt you down" also, family reunion has similar to" ladies & gents" but still rocks in a new light..
Saliva is one of the best rock band around at the moment. This album maintains there dominance. If you like there old stuff you will like this. Has some familiar sounds, new stuff, and some just good ole fashion rock.
I was hoping this album would make up for their last album, Bloob Stained Love Story (which quite frankly, was slow, poppish, and sounded like they were selling out). I was not disappointed.
Family Reunion – I liked this song, but its not a song I'd listen to on repeat
My Own Worst Enemy – Good guitar rips, this song I'd put in an action movie
Best of Me – This song is a little too repitive to listen to over and over, but its GREAT to listen to when you want to hear it.
How Could You – Softer rock, a good song nevertheless
Hunt You Down – One of my favorite saliva songs in years, up there with their early stuff.
Judgement Day – My favorite song on this CD, amazing guitar rips, great to rock out to.
Forever And A Day – Has the same sort of feel as Rest In Pieces, which i liked a lot, i love this song too even though it's still slower than i usually like.
I'm Coming Back – Has a SERIOUS flashback to their old sound. This is a good song.
Southern Girls – This song has a little classic rock feel to it, This is a great song if you like the ACDC style.
So Long – Just like a a good movie that has a bad ending, this song kils the album, its the reason i couldnt give it 5 stars.
With the exception of the last track, and "How Could You", this is a great album.
Lets set the record straight (pun intended….sorry). If you're a Saliva fan you won't be disappointed. Cinco Diablo has something from every prior album in every song. It's a collectively good album, with higher and lower points. Some songs have simpler yet good structure with guitar tone similar to Every Six Seconds, some are more melodic and have Back in Your System-like guitar fills. You get the heaviness of Survival of the Sickest toned down just a bit in spots, and at other times you get the lighter, more produced sound of Blood Stained Love Story. None of the songs really strike me as filler.
You'll see others saying the album doesn't bring anything different. While it does bring something different, its still Saliva. That's why I bought it. Love Story was a step in a different direction, and probably the least favorite of any fan. What happened when Metallica brought something new to the table?
You'll see others complaining about Josey saying BOOM in his songs. It's a trademark. Anyone that's ever seen them live cannot disagree that Family Reunion will be a great live song, and I promise you the entire crowd will be yelling BOOM along with him. It's a crowd interaction song the same as Click or Ladies and Gentlemen, or Always, and it was the correct choice for the first single.
The songs:
Family Reunion: First single. Classic Saliva sound.
My Own Worst Enemy: Heavier verse, Back in Your System-like chorus.
Best of Me: Heavier Blood Stained Love Story style song.
How Could You: You got me here. A good song-yes. Could it be titled Always II, absolutely. Same song structure.
Hunt You Down: Good `n heavy.
Judgment Day: You can't find fault in a song thanking a soldier.
Forever and a Day: Slow song. Back in Your System style guitar fills.
I'm coming Back: Every Six Seconds sound, more refined.
Southern Girls: Very bluesy. Driving bassline, but guitar is written a couple octaves high for my liking. Probably least favorite of all the songs. Its ok.
So Long: Another slow song. No comparison here really. A decent slow song. Second least favorite, but still not complaining.
From a musician's standpoint most of these songs should be fun to learn. Knowing about 75% of the first 3 albums, I only cared to learn 3 songs off Love Story. This one is different. I'm looking forward to learning most of these songs, you can sink you teeth into them just like the first 3 albums. That should say something about it. If you're a fan, buy this CD, turn it up until the speakers start to crackle and turn it down a hair, you shouldn't be disappointed.


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This is an informal poll, I am collecting data to try to prove a point. Not going into any type of marketing system or anything like that. Tell me what you think in a 1-2-3 format and like 30 words or less if you can.
Question 1 - Dealer or Private Party?
- Easy enough question. Dealer or private party transaction?
Question 2 - How do you plan to find the vehicle that you want to buy?
- Find a local dealership and/or lot and then check what they have in inventory?
- AutoTrader, Cars.com, eBay Motors, Craigslist?
- Look in the local news paper or a free car magazine.
- Drive to an "auto row" location in your local town and see what they have.
Question 3 - How far away are you willing to look?
- Only look local, maybe up to 30 miles.
- Local / Regional search, maybe up to 100 miles.
- Nationwide search, I'll go anywhere to find a good deal.
- Only looking for warm, dry and flat climates (like Texas or Arizona)
That's it. Answer them if you want, I'll look to gather this up in the next few weeks and see if I can learn something from it.
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I intend to keep what I have and replace what fails/breaks, as each such failure/breakage is a modding opportunity! However, assuming I were buying a used truck I'd answer as follows:
Question 1:
Either a dealer or a private party would be fine, as long as the truck is priced properly (and within my budget) for its age, mileage, and options. Dealers often have markup that private parties do not ... but they also often warrant trucks for some window of time after the sale -- which may be relevant depending on the truck's mileage.
Question 2:
To find the vehicle I wanted I'd use AutoTrader.com, Cars.com, and Craigslist, and scan the local Carmax listings online, daily. (I'd avoid eBay because within a locality listings there tend to be redundant with listings on the tools I just mentioned). I'd also contact www.auctiondirectusa.com (there's one local to me), place a (refundable) deposit with them and effectively hire them to find me a vehicle that meets very precise specifications --which I'd provide to them as a written list of mileage range, year range, make, model, and required option list -- so that they'd be looking for me at auctions. Last, I'd scan the local paper and local dealership lots near me once a week.
Note that this technique and combination of tools is exactly how I found the truck I now own. I was looking for something very specific and it took two months of looking every day to find it. I just finished doing something similar looking for a tandem trailer with a very specific pricepoint and set of options (which is ordered ... after a few months of looking), and I'm now using the same sort of approach looking for an ATV. (I wish I knew someone, here, who was an ATV dealer!)
Question 3:
Physically I look within a pair of 30 mile areas when driving by dealer lots. I say two 30-mile areas because I'm frequently in a city in Virginia on weekends so I look both there and where I live/work. Using online tools is, however, a different story. My limit is about 90 miles (each way) for something I find that I'm iffy about and need to see in person. If something matches my criteria very precisely then I'll go as far as 250 miles (each way) to see it. To lend some perspective, my current truck was purchased ~50 miles from where I live/work. The trailer I ordered will need to be picked up 103 miles from where I live/work.
Something to note:
My decisions on vehicles aren't emotional (anymore). I research things very heavily before I buy them, so I'm one of those people who knows exactly what I want and how much I'm willing to pay for it (and in what condition it should be) when I shop. I am patient when shopping, too, as I want to pay a reasonable price to get precisely what I'm after. The act of pre-thinking what I want and the hunt to find it tends to numb me from acting on instinct ... and the patient search for what I'm after tends to keep me from making rash decisions. Even if I like something enough that I think I'm going to buy it, I won't buy it that day ... I'll take 24-48 hours to stew on it ... so that there's no emotional charge to taint my decision. I wasn't always like this ... especially with sports cars.
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Question 1 - Dealer or Private Party?
- I would check private listings first to see how over priced the dealer is.
Question 2 - How do you plan to find the vehicle that you want to buy?
- I usually start with the on-line web sites first. Talking to sales people and dealing with sales manager pushing and shoving an trying to cram you into a vehicle when you are just looking is not making effective use of my time.
Question 3 - How far away are you willing to look?
- Well, that depends on the price. I will drive to Alaska from North Carolina if the price is right (which it never seems to be)
A1 - Dealer, not necessary that it be a GM dealer, but usually a dealer that sells new cars (not a fan of the small yard used only lots.
A2 - Either a drive by, or a internet look, if I see an interesting truck on the lot, I'll check it out on the net (like the '05 SSR I saw on the local GMC lot; no, I didn't buy it).
A3 - I'll start locally, but have been known to roan 2, 3, maybe 4 hundred miles, really not interested in more than a day away.Ray
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In 30 words or less my answers are as follows:
1. Most likely Dealer
2. I use any available resources while searching for example: Local dealerships, Internet, Autotrader, newspaper classifieds ect.
3. Will look about 100 miles, I'm buying at 500 miles.
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Question 1 - Dealer or Private Party?
Question 2 - How do you plan to find the vehicle that you want to buy?
- Find a local dealership and/or lot and then check what they have in inventory.
Question 3 - How far away are you willing to look?
- Local / Regional search, maybe up to 100 miles.
Much like Surreal said, I research and make informed, not impulsive or emotional purchases. Right now in a perfect world my next truck (in at least 5 maybe 10 years) will be a Silverado HD, CrewCab, with the long bed.. engine choice will be one of the smaller but quality ones..Obviously I will have to be able to afford it, so time will tell if i get the truck I want or if I have to "settle" for less.. When it is my time to buy I will check the local dealers and also online to see what options are available and for how much money..
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I only buy new and if the dealer doesn't have what I want on the lot I will either go somewhere else or I will order it.
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I always buy used and I nearly always buy private party. I will buy off a lot: I've bought from dealers, used lots and buy-here-pay-here lemon lots. My latest truck I picked up off of Craigslist 400 miles away....but I had my Dad go check it out as he lives in the same town. Turned out to be a good deal so far...'94 C2500 for 1300 plus I put another 500 into a tuneup and minor repairs I was expecting with any used truck.
I won't buy new myself. I just cannot justify the extra cost, insurance and registration fees...or the taxes!!!
My favorite truck buy was at a yard sale. Stopped to look at the junk on the ground and drove away in a new-to-me '79 Bronco!Rob
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It will be 3 years or more before I look to buy a new truck. About a year from now I am going to buy a new car but it will be a sports car as I will be keeping my truck for as long I can. The next truck I want is a Suburban 2500HD. Either way, for my next car or truck, the buying process will be the same:
Q1: Dealership
Q2: I will probably try to find want I want through AutoTrader then go pick it up whereever it is at.
Q3: I live in a major metropolitan area so there are lots of dealerships. I would be willing to drive up to 100 miles if I find exactly the car I really want.
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For this project I was to capture four year old Renny at the Remlinger Farms. The farm is actually an amusement park for small children set up during the fall season. I enjoyed this assignment very much because not only was Renny very photogenic but she was expressive and had no fear.
Since this book was for Renny to enjoy, her mother and I decided to make it a picture book with simple words describing each image of Renny at the farm. "Happy Ghosts" or "Can't Catch Me" describe some of the photos. The book was printed as a soft cover in a 7x7 inch size so Renny could easily handle the book all by herself.


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George Mason
|George Mason
|George Mason
December 11, 1725
Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia
|October 7, 1792
(aged 66)
Gunston Hall, Fairfax County, Virginia
Cause of death
|natural causes
|Gunston Hall, Fairfax County, Virginia
|English American
|United States
|Patriot, statesman and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention
|Anglican, Episcopalian
|Ann Eilbeck
Sarah Brent
|George Mason V
Ann Eilbeck Mason Johnson
William Mason
William Mason
Thomson Mason
Sarah Eilbeck Mason McCarty
Mary Thomson Mason Cooke
John Mason
Elizabeth Mason Thornton
Thomas Mason
James Mason
Richard Mason
|George Mason III
Ann Stevens Thomson
George Mason IV (December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792) was an American Patriot, statesman and a delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Along with James Madison, he is called the "Father of the United States Bill of Rights."[1][2][3][4] For these reasons he is considered one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States.[5][6]
Like anti-federalist Patrick Henry, Mason was a leader of those who pressed for the addition of explicit States rights[7] and individual rights to the U.S. Constitution as a balance to the increased federal powers, and did not sign the document in part because it lacked such a statement. His efforts eventually succeeded in convincing the Federalists to add the first ten amendments of the Constitution. These amendments, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were based on the earlier Virginia Declaration of Rights, which Mason had drafted in 1776.
On the issue of slavery, Mason walked a fine line. Although a slaveholder himself, he found slavery distasteful for a variety of reasons. He wanted to ban further importation of slaves from Africa and prevent slavery from spreading to more states. However, he did not want the new federal government to attempt to ban slavery where it already existed, because he anticipated that such an act would be difficult and controversial, emphasizing that "it will involve us in great difficulties and infelicity to be now deprived of them (of slaves)".[8]
George Mason was born on December 11, 1725 to George and Ann Thomson Mason at the Mason family plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia. In 1735, when Mason was 10, his father drowned in the Potomac when the boat he was in capsized.[9] After this event the younger Mason lived with his uncle John Mercer. On April 4, 1750, he married sixteen-year-old Ann Eilbeck, from a plantation in Charles County, Maryland.[10] They lived in a house on his property in Dogue's Neck, Virginia. Mason completed construction of Gunston Hall, a plantation house on the Potomac River, in 1759. He and his wife had twelve children, nine of whom survived to adulthood. Mason's first child, George Mason V of Lexington,[11] was born on April 30, 1753. He married Elizabeth Mary Ann Barnes Hooe (Betsy) on April 22, 1784, and after having six children, died on December 5, 1796. The next Mason offspring was Ann Eilbeck Mason, fondly known as Nancy. Born on January 13, 1755, she married Rinaldo Johnson on February 4, 1789 and had three children before dying in 1814. The third child was named William Mason, but he did not live over a year and died in 1757. The fourth child, born on October 22, 1757, was also named William Mason, and he married Ann Stuart on July 11, 1793. They had five children together, and he died in 1818. The fifth child was a son they named Thomson Mason. He was born on March 4, 1759 and died on March 11, 1820. Thomson married Sarah McCarty Chichester of Newington in 1784; they had eight children.
George Mason's sixth child, christened Sarah Eilbeck Mason but fondly known as Sally, was born on December 11, 1760 and married in 1778. She had ten children with her husband Daniel McCarty, Jr. before dying on September 11, 1823. The seventh of the Mason children was another girl, Mary Thomson Mason. She was born on January 24, 1764, and married John Travers Cooke on November 18, 1784, with whom she had ten children before dying in 1806. John Mason was Mason's eighth child, being born on April 4, 1766. He married Anna Marie Murray on February 14, 1796, had ten children, and died on March 19, 1849. The ninth child was a daughter named Elizabeth Mason. She was born on April 19, 1768 and died sometime between 1792 and June 1797. She married William Thornton in 1789 and they had two children. The tenth child, Thomas Mason, was born on May 1, 1770 and died on September 18, 1800. He married Sarah Barnes Hooe on April 22, 1793 and the two had four children together.
George Mason's last two children were James and Richard Mason; twins who were born in December, 1772 but died six weeks later. Their mother died three months later on March 9, 1773 due to complications. George Mason remarried on April 11, 1780 but did not have any children with his new wife, Sarah Brent. George Mason also suffered from the condition known as gout for a large part of his life, and in accordance with current medical treatment, relied upon bloodletting.
Mason studied with tutors and attended a private academy in Maryland.[12]
Mason was a justice of the Fairfax County court. Between 1754 and 1779, he was a trustee of the city of Alexandria, Virginia. In 1759 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
Mason served at the Virginia Convention in Williamsburg in 1776. During this time he created drafts of the first declaration of rights and state constitution in the Colonies. Both were adopted after committee alterations; the Virginia Declaration of Rights was adopted June 12, 1776, and the Virginia Constitution was adopted June 29, 1776.
Mason was appointed in 1786 to represent Virginia as a delegate to a Federal Convention, to meet in Philadelphia for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation. He served at the Federal Convention in Philadelphia from May to September 1787 and contributed significantly to the formation of the Constitution. "He refused to sign the Constitution, however, and returned to his native state as an outspoken opponent in the ratification contest." [13] One objection to the proposed Constitution was that it lacked a "declaration of rights". As a delegate to Virginia's ratification convention, he opposed ratification without amendment. Among the amendments he desired was a bill of rights. This opposition, both before and during the convention, may have cost Mason his long friendship with his neighbor George Washington, and is probably a leading reason why George Mason became less well-known than other U.S. founding fathers in later years. On December 15, 1791, the U.S. Bill of Rights, based primarily on George Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights, was ratified in response to the agitation of Mason and others.
At the convention, Mason was one of the five most frequent speakers. Mason believed in the disestablishment of the church. Mason was a strong anti-federalist who wanted a weak central government, divided into three parts, with little power, leaving the several States with a preponderance of political power.[7]
An important issue for him in the convention was the Bill of Rights. He did not want the United States to be like England. Yet he foresaw sectional strife and feared the power of government.[14]
George Mason was one of the largest slaveholders in Fairfax County (possibly second only to George Washington) and had thirty-six slaves at the time of his death. Like some of his contemporary slave owners (e.g. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington), Mason conceded that the institution was morally objectionable, once calling it a "slow Poison" that "is daily contaminating the Minds & Morals of our People."[15] Mason favored the abolition of the slave trade, but he did not advocate for the immediate abolition of slavery. Like Jefferson, he owned slaves whom he did not manumit.
Two of Mason's stated reasons for opposing the U.S. Constitution were that the draft Constitution did not specifically protect the right of states to let slavery continue where it already existed, and that the draft Constitution did not allow Congress to immediately stop the importation of slaves.[15][16] Mason's immediate concern was to prevent more slaves from being imported, and to prevent slavery from spreading into more states.[8] He was not eager to ban slavery where it already existed: "It is far from being a desirable property. But it will involve us in great difficulties and infelicity to be now deprived of them."[8] Mason ostensibly balanced his anti-slavery argument that importation should stop, with a pro-slavery argument that the draft Constitution should protect slavery from being taxed out of existence; however, the latter argument had already been incorporated into the Constitution according to James Madison.[17]
Because of his efforts to stop the spread of slavery, and his recognition of the undesirability of slavery, some historians have said that Mason should be categorized as an abolitionist.[14]:294, note 39 Other historians have disagreed.[14]
Death and remembrance[edit]
George Mason died peacefully at his home, Gunston Hall, on October 7, 1792. Located in Mason Neck, Virginia, Gunston Hall is now a museum and tourist attraction. The George Mason Memorial in West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C., near the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, was dedicated on April 9, 2002. The George Mason Memorial Bridge, one of five that make up the 14th Street Bridge, connects Washington, D.C., to Virginia. George Mason Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia, George Mason High School in Falls Church, and George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, are named in his honor, as are Mason County, Kentucky, Mason County, West Virginia and Mason County, Illinois. He was honored by the United States Postal Service with an 18¢ Great Americans series postage stamp. A bas-relief of Mason appears in the Chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives as one of 23 honoring great lawmakers; his image is located above and to the right of the Speaker's chair.[18] The Society of Professional Journalists, Virginia Pro Chapter, presents an annual award named for Mason to a person who has made significant, lasting contribution to the practice of journalism in the Commonwealth.
See also[edit]
- History of the United States Constitution, slavery debate in Convention
- List of civil rights leaders
- ^ "The New United States of America Adopted the Bill of Rights: December 15, 1791". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ Heymsfeld, Carla R.; Lewis, Joan W. (1991). George Mason, father of the Bill of Rights. Alexandria, Va.: Patriotic Education Inc. ISBN 0-912530-16-2.
- ^ Spratt, Tammy. "Father" of Our Country vs. "Father" of the Bill of Rights". The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ "Bill of Rights Day - December 15th". Bill of Rights Defense Committee. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ Yardley, Jonathan (November 5, 2006). A founding father insisted that the Constitution wasn't worth ratifying without a bill of rights. The Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ Henderson, Denise; Henderson, Frederic W. (March 15, 1993). How The Founding Fathers Fought For An End To Slavery. The American Almanac. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ a b Gutzman, Kevin (2007). The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution. Washington: Regnery Publishing, Inc. pp. 35, 23. ISBN 1-59698-505-4.
- ^ a b c Kaminski, John. Necessary Evil?: Slavery and the Debate Over the Constitution, pages 59 and 186 (Rowman & Littlefield 1995). Mason said: "The Western people are already calling out for slaves for their new lands; and will fill that country with slaves, if they can be got through South Carolina and Georgia....[T]he General Government should have the power to prevent the increase of slavery."
- ^ George Mason Writings and Biography Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ^ Rowland, Kate Mason (1892). The Life of George Mason, 1725–1792. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 0-548-13895-8.
- ^ "Hollin Hall". George Mason's Plantations and Landholdings. Gunston Hall Plantation official website. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-29.
- ^ George Mason
- ^ Borden, Morton, ed. (1965). The Anti federalist Papers. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. pp. ix.
- ^ a b c Broadwater, Jeff (2006). George Mason: Forgotten Founder. Chapel Hill, NC: Fred W. Morrison Fund for Southern Studies of the University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-3053-6.
- ^ a b "George Mason's Views on Slavery"
- ^ This issue is further discussed in Joseph J. Ellis, Founding Brothers (Knopf, 2000).
- ^ See "Debate in Virginia Ratifying Convention", The Founders' Constitution (transcript from 1788-06-15). Mason said, "There is no clause in this Constitution to secure it; for they may lay such a tax as will amount to manumission." Madison responded: "From the mode of representation and taxation, Congress cannot lay such a tax on slaves as will amount to manumission....The census in the Constitution was intended to introduce equality in the burdens to be laid on the community."
- ^ "Relief Portraits of Lawgivers". Architect of the Capitol, Government of the United States of America. Accessed June 17, 2011.
- Bailyn, Bernard, ed. (1993). The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Anti federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification, 2 vols. Library of America.
- Curtis, Barbara Jocelyn (1938). George Mason, Statesman, Rebel, Public Servant.
- Hawkes, Robert T., Jr. (1996). "An Uncommon American Hero: George Mason and The Bill Of Rights". Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine 1 (46): 5328–5338.
- Henriques, Peter R. (1989). "An Uneven Friendship: The Relationship Between George Washington and George Mason". Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 2 (97): 185–204.
- Jensen, Merrill et al., eds. (1976). The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution of the United States, 20 vols. Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
- Ketcham, Ralph, ed. (1986). The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates. Penguin. ISBN 0-451-52884-0.
- Lee, Emery G. (1997). "Representation, Virtue, and Political Jealousy in the Brutus-Publius Dialogue". The Journal of Politics (Cambridge University Press) 59 (4): 1073–1095. doi:10.2307/2998593. JSTOR 2998593.
- Leffler, Richard (1987). "The Case of George Mason's Objections to the Constitution". Manuscripts 4 (39): 285–292.
- MacDonald, Robert (2008). "Mason, George (1725–1792)". In Hamowy, Ronald. The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE; Cato Institute. p. 321. ISBN 978-1-4129-6580-4. LCCN 2008009151. OCLC 750831024.
- Meltzer, Milton (1990). The Bill Of Rights: How We Got It and What It Means. New York: Thomas Crowell. ISBN 0-690-04805-X.
- Miller, Helen Hill (July 2001) [1938]. George Mason, Constitutionalist. Safety Harbor, FL: Simon Publications. ISBN 1-931313-45-8.
- Pole, J. R., ed. (1987). The American Constitution – For and Against: The Federalist And Anti-Federalist Papers. New York: Hill and Wang. ISBN 0-8090-2466-7.
- Rutland, Robert A. (September 1980). George Mason: Reluctant Statesman. ISBN 0-8071-0696-8.
- Rutland, Robert A., et al. eds. (1970). The papers of George Mason, 3 vols. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
- Storing, Herbert, ed. (1985). The Anti-Federalist. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-77565-8.
- Storing, Herbert; Murray Dry, eds. (1981). The Complete Anti-Federalist 7 vol. University of Chicago Press.
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- Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). "Mason, George". The New Student's Reference Work. Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co.
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I'm no scout. Chances are, you aren't either. I've probably watched 180 Matt Cain starts over his career, and that's a conservative estimate. But if he started dropping his elbow or shortening his leg drive, and gave up hit after hit after hit, I wouldn't know the difference. I'd just yell at the TV and ask it to fix the things that are wrong in my life, which I do for just about every problem.
I certainly wouldn't be able to figure out what was going wrong with Cain, just as I have no idea what makes him so good. If you ever read something of mine that hints that I know what I'm talking about when it comes to scouting, reach through your screen and slap me.
Then I see a video like this …
… and now I'm a scout. Or at least I can pretend I am. Here's a snippet from the scouting report that I wrote based on that YouTube video:
* Oh man oh boy oh man, did you see that first pitch?
* What was that, a slider?
* Could've been a changeup, I suppose
* It was all, "Mmrrrrroooom," and then it dove like all "brwwwwwwoowwww"
* And the hitter was all, "Oh, no way"
* Then he threw a 144 kilometer-per-hour fastball. Not sure about this metric system fad, but I'm pretty sure that translates to a 142-mile-per-hour fastball!!!!!
* !
* I didn't watch the rest of the video because I started writing this report.
Yu Darvish has cartoonish numbers in the NPB -- the last time he had an ERA above 2.00, Brandon Webb won the National League Cy Young. Darvish is also just 25, the same age as pitchers you still think of as young unknowns, like Phil Hughes, Aaron Crow, and Homer Bailey. Twenty-five-year-old pitchers like this don't show up in free agency too often.
Wait, wait, put your wallet down. I can't sell you a Yu Darvish. I didn't mean to get you all worked up. I do not have the authority to sell you or your team a Yu Darvish. But he's out there, on the quasi-open market, just waiting for a team to throw money at him. Now that C.J. Wilson and Mark Buehrle are gone, all of your ace-type needs will be handed by the Edwin Jackson Express if you're not interested in Darvish. And if you can't get Jackson, you'll surely be interested in Hiroki Kuroda and the trick back of Roy Oswalt. And after that …
Dunno, Aaron Cook? Paul Maholm? Jason Marquis? You can see how there might be a sense of urgency for a team that thinks they have to make a big upgrade to their rotation, not just a patch job. Kuroda is underrated, and Jackson might have some untapped potential, but Darvish allows you to dream ace-like dreams. More importantly, it allows you to sell ace-like dreams to your fans, who buy tickets and hats and jackets and nachos and luxury suites.
But because of the silly posting system, a team can't just marlin a bag of money on a table and walk away with a signed contract. They first have to win a blind bid against all of the other interested teams.
MLB: And the winner of the Darvish posting is …
Seven different teams: Yes? Yes?
MLB: Team X! Whose bid of $58,000,000 just beat out six other teams who offered $57,999,999!
Six different teams: Man, if we had known that, we would have offered more. We really want to pay this guy a lot of money.
Darvish's agent: Awesome!
Team X: Not so fast. Now we have exclusive negotiating rights. Our offer is this: $15/hr., plus benefits. Oh, and you have to give 10% of every paycheck back until that $58,000,000 is paid off.
Darvish's agent: Less awesome!
It's a weird system that seems only to benefit the Japanese teams that post their players for a sweet, sweet payday. It sure hoses the player.
The usual suspects will be in on Darvish. The Yankees are somewhat interested, as are the Red Sox, though both are a little wary because of previous NPB boondoggles (Kei Igawa for the Yankees, Daisuke Matuszaka for the Sox). The Mariners have some sound business reasons for signing Darvish, and the Marlins haven't signed a free agent this week.
The Rangers could use a C.J. Wilson replacement, and you can never tell what's in the paper bag that Ruben Amaro, Jr. is breathing into, though it's usually concentrated ace powder, and that can make a man do horrible, beautiful things. Everybody wants Yu! So who will get him?
Prediction: Nationals, posting fee of $41 million, and a contract of five years, $75 million. It'd be a substantial expense for a pitcher who hasn't proven a thing in Major League Baseball, but the Nats were rebuffed by both Buehrle and Wilson, and they're looking for someone to pair at the top of a rotation with Stephen Strasburg and Jordan Zimmermann. They're also crazy enough to offer a $100 trillion posting fee because they're sick of rejection.


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Correcting Damien Cox's misinformation campaign against former Leafs' GM Cliff Fletcher.
A look at the Tom Kostopoulos hit on Mike Van Ryn.
Yesterday I started a look at the groups that make up the Toronto Maple Leafs' fanbase with the most obnoxious of them all: The Oblivious Know-It-All. Somehow, I managed to forget their favourite...
The people that comment and send e-mails to commend Damien on his steering of the Straight Talk Express have to be the most stunned people on the planet. Rather than think that Leaf fans don't get it (and by reading the comments it's pretty clear that they do) why not take the time to actually read what Damien writes instead of rushing to plant your lips to his rear end. source Today he argues that Schenn can't play in Toronto because the mean media will grill him into a ball of mush but a year ago (Oct 22, 2007) here's what Cox had to say: So the next time you hear a Leaf player talk about how tough it is to play hockey in a city like Toronto, remember how Boston's baseball and football clubs deal with it and recognize such baloney for what it is. Sounds like he just wants to argue both sides as long as it backs up his point. That's why Leaf fans and people that can read bash Cox.My latest comment on The Omen's loyal following of anti-Leaf lemmings. His mailbox today is, of course, filled with those that 'see the truth' and 'appreciate your truth-telling'. Kim was right, we are in a bubble in the Barilkosphere.
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The following is a press release from Bluefield College:
Finally! After 71 years of inactivity, Bluefield College football is
back! When the school scrapped the program in 1941 because most of its
male students were off fighting in World War II, fans and college
officials were left wondering if the Rams would ever play again.
Decade after decade would pass with lots of discussion and desire for
reviving the sport, but to no avail. That is until this year, Saturday,
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treatments that would last a year and a regiment with Prednisone, three
times a day for 30 days. "I had to sit there for hours to let it go
through the process," said Frye about his chemo treatments at Brenner
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina. "I had to take high dosages, because the
cancer is a four-stage cancer, and I was already at stage three."
But, that's when God began to make His presence known, said Frye, and
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"After just the first treatment, 90 percent of my cancer was gone,"
said Frye, who made his first profession of faith at age six. "That was a
miracle from God. After just five treatments, all the cancer was gone.
That just shows you the power that God can have."
Cancer free, Frye returned to sports, focusing on football and
baseball at Patrick Henry High School, where he earned four letters in
football for the Rebels and was named twice to the Hogoheegee
All-District team as a placekicker.
"After high school, I pretty much thought I was done with sports. I
figured I would just focus on academics and get a good education," said
Frye, who enrolled at Virginia Highlands Community College after
graduating from high school in 2010. "But, one random day, I get a call
from Coach (Mike) Compton (BC's assistant coach, who coached Frye in
high school). He asked me if I wanted to come to Bluefield and kick
Frye said he checked out the Bluefield College web site to see if the
school offered a major that would suit his passion to become a
pediatric oncologist, and soon after with his two-year associate's
degree from Virginia Highlands he became a part of the BC family.
"I know this is a God thing," said Frye about the circumstances that
led him to Bluefield College and back to football. "This is a great
opportunity for me to share my testimony. I'm still not quite sure why I
had cancer, but I'd like to think that God did it so I could some day
minister to other kids who are sick like I was and to help and encourage
their families, as well."With plans to study biology with a pre-med emphasis at BC for two
years before applying to medical school, Frye said he's thankful to not
only be back on the football field, but a part of an historic Rams team.
With so much focus on practice and game preparation, he said he knows
it's something he'll appreciate even more over time.
"I'm just blessed to be able to step back on the football field,"
said Frye. "It really hit me when we jogged out onto the football field
for that first game, and I saw my parents in the stands. I was
overwhelmed. After what I went through 13 years ago, sitting in a
hospital bed, clinging to life, wondering if I was going to get out of
this. Now, being able to step back on the football field and have God
give me the opportunity to keep playing is just an awesome blessing."
Knowing cancer can return, Frye gets annual check-ups that for 13
years now have shown him to be cancer free. He gives the glory to God,
he said, and tries not to think about a reoccurrence, but instead on the
opportunities God has given him to play football, help others, and
share his testimony.
"Overall, I'm just thankful to be healed," said Frye, "and to be able
to share my testimony and to tell people, 'See, I had cancer, and now
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If you're playing the over/under, these teams have been friendly to points scored so far in 2012. Tennessee has hit their over in five straight games, while the Bills have done the same in seven of their last nine.
The Bills have been reliably bad, stretching back to the end of last season, as they're 4-11 and 5-10 against the spread dating back to 2011. The problem for gamblers is that the Titans have been worse: they're 2-8 against the spread in their last 10 games and 0-5 against it in their last five road games.
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Nearly every boomer woman I've dated for more than one night has confessed "reporting back to base" — that is, to her tight-knit web of female friends — on the success of our outings. Never underestimate the crucial role this backstopping plays in a woman's life. The trust and emotional-intimacy skills that a woman develops via her female friendships often prove transferable to her relationship with a guy. I wish every boomer guy could experience how sweet it is to be involved with a woman who's not just your lover but also your best friend.
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Family, friends and strangers gathered in Randolph on Wednesday night, at what was supposed to be a vigil to pray for the safe return of missing 12-year-old Brooke Bennett. Instead, it turned into a memorial to remember the bubbly girl.
A haunting silence, broken only by whispers of condolence and prayers, filled the air around the Gazebo on Main Street as over 200 people came together to mourn Brooke.
Friends offered condolences to Bennett's family, who had barely had time to process the news of her death.
"I don't know what to say," said Brooke's father, James Bennett. "I know that Brooke knows that we love her...and we'll always love her."
"First of all I want to say, Brooke Marie, I love you so much," Brooke's mother, Cassandra Gagnon, said through tears. Brooke's 17-year-old sister, Savanna Andres, stood with her arm linked through her mother's.
"Brooke, I miss you already, and I know you can hear me," Savanna said. "I love you so much and I'm glad you're in safe hands now."
As the family struggles to make sense of the loss of their loved one, Brooke's closest friends are trying to do the same.
"It's like, I can't even feel anything right now," said Brooke's friend, Jacqulyn Lumbra. "Next year I'm going to start off, like, not being with her and it's going to feel really weird."
The community is left feeling a sense of betrayal that something so shocking could happen so close. "It's just, I don't know what to think. It's really overwhelming," said a young girl who attended the vigil.
"It's really difficult to process and try to explain to her what's going on," said parent, Kim Abbot, of her daughter. "She's doing good. I have a lot of questions. A lot of whys."
They know those whys may never be answered, but pray that closure will one day come.
Cassandra Gagnon issued a plea: "I just ask that justice be done to the person that took my baby away."
The outpouring of support from the community has been incredible. There are signs up all over Randolph, saying things like 'We Miss You Brooke' and 'We Love You.' Some residents are even decorating their mailboxes as a way to remember Brooke. That outpouring has not been lost on the family; they thanked the community for its support and asked that everyone stand with them now as they struggle to move forward.
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MORE than 30 young people found apprenticeships with major Blackburn with Darwen firms thanks to the borough's HIVE business network.
Its chairman Khalid Saifullah, director of Star Tissue UK, said finding opportunities for the younger generation was a key aim of the group.
He was speaking after a HIVE event at Ewood Park yesterday focused on how the 'connectivity' of next generation of broadband could boost prosperity.
Blackburn is the first town in the UK to receive the 'air fibre' technology to deliver speeds of up to 120mbps.
James Roberts, engineering manager of Simonstone-based 6G internet, outlined to 80 business leaders how it could drive growth and attract investment to the area.
Mr Saifullah said: "This connectivity is important to the borough and its companies.
"HIVE is all about making the most of what Blackburn with Darwen has, being proud of the borough and spreading the word.
"At least 30 young people have been taken on by HIVE companies in last 18 months for apprenticeships which would not otherwise have existed.
"We are keen to promote business and its opportunities, both as employees and future business leaders, to young people.
"HIVE are the current generation of business leaders and we want to foster the next generation through a 'Young Hive' project.
"We have created a network of business leaders and promote trade between them. My company Star Tissue used to buy plastic bags and cardboard boxes from the Midlands but now we get them locally.
"Big businesses are helping smaller companies into a new export markets."
Mark Murray, director of Darwen firm tpw, praised HIVE for providing the contacts to get his company on the tender list for the 'Buy BWD' website contract they later won.
Julia Wright, business development boss at the HIVE's chosen charity The Youth Zone, said: "Working with the network breaks down myths about business and opens up new opportunities for our young people."
East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce chief executive Mike Damms said: "HIVE is in its early stages but it is building a cohesive network of businesses that can then sell the area worldwide."
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A writer explores her family's hidden history
When Bibi Gaston's father passed away about five years ago, she wanted to find an appropriate place to spread his ashes. Eventually, the landscape architect decided to travel from her home in The Dalles, Oregon, to a sweeping estate in Pennsylvania that her father had visited with her and that she vaguely knew had some loose connection to her family. Afterward, she went to her aunt and uncle's house to spend the night. When she awoke, there was a box at the end of her bed. In it, she discovered more than 1,500 pages of letters and diary entries that had belonged to her grandmother, Rosamond Gaston, about whom Bibi Gaston knew very little.
"I started reading, and I quickly realized, 'Oh my God, there's 'Eleanor'—and that means Eleanor Roosevelt!'" Gaston said during her appearance in Clark College's Columbia Writers Series in Foster Auditorium on Tuesday, February 15. "There's 'Franklin,' and it's Franklin Roosevelt."
The more Gaston researched her grandmother, the more she found herself fascinated by her ancestor's glamorous and ultimately tragic life. Born into one of the country's most illustrious political families and dubbed "the loveliest woman in America" at age 23, Rosamond Pinchot was an acclaimed actress, socialite, and sportswoman. For much of the 1920s and 1930s, she was the toast of Broadway and Hollywood.
Yet despite Rosamond's accomplishments and fame, Gaston had been told virtually nothing about her by her father, nor anything about Rosamond's suicide at the age of 33. Only with her father's death did Gaston begin to learn about her illustrious family history. (That palatial estate in Pennsylvania? It was her great-uncle's home.)
"It's a great lesson to all of us to ask our questionswhile our parents are still alive," Gaston said.
The results of Gaston's research became The Loveliest Woman in America: A Tragic Actress, Her Lost Diaries, and Her Granddaughter's Search for Home, which was a finalist for the 2009 Oregon Book Awards and is currently being reprinted in paperback by Harper Collins.
Gaston spoke about her grandmother's glamorous and tempestuous life, illustrating her narrative with family photos, some of which included some of the most famous politicians, directors, and actorss of Rosamond's time. "It's a microcosm of the journey of our country," Gaston said of her book. "Here was
this family with incredible wealth and gifts, and it just crumbled."
Gaston is currently working on a second book, this one based on retracing her parents' travels through Morocco.
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The Faculty of Arts and Science is redesigning several large courses as part of a plan to expand the way students learn in large lecture classes.
"We want to provide a better learning experience for students, and we believe the blended learning initiative will help us achieve that goal," says Brenda Ravenscroft, Associate Dean (Studies), Faculty of Arts and Science. "Students want to be engaged but that can be difficult when you're sitting in the large lecture theatre in Biosciences."
Blended courses combine online and face-to-face learning in a purposeful and complementary way to achieve the learning outcomes of the course. In blended learning courses, professors put some course material online for students to access in their own time. Professors can then use some of the classroom time for more engaging activities – for example, team-based learning, group work and peer assessment – that help students integrate and apply what they have learned.
Alan Ableson, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Mathematics and Statistics, will redesign MATH 121 Differential and Integral Calculus.
"Do you remember your own classroom lectures? Where sometimes the textbook and the professor's notes were indistinguishable? The whole dynamic of a classroom changes when students are active and engaged, rather than passive and uninvolved," says Dr. Ableson, who is also the 2011 Queen's University Chair in Teaching and Learning. "Having students participating allows them and faculty alike to push towards the more meaningful aspects of a field together."
Five courses — first-year offerings in Chemistry, Gender Studies, Calculus and Sociology and a second-year Classics course — will be redeveloped during the 2011/12 academic year and offered in the blended format in the fall term in 2012. The current enrolments in the courses range from 250 to 1,000 students. By developing blended models, the enrolments in all of the courses will increase by 15 to 20 per cent, giving more students access to the courses.
Psychology 100, the largest course at Queen's, will be offered in blended format starting this fall, as will Geography 101, which was first offered in blended format last winter.
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The Faculty of Arts and Science received academic transition funding through the Principal's Office that is supporting the instructors who are redeveloping courses. An instructional designer will provide advice on the kinds of material that are best offered in person or online. Professors will also work closely with Information and Technology Services and Queen's librarians during the development and implementation phases. The faculty will work with the Office of Institutional Research and Planning to evaluate and assess the blended courses.
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