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Public higher education officials and union leaders ripped Gov. Mitt Romney's budget and reorganization proposals at a hearing of the House Task Force on Higher Education Financing at Roxbury Community College, March 25.
MTA Vice President Anne Wass urged the lawmakers to "stand up to this crisis -- which is a revenue crisis and not a spending crisis -- and to raise the revenues necessary" to ensure the continued strength of public higher education.
-- Dr. Lindsay Norman, president of MassBay Community College and chair of the community college Council of Presidents
Pat Markunas, president of the Massachusetts State College Association, reminded the panel of the more than 40 tax cuts the legislature had voted in the past decade, which cost the state $4 billion annually. She also slammed the Bain Report for its "formula to provide the cheapest, worst quality education for our students."
Markunas continued: "Affordability without quality is affording nothing. Access without quality is access to nothing."
Rick Doud, president of the Massachusetts Community College Counsel, stressed the hardships students would endure because of fee and tuition hikes necessitated by the budget cuts.
Donna Johnson, president of the University Staff Association, did not attend but sent testimony describing the plight of UMass/Amherst students and her own members: "We hear figures quoted of multi-billion dollar deficits. But let me quote some other figures to put things in perspective. The members of my union, many of whom have worked for the University for decades, make an average of under $30,000 per year. Many of my union colleagues are having trouble providing the basic necessities of life for themselves and their families. We have been struggling for more than a year now to receive earned raises that amount, on the average, to 38-cents per hour or $14.31 weekly. Officials of community colleges, state colleges and UMass/Dartmouth also criticized Romney's higher education plans.Mass. College of Art President Katherine Sloan said that the Romney administration's vision of raising tuition to market rates "would be a perversion of our mission." She also said the governor's plan to reduce state appropriations to the college to zero in four years would be "tantamount to closing the college."
But perhaps the harshest criticisms came from Lindsay Norman, president of MassBay Community College and chair of the community college Council of Presidents.
Said Norman: "We are told by our political leadership -- and I quote -- this is a billion-dollar system out of control' or that the system is badly, badly broken.' I find these statements remarkable considering that they come from individuals who know better. These same individuals are people who as recently as one year ago were touting the virtues and successes of the state's public colleges. I also believe that these disparaging remarks are a slap in the face for the thousands of hard working faculty, administrators and staff who are dedicated to serving our students and do so with distinction despite no pay raises and ever greater workloads."
Also: "It has been suggested by some that the administration has proposed a corporate structure' and/or business-like proposal for higher education. This notion is preposterous! As a former corporate executive at a Fortune 50 company, as well as vice president and technical director of the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City, and with more than 20 years of financial and management consulting with major corporations and multi-national clients, I can with great assurance tell you that the proposed plan for higher education is not bankable, is not credit worthy, and is doomed to failure. Moreover, the customers -- our students -- would should benefit the most from any changes, will ultimately bear the greatest cost of failure."
Students and community activists also testified against the cuts.
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Project Location:West of Salina, Kansas about 20 miles, and just north of Interstate 70 on both sides of Highway 14. The project is located in both Lincoln and Ellsworth Counties.
Project Interconnection:Midwest Energy 230 kV transmission line in Ellsworth, County.
Project Size (Phase I):100.8 MW (Phase II is an additional 150 MWs)
Project Turbines:1.8 MW V80 turbines manufactured by Vestas, with an 80-meter hub height and 80-meter blade diameter.
Landowners and Acreage Involved:Over 30 landowners and 12,000 acres are involved in the project.
Commercial Operation:February 2008.
Utility Buyers:The power produced by the facility is being sold to Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, Midwest Energy, Inc., and the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Public Utilities.
Project Developer:TradeWind Energy headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas.
Project Owner:The project is owned by Enel North America, Inc. the wholly owned subsidiary of Enel, SpA.
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California State University, Dominguez Hills recognizes the importance of honoring accomplished faculty, staff, students, and community leaders and organizations for significant contributions and achievements that benefit the campus.
California State University, Dominguez Hills hosts an annual Faculty Awards Reception to honor years of service as well as faculty excellence with the presentation of the Lyle E. Gibson Dominguez Hills Distinguished Teacher Award, the Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award, Excellence in Service Award, and the Presidential Outstanding Service Award. [more…]
2014 Faculty Award Reception
Past Faculty Awards Receptions
Recognizing the vital role staff play in the success of the university, California State University, Dominguez Hills annually recognizes three specific staff members who have gone above and beyond their normal job responsibilities to improve our campus community. The awards are presented at the annual Staff Awards and Recognition Ceremony that also recognizes staff's years of service to the university. [more…]
2013 Staff Awards Reception
2013 Management Excellence Award
Past Staff Awards
2014 Presidential Awards Highlight 'Outstanding' CSUDH Students, Faculty and Staff
2013 President's Student Leadership and Service Awards Celebration President's Student Leadership and Service Awards
Past Student Awards
Katherine B. Loker Friend of Education Award
Corporate Partner of Education Award
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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Greg McDermott scored 26 points and Antoine Young added 16 points to lift No. 25 Creighton to a 68-61 victory Friday night over Drake in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
Creighton (26-5) advances play the winner of the Evansville-Missouri State game on Saturday.
Rayvonte Rice led Drake (17-15) with 15 points. Kurt Alexander added 14 and Jordan Clarke and Ben Simons each added 11 points.
Creighton won all three matchups this season with the Bulldogs.


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The ledging left at El Fronton © 2014 IBA - Seamus Makim
EVER since it became part of the global bodyboarding consciousness after appearing in Mickey Smith's 2004 DVD Against the Grain, Gran Canaria's mutant wave El Fronton has born witness to some of the most progressive, death defying wave riding ever recorded.
It's fitting then that in 2010 it pays host to an all-star invitational contest which looks set to launch bodyboarding into the main-stream action sports arena.
The right offers tubes and ramps © 2014 IBA - Seamus Makim
The event will be held on the best single day in the 10 day waiting period and you'll be able to watch the event unfold live on RedBull.com/tv
The heats have been drawn and read like a who's who of bodyboarding with 8 past and present world champions pitted against locals and legends, you can see why this is going to be the most exciting event for years.
Heat 1
Damien King (AUS)
Uri Valado (BRZ)
Pierre Louse Costes (FRN)
Alejandro Reyes (CNR)
Heat 2
Jeff Hubbard (HAW)
Mike Stewart (HAW)
Jared Houston (SAF)
Diego Cabrera (CNR)
Heat 3
Guilherme Tamega (BRZ)
Amaury Laverhne (REU)
Ryan Hardy (AUS)
Genesis Reyes (CNR)
Heat 4
Ben Player (AUS)
Andre Botha (SAF)
Dave Winchester (AUS)
Yeray Martinez (CNR)
Whilst this type of event may be the norm in the Surfing world where large contest sponsorship packages are part and parcel of the ASP world tour, it's only recently that big events on the Bodyboarding calendar have received wider attention.
With the notable exception of the Arica Challenge in Chile, unless you're a keen bodyboarder you're unlikely to be aware of the kind of show the elite athletes of the sport are putting on in the world's heaviest waves, but with the International Bodyboarding Association's (IBA) plans for next season that could be set to change.
If you've never watched bodyboarding in the past, or if you've ever been tempted to write it off as easy or more boring or than any other form of wave-riding make an exception for this event, if the conditions come together you will see one of the most intense waves on the planet being ridden by the best bodyboarders in a way that no other surfer, whatever the vehicle, could (including Mr. Slater).
We take a closer look at Australian lensman Ray Collins as he shares with us some of his favourite photographs
Heaving barrels in mainland Mexico
Surfing boasts some epic sibling love, here are our favourites
A closer look at the talents representing Fourth Surfboards
Kevin Olsen shows off his local set-ups France
The French free-surfer covers all of surfings disciplines on a trip to Indonesia


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Editorial Comments
by Deborah Steele Hazen
It's easy to complain and be skeptical about our elected leaders.
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote in this column about the 2012 legislative session, and expressed the hope that the legislation which was passed – quite a bit on some complicated issues – would ultimately do more good than harm. We stand by that skepticism, but we also need to give credit when it is due.
We recently received notice of a meeting April 3 in Astoria (see the story at right for more information) called by the Department of State Lands (DSL) staff "regarding the land management and removal-fill programs," and focussing on "recent legislation requiring rulemaking."
The "recent legislation" to which the DSL notice refers was passed during the 2011 legislative session and includes House Bills 2189 and 2700 and Senate Bills 518, 600 and 766.
Four of those bills deal directly with regulations and requirements of the DSL. The fifth, SB 766, requires the designation of between five and 15 "regionally significant industrial areas" around the state and the streamlining of the permitting process. Permit streamlining would require some changes in the way the DSL does business, and may also include some discussion of having the DSL take over some of the permitting work now done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. That should be given some careful thought.
As just about anyone who has had to deal with the DSL knows – especially in recent years – it is a difficult bureaucracy. The DSL has legal jurisdiction over the "waters of the state" which are defined as "natural waterways including all tidal and nontidal bays, intermittent streams, constantly flowing streams, lakes, wetlands and other bodies of water in this state, navigable and non-navigable, including that portion of the Pacific Ocean that is in the boundaries of this state."
There are certain narrow exceptions to the law, including if the land under water was deeded into private hands by the federal government prior to Oregon statehood.
An Expensive Compromise
It was on that point that five private property owners within the City of Clatskanie and the city itself, took on the DSL, which was attempting to impose leases on commercial and city-owned structures and facilities along the Clatskanie River.
After a couple of years of battling the DSL on our own, with the agency ignoring our evidence of pre-statehood ownership of the land and subsequent manmade changes in the course of the river, and having our historical facts and documents countered by intimidation and inaccurate studies, the six parties hired an attorney and a researcher experienced in battling the DSL.
It took roughly $70,000 divided between the five private property owners and the city, but we battled the bureaucracy to a compromise we could live with. When you're dealing with the DSL that's a victory.
For the area in question – roughly between Grannis Square and the Nehalem Street Bridge – the DSL got clear title to the bed of the Clatskanie River below the mean high tide mark – which it had never had before – and the property owners, including the city, got the right to be left alone by the DSL on the footprints of our current structures – for perpetuity.
We would like to know how much the DSL spent of our money on staff time and flawed studies trying to take away our property rights. "Flawed," by the way, is giving some of the DSL's tactics and misinformation the benefit of the doubt. One might substitute another word that rhymes with "flawed."
Legislators Respond
There are many landowners throughout Oregon – but especially in Northwest Oregon where there is so much water – that have felt the heavy hand of the DSL, individually and as representatives of local public entities, particularly drainage improvement districts.
Some of them packed several meetings held in late 2009 and again in the spring of 2010, giving DSL staff members an earful. Our State Senator Betsy Johnson was there, hearing the public comments and lending her own voice to the fight against a DSL "rulemaking" effort to extend fees to include such things as "riprap" used to prevent erosion along waterways, tidegates and other facilities owned and maintained by drainage districts.
Besides the expansion of the DSL's control over our lives and property, and the additional costs that expansion would mean to local property owners, what was particularly grating about that round of "rulemaking" in 2009 and 2010 was the DSL's stated reason for doing it – "to recover more of the costs it incurs to administer its registration program."
After a series of meetings throughout the winter of 2009-10 which were facilitated by Senator Johnson, the DSL suspended efforts to update its administrative rules governing waterway authorizations in April of 2010.
The next fall they were back with new rules regarding "general authorizations" for removal and fill.
About 50 landowners and drainage district representatives from Columbia and Clatsop counties overflowed the Clatskanie city hall to hear what the DSL staff had to say and to give them another earful.
During that meeting, undoubtedly feeling the anger and passion of the crowd regarding DSL issues, Bill Ryan, who had just been appointed assistant director for removal and fills in wetlands and waterways for the DSL, repeatedly told the crowd that he had only recently joined the DSL staff and, hence wasn't responsible for the way they had been treated by the agency in the past.
During that two-and-a-half-hour-long meeting on Oct. 27, Senator Johnson pledged to work with local drainage districts and DSL staff to craft legislation to address some of the issues raised.
She was as good as her word. In the 2011 legislative session, she introduced Senate Bill 600 which ultimately was passed and signed by the government.
SB 600 addresses several of the concerns that were brought up by local residents during the 2009 and 2010 meetings including exempting structures maintained by drainage districts, riprap and voluntary habitat restoration work. However, Senator Johnson acknowledges that she did not get the DSL to back-off as far as she would have liked.
She did not support SB 518, which prescribes two procedures by which the DSL may establish a general permit for removal or fill.
Both House Bills 2189 and 2700 were either sponsored or supported by our State Representative Brad Witt.
HB 2189 allows authorized users to change the point of diverting surface waters without the need to obtain a removal-fill permit if there is a valid water right from the Water Resources Department and if changing the point of water diversion is necessary to adjust for movement of the waterway.
HB 2700 includes a removal or fill process for linear facility maintenance projects within the DSL's removal-fill permitting program. While Representative Witt supported this, Senator Johnson did not, because she is concerned about giving corporations, such as pipeline companies, too much control over other private property owners.
No matter how good the intentions of our legislators, it is important to remember that bills have to go through a committee process that is influenced by the bureaucracies, they are frequently amended, and then they must be passed by the committee to which they've been assigned, before making it onto the floor of the Senate or House of Representatives. Both of those bodies have to pass them, frequently adding amendments, and they have to be signed by the governor.
We have tried to read these bills that the DSL says it will be addressing at next week's meeting, but we readily admit that we do not understand all aspects of them. We do believe, however, that Senator Johnson and Representative Witt have tried to be responsive to the concerns of their constituents regarding the DSL.
At Tuesday's meeting, the DSL staff will make presentations, and then the public will have the opportunity to comment.
Our legislators have kept their word in regard to doing their best to respond to DSL-related issues.
Now it's time for us to attend next week's meeting and formal rulemaking hearings beginning in mid-May, and do our part to help shape the process and keep a careful watch on the DSL.


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UPDATED: Westcliff road reopens following police incident
Updated 3:15pm Tuesday 6th May 2014 in News
ARMED police were called to a road in Westcliff on Monday night following reports of a man seen carrying a firearm outside a house.
Officers attended the scene on Milton Road and carried out an area search but found nothing.
A police presence has been maintained at the scene throughout Tuesday with a section of the pavement on the eastern side of the road being cordoned off.
A police spokesperson said: "Neighbourhood police officers remain at the scene conducting house to house enquiries.
"A section of the road will remain closed until after lunchtime."
A stretch of around 50 yards from Carey House to 32 Milton Road has been taped off, with two police cars present.
The road was reopened at 2pm this afternoon and the police are continuing with their enquiries to establish what happened.
The officers let residents and businesses drive under the cordon this morning to access their homes and places of work.
Workers on the road said the cordon was up when they arrived for work and did not know what happened.
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Bread Pudding With Fruit Compote
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- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, plus more for the baking dish
- 8 large eggs
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 pound challah bread or brioche, cut into 1-inch pieces (about 10 cups)
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- 1 cup dried apricots, cut into quarters
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1/2 cup dried cherries
- 2 tablespoons brandy (optional)
- Butter a 9-by-13-inch or some other large, shallow baking dish. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, cream, vanilla, 1 cup of the sugar, and ½ teaspoon salt.
- Heat oven to 350° F. Place the bread in the prepared dish and pour in the egg mixture, pressing the bread down to submerge it. Let sit for 30 minutes, pressing down on the bread occasionally.
- Sprinkle the bread with ¼ cup of the remaining sugar and dot with the butter. Place the dish on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until set and golden, 55 to 65 minutes (tent with foil if the pudding browns too quickly).
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the orange juice, apricots, raisins, cherries, and the remaining ¼ cup of sugar and ¼ teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the fruit is soft and the liquid is slightly thickened, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the brandy (if using). Serve the compote with the bread pudding.
Nutritional Information
- Per Serving
- Calories 639
- Fat 31g
- Sat Fat 17g
- Cholesterol 257mg
- Sodium 432mg
- Protein 13g
- Carbohydrate 78g
- Sugar 49g
- Fiber 3g
- Iron 3mg
- Calcium 171mg
What does this mean? See Nutrition 101 .
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The pudding and compote can be made up to 1 day in advance; refrigerate separately, covered. Before serving, bring the compote to room temperature and warm the pudding, covered, in a 350° F oven for 30 to 40 minutes.
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High in vitamin C, these hard, tart berries are grown in bogs in colder regions of North America and Europe. They're almost always eaten cooked, as in the classic Thanksgiving relish.


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Trooper David Jones
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Animal Cruelty Arrest in Harrison County
Date of News Release: 11/02/2007
(Dry Ridge, KY) - The Kentucky State Police in Dry Ridge have arrested two persons as a result of an investigation into alleged animal cruelty in Harrison County.
Haskell Risner, 51 and Dinah Risner, 49, both of 3281 Oddville-Sunrise Road, Cynthiana were arrested early Friday afternoon and charged with eight counts each of Cruelty to Animals 2nd degree pursuant to a Harrison County arrest warrant. They were lodged in the Bourbon County Jail on $250 bond each.
Acting on information submitted by a group of concerned citizens, the State Police began investigation into the health and well-being of horses owned by the Risners on property in rural Harrison County. Investigation and photographic evidence culminated in the issuance of the arrest warrants and the service of search warrants Friday morning. The basis of this complaint was that a number of horses did not appear to have received adequate feeding and health care. Officers did not seize any animals nor seize any additional evidence during the service of the warrants and only gathered additional photographic evidence.
Kentucky law states that Cruelty to Animals 2nd degree is applicable when a person "intentionally or wantonly subjects an animal to cruel or injurious mistreatment" through a variety of means to include "failing to provide adequate food, drink, or health care."
Class A misdemeanors are punishable by a maximum penalty of up to 12 months in jail and a fine of up to $500.


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Three days after Yom Kippur, while most rabbis were recovering from the High Holy Days or building their sukkot, I was in the African nation of Chad, meeting with refugees who had survived the genocide across the border in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Before my trip, I honestly didn't know where Chad was. But a few weeks before Rosh Hashanah, when Ruth Messinger, president of the American Jewish World Service, invited me to join her--along with Rabbis Lee Bycel, David Saperstein, David Stern, and John Fischel--on an urgent mission, I signed on.
At Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, New York, where I serve as a spiritual leader, the extent of my response to the murder of 400,000 innocent civilians in the Darfur region of Sudan had been giving a few sermons, writing articles in our temple bulletin, and wearing a green bracelet--hardly an adequate response to the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time. I wanted to do more.
A Muslim state in which Arabic and French are the official languages, Chad is one of the poorest countries on earth, with 80% of its population living on less than $1 dollar a day. It also has one of the most corrupt governments: Paul Wolfowitz of the World Bank is calling Chad's leaders to account for reneging on their commitment to use oil revenues to alleviate poverty. The Chad government did not give the people of Darfur formal approval to enter the country; the refugees simply fled across the border.
In 1988 Chad recognized the "State of Palestine," but Chad has never recognized the State of Israel. To journey safely we secured new passports with no evidence of travel to Israel.
On October 18, thirty-six hours after taking off from JFK International Airport, we landed in Eastern Chad, a vast desolate area bordering Darfur that is now home to some 300,000 Darfur survivors in twelve refugee camps.
At the sprawling Amnabak refugee camp, an expanse of flimsy huts, women in bright colored African dresses waited patiently in the hot sub-Saharan sun for their weekly rations of food: bags of dry cereal supplied by the UN's World Food Program. I thought about the commandment in Leviticus 23:42: "You shall dwell in booths for seven days." These refugees weren't observing Sukkot as we would have been had we been back in America, and yet they were living full time in what looked like harvest booths--four sticks holding up a simple thatched roof made of scrawny desert vegetation. On the first day of the festival we would recite "layshev Ba'sukkah," the blessing for sitting in the sukkah. Our hosts didn't need reminders about the fragility of life; we did.
Hardship was evident everywhere. UN tents served as makeshift health clinics. In the maternity tent, we saw a tiny baby only hours old lying with her mother. In other tents, health workers measured M.U.A.C., the middle upper arm circumference of the infants' arms, to determine whether they were malnourished. Next door, babies with IVs and feeding tubes lay in bare rooms on dilapidated cots described to us as a "hospital." At mealtime in this hospital, mothers went out back, gathered wood, and lit fires to cook gruel for their children. Outside their ward, in the oppressive heat, toddlers sat on a large rug playing with a few miniature houses and a couple of dolls.
Threatened by malaria, we wore mosquito-resistant clothing from head to toe; the refugees wore whatever modest clothes they could find. We distributed soccer balls and frisbees to dozens of friendly children, who invited us to join in their play. One of them, a tiny three-year-old boy whose name I would never learn, grasped my hand tightly. He would not let go.
For more than an hour, my young friend and I walked silently through the camp. I began to imagine bringing him home with me. Back in New York, he could share a room with one of my three children. I could tuck him in to bed each night knowing he would be safe and healthy. By the conclusion of our walk, I had resolved to adopt him. But after making some inquires, I learned he had relatives in the camp. Aid workers told me he'd be better off staying in Africa. I reminded myself that the point of our being in Chad was to figure out ways to help all of the people, not just one.
Yet it was hard saying good-bye, knowing I would soon head home, while he would likely spend his life trying to find his way home.
Our next stop was the hospital in Guereda, a Chad village about an hour from Amnabak with dirt streets and mud brick walls protecting the modest homes from passersby.
About fifty patients were confined to the Guereda hospital, most of them children in the therapeutic feeding center. When we arrived at the operating room, it was locked. It turned out that only a regional Chad official had the key, and he was nowhere to be found. The next morning we were shown the small, not-yet-sterile room where no surgery has as yet been performed. The operating table was a second-hand relic with a rusted base.
"What would it cost to make this operating room functional?" we asked.
"About twenty-five thousand dollars," an International Medical Corps (IMC) worker answered.
Where I live, it costs more than $25,000 to renovate a bathroom. I made a note to myself: Ask my congregation to contribute the funds and equip these people with the modest health facility they need.
Later that day, we were sitting on the dirt floor of a tent in the Kuonungo refugee camp, another sprawling sea of huts and tents. Kuonungo, about a half hour's drive from Guereda, is now home to some 11,000 refugees. Through an interpreter we listened to the chilling stories of Darfur survivors.
Yago Abdullah Omer, a man in his mid 40s with a salt-and-pepper Van Dyke beard, was dressed in a white turban and loose-fitting African clothes. He had been the principal of the school in his village in Northern Darfur. "It was early in the morning and I was at school with my students," Omer said through an interpreter. "First, the village was surrounded by the Janjaweed [Arab militia armed by the Sudanese government] on horseback. Then the Antonovs [Russian-manufactured warplanes operated by the Sudanese army] came and bombed the village. On the FM radio frequency I heard the pilots coordinating the attack with the horsemen on the ground." These were not the isolated actions of spontaneous desert marauders, but an act of state-sponsored genocide.
Yago told us that he walked for twelve days before reaching Chad. He is one of the few men we saw in the camps; most were either killed or are in Darfur battling the militia and the Sudanese army.
Next we heard from Adam Ishak Chalac, an older man whose face was covered in deep pock marks. Government cars had driven into his village in Northern Darfur. Guns blazing, they shouted racial epithets. Thirty-five of the 300 villagers were killed.
We assured Yago and Adam that we would share their horrifying experiences with as many people as possible. We hoped that their pain would help awaken the sleeping conscience of the world.
The aid workers we met are extraordinary. Dr. Adam Musa, a Sudanese physician from Darfur who showed us around the IMC health facilities, had received medical training in Kiev with a masters in public health from a Belgian university. His wife and infant twins live in Khartoum, Sudan while he ministers to the Darfur refugees. Marin Tomas, the IMC director in Chad who lived through ethnic cleansing in his native Kosovo, calmly meets the urgent needs of the refugees by procuring supplies and improvising with available equipment. The various humanitarian groups in the area--Oxfam, the International Rescue Committee, Doctors Without Borders, the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief, and others--all work closely with one another. Hasson, our Chadian driver, made sure to stop at the times prescribed by Islam for prayer. Our visit coincided with Ramadan, so almost everyone we met was observing the holy month's fast in spite of the oppressive heat.
We also met a Palestinian couple from Gaza--a psychiatrist and a social worker--working as part of the International Medical Corps team. In their trauma counseling they use art to help the children express the unspeakable horrors they have witnessed. Almost all of the children's artwork depicts men on horseback wielding knives and helicopters firing on family and friends. Their nightmares won't go away. And yet, we told ourselves over and over again, these children are the lucky ones: they survived. And they're outside of Sudan.
Inside Sudan, over two million civilians in Darfur have been bombed out of their homes and now live as IDPs (internally displaced persons). Children, women, and men perish from starvation and illness every day, living in these "dens of death" under control of the very people who are the cause of their suffering. Many Non-Governmental Organizations have pulled their aid workers out of Darfur because the NGOs are unable to protect them. The 7,000 African Union peacekeepers cannot shield these aid workers and have no mandate to safeguard Darfur's civilian population.
The genocide in Darfur has strong and undeniable parallels to the Holocaust. Civilians are being murdered daily in Darfur by the government's Janjaweed militias, much like Hitler's Einsatzgruppen slaughtered more than a million Jews before the Nazis started using death camps with gas chambers.
On July 23, 2004, the U.S. Congress unanimously passed a resolution declaring the atrocities in Darfur "genocide" as defined under the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention. On July 26, 2004, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Committee on Conscience declared a "Genocide Emergency" in Darfur.
But the UN has been ineffective in Darfur. Today, Russia and China acquire much of Sudan's oil and in return supply most of Sudan's military hardware. As a result, China and Russia will almost certainly veto any initiatives to strengthen the UN's role in Darfur.
Our meetings in Chad with the U.S. ambassador, Mark Wall, and a representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees were not encouraging. Sitting in the American Embassy, behind many layers of security, we were briefed on the unstable, unpopular, and ineffective Chad government. As the situation in Darfur deteriorates, many more refugees are likely to come teeming into Chad. If Chadian rebels overthrew the government, Ambassador Wall speculated, the refugees could be in grave danger.
And yet, we didn't leave hopeless. Rather, we were struck by how little it would take to save lives. With just hundreds of thousands of dollars we could greatly reduce the mortality rate of the refugees.
In our last few hours in Chad, we stopped in the open market to buy some African fabric. I wanted to make a tallit out of a bright, multicolored cloth to remind me daily of our Darfurian brothers and sisters. I picked out a bright purple, gray, and silver African cloth. When I returned home, I tied the tzitzit onto the four corners. Each Shabbat since, I have worn that tallit. It reminds me--and everyone in my congregation--of our obligation to bring the four corners of the earth together in our hearts and deeds.
Since my return, I have not stopped showing my pictures and telling the story. I hope and pray I can rouse people from moral lethargy. From the halls of Congress to the Isaiah Wall of the UN to the mall in Washington, DC, our congregation has been laboring overtime so that the unthinkable won't happen again on our watch. We have organized our members into several working groups to build coalitions with local faith communities, raise funds, lobby Congress, and reach out to UN representatives. We also raised enough funds to upgrade the operating room in Guereda and much more. (To make a contribution, please access the URJ's Disaster Relief site at www.urj.org/relief or the American Jewish World Service's website, www.ajws.org.)
I am haunted by the question my grandchildren will one day ask me. "Grandpa, what did you know about the genocide in Darfur? And what did you do to stop it?" I cannot offer them lame excuses. The gravity of this crisis demands action. If we do nothing, then we forfeit our right to condemn the world's silence when our people faced hell on earth in Nazi-occupied Europe.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum sits on sacred American soil, just a few yards from the White House and the Capitol. Underneath are two steel containers filled with soil and ashes from concentration camps. Just a few yards away, on the footsteps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Before him, Rabbi Joachim Prinz addressed the crowd:
"When I was the rabbi of the Jewish community in Berlin under the Hitler regime, I learned many things. The most important thing that I learned under those tragic circumstances was that bigotry and hatred are not the most urgent problems. The most urgent, the most disgraceful, the most shameful and the most tragic problem is silence."
I can still feel that little hand in mine. His life and millions of other lives are in our hands.
Postscript: As this article went to press, the genocide in Darfur spilled over into Chad as Janjaweed militiamen invaded refugee camps, stealing food, burning crops, and turning what had been safe havens into killing fields. Humanitarian groups working in Eastern Chad have had to recall their workers. The Chadian military is unable to defend its long border with Sudan, leaving the refugees at the mercy of the invaders. International intervention is needed now more than ever.
Rabbi Richard Jacobs is spiritual leader of Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, New York.
You Can Make a Difference
Create a program, invite a speaker, or speak out from the pulpit about the crisis in Darfur. Access information through the Religious Action Center (RAC) at www.rac.org, the American Jewish World Service (www.ajws.org), and the Save Darfur Coalition (www.savedarfur.org).
Distribute and wear "Not on My Watch" bracelets or hang "Save Darfur" banners, available at www.savedarfur.org.
Write e-mails to friends explaining why this situation moves you to action. (Access a sample e-mail message on the Save Darfur site.)
Screen a documentary on Darfur (consider films from Human Rights Watch at www.hrw.org/video/2004/sudan/index2.html), or host a viewing and discussion of Hotel Rwanda or Sometimes in April.
Donate funds to the Save Darfur Coalition (www.savedarfur.org).
Hold a benefit concert or other event to raise money for relief efforts.
Reach out to other faith and advocacy groups in your community by joining Communities United to Save Darfur. For more information, including resources on organizing interfaith services, vigils, and rallies, visit www.savedarfur.org.
Participate in the Million Voices for Darfur Campaign, which aims to generate one million hand-written and electronic postcards to President Bush demanding a stronger U.S. response to the genocide. For information, visit www.rac.org or www.savedarfur.org.
Contact your senators and representatives and urge them to pressure the U.S. administration to intervene in Darfur. For sample letters, talking points, and more visit www.rac.org.
Send letters to America's UN ambassador John Bolton urging him to insist on prompt action to ensure effective implementation of Security Council resolutions that will strengthen the African Union mandate in Darfur. For talking points on this issue visit www.rac.org.
Join the Dolls for Darfur national advocacy campaign created by Temple Emanu-El of Dallas, the Commission on Social Action, and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Congregations will receive postcards and representational Darfur dolls, detailed instructions for communicating with elected leaders, curriculum ideas, and more. Visit www.dollsfordarfur.org.
--Sarah Burrows, RAC Legislative Assistant


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Rolling Rock Extra Pale - Latrobe Brewing Co.
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2.5/5 rDev -3.5%
Poured from a 24-oz. can into a pint glass. Lots of head, probably because of the can, about four fingers. Color was yellow, gold, urine, straw. Wet, spongy and frothy lacing on the top. Light and sporadic film on the sides.
Pungent smell. Got light caramel, corn, skunk, biscuit, bread.
Tasted pretty close to the smell. Corn, malty, sweet, biscuit and some grass.
Light body. Thin texture. Average carbonation. Abrupt, watery finish.
Not a bad beer as long as your expectations aren't too high. It is what it is. Clean, crisp and refreshing.
04-16-2012 06:23:14 | More by BucannonXC5
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2.91/5 rDev +12.4%
Ah, the old days when Rolling Rock was like a gourmet beer...something rare...something to actively seek out. Found a sixer of these at Harry's in Marietta for $4.99 and decided to trip and fall down memory lane.
Appearance 2.25: Wow, this is indeed a "Pale Ale." Looks like watered-down apple juice. No head. No lacing. It's just there. It does kind of look beer-esque, though.
Smell 3.0: Bouquet is actually OK. Hints of grains and the classic lager phenols.
Taste 3.0: Front is missing. Nothing there, taste-wise. Middle is somewhat sweet, with heavy carbonation interrupting any deeper taste that might have been present. Finish is smooth, with a very light taste of malt, but that's it. Aftertaste is where some brief hints of corn pop up along with some brief hints of grains, before it all fades away.
Mouthfeel 2.5: Too much carbonation and it interferes with the taste of the beer.
Overall 3.0: In spite of this beer's many faults, it is still OK. Nothing fantastic, just a basic lagery, bubbly, malt beverage to quench your thirst or wash down some pizza or wings. If you can get it cheap in the summer, it is a great lawnmower beer. Still, if you pay over five bucks for a sixer of these, get your head examined. Again, this beer is not bad, it just is not that good. A classic and an OK beer.
06-22-2014 03:29:36 | More by BeerDocT
South Dakota
3.33/5 rDev +28.6%
Rolling Rock. Who can forget the jewel green bottles and the horse on the front with the eloquent speech on the back containing 33 words? I truly wish this beer got more love here but I can understand why it doesn't. It's not everyone's cup of ...er, beer. I'll conclude the intro by saying it is one of my personal favorites. On a hot day or just a relaxing-after-work situation, Rolling Rock is hard to beat. I honestly mean that.
Appearance - not pouring this one but if I remember correctly the head isn't very impressive and recedes rapidly.
Smell - Cantaloupe, sweet corn, sweetened cereal. With a touch of sourness. Dash of harvest wheat.
Taste - A mellow, lightly sour, yet spicy flavor that bites nicely and leaves you feeling satisfied. A body of corn sweetness envelopes the flavors and wraps it up in a gift horse for your tongue. Spicy notes leave a dry flavor on the palate.
Mouthfeel - Carbonated, but full bodied and smooth. Dry finish. Lots of burps.
Overall - Rolling Rock is a tasty treat at a perfect price. Rolling Rock, like revenge - is a dish best served cold. Ice cold. As the beer begins to warm, you really start to smell and taste the off-notes and imperfections. And at that point, it's a drain pour. Rolling Rock is best enjoyed within 5 minutes of cracking the cap. And I don't think I'd want to drink it out of a glass or a can. Green bottles for me, please. And for $9.47 a 12 pack at your local wally world - who can argue. I can enjoy a craft just as much as the next guy, but for an every man's beer, Rolling Rock is a step above the crowd. It is what it is. A great beer for the working man.
08-09-2014 04:10:22 | More by The-Adjunct-Hippie
New York
2.98/5 rDev +15.1%
Having been unimpressed by this beer in the past, it had been years since I had tried it. A friend brought a bunch over to my place in those classic green bottles, and I had to try one.
There's not a lot of flavor here, but what is there is a very clean and refreshing. Very light, and has the potential to be a great summer beer if it's on sale. Otherwise there are others from the style I'd take over this. I think what's best about this beer is not what it is, but rather what it isn't. That is, it's not harsh, funky, or metallic like some AALs, which in some ways is endorsement enough.
06-29-2014 04:46:38 | More by DagenhamDavis
3.73/5 rDev +44%
24 oz can poured into a lager glass.
A - Straw. Decent white head gives way to nice lacing. Good retention.
S - Not much there. Faint corn and apple.
T - Sweet malt with a little hop action. Very crisp with a proper amount of carbonation. Finishes clean and sweet with faint corn/apple taste.
M - Light
O - One of my top five AAL. It's an unabashedly delightful and delicious brew. Go get some!
07-30-2014 03:21:59 | More by joe12pk
3.83/5 rDev +47.9%
my very first beer, handed down from my grandfather. I swear this runs through is veins...as long as I can remember, hardly ever saw him without one in his hand. always remember him sitting out late at night on his porch, drinking and as he would say, "counting his blessings." a beer that has sentimental value which puts it up there for me. love that green bottle! in my eyes, the drink of a hard working family man.
08-03-2014 07:48:48 | More by flagbearer
2/5 rDev -22.8%
Appearance I was shocked to see a large head rise out of my modest pour. It held on for a few minutes as well and laced the glass. The beer itself is standard macro yellow.
Smell I was equally as shocked not to find any skunk in the bottle. The only aroma I could locate was faint corn, but at least it wasnt repulsive.
Taste The lack of any real flavor fell more in line with this pessimistic taste. A one-dimensional corn/grain/water mixture came and went in a matter of moments. For a second it seemed like it was going to try and finish with some genuine sweetness, but it gave up mid-way through the effort.
Mouthfeel The carbonation is cheap and foamy.
Drinkability The lack of any sheer nastiness gets this one past my macro test, but just barely.
08-26-2003 01:45:11 | More by RoyalT
Newfoundland (Canada)
2.75/5 rDev +6.2%
09-26-2013 00:54:38 | More by cam477
1.95/5 rDev -24.7%
Rolling Rock "Extra Pale", huh? Extra Pale is an understatement. This beer is almost clear. Imagine the lightest straw colored beer you've ever seen, and this one does it one better. One shade lighter. One shade closer to pure transparency. Sometimes I'm not sure if the glass is full or empty.
I can't comment on any head as I've never seen one. Oh, that white fizzly shit on top that was gone within seconds? That's not a head. This is a pretty pathetic looking beer. At least the aroma isn't complete shit. Not only is it not complete shit, it's not really much of anything. Some cereal grains, a light pant of lager-type yeast, and a shot of stale, musty hops. Mmm'mm, Campbell's would be proud.
Carbonation attacks your tongue like the bubonic plague, muting pretty much all flavors at first. This might be some kind of sick, silver lining though, as the flavor of this beer probably isn't very great anyway. Grains, some moderate corn, lager crispiness, and again, another handful of the musty hops. Bitterness is low and this beer is drinkable, I'll give it that.
Not the worse AAL under the sun, and in all actuality, probably one of the better macros, in my opinion. This bitch is best served cold, ice cold, right at about 33 degrees F (that's about 0.56 degrees Celcius for you normal people). You might consider freezing this with a twig shoved through the center to make yourself a Rolling Rock lollipop.
07-08-2012 02:18:31 | More by tectactoe
2.24/5 rDev -13.5%
08-21-2014 17:52:55 | More by wesbrownyeah
2.5/5 rDev -3.5%
01-16-2013 15:03:23 | More by tbryan5
1.8/5 rDev -30.5%
08-19-2014 00:54:07 | More by GameOfBeers
2.5/5 rDev -3.5%
11-27-2012 19:40:29 | More by ajkiser12
1/5 rDev -61.4%
12-12-2013 04:09:37 | More by SuomiHobbit
Rhode Island
1.75/5 rDev -32.4%
04-09-2014 18:05:24 | More by MikeC144
4.5/5 rDev +73.7%
03-31-2012 20:58:45 | More by markallmon
3.83/5 rDev +47.9%
This is a simple, great beer for sitting around a pool and relaxing. Best enjoyed from the bottle ice-cold, it is amazingly refreshing beer for what it is. it loses marks for its run-of-the-millnes, but it is a good, cheap beer. comparable to Budweiser or Miller, it's not the best, but is certinly is not the worst.
I love this beer, it is light and is meant for enjoyment. If you are looking to get smashed, go for something else. It is mild when compared to a lager or a pilsner, and it pales( heh pale) in comparison to other, more expensive pale ales. But it is called EXTRA pale ale for a reason.
For those of you who would like a good, refreshing beer without a huge price tag, go for the rolling rock. For those of you with a bit more beer money, I'd recommend Alexander Keith, very similar but a bit more refined.
07-06-2013 03:00:32 | More by Will_Dixon
2.28/5 rDev -12%
A party standard, a classic without a bit of taste to the positive or the negative. It makes it clear that this is "extra pale" and that's what you get. It sticks to its guns and gets it done.
The smell is nothing, or perhaps faint urine, but who smells a Rolling Rock anyway? This beer was designed to drain quickly, and it gets points for doing that well. Tasting like delicious water and crisp when cold. Fine.
09-13-2010 22:37:44 | More by sellmeagod
South Dakota
2/5 rDev -22.8%
05-23-2014 13:39:23 | More by SD-Alefan
2/5 rDev -22.8%
05-15-2014 03:28:20 | More by DaftPatrick
2.25/5 rDev -13.1%
08-25-2012 03:10:27 | More by BK2084
3.05/5 rDev +17.8%
Presentation: 12oz green bottle with the painted 1939 label and a stamped packaged date. The painted back reads: From the glass lined tanks of Old Latrobe ... We tender this premium beer for your enjoyment, as a tribute to your good taste ... It comes from the mountain springs to you ... "33"
Appearance: Light golden with an active level of carbonation that forms a fine, semi-creamy white head, that sticks to the glass.
Smell: Light malt grains, soft floral hop aromas and corn (DMS).
Taste: Light bodied. Fizzy, seltzer-like carbonation. Malt flavour is thin, dry with a dextrin sweetness and husk tannins. Hops are tangy bitter/lemony, but only for a moment. Major cooked veggies/corn flavours are enhanced as the beer warms (more DMS). Finishes a tad dry, grainy with lingering vegatable flavours.
Notes: Latrobe has taken an off-flavour and enhanced it to the point of it becoming Rolling Rock's trademark aroma and flavour, DiMethyl Sulfide (DMS).
For what it is ... it is simply okay. Nothing overly special going on. Very light, easy to drink and extremely refreshing (when cold). Serve ice cold as this beer tends to get rather nasty and unpalatable when warm.
08-26-2001 00:00:01 | More by Todd
3/5 rDev +15.8%
07-13-2014 13:19:43 | More by chip26
1.98/5 rDev -23.6%
had the misfortune of trying this beer. was reccomended by a man who is not banned from making beer suggestions. what looks like a norma, seamingly innocent beer from the outside, quickly turns into a dispair of bitterness. bitterness overall isnt always bad, but this overt biterness is excessive. and no real flavor to help mask the bitter, making it almost undrinkable.
07-25-2004 09:18:31 | More by twi1609372
4/5 rDev +54.4%
03-14-2012 02:13:23 | More by CaeserTits
Rolling Rock Extra Pale from Latrobe Brewing Co.
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RSWInstSilentLauncher is the client-side handle used to access SW Installer UI services. It can be used to silently install/uninstall the SISX without user intervention. The silent install and uninstall methods have both synchronous and asynchronous versions.
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If the uninstallation of an application is started using the asynchronous version of SwiUI::RSWInstLauncher::SilentUninstall, it can be canceled by calling the method SwiUI::RSWInstLauncher::CancelAsyncRequest(TInt aReqToCancel).
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Azzurra Villa for 8p with large heated pool in Inverness
- bedrooms 4
- baths 2
- sleeps 8
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
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€ 3,500 - € 3,800 / month
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The villa is located in peaceful surroundings at the Lakeside Golf and Country Club close to Inverness, capital of Citrus County.
The villa is recently constructed and offers private comfortable accommodation for up to 8 guests in 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with a large private, heated pool (5m x 10m), a large living room, kitchen, separate laundry room and double garage and is surrounded by a landscaped garden.
It is fully air-conditioned and equipped with Wi-Fi, a large flat High Definition screen television, dvd player and sound system, washer and dryer, dishwasher, typical American fridge and a microwave oven.
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The following items are included in the rental price of the villa.
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- Magnetron
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activities and attractions in Inverness Central Florida
Green fees at the Golf Club (18 holes, par 72) are included in the villa rental.
Aside from this Golf Course you can - also free-of-charge - play on 3 Golf Clubs in the vicinity amongst which the Citrus Springs Golf Course which is very spectacular and challenging. Like most American Golf Courts the use of a buggy is mandatory.
In the marvellous vicinity of Inverness there are countless opportunities to practice cycling, walking, fishing or taking a boat and enjoying the countryside.
In Homosassa , at half an hours drive from Inverness and on the Gulf of Mexico, a boat can be rented to navigate on clear creeks with a constant temperature of 22ºC. One of the many reasons why the manatees visit the estuaries. Then you can go out to the gulf and search for the dolphins in the area or you can take a river cruise.
Ocala is situated about half an hour drive from Inverness. In Ocala one can find a lot of modern shopping malls and good restaurants. Ocala is famous for its horse farms and its Silver Springs theme park.
To the South, in and around Orlando (one hour drive) you find the big theme parks such as Disney World, Epcot Centre, Sea World, Universal Studio's and, last but not least, the well-known factory outlets and the enormous Florida Mall. To the North-East of Tampa (one hour and 15 minutes drive) lies Busch Gardens, a themepark based on the large African Plains with all the animals typical for that part of the world. Connected to this theme park you can visit the Budweiser beer brewery - owner of this theme park - free-of-charge.
To the East of Inverness, at roughly 2 hours driving distance you will find a must see in Florida : the Kennedy Space Center, from where the astronauts were launched for the Moon missions and the Space Shuttle. see Kennedy Space Center and NASA.
Further to the South of Florida, on the WestCoast (Gulf of Mexico) the state offers long, white sandy beaches surrounded by palm trees where magnificent sunsets can be admired. Visit the little town of Captiva on Sanibel Island and then drive farther South to see the Everglades, with its crocodile farms and Indian reservations.
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