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FLOODING: 'Water levels expected to drop slowly but should remain high' - Environment Agency (From Bridgwater Mercury)
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FLOODING: 'Water levels expected to drop slowly but should remain high' - Environment Agency
Updated 1:14pm Wednesday 19th February 2014 in News
FLOOD warnings are still in place across southern and central England and properties could remain flooded for some time, the Environment Agency said today (February 19).
River levels are expected to fall slowly but remain high this week, especially along the Thames and Severn.
On the Somerset Levels flooding continues, with two severe flood warnings still in force.
As of noon today, there are also 88 flood warnings in place and 132 flood alerts across southern and central England.
The Environment Agency is supporting local authorities in their recovery efforts, and will continue to work closely with multi-agency command centres across the country, woprking with a wide range of partners including the military, local authorities and the emergency services.
The Environment Agency is continuing to work 24/7 to protect communities and has deployed 50 demountable defences in the past two weeks to help provide additional protection to at risk communities.
The country's largest ever pumping operation continues on the Somerset Levels.
Since the January 29, over 1,700 properties have flooded, while over 207,000 have been defended from flooding.
The Environment Agency has sent over 2.5million flood warning messages to people with properties at risk of flooding.
Since the beginning of December 2013 almost 6,500 properties have been flooded across England, Environment Agency flood defences have protected 1.4 million homes and businesses from flooding.
Kate Marks, Environment Agency flood risk manager said: "Our thoughts go out to those communities dealing with flooding. Although it is currently an improving picture across most of the country we will continue to see the impacts of flooding for many days to come.
"We will continue to work closely with local authorities in the coming weeks to support their recovery efforts and still have teams working around the clock to protect communities.
"Communities affected by flooding can find advice on the Environment Agency website, local authorities' websites and on social media using #floodaware."
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.uk - An ex-EA manager put the internal green conflicts succinctly in his comment the other day, so it's lack of proper direction and priorities: John: "You can consider me one of those senior EA manager - worked in various functions for 9 years, the last 3 as a AEM before leaving in 2011. Most functions outside of FCRM are over funded and inefficient (sustainable places, biodiversity, groundwater, fisheries, even EM itself). At least a fifth of the budget could be re-allocated to higher priority projects by reducing these functions without any detrimental impact to their ability to meet legislative requirements. Unfortunately, the Pitt Review from the 2007 floods was rushed, so didn't go far enough, otherwise, the EA would not again be in the position it is in. That being said, there are some very fine, hard-working and dedicated employees."
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An organization is fighting to make sure that social security is available for future generations.
The Montana Organizing Project held a meeting on Friday to talk about the concerns they have if the federal government were to cut social security benefits.
The group addressed how the system works best for women, low-income communities and same-sex couples.
They also touched on how people are taxed through social security and said the system helps not only individuals, but the whole economy.
Elizabeth Maurum with the Montana Organizing Project said Montana is a very vulnerable for any changes Congress may put forth in social security. "We are an aging state so our state is aging more rapidly than other states and social security benefits bring $2.7 billion into this state's economy," said Marum.
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JU women's tennis swept by Troy
The Dolphin women's tennis team was swept 7-0 by Troy on Sunday in Jacksonville. JU was unable to register a team point in a match for the first time all season.
JU's only success came in a doubles match. Gabriela Bartos and Natalia Melibeu squeaked out a win against a Trojan pair winning 8-7 (3).
Dolphin freshman Aline Staudt lost for the second time in three matches after starting the season 6-0. She fell in her individual match 7-5, 6-2.
JU freshman Harjit Gosal was the only Dolphin who was able to force a third set in their match. She was defeated 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
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EL PASO — Along the border, news that the leader of Zetas drug cartel had died in a shootout with Mexican Marines spread quickly — and so did the questions.
"I don't know... I have doubts," said Teresa Galvan from the border state of Coahuila, where the Navy reported Marines had killed Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano after he left a baseball game Sunday afternoon.
"I'd have to see it to believe it," said Lorenzo Garcia of El Paso.
That suspicion deepened after authorities reported gunmen snatched Lazcano's body from a funeral home hours after the Navy issued a statement saying it was waiting for "forensic tests" to identify the corpse.
Authorities later said fingerprints and photographs confirmed it was Lazcano. But it's not clear why Marines left the body of the Zeta leader at a funeral home with minimal security.
"The average person in Mexico doesn't trust the authorities," said Howard Campbell, University of Texas El Paso professor and author of "Drug War Zone." "They don't trust their newspapers, the mass media, so they invent their own conspiracy theories. And that's the sad thing about the recent events in Mexico... we really don't know what's going on."
Lazcano was the last survivor of the original Zetas — Special Forces soldiers who deserted to work as enforcers for the Gulf cartel.
The Zetas then broke away and became one of the most brutal criminal organizations in Mexico, earning a reputation as a gang of thugs known for beheadings and displaying mutilated bodies in public places.
The Zetas are so feared in some regions of northern Mexico near the border, people only refer to the group as "Los de la ultima letra" — those of the last letter.
The Zetas have been locked in a bloody turf war with the Gulf cartel over smuggling routes that lead to Texas.
Lazcano — nicknamed "El Verdugo" or "The Executioner" — is wanted in the U.S., where the Drug Enforcement Administration had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction.
The DEA description lists him as 5'-8" tall — several inches taller than the body identified by Mexican authorities.
U.S. officials have not commented on the Zeta leader's death. In recent weeks, the Mexican Marines have captured several of the cartel's leaders.
"I see they're killing, catching and jailing them, but it never ends," said Lorenzo Garcia as he crossed the border into Juarez.
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Councillors to stand up over danger road surface (From Harwich and Manningtree Standard)
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Councillors to stand up over danger road surface
4:00pm Friday 24th January 2014 in News
TOWN and village leaders will team up to demand action on a "dangerous" piece of road that is falling apart.
Harwich Town Council and Ramsey and Parkeston Parish Council will join forces to petition for improvements to the A120 between the Parkeston and Ramsey roundabouts.
Councillors claim potholes and cracks in the road are putting drivers' safety at risk.
Ramsey and Parkeston Council chairman, George Elmer, said: "The more people we get together the stronger the support will be.
"Between the Parkeston roundabout and the Ramsey roundabout there are some potholes and it also looks as if it is cracking up all along that section of road."
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The bill banning red light cameras in the state of Florida cleared it's first hurdle. If it passes, S.B. 4011 would make it illegal for municipalities in Florida to have red lights and to charge you for a ticket if you're caught on camera. The measure initially passed on Thursday with a narrow 10 to 8 vote by members of the state House Economic Affairs Committee. Supporters of the repeal said the cameras invade privacy and pump money into local and state coffers."I don't think they deter people from getting tickets or stopping any more accidents," said Marquis Streater, who is for the repeal of the law. "So if it's just something to get revenue and have people pay money."In Florida, for every $158 ticket, the state gets $83. Last year, that money added up to $51-million. Some Florida residents said it's money well spent."I think it's a good thing for the families who need the assistance," said resident Sandra McGarry. "If there's like a robbery or a child comes up missing."Opponents, such as Rep. Mike Clelland, D-Lake Mary, also added the real issue is safety. The former firefighter said he's seen countless injuries occur from motorists running red lights. "We had severe injuries-- paraplegic injuries and people who died," said Rep. Clelland. "I think red light cameras do save lives by changing people's behavior as it relates to red lights." This isn't the first time state lawmakers have tried to repeal the laws surrounding red light cameras. At least three bills have failed in the last three years.
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Roughly 1,000 Chicago Public School teachers are about to lose their jobs.
Most of the cuts are the result of a drop in enrollment and the closing or consolidation of schools, which happens every year.
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American's sales decline 9.1%
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ECRU, Miss. - Promotional upholstery producer American Furniture recorded a 9.1% drop in sales in the quarter ended June 30 and had an operating loss of $740,000, according to a regulatory filing by parent company Compass Diversified Holdings.
In a quarterly financial report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Compass said American's sales for the quarter totaled $21.3 million, down from $23.5 million in the same quarter in 2011.
The operating loss was less than half the $1.6 million loss recorded in last year's second quarter, Compass reported.
Compass said recliner sales had the biggest decline, but sales of stationary upholstery and motion upholstery also were slightly below last year's second quarter.
"The decrease in net sales in all categories is the result of a continuing soft retail environment and ... increased competition in pricing in the promotional furniture category," Compass said in the SEC filing.
For the six months ended June 30, American's sales totaled $51.6 million, down 13.1% from $59.4 million in the first six months of 2011.
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On Columbus Day in 2003, nine-year-old Ryan Boyle played on a Big Wheel with friends, doing wheelies and spinning out in the wet leaves when he suddenly lost control of the Big Wheel, slid down the driveway and into a passing pickup truck, which dragged him about 55 feet.
"I was in a coma immediately after the accident and at the scene they were ready to pronounce me dead," said Boyle, now 19. "They really didn't have any hopes of me making it to the hospital or anything, so everything was touch and go for a really long time."
Through surgeries and two months in a coma, Boyle said, "They never knew if I was going to come out of it or not. Eventually I did, and everybody had been amazed — and I have been disproving their prognoses ever since."
Suffering from traumatic brain injury, Boyle had to re-learn how to do almost everything, including how to breathe, swallow, talk, sit, stand and walk.
The strong Catholic faith of his family, physicians' treatments and Boyle's strong determination allowed him to make tremendous strides. He is now a freshman at Berry College in Georgia and author of the book "When the Lights Go Out."
"I want to major in communications, because I want to be an inspirational speaker," Boyle said of his studies at Berry College.
Boyle now lives in Marietta, Ga., with parents Matthew and Nancy. He also has a 25-year-old brother named Matthew. Boyle will visit family and friends in Connecticut from Thursday to Jan. 7.
During his stay, Boyle has a speaking engagement at St. Joseph High School on Friday at 9 a.m., a book signing at Linda's Story Time, 447 Monroe Turnpike in Monroe, this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and will be interviewed for a Connecticut Style segment on the Channel 8 News on Monday.
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A stack of Boyle's book, "When the Lights Go Out," is prominently displayed in Linda's Story Time. The owner, Linda Devlin, knows the Boyles pretty well.
"A couple of years ago when Ryan said he was going to write a book about his life story, I said, 'You do realize your first book signing is gonna be here or there's gonna be trouble?'" Devlin joked.
The Boyles sent Devlin a copy of his book in the mail and when she called asking how to put in an order for more copies they told her the family would be back in Connecticut for the holidays.
"They asked if Ryan could come in for a book signing and I said, 'You name the day and the time and I'll make it happen,'" Devlin recalled.
Boyle said his book is meant to inspire people to never give up whenever they face hardships in their own lives.
"That's exactly what I intended it to be for," Boyle said. "I just couldn't thank everyone enough that prayed for me and stuff because it definitely made a huge difference to where I am today. My family always being there for me was a really important aspect. I think the generosity of people and faith and everything has just been invaluable for my recovery."
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Boyle went to St. Jude School, Monroe Elementary School, Chalk Hill and Jockey Hollow while growing up in Monroe. And he attended St. Joseph High School in Trumbull until the middle of his junior year.
"We kind of depleted all of the rehabilitation resources in Connecticut, so I wanted to move down here," Boyle said of the move to Georgia. "My parents were totally on board with me, because they love the weather here and just about everything."
Boyle goes to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta for treatment.
"They specialize in traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injuries," he said. "It's really an amazing place."
Boyle said he's excited to visit St. Joe's for his speaking engagement and to see friends there and teachers, who he has already contacted.
"Basically all of my family is still in Connecticut," he said. "They're all thrilled for the book signing. I'm not so sure for the book, but to see me."
The last time Boyle has been to Monroe was two years ago and he said it will feel like "a big reunion" in a town he will always call home.
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During Thursday's meeting of the Jasper City Council, those questions were cleared up and Danny Gambrell has unofficially been named the winner of the District 2 race.
"It's not official yet, but I am excited about having the chance to represent the people of District 2," Gambrell said.
Gambrell won the District 2 seat with 426 votes (50.1 percent), compared to Brent McCarver's 257 votes (31 percent) and Larry Elliott's 158 votes (18 percent).
City Clerk Kathy Chambless said questions over the need for a runoff came up due to four votes that were cast for John Randall Dutton, a candidate who withdrew from the race before the election.
Chambless said local officials were not sure if those votes should have counted as actual cast votes. If the votes were accepted, it would put Gambrell in a runoff with McCarver by two votes. If the votes were denied, Gambrell would win without the need of a runoff by one vote.
Jasper officials sought the opinion of the Alabama Attorney General's Office on the matter. Chambless said she had a conversation with Brenda Smith, a division chief in the AG's office.
"It is her opinion the candidate that withdrew from the race is no longer a candidate and should not be entitled to have votes count," Chambless said.
Russ Robertson, the city's attorney, said he could not find legal precedent on the issue.
McCarver attended Thursday's council meeting and addressed the council.
"I am not interested in a runoff," McCarver said. "It is your decision to make, but I see no need to count those four votes. I would go along with the AG opinion."
Gambrell said he and McCarver have become friends throughout the campaign.
"Brent has some great ideas, and I'm going to take advantage of some of those ideas," Gambrell said. "I've learned a lot from him in this race."
Council members voted unanimously Thursday to not count the four votes, which will make Gambrell the winner of the District 2 election. The results of the city's municipal election will not be official until Tuesday when the council will meet to canvass the votes. That meeting has been changed from its originally set time of 10 a.m. to noon.
In other action, the council:
•Renewed its contract with the Wal-Win Volleyball Officials Association to provide officials for park and recreation activities.
•Approved travel for clerks to attend revenue officers certification training.
•Approved paying expenses for Deb Capps, the city's prosecutor, and Judge Charles Stephens to attend the 2012 Fall Municipal Law Conference.
•Approved the purchase of a part costing $5,038.60 for the city's leaf truck.
•Voted to allow Mayor Sonny Posey to enter into an agreement with the Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging to provide meals for local seniors.


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Sports field net gain (From This is The West Country)
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YARLINGTON Housing Group has been given permission to install 5.5m sports netting on land off Deane Way, Tatworth, at the boundary with the recreation field.
The organisation has been given planning approval by South Somerset District Council.
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The annual Proceeds for Poverty sale is going on right now in Roanoke selling everything from Christmas decorations to furniture. It's put on by the nonprofit Global Partners in Peace and Development. 100 volunteers from churches across the Roanoke Valley participate. This is the third year for the event. Last year the event raised more than $30,000 to help some of the poorest people in the world doing things like providing clean water, orphans homes, sewing businesses and providing food.
"Just a small little thing, each of us does something, it makes a huge difference and it's cool to buy things and make a big difference at the same time" said Heidi Grooms, the event organizer. The sale started today and runs through Saturday at the old Kroger building on the corner of Orange and King St. In Roanoke.
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|ASALH Speakers Bureau
Carter G. Woodson Distinguished Lecturers
Kim Pearson, The College of New Jersey
Kim Pearson is an Associate Professor of Journalism and Interactive Multimedia and chair of the African-American
Studies Department at The College of New Jersey . Her articles have appeared in print and online venues
ranging from Black Enterprise to Blogher.com. and Her research on computing diversity and civic engagement
has garnered support from Microsoft and the National Science Foundation.
In 2000, Pearson was named New Jersey 's CASE Professor of the Year by
the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
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journalism from New York University . She is a member of the ASALH Advisory Board as well as the
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Tammy Sanders-Henderson, University of Maryland - College Park
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Maryland at College Park and doctoral candidate in the American Studies Department. She was a summer
Fellow and took part in Holding Up Both Ends of the Sky: Engendering Africana Studies, A Summer Institute on
Critical Theory, Black Womyn Scholarship and Africana Studies (2002) in the Africana Studies Department at
Cornell University, where she engaged in intense study of constructions of African American motherhood. Dr.
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American Life and History. Her scholarly work centers on 19th and 20th century "Black Feminist Thought" in
the areas of womanhood and motherhood. More specifically, she offers to a critical lens to her examination of
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Daryl Michael Scott, Howard University
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Stanford University. Dr. Scott is a historian who specializes in America since the Civil War. In particular, he
studies African Americans, Southerners (whites in the American South), race relations, and intellectual history.
He received the James A. Rawley Prize of the Organization of American Historians for the best work on race
relations history in the United States (1998).
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2005; Contempt and Pity: Social Policy and the Image of the Black Psyche, 1880-1996, Chapel Hill, University of
North Carolina Press, 1997; "Postwar Pluralism, Brown v Board of Education and the Origins of Multiculturalism,"
Journal of American History, June 2004; "The Politics of Pathology," Journal of Policy History 8 (Winter 1996).
Dr. Scott edited Carter G. Woodson's Appeal, Washington, DC, The ASALH Press, 2008.
Daryl Michael Scott was elected in 2013 to serve a three year term as National President of ASALH.
Arwin D. Smallwood, Ph.D., University of Memphis
Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood is an Associate Professor of Colonial American History at the University of Memphis. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Political Science and history from North Carolina Central University and his Ph.D. in history from The Ohio State University. His research focuses on mapping African-American, Native-American, and Early American history. It also examines the creolization, or merging, of the three cultures during the colonial period particularly in eastern North Carolina. He primarily writes about the lives of the inhabitants of Indian Woods, North Carolina in Bertie County over its 400 years of recorded history, and how their lives shaped and were shaped by their surrounding landscape. His work documents the long history of the region and explains the intertwined histories of the groups he studies through maps he designs and illustrations and photos he mines from archives, special collections, and private collections.
Barbara Spencer Dunn, Kiamsha Youth Empowerment Organization
First Director of Membership Services, ASALH
Barbara Spencer Dunn is the Executive Director of Kiamsha Youth Empowerment Organization and the first
person in the history of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History to be employed as
Director of Membership Services (July 1, 2004 – January 18, 2008). Mrs. Dunn is a graduate of Bowie State
University and recipient of several community service awards for her extensive work in communities around the
country. Mrs. Dunn's presentations educate people of all cultures, blends generational divides, enlightens
youth, reengages the church community, and cause intellectuals to re-focus their thinking in a way that
reflects Dr. Woodson's goals in his seminal work, "The Mis-Education of the Negro." Mrs. Dunn recruited and
engaged a group of professionals to create a work study guide to provide a document that will not only
engage educators and intellectuals, but will also engage high school youth and families around the world in the
reading of "The Mis-Education of the Negro in 2008 marking the 75th Anniversary of this very important work
by Dr. Woodson.
James B. Stewart
James B. Stewart was elected as President of ASALH in 2009 to serve a 3-year term. He is a Professor Emeritus
at Penn State University and was previously a Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, African and
African American Studies, and Management and Organization. Prior to that time he held the positions of Vice
Provost for Educational Equity and Director of the Black Studies Program Dr. Stewart has a Ph.D. in Economics
from the University of Notre Dame (1976); an M.A. in Economics (1971); and a B.S. in Mathematics (1969). He
has authored, co-authored, or edited 11 books and over seventy journal articles and over seventy book
chapters. Dr. Stewart has also served as editor of The Review of Black Political Economy. His books include
African Americans and Post-Industrial Labor Markets (1997); African Americans in the U.S. Economy (2005);
Introduction to African American Studies, Transdisciplinary Approaches and Implications (2007); and a collection
of essays about Africana Studies entitled, Flight In Search of Vision (2004). His past leadership experiences
include Presidencies of the National Economic Association and the National Council for Black Studies (NCBS)
(1997-2001). Dr. Stewart has received awards from many organizations including NCBS, the African American
Studies and Research Center (Purdue University), and the ANKH Scientific Institute.
Dr. William Sturkey, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Dr. William Sturkey is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He holds an M.A. in African American Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Ph.D. in African American History from Ohio State University. He has written numerous articles on the black freedom struggle in Mississippi and is currently working on two related book projects. Dr. Sturkey�s first book, scheduled for publication in March of 2014, is an edited collection of essays, poems, articles, and testimonials written by the young black students who attended the Mississippi Freedom Schools during the famous 1964 Freedom Summer civil rights campaign. Assembled from archives across the country and released on Freedom Summer�s 50th Anniversary, this forthcoming volume will provide an unprecedented view of the responses of Freedom School students to their schools and offer unique ways to think about the role of children and education in the Civil Rights Movement. His second book project, currently in progress, examines the impact of modernization on race in the Jim Crow South. Dr. Sturkey is an engaging and energetic speaker who is available to speak about all aspects of the Civil Rights Movement and the post-Emancipation Mississippi freedom struggle, but particularly specializes in the Freedom Summer of 1964 and the Mississippi Freedom Schools. Several other intriguing lectures include: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Black Life in the American 1950s", "Nuts & Bolts: How the Movement Worked to Create Federal Legislation", "From Ida B. Wells to Emmett Till: The Iconic Mound Bayou in the Black Imagination and at the Crux of a Movement" and "In the Shadows of Modern America: Black American Life During the Second Industrial Revolution & the Dawn of Jim Crow".
Ben Vinson, Johns Hopkins University
Ben Vinson, III, is Professor of Latin American History and Director of the Center for Africana Studiesat Johns
Hopkins University. He is a specialist on issues of race in Latin America, particularly Mexico. Although trained as a
colonial Latin Americanist, his research interests and publications includecontemporary African-American/Afro-
Latino relations, 20th century African-American/Mexican relations, the history of transnationalism, and the
African Diaspora. His major publications include: Bearing Arms for His Majesty: The Free-Colored Militia in Colonial
Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2001), and Flight: The Story of Virgil Richardson, A Tuskegee Airman in
Mexico (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2004), to name a few. He has also published in newspapers such as the Raleigh
News & Observer, the New York Post, El Aguila del Hudson Valley, the Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA) and the
San Diego Union Tribune. Professor Vinson received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1998 and his A.B.
from Dartmouth College in 1992. Click here to download complete bio.
Sheila S. Walker
Sheila S. Walker, Ph.D., cultural anthropologist and filmmaker, is Executive Director of Afrodiaspora, Inc., a non-
profit organization that is developing documentaries and educational materials about the global African Diaspora.
She has done fieldwork, lectured, consulted, and participated in cultural events in much of Africa and the
African Diaspora. Her most recent works are the documentary film, Slave Routes: A Global Vision, for the
UNESCO Slave Route Project, and an edited book, Conocimiento desde adentro: Los afrosudamericanos hablan
de sus pueblos y sus historias/Afro-South Americans Speak of their People and their Stories, featuring articles by
Afrodescendants from all of the Spanish-speaking countries of South America. She also edited the volume,
African Roots/American Cultures: Africa in the Creation of the Americas and produced the documentary,
Scattered Africa: Faces and Voices of the African Diaspora. Dr. Walker was Director of the Center for African
and African American Studies, the Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor in the College of Liberal Arts,
and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. She also was the William and Camille Cosby
Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Anthropology, and Director of the African Diaspora
and the World Program at Spelman College [website: www.afrodiaspora.net email: firstname.lastname@example.com ].
Lillian S. Williams, University of Buffalo
Dr. Lillian S. Williams is Chair and Associate Professor of African American Studies at the University at Buffalo, the
State University of New York. Until recently, Dr. Williams was Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the
University at Albany where she also was director of the Institute for Research on Women. She is author of
Strangers in the Land of Paradise: The Creation of an African American Community, Buffalo, New York, 1900-
1940. Her current research has been on African American women and the club movement and she is
completing a book on Blacks in Green: African Americans in the Girl Scout Movement.
Yohuru Williams, Fairfield University
Dr. Williams is Associate Professor of History at Fairfield University and the Chief Historian at the Jackie Robinson
Foundation in New York City . He is the author of Black Politics/White Power: Civil Rights Black Power and Black
Panthers in New Haven (Blackwell, 2006) and Teaching U.S. History Beyond the Textbook (Corwin, 2008). He
is the editor of A Constant Struggle: African-American History from 1865 to the Present, Documents and Essays
(Kendall Hunt, 2002), and the co-editor of In Search of the Black Panther Party: New Perspectives on a
Revolutionary Movement ( Duke University , 2006), and Liberated Territory: Toward a Local History of the Black
Panther Party ( Duke University , 2009). He also served as general editor for the Association for the Study of
African American Life and History's 2002 and 2003 Black History Month publications, The Color Line Revisited
(Tapestry Press, 2002) and The Souls of Black Folks: Centennial Reflections (Africa World Press, 2003). Dr.
Williams also served as an adviser on the popular civil rights reader Putting the Movement Back into Teaching
Civil Rights.
Dr. Williams' scholarly articles have appeared in The Black Scholar, The Journal of Black Studies, The
Organization of American Historians Magazine of History, Delaware History, Pennsylvania History, and the Black
History Bulletin.
Zachery Williams, Ithaca College
Dr. Zachery Williams is an Assistant Professor of African New World Studies at Ithaca College, and is a minister
with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Ithaca, New York. Dr. Williams received his Ph. D. in history
from Bowling Green University. He has worked in the areas of "Black Masculinist Thought" and "Africana Policy
Studies," and is currently completing a book In Search of the Talented Tenth: Howard University Intellectuals
and the Dilemmas of Race in Academia, 1926-1970.
A'Lelia Bundles
Washington, DC
A'Lelia Bundles currently is at work on her third book, Joy Goddess of Harlem: The Life and Times of A'Lelia
Walker, a biography of her great-grandmother. Her biography, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of
Madam C. J. Walker [Scribner] was named a New York Times Notable Book and received the Letitia Woods
Brown Book Prize from the Association of Black Women Historians.
A former ABC News executive and Emmy award winning producer, Bundles is president of the Madam Walker/A'
Lelia Walker Family Archives and serves on the boards of the Foundation for the National Archives, the
Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe and the Madam Walker Theatre Center. She is a Columbia University trustee.
An engaging speaker and MC, Bundles brings warmth, humor and a strong grasp of history and current events
to her presentations about Madam Walker, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, hair, beauty, the Harlem
Renaissance, media and journalism. She has spoken throughout the U. S. and Europe at conferences, libraries,
book festivals and educational institutions including Harvard University, Spelman College, the National Archives,
the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution. She has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, HBO, PBS, BBC,
NPR and C-Span Book TV. Her articles have been published in the New York Times Book Review, O (The Oprah
Magazine), Parade, Essence and Fortune Small Business.
Bundles was graduated from Harvard College and Radcliffe College and received a masters degree from the
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She is a member of Phi Beta
Dr. Sandra Jowers-Barber
Washington, DC
Dr. Sandra Jowers-Barber is an assistant professor of history at the University of the District of Columbia, where
she coordinates the History Program and directs the Oral History Project at the University of the District of
Columbia (OHP@UDC). Sandra received both her doctorate in United States History and her MA in Public
History from Howard University. She teaches courses in United States History, African American History,
Women of the Diaspora and Public and Oral History. Her scholarship in disability history focuses on researching,
documenting, and interpreting the history of the African American deaf community. Dr. Jowers is establishing
herself as an expert in this area through her research on the United States District Court for the District of
Columbia case, Miller v. DC Board of Education, a pre-Brown v. Board of Education case that changed the
educational policy for African American deaf school age children in the District of Columbia
She established the Fannie Lou Hamer/Ella Baker Lecture Series within the History Program to provide a forum
for students and faculty to address issues relating to women of color in a global capacity. This student-driven
series provides opportunities for emerging scholars to discuss and present their research. Dr. Jowers-Barber is a
member of the American Historical Association, the Association for the Study of African American Life and
History, the Public History Council, the Association of Black Women Historians and Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.
Her chapter "The Struggle to Educate Black Deaf School Children in Washington, DC" in A Fair Chance in the
Race of Life: Gallaudet University's Role in Deaf History explores the struggle of African American deaf school
age children for an education in the District of Columbia. This anthology, published by Gallaudet University Press,
celebrates 150 years of deaf education in Washington, D.C. "Educating Washington's Black Deaf Children in the
Nineteenth Century", Dr. Jowers' chapter in Emerging Scholars Shifting Paradigms: Black Women's Scholarship,
documents the struggle to establishment a school for the deaf in the nation's capitol. Her article, "Teaching
the African Diaspora: Using History to Connect People" for the internet publication VidaAfrolatina.com explores
how teaching in an international classroom provides opportunities for students to experience the informative
exchanges that can and should take place between different cultures in an academic arena. Her chapter, "The
African-American Family: Giving the Gift of Roots and Wings" is included in the publication Family Affair: African
American Identity in the 21st Century. Her biographical entry on the "The National Black Deaf Advocates" is
found in the Encyclopedia of American Disability. She is currently preparing her dissertation, "The End of the
Educational Exile of Washington, D.C. Deaf African American Schoolchildren" for publication.
Rosalyn Terborg-Penn
Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, Ph. D. is University Professor Emerita at Morgan State University, where she served as
Coordinator of the Graduate Programs in History, and taught courses in African American women's history. A co-
founder, and the first National Director, of the Association of Black Women Historians, she has published over
40 articles and seven books, most of which are about African American or African Diaspora Women. Among
the books are, African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850 to 1920, Women in Africa and the
African Diaspora: A Reader, and Black Women's History at the Intersection of Knowledge and Power: ABWH's
Twentieth Anniversary Anthology. The recipient of numerous honors, in 2008 Terborg-Penn was awarded The
Association for the Study of African American Life and History's, Carter G. Woodson Scholar's Medallion, and in
2010 The Southern History Association's John Blassingame Prize for Distinguished Scholarship and Mentorship in
African American History. Her current research is for a book focusing on the connections between African
Diaspora women from the Dutch colonial world and the United States since the twentieth century. In October
2011 Terborg-Penn published an article in the journal, in Black Women Gender and Families. The title is,
"Migration and Trans Racial/National Identity Re-Formation: Becoming African Diaspora Women."
Rita C. Ricks
Rita Ricks is unlike any other speaker on the speaking circuit, because she coaches as she
speaks. Her wisdom, wit, energy and encouragement are the catalysts which inspire her audiences to renew
the person within. Rita's dynamic presentations are custom made for each audience and, wherever possible,
she moves through the audience to personally connect with individuals. She shares her life's experiences. She
uplifts her audiences with a motivating power that awakens all who hear her. She speaks to your spirit.
Michelle Duster
Chicago, Illinois
Michelle Duster is a writer, speaker, personal historian and project manager. She has created and supported
several projects that preserve and promote the legacy of her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells – journalist, civil
rights activist and suffragist. In addition to compiling and writing two books, Ida From Abroad (2010) and Ida In
Her Own Words (2008), Michelle manages a scholarship fund for students at Rust College and provides support
for a museum in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She is co-chair of the Ida B. Wells Commemorative Art Committee
which has commissioned the creation of a monument in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. She is on the
Board of Directors of the National Public Housing Museum and the Chicago Area Women's History Council and is
an advisory board member of the Frederick Douglass Family Foundation. A native Chicagoan, Michelle earned
her B.A. in Psychology from Dartmouth College, an M.A. in Communications from The New School and
completed graduate level study in film and video production at Columbia College in Chicago.
Gina Page
Gina Paige is the Founder and President of African Ancestry, Inc., a pioneering company with a mission to
transform the way that people view themselves and Africa. African Ancestry uses DNA to cross the treacherous
waters of the Middle Passage in order to trace the ancestry of African-Americans to a country and ethnic group
found in Africa today. You may have seen the company's important work on the PBS series, "African-American
Lives." Through her leadership of African Ancestry, Ms. Paige has fueled her passion for reconnecting African-
Americans to their heritage. Her powerful "reveals," workshops and keynote speeches at academic institutions,
on television shows (including, "My Black is Beautiful," "Conversations with Felicia" and various local news
outlets) and special events have touched thousands of individuals and has changed countless lives. Ms. Paige
has shared the historical relevance of genetic ancestry tracing with corporations and nonprofit organizations
alike. She is a dynamic, accessible speaker who easily translates scientific data into relevant social, political and
historical truth.
Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead, Ph.D.
Dr. Whitehead is assistant professor of communication and African and African American studies in the Department of Communication at Loyola University Maryland; a motivational speaker; a Master Teacher in African American History; a curriculum writer and lesson plan developer; an award�winning former Baltimore City middle school teacher; and, a three�time New York Emmy�nominated documentary filmmaker. In February 2013, Whitehead was one of four experts selected nationwide to present at President Obama�s first White House and Black History Month Panel and was one of several feminist scholars selected to present at the 100th Anniversary Harriet Tubman Symposium at the University of Albany. She has received various fellowships and grants to support her work including a 2012 Gilder Lehrman Fellowship in American History and a 2010 NEH Summer Stipend
She was recently selected as one of the top 25 women professors in Maryland by Online Schools Maryland; and she received the 2013 Loyola University Maryland�s Faculty Award for Excellence in Engaged Scholarship (presented to only one faculty member per year). Whitehead has also received the 2006 Gilder Lehrman Preserve America Maryland History Teacher of the Year Award (sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the Maryland State Department of Education); was one of fifty alumni to receive the Distinguished Black Alumni Award from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana (2005); and, was a winner of both the Langston Hughes, David Diop, Etheridge Knight Poetry Award (1999, 2000) and the Zora Neale Hurston Creative Writing Award (1998) from the Gwendolyn Brooks Creative Writing Center at the University of Chicago.
Click here to read her complete biography.
Zachery Williams, The University of Akron
Dr. Zachery Williams is an Associate Professor of African American History at The University of Akron. Currently,
he is the Executive Director of The Africana Cultures and Policy Studies Institute, a research/policy think tank
that examines the linkages among Africana cultures and policy development. Dr. Williams is the author of In
Search of the Talented Tenth: Howard University Intellectuals and the Dilemmas of Race in Academia, 1926-
1970 (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2009) and editor of Africana Cultures and Policy Studies:
Scholarship and the Transformation of Public Policy. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). He also published
articles in the Journal of American Studies of Turkey, the Journal of African American Men, and the Journal of
Pan African Studies. Dr. Zachary affiliations: The Black Public Intellectuals, Past and Present (Including Black
Religious Intellectuals), African American Policy History/Africana Cultures and Policy Studies, Black Men's
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There is little in the media that informs our audiences that we are part of the greatest economic crisis the world has seen in 80 years, the worst since the Great Depression.
At least two major newspapers have informed their desks that the word "recession" is not to be used in connection with India. Recession is something that happens in the United States, not here. The word stands exiled from the editorial lexicon. If a rather disastrous situation has somehow to be indicated, the term "downturn" or "slowdown" will suffice – and it is to be used with some discretion. But not recession. That would upset the happy buying mood so vital amongst media audiences for the economy to come out of, er, um, well, recession.
This don't-worry-be-happy decree throws up both funny and tragic situations. Several times, the same and other publications in this denial mode sport headlines telling us "the worst is over and recovery is just around the corner." The worst of what? Recession? And what are we recovering from anyway? Now many of the publications and channels into this kind of evasion have also been laying off employees in droves, including several journalists.
Those poor souls (many with large home loan EMIs contracted when the economy was in even less of a "downturn" than it is now) are losing their jobs because of – well, whatever. Imagine you were one of them, working at the desk, filtering copy for your readers to reassure them that all is well. In the evening, you're exorcising the columns of the ghosts of recession. Next afternoon, you find you are a victim of what you've purged. The hypocrisy of the media in acting the opposite of what they tell their audiences is the reality – gee, that's part of business strategy. Scare the public and there will be less spending. Which means less advertising, less revenue, less etc.
The one time a headline in one of these dailies mentioned the 'R word', it mocked it as in "What recession?" More cars were being sold in a particular segment; rural India is shining (the word here is "new found prosperity"). We need the sunny side up stories – even as we practise something quite different on the underside. Television channels also trot out the usual (suspect) experts to explain that things are not as bad as they're made out to be (By whom, we are seldom told). There were happy headlines for a while about declining inflation. (Though a few have lately become cautious about making a production number of this). But there is much less on how serious a problem food prices are. How huge an issue hunger still is. One indication of that does surface in the manifestos of political parties promising rice at Rs. 3 or Rs. 2 or even at Re. 1 a kg. (Oddly, to a population which seems to be set on buying cars, not foodgrain.) But then you know what these manifestos are.
So the media speak to their select bunch of certified experts, spokespersons and analysts and declare: there are no issues in this election. There certainly aren't many the media are talking about. And yes that comes as a relief to political forces enabled to evade some massive problems now unfolding. Even the chance of highlighting the emerging issues – which would be a big help to many voters – gets spiked. So we were treated to IPL versus elections, Varun Gandhi, Budiya, Gudiya, and heaps of similar blather. It is to the credit of Jarnail Singh (who gives Barefoot Journalism a whole new meaning) that he got us off the Varun Gandhi trivia and actually scored on an important issue of all elections since 1984,
There is a bizarre disconnect between what we report as developments in the United States and what we insist is the reality here. And, of course, there are significant differences – but we don't want to explore how those came about. For years, we've touted the benefits of one particular form of globalisation. In which the more integrated we were with the world economy (read U.S. and European), the better things got to be. But when things get worse there, it doesn't affect us. Oh no, not at all.
It's also a measure of the distance, in many ways, between the partygoers and the plebeians. For the latter, there was not much to be gung-ho about, anyway. Many of them would assure you they have issues. But how do we address problems whose existence we barely acknowledged in the first place? So forget about the agrarian crisis, and the 1,82,000 farm suicides associated with it over the past decade. And when was hunger or joblessness an issue (in the media), anyway? Most publications have given zero space to India's dismal show in the Global Hunger Index. All these are problems that pre-date the meltdown in Wall Street (itself something that, for the media, happened out of the blue, without warning).
Over the last year and a half, things have not been so great elsewhere either. The crisis of industry, negative growth in manufacturing, the loss of some jobs in these sectors – all these do find some mention. Most often, a passing mention. But things get really bad when the Top Ten per cent get spooked. They need to be reassured and must keep buying cars. At some point "not spooking them" means blurring the lines between illusion, ideology, reality and reporting. It could have very dangerous consequences.
For the vast mass of the population, which does not receive stock market updates on cellphones, things were not so bright anyway. The year 2006 is on record in the media as one of our great boom years. But it is the data from that year that place us at 132 in the United Nations Human Development Index. That's a fall from the already dismal rank of 128 we held – and places us below Bhutan. In terms of underweight children and malnourishment, India is a disaster zone. Many below us in the index fare a lot better on that front. We have the largest number of such children on the planet. And there are no issues? That the dominant political forces are able to evade the issues does not mean an absence of them. That we are unable to give coherence to the giant processes unfolding around us says more about the media, less about the issues.
As their orders run out, export-oriented sectors are in the doldrums. That's true of Gujarat, Maharashtra and elsewhere. As that happens, lakhs of workers – migrants from elsewhere – return to their homes in Orissa, Jharkhand or Bihar. What do they return to? To districts where there is an acute shortage of work – which is why they left in the first place. To a public distribution system in tatters that could not cater for even the earlier reduced population. To an NREGA that was insufficient to begin with – and which certainly, at present levels of funding, cannot cope with the addition of lakhs of people.
There is a time lag between the onset of the latest phase of recession – or call it what you will – and voting in these elections. We go to the polls this month and in May. The job losses amongst migrant workers and others are mounting by the week. You could have a pretty bad situation by the time the monsoon sets in. A few months later, it could be spectacularly bad. But the voting takes place now. Were these polls held some months from today, you would have very decisive results in most States. And the issues would not be Varun, Budiya, Gudiya or Amar Singh's endless adventures.
Meanwhile, there is little in the media that informs our audiences that we are part of the greatest economic crisis the world has seen in 80 years, the worst since the Great Depression. Nothing that prepares readers, listeners and viewers for what could follow. The only slowdown is in the news (and paralysed editorial intellect). The big downturn is in the media's performance. For the rest of the world it's a recession. One from which we could move towards far worse.


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And like that – blink! – a new war
by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Oh, they are using political euphemisms like a "no fly zone" and "protecting civilians." But those of us with but a modicum of memory recall the decade-long "no fly zone" over Iraq, which degraded its defensive capacities sufficient to allow its invasion and the disaster that followed.
President Obama, elected ostensibly as the candidate to extricate the U.S. out of at least one "stupid" war, has, bowing to right wing and corporate pressure, opened the door to yet another one.
Dissenters will argue that this isn't the same thing, that it's a "no fly zone," not an attack – and that Libya is no Iraq.
In fact, any armed intervention in another nation's war is – well, war. When France joined the U.S. side in its fight with Britain, it became a combatant – at war with England.
A "no fly zone," like a blockade, is an act of war. The gates are open.
And who dares doubt that this is about the West passing the mark of peak oil supply? If Libya didn't have oil, it would be ignored, as Congo is – or Zimbabwe.
The West didn't give a damn when Israel pummeled Lebanon into rubble or reduced Gaza to dust. When they killed civilians, it was, at best, "collateral damage." Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, when asked about Israel's relentless bombings of civilian targets during its obliteration of Lebanese infrastructure, called it "the sound of freedom being born."
Instead of a "no fly zone," the U.S. rushed to sell them more fighter jets! They ignored the bleats of the Arab League. Ah, the Arab League, founded in 1945 to "mediate disputes" between Arab states, has been used. In this instance, as a beard to cover Western interests.
Do you want to know what U.S. intelligence thought of its Arab "allies"? In Tim Weiner's "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA" (Doubleday: NY, 2007), he quotes high-ranking U.S. spies calling the kings of Jordan and Saudi, as well as the presidents of Lebanon and Iraq, "the four mongrels."
This war – like Iraq – will end in disaster. And we will look back and wonder how we got here.
© Copyright 2011 Mumia Abu-Jamal. Read Mumia's latest book, "Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the U.S.A.," available from City Lights Publishing, (415) 362-8193. Keep updated at www.freemumia.com. For Mumia's commentaries, visit www.prisonradio.org. For recent interviews with Mumia, visit www.blockreportradio.com. Encourage the media to publish and broadcast Mumia's commentaries and interviews. Send our brotha some love and light at: Mumia Abu-Jamal, AM 8335, SCI-Greene, 175 Progress Dr., Waynesburg PA 15370.
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Professor Kate Beard, DirectorUniversity of Maine
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
School of Computing and Information Science
5711 Boardman Hall (Room 348)
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5711
The School of Computing and Information Science together with the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) at the University of Maine seek applicants for an open rank academic-year tenure line joint faculty appointment effective September 1, 2013 with research foci in the area of spatial informatics. The School is an interdisciplinary unit encompassing Computer Science and Spatial Informatics and offering degrees in Computer Science (BS, MS, PhD) and Spatial Information Science and Engineering (MS, PhD). The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis is an organized research unit and leading research center in the area of Geographic Information Science with goals towards advancing major research innovations in spatial informatics and increasing the supply of PhD level students trained in spatial information science and engineering.
The successful candidate is required to contribute to the research agenda of the School, to advise and mentor graduate students in the graduate programs, and to teach in the School's academic programs. Spatial Informatics encompasses software systems for databases, sensor systems, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, information retrieval, and the semantic web and deals with methods for modeling, storing, retrieving, analyzing, and interacting with spatial information. The school seeks a candidate with research interests enhancing or complementary to its current research strengths in these areas. Any aspect of research expertise in Spatial Informatics would be considered but research interest and expertise in the following areas are preferred: spatial cognition, spatial semantics, spatial linguistics, mobile and ubiquitous computing and visual analytics.
Applicants must be committed to research excellence, graduate and undergraduate teaching and a high level of activity in securing external funding. A Ph.D. in computer science, information science, or a related discipline is required by date of hire. Academic rank and tenure status will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applicants must be available to start work on September 1, 2013. The position is part of a Maine Economic Improvement Fund initiative to further invest in Information Technology. The University of Maine is a land grant institution and the teaching, research, and service responsibilities of the selected candidate will be consistent with the land grant mission.
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reviews for: listing #73838 - Wilton Manors, Florida House rental
- bedrooms 4
- pool yes
- type House
- baths 3
- hot tub no
- community
- sleeps 10
- pets allowed yes
rates (USD)
$2,100 - $4,200 /wk
$6,000 - $8,000 /mth
Great stay at the Palm on 5th!
Review submitted: February 13, 2014 Date of arrival: February 5, 2014
The listing description was very accurate. The house was extremely clean and in great condition. Very enjoyable stay! Very easy and accommodating people to deal with. Location was easy to go to fun areas. Would highly recommend this house to anyone.
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Helpful votes: 1 / 1
Great deal for up to 10
Review submitted: December 5, 2013 Date of arrival: November 28, 2013
This home was a lovely place to stay while vacationing in Ft. Lauderdale. My friends and I come down for a week every year and have stayed in a number of homes. The only reason we did not choose from previous locations was that we had a larger group. WE LOVED IT!!!!! Very spacious and ALL the amenities one would need. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!
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Nice place Nice stay
Review submitted: October 29, 2013 Date of arrival: October 17, 2013
Nice villa on quiet place not far from fort laudedale and Miami as well.
Jonathan and Mélanie are very aviable and they are fast if something is not ok.
Thank you for all se you soon.
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Helpful votes: 2 / 2
Review submitted: August 26, 2013 Date of arrival: August 11, 2013
Nous sommes arrivé à 9 dans cette belle maison, après avoir vu les photos via le site internet on ne pouvais pas s'attendre a mieux .
Pourtant nous avons était encore surpris en découvrant la maison de tous ce quelle offrait. Nous avons ADORÉ cette jolie maison et tout son confort, proche de la mer, des commerces, de toutes les commodités.Nous avons appréciés l'équipement de la maison il ne manquai absolument rien, la glacière pour la plage, les chaise pour la plage, la cuisine entièrement équipée, le linge de maison que l'on à put changé et lavé tous les jours grâce a la machine a laver et au sèche linge. En bref j' ai déjà recommander cette maison a mes amis, et si je revient a Fort Lauderdale pour mes prochaine vacance, je repasserai mes vacance ici, un grand MERCI à Mélanie et Jonathan qui on toujours répondu a mes questions, et qui m'on mis très en confiance pour ma première location a l'étranger, il m'on aidez du début a la fin et même pendant notre séjour. N'hésitez pas a louer cette maison je la recommande.
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PARADISE on 5th - we just loved the place!
Review submitted: August 6, 2013 Date of arrival: July 13, 2013
We had 3 really, really nice weeks in this beautiful house. Wilton Manors is right in the middle of everything and a perfect "basecamp" for shopping, sightseeing and adventures in southern Florida. Just a few minutes to the nearest Publix, McDonalds, Burger King, Pharmacy, 7-eleven, K-Mart and a really broad variety of diners, restaurants, shops+++ Close to the beautiful city center of Fort Lauderdale and the city beach. Short drive to shopping at Sawgrass Mills and Miami Beach. We even spent 2 days in Orlando and 2 days in Key West during our stay. In other words: PERFECT!
Clean, modern and nice house with everything we could ask for. We were 2,5 families, 8 people all together – and both the 5-year, the 69-year old and us in-between loved the pool and the house ;-) The neighborhood is quiet and safe and the neighbors are really helpful and kind.
Thank you so much, Melanie and Jonathan, for top-of-the-line service and a great stay in your beautiful house. We will be back if you let us ;-) Actually we have already sent you a request for the Christmas holydays ;-))
On behalf of The Norwegian bunch,
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Helpful votes: 6 / 6
Great House
Review submitted: May 30, 2013 Date of arrival: May 18, 2013
What a wonderful time we had at your home last week. Your house is beautiful and we loved every thing about it. Everything you could possibly need was there, pool guy came twice to vacuum. Bedrooms were nice size with more than adequate closet space. I walked early in the morning through the neighborhood, the homes are very well maintained with beautiful landscaping. We used the pool every day, which was the perfect temperature. The weather was wonderful. We enjoyed Ft Lauderdale Beach and South Beach. I spent a good deal of time with my brother who was only half a mile from the house. Thank you for allowing us to enjoy your home. All transactions done with ease. Would definitely stay again.
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Helpful votes: 2 / 2
Quartier tranquille
Review submitted: April 22, 2013 Date of arrival: January 31, 2013
Maison accueillante. Quartier résidentiel quelconque mais sécuritaire avec possibilité de faire jogging dans les rues. Épicerie à 5 minutes en voiture. Plages 20 minutes.Piscine peu profonde idéale pour jeune enfants.
Peu de chaînes de télévision intéressantes, mais lecteur DVD (apportez vos films!)
Attention: patte du BBQ cassée au moment de notre séjour.
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Great house!
Review submitted: November 3, 2012 Date of arrival: October 26, 2012
The house is very spacious and updated. The beds were comfortable and there were plenty of linens and new appliances. We were able to walk to Wilton Dr, but chose to drive most nights because it's just under a mile walk and crossing Andrews isn't great after a few pops :) The neighborhood was quiet and we had no issues with playing music by the pool during the day. The grill worked great too.
What makes me really recommend this place is the owners. There was an internet outage and they were extremely responsive. He came over within a couple of hours and got it fixed. He was extremely appreciative of our business and genuinely cared.
The only drawback to the location is that the back deck doesn't get much sun in a big area for much of the day. We could fit four chairs close together and get into the sun for a couple of hours, but the pool and most of the deck is shady during the day. Also, the pool heater wasn't on for us, so the pool was 68 degrees. I should have asked the owner when he was there fixing the internet, but it didn't cross my mind. Just make sure you confirm this detail before you stay. I'm not sure if it's included or not.
Prior to signing the agreement, the manager agreed to a 2 hour late check out. But then right before our stay, she had to recind because of another booking that was checking in on our day of checkout. I didn't make a big deal of it even though we agreed to it in writing because they were so nice, and I knew they just wanted the next guests to have the best experience possible like they did for us.
Everyone I invited to the house was very impressed and we all really enjoyed our time. I would definitely stay here again.
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Helpful votes: 5 / 5
A lovely getaway!
Review submitted: October 29, 2012 Date of arrival: September 11, 2012
This is well appointed home and is GREAT for a family group. The owners really provided a lot of things that make this convenient for families with young children. It has an open floor plan with a large kitchen and table that seats 8+ - a high chair is provided as well as a pack and play, and even beach toys.
There are also three bathrooms so that everyone has their privacy.
This home is located in the middle of a quiet neighborhood, not far from the water but more easy to access 95 from than a beachfront rental, so traveling up and down the coast was easy.
The owners are very helpful and responsive, and the place was immaculately clean.
We are looking forward to our next visit and will try another of Jonathan and Melanie's properties for sure!
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Helpful votes: 3 / 3
Lovely home in urban Fort Lauderdale
Review submitted: February 2, 2012 Date of arrival: January 19, 2012
We all very much enjoyed our stay in this house. The house is very well equipped, clean and well maintained. It exceeded our expectations.
We were all very comfortable and there was enough space for 9 of us. Really enjoyed the outside area and the heated pool.
It is situated in the middle of urban Fort Lauderdale, in a pleasant neighbourhood. However, it is not as near to the beach or any shopping areas as we had believed. Essential to have a car!
Food shopping: Whole Foods
Shopping: Galleria Centre
Problems: bottom drawer in small bedroom broken, plug leaked in the shared bathroom so difficult to use the bath,
Would recommend the property.
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Helpful votes: 3 / 3
our stay at Wilton Manners on 5th Ave
Review submitted: January 6, 2012 Date of arrival: December 22, 2011
a good stay starts with good preparations. the information and online contact was excellent, to the point and made sure that we could find and enter the house after a long and tiring journey.the house is spacious and the location is excellent. beach, malls ,Wholefoods and Dunkin donut, you name it and you are there in a jiffy!
the neighbourhood is very quiet and safe and you feel as if you actually live in your own house. we lacked nothing, could cook a wonderful Xmasdinner and even had our fondue!!
the house was very clean, the beds made and we even discovered seats for the beach and an umbrella. there were towels for the beach and more than enough sheets to change the beds.our computers worked very well .
we dined 3 times at the Ritz Carlton which we can recommend . the food is good and the portions are very normal.for Europeans the price is reasonable.
the pool of the house is a real pool, you can have a good swim and sitting outside is a real pleasure , as long as the mosquito's didn't discover you!!
on arrival we found that part of the electricity did not work which resulted in going to bed with a torch, for two of our guests'.but the torch was there and the electricity man came asap to help us out.
so all in all a perfect holiday in a perfect surrounding and also perfect weather, despite the coldfront on the last 2 days but that was good for some shopping!
yvonne moerman,
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An Amazing Vacation!
Review submitted: September 21, 2011 Date of arrival: August 1, 2011
We rented the house on 5th avenue last summer for one week in august. We had a great time!
Everybody had their privacy because of the 3 bathrooms, the pool and the patio was up to our expectations. Sometimes you see pictures of houses you want to rent and there is a world of difference with what you see and what you get, not with these guys! It's about 5 km from the beach. They suggested a quiet beach without the crowds of the more 'touristy' locations and it was spectacular!
The grocery store is half way to the beach so if you want to grab something for the beach or on your way home it is very simple! All in all, we had a great stay; easy accessibility, nice spacious layout and super clean. We were pleasantly surprised of all the things that was in the house! The kitchen is fully stocked with everything you could need, even more than my own.
Congrats for what you have done with these houses the name of your site describes very well what it is!
I will definitely come back!
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Helpful votes: 10 / 12
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Access to wireless Internet throughout the hotel is available . The guests can feel free to relax in the sauna . In the restaurant, the guests can enjoy a tasty breakfast buffet in the morning . To make it comfortable for the hotel guests, the hotel offers a complimentary evening buffet, available Monday thru Saturday . Other amenities include 24-hour front desk, fax service, business center, conference facilities, guest laundry, and a business center .
The hotel offers comfortable single and twin guest rooms . All rooms and public areas are non-smoking . Upon request, the hotel can provide handicap equipped rooms and rooms allowing pets . The amenities include air-conditioning, cable TV, am/fm radio stereo, dataports, direct dial telephones, minibars, hairdryers, irons, and ironing boards .
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Campus Dining:
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Campus Strictness:
Love how strict they are.
Health & Safety:
I fell safe on campus, there are planets of security always walking around.
Overall Experience:
Making the decision to attend Azusa Pacific University was the best decision I have ever made! The experience you get cannot be compared to anything else. APU prepares you to be the best you, you can be, so that you can be effective in the Kingdom as well as in the next journey of your life. I'm so glad that there is still a school where they genuinely care about each and every student being successful!
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Once a person graduates from APU, there are endless of opportunities and jobs available for them. Not only are there endless opportunities, but APU faculty has prepared each student to succeed in whatever chosen field they should choose.
The facilities are well kept. There are a lot of activities and events that happen on campus. There is always a place open for students to hang out and enjoy.
Local Atmosphere:
Azusa Pacific University is located near anything and everything you can ever want or need! There are plenty of things to do outside of school. You are about 30 minutes or less from the beach, Disneyland, museums, downtown LA, and other great attractions. Every weekend I had something great to do, whether I went to a Los Angeles Lakers game, Olvera Street, the beach, or movies, I always had a great time!
I plan to do a Marketing internship through APU's school of business. I have heard nothing but of great things about the internship program, and I am excited to be able to do it. There are many different opportunities for the internship program, so I know that it will not be hard to intern somewhere I want to.
Azusa Pacific University provides the best curriculum for their students. APU provides the very best, and they excel in excellence with their programs for study abroad, work study, and general academics. Studying at APU is such a great experience!
APU has one of the best Business programs around! I love the all the opportunities one is offered, from the great business study abroad programs to the great business internships, studying business at APU prepares you to be successful in business.
Greek Life:
Hmm we don't have fraternities or sororities.
Football season is big during it's season and going to watch theater is fun. The theater students are very talented and always put on interesting plays. The libraries have a normal amount of people and are always empty on weekends except during finals. It is very packed and not a good place to study. People usually drive to the beach or go do something out of the city on weekends since we're close to L.A.
The scholarships and grants that I got from the school needed no essay or applications. They basically look at your incoming gpa and sat/act scores and give you whatever aid they think you deserve.Whether or not you keep getting the aid is based on your gpa. There are a few extra scholarships through out the year that come from organizations and clubs in the school. Those do require essays and applications.
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Lots of people dress like hipsters which I don't like. A lot of people care too much about their looks and people are often judged by their looks. Social life is great you just have to find the right people to mesh with. Many guys and girls are preppy but I try to avoid those for more down to earth people.
It's like your common sports scene. The most popular sports team is the football team and fan support is great. You know your usual.
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The only policies that affect you socially is that you can't be in your dorm or apartment with a friend of the opposite sex. Guys are only allowed to be in the girl dorms til 10pm on weekday and til 12am on weekends. They do round abouts but don't check everyone. They just check those that often bring their bf over all the time. In the apartments they don't really check. You do get suspended or expelled for consuming drugs or alcohol on school property. You also get expelled or suspended for plagiarism even if it just seems like it but isn't.
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I feel very safe on campus at least until 8pm. There is always someone around but late at night campus police is more spread out and the neighborhood is not the best. It is dangerous walking back from a 10 pm class when you are walking through the main parking lot though. Since it is empty people drive like crazy and enter from places they are not supposed to.
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The World > South America > Peru
Right above me is Huayna Picchu, the steep peak that rises behind Machu Picchu on most postcard view of the ancient site. I climbed it some years ago when it could be done freely but now one has to pre-book to do it.
Right above me at 2,430m a.s.l. is the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu that sits at the saddle betwee...
This is a view from the hike up to the top of Huayna Picchu, Wayna Picchu. It is about half way up a...
Here Rio Urubamba is about to take another 90° turn and the tourist trap of Aguas Calientes is only a...
View from Huayna Picchu to Machu Picchu. Located near Cusco, Peru.
The place swarmed now with tourists became more like a busy theme park on a Sunday morning and walkin...
"Intihuatana" is a curious stone pillar that occupies a prime location on a flat-top pyramid near the...
South America makes up the southern half of the Americas and a large part of Latin America. It's home to the world's longest mountain range, biggest waterfall and largest river -- even these mammoths pale in comparison to the stunning variety of life forms thriving in the rainforest.
To the northwest, off the coast of Ecuador, lie the Galapagos Islands, which are unique for hosting species not found anywhere else on earth. These were the subject of study for Charles Darwin in his theory of evolution, which he himself said will require proof in every single case.
The main languages in South America are Spanish and Portugese, which basically tells you which European countries colonized the place. The South American wars of independence took place over two decades in the early 19th century, led by Simon Bolivar of Venezuela and Jose san Martin of Argentina.
Following liberation from Portugal and Spain, South America took off into its own development, capitalizing on the rich deposits of oil, gold, copper, silver and tango musicians.
Brazil is the largest country in South America and home to one of the world's best parties, Carnaval. Have you heard of samba music? How about bossa nova? Maybe dancing for three days straight?
I can't say enough good things about South America. All the world's continents have amazing secrets and treasures laying in wait for your discovery, but in South America... just have a look at our pictures while you're waiting for online confirmation of your plane tickets to hit your inbox.
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