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Valentine's Day: that special day each year when we get to show our cameras (or *cough* loved ones) how much we ♥ them.
Whether you have a valentine or not, it's a great time to give love (and chocolate!) to your friends, GF/BF, family, or yourself. Just keep your hands off our Leica, she's spoken for! ;)
With that in mind, what better time to round up some feel-good photo projects than Valentine's Day?
We've whipped up a quick batch of our sweetest photo projects to shower your friends, loved ones, and walls with photo love!
Click on for secret valentine film rolls, origami photo hearts, color-me-in photography valentine cards, and even more (omg).
Five Fun Photo Projects That Help Spread The Love
The secret photo valentine
Have a secret someone you want to surprise this Valentine's Day? Why not make a valentine with your camera?
Load a brand new roll of film into your camera and start snapping photo-messages to your special somebody.
You might want to try holding up hand written love messages, photographing all the places you went on dates together, or taking pics of all your shared favorite things to remember (like trampoline park-stravaganza 2k11!).
When you're done, wrap your exposed roll of film in colored paper or tape, and send it on it's way to your sweetie with special directions on when to get it developed.
The photo booth photo crawl
Whether it's a first date or a 50th anniversary, there's no better way to bond than over photos.
Going on a photo booth crawl around your city is a great way for you and your special somebody to spend time getting to know each other – while taking tons of pics!
Flying solo? A photobooth is also a great way to make valentines greetings for your friends. Bring props and a pair of scissors to cut up the photo strip, and you'll instantly have 4 unique photo greetings to share. (Or send a 4-photo sequence to an extra special someone.)
We made ours on our Mac's Photo Booth app; it's a handy alternative for photo boothing at home.
…Is a simple Valentine's photo booth too easy for ya? Check out this adorable collection of photo booth proposals if you've got something shiny up your sleeve. ;)
A picture shaped like love
Want a fast project you can share with your friends, use to decorate, or give as gifts?
Simple origami hearts out of photographs are a perfect way to celebrate the holiday, so grab some photos and get ready to fold!
Use any sized photo you like! Just cut it into a square shape, and follow this simple online guide to fold a perfect origami heart.
You can easily fold photos of any type, but for best results you might want to try folding photos that are printed on plain paper first. The thinner the paper, the easier to fold!
Tuck a note inside your heart shaped photo, give one as a gift, or shower someone with a hundred photo hearts! (We suggest a bucket-full carefully placed on a door ledge. Muahaha.)
The heart shaped photo box
Whether you're giving or receiving chocolates this year, you can easily use photos to make 'em even more special.
For a fun and easy to make heart shaped photo box, simply cover the top of your chocolate box with glue (or glue stick), paste on your favorite photos, and trim off the extra with scissors or a sharp blade.
It'll make your chocolatey gifts more personal, and also give you a reason to keep your own heart shaped box all year long!
Extra Tip: For a fun Valentine's twist on our office photo pranks project, try photographing an empty box of chocolates and pasting it on the lid of a full box.
Think pink! See Red!
Looking for a fun project that shows off your holiday spirit and mad photo skillz at the same time?
Try squeezing as much red (and/or pink, magenta) as you possibly can into a photo (bonus points for a self-portrait!)
Don't just stop at red clothing or a red backdrop, we're talkin' about going all-out! (Why not give face painting a whirl? Or hold a red only themed tie-dye party to prepare?)
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After a three-week trial that ended Wednesday, Feb. 26, a jury awarded approximately $9.7 million in damages to an Absecon man injured in a motorcycle accident.
Mark Mazzone was severely injured in a collision Aug. 28, 2008 while riding his motorcycle on Route 30 in Waterford Township, which is part of Camden County. The jury found that Waterford Township and Atlantic City Electric were largely responsible for the accident due to a sight obstruction at an intersection.
The case was tried in New Jersey Superior Court, Camden County Division, before Judge Robert G. Millenky. The jury deliberated for two days before awarding Mazzone some $9.7 million in damages, according to a news release.
"Due to circumstances that were completely out of his control, Mark Mazzone's life changed on the day of his accident," said Steven Johnson of D'Arcy Johnson Day of Egg Harbor Township, who argued the case with his partner Patrick D'Arcy. "Fortunately, the jury in this case appreciated the severity of his injuries, as well as the accountability of the municipality and the utility company that contributed to the dangerous condition that day."


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NRL Racing Junior Team needs coaches and riders
NRL Racing is a Junior U18 and U23 development cycling team, fueling enthusiastic bicycle racers from the SF Bay Area, specifically from the East Bay. We have racers ranging from beginner mountain bikers to dedicated road racers. The team focuses on Road, Track, XC and DH Mtn, BMX and any other form of two wheel HPV racing and competition. All levels are welcome to join on the basis that they dedicate themselves to bringing the best out of their potential! http://www.nrlracing.org
We do not have an elite team like other junior teams and give equal benefits to all members who are active.
The team is looking for Coaches for the MTB Team which races in the NorCal League and beyond this during the summer MTB Races.
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-Attendance to the NorCal races and other MTB Races we will compete in usually on sundays. Maybe 15 races in an entire year.
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Electrosonic Group has announced that Jim Evans joining the company as manager, business development and consultant relations for the North American Video Display Solutions (VDS) business as of June 1, 2006.
"I'm very happy to be working with Jim again," says VDS general manager Alan Dresner, who was a former manager of Evans's at Christie Digital. "Jim brings a wealth of experience and industry relationships to our group. He will be responsible for vertical market business development for solutions and products as well as supporting AV and vertical market consultants and architects as Electrosonic successfully leverages its Quantum, Matrix and Glimpse products across numerous application areas."
Evans comes to Electrosonic after two years as senior manager, consultant relations with Christie Digital, where he was responsible for revitalizing contacts and communication channels with AV consultants nationwide as well as spearheading development of numerous large, high profile projects for the company.
Prior to that time Evans served as national AV channel manager for PolyVision. Earlier, he spent five years with NEC Solutions (America) as Mid-Atlantic district sales manager and then NEC's government sales manager, and four years with Hughes-JVC Technology Corp. as Mid-Atlantic regional sales manager and government sales manager.
"I see Electrosonic as a cutting-edge company that's doing something different, something many companies hope to emulate but few can," says Evans. "This parleys with my experience in military and command and control, and laying groundwork with clients. I hope to contribute to getting the message out about Electrosonic's great strengths into the different market segments where the company is a player, and educating potential users and clients."


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Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
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ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – The Abbotsford Heat stormed out to an early lead and handed the Grand Rapids Griffins their fourth straight loss, beating them 4-2 on Friday night at the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre.
The Griffins (35-30-2-8) will meet the Heat (35-29-4-6) again tomorrow in Abbotsford at 10 p.m. after dropping a game that got more important as the night went on. Grand Rapids now trails Lake Erie by eight points for the final guaranteed playoff spot in the North Division, after Hamilton jumped into second place with their win tonight. They're also five points behind a trio of West Division teams looking to take advantage of the AHL's crossover rule and secure the fourth playoff seed in the North.
The ice was titled towards the Abbotsford net in the early going, as the Griffins received three straight powerplays to start the game. However, it was the Heat who capitalized first, scoring at the 14:49 mark. Ales Kotalik, who was reassigned by the parent Calgary Flames yesterday, took a cross-ice feed from Carter Bancks and launched a one-timer past Thomas McCollum for his fifth goal of the season.
The Heat rode that momentum into the second period, enabling them to take a 3-0 lead. Ryan MacMurchy struck first at 3:59, beating McCollum with a backhander in close, before Heat captain Quintin Laing added his 11th of the year at 6:56. Laing took a long shot from the top of the circle and found his own rebound, which he was able to squeeze in from a bad angle.
Matt Keith found the back of the net at 18:15 as the Heat added one more before the second period ended. Keith raced in along the right wing and fired a slap shot over the glove hand of McCollum to give the Heat a 4-0 lead. McCollum, who made 18 saves in his first AHL start since Feb. 13, was pulled in favor of Jordan Pearce to start the third period.
Brent Raedeke got the Griffins on the board at 7:41 with his 8th goal of the season. Raedeke snapped a long shot past Leland Irving after a drop pass from Gustav Nyquist. Nyquist has now picked up a point in each of his first three professional games.
With 1:04 to go, the Griffins made it 4-2 when Brendan Smith came out of the box and put heavy pressure on a Heat defender who was retrieving a puck in his own end. An active stick by Smith helped force a loose puck that slid past Irving. Smith didn't receive credit for the goal for not touching the puck; Joakim Andersson, the last Griffin to touch it, was given his 7th goal on the season.
Three Stars: 1. ABB Brodie (two assists); 2. ABB Kotalik (goal); 3. ABB Dowling (assist)
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Filing for VA Compensation – Retiring in the Philippines Part IIFor at least the next few years there is going to be a VA Regional Office in Manila, and THAT is a good thing for anyone considering retiring here. Originally, my intention was to file for my disability compensation BEFORE coming over, but I changed my mind after sending an email to a Mr. McQuown at the Manila VA back in early 2002 just months before I retired. He assured me that it would be no problem to file my disability claims in the Philippines, so I took the plunge.
Its four years later – was it a smart move, or would I have been better off filing in the USA before coming over? Actually, it turned out to be a great move to file here instead of the United States, and for a couple of different reasons. The primary one – medical evidence! To ensure you maximize your claim results, you'll need medical evidence, and it's easier to get plenty of it fast and cheap right here in the Phils. I will probably provide more on the necessity for medical evidence in a later post, or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com for my current treatise on what a veteran needs to know to file for VA disability.
Another reason to file in the Philippines: access to information. When you retire here, especially to areas such as Angeles City, Olangapo, and Baguio where hundreds of American military retirees currently live, with very little effort you will make contact with kindred spirits like yourself, people who are either going through the VA application process, or who have already gone through it. These folks will be a great help in steering you in the right direction for advice, and warning you of the pitfalls that await you once you enter the VA lair. Better yet, the REALLY smart ones will advise you to acquire the services of a veteran service officer like me. Do not try to do it by yourself – the VA will eat you alive if you do.
Right up until about a year ago, I would have said that another motive to file at the VA Regional Office in Manila was that a veteran would have a better chance for a quick and accurate adjudication of his claim. I WON'T say that anymore. I don't know if its just here, or if its happening at all the VA regional offices, but decisions out of Manila have been taking longer, and they have more often than not been going AGAINST veterans, and that's in spite of medical evidence that used to mean automatic approval. My opinion – there is a drive in the "VA institution" to reduce claim amounts to save bucks, and to do what I call "kick the can." That is, the VA raters seem to be simply denying what I think are "good claims," which then forces veterans to go through the lengthy appeal process. I know I sound libelous, but THAT is exactly what SEEMS to be happening. Hey, I call 'em as I see 'em.
And finally, a very valid basis to come here and file is the low cost of living in this country. Why? Because being able to concentrate ALL your efforts and energy on pursuing your VA compensation gives you a decided advantage over those who do so in the States. Veterans in the U.S.A. usually MUST worry about making money, and that means finding a job, so they are usually unable to do the things and acquire the evidence they need to maximize their claims. Living here, you will be able to make your VA pursuits your job. My experience: a half-hearted attempt will give you feeble results.
And consider this, if you expect the VA to do the right the thing by you, by conducting a thorough medical examination and then to use the exam results to properly rate your service-connected conditions, forget about it! My experience is that VA doctors habitually trivialize veteran's conditions, and usually, if a vet overlooks an ailment on the initial claim form, the VA will NOT normally consider it, no matter how obvious it is. Shameful? You bet it is! So, to overcome this VA tendency to mess over veterans during the compensation application process, veterans MUST concentrate their personal efforts to ensure best results, and that is BEST done here, where making a living is NOT the primary order of things.
Hence, all you veterans contemplating retiring here, come on over and come see me, or someone like me. Filing for VA disability compensation? The Phils is the place to be.
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SARANAC LAKE — The woman charged with murdering Ward Guy Wilbur on Monday called police that morning to report a "possible assault."
Angela Ball, 29, of Saranac Lake faces second-degree-murder charges in the death of Wilbur, a former boyfriend. She was arraigned in Saranac Lake Village Court late Monday night and sent to Franklin County Jail without bail.
Wilbur, 65, died in Apartment 3 at 19 Morris Way, where it appears Ball had been living for the past two months or so.
He suffered blunt-force trauma and stab wounds, said Franklin County District Attorney Derek Champagne.
Wilbur left his home at 19 Adirondack Loj Road in Lake Placid on Monday morning, driving his maroon Toyota sedan to Ball's apartment, located in a residential neighborhood off Route 3 in the Village of Saranac Lake, Champagne said at a news conference Tuesday.
Wilbur arrived at about 8:30 a.m., and Saranac Lake Police Department Chief Bruce Nason said police believe he died "not long" after that because when they arrived at 11 a.m., it appeared he had been dead for awhile.
When asked if Wilbur's life could have been saved if authorities had been called earlier, Champagne said, "The injuries were catastrophic."
Police seized a knife and baseball bat from Ball's apartment, Champagne said.
They also seized her clothing, about 100 small marijuana starter plants, some pot-growing equipment and Ball's dog, now in the care of Elmore SPCA.
Champagne would not comment on whether drugs or alcohol were a factor in the alleged murder.
Ball, who is originally from the Philadelphia area, had lived at 1951 State Route 86 in the Town of Harrietstown but had apparently moved to 19 Morris Way sometime during the past two months.
She and Wilbur had known each other for about two years, Champagne said. They had been in an "intimate relationship" for the first year and had broken up but were still friends, the DA said.


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A Portageville man is facing felony stealing charges in what police are calling an internet scam.
According to Capt.
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Randy D. Barton, 24, of Portageville, was arrested on felony stealing charges.
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October 29 the New Madrid County Sheriff's Department
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The warrant came after an internet scam investigation conducted by members of the Missouri
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The news of Susan Sontag's death arrived as a single sentence spoken in the opening moments of a radio news program Tuesday morning, and then the program returned to what had been the main story since the day after Christmas: the tsunami and the death toll, then in the tens of thousands, that would continue to rise. It was strange to weigh these two incidents of mortality against each other. Though for some people it would be considered insensitive or irreverent even to do so, one of the things to be appreciated about Sontag, I think, is that she considered everything a proper occasion for more thinking, more analyzing, more writing.
I knew her very slightly: In the spring of 2003, she had invited me to visit her at home, in her apartment with a view of sky, river, and the back ends of rooftop gargoyles, and I visited a few times. It was an invitation to enter the republic of literature as she saw it, and one of the things clear through all her work is that she was not interested merely in writing, but in tending and cultivating a literature-based public sphere in which ideas and principles mattered. It was a romantic idea, but not an unrealistic one — since, after all, she realized it. Sontag used her tremendous visibility to enter the political realm directly, going to Bosnia, taking stands on the Vietnam and Yugoslav wars, serving as American president of PEN, berating the Israelis as she accepted the Jerusalem Prize from them, defending Salman Rushdie in particular and free speech and human rights in general.
The BBC set up a tribute website immediately, and a man who had been prompted by On Photography to go back and finish college at age 48 wrote in, as did a man who had been inspired by her Sarajevo production of Waiting for Godot in the ruins of Sarajevo to direct Romeo and Juliet in Beirut; admirers from Vancouver to Gdansk to Taipei posted comments, as did a number of sneering detractors, some still bitter about her post-September 11 comments. Only God is right about everything, which is why we are fortunate that God speaks so seldom. It is not important whether or not Sontag was always right in her conclusions, only that she was right in raising the issues that she did; for the most useful position is the one that prompts people to test an idea and perhaps think for themselves by disagreeing. After all, on key subjects from communism to photography, she eventually disagreed with her earlier self. What she said when writing about the Jewish mystic Simone Weil can be said of her outspoken writing as well: "An idea which is a distortion may have a greater intellectual thrust than the truth; it may better serve the needs of the spirit…"
Sontag has achieved the immortality of people whose work reaches far beyond them in time and space, not one that means death does not matter, only that part of her is still here for us — a truth born out immediately by the way her comments on photography and representation allow us to continue navigating the news and examine the terms in which it is delivered to us.
In the disaster around the
When the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area on
This thousand-times-larger Indonesian earthquake was not like a truce but like a war, and for a while the death count hovered near what the estimated Iraqi death count is in our current war, and then it rose higher. The tsunami has been treated as an occasion when we should know as much as possible, see as much as possible, feel as much as possible, give as much as possible. You can look at the superabundant photographs of those scenes of devastation, those bodies contorted with grief and loss, and extrapolate from them that the assault on Fallujah must have left orphans with the same blank, stunned looks on their faces, mothers without children contorted with the same unbearable grief, must have shattered homes, families, lives, hopes with the same kind of physical force. To realize this is to realize how much imagery — or its lack — shapes our response to both disasters. When our military has created the catastrophe, we are not allowed to see so much or encouraged to empathize or attempt to assuage it with charitable contributions –though those contributions are made anyway: the day the tsunami struck, the
The Iraq War has been a strangely unseen war, or rather a war in which conventional and uncontroversial images are the standard fare — lots of pictures of us, few of them, images of blown-up military vehicles and uninhabited Iraqi ruins, but not in this country the images of the injured and the dead civilians we have been producing in such prodigious numbers, nothing like the images of the tsunami. But it has also been a war of images. There was the staged toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein as our invasion ended. There was the crisis opened up by leakage of photographs of Abu Ghraib torture (which Sontag wrote about in one of her last published pieces, "Regarding the Torture of Others") and more recently the American soldier shooting a wounded man in a mosque in Fallujah. And there are the videotapes of guerrillas beheading their captives in what seemed to be media stunts of a sort. We know that Al-Jazeera shows radically different images of this war and of the Israeli-Palestinian war, a difference both generated by and reinforcing the different views on those conflicts. Even Europeans see more graphic images of such civilian casualties.
You can remember the ways this war has been kept invisible, so out of range of our potential for empathy or outrage that even photographs of the returning coffins of American soldiers were banned — and then obtained and distributed against the Pentagon's wishes. The San Francisco Chronicle ran a gallery of pictures of the all
You can say in some ways that what has happened in Iraq is a tsunami that swept ten thousand miles from the epicenter of an earthquake in Washington DC, an earthquake in policy and principle that has devastated countless lives and environments and cities far away — and near at hand, where friends and families of dead soldiers also grieve, and tens of thousands of those kids sent abroad to carry out a venal foreign policy are maimed in body and spirit. You can add up the numbers we spent to achieve all this devastation like that of the tsunami, the more than $150 billion it cost us to make this suffering and devastation. You can compare that price to the tiny offering of money Bush made, when he was forced to interrupt his Texas vacation — first $15 million, then $35 million (approximately the cost of his inauguration), and then, under shaming pressure, $350 million. You can understand the harnessing of the forces of nature — aerodynamics, chemistry, atomic fission — as means of making war more like natural disaster in its indifference, its scale, its ruination. But never natural.
One of the challenges of a natural disaster is that there is no one to blame, to allow us to make the shift from the difficulty of grief that is a kind of love to the ease of scorn or loathing that is a kind of hatred. Some polemicists have already moved to castigate governments, perhaps as a way of moving away from the uncertain, uneasy realm of such vast suffering that is in many ways natural, suffering that can be mitigated and sometimes prevented but not banned or outlawed. The economics that kept these countries from having warning systems and pushed the poor into living on the perilous coastal edge are part of the disaster, but no government generated or even foresaw this earthquake with, says my local paper, the force of 2 million atomic bombs the size of the one dropped on
Thus politics plays a small role in this disaster, which is therefore not entirely natural, but not nearly as unnatural as drought- and war-induced famine, as anything having to do with the weather nowadays, like the four hurricanes to hit
Sontag wrote beautifully about the images that we see, particularly those of suffering and of war. Now I wish she had said more about what we don't see, about how photographs must be weighed against the obliviousness they dispel as well as against the callousness they might generate, the exploitation they might cause, and the perils of interpretation. In her most recent book, Regarding the Pain of Others, Sontag writes, "Being a spectator of calamities taking place in another country is a quintessential modern experience, the cumulative offering by more than a century and a half's worth of those professional, specialized tourists known as journalists. Wars are now also living room sights and sounds." And then she took up her old argument, in On Photography, that there should be an "ecology of images" to keep "compassion, stretched to its limits" from "going numb." She argues with her former self, "There isn't going to be an ecology of images. No Committee of Guardians is going to ration horror, to keep fresh its ability to shock." But the images of Abu Ghraib were shocking anyway, and the images of the tsunami are harrowing.
What is now most striking now about Sontag's argument is that it is not so much about photography but about compassion, an emotion and an ethic that photographs can awaken or undermine. Elsewhere in Regarding the Pain of Others, she writes, "Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. The question is what to do with the feelings that have been aroused, the knowledge that has been communicated. People don't become inured to what they are shown — if that's the right way to describe what happens — because of the quantity of images dumped on them. It is passivity that dulls feeling."
We can act to deal with the consequences of the earthquake and tsunami, but the disaster was only faintly political — not only the poor died but thousands of Europeans and Americans. The relief will be very political, in who gives how much, and to whom it is given, but the event itself transcends politics, the realm of things we cause and can work to prevent. We cannot wish that human beings were not subject to the forces of nature, including the mortality that is so central a part of our own nature. We cannot wish that the seas dry up, that the waves grow still, that the tectonic plates cease to exist, that nature ceases to be beyond our abilities to predict and control. But the terms of that nature include such catastrophe and such suffering, which leaves us with sorrow as not a problem to be solved but a fact. And it leaves us with compassion as the work we will never finish.
Rebecca Solnit is a writer and activist based in
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The Gateway to Hope homeless shelter has requested a one-year extension in their permit to continue helping the homeless in Tyler, but some neighbors are asking city council to require them to move.
The shelter, called Gateway to Hope, requested that the city council consider approving a Special Use Permit renewal to allow for the operation of a homeless day resource room for a one-year period of time.
The owner of the homeless shelter, which is located at 601 E. Valentine, said they've seen 9,000 guests and have helped many find jobs, and should be allowed to continue to do so.
The city asked neighbors their feelings regarding the shelter remaining open in that location, and there was a 10.75 percent protest.
Members on the Gateway to Hope board told the council they might be being blamed for things they have nothing to do with, such as throwing cigarettes into neighbors lawns.
A gentleman who owns a restaurant across the street from the facility told the city council he believes the organization should look for a new location so they can continue the good work they are doing.
He said the businesses are suffering because of the various issues that are occurring. He said he has lost 60 percent of his business after the organization opened. He said the biggest problem they've had is loitering on his property and people asking for food and money.
He said he held a meeting with neighbors who all agree that after 4 p.m. loitering becomes a problem. He showed the council photos of trash left behind an people loitering.
The council asked if he complained to the organization when these problems arose. The man said he did speak to a director about the issues.
The man said his wife has asked him to move from the area because of the economic hardships they are now facing, but he has used all of his life savings to keep the restaurant open. He wants Gateway to Hope to move to another location.
The owner of Gateway to Hope said that numerous solutions to the complaints have been created, such as the installation of security cameras and placement of a fence. Also, a Spanish language interpreter has been enlisted at the shelter to communicate with the neighbors.
She also said that the shelter was not made aware of any issues and had no idea neighbors had problems with the facility.
Other neighbors claim that after the facility closes, the homeless hang out in their yard, leaving trash and cigarettes on their property. One family also said they can no longer sit on their porch, as the homeless people approach them asking for money. They said they did indeed approach the facility and they have contacted the police, as well.
The owner of the shelter said the organization has tried to reach that family, and they have spoken with those who come to the organization, asking them not to smoke near the neighbors' homes.
The organization's business manager said she has been with Gateway to Hope since its inception and said the neighbors never let them know of any criticism, and that she will continue to try to work with the neighbors to address any other issues.
A homeless man spoke on behalf of the organization and said if it were not for Gateway to Hope, he doesn't know where he would be.
Another homeless man spoke, telling the council that there is an obvious communication barrier that needs to be worked out, however he believes the organization is making a difference in may lives and needs to be remain open.
Council called in Tyler Police Chief Gary Swindle who said the crime has actually decreased in that area since the opening of the organization.
He said it wasn't a significant decrease, but it drop by one or two cases.
Chief Swindle did say they patrol the area.
The council suggested that those who are opposed to the extension get to know the officers who patrol that area.
The chief said he does not have any police report that directly relates to Gateway of Hope.
However, Tyler Planning and Zoning committee has heard their concerns.
Council members acknowledged that there are cultural and communication challenges.
Council members said these challenges need to be worked out and it is not going to happen overnight, but a resolution could be made if the people involved will work together.
A motion was made to approve the one-year extension. Council approved the motion.
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Friday, May 1st, there will be an artist reception for Amanda Breitbach in the Dawson Community College Art Gallery 126 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM with an artist talk at 6:30. This gathering is free and open to the public. Please join us for a viewing of Amanda's photographs, for conversation, and refreshments. If you can't make it on Friday, Gallery 126 is open Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, & Tuesday-Thursday 6:30 – 9:00 PM and Summer hours are Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Amanda's new series Roosts is on exhibit from April 27 – June 26. For more info: http://www.dawson.edu/ [4]
Amanda's new series Roosts, as she describes it, is about slowing down and taking the opportunity to enjoy the spaces in between. For Amanda, the Roosts series began to unfold with a vision of taking photographs of chairs in settings that look like good places to sit. "Not to nap or to do anything else in particular, but to empty your mind and breathe in. Look around you – carefully enough to see something. Notice things. Pay attention. Appreciate whatever there is." As the series progressed Amanda developed a discerning eye for discovering irresistible chairs in all kinds of interesting places.
Amanda was inspired by her life experience to share this series of peaceful moments. She says, "Slowly and reluctantly throughout my life, I have learned the virtues of sitting still. Watching the world go by is a wonderful pastime. People, dogs, trees, clouds are endlessly interesting. I hope viewers can put themselves into these spaces and relax. Better yet, I hope these images remind them to stop for a moment in life, to truly see and appreciate their surroundings."
Among her many endeavors, Amanda Breitbach brings her talents to the Glendive Ranger Review as a photographer and managing editor. As part of its staff, she helps our community stay in-touch and keeps a record of our local history. Her wonderful photographs grace the pages of every Ranger and bring the stories of eastern Montana to life.
Amanda Breitbach was born in Circle, Montana and raised on a family farm and ranch north of town. She has an intimate appreciation for the personality of eastern Montana and it shows in her photographs. After graduating from Circle High School, she went to Montana State University in Bozeman. There she studied photography and French, finishing with dual bachelor's degrees in 2004. Amanda then joined the Peace Corps and served in Guinea, West Africa for two years as an agro-forestry volunteer. She returned to eastern Montana after completing her service in 2007.
Inspired by the sun and sky, the people she meets, and a good sense of humor, Amanda enjoys photographing nearly everything. Most recently, two of her photographs were chosen for the Custer County Art and Heritage Center's 30th annual Southeastern Montana Juried Exhibit, "Works on Paper." One piece was, also chosen for the 2009 traveling collection, which makes stops in galleries all over eastern Montana, including Glendive. Her work has, also been shown in juried expositions at the Helen E. Copeland Gallery, the Cheever Hall Lower Gallery, and the Weaver Room at the Emerson Cultural Center, as well as, in a solo exhibit at the Lightwriter Gallery in Bozeman, and her work was chosen Best in Show at the Naked Negative exhibition in 2003. Amanda exhibits locally at the DCAU Gallery, where she was the featured artist last spring.
Amanda has a lot to contribute and she keeps herself busy pursuing her varied interests. She not only continues to make use of her photography degree; she also keeps her French language skills alive in weekly conversations with friends. An amateur runner, she is helping organize the Terry Badlands Trail Run, coming up this summer on June 27. She enjoys being involved in the Glendive Community Garden and is taking classes to develop her skills in ceramics with Kevin Layton at the Custer County Art and Heritage Center of Miles City. She is also preparing to take the next big leap in her life, by taking vows this fall with Ryan Ragsdale in Makoshika State Park.
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WARRINGTON Wolves star Richie Myler and former Blue Peter daredevil Helen Skelton said 'I do' at the weekend during a beautiful ceremony in Cumbria.
The pair tied the knot surrounded by family, friends and fellow players at St Michael's church in Kirkby Thore, near Helen's home town in Penrith.
Villagers said there had been a 'real buzz' about the place ahead of the wedding with around 100 turning out on a wintry day to wish the couple well.
Brenda and Barry Thompson, who run the village Post Office, said: "The wedding has been the talk of the village and we will definitely walk past the church and wish her well.
"She could have had the wedding in some big place but to have it here shows what she's like – she still has her feet on the ground."
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Ahead of the big day, 30-year-old Helen, who has been spotted cheering on her scrum half husband from the stands a number of times over the past two seasons, tweeted: "Feeling very lucky to have such top family and friends. Xxxx"
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The Chicago Bears are heading out west to take on the Oakland Raiders on Friday. It is Week 3 of the preseason, meaning that starters should see extended playing time. Bears head coach Marc Trestman has already confirmed that the first-stringers will play at least until halftime. The Raiders haven't confirmed anything, but with so many holes to fill, expect the team to push players in contention for starting roles.
The Bears are coming off a tighter-than-expected win over the San Diego Chargers. After leading 20-0 in the first half, the Bears gave ground in the second half to escape with a 33-28 victory. The offense will look to have more consistent success moving the ball downfield, while the defense and special teams try to maintain their opportunistic ways after forcing four turnovers last week.
The Raiders will be keeping a watchful eye on the left tackle position, where Alex Barron will be filling in for the injured Jared Veldheer. Barron is a former first-round pick turned journeyman who has reportedly played well during Raiders training camp.
Ex-St. Louis Rams general manager Bill Devaney, who drafted Barron in 2005, criticized the left tackle this week, saying, "he does not like anything about the game except getting paid." Barron may now be the most important component of the Raiders' offensive success this season.
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Colts QB Peyton Manning underwent a procedure Tuesday to relieve pain in his neck caused by a pinched nerve, according to an official team release issued Wednesday.
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The St. Louis Rams claimed rookie running back Terrance Ganaway and defensive tackle Kellen Heard off waivers to fill two open roster spots.||||||| Heard, 6-6 and 339 pounds, played for Rams defensive line coach Mike Waufle in Oakland in 2010 after making the team as an undrafted free agent. He made two starts last year for Buffalo.
Heard returned to practice Wednesday a day after hurting his lower right leg.||||||| Coach Chan Gailey said tests came back negative and added that Heard should be ready to play in the Bills' second preseason game at Minnesota on Friday.
Heard limped off and did not return after hurting his lower right leg midway through practice Tuesday night.||||||| Coach Chan Gailey had no immediate update except to say Heard was having tests. Gailey said backup offensive tackle James Carmon was also having tests after the undrafted rookie hurt his wrist. Heard, who is competing for a backup job, was hurt during a team drill when he went down in a pile of players. He was slow getting up, and then limped off into the end zone. That's where trainers spent about five minutes examining the player's foot and ankle.
The Buffalo Bills have signed hulking defensive tackle Kellen Heard off of the Oakland Raiders' practice squad.||||||| Listed at 6-foot-6 and 355 pounds, Heard initially signed with the Raiders last spring as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Memphis. He also spent part of his college career at Texas A&M.


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To improve its financial performance in the midst of declining revenues, EMI has been particularly focused on selling more music through digital channels, such as Apple's iTunes and downloadable ring tones licensed to telecommunications carriers. However, the real challenge remains for EMI and its labels to build a more robust stable of artists and generate more hit album releases. The company relies heavily on sales of albums from past British royalty, including David Bowie, Queen, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the Sex Pistols, and Pink Floyd.
Before being acquired by Terra Firma for $4.9 billion in 2007, EMI had been the object of several takeover attempts, the most aggressive from competitor Warner Music Group (WMG). EMI and WMG tried several times to combine, but efforts were thwarted by European regulators or questions of the respective companies' values. Overall, the two companies had been engaged in a seven-year struggle to merge, having attempted to combine four times since 2000.
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Thursday, October 04, 2012Pigskin Picks
Hanneman's primary beat is Findlay High School, a gig he inherited upon Dave Egbert's untimely passing in 1990.
Closely following one team has certain advantages, like a better understanding of the individual players and their strengths and weaknesses, or a closer rapport with the coaches and staff.
There comes a time, though, when you just might have to question a beat writer's sanity.
And this appears to be one of those times.
When Hanneman and Jamie Baker turned in their Pigskin Picks this week, they disagreed on the outcome of two games. One, Hopewell-Loudon's game at Fremont St. Joseph, is understandable. On paper, that seems like a pretty even matchup.
It's the other pick that has us scratching our collective noggins. You see, in a big Three Rivers Athletic Conference matchup, Hanneman is picking Findlay, a team averaging 52.3 points a game, over unbeaten and No. 6-ranked Toledo Whitmer, a defensive juggernaut that has allowed only 29 points in six games.
Oh, well, Hanneman must have his reasons. Maybe he's hoping to continue a recent hot streak that has seen the grizzled veteran, four games down two weeks ago, pull within a game of Baker in the overall standings.
With a 16-2 record last week, Hanneman upped his season total to 85-16. Baker is 86-15, but looking to pad his lead if a certain beat writer gets a beat down.
Hanneman's Picks
Findlay over TOLEDO WHITMER -- Whitmer is a lot like Central Catholic, and after what TCC did to FHS, absolutely nobody thinks the Trojans have a chance this week. Hey, there's always a chance.
Leipsic over ARCADIA -- Vikings haven't allowed more than one TD in a game since their season opener.
Liberty-Benton over HARDIN NORTHERN -- Eagles will head home sweet home with a 6-1 record after playing six of their first seven games on the road.
McComb over ARLINGTON -- Everybody thought it would be the "Touchdown Jerry Brown" show, but the Panthers have developed a lot of offensive balance.
Van Buren over PANDORA-GILBOA -- I couldn't determine a favorite, so I flipped a coin.
CORY-RAWSON over Vanlue -- Hornets end four-game skid at Wildcats' expense.
FREMONT ST. JOSEPH over Hopewell-Loudon -- Look for St. Joe QB Zach Yeckley to put it up early and often.
CAREY over Lakota -- Stretch run starts for Blue Devils.
TIFFIN CALVERT over North Baltimore -- Tigers hoping to catch Calvert looking ahead to St. Joe, but I don't think it will happen.
EASTWOOD over Fostoria Senior -- Eagles started 0-3, but they been soaring since.
Genoa over ELMWOOD -- Genoa is 6-0 and more explosive than the 2-4 Lake team that put up 54 points on the Royals.
Galion over RIVERDALE -- Galion has been rolling since a season-opening 14-7 loss to a pretty good Mansfield Senior team.
WYNFORD over Upper Sandusky -- I was tempted to take the Rams in an upset, but couldn't pull the trigger.
SPENCERVILLE over Bluffton -- Spencerville gave 6-0 LCC all the T-Birds could handle last week; Bluffton needed a late score to edge 0-6 Allen East.
DELPHOS JEFFERSON over Columbus Grove -- Bulldogs are on the road for the third straight game against a strong Jefferson group.
ADA over Convoy Crestview -- Crestview has been up and down. Ada has been steady as a rock.
Patrick Henry over BRYAN -- I picked against the Patriots once this year, got burned, and swore I'd never do it again.
OTTAWA-GLANDORF over Elida -- Kenton crushed Elida and O-G crushed Kenton. The Titans better not be overconfident, though, or it won't be a happy homecoming in God's country.
Baker's Picks
TOLEDO WHITMER over Findlay -- I'd love to see the Trojans get the win and the computer points, but Whitmer is just looking too tough.
Leipsic over ARCADIA -- Time for the Vikings to tune it up.
Liberty-Benton over HARDIN NORTHERN -- Survive this one and play on Polar Bears.
McComb over ARLINGTON -- Red Devils get another chance to prove me wrong yet again.
Van Buren over PANDORA-GILBOA -- Which Van Buren or P-G team is going to show up? Winner finishes above .500.
CORY-RAWSON over Vanlue -- Gotta believe there will be some angry Hornets at Spike Berry Field after last week's lopsided loss and they'll make Vanlue pay.
Hopewell-Loudon over FREMONT ST. JOSEPH -- I'm figuring the MAL title still won't be decided until Week 10.
CAREY over Lakota -- Carey has enough offense, just enough, to knock off the Raiders.
TIFFIN CALVERT over North Baltimore -- Senecas need to keep winning to stay in the playoff hunt.
EASTWOOD over Fostoria Senior -- After rolling snake eyes on Fostoria last week, I'm not picking the Redmen again.
Genoa over ELMWOOD -- Next year, or the year after, but not this year for the Royals.
Galion over RIVERDALE -- Got a lot of respect for coach Kloepfer, but it's too big a mountain to climb.
WYNFORD over Upper Sandusky -- Upper beat Ontario. Ontario beat Wynford ... still not sure the Rams beat the Royals.
SPENCERVILLE over Bluffton -- Bearcats took LCC to the limit and that's enough for me.
DELPHOS JEFFERSON over Columbus Grove -- 'Cats over 'Dogs.
ADA over Convoy Crestview -- Next pick please.
Patrick Henry over BRYAN -- A lot on the line and I'll always put my money on coach Inselmann and his staff.
OTTAWA-GLANDORF over Elida -- Could be a tough one, but always take the Titans at home.
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[N4. 4pp. Bob Brown: see Journals, Newsletters, Personal View 1, Pamflet 13.]
Newsletter July 1992.
Issued by the Secretary.
Aims of the Society.To bring about a reform of the spelling of English in the interests of ease of learning and economy in writing. Specifically:
- To encourage the idea that spelling reform is possible.
- To foster debate on the possible nature of reform and how it might be brought about.
- To devise, publish and promote suitably serious potential reform schemes and other research materials, in contribution to debate. By definition the Society puts forward for consideration by the public and authorities any spelling reform proposals that it publishes.
- To persuade and campaign for spelling reform in general.
- To develop and maintain the Society's role as a source of expertise in spelling and relevant associated disciplines.
- To aim at producing a consistent and predictable spelling
scheme with maximum benefit future generations.
Officers 1992/3.President: Dr Donald G Scragg.
Vice-Presidents: Prof D Abercrombie, Lord Simon of Glaisdale.
Chairman: Chris Jolly.
Vice-Chairman & Public Relations Officer: Leo Chapman.
Secretary: Bob Brown.
Treasurer: Alun Bye.
Editor-in-Chief: Chris Upward.
Research Adviser: Dr Gwenllian Thorstad.
Committee Members: Nick Atkinson, Mona Cross, Govind Deodhekar, Laurie Fennelly, Paul Fletcher, Ron Footer, Jean Hutchins, Frank Jones.
Trustees: Stanley Gibbs, Elsie Oakensen, Dr Donald Scragg.
AGM Highlights.
Marathon meeting starts a new yearSaturday 25th April proved to be a long but memorable day for the 15 or so members who attended the Annual General Meeting. Beginning at 10.45, proceedings did not close until about 17.00, albeit with a break for lunch in the nick of time just before the restaurant closed!
An address by Dr Gwenllian Thorstad, expert educational psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic, preceded the formal meeting, and dealt with her important comparative study of literacy learning in Britain and Italy.
This work has paid special attention to the effects of the orthography on education, and seems to have led her inexorably to our point of view - something has got to be done about the spelling! The inevitable followed. At the right moment the Chairman asked Dr Thorstad if she would like to join the Society, and become our Research Adviser. With commendable decisiveness, Gwenllian accepted both invitations on the spot.
The role of Research Adviser remains to be more closely defined in later meetings but is broadly intended to help the Society in conducting, sponsoring and publishing research findings of suitable quality to support our cause.
Gwenllian's fascinating address, starting out as a talk but quickly becoming a discussion, was reluctantly drawn to a close about 12:15 to allow formal business to begin. [Gwen Thorstad, see Journals, Newsletters, BPS paper thorstad.pdf.]
The past year & the next year.As usual, the principal officers reported on the last year, which has been an eventful and active one for the Society. It has seen the publication of three books, three newsletters and to everyone's delight - a Journal. In the coming year, regular Newsletters can be expected and the Journal will appear on a more frequent basis. Bob Brown reported that he was planning a less formal, newsletter-style publication to provide a platform for members who wish to address the rest of the membership. It is provisionally titled Personal View.
Bob commented that he believed the priorities for us next to address are:
- clarification of the aims of the Society, which have been a little fuzzy in recent years;
- continuing to build a professional and expert image;
- concentrating on research-based proof of our contentions rather than appeals-to-reason.
The meeting voted to congratulate Ken Ives on getting out our first Journal edited in the USA. Chris Upward will continue to act as Editor-in-Chief for our publications but will not have time himself to edit a Journal in the UK for the next year or so. It was decided to publish alternate Journals from the USA and Britain, if a suitable issue editor can be found on this side of the Atlantic.
Elections.The new Committee and Officers for 1992/3 were elected as shown above. The meeting was pleased to welcome Leo Chapman as Public Relations Officer. Leo is an Australian journalist who has lived in London for many years. He had been doing the job very effectively on an acting basis for several months.
Clarification of Aims.Bob Brown put a motion to amplify the aims as stated in the Constitution, in order to make it easier to foster our position as the serious, professional body in this field. He felt it was essential that, within a year or two, we should be recognised as the expert organisation on spelling matters. No Education Minister or other official should be able to consider action on spelling without consulting us. Sadly, that was not the position today.
After discussion, and voting on several amendments, the Aims were approved as they appear in above. [In this form, they are now sent to all enquirers, along with our other leaflets.
The meeting also voted to rescind an AGM decision made almost a decade ago committing Officers to use of a "house style" in external correspondence. This was almost wholly ignored in practice and most people felt the idea inappropriate nowadays. Naturally, individual members or Officers remain free to correspond in whatever spelling system they wish, but the obligation to use a particular system has been removed.
Committee meeting.The meeting of the new Committee immediately after the AGM dealt with our investments, charitable status, establishment of student branches and other publicity and promotional activity.
Meeting dates were set for the rest of the Society's year, as advertised elsewhere.
[Bob Brown: see Journals, Newsletters, Personal View, Pamflet 13.]
Feature article.
Can we learn from the French?
At least their politicians take language issues seriously.
Bob Brown.I recently had opportunity to study a publication of the European Commission called Terminologie & Traduction.
This is a periodical appearing a couple of times a year and is, in effect, the professional journal of the EC's army of translators and interpreters. The issue concerned (1991 No. 2) mostly concentrates on la francophonie, or the state of the French language within the forty countries or territories where it has official status - within the EC, and in the wider international community.
Like most English-speakers, I had tended to ascribe French attitudes to the English language - as reported in the British press anyway - as typical Gallic sour-grapes at their language being displaced by ours in diplomacy and other international fields during this century. In reading just a few articles I came to understand much better what it must feel like to have your mother tongue classified as a "minor language". And exactly why French-speakers are taking so much effort to make sure that their language does not ever sink into this category.
Minor languages.There are problems in arriving at a precise definition for this term, but these need not concern us here as the main points are clear. The principal characteristics of a minor language are:
- Relatively few speakers and little-used outside its native country.
- Within that country, one or several other languages play an important role.
- Few if any international organisations use the language.
- It is increasingly difficult to develop new terminology, especially in technical and scientific fields, because there is a strong tendency just to borrow new words from a stronger major language.
- Most other countries are preferring to teach their children English as a second language rather than French, even their neighbours.
- English is becoming ever more prevalent within France (and even more so, Belgium). Five of the six top-attraction films in France last year were in English and subtitled.
- French TV shows ever more Anglo-American material.
- Fewer international organisations use French today.
- Even French multinational companies prefer to use English to communicate with their overseas subsidiaries.
- The rapid growth in scientific terminology is mostly an English terminology, even amongst French scientists. And so the examples multiply.
Quoi faire?Determined not to see their language pushed into minor status, the French government established a multi-level structure to combat these problems in 1989.
At the top is the Conseil supérieure de la langue française, chaired by the Prime Minister, no less, and including as ex officio members the Minister of Education, and the Minister for la Francophonie [what an interesting idea!] and the Secretary of the Académie française. The Conseil supérieure has 22 other members, the great and the good from academia, industry, journalism, publishing and the media. Its role is to study problems of education, usage, enrichment and diffusion of the French language, and to recommend action.
Those recommendations are then passed down to two other organisations for implementation - the Comité de ministres consacré à la langue française, which is effectively an interministerial body ensuring that the public sector takes action, and the Délégation générale à la langue française, responsible for promotion and co-ordination of language-related initiatives in the private sector and with the public.
Working groups.The Conseil supérieure has established eight specialist working groups. Four are concerned to "développer la place du française ... dans le cadre du plurilinguisme européen" in
- education
- science and technology
- the economy, and
- the audio-visual media.
- development of the orthography
- automatic text processing
- terminology and lexical enrichment, and
- the image of the language and its cultural status.
Spelling development.It seems to me a master-stroke to prefer to talk about the development (aménagement) of the orthography, rather than its reform. This gives a positive and forward-looking feel to the exercise. Languages develop over time - it is only natural that spelling should develop too, n'est-ce pas?
The spelling subcommittee is concerned with two aspects of spelling development:
(1) to allow a more rational teaching of French, both to French children and foreigners, and
(2) to provide rules for coiners of new words and authors of dictionaries.
They are at pains to point out that their recommendations are not expected to affect the bulk of the adult population: "Les rectifications recommandées par le Conseil ne seront pas imposées à l'ensemble des usagers adultes. Elles ont été établies por doter les français des générations à scolariser d'une graphie mieux adaptée à leurs besoins, comme il a été fait tout au long de notre histoire, et cela sans bouleverser les principes généraux sur lesquels est fondé notre systéme graphique. "
The initial target therefore seems to be modest, aiming to affect only one or two words on a typical book page but still permitting "de résoudre un certain nombre de difficultés dues aux incohérences de l'orthographe actualle."
In due course, you can expect to read more in this Newsletter or our Journal about the French initiatives.
Can we learn from all this?I believe there is considerable food for thought here. Some suggestions triggered by the French initiatives can be found below.
Terminalogie & Traduction 1991 No. 2 is available in the UK from HMSO Books, London for £9.25 postage included.
We eagerly await the next issue as it is dedicated to exploring spelling reform in the EC languages. Chris Upward contributed the paper on English. We will keep you posted on its availability.
Euro-babel.Roughly two-thirds of the budget of the European Parliament is spent on translation interpretation and related activities. At least two more official languages will be added to the current nine when the three countries next in the queue join!
Some ideas for our politicians.
- Appoint a Minister for English Language Affairs, to co-ordinate both in Britain
and internationally. He would work with the main English-speaking countries, and the
other forty or so countries who use English in an official capacity. We can all have
fun deciding if he should report into the Dept. of National Heritage, or Education,
or direct to the PM, as his brief would necessarily be inter-ministerial in the
- Appoint an Advisory Council on the English Language - a collection of
interested parties and experts, to study and recommend on similar issues to the
French Conseil supéieure. Its rulings need not have force of law,
rather they would serve to redefine "correctness" for most people.
- Take action during our Presidency of the EC to help the countries who feel threatened by the spread of English. We can afford to be magnanimous because we have already won the battle of the lingua francas, until the next swing of the pendulum anyway.
Or is privatisation the answer?On May 28, The Times published a letter from John Polling of Teignmouth suggesting that the new chair of Language & Communication at Oxford - endowed by Rupert Murdoch's empire, which includes The Times - could act as a focus for recommendations on language usage, including spelling. We have since been in correspondence with Mr Polling.
So if the politicians don't want another quango, the work of an Advisory Council on the English Language could be pushed into the private sector!
Charitable status.The Simplified Spelling Society is not a registered charity and thus pays tax on its investment and other income. Tax costs us about £l,000 a year at present but the bill will be much higher if and when we realise profit in investments -there is no Capital Gains Tax allowance for bodies such as ours.
The Committee has resolved to try again to gain charitable (and thus tax-free) status. There is a considerable history of failing to do this, though the last time we tried was in the 1940s.
A preliminary re-application was recently rejected. The (in)famous case of Bernard Shaw's will was cited as one precedent!
The Secretary would be most pleased to hear from any member who is a solicitor, or otherwise skilled in charitable trust matters, to assist in furthering our case. Lord Simon, who is a Law Lord, has already agreed to help but "the more the merrier" applies!
In brief.
A visit to "Their Lordship's House".Chris Upward and Bob Brown were recently entertained to a lunch at the House of Lords by Lord Simon of Glaisdale. Lord Simon has been involved with the Society for very many years and is a Vice-President.
His lordship was encouraged enough by the recent upsurge in our activity to get more directly involved. He made a wide range of suggestions for action, and for his own involvement. Expect to hear more in due course.
Topical Tapes.This is the title of a series of taped programmes sent out worldwide by the BBC World Service. Bob Brown recently participated in a 15 minute discussion about spelling reform with Edmund Weiner, Deputy Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Not unsurprisingly, Mr Weiner did not agree to join us while on-air, although he was not totally negative about the prospects for reform. It is hoped that copies of the tape can be made available to members in due course.
Cut Spelng Handbook.Please note that stocks of the first edition are now running quite low.
Wanted: UK Journal Editor.As reported elsewhere in this issue, it has been decided in principle to issue alternate editions of the Journal from the USA (edited by Ken Ives) and Britain. Any interested member who feels him/herself qualified to tackle the UK role, under the supervision and guidance of Chris Upward, is asked to get in touch with Chris. Access to an Apple Macintosh computer would be desirable but is not an essential qualification.
Dates for the diary.The committee meetings for 1992/3, to which all members are cordially invited, are as follows:
July 18, 1992; October 24, 1992; January 30, 1993; April 24, 1993 (AGM).
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