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Local Groups
(MR) Greater Manchester & High Peak Area
Phone: 0161 431 9872
Website: http://www.manchester-ramblers.org.uk
Contact via web/email
Groups in Greater Manchester & High Peak Area
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Greater Manchester & High Peak Area Programme
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Unlike many other Ramblers Areas, Manchester and High Peak itself organises a full led walks programme covering Greater Manchester and beyond, with all walks making use of public transport connections.
Groups in Greater Manchester & High Peak Area:
(MR01) Bolton Group
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Website: http://www.boltonramblers.org.uk
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The Bolton group organises local walks using public transport and coach trips to do linear walks further afield.
(MR02) Bury Group
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Phone: 0161 797 2610
Website: http://www.buryramblers.com
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(MR03) Rochdale Group
Join the Ramblers as a member of the Rochdale Group.
Website: http://www.rochdaleramblers.co.uk
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(MR04) New Mills Group
Join the Ramblers as a member of the New Mills Group.
Phone: 0161 427 7303
Website: http://www.newmillsramblers.co.uk
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A friendly,welcoming group that walks on Sundays, some Saturdays and Wednesdays. Walks to suit everyone take place in the White and Dark Peak areas of Derbyshire and further afield.
On the Wednesday walks there is a shorter walk, usually around 6 miles.
There are occasional social events such as week ends away, barbecues and outings.
Members report on path problems and try to get action for all walkers.
For further information about the group please visit www.newmillsramblers.co.uk
(MR05) Oldham Group
Join the Ramblers as a member of the Oldham Group.
Phone: 01457 834769
Website: http://www.oldhamramblers.org.uk/
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(MR06) Stockport Group
Join the Ramblers as a member of the Stockport Group.
Phone: 07794 715265
Website: http://www.stockportramblers.org.uk
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Stockport Group Programme
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Unless stated otherwise, dogs are allowed on walks, provided they are kept under close control.
(MR07) Wigan & District Group
Join the Ramblers as a member of the Wigan & District Group.
Phone: 01942 866140
Website: http://wigananddistrictramblers.org.uk
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Wigan & District Group Programme
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(MR10) Manchester and Salford Group
Join the Ramblers as a member of the Manchester and Salford Group.
Phone: 0161 839 3865
Website: http://www.manchesterandsalfordramblers.org.uk/
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Walks are held on Tuesdays and Saturdays. All walks start at 10.30 unless otherwise stated. Walks are normally 5- 6 miles, but we have added some longer walks into this years's programme- so please check details carefully .
Walks are normally dog-free.
(MR11) Ramblers Trafford Group
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Website: http://www.ramblers-trafford.co.uk
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The Trafford Group of Ramblers (RTG) started with its inaugural walk in June 2010 We are lucky to have a wide variety of countryside to walk in and our programme has walks to suit all abilities.
RTG strives to coordinate its activities with all agencies and current initiatives with the same aim. RTG is committed to upkeeping the footpath heritage of the borough.
(MR12) Tameside Ramblers Group
Join the Ramblers as a member of the Tameside Ramblers Group.
Website: http://tamesideramblers.org.uk
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(MR40) Manchester Weekend Walkers Group
Join the Ramblers as a member of the Manchester Weekend Walkers Group.
Website: http://www.mwwalkers.org.uk
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The Manchester Weekend Walkers is a Ramblers walking group set up at the beginning of 2013. We provide a programme of regular walks, socials and weekends away. The group is primarily for people in the middle of their working lives who enjoy walking at the weekend. The majority of our walks are public transport-based.
Our group belongs to the Manchester and High Peak Area of the Ramblers' Association, and our membership area covers Greater Manchester - Bury, Bolton, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan and the High Peak District of Derbyshire.
(MR50) Mad Walkers (Manchester & District) Group
Join the Ramblers as a member of the Mad Walkers (Manchester & District) Group Group.
Phone: 01204 496310
Website: http://www.madwalkers.org.uk/
Contact via web/email
Greater Manchester's 20s & 30s group. Our walks programme of at least two walks per week takes advantage of the excellent walking country surrounding Greater Manchester and other much loved areas for walking e.g. Lakes, Peak District. Many of our walks each month use the rail network, making the final pub stop much more enjoyable! For non-public transport walks, we car-share from a city centre Meet Point. We also have a busy social side to the group with trips to theatre, weekends away and exploring Manchester's extensive places to eat and drink! So if you want to meet like minded people and keep fit in beautiful surroundings, check out our website for the latest walks and socials!
20s-30s Group
(MR70) Manchester Coach Rambles Group
Join the Ramblers as a member of the Manchester Coach Rambles Group.
Phone: 0161 736 8710
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Since 2007 every fortnightly on Sunday throughout the year, The Manchester Coach Rambles Group run coach excursions to popular destinations in the National Parks - Lake District, North Yorks Moors, Yorkshire Dales, Snowdonia and Peak District- and to areas of outstanding natural beauty notably The Forest of Bowland and Shropshire.
At each destination there are up to 4 walks led by volunteer walk leaders:-
A walk- up to 15 miles
B walk- up to 12 miles
C walk-up to 10 miles
D walk up to 7 miles
There is no extra cost to the very competitive price of the coach ticket to join these led walks. It is not compulsory to join the led walks. Members can do their own private walks at the destination but must ensure that they return to the coach at the appointed time of departure. Members unable to return to the coach at the appointed time of departure must contact Brenda Parkinson on 07876076717.
Coach leaves Chorlton Street, opposite Chorlton Coach Station, Britannia Hotel side, Manchester at 8.50am prompt. For other pick up points, please contact Brenda Parkinson, tel no 0161 736 8710
Coach departs from destination at 5.30pm in the Winter months and 6.00pm in the Summer months.
Seats must be booked in advance from Brenda Parkinson, tel no 0161 736 8710. For enquiries about coach excursions and tickets please contact Brenda Parkinson, tel no 0161 736 8710
Further information about the Manchester Coach Rambles Group, please contact the Group's Secretary, Joyce Davenport, email firstname.lastname@example.com
(MR90) Get Walking in Manchester Group
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Email: Contact Ramblers main office for a postal address or phone number for this Area or Group


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Detectives in St. Petersburg are looking for information after a series of lawn maintenance thefts – particularly on the west side of the city.
The numbers are astounding: 36 reported incidents since Sept. 1 for a total of approximately $100,000.
Detectives believe one or two black males have been seen near some of the thefts, and there is a pattern to how they operate:
A lawn maintenance worker will be doing job, and when they step away from their vehicle they come back to find items stolen. Police say the thieves have been after edgers, trimmers, chainsaw and leaf blowers.
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Golden lion tamarins are small monkeys that are native to Brazil's Atlantic coastal forest. In the early 1970s, tamarin populations had dropped to fewer than 200 individuals.
Zoos around the world are now participating in a concerted breeding and reintroduction program coordinated by the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. On average, over 50 golden lion tamarins are born each year in captivity, and it is estimated that approximately 1,600 tamarins are living in the wild.
Because tamarins are vulnerable to starvation and predation when released in the wild, they are now being released into large enclosed areas of natural rain forest where they can become acclimated to the new habitat while being protected from predators and provided with food.
In order for golden lion tamarin populations to be successfully reestablished in the Brazilian forest, efforts are being made to preserve critical habitat and connect fragments of habitat that tamarins need to survive.


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Guess what bitches? It's Friday. You know what that means.
Enjoy your nightmares.
Random Wiki: the ADFGVX cipher.
In cryptography, the ADFGVX cipher was a field cipher used by the German Army during World War I. ADFGVX was in fact an extension of an earlier cipher called ADFGX. Invented by Colonel Fritz Nebel and introduced in March 1918, the cipher was a fractionating transposition cipher which combined a modified Polybius square with a single columnar transposition. The cipher is named after the six possible letters used in the ciphertext: A, D, F, G, V and X. These letters were chosen deliberately because they sound very different from each other when transmitted via Morse code. The intention was to reduce the possibility of operator error. Nebel designed the cipher to provide an army on the move with encryption more convenient than trench codes but still secure. In fact, the Germans believed the ADFGVX cipher was unbreakable.


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Now I'm a fan of MMA, Tattoos, and nude women. However, things that are separately liked not always come out being liked once put together; this, my fellow BE community, is my very 1st post and I've decided to cover the insane fandom of tattooing famous people on one's body.
Very few things in this world would motivate me to alter my physical appearance. A haircut, adding/losing mass and muscle, even a tanning session, but getting a "immortalized" tattoo of a person not your family speaks more of what you value and prioritize to yourself. Yahoo headlines is where I received the background info of this "OMG" tattoo of Ronda. The first thing I say to myself is "WHY?" then I recall all other celebrity-focused tatoos ( like Alan Belcher's) and I answer my own question by simply realizing "that they wanted to do it". I believe that body art is a form of expression, but what exactly is being expressed is always the kicker. Maybe this guy lost a bet, has a shrine of Ronda in his basement, his friends may have an infatuation with Ms Rousey and all this guy had to to do to 'one-up' his buddy is have something that his friend's want but they don't have (yet, which is scary in itself). Not much more to say about this than somebody with a new tattoo and Ronda bridging the gap between the knowns and unknowns of WMMA. RATE! REC! LETS!!!!!!!


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In Dr. Witticism's nice write up from Monday, December 12 (I suggest reading it, found here), he suggests that, using an objective observation, Moose should be the goalie the Devils ride for the time being. Before I continue with my argument, I understand that the disclaimer in Dr. Witticism's argument was that he said Moose should be our goalie "now".
I realize I'm playing Devils' advocate here, but I truly believe goalie you trust to win one game, any time, any team, any place, is the one that should be considered your starter. What better situation to test this in then Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final. Obviously, this changes depending on the situation and the team - Moose may be the guy you put in to win this critical game right now. Even though Moose has been the better goalie, I still believe that this is still Marty's job (this is not my opinion, but rather the opinion of the Devils management) Why? Two reasons:
1) He's Marty - this is not the best way to run a team, but do you really think Moose will get 55+ starts this season?
2) Devils management wants Brodeur back next season - even though he has slumped - sitting him for more than 40+ games this year isn't the best way to get him to return.
It's not as if Brodeur has fallen off the face of the earth, all Devils fans know this. He, in my opinion, has not had the best defensive help in front of him this season - in terms of quality scoring chances his team has been leaving for him to handle. I just think that, if the Devils had one game to win, any Devils fan would put Marty in net.
But, I'm not leaving it at that - let's test this theory. Please comment and leave your opinion.


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Judicially created exceptions to patent eligibility, such as a "product of nature," exclude only things that lack human intervention, according to a March 11 respondents' brief filed by isolated DNA patent holder Myriad Genetics Inc. (Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics Inc., U.S., No. 12-398, respondent brief filed 3/7/13).
The company, challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation, acknowledged other arguments in favor of allowing isolated DNA claims to pass the filter of 35 U.S.C. §101. However, the brief relied more on the human ingenuity involved in its "identification, definition, and isolation" of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
The high court has scheduled oral argument in the case for April 15.
They argued that 15 claims in seven patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 5,747,282; 5,837,492; 5,693,473; 5,709,999; 5,170,001, 5,753,441; and 6,033,857) on isolated DNA, complementary DNA, and methods related to the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes were ineligible for patenting under Section 101.
In its first decision in 2011, the Federal Circuit overturned a district court's finding of patent ineligibility of all 15 claims. The three members of the appeals court panel agreed that only one of the method claims and all the claims to cDNA are patent eligible, but the court was divided as to claims to isolated DNA (82 PTCJ 449, 8/5/11).
Then, in 2012, a week after unanimously rejecting method claim patent eligibility in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories Inc.132 S. Ct. 1289, 101 U.S.P.Q.2d 1961 (U.S. 2012) (83 PTCJ 727, 3/23/12), the Supreme Court granted the ACLU's petition for writ of certiorari in the instant case, vacated the Federal Circuit's opinion, and remanded the case for reconsideration (83 PTCJ 761, 3/30/12).
On remand, however, the appeals court panel came to the same conclusions, with all three judges writing essentially the same opinions that they had penned the first time. Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 689 F.3d 1303, 103 U.S.P.Q.2d 1681 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (84 PTCJ 696, 8/24/12).
The ACLU petitioned again for certiorari (84 PTCJ 901, 9/28/12). The petitioners sought review of three questions: one related to isolated DNA, one on the method claims, and the third on standing.
On Nov. 30, the Supreme Court certified only the first question presented: "Are human genes patentable?" (85 PTCJ 165, 12/7/12).
The petitioners' primary argument was that the Supreme Court has repeatedly distinguished "a product or law of nature" as unpatentable under Section 101, and that Myriad's isolated DNA claims—in a form representative of claims the PTO has granted in thousands of patents—were ineligible for patenting under every test the court has identified.
The petitioners also sought to take advantage of the Supreme Court's decision in Mayo v. Prometheus. Repeating a term the high court introduced in Mayo, the petitioners cited a patent eligibility test of "whether the patent is based on an inventive concept."
They said, "Isolation was a routine, conventional activity at the time these patents were obtained. The only addition to the progress of science disclosed by these claims is the law of nature itself: that this DNA encodes for the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene or protein."
The government, which had argued separately before the Federal Circuit as well, continued to compare patent eligible cDNA claims and ineligible isolated DNA claims—a distinction both the ACLU and Myriad have rejected, albeit with opposite arguments. The U.S. brief labeled the former "synthetic molecules built by scientists" and the latter "isolated but otherwise unmodified human genomic DNA."
The government also made a preemption argument. Any serious study of the DNA necessarily requires removing it from the human body, requiring the changes that Myriad's patents claim, and thus necessarily infringing the patents under Myriad's view, the government said. Researchers and those with other commercial uses of the BRCA genes are thus pre-empted from all future uses of a natural product.
Twenty-two additional briefs by friends of the court—most supporting the ACLU's challenge in the case—were filed along with the plaintiff's opening brief (85 PTCJ 600, 3/8/13).
"These formulations possess neither the crispness nor the legal accuracy required to determine whether a composition is the product of human ingenuity," Myriad said.
Instead, it argued, the Supreme Court has ruled only that Section 101 contains an "implicit exception[:] '[L]aws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas' are not patentable," as repeated in Mayo, 132 S. Ct. at 1293.
"The touchstone of this implicit exception is the absence of human 'invention,' " Myriad asserted.
The brief argued that the invention requirement under Section 101 parallels the "minimal level of creativity" threshold of copyright law, enhanced by "more nuanced" analysis for obviousness under Section 103 and other barriers to patentability.
The company claimed the following as its inventions:
"The USPTO has granted over 40,000 patents drawn to genetic material, almost 3,000 of which are specifically directed to isolated DNA molecules," according to the brief.
The patent owner said that the Supreme Court should not "depar[t] from established general legal rules lest a new protective rule that seems to suit the needs of one field produce unforeseen results in another," quoting from Mayo's holding regarding the reverse situation of patent ineligibility.
In fact, Myriad said that the instant case was "the mirror image of Mayo," featuring "the established rule for over 100 years … that isolates or extracts from natural materials that reflect human invention are eligible for patents, and the USPTO and courts have concluded for over 30 years that particular claimed isolated DNA molecules reflect patent-eligible human ingenuity."
Myriad also used the argument on settled expectations to counter the government's proposed distinction between DNA and cDNA. Pointing to the fact that the PTO had not signed on to the brief—unprecedented in patent cases at least since the Federal Circuit's 1982 creation, according to Myriad—there was "no basis for the United States' appellate lawyers to substitute their judgment for that of the USPTO, the agency with relevant expertise."
By Tony Dutra – March 22, 2013The Myriad brief also devoted five pages to contesting standing in the case, even though the Supreme Court had not certified the related question. The Federal Circuit held that only one plaintiff had standing, a genetic researcher named Harry Ostrer. Myriad referred to "Ostrer" throughout the brief as the petitioner in the case.
"In short, this is a lawyer-driven case with no concrete interest to support a declaratory-judgment action," it concluded.
Twenty-three amicus briefs were filed in the March 11-14 period explicitly expressing support for Myriad's position:
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Text of amicus briefs are available at http://www.americanbar.org/publications/preview_home/12-398.html.
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There are 10 Bradley students selected by NBC for a 2012 internship at the Summer Olympic Games in London.
The university says NBC came to campus in April to interview more than 40 students.
The competitive internships will be three to five weeks long in either New York City or at the actual games in London.
NBC usually targets schools like Notre Dame, Syracuse, the University of Southern California and Ithaca College.
Last year President Glasser met with the network to convince them to look at Bradley students too.
The students selected are:
Elise Andert, Bridgeton, MO
Mathew DeFreitas, Metamora, IL
Elise Dismer, Alpharetta, GA
Montel Hardy, Calumet Park, IL
Justine Harris, Normal, IL
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My daughter was doing volunteer work in the Dominican Republic and wound up with acute appendicitis. I called RCI telling them of the emergency and they got me a great resort for two weeks on a day's notice! It was beautiful...just what one would expect for a tropical island. Even though the reason for my going there was frightening (my daughter had an emergency appendectomy), Puerto Plata was friendly, clean, beautiful, and the people were helpful and did everything they could to make our stay wonderful. I'd definitely go back, but hopefully under better circumstances!
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Well this was certainly not announced, and it was not planned. UTC the forums were down according to log in information. At this time I was unable to connect to game at all, so it was the server that was down also, then to my suprise; a new message appears that the server will be taken down for maintenance at 12pm... ITS ALREADY BEEN DOWN 30 mins!!!!
So now its running late no new updates.
Christ its like the STO team know the times I get to play and like to throw a spanner in the works, had this same thing happen on my last allocated game time.


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Just got the jacket today (April 9th), so I can't comment on the warmth of it yet.
I am pretty confident that the jacket will be warm. So far the quality looks to be exceptional...par for the course with Mtn. Hardwear.
Anyway, I purchased mine online at a reduced closeout price. There are still several out there on the net for attractive prices.
I mainly want to get the word out about the sizing of this jacket. Many people say it is sized smaller than normal. It is actually sized perfectly if you intend on using as a midlayer for winter sports. The jacket is somewhat form-fitting but not tight. I am 5'11" - 6'00" tall and weigh about 175 lbs and purchased a medium. It fits perfect. The sleeves are perfect length and the bottom of the jacket rests just at the top of my belt. And there is no excess jacket material around the mid section.
If you intend on wearing mostly for casual, around the town use; consider going up a size.
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This is a lightweight, warm, and comfortable jacket. It is simple and gets the job done!
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"The airport was placed on a state of alert after receiving a distress message about a technical problem but the aircraft landed without incident," the offficial said.
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The 2012 Raja Ampat coral reef monitoring trip is coming to a close. Our scientists reflect on an epic trip and what it means for the future of the region. More
Meet Naftali and Wahab, two locals who gave up harmful fishing practices to make a difference for their Raja Ampat communities. More
Spotted Eagle Rays, Bumphead Parrotfish, even a Tasselled Wobbegong — our team has spotted them all. Learn more about the exotic fish that call Raja Ampat home. More
How are Raja Ampat's reefs coping with warmer weather? Our scientists look for bleaching and ponder what the future holds for the region's beautiful waters. More
The team is encountering sea turtles galore! Read about their diving experiences with some of the ocean's most vulnerable nomads. More
Learn how an agreement between local communities and Sea Sanctuaries Trust is protecting some of the most famous and popular reefs for divers that visit Raja Ampat. More
How resilient are the corals of Raja Ampat? And what does that mean for reefs the world over? Our team investigates. More
The Raja Ampat team is surrounded by sharks! But that's a good thing — let our own fish expert Purwanto explain why. More
The Raja Ampat team reaches an important dive site and conducts an early test of the strength of local marine protected areas. More
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Olympic home prices 'less than average London deposit'
A year after the London 2012 Games, the first homes at the former Athletes' Village are going on sale. The 348 shared ownership flats are 25% of the full £270,000 price.
- Shared ownership homes are available from £67,500 for a 25% share, which requires a deposit of just £6,750.
- Intermediate Rent homes are available from £210 per week, which is a 30% reduction on average market rate rents.


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Sam Brownback: "I am running for America"
by Jerome Armstrong, Tue Dec 12, 2006 at 05:39:04 AM EST
Is Sam Brownback becoming the "get out of Iraq" presidential candidate on the Republican side? There is probably already an opening for that candiate now, and moreso a year from now. Brownback is getting close to go there, embracing the ISG report and saying on Fox:BROWNBACK: I'm not -- I'm not jumping ship. I just think it's time that we really put pressure on the situation. And we've been very patient with this, and we've invested a lot. I do think as well it's time for us to put diplomatic pressure to the point where you just park the Vice President and Secretary of State in the region. It's shuttle diplomacy going back and forth between the countries that will receive us, really pushing on them to stop funding things into iraq and start working with us, because they don't need a civil war in that region either, and to really have them start coming to the table instead of just sitting back and even hurting the situation inside of Iraq.Great dig on Cheney too, that will appeal to theocons pissed off about Mary.
I think Brownback understands too, that there is an groundswell of support ready to him over the internet from conservative religious communities and all their listserves, message boards, and blogs:Most of the questions in the conference call related to Brownback's presidential aspirations. The senator will participate heavily in a grassroots campaign style in Iowa, the first state to hold a primary for the 2008 elections.
"We'll be putting a lot of emphasis on Iowa," he said. "You've got to do well in Iowa if you're going to win down the line."
Money always seems to be an issue in high-profile political campaigns, and while Brownback knows he'll need some to be successful, he also believes that it's not about spending more than everybody else.
"You can do a lot of things without money, but [money] does matter," Brownback said. "The Internet can be a vehicle to generate enthusiasm for the campaign and to build name recognition."It will be interesting to watch and see if Brownback, and Huckabee is the other, gain traction in Iowa into the top-tier.
Follow the recent GOP blogger poll:
Gingrich 29%
Giuliani 23%
Romney 20%
Brownback 6%
Tancredo 6%
Pataki 6%
McCain 5%
Brownback is up from 2.5% last month, and this is amongst mostly neocon Republicans, I'd bet among the more theocon Republicans, support for Brownback is higher. Chatter is happening (Pandagon too):
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Murtha Calls for a Clear Afghanistan Strategy
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 2:03 pm
So here I was, ready to dutifully report on Pentagon spending priorities at the rollout for the Center for American Progress' new military-strategy paper. Then Jack Murtha had to talk about Afghanistan.
Murtha, of course, is the powerful Democratic Pennsylvania congressman who chairs the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense, as well as being the first Vietnam veteran elected to Congress. He became an unlikely progressive hero in 2005 when he demanded the Bush administration produce a timetable for withdrawing from Iraq. Now it seems he's reaching the point where he might do so for Afghanistan as well.
The Obama administration should start "developing an achievable strategy for Afghanistan," Murtha said at the CAP event this afternoon. "That's the key point: achievable." Murtha ran through the litany of foreign military defeats in Afghanistan since 1834, saying he's been reading "nine books" on the subject, and remarking on his meetings with the Soviet-invasion-era muhajideen in Pakistan in the 1980s. "We're facing very different [forces] in Afghanistan, a very different culture in Afghanistan than in Iraq." He worried about sending four brigade combat teams to the country next year "without a plan."
Murtha stopped well short of calling for a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan. But if the U.S. is going to remain without a clear strategic goal in south Asia, calls for withdrawal — understandably — will be a short logical step away. Sam Stein reported in the Huffington Post on Tuesday that the left is starting to grow agitated about a troop buildup in Afghanistan without defined strategic goals. Add Murtha as another example.
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|Picnic in Park to raise funds for Phelps EMS
Northwoods Living Care Foundation will sponsor the annual Picnic in the Park Friday, Aug. 9, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at Wavering Park in Phelps.
The event is a fundraiser for the Phelps ambulance fund.
"One of the major reasons our annual Picnic in the Park fundraiser has been so successful the past 15 years is because we have made it a social event for the entire family," said Cathy Grady, president of Northwoods Living Care Foundation."We are proud of the great chicken and
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Albany -- Albany Police say they will not charge the owner of that pit bull that attacked a woman and her four small dogs in East Albany.
The pit bull, owned by Roger Miller, jumped a fence and attacked 69-year old Eloise Clearman in her own backyard two weeks ago today. David Clearman rushed to his wife's aid and shot and killed the dog.
Surprisingly, Albany police told us today that they don't plan to charge the pit bull owner with violating the leash law.
APD's rationale? They said they couldn't charge the owner without charging the victim. Which, of course, is just not true.
Police did speak with the D.A.'s office and Ken Hodges told them it was okay not to charge the owner.
However, Hodges told WALB News 10 this afternoon that it's ultimately up to the police to decide who to charge.
Incidentally, Eloise Clearman is still taking rabies shots from the attack. One of her dogs was killed, three others were injured.
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Lava Iris X5 is a 'Made for selfies' smartphone
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Obi Mobiles announces five new smartphones in India
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BlackBerry special offer with Idea 1GB Data Plan announced
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ASUS Zenfone Series to stay available
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Karam and his Dad
During his 3 Way Conference, Karam said that he wanted to learn about algebra. We decided that Karam's Dad would come into school to learn about a fantastic method for introducing people to algebra that I learned from an amazing Mathematics in the PYP Workshop run by Mignon Weckert. It involves making patterns, applying numbers to the patterns, finding patterns inside the numbers and then creating rules and formulas. Today, Karam created the following formulas:
Next Green = Last Green + 3 (NG = LG +3)
Next Yellow = Last Yellow+ 2 (NY = LY + 2)
Next Term = Previous Term + 9 (NT = PT + 9)
Keep an eye out for more developments in Karam's algebra on this blog!
The Trick or Treat song!! By: Kids all around the world
Hello, Halloween is nearly coming and I want to celebrate with a trick or treating song that i learned from kids everywhere I go.
Trick or Treat!! Smell my feet!!! If you dont, I don't care I'll just pull your underwear!!!
HaHaHa!!! I think that's sort of funny… and yes I know it's really short.
Do you have any other famous Trick or Treating songs? Tell us or make a Blog posting about it!
Bassy Ciocorelli: Part One
Some people know the person who most people laughed at due to his style until he left at the stage of year 4. His name was Sebastien Ciocorelli but he prefered to be called Bassy [the stupid name]. Here is a part of my experience with Bassy Ciocorelli:
One day in a peaceful Ms. Gillian class was a funny guy… or I should say joker named Bassy Ciocorelli. He wanted to go to the toilet. At that time there was a toilet in the classroom which now belongs to WL teacher, Khun Victoria. When we enter the toilet, we must put the "occupied sign" since there was no lock. Bassy entered the toilet and "forgot" to put the occupied sign on. He was dreaming because everyone was shouting, "Bassy, you forgot the sign". Anyway, it was his loss. One person didnt know that Bassy was in the toilet and that was a girl named Claire. She was drinking water so she didnt know about the conversation. Since the vacant sign was on, Ms. Gillian totally forgot that Bassy was in the toilet but I knew. I just wanted to see the fun and what would happen [I know, its a little bit nasty]. Ms. Gillian told her that she could go and then, the fun started. She opened the door and guess what, Bassy was "POOING ON THE POT. HIS MULTICOLORED UNDERWEAR WAS CLEARLY VISIBLE" All the girls went mad and started screaming and howling like they were belonging to the mental asylum. Sujinna, Amy and Rosna were among the howling girls, including Ms.Gillian. The boys started laughing like mad. Kabir and I had the loudest of laughs.
MORAL: ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LOCK THE DOOR DURING YOUR STAY IN THE TOILET [if they have a lock] IF THEY DONT HAVE A LOCK, PUT THE 'OCCUPIED SIGN'
Part 2 will be presented tommorow
PROMO- Fulham vs. Liverpool 31 October
On the 31st of October Fulham will be against Liverpool at the Craven Cottage Stadium. I think this Match will have some good times and perhaps some bad ones too. I think most of the people that look at this blog might not watch the game because the game will be in 31st of October (Halloween).
Who do you think might win in this match???
Comment and tell us!
Where did you go during the HOLIDAY?
During the holiday I went to Hong Kong with my aunt, 2 cousins, my sister, and my grandparents and me (of course.) On Monday I went to disneyland and on Tuesday I went to Macau and I stayed in a hotel called Venetian it was HUGE!!!! Venetian is a very expensive hotel and guess what all seven of us slept in 1 room because the rooms are really expensive and also the rooms were really big.
Here is a link to some Venetian pictures and really cool facts:
Sunday Soccer Results
Bolton 3-2 Everton [Bol: Lee 16, G. Cahill 27, Klasnic 87 Eve: Saha 32, Fellaini 55]
Liverpool 2-0 Man Utd [Torres 65, Ngog 90]
Man City 2-2 Fulham [Manc: Lescott 53, M. Petrov 60 Ful: Duff 62, Dempsey 68]
West Ham 2-2 Arsenal [Whu: C. Cole 74, Diamanti 80-penalty Ars: Van Persie 16, Gallas 37
About my medterm break
Hello guys as you all know we had a break so I gunna tell you about my break. I been to singapore because I wanted go there because singapore is English country so I want to mycheak english skills. so I went there . in there if you throw the rubbish in the road or any where you have to pay 1000d and also if you chew the gum you have to pay 500-600 d so when I heard that I was so scared. I just freaked out how much I have pay when I do that because of that the land and water and everthing was very clean. now I want to tell about merlion stackchew that's simble of singapore. and also I been journg bird park it's biggist park in the world.and did you heard about sentosa it's fake iland even a sea is fake but the have lot's of playing organization I really had fun. And even night sipari it's freaky because it's dark and free opened.
- trame from night sipari
Saturday soccer results
Birmingham 2-1 Sunderland [Bir: Ridgewell 37, Mcfadden 48 Sun: Dann 82 OG]
Burnley 1-3 Wigan [Bur: Fletcher 4 Wig: Rodallega 11, 51 Boyce 76]
Hull 0-0 Portsmouth
Tottenham 0-1 Stoke [Whelan 86]
Wolves 1-1 Aston Villa [Wol: Edbanks-Blake 83-pen Villa: Agbonlahor 76]
Chelsea 5-0 Blackburn [Givet 20 OG, Lampard 48, Essien 52, Lampard 59 pen, Drogba 64]
Playing today: Liverpool vs Man Utd
Man City vs Fulham
Arsenal vs West Ham United
The "ACE MACHINE"
Ivo Karlovic, the world no 22 in tennis played a stunning match on Thursday at Moscow. The 2 metre 10 man, who is also know as the ace machine due to his amount of aces and big serves, served 108 aces! Can anyone believe that. 108 aces in just 1 hour 23 mins. He beat Stepanek 6-2 6-0. He broke the record once more after he lost the record and Federer took over. This is the record from the 21st century [2000]
Pete Sampras: 22 aces at Wimbledon 2000, held for 2 yrs 1 day
Goran Ivanisevic: 34 aces at the US open 2002, held for 3 yrs and 2 mths [exact]
Andy Roddick: 40 aces at the Toronto Masters series 2005, held for 4 months 20 days
Roddick again: 42 aces at the Aussie Open 2006, held for 1 year 8 mths Avg. Karlovic speed
Ivo Karlovic: 50 aces at the Thailand Open 2007, held for 1 yr 11 mths
Roger Federer: 54 aces at Wmbledon in 2009, held for 4 mths 1 day
Ivo Karlovic: 108 aces at the Davis Cup match between Croatia and the Czech Republic 2009
Cool right?
Liverpool shattered by Lyon at Anfield
Liverpool suffered their fourth consecutive loss of the season with a home 2-1 loss to Lyon. This is their worst start to a season since 1987. In 2005, before Liverpool bt Ac Milan in the finals, the faced a draw where they needed to comeback to make the final. They did that thrashing Beskitas 0-8, Marseille 1-4 and Porto 0-4 all away from home. They are in the same situation but this time they face a tougher task. Rafa Benitez still believes that Liverpool can do the miracle again. This Sunday they face Man Utd at Anfield but the chances are now different from the earlier post that I posted. Torres and Gerrard might not play after both were substituted before the half hour mark. Meanwhile Manchester United pulled of a narrow win at Moscow prevailing 1-0 and Chelsea bulldozed past Atletico Madrid 4-0. The other shock result was when BARCA LOST TO RUBIN KAZAN 2-1 AT HOME [Camp Nou].
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StoryMy daughter, an avid cookie lover, thought the cookie exchange idea was genius, so a few years ago we started hosting an annual cookie exchange for all the girls in her class and their moms. The girls decorate gingerbread women, sip hot chocolate, and inevitably put on an impromptu "show" for the moms. Then we gather around the dining room table, tins in hand, and collect cookies from the many inviting trays.
Ingredients10 ounces pecans (about 2 1/2 cups)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups powdered sugar*
3 egg whites, at room temperature, whisked
1 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla extract*
If you can, make the cookies a day before you need them. The chocolate and coffee flavors meld together, tasting even better the day after baking.
- Put the pecans in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until the nuts are finely chopped. (Do not over process or you'll end up with a paste.) Add the cocoa, espresso powder, salt and powdered sugar and pulse just to combine. Transfer to a large bowl.
- Add the egg whites and vanilla to the bowl and stir until the ingredients are just combined. Refrigerate the cookie dough for at least 15 minutes and up to several hours. Preheat the oven to 350° while the dough chills.
- Position the racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop level tablespoons of dough about 1 1/2 inches apart on the cookie sheets. Bake until the cookies are just firm in the center, rotating the baking sheets halfway through the baking, about 12 minutes. Cool the cookies on a rack. Store in an airtight container for about a week.
- * Note: Check labels to be sure the brands of powdered sugar and vanilla extract are gluten free, just to be safe.


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A hotel being built in Deadwood will bring more jobs to KOTA Territory.
The new SpringHill Marriott Suites hotel next to Cadillac Jacks is expected to be complete by May. The building will have 78 rooms, all suites, an infinity pool and hot tub, and will have 4,000 square feet of convention space.
General Manager Deborah Rumpel says they are hiring between 28 and 38 new employees, and have already hired a few prior Gold Dust employees.
Job fairs will be held at Black Hills State University January 20th and at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City March 6th.


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Over the last few months Greg Wilson has been uploading his edits that he has been playing in sets over recent years to his soundcloud account as free downloads. Maybe this is the start of the shift for producers not to profit from editing other artists creations, and offering their DJ edits for free. There are some 20 tracks Greg has uploaded recently, and many of these have been big tunes in his sets, if you have yet to witness Greg in action, he is back in Brighton on 11th November at Audio. Each time Greg has been to Brighton he has put in a great show, so I predict more of the same this month.
Here is a classic set from Vintage festival 2010
VINTAGE WAREHOUSE FINALE 15.08.10 (greg wilson live mix) by gregwilson
Free Downloads from Greg's Soundcloud page
Teenage DJ aka Greg Wilson 'C'mon (You Can Get It)'
Sugardaddy & DJ Bone 'Whatever Happened To The Soul?
Raw Silk 'Do It To The Music' (greg wilson edit)
Captain Rapp 'Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)' (greg wilson edit)
D.C. LaRue 'Cathedrals' (greg wilson edit)
Boz Scaggs 'Lowdown' (greg wilson edit)
Fujiya & Miyagi & Madonna 'Fujiya & Madge' (greg wilson mash-up)
Elektrons 'Get Up' (greg wilson special mix)
The Whispers & Fatman Scoop 'And The Freak Goes On' (greg wilson mash-up)
Edit The Edit 'Two Sides Of Sympathy' (greg wilson edit of pta mash-ups)
Imagination & Missy Elliot 'Working The Illusion' (greg wilson mash-up)
Black Satin Featuring Fred Parris 'Tears, Tears, Tears' (greg wilson extnd edit)
Norman Greenbaum 'Spirit In The Sky' (greg wilson edit)
Imagination & Missy Elliot 'Gotta Keep Workin' It' (greg wilson mash-up)
808 State 'Pacific State' (greg wilson electric chair edit)
The Bassheads 'Is There Anybody Out There?' (greg wilson edit)
The League Unlimited Orchestra 'Don't You Want Me' (greg wilson edit)
Teenage DJ aka Greg Wilson ' I Was A Teenage DJ Pt 1 (extended)
Teenage DJ aka Greg Wilson 'Time And Place (Disco Break)
Teenage DJ aka Greg Wilson 'Glorious'
Teenage DJ aka Greg Wilson 'Tis Better To Have Loved And Lost Than Never To Have Loved At All'


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Fabolous, an American rapper from Brooklyn, whose popularity came from his hit single "Can't Deny It" in 2001, from his debut album Ghetto Fabolous. This album became platinum as well as the second one "Street Dreams" (2003). Fabolous' fourth album "From Nothin' to Somethin'" in 2007 became Golg. The next year he won Top Rap Song with the single "Make Me Better". The fifth album titled "Loso's Way" (2009) is worked on under the production of hip-hop icons Jonathan Rotem and Eminem. Fabolous will release his sixth album, "Loso's Way 2: Rise to Power", in 2011


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Norton, Mass. - April 21, 2013 – Ryan Murphy tallied a team-best four points to lead the Springfield College men's lacrosse team to a 12-7 victory at Wheaton College on Sunday afternoon in Pilgrim Lacrosse League action.
Lyons' sophomore Matthew Hillman led the squad with four goals, one assist, two ground balls and one caused turnover. Seniors Sean Doherty and Will Compton and freshman Kyle Rumberger all added solo tallies.
Springfield freshman Brendan Boss found the back of the net three times and secured two ground balls. Kevin Freeman potted two goals and Ryon Lynch tallied a goal and two helpers.
Pride freshman Tony LaGuerre opened up the scoring with his only marker of the contest with 14:21 on the scoreboard in the first quarter. Rumberger responded for the Lyons at 11:17 finishing a feed from Hillman to even the score at 1-1. Boss closed out the scoring with an assisted tally by sophomore Maxwell Wildes at 8:05.
In the second, Compton tied the game at 2-2 five minutes and 33-seconds into the action. Freeman followed with back-to-back tallies at 6:21 and 5:19 to give Springfield a 4-2 advantage before the break.
Hillman grabbed back some momentum for the Lyons in the second half with his first of four goals at the 7:18 mark of the third quarter. The Pride went on to score four unanswered goals to claim a commanding 8-3 margin. Boss, Lynch, Murphy, and Bryce Serriello each netted strikes to give the Pride a five-goal cushion. Doherty split Wheaton's gap in half with 23-seconds remaining in the third ripping an unassisted marker into the back of the net.
Senior Billy McNamara dished out a quick feed to Hillman from the right side of the cage for his second goal at 9:06 of the fourth quarter but Springfield did not allow the Lyons to get any closer. The Pride outscored the Blue and White, 4-3, in the fourth to keep their Pilgrim League record unblemished at 5-0.
Springfield outshot Wheaton, 40-30, while both teams went an identical 17-for-25 in clear attempts. The Lyons won the face-off matchup, 13-22, and picked up 46 ground balls.
The Pride can secure the top seed in the upcoming Pilgrim League Tournament when it hosts Babson on Saturday at 1:00 pm.


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Firefighters say lightning strikes may be to blame for a fire that destroyed classic cars in Arlington.
A restored Model T Ford and a Cadillac were lost in the garage fire. And lightning strikes had been reported in the area just before firefighters were called to the scene.
The garage was a complete loss, and an attached carriage house also suffered some damage.
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Now that the Samsung Galaxy S IV has officially been unveiled by Samsung, here comes the fun part – watching older devices get a price drop, so if you really do not need a tiny bit bigger display with Full HD quality, a faster processor and all those fancy software that Samsung boasted earlier this morning, the Samsung Galaxy S III is now available for a retail price of RM1,699, in Maxis at least.
Maxis is offering the Samsung Galaxy S III with its usual Value Plus/Value First plans with a data plan, as well as with its SurfMore plans:
Unfortunately though, the price change has not been reflected in other telco phone bundles…yet. We'll keep our eye peeled for any price changes and keep you informed. Meanwhile, how many of you will opt for the GS3 instead of the GS4 because of the price? Dare I assume, the GS4 will cost no less than RM2,199 at launch (GS3 retailed at RM2,199 when it was launched last year, dropped to RM1,999 when Samsung announced the Note II) and with such a drastic price difference now, will you pick the GS3 instead?
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Multimedia Stories
A listing of High Country News online video, photographic and audio content.
Climate threats to Alaska food security
KDNK speaks with HCN writer Elizabeth Grossman.by Nelson Harvey, Aug 20, 2014
A Peruvian sheepherder in the Colorado Rockies
Photographs and recordings.by Braden Gunem, Jul 18, 2014
In North Dakota, booms past and present
A photographer returns home to examine changes to the landscape.by Sarah Christianson, Jul 11, 2014
Jonathan Thompson on payday lending
Latest chapter in the exploitation of Native Americans, with a surprising plot twist.by Nelson Harvey, Jul 02, 2014
Border patrol runs roughshod on public lands
KDNK speaks with Ray Ring about damage to border ecology.by Nelson Harvey, Jun 17, 2014
Will gun control do more harm than good?
KDNK Radio speaks with HCN about the great gun debate.by Nelson Harvey, Jun 02, 2014
How mining transforms the West's ranching communities
Photographs of people and places in flux.by Lucas Foglia and Sarah Gilman, Jun 13, 2014
The National Park Service's diversity problem
KDNK Radio speaks with HCN about changing demographics.by Nelson Harvey, May 20, 2014
Video of epic mule deer migration
Mulies on the move in western Wyoming.by Joe Riis, Apr 30, 2014
Listen to HCN readers share horror stories
A KDNK Sounds of the High Country segment.by Nelson Harvey, Apr 21, 2014
Photos of a standoff
Armed militia members join a Nevada rancher to protest a cattle roundup from public land.by Jim Urquhart and Christi Turner, Apr 14, 2014
Will the Colorado River reach the Gulf of California once more?
Photographs of last month's historic water pulses.by John Trotter, Apr 09, 2014
KDNK Radio speaks with Judith Lewis Mernit
California's energy needs might mean development for small towns with big renewable resources.by Eric Skalac, Apr 04, 2014
Geoduck fishermen switch to urchins off Washington's coast
China banned West Coast shellfish after finding traces of toxins.by Mike Kane and Christi Turner, Mar 14, 2014
KDNK Radio speaks with writer Sierra Crane-Murdoch
Searching for answers in a Nevada town plagued by childhood cancer.by Nelson Harvey, Mar 10, 2014
KDNK Radio speaks with HCN reporter April Reese
A buyout program in the Gila.by Eric Skalac, Feb 26, 2014
Two North Dakota kids explain the Bakken boom
A film about their experience near the town of White Earth.by J. Christian Jensen, Feb 21, 2014
A city beyond the fog and under one roof
Photographs of isolation and community in Whittier, Alaska.by Jen Kinney, Feb 14, 2014
Two Angelenos debate the city's sustainability efforts
KCRW Radio conversation based on HCN essay "Brave New L.A."by KCRW Radio, Feb 04, 2014
KDNK Radio speaks with HCN reporter Kevin Taylor
Will an apple a day keep the food desert away?by Nelson Harvey, Jan 31, 2014


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October 29, 2012
Q. How do three recent news stories about alcoholism, a housing crisis and a recent canonization intersect?
A. Through the discourse of reconciliation
When I started to become interested in the reconciliation process in Canada, I set up google alerts with the tag words "Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission" and "Indian Residential School." I generally receive a few alerts a week about the commission and the IRS system. Often, they are articles that mention a TRC event taking place somewhere, or the announcement of an upcoming talk or event. Sometimes, it is an article about new curriculum, an approaching deadline, or about reconciliation processes happening elsewhere around the world. For the most part, I use the alerts to try to understand the IRS TRC's media presence and how influential the discourse of reconciliation is (or isn't) becoming.
This week, I got three alerts, and together I thought they represented an interesting intersection of issues:
1. A story about the first Aboriginal canonization. The title of the article is "It's the same great sprit." The subheading is "Canonization of Kateri is a big step toward true reconciliation, but the embrace could go further."
2. An article about the one year anniversary of Attawapiskat's declaration of a state of emergency (and the release of Alanis Obamsawin's documentary about it).
3. A news release about Romeo Saganash's public struggle with alcoholism. Saganash noted his experience in the Indian Residential School system as one of the factors that lead to a recent incident on an Air Canada flight.
The three articles landed in my email inbox within days of each other and cover a broad range of issues that touch upon the process of reconciliation: negotiating religious relationships, lack of funding and support for indigenous communities, and the after-effects of the IRS system in the form of alcohol abuse. In each case, the Indian Residential School system is raised in a different context, drawing attention to the many ways it touches indigenous (and non-indigenous) individuals and communities.
The article, written by Wab Kinew, about Kateri's canonization is the one I find most intriguing. Here's an excerpt, but I definitely recommend giving the full piece a read:
The canonization ceremony (Kateri is one of seven new saints) capped off a series of celebrations that brought indigenous North Americans into the Catholic Church perhaps more completely than ever before. The rite itself featured a prayer in the Mohawk language. The night before, at a special vigil for Saint Kateri, the cardinals, bishops and worshippers present smudged with sage and sweetgrass — this in the San Giovanni In Laterano Basilica, the "mother of all churches."
Yet even as indigenous North Americans are celebrated by the church, there are signs the embrace could go further. During his remarks, the Pope noted that although Saint Kateri "worked, faithful to the traditions of her people," she "renounc[ed] their religious convictions."
The church views indigenous cultures as merely a host for the Catholic religion. This approach is called "acculturation" by Catholic missionaries. As one priest explains in the new film In Her Footsteps: The Story of Kateri Tekakwitha, acculturation is the process where the local culture becomes like a "prism" through which the "truth" of the gospel is revealed.
Talking to many of the indigenous people at the canonization ceremony, many of them residential school survivors, I don't think this is what they have in mind. They speak of embracing Catholicism, but also of practising their traditional spirituality. It is precisely this pluralistic approach that made the inclusion of smudging and indigenous language so important to them. It is that same reason that motivated so many of them to wear their traditional clothing to Vatican City.
As Chief Littlechild says: "We can have both spiritual beliefs, although it's the same great spirit and the same Creator."
There was much talk from church officials this week about how Kateri's sainthood opens the doors for new forms of evangelism. Pope Benedict himself called for a "renewal of faith in the First Nations." This misses an opportunity.
The truth about reconciliation is this: It is not a second chance at assimilation. It should not be a kinder, gentler evangelism, free from the horrors of the residential school era. Rather, true reconciliation is a second chance at building a mutually respectful relationship.
I heart ImagiNATIVE
October 19, 2012
Last night, I attended the opening night screening at ImagiNATIVE, the indigenous film and new media festival in Toronto. In short, it was awesome. Alanis Obomsawin's first film, Christmas in Moose Factory (1971) and her most recent film, The People of the Kattawapiskak River (2012) were screened. I feel I could write a lot about these two films, about how well they communicate so many things that are often so hard to express, about family life, about challenges and resilience, about colonialism and injustice, but also about optimism and hope. But, these days, most of my writing is targeted toward the dissertation, so instead, I will simply say that they are two wonderful films that I hope people get to see. To read a review, check out Lisa Charleyboy for the CBC.
The festival has also integrated artwork into Toronto's urban landscape. While waiting for the subway after the film, I saw that the public transit's screens were showing artwork dedicated to raising awareness about and paying respect to the many indigenous women who are missing or have been murdered and whose cases remain unsolved. The art project is called the Stolen Sisters Initiative.
ImagiNATIVE is on until Sunday. Check it out!
More information on the Stolen Sisters Initiative from the artintransit website:
National Exhibition by Indigenous Artists brings Indigenous Women's Rights to the Forefront
Pattison Onestop, imagineNATIVE and Amnesty International Canada co-present Stolen Sisters Digital Initiative (SSDI), a national project presenting four commissioned works that celebrate and honour Indigenous women and their contributions as strong, successful and valued members of society.
The four one-minute, silent digital works were created by award-winning, Canadian Indigenous artists: Jesse Gouchey and Xstine Cook (LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY), Lisa Jackson (SNARE), Cara Mumford (WHEN IT RAINS) and Angela Sterritt (YOUR COURAGE WILL NOT GO UNNOTICED).
"I'm honoured to be selected to participate in the SSDI. It's through art that we can express the human side of tragic social issues like this, so often lost in news coverage," says Genie award-winning filmmaker, Lisa Jackson. "It's an opportunity to recognize the women at the heart of the issue and to bring an awareness of the violence against them to a broader audience."
SSDI will play on the Pattison Onestop subway screens to over 1 million Toronto's daily commuters and nationally on 254 digital monitors in 33 shopping centres across Canada, at the Calgary International Airport, and TIFF Bell Lightbox leading up to and during the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.
The Festival's SSDI webpage (http://imaginenative.org/festival2012/SSDI) includes details on mall and shopping centre locations screening the SSDI, a resource page featuring artists, issues and links to organizations to find out more about the history and movement surrounding Indigenous women's rights.
"The passion of our partners, collaborators and artists to bring attention to such an important issue to potentially over 2.5 million viewers is an unprecedented opportunity," beams Daniel Northway-Frank, Programming + Industry Manager. "To challenge our artists to marry artistic style and social justice is a new and exciting venture. We hope this initiative adds a strong voice and attention to the Indigenous women's rights movement in Canada, and spurs action and awareness through creative outlets in other Indigenous communities and countries around the world, which sadly have similar experiences."
The SSDI project started as a call by imagineNATIVE and its partners to Canada's Aboriginal artistic community to conceive of a video piece creatively reflecting and responding to the Stolen Sisters, a term adopted by the Aboriginal community and larger social justice organizations of the struggle to find answers for the over 500 official (and arguably more) unsolved cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women across Canada.
"We Have Not Forgotten How To Laugh"
June 4, 2012
On Thursday I attended the opening evening of the Truth and Reconciliation Event in Toronto. Like many of these events, the evening included statements of support and challenge as well as musical and artistic performances. Lt. Governor David Onley pledged his ongoing support for the work of the commission while Chief William Montour of the Six Nations of Grand River called the TRC toothless, pushing for more recognition of ongoing issues facing First Nation communities such as land, health and housing.
As always, the evening focused on some difficult truths, about Canada's colonial history and about a challenging road ahead. But the event was also a celebration of sorts, a celebration of resilience. The MC for the evening, Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, noted that even in the face of incredible obstacles and hardship, "we have not forgotten how to dance and we have not forgotten how to laugh."
Two young Inuit throat singers were a great example of this laughter and resilience. The two young women stood on stage, holding each other by the arms, standing face to face. They began the rhythmic humming and deep gutteral sounds of throat singing. An exercise in both competition and collaboration, each song ended in laughter. I am by no means an expert in Inuit throat singing, and so all I will say about their performance is that it was beautiful, and that their laughter was inspiring.
Until the Records Disappear
May 4, 2012
It has been a long time since I've posted to the blog. Life with baby is busy! My research continues to progress, but the pace has certainly changed. There have been many moments over the last few weeks where I've thought, 'I should post this to my blog,' but just didn't get the chance.
A friend and colleague, Eric Large, recently sent me an interesting article about the missing children who never returned from the Indian Residential Schools. Many children died while in the IRS system. Their bodies were often buried at cemeteries near the schools. Some families didn't know (and still don't) what happened to their children or their bodies. The article mentions the work of researchers now trying to find out where those bodies are to provide some sort of peace of mind to families. A small fragment in the article stands out to me. A researcher is quoted as studying the movement of students at a particular school, but her work is cut short because the records simply cease to exist after 1916. She pursues the documents "until the records disappear." In the context of the article, this simply refers to a particular school's records. But the words strike me as indicative of a much larger issue. So many of these schools didn't keep or lost their records. But there is nothing simple about disappearance. Many factors are involved in the disappearing of things, of people, of cultures, and it is an active rather than a passive process. As I continue to look through archives, I am reminded that the gaps found there are not simply absences but active erasures.
Two of the most circulated images from the IRS system are of Thomas Moore. Arranged as before and after images, the photos are an evocative representation of the goals of colonial assimilation. When I began this research, I had hoped to write about Thomas Moore. I quickly found, however, that finding out what happened to young Thomas Moore was more difficult than I had thought it would be. Because the images are some of the most re-printed images from the IRS system, I would have thought that more about his life would have been known. But, I found that this was not the case. One exchange with an archivist in Saskatchewan provided some limited information:
Thank you for your enquiry. Yes, the two photos are probably some of our most popular images. No, we do not have the original photos. They were copied from the Canada Sessional Papers, No.14, Volume XXXI, No. 11 (1897). This Department of Indian Affairs Report was for the year ending at June 30, 1896. The photos would have been taken before that date.
The only information we have on Thomas Moore comes from the student register for the Regina Indian Industrial School, 1891 to 1908 (microfilm R-2.40, see entry No. 22). He was actually admitted to the school on August 26, 1891 when he was 8 years old. He was a full blooded Indian from the Saulteaux tribe. He was from the Muscowpetung Band which is about 35 miles northeast of Regina. His full name was Thomas Moore Kusick. His father was St.(?) Paul Desjarlais (deceased) and his mother's name was Hanna Moore Kusick. The boy was a Protestant and had previously attended Lakes End School. His state of education upon admission consisted of knowing the alphabet. His height was 3 feet, 11 inches and he weighed 54 1/2 pounds. There is a note in the admission register that directs one to look for page 20 in the Discharge Register. However, we do not have this document and therefore we do not know when he completed his education.
The height and weight information strikes me as particularly sad. He was just a boy, 3 feet 11 inches and 54 1/2 pounds.
With this email exchange, I had very quickly reached the point where the records (at this particular archive, anyway) disappeared. Of course, information about Thomas Moore may be scattered in several archives (and I have reached out to several). More than likely, the best place to look for more information will be outside the archives, in communities near Regina, or through networks of extended family. I'm going to keep looking, but I don't have much hope of finding out what happened to Thomas Moore.
If anyone out there has any information, please feel free to reach out!
Day One in Halifax
October 27, 2011
It's the end of the first day of the TRC's third national gathering in Halifax. The day began with the lighting of the sacred fire, which took place on the grounds of Province House. The ashes from the sacred fire at the first gathering in Winnipeg were transferred to the sacred fire in Inuvik, and have now been brought to Halifax. According to the TRC:
The Lighting of the Sacred Fire happens before we begin each Event to ensure that it is the spirits and the teachings that guide us and protect us while the Commission does its work. The transferring of the ashes has become a symbol of national unity as it becomes lit from coast to coast to coast.
The ceremony took place in front of a statue of Joseph Howe (1804-1873), a Nova Scotian politician. Under his outstretched arm, the commission, elders, and participants watched as the sacred fire was lit. (Photos of sacred ceremonies are forbidden. The image above was taken before the ceremony began.) Shortly afterwards, the Truth and Reconciliation Walkers entered the square. The group of five walked for 2,200 kilometres from Cochrane, Ontario to attend the event in Halifax: Patrick Etherington Jr., Robert Hunter, James Kioke, Samuel Koosees, Frances R. Whiskeychan. As they walked from community to community, they raised awareness about the Indian Residential School legacy and the truth commission's work. I had the honour of hearing Patrick Etherington Jr. speak in Winnipeg about their journey to the first national gathering. They are a truly inspiring group. For more on their journey, click here, or here.
Inuvik in Images
July 1, 2011
Like the IRS TRC's national gathering in Winnipeg last summer, the Inuvik event is a complicated negotiation between personal, familial and national reconciliation. And like the Winnipeg event, I have a feeling it will be some time before I process and begin to understand these negotiations.
The days are long and filled with emotion. The morning and afternoon sessions (generally focusing on the gathering of testimony and expressions of reconciliation) often contain stories of extreme hardship and abuse, as well as those of resilience and survival. The evenings are then filled with music and cultural expressions; people dance and sing, ask questions, continue to share their stories and create connections.
Tomorrow (Canada Day) is the last day of the event. I'm sure I will continue to think about what I've seen here for a long time to come. I hope to post more about the event, but in the meantime, here are a few images from the last few days.
Culture and History at Blue Quills
June 23, 2011
After my trip to Vancouver, I traveled to my next stop: St. Paul, Alberta. After flying into Edmonton, I drove 3 hours to St. Paul. The landscape was beautiful. Not quite the flat lands of the prairies I had been expecting, but low hills, fields of crops, and bales of hay. The grass was yellowed in spots, creating patterns that spoke to the wild weather sometimes experienced in these parts.
I traveled to St. Paul in order to attend the annual Blue Quills Cultural Camp. I had read about the Blue Quills First Nations College and their story of taking back their school (in the 1970s) and wanted to learn more about it. At the time, the Minister of Indian Affairs was Jean Chretien, who predicted that the school under Aboriginal control would only last six months. Forty years later, the school is still going strong. They offer programs in Business Application & Data Management/ Office Readiness, Cree Language, Early Childhood Education, and Information Technology among others.
The school is governed by seven local First Nations communities: Beaver Lake, Cold Lake, Frog Lake, Whitefish Lake, Heart Lake, Kehewin, and Saddle Lake, representing approximately 17,500 people.
Coinciding with the national day of reconciliation on May 25th, the Cultural Camp was a week long event held at the school. The schedule was filled with arts and crafts (rattle making, decorative drums, hide scraping etc.), sharing circles, wagon rides, sweat lodges, and traditional ceremonies (horse dance ceremony and chicken dance ceremony). These events helped to create a real sense of place and a strong sense of community.
During my visit, former student Eric Large took me on a tour of the school. He pointed out the old dormitories where he slept, the supply closet for the nurse, old classrooms. We walked through what was once the girls dormitory. "I don't know much about this part of the building," he said. "We were never allowed here. They always kept us apart. We didn't take classes together, eat together or play together. Even brothers and sisters were separated."
As we walked through the third floor of the four storey building, he pointed to one door, now locked. "This is where the traveling dentist worked from. I gave a tour of this building before and the smell of the dental fluoride came flooding back to me. I asked the others on the tour if they could smell it. It was so strong. I guess that's my body remembering."
The school means different things to different people. For some it is filled with difficult memories, others recall the struggle to reclaim the space, and for current students it is a place of learning and empowerment. Thank you to Eric Large, Bernadine Houle-Steinhauer, Harvey Young Chief, Charles Wood and many of the other participants for sharing your knowledge and creating such a positive space.
June 14, 2011
After I visited St. Mary's, I drove the short distance towards Coqualeetza. Soon after arriving, it became very clear that my short trip out west would only be long enough to scratch the surface of Coqualeetza's history. Thankfully, Patricia Raymond-Adair and Karen Bonneau at the Coqualeetza Cultural Education Centre answered my questions and kindly photocopied a mass of documents (including old pamphlets and media coverage) that I've brought home with me to go through.
When I began this research, I was under the impression that many of the former Indian Residential Schools no longer existed. I had heard stories of schools that had been demolished, neglected and decayed, and had heard several times about schools lost to (both intentional and unintentional) fires. As I continued the research, however, I found that several of the schools have been taken back by communities. And I wanted to hear more about the strength and determination involved in doing so.
As I've mentioned previously, the former Portage la Prairie school is now being used as tribal and administrative offices. Some former students work in the same building where they went to school. The Coqualeetza school in Chilliwack also has an interesting history.
The Coqualeetza site has been used over the last centry as a Methodist Indian Residential School, a tuberculosis hospital and army barracks. In the 1970s, the Sto:lo First Nations occupied the former school to reclaim it as their own. A report in the Chilliwack Progress (May 5, 1976) describes the occupation:
Acting under orders, with the sound of tribal drums ringing in their ears, members of the Canadian Armed Forced heaved against the front door to the former nurses residence at Coqualeetza. By 7:45pm Monday 23 people were carried or led away from the scene that erupted only a short time before when members of the Stalo Indian band decided to stand ground and disobey military and RCMP orders to vacate the Coqualeetza facility.
The Coqualeetza Cultural Education website notes that the occupation was an attempt to "publicize the lack of action on achieving reserve status and ownership of the Coqualeetza Property." The occupation certainly brought more attention to the Sto:lo First Nation's claims to the land. The buildings, now being used as the headquarters for Sto:lo Nation and other cultural, health and educational initiatives, still show traces of the past. But they also reveal a promising future.
My next post will be about Blue Quills in St. Paul, Alberta. And shortly afterwards I'll be heading up north to Yellowknife and then Inuvik. I hope to be posting images and reflections as the trip unfolds.
Thanks to Patricia and Karen for their help at Coqualeetza!
Traces on the West Coast: St. Mary's IRS
June 1, 2011
"It was an evil place. It was a beautiful place."[i]
I recently took a trip out west to Vancouver, BC. The trip was both personal (to celebrate the wedding of a friend) and research-related (to visit the grounds of former Indian Residential Schools, first in BC and then in Alberta).
The first school I visited was the former St. Mary's Indian Residential School in Mission, a school that was demolished in 1965. (The students attending there at the time were moved to a new government-run St. Mary's not far away.) The remnants of the first school, the oldest permanent Indian Residential School in British Columbia, can now be found in the Fraser River Heritage Park.
It was a beautiful late spring day when I visited the park. I had printed out the map of the former school from the Park's website before my trip and had it with me as I walked. Without the map, it's unlikely I would have noticed the low concrete foundations embedded in the landscape of the park. The map included buildings that were still standing, that were gone but still marked in some way, and those whose traces had since vanished.
There were a few other people in the park that day, most were walking their dogs, a few were sitting on benches over-looking the water. I was the only one taking notice of the cement structures, walking from one to another and puzzling over the map.
I found it strange that the cement foundations weren't marked in some way, so I went to the visitor center to see if I could find more information. There I met Don Brown, a manager at the Heritage Park, who informed me that indeed the foundations were marked. He mentioned that some time ago, they had painted numbers on the structures to coincide with those on the map. But time and weather had worn those away. Then they marked them with small metal plaques. Unfortunately, Don explained, some of those had been stolen, likely to be melted down for the metal. We walked back out to the structures together to see if we could find them and, after checking out a couple, found one marking the old gym.
There was something both beautiful and haunting about that space. It was both serene and unsettling. While at the visitor center, I purchased Amongst God's Own: The Enduring Legacy of St. Mary's Mission, a book that captures the contradictions of St. Mary's. As author Terry Glavin explains, the history of St. Mary's and the Indian Residential School system is complicated. He writes:
"This book is about a terrible story. It is a story that involves great suffering, betrayal, love, sacrifice, loss, and redemption. This book is also about a wonderful story, a story that involves faith, memory, comfort, forgiveness, sorrow and loyalty. It is also an unfinished story" (11).
The testimonies from the former students in the book discuss both the difficulties and opportunities they experienced at St. Mary's. Without downplaying the horrible intentions and legacies of the system, the author and the former students involved in the book complicate the narrative of the IRS system as one where only heartache and destruction were the result.
In my next couple of posts I'll write about the other schools I visited on the trip: Coqualeetza in Chilliwack, BC and Blue Quills in St. Paul, Alberta.
[i] Glavin, Terry and former students of St. Mary's. Amongst God's Own: The Enduring Legacy of St. Mary's Mission. Mission, BC: Longhouse Publishing, 2002.
Event Recap: Memory, Art, and Modern
April 4, 2011
The last couple of weeks have been crammed full with interesting events. Recently, I posted about the Memory Studies conference in New York. The event, which started off with a fascinating opening night screening called A Film Unfinished, brought memory scholars from around together to discuss their research. It was the first time I was able to present some of my research on the IRS TRC's national gathering in Winnipeg, Manitoba last summer, and I think (and hope) it went well.
Back in Toronto, I attended two other wonderful events. On Wednesday, March 30th, the Harbourfront Centre hosted Aboriginal Women in the Arts: Using Art to Reclaim Traditional Roles with Terril Calder, Lee Maracle and Cheryl L'hirondelle. Calder's film, Canned Meat, was a jarring and beautiful film that spoke to themes of isolation, memory, and community. Maracle's poetry, as always, was moving. Her responses during the Q and A were insightful and inspiring. And L'hirondelle's songs were heartfelt and beautiful. (One of the songs was written in collaboration with Aboriginal women in prison in Saskatchewan.) My favourite song was "Wishful Heart," written while walking through Vancouver's downtown east side.
And last but not least was the Art Galley of Ontario's symposium called Inuit Modern. The symposium, on April 2nd, brought together Inuit artists and curators to discuss the new exhibit at the AGO: Inuit Modern. As one of the moderators noted, it was the first time so many Inuit artists were gathered together in "the south." (I learned that Toronto counts as part of "the south" when the point of comparison is so far north.) The participants discussed the tensions between concepts like traditional and modern, north and south, and art and authority.


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What is a choir school? It is a private school which combines an academic and musical education. In the case of St. Thomas Choir School the academic and musical education is enriched with the choristers' religious duties. The boy choristers sing the top or soprano line in the world-famous St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys. The Choir sings regularly at services in St. Thomas Church. It also gives dozens of concerts every year in the church, in addition to touring at home and abroad. The Choir is considered one of the finest choral ensembles in the world.
The Benefits of a Choir School Education
What are the benefits of a choir school education? Why would you want to send your son to a residential school in 3rd grade? There are a couple of reasons to consider. Perhaps you already know that your son has a musical gift and a good singing voice. Sending him away to a world-class institution like St. Thomas Choir School will develop his talents and character in all sorts of positive ways. He will have the benefit of some of the best music performance experiences to be found anywhere. He will be taught in small classes with lots of individual attention. The cost of this fine education is relatively low because St. Thomas Church subsidizes the expense in return for the boys' singing at services four times during the week and again on Sundays.
Singing in a choir gives boys and girls confidence. It develops an appreciation not only for great music but also for teamwork. Musical performances require individuals to sing in harmony as an ensemble or team under the direction of a leader or conductor. Understanding the principles of teamwork and leadership is a valuable lesson in life. Performing music successfully in a concert setting gives young people confidence and trust in their own abilities. These are lessons which will help and guide boys and girls as they become young adults with careers and families of their own. They can look back at what they accomplished as children and face whatever life brings them with the confidence and assurance that they can handle it.
What happens after 8th grade? The academic education which your child has received in choir school is a solid preparation for just about any private or public high school you might want to consider. Choir school graduates matriculate to some of the best high schools at home and abroad.
A Brief History of Choir Schools
Choir schools have been part of the Anglican and Roman Catholic worship tradition for many centuries. They are usually attached to cathedrals or college chapels. The choir schools at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and King's College, Cambridge, are two prominent examples of that tradition. In return for their education and room and board the boys were expected to sing at the daily services in the cathedral or college chapel. This tradition continued pretty much unchanged until the latter part of the 20th century.
The cost of educating and housing choristers is enormous. The original endowments which founders of those institutions set up no longer produce enough income to offset the expense of running a choir school. Changing approaches to education as well as an increasingly mobile society made recruiting choristers difficult. For those reasons many choir schools in the United Kingdom have either closed their doors or become day schools since 1945.
In the United States the Episcopal Church carried on the choir school tradition. In the first part of the 20th century residential choir schools could be found at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York; Grace Cathedral, San Francisco; Washington Cathedral and St. Thomas' Church. Now only St. Thomas Choir School remains as a residential school. The other two cathedrals have day schools affiliated with them. Their choristers receive a superb education at those day schools.
Secular Choir Schools
Unlike the church-affiliated choir schools, secular choir schools exist as pure performance, arts-based institutions. Think Julliard or Curtis for 4th through 8th graders and you get the idea. There are just a handful of such institutions including The American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey and Pacific Boychoir Academy in Berkeley, California.