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One of the things I enjoy most about Brisbane is waking up to a sunny Winter day - somehow you don't notice the cold so much when the sun is shining. Not that Brisbane is exactly cold right now, especially compared to Melbourne : )
This was the view this morning while I sipped my cup of tea from the sunroom in the lovely home of stationery designer Alarna Zinn, who was kind enough to have me to stay for the few days that I was in Brisbane for the Finders Keepers market.
Alarna's home is filled with vintage treasures and cute homely touches. It is the sort of home you immediately feel comfortable in. With bay views out the front and mountain views out the back, I found it very hard to leave!
How cute is this display in Alarna's kitchen? I love the minty green walls : )
I am now more determined than ever to move to a big old house by the beach, I think the rabbit & the duck would be very happy in such a place : )


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The poetry lesson is that poetry is a practice.
Aristotle meant that poetry was mimetic of all of things, independent of another poet's unique perspective. It is not necessary that poets imitate other poets, but that they imitate life.
Do you remember that Eliot was billed as giving a talk on 'Scylla and Charybdis' and he'd realized that they'd simply misunderstood. That is, when he was asked what he was going to talk about, he'd said that these things were always a matter of Scylla and Charybdis and so forth, and this became the title of the talk so that we got a talk on this subject because they'd slightly misunderstood what he was saying. But it's true to him.

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Uzbek Refugees Return to Osh
After violence drove more than 75,000 refugees across the border into Uzbekistan, some are returning to Kyrgyzstan after a pause in the fighting.
TimesCast | June 18, 2010
In today's Timescast, reports on the refugee crisis in Kyrgyzstan, Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, casting the next Billy Elliot and an interview with author Christopher Hitchens .
Violence Abates in Kyrgyzstan
People in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh ventured out for the first time since last week's ethnic violence as aid began to arrive.
TimesCast | June 15, 2010
In today's Timescast, reports on safety concerns about oil spill waste, Britain releases a 'Bloody Sunday' report and universal health care for $2 a day.
Violence in Kyrgyzstan Eases
Violence ebbed and ethnic Uzbeks began emerging from their barricaded homes in Kyrgyzstan's ethnically torn south.
Ethnic Uzbeks Flee Violence in Kyrgyzstan
Thousands of Uzbeks were reported to be flooding into Uzbekistan and thousands more were massed at the border as they fled violence in the southern Kyrgyz cities of Osh and Jalalabad.
Kyrgyz Riots Kill Nearly 100
Ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan have killed nearly 100 people, which prompted Interim leader Roza Otunbayeva to call on Russia for help. President Medvedev of Russia turned down the offer.
Embattled Kyrgyz Appeal to Russia
Kyrgyzstan appeals for Russia's help to stop ethnic fighting that has killed scores and left parts of its second-largest city, Osh, in flames.
Riots Break Out in Kyrgyzstan
Violence in the second-largest city in the impoverished former Soviet Republic sparks state of emergency.
Unrest and Uncertainty Grip Kyrgyzstan
In the wake of bloody protests, an opposition leader on Thursday announced the formation of a transitional government, but the president announced from an undisclosed location that he would not resign.
Into the Mountains of Kyrgyzstan
Craving altitude and wilderness, the Frugal Traveler heads to Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country that is affordable, adventurous and accessible, with a Muslim population so moderate it's not uncommon to see mothers in bikinis drinking beer on the beach.
Deep Into the Dream World of Kyrgyzstan
In this corner of Central Asia, glimpsing a nomadic culture hewed over centuries on the old Silk Road.
Ancient Road, Timeless Trip
The Silk Road is the popular name for a system of caravan trade routes that dates back more than 2,000 years, an important economic artery that stretched roughly 7,000 miles, from the Mediterranean to China's Yellow River Valley. Earlier this year, the photographer ...
The Stans: Nomads' Land Along the Silk Road
The Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan - commonly referred to as "the Stans" - have historical riches, rugged beauty and, at least for now, few tourists.
Kyrgyzstan's Alpine Splendor
IF you spend two weeks in Kyrgyzstan and are never offered a sheep's eye at dinner, should you be insulted or relieved? This question has been preoccupying me since my return from a trip through that quintessentially remote Central Asian land. Kyrgyzstan is ...


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Straight up this one do not wander right and fall on the rock. Do not wander left to climb the crack. Crimps to under clings and side pulls to more crimps to shallow sloppy one or two finger pockets and then the sloper fest starts for ten more feet to the top.
Back the clear will be table roof. It sits about 15 ft tall off the water on your right head up another 200 yards to the project wall and the 5.11 crack and this around the side.
Just right of the 5.11 crack is a thin powerful face climb. Be sure to scope the landing there is a rock just right of the line if you fall straight you will be okay. The line sits between the crack and the under water rock.


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CATEGORIES MoviesMoonrise Kingdom [Focus Features; 2012] Director: Wes Anderson Runtime: 94 minutes
In Wes Anderson's seventh film, Moonrise Kingdom, the quintessential quirkiness that's made the filmmaker a household name is in full effect. Unlike his last live-action and somewhat somber film The Darjeeling Limited, this is a return to the youthful vigor and real emotion on display in his earlier work. The film acts as a metaphor for the innocence of childhood, while also embodying and distilling what it feels like to be in love for the first time. These are universal traits that will undoubtedly appeal to the cinematic multiverse of global audiences. That said, the grin-inducing charm that Anderson seems to elicit so effortlessly here feels like little more than "par for the course" in his pantheon of quirky filmmaking.
After a virtuous series of dolly shots vividly paint a family portrait over the opening credits, our narrator (Bob Balaban) sets the stage for a fictitious island off the coast of New England in 1965. A troop of khaki-wearing boy scouts led by Scout Master Ward (Edward Norton) awaken to find that one of their troops has disappeared, leaving behind only a note of resignation from their group. The scout in question is a resourceful orphan named Sam Shakusky (Jared Gilman), who has embarked on a mission to reunite with a girl he's smitten with, one Suzy Bishop (Kara Hayward).
They met by chance during a theatrical performance of a Rushmore-esque retelling of Noah's Ark, which triggered a subtle romantic connection. After remaining in correspondence for almost a year as pen pals, the duo run away to escape the adult world and in turn elicit a search party comprised of Suzy's lawyer parents Mr. (Bill Murray) and Mrs. (Frances McDormand) Bishop, a bumbling local cop (Bruce Willis) and a social service worker known only as Social Services (Tilda Swinton).
As the fellow scouts join the pursuit of the star-crossed fugitives, the film becomes more and more fantastical. Their journey starts to resemble the storytelling of childhood books that Suzy reads to Sam at night, the same tales Anderson hopes you'll go out and read after the film. And though the film grows increasingly ludicrous and whimsical, Anderson continues to successfully distill the purity of young love while balancing the wonder of what it means to be a child. There are some dark thematic streaks on display as well, but they tend to be buried by the outlandish tone bursting out of the mise-en-scene.
The vintage decor, music and color palette of the 1960s era seems almost too perfect of a marriage for Anderson's own idiosyncratic tropes. From battery-powered record players to a whimsical tree house far too high up to be safe, there is a definite sense of immersion in this magical world. Yet Moonrise Kingdom does little to distinguish itself from Anderson's other work and will likely not garner him any new fans.
Audiences who already appreciate the inherent visual neuroticism that Anderson toils over in every delicately-composed shot will praise this ensemble film as the second coming of The Royal Tenenbaums while newcomers might be more wary of the overly niche style. Still, there's no denying the effervescent charm that makes this auteur's style of filmmaking so unique and compelling, and in that sense Moonrise Kingdom fits the bill.
Overall Grade: B.
Moonrise Kingdom opens on May 25th, 2012.
Follow thefilmstage.com's complete Cannes 2012 Film Festival coverage here.
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Job fair hed today at Marriott hotel in Melville
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National Career Fairs
Long Island Career Fair
Monday, July 15 at the Melville Marriott
1350 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville
11:00 a.m. - 2 p.m.Long Island Career Fair
MELVILLE - Long Island job seekers should freshen up their resumes and dress to impress: a job fair is being held today in Melville.
People will get a chance to meet face-to-face with dozens of employers to network, submit resumes and connect with hiring managers.
The fair is being held at the Melville Marriott and will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.


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Law Suit Filed Over Recall
On July 31, 2012, a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief
On July 31, 2012, a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief
was filed with the Superior Court of the State of California, County
of Alameda regarding the attempted recall election to remove me from
an elected seat as a KPFA listener delegate.
This action was taken due to the flawed conduct of the election, which
prevented members of the Pacifica Foundation affiliated with KPFA-FM
to vote in the election if they paid membership fees between November
3, 2011 and April 30, 2012, despite their clear interest in on-going
representation on the local station board and the Pacifica National
I regret the necessity to take this action, as I have long regretted
the unnecessary expense of the recall attempt itself.
The request for an injunction will be heard in Department 31 at the
Superior Court of California, Alameda County located at 201 13th
Street in Oakland at 9:00 am on Wednesday August 1st.
Tracy Rosenberg
KPFA Delegate, Local Station Board
Director, Pacifica Foundation Board of Directors
To find this case on the Alameda Superior Court website, you need the action number: No RG12641585
So, go to the Domain Web of the court at
Then click on the Domain Web button near the bottom to get
Click Case Summary in the middle of the page to get
As prompted near the top, type the number with letters RG12641585. Click Submit.
You will get the entire court record, attorneys, parties, rulings and the like. On the left side, click Register of Actions. You can print the documents that have been scanned in TIFF format. Alameda County, unlike most of the 58 California counties, scans most of the pleadings. The other will appear soon; this case was just filed.
If you just know the hearing date, but not the number, you can go to the Domain Web at
Click on Calendar Information.
The courthouse is probably the Davidson courthouse in Oakland. We have the date, 8/1/12, then click Get Department Listings to get
Click on Department 31, the main Law and Motion court to get
This is a civil ex parte, which even if you did not know that, you could guess it, since it is being done without the usual 30 days' notice, so click on civil ex parte to get
There you will get the number, which you can click on to get the full register of actions, rulings, attorneys, parties as above.
If you know the hearing date and the name of one party, you can find the action number from the main page. Go to
Pull down Online Services, Find your Court Date. This is also the pulldown for Domain Web. Click on the button to Find Your Court Date to get
Type in Rosenberg for last name, Tracy for first name, accept the default for today (August 1) and you will get the name of the case and the action number.
IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT PEOPLE WHO PAID MEMBERSHIP FEES FROM NOVEMBER 2011 THROUGH APRIL 2012 DID NOT GET A BALLOT. This is a completely rigged election. Thank you for providing this information here as most of us would be otherwise unaware of this urgently needed action.
Vote in future KPFA elections, contribute time or money NOW. Empower KPFA to follow through on its mission statement. Do not enable personality/ies to press forward a selfish, career agenda that lacks moral compass, without regard for KPFA's purpose or the community of listeners who pay to forward the KPFA raison d'etre.
KPFA, its mission as a non profit, alternative news, music and information source is for the education and edification of the diverse community of listeners it represents.
NSlaveKPFA/Concerned Listeners/KPFA Worker-etc., pretend to be liberals but instead push a persistent racist, white male superiority agenda, use disinformation and bank breaking, heart breaking, bank rolled lawsuits to sidestep union law and seniority rights, all of which are untouchables unless it furthers the personal ambition and selfish power grabs of their own entrenched clique and its favorites.
Save KPFA (for themselves) would unseat the persons who brought us back from the edge of fiscal disaster, trouble they now want 'others held responsible for', this, to enable a deceitful personality's white knuckle grab for a job, to effect which they would stip this sweet non profit of its purpose.
Vote no on the Rosenberg Recall and bring Engelhardt back. Either that or admit that this station is is a ship for fools, fools who nevertheless have power, to sail into a cheapened media spotlit radio gig tht purports to be 'for the people' relevant and fighting for justice when in reality, it, like its hope to be host has not and is not.
Remember this? Starting in late October 2011, over 1200 people signed this SaveKPFA petition:
"As KPFA listener-members, we demand you immediately delegate responsibility for running the recall vote on Pacifica treasurer Tracy Rosenberg to a neutral third party (such as the American Association of Arbitrators, or California State Mediation and Conciliation), and have the election conducted promptly. To maintain good faith with KPFA's listener-members, over 800 of whom have signed the recall petition against Rosenberg, Pacifica must avoid delaying the vote or manipulating the process to benefit its political allies. Even the appearance of such behavior will be detrimental to the station and the network."
Pacifica ignored it, no doubt encouraged by Rosenberg. Now she sues over the delay, to create another delay. She just doesn't want those votes counted, does she?
This kind of government operation was an invitation to a lawsuit as the very petition and many phony signatures itself were questionable, and sure enough, a temporary restraining order stopped the whole thing. Here is the latest news from:
August 1st – Update: At a hearing this morning an Alameda County Superior Court Judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the counting of the KPFA recall election ballots until a full hearing on September 10th. The court ordered the ballots sequestered until then.
July 31st — Breaking News: Court Hearing Tomorrow – Temporary Restraining Order Sought to Halt Recall Election Due to Exclusion of Eligible Voters
We will update this page tomorrow after the court rules on the request for a Temporary Restraining Order
We have just learned the shocking news that the KPFA recall election that has been under way for months may be invalid because ballots were not distributed to all those eligible to vote and some were distributed to people not eligible to vote. This violates the clear requirements of the Pacifica bylaws and the California Corporations Code. On these grounds a court has now been asked to stop the election. A statement from Tracy Rosenberg is posted here.
We don't know the details of how this mistake occurred or who is responsible. We do know that the result is a tragic waste of resources and energy – for KPFA and the Pacifica Foundation; for Tracy Rosenberg, the target of the recall campaign; and for all of the many listener members who have worked both for and against the recall. It's further evidence – as if any more were needed! – that the furious partisanship that motivated the recall campaign only adds to the grave threats already threatening the future of KPFA and Pacifica.
Distressing as this development is, the problem raised in court by recall target Tracy Rosenberg appears all too real. Pacifica mailed ballots for the recall election on June 28, 2012, using a "record date" (eligibility date) of November 1, 2011 – that is, ballots were sent to everyone who was a qualified listener-subscriber on that date, and not to others who subscribed after that date. In other words, the eligibility date used was almost eight months – 240 days – before the ballots were mailed.
Both our bylaws and the law, however, require an eligibility date much closer to the voting. The California Corporations Code (which governs Pacifica elections because the Pacifica Foundation is registered as a non-profit corporation in California) says the cutoff date for eligibility in an election can't be more than 60 before ballots are distributed. Pacifica's own bylaws specify that the interval should be only 45 days. (For the exact language of the California Corporations Code and the Pacifica Bylaws, see below).
What's at issue is not just compliance with the bylaws and the law – this is a matter of fundamental fairness and democratic rights. The reason the corporations code and the bylaws require record dates close to elections (except for a short interval to allow for preparation of mailing lists, etc.) is to ensure that decisions about an organization are made by its current members. People who let their membership lapse properly give up the right to vote in elections. On the other hand, people who joined more recently have every right to vote.
In light of this news, we again urge the recall proponents to withdraw their petition, lest we face a rerun that can only prolong the destructive infighting and drain more money, time, and energy – resources that would be much better spent helping KPFA and Pacifica return to financial stability, improve their programming, reach out to new listeners, and take better advantage of today's technology.
Whatever happens now with the recall, we wish to thank the hundreds of people who have steadfastly opposed this unwarranted attack on Tracy Rosenberg, one of our national media justice leaders. They stood up against the infighting at KPFA that undermines the station in this time of endless war, cultural and racist attacks, and the defrauding of our communities. They endorsed the NO on the Recall campaign, produced and handed out leaflets, talked with KPFA listeners at events, sent messages of support, wrote to news outlets, joined social media discussions, provided web and graphic design, donated generously to help us print and mail our postcard, and held many personal conversations. Our committee's effort has been magnified a thousand fold by their work, and we are grateful and encouraged because they understood the nature of this recall and the urgency to defeat it.
~Peter Franck, Adrienne Lauby, Henry Norr, Mara Rivera, Sally Sommer & Carol Spooner – The No on the KPFA Recall Committee
The Rules in Question
Pacifica Bylaws: Article Three, Members of the Foundation, Section 10: Record Date The record date for purposes of determining the Members entitled to receive notice of any meeting, entitled to vote by written ballot or entitled to exercise any other lawful membership action, shall be forty-five (45) days before the date of the special meeting, 45 to 60 days before the day on which the first written ballot is distributed or made available to the Members (based on the reasonable discretion of the National Election Supervisor), or 45 days before the taking of any other action, as applicable. http://www.pacifica.org/kewg.org/bylaws/art3sec10.html
California Corporations Code Section 5611, part c (c) The bylaws may provide or, in the absence of such provision, the board may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for the purpose of determining the members entitled to cast written ballots (Section 7513). Such record date shall not be more than 60 days before the day on which the first written ballot is mailed or solicited. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=corp&group=05001-06000&file=5610-5617
The next Local Station Board election's nominating period is this month. See
Key dates for the 2012 elections are:
- August 1 – 30 Nominating Period
- September 1 Date of Record by which Members and Staff must be Enrolled in order to Receive Ballots
- October 15 Ballots to be Mailed
- November 30 Deadline for Receipt of Ballots
- December 15 Deadline to Complete Ballot Count and Certify Election Results
Since we have almost annual expensive Local Station Board elections, there is no reason for any recall whatsoever and all recall provisions of the bylaws should be repealed. Hopefully, the anti-recall candidates will run on this platform. The one good thing that came of all this is we now known who the government operatives are on our payroll at KPFA and the current majority at the Local Station Board as they proudly listed their names on their slick mailer and on their savekpfa website. Please vote only for the anti-recall candidates.
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Dear 'Wouldn't you like to know'
I'll just bet your a lawyer too.
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FOLLY BEACH, SC (WCSC) The Charleston County Sheriff's Office said they've arrested a Folly Beach City councilman early Saturday morning in Folly Beach.
Deputies say they were patrolling the East Cooper Avenue area at around 1:50 a.m. when they saw a white man yelling in the street.
Authorities say the man was identified as 31-year-old Donald "D.J." Rich. Rich cursed and stuck out his middle finger at the deputies. Rich told deputies that he was sorry and he thought that the deputies were Folly Beach Officers.
According to deputies, Rich was unsteady on his feet and had an odor of alcohol coming from him. He was then arrested and charged with public disorderly conduct and intoxicated person in the roadway.
Copyright WCSC 2011. All rights reserved.
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Here is a note about the passing of 23 year old volunteer firefighter John Orme. While his passing was unrelated to firefighting, his presence as a firefighter and volunteer will be deeply felt.
Over the Memorial Day weekend, the Bloomfield Fire Department and the Bloomfield Volunteer Fire-Rescue Company lost one their most dedicated brothers.
Firefighter John Orme passed away unexpectedly on Saturday evening at Mountainside Hospital.
John had attended Queen of Peace High School in North Arlington where he was an indispensable and leading member on their 2004 state championship football team. John continued to play football at William Paterson University and then with the semi-pro Brooklyn Mariners.
John was a life-long resident of Bloomfield, and he always wanted to give back to the community he loved so much. In 2007 John joined the volunteer rescue company of the Bloomfield Fire Department. From the first day he joined the department, john always went above and beyond in his dedication to helping the community.
John prided himself on being the first person to respond and one of the last to leave a call or his duty shift. No matter what was asked of him, John would never say "no," and he would enthusiastically complete his assignment to the best of his ability. Whether it was responding to a structure fire, auto accident, assisting the Bloomfield Police, assisting township residents during storms, or visiting with school children, John was there to give of himself and help others.
Firefighter John Orme will be dearly missed by all members of the Bloomfield Volunteer Fire-Rescue Company, the Bloomfield Fire Department and the township at-large.
Rest In Peace John
Funeral arrangements are as follows:
O'Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St., Bloomfield, N.J., on Friday at 9 a.m. The Funeral Mass will be offered at Sacred Heart Church in Bloomfield at 10 a.m. Interment will be at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover, N.J.
Visitation is on Thursday from 3 to 8 p.m. Please extend condolences at www.oboylefuneralhome.com.


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Yeah, I know I'm shamelessly name-dropping and everything, and I know this is only a tangentially-related to the Raiders kinda thing, but I figure, hey, y'all are my homies, and a lot of peeps are around now for the last time until a few months from now ... so, I just thought I'd share now, before it happens :)
In July, my younger brother Jordan (also a hard-core member of the Raider Nation) will be marrying Bianca, the lovely daughter of former A's head coach Tony LaRussa, and yours truly will be the one performing the ceremony, which will be a very small, immediate-family-only event taking place somewhere on the coast, just south of San Francisco.
The lovely couple began dating around 4 years ago, while working together at the law firm of Gagen-McCoy, and have been 'dating in a serious fashion' ever since. Jordan finally got off his ass and popped the question in (I believe it was) January 2013, and Bianca accepted. We are all extremely excited to welcome her into the Valjalo family :)
Here's a pic of the two of them at me and my wife's wedding, back on 10/8/2011 (does that date ring any bells)? They are, of course, the two on the right ... everybody says he looks like Justin Timberlake, but with red hair ;) My other pimp-ass brother Justin (now one of the football coaches at San Ramon High) and his lovely wife Elizabeth (with my nephew Colton about to bust out) are on the left of the photo.
Once it actually happens, I'll post some pics of the festivities for my fellow Raider brethen on this thread, if anyone is interested. I'm fairly sure my future SiL is going to be looking pretty stunning on that particular day :)


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NOTE: All of the horses below are handled daily and up-to-date on vaccinations, deworming, hoof and teeth care.
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It is most important to us that our horses continue to have a productive, healthy and
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We welcome your inquiries and thank you for your interest.
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MARE foaled 2/15/2002
Whether you are looking for a slow western jog or a ground covering hunter stride,
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Trail & show experience. Bold and brave to the fences.
Would make an excellent eventing horse for a high intermediate/experienced rider.
Imported from Austria.
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Sire: N-Hitchock van de Hoogenweg
Dam: Tuxa (Walder)
Filly foaled 1/20/2010
If you are looking for a sweet prospect who as been handled from day one, "
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great movement and disposition.
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Sire: Standard of Excellence TOF
Dam: Sharlene CWA
GELDING foaled 3/4/2007
When we say Sterling is one in a million, we mean it.
He is special...the most willing to please Haflinger we have ever had.
He has had basic driving training and is currently being shown under saddle.
A lovely boy with absolutely gorgeous golden color!
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Sire: Styleschutz
Dam: Lavinia-Lena YES
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"Lily" has the bloodlines to be a super athletic horse.
Has had long lining and daily handling to date.
Nice girl with a willing attitude.
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foaled 1/30/2009 - "Notty" has superior movement and huge haflinger hair!
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foaled 3/30/2010 - We LOVE this boy! "Slim" is an excellent stallion in the making.
LAP OF LUXURY YES - Notting Hill x Loreta NTF
foaled 3/20/2009 - "LuLu" is a nice, tall hunter prospect handled since birth.
LORETA NTF - Amadeus x Lonella (Standard) - foaled 2/10/1995.
A lifelong broodmare originally imported from Austria by New Trend Farm.
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MAHONING COUNTY, Ohio - Voters in Ohio are getting their chance to cast an early ballot for president, U.S. Senate and other races.
Early voting for the November election started Tuesday with Ohioans able to vote by mail or in person without having to give a reason.
Long lines of voters formed Tuesday morning at the Mahoning County Board of Elections. Ohio's elections chief Jon Husted says local boards have received more than 922,000 absentee ballot applications as of Friday.
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While everyone is driving themselves insane with draft scenarios, myself included, I provide you with my two cents on free agency. It is clear that the draft is not going to solve all that is wrong with the Kings. I have no idea how active Pete D'Alessandro will be in the trade marker either. My guess is that he will need time to evaluate each of his players individually before he makes any decisions. First, there are the guys who I believe will be back next year:
Departures: Toney Douglas, Cole Aldrich, James Johnson and potentially Travis Outlaw (he is signed through 14-15 but is very replaceable, obviously).
Arrivals: Draft picks and signings/trades to fill holes.
The new management has the benefit of getting a relatively clean slate of a roster. With that comes ample cap space and a myriad of options. Let's take a closer look at some of the free agents who might be realistic fits in Sacramento.
Point Guards: Nate Robinson.
Krypto-Nate is the only realistic possibility that I see. He has a connection with Isaiah and the two would undoubtedly be great teammates. Robinson will be highly sought after, however. He proved to be more than capable of taking over games while filling in for Derrick Rose. I would welcome his presence and leadership on the Kings. He did play in the Bay Area just a couple of years ago and he's from the West Coast. The Kings have the cap space to lure him here too.
Other options such as Jose Calderon are just too pricey for what they provide. The Kings don't want to get into bad contracts while they are trying to rebuild this roster.
Shooting Guards: Tyreke Evans.
Re-signing Tyreke would be the best move for the Kings. He is far and away the best available talent out there. Overpaying for players like Monta Ellis or Tony Allen just doesn't make sense.
Small Forwards: Al-Farouq Aminu, Chase Budinger, C.J. Miles.
Aminu is the ultimate bargain in my opinion. He is young, productive, coachable and cheap. What is not to like? He doesn't have 3-point range but that isn't a huge issue. He plays solid defense and rebounds pretty damn well for a small forward (7.7 per game). Budinger is another young player who I am fond of. He, like Aminu, has bounced around a bit since coming into the league. He adds a little bit of 3-point shooting (32 percent last season). There is no question that this team needs more shooting and I think Chase can provide that. C.J. Miles is another undervalued SF who I think would be a nice addition. I had the privilege of watching many Cavs games on t.v. last year and Miles was impressive for stretches. He had nights where he would pour in upwards of 20 points with 4 to 5 threes. Now, he didn't do that on a consistent basis but he does have that shooting ability (38% from downtown last season). This isn't a sexy crop of SF's, but rather the realistic "bargain bin", so to speak. Guys like Andre Igoudala and Paul Pierce most likely aren't coming to Sactown.
Power Forwards: Paul Millsap, Earl Clark, Andray Blatche, Kenyon Martin.
Millsap is definitely the sexiest of the bunch. Again, guys like Josh Smith and David West are probably not coming to Sacramento. Clark was solid while filling in for injured players this past season in L.A. Blatche had decent numbers a couple of years ago as a member of the Wizards. Unfortunately, he rarely got minutes this past season behind Kris Humphries and Brook Lopez in Brooklyn. I've been a fan of Martin since his days at UC. He still has the ability to alter shots and grab rebounds, even at 35 years of age. He also has that "bad boy" persona about him that is somewhat intimidating to opponents. I think the Kings are best served to roll with what they have here. JT and Two-Pat are young and cheap.
Centers: Al Jefferson, Nikola Pekovic, Birdman Andersen.
With DeMarcus Cousins presumably staying put, there is little reason to believe that the Kings would look for anything more than a backup center. Not to say we can't dream of having Al Jefferson or Nikola Pekovic in purple, but it's unlikely. Birdman Andersen proved his value in the recently completed NBA Finals, but I doubt he'll wanna leave South Beach.
So there you have it. There do not appear to be many logical fits for the Kings in free agency. Often times teams end up overbidding for marginal value in free agency because thats what the market dictates. Building through the draft and trades appear to be the most worthy options for Sacramento. Nonetheless, I'm curious to hear what my fellow fans have to say about potential free agents. All of my payroll and free agent information is via HoopsWorld by the way.


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My friend, Tony Dye, turned 53 this week. I hate I couldn't make his birthday luncheon, but it looks like they celebrated big time :)
When I rode to my brother's and back in one day (532 miles round trip). A number of friends who ride motorcycles regularly were astounded I had rode 500+ miles on a Sporty in one day. Well, I don't hold a candle to the members of the IronButt Association. They're first designation is double that:
SaddleSore 1000 (1000 miles in 24 hours)
BunBurner 1500 (1500 miles in 24 or 36 hours)
50cc Quest (coast-to-coast in 50 hours)
Now THAT my friends, is hard core.
My helmet is off to this group of men. Pastor Phil Augilar, founder of Set Free Church Church in California and the Set Free Soldiers.
"We are SET FREE SOLDIERS. We are a group of men who
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The spectacle of hot water gushing from the natural 914 metre deep Bibbawarra Bore is a fascinating sight. View the remains of the impressive 175 metre troughs that were used to transport the ground water to sheep and cattle, cooling along the way.
Discovered in 1905 the bore still produces a continuous flow of water today. Learn about its discovery and interesting statistics about the bore. The temperatures of the water reach up to 68 degrees so be sure to take care when walking around the bore. Due to its remote location, the bore is only accessible when the river is dry.
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Located ten hours drive north of Perth and just a short 20 minute drive north of Carnarvon, Bibbawarra Bore is a unique sight to see.
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One Mile Jetty in Carnarvon is the longest jetty in the north west of the state. It is a great spot..Kingsford Smith Mail Run (9km)
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What began as a simple project of transforming a bland courtyard at Avon Lake High School has become a lasting memorial to honor the lives lost on 9/11.
Experts say science lacking on 9/11 and cancer
NEW YORK - Call it compassionate, even political. But ... scientific? Several experts say there's no hard evidence to support the federal government's declaration this month that 50 kinds of cancer could be caused by exposure to World Trade Center dust.
The decision could help hundreds of people get payouts from a multibillion-dollar World Trade Center health fund to repay those ailing after they breathed in toxic dust created by the collapsing twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
But scientists say there is little research to prove that exposure to the toxic dust plume caused even one kind of cancer. And many acknowledge the payouts to cancer patients could take money away from those suffering from illnesses more definitively linked to Sept. 11, like asthma and laryngitis.
"To imagine that there is strong evidence about any cancer resulting from 9/11 is naive in the extreme," said Donald Berry, a biostatistics professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Yet this month, Dr. John Howard, who heads the federal agency that researches workplace illnesses, added scores of common and rare cancers to a list that had previously included just 12 ailments caused by dust exposure.
Lung, skin, breast and thyroid cancer were among those added; of the most common types of cancer, only prostate cancer was excluded.
"We recognize how personal the issue of cancer and all of the health conditions related to the World Trade Center tragedy are to 9/11 responders, survivors and their loved ones," Howard said in a June 8 statement.
He declined requests for an interview with The Associated Press. His decision, based on an advisory panel's recommendation, will go through a public comment period and additional review before it's final.
Several factors about the decision by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health raised eyebrows in the scientific community:
-- Only a few of the 17 people on the advisory panel are experts at tracking cancer and weighing causal risks; they were outnumbered by occupational physicians and advocates for Sept. 11 rescue and cleanup workers.
-- Exposure to a cancer-causing agent doesn't necessarily mean someone will develop cancer. And if they do, conventional medical wisdom says it generally takes decades. But the panel agreed to cover those diagnosed with cancer within just a few years of the disaster.
--The panel members favored adding cancers if there was any argument to include them. They added thyroid cancer because a study found a higher-than-expected number of cases in firefighters who responded to 9/11, even though thyroid cancer is generally linked to genetics or high doses of radiation. The same study found a lower-than-expected number of lung cancers, but it was added because it was considered a plausible consequence of inhaling toxins at the site.
Even lawyers for the first responders were stunned: They had expected to see only certain blood and respiratory cancers put on the list.
"I understand the urge to want to compensate and reward the heroes and victims of that tragedy," said Dr. Alfred Neugut, a Columbia University oncologist and epidemiologist. But "if we're using medical compensation as the means to that, then we should be scientifically rigorous about it."
When the twin towers collapsed, much of lower Manhattan was enveloped in a dense cloud of pulverized glass and cement that left people in the area gasping for air. Fires smoldered in the rubble pile for weeks. Many workers labored in the ash wearing only flimsy paper masks, and went home coughing up black phlegm. Years later, some were still experiencing mild respiratory problems.
After Sept. 11, the government established the Victim Compensation Fund, which paid out about $7 billion for the nearly 3,000 deaths from the attacks and for injuries, including some rescuers with lung problems.
In late 2010, Congress set up two programs for anyone exposed to the rubble, smoke and dust at ground zero: rescue and cleanup workers and others who worked or lived in the area. Cancer was initially excluded, but Congress ordered periodic reviews based on the latest scientific evidence.
One $1.55 billion program is for treatment for any illness determined to be related to ground zero. The second $2.78 billion fund is to compensate people who suffered economic losses or a diminished quality of life because of their illness. Both programs expire in 2016, but could be extended.
How many people might apply isn't clear. In the decade since the attacks, about 60,000 people have enrolled in the two health programs for those who lived or worked within the disaster zone of lower Manhattan. Many have signed up for medical monitoring, but around 16,000 have been getting treatment annually.
Every new illness added to the list means less money for the group as a whole, especially when dealing with major diseases like cancer, acknowledged Sheila Birnbaum, the special master handling applications to the compensation fund.
for the compensation program only began in October. How the money will be divvied up, or whether it will be enough, isn't clear, Birnbaum said. People with the gravest health problems would get the largest amounts, with cancer payments likely among the most sizable.
Applicants could qualify for treatments and payments as long as they and their doctors make a plausible case that their disease was connected to the caustic dust.
But is Sept. 11 really to blame for every cancer case?
Overall, roughly 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will get cancer over their lifetimes. And generally, the more you look for cancer, the more cases you find. People worried that they got sick from the World Trade Center attacks are likely going to doctors more than other people. So some slow-growing cancers that started before 9/11 but were found afterward could end up being blamed on the fallout.
Reggie Hilaire was a rookie police officer when the hijacked planes flew into the World Trade Center. He spent the initial weeks after the attacks patrolling Harlem, miles away from the disaster zone, then was sent to Staten Island, where he spent weeks at a city landfill sorting through rubble and looking for human remains.
At the landfill, he wore a Tyvek suit, boots, gloves and a respirator to protect him. Months later, he also worked as a guard near ground zero, wearing no protective gear but never working on the debris pile itself.
Hilaire didn't develop the hacking cough or other problems experienced by those who inhaled big doses of soot. But he worried about his health, periodically visiting doctor's offices and clinics.
In 2005, at age 34, a lump showed up in his neck. He was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and successfully treated. Months later, he got more bad news: Doctors noticed he was anemic and investigated, leading to diagnosis of a second cancer -- multiple myeloma, a blood cancer normally seen in the elderly.
Since roughly half of people with the diagnosis never get sick from it, doctors monitor a patient's condition rather than put them through chemotherapy and other difficult treatments -- which is the case with Hilaire, still on the force. His medical bills have been covered by insurance, and to date, he hasn't applied for compensation from the federal fund.
Doctors don't know what causes multiple myeloma, but say genetics plays a role and that it is more common in black men. Hilaire, who is black, is convinced that toxins at ground zero are to blame.
"I've had cancer twice since 9/11, and I'm 41 years old," he said. "It would be some coincidence."
The U.S. government traditionally has been cautious about labeling things as cancer-causing agents, choosing to wait for multiple studies to confirm and reconfirm such a conclusion.
The famed 1964 surgeon general's report that permanently tied smoking to lung cancer came out more than a decade after a series of studies showed the link. The Environmental Protection Agency has taken decades to decide about other carcinogens. Howard's agency, NIOSH, has a conservative reputation as well.
But with this decision, Howard broke from that history.
"I think this was a special case," said Richard Clapp, a professor emeritus of environmental health at Boston University.
No question, bad stuff was in the air and on the ground. Asbestos, lead, mercury, PCBs and dioxins were all found at the smoldering World Trade Center site for months after the terror attacks. Dioxins have been associated with promoting the growth of some pre-existing cancerous cells, Clapp noted.
Previous studies have shown some of the contaminants -- like asbestos, arsenic and soot, for example -- have led to cancers in workers exposed to hefty amounts for long periods of time.
The fallout was a terrible mixture of toxins with significant potential to harm people, said Elizabeth Ward, an American Cancer Society vice president and cancer researcher who headed the advisory panel that made the recommendation to Howard.
"This was a really unique exposure," said Ward. Based on the best available evidence, the panel decided it was likely that people could get cancer, she said, and that it was better to offer help now than when it was too late.
Indeed, Howard and Ward have a number of supporters in the public health and scientific community who think it was the wisest decision, given the large human need.
"I think for Dr. Howard, it's a very tough decision to make. I'm sure he knew that whatever he said, people are going to complain about it," said Daniel Wartenberg, an epidemiology professor at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey.
"In my view, I hope he is wrong. I hope no one gets sick," he added.
A mere two years after 9/11, former New York City police detective John Walcott, 47, was successfully treated for a common type of leukemia that doesn't hit most people until about age 60.
Walcott arrived at the World Trade Center just after the second tower fell and spent months searching for human remains -- on the
pile, in empty buildings nearby, and later at the city landfill where the rubble had been taken.
He was so sure his cancer would eventually be covered by the federal program, he dropped his negligence lawsuit against the city last winter, as was required to remain eligible for the fund.
He is well aware that some scientists question whether illnesses like his were really caused by ground zero toxins. But he has no doubts.
"My heart told me I got it from there," he said.
Howard's statement about the program, and the advisory panel's report: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/wtc/stacpetition001.html
More 9/11 Stories
On Sept. 11, 2001 ABC was coming to the end of "Good Morning America" when American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. It was 8:46 a.m.
The White House says President Barack Obama's national security team is taking steps to prevent terrorist attacks related to the 12th anniversary of 9/11 on Wednesday.
Thousands of volunteers will honor Sept. 11 victims on Wednesday with good deeds performed around the globe.
This year, there are roughly 31.5 million more Americans than there were on this same date in 2001.
Jerral Hancock wakes up every night in Lancaster, Calif., around 1 a.m., dreaming he is trapped in a burning Army tank. He opens his eyes, but he can't move, he can't get out of bed and he can't get a drink of water.
The city of Parma Heights and the Parma Heights Fire Department applied for a steel beam from the World Trade Center.
The rusted metal aircraft part believed to be from one of the hijacked jetliners that slammed into the World Trade Center in the Sept. 11 attacks came from a wing, not landing gear, police said Monday.
When the last pieces of One World Trade Center's spire rise to the roof -- weather permitting -- the 104-floor skyscraper that replaces the fallen twin towers will be just feet from becoming the highest in the Western Hemisphere.
New York City police said Friday it found a piece of landing gear they think belonged to an airplane that was destroyed during the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.


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He's a very nice and approachable man. He grades easily on papers and tests are easy. Class participation is a must, it was the difference between getting an A and a B.
Dr. Henderson is a brilliant man. His lectures are simple discussion and he looks at every detail of a topic as critically as you would expect from a phil teacher. He is un-bias, and is very helpful. He does require a lot of reading but it is not enough to overwhelm you. His test aren't really that hard either, he's a easy grader.
Dr. Henderson is one of the nicest and sweetest people ever. He is so helpful and genuinely a good person. His philosophy of religion class is very interesting. He knows what he is talking about, and if you don't understand he is more than willing to hep anyone out. Enjoyed the class although it was kind of boring at times.
took him for philosophical theology. the man knows his stuff. attendence is critical. the class is not impossible
Dr. Henderson is a great professor. He is an eloquent speaker and doesn' throw any surprises when it comes to testing. His explanations of Plato are wonderful and his exams require a person to read and understand the material. Heaven forbid that a professor actually expects a person to learn the material...Read the assignments, go to class, = A
he's a nice, intelligent man, but on a different level if youre not taking philosophy. read the books to learn the material because the most random things are on the exams. but he grades easily so dont be too worried.
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In the battle of the clam chowders, which one comes out on top?
For years, New England and Manhattan clam chowders have been fighting for the top spot. But now there's a new contender, fried clam chowder.
The Skipper Restaurant in South Yarmouth, Mass., is now selling fried New England clam chowder, according to CapeCast.
Restaurant owner Alan Delaney said he just wanted to make something that was already great even better.
So how does one make this new concoction?
Thickener is added to the original clam chowder recipe to make the chowder hold its shape. It looks like a crab cake.
What does it taste like?
It has a rich and crunchy texture, according to those that have tasted it already.
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> Full 12V dc operation motorised kit - a very quiet & smooth runner
> Complete kit with motor, reduction mechanism and couplings
> Scale model - highly detailed - click on the photos for close-ups.
> Etched nickel-silver chassis, etched brass body parts.
> Cast exhaust, radiator, couplers & WW1 driver figure.
> Couplings at standard 009 height
> Precision finescale (RP25) wheelsets
> Overall dimensions 19.3mm (W) x 35mm (L) x 20mm (H)
> Whitemetal driver included (supplied by W^D Models)
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20HP WD Simplex or Bow framed Simplex
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The line drawing below is close to actual size (dependings on screen)
|NEW - Compenstion mod available for this loco which can be added after construction - click for details
|The kit builds into a highly detailed scale model of a 20HP War Department Light Railway petrol tractor. Many hundreds of these locos were used in Northern France during the First World War to transport goods to and from the area two within 2 miles of and behind the allied trenches.
The prototype's open frame construction presented a particularly difficult challenge in 4mm scale however the mechanism has been designed so that it does not detract from the appearance of the loco in any way. The model loco is constructed in two parts, a chassis and body although in this case because of its open construction 'body' is perhaps an exaggeration.
The chassis is formed of two nickel/silver frames connected by precision turned threaded spacers which allow the chassis to be dismantled without the need for un-soldering. This reduces the risk of assembling the kit substantially as you know that if you get it wrong at least you can take it apart and try again! The drive system consists of a two stage friction reduction drive followed by a single stage belt drive reduction with one belt to each wheel set mimicking the chain drive of the original. The drive utilises eight precision custom turned components in addition to the custom made outside journal wheel sets. A further four miniature custom turned bushes provide bearings for the wheel sets.
The body is formed mainly from etched brass components with castings for the main part of the radiator, the exhaust and couplings. A whitemetal driver in WW1 British uniform is also included with the kit. There are various sacrificial tabs and a large sacrificial strengthening section included in the design as an aid to construction and to protect the shape of the apparently fragile frame during assembly. In fact once assembled the body is very robust partly I believe because of the 'bowed' shape. Many detail overlays are added to the basic frame to reproduce rivet detail and representations of the visible parts of the engine and gearbox. The radiator comes complete with fan and fan belt pulley, I am still looking for a way to make the fan rotate!
The instructions include photographs at each stage of the build and run to 8 pages of A4. They can be viewed here in full colour as a PDF file.
There are various spare parts included on the frets and further spares are available from me if you 'ping' anything, initially for postage costs only. I am available by email to answer any questions and deal with any problems you may experience with the kit. Ultimately if you have problems getting your chassis to run I will 'get you going' for a further charge.
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The Talent Scout, though small, is home to two local testpieces, Talent Scout Roof and Powerglide. Requiring both strength and finesse, these problems often send hopeful boulderers skittering down the slick, small edges that some people like to call "footholds" on the west face - black rubber streaks and lots of tick marks are a testament to the challenging nature of footwork on the Talent Scout. In addition to these two fickle, tough problems, the Talent Scout boasts a fun, juggy Standard Route with variations from V1 to V3, and an easier line up the northwest arete.
Getting There
The southernmost free-standing boulder at Rotary, Talent Scout is easy to find. As the trail heads south from the parking lot around the ridgeline and reaches the Cat's Eye Face, look left and you'll see this small block about 10 feet downhill - walk just past it, turning left on a well-established trail to the base of the boulder.
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Famous Long Ago Collection, ca.1960-2005.
Ray Mungo's Famous Long Ago (1970) and Steve Diamond's What the Trees Said (1971) are classic visions of late 1960s counterculture and of life in New England communes. The communes on which Mungo and Diamond settled, Packer Corner and the Montague Farm, became the center of what might be considered a single extended community, embracing the Wendell Farm and Johnson Pasture and Tree Frog Farm in Vermont. The Farmers themselves were, and remain, a diverse group, including photographers, novelists, and poets, artists, actors, and activists.
An umbrella collection, the Famous Long Ago Archive contains a growing number of collections relating to the communes at Montague Farm, Packer Corners, Johnson Pasture, Wendell Farm, and Tree Frog Farm. These range from the papers of Steve Diamond, Raymond Mungo, and Jonathan Maslow to Randy Kehler and Betsy Corner (the latter of whom lived at Montague Farm), the records of the Liberation News Service, the Alternative Energy Coalition, and Musicians United for Safe Energy, to the photographic collections of Roy Finestone and Stephen Josephs. View all the Famous Long Ago Collections.
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Randy Kehler Papers, 1978-1997.
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A veteran of the peace movement and founder of the Traprock Peace Center (1979), Randy Kehler was active in the National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, the Peace Development Fund, and the Working Group on Electoral Democracy. Beginning in 1977, he and his wife became war tax resisters, withholding federal income tax to protest U.S. military expenditures, donating it instead to charity. As a consequence, their home was seized by the IRS in 1989, setting up a protracted legal struggle that resulted in Kehler's arrest and imprisonment and the sale of the house. They remain tax resisters.
The Kehler Papers document the five year struggle (1989-1994) against the seizure and sale of the Kehlers' home by the IRS. The collection includes meeting minutes, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings; letters to the editor, essays, articles, plans and strategy documents for the vigil set outside the Kehler home; support committee information and actions; correspondence with government officials, the IRS, and the Justice Department; letters of support; documents from the legal proceedings; and political literature addressing the Kehlers' situation.
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Types of material
- Court records
- Diaries
- Legal documents
- Letters (Correspondence)
- Scrapbooks
Mount Toby Meeting of Friends
Mount Toby Meeting of Friends Collection, 1977-1991.
Call no.: MS 694
The Northampton Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends (later the Middle Connecticut Valley Monthly Meeting) was formally established in 1939, bringing together the small community of Friends in Western Massachusetts. In 1959, the small preparative meetings in Amherst, Greenfield, Northampton, and South Hadley agreed to consolidate to create a more vital gathering. After five years without a fixed location, a Friend was moved to donate three acres of land on Long Plain Road in Leverett on which to build a proper meetinghouse. When that building opened in 1964, the meeting was renamed the Mt Toby Meeting.
Reflecting a strong history of promoting peace social justice, the Mt. Toby collection documents Friends' involvement in a wide variety of issues ranging from war tax resistance (Randy Kehler and Betsy Corner), the "Colrain action" when the Kehler/Corner house was seized by the IRS), peace education and civil disobedience, refugee resettlement, the Sanctuary movement, and support for LGBT issues and racial equality. The collection consists largely of fliers and newsletters, ephemera, and newspaper clippings.
- Corner, Betsy
- Kehler, Randy
- Mount Toby Meeting of Friends (Quakers)
- Pacifists
- Peace movements--Massachusetts
- Sanctuary movement
- War tax resistance--Massachusetts
Allaway, Roger
Roger Allaway Collection, 1941-2010.
Call no.: MS 754
The journalist and writer, Roger Allaway is one of the preeminent historians of soccer in North America. Born in New York City in 1945, Allaway graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University and worked in newspapers for over 30 years, including stints in Detroit, Toledo, and Philadelphia. From 2007, he was an historian at the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Allaway is author or co-author of numerous articles and books, including The Encyclopedia of American Soccer History (2001); The United States Tackles the World Cup (2002, updated 2011); Rangers, Rovers and Spindles (2005), and Corner Offices and Corner Kicks (2009).
The Allaway collection includes a variety of materials collected and used by Allaway in the course of his research. In addition to some research notes and a suite of books on the history of the game, the collection includes nearly 100 VHS tapes of international matches played by the men's and women's national teams, a selection of media guides from professional and national teams (1990s-2010), and photocopies of the exceptionally scarce Bill Graham Guides (1948-1972) and American Soccer League News (1941-1960).
- Soccer--History
- American Soccer League
- Major League Soccer (Organization)
Types of material
- Videotapes
Amherst Disarmament Coalition. Vigil for Peace and Justice
Amherst Disarmament Coalition Collection, 1979-1987..
Call no.: MS 165
Vigil for Peace and Justice group that peacefully protested the Vietnam War, nuclear weapons, and government policy in Central America and the Middle East by organizing a weekly vigil in downtown Amherst, Massachusetts. Includes handouts and news clippings.
- Amherst (Mass.)--Social conditions--20th century
- Anti-imperialist movements--Massachusetts--Amherst
- Antinuclear movement--Massachusetts
- Nuclear Moratorium Vigil (Amherst, Mass.)
- Peace movements--Massachusetts--Amherst
- Social movements--Massachusetts--Amherst
- Vigil for Peace and Justice (Amherst, Mass.)
- Amherst Disarmament Coalition (Amherst, Mass.)
- Crowe, Frances, 1919-
Types of material
- Handbills
Association for Gravestone Studies
Association for Gravestone Studies Collection
Association for Gravestone Studies Book Collection, 1812-2005.
Call no.: Rare Book Collections
Founded in 1977, the Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) is an international organization dedicated to furthering the study and preservation of gravestones. Based in Greenfield, Mass., the Association promotes the study of gravestones from historical and artistic perspectives. To raise public awareness about the significance of historic gravemarkers and the issues surrounding their preservation, the AGS sponsors conferences and workshops, publishes both a quarterly newsletter and annual journal, Markers, and has built an archive of collections documenting gravestones and the memorial industry.
The AGS Books Collection contains scarce, out of print, and rare printed works on cemeteries and graveyards, epitaphs and inscriptions, and gravemarkers, with an emphasis on North America. The collection is divided into two series: Series 1 (Monographs and Offprints) and Series 2 (Theses and Dissertations).
- Cemeteries
- Epitaphs
- Sepulchral monuments
- Association for Gravestone Studies
Bartlett, Simeon
Simeon Bartlett Account Books, 1792-1867.
Call no.: MS 175 bd
Freight hauler, farmer, sawmill owner, and possibly a hatmaker from Williamsburg, Massachusetts.
The first volume of Bartlett's accounts includes records of Bartlett's income, sales and exchange of goods and services, and details about his employees and family (such as family births, deaths, and marriages). Volume 2 contains lists of hat purchases, lists of teachers and their pay, his participation in town affairs, and a number of lyrics to Civil War songs.
- Clapp, Joseph
- Hat trade--Massachusetts--South Hadley
- Lyman, Joseph
- Rice, Aaron
- Songs
- Songs, English
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
- Williamsburg (Mass.)--Economic conditions
- Bartlett, Simeon, b. 1764
Types of material
- Account books
Bates Family
Marcia Grover Church Bates Family Papers, 1712-1999.
Call no.: MS 424
Generations of the Bates and Church families based in North Amherst and Ashfield, Massachusetts. Papers include deeds, a will, correspondence, account books (recording day-to-day expenditures on food, clothing, postage, housekeeping supplies, and laborer's wages), diaries, an oral history, photographs, genealogical notes, and memorabilia related to the family.
- Ashfield (Mass.)--History
- Bates family
- Church family
- Farmers--Massachusetts--Ashfield
- Hotelkeepers--Massachusetts--North Amherst
- Libraries--Massachusetts--Boston
- Massachusetts Agricultural College--Alumni and alumnae
- Merchants--Massachusetts--North Amherst
- North Amherst (Mass.)--History
- Prescott (Mass.)--History
- Public librarians--Massachusetts
- Street-railroads--Massachusetts--Employees
- Weather--Massachusetts--Ashfield
- Women--Massachusetts--History
- Worcester (Mass.)--History
- Bates, Marcia Church, 1908-2000
- Church, Cornelia, 1906-1978
- Church, Lucia Grover, 1877-1943
Types of material
- Account books
- Deeds
- Diaries
- Geneaologies
- Photographs
- Wills
Fowler, Robert
Robert Fowler Diary, 1831-1854.
Call no.: MS 174
A native of Salisbury, Massachusetts, Robert Fowler (b.1805) was a prosperous shipbuilder and merchant with a trade extending from Nova Scotia to the Gulf South. He and his wife Susan Edwards, whom he married in 1830, had at least four children.
Kept by Robert Fowler between 1831 and 1854, the volume includes both diary entries (primarily 1841-1846) and accounts. With occasional commentary on local political matters, commerce, weather, and family matters, the diary is largely a record of Fowler's spiritual concerns and his wrestling with doctrinal matters and the relationship of religion and daily life. An ardent temperance man, he commented on religious topics ranging from the Millerite movement to the resurrection, salvation, and the duty of prayer.
- Fatherhood
- Fitch, Charles, 1805-1844
- Merchants--Massachusetts--Salisbury
- Millerite movement
- Religious life--Massachusetts--Salisbury
- Salisbury (Mass.)--History
- Second Advent
- Temperance
Types of material
- Account books
- Diaries


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Denise Lavoie
Associated Press
---- — BOSTON (AP) — Two-time Pulitzer winner Anthony Lewis, whose New York Times column championed liberal causes for three decades, died Monday. He was 85.
Lewis worked for 32 years as a columnist for the Times, taking up such causes as free speech, human rights and constitutional law. He won his first Pulitzer in 1955 as a reporter defending a Navy civilian falsely accused of being a communist sympathizer, and he won again in 1963 for reporting on the Supreme Court.
His acclaimed 1964 book, "Gideon's Trumpet," told the story of a petty thief whose fight for legal representation led to a landmark Supreme Court decision.
His wife, Margaret Marshall, the former chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, confirmed his death.
from complications from heart and renal failure.
Marshall said Lewis was a humble man who loved vegetable gardening, opera and musicals, and wrote on a manual typewriter until the day he died.
"He loved people," she said. "He was enthusiastic about so much. Most of all, he loved the rule of law. He was really passionate about that. He had a very high regard for judges and the judicial system. He really thought that was the core value that made the United States so different."
Lewis saw himself as a defender of decency, respect for law and reason against a tide of religious fundamentalism and extreme nationalism. His columns railed against the Vietnam War, Watergate, apartheid in South Africa and Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.


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Jack Johnson (born May 18, 1975) is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer, filmmaker, musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. He has since released five more albums, a number of EPs and surfing movies/soundtracks. He is also known for organizing an annual event, the Kōkua Festival. Notable songs from Johnson's repertoire include "Upside Down"; "Flake"; "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"; "If I Had Eyes"; "You and Your Heart"; "Taylor"; and "Better Together".
Johnson has been working on a new album From Here to Now to You with his band set to release on September 17, 2013. His first single, to promote the album, "I Got You" was released on June 9. On Saturday, June 15, Jack and the Band performed as headliners at the 2013 Bonnaroo in Tennessee.[25][26] Also, in June 2013, Jack played two acoustic concerts, one at London's Tabernacle in Notting Hill and the other at New York City's Allen Room at Lincoln Center overlooking Central Park, featuring songs from his upcoming album.[27] [28] [29]


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The blanks are being filled in for FEG's -- the parent company of K-1 and Dream -- annual New Year's Eve extravaganza Dynamite 2010!!
MMA Fighting's Daniel Herbertson reported earlier today that former Pride heavyweight contender Sergei Kharitonov would be facing light heavyweight Tatsuya Mizuno. More from Herbertson:
The Dec. 31 bout will be the first MMA fight of the year for Kharitonov. The Russian was once considered one of the top heavyweights in the world but his last mixed martial arts appearance was an unimpressive submission loss to Jeff Monson in April 2009. Kharitonov looked as though he had found some form in K-1, with an impressive win over Takumi Sato in Seoul and a good start against Singh "Heart" Jaideep, but that was put to an end as the Indian found a home for his hands.
Jerome Le Banner was initially slated to face Mizuno but the Frenchman was later offered Beijing judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii. With sources indicating that the Mizuno-Kharitonov bout has been made, it seems as though Le Banner has opted to take the match with Ishii, although MMA Fighting has been unable to confirm that.
Riddum.com has since confirmed the Ishii match with JLB's camp.
The Dynamite!! 2010 Card as of now:
MMA Rules
DREAM Featherweight Title Match
Bibiano Fernandes vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
DREAM Welterweight Title Match
Marius Zaromskis vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
Satoshi Ishii vs Jerome Le Banner
Sergei Kharitonov vs Tatsuya Mizuno
Caol Uno vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Jason High
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Josh Thomson
Hiroshi Izumi vs. Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa
Hideo Tokoro vs. Kazushisa Watanabe
Special Rules Match
Shinya Aoki vs. Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima
K-1 Rules
Tetsuya Yamato vs. Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura
Gegard Mousasi vs. Kyotaro
Planned Participants
Alistair Overeem, Ryo Chonan


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By ROBIN CAUDELL Press Republican
---- — KEENE VALLEY — Gallerist Martha Corscaden was asked for a long time to show "Vry's big ones," the large-scale art of her sister/artist Vryling C. Roussin.
"Vry's Big Ones" opens today at Corscaden Arts & Barn Gallery in Keene Valley.
The exhibition runs through Labor Day and features the work of Roussin (1944-2004) and gallery artists Stephanie De Manuelle, Michael Gaudreau, Garrett Jewett and Bear Miller.
Guest artists are Monica Bradbury, John Hudson and Cinda Longstreth.
"It's quite a task," Corscaden said. "Then, I got really inspired, and I said I would do that. This is my main show, and I will honor my sister.
"I have a range of selected large paintings. They are landscapes, except one is a figure. There's a phase she went through, more natural, impressionist landscapes in the '70s."
The next main grouping of Roussin's paintings date from 1997 to 2000.
"So, it's quite a contrast," Corscaden said. "The latter pieces are much more contemporary, and they show quite a range of growth. It's really kind of at the height of her painting near the end of her life."
Stephanie De Manuelle doesn't work as large as Roussin, but she's working larger than usual.
"I can't seem to manage it; the largest piece I have is 36 by 40 inches," said De Manuelle, who teaches art and chairs the Fine Arts Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
"Martha recognized a bit of a different approach for me. I'm really thrilled to be able to show them."
Three works are oil on canvas. The fourth is oil and charcoal on panel.
"It's a little bit different result," De Manuelle said. "It's hard. As usual, they look like they can be landscape derived. They are all from the same piece of driftwood, sort of variations on a theme. It came from Keene Valley.
"I usually carry some specimens and bring them back with me. Those are my props. I do a lot of texture in my work and lots of viscosity with the paint. That is still there."
She was inspired by the "de Kooning: A Retrospective" 2011-12 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
"He had some paintings. Some were gouache and oil, but he drew in them with charcoal. And, I loved the contrasts. The postcards (from the show) sat there for a couple of years. I realized I could put down some vague markings on the canvas and go back in with charcoal and go on a bit."
De Manuelle puts patches of paint down.
"I'm referencing what I'm looking at," she said. "I can go back in with charcoal. I could make it almost gel a little bit. What I did with these pieces was going back and forth with charcoal and oil paint and leaving some bits uncovered so everything isn't thick.
"I'm still working that way, and I'm really getting a lot out of it."
During a chapter of their lives, Michael Gaudreau and Roussin both lived in Baltimore. They never knew each other or met. A native Baltimorean, he and Roussin both attended Maryland Institute College of Art. He was four years behind her.
"We crossed paths through her work," said Gaudreau, a landscape painter/ceramicist who teaches at the John Carroll School in Bel Air, Md.
"Many years ago, when we first came up here, I went to the Corscaden Gallery and saw her work and met her sister (Martha Corscaden). The work is amazing.
"So, we knew all the same teachers and some of the same people. I could see the influence of some of the instructors of MICA."
When Gaudreau first saw Roussin's painting of Lower Ausable Lake, he thought he was peering through a kaleidoscope.
"It was absolutely beautiful patterns in the sky, and I knew it was the lake. So many landscape artists paint what they see in a realistic manner, and she painted what she saw but at the same time expressed what she felt. It was a very personal, emotional, reaction to the landscape. You knew what you were looking at, but you were seeing it through her eyes."
Transformed by her work, Gaudreau felt he had permission to go further and not be a realist painter of the Adirondacks landscape.
"There is a great freedom in her work, a wonderful sense of color. You can tell they're Vry's. She painted with her heart."
Since the first of August, Gaudreau and his trusty Irish setter, Maggie, have trekked within the Blue Line from their base at Trail's End Inn in Keene Valley.
He equates painting en plein aire to fly fishing. Both are accomplished in breathtaking vistas and require specific equipment. In the process, sometimes you get a keeper. Sometimes, you don't and throw it back.
In "Vry's Big Ones," his works includes a number of landscapes. Subject matter includes the Bouquet River, Chapel Pond and streams rock, water and birch trees. He is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America.
"I really love painting Johns Brooks, the Bouquet and Ausable. I hike up with my easel on my backpack. I find a place and set up and paint what I truly love to paint.
"The experience of being in the deep woods up here, the light is just wonderful."
Over the past 20 years, he knows where to set up to capture dawn light cresting over Giant Mountain.
"Chapel Pond is my favorite place," Gaudreau said. "It's my spiritual home."
Email Robin Caudell:email@example.com YOU GO WHAT: "Vry's Big Ones" featuring the works of Vry Roussin, Stephanie De Manuelle, Michael Gaudreau, Garrett Jewett, Bear Miller, Monica Bradbury, John Hudson and Cinda Longstreth. WHEN: Opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. today. WHERE: Corscaden Barn Gallery, 58 Beers Bridge Way (1.5 miles south of Keene Valley on Route 73). GALLERY HOURS: Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Weekdays by appointment. PHONE: 576-9850. E-MAIL: email@example.com


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Torah Tidbits
Vebbe Rebbe
Vebbe Rebbe
Festive Meals on Chanuka
Question: Is one supposed to celebrate Chanuka with festive eating? How and why is it different from Purim?
Answer: There is no set obligation to have a meal in honor of Chanuka (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 670:2) as there is on Purim (ibid. 695:1). First we will discuss why there is a difference.
The broadly accepted general distinction between the holidays in this regard has to do with the type of danger involved. In the Purim story, there was danger of physical annihilation. In contrast, in the Chanuka story, the Jews' ability to keep the Torah was attacked, but had they given in, there would not have been a physical danger. According to the Taz's (670:3) understanding of the Levush (670:2), the Chanuka salvation was, therefore, less important and did not warrant as much festivity. The Taz disagrees with the Levush, based on the idea that one who causes someone to sin is worse than one who kills him.
The Taz himself says that physical salvation, in this world, is most appropriately celebrated with physical celebration, whereas spiritual salvation is to be celebrated in a spiritual manner (lights). This idea seems inconsistent with other sources. For example, on Shavuot, a festive meal is required because it is the day the Torah was given (Pesachim 68b). Also, the Taz himself (along with the Rama and others) says that the reason for some festivity on Chanuka is that it was the time of the dedication of the mizbe'ach (altar), which was spiritual. (It is unclear whether the celebration relates to the mizbe'ach in the Mishkan in the desert or the one retaken and purified at the time of the Hasmoneans - see Darchei Moshe, OC 670:1; Pri Megadim, Eshel Avraham 670:2).) Perhaps he means that the preservation of life deserves physical celebration, but for spiritual matters, it is only if there is something new, as occurred on Shavuot and with the mizbe'ach. Mishnat Yaavetz (Orach Chayim 79) adds halachic reasoning, pointing out that if Chazal would have created a full obligation of a meal, there could have been problems of bal tosif (the prohibition of adding on to the mitzvot of the Torah).
The Rambam refers to Chanuka as "days of simcha (joy) and hallel (songs of praise)," a term that usually relates to festive eating. At the very least, this includes a prohibition on fasting during Chanuka (Shabbat 21b). The Shulchan Aruch (ibid.), who says that there is no obligation to have festive meals, implies that there is, nonetheless, a practice to have them, but that they are reshut (voluntary). The Rama (OC 670:2) cites an opinion that there is a slight mitzva to have special meals for Chanuka, with the reason relating, as above, to the mizbe'ach.
The Rama adds that the practice is to sing and praise Hashem at special meals made in honor of Chanuka, and then the meal is a seudat mitzva. There are two points of possible significance to a seudat mitzva. One is the mitzva to have the meal. The other is the meal's religious significance when one has it. For example, on Yom Tov or after a brit mila (according to the minhag - see Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 265:12), one is required to have a festive meal. In contrast, if one completes a unit of learning that warrants a siyum, he is not obligated to make a celebration. However, if he does, it has a special status, which, for example, allows one to eat meat during the Nine Days. On Chanuka, one does not have an obligation to have a seuda, just not to fast. If he does have a special seuda, it is quite clear that he has fulfilled a mitzva by so doing (see Torat Hamoadim (D. Yosef) 9:(10)) if there is some sort of praising of Hashem. The reason for this condition is as follows. If one does not praise Hashem, what makes it a Chanuka party (would it be heretical to say that latkes and dreidel playing do not qualify)? Since, as the Rambam writes, these are days of simcha and hallel, a simcha that is not accompanied by some sort of hallel lacks significance.
Rav Daniel Mann, Eretz Hemdah Institute
- Other Vebbe Rebbe
- Different levels of Customs
- Garden Parasol on Shabbat
- Returning a Stew to the Fire
In This Issue of Torah Tidbits
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- Candle A Day
- Gold from the Land of Israel
- Aliya-by-Aliya Sedra Summary
- Vebbe Rebbe
- Portion of the Portion
- Parsha Points to Ponder
- ParshaPix Explanations
- TTriddles "Report"
- Person In The Parsha
- The Trade and Commerce of the Talmid Chacham- Tamari
- Chizuk and Idud
- Divrei Menachem
- "From Machon Puah"
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- Issue 1053 - Shabbat Parshat Va'etchanan - Nachamu
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Fashion Show Success!
The Aurora Fashion Show celebrated its 10th Anniversary performing to a sell out audience, at the Doncaster Dome on the 17th and 18th of May.
Thousands supported this truly inspirational event which featured fashion from leading retailers. The show was once again sponsored by Perrys and supported by other local businesses, plus funds raised by the models and their families throughout the year.
The DRI consultants and Doncaster GP's had the crowd joining in and singing along with their outstanding scene.
Eva Hughes, retired Civic Mayor, presented a cheque for £5000 to Lynne Rothwell, Aurora Chair, the funds she has raised during her year in office.
But the tribute of the night must be awarded to the Aurora models, an outstanding team who have all been brought together by Aurora, with one common link, they have all suffered from cancer.
The audience cheered as colourful, glamorous and dramatic fashion was shown to well known music which had everyone clapping and joining in.
The Aurora kids team wowed the audience with spectacular dance routines. The Aurora men were downright cheeky, the lingerie from Debenhams was sassy and sexy, and the brides and grooms were breath taking.
Powerful, fun and emotional scenes had the audience captivated from start to finish. The models wore red white and blue for the finale, which was performed to 'I'm Still Standing', sung by Rob McVeigh.
Rule Britannia had the audience on their feet singing along and waving union flags, followed by Auld Lang Syne, sung by everyone in memory of friends the Aurora have lost.
So far the show has raised £22,500 which will allow Aurora to continue to support local people, and their families, living with cancer.