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British town council votes to ban all Israeli goods, in defiance of Labor policy
IDF official: 3 months after Gaza war Hamas still rehabilitating military hierarchy
EU Representative: Time running short on Gaza reconstruction
Netanyahu: There is an effort to undermine the Jews' right to their own state
South Africa's Zuma welcomes Abbas, says Israeli settlements undermining 2-state solution
Widow of slain rabbi blames internal haredi discord for Jerusalem synagogue terror attack
Green groups demand environment minister
What's important is to stay on the wheel, Rivlin tells Czech Prime Minister
Bill banning free plastic bags to be shelved
Infant mortality rates higher in Arab population
Smartphones are keeping your children awake
Hookah smokers are inhaling benzene
Effective drugs for carriers of hepatitis C not included in health basket
Tech Talk: The best keyboard apps available for smartphones
Elbit Systems developing bus with supercapacitator fast-charging system
Zion Tech: Israeli start up Dogiz helps dogs and owners socialize
Zion Tech: Our Israeli start-up of the week aims to make air pollution visible
5th annual Hullegeb Festival celebrates Ethiopian culture
A man of leisure
Israel enters the world of pro cycling
Grapevine: Anniversary of the passing of founding PM David Ben-Gurion
Maccabi Tel Aviv on a roll as unbeaten CSKA comes to town
Another back-breaking loss for Jerusalem
Ga'ash, ESRA team up for golf tournament
Casspi making best of second stint as a King
Orthodox leaders condemn US rabbi for anti-Arab rhetoric
US haredim seek to share kollels' 'burden'
Polish town plans to turn Jewish cemetery into apartment complex
Divided US Jews largely silent on 'Jewish state bill'
South African court bans BDS protests inside Woolworths
Is the price of watermelons relevant to Iran's nuclear crisis?
ISIS says its flag will wave over Jerusalem, even if the Jews don't like it
Iranian Police: 200,000 people in the country are alcoholics
WATCH: Syrian child preacher says stop chasing half-naked women, look to your 72 virgins
Pope: Don't close door on dialogue with Islamic State
Awakening to our nightmare
'But is it good for the Jews?'
New opportunities for Israel in Europe
Home demolitions?
We aren't crying wolf
Wishful doing
Cinema of reconciliation
On the volcano's edge
Knowledge, power and abuse
Q&A with a Colombian lone soldier
European Press: Dividing line
Veterans: Keeping an ear out for change
Book Review: Written from his heart
This Week in Jerusalem
Who is your God?
Grapevine: Amazing place
A voice from India
Happily Eva After: When the going gets tough...
Grapevine: Reclaiming our heritage
Upscale dining in Neveh Tzedek
Obama: Helping terror go nuclear
On incitement, lots of talk but little action
To finally look behind the news
Recognizing Palestine – anomalies and ambiguities
A song for Cheshvan: 'The Eucalyptus Grove'
דְיוֹקְנְאוֹת תַרְבּוּת
מָה הַסִיפּוּר?
הָאַרְכִיוֹן שֶל רוֹמַן וִישְנִיָאק
Har Nof in flames
WATCH: Get-Taxi gets Jewish, with 'Shlep'
Putting children first
Genome of lowly centipede sequenced, adding a piece to puzzle of how life started on Earth
A creative twist on Italian in the heart of Tel Aviv
'Game of Thrones', 'Breaking Bad' director MacLaren to oversee Gal Gadot in 'Wonder Woman'
Tempête au sein de la coalition
Crise de confiance
Qui prendra la relève de Mahmoud Abbas ?
Arafat, Abbas, même combat ?
Rétrospective en noir et blanc pour la ville d'Or
L'unité : notre seule planche de salut
Daniel Oren, maestro d'Israël, d'Italie et d'ailleurs !
Nos plus belles années ?
Le pot de chocolat liégeois par qui le scandale arrive
Le dernier kibboutz
La course aux étoiles
Les mordus du français
On n'invite pas un pyromane à éteindre un incendie
Tuer l'EI dans l'œuf
Le mont du Temple et la guerre sainte de l'islam
Les attentats du lundi 10 novembre vus par la presse française
L'Europe, nouvelle alliée d'Abbas ?
Ces enseignants-éclaireurs
Christian priest speaks out strongly in favor of Jewish state law
Hispanic Evangelicals among Israel's greatest supporters
Christians United for Israel Chairman John Hagee says Obama is anti-Semitic
Temple Mount: Common ground between Jews and Christians
Pope Francis condemns Palestinian violence
KKL Belgium Donates Portable Bomb Shelter to Kiryat Gat
KKL-JNF Awards 2014 Blumberg Prize
Exploring the Ilanot Botanical Garden and the Vickar Observation Point
Cornerstone Laid for Sports Rehab Park at Meir Hospital
Mexican Politician and Business Leader Miguel Aleman Velasco Visits KKL-JNF in Jerusalem
International Conference in Sde Boker: Combating Desertification Together
Rehabilitation of the Lower Jordan: Bringing the River Back to Life
Central America Celebrates Independence at the Rabin Center
In his Footsteps: Heritage Excursions in Memory of Yitzhak Rabin
Cleanup Day Activities in Central Israel
International Cleanup Day: Cleaning Together in Northern Israel
KKL-JNF's Eyes in the Forest - The Horshim Forest Green Patrol
Israel Today and Tomorrow: KKL France Mission Visits Israel
Start-up Israel: KKL Italy November Mission Learns about Israel's Past and Future
KKL-JNF and Desert Agriculture Latin American Diplomats visit the Negev
A Successful Annual Fundraising Event for KKL Milan
Living Green in Israel: the Contest and the Winners
Addressing Climate Change Conference
Nurturing the Foresters of the Future
Saving the Sabras
11.27.2014 | 5 Kislev, 5775
Prime minister to Channel 1: I'll be running again in next election
Not all bleak for Netanyahu
China's moves: US decline, or balance in Asia?
Hanegbi heads to Myanmar for highest-level visit in 35 years
Former ambassador to the US Oren may enter politics on list Kahlon is drafting
MK calls on PM to destroy homes of Jews who murdered Arab teen
Netanyahu: Hamas leaders are legitimate targets, no one is invincible
Kahlon indicates comeback with new 'framework'
'Israel no better than Chelm for providing electricity to Palestinian companies that boycott it'
Manhattan borough president shows solidarity with Israel visit
Ministers and MKs urge Netanyahu to pound Hamas
Right-wing MKs call to investigate Balad party, ban it from Knesset after Qatar trip
Diplomacy & Politics
01/15/2013 03:44
Jordan valley settlement 311.
(photo credit:REUTERS)
After a wait of 12 years, Rotem, a small ecological settlement in the Jordan
Valley, might finally get permission to build up to 170 homes and a guest house
for visitors.Last week the Jordan Valley Regional Council was given
permission to deposit the first zoning plans for the settlement before the
Higher Planning Council of Judea and Samaria, council head David Lahiani has
told The Jerusalem Post. It followed Defense Ministry approval nine-months
earlier to begin preparing the plans.There is now a 60-day comment
period. Once the council approves the plans, further approval will be needed
from the Defense Ministry to begin building.Still, the ability to
deposit the plans is a significant step for the community of 30 families, most
of which have been living in modular homes, Lahiani said."Now they can
build permanent homes and begin to live normal lives like all other Israeli
citizens," he told the Post.The government first authorized Rotem in
1984, but never authorized zoning plans. Located just under six kilometers
across the pre-1967 lines, it was initially used to house an IDF Nahal unit,
which later abandoned the site. The first families moved there in
2001.The government has noted the Jordan Valley's security significance
and insisted that Israel maintain a military presence there in any final status
agreement with the Palestinians for a two-state solution. Nevertheless, it has
been ambiguous about the future of the area's settlements even as it continued
to advance planning for the small, mostly agrarian communities.Lahiani
said he would feel secure about the region's future only when it is included
within Israel's final borders.It is the final arrangement for the area –
not the building – that will be telling, he said, adding that he would like to
see Israel annex it.Until the region's status is resolved, he said, it
will be important to improve life for its residents.
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The Georgia Department of Labor announced on Thursday that Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 8.1 percent in October, down two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.3 percent in September. The rate was seven-tenths of a percentage point lower than 8.8 percent in October a year ago.
Because of the federal government shutdown, no states were allowed to publish state labor market data for September.
State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler is encouraged by the improvement in the labor market during the interim.
"We've seen our rate go from 8.7 percent in August to 8.3 in September and down to 8.1 for October," Commissioner Butler said. "We've seen Georgia gain almost 30,000 jobs over the last two months. And, the good thing about the job creation is that it's pretty much through all sectors."
The number of jobs rose to 4,078,700 in October, which is the largest number since November 2008. The number increased by 22,700, or 0.6 percent, from 4,056,000 in September. The job increases came in trade and transportation, 6,800; education and health services, 5,400; government, 3,900; other services, 1,400; and 1,100 each in manufacturing, construction, professional and business services, and leisure and hospitality. Financial services added 600 new jobs, while information services gained 200.
Over-the year, Georgia gained 85,500 jobs, or 2.1 percent, since October 2012 when there were 3,993,200 jobs. The gains came in several sectors, including: professional and business services, 30,600; leisure and hospitality, 19,900; education and health services, 17,600; and trade and transportation, 16,300.
"And, most importantly, we saw construction again show strength in that over the year more than 7,500 jobs have been created in construction in Georgia," Commissioner Butler said.
There were 40,132 initial claims for unemployment insurance, an increase of 5,839, or 17 percent, from September. The claims were primarily in manufacturing, most of which were temporary, and administrative and support services. In October 2012, there were 51,495, a decrease of 11,363, or 22.1 percent.
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Salons by JC - Northgate celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting, tours, refreshments and discounts. The new location is at 255 Northgate Mall, beside the back entrance to the mall. The event was coordinated by the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with Salons by JC. Salons by JC - Northgate leases fully equipped private suites to ... (click for more)
After opening on June 12, the locally-owned Chattanooga Vapor Company has continued to thrive at its North Shore locations off of Frazier Avenue and in Soddy Daisy, at the corner of Dayton and Thrasher Pike. No matter where one falls within the company's three-step process, they ensure each individual's needs are met. Its focus on helping people quit smoking and using tobaccos is ... (click for more)
A sinkhole has prompted UTC officials to close off access to Grote Hall. Grote Hall employees have been told they do not need to report to work on Monday. Classes that are held in Grote Hall are called off for Monday. All other classes and campus activities are on for Monday. (click for more)
The Bradley County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that occurred in the area of Georgetown Road. The sheriff's office said Sunday night that the victim had died. The victim's name has not yet been released. A BCSO officer was waved down at the intersection of 25 th Street and Peerless Road by the driver of a vehicle who told the officer a gunshot victim ... (click for more)
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Bird lovers from all over can find all kinds of birds at the Bracken Bird Farm in Redlands. Some of the birds one may find include African Grey Parrots, Macaws, Lovebirds, and Parakeets. The farm which sits on five acres, has an outdoor aviary and a variety of bird supplies. The farm has been owned and operated by Joe Bracken for 40 years. GABRIEL LUIS ACOSTA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER.
San Bernardino County healthcare workers participate in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Donning and Doffing Tra
Look back at the 2003 murder of Kelly Bullwinkle in Redlands, California.
Redlands East Valley High School hosted J.W. North for Friday's CIF-SS Inland Division first round playoff ga
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- Boys' basketball holiday tournament tips off tonight
- Ribbon-cutting for Children's Holiday Shoppe Nov. 26; shop is open Nov. 29-Dec. 21
- Rockford Rescue Mission invites community to Thanksgiving banquet Nov. 26
- Rockton's new business district welcomes family owned Dr. Detail U.S. Cellular
- 2014 Illinois Emerging Writers Competition winners named
- Open house for new library executive director tonight
- Freeport murder suspect Damon Dixson taken into custody in Rockford
- Local gas station employee arrested for selling liquor to minor
- Renewable Fuel Standard delay 'a mixed blessing,' Bustos says
- Rockford delegation presents inaugural 'Rockford Award' to Norwegian Air
March is Red Cross Month
• Rock River Chapter hosts open house from 4 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 15
From press release
March is Red Cross Month, and the American Red Cross is asking people to join them in helping those in need by volunteering their time, making a donation, taking a class, or giving blood.
Rock River Chapter of the Red Cross Executive Director Jeff Reinke said: "When someone provides a hot meal to a disaster victim, gives blood, takes a first aid class, or helps someone in the military, they join the Red Cross. We want to say 'thank you' to all who support us. That support enables us to provide help and hope to those who need our assistance."
For nearly 100 years, U.S. presidents have called on people to support the American Red Cross and its humanitarian mission. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first to proclaim March as Red Cross Month in 1943. Since that time, President Barack Obama and every other president since has issued proclamations designating March as Red Cross Month.
The Red Cross has been helping people for 130 years, responding to disasters, assisting members of the military, teaching lifesaving skills, and serving as one of the largest blood suppliers in the United States.
Nationally, the Red Cross responds to an average of nearly 200 disasters every day. The organization provides a round-the-clock link between those in the military and their families, and supplies blood and blood products to approximately 3,000 hospitals and transfusion centers across the country.
The Rock River Chapter responded and provided assistance in 82 local disasters last year. The chapter processed 307 emergency military calls, trained 6,498 adults in first aid, CPR and AED classes, and trained 4,255 youth in water safety and babysitting skills.
"We work very diligently to help those in need," Reinke said. "Whether out on a disaster, alongside our troops, at a blood drive or in a first aid class, Red Cross workers touch the lives of millions of people every year."
The Red Cross is not a government agency and relies on donations of time, money and blood to do its work.
"When people join the Red Cross by volunteering, donating blood, taking a course or making a contribution, they enable us to continue our work, both here at home, and around the world," Reinke said.
In honor of Red Cross Month locally:
• Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey (I), on behalf of the Rock River Chapter, proclaimed March as Red Cross Month for the city of Rockford during the March 7 City Council meeting.
• Tuesday, March 15, community members are invited to attend an open house at the Rock River Chapter at 727 N. Church St., from 4 to 7 p.m. Attendees can learn more about the Rock River Chapter's emergency services, health and safety classes, services to the Armed Forces and blood collections, as well as meet Reinke, the chapter's new executive director.
• The Rock River Chapter will continue to offer first aid, CPR and AED classes throughout the month.
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By Deal W Hudson & Keith A Fournier
10/6/2012 (2 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
Various groups and individuals are registering their discontent with the form of these voter guides. Why? The guides do not distinguish between the "moral weight" of the various issues, what some call the "non-negotiable" or "settled issues" and prudential issues.
By Deal W Hudson & Keith A Fournier
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
10/6/2012 (2 years ago)
Published in Politics & Policy
Keywords: Faithful Citizenship, Voter Guides, Catholic vote, US Bishops, Romney, Ryan, Obama, Biden, Pro-Life, Pro-Marriage, Pro-Family, Catholic Vote, Deal W. Hudson, Keith A. Fournier
WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - Things are really starting to percolate in the boiling cauldron of the "Catholic voter."
The Obama campaign continues to "categorically deny" our reports of the anti-Mormon, and really anti-Catholic, calls made to a Catholic voter in Pennsylvania, Joy Allen. Peter Roff at U.S. News & World Report is staying on top of the story with a must read "On Catholic Push Calls, If Not the Obama Campaign, Who?"
Joy Allen will soon be telling her story from a major media platform. Watch for it early next week!
Now, to the growing concern over the voter guides being issued by state Catholic conferences. It became clear today that the voter guide issued in Pennsylvania, call it the "Alphabetical Guide to Catholic Issues" (my name, not theirs), was produced by collaboration from several state conferences, including our home state of Virginia.
The official title of this guide is "Know the Positions of the Presidential Candidates" and contains the names of President Obama and Gov. Romney at the top, followed by a list of ten issues listed in alphabetical order:
Death Penalty
Education Choice
Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Freedom of Religion
Health Care for the Uninsured
International Security
Poverty Assistance
From the perspective of accuracy, we think the conferences did a good job in briefly and clearly describing the positions taken by the candidates.
However, various groups and individuals are registering their discontent with the form of these voter guides. Why? The guides do not distinguish between the "moral weight" of the various issues, what some call the "non-negotiable" or "settled issues" and prudential issues.
If you take a look at the guides, you will see that the design and layout of the ten issues makes them appear equal in importance. Abortion comes first only because it starts with an "A." Marriage, one of the few settled issues, comes in at the 9th position, because it starts with an "M."
What makes an alphabetical presentation so disappointing is that it appears to ignore what the bishops themselves emphasized in their New Introduction, added last November, to "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship." As the bishops explain in this passage about their intention in writing "Faithful Citizenship":
"It [Faithful Citizenship] does not offer a quantitative listing of issues for equal consideration, but outlines and makes important distinctions among moral issues acknowledging that some involve the clear obligation to oppose intrinsic evils which can never be justified and that others require action to pursue justice and promote the common good. In short, it calls Catholics to form their consciences in the light of their Catholic faith and to bring our moral principles to the debate and decisions about candidates and issues."
In other words, the voter guide issued by the state conferences seems to ignore the bishops' concern that issues not be presented in a "quantitative" manner, which is precisely what an alphabetical list is!
Those issues, such as abortion, marriage, and embryonic stem cell research that involve intrinsic evils are not distinguished in any way.
This "all issues are equal approach" has long been the tactic of those who publicly support the election and re-election of pro-abortion Catholic politicians. It's a shame, to say the least, that state Catholic conferences would seem to legitimize this tactic.
But, there is more to be noted: The issue of "religious liberty," about which the bishops mandated a Fortnight for Freedom is mysteriously renamed "Freedom of Religion." Why? The public debate over the HHS mandate has been about religious liberty all along, why suddenly change it to something else?
We certainly hope it wasn't an attempt to play down the unified effort of the bishops to raise the visibility of this fundamental human right and its violation by the Obama administration.
Another issue, which may be a bit pedantic on our part, but it's worth mentioning: "Health Care for the Uninsured" is listed as one of the ten issues. Universal health care has long been a priority for the bishops and the USCCB; however, the bishops and the USCCB did not support the health care legislation because it contained federal funding for abortion and no conscience protection for health care workers.
Why is this important to mention? A vote against the Affordable Health Care Act should not be considered a rejection of universal health care because the bishops themselves urged Catholic members of Congress not to support it.
What will happen in terms of practical politics in this?: The inclusion of "Health Care for the Uninsured" in the state voter guides will be used to put an "x" in the column of every member of Congress who voted against the Affordable Health Care Act.
We are not yet sure how many state Catholic conferences used this form of voter guide, but we guess it's quite widespread. Given the explicit warning of the New Introduction to "Faithful Citizenship", we never imagined the state Catholic conferences, which represent the bishops of each state, would issue a guide that presents issues in a "quantitative" manner.
That the state conferences did, in fact, ignore the New Introduction is a serious matter, and we are sure this story is just beginning to roll out.
We will keep you posted!
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There is no question that comprehensive immigration reform is needed. Most people acknowledge this as a fact. However, the truth is President Obama could have participated in such reform, and he knows it, by working with the 114th Congress which will soon be sworn ... continue reading
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With Thanksgiving turkeys dancing in their heads, many Republican lawmakers are running out the door in lieu of considering a plethora of new legislation. Republican members have discussed resolutions of disapproval and censure. One unnamed lawmaker was ... continue reading
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Last week it was announced that some 36 million people around the world live in slavery, a number that is higher than at any time in history. While most Americans feel that slavery is a distant problem, which has little or no effect on their lives, the sad fact is that ... continue reading
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Jonathan Gruber's good fortune would make lots of college students change their majors to economics. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with his firm Gruber Microsimulation Model has raked in millions. Gruber's chief function is estimating the ... continue reading
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Two weeks ago, the American people spoke and sent a message to Obama that we did not approve of his style of leadership. Americans gave control of both the House and Senate to Republicans with a clear mandate to put a stop to the rule of the most anti-life, ... continue reading
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A lack of action may have cost President Obama and the Democratic Party big time, former President Bill Clinton says. The Republican victory at midterms earlier this month may have been the result of a lack of action on immigration reform. Clinton says that ... continue reading
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The United Nations is taking some states in the United States for legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana use. The U.N. anti-narcotics chief says that these measures are not in concert with international drug conventions. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) ... continue reading
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While the Obama administration is confident that HealthCare.gov is far more adept this time around in time for open enrollment, there are signs that officials are drawing up contingency plans for any eventuality. These plans will hopefully readily address the ... continue reading
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Serving two terms as the mayor of San Francisco, longtime Democrat and California politician has some sage words of advice for Hillary Clinton when it comes to a presidential run in 2016: Don't bother, as you won't win. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - ... continue reading


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Mass Can Be 'Created' Inside Graphene, Say Physicists
The amazing properties of graphene now include the ability to create mass, according to a new prediction.
How to Steal Data from Your Neighbor in the Cloud
A study proves that software hosted in one part of the cloud can spy on software hosted nearby.
Astronomers Find First Evidence of Other Universes
Our cosmos was "bruised" in collisions with other universes. Now astronomers have found the first evidence of these impacts in the cosmic microwave background.
Astronomers Calculate Orbit of Chelyabinsk Meteorite
The Chelyabinsk meteorite is from a family of Earth-crossing rocks called Apollo asteroids and there are 80 million others like it, say astronomers
Google's Brain-Inspired Software Describes What It Sees in Complex Images
Experimental Google software that can describe a complex scene could lead to better image search or apps to help the visually impaired.
How Nuclear Recoil Damages DNA
The recoil of a nucleus during radioactive decay can do more damage than the alpha particle it emits, according to a new study.
Are Telepathy Experiments Stunts, or Science?
Scientists have established direct communication between two human brains, but is it more than a stunt?
Laser-Radio Links Upgrade the Internet
Wireless links formed partly by lasers may offer a faster, cheaper way to improve mobile Internet.
Police in California and Texas Test Networked Guns
A chip that tracks how a police officer's gun is being used could prove useful in investigations and court cases.


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A Conversation with a Jobcentre Advisor
Originally posted on REALFARE:
Thomas Barlow – @tbarls
Like many people I have been in and out of work over the past couple of years.
Every job is temporary, or low paid, or unspecified hours, or all of them together. And all of the jobs come to an end.
Recently I decided that I was going to stop this cycle and follow my dream of becoming a writer. This is it, this is what I will do, or die in the process.
So when I was told, suddenly, by my advisor, that I had to come in every day to the jobcentre for the next two weeks at least, I finally felt confident enough to speak back.
Though not at the time I was told. As my interview was ending my advisor told me
"Oh, and you have to come in every day for the next two weeks, starting tomorrow"
"Really? Oh ok" I…
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Three Children Who Were Bullied Because They Are Disabled
Research shows disabled children are much more likely to be bullied. Three young people who were once victimised tell their stories and share tips on tackling the problem.
This year's Anti Bullying Week has been asking schools to give particular attention to children with disabilities or special educational needs. The organisation behind the campaign, the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA), has published new research on attitudes to disablist language this week and cites other recent research which shows eight out of 10 children with learning disabilities have been bullied, and that disabled children at primary school are 50% more likely to be victimised.
Rebecca, Maxine and Ammaar were at the receiving end of bullying. They explain how they got through it in the hope that their stories will help those having trouble now.
'Speak up'
More than 90% of parents of children with Asperger Syndrome told the ABA that their child had been bullied in the past 12 months. Rebecca Parkin is 17 and has the condition. She was bullied regularly from the age of six until recently, when becoming a campaigning voice for others in her situation boosted her confidence. Rebecca says she was an "easy victim" for bullies. "I rarely spoke to anyone. I was really shy and kept to myself, even saying hello to someone was really difficult for me," she says.
The problems began in primary school, where she was called names and excluded from friendship groups, but she describes high school as "a living hell". "I was called fat, crazy, weird, stupid, ugly. When I was about 12 a gang of 16-year-olds came up to me in a park and tried setting my hair on fire. In school I got hit and tripped up, I had food and water thrown on me. One day a boy cornered me and said he was going to find me after school and kill me. I also got abuse online and someone set up a fake account on YouTube in my name so people could leave nasty comments on my videos."
Rebecca was so badly affected that she began self-harming and needed help from mental health services. Things only changed for the teenager when she managed to speak up about what was happening to her. She says that she bugged teachers "until they did something about it" and that helping others in the same situation taught her that "you need to speak up so things will change".
"I know it's hard but if you can't vocalise what's wrong, write it down or draw it," says Rebecca. "Do whatever you can to show how you are feeling and what is going on."
Rebecca is now an anti-bullying campaigner with Ambitious about Autism, NSPCC and Ditch The Label.
'Take precautions'
Maxine Young is 22 and acquired a learning disability as the result of a brain tumour at the age of three.
"He called me brain tumour kid," says Maxine Young, referring to one boy who bullied her. She was consistently called names and teased about her size and appearance throughout primary and secondary schools, and then at college. Telling teachers led to bullies getting temporary exclusions from school, but the bullying only stopped completely when Maxine was physically assaulted at a bus station, and went to the police. The attacker got a two-year suspended sentence and was ordered to pay compensation. This, coupled with how seriously the police took her situation, has helped her grow in confidence. Maxine has now developed strategies to avoid being targeted in the future.
"If I do get bullied now, I say to them, why are you doing this? What's the point in bullying people when you won't get anything from it? I carry a personal alarm with me in case I do get assaulted again," says Maxine, who has also received self-defence coaching from the police.
Maxine now helps Mencap to give anti-bullying training to parents and carers of people with learning disabilities .
Mencap are keen to stress that Maxine's story is an exception to the rule. The charity says that in the last two years there were 124,000 disability hate crimes, but only 3% of these were recorded by the police, and only 1% resulted in prosecutions.
'Don't believe them'
Ammaar Hussein is 16 and has been a victim of bullying in the past because of his deafness. He recently made a video for the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) giving tips for ways to tackle bullies. One tip he offers is, "Don't believe the bullies".
They would "speak very slowly, stretching their mouth and making fun of me" says Ammaar. It reached the stage where the bullies' words affected how he went about his daily life. "I kept thinking that I couldn't communicate properly and that people wouldn't understand me if I tried. I felt embarrassed.
"One boy called me a robot because I was wearing my hearing aids," he continues. "I felt really annoyed and ignored him but I kept thinking 'Do I really look so different?'"
He says his biggest mistake was to listen to what bullies told him. "I did not realise that they were trying to ruin my confidence," he says. "Remember, bullying is never your fault."
Ammaar is now an anti-bullying ambassador at his school and he helps other deaf young people who are being targeted because they can't hear.
Learning Difficulties and Signing On? The System Can't Be Bothered
Back to Kilburn jobcentre this morning for a Thursday signon session with Eddie, the 51-year-old man with learning and literacy difficulties who I've been working with as he's tried to get his fortnightly jobsearch done and avoid sanctions.
The jobcentre was pretty chaotic this morning – understaffed, I think, and tense. Most of the seats in the waiting area were occupied by people who were waiting to sign on. A number of people were pacing around.
Eddie was one of them: "I want to get out of here," he kept saying to me. "Let's get it [the signon] done and go." Eddie hates the jobcentre and he seemed fraught this morning. He said there'd been some sort of fight between a claimant and adviser and/or Security just before I arrived. I knew something was up, because I'd seen four or five coppers climbing out of their car and heading into the jobcentre just as I turned up at about 9.30am. By the time I got upstairs, the police were all hanging around on the first floor in the waiting area and I could see a couple of coppers talking to people in a side room.
Support Group Chances Increased By Upper Tribunal Decision
With many thanks to Benefits And Work.
A recent upper tribunal decision may have significantly increased the chances of employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants being placed in the support group rather than being forced to carry out work-related activities that cause a substantial risk to their health. The decision has come about because, just two months after taking power in 2010, IDS did away with one of the stages of the work capability assessment in order to push through the transfer of incapacity benefit claimants to ESA as hastily as possible.
The work-focused health related assessment (WFHRA) was a 'second medical' at which an Atos health professional looked at what capability for work you still had and ways in which it could be improved by the taking of steps in relation to your physical or mental condition.
The subsequent report was passed on to your personal adviser who used it to decide what kind of work-related activities you might be capable of. It was a vital part of the WCA because it was the only way the DWP passed on information about the way your condition affects you to the person supposed to be preparing you for work – they have never been allowed access to the medical assessment itself.
WFHRAs were suspended for two years in July 2010 due to their having achieved only 'mixed results' and because of the increasing backlog of ESA medicals. They were subsequently abolished altogether.
A recent three judge upper tribunal hearing, however, has almost reinvented the WFHRA.
The tribunal were hearing a case in relation to regulation 35(2). In essence, this says that if because of your health condition or disability, there would be a substantial risk to the mental or physical health of any person if you were required to carry out work-related activities, then you should be placed in the support group.
The tribunal judges held that where a tribunal is considering whether a claimant should be covered by regulation 35(2) the onus is on the DWP to provide a significant amount of additional evidence if they think the claimant should not be placed in the support group.
This includes evidence about what activities work providers in your specific location send people on, which ones it would be reasonable to require you to do and what mechanism the DWP can point to that will give the tribunal confidence that the information will be effectively communicated to the work programme provider and acted upon.
If the DWP can't do all this to the tribunal's satisfaction then it must find that you are eligible for the support group.
Not surprisingly the DWP are very unhappy about this and are appealing the decision to the Court of Appeal. In the meantime, the DWP appear to be trying to get all appeals to first tier tribunals that raise the issue of regulation 35 stayed until the Court of Appeal has heard the case and reached a decision – which could be many months away.
We've updated both of our guides to claiming ESA to take account of this decision.
Meanwhile, if you are an ESA claimant, we'd be very interested to see your comments below on what work-related activities you have been forced to do and whether they were appropriate.
Welfare Delays Behind Increase In Foodbank Use Finds Study
Raising awareness of disability-related bullying
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This week is national Anti-Bullying Week, and this year's theme is disability-related bullying.
Research by the Institute for Education shows that disabled children are twice as likely as other children to experience persistent bullying. This can take many forms including physical abuse, name-calling and cyberbullying.
We've teamed up with Ambitious about Autism and the Anti-Bullying Alliance to highlight some of the issues faced by disabled children and young people.
Jack's story
Jack is doing an apprenticeship and is also possibly the only disabled mixed martial arts fighter in the UK – but part of the reason he took up the sport was as relief from the bullying he experienced at school.
"It started in year eight. Words like 'spastic' were thrown around at me and those words got me into trouble at school, because I wouldn't stand for it.
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Disabled students able to design 3D objects with their eyes
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SHIVA (Sculpture for Health-care: Interaction and Virtual Art in 3D) is a 3D design and printing project which allows disabled people to design an object or sculpture in 3D, which is then printed as a 3D model.
Initiated in 2010, SHIVA was designed by a group including Mark Moseley (Assistive Technologist at Victoria Education Centre), Dr Leigh McLoughlin and Professor Alexander Pasko and his team at the National Centre for Computer Animation at Bournemouth University in the UK. They were also helped by researchers from the University of Lille.
The technology was tested at and is now used by Victoria Education Centre (VEC), a school for children with physical disabilities, which is part of the national disability charity Livability http://www.livability.org.uk/
How does it work?
Some disabilities can make interacting with a touchscreen interface a challenge due to varying levels of dexterity and control. The team needed to create an interface that was highly customisable for a variety of disabilities.
- First, the interface is set to suit the particular user's needs. They may not be able to use a touch screen, for example, so they may require an eye-gaze system instead. Eye-gaze technology then tracks where a user is looking and translates it into screen coordinates so that on screen cells or buttons can be selected.
- The user is then able to build an object of their choosing using the program. They do this by selecting a number of objects and placing them onto a single stick, like a totem pole. These objects can be modified and rotated to suit their design preferences. Students can select shapes using their interface of choice and combine it with other shapes, manipulate the scale, and even remove portions of the shapes. The stick is also completely removable if the users or educators have no use for it.
- You can find out more about SHIVA at the Applied Shapes website http://www.appliedshapes.com/?q=research/shiva
o This is the company that will support and distribute SHIVA when it is made fully open to the public.
What are the benefits to disabled people?
SHIVA allows a variety of disabled people to engage in creative design projects in ways which they may not previously have been able to. It breaks down the barriers between art and ideas and provides a new passage for creation and design.
- Coordination and muscular control: The SHIVA program can be customised depending on the specific needs of the individual. The eye-tracker function benefits some disabled people who have issues with coordination and muscular control, alleviating the problem of using ones hands on a design or artistic project.
- Visual impairment: The display is also customizable, so cells can be rearranged to suit different disabilities. The screen colours and cell size can be adjusted in order to assist people who are visually impaired, for instance it could have a black background with yellow controls, making it easier for someone with a visual impairment to see.
- Any settings that have been tailored to a specific individual can be saved and easily retrieved at the start of each session within the program.
- Professor Pasko thinks that it helps to 'give children the tools for creativity' because they 'have great imaginations but almost no tools to express themselves.' He says, 'a piece of software which can help someone create something independently, or make them proud of what they have created is going to build self-esteem, that's going to make them feel better and have fun.'
Results at VEC
The project has enabled young disabled students at VEC to design digitally and print in 3D. The models have been 3D printed to give the children tangible models of their creativity – "it brought the whole thing alive", says Professor Pasko.
- The software will continue to be used, and it is hoped that funding will be acquired so that the software can be further developed.
- To date, around fifteen pupils with varying levels of disability have used the software and many models have already been produced. Professor Alexander Pasko said, 'Suddenly the entire school realised "Wow it's a different world now."'
- The software has been used for a project inspired by artist Andy Goldsworthy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy
Who created it and who funded it?
- SHIVA was designed by a team of people including Mark Mosely (Assistive Technologist at Victoria Education Centre) Dr Leigh McLoughlin, and Professor Alexander Pasko (National Centre for Computer Animation of the Media School at Bournemouth University in UK).
- They were assisted by researchers from the University of Lille and the National Centre for Computer Animation at Bournemouth University.
- It was funded by INTERREG IVA 2 Seas Programme (http://www.interreg4a-2mers.eu/en/) an international organisation that supports cross border cooperation between schools, charities and businesses from England, France, Belgium-Flanders and the Netherlands. They help fund projects that involve economic development, environmental issues and quality of life issues.
- Many from VEC were involved, especially the Speech and Language Therapy Department. Mark Moseley was VEC's technical lead for the project and was the primary consultant for accessibility. He created the user interface designs which were later implemented by BU. Mark worked closely with Sarah Gilling (Head of Speech and Language Therapy at VEC) who helped define how the software would be used and what aspects of therapy it could be linked to.


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Swedish Fairy Tales
by Herman Hofberg
Herman Hofberg compiles 82 stories in one volume, titled simply as Swedish Fairy Tales, with the main intention of augmenting efforts to preserve some of Sweden's beloved folk tales and pay homage to Swedish literature and history. This edition is a translation of the original book, published in 1890. W.H. Myers, the translator, has assured in his preface that he has done "no embellishment and not more than a faithful reproduction of the author's ideas." The translator also informs that he has left out some notes that the author has made on some passages in the stories and added some of them into the tales as a natural part of the accounts, rather than put all of them in a separate section in the book. This helps readers go through the stories without having to flip through other pages for the supplemental information. The compiler has grouped the fairy tales by region, beginning with Skane and ending with Lapland. Nearly all stories are supplied with beautiful artistic renderings of the tale in question. The illustrations, done by some of the best Swedish artists of the time, are new additions, courtesy of the translator. Those aged 8-80, Swedish or otherwise, will enjoy reading these stories for both their entertainment and educational value.
British Goblins
Welsh Folk-Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions
by Wirt Sikes
In a certain sense Wales may be spoken of as the cradle of fairy legend. It is not now disputed that from the Welsh were borrowed many of the first subjects of composition in the literature of all the cultivated peoples of Europe.

In the ground it covers, while this volume deals especially with Wales, and still more especially with South Wales - where there appear to have been human dwellers long before North Wales was peopled - it also includes the border counties, notably Monmouthshire, which, though severed from Wales by Act of Parliament, is really very Welsh in all that relates to the past. In Monmouthshire is the decayed cathedral city of Caerleon, where, according to tradition, Arthur was crowned king in 508, and where he set up his most dazzling court, as told in the 'Morte d'Arthur.'
Demonology And Devil-Lore
by Moncure Daniel Conway
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Three Friars, says a legend, hid themselves near the Witch Sabbath orgies that they might count the devils; but the Chief of these, discovering the friars, said - 'Reverend Brothers, our army is such that if all the Alps, their rocks and glaciers, were equally divided among us, none would have a pounds weight.' This was in one Alpine valley. Any one who has caught but a glimpse of the world's Walpurgis Night, as revealed in Mythology and Folklore, must agree that this courteous devil did not overstate the case. Any attempt to catalogue the evil spectres which have haunted mankind were like trying to count the shadows cast upon the earth by the rising sun. This conviction has grown upon the author of this work at every step in his studies of the subject.

In 1859 I contributed, as one of the American 'Tracts for the Times,' a pamphlet entitled 'The Natural History of the Devil.' Probably the chief value of that essay was to myself, and this in that its preparation had revealed to me how pregnant with interest and importance was the subject selected. Subsequent researches in the same direction, after I had come to reside in Europe, revealed how slight had been my conception of the vastness of the domain upon which that early venture was made.
The Lost Language of Symbolism
An Inquiry Into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy-Tales, Folklore, and Mythologies
by Harold Bayley
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The Globe and Cross- The Messiah- Communism of The Romance of the Rose- The Peasants' War- The "Evangelical Christian Brotherhood"- The Siege of Miinster- "By Peace Plenty and by Wisdom Peace"- The Standard of Righteousness- The Renaissance- The "Forerunner of Pleasant Phoebus"- The Portals of the Sky- The Ibis, the Bird of Morning- The Baboon, the Hailer of the Dawn.

Monotheism of the Ancients- The Tetragrammaton- The AlephTau- Alpha and Omega- The Compasses- The Sphere- The Scarabseus- The Double-headed Eagle- The Thunder Bird- The Three Circles- The Clover Leaf- The Quadrifoil- The Figure Four- The Svastika- Solomon's Knots- The Eye of Heaven- The Watcher- The Panther's Breath- The BuUroarer- The Bad Serpent- The Mystic Tie- Jupiter's Chain- The Collar of Ss- The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg- The "Silly Sheep"- The Good Shepherd- The Sacred Kine- Honey and Milk- The Milk Pail- Orpheus- Osiris- The Sacred Bull- The Moon "an Instrument of the Armies Above"

The Night "Christ's Knocking Time"- The Awakening Moon- The Stars- Thoth, the Moon-God- The Threatening Moonface- The Zigzag of Effulgence- The Contest between Light and Darkness- Merodach, "Troubier of the Evil Ones- Indra, the Lord of Stars- Ormuz- ApOLLO- Horus- The Hawk of Gold- The Great Bear, a Symbol of the Selfexistent- The Horn of the Spirit- Jack the Giantkiller- The Fiery Cross and the Gathering of the Clans- The Awakening Bell- The Cock, "the Native Bellman of the Night"- Chanticler and the Rising Sun.
Bible Folk-Lore
A Study in Comparative Mythology
by James Edwin Thorold Rogers
The present volume is the result of some twelve years of serious and special study. It is an attempt to apply the principle of evolution to the history of Hebrew and Christian belief, and to lay before the public, for its consideration, the results which appear to the author to spring from the recent researches of Orientalists, whether students of Semitic or of Aryan antiquities.

Englishmen are as yet little aware, as a rule, of the vast stores of accurate and detailed information bearing on the comparative study of the Bible which have, through the patient labour of many scholars, been slowly accumulated during the last twenty years. They know, no doubt, that cuneiform inscriptions, and papyri, have been read, and that the sacred books of India and of Persia have been translated, but they do not know how fundamentally this increased knowledge affects the very basis of an examination of the Bible literature as a whole.

The author's main contention is, then, that the Biblical literature can no longer be considered to stand alone as a unique production of genius or inspiration, but that its real origin and meaning can only be understood by the application of the comparative method which has as yet been only very imperfectly utilised in connection with the Bible traditions. The mythical hypothesis is not, it is true, a new one.
Demonology and Devil-Lore
by Moncure Daniel Conway
Lilith and Eve; Temptation and Expulsion of Adam and Eve; Satan Punished; Hierarchy of Hell; Gnostic Figure of Satan; Temptation of Christ; Adam Signing Contract for his Posterity to Satan; Seth Offering a Branch to Adam; Procession of the Serpent of Sins; Ancient Russian Wall-Painting; Alexander VI. os Antichrist; The Pope nursed by Megæra; Antichrist's Descent; Luther's Devil as seen by Catholics; The Pride of Life; The Artist's Rescue; Luther's Devil; Devils from Old Missal; Carving at Corbeil; Lilith as Cat; A Witch from Lyons Cathedral; Seal from Raven Book; The Wicked Ale-Wife; A Mediaeval Death-Bed; From Hogarth's ' Raree Show '; A Soul's Doom; Cruelty and Lust; Jealousy; Satan and Noraita; Monkish Gluttony; Devil of Danegeld Treasure; St James and Devils; Devil from Notre Dame, Paris
The Folk-Lore of Plants
by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
Apart from botanical science, there is perhaps no subject of inquiry connected with plants of wider interest than that suggested by the study of folk-lore. This field of research has been largely worked of late years, and has obtained considerable popularity in this country, and on the continent.

Much has already been written on the folk-lore of plants, a fact which has induced me to give, in the present volume, a brief systematic summary – with a few illustrations in each case – of the many branches into which the subject naturally subdivides itself. It is hoped, therefore, that this little work will serve as a useful handbook for those desirous of gaining some information, in a brief concise form, of the folk-lore which, in one form or another, has clustered around the vegetable kingdom.
Grimms Complete Fairy Tales
by Jacob Grimm
Long ago, when wishes often came true, there lived a King whose daughters were all handsome, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun himself, who has seen everything, was bemused every time he shone over her because of her beauty. Near the royal castle there was a great dark wood, and in the wood under an old linden tree was a well; and when the day was hot, the Kings daughter used to go forth into the wood and sit by the brink of the cool well, and if the time seemed long, she would take out a golden ball, and throw it up and catch it again, and this was her favorite pastime.

Now it happened one day that the golden ball, instead of falling back into the maidens little hand which had sent it aloft, dropped to the ground near the edge of the well and rolled in. The King's daughter followed it with her eyes as it sank, but the well was deep, so deep that the bottom could not be seen. Then she began to weep, and she wept and wept as if she could never be comforted.

And in the midst of her weeping she heard a voice saying to her, "What ails you. King's daughter? Your tears would melt a heart of stone."

And when she looked to see where the voice came from, there was nothing but a frog stretching his thick ugly head out of the water. "Oh, is it you, old waddler?" said she; "I weep because my golden ball has fallen into the well."

"Never mind, do not weep," answered the frog; "I can help you; but what will you give me if I fetch up your ball again?"

"Whatever you like, dear frog," said she; "any of my clothes, my pearls and jewels, or even the golden crown that I wear."
Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends
by Mary Huse Eastman
The increased use of the story hour in work with children and the ever-widening use of fables and myths in school work have shown the need of an index which would save time by indicating at a glance the source of an asked-for story. When eight out of ten versions of a myth are given in their respective books under different titles bearing little or no resemblance to the one sought for, when each new translator or compiler may give an entire set of new titles to old favorites, mechanical aid is necessary to save reason as well as time.

This index includes, besides fairy tales and fables, the stories from Greek and Norse mythology which seemed most likely to be called for, also hero stories and some modern stories like the "Leak in the dyke," which are not strictly fairy tale or legend but which are constantly asked for by teachers and story tellers.

Since inquiries for stories are mainly by title this is first of all a title index. When the same story appears under various titles, it is indexed under the best known or under the one that seemed most descriptive of the story, and references are made from all the other titles. The title as contained in each particular book, when differing from the one under which it is indexed, is given in parenthesis at the end of the entry. In the case of mythology and hero stories the titles have been inverted, or invented if necessary, in order to bring the entry under the name of the character. When a book contains a number of stories about the same person but bearing different titles, a general reference to the book is given; when two only, but not in direct sequence, the titles are given in parenthesis at the end of the entry.

The cross references from one story to another are intended to aid story tellers by suggesting similar stories in case the one wished for is not obtainable.
Folk-Lore of Shakespeare
by T. F. Thiselton Dyer
It would be difficult to overestimate the value which must be attached to the plays of Shakespeare in connection with the social life of the Elizabethan age. Possessed of a rich treasury of knowledge of a most varied kind, much of which he my be said to have picked up almost intuitively, he embellished his writings with a choice store of illustrations descriptive of the period in which he lived. Apart, too, from his copious references to the manners and customs of the time, he seems to have had not only a wide knowledge of many technical subjects, but also an intimate acquaintance with the folk-lore of bygone days. How far this was the case may be gathered from the following pages, in which are collected and grouped together, as far as arrangement would permit, the various subjects relating to this interesting and popular branch of our domestic history. It only remains for me to add that the edition of the poet's plays made use of is the "Globe," published by Messrs. Macmillan.
In the Days of Giants
A Book of Norse Tales
by Abbie Farwell Brown
The oldest stories of every race of people tell about the Beginning of Things. But the various folk who first told them were so very different, the tales are so very old, and have changed so greatly in the telling from one generation to another, that there are almost as many accounts of the way in which the world began as there are nations upon the earth. So it is not strange that the people of the North have a legend of the Beginning quite different from that of the Southern, Eastern, and Western folk.
Indian Fairy Tales
by Maive S. H. Stokes
Calcutta and Simla by two Ayahs, Dunkni and Miiniya, and by Karim, a Khidmatgar. The last five were told Mother by Muniya. At first the servants would only tell their stories to me, because I was a child and would not laugh at them but afterwards the Ayahs lost their shyness and told almost all their stories over again to Mother when they were passing through the press. Karim would never tell his to her or before her. The stories were all told in Hindustani, which is the only language that these servants know. Dunkni is a young woman, and was born and brought up in Calcutta. She got the stories, she told me, from her husband, Mochi, who was born in Calcutta and brought up at Benares.
The Journal of American Folk-Lore, 1919
by American Folklore Society
Vol. 18
Then the Turk bade Gawain strike off his head; and when this was done, he "stood up a stalwart knight," sang Te Deum, and thanked Gawain heartily.

On another occasion I hope to discuss these romances fully. For the present, I will, with your permission, confine myself to the single incident of Unspelling Decapitation, which is common to them both. In the Carl, the bespelled person is a cruel monster until he is released from enchantment; in the Turk, he takes the role of Helpful Attendant, performing superhuman tasks as a substitute for the hero. In both, he urges the reluctant Gawain to cut off his head, and this is the final act in a somewhat complicated process of disenchantment. The efficacy of decapitation in undoing a spell is a widespread popular belief, and many of the tales in which it occurs are otherwise parallel either to The Carl of Carlisle or to The Turk and Gawain. In what follows, there is, of course, no attempt at exhaustiveness. My purpose has been to illustrate the belief by means of typical examples, and to bring out its significance as an article of the popular creed.

We may begin with the Decapitation of Helpful Animals.

In a Gaelic tale a serviceable steed bids the hero "take a sword and... take the head off me." The hero objecting, the horse replies: "In me there is a young girl under spells, and the spells will not be off me till the head is taken off me." In the same story a serviceable raven makes a similar request: "A young lad under spells am I, and they will not be off me till the head comes off me." The pair are transformed and make a fine couple. This is an instructive example because it is outspoken. Usually, however, and more properly, the animal does not tell the hero or heroine why the beheading is to be performed. So, for instance, in a Swedish tale, Den underbare Hasten, the horse simply asks the hero to strike off his head, and when this is done he recovers his proper shape, that of a prince, the brother of the heroine.
Navaho Legends
Collected and Translated
by Washington Matthews
The legends contained in this book are those of the Navaho 1 Indians, a tribe living in the southwestern portion of the United States; mostly in the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, but partly in the States of Colorado and Utah. A definite reservation of over 12, 000 square miles has been set apart for them; but in every direction, beyond the borders of this reservation, isolated families and small bands may be found dwelling, either temporarily or permanently, in localities where there are springs, streams, pools, or artificial reservoirs of water. Some have taken up homesteads or have otherwise acquired a legal title to lands beyond the borders of the reservation; others are merely squatters. A brief description of these Indians their arts, religion, ceremonies, etc. is included in this introduction, in the belief that, if the reader possesses some knowledge of the Navaho before he begins to read the tales, he may have a better understanding of the latter. But much more information, of interest to the ethnographer, will be found in notes. Some items in the introduction could not properly have appeared in the notes, as there was nothing in the tales to suggest them. Other items might perhaps as well have been transferred to the notes; the decision to put them in the introduction was often arbitrary.2. Title of Book. In selecting a title for this book, the word Legends was chosen, rather than Myths, for the reason that the tales contained herein, though mostly mythical, are not altogether such. In the Origin Legend, the last chapter, The Growth of the Navaho Nation, is in part traditional or historical, and it is even approximately correct in many of its dates, as has been shown by Frederick Webb Hodge in his paper on the Larly Navaho and Apache.301 Home Of The Navahoes.3. The land which the Navahoes occupy is arid, though not an absolute desert.
Old Church Lore
by William Andrews
Curiosities of the Church, has induced me to issue another work on similar lines. Like that book, this one shows how closely the Church in bygone times was linked with the national and social life of the people. An attempt has been made to blend instruction and entertainment, and present out-of-the-way facts drawn from unpublished documents and other sources, which do not usually come under the notice of the reader. William Andrews. Hull Literary Club, August ist, 1891.
The Curious Lore of Precious Stones
Being a Description of Their Sentiments
by George Frederick Kunz
Indian Folk Tales
by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
All her children were dead and she had but one grandchild, a young boy. These two dwelt apart from the rest of the tribe, and, as they had almost nothing of their own, they lived upon the scraps and leavings of others. Sometimes mocking tongues would jibe at them, saying: CHere are those whose moccasins and robes are the rags which we have thrown away. At these words the eyes of Katit, the boy, would flash with rage, but his grandmother would droop her head in silence. One day the tribe moved to another and a better place where there was much game, and Katit and his grandmother followed the trail far in the rear. What is that? asked the old woman, pointing to something which was lying among the bushes on one side of the trail.
The Journal of American Folk-Lore
by American Folklore Society
Vol. 22
Vol. XXIL January-March, 1909.Na LXXXIII 1 Si The Mythology Of The Central And Eastern Algonkins. By Roland B.Dixon In attempting to make a comparative study of the myths of the various tribes belonging to the Central and Eastern Algonkins a serious difficulty presents itself at the outset. This difficulty consists in the fact that the record is very incomplete, for our knowledge of the mjrthology of most of the tribes conddered bfar from bdng thorough, and the character of the information from different tribes is very varied From some, as the Micmac, Abnaki, Ojibwa, and Fox, a considerable mass and variety of tales are known; but from others, as the Pottawatami, )only a small amount of material is at hand, and that wholly relating to the culture-hero. In spite, however, of the inadequacy of the data available at preseqt, results of some interest may be obtained by a care ful comparison. Such a comparison may be made in various ways. We may, for example, consider the matter only from the niunerical point of view, and determine the proportional number of incidents which the various tribes hold in common, each with each. We may add to this a considratio Qof the class or type of incident thus shared. Or we may make a. special.1 study of a group of incidents, such as those clustering about the culture-- fhero and his brother. Or, again, we may note the distribution within the area involved, of certain particular incidents which have wide affiliations jelsewhere. All of these methods lead to results which are of value. For purposes of convenience, the Algonkin tribes here discussed may be divided into four geographical groups, a Western, compriang the western Cree, Saulteaux, Ojibwa, Menomini, Pottawatami, and Fox; a; Central, made up of the Mssissagua and Ottawa; an Eastern, including the Micmac, Abnaki, and Maliseet; and a Northeastern, including the Nenenot or Nascopi of Labrador and the Montagnais. Address of the retiring President, delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Folk-Lere Society in Baltimore, December 190 a.
The Journal of American Folk-Lore
by American Folklore Society
Vol. 7
This densely peopled and strongly fortified town, which occupied the site of what is now Montreal, was visited by Cartier, who has left us a vivid description of the place and its inhabitants. The path by which he approached it from the river led through a beautiful plain, shaded at first by a forest of stately oaks, to which succeeded large and well-cultivated fields of maize. In the midst of these plains, rising near the foot of a lofty eminence which Cartier named the "Royal Mount" (Mont Royal, now abridged to Montreal), the civic fortress presented the towering and formidable front which caused the early settlers of northern New York to give to the similar strongholds of their Iroquoian neighbors the name of "castles." The inclosing wall was composed of a triple row of tree-trunks, shaped and planted as palisades, and rising to the height of two lances' length. The middle row was upright; the inner and outer rows, inclining to this, were crossed at the top, and braced by horizontal beams, thus forming galleries, whence missiles could be showered upon an assailing force. Within the inclosure were fifty spacious houses, or rather barracks, some of them fifty yards long by fifteen in width, framed of wood, and covered with sheets of bark. Each house, divided into compartments, was the abode of several families; and the whole population probably comprised between two and three thousand persons. But this number did not really indicate the defensive force which its ruler had at his command. The occupants of the fortress were merely a local garrison, which in case of need could soon be largely recruited from the neighboring country. For Hochelaga, as we learn from Cartier, was the capital of a considerable empire, embracing, besides the "Canadians" of Stadacone, "eight or nine other peoples along the great river."

In 1543, France, disturbed by civil commotions, withdrew from North America, and all efforts at exploration were intermitted. For nearly sixty years the names of those strange northern chiefdoms which Cartier had disclosed to the world remained unmentioned. It was not until 1598 that the Marquis de la Roche, a nobleman of Brittany, at length obtained from Henry IV. authority to resume the colonization of New France, and received with this authority the grandiloquent title of "Lieutenant-General of Canada, Hochelaga, Newfoundland, Labrador, and the countries adjacent." But five years later, when Champlain, who was to be the actual founder, made his way up the St. Lawrence to the seat of his future colony, he found, to his surprise, that Hochelaga, along with Stadacone and its other subject towns, had disappeared entirely, leaving no trace of their existence.
The Journal of American Folk-Lore, 1916
by American Folklore Society
Vol. 3
The Council further appointed Mr. Frank Hamilton Cushing, of the Hemenway Exploring Expedition in Arizona, Dr. James Deans, of Victoria, B. C, and Dr. II. Carrington Bolton, of New York, N. Y., Assistant Secretaries for that year, their duties being defined as correspondence with the Secretary and editors of the Journal, with reference to the collection of material.

The Council empowered the President, together with two Councillors whom he should select, to act as a Committee on Finance, who should have authority to appropriate such sums as might be necessary to meet the expenses of the Journal, and other charges of the Society, with instructions to report at the end of the year.

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The following measures are recommended to the Society for adoption at the Annual Meeting: -

First. The establishment of some form of life-membership. A desire has been expressed that provision be made for the reception of such members, and it is believed that such arrangement would lead some persons to unite with the Society who are not now included in its number. It seems to the Council that payments for life-membership would be the easiest way in which a fund could be raised; and they recommend that the fee for such membership be fixed at fifty dollars, life-members to have in perpetuity the same privileges as those now obtained by annual subscription.

Secondly. Provision for a permanent and responsible Treasurer; to this end they suggest an addition to the rules, according to which a Treasurer shall be elected by the Society at its Annual Meeting, who shall become ex officio a member of the Council.

Thirdly. The Council advise that members of the Society be encouraged to establish Local Branches, wherever such action shall be found possible.

Fourthly. It is recommended that the Society give authority for more extensive publication. The Journal of the Society is obviously inadequate to the presentation in full of the mass of material. It seems desirable that provision be made for issuing a series of monographs, of which at least one volume may be annually issued.

In reviewing the work of the year, it appears to the Council that progress has been made in the direction of encouraging collection of American folk-lore; and they feel that the field is so extensive, and the time so short, that there is necessity for greatly increased energy. They therefore urge activity in extending membership.
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You inherit the name and possibly the blood of one of the great lawgivers of Europe, - Howell Dda, or Howell the Good, of Wales. The name has come down to us in three forms, I believe, - Powell (shortened from Ap Howell, son of Howell), Howell, and Howells.

The Welsh or Kymric people, whether at home or abroad, are famous for devotion to letters and the effectual and tender care with which they have guarded and cherished the language of their fathers, - a language which contains so much that is beautiful, so much that it would be a sin to let die.

In many States of our Union the Kymri meet at great festivals, where they contend for rewards of literary excellence with a spirit which gives them a place of peculiar distinction among men who have settled America.
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The Ancient Science of Astrology and How to Make Use of It Today
by Katherine Taylor Craig
This volume is written for the perusal of the unprejudiced. It is an appeal to those who neither affirm the infallibility of dreamSy nor yet deny their significance as symbols, also to those persons who have given esubject no bought whatsoever, but who are never eless willing to listen impartially to the arguments of the old-fashioned dream interpreters and to the h3theses of modem psycho-analysts. At first glance a vast distance seems to stretch between the desert of sterile scientific facts and the teeming jungle of riotous dreams, yet between these extremes winds many a temperate, pleasant path which the normal mind may follow if it will. The writer does not advocate any especial theory over another; the purpose is merely to untangle the truth, if truth there be. At times this quest has led to the oracular springs of old Egypt, or to the temples of Greece, or through the sickly vaporings of medievalism and again through the bleak materialism of modem physiology, for each cult that has withstood the blight of time must perforce have held its strength, and that strength must have been bom of tmth, otherwise the teachings would have been forgotten. The writer has merely gathered the facts the reader is left to judge them.
The Tree of Mythology, Its Growth and Fruitage
Genesis of the Nursery Tale, Saws of Folk-Lore, Etc
by Charles De Berard Mills
The following essay comes as the fruit of a love, a predilection long felt for that realm of man's thought and imaginings which finds its expression in what is named Mythology. It introduces us, as the writer believes, to what is one of the most curious, and also significant chapters in the history of the human mind. Amid all that is fanciful, whimsical, childish, or seemingly idle and worthless, there is much, we might almost say everything, that is real, living, deeply vital in its interest for us all. This staircase from its humble homely beginnings, starting in the first dim dawnings of human thought and consciousness, leads to the starry heights, hints to us the sole mode of ascent to infinite and everlasting. The history reveals to us the glory and the shame of the human mind, its conquest and its defeat, tells of its grand possibility, and its mortifying, never ending failure.
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
by Andrew Lang
The chief purpose of this book is, if fortune helps, to entertain people interested in the kind of narratives here collected. For the sake of orderly arrangement, the stories are classed in different grades, as they advance from the normal and familiar to the undeniably startling. At the same time an account of the current theories of Apparitions is offered, in language as free from technicalities as possible. According to modern opinion every "ghost" is a "hallucination," a false perception, the perception of something which is not present.

It has not been thought necessary to discuss the psychological and physiological processes involved in perception, real or false. Every "hallucination" is a perception, "as good and true a sensation as if there were a real object there. The object happens no to be there, that is all."
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Yeah, I agree and I do have the DVD/BluRay and there was almost nothing on the pink berets, I didn't even know their names until I looked them up online. I really wish they were more of a help in the final scene too, they just jump up in the air and get defeated by chocolate. Guess they wanted... Read More
Apr 9, 2012 by Pegasus | See all 2 posts
|Annoying pop ups
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|DVD rumored for August 29th, 2011...
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