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It's shaping up to be a busy season at the Mount Holly Farmers' Market.
First, the market is open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays at 120 South Main Street in downtown Mount Holly through August. It features fresh and local vegetables, fruit, grass fed meats, fish and seafood, cheese, flowers and plants, and baked goods.
Second, each week the market features a special program. Here's the lineup for June:
Saturday – Chef-in-residence Gina Guthrie of Bocca Felice will be cooking
June 8 – Carolinas HealthCare will present a program on nutrition
June 15 – Chef-in-residence Gina Guthrie of Bocca Felice will be back
June 22 – Live Music and a program on nutrition by Carolinas HealthCare
June 29 – Kid's Day and Chef-in-residence Gina Guthrie
We'll keep you posted about upcoming activities planned for the market. And be sure to check out our listing of local Farmers Markets published each Friday on the Community Spotlight page.
Gaston County Parks and Recreation will hold a Kids Fishing Day from 8 to 10 a.m. June 8 at South Fork River Park.
"This will be the perfect opportunity to introduce your kids to fishing," said Brian Rogers of Gaston County Parks and Recreation.
The county is participating in the Tackle Loaner Program created by the North Carolina Wildlife Commission to introduce state residents, especially children, to fishing.
It works just like a library, according to Rogers. Participants may register at the event on June 8. They'll receive a tackle loaner ID card which will allow them to check out a rod and reel. Participants age 16 and under will receive a free mini-tackle box that will include hooks, bobbers, sinkers and a stringer.
You can get more information by calling 704-922-2160.
Fans of the band the Country Bucks will want to mark their calendars for June 14. That's when the group will be providing the music at a Senior Dance, taking place from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Gaston County Senior Center, 1303 Dallas-Cherryville Highway. Cost to attend is $3 per person. You can get more information by calling 704-922-2170.
Community Blood Center of the Carolinas has announced the following upcoming blood drives:
SATURDAY – 8:30-11:30 a.m., Cramerton Farmers Market, 9th and Center Streets.
JUNE 4 – 2-4 p.m., Carillon Assisted Living of Cramer Mountain, 500 Cramer Mountain Road, Cramerton .
JUNE 7 – 4-8 p.m., Regal Cinema‑Franklin Square, 3778 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia. Free movie tickets for all donors.
The community needs 400 blood products daily, according to the CBCC.
"The need for blood never takes a vacation – not even during the summer months," said Cindy Bear. "In fact our local blood supply decreases in June, July and August due to families taking vacations and the loss of high school and college blood drives. "
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Afghanistan ITF held the 3rd seminar in Ghazni Province on January 17-18, 2013. About 100 students participated at this seminar. The organizer and supporter of this seminar was the Afghanistan ITF Taekwon-Do Federation and Ghazni sport directorate. At the end of this seminar certificates were distributed by sport officer of Ghazni province. Among the participants of this seminar 20 black belt were present and conducted by two federation teachers. We faced very warm encourage of the Ghazni people
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This photo was taken the last time I remember seeing Grandma Sylvia smile. Alzheimer's had already set in – she came to our engagement party in a hired ambulance and wasn't sure why she was there. For the five years thereafter we only saw her in bed, where she withered away until her death. Sylvia suspected she was going to get Alzheimer's. She saw what happened to her own mother (though it wasn't diagnosed as Alzheimer's back then), bought long term health insurance, downsized early and gave her children specific instructions to always keep her at home.
It has now been just over three weeks ago that my Mom passed away from Alzheimer's. I hate this disease. It may have taken her from me three weeks ago but in reality it has been 7 years. This was her second time in Hospice but I knew that this time she would not and could not rally back as she did the first time.


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January 24, 1972 Ing. Guillermo P. Salas See Rolodex for street address Director General del Consajo de Recursos Naturales No Renovables Mexico City, Mexico Dear Ing. Salas: I recall first meeting you in Santa Rosalia a number of years ago with George Nicol. You were enroute to Stanford University and we stopped for you at the Santa Rosalia airport after visiting a phosphate deposit in Baja, California. My very good friend, Charles Park speaks of you often. Would you be kind enough to send me a copy of the talk you gave last fall in Hermosillo before the Mining Association. The title was ""Future Prospects of Mining in Sonora"". Although I understand your talk was given in Spanish, this poses no problem as I can have it easily translated here. Also, would you be good enough to either loan to me the slides you used to illustrate the talk, or alternately, have reprints of the slides made at my expense. So if you will just let me know the amount of developing the slides, I shall send you a check by return mail. Also, I should mention that I am a long-time associate of Georges Ordonez; and although I am with Utah International, I do have an academic tie with Stanford University as a Research Associate, School of Earth Sciences. I have met your son Bill on one or two occasions at Dr. Kruger's seminars. With kind regards and looking forward to reading your interesting paper. Sincerely yours, Weston Bourret Vice President WB/nam
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After watching both prospects, Scouts Inc.'s Kevin Weidl says there is "no question" that he would rank Florida DT Sharrif Floyd ahead of Missouri DT Sheldon Richardson.
Four-star QB recruit Kyler Murray tweeted his intention to stick with his commitment to Texas A&M for the 2015 season.
Former TCU DE Devonte Fields announced his transfer to Louisville.
Mississippi State junior CB Will Redmond "was certainly among the top five corners in this draft going into the draft process," wrote ESPN's Mel Kiper.
Michigan sophomore TE Jake Butt underwent microscopic knee surgery earlier this month.
South Carolina WR Shaq Roland will transfer to Prairie View A&M.
Auburn co-OC Dameyune Craig says the team will focus on "the pass game" more in 2014 with junior QB Jeremy Johnson starting.
Michigan senior QB Russell Bellomy will transfer this spring after graduation.
"There's a real sense" the Tampa Bay Bucs have their sights set on selecting Oregon QB Marcus Mariota with the No. 1 pick, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Dan Quinn, the Falcons next HC, recruited Florida EDGE Dante Fowler Jr. while working with the Gators.
FSU QB Jameis Winston received an Eli Manning comparison from NFL Media's Lance Zierlein.
NFL Media's Lance Zierlein tabbed USC DL Leonard Williams as a "Pro Bowl caliber player" and graded him as the No. 1 prospect in the 2015 class.


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Utah Construction/Utah International Symposium November 5-6 2003 Weber State University ""Powder monkeys"" prepared dynamite cartridges and blasting caps. NOVEMBER 5 WEDNESDAY 3 P.M. STEWART LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RECEPTION AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITS ""Reporting the Hoover Dam Construction"" ""Inside the Hoover Dam Scrapbooks"" Speaker: Phyllis Barber, ""A Boulder City Childhood"" Author of ""The Desert Shall Blossom"" and ""How I Got Cultured"" Phyllis Barber grew up in Boulder City Nevada, which was built by the federal government and Six Companies to house Hoover Dam workers and their families. WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY'S President, Board of Trustees and Stewart Library invite you to the UTAH CONSTRUCTION/ UTAH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM November 5-6, 2003 In 1931 the Utah Construction Company led a consortium called Six Companies in winning a bid from the United States Bureau of Reclamation to build the Hoover Dam, considered the eighth wonder of the world. Please join us for a fascinating, inside look at the undertaking of this construction marvel, which took place in one of the country's bleakest landscapes during the nation's worst depression. A worker stands atop an arch section, part of the concrete lining for a diversion tunnel. NOVEMBER 6 THURSDAY 10 A.M. STEWART LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS PANEL DISCUSSION ""Water and Power in the American West"" Panelists: Dr. Sara Dant Ewert, Weber State University Dr. Stephen C. Sturgeon, Utah State University Moderator: Dr. Richard W. Sadler, Weber State University RECEPTION AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITS ""Reporting the Hoover Dam Construction"" ""Inside the Hoover Dam Scrapbooks"" Weber State University Shown at the dam site are (from left) Norman Gallison, Henry J. Lawler, Walker Young, Charles Shea, Edmund O. Wattis, Elwood Mead, Frank Crowe, Raymond Walter, and Warren A, Bechtel. You are invited to join the founders' families and friends at a special dinner on Wednesday, November 5, at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center, 2415 Washington Boulevard, Ogden, Utah. SOCIAL 6 p.m. Upper mezzanine, Eccles Conference Center DINNER 7 p.m. Grand Ballroom, Eccles Conference Center INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT & FAMILY INTRODUCTIONS 8 p.m. * Best Dress Utah Construction/Utah International Symposium NOVEMBER 5, FAMILIES' DINNER ? I/We will attend. ? I/We will be unable to attend. Name___ Spouse or Guest _ Vegetarian?_ No. of vegetarian meals_ Your Telephone Number ( )_ Please return by Wednesday, October 29, or call the WSU Development Office at (801) 626-7628.
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"The back of the home faces straight west so you get great sunsets across the lake," says Andy Porter, a partner at REFINED. The main level flows into a combination dining and living room, two offices, and a corner four-season porch that spills out to a curved deck. A comfortable outdoor sitting area leads to a lower-level patio and fire pit.
The heart of this five-bedroom, five-bath, 5,600-square-foot home is the generous French bistro-style kitchen. The space, framed by white-enameled, Shaker-style cabinetry, gets its modern vibe from the sleek stainless-steel range hood and playful pendant lights.
A butler's pantry connects the kitchen to a charming office with deep blue painted cabinetry topped by a walnut-toned top. White-oak floors with a French-bleed edge and a dark matte finish add character and ground the white-enameled trim work and light, neutral palette. Other details, such as the sliding barn-style doors that close off each office and the pocket door to the four-season porch, provide privacy and intimacy.
Upstairs, the retreat continues with a loft that separates the owners' suite from the kids' wing. "As the kids get older, parents want to have their space away from them," points out Porter. The owners' suite overlooks the lake and includes his-and-her closets (hers is larger) and a bath punctuated by a chevron-patterned painted concrete floor. Among the four bedrooms up, two share a Jack-and-Jill bathroom.
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On August 16, 2014, our four lion cubs turned one year old. We spoke with their keeper, Ralph Aversa, to find out what their first year was like.
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In honor of National Zookeeper Week, we're taking a look back at some of our early keepers. Many things have changed about the job since these dedicated folks were here, starting with the uniform. Others haven't, including the qualities of a good keeper. As W. Reid Blair – the Bronx Zoo's first full-time veterinarian and later director – wrote in 1901, successful keepers, "as a rule, are sympathetic and intelligent."
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…about the draft tonight. And all the gossip. I even watched a painfully boring, but still kind of interesting video about the top 50 prospects and I have popcorn waiting to be popped in expectance of the show at 4 PT. MLB says this is the deepest draft ever and Jon Daniels/Kip Fagg seem to imply the opposite. I can't decide who I believe. Probably the Rangers. Neither the Giants nor the Rangers are picking anytime near the beginning, but I do have a Pirates soft spot, so first overall should be fun (but shame on you, people who leak who's going to be picked. It takes away all the suspense!). You know what won't be fun?
The coming weeks in Giants rotation news.
I'm scared. I really am.
With every beautiful Vogelsong start that makes me warm and fuzzy I am reminded that Zito and his pesky foot are getting a little closer to being better and that at some point (sooner rather than later?) Sabes et al. are going to have some choices to make. They say they are going to "get creative". I say, if that includes glue and feathers then Zito should definitely get the call. If it includes pitching? I vote for Vogey.
Or maybe the A's are in need of starting pitching and the Giants will eat the cash, get rid of him and I can still see him sometimes. Is that selfish? Don't answer that question. Really, I don't think it would be smart (or viable) for Giants to get rid of him. It's called "insurance", my friends, (not to mention piles of cash) and with our injury luck that rotation doesn't feel safe. So I'll just have to sit tight and wait until they decide to put their creativity on display (in a case? On a table? Mounted on the wall? Anyone's guess.).
The bats aren't exactly on fire, but they're doing a decent job and the team seems dead set on looking only forward, which I am loving. The Nationals, who are in last place, nine games out, are coming to town tomorrow and Arizona is ever-so-vaguely skidding so now seems like a good time heat up.
Even though here in the Bay Area we are all walking around under a ceiling of fog in winter coats. That has got to make it a little harder to play baseball.
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Although the Drew Board of Aldermen voted to hire Terry Tyler, Mayor Harvey Burchfield recommended current Lt. Edward Lucas for the position.
According to Drew City Attorney Daniel E. Morris, members of the board decided to hire Tyler based on his qualifications.
Tyler previously served as the police chief in Tutwiler but he was fired in 2012 after a video surfaced purportedly showing members of his staff encouraging a mentally disabled man to eat a mouthful of cinnamon as part of a prank.
In the video, a city worker pours cinnamon down the disabled man's throat.
It did not take long for the man to cough up the cinnamon, as the group roared with laughter.
The man then runs for water and then into the bathroom, where he appears to vomit all while people are laughing.
In a previous interview, Ellis Pittman, attorney for the 18-year-old disabled man, said that the video was taken at city hall by one of the officials in the town of Tutwiler and posted on YouTube.
"I have never seen anything or heard of anything where someone was doing something like this to a mentally challenged person," said Clarksdale attorney Ellis Pittman in a previous interview.
Burchfield was contacted about the hiring of Tyler but did not wish to make a comment.
According to Pittman, Tyler was not charged with any wrong doing because he was not present during the incident.
"We already know how people talk and spread rumors. We all know how mess is traveled," said Tyler.
"I love children and I would never do anything to purposely harm a child.
"For the people who have anything negative to say I advise them to get to know me personally before they try to pass judgment," he added.
"I was raised by a good mother who loved me. She raised me as a father and a mother. I am a man of many trades and I try to be a positive role model in the community. I coach pee–wee sports and I spend a lot of time mentoring children," he continued.
He said that he has been in law enforcement since 2006 and he is the part-time chief of police in Glendora.
He also said that he has very high hopes for Drew.
"Drew has good potential to be a great town. I came here with a vision in mind to be firm in assisting with all of my constituents and I plan to be fair and firm in my decision making," he said.
"I had the opportunity to submit an application in Drew because they had an opening. I am very familiar with Drew because my dad is from Drew. I used to spend a lot of summers in here," he added.
Tyler said he plans to ensure that the police department abides by the rules and regulations set by the state.
"I am very excited about the opportunity to be here. I have been trying to be out and about in the city to make myself known by passing out flyers with my contact information listed on them. I just want to let people know that I am here to protect and serve and I am going to do just that," said Tyler.


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The news that the Campbell Soup Co. plans to introduce more than 200 products in the next few months surely has retailers' heads spinning.
Can you imagine the meetings that are going on with retailers and their contacts with the soup giant? Where to put all this stuff?
It seems that new offerings won't be limited to the soup section — reports included mentions of Goldfish cracker-enhanced mac and cheese and Thai Ginger infused broths.
That includes the produce aisle, because of its 2012 purchase of Bolthouse Farms.
Campbell's plans to "pour more marketing" into the Bolthouse division, which includes fresh carrots, juices and salad dressing. The company didn't elaborate on the specifics, whether new products and new marketing campaigns are on the way.
It's been three years since Bolthouse unveiled its "Eat 'Em Like Junk Food" campaign that sought a head-to-head competition with candy bars, chips and other vending machine staples.
It was an ambitious campaign with a goal of up to $25 million in spending (inviting other carrot marketers to join the fight).
Bolthouse even released an app — a game that featured baby peeled carrots as fuel in a wacky shopping cart race — and Halloween-themed snack packs designed for trick-or-treaters.
It will be interesting to see if Campbell's will dust off that campaign and run with it. Bolthouse laid the groundwork. Will the company expand it past baby peeled carrots?
Here's another example of how demand for locally grown product continues to encroach in more areas of our lives: Live Nation, the world's largest promoter and amphitheater operator (according to Hollywood Reporter) has made arrangements with growers to supply more than three dozen venues with locally grown food.
It used to be the best bet for such an offering was the burritos and brownies sold by Deadheads in the parking lot before/after a show.


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(Attica, OH) There have been a lot of big events and special seasons over the course of the past 25 years at Attica Raceway Park. But, the 2013 season might be remembered as one of the biggest as "Ohio's Finest Racing" speedplant celebrates its silver anniversary with many special events."Not many tracks can say they've been around for 25 years. We are honored by the support we've received at Attica from the fans, race teams and area businesses. They are the reason this track continues to thrive and we wanted to give them all something to be excited about as we celebrate our silver anniversary," said John Bores, ARP Promoter."This schedule has something for any dirt track fan….every week there's something special planned," added Rex LeJeune, Director of Operations at ARP. "Dirt track racing's biggest names will be at Attica Raceway Park in 2013. But it's our tough weekly competitors that create the excitement and entertainment. It promises to be a year everyone will remember."It all kicks off Friday, March 22 on Construction Equipment and Supply Night with the O'Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints, Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models and Foster's Auto Body 305 Sprints.
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Look, there are people in their 50s and 60s who still don't know what they want to be when they grow up — and they can wait out their days pondering various careers.
But for high school students, the clock is ticking. Big decisions loom on the not-too-distant horizon. College. Majors. Internships.
To help these students make intelligent, well-thought-out decisions, counselors encourage them to take advantage of career day events such as the one offered Monday at South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest. Some 75 students from 12 local high schools, including Andrew, Homewood-Flossmoor, Rich Central, Thornwood, Oak Forest and Lincoln-Way East, participated in the hospital's first ever career day.
"I liked talking with the doctors, they had a lot of good insight," said Payton Novak, a senior at Andrew. She has her sights set on becoming a surgical physician's assistant one day. "Now I know what to study."
The event, the first ever at South Suburban, was put together by Angela Bray Hedworth, manager of the Center for Learning.
"We really wanted to introduce to the community the different types of careers that are available for future recruiting purposes," Hedworth said. "There's more to a hospital than doctors and nurses."
The mission had two objectives: Introduce kids' interests to career fields and fill important projected voids.
Right now, she said, there are areas of great need, including operating room and critical care positions. "And no one knows for sure how we will be affected by the retiring Baby Boomers and the Affordable Care Act," she said.
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'Do other Martas exist?' | In 'machista' Brazilian culture, one cannot be sure
A young Flamengo fan in the Maracanã celebrates Marta's exploits at the Pan American Games in July. The sign reads, with reference to the Rio-based scarlet-and-black, "Marta in the Mengão is the solution." (© 2007 Infoglobo S/A)
Rio de Janeiro | Late last year we spent several days compiling a sketchy life history of Brazil's superior playmaking talent Marta Vieira da Silva (28 Dec 06). For our impressions we relied mainly on a Swedish documentary, Marta, Pelés kusin (Marta, Pelé's Cousin), that featured dialogue in Portuguese and subtitles in Swedish. Such is the sparseness of the English-language record.
Little did we know that Marta, 21, has her own biographer—Argentine journalist Diego Graciano, who since 2004 has been assembling the story of Brazil's greatest female player and a potentially galvanizing figure in lifting women's status in her country. With her exploits in the cathedral of Brazilian futebol in July, leading the team to a Pan American Games gold medal with 12 goals and having her footprints calcified in the Maracanã's Walk of Fame (25 Jul 07), she pushed herself into Brazil's male-dominated sporting consciousness. (Click the link below to hear an account, in Brazilian radio broadcasting's signature reverb, of the side's fourth goal in the Jul 26 final, a 5–0 victory over the U.S. U-20 team. Marta scores on a spot kick.)
To find interest in his book, however, Graciano may have to rely on another superhuman performance from Marta in China and a Brazilian championship. As it stands, as Graciano writes in a recent e-mail interview (see below), "[T]here is not much interest from Brazilian publishers in having her life in their collections." Marta and her teammates have been advocating for a Brazilian league, but they are battling institutional inertia and a history that banned soccer for women until 1979. The federal government beginning in the 1980s limited sponsorship opportunities for women and prevented their competitions from being held at athletic grounds, consigning them to, in many cases, the beaches in Rio.
Copacabana Beach, in fact, in 1981 served as the venue for the first women's tournament. The strongest women's side through much of the 1980s, Esporte Clube Radar, used the beach as its home ground. Opposition to women playing football has been constant. The challenges range from the physical—Marta reports that her brother hit her when he found she was playing, and BBC columnist Tim Vickery's girlfriend says she got similar lashings from her father (BBC Sport, Sept 10)—to the subtly patronizing gender stereotypes that frame women, in the main, as an object of the male gaze or as devoted disciples of home and church.
"Today, when I came into the field, I heard a guy say that I should be at a laundry sink, washing clothes," said a Radar player in 1984. "But I did not bother to reply to him, although I was angry. My reaction came later, with the ball at my feet."
Writing in 1983, Janet Lever witnesses the stirrings of interest in women's soccer and sees the game as a social agent for starting to break down the "sexual apartheid" characterizing Brazilian society. She notices the large numbers of women who wager in the national sport lottery, yet comments that the women did not yet feel welcome as spectators:
Women and girls have stayed away from stadia to "protect their reputations" and have avoided beach soccer and park games because of the coarse language and rowdy crowds. … As it is now, men and women have different interests. The men I talked with insisted that their wives have the church and they have soccer. In traditional parts of Brazil, church is the one place women are trusted to go unescorted. It is a safe world for women, giving them freedom of movement to organize charities, fund-raisers, and social events. Unlike men's interest in soccer, however, women's churchgoing keeps them close to home. The church does not expand their horizon beyond family and neighborhood. While they share worldwide symbols of Catholicism, women's localized activities do little to integrate them into metropolitan or national life. (154)
At an informal women's world championship in Brazil in 1985, the country had no women's national team. The Radar club represented the country instead. In 1988, at another world women's championship, the national selection finished third. From its ninth-place finish in the first FIFA Women's World Cup in China in 1991, Brazil has shown continued improvement, although not as much as might have been expected.
Former coach Rene Simoes tells Vickery that national support from the women's team is "almost non-existent." Following a silver-medal performance in Athens in 2004, the team sat idle for two years. Simoes says that "we can only hope for a miracle" in China this month. Pledges for a national women's league have yet to be realized with 2008, according to Graciano, set as the next potential target.
"There are lots of girls, lots of Martas all over Brazil wanting to play football," says Marta, who competes for Umeå IK in the Damallsvenskan, the top Swedish women's division. "I can't play in my own country." "The boys want the field to be only for them," echoes Vanessa da Silva Oliveira, 14, a child laborer offered to chance to play soccer through a UNICEF-backed program in Olinda, Pernambuco ("Football Helps Girls in Brazil Put Exploitation behind Them").
The paradox is that Brazil, having been tarred with Third World status for much of its recent history, stands as a leading cultural force in social change, liberation theology, education and especially music—in many of the transformative arts. Musician Caetano Veloso—like Marta and "Tropicalia" movement co-founder Gilberto Gil, from the country's northeast—says in a 2003 documentary that national progress has not finished:
I'd say that some optimism is possible in Brazil. And this very little thing is an enormous reality. Because if some little optimism is possible about this monster, it's really something. Because if you dream of something really good coming from Brazil, some affirmation of what we are, it could be enormous. We are southern hemisphere, non-white, poor, speaking Portuguese—it's too much. It's too many disadvantages not to be considered a blessing when you have a little optimism. If you have the slightest optimism about Brazil, all that looks like a blessing, a unique opportunity to make a big gesture, a historical gesture.
Marta with biographer Graciano in her home state of Alagoas, an "intense stay" that surpassed Graciano's "professional and human expectations."
Interview with Diego Graciano
GG: Has your biography of Martia Vieira da Silva been published and, if so, what are the details: publisher, date and so on?
DG: The biography is finished. I began to write it in April 2004 when Marta was not even known in Brazil. In December of that year we met for the first time, and Marta was glad and grateful to see somebody from the Brazilian press—she was and is very popular in Europe and the USA—interested in her life and willing to tell her story. I felt honored to share one week in her Dois Riachos, the extremely poor place where she was born, due to the reception of the people there and her own family. This intense stay surpassed my professional and human expectations. I have interviewed stars like Mia Hamm, April Heinrichs and Hanna Ljungberg, among other personalities of the sport, [for their opinions on Marta]. There have been almost 70 interviews. I went across Brazil to reconstruct her story, and I have around 300 photos of her life never published. In spite of the Pan American Games and the success, there is not much interest from Brazilian publishers in having her life in their collections.
GG: Pictures on your website show you interviewing Marta in Dois Riachos in the Sertão in 2004. Have you been in regular contact with Marta, and is there interest in the Brazilian media in Marta as a personality?
DG: I have personally interviewed Marta in Dois Riachos, Rio de Janeiro, Chile and many other times by telephone and via e-mail. For several years the media has ignored Marta and female soccer. Brazil is the country of the soccer of the Ronaldos, Robinho, Romario, Zico, Kaká and so on. After the latest Rio Pan American Games (from now on referred to as "Pan"), the media took advantage of that glory to publicize, in a small way, an activity that was despised until that time.
GG: What have you learned further about a women's football league in Brazil? Will it be fully professional? Will it be affiliated to teams in the first division: Vasco, Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo, São Paulo and so on?
DG: The kickoff for a national league in Brazil has always ended up in promises, no facts. Now they say again that it will become reality in 2008. For the time being female soccer players need to work somewhere else to survive, in addition to being marginalized in a culture that is male-oriented ("machista") by nature. Some traditional clubs have too many problems with their male teams at the moment, which makes it more difficult to invest in (or just to think of) the female option. In spite of the difficult scenario, the Brazilian female soccer team leads the Latin America rankings and is among the highest positions in the world rankings. Just imagine what would happen if those ladies were encouraged [with their own league].
GG: What is the importance of the recent Pan American Games championship for (1) the confidence of the Brazilian women's team and (2) for the development of women's football in Brazil?
DG: A clear perception you can have about the Brazilian female team is of the "individualistic" spirit whenever Brazil plays any international competition. Each one of them needs to be seen by the world; each is "fighting" for her own possible transfer to other countries where they can be respected and valued. Without any real economic compensation, the most important aspect for them (during the Pan) was the approval from that public that—leaving aside some ancestral paradigms against female and football—was there to support and to start to appreciate their quality. In Brazil there is an intense search for new talents and, without doubt, there would appear to be some other Pretinhas, Formigas, Cristianes, Danielas … but do other Martas exist? In the same way, we know that there is not another Pelé or another Maradona.
GG: Marta had a stunning performance in the Pan Am Games, appearing before large crowds in the Maracanã and having her footprints taken for the walk of fame. How large an impact has Marta had personally on the consciousness of the Brazilian football fan?
DG: As I closely know Marta's fight, I feel very happy myself in seeing her loved by her people and being recognized in her country. After the excitement of the Maracanã celebrations, some fans interviewed by the television said things like "Marta, you must be number 10 of the Flamengo," "Dunga, please consider seriously Marta as number 10 for the men's team"—for the very first time in open media for all Brazil. If things went on this same way, we might not be surprised to find some children who play in favelas today wearing Marta's T-shirt instead of that of Ronaldo. Speaking in "soccer" language, Marta's level could not be appreciated in the limited scope of a Pan. Only in the World Cup of China this year will her talent be more fully used and taken to [its] highest expression. In this context, however, her favored left leg may still find it very difficult to gain an advantage. (My apologies if I exaggerate but she can be compared to Maradona in this aspect.)
GG: Will World Cup matches be broadcast live in Brazil? What impact would a World Cup championship have on the Brazilian public?
DG: It is not difficult to guess that this may be the most marketed worldwide feminine championship in history and with greater impact in the United States and the Scandinavian countries. I believe that the most important media of Brazil will broadcast [the games] after the repercussions of the latest Pan. The audience in Brazil will depend upon the success of the Brazilian selection. And with no doubts this will be "Marta's World Cup."
Janet Lever, Soccer Madness (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983), 71–72, 153–55; Sebastião Votre and Ludmila Mourão, "Women's Football in Brazil: Progress and Problems," in Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking Off a New Era, ed. Fan Hong and J. A. Mangan, Sport in the Global Society (London and Portland, Oreg.: Frank Cass, 2004), 254–67.
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- Named FIFA's World Player of the Year for the second straight time on Dec 17, Marta tells an interviewer that she should not remain the only woman to have left her footprints in the Maracanã's Hall of Fame. "Hopefully, we'll see more women's feet there in the future."
- Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, immediately following Brazil's 4–0 semifinal victory over the United States, announced that a national cup competition for women, the Copa do Brasil Feminino, would be contested beginning in late October ("CBF promove Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino," CBF News, Sept 27).
- In her World Cup weblog at the website of sponsors Puma, Marta says that Brazil are "eating, breathing, and sleeping each game that we play." Pre-game preparation for the Sept 27 semifinal versus the United States included two helpings of feijoada, a meat and black-bean stew that is considered Brazil's national dish.
Of the Pan Am experience, Marta writes, "For the first time the women's National Team had the chance to show our country our potential, and we gave them a lot to be excited about! Entering the Maracana Stadium and hearing the 70,000 people in the crowd is exciting and at the same time a bit overwhelming. There were times during the game where I could hear the crowd yelling my name. …"


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In 2008, three time Olympian and National Champion in Freestyle Skiing (aerials), Tracy Evans was encouraged by her mother to take a volunteer trip to Africa. After spending two weeks in an orphanage playing sports that were familiar to the children as well as introducing them to some new sports, she realized just how much she had learned from being involved in sport. She also saw first-hand the effects of genocide on communities and specifically the impact on gender roles, relationships and inequality for boys and girls in those communities. She left wonderinghow much these children could learn through sport, if provided with the opportunity; values synonymous with Olympic ideals such as fair play, mutual respect and solidarity. Evans returned from Africa and founded the nonprofit organization Kids Play International (KPI) in 2008 with the mission of using sport as a catalyst to promote gender equity in communities impacted by genocide.
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This breaks my heart Christine! We had a situation like this and it just wears on children that get bullied.
I did the same thing you did and it continued. I finally started showing up every day at school and not leaving until I got someone who was willing to make some changes.
I asked if the bully could be removed from the classroom and they didn't think that was fair to the bully. I then insisted that my child was moved to another class after talking to my child about it. They decided that wouldn't be best for my child. I am pretty sure I had steam coming out of my ears after hearing that
I went on to contact the super as well as the distrct attorney. I said that I would show up to school every day with my child at the start of school. If she was not placed in a new classroom, I would leave with her and continue her education at home. I am not joking when I say it took two full weeks for them to change her classroom. The good news is that as soon as my child was moved, all of her acting out stopped. The bully made my daughter so scared that she pulled her own hair out. The bad news is that the bully never recieved proper punishment, any punishment actually.
I saw the principle before the end of the school year (she loves me.....NOT!) I reminded her that if I was not happy with the teacher and students my children were placed with, I would do the ecact same thing all over again.
That was a very hard year for us. It put so much stress on our family. We live in a smallish community and word got around of what went on and I can't tell you how many people came up to me and said they were happy that I took a stand for what I thought was best for my daughter. One of the office ladies even gave me a card.
Lets put an end to mean kids (and mean parents) Squash it with love I say!
hi christine, i'm sorry that your child had to experience this while trying to recieve his education and i know it must have been so hard for you to take him back to school everyday knowing this might happen. you did everything right,,speaking to the teacher, principal and parent.i am going to suggest one more step, shout to the roof tops about whats happening to your child when the usual steps don't work. how? call the newspapers and the news stations . Get counselors for your son. so he learns coping skills to handle future situations. great job at being there for your child , with respect, cindy
We have a bully in my daughter's 1st grade class too and I don't no what to do. The little girl teases her , telsl her she's prettier than my daughter, make her cry because she thinks it's funny. When my daughter stands up for herself ( asking her not to talk to her like that, and to leave her alone) she gets in trouble!!!! She says the other little girl never gets in trouble. I mentioned it to the teacher and she seperated them but that is it. My daughter is scared to tell on the other girl , because she does not want to get in trouble for being a taddle tale. Not sure what to do. My daugher told me this little girl is her enemy and asked to switch classes. I don't want her to be unhappy or scared at school because of this mean girl. Any advice on what to do would be helpful !
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Big Music Holiday Rock School
If you are looking for something different these school holidays, Big Music in Sydney's Crows Nest offers a fantastic option. Rock Skool provides your kids with a real rock star experience. It's not just for kids who play a musical instrument, it's for anyone who just wants to have a bit of fun!FOR KIDS WHO LOVE TO ROCK!
Big Music offers a great range of school holiday activities for kids aged 8-18. The kids love it because they get to hang out with real pro musicians, play in our studios on the latest and the best equipment, get to play the music they love, be creative and ultimately showcase their talent in front of mum and dad! What could be cooler than that?
At each Holiday Rock Skool the kids are organised into 2 programs, based on their age and playing ability:
The Ultimate Rock Experience (URE) program is typically for kids who have less than 2 years playing experience, or are wanting to try a new instrument. On each of the 4 days the kids will have lessons on all the major rock band instruments - guitar, bass, drums, keyboard and singing. On the final day they get to showcase their new musical skills to family and friends.
The Band Program is for kids with at least 2 years' playing experience (a short "meet and greet" may be required) and who are ready to join a real band. Over the 4 days the kids in the Band Program will be placed in bands and work on 3 songs, typically 2 cover songs and one original which the kids themselves create, under the direction of one of our pro musician coaches. On the final day the kids dress up and perform live on stage in our Big Room in front of a real audience of family and friends. Very cool!
Big Music is a one-stop shop that brings music lovers' dreams to life by uniquely combining an extensive musical instrument retail store with a fully equipped modern music school for kids and adults, state-of-the-art recording studio, rehearsal studios and a super cool rock band performance space. The result is a place where kids can express themselves artistically, learn, grow and 'do it for real'. If you have a child who would love to join a band, learn to play guitar, drums, and bass and reach their full musical potential, Big Music is the place for you.
Big Music offers fun and inspiring music lessons for kids on a wide range of instruments including guitar, drums, piano and singing lessons. All lessons are delivered in our brand new, spacious and fully-equipped studios - 7 days a week. Big Music also runs after school and holiday Rock Band programs for kids, where kids are placed in bands and rehearse for a performance, all under the direction of a pro musician coach. Very cool!
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Rock Star Birthday Parties at Big Music are an EPIC experience - you have never seen Karaoke like this before!
Kids rock out on the Big stage and break it down on the dance floor. A Big Music MC/Party Host runs the show, making sure all the Boy or Girl's favourite songs are blasting out of the PA, snapping pro shots of all the Party Rockers and making sure everyone has an amazing time.
Kids go nuts for a Rock Star experience like no other. By the time the last song rocks around they are all (literally) screaming for more! In fact, they're having so much fun the parents can't seem to help themselves getting up there and belting out a hit or two at the end of the party!
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By Claire on 13/02/2013 10:31:07 PMMy 10 year old son has been to Holiday Rock School a couple of times and absolutely loves it. The staff are superb at engaging the children in an appropriate manner and my son got to try different instruments and experience what it might feel like to be in a band. The staff were nothing but professional. I would highly recommend this business to anyone looking for a way (...) Read more
My daughter was asked to leave because 2 precious little north shore brats weren't getting the "holiday experience" they'd hoped for... well wake up Big Music... all kids you audition have something to contribute... and perhaps some tolerance and non-exclusionary practices might be required. Whilst you say your "coaches" are trained and keen to give all children a great e (...) Read more
Ever since my son discovered Big Music it has been hard keeping him away. He has attended 8 Rock Skools and is really hanging out for next week's one. He absolutely loves the opportunity to be in different bands, being mentored by the fantastic coaches at Big Music and performing live. He has become very confident performing for a crowd and has improved so much under the g (...) Read more
Big Music Rock Skool is where he wants to be every holiday
By christine.bayadi on 22/08/2012 5:08:26 PMMy son has been doing the Rock Skool program at Big Music since 2010. He started off with a week in the Ultimate Rock Experience Program where he got to try all the instruments and found a love for the Bass Guitar. Since then he has wanted to go back to Rock Skool every holiday in the Band Program. The team at Big Music have designed a great program and the recent chang (...) Read more
Rock Skool is soooooo much more than a holiday activity
By michael.huckstep.7 on 15/08/2012 9:59:40 PMCharlotte is a very keen singer and has had lessons with Big Music for at least 2 years. After a year of lessons, she successfully auditioned for the Rock Skool (not a typo) programme. Now, every holiday for the past year and a bit she has spent a week as a lead singer in a band, and absolutely loves it!! The programme provides the opportunity for kids of similar ages, ski (...) Read more
We have two teenagers who enjoy music, but with very different tastes. Whilst this normally drives us mad on long car journeys, Big Music had the answer. Our son had attended before but our daughter, although older, was a bit reluctant. A quick after school intro with Jane (honestly nothing is too much trouble for these guys) and she was hooked. Don't let the 'Rock' in Roc (...) Read more
My son goes to Big Music during the term for band lessons and his bandmates all signed up for the holiday program. It was great. He was with friends and they improved a lot over the 4 days. It worked out to be about the same amount as a babysitter for the week so all in all, it was well worth it!
It's fun, it's engaging and its cool to go to Rock Skool.....at least according to my 10yo daughter Grace. She has now attended several Rock Skools at B!G Music and loved everyone of them. There is always much anticipation on the morning of day 1 as she waits anxiously to see who her fellow band mates will be and who her coach is. The Band Program is really well constructe (...) Read more
We decided to send our daughter to Big Music during the holidays because she pestered us into it and I'd have to say, I was very impressed. She was put into a band as a singer and piano player and by the end of four days they were performing Adele covers and had written their own little tune. My husband and I were incredibly impressed with the final performance (compared t (...) Read more
My daughter didn't really want to go to sports camp again these holidays and so we sent her to Big Music for the week. She's never had a huge interest in music (she kicked and screamed about her piano lessons so we just gave up!) but they have a great beginners program there and by the end of the week she was hooked. Despite the fact that we'll now have to probably get her (...) Read more


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This debate is ridiculous really. I just bought an Toshiba HD DVD player for $230 and I firmly believe my only risk is the player itself (and even then I have a decent upscaling DVD player). Which ever format wins the war, you can rest assured that the smart hardware manufacturers are going to support both media in their inevitable $99 players, for at least a few generations. I will not be stuck with useless HD DVD's any way you look at it.
History doesn't support this, though. There were no Beta/VHS combo units that helped Beta customers survive. Beta was dropped cold once it was dropped. There is no incentive for the winner in the war to support the "old" losing technology because you no longer have a choice but to buy the winner. IT wouldn't be cost-effective to try and support people's old already-bought movies once the war is won.
Also worth noting that some folks went for those LaserDisc players back in the day, and when that technology lost out people were left holding that bag too.
True, as long as you have your player you can play all your current stuff... but you'll have to buy a new player to play new stuff if your format loses, and it is unlikely that your future player will play your old stuff in the case of a format war.


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Much of the solar industry's attention of late has been focused on the loss of important solar incentives from national governments, including the end of the 1603 grant program in the U.S. However, the Solar Energy Industries Association announced plans at the start of the year, just as the 1603 program was closing up, to shift its focus substantially toward the states rather than the federal government. The group even joined with the state-oriented Solar Alliance to further the interests of the industry.
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The Field Museum's new exhibit "Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts" isn't the only place in Chicago to take in the colorful art of India.
The Art Institute of Chicago has a large and world-renowned collection of Indian art throughout two galleries. In January, the museum became the first in the United States to receive a direct grant from the government of India, establishing a professional exchange with Indian museum leaders.
Art from India has been a part of the museum since its earliest days, said Madhuvanti Ghose, the Art Institute's Alsdorf Associate Curator of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan and Islamic Art.
"I think [museum founders] had a vision for the Art Institute right from day one and they wanted the Art Institute to be representative of the world's cultures and not just European and western cultures," she said.
In 1893, the World's Parliament of Religions — held at the same time as the World's Columbia Exposition — featured a Hindu monk named Swami Vivekananda who gave an impassioned and popular call for tolerance at 111 S. Michigan, now the site of the Art Institute.
The stretch of Michigan Avenue where he spoke received a street sign in his honor and Indian tourists continue to flock to the site today, Ghose said. The exchange program with India is a "living legacy" in Vivekananda's honor, she said.
"This is something to be really proud, that this is in America and in Chicago," she said. "It goes with the reputation of the Art Institute as a center of excellence around the world."
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RICHMOND, Ky. (1/24/14) – Law enforcement officers from 19 agencies across the state graduated today from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.
The 24 officers of Class 450 completed 18 weeks of training, which consisted of nearly 770 hours of recruit-level-officer academy instruction. Major training areas included homeland security, law offenses and procedures, vehicle operations, firearms, investigations, first aid/CPR, patrol procedures, orientation for new law enforcement families and mechanics of arrest, restraint and control.
Basic training is mandatory for Kentucky law enforcement officers who are required to comply with the state's Peace Officer Professional Standards Act of 1998. The Department of Criminal Justice Training provides basic training for city and county police officers, sheriffs' deputies, university police, airport police and others.
The agency also provides in-service and leadership training for Kentucky law enforcement officers and public safety dispatch training.
The Department of Criminal Justice Training is a state agency located on Eastern Kentucky University's campus. The agency is the first in the nation to be accredited under the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies' public safety training program designation. DOCJT also earned accredited through the International Association for Continuing Education and Training in 2013 – making it the nation's only law enforcement training academy to achieve dual accreditation by two independent accrediting organizations.
Class 450 graduates and their agencies are:
- Benjamin L. Aders, Greenville Police Department
- Michael B. Arvin, Fayette County Sheriff's Office
- Matthew R. Berry, Maysville Police Department
- Audra C. Cobb, Oak Grove Police Department
- Justin Cooley, Martin Police Department
- Ian L. Damber, Hopkinsville Police Department
- Jordan Dean, Columbia Police Department
- Keith R. Dews, Carrollton Police Department
- Justin L. Dockery, Ohio County Sheriff's Office
- Mitchell Fetters, Raceland Police Department
- Jason B. Greene, Kentucky State Police
- Jacob W. Hedgespeth, Campbellsville Police Department
- Jonathan C. Holbrook, Magoffin County Sheriff's Office
- Ryan T. Hundley, Danville Police Department
- Tyler Marcum, Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
- Lucas J. Meredith, Henderson Police Department
- Joshua A. Meyer, Henderson Police Department
- Nathan Moore, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
- Jonathan Mullins, Danville Police Department
- Johnathan C. Murray, Fayette County Sheriff's Office
- Michael S. Parsons, Maysville Police Department
- Justin T. Reynolds, Florence Police Department
- Roger D. Thomas, Jr., Richmond Police Department
- Seath A. Whiles, Danville Police Department
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