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Public Speaking
|Subject Specialist in Public Speaking
Humanities Department
This guide will help you get started with research in Public Speaking at the City Tech Library and beyond.
The library's online databases provide access to articles and images in journals, magazines, newspaper and reference sources. For public speaking students who need current information on various controversial topics (capital punishment, abortion, stem cell research, school prayer, etc), along with differing perspectives on those issues (for and against), the following two full text databases are the first that should be consulted.
- CQ Researcher: Each report provides an abstract, an overview, background, the current situation, outlook, special focus, a chronology, pro/con debates, a bibliography, the next step, contacts and footnotes. From 1991-2005 the printed version can be located in Reference (see below); the electronic version contains all of these years plus the current issues.
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: The researcher can type in a topic or select an issue from the list on the home page of this database. For any subject chosen there are provided dozens of viewpoint essays that take sides for or against the chosen subject. Also provided are reference documents, statistics, hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, images, and web sites.
Not on campus? All you need is your City Tech ID. Login to the databases from off-campus using the library number on the front of your ID. For more information or to report a problem, see Off-campus Access on the Library website.
Journals and Magazines
To find a specific journal or magazine:
- Click the Find Journals/eJournals tab on the Library website. Search or browse by journal or magazine title, or browse by subject in [].
- To find magazines and journals in print at the library, search the CUNY+ catalog.
- If you need an article from a magazine or journal at another library, request it through Interlibrary Loan.
Print Periodicals for Public Speaking
- CQ Researcher. Library has volumes 1-15 (1991-2005) bound in Reference (REF H 35 .C67). This title is no longer received in hard copy. See Databases/Electronic Resources below for current (after 2005) and retrospective electronic versions of the print titles. This title is an excellent resource for students to use to find full-length reports on topics/issues of interest that they are going to speak about. Includes bibliographies and pro and con debates on these subjects.
- Vital Speeches of the Day. Library has volumes 21-68 (Oct. 15, 1954-Oct. 2002) in the bound periodicals, with more current issues ( Oct. 15, 2002- ) at the Periodicals Desk. See Databases/Electronic Resources above for current as well as retrospective issues (starting with Oct. 8, 1934) in electronic form. This title has speeches by U. S. presidents, world leaders and other noted speakers on a wide range of subjects. This is a good resource for students who need to find examples of representative speeches to use as a model for their own presentations.
Reference Resources
The library has many reference books like encyclopedias, dictionaries and atlases that are useful for Public Speaking research. You can search for reference books by keyword or subject in the library catalog.
Print reference books are located on the shelves behind the Reference Desk on the 4th floor of the library. Print reference books can only be used in the library.
Many of our reference books are available electronically (ebooks) -- read them by clicking through the links in the library catalog. For off-campus access to ebooks, login with library number on the front of your ID. For more information or to report a problem, see Off-campus Access on the Library website.
Here are a few popular reference books for Public Speaking:
- Bartlett, John. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in ancient and Modern Literature. 17th ed. Edited by Justin kaplan. Boston: Little, Brown, 2001. (Reference PN 6081 .B27 2002b)
- Braude, Jacob Morton, comp. Braude's Source Book for Speakers and Writers. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 1968. (Reference PN 4193.15 .B64)
- Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History. Updated and revised. Selected and introduced by William Safire. N. Y.: W. W. norton, 2004.
(Reference PN 6122 .L4 2004)
- Mitchell, Charity. Speech Index: An Index to Collections of World Famous Orations and Speeches for Various Occasions. Fourth edition supplement, 1966-1980. Metuchen, N. J.: Scarecrow Press, 1982. (Reference REF AI 3 .S85 1966 Suppl. 2)
- My Fellow Americans: The Most Important Speeches of America's Presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush. Compiled by Michael Waldman. (contains 2 sound discs, located in Multimedia) Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Media Fusion, 2003.
(Reference J 81.4 .M93 2003) (also in Circulation)
- Voices of Multicultural America: Notable Speeches Delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995. Compiled by Deborah Gillan Straub. N. Y.: Gale Research, 1996.
(Reference PS 663 .M55 V64 1996)
Finding Books and More in the Library
To find books, ebooks, and multimedia resources (including DVDs, videocassettes, and audio recordings), search the CUNY+ catalog.
- To find books at other CUNY libraries, select All CUNY Libraries. To request a book from another CUNY library, click Request a Copy.
Searching with Subject Headings
Using subject headings to search the library catalog can help you quickly find useful books and multimedia. Once you have found a book on your research topic, click on the Subjects links to find more books on that topic.
You can also search by subject from the Find Books tab on the Library website. To find hundreds of books that cover both sides of any controversial issue, type in the subject you are doing research on followed by "AND OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS" (for example, Patriot Act and opposing viewpoints). This series of books can also be found in the database Opposing Viewpoints (see above under DATABASES).
You will find dozens of books on making a speech under the subject heading PUBLIC SPEAKING. All of the titles using this subject heading can be borrowed from the Library. In addition, the following other subject headings can also be useful:
- BUSINESS COMMUNICATION (also BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS)
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- DICTION (also ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- RHETORIC)
- ORAL COMMUNICATION (also ORAL INTERPRETATION and ORAL READING)
- SPEECH (also SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, ETC. and SPEECHWRITING)
Internet Resources
- Advanced Public Speaking Institute: Lists a number of public speaking resources, including free articles, a glossary and speaking links.
- Allyn & Bacon Public Speaking Website: From a publisher of a speech textbook, this site contains six modules to learn about the process of public speaking and help prepare talks. The modules are: assess; analyze; research; organize; deliver; and discern. Contains links to other websites.
- Web Sites to Find Speeches: Provides briefly annotated web addresses for such speeches sites as the Library of Congress American Memory Project, the White House, and American Rhetoric. It is maintained by California State University, Sacramento.
Professional Organizations
- American Communication Association Online (ACA): This association was founded in 1993 "for the purposes of fostering research and scholarship in all areas of human communication behavior, promoting and improving excellence in the pedagogy of communication."
- National Communication Association (NCA): Founded in 1914, NCA is the oldest and largest national organization to promote communication scholarship and education. It was formerly known as the National Association of Academic Teachers of Public Speaking, then the Speech Association of American, and then the Speech Communication Association.
- Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA): The Association's mission is to practice and encourage the highest standards of voice and speech use, and "to serve the needs of voice and speech teachers and students in training and practice."


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That sounds liek a good investment.. I'm just worried if it could get damaged from shipping..
Consider one of the Korean WQHD monitors on eBay (just search WQHD on eBay). $290 shipped gets you a 27" IPS monitor with 2560x1440 resolution. The downsides are: non-U.S. warranty, possible dead pixels, flimsy stand, Dual-Link DVI is the only input option, making them unusable on laptops without a $100 DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapter and that won't even work on many consumer laptops that don't have DisplayPort.
A step up from those is $400+tax at MicroCenter gets you a U.S. warranty and extra input options (VGA, DisplayPort, HDMI) so it can be used with laptops.
2560x1440 (or 2560x1600) monitors are amazing and after using one you won't want to go back to 1920x1080 as it just feels so small and limited.
Posted 14 November 2012 - 08:03
That sounds liek a good investment.. I'm just worried if it could get damaged from shipping..
I was looking into this monitor but Im not sure if I like the fact that its 1920x1080 for a 27" monitor
What do you think?
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But I cant fine a site where Hazro HZ27WB are shipped to the US I was highly considering buy one in the past but I dont know who would ship it to the US
I had a Dell U2410 but the anti-glare coating negatively impacts upon the image quality and I had a slight colour shift across the horizontal plane, which is apparently quite common. When I upgraded to the Hazro HZ30Wie the improvement in image quality was huge (ignoring the size difference) and it's noticeably better for gaming due to the lower input lag and faster response time - it's also LED backlit, so it turns on noticeably quicker and doesn't have as much backlight bleed (the U2410 suffers much more with this). You can get a 27" 2560x1440 Hazro HZ27WB for less than the cost of the U2410. Quite a few Korean manufacturers offer similar panels.
The Dell U2410 was great for its time but its pretty dated now. It's also held back by the resolution being only 1920x1200, as 2560x1440 / 2560x1600 offers a lot more real estate for productivity - I wouldn't go back.
Posted 14 November 2012 - 09:27
no. that's just ridiculous consumer bullcrap. 1080p on a 24" is already pushing it, on a 27" it will look like ****. stick with the UltraSharps.
Posted 14 November 2012 - 15:27
But I cant fine a site where Hazro HZ27WB are shipped to the US I was highly considering buy one in the past but I dont know who would ship it to the US
How exactly would it look? Ive read reviews that overall its a good looking monitor even with 1080p
Here is the one I looked at for reviews: http://www.tftcentra...dell_s2740l.htm


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Family Stone: Middlebury car dealer highlighted in new reality showBy Lucia Suarez
STAFF WRITER | March 09,2013Provided photo
Gardner Stone of G. Stone Motors in Middlebury will trade a vehicle for almost anything, including some pigs. A reality show featuring Stone and his business starts next week.MIDDLEBURY An automobile dealer, along with his son and daughter, will trade or barter almost anything to make a deal with a customer for a new car.
That is the premise of a new reality show, Family Trade, on the Game Show Network, that features the Stone family, owners of G. Stone Motors and G. Stone Commercial DIV in Middlebury. Their saying is we will take anything in trade and they mean it.
This country was built on bartering and trading, said Gardner Stone during an interview this week. I have done this my entire career.
Stone, 71, said he is very open about his business practice of helping out a customer to make sure a deal goes forward.
He said if a person cant raise all of the money needed to buy a car or is just missing a little bit, he will ask what else you have to trade.
And they will consider trading pretty much anything.
Everything is worth something, Stone said. As long as it is sell-able.
Campers, trailers, houses, boats, property, cows, pigs, airplanes, pizza, even an elk and a jet-powered bar stool are on the long list of things they will take in trade. Stone said it is amazing some of the things people are willing to trade or have lying around that are worth something.
If you can think about something, I have probably taken it or looked at trading, said Stone, who has been trading for 40 years. Its just natural. We have to do what we can to make the deal.
For the reality show, Stone and his son Todd and daughter Darcy were contacted by a producer a while back looking for a new reality show on bartering and trading goods. After some consideration, they took them up on the deal with one condition every deal or trade was real.
I was adamant that it was a clean deal, Stone said. I told them, you are not going to ruin my reputation.
With that agreement in hand, the family trio went to work on a eight-week, 30-minute reality series. Stone said it was interesting and a learning curve for his family.
It was out of the norm for us, he said. It was hard work, but it was a lot of fun.
The show will focus on the deals brought forward, but also the dynamic between the three Stones, especially that Gardner Stone will consider everything while his children are more conservative.
Sometimes they dont think outside of the box, he said. In a business that is a family business, you will have some fights.
The car dealer said he is not nervous about the shows premiere next week, but hopes people will enjoy it.
Its real Vermont, Stone said. Its who we are. Its how we do business.
Family Trade will premiere at 8 p.m. Tuesday on the Game Show Network or as the Stones call it The Gardner Stone Network.
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Feb 22, 2008
Dean Kamen's 'Luke Skywalker' bionic arm
Anyone remember the theNXTStep's blog posting back in Sept' 07 about Dean Kamen's Robotic Arm project?
IEEE Spectrum has recently posted an new video which shows the latest progress in this effort.
Posted by: David Levy at 2:10 AM
3 comments:
- NXTMonger said...
That's totally awesome... now all we need to do is to top Kamen's great job and build it with an NXT!
BTW didn't this guy found FIRST? I think I recognize him.
- Feb 22, 2008, 2:10:00 PM
Yes. Dean Kamen founded FIRST.
More on this HERE
- Feb 22, 2008, 10:55:00 PM
- Eric D. Burdo said...
The arm is phenomenal. They claim a test subject can be proficient in it's use in 5 to 10 hours.
And it's about to hit clinical trials... :)
- Feb 28, 2008, 12:36:00 PM
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NAVARRE — After nearly three years, the widening of a three-mile stretch of State Road 87 is nearing completion.
Construction from Five Forks Road to the southern edge of Eglin Air Force Base property started in late August 2010. Construction crews for Anderson Columbia have begun laying the friction course — the final layer of asphalt — on the northbound lanes.
"We should be finished up by mid-summer," said Ian Satter, district spokesman for the Florida Department of Transportation. "All of the major work from what I understand is complete."
In addition to the friction course, drainage inspections, signage, sod and landscaping work and mailbox replacements will be completed in the next several weeks. Anderson Columbia projects the will be finished the week of July 26.
"Those of us that go back and forth up that road are going to be very happy," said Kelley Fuller, president and CEO of the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. "I think it's been more of a nuisance. They've done a really good job of keeping it flowing. The biggest thing was just when it was at 35 mph it really took you a little bit longer to get up to Milton."
The current work was funded by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It is the third phase of widening SR 87 to four lanes from Navarre to near Milton.
Construction began in 2002, and roughly 10.2 miles is complete or nearly complete. Work is progressing on widening the remaining 10 miles from the Eglin boundary north to just south of Interstate 10 that is still two lanes, Satter said.
The cost of the two projects has been estimated at $57.7 million.
Florida Senate President Don Gaetz announced in late January that $23.9 million of a $970 million Northwest Florida transportation package had been set aside to widen SR 87 from the Eglin boundary to two miles south of the Yellow River.
Since then, the DOT has found more money through savings on bids and good management, and allocated those dollars to widening more of SR 87, Gaetz said. The project now has $37.9 million secured, which is enough to widen the road from the Eglin boundary to County Road 184.
That leaves about 1½ miles of SR 87 unfunded for widening, but Gaetz also hopes to find money for that.
"My hope is before I leave the Senate in three years that we will have secured the funding necessary to complete the State Road 87 package," said Gaetz, R-Niceville.
He sees a four-lane SR 87 and the other projects slated for the region as an economic development initiative.
"(SR) 87 is a critical north-south artery," Gaetz said. "With the prospect of more mid-tech and high-tech companies coming to Santa Rosa, Escambia and Okaloosa counties, we want to make sure that the transportation infrastructure is here to support getting people back and forth to work.
" 'If you build it, they will come' really does work in economic development," he added. "If you build roads, economic development becomes much more possible. But if you neglect transportation infrastructure, economic development is almost impossible."
The chamber's Fuller agrees, and believes Navarre will see more businesses come with the completion of the widening.
"We kind of believe that's going to be the new growth area in Navarre, the 87 corridor, when they're through," Fuller said.
Construction on the next phase of work is expected to start in 2015.
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The Mission Brown Bag series will continue Thursday, March 10, with "Read Between the Lines: An Ignatian Invitation," presented by Jesuit scholastic Thomas Flowers, S.J.
The program is held noon-1 p.m. in the Knights Room, Pius XII Memorial Library.
Flowers, a published spiritual writer, will share from his own collected works as he explores how creative writing -- one's own or another's -- can be a "tool" in developing one's spiritual life.
The Mission Brown Bag series is a monthly reflection on SLU's Jesuit mission and its Ignatian values. It is sponsored by Mission and Ministry.
The program is open to all members of the University community. Bring a lunch and a friend.
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Leila Tamara Alexander
I started my DPhil in 2009 at the Doctoral Training Centre, University of Oxford.
In my projects I attempt to identify structural mechanisms that modulate conformational changes in protein kinases using:
- Bioinformatics (sequence and structure analysis),
- Site-directed mutagenesis (cloning, expression, purification),
- Biochemical and biophysical assays (DSF, Caliper, SPR, ITC)
- X-Ray crystallography (crystallisation, structure solution and refinements).
I work mainly at the Structural Genomics Consortium , but I am also a member of the Oxford Protein Informatics Group and make regular visits to the Novartis site in Basel.
Conferences and meetings attended:
Pseudokinases as modulators of signal transduction in normal and cancer cells
Symposium on Epigenetic Mechanisms in Health and Disease
GPCR & Kinase Targets: Advances in drug development from molecular to clinical
3Dsig Structural Bioinformatics & Computational Biophysics (ISMB), poster presented, Wolfson College conference grant awarded.
Dynamics within and between proteins, poster presented, Biochemical Society student bursary awarded.
CCP4 Study Weekend - Data Collection and Processing, student bursary awarded.
Advanced Methods in Macromolecular Crystallization, FEBS Youth Travel Fund grant awarded.
Oxford Symposium on Rare Diseases 2013: 'Protein misfolding and aggregation, organiser.
Publications:Lori C, Lantella A, Pasquo A, Alexander LT, Knapp S, Chiaraluce R, & Consalvi V (2013) Effect of single amino acid substitution observed in cancer on Pim-1 kinase thermodynamic stability and structure. PLOS ONE (in press).
Dr Henrik Moebitz, Novartis
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Aaron Pickrel put the only points on the board as the South Dakota State wrestling team fell 38-6 to Air Force in Western Wrestling Conference action in Colorado Springs, Colo. Saturday night.
Pickrel didn't even make it through the first period before he pinned Falcon 125-pounder Tyler Spangler at two minutes 45 seconds. The win is Pickrel's sixth win by fall on the season. He improves to 20-8 on the season and 2-1 in the WWC.
The Jackrabbits, open at 133 pounds, dropped three matches by decision, three more by major decision, one by technical fall and one by fall.
The Jacks, now 1-11-1 overall and 0-4 in the WWC, are back in action Feb. 11 when they host WWC opponent North Dakota State at 7 p.m. in Frost Arena.


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Posted 29 December 2012 - 05:14 PM
Following is a link to help him get on the Swiss postage stamp. I know many of you know his designs. It would be great if he won and I thought I would see if the geocaching community would consider giving him a vote.
Just like his photo on facebook.
Thanks for the consideration.
Posted 29 December 2012 - 06:10 PM
TXGA SETX Representative
Posted 29 December 2012 - 06:16 PM
Are you serious? I'm a Texas male. LOL
ummm ok, if you say so...
I don't mean *like, like*, I mean facebook *like*...unless you have other things in mind.... He just wants to be part of the Swiss Postage Stamp, not hook up!!
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TXGA SETX Representative
Posted 30 December 2012 - 03:30 PM
Can you post a photo of him with a mustache, maybe it would be easier. LOL
Posted 30 December 2012 - 03:33 PM
Find *StampView* on the link and you can see all the people who are competing.
Edited by georeyna, 30 December 2012 - 03:35 PM.
Posted 30 December 2012 - 05:50 PM
TXGA SETX Representative
Posted 31 December 2012 - 07:08 AM
Well, I might, if I can still wear my bubba teeth. I wouldn't want them think I'm a boy toy.
I don't think the Swiss know what *Bubba Teeth* are, so you may end up being a boy toy!!! LOL!!!!
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Posted 31 December 2012 - 08:54 AM
In England, "Bubba Teeth" are just called "teeth". Or maybe "dentures"...
My dad grew up there and they always called them "National health choppers"
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New Yorkers begin to wonder if blizzards would stop if experts stopped fighting against global warming.
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Jesuits Create New Advent Prayer Site
|This screen capture shows the home page of "Longing for the Lord: an Advent Examen," a new interactive prayer website created by the Jesuits of the Missouri Province.
This Advent, the Jesuits of the Missouri Province have created a new interactive website, "Longing for the Lord: an Advent Examen." This simple guide to prayer links the Ignatian Examen with another Church tradition, the O Antiphons from the Liturgy of the Hours.
Joseph Tetlow, S.J., is an expert on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and author of Choosing Christ in the World, a guide to giving the Exercises. His experience teaching the Ignatian Examen offers a simple yet flexible method of learning how to pray. He suggests that each of worshippers spend time thinking about how Jesus Christ is the pattern on which the Holy Spirit shapes them.
"I want to deepen my appreciation of the qualities, characteristics, virtues, habits, gestures that Jesus used," he says in a podcast that provides the theme of the site. "So the underlying question we ask this Advent is: 'Who is Jesus of Nazareth for me today, right now?'"
Parishioners from the two Jesuit parishes in St. Louis-St. Matthew the Apostle and St. Francis Xavier College Church-helped develop material on the web site and offer their own reflections on their prayer. The site is also interactive; anyone who is praying along with the Advent Examen can post comments so that others can see how the Spirit is moving others.
The web site provides a few simple aids to prayer during the initial weeks of Advent. Users can follow either the basic Ignatian Examen or an expanded version with a prayer for each day based on the O Antiphons. When the Church starts praying the O Antiphons on Dec. 17, the site will offer prayers from the Liturgy of the Hours to invite people to join in this universal prayer.
Longing for the Lord is online at http://www.jesuitsmissouri.org/examen.


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I got this lovely all pieced last week. It went together even better than expected and I managed to sew all the sashings together without any swear words…thanks to good music and Sugar Babies.
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Moderator: Regulators
Patraw wrote:Bounty Hunters, assassins, mercenaries, etc. was an option in a recent poll and nobody voted for it--I like the theme, but there doesn't seem to be much interest.
Patraw wrote:I'm in favor of a TMNT contest as well, provided that all of the various incarnations of the franchise over the years are considered fair game.
shapp wrote:I think the turtles one could be cool. You could include what the turtles would look like if they were x-men or something. I think there could be some pretty original figs made like that.
RedRebelCustoms wrote:Turtles is a cool one! Patraw may remeber it was an option in the voting thread. An amalgam version sounds even better. I would like to see all the versions included as well as maybe a Mutant Crossover Contest like X-Men Vs. Ninja Turtles the Mutant Showdown!
Jarred_706 wrote:With the new Ninja Turtles series only a week away...why not of a Mutant Mayhem idea...see some Ninja Turtles (or side characters including mutants and humans from the series be they original or revisions) brought forth in figure glory...
shapp wrote:I wasn't meaning a straight mutant contest. I was meaning making the turtle characters and making them into iconic super heroes
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Graduate School of Education News
Changing music education one voice at a time
Master in Education (M.Ed.) student Rebecca Fromherz is passionate about music, education, and opera. Through the M.Ed. special studies strand, Rebecca has been able to combine her talent as an accomplished international opera singer with her desire to provide a musical outlet for people of all ages and abilities.
Rebecca's music background is extensive and impressive. She has been studying music for over 20 years, including formal education at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, a prestigious and selective undergraduate music program. She also studied under the tutelage of acclaimed opera singers in the USA and Europe, and went on to enjoy a successful professional opera career.
During her time as music student and performer, Rebecca learned the work of singing and how to sing, but not who she was as a singer. In Italian, the word "opera" means work. To Rebecca, singing is holistic and total person "heART" work, so before enrolling in Willamette's M.Ed. program Rebecca shifted her focus from full-time professional vocalist to entrepreneur and founder of "Opera Organically", a school for voice in Dallas, Oregon.
Founded by Rebecca's drive to enhance the world of music education, and in response to the loss of music in Pk-12 schools, Opera Organically is meeting a need for her students. Rebecca's professional music career and training add depth of knowledge to her practice, and according to Rebecca, "The M.Ed. at Willamette was a good fit because my desire to create something new was honored. Every idea has been affirmed. In Rebecca's view, "Singing is an integral part of being human to some people". Through her approach to music education, Rebecca offers a safe place for people of all ages to find themselves as singers, and is a resource to people who need to sing but can't.
The M.Ed courses have offered pedagogical tools and the faculty have supported her vision of holistic music education. Student-centered learning is one of the primary philosophies of the M.Ed. program, and this resonates with Rebecca. In her opinion, the singer knows their voice and the teacher is only guide; student as teacher. "It has been fantastic to work with professors who transform my ideas as performer, into what my students need" said Rebecca.
In addition to honing pedagogical tools, she has also learned about learning theories and how they can apply to her unique approach to music education. Through Clinical Instructor Neil Liss' class, she has learned that "creating a safe place is very related to John Dewey's theory on art and experience and Nel Noddings Care Theory. These concepts are very relatable and it has been like coming home to learn about these philosophers".
The M.Ed. program is also inquiry based. As a result, students develop an action research project that they work on throughout the program and weave into the coursework. Rebecca's action research tracks how the safe place that she strives to create in her studio and the techniques that she is using, transforms the way her vocal students think about themselves and their voices. In addition, she is looking to see how singing connects the individuals in her study with one another.For Rebecca, Opera Organically is an attempt to change the world one voice at a time, and the M.Ed. program is helping to support and clarify her vision.
Information sessions coming up for prospective students
The Graduate School of Education has announced a pair of upcoming information sessions -- join in to learn more about the programs offered and how you might fit in.
- Friday, December 7 at 12:30pm
- Tuesday, December 11 at 5:30pm
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Stand Together
Stand Together represents the relationship between the Portland Timbers, Portland Thorns FC and our fans and signifies the strong commitment we have to supporting and standing by our community both on and off the field.
The Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC Stand Together mission is to harness the power of sport to improve the lives of children and families in our region through targeted programs, deep partnerships, and philanthropic giving.
Click on the image at right to read our 2011 Annual Report.
Active Bodies Active Minds Assembly Program, presented locally by Burgerville.
The Portland Timbers bring Portland area elementary and middle schools, libraries and community centers the Active Bodies Active Minds assembly program, presented locally by Burgerville. Click here for more information about Active Bodies Active Minds. Click here to apply (Right click on link to download).
The Timbers work with Playworks to improve the health and well-being of children through safe, meaningful play.
Learn more about Playworks: www.playworks.org
Portland Parks and Recreation
The Portland Timbers will partner with Portland Parks and Recreation to provide various community programs to youth participating in Portland Parks and Recreation programs. Learn more about Portland Parks and Recreation.
Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation
The Portland Timbers will partner with Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation on various soccer clinics and youth programs. Learn more about Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation.
Portland Timbers FC Corporate Cup benefitting Portland YouthBuilders
The Portland Timbers FC Corporate Cup is a corporate adult soccer tournament with all proceeds benefiting local nonprofit Portland YouthBuilders. Businesses will have the opportunity to compete in an adult soccer tournament against other businesses all while raising money for Portland YouthBuilders. More information coming soon.
The Adopt-a-Club program, presented by CenturyLink, is a community program where Portland Timbers players are mentors to area youth soccer clubs. Participating youth soccer clubs will be selected through an application process. Click here to learn more and apply.
PDF: Eligibility
PDF: Entry Form
Mail forms to Adopt a Club Youth Nomination, Portland Timbers, 1844 SW Morrison, Portland, OR 97205
Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest
The Portland Timbers will partner with Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest on the "Sports Buddies" program, which is a one-to-one mentoring program for at-risk youth with an emphasis on sports.
Learn more about Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest.
The Portland Timbers and our generous sponsors, Alaska Airlines, Burgerville, JELD-WEN, KPTV, NW Natural, PGE and Providence Health & Services – Oregon, invite your organization to participate in the "Tix for Kids" program during the 2012 season. This program, through the support of community-minded organizations and individuals, provides Timbers and Thorns game tickets free-of-charge to those organizations that may benefit from them. Request Tix for Kids for Timbers (Right click on link to download) and Tix for Kids for Thorns.
Portland YouthBuilders
The Portland Timbers will partner with Portland YouthBuilders on a community service project in conjunction with MLS W.O.R.K.S. Community Service Program. The Timbers will work in a collaborative effort to combine sport and service and improve lives and communities in the Portland area.
Learn more about Portland YouthBuilders.
Learn more about MLS W.O.R.K.S. Community Service Program.
Schoolhouse Supplies Tools for Schools
Supporting education and decreasing the achievement gap for students in the Portland area are of great importance to the Portland Timbers. We realize the significance of putting each child on an even playing field in terms of their learning experience, and that is what motivates our continued partnership with Schoolhouse Supplies and the Tools for Schools program. Through this program, the Timbers have adopted Jason Lee Elementary School for the past seven years, providing backpacks filled with school supplies to more than 600 children enrolled at the school. Members of the Timbers front office staff dedicate a day each August to filling and preparing these backpacks, which we then deliver to the students during their first week of school. This partnership has continually proven to be as rewarding of an experience for our staff as it has been for the students, serving as a great team-building opportunity and a chance to see the direct impact that our efforts are making.
More information on Schoolhouse Supplies.
Score a Goal, Plant a Tree benefiting Friends of Trees
The Portland Timbers, JELD-WEN and Friends of Trees will partner for the next few seasons. Every time the Timbers score a goal, the club and JELD-WEN will plant a tree in the Portland community through the Score a Goal, Plant a Tree partnership with Friends of Trees.
Learn more about Friends of Trees.
MLS WORKS Greener Goals
The Portland Timbers, in partnership with MLS WORKS, will aim to support the environment by undertaking community initiatives to educate the soccer community about the importance of environmental sustainability.
Learn more about the Greener Goals program.
Stay tuned for 2013 information.
International Day of Peace Game benefiting Mercy Corps
In recognition of the International Day of Peace, the Portland Timbers and Mercy Corps have teamed up for a special Jersey-Off-Our-Back fundraiser leading up to and during the Timbers' match against the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at JELD-WEN Field. Proceeds from the sale benefit Mercy Corps sport programming and the Portland Timbers Community Fund. We are commemorating the International Day of Peace in partnership with Mercy Corps with a jersey patch and opportunity for you to meet your favorite player on the field following the game.
At the Sept. 21 match, you may bid on a jersey beginning at $250. Winning bids include the rare opportunity to go onto the field to meet your favorite player and have him sign his jersey for you following the match! All jerseys will be auctioned off at the Stand Together table next to the suite elevator on the concourse up to the 60th minute of the game.
Learn more about Mercy Corps Sports Programming.
Grassroot Soccer Lose The Shoes Tournament
The Portland Timbers will partner with local youth soccer clubs to participate in the 2012 Grassroot Soccer Lose The Shoes (LTS) Tournament. The LTS Tournament is a 3v3 barefoot soccer tournament where the Timbers will aim to mobilize the soccer community in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa.
In addition, the Timbers will conduct a Lose the Boot auction at a select Timbers home match with all proceeds benefitting Grassroot Soccer.
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CARYVILLE — Caryville Town Council Member Jim Taylor informed the council that there are unpaid graves at the Caryville Town Cemetery during Monday's town council meeting.
The council agreed to send a letter to the deceased persons' next of kin informing them of Caryville Town Attorney Lyndia Spears' advice that the town send a warning that the bodies would be removed if the bill isn't paid.
"It was a tragedy two years ago when a man shot his wife and then himself," said Taylor. "People who lived in the town used to get a plot for free but then it was becoming crowded and people were abusing the right. We need a system."
Taylor explained that the couple was placed in the cemetery before their rates were increased and that they placed the bill on the next of kin's water bill.
"You can bill them but you can't put it on their water bill," said Spears. "We need to send a letter stating they had no authority to use the cemetery and that we will have the bodies removed or they can come pay the bill."
Taylor also informed the council that there were several unpaid markers at the cemetery.
"They had no right to mark their plot without paying and we need to let them know that we're taking it up until they pay," said Spears. "You'll wind up not having a plot for the people of this town because of people taking advantage of the system."
The council approved of reappointing Council Member Henry Chambers as chairman and Taylor as co-chairman.
The council agreed with Chambers' suggestion to come up with fundraising ideas for the town of Caryville at the first of the year.
"We need something for this town to raise funds in this town," said Chambers. "As of the first of the year we've got to do something."
The council approved of each council member having a ham as a Christmas bonus this year and that Fire Chief Gene Forehand recognize the senior citizens of Caryville with a fruit basket.
Supervisor of Caryville Flea Market Paron Beeco informed the Council that there were four months left until the next Flea Across Florida, that he's charging people $5 extra for using heaters and that vendors were upset because people were using the flea market as a parking lot.
"We need a sign that informs them that there will be no parking on Friday and Saturday where they can block the view of the flea market," said Chambers. "I'm proud to see that the flea market is growing steadily. I'm seeing new faces each time at the flea market."
Beeco said they were still complaints about the Middlebrooks portable toilet.
"We had one man out in the middle of a field relieving himself but I'm sure he was a little in the spirits too," said Beeco.
Council Member Millard French said that he was told that Middlebrooks was instructed not to pump the portable toilet but once a month.
"Tomorrow we'll check out that porta potty together and see what is what," said Chambers. "I'm saying when we get someone here to help the town you treat him with some respect and you're going to flip over on someone over $10."
The next scheduled meeting of the Caryville Town Council is set for 6 p.m. on Jan. 14.


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Toronto, ON, November 7, 2008 -- Axsium Group, a division of Knightsbridge Human Capital Management Inc., a leading Workforce Management Consulting firm, announced the addition of Steve Levy to its leadership team as a Principal. Levy will be a key member of Axsium's senior management team and will leverage his extensive Workforce Management background to help Axsium penetrate new markets and expand its portfolio of innovative service offerings.
Over the last 15 years, Levy has established himself as an accomplished leader within the Workforce Management (WFM) community. Most recently, he held the position of National Director of Professional Services at Kronos Incorporated, a leading vendor of Enterprise Workforce Management software. Among his accomplishments at Kronos, Levy created the national retail vertical for Kronos and he led the service delivery organizations for Healthcare and Gaming. Prior to Kronos, Levy was the Co-Founder and VP of Professional Services of Simplified Workforce Solutions Inc., a vendor of optimized scheduling and analytics software for the retail, restaurant and healthcare industries.
"We are delighted to have Steve Levy join Axsium Group," said Tim Lett, Managing Partner. "Steve's background and breadth of experience are an ideal fit for Axsium. As a member of Axsium's senior leadership team, Steve will be instrumental in helping us further our reputation as the Workforce Management industry's premier advisor. His experience leading large consulting organizations is exactly what we need as Axsium continues to grow and evolve".
"I'm delighted to be part of Axsium Group and excited to bring my many years of Workforce Management knowledge and operational experience to this industry leading professional services organization", said Steve Levy. "Having just come from the WFM software vendor community, I bring a unique perspective to expanding Axsium Group's WFM business and technology best practices."
About Axsium
Axsium, a division of Knightsbridge Human Capital Management, is the industry leader in Workforce Management consulting, dedicated to delivering business and technology advisory services to large, highly distributed organizations. With a singular focus on Workforce Management and thorough a combination of business and technology best practice expertise, our clients gain access to trusted business advisors and technology experts with unmatched experience. Axsium has implemented world-class workforce management solutions for companies such as American Eagle, Safeway, Cabela's, Bank of America, La Senza, Follett Corporation and Public Storage.
For more information, visit http://www.axsiumgroup.com.
Axsium's Americas head office is located in the historic Toronto Carpet Factory Building. The Factory employed over 1,000 people in it's prime, about the same number of people that work there today. During World War I, the company was instrumental in supplying army blankets and khaki cloth for uniforms.


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In June 2004, the ISO/IEC working group responsible for maintaining eight-bit coded character sets disbanded and ceased all maintenance of ISO 8859, including ISO 8859-1, in order to concentrate on the Universal Character Set and Unicode. In computing applications, encodings that provide full UCS support (such as UTF-8 and UTF-16) are finding increasing favor over encodings based on ISO 8859-1.
Each character is encoded as a single eight-bit code value. These code values can be used in almost any data interchange system to communicate in the following European languages (with a few exceptions due to missing characters, as noted): Modern languages with complete coverage of their alphabet:
Also, this encoding does not provide the correct character for the apostrophe, and oriented single high quotation marks, although some texts use the spacing grave accent and spacing acute accent which are both part of ISO 8859-1, instead of the 6-shaped/9-shaped quotations marks or apostrophes (and this works reliably with some font styles where all these characters are displayed as slanted wedge glyphs).
See also: Alphabets derived from the Latin
ISO 8859-1 was based on the Multinational Character Set used by Digital Equipment Corporation in the popular VT220 terminal. It was developed within ECMA, the European Computer Manufacturers Association, and published in March 1985 as ECMA-94, by which name it is still sometimes known. The second edition of ECMA-94 (June 1986) also included ISO 8859-2, ISO 8859-3, and ISO 8859-4 as part of the specification
Although ISO/IEC 8859-1 has enough characters for most French text, it is missing a few letters that are less common. It is also missing a single-glyph representation for the letter IJ, two Finnish letters used for transcription of some foreign names and in a few loanwords (Š and Ž), typographic quotation marks and dashes, and common symbols such as the euro sign (€) and dagger (†).
In order to provide some of these characters, ISO/IEC 8859-15 was developed as an update of ISO/IEC 8859-1. This required, however, the removal of some infrequently-used characters from ISO/IEC 8859-1, including fraction symbols and letter-free diacritics: ¤, ¦, ¨, ´, ¸, ¼, ½, and ¾.
Code values 00–1F, 7F–9F are not assigned to characters by ISO/IEC 8859-1.
The lower range 20 to 7E (the G0 subset) maps exactly to the same coded G0 subset of the ISO 646 US variant (commonly known as ASCII), whose ISO 2022 standard switch sequence is "ESC (B". The higher range A0 to FF (the G1 subset) maps exactly to the same subset initiated by the ISO 2022 standard switch sequence "ESC . A".
ISO-8859-1 is (according to the standards at least) the default encoding of documents delivered via [] with a MIME type beginning with "text/". It is the default encoding of the values of certain descriptive HTTP headers, and is the standard encoding used by the X Window System on most Unix machines in locales which use that character set. It was also the basis of the repertoire of characters allowed in HTML 3.2 documents (HTML 4.0, however, is based on Unicode).
Escape sequences (from ISO/IEC 6429 or ISO/IEC 2022) are not to be interpreted in documents labeled as ISO-8859-1 encoded. As well as the canonical name and preferred MIME name mentioned above, the following other aliases are registered for ISO-8859-1: ISO_8859-1, ISO-8859-1, iso-ir-100, csISOLatin1, latin1, l1, IBM819, CP819. ISO-8859-1 was also incorporated as the first 256 code points of ISO/IEC 10646 and Unicode.
Note that most of these control characters are not made for use in portable ISO-8859-1 encoded plain text documents, but only within specific protocols or devices, except a few ones whose behavior are standardized: TAB (09), LF (0A), CR (0D) and NEL (85); all but the first one are used to encode end of lines or to separate paragraphs, and TAB is often considered equivalent to whitespace. However FF (0C) is commonly accepted in some applications interpreting plain-text documents as an additional ignorable whitespace at the beginning of lines, to mark the position of an explicit page break when printing.
However, some encodings allow using BS (08) to create additional characters by emulating the superposition of multiple characters on printing devices.
Some ISO standards assign specific functions to some controls (for example in ISO 2022) where SO (0E), SI (0F), DLE (10), ESC (1B) and SS2 (8E) are used to control the encoding of characters after them or to switch between multiple encodings.
The NUL character (00) is commonly used as a string terminator in some programming languages, or as a filler in database records that must be ignored and is not part of the encoded text. STX (02) and ETX (03) are commonly used for delimiting frames in some transmission protocols. SUB (1A) is also commonly used as a replacement character to mark errors detected in input transmission streams, and it may be rendered graphically. DC1 (11) and DC3 (13) are commonly used in the XON/XOFF protocol for controlling the transmission speed. Finally, EM (19) or EOT (04) may be used as an end-of-file marker in some text file formats.
HTML 5 requires that documents advertised as ISO-8859-1 actually use the Windows-1252 encoding. If the document uses any character with different meaning in ISO-8859-1 and Windows-1252, that is considered a parse error.
DOS had code page 850, which had all printable characters that ISO-8859-1 had (albeit in a totally different arrangement) plus the most widely used graphics characters from code page 437.


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On the eve of the six-month anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, a submarine piloted by Greenpeace Oceans director John Hocevar is taking marine scientist Steve Ross of University of North Carolina Wilmington on a journey to the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, to investigate how deep sea corals have been impacted by oil and dispersants.
The two seater submarine is being deployed to depths of 1750ft (535m) from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, just to the north of the Macondo wellhead, in the closing leg of a three-month expedition to study the environmental aftermath of the oil spill. The expedition is part of Greenpeace's ongoing work to protect the Gulf and support research to expose the full extent of the spill.
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GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 21.5%
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After the English pirate Henry Morgan burned and destroyed the first foundation of Panama in 1671, the city was moved in 1673 to where Old Town is now, requiring the construction of a new church. The current Cathedral is an heir to what was erected by Pope Adrian VI in what was the home of Chief Cémaco. The Chief confronted the Spanish conquerors, who offered to establish a town in 1510 dedicated to Santa María de la Antigua en Darién. In the year 1513 a Papal Bull was issued to raise La Antigua to the rank of Diocese and the church to a Cathedral, with Fray Juan de Quevedo as its first bishop. In 1519, by order of Pedro Arias de Ávila, Santa María de la Antigua en Darién is abandoned and moved to the newly founded Panama on the shores of the South Sea. The Cathedral in the new town inherited the transfered insignia, bulls and relics, which were initially made of wood.
Its facade is made of cut stone, and the walls are also stone. It has two side towers inlaid with mother of pearl that shine with sunlight, giving it a special glow. The façade is carved in a Renaissance style with classical decorative elements and statues of the twelve apostles. The three naves are accessed directly from the three front doors, after having climbed the seven steps that represent the seven deadly sins you must leave behind upon entering the Cathedral.The main altar was made in the late 19th century, possibly by French masters who also worked in the construction of the Interoceanic Canal. It houses the relics brought from Sevilla de San Aurelio and San Getulio, first to Darien, then Old Panama and finally on to its current site. The bells date from the 18th century, gifts from former Panamanian bishops, which had been transferred to South America when the originals no longer functioned after partially melting in the 1737 fire.
The Metropolitan Cathedral is the only colonial building with a dome. It has a Crypt of the Bishops and ten large windows adorned with stained glass from the twentieth century, influenced by decorative art. The Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro donated the bronze lamps in a traditional design. Oil portraits of Bishops who have presided in the church decorate the walls along the side naves.
It is the church where the Presidents of the Republic hold all formal acts, and also where lie the mortal remains of the illustrious Panamanian General Tomás Herrera, former Head of State of the Commonwealth of the Isthmus, now Panama, during 1840 and 1841.
It is certainly a place to rencounter history, where you may come into contact with the cultural roots and the colonial past of this city. Discover for yourself and come to the west side of the Main Plaza in the Old Town of Panama City.


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Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey is a contemporary graphic artist from Charleston, South Carolina who specializes in creating stickers, posters, and silk screen tee shirts with bold and many times political images. Fairey was born and raised in South Carolina. Fairey was into main stream sports like soccer and basketball when he was a child, until some of his friends started skateboarding. A friend of his left his skateboard over at Fairey's house, and from then on he was addicted to skateboarding and the new skateboarding scene. He started making stencils, stickers, and simple graphics for screen print t-shirts for him and his skateboarding buddies during high school. One of his friends saw a picture of Andre the Giant in a magazine and thought it would make a cool stencil/sticker so he told Shepard to make a sticker out of it. Thus the infamous 'ÄúAndre the Giant has a Posse'Ä? sticker was born. This is the first major thing that Shepard did that people started to recognize, and he began making print screen tees and posters of his Andre the Giant stencil and put them up all over the city. The Andre the Giant face was later changed into the Obey stencil that many millions now recognize on posters, tagged on walls, and on t-shirts.
Shepard Fairey is heavily influenced by punk rock and the skateboarding scene in his area and all over. He grew up on listening to punk rock and skateboarding with his friends and it is seen in his artwork. Fairey gets many of his ideas from old propaganda posters from the World War/ World War II era, posters of famous dictators and tyrannical leaders, and other propaganda type artwork done during war time and election time. A recent work of his that is very famous is the colored stencil of Barack Obama's face which reads 'ÄúHOPE'Ä? underneath the stencil of his face, which can be seen on posters, stickers and t-shirts all over the place. Fairey says that he makes art to make people question things such as politics, government policies, and the power of money, so he travels the world putting up posters and tagging walls with his artwork. For this, Shepard Fairey is regarded by many as 'ÄúThe Godfather of Modern Street Art'Ä?. Another artist who is seen in this light, and has a large influence on Fairey, is the British street artist known as Banksy.
Shepard Fairey's artwork is not very similar to any of the artists we learned about in class, but the way in which he has changed his outlook and artistic process is somewhat similar to that of Thomas Kinkaid. The way they produce art is similar because Kinkaid mass produces art for the masses so that many people can enjoy and own his art. Shepard also mass produces his artwork through t-shirts, posters, stickers, books, buttons, album artwork, and he now even has his own clothing company called 'ÄúObey'Ä?. Some people call Shepard Fairey a sellout for this reason, he has used his artwork to turn massive profit and now it seems like the underground nature and purpose of his artwork, and the underlying message of his artwork even, is somewhat lost because it is now massively popular and artwork seems like that of a corporation.
I would definitely recommend the artwork of Shepard Fairey to a friend, because I really enjoy his style of art and the culture behind all of his work. I would recommend to friend to check out the modern street art scene, and also investigate into the artwork of Banksy. Shepard Fairey's artwork has a large influence on my own artwork, as I have tried to get away from merely realistically recreating an image and have tried to get more to the stylistic representation of artists like Shepard Fairey and Banksy.


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10 Great spots to celebrate Valentine's Day
February is, of course, the month of love and what better place to get romantic than in the Mother City, #lovecapetown? This city is the romantic's paradise, with some of the world's most beautiful views, top restaurants and idyllic picnic spots. Still stuck for ideas on how to show your crush, partner of friend that you love them? We might be able to help.
Festival Season in Cape Town
Festival season in Cape Town means weekends of local music, camping with friends, relaxing in rivers and enjoying the summer sun. The 2014 festival season in upon us, so here is a list of my three favourites that are not to be missed.
Snorkeling with Cape Fur Seals in #lovecapetown
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As you make your way from Cape Town to Cape Point, you pass through the quaint harbor village of Kalk Bay, winding along through the naval-themed Simon's Town and around the bend past Smitswinkel Bay. To your left, a jewel-coloured bay overlooked by a slope dotted with ramshackle houses takes your breath away. Just past this, on your right, lies the entrance to the SANParks Smitswinkel Bay Tented Camp.
Take to the skies to view the Mother City
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Braai & Camping spots in Cape Town
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Natalie Roos' Top 5: Places to make the most of summer in Cape Town
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